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' PHM Um Ikoi Mmhihw.
»um ouvnivi um
BuniT, September 95,1M0.
Dmt Sir:—Though our opinir.nj on
mutter* have generally been concurrent, itjwems,
on some of the Wirrlng question* of the d»y
differ. In thiu, tliure iu not much o*u»e of »ur
prise. You are my juntos by m»ny year*, urn
nothing U time natnial, than that men of thrtv,
should »lear inch objeeti nnder different light*
from tbom which an to guide their aetinn»,’,at the
age of sixty. Mo eon, more than myself nor with
deeper venomnoe, execntei the movers end ml-
km of the odfottt fknttidam, of which Garnadn
li hot the ostensible Itcad. From Rufat King, who
figured to effectively in the Missouri contest, to
his successor, that imbecile thing who seems to
have brought into the present Senate but on** idea,
the same spirit tad the same purpose have anima
ted the whole peek. In their ceaseles declamation
against negro slavery, they have only sought to
secure their own preferment by superceding on
the basis of vulgar prejudice, men or higher merit
end finer claims to popular favor. Who has in
stigated the legislative assemblies of Massachu
setts, Vermont and New York, to launch forth a*
gainst the So tin, tlioir oft repeal* I, fel*c J m
sclent vituperations 7 Certainly not such nnpj
tent vermin as Garrison and his congregation oi
deluded fanatics. It was the work of men of inon
rank and influence—your Hales, Adamses, Vat
Barons, and Sewarda-^-men whose own conscious
ness of inability to mri a leg'iifmtc popularity by
able and faithful public service, seek office by
stealth, and villainous intrigue, the well known
means by which duped factions are brought to
the support ef worthless candidate*. ') *3
That men of your age an:! vmperament Him 1 *
have become impatient of such outrage—alien Id
have seised the firat occasion, and been reckless
of the means of resenting and punishing such in
sult, is by no fhcans to be wondered at, or censur
ed. Men of this stamp have been, and I hope will
tver continue to be, the natural gimvth «»•' Goorgia.
It was, I suppose, in this mood of high and ang:
ex&spemion, that the General Assembly, at it
last session, proposed the call of a special Conven
tion—and donbtles", it was under a like impulse
that thousands in the Soutlicm Slates deemod.it
expedient to send delegates to Nashvillo. liy no
means would I reprehend the patriotic spirit which
promoted these movements. It is, however but
candid to declare my opinion, that both were urc-
bibUitv, and as subsequent developments leau in
to believe, arc not quite free from suspicion, that
sinister ends wore c tcealcd under vehement re
clamations of constitutional right*
Ar mng the contingencies wt forth in tfio late
enactment of theGenerul Assembly, on the occur-
ronce of which, the Governor is required to ordei
elections for members of a Special Convention, it
was, I think, most unfortunate that (me of them
found a place in that enumeration of Ntntc griev
ances. I mean the admission of California and
New Mexico into the Union. It was unfortunate,
because it was a pal pa bis attempt to encroach on
the legitimate functions of Congress; because it
must end in nttor discomfiture; because it can
hardly fail to depress the character of the Ntate,
and by consequence, impair its ability on future
occasions (should they ariso) to vindicate with of-
fect, those fundamental principle* of political right
which have been committed to her chargo.
“New States shall be admitted by Congress into
the Union.” '1 his iu the language o! the consti
Union, and unquestionably invests Congress with
unqualified power over the tubied to which it re.
hit d. It may Indeed exercise tlio power unwisely
or unworthily; and eo it may, any power which,
From ths Augusta Chronicle.
LETTER OF THE HON. 0.1. IHXni.
The following letter of th* Hon. C, J. Jenkins, in
reply 10 tbs committee of invitation to the dinner given
by ths citir.ensof Columbia county, to the IfoN. Bo-
MET To on as, will be read with great pleasure by his
numerous friends and admirers, and we truHt, with
profit by all i
Augusta, 7th October, 1830.
Gentlemen /—Your letter of invitation, to a dinner In
honor of our distinguished Representative In Congress,
has been received. As I cannot conveniently fie pres
ent, I cheerfully comply with your request that I would
** communirnte my views upon the absorbing topic of
the day, in writing.”
Ti»b topic has long engaged the public, mind, but with
meo a new phone. Thequostic
Stab
_ new phase. The question
is not now, What will the Congress of the United S|
its, it has recently assumed
dof ft is, What shall Georgia do? Her people are
■oon to meet in Convention, at the bidding of her legis
lature, " to take into consideration the mode and meas
ure of redress,” for supposed grievance)*. The cliarae-
teroftlds assemlilage, snd the foreshadowing of its pur
pose, tndienln Hint its projectors anticipated results un
attainable by the ordinary ope rations of the. Government.
It then fieeomes the duty of every cinren of Georgia to
reflect profoundly upon the alledgcd grievances, and the
proposed remedies. It would be questioning the intel
ligence and i rat riotism of the General Assembly, In seek
for causes of complaint beyond the purview of the nd,
which called tlie Convention into lining. What arc
those anticipated grievances—to what extent have they
iMjen realized—do they require any, and what extraor
dinary State interposition T
1st. The passiigR by Congress, "of any law prohibit-
ing slavery or involuntary servitude in any territory of
the United Ktntes.*’
Now, had Congress passed such a law, It would have
been but the repetition of former nets, which, at first,
produced neither violent commotion, nor distinct and
general expression of populnr discontent. Rut haying
the sanction of precedent, they preferred n departure
from it, to a deliberate disregard of Southern remon
strances. They have |iassed no such law.
2d. The (taMhuge by the same body, of “any law abol
ishing slavery in the Dfetricl of Columbia ” This was
proposed, and rejected by overwhelming majorities.
3d. The |me*nge by the same body, of " any law pro
hibiting the slavo trade lietween the States where slave
ry may eiist.” No such legislation has occurred.
4th. Satisfactory evidence, received hv *‘ the Gover
nor of this State, of any slave, or slaves having eseaivd
from this State, to any nori-slnveboldirig State, and that
such slave or slaves, is or are refused to he given up to
the proper owner, by the authorities of the State in
which such fugitive rnny he found.”
Him contingency was not expected to grow out of
Congressional notion, nut Congress, desiring to remove
tins cause of discontent, have passed nn act for the re
covery of fugitive slnvcH, framed |,y Southern Senators,
not in accordance with the supposed di*t itjons of a r**-
luetnnt legislature, but res|ionsing to the (-incline d»*.
mands of slave-holders, plainly -et forth hv Geo,* a and
Virginia. If this law fail to accomplish the object. the
Cause is to lie sought, notin the hifidnllty of Northern
I<egi‘dntorH to the requisitions of the Con tilutiori, but
either in the intrinsic difficulties ofthe stibjer-t.or in the
want of forecast in southern statesmen. Its failure of
sue cess will but furnish another proof that fallible Law-
givers, are sometimes overreached, by cunnine. depra
ved, law-breakers. Ife who doubts dial this a« t was
passed in good faith, to aeeomplbh the ol.Ki in \i« w,
.^if f » rnvft Hi n R malcontent, nitute in seeking
orating upon a quest um iu whirl: wo bate ho mo
mentous a concern. He who advocates disunion
should be prepared to show some stronger reason
for it than the abstract right lo resist wrong. He
should he ready lo show, fir-.tly, that it can be
made effective, and secondly, that it gives
reasonable promise of a remedy for the grievan
ces for which sod.refill a resort is invoked. Il is
not thrfipart 4 of a wise statesman or poliliicanto ad
vise resistance, because we have the power.
COLUMBUS ENQUIRER.
LIBERTY *. THE CONSTITUTION*. UNION.
TmyfljAV MORNING, Of!
/ Union Ticket for Muscogoo.
( NICTIOI.AH I.. IIOWAlt!),
AI.KXANDKIt Mci>oi;»;ai.i>,
Til OS. F. WOOI.DRIIMiE,
Al.IiX AMMilt <J. MORTON.
the country im* cunlurred on uj hut on lhc*u|i|n
tion tlmt (.ongrra* «**nint>* nn nuthorily boyondtlto
limit* of the constitutional grant, it I* difficult lo
conceive in wlmt light the mliniHHinn of these ter
ritories or either of ihout e.tn he consideretl * Htate
grievance. We may disapprove tlio extent and
hotinderiee of the now State, nnd the Inhihitlnn or
property in Afric«n alavea—but whether thtmo In
Wiong or right, they nn? certainty not iiie u,.n, ,.t
l ongre**, nor cmn we, with any eon*i*teiti’y or
ulety ndmit that Congree* ha* pnwor to dieiute
the kind of property which the people of unyStato
may choose lo loforalo or forbid within it* own
limits. I certainly »»w hut little to nppmve, in
the proceeding* which g*vc to (.’BliforniH e consti
tution, yet it ctnnol be denied tlmt she stood in the
greatest need of an effectual government. Her
population ia reported lo be the most lawless mid
immoral in tho confederacy—badly qualified. It
may be, to form a constitution and code of law*,
yot not hkoly to proepor, oroven exist without them.
All who are able to appreciate the horrora of am
arc hv, will readily exeiiae the nppnrent Itaslo ami-
z«al with which the better part of her population
sought admission into Utc Union; and this console-
ration, moro than all crthcra, would have seen ns!
my voto iu favor of herapplication.
I have nut before me a ropy ofthe report and
proceedings of the Naaltville Convention—hut, ns
now remembered, it demands of Congrosa an enact
ment, excluding the two of slave property North ot
latitude thirty six-degrees and thirty min., ami the
protection of it, South of that parallel. This seems
to ho nothing but the “ Missouri Compromise,"
with tho superaddod provisitut ordaining slave
pniperty on one aide ofthe designed line.
He who, neecording to current estimute was
the grealest statesman that South Carolina ever
produced, and who waa a moat loalotta and ablo
advocate of this Institution, emphatically tloniod
the constitutionality of tlio Missouri Compromise.
Among the last acts of hia political life, was an
unqualified denunciation of it. For many years
past this has been a prevslonl opinion of the most
tnteliig nt Southern statesmen, who have, with
much unanimity planted themselves with the
"Ureal Carolinian" on the dogma of non-interven
tion." Nothing has been more vehemently exe
crated by the South that the Wihnot Proviso—a
sontimem in which some ofthe most distinguished
Northern members have, during the present ses
sion of Congreas, cordially participated. The great
speech of the session, unsurpHssed a* on argument
oil constitutional law, by anything known lo tlio
juridical annals of the country, was delivered last
spring by (ion. Cass, for tho express purpose of
proving that Congress had no power to prohibit or
establish tho institution of slavery. Under the lu
minous demonstrations of hia conclusive logic, tho
Wihnot Proviso was extinguished, it ia believed
forever.
Now, what I* the Nashville Plntform but tho
Wilmot Proviso 7 Under Mr. Polk’s Administra
tion, tits latter, inserted in the Oregon bill, duly
sanctioned by the President, prohibited the use of
of slave property in that territory. Tho Nashvillo
project calls for the aamo prohibition, but to be ex
tended over a region of country not much lets titan
twice the sixoof Oregon, over the greater portion of
California,Utalt, New Mcaico, and no inconside
rable fraction of Texas. A stranger to tho people
ofthe United States and their euatomary cabala,
on contrasting tbeae repugnant propositions and
doctrines, would necessarily conclude that the
South, especially eotno of the southern whlgs, wero
not serious in their censure ofPolk’a imputed mal-
aonttloo—that measures, a short lime ago ab
horred are now approved—that what waa constitu
tional law then is not so now. The advocates of
the Nashvillo proceedings, Indeed, admit the tincon-
stiimionality of the law they call for, but find a
sort of salvo in tho great boon of restoring peare
to the nation, and aecuring the Southern skirl of
these territories to the exclusive use of slavehold-
era. in this division of the public land spoils, they
unquestionably give proofs of their own modera
tion, whatever liberties they may be willing to
take with the consciences of thoso members of
Congresa who hold opinions on constitutional law,
with Gen. Casa. All of these members are made
the sworn guardians of that law, and it is hotted,
would in no case land themselves to its violation
toy committing the crime of perjury.
I cannot conjecture what the apodal Convention
ia likely to aoeompliah—though for the quiet and
credit of the State, I hope it will never assemble.
It may do mischief, or it may do nothing, bin it is
hardly possible to expect anything good. For the
firat time, (and may it be the loot) the delegates
of the people ere expected to assemble at the seat
of goremmtnt, and at public expense, without a
definite object. So far as manifestations of the
popular will authorise ns to conclude anything on
the subject, not* twentieth part of the people ask
the convention, or contemplate any useful results
from its labor*.
I know you will appreciate the motives whiclt in
duce me toeShr these remarks, that you will see
in them nothing of a selfish character—assuredly
nothing of a desire to invoke popular favor or its
accustomed fruits.
Accept assurances of my esteem and
friendship,
JOEL CRAWFORD.
Johi RuTKXXroaD, Esq., Macon.
cause of quarrel.
Pausing s moment tit this point In nnr As-sinl.lv’s
* numeration of anticipated southern wrongs, demnndltip
redrew, I remark Hint, limit fur, Imd tie- win.!.- S-.u'lt
constituted tlint memorable hotly, role guar Inn, nuthor
Itaitvfl eintiundor, of NoiHhern richl«, the (\.urr r ,. ., .,f
the United Sfnte« ronM not htive paid frrenter defi-rence
to itN nvowed ultimatum. Up lo tho point nil hn- been
ronrewon ; not tlm ronrowion of any thin? which the
South hud no right to demand, <f»»r thi* nh«* mIihiM •forn
to fink) f>ut concessions to riuhtful demands „>hesr d< uinl
anticipated. In regnrd to nny one or nil of the m
rttfleifirntlonn nny inemlnir of the tnnforiiy in our
IscgiHliiture, hhoiiltl nny (hr many do mvi'* fTioii;«h Iiiih
not been ronreded”—tho nnftwnr iH 4 * then, with nil
your enlightened foreran, uml fiery zeal, »/„„ did not
dt rtiand entiufih?' I make no nurli rlinri’e. The re
pniarh (if nny mirh there he,) in the recoil of their own
continued muttering" of dincontent.
3. Ihit, (ink of the nnumenited grievnnce« Ihih |»eeu
nerpetmted. ronirrew, fleepite tliio -oleum wnri.hig
Im* ndmit ted rnllfornln into the fhiion. “
•pnreely peopled territory.*
It will lirohnhlv Im* eom
Union, not iu a little sepurate Confederacy, and the
can ouly maintain it by standing firm under the com
mon banuer, nnd battling for her rfgfita under a Com
mon Constitution. We, her sons, have witueMcd this*
aud have no idea of sacrificing all the glories of tho
past, all the pride of the present, and all the hopes of
the future, ou the altar of dissolution* No sir-ee!
the government under which they had so long lived in
freedom aud prosperity, tho ridicule of the thing faded
from their minds, and they begau to look upon the
movement with feelings of fear, and apprelieusiou, aud
hulrcd, and condemnation. The time was approach
ing when the contest was to be decided. A conven
tion of the State had been called, the legislatures of
Southern States had becu summoued lo meet at unu
sual times, aud sober thiuking men began to iuquire
the meaning of these extraordiuafy circumstances;
why these strange movements, evidently preconcerted,
iu a lime of profound peace and of more than usual na
tional prosperity ? There was something omnious in
it all; the public rniud was aroused by the danger, aud
the patriots of the country, and especially of Georgia,
where the lead was expected, girded on their armour 1,1
mid prepared for the oouflicl. The Union was ll,real- I Slsl ' J ’> basi " ras is 10 6 r,,w “ , " 1 •>'" M by e " tll ' s
gj* We would ask the especiel attention of our read-
era to the two letters which will be found in another
place, oue of them from the Hon. Ciias. J. Jenkins,
the other from Maj. Joel Crawford. The State never
produced two more patriotic sous, men moro free from
selfish ambition, or more devoted to the suuny South.
When such men speak they are entitled to be listened to
times like these. The upstart demagogues from other
were aEtfkfuctory to the ttenaturs and Representa
tives of Texas.
3. In passing the Fugitive Slave Bill, they yield
ed to Southern men their own terms, and author
ized them to frame its provisions to suit themselves.
4. Even the Bill regulating the Slave Trade in
the District, is believed to meet the approbation of
the people who are mainly interested therein.
All these measures, with the exemption of the
last, were violently opposed by the freesoilers and
abolitionists in Congress, as well as by every abo
litionist and every abolition press in the North.
The whole of the measures, taken together, are
regarded by the free soil papers as a triumph of
the South. The Albany Evening Journal holds
the following language in announcing the final
result:
sued ; the peaco aud safety of their altars and fire- i fm ' wilh “ lld a W hus ? b >' a : arhi ' v ' d
rule the P' 11 ’ 1011 °f the people who will treat the views of Jeu-
; kins and Crawford with scorn. Bo it so. The hour
sides were in peril; madmen were seeking lo
hour; tho word had goue forth that Georgia waa to j
be sqxftatcd from her rioters; that tho star* au ,j i o-mos, and now is, whan very tow men w,II dare, utter
wore to bo hauled down, and some littlo dirty, ! a,iy ot,ler 8?, ‘ (i,neu,s ll,an are '° al,ly ‘•’>l' r "“' !d
strip*-
The Boi«iLjB^h«-#talOR-^the Rights ot the South.
Wo hoist to-day tho names of tho candidates se
lected ou last Wednesday to represent tho friends of
tho Union, and the true interest of tlio .South, iu the
approaching Convention. These rnen aro all good
uud true, hnvo been from the first iu fnvor of a bntis-
faotory adjustment of all our sectional troubles, and
apprised, for any existing causes, to all tho violent and
revolutionary measures so strenuously urged by tho
UMUiiH’d guurdiuuH of Southern rights, and wlroh, if
carried out through tho instrumentality of tho Con
vention, must prove so luiuous to Southern interests.
Their names, nnd their past course, is a sufficient gua-
rnuteo of their future fidelity to the views and princi
ples of tho groat party which has selected them lo
liear tlio standard of a free and prosperous people in
tho contest now before us. They have bean no ngi-
lators, no disuuionists, no secessionists, no advocates of
the senseless doctrine of a compulsory not)-intercourse—
but from fust to last have steadily looked to the great
protecting power of the Constitution, and the laws
enacted comisteiit with it, as tho only safety which
tho South can find—and a place within the Union ns
tho only position worthy the pride of a great State, or
consistent with the interests of a great people.
11 is not our purposo to draw invidious comparisons
between the candidates of our friends, and the candi
dates selected by the. ultras, finch comparisons will
ho made, it may he, by the people, who are alive and
wide awake to the danger which almost crept upon
them ere they were aware. They are, however, fore
warned, and will ho forearmed. Matters have como
ton crisis, aud liny feel,as every patriot should feel,
that inon were iu euriiesl ill attempt ing to overturn
tlio government, and lliut the threat to destroy the •
Union w us tho outpouring of hearts bout upon that
infiiinoiiNpurpo.se. I'Veluig this, they have aroused in |
their might, from the mountains to tlio sea shore, and
have sworn, hy the stunt and stripes, that tho i»i:i n
hum.i. not nit no.NK. This oath they will keep at the
ballot box, despite tho violence of one portion of their i
enemies, or tho seeming sithmissive ncquiiwcucu c.f the
other. They intend to have th**ir real views repre
sented iu the Convention, and lin y fee! that Niciioi.am
I*. lloWAItli, Al.RXANnr.it All l>o;•IJAI.I), Tl.'oMAS I
Wool.liKllinr, lltltl At.l'.XANIU'lt <Mint in'., are the
nioti, no far as Muscogee is concerned, to hear lo tlio j
Convention their delegated power. Thm men nn*
Well known to tlio voters ofthe county, nnd can stiller
Imt little, if nny, by tho angry jiht-s and futile taunts
of our neighbor. Tho three first named gentlemen
have been tried and approved in tin* public service;
tho lust named, it ih true, is young in ptihl c life, hut J
has given evidence of mental abilities mid powers of {
eloquence which have won lor him the admiration of j
his friends, uud tho envy of his enemies, lie Ims hud,
it is also true, no adventitious aids to push him forward,
the talisimmic influence of no illustrious ancestor’s i
great name to drng him from olwcurity ; but bn Iihh ,
what ih Is’tter than all of llieso things, ou amhitiou j
which aspires to honoruhlo distinction, a heart devoted
to thultfel interest of the whole country, uud an arm ,
that 11uk aided iu hearing tho gloruuiK haulier ol a brave ■
people in triumph over tho soil of u foreign to**. Ih
etuuds before his fellow citizens now, r* ndv to sen >•
them, if elected, and aid in pieveutuig, d poNsihl* 1 , a
tattered rag hoisted iu their stead. This was enough.
these two letten
We
3 neither prophets or the sous
Tho doom oflhu agitators was sealed, the voice ofdis- I of prophets, il i. trus, but throughout the whole pro-
who ! E rc * 8 R ,e I»o*seut excitement we have done some
utiionisle was nileuccd. The rampant secessionists,
on yesterday roared like a destroying lion, to day suc
cumbed to the omnipotence of public opinion, uud took
water w.th the instinct of a sucking duck.
tolerable tall, and some tolerable true guessing.
O’We have received the address of th*: Rev.
Gr.oKQF. Giianukrry, of Harris county, accepting the
There is no disguising tho fact that, from sorno causa, j llio „ „ B „ clll „!i<luto f„ r a scat in lire approach-
the men hi this western portion of tho .Stale wire were , j|)g Convention. It is a clear and able exposition of I,is
furious for a fight, and ready to hurst up things, have j vieW3 of , he , run [J0 | icy of l)ie Slatei aud wj |, 00m .
suddenly heeomc wonderfully enamored of the Union, j In( .,„| it3 ,. lf t0 thc great body of t!le pe0p | 8 . f,.„ p [ y
as it is. What has thus cooled down tl.eir wratl. and ' „ greltiD|{ our illabl | jly gjv o it a p | aC( . this num-
changod tlioir opinions of what tho Stale should do ? | ber #f 0 „ r papori promiw lo pab , la |, it llext week>
| and alsu promise the citizens of Hums that they will
: find it all that it should he.
Have they discovered, v.hut v c told th
they would discover, that thc people of Georgia could
neither be kicked or cajoled iuto the support of such I
measures as the loaders of tho disunion party were |
determined to adopt if they could g**t tho power in the j
Convention? We rather think they hare. Mou,
who, at tho Macon Convention, joined in the furious i
cry of disunion when they imagiued that such a cry l
would sweep like wild fire over the .State, wou! I fdip
Iff Fur Latest Ne<
Paoe.
i the next
coiiMimiiialion of the mail m
ugaiiist the pence of the |M»opl«-
Union.
In nu another pluci
tlie met ting w hifli h
ntizcits of the county
of tlio wiro-pulloiN i
v< ill he
, plod
Tins
i illv i
‘with In
-.ury.”
probably Im* roneeded, that the right Mill re-
umiiiH to tho sovereign (icopln of Georgia, in inquire
whether thin hn renlly mi currixielinieut iiimiii fiout/n m
n«hls.
Now there in hut one fenturoln the rave that involves
in any degree fiouthem InUmmtH, ns nintru ili-tiorui h
ed from Northern interenti*. Tlml feature the unti-
slavory clause in tho t'oiiHtitiitiou ol rulifornia, nnd it
is quite renmrkuhle, tlmt they who framed, uml imishmI
this net of Um Georgia I legislature, though careful fiy its
lerniH to indicate one objection to her mlinission, make
tlio slightest allusion to tie* prohibition of "Invert —
Tliny put prominently‘forward, the sjsirst ness ol her
populiition, hut not one word do we read about her hos
tility lo slavery. Whence this nuiimdon! Probably
the Missouri controversy, when the North objected lo
the ndinisHion of tlmt State into the Union, because ot
the urn-slavery clause in her Constitution, nnd the
finuth Indignantly denounced Huh n|fi< i.,u H intermed
dling, was too fresh ami green in their memories. Per
haps they were restrained by Mr. Calhoun's n solutions,
nflirming tlml upon the application of the inluihitiiiili
of any territory of the United Suites, tor mliuit mmii ml »
the Union, Congress had no authority for looking lurihrr
into their constitution, lluin fo ascertain its republican
character. It« that it may, no one will have the hsn*
diliood todenv that it is a cardinal nilide in the south
ern creed, nnd Hint th*' establishment, or prohibition of
slavery, iu a State of thi*. Union, belongs .-k In-tv- i v to
those untitled to pnrtn quite iu the formal mu, or altera-
lion of her fnuiMiiutinu. Was the South wrong in
claiming for Mu-xoiiri this perogative when sin* *.iootl
knocking nt the door of the < niiitol for ndini*sion t ll
liot, then, in the North wrong in claiming, to day , the
same perogative for < ’nliforniu ? Apart from iliisqur"-
tion, there were cogent reasons for, and against her ad
mission. Her citcumsiniices were very peculiar tlie
attractions to her territory, produced results nnpanilhd
etl in the history of emigration Multitudes daily throng
ing !<• her mines, in search of the prcciou < metal, and to
her seaports to en i-e in coinmorcc nn exciting inter
nal and external Irnllie,suddenly springing up, and dai
ly increasing, within her borders, required the regula
ting Imml of Government.
lot Congress had provided her no territorial govern
ment, and she hail good nm-.. to apprcle ii.l i*i*Sctiiiit**
post|M*oeiii(Mit. These eon n-leratiiei-. m;tv e>. . , ,t m
free her from the rcpnmeh of hot hiiHle, m rhuiiinii* the
privilege of ll.o sistorhiKMi. Vet nnoiie ran I- l.luid to
tho maniroM and serious objections to her iithiussion.oA
a measure qf expediency. Whilst, iherefore, -t*. a nation-
al legislator, weighing can fully the-e npp ."ing i .in-hl
erniions, I might have felt conslrtined to \-.ie against
ber admission : as a representative of Southern mteie i..
I never could have placed her retortion np..u the ground
of the anti-slavery clause in her roiiHtiiuiioii. \.s a
southern man. I cannot n«yv find,cither in tins, or in any
admitted injudicious exercise of the undoubted discre
tion «»f Congrem in the premises, adequate cause for re
sistance. kesittaiur? wlmt sort of resistaiu*e! I
know of hut two modes of resisting indiNcreet le^i-lntion
—tho one by ru|iairmg to the ballot box—-the other by
donning the cartridge box. The case is beyond the
reach ofthe former. California in in uud cannot he ro
od out. The latter is either the rightful remedy ofthe
oppressed, «»r the desperate recour- • of the faction In
this case 1 led no intolerable oppressaon, aiul will not
leml myself to factious. The time may conic, in the
progress ol this shivery controversy, when rc-i.-t.uiee
will !>e a duty, ll am not without apprehension** for the
fittured and then 1 know the South will K> true to her
self The tendency with many is to tuitiripute it. Rot
so long as God, in his mercy, ih pleased to avert it, the
part of wisdom, of patriotiMii, is to stand by the mildest
structure of Government ever reared by (lie luiumii nt
teller t.
On the subject of resistance, as upending, practical
question, to be decided by the Convention, allow u
W4, rd more. There art* among its twotle*mpuonsof re
sistance men. iHt Thoec who openly avow themselves
in favor of secession, tlmt gentle synonymo lor dirunn n
—disttnieii with it" long train of It rn»r*. 2d. Tiio-c
w ho an* not prepaml for tins extreme action, hut insist
upon sente undefined, tmlelinuhle n-Mstam e The for
filer are easily understood, and will probably he easily I content against the row
rrri«t„t. To tire latter H i.ju.i i„ I,. ,|„. mre B ntv 0 f Jwmimi
of purttoar ; hut to ilo thu we must inevitably conclude
they do not understand themselves. Integrity practices
no concealment. To relieve the termer from u hopeless
insm> in the approaching election, and give ihe latter
time to search alter nnd nml that term iiico.'inu,.»l,*:ul
ing press in tlu* State, has propt»ed that delegate" Is*
rnako the world Isdiove that they were tho most
Union-loving fellows on tho foco ol thc green earth. | Gantui
Men who denounced every body and every fifing that
dared lo difliT with them, who would lake u-t In thc |
inup uud rn.uk ofF tho Southern (Jonfed*‘f.Tcy, who Lu'-k*
turned up their noses ut the advice of ll.o immortal • | M M t i,
Washington, who daily busied themselves in the high- 1 an ! c
ways and byways iu constant efforts to weaken tho
affections of tho people iu the government of their V| r . J.
choice—llieso meu would make us belie vo now, if they j * r***” ••*
wero able, tlml we have till along been mistaken in ! , lT . k . fll
their motives nu*! their intentions. Such ait alto
if* almost urr had un tho original ofllnco. Il is ui
suit on llit* common sense of tin* people, an null
ou tin* common liglitR of the freemen of tlio State
It in well known that llioConvei
ly to meet, Inis l*« cut everywhere lo
by which th** Hclu-meH of tho di«u
coiihtimmutcd. (»*’orgi.t, through
take .Im lead, and tin." gorwl old co
dorously charged as l iking the loud
will the chivalry of South Cutolio
flit* < :ii* , r» t’f Alabama, uud the it-pudintorrf of Mnwi.e m.o. V ,
sippiri.iy when they lirar tlio sad fillings that their I»kKa
uflioa, iu this "mind ri’ Ctmii, are afraid to Miami by tin in V|
m the work of nntiouhI destruction s i ;ui"pit .taisK ,
commoiici’d ? We tinnk wo hour lliein, even now, ^hent*.
cursing their unlucky Nt.ir", uml hohokl them as tin y s
retire from their prc.seut in.enviable po.itioii, Hlijijmij'
buck, olio by one, aud hiding their lowered lieuds '
among fin* friends of the I i.imi.
But the Governor lias called tin* ('onveiitinu, nml
vve hitppoNo it must meet What gom I, permit us to.
usk, ran re.,nil limn it ’ \\ hat do you desire it t-i do '
Are you willing that its action shall leml, either sooner
or later, to u tlisht lulion «»f the f ’onfc tlerury ? Aro you !
content that it i.hull pass nn ordinance by wlueli our
.State shall ho torn from the other members of tlio Uu- i
ion l Do you demro it tu adopt a meusure of noti-iu-
torcounte, whurohy the vvludo comim-rciul, ugricullur.il
Melancholy Accident
Girard, Ala. Oct. 20, 1850.
Editors Columbus Enquirer—
xFNTs: A melancholy urrident happened in this
lust Fritlay evening Wth mst As Mr. William
A* I a * I y, Ai Mr. Oliver Luckett A: family, of
Musi—jfpi, were travelling through town, on u
heir friends In Georgia, a negro ls»y rode by
■*. '.ri-k gallon which started the lior-*-- in the
w • >• »t just mliind the buggy in whh h Mr.
A I id v were riding. SI..* became alami-.l nml
nt w hen the hor-e« in an instant ran over her
I the vv !i*-**l* of the wagon pti—d over her head
'-, killing her iuum*iiinielv An inquest was
Imgly. The l»ody of
” Another triumph for Slavery !—Freed
Banner trails in the dust at Washington ! Slavery has
•other triumph! Twenty-five thousand
- , - of Fre** Soil has, in the lost half of the 19th
! century, by an net of th** American Congress, been sur
rendered to slavery ! And amid the clanking of newly-
forged fetter*, we hear the craven voice of exultation !
Y • . N* rib- rn ibroats are hoarse with rejoicings nt the
victory chtr.ined by Slavery over Freedom! Oh, that
st/iiv avenging angel Would hint out the disgraceful re
cord. that our jMisierity might lie st*ared the mortification
of blushing at the degeneracy of their fathers!”
The only issue then is in regard to California,
and the simple questions for the people of Georgia
to decide are : Will they leave the Union because
California has been allowed to corne into it ? Will
the people of our State, with all their professions
of strict construction and of reverence for the
constitution, raiao the standard of revolt against
a constitutional act of Congress ?
Whatever ntny he the irregularities in tiie pro-
rerdir.gs which ied to the formation of the State
Government in California, it does not become the
South to forget tint! j-Iip approached Congress with
a republican Constitution, framed at the sugges
tion of Presidents Polk and Taylor—both South
ern Pre.-idents, and both enjoying the confidence
of the Southern people. The people of Califor
nia. in conformity w ith the principles of Congres
sional non-intervention, always recognized at the
"Suuli, settled the question of slavery for them-
Ftd^c. In a convention, composed of more than
one-third Southern men, slavery was excluded by
a unanimous vote. It is useless for us to specu
late upon the reasons which prompted Southern
men thus to’give up a cherished institution. It
i- htrdly probable that if they had been convinc
ed that the soil and climate of California were
adapted to slavelaltor, they would have permitted
the institution to be excluded without a struggle.
While, therefore, we may regret that the people of
“ ' * ~ : have) settled this question adversely to
opt
i which is short- j
1 to us tlio agent t
lists wero to b«* '
bun been shin- |
icorgia. What
I Ntmng'T*, ami
ai*l ami attention
ipntliy niitl'csI. '
nit a Mo for
. who wry kindly |.
*<l t'.lho
• of
l**.l for th** di
pt Iv PMider-d
• i nul'l proui|it
gress and while we sanction the votes of our Sen
ators and representatives in opposition to the ad
mission of California ; still we see, in the action
of Congress, nothing which can be regarded as a
violation of the Constitution—nothing which will
require a resort to extreme measures, or in
which the South cannot honorably acquiesce.
2. That we profess to be as true friends of
Southern Rights, and as ready to defend those
rights as any men living, when there is a just and
sufficient cause for extreme measures ; yet. be
lieving that Disunion, at present, will not only
fail to strengthen our Rights in the Territories,
but force upon us the alternative of abolishing sla
very at home, we are not prepared to rush madly
into a position which can only result in disaster
andj dishonor*
3* That should Congress at any time exhibit
its purpose lo war upoti our property, or withhold
Twenty-five thousand our just Constitutional rights, we si and ready to
vindicate these rights, in the Union as long an
possible, and out of the Union when we are loft
no other alternative. % We repel tlio idea that we
are submissionists or that we have any sympa
thies with the enemies of Southern U.^iita.
4. Believing, as we do, that either secession or-
any other extreme measure, at present, can only
result in mischeif to the South, and to.the cause
of Republican institutions, we will support no
candidate for a seat in said Convention who does
not publicly and unequivocally, pledge himself to
oppose any and every measure which may lead,
either directly or indirectly, to a dissolution ofthe
Union ; and we request tlie friends of the Union,
in other counties, to exact the same pledge from
every candidate before yielding him lo their sup
port.
5 That we deprecate, as unpatriotic and dis
honorable, the practice pursued by certain Disu
nion orators nnd presses, of denouncing Northern
men and Foreigners residing at the South, a^-be-
ing unsound on thc subject of our local institu
tion?. and as being capable of joining in a servile
revolt. We believe such charges, unsupported
ns they are by the slightest proofs, to.V.the strong
est evidence that men who make tlttfcjpjare desti
tute of moral and political honesty, Vd ought to
be watched with special care. ^
0. That the people of Muscogee County will
forget all past Party distinctions and differences;
and, in imitation of their Fathers of the Revolu
tion, w ill rally under the Flag of our glorious Uni-
on-—that they w ill devote tlioir time, their talents,
their money, and, if need he, “ their lives nnd sa
cred honor,” for its protection and preservation ;
—that we call upon the Union men of Georgia,
[*nd of the South, to unite with us in the spproach-
liicli Ik*i
,*• body
val, n*> lit*' lM*r**av**ti liii-ltaml tlf-n*rm
omf. in Mi«s|*Hfiipi in a few weeks Nu •
i ndent huppem*d tntl.e party, ultliougli
W\
It HaRKT"
lire Snsth-vrik* .re,„| citizen*, we feel Umndto j ln - s, ™,?8*f> nor cousc‘J«it until our glo-
nciM’iivn 1 . nr<Ai.!«l wo ran do so, consistently ! ri "'> a0 ! d Commonwealth, and the Govcrnmont of
wilh our intyf*l, and our honor. ’ I m,r cll0,ce ' uru reccut ' d lronl impending dangers.
If slavery can lie inlrn.liir«l into California at ! Whereupon, Peterson Thwoatl, E»q., arose aud
h 11. it ortn be done just as well under a State as offered, us un amendment, the following additional
under a T< rritorial Government. Ii slave labor resolution, stating that if the* sum© were adopted, ho
cart he made profitable in lhe inir.es, the people | would willingly support the whole platform:
UNION CANDIDATES.
r.nof r: Ver M'D«Mi*»i4d. Tliutnas F. Wool-
N f. 11..war,I. A l**x C. Morton
it m Ff*’v. <}. ftraulKTry, (ieo. Othorn, Dr. G.
• d'. Leonard Pratt.
ion Col Tfioma- Rivins and Joint G, Stoke".
him. ton K. \V. Flournoy, Win. Hall, Iv S.
Hide A John Duirunn F.-qrs.
i c-.l David Irwin nnd Gen A. J* llanwl,
, and Dr. M. G. Sln'ulit. r nrot N. M. t'aulder, ;
Cnl. Jnliii ('oilier nml Ciiiirles Murphy,
uni the ll .o William lv/zar.l and Col. Ju-.
Wluu".
V 1 m; If ill, John CaKiii Johnson, R *S.
u.i s um.
M D. King, Meade letter, J.-v*.
oomh", tinrnett Andrews, L. M.
ite, John It. Jenkins, Andrew J.
n L. 'J’nmlin, W. A-ikin, J Wof-
thfr*, whether Northern or Southern men, will
find but lilt!'* difficulty in changing the fundamen-
•Ived, 'i'liat i
IV ihiuit ProviM., hv C’ongres", the abolition c
f.l liw. ll li e (lirn'atp and soil, liowevrr, should 'J 10 D'-ini-t of Columbia,
i uncoiistitulionaf .
s. I'm. I, ird. Ho
Wl OKI’S. Ko
III'!. I. p | r \ ii
-1 Wh
il. I.' Johnso
J Watters.
unfriendly to the existence of slavery, th<
it is hotter fi r ilie South that California should
have been admitted just as she j.-,.
The Convention which framed her constitution
canvassed this question carefully, and arrived
unanimously at the conclusion that a division of
the country by the lute of 30 deg. 30 min. would
r.».t enure to the benefit of the South. In the Re-
perl of th-* pi. feedings of the Convention, we
find the following:
Dr Gwin, :• delegate Ir, m San Francisco, said:
' It uny |h»iii*>!• t.f our )»opulatn»nare opposed lor.lave*
ry .jar re, it h that portion .South of 3fi deg. 30 mm.
It i- utterly unfiticil to "lave labor, I wing a grazing and
gran ' entiuiry, with it few rich valleys, and extensive
arid plains." Sic report, 115.
Mr. Carrillo, a delegate from the South,said:
illlll |
ll. Wn
A NEW TACK.
Tim Washington " Southern I*r<‘ss ” is on a!
new tack. A bill, it seems, has passed the Sen-!
at-*, granting for tit*- next three years, half a sec- 1
lion of public land” to every family ofactual m t-
th r" 1 i'his the Press dechiitns auaitest as “moro
territoiml organization. 'Ftiisisiif
almoM *ay. a faUity. It ha*., Iikewi-e, Is
tlml th*- |M*ople "i ttic Southern t-art are
►l ivery This ir entirely false. They have ©quail
sirt-iiu* a i!*-irf a" any |>ortion of tlie |ieuple of Caltfor*
iiia to avoid slu\ery." See rrjtort, page Gfi.
Mr. Uippitt, a delegate from Sun Francisco,
said :
hostile leui'lution by Convrot", denying iih ‘‘rightsof
p. • *,-*i t y and fail it i«*al equality,” Submission would Im*
degrading, aud Resistance u duty, commnniled alike by
our inteiest nnd our self respect.
Winch amendment was accepted.
M »j. Cooper being loudly called for, came forivald,
i <! iu a speech of half an hour euchaiued the attention
I tho audience. Wo cannot attempt to give even an
dine of the many good and apt things that he
jwded into that short space of lime—and the pluudita
at followed every pause in hi.-* speech, gave evidence
. ut the views he expressed met a hearty rcs(>onse
1 from every one present.
On motion of Judge Alexander, a committee of two
i from each district in tho couuty, was appointed by tho
j chair, to report to this meeting the names of four suita
ble persons to be run for the Convention at tho op-
'^’l 1 ' proaclnng election:
it ml industrial isit«*n -
itahly pcrisli ? ()r do \ •
1'hirty Thousand Pu'i
1
everlinpi We do
the wind* pciple must i
uliitioi
ft is tu
n-h ih.’
’ »)| tint .South ; and Ihc
a bet ween these gcttlei
nr not, provided they
*i hccotm* < iti/.ctiH. the
ii- j*M"r*r ;i L r liii't ilm fu
nise no distiuc- ;
»—bccaiiau lire-1
, ami whether
have declared
u
‘ Th**rc is not a member on this fluor who believes
it slavery enn exist South of !tfi .let*. 3(t min. Wliat-
*r desire the South might have to introduce slavery
•re—the la*i that it i" utterly itnprartieahlo to do ho—
i that region—is"Ullirient to fire*
III.'’— I
.!! 'l x ”' r ,*,( ! I'pjierTown Dint.—R. R. Alexander, Jno. L. Barrinpei
f *• — rr ' .* ~ " —States Lew is and McGifiro,
—Wm. Wooldridge and Dr. nut-sey.
—H. J. Irby and Jns. T. McNaughton.
—JMiuris Ray and James Jones, jr.
—Joseph Brown and J. W. Edwards.
—A. Odom and I*. V. Guerry*
—John Shores and Philip Lamar.
—J. McCoy ami J. W. Thompson.
'Die committee retired, and during their ab«cnce*the
meeting wus entertaiued by CoJ. Wm. B. Pryor, of
Glenn’s
Hal Inca
I imtoin
Ninth
Sixth
Eigth
Hies of tlio pl'ltte
id tile Htilbillly of t!
Mirli ijU' .sl.i
foil lid tile proceedings I
•d our ticket helot0 the
meet I ng did not consist
[ lenders of party, who
• such matters. Tlio hone him! sinew
ern them ; the fanners, mechanics, nnd
(seiuhlrd in hundreds, and iilVrcd one
o for peace uud coinproiniHe, the nghu
lid the Union of the States. It was
i • Smith of 3fi th
(‘*’iiipriifni-•- agre
(the North and S
hv fie* action of
'i -
with the i
«1 to, between tlie two great parties,
nib. it will M* erected into a free State
be peop|.’ themselves. Then* is n.
th** Northern and Souths
i on lliis subject. C«>hm .pientl
iill hen free
tree States
re Will Im*. j
- might be
of tin* comity v
working men t
uiiaiiiiiioiiH voi
of tlio South
cheering after all the bluster of fin* d .sum.mists to w.t
ness such a g illioiing of tin* sovereigns, and lit* w
tlwd tnrougluwtl tl • whuU> county, thorc vveie niher. m
other hundreds who could not attend, yet whose hearts
were warm with the same devotion to the interests of
the country. Muscogee may send distiiiioiUbts m tlio
l 'oiivcnlion. she may send seccssioiiihts, she ui.iy s. mi
lion-inti rcoiuscrs, hill it she dta* they will be eom-
polled to go under false colors, nnd light under a flag
they never intend to uphold in that assembly. The
people must look well to Ibis, aud bo sure that there is
no foul riding iu tlio race.
r d, ••
ought
nil wind
i'll ail tli it is den
•• trusted with tin* tromenduus I
’delegates will ho clothed. No
to prevent the settlement of our I
I*, lnineiiiiiig strifi ami arou-s- i
ottin previ'iit-
rtv. Im: the
'
i by tin* In
N t hv il V <'
ind of jut
- umMance
litilliplicd indofinilt
ii show (lint tin* tli
o 3G deg. 30 min.
ten free States in
• Sen Hi r> itist ad«
.-.licit fiic
id r tc
CltlZ*’l
.Im*.
. of I ■ r |
>t !.*• 'i*
, cousont to fui
au ? California
nt organization, without a c
io-i t:: limits. NVi* utterly deny il
Mure had any rigid to comui't t
' I'htce
g"V.
•nt, unpledged uud unquestioned,
Unpledged mul uiuptesimned in u crisis like tin.’* ?
Full ow-eitixen* ol Guluinbia county : We are brought
into this dilemma, becauao legislators, elected without
reference to tlmt question, assumed the eognixnnee *•! it.
Shall we attempt to escape Irom their toil», by appoint-
ing another set of agent", with direct reference to it 1 —
No, let each candidate freely and tully declare Ins opin
ion", nnd then let every gt*od citizen, who values lus
birthright, who abhor* causeless revolution*, hopeless
anarchy, endless civil war, vote ou this occasion lor
nuMtsiir*" not men.
I urn, very rekfiecifully, your obedient servant.
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
To Mewra. E. S. Harrison, 11. K. Casey, Arc., Corn.
S»:NRiBi.K.-Tho following tvmarks tijHm the ben-
efita of disunion, wo clip from tho Mobile Kogts-
ter of the 2d im»t. They form the closing paragraph
of an article on the “ Territorial ami slavery ques-
tiotiB,” nnd arc so just and true, uml so clearly
and forcibly stated, that wo copy them for the use
of our readers who feci nn inure- i^Bnd who
d *es not ?—iu the subject of vintch they trout.
Tl»a Register anya:
But the measures aro upon us. The alterna
tive of accession or rest stance is n biller cue, but
t* t'Otter to bear the ills we have, than fly to others
we know not of. NVo see nothing in secession to
drive back the cordon of tree States that will, in
process ot time, spring up on our western frontier
—nothing to bring back to u* the right cr ool.mi-
zmg South Culitnrnia vvuh our negt*H‘s. In short,
we net tn secession nothing vimhcative of South
ern nghUv—nothing that will add one iou ofnd-
Idttional security toourpnqvr.y m slaves. Wh it
*ve talk of resistance wo should regard it us a
home question—a question f |H*licy ;*rd , j duty
'No owe it to ourselves, narrowly to examine our
•»wii minds nnd see that those leolu.gs of re-
-i.’ment against our wrong doors, vv hie tut i*. ,;ii-
cult to suppress, find no lodgement there, in deltb-
Look out for tho Swiudlo!
NVo have thought for huuio lime, and frequently
pointed the utlonliuu of our readers to the fuel, ilui
tho ultras ofthe Slate would attempt t<> disavow tlu.r
original purposes, uud save thcinselvcs, if possihlo, by
seeming to yield to the current ol popular optimal.
Notwithstanding flu* runt uud threuls which has no
signally distinguished the conduct of men who louk.-d
with longing eyes to a dissolution of the Union, uml
brumlcd as cow a ids ami iruium» every defender of tho
ttltnri of a great and prosperous country, wo never
could believe that they would venture to encounter
the •trrn relinke nnd ull crushing power which was to
meet them at the Ballot Box. Men are brave enough
when there is no danger to their popularity. They
may aid in stirring up tin* bitter feeliugs of dis
til, they limy speak
a thing of little moment when com
pared with the blessings of u separate State existeueo,
or a little Southern confederacy, but when they have
to face tlie people upon their odious doctrines there will
In* a species of mental quaking, ait inward dread of the
certain future which will cause them to pause in their
mad career, and look urouml for some spot of safety.
Tho passing events of the piw.u day. ii not wiy
credit a hlo to the consistency of certain party le;uler» aro
6Uggesti' (* of many valuable thoughts to the people.
But u few months since certain sections of tin* country
wero aroused by the cry of disunion, nnd the people
were appealed to in loues of burning eloquence to rise
iu tlioir might, aud do battle ugaiust an imaginary and
unfelt governmental oppression. The hour, it was said,
had arrived, tho death warrant of the republic was to
be signed ; nml nothing w as waitiug for but the Geor
gia Convention to break up the confederacy, and form
uew safeguards for Southern security. I’ublic presses
thundered their nialedicliOLs against every attempt to
compromise tho difficulties of the country, uud public
speakers of every imaginable sort and stze prowled n-
bout the excitable localities procla.tiling that the hour
of seperatiou u ns at baud. A systematic attempt was
every where made to crush every tiiau who dared to
lift his voice aguiusl the destroyers of file country’s
peace, or who presumed to hope that the work of our
ancestors might not perish m the flames ol civil war.
The bouefits of the Union were derided, its friends were
openly taunted, and every little sprig of chivalry that
could gam a lu-nring before a decent crowd, aud som©
by the way that could not, was hoisted ou the slump to
show what fools old Washington, and Jefleraou, and
their compatriots were, aud what a set of political
Solomou's had all of a sudden arisen to save the people.
If there had been no mischief intended by all tills t|, 0
scene would have beou ridiculous euough, but wh,, n
the people discovered the settled purpose of these d p8 .
perute agitators aud saw they were beut ou ik«uoy llt g
into tin- fold ; tlmt
wms our confident' •
non. and bring tip.
South t aroluia’s vvi
hi pretended friei
only to betray it in (ho
>n file laud file untold i
« look to it, in
’s dot lung slip* i
tlmt p.
The Latest Domestic Intolligonco.
leighbur of the Timm iu spe iltiug of hi
.mb-
lutes for (lie I’oiiveiUmti savs “
nen are ultras or disn nmnist
lews to the citizens hereabouts
taiives in <*tlier stclious with u
onishmeiit! Nutio of them, it
ri**ws of our neighbor ami yet h
n/irs
proper meu t.
villi Inin m lus
•rnev. There
Well, tli.N w ill be
w ill astonish the
•ceding great as-
s, agree with the
>il yet he thinks they uroniur-
represeut him aud those who
m! schemes fi». breaking up the
i hey advocate, as among the aggro--ion* to winch
j they will tint submit ! (low n. ir !o!iv ... proac..-
; « .> to madness !—.Suiclo : (\tu
H V I.LY FOR THE I NIO I N MUNl OGEi:.
t hie of the largest and most * .,ihusiastiu meetings of
the people ofthis county, which hu"b.en had here dur-
| ing the present veur. was held ut the (‘oiitiliouse in tins
( city, on file Huh inst. It was a meeting of the friends
of the Union aud of Southern Rights, lor the pur-
j |kiso of nominating candidates to reprm'tit the county
jot Muscogee in the Con vent iou to assemble in Mil-
i ledge villa, on the lOlli December next.
thi motion ot the Hon. Robert B. Alexander, Judge
is something strange il, tin*. We w, MI „ :nLV w,„ died in the Cliair.aud A.G. Foster
nldnnl tnippurt miy mini Him ever Ireeathed tl.« • ^ Mu j. XcKtnitet, l^jr* . requeued lo set ss
i this vital mat- ' •
Alter a few pertiuent remarks
. the following preamble and r.
breath of life who diff’ered
j ,,r «*f dissolving or preserving the I'uion. For our
selves theie is tin halfway house, no half way friends
j '** ff ,w business. It is very natural for candidates, wlteu • atlopteii l
j they find the current too strong to breast, to gel into um j rt . a( j
, the stream mid try to swim along with the timber
I ‘Itat floats ou tlie surface, and what astonishes us is I ... , t , , ,
| that the udtior of tlio Times, roeiug tin pt spoot | duty'of 1 * 1 --® ,8auw * >l
I «'f u most essoutial dr
rom Judge Alexan-
olutions, being those
liiends of Bibh county, were introduced
11 tlit* territory in divided ut all, that Troup, with a speech of thrilling eloquence and biting
sarcasm. He allowed up with happy effect the ridicu
lous position in which ouroppouculs had placed them-
'• i* n•' selves by their frequent changes of position, first pre-
tly uTi Benl ’ n 8 onn Ibsuc. then dodging that for u now one,
w inch was sludged in its turn, till they hud finally got
where they would present no issue at all. This speech
elicited much applause, nnd bursts of laughter.
t>n the return of the Committee into the meeting,
tli* y reported by their chairman the names of
Col. A. McDOUGALD, Hon. N. L. HOWARD,
Judge A. C MORTON, Hon. T. F. WOOLDRIDGE,
as suitable persons to represent the county of Musco
gee in the Convention. The names presented wero
ns j atrii.ts unci 1 separately put to vote, and each uuuuimously adopted
n dissolution of | by the meeting.
been ndnv M * •) j Col. Oweu, of the 3d Congrcssisual District, hap-
irt.iil- : hening to be present, wau called upon, and entertoiood
the meeting with au interesting account of the munuer
in which tfle great questions of the day had been treat
ed in Congress during its lost session—vindicating the
course of tlie Georgia delegation m Congress from tlie
as-aults of the disunionists. He contrasted the pro
fessions of that party nt homo, wilh the uctious of their
Representatives iu Congress—spoke of tho iudignity
<1 ' | which every .Southern looker on iu Washington felt at
dissolution of' ^ay after day, the disuuionists ofthe
uu! imminent, j ^ out ^ Ul| d the Aboluiouists of the North counseling,
I by the most • planning, scheming, and voting together for the defeat
i of the great measures of pacification, which the mod-
I ll Will gam Inr the Smith no additional glia* j erate aud pitriotic men of Cougress were endeavor-
• ,<>r r - ■’ 11* In iii.-titiitioiiM. ft w . , not t ingmpuss. He also spoke of the course of his col-
'■ b\ . spirit of bin .if,’'tain nt the \orln; nor , * , r ,
cure the * xt- i.-lon 0 f 8 | a vt'rv intoC-lih ruin. 1 ,eague * M«»»* Toombs, Stephens and Wellborn, tu
J. It will result in a civil, pcrhnpy - r\.' • war, and complimentary terms. He particularly dwelt
wlnc.il wonid ulisnrb all our n- aim. tu. c * us • u P°a the able uud patriotic course of Mr. Toombs, aud
mt i ii system rt direct taxation, and render prop- i vindicated Inm against the malignant assaults, and
**n.v curr than ut present, heth in Georgia groundless charges of inconsistency made agaiust him
rod m ! • .’ouler States. [ by life enemies iu this Stato. The audience was mu
i v !, U .* * C * * n Vi 1 U h ,U 1 r? * it* B ,p hor- iutercsted uud gratified ut the speech of Col. O'
d r * v ' ties to jnihh their negr. es ;: t i the Southern . . **, ... . .
n..i: kv. i*.: mi.l thus force Inc plmu.’ra uf (icora’a ! *" d "Jroilcd lhal his mJu.pov.iion and hoar
{joining .States to pay Vir *i »i :l . Kentucky | wou,d uot permit him toextend it to greater le
irg.u ti» uny such uitt inative.
r and sovereigntv which he’
tho people. NN'.* further solemnly
*i a (’'invention, called tor ii utlici-
irod clothed aw this will bo
I -ovoieignty, and emp<
They
r:**d of
itll ull |
rod to 1
Dire.
•i pelt
gruvo ih.no
1 if - dinger* that would tuu»nd
• • I inn, wo regard as palpable
• * ;ir«'pillion, it would be follow*
hastruns consequences.
ami Maryland, tor manumitting their s!n
1 I . would force the more Southern States, ul
timately to steed? again from the new Confederacy,
or to fill l ack upon soperate State organizations,
and thus "ive to the South a fet of petty States,
without i-riuer p wor or roHpectahilitv.
6. Under such circumstances, the people ofthe !
nth would have neither men nor money with
which to carry slavery into California. They
h is not acted with
fin' foresight ot Ins candidates, und endeavored
wiili them to escape in the same way. Perhaps he
deems himself too deep!) committed, on the teemd. to
titta( t. It may to.', before the canvass ends they will
find thents.lves as deep in the mud as lie is in the
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
, , wmcii to carry slavery into i/alilornia. They
i i m.tk.ng it the j vvould not even ho able to retain it athomo.inucli
.tut cootnurenen'j*. i . .
tiuvcrtior, in nrt.tiii cootuigencies,
oiivcnlion of t!te pi >ple of Georgii.
*e conliU:p'nci."< h * .happened, (.' id-
con admiitcd into th** Union, and l*is
lus issued his Proclamation, accord-
Fins object for which sniff convention shall as-
emblc has not been distinctly defined in the Act;
"“ u, ‘ | still, from the Proclamation of the Governor, ami
Wait for the Word' i sentiments boldly announced by certain news-
i papers and certain spo tkera, we are forced to the
^neral volunteer campamesmSouthl.arol.ua have colu .|,.. sion t is;it the real purpose of its friends is
tendered their services to the Governor, and passed , m l>ring about a dissolution < f ih, i’uion
resolutions pledging themselves lo tight most vahautly Tlio t it;Zi ..s, h<'ri >>. mbfed, profess au ardent
wlteu their services aro required. NVo have no doubt j devotion to ::ns L r..* t. 1; was the creature of
they will come as near up to their resolves as men gen- I l ’''mpromiM\ and is tendered sacred by the memo-
eraily do ; still, we think they aro gettiug a few paces ‘ r > °!, 11 } >ill,iol i c aiiceslr . v ; l il we have
i l.i .... : . *, , „ | rapidly udvanced to national power and distinc-
alioud ot the music ! Georgia has not led off yet iu .: * *» i.... :i v . i, a , u un
... . , , , , . ,, uon ' inuiv mutiny, and as a nation, we have never
the path of secession, aud the chivalry boys ol Mr. jh * e nso prosperous as at the present moment.
Rhett's Republic aro bound to wait until the bugle Our country as become the proud refm T *» of tnc
blasts ars blown ou this side of the Savuunah. By be-I oppressed of every dim**, and the “stars and
ing iu too much haste over there, you may chance to i u ‘‘ vc ,n Bintnph upon every sea.
1 N\ ImId iir.it such ii L men, fraught vv
into u difficulty that might make your friends iu
this littio Common wealth rather shy of tho tight! —
Take your tune aud keep cool.
/*• S.—NVIiou the great tight comes off, we can,
from this quarter, furnish you with auy uutnber of com-
missioned Officers, but of the privates—‘mm est,' »J(*e
As wo aro!
“ Tho South, says our neighbor of the Times, is in
the proudest position that u people ever occupied.” This
is the nuked truth, an J it should be the busiucss of ull
her sous to keep her there. She does iudecd iiolJ a
proud position, but where would site sluud, and what
kind of a figure would the cut, if the views of ;he dis
union sts wero earned out / The South obtuiued her
prouJ poaiiiou iu counectiou wall tlio bslauos of the
. with such
blessings, ut.^.it not :o be endangered except for
grave and important considerations. If it should
be dissolved, the last hope of tlie ft tends of re
publican liberty will be swept aw ay ; and this last,
great effort ut self-government \vi!i become a bye-
W ord and reproach among the tyrants and despots
ot the o!d world. As patriots, we can see no
good cause for encountering such consequences
on account of anything which has yet transpired.
The measures widen have recently received the
sanction ol Uongres-, though not such as to meet
our entire approbation, are nevertheless such as
•the South can honorably acquiesce in.*’
1. ( »* .. ' ..:ii’g the Territorial government*:
'•■Utah .>.\*w Mexico, t.i't'gress repudiated
h! : in \\ : not Pi >viso
2. iu urr..t.gi:.g : . Texas and New Mexico
Boundary Buf, tho North couccdcd such terms as
lotce it across lo thc shores ofthe Pacific.
0. All these causes operating conjointly, would
limit the area of slavery to a few the SSoulh At
lantic and Gulf States—where the lands would
so.».i be* omo exhausted—where -•u\ lab* r woul 1
cense lo remunerate—where tlie slaves themselves
would be worthiest, and the institution become a
tan upon the people.
i’he final result of the whole matter, would
Ou mutiou of Judge Alexander, tlie rcsalut
amouded were then pul, sud unanimously adop
Two of the nominees, Morton aud Howard,
called out, and after short but animated speech
copied their uomiuations.
On niotiou of B. F. Muloue, Es<p, the meeting then
adjourned.
JAMES WIMBERLY, Chairman.
Adam G. Foster, ),
Jno. J. McKexdbee, \' ‘ crr ,iri s-
MEETING IN BAIIER COUNTY.
Alcanv,(*A. :*jber 7,1B50.
A meeting of a number of »*ur« : . . i.s, irrespective of
party, assembled in complianr. with a notice in tbe
" Patriot,” of the 4th inst. Tl.v assemblage was orgau-
zed by calling N. W. Collier t *,.reside, aud appointing
j I). A. Va»on, Secretary.
On motion of Col. Clark, the chairman appointed a
(•*', that the owners would be Compelled to abolish J Committee consisting of CohClarlT, II. Morgan, N. Tift,
properly issclT | P. J. Strozier and R. K. Hines, Jr., to report hn:'
»the pri
slat ry in self defence—beta
will ben me valueless,
means h it to supj ort it!
Here then, are some ol thc curses of di.-solution;
and m our candid opinion, if the Union is severed,
it will not require a quarter of a century, to con
summate this magnificent scheme of mischief aud
ruiu.
As patriots, as Southern men we can give no
countenance to any .scheme which would be fol
lowed by such probable results. NVo cannot con
sent tiros to lower the proud ensign cl the Union.
As citizens, having a becoming veneration for the
Father of lus country—his memory and his dying
sentiments—we can take neither part nor lot in
any movement which vvould Hot out a single star
or era«e a single stripe from tlie glorious banner
of the Union as it i». Under that banner we will
rally, and like the men ot *7C pledge ‘‘our lives,
our fortunes und our sacred honor” to defend it.
NVo will never give up the Union for existing
nor until the people of th? North
| reported that a majority »*f ihe committee could not
1 agree, Mr. Morgan then gave hin&cquie&ence to the re
port of a majority ot the committee, w hich are as follow*:
We believe that the recent action of Congress admit
ting Culiforniu, and disposing of the slavery questions
;v& well as of the whole course of Congress fur the la»t
few years, together with the threatened future aggro*.*-
sious of a sectional majority in relation to that subject,
will if not checked or discontinued, destroy our institu
tions, there tore
Resolved, 1st. That in the present ern -rgency (it 1
proper that the people uf Georgia, and o' the ollie
Southern States, should meet in Conventio to redres
present, und provide safeguard* against tun. o wrongs.
!!d. That the measure* ofreiri ; | rescr.bed by th
Convention, should be wuhiuth* , of the Consti;
non, and that in the opinion of t l.i- meeting, a diaso 1
lion ofthe Union should is* made tlie r<* nedy only \\t
other remedies prove ineffectual.
3d. That the ultimate action of the Convent!
houldnot be binding untilduly rat.f.cd by a inajo
of the people.
4th. i'hat the citizen* of Baker county without
gurd t • former party distinction, w ho hu'j» rit*e subs'
grievances; ^
prove tlivtitacives lost to ail honor uud palrioti-m, by j tialiy the doctrines of the’foreguing re*.dutions
atL'iupling si-me positive violation of the cotistilu- quested to meet in Newton, on lor the pur|*i
tion and of our rights guaranteed therein. \ two candidates to represent the advocat
. ... * . , , * Southern Rights in the proposed Convention,
bttk naming such sentiments ns are herein ex- Ti,m ihe proceedings of this meeting be puh
piv*<e.l, wo, the people o! Muscogee county, now edlnlhe Albany Fat riot, and circulated by bund bill
no.i J .!> •>.! . . t. H ' f ‘.u'i» the dTferam dutmis of the coui.ty.
tfllo.'.MMg
UNION AND SOUTHERN RIGHTS PLATFORM.
1. T hat we do not approve entirei) ufu*ltln
Peace measured which uavo recently passed Con*
the dTteWuu dutrais of the coui.ty.
K. K. iibetttKhrXi tJ a minority report, vvl