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JOHN II. CHRISTY.{
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Ot Son%rn SSWatc^maw.
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ADVERTISING.
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l . ,i„. iir?t. and Fifty Cunts per square for each aultSe-
u-jent niaertiott. *' '
1 -r*-A Hheval ilcrtuHitm to yearly advertiser*.
,r- tnnotinrement* of candidates $d, in advance.
..-Ol.imary notices eveewHrjf six lines in length
w iH I,e i hnrtred im advertisements, •
business »nfojprofesstonal Curbs.
4 M. WYNG & CO., Dealers in.
;Vt HARDWARE, CROCKERY, CHINA AND
Cl.ASS. irr»»n«l Street. Athrn*, (In.* • tf
4 111 KN S STEAM COM PAN Y.-
^ K. NICKERSON, Agent and Superintendent.
Manufacturer* of Circular Saw Mills, Steam En-
tint's. Furring and Lifting PUMPS, Sh.wtixo nnd
M ,, uiviiitv : MlU, (Its ami all other kinds of GKAR-
j\ti. lens and Brass Castixcs. of every description.
SMITHING. Repairing ami Finishing promptly exc-
, n\ t. Select patterns of Iron Fencing. Terms, cash.
r\ Yv.& II. 11. J. LONG Wholestilc
V. Jo and Retail DIUTOGISTS, Athene, (is.
n < r.tsniCT. (tnt. r.’tluSTSA
/1ANDLER & SLOCUiMB, Altor-
Y J neys at Law, Homer. Hanks connty, Georgia, will
tice in the eonntiea of Hanks, Habersham, Frauk-
)m, J irksnn and Hall. All business entrusted to them
ni’l rercive prompt attention. May 8. 1861
C W. LUCAS, Wholesale and-lic-
J o tail Dealers in DRY GOODS. GROCERIES,
II MM.WARK, Ac., No. 2, Broad Street, Athcn*.
/ i L. McCLESKEY, M.D., having
permanently located in Albas*. will continue
ih i ractiee of Medirine and Surgery. Residence, that
r cully occupied by Mr. Chase—OtBci
1 • may he found.
Bee, at home, where
II
A. LOWE ANCE, Surgeon Den-
i TIST, A then!*, tin. Office cm (MlegeA venue,
o tho Jewelry kI'M’c of Mep.sra. Talinartjje .* Wimt.
n GU LEItAND, Dentist, Wat-
• kinNville, Ojl, respectfully ^olioits thepatron-
*t,'of t!ie auiTonncUng country. Full satisfaction will
\k' <riven in bis profession. ^
T M. KEXNEY, (next door'to. the
J e Hank of Athens.) constantly keeps on hand STA
PLE and FANCY DRY GOODS, and Cboirts FatnHy
t;....-erics, cheap for cash, or to proaipf enstomc rs. .
H0\. B. H. HILL ^ SPEECH,
Heliyercd at Lau range. on the 23d Instant.
15” ’ ‘ ■ - * rt , • . -
From tU AtUntu Confederacy.
Mr. Hill arose, amidst loud applause,,
nnd said :
Ladies and Fellow-Citizens: It is upon
up motion ofmy o.wu that you have been
c.died together to-day. ' I hivre been do :
pitted by the Congress of the Confederate
States to hping betoro you a business mat
ter of the’ greatest importance to you.
t rovklyncc, in,Iiis wisdom, has cast your
I t and mmo in a perilous crisis. devolu
tion is the. greatseenc that is .flow being
enacted, and you and I are actors in the
drama. It is difficult to eotnpreliend the
magnitude of th$ evils that attend such
scenes. The more you revolve them in
yourmind the greater the snbjcct becomes.
That which was imagination to the most
eloquent statesman of his day, is to us ac
tual tact. We behold the brolcep and dis
honored fragments of n once glorious Un
ion. nawAlrcndted'in civil feud and fra
ternal blood. When that great statesman-
drew tho sad picture he prayed that liis
eyes might nerer bohold the calamity. Il
involves tho happiness and prosperity—
Ihi lives, furtuues ar.d sacred honor
of us ail. Let us uicet.it as becomes free-
men and pati iois.
Revolutions are curious things. The
course they will take is often past being
divined. You hat] as well try to trace the
track of the lightning before the flash.
Tuey rarely cpd where they begin, rarely
accomplish tho object for wliiqh thej wore
inaugurated, and those who commence
them are generally crushed beneath them.
The only safe-rule is to lay fast hold on
the great principles involved, and be sure
to hold, on to them. The mariner in a
storm, wdien tossed upon the waves, amidst
the ocean’s reefs, finds his only safety in
standing by his compass and log book, and
keeping his reckoning correct
forth, in the Constitution, in language un
misakable,
J.
J
Alt
the
.1
Each fitato had its. own State Conven
tion; but there were seyernl-outside inter
ests—Foreign and Pt s':al, &c.—which the
State* found more, convenient to commit
to a general agent; That w ns tlie exteiji
of thy powers of the Federal Government
—nothing more nothing less. Tho State
Constitution was a reitrirtioh upon State
power; the Federal Constitution was a
conferring of the power on an agent. Eve
ry State was necessarily independent of
this general agency, from tho very nature
of the arrangement.
2 !- These changes—these grants of pow
er—proceeded from the people themselves
—the rightful source of all grants, and of
power. -It was not as jn England—from
tho crown to the people; but trom the peo
ple to their agents, whether State or Fed
eral.
8d. So far as relates to the Federal com-
I act, the States were parties to it,as States,-
for the benefit of each other.
4th. As our Constitutions were written
grants, delegating certain specified powers
from the people—the only sovereigns—it
follows, as a matter of course, that tho
agents to execute the powers conferred
and the duties imposed thereby,^ must be
chosen by tho people. In them alone re
sided all power and sovereignty, which be
fore belonged to the crown j-hence, we
liavo no hereditary, officials. These were
the great outlines of distinction, showing
the further improvement upon English
liberty which our fathers set up.
But all the complex machinery of Go
vernment, which they set so harmoniously
to work—State and Federal Constitutious
—the Union, &e.; were for ono grand pur
pose. Wo did not form a Union for its
own sake. We did not elect a President
.to confer honor. Nothing of-the sort. It
was a machinery foT the preservation of
. . H the .liberty which had come down tons
But why are these troubles upon us y from Magna Charta—\Vhieluour revolution
Pniximattbj it is ealiscd by the secession ol had successfully maintained and greatly
M. M \TTHEVV8, Attorney sit
LAW, D:\nielsvillo, Ga. Miy-1. ^
OHN II. CHRISTY, Plain and
Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Br»ad St.,
Atfcci s, Ga. Offico corner Broail aa«l Wall streets, over
the storo of Sansom A Pittard. ^ it
AMES A. CARLTON. Dealer in
Silk, Fancy and Staple DRY GOODS, Hardware
a- 1 Crockery, No. S. Granite Row.-Atlwoc..
f W. HANCOCK, Attorney at
f* • LAW, Danialsvillo, Ga„ will practice iu Jack-
iaarko,.Madison, Hart, Oglctliorpo and Elbert.
| F. O’KELLEY, Photograph and
*" • AMKROTYPE ARTIST. Rooms on Broad nnd
Spring strecO
Athens. Ga.
over the store of John R.
Matthews.
MnrR-tf
J AS. M, ROYAL, Harness-Maker,
f head of Wall street, nearly opposite the old State
Bank) Athens, Ga., keeps always on hand o general as-
? -rttnent of articles iu his line, and is always ready to
fill orders in the host style. __ tf
T R. DAVIS, Land Broker, CoRec-
«/ •
same of tho Suites, onrs being one:—
though that w.is by no means tho real, the
actual. As it is proxiniatciy the ip.iso-
qnciiccs of our own act, it becomes us to
give u good reason-for it. W* are writ
ing our own history—making R rccortl of
glory or infifrny for postirity, which will
go down to all ages. \Y*il| posterity justi-
ty us? Is truth being ^indicated? Is
liberty perpetuated? If so, tho price is
not too groat, cost what it intuv
People who .enjoy too great liberty of.
ten forget the value'of it—forgot bow to
estimate it properly. It is aw easy mat
ter to defend the rights of secession; hut
it is vastly important to look to the great
first principles which !io behind i#f -this.
What arc the}' ? They wre tho great bul
warks of English liberty, which was the
fruit of the moot 1 of centuries in England.
The Constitution anil tho Union Were
not the great principles of liberty; they,
were only the breastworks which were
thrown up to defend them. Yon enjoy
those principles of liberty—that great lib-
city itself—every day. You scarcely know
or appreciate it or its value. It is so com
mon that you take it as a matter of course.
On the 19th of June, 1215—now 543
years ago—tho Barons of England, wrest
ed from King John, these immortal prin
ciples Of liberty, in what is known as Mag
na Charta—the Great Charter. It declares
.that “ no freeman shall be taken or im
prisoned, or dispossessed of bis free tene
ment and liberties, or outlawed or banish
ed, or in anywise hurt or injured, liuless by
tho legal judgment- of his peers, or- by the
law of the land.”- Here was first conceded
the great right of trial l»y jury. Before
this, citizens were seized, their property
confiscated, and their lives taki-n. at tho
will Of the Sovereign.
Again, t-lte right of hrheaf. corpus was
Wrenched from Charles II.. I'-OU years af-
VTICllOLSON, Reaves & Wynn, I ierMagna Vharttt was granted. Other im-
J Wh(i!j-«al -sujH K-Iail Dealer/ ill STAPLE an-l portiint OghtS Were connected With tllC
i anoy goods, groceries, hardware. Cr*ck-1 habeas corpVs grant, lliese great rights
! ry, ,t c., lur/e new Bri -k 6'tojv, comer Bri,t-e and Hr.jaJ j o J-fep 0 m0H Slid principles of liberty do-
f i>- ts Atlnin*; “ _ ,f j scended to otir fathers, and are now inltcr-
P ATMAN &SUMMT3Y, Deakra in Hod by us. The great American R.-volu-
H AUDWAllK and CUTLERY, corui-r .k Br,>.i<l lion was not fought to ^aot t itceeprincijdcs,
and Wall ntreu*. AUieuj. tla. Out only to maintain what was already
i-i'vi^n L'v#’[ a Mil Jtr k’Kk'V i gained. George III. had so acted as prac-
tl 1NE1L ENGLAND & b RLE- to denya good n.uny of-them. To
main'ain securely these great principles,
TOR ami GENERAL AGENT, Augusta, Ga.
-iuc*s attended to in nny county of tho State. Office
ctimer of Juokiion and Elite utrecto.
1 P. MASON & CO., Bookbinders,
tf . 1’.iprr Rni.r* ami Blank Book Malinfat-tm-cr*,
Whitehall ftrcct, Athiuta, Ga. J. U. Christy, A«ent,
Allien*. On. JnlyW-ly
M ADISON BELL, Attorney at.
l.A’.V, lloinor. Bank* Count;, Ua.—will prac-
t.i t III the Court* ofUic Western Clrcu>* All burioesa
eaUuMod l-> bij care wiil meet will, prompt attention. ’
Hfit'Klinxcitfi : lion. J. II, Lumpkin. T. R. K. Cobb,
Ji,.... Will. Hope Hull, Esq., Athena, Ga., J. II. Bank*,
ti<iinoiv[llB. tin. •
I man. Wholesale and Retail Deal :r* in GROCE
It i K.-:, DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, SHOEB A-BOOTS,
t Street, A Miens,
IL
P BARRY. Fashionable Boot and
• SHOE-MAKER. Br >a<i atreet, Athcn*, Ga., is
always in reariinoM to fill Drflerg in his 4ittc.
r p lHSUOP & SON. Wholesale and
1 • Kei*il Dealer* in <*BOCERlE&. HARDWARE
• ud STAPLE DKY .GOODS,, N?*T. Rroad st.. Athene
W M. L; MARLER, Attorney at
LAW, Jeffer*«n, Jockaon county. U*.
Ukit.rkscxs;—J. M. M«D*t»r«n.l W*S. Tb.rt»p*on,
V:-,-., JefTerran; D. W. Spence and T. M. Pe*pW*- E«l-
L.iwronecvilIc; Johu H. Newton and J. H- tbriaAy,
A then*. _ ‘ ~ ' * r
W mmmT g7 dEL0NY, Attorney at
I LAW, A then*. Ga„. will attend promptly to all
basiaess outrusted to his <;arh. OfBkrh ou Lroaa stioct,
ever I. M. Kenney’s stof». “
a rgmcqtcd. Jt was a machinery for this
purpose, and not the principles, which were
to bo {tresoevodv-
AH these great rights and principles are
repoatcd.in all the State Constitutions, as
well as rite .Federal, and our people are
self-governing. Wo make our own Con
stitution?, our uwn laws, and our own exe
cutive officers.
Now, the question comes np, was the de-
struetion ot the. Union necessary to pre
serve these rights, or any one of them?—
for any oue of them is of far move value
than all the Unions that earth can afford.
If so, though war come, let U come.
Though a thousand wars come, let them
come; your liberty is worth more than
any Government, or all the calamities that
can beful you in your efforts to maintain
jt.. [Applause.} As tho powers conferred,
as well as those retained, were equally con
ferred and retained, to secure our liberty,
it follows that the abuse of those powers
endangered the safety of the great princi
ples upon which our liberty was.founded.
The North did this. History mil so record,
and yon and I will stand acquitted. For
seventeen years the North has directly in*,
fringed that Constitution, without the con
cession of which, the Union would never
have been formed. A ll their personnl liberty.
bills were in tho teeth of the principles of
Magna Charta, and clear violations of tho
Constitution. They destroyed your pro
perty in the face of the laws, and in spite
of the laws of the land. We tolerated
them, under reductive promises Of speedy
reformation, rather than rush into a revo
lution whoso end we coukl not foresee.
But before the party now iu power was
chosen, they declared that they would ex
ercise a power, the right to do which was
not granted. They said Congress should
exercise the power to prohibit tho spread
of slavery—should limit the use of your
property, which was in violation of the
Constitution and the dearest principles of
free government. I convict Lincoln of
knowingly and wilfulTy- advoc-ating.doc-
trinos in violation of the guaranties of the
Constitution, in his celebrated debates
with J^tdgc Douglas, ho said: “I am pledg
ed bo the belief, that it is the right and
duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in the
Territories.” Then look at bis Inaugural,
iu which he asks, “Can Congress prohibit
the extension of slavery-?”. And adds,
“The Constitution docs not fay." Theh,
of course, Congress.had no sock power;
for, according to his own confession in Iiis
Inaugural, none bhcI* was granted.. Yet,
in bis debate with Douglas, he said he was
_ t pledged to the belief that It was the right
resistance ky our fathers, -King George s : and duty of Congress to prohibit the spread
your fathers and mine fonglit the revolu
tion. The usurpation ofGeurgcIII. might
have been small; but the principles in the
claim hd set tip must not lie acknowledged
iu the smallest instance. Webster said
the revolution was fought , on a preamble.
After the complaints, Vemo istrauces and
Parliament passed un act relieving us ol
the tax, hut In the preamble to the bill,
asserted the right to tux us, without opr
being represented in their councils. That
of slavery. Ills whole party—the fanati
cal North—stands pledged to tho same un
constitutional doctrine. King John, with
j»li Ida. perfidy never uttered or claimed a
right oiu* fathers would no more achnowl- mo re patent usurpation than this.' _Li.n-
\\TM. PHILIPS, Attorney at Law,
* f Marietta. «*.»will practice In all tho counties
of the Blue lli-Jg* Otmrit, in tho county of Fulton, uftbe
(’•me!* Circuit, iu,tkc Supreme Court, sunt '« tuo c-S.
District Cimr. at Marietta. • - r “ ’
ITE &RITOH, Wholesale &
urn IT upp
y T Retail CLOTHIERS and MERCHANT TAI
LORS, Broad street. Athene,- Ga. v -
W M. N. WHITE, Bookseller ami
STATIONER, tuid Newspaper aud Moq-titac
Av’«nt—Poaluria Mn^ic i Mn.ilcnt IimtVJineWtf, Lump?.
Fin* Cutlery, Fancy Gomln, Ac., corner Hroad Street au«
C -llo-e Avcuuu, Order* prpniptly HIle-l dt/^uK t n ' ,B
PLANTER’S HOTEL,
Atlanta. <*»•
(OPPOSITE THE PABSRNUER DEPOT.)
rpIlOROUGHEY renovated and re-fnriiDBcd. and iu
-I the very centre of the liurine** nortion of t-io city.
Jnlyia WM.G UAI.nOK AN .Proprietor.
GLOBE HOTEL,
Anuuplu, Gtt.
, AUSTIN MULLARKY, .PROPRtt:T(lR.
N OTICE—Pa*«e«zer* holdinq ^hrou s ti Tieket*,
be earned to and bom tlii*-flute! two »f 0«»i
l-’ero. ~ , - FcR.iT.-
wtll
WRIGHT & JACKSON,
tmm, eoHissioN armwAROisti mkrcham^.
HAY STBBT, 8AVAMXAJJ, VEQHdfA.
AI.LKN H. WHISHT. V «5. 8.. JACKSOX.
HEPF.R TO
C.rpt. John W, Andorson Savannah, Ga..
Cl»-Wn A Coiujinghatn,- “ “
Uuataa A Villatonga, “ “
Erwin A Uardec, . “ “
Carhart. A Bros., New York.
T. IV. Fiemniiufi A Co., Au
Swan A Brother,-Fen
llishce * Canovo, Ja
U. L. nart, Palatka,
Simon Merritt, Hawkii
•'trail for
fiorida, a
kiusvillc.
edge than they would pay the. tax. .
The great liberty you now .have, as a
birthright was.not gained in a day, and
wt)e not possessed by your ancestors in ol
den times. If’was wrenched from pow
er by degrees—a liUlont one time, and a
little more at another, and never again
yielding once gained. In this way, it has
grown up to the fidr proportions you now
see. Our fathom did not sot out to declare
indcperrdcnco~fW)m England, but to main
tain inviolate the rights they tlien had as
freemen, lj George III, lmd not .domed
to them certain fights, which Englishmen
possessed, doubtless we would now bo un
der the British government, without many
of tho rights which we possess. All those
great rights and principles were yielded
by tho crown to" the exacttous'of tho peo-
ple. Having hsjtabli.slied our iiidepca-
donce.'our fathers had.a right to establish
a new Government, anu to introduce what
ever changes and impi ‘ l
pleased. They abolished
pvimbgeniliire, which was' held by the no
bility'. They dissevered Church and State,
and left us ull.freo ky^ip'God, ns our
conscience dictated- Dm tCni,rtt
abolished, and' many other important
changes in the political orghhi
cO
coin has claimed the exercise of a power
which,.byhis own confession; is not written
.in-the Gonstitatiop, and hence does not
exist. The-party which put him in power
claim the exercise of the same power
by executive.construction—not clearly
granted powers of a free people to their
agent, but fro nr a foreed construction with
out the-sanction of law. Suppose you hail
submitted to this cnactmcut; what next?
The power that Lincoln and his party
clainvis for- more than fcliat Set up by
knew that af^er the 4 th of March ho would
have no Congress to make war on us—nev
er dreaming that he would usurp such a
prerogative hiiftself! According to the
Constitution, he would have to call Con
gress together, and that Congress'-would
have to'fie chosen, before war could he de-
claretl. Lincoln found a sliorter method;
.ho called himself together, and himself de
clared war and has made it on tin by in
vading o.ur soil. He calls out a posse of
75,000 men to mako war on us. By, his
owu edict, without authority, ho lias in-
.creased tlie. Army 25,000, and the Navy
18.000, and, he 's contracting a debt of
81,000,000 per day. Shades of King John,
coupe to judgment, and find all your usur
pations entirely outstripped.
But Lincoln has not only usurped the
powers of Congrcs* He has actually, set
aside tho Judiciary. By Ids own act, he
has usurped the powers of the Supreme
Court. He has eu-pended , the right .of
habeas corpus, in tlie fade and teeth of the
Constitution, and for a-purpose expressly
forbidden—to imprison.^ citize.i without
the judgment of his peers. He says the
Court shall not have power to relieve you
from unlawful arrest, -however lawful its
decisions may be. VVbat reason shall this
usurper-render to posterity for having de
nied tlie rigLt of his conrts.to investigate
his own acts ? His purpose is to reduce to
obedience, those who refuso.to recognize
his usftrpatioo. In addition to a day of
fasting and prayer for Our s iccess, we
should observe a day of thanksgiving for
ourd.eliverance from such a .usurper. [Rap
turous applause.] If he does all these
things to Ids own people, what would he
not do to us if he had the power ? Ho has
tiot only claiined-the right to'exereise this
1 lower, bntbas delegated it to his military
subordinates. But let hrm anti his Gov
ernment'pass. I have thus alluded to il
to show you wliat you have escaped.
Contrast that -Government with your
own! We hare revolutionized, as well as
they. We have dissolved the Union, but
in a. manner which nil history will justify.
No revolution ever occurred like ours r
Tho first step was through the ballot-box.
The people revolutionized'. In the revolu
tions of the Old World, power was first
usurped, and afterwards ratified by the
people,, if at all, through the influence of
bayonets; but, with us, the people have
.inaugurated it.- Every form of the old
Constitution has been preserved. Last
fell, when this revolution was .in its inetpi-
ency, I feared that war would bo the re
sult. What I dreaded, was that we should
not only lose the Union, but our liberty
also. Such had been tho history of all
revolutions in Europe. But the very first
thing that was done by the seceded States,
was to meet tlie demands ot the conserva
tive elements among us. Yon were saved
from bloodshed among; yourselves. You
were lifted across the turbid stream of rev
olution so quickly, tliat you saw none of
the dangers of the way. The hideous
wrecks of revolutions that lie all around,
standing oat in sncli frighftil view, were
scarcely scon. I fear you will, never re
alize the danger you were in, ortho diffi
culties that lie in the way of loading a poo;
pie safely across tluit dangerous gulf.
This was my ,great fear. It has been pass
ed in safety. I am satisfied, and so arc
all.
Congress next passed such laws as wore
necessary; adopted the Permanent Con
stitution, which lias been ratified by all
the seceded States. It.ia.-tbe same as the
Old Constitution, with such slight amend
ments ns experience liad'deinonstralcd to
be necessary—no more. In the principles
of this instrument is our freedom and <>iir
hope, and it will be of our children for all
future ages. [Cheers] Thegreut dangers
are p«ist, and mv tears are allayed-. The
scenes of terror which have followed revo
lutions in France and other countries are
avoided. Our people are all of one heart
and mind, resolved' to maintain our posi
tion to the very death. ‘The Congress at
Montgomery was most harmonious, and
performod an unequalled amount of >vork
for tho short space of time it was in session.
In nine weeks wo framed two Constitu
tions and passed two hundred acts. Tho
Constitution has been ratified by the
States. Wo have inaugurated thoroogldy
our Government at home, and our policy
abroad. In all tj)is, not wrinkle right of
a single State has been invaded aiid no
power has been exercised that was not
written. The noble Executive woMiaYe
placed at head of our Government, lias,
in no single instance, sought to usurp a
sjngie.powcr, or control a sitiglo member
of tho Government.
I.i striking contrast with this, Lincolif
has'.Hsnrpcd the powers of Congress and
the Courts, and lias done what neither
Congress nor the Courts have the. power
to do. Wo hjive revolutionizedin form—
Lincolirift'Otet. We the Union—Lincoln
the Constitution. We quit tho Union on
ly because wo had to quit those who" had
quit.the, Constitution. We choso te yid-
hore.to.the substance^and leave the form.
Our object,, however, is not to destroy
tfieir liberty, but to seenro our own. For
no other offense than tills, Lincoln sends
down bis army and says we shall 'submit
to bis usurpations and surrender qur libeiv
ty ! Will wo. dq it? (Vociferous criC3 of
NEVER!
ve ft'iopteci
tained by the fienph;, there will be no more
taxation. Wo have done iyhat never has
been dona "before in the history of the
world. Revolutions have always been sus
tained by onerous taxes <>r levit s, and son e
times confiscations. Wb" have dona no
such tiling as this. Our plan is nniqhc—
one that no other Government over before
d one that none other can do.
attempted, juui
You ill
hold iii your surplus products' tho
bread'of S.fiSO.Wfrof English people—lot
alone the other millioiVs in Europe and the
North. We held tlia/t which Archimedes
dreamed of, hut never saw—a lover to lift
the world, Wo are going, with this power-
funevci-, to lift our people from the oppres
sive 3’oko of tyranny, that Lincoln is try
ing to fasten on ns." [Applause.]
Tho correspondent of the London Times,
I sec, snys.onr people have confidence in
oar Government. In this he is right. He
says our plan is novel, but that iffhe scheme
succeeds otrr Government will bo a snece s.
CoUon is at last-tbe corner-stone^ofo»i* in
dependence, ^
By our plan, tho Government does not
sell yom- cotton, nor buy it You sell it
yourself, in your own way, at your own
time, selecting yonr own market, and. to
whomsoever you otrooso. But instead of
taking bauk bills, as usual, for it, you will
take tiio bonds ot tho Confederacy due in
tweuty years, hearing interest eight per
cent, per annum, payable evory six months
in gold juul silver.
In the first place you can'tloso anything.
It tlie Government lasts, the b inds will he
good.- Ii it don’t hist, you will ali Do ruin
ed. Lincoln says your property shall be
confiscated. If the Government tails you
tail; and it matters notYvhetlior 3'onrprop-
eriy be in negroes, lands, merchandize, notes
*»r Confederate bonds. All will be lost. If
you take q note on your neighbor, he may
tail and yon lose your money; but the Go
vernment never fails, till the last man in
it fails. Sayou see you cannot possibly
make a safer investment.
Wo must come to you to support out*
government in this contest. We must not
go to New York, to London or Paris, or
any of the great money inarts of tho world.
Our government is new, and we have a
special reason for sustaining it with out-
own resources m’the outset. It will givQ
such confidence os the world never before
had in nay new government—secure our
speedy recognition abroad, af.d an cariv
termination of tlie war. These are worth
making not only great efforts for, but
great sacrifices if need bo; but no sacrifi
ces arc'asked or necessary.
I havdjjn special roason for wanting old
Tmup Comity to respond handsomely to
this-proposition, I believe I had the honor
first to suggest-.this plan to our Go.vern-
ment. When the Light Guards left here,
[ witnessed your patriotism—and the
readiness with which' you pledged all your
property to support that single company.
I wont to Montgomery and told them onr
po.opld were ready to sustain them with
their cotton halos, and other surplus pro
duce. Tlic plan has been adoptedj and I
hope you will respond In a manner worthy
of your known patriotism, liberality anu
wealth.
The North yet believes oiir Government
is a usurpation. I want everybody who
makes cotton to take stock In this prepo
sition. M bolieve if wo go up to Congress
on the 20th July with one million of bales
subscribed, it will- strike terror into the
hearts of tho enemy. England and France
will speedily recognize us and they will
sae for peace. (Cheers.) Come up, thon
and subscribe your cotton to this loan.
How many of your crops would you even
give away your entire surplus of to secure
a groper termination of this conflict, and
A perpetuation to yourselves and, your
posterity of the rights and liberty yon en
joy ? [“All. that we will evor make,” and
tremendous applause.] But you will not
be required to give away a cent’s worth
or |ose a dime. You can’t rhake a better
investment of your surplus products. ’
fSonio have asked if tliose bonds will be
good. Wliat .more can I say on this point?.
Providence has given me a great privilege
-I have seen every page of tlie history Ot’
this revolution, as it waf made and turned-
over from day to-dav. I have4bo-utmost
confidence in its success. All.my cotton
can go for government bonds. Al[ niy
proporty can be bought Yvith them, ll*
any one don’t believe me try me.
A fewycarsngo, when tho United States
had-a full treasury, Mr. Secretary Guthrie
offered to buy up the bonds of the govern
ment not then due, and actually offered
Id per ceilt. premium on theta, and could
flotgetthem. Why? BecanseThcse 6 per
ceut. bonds Yvere «o valaablo and conveni
ent to ctipitiiliMtsjy' tiftti. wt*sitierc> . such a
3afe investment—so. certain and reliable—
that they would not take gold for them at
16 per cent: premium. If the bonds of the
^ am
TO MY HUSBAND,
I mi** tlice—OJj.'i mi*9 tlieo,
In «nr Fume *t -oIRso*ft d>«, ■ : oOs|
I iui**,thca in U»<tinor,ing , « hoar,
In tho gloW uf crening’s ray; '
Au-.ithu earth.jcciuj dark aail ireny,
With a dreary *tfy above,
Since thesmfte ha* rriuidored from irta
Wife it* jujpousnef* and lore.
>w
. For tby presence wore a halo
Round my tone and weary hours,
Ah' the'spiritarte? beauty
Weave* a glory round the dowers. _
I mis* fete—Oh. I mis* thee,
In the day and the night,
■.' I mis* thee In the twilight hour;
When the start aro shining bright; .
Where’er I chance to wander,
Wnero’erl chance toi ,.
Ou my bea^t and on m> spirit
Glow* a burning thought of the*.
I mis* thee—Oh, I miss the«,
II the shadowy, realms of sleep,
I miss theo in the night's deep shades,
That across my spirit oreep;
And the silent land ofstrrobsr
Hath no pleasant dream tor me.
Since I wander 'mid its shadows,
Lonely afar from thcc.
I miss theo—Oh, I miss thcc,
W’hcre’cr thy footstept roam,
I miss thee in the world abroad,
lo the.quiet of our home;
' And thcro rests a lonely shadow
On the faoo of nature now,
And a shade of care is stenting
Ou my heart n-.id o’ev my brow.
I iuiss theo—Oh, I miss thoc,
Iu my own deep solitude,
I miss tlieo in tho Weary hours,
That above ray spin's Rr, od;
And to lue-atl nature's dreary.
As iu eclipse fee while.
Since thou art not here t > bl«is me,
With the sunshine of tby smile.
TIME WILL SHOW.
Time wilt show what wa have dime,
\\'hat has been ended and wliat begun,
Time will show,
Who has been true to the dreamsbfyouth,
Garnered a harvest of rich ripo fruit,
Time' wilt show.'
Tirao wilt show the good deeds wrought,
diewn from tho heart uf a nuble thought,
Time will show.
Time will show how mon have grown strong,
Chanting fee burthens of eloquent song..
Time will shew.
Wo are looking ahead wife tearful eyes,
Watching the Rush of our mo ruing skies,
All aglow.
We smile as we think of our future years.
But our smiles are veiled with lutlf-shcd tears,
We never show.
But time will show the deeds of alt.
As wo tread from fee last'arch of this mighty ball
Tlmo wilt Mimr.
olil 'government were \vorth 40 much.
YUK OLD RIFLEMAN.
BT BEN. ‘
Now bring mo out my buck-akin suit!
My pouch and powder, too!
We’ll see if sevc'uty-slx can shuot
As Sixteen used to do.
Old Bess! we’ve kept our barrels bright?
Our trigger quick and true!
As far, if not a*Jiiie a sight,
As long ago we drew?
And pick m: out n trusty fliut!
A realwhito and blue,
Perhaps ’twill win tho other tiut
Before fee bunt is through!
Give boys your brass percussion caps!
Old “shut pan” suits as well!
There’s simvathing in fee sjmjAi. perhaps
There’s something in the smell!
We’re aeon the red-coat Briton bleed!
The red skiu Iutlian, tuo!
We’ve never thought to draw a bead
On Yankee-doodle-doo!
But Bessie, bless your dear old heart!
Those day sure mostly done;
And now we must receive the art
Of shooting on the mu!
If Doodle must be meddling, why
There’s Duly this to do;
Select tlie black spot in bis eye
And let the daylight through!
And if he doesn’t like the way
That Bess presents the view,
lie’ll maybe change bis mind and stay
Where tho good Doodles du!
Where Lincoln lives. The man, you know,
WbUkissed the Testament.
To keeptb* Coaititutisu? No! . *
T; keep the Oneerunte-.it!
We’tt hunt for Lincoln, Beast old foot,
And take him half and hall;
We'll aim tu hit him, if a fool, •
And mis* him’if a calf!
We'll teach these shot gun boys the tricks
By which war is won,.
Especially bow se^onty-sTx,
Took Tories on the run.
in 1$ c grave; but be will be changed, and
-conn, from that grave in brightness and
gi >ry. They buried John tho Baptist, with
Iiis bead cut off by the wicked, but he wilt
come from that grave with a crown of life
on bis head.
Some men went to China one©, and be
cause they were forbidden to carry the
silk-worm out of the country, they hid
some of the little creatures’ eggs in tlio
top of their staves, and so out of those two
dry staves came all the silk-worm^ and all
the silk in Europe since. A poor rag-pick
er takes a short stick in Iiis bund, and goes
into the dirty gutters of tho streets of the
city, and picks up little bits of rags and
paper. These ho pats into his dirty bag.
But these are washed ami made over, and
come out the pure white, sheet paper, beau
tiful enough tor a ■ queen to write on it I _
Who can doubt that God can take tlieso
poor bodies, and of them raise ,np a now
and better body ? Out of the very dark
ness and the bones of the grave, llo can
make something that will be brighter than
the sun forever?
These children now before me, so young
and so fair, must be changed. They must
be changed-by time, as R makes them old
er; by sickness, us it withers them, as tho
worm withers the.flower; by death, which
will turn them into corpses; and by Christ,
when he comes'to wakeb all the dead! O
child ! if you love that Savior, if you please
Him, by shunning what ho forbids, and
doing wliat be commands; if you live to
plcuso and houor Him, you shall be, and
become Idee the blessed Saviour—holy,
glorious, immortal and blessed forever!—
Dr. Todd.
;—w
Prosaic Poetry.—I gave her a rose and
gave her a ring, anil asked her to marry
me then; hut she sent them nil back,
tho insensible thing, and said she’d no no
tion of iiien. I told her I'd oceans of
money npd goods, tried to frighten lier
with a growl, but she answered she wasn’t
brought up in tho woods,-to be scared at
tlie screech of an o.wl. I called Jtcr a bag
gage, and everything, had ; I slighted her
features and form; tilf at length T succeed
ed in getting her mud; ailtfwhe'ragod liko
the sea in a storm. And- then in a mo
ment I turned, and smiled^ and called her
niyangbl an 1 all; she fell in my arms like
a wearisome child, and exclaimed, “Wa
will mary this fall.”
Camp McDonald.—Wo have just re
turned from a- visit to Cutup McDonald,
whore w.e found every thing in excellent
order, arid tlie entire camp iii the best
state of discipline. There are about 2,-
000 troops in- the camp, under tho com
mand of Gen. Puiilips, and both officers
and mon nro pArfootly - satisfied with tho
rules aud regulations. Tlie duties of tho
soldiers arc performod with the utmost
alacrity and cheerfuhioss, and those croak
ers and grannies who are complaining of
tho orders laid down by Gov. Brown, have
Only to visit tho camp to bo satisfied of tho
utter groundlessncg of their reports.—Af-
lanta Inteliiaenccr.
WiijisttU ^aikeviags.
they have thoughts of a written Constitu
tion, .dearly’ defining, tbe^power of Con-
gross andtheexecutive. . Wo stand, to the
North precisely hi t|ie same relation that
tho Colonics did to Great Britain and tho
Barons ;to King John. What has been
Liucoln.’s subsequent .conduct? It was
said; and I hoped, that after he had taken
upon himself the solemn obligations of an
provemenls they oath, bo would administer the Government
:d tho right ol accord in ir to law. Has lie
r tuo
according to law. Jlas ho done it? .Look
uinges in
institution
at his Indianapolis speech, on his way to
Washington, to tako that 6olemii oath 1
Ho asked 1 “What relation doos a ,State
bear to i]uvGeneral Governmont different
from that of-a county to-u Statu?” At one
on and. foil blow, lie strikes down State righto and
1st. We adopted
The English Gove .. . . .
Constitution. Its Constitution ex.s s an
history; in customs which ltaVOgradua%
grown into a law; in some Parliament—
Acts and certain Grants of the Crown.
neoer: nevi
' in -nd far less excusable -' for for him to deceive hlnisc^f and jiostcrity Subscribe, on tlie baalfWan apefft'Jejcrdp:
We have resolved to preserve nnd-he to If the crop fails from drought, or a,fyoth-
It js no use
quefed, you lu-Q no more freenten, but
slaves. If you conquer you remain free.
There is up other alternative". Confisca
tion and 'chatusi, is the openly declared
policy offeur .enemies. - -
Yon have said yqti would not submit,
and thatyou will be freemen for the future.
So Congress believed. After having done
all in our power to prevent war, it is upon
us. Wo 'ha^it AVe hatesent qnf
000 men to the field of conflict, and
bear-daily reports from their valor and
deeds,of heroic daring, thatpre enough to
make every patriot heart bap for joy.
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safe in saying that our bonds will bo worth
20 per eont. in three months after the war.
L candidly Bcliuyc. it, and there is-every
reason in tho. world for such belief.
But ijoaio have said, it is very dry now,
and they fear the crop will be cut short,
and have suggested to me tkut it is a bad
timqto make this speech and ask for sub-'
spriptions to the loan. The Government
Inis provided for ad that. It asks you to
subscribe joo the basi|~bTtin“averftge^
If tlie crop fails' from drought, or aify
er cause, you will bo excused- In such
to preserve and be to
destroy self-government. If you are con-
but ease, no forfeiture will attend your sub
scription. Give us just the same subscrip-
But one thing more is needful.
ulLthe great principles of our liberty.
Tiiis would alTpw Congress to abolish State
lines, Courts and Legislatures, depriving
tlie people of their power; and yet he puts
this silly question to an American audi-
em-e! His party tako up the echo and Foreigners—the great statesmen of Eiig
assert the same abominable doctrine.- landaiuLFrance—say that wo have retain-
He has not only claimed and exercised ei all tlie' forms of the old Constitution
powers not written, but has violated those 1 The soldier has done Iiis duty. Ho .lias
that arc written. He 1ms made war, while I gone forth with a b rave heart to meet your
the Constitution says that Congress alone fees, and to shed his blood in your defense.
power. Wc, at Mont- j It only remains for the citizen to (Jo his
dicity of our hearts did j duty also. Congress has not taxed you as
tion you would if you were sure of an av
erage crop. This will carry homefto your
-enemies the conviction that you are deter
mined to -sustain your Government. Wc
arc in better condition, to .carry on the war
than the North. Tho property of that
section, in many places, has gone down
50, and even 75 per cent. A friend
of mine passed through Broadway a lew
days counted 180 business
houses with cards “to let,” “to rent,” hang
ing on the doors. Our property is ih land
(jg gtat^. [ and negroes,-and don’tdh’.ctuate with eve-
rv adverse wind of for tune. I believe the
Belf Dsstructio !».—“ Massa, yon k BOW
deni big glass shades wliat ntn arribu last
night? ...
“ Well,” said the master.
“ Well, dey was pul in the store-room,”
continued the boy.
“Well,” continued the master - inquir-
iagly-. . - - .0.
“ Well, I was peelin’ do apples, when
Mr. Johnson told rue to bring one of deni
out, Raid—”
“Well,” said thc'master impatiently.
“ Well, just as L wasgwinc to do” M-
“ You lot it fall, and broke it, you care
less scoundrel," anticipated tho master.
“ No I didn’t uuddc*^’ sqid tho negro
sulkify-
“ Well, what then," said tho landlord,
recovering.
“ Why, I strec-k Him Rgin’ the corner.of
the shelf and ho brake hisself all to pieces.”
Dixie Land.
A correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta gives the following as tho origin of
the popular song of Dixie. Bo this as it
may, however, we imagine Dixie lias taken
too fast a hold on tho affections of our peo
ple to be easily given un. Albert L’ike has
written tome pretty Words to tho air.
Noticing these, the writer in tho Delta
says; ST
“Now’, I do not wish to spoil a pretty.
Illusion, but the real truth is that Dixie is
an indigenous Northern negro refrain, as
Common to tho writer lioruof as tlie lamp
posts in New York city seventy-five years
ago. It was One of the every day allu
sions of boys, at that time, in all of tlioir
out door sports. And no 0110 ever heard
of Dixie's land being other than that ot
Manhattan Island until, recently, when it
has been erroneously supposed to refer to
the 8oulh, from its connection with pa
thetic negro allegory.
“ When, slavery existed in New York,
one ‘Dixie’ owned a largteffrect of land or
Manhattan, and a-largo number of’slaves.
The i nc-rease of the slaves, and the increase
of the abolition sentiment, caused an emi
gration of the slaves to-more thorough and
secure sections, and tlie negroes who.were
thu # s sont off, (many being born there,)
naturally looked back to their otd homes
where tlioy lmd lived Sri ’clover, with feel
ings of regret, as they ceuld not imagine
any-plare like Dixie’s. Hence it became
synonymous with an ideal locality, com
bining care, comfort.and;.mntorial happi
ness of every' description. In those days
uu^ro singing and minstrels}- were iniheir
iufancy, and any subject that could bo
wrought into a ballad was eagerly picked
upjlJjiis was the case with ‘Dixie’. It
At A hotel tha other evening, a young originated in New York, and assumed the
«—j- * « • proportions of a song there. In its trav-
*lav*U)i\s been enlarged, and has ‘gather
ed moss;’ it has picked up a ‘note’here and
there] a'.‘chor,us’ has been added to it, and
man has done life diltv and you are satis 11
fled with it. At Montgomery while you cannot find means to- carry on this
and moustached dandy from Squankiun,
Now Jutfoyv was seated -cMifee -iea-tablt- [els, it lias beoq. onjarj
at rather a late hour, whoa a bar kce|>ei-
came in and took a scat opposite. The
dandy dropped bis knife and fork, slipped
his chair back,’gazed at the barkeeper,
and said:
“Fellah, do :s the .servants sup with a
gentleman in his house ?”
• “No, sir;-’-was tho reply. .......
. ‘'Are You not the bar-keeper ?”
“YeS,sir.” ,
“ Well, a bar-keepor is a bolp as much
| as a scrub girl!” .
“ True,” replied the man of the toddj-
stick; but I did not enter the hall until
I looked in and saw there was no gentle
man at the table; ahem.”,
Here the conversation ended. Poor
Jersey grinned a ghastly smile, and van-
mirt collar. ife*r
0 provoke war or give
of. quarrel with him. Wc
7m: - • -
slept we were anxiy3sly considering wliat pwar. If our scliemo can bo vcairiad out,
was boat for you. Our enemies have acj Wcenncarry on tins waa- LUU years. We
knowlcdged that wo.have statesmen. ^ 011 c want it to last 1 l 1 months, or oiie
month; but we cau carry it on 100 years
—and we will do so rather than submit to
Lincoln’s usurpation/ or the dictation of
the North.
Nhcd behind his sT
yet; but you must not b-? deceived. C011-
I gross will lay a direct tax during this year;
”
A”Fact.—It is the man that makes the
most noise that secures tho attention of
the world'. A silent-elephant may remain
unobserved amid tlie foliage of the wood -;
but a croaking bull fr
attention in fnodarkt
The Star Spangled Banne
constituted, is not the flag which floated
over t ie battle-fields of tlie Revoraitpkj$
nor is it.the same as the ono which floated
over our victorious hosts in the war. of
1812. Tho .present flag of the United
Slates was adopted in 1818, from a design
by Capt.'Samuel V. Reid. There was no
thing in its adoption to render it sabred in
the eyes of any one, and thcro has been
nothing in its history since to make it so.
g is sure to attract ' This professed devotion to the flag of the
t night. I Union i pure bunkum.
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from an indistinct ‘chant’of two or three
notes Jt Las become an elaborate, melody;
bat»tho fact that it is not a Southern, song
cannot be rubbed li:icy is so
pillar to tho contrary that I kav$ rims
at pains to state tlie real origin of it.”
, Jr* —^
A Horse’s Foot.—-The foot of a horse
is ono of Hie most ingenious and singular
pieefes of mechanism, in the anim&l struc
ture, and scarcely yielding to any in regn-
larity and etfmplexitj- of parts, and of sim
plicity- of design. The hoof contains a se
ries'oft vertical and thin lamina of horn, so
numerous as to ataoui.it to about five hun
dred, and forming a complete lining. Into
this are fitted as many .lamina belonging to
tiiecoffiii-bone, which setts are elastic and
now adherent. The edge of a quilt* of jjftper,
in sorted leaf by h-af into one another, will j
convey a sufficient idea of this arrange
ment. Thus the weight oft the animal is
Supported by as many elastic springs as
there are lamina in the feet, amounting to
about four thousand, distributed in tho '
most secure manner, since every spring
is acted upon in any oblique direction.
Sueii is the contrivance for the -safety of
an animal destined to carry greater weight
than that of its own body, and carry chose,
:il'-o. under the hazard of heavy -lu>
