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Warren Akin—A Sketch.
The following sketch of Col.' ;
which we find in the Atlanta
federacy will be read with in
Col. Warrkn Akin, of C.
Opposition Candidate
NOE.—It is fashionable, an'
ed to be popular, at this day
time, to underrate the early advan
tages of those who are candidates
for positions of high trust and public
confidence. A \^eha'twnupjberless in
stances of ovdr irrought pictures
signed, nioire popular effect than a
strict regard for truth.
It is due to the public, and to
candor,< that .a simple, unvarnished
sketch of.Col. Akin should be pub
lished..
The information We shall give of
the„ .history of this gentleman, we
outj
fo
n wholly
■ p<Jh
m
hat
the arena.
Such a man must succeed!
SEW POLITICAL MACHINERY.
The politicians are beginning to
shake in their, shoes af the probabil
ity of being wholly foiled in efforts to
place their favorite candidates be
fore the people for the office of the
Chief Magistrate. From present ap-
peonmees, the Charleston Conven
tion will be something like a pande-
- monium in the political world, where • and-are-enjoying the-sweets of victory
there will be a great contest that will
end in confusion. That unreliable
punishment i
patbiso iwjhh
deserve { ’the
man pf
electedJjjjfejr
reawrtWbai
it cames with-it,
s
Love of Titles.
weakness in
ich may well
d derision of oven
who desire to think
r institutions, it is t
fondness for titles
inia, the moral force of a defeat, exists among a nation whose pride it
Legislature will be theirs by a ought to be that it did not descend
trifle, but they will find themselves; from a titled class, that it has pib-
utterly powerless to earry out the \ hibited by Jaw orders.and titles of
doctrines of their platform. Upon! nobility,*and that it has made its own
the-whole the locofocos of Tennessee j greatness: It can do us no harm to
are placed, as the Fteneh would say,; look sometimes at our faults and
Jiors du combat. They have nothing j foibles, ns well as our innnmerfUale^V
for whidh to be glad, but much for < and superlative virtues, *and he is no
an d—-silence. The Qpposi- friend who fails to "make known’ to a
friend his errors, or to prevent him
ATHENS, a-jfiw.
AY, AUGUST 25, 1859
sorrow
tion, on the other hand, are jubilant,
gathered from a couple of distinguish- j and erratic, self-elected candidate,
ed jurists, who have known him from j Governor Wise, of Virginia, has
his infancy. Both of these gentle-brought nil tl e hornets about hisears
men are his warm personal friends, by his singular letter, which aimed
one of whom will support him for jat producing a division among the ar-
GovernoT, the other will not. listoeratip generals of the pseudo De-
Then to the narrative: j mocratic camp, who are now satisfied,
Warren Akin is of humble and 1 or nearly so, that the people are
highly respectable parentage, born tirqil of their tricks and chicanery.
on Benverdam Creek, Elbert county,
Ga., in the year 1814. The circum
stances of his family deprived him of
the blessings and advantages of edu
cation. He was a common field
laborer, assisting his parents in rear
ing their family, until arriving at the
age of eighteen, when he left Elbert
with his broad-axe upon his shoulder
to hew- his way through a world of
competition and rivalry.
There being much excitement in
the country at that time about the
gold regions of Lumpkin county-, the
•tout hearted, youthful, but deter
mined boy soon found himself mining
for gold in the vicinity of Dahlonegu.
He -toiled for ten months in the
capacity of a day- liborer, and with
his hard earnings purchased a few
books and learned to spell and read.
The society of the place was of the
most reckless and dissipated charac
ter, yet it failed to ensnare the
determined youth. He spent his
few leisure moments in the improve
ment of his neglected mind, and by
the sweat of his broiv, labored in the
bowels of the earth to make himself
independent, respectable and useful.
After the expiration of ten months,
he had nbt only improved himself in
education, but had saved a small
amount of money, with whieh he
purchased on Pettit’s creek, near the
present village of Cnssville a poor tract
of land. With his own hands, he cut
logs and built a saw mill, and from
this mill timber was furnished out of
which the village of Cassville was
built.*
Pursuing the business of a saw
mill keeper for some time, he deter
mined to turn his attention to the
study of law. He very soon entered
the law office of Hon. David Irwin,
of Cassville, and was admitted to the
bar in 1838. His comprehension
and rapid advances in his profession
was remarkable, and he soon formed
a copartnership in the law, with A.
R. Wright, under the style of Akin
fit Wright. This copartnership was
uninterrupted until the election of A.
R. Wright as Judge of the Cherokee
Circuit in the fall of 1843.
Col. Akin continued a lucrative
practice, antf has always resided at
Cassville, since his first settlement at
that place.
Cass county, in the early settle
ment of the Cherokee country, was,
as yet, a controlling county. And
being in the centre of the Cherokee
purchase, there arose many difficult
problems in the law. Suits were
innumerable, and abtruse, based upon
land purchases, land titles, mortgages,
&c.
Although comparatively a wilder
ness country, yet some of the best
legal talent of the State practiced in
the circuit.
Politically, Col. Akin has always
been a consistent Old Line Whig.
He has never belonged to any other
sparty or organization. He kept
ploof from the Know Nothing or
ganization. In 1848, be was placed
upon the electoral ticket of Taylor
and Fillmore. In 1850 he was a
member of the Georgia convention,
took an active part in the delibera
tions, and was prominent in the
establishment of the Fourth resolu
tion of what is commonly known as
the Georgia Platform.
He was appointed attorney of the
W. & A. It. II. by Governors Craw
ford and Cobb, and assisted Col.
Clayton in winding up the business
°f Uov. Cobb’s administration, in the
beginning of Gov. Johnson’s first
term.
We presume tbeie is no man in the
State who has had more to do with
the affairs of the W. & A. R. R.
than Warren Akin. He has been
the consulting attorney for the Road
for quite a number of years, under all
administrations, until the installation
of the present dynasty.
Col. Akin is a Christian gentlemen
of the Methodist faith, and is noted
for his piety and liberality of senti
ment,
At the last commencement of the
College ceremonies at Cnssville, in n
public address, he proposed to be one
of tew to raise ten thousand dollars
for the eduoationof poor young ladies
•t the Methodist College at that
place. And at the Commencement
of tlii Baptist College at Cassville,
in a public address, he proposed to be
one of* twenty to raise twenty thou-
sand dollar.s for the education of poor
young men.
' Mw>y other instances of his bo-
nevolenoe and unostentatious charity
might be mentioned.
His leading characteristics are
energy, determination, integrity, And
economy. Haring as warm and bo-
nevolent a heart as ever beat in the
bosom of man.
Ftrr intellectual endowments he is
surpas^d by few men in the State,
and *hcnover the people meet him
face WHMMritd ’fcfoto toe, they will
he satisfied with Iris abilities. ft
In^W lWtriWrs, fre J is' h’ quiet,
unohstrusive ‘gentleman,' ever’tin.
roindfct Of tluHclap trap arts" wit I
which small men seek to receive =th<
favor of the thoughtless and the idle.
The decline of National Conventions
in the public estimation is quite nat
ural. Nothing else than the con
tempt with whieh they are viewed
could be the result of their history.
They have been composed of some of
the most despicable men in society
—men who would not be selected for
their high character by any class of
citizens, and what else could be ex
pected than that they should place in
nomination the mere puppets of poli
tics, rather tlmn those eminent states
men who have either retired into com
parative obscurity or who have en
tered'the dark and silent chambers
of death ! It has been said that
Americans can place no great men
in the Presidential chair, and the
popular belief Infs assented to this
assertion as if it were a truth never
to be unfixtHtahy any determination
on the part of the people. An analy
sis of this common assertion shows
why it is apparently true. The peo
ple have no part in the selection of
tile Presidential (and.dates. The
Warwicks, or President makers, do
as suits their caprices, and teach the
people like herds of cattle to follow
whithersoever they lead. Henry
Clay would have been President of
the United States, had there not been
so many' of these wire-workers against
him...men who thought they could
not mould him to their wishes.—
They take care to select just such in
struments as they think will best an
swer their own selfish ends, and all
patriotism is a blank in their estima
tion.
We donotjknowhow far the popular
will is disposed to express itself
against the regular National Conven
tions, but we have seen evidences on
the surface of society, that suggest
that there will bo some time in I860,
a great Independent Federal Conven
tion ol the laboring and business men
of the country, irrespective of pa ty,
to inaugurate a reform in politics.—
This body may consist of men who
have never taken an active part in
politics—-men pledged to accept nei
ther office for themselves or others
under the government—but united
to present to the people such candi
dates ns may do honor to the people
such candidates as may do honor to
the country and secure the peace and
prosperity of every State. Who can
doubt that such a Convention would
arrest the sympathies of a majority
of those enjoying the privilege of
the franchise ? The people have
long felt that the politicians have
kept ug, a senseless strife merely for
tKeir owh selfi-h aggrandizement, and
a revolution that would turn them to
some of the honest pursuits of life,
would be a boon to thmr fainilieSpto
their friends, to society, and to the
country at large- The American
people are too much governed. The
politicians are their tyrants. They
are the men who muzzle the press—
manufacture public opinion for the
journals of the day-—make great men
of the weakest kind of intellects, and
stay the progress of the country by
their noisy interference with the pop
ular will.
When we seriously estimate the
character of seme of the most active
politicians of the day, we are sur
prised to think that society can so
easily be duped by ignorant charla
tans-—fellows who hire what little in
tellect they display, and pay poorly
for it when they call it into requisi
tion. Governor Wise’s letter and
the subsequent documents have shown
what kind of men hold the strings of
the Democratic party in New York,
and could every political section he
unveiled, similar small intellects and
moral dw.-vrfs would be fonnd the
leading managers of public affairs.—
Is it to be wondered at under the
circumstances, that the mass of the
people should be discontented with
what is going on—that they should
be inclined to overthrow such bad
machinery, and to set up in its place
something better ? We hope to see
it done, and if new organizations
conld be formed by men pledged to
accept no emoluments for their ac
tion, and bent on creating a hew
epoch in our political history, the
fruits of their patriotic labors would
outlive the evil influences now arising
from fraud, trickery, and corruption.
—Pennsylvani Inquirer.
Tennessee—Tlic Result.
In the last Congress the Congress
ional representation in tills State
stood seven Democrats and three Op
position. It h. now reversed, and
stands seven Opposition and three
Democrats. This is a victory of na
tional consequence, and tells with
terrible effect upon the Administra
tion. The people of Tennessee bavo
abandoned and repudiated it as ex
travagant and unworthy of their
confidence.
so long denied them
[Memphis Bulletin.
heretofore.—
FOU GOVERNOR,
WARREN AKIN,
f jOKCASS. -
from malringdrimsdf ridiculous.
We hold that no one has more just
reason for pride than the man who
originally podr. humble, and unaided
! by powerful friends, or influence, has
_ IT WONT TAKE,
The Edgefield (S. C-) Advertiser,! ma( Jo himself one of the pillars of the
an influential democratic (?) journal, State, one of the chief members ‘
s-sceking to impose Senator Doug
las upon the people of that State, as
not a very in proper man for their
support for the Presidency. The
Advertiser will find it an uphill bus
iness to indoctrinate the- democracy
of South Carolina, or of any other
southern State, ir.to the support o!
the revolutionary, squatter sovereign
ty and anti-southern heresies of Mr.
Douglas. The Democracy of the
South is not yet prepared to trample
the Constitution, their birth rights,
and the honor of the country under
their feet, that Senator Dongfcrs, a
traitor to their cause and their sec
tion, and the Union and the worst of
abolitionists, may be lifted to the
height of his vanity and ambition.—
It won’t take.—Jacksonville {Fla.)
Standard.
The Florida Standard is quite at
fault, we think, in its estimate of the
Southern Democracy, if we may
judge of the future by the past.—
They have boxed the political cam
pass on all questions connected with
Southern rights; having advocated
Gen. Cass and non-intervention, with
all his Squatter Sovereignty heresies,
they suddenly denounced both when
they had lost power and hoped to
gain position and office by the change.
And, to-day, the leaders are arrang-
r g for the nomination of Douglas,
and the rank and file will put on the
party collar, and wear it with a meek
ness and humility that will astonish
ti e uninitiated:"\vhile it will disgns
all free thinking and independent
Southern minds, who are familiar
with the professions and practices of
the Democratic party. We expect to
see all those organs and members of
the party, who now so fiercely de
nounce Douglas for his Freesnilism
and Squatter Sovereignty doctrines,
not only supporting him most earnest
ly in 1860, but voci erously asserting
that he is a sounder, safer and more
reliable man, on all questions pc. tain-
ing to Sou the} A rights, than any cit
izen of the South who may belong to
the opposition ranks. Such things
have been, and will be again, if
Douglas be nominated—of which we
have no doubt. The very men who
are now so boisterous about Southern
rights, will sacrifice the South for
party, by Voting for Douglas, which
is virtually sustains gFreesoilismand
Squatter Sovereignty—as much so as
by voting for Wm. II. Seward, or
any other Black Republican—for the
only difference between Seward and
Douglas on this question is, that they
seek to accomplish the same object
by different moans. Seward openly
avows his object like a frank and
honest man, while Douglas seeks to
do the same thing by indirection and
intrigue, and has thus far succeeded
in cheating, as they admit, the
Southern Democracy in the Kansas
swindle. What a confession for men
to make, to whose care and guardi
anship the people of the South had
confided the* maintenance of their
rights and interests. They were,
cheated, deceived, misled, overreach
ed, and consequently the South has
been swindled by the combined ef
forts of Douglas and his Frecsoil as
sociates of the Democratic and Black
Republican parties.— Chronicle <f-
Sentinel.
of
the learned professions or a leader in
any prominent department of human
enterprise. Great Britain, France,
and even the despotic countries of
the Continent, can 'how such men.
and they are reverenced there amid
kings and countries; they are often
“the power behind the throne that is
greater than the throne sometimes
they control cabinets, lead amries,
and decide the destinies of empires.
In this country, such case* are more
numerous, for here there isa fair field
for each and all. and a list of the
names who have risen in the United
States, from the humblest origin to
the high places of the land, would
fill a volume. Our country itself
was settled mainly by the middle
masses, and agricultural and me
chanical laborers of Great Britain.
They were men who valued pith,
muscle and manhood—qualities which
are more highly appreciated in a n w
country than gentle blood and an
cestral renown. By the exercise of
these qualities, the Republic has be
come, in the lifetime of a man, one
of the great powers of the earth, and
it would have a moral grandeur equal
to its physical, but for a universal
hankering after fleshpots of aristo
cracy which consoles the most envi
ous and sardonic of its enemies.
I£-in this title-forbidding nation,^
this people which professes to despise
the ancient nobility of Europe, there
could be published a book containing
all the titles applied to, or appropria
ted bv,‘American citizens, a stranger
-FOR .STATE, is litfATQR, * ■,
COL. JOHN BILLUPS,
OF CLARKE.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
THOMAS W. WALKER,
EDWARD P. LUMPKIN.
Estate Advertising.
We would again remind such of
our friends as have the management
of estates, that they have the right
to select any “public gazette” they
please in which to advertise the same.
As we are proscribed^ by the “anti-
proscription” Democratic office-hol(J-
ers of the neighboring counties—who
get one-third of the advertising fees
for sending their publications else
where—is it asking too much at the
hands of our friends to request them
to exercise their right in tins matter,
and send us at least a portion of it ?
it arid honorable “State"of Bun- afe properly cared for.
THE WATCHMAN
FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
combe,”—on Mcftiday evening last,*
since which time there has been so
much rain that I have not been able
to visit the Black Mountain and, oth
er places of note I wished to see oner-
more. I trust I shall do so in a few
days, however.
On Tluirsdny I - had the .pleasure
of hearing Mr. Vance, the member
-of Congress «lect from this 'District-! ■
and Mr. Coleman,' his defeated com
petitor, address the
court-house. I wasdisappointed in
Mr. C- Ile-is not a*bad speaker, it
is tru6; but does not Speak so- well
as I had supposed Ko could. They
are both young men of ability. Mr.
Vance, you will remember, was elect
ed last year to fill Mr. Clingman’s
Oclr
Akin has
Editorial! Correspondence.’ .
Asmsattuv N. C., Apg 13.
Wr IVatchman:-! arrived' i„ Cherokee Georgia and
the* neighborhood of thishbeautifuf wi n “if^ectmiciovernorof't'
in- village—Che capital of the tortt, that
- -I I u. i.O...W.... _ ,'jt |_ „
various intere
\Vatrpri Akin has beptn for many
yfears-acting in the capacity of At
torney for the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, and is, therefore, w^fl ac
quainted and knows how tp iniiRHge suppose, froiii their redid
that great State Enterprise.'^
Let the people of Georgia rally to
the support of Col. Warren Akin.
Let no one fail to do his duty—his
whole duty, and victory will crown
our effort.
Z«t. VanCeta Possum Story,
We were no Utile amused «t a Btory
related by Zeb.'Vance, nl Asheville,
N. C., the other day, in a speech re
turning his thiuiks to the voters of
that District. In enumerating the
various expedients.resorted to by his
competitor, he sard he bhd, among
other things, charged him with bein
It waTconfidently assert’- a Know Nothing, and that too, after
vacancy. „..„ v
ed by the Democracy that he could Dem0crac ^ had proclaimed the death
not be re-elected; but the result shows
that the people have confidence in
him—his majority being 1,695! Too
much cannot be said in praise of this
gallant and chlvalric young man, to
whose Herculean efforts the 8th Dis
trict of North Carolina is chiefly in
debted for its disenthralment from
the worse than Egyptian bondage of
Locofocoism.
... , By the way, our own Eighth Dis-
ersons wishing our paper from i .. . „ , ■
this time until after the election, can ^ rlct P lcsei, ^ s a parallel case. Like
have it for FIFTY CENTS. The ! this District, it was never Democrat-
cash must accompany all orders. i ic. This was Clbigman District—
ours a Stephens District. Clingman
J5@“ We call attention to the ad- j r£s ig^d here, and an Opposition
vertisement in another column, of the , member was elected in his plnoe.—
Claike county Agricultural Society, Stephens has resigned, and will not
which will hold a meeting in Watkins
ville, on the 1st Tuesday in Septem
ber, for tho transaction of important
business. A Full attendance of the
members is desired.
The next Congress s
Will be one of vast importance to
the people of this country. If the
the freemen of the once glorious Old
Eighth call the eloquent and gifted,
chivalrous and patriotic Wright to
take : lirs place ? I cannot permit my
self to doubt it.
The election news from this State
and my beloved Tennessee has had a
cheering' effect. Right sorry am I
would come to the conclusion that office of President-making shouh^ullthat John Netherland was defeated.
Our Congressional. Delegation.
No State in the Union can boast of
an abler delegation in Congress than
composes the one chosen by the Op
position. Nelson,-Maynard and Brab-
son in the East, Stokes, Hatton and
Quarles from Middle Tennessee, and
Etheridge from the West, constitute
a host of gallant patriots whose pres
ence in th’c National Council may
well give heart and h> pe to the patriots
Tennessee is proud of them, and they
will justify all the high hopes whieh
she has of their future career.—Nash
ville Banner.
Death of a “ Jacksonian'' Dorse.—
The editor of the Juniata Sentinel
notices the demise of a celebrated
horse which hail attained the in
credible age of forty-one years. It
was the property of Mrs. S. O. Evans,
of Juniata count}', Pa. The horse
was formely in the possession of Gen.
Jackson, and was given by him to
Gen. Geo. Cramer, and by him tq his
son-in-law, Mr. Evans.—Chron. <f
Sent.
The Richmond Duel.
Washington, Aug. 20....The duel
detween Messrs, Wise and Olds, of
Richmond, took place to day near
this city. Two shots were fired neith
er of the parties being injured. Their
| friends are endeavoring to effect an
adjustment of the difficulty.J-
rabjhT^*’—-
Crockett’s log fabl
On the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
not far from Jackson, in Tennessee’
- says an exchange paper, still-stands
the bumble log cabin, 18 by 20 feet,
in size, built nnd occupied, while he
. lived in tho District,;by the far-fomed
One cannot see how a David Crockett. Its logsnre fastde-
greater rebuke- can be administered caying, and desolation surrounds it,
to our rulers, nor can one see how a but no traveler passes it without an ea-
- severer blow could be^ dealt at the gcr desire to look upon the humbleToof
Democratic party for their .attempt that sheltered one of tho truest re
ft) fasten upon their Opposition bre- presentotivesof Utc American pioneer
thren the Jbraod of untruth to our . —a hero and an honest man. Near
institutions, homes -and firesides, it is a railroad station, palled Crock-
artso a town, to
This result ought to-fench tho Icco- ctt’s Stati
—2— foco party a lesson never to be for-
tMifONII MtihMbwMHi bv atfr f*oUom -Tltoir discomfiture is com-
m-n. And uo man ever questioned {plete—is almost, cruel. But their
around- rt, perhaps, wiH
to bear And perpetuate
o- name at familiar to his countrymen
as that of Jackson.—£ Sent.
the whole population is composed of
Generals, Colonels; Majors, Captains,
Honorablcs, Commodores, Doctors,
Professors, and Esquires. The plain
title of “Mister ’ has become a mark
of distinction. Who is willing to be
only “Mister?" Who will consent
to serve as private in this Republican
army ? When these titles, so various
and innumerable, are not mere orna
mental handles to ordinary names,
when they indicate superior know
ledge of merit, it is right and proper
that they should he bestow&l. But,
as a general thing, the very reverse
is the case, nnd handles of silver and
gold are stuck on the earthen jugs
with the evident conviction that by
this new kind of alchemy the jug vri!l
become of the same precious metal
ns the handle. Military titles be
longing to a profession of which less
is known in this country than any
other, are more common than all the
rest combined. Every member of
Congress, Sickles included, is Honor
able, and every private citizen an
Esquire.
Hitherto, the Navy, being a voca
tion of the sea, has been able to keep
its titles from the land sharks, but
we see that even the hard earned
honors of our gallant naval defenders,
who get little else but honor and hard
knocks in the way of compensation,
are no longer sacred. The yacht
club of New York, we perceive, has
converted its vessels into a squadron,
and invested one of their Captains
with" the title of “Commodore.” They
intended to do things quite man of-
war-fashion, and very likely will alto
gether eclipse the regular service in'
seamanship and fighting "qualities in
a very short time. In other depart
ments, we find even more ridiculous
examples of affectation and im
posture. Nothing is more common
than to see the honored name of
“Professor,” a name which has a
technical signification, and belongs
exclusively to a public teacher of the
sciences in a University or College,
assumed by every mountebank anil
humbug, by balloomists, phrenologists
rope dancers, and we have even
heard of a “Professor of Corns.”
Tho colleges and universities of the
country have some reason to com
plain of such an appropriation and
application of their property ; but we
think it can bo shown that it is, after
all, only retributive justice, and that
they who have conferred honors with
to the lot of the next Con
impossible to predict what
sequences may be. No sin
t -trie cornu"
rle
Mr. Douglas is said, by let
ter writers, to be much elated at the
recent southern elections, inasmuch
as his friends . write him from those
States, that the opposition gains are
exclusively owing to the sympathy
which is felt for his position, arid be-
so little discrimination, ought not tnjrtalqgn determination on the part of
murmur when they arc despoiled of 'the*, Southern State“to support his
inm 1* mm lvwlrrna TLT — : l • e» « n . , • *
their own badges of distinction. How
few are the colleges in America in
which a degree confers any evidence
of merit. In the bestowment of
honors upon outsiders, especially the
titlo of D. D., tl)b colleges of the
country have dono -more to multiply
unnecessary titles, and have comr
mitted greater injustice, than all the
impostors and swindlers in the land.
In former times, the title of “Doctor
in Divinity’’ meant something, and it
was rarely nnd discriminatingly be
stowed. How is it now ?
Let every man look around him,
and decide if this.title is always an
evidence of extraordinary theological
learning j nay, if it is not often given
to the merest sciolists and smatterers
in theology, while (ami here is the
crying injustice of this reckless dig-
tiibution of clerical honors,) men
really deserving are passed by, and,
thus lowered in the estimation of the
community, who naturally regtird
them us inferior men in their profes-
s on, because the tribunal which did--
ponses the rewards of merit has not'
conferred upon them that badges of
superibr desert which, it is its province
to bestow, and of which it is supposed
better lo disponM *>th the title alter
grthcr than t.. lavi>h it in.ii>-
perpotuate crimmutely,-and with as little judg
ment and justice as it is now often
applied.—Dich. Disp.
partyl
will have a majority in C ingress, and j
no single party will be able to cast'
the vote of a majority of the States, i
The opposition will unquestionably!
hold the balance of power and in the!
event of the election being thrown j
into the House, there is no hope but I
in the Opposition members. They
cannot affiliate either with the Black
Republicans or the Douglas Demo
cracy. The difference between the
latter two being so slight as recent
events have shown it to be, that
affiliation with Douglas Democracy
or Black Republicans would be noth
ing short of disgrace and degrada
tion. Hence the only course for the
Opposition to pursue will be to stand
firm and never surrender. Douglas
Democrats and Black Republicans
may bowl and shriek, but their pow
er is gone. After exhausting their
rage, they will have to ground their
arms and abandon their common
cause and surrender to the Opposi
tionist who have the honesty of pur
pose and the wisdom to control.—
Douglas Democrats may, however,'
and probably will, prefer a surrender
to the Black Republicans ns having
more community of interest and feel
ing with themselves than the Opposi
tion. If so, the result will, of course,
he tho election of Seward or some of
his. confreres to the Presidency.^—
This, however, may be avoided if the
Southern wing of the Democrats will
unite with the Opposition against
Douglas and Seward. Time will con
vince them that this is their duty,
and they will no doubt, when tho call
is made, go to. work gallantly with
the Opposition.
lie deserved success. He fought a
■j|*gQod fight—he kept the faith—and
his patriotic party, once more upon
its feet, will yet reward him.
But the most glorious victory of
all was that achieved by the indom
itable energy of Tom Nelson, of the
first district. lie is a man of whom
the whole South may feel proud, and
will make his mark at Washington.
The defeat of Sam Smith, (the hand
maid of Black Republicanism) is pe
culiarly gratifying. It was io his cx-
of Sam more than half-a-dozeti times !
Sam, he thought, possessed great te
nacity of life—greater than was at
tributed to the cat. It reminded him
of a story related to him by an old
hunter in Caldwell county, of a 'pos
sum he killed Inst winter. He said
that after carr ying him home, lie clean
ed and dressed him properly, " and
hung him up all night in the frost—
. For lit SonLicni iralAntan
Dear Jo slice linn a Inns! |, e . t( .
hrnki nri. The Vftrvlei rifieil” ot Wall
<«ver w hose victories I have shnui e j
loud that it .'ia-( given me ihe bronchi*
anil »vh-n 1 ?pe<4».to (hem now,
. • .- ,,,. . . i mr noles <|i : ei»r<1ant to (he ‘‘Harm. ■
next morning ho salted him, and m j ni * H!lf , <1VCT whosedefea.s IW
the evening invited some of his neigh-
bors to.help cook and eat him.
„ r ,
. tc for ‘he
pow; every prospect of ’
of IcatTShg his opponent 7^' I
100 votVs. Tho rogiilar
are working day and night, ^‘1
resting on Sundays; and, one , '** 1
stunt attendance at the- church ^
,le », *!.
the coupty, not inside of" t | l(;;
ways, that they have become? C r
ly concerned for the good of
souls! Phew-ew-cw! When*k tlf
ft—-?-v~ , . ,cn ‘hetratl
is, i.t ls.only p zealous desire to a
Milledgeville, at the expense
people, to swell the number c f t],
servatita. who, wired they ,i ^
spend more time in firing U p the ’
chine known as party, tVan in t-,ki
care_of the interests oft heir const^
entsi"' -
Messrs. Jones mid Wtj„ht „•*
discuss-here on the Ist’dav 0 f Sri
tfemher..',Gn the 2d day of the,
■month, Col. Wright will
Maxry ; ?‘4>epot, in this eountv - ’j
no doubt will invite Mi. JoneVtiri
they both go to Crawfordville
next day.
■ on the
Come down next Frida
all your folks.
fi and hrir
11.
They
put it on to cook, and after remain
ing over a hot fire about three hours,
(said tire luvntev) “I raised the'lhl to ;
see how it was doing, and found it
nice and tender, with about a pint of
sop stewed out of it. I lik ed it brown,
and put on the lid and let it cook
about ten minutes longer, when I
took it off and again looked in—and
what do you think I saw, Squire?—
I hope to be essentially d——d if the
old cuss hadn’t raised himself up on,
his rump and licked up ail the sop!”
Turning-to Coleman, he iru.de the ap
plication in his own inimitable styiej
and most effectually “brought down
the house!”
. , ... nted
with tear- in my eyes m> ^
liiMiiilil the ‘‘IhvineihW tieli'mn e j l0
me. but llicy have had a nimuimiion j[.j
Oh ! liorribl--, they have not only shot, 5
me ibe-door and led me out. Inn they tBt 5
me so badly, I linvehci n ashamed, ih- #
coa.menci inert limes, to look a
in the face. And as you have a kin! S
sympathetic heart, and have feltthecaidI
COMMUNICATED.
Swapping Votes
Seems to he the game that Demo
cracy is preparing to play in Clarke
county in the election for members of
the Legislature. Rather n “sickly
trick'’ we must say, and not very
complimentary to tint men to whom
hand of butterfly friend-", because
ju
the proposition is made. They cer-
ertions," you will remember, wc-were tainly must think (bo .Opposition of
claims for the Presidency at the
Charleston Convention.
Where is the sympathy and where
does it come from? Tito Opposi
tion gains in the late elections were
carried, in a great measure, by the
sympathy for Douglas felt and spoken j
by the high priests of Democracy. I
The Southern people will have “noth-!
ing. to do” with Douglas, and we 1
chiefly indebted, for the election of
Banks to the Speii kership. I hope
to live to see all Southern traitors de
feated.
North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten
nessee have, upon the whole, done
well. The Opposition of the old
North State have doubled their re
presentation in Congress, nnd Ten
nessee now sends 7 instead of 3!—
Will not glorious old Georgia catch
the inspiration and turn out the spoil
ers ?
I have a word to say to such per
sons in onr section as wish to visit
this beautiful Switzerland of Ameri
ca. Avoid South Carolina, if possi
ble, or if you must come through that
State, buy up some of her shin plas
ters before you start, with which to
pay your expenses. They refused to
take from me "hills on the Bank of
Athens, coolly informing me that
they were five per cent, discount at
the doors of the Bank !! And I hope
Georgians will drive every bill of the
rotten South Carolina banks from
circulation within their borders.—
They issue seven dollars of paper to
every one of specie, and then tell lies
about our Bunks. Away with their
rags! Let every honest man spurn
them!!
The crops in this section of the
State were never better. The wheat
cropriias been a remarkable one.—
I regret to say that in portions of our
own State and of South Carolina they
were never worse.
After visiting tho Black Mountain,
I wiH write again.
Your most obedient,
C.
Tho Marietta * Patriot, published
in the vieinity of CoL Akin’s resi
dence, speaks of the man and his
nomination "thus:
Col. Warren Akin —It affords
us much pleasure to be able to
hope, for the good of the country, i «>“»■ readers and to the people of Geor-
that they will have “nothing to do’’ i -E ,n P'r, e State of the South,
with Mr. Buchanan.hereafter.
Edward Everett—The Next Pair.
We are informed that an effort is
l?eing made4o procure the attendance
Hon. Rdward Everett upon our
frfext Fair, with every probability Of!
spccess. The attentive Secretary is! Convention, wi'thbui
espohdence with him, and as voice, which was afterwards.re-call
the name of Warren Akin, -off Cass,
as our candidate for Gubernntional
honors. We congratulate our friends,
the State and tho whole country, in
the selection made by the Opposition
of Georgia, in the person of the gal
lant und- patriotic A,kid, who was
nominated in Atlanta on tho 10th
inst., by a large and enthusiastic
one (lissom in
»n as it is ascertained he will come
be announced.
ic attractions sought to be brought
.5 i.
together next Fitli; will, if successful
m»ke tin* next Fajr' one of the most
to be the best judge. It. would be popular and fullest attended of any
hoffflr t n ilicn/tnon ti* i 11 > il.A i.'.L _. 1. .11 TXT « % "
ever before held. We hope the Sec
retary will succeed irj his untiring
efforts to make our State Agricultu- intellect, ennobled and
ral Exhibition worthy the §tate
tepresents.
and given in his favor.
Warren Akin is Georgia’s own
—born, reared, and educated on
own soil—one of her hardy sons
toil, who has, from the most obsc
and indigent circumstances, spr
up, as .by magic-r-one cf hep prof
dest scholars, ablest lewyers, i
brilliant orators; a man of gi<x a r
of
Well culti
vated mind, he .has superior eh**
this county is made up of very
material,' to allow themselves
by any such trick. vbtt
ped, would be
and lost to the
is an insult to the
man tn the Opposition for a Domoc:
to think to take him in so easily.—r
The Opposition of Clarke county is
not composed of men of so little in
telligence, and so little patriotism ns,
to barter away their principle?—but
of thinking and reading men with
opinions of their own*—-of men who
hold their votes in higher estimation
than a mere chattel to bought and
sold of men, whose weapon is the bal
lot box, and who, with that weapon,
have conquered in every contest for
principle and right and are now re
solved that the voice of Clarke coun
ty, shall be heard in tones of thunder,
on the first of October, in condemna
tion of the miserable, corrupt and ru
inous policy that now prevails in our
country. So, friend Democrat, make
any honorable proposition ta^s that
you please, but don't if yS^flease
ir.sult us, by trying to buy otir votes
—they cost us the best blood of our
“Revolutionary Fathers” and arc
not for sale. A VOTER.
For the Sntten Watchman.
Friend Christy:—We “still live”;
down here and on Friday, the Hon.
A. R. Wright gave us a plain, prac
tical, calm and dispassionate speech.
He was listened to with great atten
tion. Our Democratic friends were
evidently deeply interested in the dis
cussion of the Buchanan Administra-
tion* the Pacific Rail Road and the
skooltng of Ebo shin niggers in Afri-
<k»> when so many white foiks in Geor
gia, can neither read or write—and
we hope that many of them, with a
high-toned independonca of party,
have a patriotic desire to send the
right man to represent them in Con
gress, and a determined "ill to repu
diate Old Buck, Douglas & Co*, will
vote for the man who is able and coth-
petent to \otc right in Congress, and
to defend the rights of the South
for, I ant happy to sny that Dance
Wright belonged to the Spartan
band ©i Southern Rights men in this
State, who were, always right, and
who is now upon the platform, which
we.are sure the whole South will hare
e,7**g*!'«"*»«•* -saatssss!
Finlay, —bth inst., a discussion will ***•" •« -i-i. >•:_ « n ,t .pi^ci m'-
be held hete either between Hon. R.
Toombs and Hon. B. H. Hill, or the
first named and some other one of GeVif^e, vou mm-tuljaudon >our eX ’^||
Alll. {VtTlr* :n •_ _ -r •» rr nruiit He-flTfrt-nf® 1 .
our folks, who wifi give Lord Hi
are broke, so dead broke, that if Slum,
boals were *el irfo for » cent apiece jim
could not buy a gangway plat k, I hstj
written you a few lines, knoivin; ifo;
you wnu'd drop me a tear of cnndnkme
and a word of advice. Thai lie should'
June no opposition iti ibis race, in wind]
he could tie so ea-ily heaten, and iocji.
ry out the Democratic duel tine of nj»
(inn in offi e, Jim Jackson bin .-<>Unnii
pledged not to be a candid t e aciij;
and i i onier that bis inxKile should
"rac’ftillv upon my shoulders, to
bis and cousin HowcH’s inflinnri-.int
speech the Cooyi-nlicn had the hminrrf I
hearing. I not only vimlicni.u the < ( k|
of'Judge Jack-on loediicute Afiic..nn-
groes. Imt to make sure of*the r wippnri,
T" went so f.tr as to say, to educate up-1
lured negroes would prove mi honor is |
our country. Hot dreaming that this dr-1
duration woulii evi r lie heard ofmiiiw 1
of Gaiuesv lie ; but that evergreen 111. i
tor of the UaHTenceville News, basvn» 1
rrid told jr. And as you know ilm 1
Smith of Coweitt. in Urn last L gislature, J i
hoasKd that ‘-Free negroes were anie■
namenl to Soeiety" and tlint- his ijipn-
ci ition of the fair speci-s has killedki«
witii the whitis; and as there is no ill
fi-re.itce-be ween educated negroes heitj
an ort ament, or < n honor to the ccanirr.
what atri 1 to do? Why. George,sr- j
a. letter in the papers, and as Dr. D.A!
rat the horse, “lake l».n k that d i j
y.iu swore to,’" and say you di4'i i
y lt ; C ntend that the appropriatin' I
money to educate captured Aftirao
is uiicoii-titu.ionul, that upon ils «*i |
merits you would vote against it, awl
suffer vour right hand to be cut off te
forejetr would submit to it as a precede*
but that it wes in the general Diplomat
Appropriation Iiill.-and that tostrikmi
nut would have defeated the whole Hill!
and Suspended all relations with Foreign j
Governments. But Dear Justice, lj
have donethat already. Didn’t you nuiio! 3
iny cautiously worded reply to !fc*j
charts iu the last Banner? Bat. Whi*J
liktr,- (he the- *• untcrrilied'' asked, *«t \
the leterilion of this educational
abodutiiy nenssaiy for the pis-a?'
;of'th<t* Appropriation Bill? Did For
6igii Governments demand die cdsaitin
of all captured Nfgrms as the w® 1
of holding deplomnitc relations within-
If so. they swore they would surroiu*
tliemselves with a wall of fire, and rt
main forever isolated before they
submit to any such Fotcign diciati"®-
AtuLl had to fall back upon <hed.roicr
resort; the never fading “ Coup & Ftai
of Democracy, and say it was demsdtl
by the Northern Democracy, and ii h»l
to b« submitted to in order m piesetre
tho Nationality of the Party, tbinkinS
of course, that ‘-the wool Hals'
about “ to the rescue boys hut, "id
fi'ery eyes, and burning wools, dm
struck terror to my heart, they i-schi®
ed sold again ; nnd like II itnih'* rlJ
old, ftwnre their children upon the d* r
<>f eternal enmity to Jackson,
Howell, and ostracised me. Wha | h‘1*
is there now forme? But one, Ge*^'
»nd if that fails y u are gone. I 3 "
must overcome your prudish inodtity
and like some quack Doctor—"' l0
a Lawyer has not brains enough to
ntru.-ted with a ‘wo hundred^<*“
case—by making an Apoihecarie’s > n 'f
of yuiir stomacbe, hnd w hen go 11
him, swings his slick upon his left ^
straitens Inmself up, bows his iwdb ’
speaks to you with an ait of g reat t5 ,
nity nn«l iui|>ortance. and hegs in .
really excuse hitn (or refusing thri llt l
tion as lie is modestly compri'eu io
form you lie has not time, as ho is
more practice in his large and
ened town than all tiie othj rd«* ,or ’. ^
" »ll VI” VOi. ■ “ J, J
together. But, dear Justice, ^
•Ins egotistical presumpiiou in 'h <: .
subject of ridicule by any i" 16 ' 1 '!?
r ? t Certainly: but as tbeif ° uin
■ be
nuin J * Certainly * v-ji «« • ^
are few, you must drsia-wtheif °P' r ^
“lor tin* greatest good of the i f[ , ‘
number." Or like some PetiJ
Lawyer, wh-ise landible curiosity - ^
hint to pry into the private f> l!'" l0 !’. S ll |*
affairs of nil families or inli»id« als
will tolerate his presence, that his
able iiifonnation may be siught
rewarded. Geiirge. you have
what n great inipoi lance it g' ve!i
of the most cnutepiible lell*' k 'Stu
every thing about every body;
not left out at Nomin-.tnn--, no1 ‘,,J
Aiid if yon should have been .
e-lfs* 1 '*
scoio to visit hinti and
dain, his plebeun relationship-
would be cotinidered no hettcr
th*> 1
of the
people.
la *
I ,, : . •—wyw ~"t%^2 ®°S US Democracv, clan
p e citizens of tks State, for t his (Ta^ prowess. There’ll be
diflidtnee. and great drffert-nf® ^
wisdom and experience ol gf*;
and become a young America- jJ
ter expect to overcome what > ^j.1