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FRIDAY^SfARCH 15, 1801.
iiou.r.
' the out cropping? of Week RepubJb
„ ul^ UtJI
imrtm the horror, of |*e ivliuuioa, TM|n
'"\«M»e *he •WWijfcinoiijfcor •ndnjgrouAA *•»!-
roads, lor the tninsportaf on of fugitive slivs
from the com furl* of a 8®®thern home lo the
Lordships of Abolition charity. TIvy preach*
Glenn’* Speech. rd their doctrines from the pulpit; and but a
W« have given up a large space iu our pres- abort time was required for theta deatriaes to
• to the s|»e«K'h of Mr. Oleno, and we . hnng forth its legitimate fruit*.
» 4* «*r r«ade«a. JAi
I.ll owe Mr. Gleut! much for the highly credit
aide maopes in Wfiich he h$a Hummed the
dignity tfira-dmpaNUtiVe*of bssWMioo teaiis*
> a momentous oonjui.c-
■ullbei»,r I6f4.«i i»»»P? M<h« cd fWJUfiltll ojwu » ipclmnnl id*-*, .net
ifud of the North become u| oo the against the formation of which the '• Father of
fOT*. HfTHM «* CLBhM,
Cumm^MWhtr from tbe ft<a<k *f Gtrtfift before
the Legislature of Mi*eouri, March 3, 1861.
Gr.NTt.hMaN or Tttr. IsctSLATVnR
or me StaYk or Missopni:
Accept lay tbanks for the mark of respect to
the State of Gtorgia, expressed and conveyed
by the adoption of soar j out resolution, in
viting me to addressyim this evening on the
object ol‘ my iiiiiston to tf e Strie of Missouri.
Uii the 19th.day or January last, a Con
vention of I be people of Georgia pasted sn
* Ordinance o! 8e»c*eioq,” who cby that Slate
rc utried fell the powers which she hud de'e-
g,U*d to the late Government of the United
Siuttl of America, and dissolved the Union
subsisting between her«elf and t!»e Confeder
ate Sutcj. The Convention also adopted a reso
lution providing for the appoiotme it of Coro-
ruissioftees to such of the Slave holding States
as had not seceded, to present to the Legisla
tures. or Conventions, or In the event neither
should be in ses ion, to the Governors of said
8t.i ci, the Ordinance of Session r-f Georgia,
and to iuvito their cooperation with ber and
oth.:r seceding States, in the formation of a
S •uthern Confederacy.
Uuder this resolution, 1 had the honor to be
appointed a Commissioner to fhe State of Mis
souri. sud aiu now here to discharge the duties
specified in uiy cjwmisrion.
I do aot propose, ou Ibis occasion, to discuss
the •* vexed question ” of the right of a State
to secede from the Union. Tbs time for argu
mentation ufttn this subject haa’passed. From
th » beginuiug of the Government, differences
o opiuiou in reference to this question have
pravailed among our gro ileri Statesmen. Some
It •l.iing Urn it is a C institutional and peaces
right—to be found among that class of | withering iufluence of Northern fan itioism
, U ot#b»
religious
subject, that the Northern Metho lists deposed
from cficS one of the best aud ablest meo of
Uie denomination—Bishop Andrew of Geor
gia—ffir tin other reason thah, that ha had Hi-
tsrmarried with a lady Who owned a few ne
groes ir, ber own right.
It w«a then, that the Methodists of the South,
nh’wRbttinding ,l the memories sad associa
tions of tLepdft/' determined that their rights,
interest, and “self respect,” required them fo
separate from their (auslical brethren of tbe
North. They “seceded” from the 44 union”
with them. They established the Geueral
Co ferenceof the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and I have yet to hear the first expret
• i<>n of rojrct. at the separation, escape the lips
of a Southern Metf odist.
Tbe same “demon of discord” entered the
Baptist Church, snd soon effected a separation
among that | e pie. To a greater or leas ex
tent, it has infuse I itself into every religious
“sectaDd creed” of the North. So that,«t this
time, tuere are bu few placet and lew Church
es to be fouud upon Northern soil, where tbe
Southern clergyman—however pure, upright,
sod devoted to tbe cause of his Master—would
be invited, or even allowed, to perform tbe ta
cre l functions of his office.
For some years, tbe Abolitionists kept them
selves distinct and soparate from political par
ties, content to cast tlie'r votes fur their own
candidates for office. Unable, however, to cf
feet their object* by and through a separate or
ganisation, their next stop was to give their
votes to the candidates of that party which
they supposed regarded their principles and
doctrines with the most favor. By this means
they gradually infused their poison into the
Dali nal political organisations of the country
Hence the Buffalo Convention of 18i8, and the
nomination of Martin Van Buren for the Pres
idency. The untimely end of the “old Whig
party ” whs alone attributable to the asccndan
cy /required over it by the unti-S'avory feeling
of the North. Even Mr. Clay, with all his
power and eloquence, could not save it from
powers of the government
bauds of her enemies * Un-
foCflf* she would have been
cries® to Strike tyr her rights ?
Mafltnpiji Southern toil, and ntuMer Souther. flentfcmeWqr lflMo»i»eo«iy lb.™ eio»t be
men for Ae evened purpoee ef uoitlu, ,ervile j a hofl V>Ute>ent of IlSi^uenion. |hb L*ici
vjoiorrentioD end libereting tbe $l»»e Atd ybn p h°vtbmi eogfofl.ratee. Yon deiMbid
»b»h come ef then *• teade In buntnn forr® " ! M * guamutees for yonr rlghtn Ttu Iwvnwalt-
n-.t their just de.ert.Bbe bu Men ineo of tbe «d from November W U no*. Whb .1! thiere-
♦j»oct 1 would ask, what have you gained by
wailing ? What has G’oiigreaa douc for you ?—
what have Northern Legislatures done for you?
North evlebrating tbe anoivtrsary of bia death,
and canonising the spirit of John Brown !
At the oudof lb*** four years tha B l »qh
r A . j - , , .. , seoin ana contempt. But a “ Peace Conference
r ghts not delegated to the General G-
ment, but reserve! to the people—others al
leging and maintaining that it is a Revolution
ary tight, above, beyond, and inJopcndeat of
the Constitution. But whether it to tiie one
or the other, there is no man, I apprehend, to
b» found, either In the seceded fitaics, or those
tv iich still adhere to the IToion. who doc* not
roeogn zi the right of any and eve^y people to
throw oil' their Government, when that Gov
ernment benmnea oppressive—when its evils
weigh its bcuefits.
Upjn this principle, our fathers placed and
fought the Revolutionary war, and. under the
guidance of Providence, achieved our Inde
pendence. And upon this great principle—the
prill iple of self preservation—tbe people of
Georgia are content to predicate their Oreli-
cf Se
Mill.
Th
» S ale of Georgia has assumed her pres
oaitiou. u«»t because of any dissatlitfuc
rith the Federal Constitutor
it h
Rising, as was said, upon the ruins of both the
old parties, discarding the evils and combining
the virtues of each, the American party lived
and nourished so long as it confined its oj era-
tions within the limits of 8t«te lines. No soon
er, however, than its delegates from the North
and the South, met in the city of Philadelphia
in 1856, to build a National platform and turn
inate candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, than they cisamoed upon the Sla
very question. Moslof the Northern delegates
withdrew, or if you please, 44 receded,” to unite
with others of more congenial view* and prin
ciples iu a Convention winch met in tbe city
of Piitdburg. ami which adopted, among others,
tbe following resolution :
“ Unsolved. That the Constitution confers upon
Congress sovereign piitcer over the Territories of
the United States for their government, and that
in the exercise of this power, it is both the right
and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Terri
tories those twin relics of barbaiism, Po/ygmy
the frame-work of the Geueral Government, j an( i S avery."
On tie contrary, they believe that, conGoed 3^ this Convention John C. Fremont was
and moving, each in its appointed sphere, j nominated as a candidate for the Presidency,
os prescribed by tho Constitution, the Gen- ; Vividly, gentlemen, must you remember the
cr*l and itue Governments composing the J memorable contest of 1656. It was only, after
late Federal Union constitut'd the best sys- , almost su; erhuman efforts on the part of the
ten 1 Government ever devised and put in J Democratic party and the conservative men,
operation by the wisdom of roan. It is equs'lj j y D rth and South, that Fremont was defeated
true, however, as can be abundantly demon- I nn ^ Mr. Buchanan e ected.
etraied b the statistics of th® country, that j Four years interval.®. l)oea the anti Slavery
f«»r long yeura. the burdens and benefits of the
Federal Government have been most unequal
ly distribute l between the two sections oi the
Union—th® North aud tho 8>uth.
feeling at the North subside? Is there any
abatement in the hostility of that roctiot) to
the rights aud institutions of the Bouth? Is
there any evidence afforded of a returning
Empba
ally
Agricultural people, tho | gena* 0 f justice, on the part of the North, to
pnoploof tho South ? Is there any restore
tion of thoae fraternal feelings which charac
terized the men of the two aectiona in the ear-
lier aud belter daja of the Republic? No?
EoiiiJjtru States have always felt that tbe best
and greatest protection, in a politico-economi
cal p intof view , that could be git on them by
tl cGeutrai Go\erument, would be the privi-
l.geot •• selling their production# where thify
could tell them lor tho most, and buying their Within these four yeara, the people of Geor-
articlesof consumpl.on wht-ie ti ey c* old buy j gj a |,, iV e witnessed tfcc formation or Emigrant
them the cheapest.’* On the (thtrhand, tbe 1 Aid Societies for the purpose of lr«nsporting
j top'c « f it 0 North, tn* re dependent upon the I -tbe fifth aud »• um ” 1 f Northern cit ea and
opvratioiij i f the Goveri.ineiit, have ever, at J Northern Society iut* the Territory of Knnsiia
l«'u‘t, from •• the time wheie f the memory of | with the avowed object of excluding the tuen
the presortl generation rULnoh not to ibo coo- f of the South
tr.»ry," beseiged t.« Halls of the National Leg- You have »o< 4 n men from the North, armed
iriature with petitions aud demands for “ p
tectioh/* fn the shape of Tariffs, Fishing Boun-
tic-, Navigation Laws, Ac , Ac.
To the unjust discrimination in the levying
ol use*. auU to the unequal distribution of the
pecuuiary benefits oi the Government, th# peo
ple ol Georgia, always conservative, have here-
t ifare, and might still have •ontinued, in th®
future,to quietly aud patiently eubmit. Far
diflWeut, g< uilcthco of Missouri, arc the cans-
<a which have cp«rutvd to influence and im
pel Georgia, ouc of tho “U.d Tuirteju ” which
puhMMi vi.rough th® fire aud blood of the Kcvo-
luti-.n. todita dve her oooitexion with IheGen-
crul Government. These csu*e* are ,4 knowYi
and rfiid ot all men.”
It would be a r> flection upon your intrlK-
g -uc®, ami the aaMtuiptiou of an unnecessary
Viitlt on nsy part, for me to«uter into a detail-
el biamry of iho rise, pr >gie»a and present
eU’ui of the tntfshiT<ry ten time ol of the
North. Induce »*e, however, while I advert
to « few of the more prcui'uent facts connect
ed with th® course it bus run ;.&& iu them lies
« justification of th® action of ruy 8ts‘e.
with Sharpe's R He* and Colt’a revolvers, pass
ing up tbe maguificeiit river that washes the
base of your capitol, and bound for Kansas.—
j Ily lucee same men jou have seen your own
I cit cena allot dowu—the veil of Missouri moiat-
| eno I with ti c blood 1 f her own sona—for no
j other crime than tbo easertion aLd vindication
I of their constitutional right to enter and enjoy,
with their property, the common Territory of
(be Government.
Within these four years, Georgia has seen the
Governor of Ohio refuse to deliver, on the de
mand of the Goveruor of Kentucky, a fugitive
from justice, on the grouud that it was no crime
by the law* of Ohio to entic® a negro to leave
hia master, or in plain English, to steal him !
Within these four years, she has seen the last
of the Northern Stales pass under the influ
ence and coutrol of the Black Republican or
ganization. Iu almost every ooe of them, all
tho department* of Government, Executive*
hia country,” whoa® “na«n® aud memory" there
men profess so m«eb to revere, warned his
countrymen—met in Convention in the city of
Chicago. They adopt an d publish to the world
their platform of principles* They nominate
their caodidat • toe the Pre«fd®ocy and Vice
Presidency. They go into the caumes. Tbe
ides of November oome. Toey succeed. Lin
coln and Hamlin are elected without a solitary
vot® from th® South ; but by an overwhelming
majority, both of tbe electoral and popular
vote of the Northern States.
It has been said that the success of the Black
Republicans, in thin election, was more of an
accident than otherwise. If so, it was the
crowning “ accident” of a series of accidents
that have been transpiring for many years —
Again : It has been attributed to a desire, on
the part of this pure and virtuous organization,
to relieve the country from what tl ey are
pleased to term *• the corruptions of the Dem
cratie party.” On this bypolhesia, I can under
stand how it was that Mr. Breckinridge and
Mr. Douglas were defeated. They were both
Democrats. But how do you reconcile with
this assumption the exceedingly small vote cast
in the Northern States for Mr. Bell, iu whom
there is not a streak ot' Democracy ? Away
with such pretexts. Let those attempt to dis
guise it who may, aud yet tbe great truth re
mains. The election of Lincoln was the result
of uncompromising hostility, cherished by the
North, to the people ut the South and their in
atitutions. It wua effected by men, among
whom there exists no other bond of Union.
Pause, for a moment and inspect tbe Chicago
Platf>rm. In it we find the same resolution,
somewhat varied in phraseology, as that adop
ted by the Pittsburg Convention in 1856. By
it the party assert the power and the duty ot
Congress to exclude the men of the South, with
their property, from the comiD 'n territory .'l
the government—territory won by the valor,
acquired by the blool, and purchased with the
treasure of the South.
To this platform, in all its length sud breu .th,
Mr. Lincoln, their President elect, subscribed.
Indeed, long before bis nominal ion for tl.c
Presidency, lie had declared, “ if he were in
Congress and a vote should come up on a question
whether slavery should be prohibited in a mtc ter
ritory, in spite of the iJrtd Scott decision, he
would vote thut it should."
Not only s<>, but he had proclaimed that there
tea* an ** irrepressible coi-tiict’’ existing between
the Xorth and the South, and that the Northern
mind utiuld never rest satisfied until usswed
slavery was put in a course r f u't mite extinc
tion.
But, to ascertain the ultimate objects of thin
party, the people of Georgia looked not alone
to its national platform and the recorded opin
ions of its candidates. They looked to the
declarations oi its represeutatue men—such
men as Seward aud Cn&ae, Sumner and Wade
Wilson, Greeley, Beecher and others—to their
speeches and lectures in aud out of Congress
They linked to the papers and periodicals ol
the party, to the reaolutioua ol 1 heir county
district and Stale Conventions—to the acts and
resolves of ibeir SI.to Legislator s From all
these they could see no other purposes, objects
and motives, deducible, than hostility to the
South, the extinction of slavery, aud the ulti
mate elcvatiou of the ne^ro to civil, political
and social equality with the white uian.
These being the objects arrived at Ly the
Black Republican party, the executive brauch
of the government having paared into their
hands, with tho certainty of a reconstruction
of the Supreme Court to lollow, and, believing
that the leader* and (he tustaos of the party
would be true lo their principles, aud utc and
employ the Federal Government, with all it»
power and patronage to cflVcl these objects—
seeing nothing but destruction in the future to
their highest and dearest interests, if they re
mained in t lie Uuion, the people of Georgia re
solved that it was their right and their duty to
sever their connection with their Northern
confedeiutes. This right they have exercised
This duty they have performed, aud they now
invife the people of Missouri to unite and co
operate with them >n the formation of a South
ern Confederacy.
That you are with them in feeling nnd sym
pathy, the people of Georgia have no doubt;
and looking from the stand point they occupy,
they believe it is your interest t > go with your
aiater Stales of the South.
It would bo indelicate in rn® to argua the
question of interest with you. Pardon one or
two reflections. Yoart is a Hemp growing and
Tobacco raising State, and these articles, like
Cotton, can be cultivated aucceesfuily and ex
tensively by no other than aluve la or. Again,
for all your surplus stock, your horses and
mules and hops, your grain aud your Uacnn,
you look to the South for a maikct. It occur
red to me as I passed through your large and
flourishing commercial emporium, that tbe for
est of magnificent steamers that skirt its levee,
engaged, as they are, in the transportation of
tbe varied product* ot your fertile soil to South
ern marls, indicated, with unerring certainly,
the direction in which lie tie interests of Mis
souri.
Identified with u?, then, lu feeling, in syuipa-
Tbe firatoccasion, I lelicvc, upon which this , stance,
anti‘slavery feeling assumed • formidable | o-
a tiob’ of luattllty lo the rights of tbe
was when the prop!• of your own State, then f filled by
a Terr.lory, applied for admission intotl eUu-
io t. With the history and rotulluf that strug-
gl.- yon are familiar. J need Uot iscite it A
few 'years ®laps®«l; aud, instigated, mere or
1< si, */on«Tbot»ptt>a. a British < miesary from
*• Krf* ter II«f1, w th* Abolitionist a began to form
1 »e c tr$. They established papers throughout
the NJrtJigpq Sla^kr purpius y[ disarm-
L-gUfou.** **4 Jwlicial. »re in IU Uadi of | thy 4nd cre ,, 1(iny .. moul „ slm l
111., parly. All ll.o . m.’tr,, from lbs bigl.nl „ lld mnv jo11 bu |j M ,| fcd „ uh u . iB
to tbe lowest, Irom constable to Governor, are n 0B>
filled with BUck Republicans. Iu evbry
The people of Georgia arc anxious to acc. all
... u... av.ry Bmbrr. But,. *h„. . •• , |lc ,,. 1 „.h oMlog SM "o. enter Into . Southern
>0 1 O- fancy has occurred in the 8«*nateof the United 1 ~ - • T * n . . - f . ...
flu.iK I c. , . . , 1 Confederacy. To such a Confederacy,combining
. ! °°* V L'* r/ cxc «»’ t,un - 11 >»• I • It will every variety of roil ami el»n,.tc, em
have agreed upon n basis of settlement. I know
not what it t*. tut mark tlie prediction ; if ft is
worth anything to tlw Bouth it will riot he
adopted by Congress; and should It he, n lint good
tiff cotm* of it? If the Black Republicans will
not rcppeii and carry oat the plain provisions
of the Federal institution, what iihsurance have
you that they would abide by any new gnaran-
tecs, to which they might agree? Men of Mis
souri ! be no longer deluded; any concessions
these men may offer will prove to be bot tb®
fruits of the *• dead sea” of Abolition; pleasant
it may be tv the right, but only to he tasted to
turn to ashes upon the lips of the South.
Georgia has not acted rashly. Fourteen long
years »hc ha# warned her Northern confederates
an to what would be the result of their aggres
sions upon Imr rights. She hat acted promptly,
dwhfft Delay was dangerous. She beHeved
procrastination would prove the thief of her
rights. Her people Iclt that “ouc hour of vfrftr
ous liberty” under a government of equality,
would he worth “a whole eternity of bondage"
under Lincoln and his party. Others may do as
they please®-Georgia will never coueent to be
ruled over by an Abolitionist. Moreover,
the people or that State, while they dcrire and
hope tho separation may be peaceable, could
not close their ejes to the fact that “coer
cion” might be attempted. In that event, they
deaired to co-operate with their airier 8tates iu
the formation of a Government before il*o 4th of
Jfureh. This they have done. They now have
in operation a strong and vigorous provisional
Government, with the fbnatlfution of tbeir fath
ers for its basis. At the head of that Government
tin y have placed the gallant soldier, and accom
plishes Statesman, Jefferson Davis, of Afissisuip-
pl, nnd the eloquent, far-seeing and sagacious
Stephens, of our own State. With these men to
guide, control mid direct the “ affairs of Stale” of
the young Confederacy—the people of Georgia
arc prepared to accept the issues of the future,
whether they come iu the shape of “grim-vis-
aged war,” or wreathed with the smiles of peace.
But wlmt will J/issourl gain if she “sccides?”
Will slit} recover any more of her fugitive slaves
than now ? are queriious which I hear propoun
ded. .t sufficient answer to them, iu uiy judg
ment is, that by “seceding” you would relieve
your-elve* from your present constitutional ob
ligations to those who are theoretically your
brethren, but practically your enemies. You
would thou be placed in a position to make
treaty .-tipuhufons with the people of the North,
regarding and treating them as the balance ot
mankind, “cucmies in tvai—in peace friends.”—
But this is not ulL The agitation would cco&e.
these faiiMliesot the North seem to thiuk that
they are now responsible for what they cull the
•* national sin ot slavery.” By separation they
would be relieved from this responsibility. Then
politician* could no longer make slavery
by upon which to ride into office. As a “foreign
they would feel uo more exercised in
reference to our institutions, than they now do In
lutioii to Cuba, Brazil, or any other people. Let
J/issouri secede and uuite her fortunes with her
Southern ririers, and ito future slat us as toslavery
would become fixed. The stream of Northern
emigration would *ea»c to flow into her; uud
the men from the South would once agatn seek
homes in your midri.
But I am tt-kud, if Georgia will not again re
turn Into tiie Union ? If she would not fitvor a
reconstruction of the government, IfsatUJhctory
guarantees were given that her rights would be
respected? In my judgment, she would not. Her
“ seperation is perfect, complete rind perpetual.”
Her people have uo confidence iu the political
faith ami integrity of those who have succeeded
to pow er.
Itliving, to fur as she concerned, relieved the
pure and tender conscience of the North from the
burden of “ the sin ofriavery,” Georgia will never
again, by any net of hern, impose it upon them.—
J/er sin, If sin, be, will never again constitute a
stumbling block in the w ay of Northern fanati
cism. It will bo allowed lo make its “ cal ling
and election sure."
Bui tbtu wo are to Lo coerced ! For this pur
pose. under the pretext of “enforcing th® laws,”
Nor here Legislatures are voting money aud
icudtriug volunteers to the Presideut. When
ever undertaken they will have a “lively time.”
We have no bars < f the result. Fighting f«>r
iheir wivi-s nnd children, their homes aud fire-
ooura® te adopted which I have beard
grated a majority of th® Convention
Georgia wiU not deei-air of
If y*#'|tfR |lkl * 4 M&» >*
on th#adoption of o«w “ gi
aa wi||se®rire youi m '
day
whan tbe atar o( Missouri will he e®*n gMtl_.
iug 00 the banner of the Southern Confederacy j
IAMBS M. AIAXANMM,
ATTORNEY AToTf,
* Georp*. -
iaFfriwTO
fflTwAHmT
— when tb® men of your 8 is to will be found ' €h>od Workman could Bad t
— W -I.h th. «, of Georgia, i
BEACH & HOOT
Art MW ItMitisg ■ (all Liie«{
My wsjrif iog rf «r, *f «#®d be. bravely fighting I
frtr. these right® and that Liberty for which
uqr father* fqught, and. fqr. the jfl*ioi*o*oc® ;
and preservation of which unborn ntiilions
, h . Dk . i sprin« : goodsdi'
for tha kind reception and respectful hearing j”
man of tbi» party i bracing a* It will a people homogcnlAfH In fc^?t-
1A iiUm those fou- Oror,l» I... „„ | F>lnlMkt by and Inu-raM, and with . *m«rn-
mero than el*iy m«mt>tr< ot tho Uoutoof kop- , nntit, able and Hilling to »ccui'e equal righu to
r«Btr.tatf.c. on.hirM wid rrro<nm«n<l to thfir ! cvi-rjr 8uto nnd every eltlzcn, a future will be
een?tlliient« tbe inf.tnou. tenilments of the I prerented, foil of powerand grealne-,pro^wrt-
<• Helper Boob,” and but for oue of Miuoorl’i | (j and b»pplne»«,
Representatives, ab. would h.v. ,e.a oo. of j B ot U h« b M n said, tho, flccrwfo acted roah-
.1- .l.«ud totha 8,>eak.nhip of tb. i y . B b« ougbt to bar. w«lted. How lowrvn.ld
<> * M4 *' b»T» tart ted Hr «*t ? tfuUi Ui. goout, I tliiok, tht Iwttar. ' It. kow.w, iM. dee*
pr®*«nt Cotogrt®*
•nlr*— lor ali they hold m cred aud dear— th*
people < I the South never eau aud never will
oo iulj'/gftted J
But wiut motive can prompt the North to
eoorciou ? Is it their love aud veneration for
the “Stars aud Stripes,” the Constitution aud
the Government ? Far from it. The tools which
be^iu to lie idle in their work shops, tbe omin
ous silence which begins to prevude their fac
tories, tho blank leaves which login to appear
iu their lclg-is, the empty mouths which be
gin to cry lor bread, all unite and proclaim to
them in thunder ton- s, ‘ Othello's occupation 'a
gonu”— the aunual contribution* which they
have heretofore levied upon the labor and in
dustry of the South, are about to le cut off for
ever !
Bui I apprehend there will be no attempt al
coercion. The people of the North would not
allow us to live with them iu peace, certainly
they will allow u» to depart in peace.
If. however, gentlemen, we shall be mi#U-
k*n ; should madness and f- lly rulo the lu ur;
should Lincoln precipitate the Goths aud Van
dals of the North irp*n Southern toil; should
it b *come necessary for Georgia te r®-baptise
her iudepanduuce in the blood of her sous; in
in thet fljarfhl conflict—presenting as it will,
indeed, th* 14 bloodiest picture la the Book of
Time”—where will Missouri"stand? [Response
from tho audience: “With the Bouth!” “With
the S uih !’’j I anticipated your response —
No hesti'e foot will ever Le allowed to press
the soil of your 8Ute tor the purpose of deso
lating Southern Adds an 1 subjugating South-
• a men.
• Gent emeu; I knqw not what will be thsac
tion of your Convention, which assembled on
j ester Uy, l®e*»w«*4r® to heewsatoo. I kapwU
may be prompt and eflVciiy*. Th* qpyner tb®y
Lett®r Prow fisrispsh*
Savaxxaii, Ga , March 13, 1861.
The Convention was opened with prayer by
ike Rev. Dr. Roosevelt, of the Jewish Syna
gogue. Th® event created no little interest
among tb® eurious. He in ® fbort. fat Get i
man Jew. Hi* prayer was written out, and
was read by him from tbe manuscript. He >
wore bis hat, and stood upon one foot, while
reading bis supplications to a Throne of Grace, j
The Pr®vid®oi presented a telegraphic dis !
patch from Hon. Howell Cobb, announcing 1
that a oertifi® I copy of tbe permanent Const!
tut ion had been mailed to him, and tbe Con |
ventionat once ordered tbe printing of five;
hundred copies &n soon as received.
The Redaction question again came up, and |
was discussed all day. Mr. Hull, of Clarke, I
Mr. Clarke, of Dougherty, Mr. Bartow, of (
Chatham, Mr. Beuniug, of Muscogee, and va
rious others, made speeches. The discussion
was one of uousual ability and took a wide
range—-including all the great questions in
volved in tbe various systems of representa
tion. The original report of the Committee
bad recommended forty Senator® —fir® from
each Congressional District as now o instituted
— and to have eighty-five reprcsen*%tives. Dr.
Garvin, of Augusta bad offered a substitute
dividing tbe Stare into ten Senatorial Districts
itb four Senators from each ; and Mr. Clarke,
of Dougherty, had offered another substitute,
making twenty two Districts, with two Sena
tors tmm each, and the House to stand as at
present constituted. This morning Mr.
Clarke's substitute was so amended ss to di
vide the State into forty four Senatorial Dis
trict®, composed of three counties each, and
ta have one Senator from each, aud io this
shape it was adopted by tbe Convention in lieu
of Dr. Garvin’s substitute, and of the report of
tho Committee, by a large majority : so oue of
the greatest obstacles in the way of an agree
ment hat* been ovcrcoate. The Convention
hen ordered the appoint ment by the Chair, of
kCommittee of from each Congressional
District, to arrange the counties of the State
nto Senatorial District® of three each, when
an adjournment until Friday took place, at
which lime the Committee will be announced
Tbe action of the Convention today was
certainly a very wise and judicious oue, so fai
as the reduction of our Slate Senate is con*
cerned. Dr. G.irvin’e plan of dividing the
State into ten Senatorial District as nearly
equal in population as possible, is objectiona
ble; and so is the plan recommended by the
Committee. Neither of them are in accord
ance with ibe true idea of a Renal®—tbe cor
reel model of which is to be found in that of
the United 8tates. A Senate is intended to
represent territory—the lower branch of a Leg
islature to represent the ptopte ; hence, Dela
ware has the same representation in tbe Sen-
aie that New York has. In Congress the 8en
ate represents the Stales—the House represents
the people of the States. A Senator should not
represent population or property ; but the «rr-
iion of country from which be hails. Tfi® ori
ginal meaning of tbe word was A Council of
Eulers. A Senate should be composed of our
wisest and best men, wbo should also be men
rf age and experience. It should represent
and protect the localities, the conservatism,
aud the m»m>r»'f>* of the country. It should
not be under the same influences nor perforin
tbe same functions, in aii respects, as the
more popular branch of a General Assembly.
The Hon. R. II. Hill appeared this morning
for the first time, and look his seal. Mr.
Bartow was hero yesterday. Tli® remalnd. r
of our delegates to Montgomery are expected
to morrow—though the excursion by the Con
vention to Fort Fulaski prevents its meeting
until Friday morning. By that time all our
delegates will be b«*re, and we shall have the
new Constitution, f have no doubt tb® .'abort
of the Convention will be brought tea close
next week, and finally adjourn. 8.
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