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SOUTHERN Q0J>JEDEEACY. £ outturn (fonfcdtrarti r^rJ*JS2»«r'(tiH*!— "" t. r. no _ , ticltt «f faith,“ hjr UMW i»f »c*<'ol kooku, eti* polfow, an orgmiitd b*ni ofHurrt-rD j til “ I rn lU'tflna I '• ndoniKt* -i<* n«*t di*pidA»f cutUro*4, Uilo»w, wrf •••Mini, ro*k« • d«- , «r* A'&AwiU.^avBaiA. 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. INCLT7DTRO RARKOK A KOLA IU, t|Q ORGAN DIRS, PRINTED JACONETS, LA ICNS, DE CHINES, CUALL1CS, SILKS, PRINTS, GINGHAMS, E3HJR01OKRIBI, LACES, nplete will be » >ld for CASH. <£c., Ac. »nd Urge, and at ss low prioj >ods have ever beeo of- BEACH 4 ROOT. ATTENTION! MILITARY COMPANIES FOBSISiUkb Wiru U N I F O R M S Af SHORT NOTICK AND LOW PHIOES, LAWSHE & PURTELL, W. H. BARNES, - • T. r. FLEMING. • • JAMES HOOF FLEMING <fc C;0. WHOLESALE Produce Dealers, AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, MASONIC HALL BUILDING, (Opposite Passenger Depot,) ATLANTA, Q-EO. PROMPT ATTKNTION -%b| PAID TO -es. mm- FILLING ORDERS.-** LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENT*. BUSINESS TRANSACTED ON THE CASH SYSTEM E—X—C—L—H—A—I—V—l—L-T ! ■ Prtc«« Current mailed lo cu.luuen **rDy. March S, 1S61. J. W. 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