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. BY WILLLUI 8. JONES.
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11 Pubita.. aierv •4ae»4ay
iX TWO ii iilitil f>r.a lIJIB
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10 t, *L«-ieai.ng a* Ten Dollar*,
II C. jpn.*uf ibe • ap-i ar one yt&r,thuafar-
SIX. Coring * .j*: HU «»<iI.LAIIB*
•r * i :c co|*y t'- ol taay r »>atr« *u AW s,^*»criS>erf»
_ lau >r«rd M i.ett . ,
.CHUONICL6 6c bENTINEL
livitv %.<OTUI*»«b£IiLY,
- le.iUKl Bailed to liotcr.ber •
r'iP*.k, l r* e » l t»>y man,. f; per annua.
I *<-A muu-i *>**.,., .•• «•
TEana w. ai>VLAHsIH.
* * - *ici.f.—rV./eoty-flve jq»« ixr •gu £ *re(iO lines or
,fgr rue irsi maem-jo, and Anieanu fur each subae
l»« wn*€rtioß.
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o .nta aae w tweye *r»* growth, ia,table for eeiiing oa.
t '" - •*'•»''*'■ * r. de
* t, «.* *nn t/k.aißK ttoe piAota
I a ,\.V •!»;.'e vri i 'JaareaV* * j/JuLi/a'Cr^S'"*
1 ‘ _ Aagoata.A.
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* ll' > * WAY ! t rom t;! - l> < la^,
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fl i teri M#f., at m-.- !i.md -i.te, ha* JJL
* /!u id hi* Kj.ueuh, ana ha* io*t the sigh’. us
L g. i a uut twoyears. The above reward wilt be paid for
P h • »;> ,ae |0 r toany aileoihai i getbim.
-fi.'-l JOHN A. ks A.RRIB.
Th»- ,4fc ;*p, ro K'«orlar wU uuiph tili forbid, ead lot*
war J i ./.-Mintto «.hi»o*<W for payment.
NENTIS'JBY.
I fallow. If. D.VK wo liQ urm hia friend* of Co
fi-ly * ** * W U r * >i,v * pro *** * B *
. GhBJEKSJKtRU' HOTEL.
'T'llK under t* . i La parchl the iluae formerly
1 ki j t as 4 Out* O; <r. / »oford in the centre ot
<Jr . » 0- roV'i r ni fo pp s.U: the Uouri Loa-r, bud c »o
. ■ to t •• rta.i; »a pot. il »virjK hi ed it up with
D * f.i'uiUire, he Wh r a ..o eflor?* in uxiuisicrlcg to Ibe
co icrt< fhi uc •,and m aio/ it worthy the patron
fctt ; o r , • J Oe trav- liiog pubhe. T..e Loos?
• •‘i b- 'pet* .'or the r •:«;»'i”u of gaeataoo th . fir t day of
M. u. WII.BQN.
FHjLCTICM iJ* BUXULUY.
! vII. JL *t| til fi.tn.llHw ia prepare Ito accommo
oeot. Master* cany be aaeurcu that their rervanta w»
have • . ory n> > »U«r>tH.o __ myl-w I y
ibu tth W.“HO.
the -3 ! ;*,;■• .. r1 . ms N; p'l Mio I. • . id.
ia •.t hi y v » i, L !>or 1 meh s lug i, of
copj» r o lor, with d tier “O’ oraoduu on hi id
,i have go d reaao « t>
t'n .11 iat tin- iw «« decoyoi off by Boine white mao
H- wit t t •• * lUthwem p .rt>on of Ohambera county,
AUbH it i, up to the UibJ lu .iy, «mce wh ch tiin« 1 h^re
w i muiU'i toy , or the b.»/* *oit(l in
Ik-5 bin. |. nhiS fj U Hl+U. UXJaN.
TixJ D FuK
f|’'llK HIHM’UIWHit ofl’-r* f r -*e'e **ight hundred
JL at re* of i* LAN 1,61 utied wrhin six tai ea of Au
gust . On ti.e tra t arc nevera! fioe tipru.gsaud pretty
l i il glcitoni. lew I seh ifeeu’r tract or in lot
to j u.t p rc . t: ior tcrui., W..1 b will be nude a ' < m
mud. n. apidy t » JOctFa L BULUiI.
11 il t-di wA- timo
C .li4 * UAL),
AT liAH, Hi.arta, Ga , wll prac
tice in alithe count, e.io tae Northern Circuit, au ;
• In Wai uiig ia, J U rr*on an I L.-i win oounties. Ollic.
ov r I . V. «Viadsor fi store, first door to the right.
k. cair. | D. «f. Lbwib.
i S?6 FUKUi \VHITH WHEAT.
IJI V V n a very aapori .r kind of White WHEAT that I
*wi 1 engag*.'to thuso who mry want to purchase for
w ; j w iMtttfUu neat crop, to be deli fared attheLagracge
1> -pot Id goo > string j usj uou.t mug not xnore than one
b is.ic , uuleaa ordc J, hur li •: than a half, marked wi L
the !iact. oi ttio porch cur and p.tcoof delivery. This
tV heat i- of the ?c > carl eU Hud whitest kind, tow
ll m* i i No.vmuer <.n ■ cat by the iUUr of May. It tid«
bc’U eihiOite J at four diflorcMt r.i rs, a?-d har obtained
a p/'em turn i : every mstaucc. I have ah ady made many
eu, a ;eui • <ts for the nua t owing utlivo Doll *rs pur bushel.
La*I a. go, olay ) lrdfi. F. H. OItEtNK.
CrtkUtiUl'V, Ot« «7* its *-OtN T¥—fcUFtf
X ili.OaJUi, AFt.L tK>f,lSso.
U • *rg.:U ui rrier »• *. isibet.i i/. Aiu ‘ll, Mortgage, Ae.
Il - pp ar ng .o the Oou.--, iiom the puiUon of • -corge
H. Oihiivi, t ut hereto! re, to wti: ou the ‘J6.fi day of
Jalth try, ttfij, KPBibo h It. Arnol», the>. i f the sa«d coun
ty «C. 1 lu , ,!> i no# of **or .oa .Monty, in this h.aie,
m.il, igu . i -■ d ia 1 de./vu:ed her curium instrument
In wri-. ng/oil r,aL ry, omuioniy called .. deed of moil
«<r • ■ -•*■I! - <J.) on I ,c*ri.ror»MU , Kiiertbjr, i. '
J a' >u«j t i sum oi ouu d dar, to the said E n 1
bet:>, *. r lii t li. Jo ft e it. paid,and for the fur her pur- J
p .e o: «ttc rmg the payment of a promisaoiy note, under ‘
sc?.l, d«|K; i Ift o J.inuary, 1 >M, a.d due one nay alter e
da ••, U'f the • u-u • ui \ l«>tu lr«j Mat)arc, made oy
Ki r«*o.;th an i oqu Wia. 8. Arnold to the sa d
0 or, # B , t .u.Tai i a taabceh, g>ante •, bargaineu, Sold
H i ■ -V. > -d- LM'o t .-.1 d fivoive B , I.‘rover ia ft.
~si • 'Tti.itorpjr. wwUo. «.&»*• in thotown j
61 eri f toi, id h ? j coun yo! O n k'tJftjn>u,anU ftnly de 1
•cr b. 1m a do. d .;m jby the said Gcor c o K. f.;r the b
naucioti iu. d i' i-x.'. :>i,lv ifing data Ist of Jana try,
i idm-r i :»t* id at rtguge the said Eli* beth war 11
ram d the title of«a > land to the said »:»o goR.; coudi- *
ti-'u dtobe iu dud vv'it i ‘i»« a il j E.naboth, her teirv, 81
Ac ,ah ru’d pay the a»vd Qeorre R. taid protu:t.*ory note, •
ui • d u d me i: ai '.i a too appe niu < frnaa Ban’,
po in o iha. st ; Ino *i« sii l unpaid, aud vhit the t *.d
li r r jß.im > doom a dud payment of tlta Bdine, uhish hab
beo i refuse 11
1, , rt .raered, Ti nt the J l-lirnbeth show cause on cr *
be I r.- the at term of this Oou.t. why tibedoe not pay
lh ,uo ' y due l ao-e into Court, or eso have the
, Rtomtoac tww
barn d and tor.. , aud that a Ce*py of this lu’.e be
|fl¥ i i.: ne d I'Maoeth F.,personal y, threo months
ai least, before the nc-1 torm :th s Court \ or be pub
Itched In the 1.1 pirtilw gmrtttj, pnhff 1
at'»uyu'‘Ua, *-e > t at least for four mouths next p. e
a t > extract rom iho mini’ll of the Superior Court,
thu U"'\ .day, i££v. Gx-J. il. LLfi*Lß, Clerk.
4* t VI'.V t' t - .TT- IL fjy7 k\ . ihKUft uiiftii-
OOU v i’ 1»F uu >I.Y A 'Y, MAY TERM, 1905.
It * k -p.a ring to the Court, by the petition of Jackson
U ( i !• .1 oa A Xi , ..-aoesy ii 11, A esSn ier ila i, Ji nice
llaii M trio a Hall Vv ihiam Ila 1, male children oi
r r cn* i, life nine,Execute to said pe
t o .era 1 bon.*, conoid, u»d to eseoute titles to said
J.-ic .son, o.mv i, hnul.-.'v, Alexander, James, Mar.ouai.d
VV.liVui* i » i lor t o tra:t of .stud whtreoa Nancy an
Tlmua, LI ill lived at the date of sail bond Joining at that
tuuo 11 ds oi moraas *J iver ar.d ‘thers on Dove's creek,
m- .tu-.uui). ciu tai i-e one hundred acres, more or
i ics. sc id u*et of .and nuw being dial whereon the said
Na-ioy and Th * >a* -i aiisu i live, andioi mg at this time
lan ./..f Zac . sri li i\ dd. Mi oev aud Kppy W. Bond ; an i
it further upp*. »r.rgti*a oui l *iauel Lowrimore departed
I’iiS ,ne w.ihoUt ti iulu< title* ur aid tract ol land, or In
LTuikiT y *Ab V * mdt 4, 1 ' and* Wiliia n Hail
h.viug po iUon.d b.s court m direct Joseph hewell, ad
, ,. 0 ,j Ramucl Lcwnumre, deceased, to exe
cu. t> them titles to said ua t i land in comounlty with
, u,ni •Uu And .e hereby cr.icro *, That ail per
of >-»*d » r auvS . .vr more, should not be direc:-
eu ucv at t.f. o the said JdO£*oa,tfimeon, Lindaay,
A x ler, James, M ,rl>n*»ud VV. li m uaihiucoif-rmil..
to i e ' State la suciicai. ■ h id provided.
It i u’ther ordered, hmuu (*y of this lule be pub
li- u d i die o -.(U ■. A >*' :-.i o:.cc a mouth fr three
in . .tprevluus iosai 1 1st >lvu a. u .-ep*ember next.
m .jvc m a tra? (it - H ho j the m. ute 4 of,he
Coucr f * vl utry ~f „ o .>rtco uty, tins 1 >tn *>i May ltvJb.
oTAnTuVttM i • v • -
k> ...tiur it DtV .Aw't, AfxiiL itiiM bUFsoaOB
Ki Jll i *, 1 &
twe.nCJJ s srborough Vs. l’e jaruia Bcsrborouuh. Pre
g; *u, the douor-.bie Usiuett Andiew-s of the sail
it an -ew n: so the 0-'urt t by the return of the Sheriff,
tlia tno 'to idaci data aoi i•*dciu th » ooun.y, and .t
further -p (ft ii.-g th<»i h doCo tioi rt s dem this btate,iti
O u u r ru • Vt >nd d aut Bp.cir and an
, .u-uex. f i of mis Com it, r that th-* case be
coti.r. oiv iiu d fi ...;d mb:: u»k-n as Oonrcssed; au-i
W J. rViLOUxa, PFffs. Att’y.
A t u ex ae h-crat .ominutosoi .h oar., May i-*th,
Or. - .*• W. Dlw'HoDN, Clers.
B kNJt ti -4*i ckrj H .i AaD!!
Cl . M ius O. * '-8. x.\ i >&6, the
Ur* gVa, was ■ in b Is pay a to St fhu
a.vVpro ’a’ld r .V*oYcrV , 0
O ®POrt < Ot .11 V— I
1)*1 Vh r.!V' u- : \xi,i .i?t.t,a 15 .y iii.r e MLI ,
appraiMd > D V cW aid Wi.'uo s’ Et ns, free *
hi lrr<oi s . I. . c.a •$ > ountv, t. bcv.-i s*.
1-i‘ru J.n . h..d hu file »1 t g uc,th s 9.b
da* of Juur, 1 i*&. UKuf ILLIF BD, J.F
V true s ren t.e L»,r.*y B ok .u the Cleik's
efij e o ih 1 e lor Court.
j i 2>, l >aMU L WILL!Fi RD, Ch rk I.C.
r»MlKs”>ccriberoCfo-sh mwf-f as Agert to EXAMINE
X L\N -tfinany*- intbj^'ts^e— f llandcoujphu
pearsuvv ro. m. ie. .ss.girea. WiU also BUY
Lv. m> for p ’ rtiee wa kfog t- buy or scH. Ttlm* for n*
ori .if 0 * * * ~ **U. L. LkON vBD,
p {» Some 50 <**■ e* - ' lota on h *nd for Jia’e. nSt l
CAUTI k.
TUB pubUe h<?-» >. cautioned against tracing f t
lvo > i ? r*,ve tlundred Doharc each, dated t =
t* • VM-rMsrh i.i —o: cp.vwhie ->a the Is; January,
V M,anlt eiusl.uuii v, .ST, made by the »«-'•
scr:bcr *a . payab eU) War. W. t>>* ran, as 1 ra detcr
' ~~ wm. ruu.ups
GIREK K.ISR
T\ 4 1 h*t iv /' «*-• c ted
L*F - .e, Win- o .«>,ua. 1 eth u ough y
htl ? ?i. s s efwoul? do u tec 1 at the Go e* h!u l\
Wher t c* w.'l t. we.l acc rnoroia td. The t.rm wib
I a. r \r. ».ri\n: v ing wi. be < mit.td on my part to
>UH SAUS
* !< YAaM,lv rg ne»r the oo: port te Hu' J
icg ht-avdy tin* ti It o*a« tt s uie jo a high it t' a
J Vfarth.r i’ c*i.e:uiemn FO-TkRFLEJIi:i J.*
T>r l.t e w be u:>' at a ' twines cn the fa’Tn, ard
fi„ 'nke great 1 • r . »rg tn Mae at any t.cC
to vho. f »!«hw to auiai-e the above prep:rty.
|e*tMilwh«ta
AltD SU!OL±.H Gdol>B FoR 1865.
1.4 >1 now a rwvipt fa c: >• s *;*;k of y fin p t
and Oot*d 0 A)Tti6, CA : M ERETT t\ DKAP IFKTI,
Blsc and P-ucj tAvdWh . White ard Colored;
LIN INS and ail * : n ;s of Vt iiN **“* tote sty rs
fc.'.d l eeh Go ds,wc wd be made to oiaer m the bust
irann.r and mast f—iiioiiab'e -t> to.
.... of k : o Is *> BEADT-MAOE Cf ARMr>*TB
" / he cea on a-dsflria assort-n nt of fHIgW,
Goii AB' OBaV A1 >, GU-VKS % H-tK, **Co AND
IMB BELLAS, CaRP T BAG , Ac. All Goods sold
by me .reel .t. be ' qaihty, «<i *-..r.n-«d M
“ •* «“’• ‘ ndod “ “•j'.nssrSwßs.
* Aor-rti, April
TO THE PUBLIC.
T-HSi re'iv'ib.r »U' b- prep- red tc er.twtiin I ttft cr
1 tv, s' y BOAriOr-AiSi: ihf »r»nM n Spring, totrark
lia ccu-i. Q •, sevea r.iia ao-th of lh- Bpni gt,
d.r ao th*»nn m.r ard my .Cages will be m follo.e:
(14 per mootb. $4 p-r week; man and borfe, pet icy,
$..30. tjeiJ »4.*J JiS. }. BIiA.KUkLL
MILLER W AUT ID.
AN honest, indn.tri Oi av'tompera'e man, fttily com*
imient, with a uutU faihi y L danred.
fitt-la T.A. HIM.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
FOR SALE.-
| A FIRSI-HaTJS itiSbIASIfPIPLAhIATIC* JtOEL
BALE.
A GREAT BARGAIN WILL BI GIVE!*.
IWII.L t>ortlve’y sell on the 26. h da7 of December
. » i xt, st p bLc cutcry on the prenaires, if not prev»cas
- j y cid t r awie,ori acred.t cf o&e, tw>, acd
I .'our ye%»-s, tay well known Eogur Plantation, in
Hisdceocnty, Mies-s , w thi. dve mi e-*of tie JscJuwe”
ar.J Vic somg Ba irosd, st Cin on, a**d egh. of the-gr at
8. »w (irlciLi Rat'road, at the city cfJacasun, containing
120 ar-a.al uu t r good fence, f which 2 ,, 0 acres ar;
c *ared, sfid the boi<snce wU. SHnftered. Its auvsnt3g<.s
ccri.alediQ »ob tio fe-L.. yof soil, rplencUJ
not bo land, and Adapt. ti to :e the p.-idacaon o c rn
|t A-d co on-upwards of oales ol ootim, ard6unii
oosheis of corn. Lav z.g been mede on t e pUce in a year.
I-.i pwi'or. laodi are H»r g e. ». c*ce ar.d
r ever t Mg water, an ; ihe m act for butter,
i'ccf, acd o:u ton,st the seat o. go•ernment, i» < f il*e 1 a
-re 4 t »;uic« of revere- A d then ite laprov menu,
vuh aed B »rdea, two cist-rna, dweli.nw 1 Oase *Jtb brick
t ch rr.neye, cabins f. r l*rj te ft 'roe«, finp ans firm and
rsr r r s, g.a b n»e, b rre mh, cot: a press, A<*. f Ac ,
ta-ie tone .fibe m'<et v*'u*o.c eita.es m tie county.
• I cisewron g rtn on tie fir t o Jonanry.
io any one who uiay wist to buy th- PfanUt’onpriv«te
•y, my k.-qi h«ii bt i oera , wLi. r. may be known by ap«
j i c .t on lo my brother, General Patrick Henry, who re
i les nek? tbe prtm tea. He cm have the option to Jake
’ tie pr viaii/&s, s'oek, Ac ,cn the plac at a fair pr.ee;
othcrwiie, I wih «J on acred: of twelve months, at the
. me'm-a-d pUce, 20or a<i ikely mule*, abo .t :00 bead
/cable .5 m k l ogs, leu head cf sneep, corn, fodder,
oau, peas, acd potivo a, ai-d ,'armii g uteLsin f every
.ceetipti D. G. A. HENRY,
ny io syn of Clarks 'ille, Teuneesce.
LAND AND MtLl? FOR SALE
f'HAT va’uaMe i ATI jN of 86. acres cf good
Land, w.th te ing and out buildings complete,
formerly owned by David Boss, d-ceas d, situated in
r'utnam <v>ucty, on t eOc cee Kiver, and in the vicit-ity
f the Curtri*ht Factory , s n»w Her. d fjr sale, en ex
ce • ingly I beral terms. On ibe prerr.i»es there is a good
K « u.t y, Or gt and ts>. » Mi l in gord ra-mccr order, with
* t r po er of c> scity to pr&pei Machintry td the
x ectof 90,000 j indies.
If tte above on d valuable property ia noteoli
dur>ng the t «ii hrek* r-onths it will be exposed :o public
ut ry on ne .atTuesday of ACG fcT next, at tie Court
ii“U*e ia t.*\e town o’ O -enibo'o’ Ga.
Fu ther in'trma’iou cut bt outlined by tpp’ica'Jor to
O iNC. C KMiCH ALL, Au usU D . JOHN WiNG-
FiaLD, Mad is n Ga.; or to Dr. JOHN LURTBIGHT, near
the premise*. ap2&-wid
PIE LADD BALE.
I'll h subscriber offers at orivate sale that tract of addb
FNE LA ‘■D on Spirit Creek,in Richmond coun-®jC
•y, oout tws ve miles from Augusta, and within two • r
three miles of the Georgia Railroad—known as the Han
ion Survey—containing 556 acres, more or le.*s, and
• o inded bv lands of Allen Kmr, John Janus, Simoc
/ard, Lmeline P. Day me and others, if not dibpus* «J of
before the Art Tuesday in Nov mber next. ! will offer it
at public outcry on that day, at the Lower Market Douse
iu Augusta.
Any one desiring to parch it the tract, wil please ap
s-ijr to Wm. A Walton . ~t n Augusta.
seplß-wtf REBBOGA OAMfIELD.
FOR BALE,
r I 'H offers for sale the tract of
A on which he resides, containing Eight
au 1 Forty Acres, more cr lean, lying two miles east of trie
Chalybeate Springs, Meriwether county, Ga. There is
\oout three hundred acres of cleare-i Land,of whicbone
.umircd of it is rich bottom land and in a high state of
cultivation. There is upon the tract five hunched acrer
of heavily timbered Uak and Fine Land, and two hundred
i res of va uable Bwarnp Land, also well timbered.
There is a good orchard of choice Fru>t Trees, a comfort
able Dwelling, and a splendid Gin-house aud new Bcrevr
attached to this place; an excellent rimoke-house aud
K tchen, and a I other buildings necess;ir> fora farm. Ir
the yard, > etweru the kitchen and dwelling, and conve
nient to both, is a- eli of good pure water. The place hat
the character of being exceedingly healthy. Any person
lcsiroua of purchasing, will always find the subscriber
upon thepremises, who will show the Land.
v>M. J. MITCHELL.
Meriwether co., Ga., August 18, 1864. auU’J
I'HK FARM ca le 1 ** Lkn-Moor#,” and knewn aasffA
the r-sid* nc« of Col Thorpaa M. Berri* n, ccn-jJ
tainiiig Fight Lund rad and Fif y Acres, mostly Cicck
o ttom and red apian i; over two hundred acres clta ed.
it is s.'uated five miles fr m on the Western
n 1 Atlantic Raiuoud, and tt ree-quarters of a mile fr< m
Eve’s water s.atkmofi Rome Railroad. T. e residence D
ueartioue of ti e most beautiful, largest, and purest
dpringsin Cherotee. Address M. BhR UFN,
W y ie»tocro , itorkec< unty, Ga., or apply to JAMKd M.
i fci’FKU on the premises. mh.2B 6m
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOK BALE.
undersign-doff.rs for sale a valuable PLANTA
. TiON iu OgFthorpe county, situated six miles east
•f Lexington,containing loou acres, more or less. There
are about‘Jso acres of good low grounds and between 4
Mid 600 acres of woodland in the tract. It is improved
with a good Dwelling House and such out-houses as are
usually found on a plantation of the sise, rlao with a flue
orchard of select Fruit Trees. The locality for health and
Kood water is surpassed by no place in the county Thu
society of the n.ighborhood is g-cd, and suppiiedwitb
Schools. Any person desirous of purchasing will please
.ddretis the undersigned at -exingion.
n 23 ts Z. P. LANDRUM.
PLANTATION FOE SALE.
K subscriber off rs for sale the PLANTATION od
. which he resides, in Oglethorpe county,on the Athene
branch of the Georgia Railroad, i‘J miles above Union
Point. It contains 6 0 acres, more or iesi, about 250
acres well timbered oak and pine land. The pi »ce is in
g od repair and well suppl ed w th water; a comfu t ble
i-iwe iir.g aud all ueces.-ary out-buildmga, and perfectly
healthy. Adjoining the place Is 860 acres, which onn be
pure*.a ed 100 of which are well timbered. Any person
desirous of purchasing, will always find me on the premi
ses, or Address me at Maxey’s P. 0., Ogiethorpe county,
Ga. JdlO-wtfJ W. MODDEY.
FOE BALE.
AI.AIUJKand convenient BRICK STORE,situated
in the centre of business, in the city of Rom«, now
jeeuptod by Robtßatty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up as a Drug Store,without regard to any reasonableex
pense.aud with a little alteration could be convertedintc
au-*ieg,»ntly arranged Dry Goodsritore. Thesituatiunfor
thesaleof Drugs, Dry Goods,or Groceries can hardly bo
equalledin thecity. Termseasy. Apply to
GEORGE BATTY,M.D.
Rome, April4th, 1868. apr6-tf
FOE SALE.
I WOW OKPKII for sale my entire River PLANTA
TION, 28 or 8u miles south of Columbus, Ga.,iu Bar
bour county, Ala.,lying on the Chattahoochee river, con- <
laming 2400 Acres ; some 1200 acres in a fine state ofcul-
Uvation and (rood repair. A good water Gin and Ferry
across the Chattahoochee river. The above will be for i
*ale atauy time untiDold&nd possession viven. Terms to
suit purchasers. Ja2l-tf MATHEW AVERKTTE.
FOK SALS,
r , IIK FARM known as tr.e 11 axes place, 9 miles above
X Augusta on the Washington Road, containing 215
a res, will be sold at a fair price and on time. Apply at
august a t * LEON P. DUG AB,
myl-raOm Trustee for B;rah Ann Dixon.
CHEHOEEE COUNTRY.
A VALUABLE LOT OF LANU FOR HALE.
T!IH subscriber offers for sale a very attractive AJP,
and valuable lotof LAND, situated between
md four miles from the flourishing city of Rome, Ga. The
.ract contains Three Hundred and Twenty Acres of good
Upland, adapted to the growth of all the small
Grains,lrish and Hwee 1 Potatoes, Peas, the Grasat*, such
is Clover, Ac., and peculiarly suitable for Fruit Growinv,
>is it is situated ou an elevated pla.eaa above the reach ol
•rdinary frosts. A beautiful Natural Pond or Lakelet, of
the purest water, occupies the centre of the Tract. The
margin oi this Lakelet affordi-one of the most attractive sites
magsnable for a country residence; as the supply of wa
ter never diminishes, and Is ol great depth aud clearness.
It In fed by subterranean springs, i»nd has no perceptible
miet or utiot. The tract is heavily timbered, with Oak.
Hickory, Chestnut, Ac., and an abundance of Pine, and is
within a mile and a quarter of two good Haw Mills. It Aso
contains an inexhaustible quarry of superior Limestone,
which may easily be made available fer Agricultural and
Building purnos-s. The improvements consist of a very
jorafortiible Log House, with out-buildings—a well of good
water, Ac., with twenty or thirty acres In oultivat'on.
Tho attention of Frmlt Growers Stock Raisers, ted all
'tsiroui of a delightfal situation In asalubrious and healthy
climate, within easy reaoh of the best society, Is particu
lar ’y Invited to the above tTaot.
For terms, Ao., apply to theeßbscrlber, or to Col. J. W.
U. BERRIEN,of Uo:uc,Uft., who will take pleasure in
pointing out the land. D. REDMOND,
au2£-dlw*wtr Augusta, Ga.
LAND FOE fALE.
•> i-i ACIiKH fir i qaal.ty Fine baud, ♦ ith Jed clay
O iZi cund .Lion ; twoi un r d i*#r s;n woods abuo
dan ly tia bend ui h he loiu-leaf pile; the re
in in erucd%rg> a recce. There is an excellent dwell
ii;g, aud go :4 ou houses on he premises, end a bold
spmgo » ure cil<l water within one hundred yards oi
t':e dwelling. Tbt s tuailou ii retn rkably healthy, anJ
loaplesM t neighbo hood—awiaiog lanjs of Me ats.
War cn, liearu uiid others, tix mi ei a eve Augusta aud
within aha f mile oi the au ug hCa al. Expecting to be
olh iw s i g kou, 1 r#'-r purchasers to WILLIAM M.
THOM AH, reoid-.u* three miles atove th** Qu ker HpiiDgs.
JOBKPU >ARLING.
i will sell a bargain in the aHcve land if appl cation is
made tcou. [Jjl-if] W. M. T.
UUEERWAY ACAILHY.
CL A. lIOAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL,
AT THOMSON, OA.
npHK unders'gned, a Gra J u«teof Emory Col’ege, Ga.,
X and f*>r ni e years Principal cf the WrighUrlorc*
High having tenraneutly ocated as a Teacl er t
Thomson, “U th. Ge-Mgia Rat rcad, respectfully lolidt- the
p tr,iua.e ot h a fnen.» anu tb* public ginerally. From
ten yuarsixperiince m teachiug, and a coast'd at tec
iron to the duties of nis proses-ion, he flat er? himsetl lost
tht sn st.: o instruction wni hhe is now prepare t i v.W ■
Mude: vs persuing a regu ir clasai al oou.se, cannot be
up.s ed ty any r.mila'* institution i t the Htate To
parentts Ihtrefore, dasigringlegive hers ns a Cil evrate
educate ,hi servi es are eapenaly d, sauce a
tuo o gb aOijuaiatance with the preparatory Mud.es i* in
dirpei-saa < lo the htudeut J s progress lis wlo'e
oou s*e. InhsAcai uiy pvpi.s w.ll be j rep *red to f :te
thf higher cia s gin Col go, r if preferred, thorough y
I - structe i iu a mo e pracii *al and - us a ?s couase.
i hea • 8 ib'fity, health au iqu etaisi of hs location—
it* frued* m f on scenes ana o .u.-e# ci a as pation—in Jcce
him to hope loi a coctma or ih&t liberal pvtroa.'gc
which f. r s>» many years 1 e Una cot failed to secure.
J \ Mnci regard will be ptid to morn truuia ,a d the
Igeu'TAtdep itm-nl of eich pup 1 .are uily obs-erved. A
- ugh not requ.red, it is much preferred itat pupils cc
I bo reed w;th t e ieacher.
The exercises o' taesal Term will commence on bs
2J MON LAY >n JULY and do-eon Fill’AY before the
4tn MONDAY m NO‘EMBER. The tpri-g Term com
uuncMor. 2d MONDAY in JANUARY, and the Ist
». et t i n J L N £.
B ard, tuition, fuel, Ikhti, waatnng, Ac., per term. tSO
dtto i . nr term, SB9.
bemi annu'.l I xamication the Ist of June. Visitants
•cl.cuea to attend.
O. C. RICHARDS, A. M., Principal
D. W WILLIAMS, Associate.
N. B.—Board, with many reapi.ctablef>mi ieg. at from
e ; £ht io iw lve per momu. Jvl6-d2wAwlv
USIVEEttIIY OF GEORGIA.
Atsuis, Jcne Sub, 1555.
npHK ANNUAL EXAMINATION of the three
! X OtasHM In this lusutuaon, will c: mm.ncs on Monday,
23 of July.
Th: OociireoceiTint Sermon wil be de’ivered Ic the
Co l*ge ObSpr’, cn ou id* 9h, by the Rev. W. G. CON*
N ? R, of Li Grange.
SO* . TheHoohotnore Pitoe CecUmaUon will take place
in the afternoon of the *mtc d.cy On Tees ;ay, will be
ih?* Junior Eixh bition, fv iowed bv the of the Fo
.h me e Medals, an I an Address ry the Hon. J. M.
| BERRIEN. The Hociety of the Alumni meet in the after-
J iooa of he same day.
! Oj Wedn dry w.l be theAcnoalCcmn-encement.
l i ccn»equekce c f a change of Vacst ons, the next Gol
j lege T* rm wi l« pen on th* first da of October, at whi b
ti ne t. o-e wishing to appi/ *>r leLj C ass, w,ll do well to
i be p ts* t. A% h wever, oxry may n:t be aware i f the
c angt. th- Facu ty w 1 e .amine auy who preteat them
ge’ves cn caturdaj, iS*h July. A. HULL,
, Jvl -»t StvW.
TEACHIB WANTED
TMIK Female Departmect of Mes n Academy, Lerng-
X is now Tacant Iu a drtkm to the Tuition,
the Trustees are in the habit of paying an a: noal salary.
GaO- R. GIwMER,
jeiO-wSm Pres’t Hoard of Trngtev.
ELLEB HOUSE—INDIAN BPBINGS, C A.
I'MK prop>ri tor annocnces his boose open for the rs-
cept en cl visitors to thu celeb'ated watering place.
j The heuae has undergone a thorough renovation, wi.h the
add Lon of mxny improvements tc make thoee c. mforta
ble who may favor nun with a call. He wi l give his per
i son*l attention to vs pair ns with untiring aeaL and will
I ’urnish his table w.th the be*t the market can affcrA, in
c'u *iEg au abundant supply ol fresh Milk and Butter,
equal to ary in theep ermntry Promhtslons: expenence
! in-he ousl •«£, he flatters himaeif he wi 1 seep a house
; Fc ca *lo cone m tlii» iv*wj o: cooatry. His hoa«. a la
' s c neu ,i out of ite newest pciaa tcthe>pnog ; w» k
’ piessKit snJ well His tooee a quiet »iu
, .u whi h vtose who axe in ptrstut of heAi hah uki lock.
. i bore are several Hole’s at this p.ace, and as there is a
Aicerenc iu ; rkea, he lakes the .R>erty topubijhhis
j rate* for Board.
E j QrownVtH ta.pyyntfc »»,«'
“ week b.no
- i “ 44 •• d*y I,M
Children acd Servant-, pur m0nth......... 12*5**
b j hone, p* day $5
Sisk. A. KLDEKS.
soncx
j y \* l-H to know wbo o.a» Lot of L»nd So *0 in the
I A fir-tdis of the foartn see. now pole county, r»wo by
r 1 thjHilr ckaii.Ml »-4h iopurco»-es»iuk>iofi»na I jca
w .u.J te i: jmltfui to .-J (.non for the inform.uoo
> Address ny nv , JOHN B. ILI lAMs.
: Ced»r Town, Pclk county, Gs. ft 6 6m
COFABTITXKSHIP KCT.CK
THK undersigned hftve this day Awocmtei with Hem
WILLIAM CAAIG. in the Hardware business, taler
, the style of H. AJ. MoOJL* A CO.
Augusta, JulyS, 1«». H. AJ. MOORE.
jjl-cUswSt
WEEKLY
CHROMCLfi & SENTINEL
MIL HIMHUHKti' ePUKCH,
I At Appiinj en ih* 11 th July, at witter, out
hirntej/.
Mr. . c TLTH*ra oommenoed by ejprenaiL, his
deep gratitude to the people of Columbia county,
who had manifested their respect and regard for
him by teuaeiing him the dinner which waa the
occasion of their Lseec_b'&gQ, and alao hia thanks
to those of the sudiecce, who, though differing
trom him en those questions he was expected to
speak npoc, had honored him with their presence,
f'hs occasion was one on which it might be ex
pected that he shoo'd say something on public af
fairs. He should avail himself of it to say some
thing a'so about himself.
lie proceeded then to say, that mnch oomplaint
in some places had been raised against him, for
’die harshness of the language he used, in opposi
tion to the principles of the Know Nothing-, or
American party, as it was called. On this point,
he withed all, in the outset of his remarks, to be
secured that he meant no personal offence to any
one Far be it from him to desire, in the slightest
degree, wantonly to wound the feelings of any
01X0. The questions involved, in his opiniOD,
were ot vest and momentous importance. Upon
them depended the peace and quiet, happiness,
prosperity, and permanecca of our republican in
stitutions, as we had received them from our fath
ers. Are yon tiled, be asked, of that Hepnblican
ism we inherited irom them I Do yon expect or
hope to better it! (dome one in the crowd said
ho did.) Well, (said Mr. 8.,) you may, but I do
cot. lam for maintaining the principles of oar
institutions as they were originally founded. And
the day that Americans depart from those princi
ples, with the hope or expectation of getting
something better, will be en ev.i one for them
and their descendants. The Isrealitee—tho cho
sen people of God—grew dissatisfied with their
ins itutions, given them by Aloses, their great law
giver ; they tnirsted for change; they got a
change; but alter Judges they got Kings. Let
Americans teko heed, Ist in their thirat for change,
if they bo successful, they do not fare quite as bad.
On this subject, follow citixens, fellow-Ameri
cana, whether native or naturalized, whether Pro
testant or Catholic, I do feel a profound and in
tense interest. I > elieve onr institutions are in
danger—and so believing, I would be untrue to
myself, and untrue to you us a faithful sentinel
npon the watch tower, if I did not tell you so.—
And tell vou so i:i plain and unmietakeable lan
guage. When I believe my country is in danger,
were any personal considerations to cause me x>
be silent, 1 should feel degraded in my own esti
mation. You will, therolore, atttribute wnatever
language or form of expression I may use to that
fervency of feeling by which I am actuated, if you
please, and not to any disposition personally to of
fend or to wound. 1 bolieve this secret political
Order of Know Nothings—with its great head—
and affiliated societies all over the country—spread
ing os a spiJor’s web from Ma ne to California—
throwing out its fatal meshes in every direction—
concentrating a vast amount of power—assuming
tho attributes of government—the power to tax and
punish without limitation or restriction—the pow
er to settle by the National Council all political
masters for the United Statos, and taking hold of
the consciences of men—and swearing them to
yield implicit obedience to the mandates of tho
g’Ont Central Head, even against their own free
will—SaJiho most dangerous and mischievous or-
that has ever yet arisen in this country,
t is already an “ Emptrium in JCrnptrio." A Gov
ernment within tho Government. And when we
oomo to consider the principles upon which its ««-
cret operations are based, the misobief and danger
to be apprehended from it ia infinitely increased.
These p-incip!cs 1 consider as in direct
the fundamental principles of the Constitution of
the Unitod States, and if carried out, will end in a
total subversion of some of the great and most vi
tal objects intended to be secured by that instru
ment —those objects which should be dear to every
true hearted Amerioan.
Let us examine those principles. Ido not mean
tho Kesolutious adopted at Philadelphia, though I
may b y somothing of them before I conclude—
tLoy however, are but the outtid* declarations.
Let us look at the inside princ pi**, those upon
which, aud upon which alone this gigantic party is
reared. What are the real principle* of Know
Nothingism ? Those upon which it must be
judged. They of oourso are those which alone
constitute membership of the order. A man can
not boa “ Know Nothing,” or a member of the
“ American party,” barely by adopting the Phila
delphia Platform, bad as 1 believe that to be. He
may subscribe heartily to all tha*, aud yet be as
absolutely excluded from all the rights, priviledges
and honors of the order, inoludiug eligibility to
office as 1 am or any other 11 outsider,” unless
he does something more—unless ho complies •
with the internal formula aud ritual. These I
have before me, and for your information I will
read them:
nrrcAi. ov the first degbxk.
First Dloeee Council.. —To be admitted to
mi mborship in this Order, the candidate shall be:
1. Proposed and found acceptable;
2. Introduced and examiuod under the guarn
teo ot secrecy ;
8. Placed under the obligation which the Order
imposes;
4. inquired to enroll his name and place of
reslcnee;
5. Instructed in the forms, usages, and ceremo
nies ot the Order;
6. Solemnly charged as to the objects to be at
tained, and his duties.
The preliminary outside proceedings having
been gone through, then comes the
OBLIBATION.
You do solemnly sviour, (or affirm,) that you will
never reveal anything said or done in this room,
tho names ot any person preseut, nor the existence
of this Society, whether found worthy to proceed
or not, and that all your declarations shall be true,
so help yon God.
Tho so lowing questions propounded by the
Marshal, are to be satisfactorily answered :
Where were you born ?
Where is your permanent residence f
Ate you twenty-one years ot agel
lu religious belief aro you a Human Catholic!
Wore yon bo.n of Protestant parents, or were
you reared under Protestant influence!
If inarrie'd, is your wife a Bom. n Catholic!
[“No,” or‘’Yes,” —the answer to be valued ss
tho Constitution ot the State Council shall pro
vide.]
Aro you willing to use your influence and vote
only lor native horn American citizens for all
offices oi honor, trust, or profit, in tho gift of the
people, to tno exclusion of all foreigners and aliens.
Homan Catholics in particular, and without regard
to parly predilections I
(Answer: “lam.”)
The candidates buving answered all the ques
tions, are next brought in by the Marshal to the
President, who alter some preliminary remarks,
addresses them with the following:
OBLIGATION.
Iu the presence of Almighty God and these wit
nesses, yon do solemnly promise and swear that
you will never betray any ot tho secrets of this
society, nor communicate them even to proper
candiuutos, exoept within a lawful Council of the
Ordor, that you will never permit any of the se
crets ot this Society to be wri’ten, or in any other
manner to to made legib.o, except for the purpose
etoflioial instruction; that you w;ll not vote, nor
give your influence tor any man lor any office in
the gift of the people, unit's he be an American
born citia.'u, in lavor ol Americans ruling America,
nor it he ne a Homan Cbaihclic ; that you will in all
poiit cal matters, so tar us tins order is concern
ed, comply with the will ol tho majority though it
m»y conflict w.th your persona.' preference, so long
as It docs not coi flict with the Constitution of the
United States of America, or that of the Btate in
which you n side; that you will not under any
circumstances whatever, knowingly reo- mmeud au
unwortl y person tor initiation, nor snffer it to be
done it in your power to prevoet it; that you will
not under any ciicums.aoces expose the name ot
any member ot this Order, nor reveal the exist
once of such an Association ; that you will answer
an imperative notice issued by tho proper author
ity ; obey the command ot the State Counoii Pres
ident or his Depu'y, while assembled by such no
tiee, and respond to tho claim of a sign or a cry of
the Order, unless il be pkjsicially impossible; and
ihat you will acknowledge the Slate Council cf
aud the supreme tribunal ot the Order iu tbe State
of , act-.Dg and r the jurisdiction of the Na
tionul Council of the United States ofNorth Amer
ica. Binding yoarsult in the penalty of ex commu
calion trom the Order, the forfeiture of alt inter
course with its members, and being denounced in
all the Societies of the same as a w.tlful traitor to
y. ur God and your Country.
(The President shad call up every person pres
ent by three blows of tho gavel, when the candi
dites shall alt repeat after the Vice President in
concert:]
A'l this I voluntarily and Sincerely promise,
with a full understanding of the solemn sanctions
acd penalties.
This is the formula, or “ riluiC' as it is called,
of the fir.-t degree—for this institution proceeds
by degrees. I: has its first degree, its seoond de
; gree, and its third degree. The first and second
j seem to be for the ** workers,” the third for the
j office-holders, or office seekers—for all who hold
| office with them must be third degree men. The
! fourth degree, or fourth step ia the development
| of this organization, has not ye; been taken, so far
j as outs ders know. But let us examine this first
i step. It is a leap in tbe dark to ail who take it;
or at least it was at first, and would have been to
the present time, if accident had not brought
; these things to light. The ob/eet ongmeHy va*
i perfect s,er*ty. Each initiated member is sworn not
j to communicate even to any canduiate/or admUeuon
• any thing about its principles until he ia brought
i to the book to swear lo do, or not to do, something
j of which he has no information before—without a
j moment’s thought or re flection upon the propriety
I or impropriety of tak ng toe obligation. Now,
1 why this secreey t Why entice and allure men—
young men, otian —into such a position, where
they assy take such a solemn obligation instantly
and Witbout time to think of it and consider of it!
If treemen cm not be trusted—if their honor can
not be relied on—if an calk must be fairs by them, to
bind lturn to obey your bidding, as ‘ liege *erf.” are
swern by their haughty lords, why not do it in pub
lic! why be so private and secret about it f Poe* U
n t loot a* if ih* dj-Ct mu to fair adtanta.*
cf th* unwary/ What is the greatest boast as
well as glory of an American I Is it not that he
a freeman, and can and ought to vote as he pleases,
according lo the untrammeled dictates of his own
judgment! Why not allow hia judgment to be
free until the last expiring hour of election day, if
he eo p.eases I I have seen defeneee made ia the
papers of this seoreiy feature, and heard some
made the othi r day upon the stamp, which, I
think, for the honor of the Order, it would have
j been better if they had never been made. These
. defenesa amounted to this, that such waa the ty
runny of oid part ee that members cf this
, “new order” were ocenntVUd and dr irv- to tfcia
course as a matter of tudMity. Does this speak
i well for the manliness and independent spirit of
thoee men who constitute th* order, and who set
themselves up as such Americans as are entitled,
abo.e all others, to rule America f—mea re ay set,
in this free country, where every man can do as he
pleases, as to hive it pnt forth as a defence for
them that the; were afraid to acuar their *entim*nU,
and were drictn into emery /—compelled to hid*
trom t irer fellow men, and mad* to tak* an cath not
to let it he inwn that they wer* ever in council t
Is it so that the party ia composed of such men, eo
weak and frail in spirit, so timid and chicken
hearted as this defence represents them to be !
such craven hearted miscreants I Ido not believe it
—I think better of them than their defenders do
—and well may most of them exclaim, “ save us
from onr friends,” if no better defence than this
can be made for them or the ttertsy feature. If
that defence be well fonnded a bold set of Am*-
cana there would be to rale America, wouldn’t they
be ? Had I represented the party as composed of
such men as it meat be, if this defence be true, I
should doubtless have beeu charged with having
mostou.rageously abused them I
Tbe truth ut, the defence is only a pretext. For
this reason I expose it and denounce it.- In this
country no man having in view any good object
is afraid to speak his sentiments or avow them—
all know it, bat the most shameless part Os this
pretext is the tyranny of old parties. What party
on earth except thie and that got tip in Homo by
Cateline, ever presumed to exercise over its mem
bers the ty anny of a sovereign over his subjects
in requiring au oath of fealty and secrecy t I
present hose viows simply so. your calm coueid
eration as intelligent freemen. ' ■
But the teertey feature ia not all I wish to call
your attention to on this first degree. In the ob
ligation taken are these words:
“That you will not vote nor give your influence
for any man tor any office iu tbe gift of the peo
ple, unless be be an American born citizen, in
favor of Americans ruling America, cor if be be a
Homan Catholic.”
To be a “Know Nothing” or a member of the
American I’any you must Bwear to this. This is
the first step towards their political lellowship;
and without it no man can be permitted to enter
their communion. And this I hold to be clearly
in violation of the Constitution of the United
States. For it raises, so fsr as the Catholics are
concerned, a religions test a* a qualification for
office, xt requires all candidates tor popular suf
frage to be Protestants; while the Constitution
provides that, “No religion* t*st shall ever be re
quired as a qualification to any office or public tra t
under the Untied Stales ”
I know it is said that this clause applies only to
Congress to keep them from passing a law exclud
ing any religious sect from office. But then, is not
its sprit and object jnst as cloar and obligatory
upon all good citizens and ail friends of the Con
stitution, as it is upon members of Congress!
Was not its object, its oiear import and unmis
takable meaning, to put all religious denomina
tions on the same footing, touching their eligibility
to office! No man can doubt it. Protestants and
Catholics united in this solemn compact and agree
ment—ought we not to hold it sacred t Can we,
as good ciiizens and professed frisnds of the Con
stitution, by indireot means, null ffy one of itsmost
sacred covenants, and one without which it never
cunld have been formed! Here is the Constitu
tion, signed by Washington, tho President of the
Convention, and Daniel Carroll. Do you snpposo
that the Father of his Country, a Protostant, after
entering into this solemn covenant with his Catho
lic brethren, would have gone out either in pnblic
or in secret, aud sworn never to vote for a Catholic,
or to pnt one of them in any office of trn9t or
profit nnder the Unii*i States f Tbe idea is al
most sacrilegious! Aud will you do what you
know he would not have done! Now, as sensible
men, can we d» this thing without neutralizing,
paralyzing aud nullifying tnat clause of the Cou
stitution to all practical purposes and exteut what
sover, so far as we are concerned ! And can we do
this with e better grace, or any moro justification,
(as I stated to the people at Sparta,) than those
abolitionists at the North, who, in the same way,
seek to nullify another clause, aud organize by com
bining to vote for no man that will aid in any way
in oarrying out that other solemn oovenant con
cerning fugitive slaves f Bnt I cannot dwell upon
this first degree obligation. It would take an hour
to expjse the mischievous oonseqaopces that ma;
be expected legitimatel; to flow from the practical
operations of several parts of it. Such, for in
stance, as that which swears *ver; member ot the
party, in these words :
“You will, in all political matters, so far as this
order is concerned, comply with the will of the ma
jority, thoughilmay conflict with your own personal
preference, &c.”
Aud gain :
“You will not, under any circu-velar.cet, expose
the name of any member of this Older, nor reveal
tin existence of such an Ate rotation."
Mark this language— under any circumstance* /”
Suppose public duty shonld demand of a good ci
tizen, “unwittingly” drawn into it, to make known,
not only the existence es snch an Association, bnt
the sots of its members, would good men with
no objects but good objects ever want suoh a pro
tection against exposure and discovery, as is here
most solemnly provided ?”
But again :
“That you will answer an imperativs notice issued
by the proper authority; obey the command of the
State OoUhcil President or his Deputy, while bs
seui bled by snch notice and respond to the claim
of a sign or cry of tha Ordor, unless it be physically
impossible."
Fellow-citizsus and my friends who aro “Know
Nothings,” I do not wish to say anything calcula
ted to wound yonr feelings, but can yoa imagine
anything more inconsistent with that manliness of
character which shonld characterize freemen, than
this obligation ? this oath to obey the command of
tho President or his Deputy 1 Suppose that com
mand should be to raiss a riot—as was tbe case in
Cincinnati. To soatter “red papers,” bloody sym
bols to light up civil war in the li nd I Ought a
freeman then, in advance, to swear that he will
obey the command of any man on earth f Did not
a vow thus inconsiderately taken and muoh more
inconsiderately kept by Herod, present the head of
John the Baptist on a charger, and may not a sim
ilar oocnrreuce happen aga n f And to respond
to the olaim of a sign or cry of the Order unless it
be physically impossible /
Now what liberty of thought or right of judg
ment is reserved to a man as a freeman, after ta
king, or while nnder snoh,an obligation! 1 speak
pla'nly, and I tell yon one and all, if I bad ever ta
ken it, or if I were now under it, I would not let
yonder sun go down before I would throw off this
restriction upon my own right of judgment—this
bond upon my own free will—and this heavy yoke
npon my indepsndtuce as a man—unless it should
be “physically impossiblet” I would break the
bonds as Sampson did the “ withes.” A (raemaa’s
strength lies in his s ivtreign independence !
[A gentleman in the crowd —Mr. Green—inter
rupted, and asked Mr. Stephens if he had read the
admonitions given in charge, after the obligation
taken just referred to by him.]
Mr. Stephens—l have read the obligation, and
the whole of it. What follows in the ceremony of
initiation, I intend to read. What tbe gentleman
calls the admonitions comes alter the third degree
I expect. That I will come to after a while, if my
strength to speak so long will permit. This is the
ceremony which follows initiation into the first de
gree. Bnt one word as to the concluding part of
this oath.
“ Binding yourself in the penalty of excommu
nication from the Order, the forfeiture of all inter
course with its members, and oeing denounced in
all the societies ot the same, as a wilfull traitor to
your Sod and your country."
Now who commissioned you, or any of you, to
denounce any man as “ a traitor to his Sod or his
country." Whence is your authority derived!
What Star Chamber Court, worse than Spanish
Inquisition, ever jave you such power over your
fellow citizens! But what foliowa is in these
words.
“ The candidates are then invested by the In
etrnctor with everything appertaining to the first
degree, with the signs, countersigns and pass
words, with the “ sign of recognition,” the
“answer,” and the “grip,” with the means by
wtreb public notioe of a meeting is given, with
the ‘■erv of d.stress,” and • sign of caution;” after
which the President impresses on the initialed the
importance of secrecy, the manner of proceeding
in recommending candidates for initiation, and the
responsibility of the duties which they have as
sumed.”
A part of this, it ia true, may be considered ad
monitory; but the most of it relates to tbe signs
and counter signs, the pass-words and the “grip"
with the “sign of caution," and the “cry of dis
tress,” all of which the ne* disciple, or neophyte,
is given to understand he is bound to respond to,
unless it be “physically impossible”—and nnder
which if some “worthy brother” abolitionist a’
the North should come out here, and be taken up,
and be abont to be lynched, as he ought to be, he
would confidently expect to be protected, if there
were sny members of the Order about. For the
“cry of distress” must, under the obligation, be
responded to, “unless it be physically impossible."
Is that the admonition the gentleman wanted read!
[Mr. Green again interrupted, and was ander
stood by Mr. S. to say, if he expected to be sus
tained by the people of Columbia county he had
better make no points with him.]
Mr. 8. continuing, said :—My object, sir, is not
1 to make points wiih yon, or any other man. It »
te present to the people here the princ’ples of a
party which I think radically wroDg, exceedingly
t mischievous and dangerous to the Republic. This
1 I shall do, without any reference to the effect it
‘ may have upon my being sustained either by yon,
$ o'by the people of Columbia county, or without
H «ny w the effsot it may have either upon
i your vote or your influence. I have no soft phrases
i or honeyed words to otter, either to gain your vote
f or that of others. I am on no mealy-mouthed
» expeditiea in addressing the people of this Die
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1855.
d tnet. I fchull bpeak reopeCiiuli'i bui lxtukly.—
I candidly, but boldly, let tLe oonscqneLuaa be whet
e they may. 4 ‘l a»k no favors *ed shall shrink from
e no responsibility.” A man would the
people to get oflfioe, would, under different circam
s stances, livk the dost f.om the ko* of a monarch
s for the same object* A» I would £ocrn to do tbe
i last, I equally scorn to do the Sret- So we may
t Just es well understand ouresivee and onr poai-
L tiona in this particular before proceeding farther j
} and so far as my election is concerned, Ido not
( intend to Btv4rv4 tit t xiwJi t/urU&nii/i part cf «
hairß brtudti rrotn my principle find ay convic
■ tioas of duV ,to any maa’a vote. lam quite
( aa independent oa you are, aud 1 think more bo,
j for I ha»e not sworn to comply with the will of
: any Bet ol men against my own—whether you have
’ or not, i» known to yoaraeif. Saould Ibe elected,
• I shail feel not only grateful for, but gratified at the
continued confidence of the people of the District.
But if by the exercise of their own froe will--un
trammelled and unshackled —or even under tram
mels and shackles, voluntarily on their part as
sumed and worn, they 8 gnily the polls a
preference for another I shall not utters murmur.
From that independent spirit with which I was
born, and with which I am this day sustained, I
shall at my quiet home draw, even in defeat, more
pleasure, peaco and contentment, than Bucoeas
with ail iie honors could possibly afford, if attend
od with a consciousness that they had been ac
quired by the slightest sacrjSce of principle.
I have no selfish or venal terms tooffor or accept
by which I shall ever hold office. Had 1 been base
enough to enterinto as some have
reported, they know very well wueie 1 could have
got it upon much easer “terms” than those I
choose to stand upon before you. My terms are
those of an independent frecinaa—unawed by
power, unsedneed by fUtlery, and incorruptible by
the rewards of office or “the hepeß thereof.” If
yoa or your party had the woiiddh a swing, and
all its kingdoms at your di«jK: 'f^rins r,♦« offir
tha whole of them to me, as S .v&oid Christ, on”
the condition I should bow down and worship at
your unholy shrine, I would spurn your preffned
honors. This 1 wrote to one who professed to be
a friend, and who presented the temptation of si
lence. This I say to you—l Bhall never be silent
when I believe my country is in danger. No,
never! If for this yon strike me down, strike me
downl
1 now proceed to the second degree of “Know
Nothingism.” It is to be found in the following
formula of their ’nternG proceedings:
BITUAL CF THE SECOND DEORKE.
Second Deokee Council. —The candidates hav
ing been elected »o the second degree are present
ed to tbe President and take the following
Obuoaton. —You, and each of you, of your
own free will and accord, in the presence of Al
mighty God and these witntsses, yonr left hand
resting upon yonr right breast, and your right hand
extended to tho fl tg of y r ur country, do eoiemnly
and sincere’y swear, ihat you will not, nnder
any circumstances, disclose iu any manner, nor
suffer it to bo dote by others, if in yonr power to
prevent it, the natuee, Bigns, pass words, or other
secrets of this degree, except in op=n council tor
the purpose of instruction ; that you will in all
things conform to all the rules and regulations of
this Order, and to the Constitution aud By laws
of this or any other Council to which yon may be
attached, so long as they do not coi fl ct with the
Constitution of tho United States, nor that of tlie
State iu which yon reside ; that you will, under
all circumstances, if in your power so to do, at
te d to all regular signs or summons that may be
thrown or sent to yon by a brother of this or any
other degree of this Order; that you will support
in all political matters, forall political offices, men
bors of this Order in preference to other persons;
that if it may bo done legally, yon will, when
elected or appointed to any official station confer
ring on you the power to do so, remove all for
eigners, aliens, cr Homan Catholics lrom office or
place, snd that you will in -no ewe app tint such to
any ijjke or place in your yif.. You do also prom
ise aud swear that inis ana all other oblign’iona
which you have previously taken in this Order
shall ever bo ke’pt, through lite, sacred and invio
late. All this you promise aud declare as Ameri
cans, to sustaiu and abide by, witnoutaDy hesita
tion or mentui reservation whatever. So help yon
God,andkoop steadfast I [Each will answer, “I
do.”]
Tno candidates are then invested with every
thing appertaining to the second degree as iu tho
first.
To what I intend to say on this second degree, I
ask tho special attention of every one present. For
if there be any doubt about the first degree being
in direct violation of tho Constitution of the Unitod
States, I maintain that there can be none whatever
on this. Murk this part of the obligation :
“ That you will support in all political matters,
forall politicalcffi:63, members of this Order in
preference to other; persons; that it it may be done
legally, yon will, when elected or appointed to any
official station conferring on you the power to do
so, remove all foreigners, aliens, or Homan Calho-.
lie from office or pluce, and that you will in no
case appoint such to any ijfice or place in yo rgift."
This oath requires the parly taking it, to ewear
that if elected to any official station having the
appointing power, such as Governor or President,
that he will r-tmoa* ell from office, (I am
now on the Catholic feature alone,) if that can be
legally done. Under this, a “Know Nothing” Pres
ident would be bound to remove Chief Justice
Taney from tho Supreme Court bonob, (for he, as
is well known, ia a Catholio,) if it coaid be legally
done. That, however, coold not be legally done.
But the latter clause is tho ono I invite your atten
tion to. This h>s no qualification whatover. It is
as follows: “ That you will in no case appoint such
(that is, any Homan Catholic,) to any office or place
tn your g'ft."
Nowtfcereare in the United States perhaps a
hundred thousand persons or more, including
those in the Navy, the Army, in the Post office De
partment, Judiciary and other departments of the
Government, holding office under the Constitu
tion of the United Btates, not by election by the
people, but by appointment by the President 1 Un
der this ‘'Know Nothirg” oath then, a “Know
Nothing” President (and they Bay we are to have
one) is bound never, ai in its own language, “in
no case" to eppoint a Roman Catholic, whether
native cr foreign, to any one of these offices or
places. lie ie bound to see that al 1 are Protestants.
And what would this be on his part but an open
and palpable violation of that clau-o of tho Consti
tution of the United States which I have just read,
aud which I will read again ? It is in these words:
“But no religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification to any office cr public trust under the
United States."
Now, Buppose a Catholio shonld be recommend
ed for some appointment—a Postmaster, for in
stance, in some town or village, or for the Chief
Justiceship, as was tho ease with Chief Justice
Taney, or lor any other office inthe gift or appoint
ment of the President—would not a Know Nothing
President, under his Know Nothirg oath, bo
bound to inquire whethor he was a Catholic—to
put the test to him—and thoogh in evey other re
aped be might come up to Mr. Jefferson’s rule as
to qualification, in being honest, faithful and ca
pable—would he not be bound to exclude him if
he should bea Catholic! Would henot be bound,
under his party oath, “to require a religious test as
a qualification to office," &c., in direct violation of
the Constitution, which says that no snch qualifi
cation “shall ever bs required t" Is there any an
swer to this I is there any esoape from this con
clusion ! Can it ever be replied to! I defy any
man, eithor anonymously through the newspapers
or on tbe stump before the people, to meet the
a.gnment. It cannot be answered. Tbe trnth
stands boldly out, apparent to all, that he who
with the appointing power in his hands, swears
never ‘o appoint a Catholic, or persons belonging
to any other particular church of the various re
ligions denominations (it is immaterial which) to
any office, takes an oath in open and palpable vio
lation of that clause in tbe Constitution, that he is
also sworn to Bupport, which declares that “no re
l-gious test shall e-er be riqnirsd as a qualification
to any rjfia or public trust under the United States."
These two oaths cannot stand together—ono must
five place to the other—and which must it be !
wonld be willing to argue this quosticu before
any Judge or sny jury,—a jury even of Know
Nothing!—with perfect confidence of success, un
less the I’ghl of reason should bo eo dimmed by
prejudice aa not to allow truth to bavo its legiti
mate power and influence. Choose you, then, this
day for yonrselves. lam tor tbeCouaiitation. If
you are against it, say so, and take your position
aceirdingly.
Mr. Stephens then went into an argument of
considerable length, to show ibe wisdom and pro
propiety of that clause of the Constitution, and
why it shonld be maintained to eave na from thoee
wars and bloodshed wnicb have marked the his
tory of religious persecutions the world over. In
this our happy Eden we have been freed from all
each dissent ons for upwards of sixty years. Never
before has this demon of religions discord been
heard in this land since the Constitution was made,
until this Know Nothing monster reared bis ill
omened head amongst us. He said it had been
charged that he wm a Catholic, ana some had gone
eo far as to say they could prove it. All this he
most emphatically denied, ae every body knew
very well who knew any thing ot h.m. Ho wm
no Catholic—nor any defender of Romanism. He
was Protestant thoroughly in his feelings. He was
the dclender of no sec -and hai never expected
to live to see the day when questions of religions
creeds wonld be discussed by politicians on the
hustings in this country. This augured no good,
either tor the religion or politics of the country.-
He looked upon this ques’ ion of a religions test as
a qualification for office, either by voters at the
polls or by petsons holding the appointing power
hi officiel stations as the forbidden frust m the
Qms‘itution. Ai d tbe day the peep.e of this coun
try eat ot it they will sorely die—the days of the
Republic will be numbered.
Ha also shaded to a report widely circulated,
it seemed, that he had been refused the Churches
in Warrerton (Methodist and Baptist) to speak
in and that he demanded tbe right on t' e
groan'd that ha had paid ten debars towards the
erection of each of them, whereupon the money
wm ra : «ed acd paid t 0 hlln witb ictire *-> *«•
rumors were put forth for their object,
answer tbeir short lived par
"ftluSTi?®. lllo Chareie6 , at r
informed, had been refused to him
to speak i- But he made no application for cither
of tbim himsoif. Some of b.s mends, bowever
did snonosiDg that there would be probably no
that it wonld be more egreeaDle
in\ * r in the open air. But asfor
the return of the money, be . h^ c rs on t t o ri^^ C ’"S
fiowert to
had not yer*een*the if it should be
returned! he would not refuse it as some sup
posed, bit l • would apply H to a very good use
' the subscription to one, with interest, he would
apply to Svmg some poor boy one year’s school
ing, and if both subscriptions were returned he
would give a year’s schooling to two boys, who
might need it instead of one. Wtu-e he disa
vowed being the defender of Eomauiem, yet
he did avow being a defender of the Cath
olics of America against the impost charges pnt
forth against them, touching their loyalty to the
1 country end the Constitution. He denied that a
i case oould be cited lrom the beginning of the
■ Government to the present time, where a Catholio,
in office, or out of office, in this country, either na
-1 tive or adopted, had ever given the sligalest evi
dence ot a desire, much 10.-s an intention, to trans
fer, or attempt to transfer, the Government of this
country to tbe Pope. If Bnch a case ever oc
curred, it had never been broDgbt within the raDge
ief his researches. And let it De named—let facte
be stated—let proofs be given. Thie reckless and
insane ernsade against Catholics, charging them
< with holding to the temporal power of lh* Pope,
1 I and that we are in danger o, being transferred
• ' by them to him, was one ot the most preposterous
■ j Utempta to impose upon the credulity of the i eo
■ wHhon, rmad^*n> 'J ,f ' y > aR ’ or country, ft ’ 3
1 * lt ” otu » parallel in h'.-tory—it has not even h-*
> ton. mK 4 l>b * dow 10 rcs ‘ °Poo—it is almost rid’ou
<ous. This is apparent from the acts of tho ■ a tv
• themselves who raise this cry—thtir aits, not their
i P'ofessions— for at Macon they adopted a rcsclu
lion expressing a wish to acquire t üba, with, nr-
Baps, about four hundred thousand white Cr.-' o
“®«i0 “y nothing of the slave.. There are in
ttte United States now, according to the census cf
ISSO, only about six hundred and seven!: tive
toousaud Catholics, and the very party which, .u
their address trom Macon to the people, speak -1
such dangers to bs epprehended to our iibeit:*s
from Ca holies, propose, at the >ame time, nearly
a double their present number by one single :. t
duion. Oonld any thing bs mcroicconsi: tent t‘ f.a
snch profession* and such acts t AstoaCaihcli j’s,
faith or ores t in religious matter-, he wasnot epwk
ing—he did no' ,csro what their faith wae as
citizens they bad just a- much right to belie .e
wnat they pleased ss he (Mr. 8.) had, or any t edy
else present—tint win ma.ter between them and
their Creator—there is where the Constitution pu»
it, and there, if we are wise, is where we wih le'
it remain.
Ho also dwelt at some length on the Anti foreign
feature of “Know Nothingism,” strewing its perfect
inconsistency with that true and gonujne Amiri
cauism as he understood it, which lies atf’tho foun
dation of all onr Republican •Institutions and
American civilization. On this point the Know
Nothing address to tho people of Georgia, put
forth by the Macou Council, bad most strangely
referred to the sentiments of Franklin, Washing
ton and Jefferson, to sustain them in misleading
the minds of the people on this qnestion o! na
turalization. Mr. 8. referred to the history of this
question from the beginning. This was no new
question. The cry ageinet foreigners wai rats, d
m the convention that formed the Constitution.
Dr. Franklin in that Convention eaid:—
“The paoplo in E iropa are lriendly to this coun
try ; even in the con- try with winch wo have late
ly bean at war, we bavo now, and had during tho
war, a great many friends, not only amongit the
oeople at large, bnt in both Houses of Parliament.
In every other country in Europe, all the people
are onr friends. We found in the coarse of the
revolntion, that many strangers served us faithful
ly, and that many nati> es took part against ttioir
country. When foreigners, alter looking about
for some other country iu which thoy cau’obtain
more happiuess, give urelerenco to ours, it js proof
Madison said:—
“Should tha proposed Constitution have the in
tended effect of giving stability and reputation to
onr government, great numbers ot respectable Eu
ropean men, who loved liborty and wish to par
take its blessings, will bs ready to transfer their
fortunes hither. AU sneh wonid ieet the mortifi
o tion of befog marked with suspicions intupaci
ties, though they should not court pubiio honors.”
The Constitution was made with these views and
feelings. It provide- not only for naturalization,
bnt lor their eligibility to office. Seven year.-’ citi
zenship for tbe House of R jpreseutatives iu Con
gress, and nine in tho Senate. Washington gave
these principles hissanction. The Constitution wits
so mado—and nnder it, while be was President,
the period of probation for cilizinship was fixed at
five yoars, just what it is now. Jefferson was not
in tbe Convention that formed tho Constitution,
bat his opiniODß are not unknown. For i bis cry
agßinst foreigners did not cease. Tbo Fo lora is;s
of New England kept it np—aud during the Ad
minietration of tho elder Adams, of “alien and
sedition” law memory, his pa ty being in power,
they passed a law ox.ending the lime tor nuturali
zation to 14 years. The party that passed thid law
was turned ontof power, and Mr. J jllhrsou came in.
In bis first message in 1811, ho need this language
on the subject ot putting btek tho natuializatiou
iaw to where il had beeu left by Washington.
“I cannot omit recommending a revisul of the
laws on the subject ot natureliz .iion. Consider, i g
the ordinary chances of banmn life, a denb 1 ol
citizenship nnder a residence of fourteen years, is
a denial to a great p roportion of those wh ask it,
and controls a policy pursued from their first set
tlemout by many ot these Stares, and stilt beliovcd
of consequence to their prosperity. And shall wo
refuse the nnhoppy lngitives from diatre-s, that
hospitality which even tho savages of tho wild r
ness extended to our fathers, arriving in this land!
Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this
globe! The Constitution, indeed, h«s wisely
provided that tor admission to certain offices of
important trust, a residence shall be required suf
flcient to develop character and design ; but might
not the general character and capabilities cf a citi
zen be safely communicated to eve-y one manifest
ing a bona fide purpose of embarking hie life and
fortunes permanently tci‘.h ust"
The Republicans nnder the lead of Mr. Jeffor
son, put back tbo period tor naturalization to five
years. But this cry did not eud there. Wo hear
of it again in the Hartford Convention in 1814—
ono of their Resolutions wea agi inst Foreigners
acd another against Slave y—hose two things
with New England Federalist have always boon
twin brothers. nti Foreigner” aud “Anti-
Nigger,” with thorn always go together. It waa so
in the beginning and it is so r ow. Where did
this cry now raised come from! From “Ai ti-
Niggerdom.” From the spirit of the Hartford
Couvcntionist. From the same foul source If
you want to know why it is now raised, then, Mr.
S. said, he would toll them wbat he thoug t was
tho reason, or at least some of the reasons. It was
because tho Foreigners, os a class, would not join
Northern Abolitiouiats in their crusade ugaiust
Slavery, against the Constitution and against tho
Sooth. Every body who knows any thing ot the
facts of tho case know it to be true, ihat they, as a
class, do not join or co-operate with tho aboli
tionists. Tbe only man who lost bis life in defence
of onr constitutional rights in tho Boston riot,
when an attompt was made to rescue the fugitive
-lave Barns, was Batchelder, an Irishinau ; tho
boldest aud ablost defender ot African slavery as
it exists with ns,we ever had at the head of a
Northern newspaper, was John Mitchell, an Irish
man. For these reasons the abolitionists hate
them—for those they hnnt them down ; and for
like reasons the same New England I‘nrilans and
abolitionists now raiso a cry ugn.ust Cathcl os. As
a Church, that body of religionists have nevor
warred against na. They do not refuso commun
ion to any man becansebeis a slaveholder. Some
persons had said that ho (Mr. S.) had put the
Catholics above Southern Baptists and Southern
Methodists and Presbyterians. No such thing. It
was above their Northern brethren. Soathorn Bap
tists and Methodists had to quit their Northern
brethren. And these New England i’uritaus who
would not commune with a Southern Baptist or
Mothodistif he be a slaveholder, were the men who
raised this ery against Catholics. But a Georgia
Catholio can be admitted to commune, though a
slaveholder aa he may be, in Boston as well as in
Georgia. Slavery is not regarded by his Church
at the North as a sin. And because that Church
there will not join tbo o her sin this abolition
ernsade against us, is one of the reasons they got
it up. Now, ought we to join them iu this un
natural as well ai uncoust tulional war !
Mr. 8. referred to tho votes iu Congress on the
Nebraska Bill and other question ’, to show that
the foreign influence, as far as it was felt iu the
Halls of Congress, was on the S'de of the Constitu
tion and onr rights. In the five North western
States, to wit—lndiana, Illinois, lowa, Michigan
and Wisconsin, the whole vote on that bill in tho
Honse was 25—thirteen, a majority wore for the
bill—wnile all the New Eng.and States, Bix in
number, gave bnt three votes for tho bill in t e
same body. Did not every body kuow that this
“Anti-foreigner” proscription originated wiih iho
abolitionists ? Did any body pretend to deny that!
And was not that of itself enough to satisfy any
man of common sense that if foreigner- wero not
before against the abolitionists, they certainly arc
now, and will bo for the lutnre!
But, (said Mr, Stephens,)certain questions liavo
beon propounded to mo by a gentleman present,
Mr. V. M. Barnes, which 1 will now proceod to
answer. What relation those questions, or many
ot them, have to tho dnties oi a member ot Con
gress, yon will perceive when I read them. They
are abont as pertinent as the one put by the Tiiur
iseos to Christ, when they asked him if il was
lawful to pay tribute to Ct* ar, and pethaps with
tbe same object. But I wilt answer them, and all
others put. lam here to respond to every matter
pertaining to myself of a public nature, oittcr iu
the past, at the present, or in the future, as for as
conjecture can go. The first question is—
“ Will yon support Governor Johnson, or Judge
Andrews, or will you eupport Mr. Jenkins, if
nominated by the Bib of August Convention, on
the Coiumbns Platform!’’
To this I answer, that my position towards ail
th * candidates at present fur Governor, is that oi
“armed neutrality.” There are three of them—
Governor Johnson, Mr. Overby, and Judga An
drew*, provided he accepts. Why did yon have
out Mr. Overby on yonr list ! Is it not a- impor
tant for yon to know whether I am going so vote
for him cr not, as either of tne others! Now, I
say to yon, one and all, I do cot intend ;o v ts for
Gove no Johnson. But I have co war to m ike
against him if bo makes none against ne. I do
not intend to vote for Mr. Ovetb■. But I have no
war to ruaki against tim, if he makes no e against
me. Neither do 1 int ul to vote so Jjdgi An
drews, if he accepts the nomination ten eied him
at Macon, and endorses the principles there n an
nounced. But Ido not intend to make war upon
him, if he does not make it npon mo. I shall dis
cuss public questions Ireeiy, fully, and te,rles.-ly,
without any reference to the candicales for Gov
ernor, and the people can judge between them for
themselves
N or do I intend to give my friends any “advice”
as to how they should vote. They are as capable
of judging in this matter as lam tor them. 1 did
think it would have been greatly better for tire
public interest that tbe present state of thing
should not have occurred—to that ex ent I gava
my opinion, my judgment, or my advisement, it
yoa please. Thai advisement w-a not tollowe 1 by
those to whom it was given. But more patriotic
and disinterested advisement, looking solely to the
public good, even at the sacrifice of personal feel
ings and old parly resentments, never emanated
trom a human breast. After the Milledgeville
Convention, whicu nominated Gov, Johnson, bad
ratified tha resolutions adopted at Temperance
Hall in Colnmbns in all the essential pa-ticulars,
even totbe “cn'tinv oti” all association and at
filiation with nnsonnd men at the No th, I did
think that it would be better tor those of ns who
coaid not support the nominee of that Convention
for Governor—to “let the election go by default,"
than to raise opposition on a simitar platform of
principles for no other object than a contest for
who shonld be Governor of the State for two years.
It is tro* the qnestion as to who shall be Governor
of the State ia not a small ore. But in my juog
meat, in this most momentous period in our his
tory, looking te oar Federal relations, it is of in
finitely less importance than to have ns all nnited
“ as one people and one party” on the Georgia
Resolutions ot 1850, which were the lead’ng prin
ciples announced in the Coiumbns movement. To
secure this great and paramount object, I would
have been willing to see any maD, whom any re
spectable portion of tbe people of the State might
have named elected Governor, even thoagh 1 in
dividually might have had lo other hope of the
Stale’s being saved from his maladministration
bnt a resort to the constitutional rod of impeach
ment. I put the case thus strongly that you may
know tbe exteLt of the interest I felt on tnis point.
Bat my advisement, I say, was not heeded. My
opinion, however, as to its propriety is not changed.
Bat sb between the candidates for Governor now
in tbe field, I shall let them each and severally
alone, if they let me atone. I have baß nesa en
ough of my own to attend tc just now ; every man
may paddle hie own canoe so far as they and 1 are
concerned in this campaign. I leel very much like
Gen. Dodge did when tbe Indians toon him pris
oner once. They made him and other prisoners
carry a good deal of the camp equipage, cooking
utenßi'.B, *c.; upon him they put teveral slilUte.
This be did Dot stand long, but stopping in the
trail and throwing down all tho s kiikte bnt one,
he said to the Chief who had him in charge : “See
here, Mr. Indian, you may do with me as you
please, kill me or not aa you like, but every man
from this time out, in this campaign, has got to
carry bis own skillet.” I have got to carry my
own skillet in this camgaign, and I do not intend,
yon may do with me aa yoa please, to carry sd; ol
i your Governors’ ehltets.
Bat will I vote lor Mr. Jenkins if he is nomlna
i ted on the Coiumbns Platform? I answer meet
> em/ihalieauy, I will. It nominated on that Plat
l form, aDd mat only, without looking to any con
i neclion or sympathy with the Philadelphia Plat
, toim. Mr. Jenkins, as I understand his position,
I agrees with me in opposing the policy of proserib
> ing Catholics sod foreigners, as a class, from ail
i participation in the honors and offices of the Gov
j ernment. Ha sgrees with me, also, in beirg op
posed in principle, to all secret politics’ societies
or organisations. This is my uudersundi g of
his position. Ho above all other mon inthe State,
was my onoios for Governor. He is truly one of
Georgia - nobl>t sons, and one whom I wonld
.ake the greatest pleasure in honoring according
to his high merits and just deserts. But why is
he not a candidate? J
Simply because his old party friends disbanded
went into this new order— and would not
nominate hi in nniess he would bow down and
worship this false political God they have set up.
They put him, and me, and others who remain
outside on the same basis they do Cutbo'ics aud
Tfa&C ia in thia State on the same
footing as to qualifications for cilice that onr
Georgia Constitution puts a felon. The Constitu
tion ot our State mikes but one disquaiitioitiou
for office, as Mr. Thomas has just read to yon.
Th&t disqualification ia not ieiug a Catholic or
a Foreigner, but a convicted felon —to this dis
qualification your Ordor not only adds that ot be
ing a Ca hoiie or Foreigner, bnt the not being a
member of this Order—ibe refusal to take yo .r
oaths and obligations. This was Mr. Jon kins’
disqualification. For this ho was laid aside.
For this he was'put upon the same looting as
Catholics and Foreigners. For this ho was pierced
with spears driven by the hands of yonr sw rn
cohorts. Men who now pretend to bohispoiiti
cal frauds. But as I ses with him, and lor him
hetore the crucifixion, so as Joseph of Arimitheu,
™ , b ® w ‘th him even at the tomb. If be
i, ha „-,. a a ““Tidate I shall vote for him, though
-f * bleeding heart, for I see no prospect
was v ini'® k' m ' There was u time wh.u there
Tffis K Cnto,f£ !,peot of u ‘ That timataa p -ed.
rus ir m “ VO . mont I looked upo.i only as a
»> »»
ever would be ho dor oomo to anything. Thia I
told uiy friends who were pitching into it. 1 told
them I thought my judgment was worth something.
They took a different vie w of the subject. But
who was right ?
But now, sir, I wish you to* answer me, if Mr.
Jenkins is nominated, aa your question states, if
)ou will vote lor him ? How cun you when you
are sworn to vote for tne nominee of your Kuow
Nothing order, Judge Andrews* even against your
own personal preference ? How can you votedor
Jenkins, upon the Columbus platform, whea your
QV? n:
will vo:e for J
do it, unloßs you go first and aet p mirsion from
your masters, and having it hissed in your ears aa
you do* you are “a traitor to your God and your
country V 1 Sir, if you aro a freeman, wbutsor of
a Ireetnau are you I 1 v? aid just as i*oon be a dog,
coll red, tied with a rope to a cart and dragged by
he neck through a town, as a n au bo‘ring lie
title of a freeman thus b >un J, hitched on to and
dragged against my wi'l by any pirty, aud c m
pelled o vote not an I ohose but aa others dictate.
[Here Mr. S. exhibited the scone of a dog thu
pu-.led and dragged ugaius. his will, holding buck
barking, but stiri dra/ged along just as he sup
posed Mr. Barnes might be pulleOfi»'> tho polls at.d
compelled to vole against t is personal preference J
This question sir, abo it voliug for Mr. Jenkins,
I understand. It has been in iustriously oiran
iatod by those throughout the district who wjrnd
not touch Mr. Jenkins *ith a ten-foot polo t hree
months ago, that I had said I would not vote for
Mr. Jo kins; that 1 had “given in my adhesion
to Democracy,* aud all bocaußO I gave it as my
opinion that it wonld be better to run no oppesi
non to Governor Johnson, after the MiliidgoviMe
Convent ou nominating him hud ireeiy and
squarely endorsed the leading principles upon
which Mi. Jenkins was himself run two yours
ago. As to the minor points in the resolution* oi
that Convention lam not now speaking. Ou the
great essentiild they aro tho sanio as tho.e upon
winch Mi. Jenkins was nominated two years tgo —
they sre the same as those adcp od al Columbus
—I I ked them none the less alter they wero adopt
ed at Milledgovil e than I did when adopted two
years ogo, and lutely at Columbus—but rather the
more—tor 1 saw a bolter prospect of getting the
whole people centred upon them, and it, by iu
uorsing these principles, 1 gave in my ad hoe ion to
Democracy, then 1 huvo given iu that adhesion
long ago, as you aud all these Democrats here well
know, if this makos a Democrat, then 1 have
beeu one, 10, these many yours. If t .is makes
me a Demon’at, thee t o report that 1 had
quit the Whig party six years ago isce tainiy tr no
Bat 1 don’t see how it did not make Mr. Jen
kins aud all the rest of us Georgia Platform men
two years ago, Democrats alike. AU of yon kuow,
every man that hoars me hero to day, who hoa d
me two years ago, aud five years ago, kaow th .t I
speak the same sentiments now that I did then
upon these sum questions and prno*.pies. Am 1
not, therefore, tho same now as then t If I cm a
Democrat now, was 1 not then? Acd if you
voted for me thou, why should you not now ? 1
told you thou I did not cure what you called mo.
Principles, aud not numes, ehould characterize
partios. I toil you tho same now. If you ask me
what party I belong to, 1 tell you I belong to no
party. lam my own maste*. lam to all intents
u d purposes whatsoever, just what 1 am—“ Alex.
Stephen#.” I follow no party or man, and 1 ask
no party or man to follow mo. I present to my
countrymen what I think is tho truth i i public
matters. If they follow that, they will ba apt. to
fiud me in iho crowd, neither leading or following,
but ah of us going along t gother. But ono word
further i n this point. I hoar a great deal la’.o'y
said ab ut the Whig pary—tho Georgia WLi:
party—and old associates, &C. And who doos it
come from ? Thoee very mon who abandoned
that party because of its tyranny —man who aban
doned Jenkins— bandonoi me—abandoned the
very name of Whig—aud eoight refuge under a
now name, in secret, und in uukn. wn places 1
With what grace or faith can such mon now talk
to mo about quitting the Whig party % or abandon
ing my old associates ? 1 have quit nothing —l
have abandoned nothing—l never yet my
back. apor. friend or foo.. aud never shall.
But if the gallant old Whig Party ol Georgia is
abandoned, who abandoned her ? If she is found
ered, whoso wo*k s il ? Who bored holes in her
bottom ? Who scuttled her and sunk her but those
very men who now talk lo me aud others, who
true to our principles, stand whore wo always have
stood, about leaving them and the Whig Party ?
A'ero impudonco and insolence evor more arrant ?
If principles mado a Georgia Whig, am 1 not this
day as good and true a ono as I over wab? If men,
personal association 1 men, constituted the basis of
party organization aud recognition, what are you
ail who now raiso these complaints about me?—
Who aro your head men? W T ho are your new
leaders? Who is the master architect of your
now platform? Hon. Francis B. Cone 1 A D-.ni
ocrat. Aud who is your candidate for Governor ?
Hon. Garnett Andrews. A Democrat. Werol
even disposed to vote tor Gov. Johnson, would I
thereby any more become a Democrat, or give iu
ray adhesion to Democracy, than you do who vote
for Judge AudrewH and mount tho platform erect
ed hy Judge Cone? As ler myself, Ido not in
tend to choose between these men. I boo no no
cessity to do it. I feel no urgent public duty to do
it. But if 1 did, and I wore compelled even under
torture, to make choice of a loader between John
son and Cone, I expccynstinct would prompt mo
towards Johnson. But I pass on to tho next ques
tion.
2d. “Do you consider tho principle of allowing
uniiaturalizad foreigners to vote in the territories
as soon aB they declare ihoir intention of becom
ing citizens, to bo just and right?”
To this I answer most emphatiejlly, Ido, so long
as the Government ia in a territorial condition.—
And I will give you some of my reasons for so
holding. The right to vote does not depend upon
cibienship. In every Btato it depends upon tho
Stale law. As noon as a territory becomes a State,
the right to legula'.e thut matter devolves upon
hersolf. Every State ba3 the right to determine
for hersolf who shall aud who shuil not vote within
her jurisdiction. Whjn anew territory is oponod
for settlement, aud men go into the unexplored
wilderness in soaioh of now homes, and for the
purpose of lorming and moulding new institutions
for themselves and their posterity, they all go as
equals—and all should have an equ d voice in
formiDg those laws while in a territorial condit on,
to which all are equally subject, and by which nil
are equally bound. This to me, on principle,
Beoms to oe both right and just. This wast! o
principle on which the North American coio
nics were settled. The same princir lo was em
bodied in the celebrated Ordinance of 1787, which
provided a government for tho who!e Morih -west
ern territory embracing tbe preseut biates of Ohio,
indiuna, Micbgan, Illinois and Wisconsin. With
this exception, that in that ordinance it waa
p ovidod that a foreigner might vote ao loi g
a* the territorial form of government lasted,
even witbout any oath of allegiance to this eoun
try if he owned il two hundred dollars worth of prop
erty in the territory.” la subsequent legisla
tion upon this subject, this latter condition has
been lelt out, as I think it ought ti have been.—
Bat Ibe principle of allowing those who, though
born abroad, take an oath to support the Consti
tution, and file a declaration on cath ot their
bona to bcco.ue citizousot tho United
butes, to vote on territorial matters so long as the
tarn tor ini form of government lusts, baa been aga : n
aud again affirmed by Congress. A memorable
instance, when it received tne sanction of ami a of
those very men who now clamor so lustily fgamst
it, was the Ciayton Compromise. In that bin. this
priLC pie was incorporated. In all myobjecii.ns
to ihu, bill, you will not find thieoua. Thisought
to satisfy you that I thought the principle right
and just. But strange to say, when the saim prin
ciple aud the same language waa put iuto tne Kun
sas Bill, then Mr. Clayton, the man that reported
the other bill with the identical clause, raised an
el j jctiou, and movea to strike it out 1 The prin
ciple, however, was retained in the bill. It i > a
principle that received the sanction of Mr. Cal
houn. I voted for the Kansas Bill with it >d it.
I did so because I thought it right and j rst, but I
would have voted for the bill with it in, a*
s>me Southern men did, even if I ha 1 not hked
this feature because of the far greater and more
important principles for us, wh:c’u that 8.1 l
secured. It removed the restriction against blavo
ry from the Territories of Kunsas and Nebraska,
which bad been so UDjastty put there for more
than thirty years before. Those Territories are
large enough for tho form*tion of ten States near
ly as l irge as Georgia. By this removal we shall
in all probability have Kanea.* ad bitted as a blave
fctate in a few y ears. Tbe number of slave and
free States will then again te equal. The balance
of power that was lost to the fckmth on the ad
mission of California will be regained. And who
but an enemy to this great act of justice to the South
can now raise an objections to that Bii on ic
count of that principle being in i , even it he w .ro
on the abstract question opposed to it ? And who
but an enemy to that Bill would propo-o uch a
question to mo at this time? I understand it all,
perfectly well, gentiemcn. I understand the
pouree from which this question comee 1 This is
“ the secret blade of JoaV' again ? It you are op
posed to the Kansas bill, why not come out openly
and say so? Why make these insidious at heks?
Why not do file leader, Mr. Kayncr of N.
C., did in the Philadelphia Council, come out ar d
denounce this measure as “an outrage uj:on the
North!” It it is ieulJy the intention of your
party, as I believe lti*, to put back the restrict: 9 n
against Slavery upon Kansas and Nebraska, come
out and eay so, like men ? If 1 1 mto be struck
down for my agency in the parage of that great
measure of de.iverunce to the booth, I want to
know it. But I want a fair fight, an open contest
before the people on the question. 1/ there is
anything wrong in the measure, 1 am willing o
bear the whole responsibility of it. I have no
apologies or excuses to make for iu i claim it,
acd fee! proud of it, as on . oi the greatest triumphs
of the Constitution over sect:o..al anti s averj la
naticisrc that this country has ever witnessed*—
And if there is a man in the last Cocgroes, of any
party, who will say that he believes that the bib
wou d have parsed without me, I shall be willing
to abandon this contest. It you, thereloro, wiih to
raise a shout ol joy in ihe great pandemonium 01
abolitionists at tne North, you cannot do it in any
sorer way than by beating mo. Theele trie wires
never trembled With more gladsome news to any
body of men, thaD they would with such a
f>them Bat ia the name ot honor—in thanume
of just;ce—in the name of those whose rights are
at etake—il lam to be beaten for my agency in
that matter, let th j war against me be an open one.
The next question is iu these words:
34. “ Will you in 1856 support a sound National
Whig on the platform of lj£2, in opposition to
Judge Douglass on tho Democratic Fiatiorm oi
1852.”
To this 1 answer.—li you can get a line long
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enough to soand tne h>w depths to wi.toh the Nu
tional Whig Farty is sank, aqd will raise it up and
show it to un, thou I might answer yoarqueation.
Tuere is no National Whig i’arty that I kuow of.
It is de..d and buried. I Know of no man at the
North, now living, cal ing himself a Whig, that 1
would vote tor. If you, Mr. Barnes, or any of the
rust of you can n »me ono that you would vote for,
I should like to he:tr who it is. (Some person said,
Fillmore.) Mr. Stephens continued, I will not
vote for Mr. Fillmore. Ho is against the Kansas
bill, and 1 atn against him and all who aro against
that l Now, what have you to tay to that! Wfil
you vote for any man for President who is agwin»t
that bill? I want to kuow. (Mr, S. paused for a
reply, but none came. Ho then continued.) No
cue answers. Well, then, 1 wish to kuow it there
is a single man at tho North, outsid) of those who
call ih involves Democrats, whom the South, with
any regard to her rights uuder tho Cons.itution,
can vste for? It there bo such a one, 1 do not
know him. I want some body to name one if he
<f u : one spoko. Mr. S. continued.) As to
Judge Douglass, I believe him to bo one of tho
able safest and s:undent men on all constitution
al quo. t:ons now iu tbe Union.
But I W’sh you, one aud all, to know Lam the
advocate of no particular man for the Presidency.
* a *A4iot engaged iu the small work of Frcsideut
mating. I leave that for thoso who are iu a
wilder hunt after offioo thou I cm. I will go lor
any soun \ capable h'ouest man, truo to the Con-'
stitution aud iho Union. I don’t caio who ho is,
provided Ifo “cuts loos ” from ffeesoiloraand anti-
Nebraska mon. 1 will vote for no man who
'loos not dv)this. Aro you satisfied with thit ?
The next question is as follows :
4:h. “Do you consider Jooge Douglass, who
voted for tho VVilmot Proviso, a mororoliabl-; man
for the South than (Jon. Cuss, who refused to obey
thodnstruc*ionajof his State on that subj jet?'*
To th’S 1 ftiiaw r, 1 bohevo Judge Doughs to be
as relicblq as auy mau North ot Mason & Dixou’s
line, and much moro ao than many South of it. 1
beliuvo Gou. Ousa to be reliable. Judge
Douglass Wus one of the few who, iu the House,
never voted for the W iliriot Proviso. W hen there
wore but flvo in that body from the whole North
thut did not yield to.tbo.spi.it of abolitionism, ho
was oue of the fivo. After ho was elected to the
Senate bo obayedtho instructions 01 his Legislature
and voted as bis instructions required. But all his
power and iufluouoe in his State, was exerted to
change tho sentiments of tho people cf Illinois.
Tais was done. Be thru voted in the Senate as
tho Senate, pe-haps, with tho < xception of Mr.
Olay and Mr. Webster, contributed moro, in 1850,
to chje -t Me WiLmA Proviso , aud carry lbs Terri
torial B tl of that .• cssion, which secured the right
of the people ol Utah and Now Mexico to form
constit itions for themselves, and to come into the
Union cither with or without si very, than he did.
Aud in the last Congress, no man iu the Sem-te
cent ii bated more than ho did in u r rying tho Kan
sas Bill. What relevancy these questions have to
my candidacy lor Congress, I cannot see, but l
w.ll answer you. And 1 will do justice to this
man, who has perilled so much ot personal fame
and rcputalii n tor the cause < f our constitutional
lights a ■ tho union cf tho Statos. For th-so
n ble and patriotic acts, ho is now hunted down
by your worthy Know Nothing brethren at the
North, just as lam tier o.
Tho n» xt question is ns follows:
*•5. Do yo 1 consider tho Wilmot Proviso uncon
st: tu ional?”
To this I answer, the Constitu'ion has nothing
directly upon tho su* j .est The powers of Congress
in governing acquired territory * ure in tho nature
of reeultii g powers There is no grant of such
powers in tho Constitution. But in my opinion,
they shotli bo exeicisod in all oasos, when tho
necessity crises, upon principles ot equity and
jislie?. And auy law passed by Congress, cx
c uding the South from u fair participation 111 tho
c tntn' n territory, would bo man fcstly ui just, ard
ought to bo resisted. If this question should be
loti to the Supreme Court of tho United Slates, my
opini u is, and u.waya bus been, that tho decision
would bo against us. Uouce I have fought the
Wilmot Proviso as 1 huvo. Hence my labors for
days and nights in the lust Congrefes, lo got it ta
bon off’ Kansas aud Nebraska. It was because I
believed there was something iu it. And hence I
am for reiistatics, ii Congress should over fix it
upon those territories cr any other 1 gain. Now,
what do you say ? If Congress does put it back
upon Kansas uud Nebraska, are you for fl-rhtitig,
or not? lam for resistance in that case I The
Goorgiu Platform is for resietunco in t hat case 1
But wlv taro you end tho Georgia Kuow Nothings
for ? What is your Philadelphia Platform for ? It
i* for leaving it to the Supreme Court of the United
Bfntoe. The Macon Council ratified the Philadel
phia Platform, which loaves all three questions
that Georgia has resolved to resit-t upou, to the
decision ct tbo Supreme Court! It is a perfect
mockery for u mau to talk about being on tho
Goorgia Pirt'orm a id tho Philadelphia Platform
at tho same time. They aro wholly inconsis cut
and irreconcilable. Georgia has never yet submit
ted tier political rights to the Supreme Court of the
United S-ttcs. Sho did not in tho case of tho
Yuzoo fraud ; she did not in tho case of tho “old
und the now treaty she did not in tho case of
Uat’sols; she uid 1101 in tho euao of tho Missiona
ries ; aud I trust, lor hor honor and her glory, ns
well as hor safety, she nover will, in any of the
contingencies sot forth in her solemn resolves of
1850. Tho next question is as follows:
C‘-h. ‘ Did you over givo any any rssnr
ance or intimation thut your t ympathies wero with
the Krow Nothings in opposition lo tho present
State Aministratious?”
To this 1 soy, l nevor did. But to several cf
my old whig friends who aio Kuow Nothings, 1
did say that if thoy would ab ndou the secrecy of
the r Oido r , a cl abandon the proscription of
Catholics a d foreigners es class l s, and plant them
selves upon the Goorgia Platform, I would go with
them in all proper reforms iu both btato und Fed
eral Administrations. I looked upon tho forma
tion of u great National Party, based upou the
principles of tho Goorgia Platform, and “cutting
loose” .r in all freeaoil clemout- at tho North, and
aii anti Kansas men at tho South or North, a« essen
tial o tho preservation of Southern rights uud the
union cf tho e States. lam of the sumo opinion still.
As to the nam.o of the party so formed, I cared
nothing thou or now. Names aro but sounds—
they aro but words. In politics I look to sub
stance—to principles—not to names or sounds
barely. Tho next quoad >2l is as follows :
7th. “Did not the Northern supporters of tho
Kansas Bill call upon their people to acquiosco in
that measure upon tho ground that it waa a practi
cal triumph of freedom?”
To this, 1 Bay, 1 do expect that some small mon
and demagogues there, did attempt to mtke their
pcoplo boliovo so j st ns the same class of mon
here, now oro attempting to make tho poo de of
Georgia bolieve that tho Philadelphia Platform is
sound upon tho qnestion of Southern rights, and
that tho Know Nothings are a great Conservative
National party. Such men are lo be found in all
countries. They belong to a cla -s who think it
easier to get power by cheating the people than by
convincing their judgment. And it is probable
thut tho North hud some of them in tho case of
the Kama- aud Nebra-ka B I. But this was not
the course of snch men as Douglass, liiohardson,
Mike Wu'sh, Wright, Bobbins a d many others
I could name. They neither claiuiod it aa a
triumph ot freedom «r slavery, but u triumph ot
the Constitution over fanaticism. Just us I claim
it. It v/ns a triumph of tho right of a pooplo,
forming u State Constitution for admission into the
Union to mould their institutions us thoy please
without tho diciutiou or control ot Congress.
And tho triumph of tbe great principle that tho
people : n our Territories, ought to bo permitted
while in a territorial condition to regulate tbeir
own d r raoelic mutters as thoy ploane, provided
they d nothing in violation of the Constitution
of the United yiatos This was the viow taken by
Statesmen every whero of that question, and its
result. It was n triumph of tho priuciplo of tho
rig u of a separate people or community to form
snch Governments lor themselves us they please,
whether thoy chose to adopt Slavery us it existu
with us or not. A right dear to every genuine
licpubli an aud Ataeiican, North or South. Aud
th s principle was opon.y uvowed by State Con
veotion in Illinois, Indians, lowa and others, by
the friends cf this; who sustained it in Congress.
The last question ia in thepe w rda:
Bth. “Aio not tho Democrato parly still in
uffl.iat on with the Nebraska and Anti Nebraska
men.”
l’o th's, I ?ay, 1 shall not undertake to answer
for the Du-rnf erratic parly cn t» U ruhject. lam in
no party affiliation myself, w.th any at.ti-Ncbraßka
men, either at the North or Sovtf , and 1 ever in
tmi lo bs. Can you buy as much for yoorselft Mr.
Barnes? In the late i’hiludelphra Council tbo e
was not n iingle Nebriv-bu mar. from the entire
North. Only aix in that body from the Northern
btuto -, leaving out Cu i orn s, agreed to let Iho bill
remain as it is. nil the rest wore Mid are for ro
pevl, and fer patting bank the Wi.mo- proviso
which that bill took off. Do you offi uto with
them? Do you mo the Ft we “signs,” tho san.o
“passwords,” ui.d he same “grips” that they do?
Or do you uiii.itt‘.u with K yuer, of N. C., whoaa'd
1 hat this bdl was “an out* go upon the North ?”
Do yea 1 ffi i. to with u i tho-o Southern man in
t at CouiiCii who silently mi by and heard tb*
booth denounced by then “Northern brethren,”
and not ono 0! whom “scarcely es aytd * even an
“apology* for this “outrage?” It you do, you
may. ido not, and never shall, so long us they
ho.'d a k i u sen time L*. Il lam mooted to Cong 10 s,
I fc-iiril affiliate only with those men at the North
wh > stand by thu Constitution und our rights un
der it, I don’t care what party name they betr. And
I don’t <ure what Iho h'QTiOCratic party does, or
may d n , I shall never affiliate with them as a parly,
1! frees 1 ere or Jtnti Nobra-ka men are permitted
to equal f h'owsbip in their ranks. lam no politi
cal foundling, Japhet like, in search of u part/.
B.t for wht purpo e do y u a k me this question
about the Democratic party? Is it because 3ou
think such 1 ffiiia ion wrong ? Then why do you
do it yoareelt i Ur sit to show that othor people
is as bad ns ycurse 1 ? li so, that is no rea£Or. why
Ish lid io'ui either you or them. You nor nobody
nobody el“ 0 neod attempt to al.ure me into a union
with any National j any. that oes not, tu a con
dition precedent, first “cut off” all party affiliation
with Freeso-lcrs and anti Nebraska rnen, ani
which shall not open tho doors to free party fel
lowship with all, and these only, who will stand
together u \ on this great paramount question, ir
respective of past party names or associations.
These, sir, ure my to your questions.
In them you have my principles. If you have any
more questions, propound them—l am ready to
answer them. If your quiver is exhausted of
weapons to uee against mo, cud you want more
answers for that [ urpoH, ask them, and I will
fur ish you with them, though in doing it, I but
feather ti t fehaft that is to be aimed at my breast.
Here it is, fully exposed. A I lark iv, that if I
am to be riruck down, let it be dene in an open
und manly manner, bave me from yonr inaid'ous
blows, your “bidden Hades,”your becrot weapons,
your Spanish stilettoes. If lor the principles I
ha- 0 this day proclaimed I am to to be immola cd,
the sooner the ssci.fice, the better for the victim.
Bat of one thing yoa may be assured, if fall I must,
by George, I intend to die game.
Now, Fellow & titans, I told you in the outset, I
had something to sa» in behu 1 of myself as well as
of my country. This pledge I think you will con
cede, like ail others ever made by mo, bas been
fully redeemed. But I have much more of tbe
same sort I c'juld say quite as pertenent to the
occasion. Wa- theie ever a ease in the history of
parties, parallel to mine ? For twelve sessions 1
have been in Congress. And for nothing in that
longterm of service has any one of my party any
thing now to.&uy 1 gainst me ; with the peat all at
present seem to be eatisfied. But for my stand on
the term* upon which TtXiS should be admitted,
all now tee we never should bavo got tbs guaranty
for four slave Stales to be formed outol it. But for
my defeat ot the Clay ton C mpromiiie, most people
aro low willing to grant that we never should
have got the Fugitive Sav 3 Haw—or the nrinci
pieo üb.is.' ed in UiahandNew Mexico, cfallowirg
the people there to come into tho Union as States,
either wi h < r wit boat sluvtry,as tm-y please— Dot
South of 86 80 only, but up to 42® North latitude.
But for my defeat of that measure, no oue, all must
admit, would ever have dreamed of getting the
reetriclio taken off Kansas and Nebraska. This
last act i consioer the greatest gicry of my iif 3. It
was the consummation ot tho principles by wbich
I had been governed from the beginning, even
wh*n l was not understood. Why is it then lam
to bo beaten ? Simply because I will not join in
1 his ptobC’ iptionot Catholics and foreigners \ simp
ly because i will not join a party whioh 1 verily
believe, it t u ccssful, will bring discord, disaster
and rum upon the country. And because ao be-
lieving, I have llio independence lo masu tlii-i bo
-1 lief known to tlio people, with tho rcsi’.ous for this
belief, upd that by a party, too, whieb nroolaiu a
is one of their cardinal prink pies—* Jmplaeablt
i enmity against the pretent dmoiaii* ’ig ty tms of
1 rewards far politic U mbssrtisncf, and
i f'Jr political imlrpsridn at."
, To tbie principle l give my oordial t pprovai. If
, lam beaten, it will be for “ political imlepju
i deuce,*' aud nothing elax. Tina, to me, will in
i that event,be a proud couaolation. Much morograt
ifying to mo in retreraout than all the rewards yon
can ever bestow upon my successor for his more
pliant “subserviency.” I have never yot learned
to bend
“The pregmnt hinges of the koe?,
Where thrif, may so low fawning •,’*
and never shall.
To all iruid.n, therefore, who endorse this prin
ciple, and to all oitsiderl, as woll no insiders, who
wish to perpetuate the institntioua of our fathers
—who are satisfied with tho Republican and
Americanism which they er-tabiishod. I say in
conclusion, rally to the support and maintenance,
not only ol political independence—and p rromil
; independence—bat the Constitution of cur Ooui
‘ mon country. Kooii the flag i float. His the flag
of America, which inspire* hope and -patriotism
in every sou of the soil, and which has gladdened
many u heart lp foreign oli ues. It is tho Hag of
roligioua toloration.
’* ’Tls the star spangled banner, ant long may It wive,
O’er the land of t'leftee, and the home of the brave."
Not*—lt was the intention of Mr. Stephens to
read and commonl upon the ritual lemming the
third degree. Unlit escaped Imn at 'ha-proper
time aud pluck, and W.is omitted. Ha, however,
now appends it in lflll, with the udmomll ms, &i.,
that every one who wishes may road aadoous.dor
of it for himself.
Kituai. of the Third Deoukk.
Third U loann Council.—Tlio PrcsKtout admin-.
, ietere to the candidalo* elect the following
, UUUGATION.
> You and each of you, of your own free will end
i accord, iu the presence of Almighty God and those
> witneßsee, with your haudsjiiuodin token of ihat
i fraternal affeotiou which should evor biud tugetb
) er the Stalos of this Union, forming a ring, in token
) oi your determination that, so lar as your efforts
I can avil, this Union shall have no end, do solemn
■ Iv and Bincaroly swear (or affirm) that you wiil not
i undor any circumstances, disclose In any mau or,
” or _ £ulf - r i l t 0 b ® donu oy other* if in v*' power
• Pfcvon it, the
secrets of tins Degree, except to thoeo lb wbibrh'
yoa may prove on trial to be brothers (f tho sue ■
Degree, or in open oonno’l foV the purpose ofln
truc'ion; that you do hercbysoioinuiy dec ara
your devotion to the Union of these Btatcs ; that
:u the dischaigo of your duty as American ciiisms
you will uphold, mumtain, and defend it ; that you
will discourage and discountenance any attempt
coining from any and ovary quarter, which you
beheve to be designed oi cslouiuted lo destiny, or
subvert it, or to weaken its bond'; and that you
will ure jnnrii fluenco, us far us in your powor, in
ondeavoring to precuro »n amicabfo and equitab'o
adj irtmeui ol all political disooutents or difforon
cus, which may threaten its injury or ov nhrow.
You do further promise and swear (or affirm) that
you will not vote lor any ouo lo fl'i uny .Bice of
honor, or profit or trust of a political character
whom you ku w or believe to bo in .avor ol dis
solution of the Union of these States, or who is
endeavoring lo pioduoe that result ; that yon will
vo'o for and support for ull poidicul cfficus third
or Union Degiee un.-mhers ol this ordor, in prefer
ence to all others; that if it may he done consist!-
outiy witli tile Conslilulioii and laws ot the land,
you wil', when e'eoted, or rppoiuled lo any cfficiul
station, which may coulcr on you tho powor to do
so, r move from (Hi m nr place, all persons whom
yoa know or behove to b iu lavoru .tisroiniioii of
flieUnloti, or who are endeavor, ug o produce tint
result; and that yen will in uo caso appoint such
persona lo any political tflico oi pluco whatever.—
Ail this you promise and swear (or affirm) upon
your honor as American cilzina utio him du ot
the Am rlean Union, to sustain aud uhido by
without any hesitation or rnoulal resorv tiou
whatever. Yoa also promise auo swear (oratll in)
that this, and all oilier obligal.ons which you have
previously taken in this Order, ahull ever be kept
auored aud inviolate. To ull ibis yon pledge your
lives,your fortunes, and your aucrcd honors, fio
help yen God and keep you steadiest. (Kich ouu
shall answer, “1 do.’’]
After tho candidates hsvo been instructed in Die
mysteries ot ibis third degree i I iho Ordor lire
following churge is given liy tho President:
Brothers: it is with great ploeaure that I cou
gruluiaio you upon your advancement lo lie
Third Degree of our Order. The res, rnsibililics
you have now assumed are moret-cnous and wei
ghty than thoso which prucedo I, and areoouimlltod
in such only us have boon tried and found worthy.
Oir obligations nie intended us solemn avowals
of our duty to the lund that gavi us bi tn ; to the
memories of our fathers; und to Hie happiness
and welfare otou' children. Consonrnting I .your
ooanlry a spirit unselfish, and a fidelity liko that
which distiuguished Iho palrio's ol the Kovolu
tion, you liavo pledged your uid in cementing tun
bonds ot the Uuiou which .10 tru t will onduio for
ever. Your deportment since your initiation hen
attested your devotion to tire principles wo do- ire
to establish; and has inspired a confidence in
your patriotism, of which wo can give no higli.r
prool thou your reception here.
Tho dangers which threaten Amorieun Liberty
arise from toes without, and from entm-t-s within,
The Ffßt Degree poiuto 1 oat the noun« mid m>-
tureofour most imminent peril, and indiusii.it
the first moasure of Eufoty. The Second Degrees
defined the next means by which, moonin g lime,
such ussttuilß may ho rendered harmless. The
Third Degroe, which you huvojunt received, no.
only reiterates the lessons of the o'her two, but it
is intended to avoid and prov de for u more re
mote but uo less terrible danger from dcnvjstic en
emies lo our free institutions. #, y
Letter freer Mrs. l.e Vert.
Monu.it J eiy 1,1855.
Py the kind permission ot thdir amiifh lif YBfil pl
ant, I am ullowod tho plecHuro of peruiinc und
extracting Irom, tho intorostiiig loiters of Mrs. L.
Vert, ihougli it is a pity to abridge them, even by
a s>rg!e om'dtod phraso. Stio is traveling now iu
beautiful Italy, wliero tho climate rcsnmhiea her
own gentle mind—for the atmosphere in ho h Hnl
fusis every object, thought and wish, »nh tho
rose tints of purity and truth —Curreepondeuce
licuyutie.
801-gna, May 29.
Leaving Florence this morning, wo travel-ad on
a ruilroud for twenty milos, and thoso are not boro
tho familiar things of home. The ccautry was
beautiful beyond description, butlluj oscem or tho
woody Appomtics was still more pioturo»quo 11., w
slowly wo crawled up you may judgo from tho fuel,
that two huge <xen acre added to our six h rso
team. Wo traversed the mountain rungo by tbe
Puss of Li Culliuo, and I had no idea that, apart
from the Alps, there was any Bconory in Italy so
grand, from the summits aud crags tho whole
country beneath looked liko a fancy garden, tend
ed with inttmtecaro. Hud your diur little charge
been wilh us slio hud real z:d her childish wish
to mingle with tho clouds; lor wbilo wo gi aid up
on iho lovely soeuo, tho mists gi thered below ns
und above us, until wo wore entirely shut up in Urn
oloedi that rolled and surged about us liko the
volumes of amoko in the crater of Vesuvius. Wo
opened the windows und let them euro in.
T is Bologna is a cit? of great inluresl— it pos
seascs the finest of Guidu’u glorious paintings.
Cathedrals, churohos, and gallon,.a, seem alike
orowded with his immortal works and those c l l)o
--minichino, Correggio, Carraooi, and Leonard i da
Vinci. From tho vast numbers soon bore, 1 have
become so familiar with pictures, that I know their
nainlots at a glunoo, as wo rocogu *: readily the
hand wiiting ot a familiar.
From tho suburban palace of St. Mreheio in Bus
oo we obtained the Uncut view to be hud of liyloi;
no, with its thousand domesand towers. The pur
ple base thut enveloped tho distant ohuo-K was
like a violet veil.
luhrara, May BO.— We came to t 1 is moat po
cionl p ace today in n vetlnra, and after dinner
took with us an almost cquaHy t ged eiacrone to
guide ns in our sight becking. Our oir.ner, Ln gu,
had gone after those eioruul passpony.
in charge of oar guide, nearly ninety years.!.!,
wo visitod Tasso’s prison, iu the Convent of Bar ta
Anna, ln this madhouse the poet vra kepi lor
seven years, became * he was so en ay,” said our
vcnerablo informant, ,: ns to love Leonora, a dueii
e»E; and when a man prosumot to love above his
stall n, yon know, Signora, ho mils, be mad,” We
decouded to his deep, daik dungeon, stood on tho
spot he made his bad, and look'd through the lit
tle window, where ho bellovo hn saw the gliding
shaddow of Leonora’s figure daily pass. And
there, too, weierd his cxqnieato scribblii g on iho
wall, when paper was denied him.
The house of tho immortal Ariosto, whloh re
mains exact!# as when he ielt it, is the properly of
the Government, as our Mount Vernon sleulu be.
The inka'.und still reels on his writing labie, near
the ohair iu which ho sat, anil a right, comfortable
chair it in. His buel, by Canova, elands in tha
room; for Ariosto, you remember, was tame.l es a
handsome man. Wo then visited lie church
where repone the ashes of Luorelia Bug a, and
parsed tho nalaco in which shoe na t id th mc horrid
scenes, perpetuated in notes ot glorious musio
through the tearful opera that bears I or name.
Tho Ducal I’aluce, mrroonded by n moat,riiand«
aloof, like a vast gient above tlie common crowd,
ln its duugLOin were ooirlincd Bn:tains and Ugo
from whose thrilling story Byron drew his tonch
ing poem; and wo stood on tho very spot where
the axe fell upon their nocks; and there, as their
hearts had been long tinned iu life, so did tho blood
Os both mingle in ceath.
All the alternoon we traversed the silent, doser
'ed and grass covered Hr, ete of this forlorn and
lost Ferrara. We looked into her uninhabited
palaces, up the marble etairs, oi which 11 e ivy was
the only passenger; and it had even enwn-ppod a
loveiy statue of Peeycbe, end wove a perfect coro
net upon her bead. Bquuro at er square we trav
orecd without meeting a living firm; aod.venoor
fool fall sounded startlingly loud. Bavo in Ifouipeii,
1 have nevor seen eughi so utterly deed.t : for
the only words wero tl ose ot our antique guide as
he ex| at'aied on tho glories of its oldou t mm 1
The deep silence ol tho grave, else rested on tha
own; for, as Byron says:
There teemi ax ‘twer» a cu-ee open the eea’s
olstel' 50T * rei * 0 ''* ad ’hetmapje breed
It wts Alfonso, tbe brother of Leonora placed
Taaso in tbe mad house—a fearful place—where
as we passed, the rabid lunatic women rushed to
the windows, bolding up thoir ban is and tagging
ns to enter and hear the s'ory of their woes.
We quickly left the wretched piaeo, for «.v n tho
everlasung dogs and ruts had alieacy set us tho
cxnrplo.
Qi od night; God bless you 1 evor prays vour af
fectiona's child. O. W. Li Vert.
Tri Laroest f'TSAMsn Aeloat.—On tho 8d inst.,
tbe . teamEhip Bcisia, Ihe first iron paddle wheel
liner, built for the Cunard or British and Noith
American Hteum Company, wts launched from tho
building-yard of M rate. Robert Napier A dons,
at Uovaii near Glasgow, Bcoiiund. Tho Persia is
the largest steamer both in capacity of hull and
steam power, which has been built. Bho lur ox
eoecisin lecgih, strength, tonnage and Ceam-pow
or iho Great Britain or the Himalaya, and exceeds
also by no less than 1,210 tons he intornul capaci
ty of tho largest of the pro-ent Cumrd liners. Hor
chief proportions may lo tumuicd up as follows:
Length from figurehead to taffrail, BCD teet;
lerig h in the water, 860 feet; breadth o'iho hull,
45 leet; breadth over all, II feet; depth 82 teat. *
£tahsti»al.—Some p opie tu k a great deal
about clergy men, and the coat cf keep ng them,
paying their reut, table oxper.ses, andoiher items
of salary. Did such croakers ever think that it
costs thirty five millions of dollars io pay iho sala
ries of Americau lawyers ; that twelve mil ions of
dollars are paid out annually to keep our crimi
nals, and ten millions of dollars aunuully to keep
the dogs in tho midst of ua alive; while only six
millions cf dellais are spout annually to keep six
thousand clergymen in the United States.
These are turns and statistic* will show them to
be facts.— St. Louis Lem.
Solon Korins, s.—This fellow, who snppMee tbe
i New York Tnbuno with much oi its most virnlent
i abuse of slavery, visited, tho Scu.h about fivo year*
> age, and was highly delighted with tne instituiicn.
l Some of his contemporaries aro republish ng alot
- ter ho wrote to the Charleston Meroury in 1815,
y giving a glowing aocoqnt of plantation life, an t of
r the eimnently humane and Christian trem merit of
i- tbe slaves by their masters.— JiieAmo%iLitfu!e\