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THOMAS S. SPEAR
s
■ Plated Ware. T*U. Cutl#-' ==Xi
Pocket KdItss, Gum, Pistol*, Ac.
HEAD OBNAMENT8.
An entire new assortment of llsad L'reese* end
Uir P>n*.
HAIR WORK!
A beautiful variety or Pattern*. I will make to
nlerany d.isi.-n or pattern you uiav rwtuert.
BATCHES. CLOCKB and JEWELRY
Kepalrrd by exr*rienr<-U workmen nnd wan nut-
1
taJe to ord*r.
LkTTtkt'No and Kxnx.wtx.i neatly dona.
THOMAS RAGLAND, -—Proprietor.
VOLUME^XXHL
A STRICT CONSTRUCTION Of THE CONST1TUTION-AN HONEST ANO ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION Of THE GOVERNMENT.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY'
L'-INti- SEPTEMBER II. I860.
succusox i
B. PtlRPLEw
HAS just received, In ad-[
* dltlon to bin former stock. 1
Ihsome Terjr floe li
Watches, Clocks, J*
! Rich Jewelry, Silver a
l, and Jewelry and t
.osded Head, ever oiler.-1.
PEBRLI-: SPECTACLES!
OK Oold and Steal Ftvuir*. of the
kSee .ju.Uity mauuffctlurrd.
1 eordlally Invite lb* attention of all to my stock,
d will take ph—are In showlug It wkelber poi
nt desire to •
^ g H’RIM
COOK’S HOTEL,
(r/jtsr CLASS UUTLL.)
oner Broafl and Crawford Streets,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
HATCH COOK,
,'(i0-4lwtr Proprietor.
A.NFORD’S liver invigorator,
NF.VKH DEII1LITATKS !
TIJ COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY Fit >M (ll’MS,
Thursday Morning:. Sept. 6, 1860.
The Corner Slone ami the Enquirer.
The Comer Slone this week again devote*
ita whole rditonal battery to an attack upon
John Bell ami a defence of the Democracy,
and a large ehate of ita shot into the Bell
camp ia directed especially at ut. Wishing
•ome sort of justification, wc cuppo*c, for
the personalities tunning through its two-
column “leader,” it proclaims that we hod
lost our ternprr and indulged in ill-humor
in our reply to its article of last r.etk !
Now, we assure the Corner Slone, in all
sincerity, that nothing pleases us belter
than it* open and avowrd opposition to our
cause, and it discloses an undue amount of
sensitiveness in taking to itself our anti
thetic remaik about the “adder.” No forced
construction even can torture our language
into anything elso than a eontraat ol the
candid course of the Corner Stone with the
nature of the reptile mentioned.
We arc accused of endeavoriug to excite
ogainsl the Corner Stone thoae members of
our patty “who ore iia supporters.” This
is a charge that carries with it ita own refu
tation, for if they are supporters and render*
of the Corner Stone, they can decide for
themseive- whether we fairly or unfairly
rrpresent its course, and will not be guidid
by our rafiri-Boniation. And wo feel quite
sure that (hero is not a member ol our patty,
taking 'ho Corner Stone, who has not won
dered that we have not sooner and oftener
noticed its illiberal course towards our can
didates—an much in contrast with its course
towards Mr. Buchanan in I860, who was
undeniably obnoxious to the very charges
which it now ur.faiily inskes against Mr.
Bell.
The Corner Stone boasts that it i* “not
control of any clique or
JSB'KA.nlS! S I •'*"*• " ho, ° "s'" "■> rt “e niZ1 ' l “ '' ,nlrol
to act gently on M succiMfulljr w an onll- | us, or to dictate to us w hat we shall oj-
snd 1*
wrist! to with confidence In all the
for which it U recommended,
li ha* cured thousands <J will cure l.IYER
itldnthe liwttwo yean- > j-I.tints, Hlllous Attack*
ho had gi ven up all g b<
ef. es the ^
Ry*p<-|»»ia, Chronic IM-
o I Idled 5* plahil*. I') »i-ntery. Hid
Ideates III my po» » ny.Sour M»ina< fi. I!**M
Ion show. O u*l CosltvrncM.C'boleri
incrasaniustbcad.it- 0 • l.-lcra M-rl.u*,
r<1 io the l-mperamsnt C* ra Infantum,Flatulcnoe, I tmuer the pay
I ibr individual taking ? Jaundice, Female Weak , w |i Og0 r|r
L'llhe dictate* r>f you p It vrill •
. s! •
hr U.r of the UVLl: 2
) \MILY McCrir..-
tm r« FtCK lie
thousand- i
ikrn at coiuuicikciuent of attack C9.A1I » Ik. urc
are giving their testimony In It* favor.
• 9.Mil water with hi the mouth with the Invigo
SikNTFonu'a
FAMILY
CATHARTIC PILLS,
COMPOUNDED FROM
«r« hanfaUt lUlructs, awl pul up iis (Jims (\ts> s,
Ir Tinht, ami unit kero in itnv climate.
IMIK FAMILY CATIIARTIU PII.I.It a gentle hut
L active Cathartic which the proprietor lias used
hi* practice more than twenty year*
The constantly Increa- yj reference to this well et-
Ing demand from tli*>». j *.»t■ • d f .•! I • .-ti com-
iho have long used the j | vin lcd fu.i. . variety
'ILLS and the shIIsIhc *w i.f the purest \ cgctahlo
'in (’»II Ir -n
aLu», UIicuiiiuIUi", * |.r. H « tHU.l*r« » -r
00r »nd many diseases to which ttesh l* heir, too
iwM'is to mention In Oil* advertisement. Doss, I
Price Three Dimes,
he LIVER IN VlUOUATOIt and FAMILY CA-
ART1C PILLS are retailed by Druggists generally
diohl whol sale liy the Trade In all large towns.
8. T. \V. HANFORD, M. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor,
3.35 Droit way. New York.
•tailed by all Druggists. Fold also In Columbus, by
I’LMIIKIUON A CARTER,
A IVERSON,
WillTEFIDK k CO.
March OT.lkfln dwly
NEW LAW F1IOI.
W. P. CHILTON & SONS,
W. L. YANCEY & SON,
AYE formed a partnership In the practice of
the La* under the firm name of
CHILTON A YANCEY. n
They* ill | .iw< ,-i •i.illy II. nd to nil busbies* ronti-
•card to their u*e, ha* .. uii . very part of the all-
-lured me toplaee j* im-ntary eunal, and are
iroiwltldnthc reach of c, good and safe In all rn-
* . ■*•■ where a Cathartic I*
J I»I !; \Ni,EMLNTSr.f the
Hack ami
PILL ha* with do. (j ..i, :
I, end in a long Courae of Ft vrr, l,..s« of
The Profession well jj! needed, such
now that different Ca 2 DF.RAMiK.Ml
E rtlcs i.ct on different *5 FTOM.lCll, Mecpltu
tltit*- f the bow.-ls, (a Pains In the Hack
iFImLI CATIIAK- <3 Loins, CoMlvetiecs,
PILL ha* with ilm Q and Itoreuea* over
Ir body, end.ten . d I, wlii.l. fi. .,... ii!l.
icUte, a Creeping Feiuatlon •
Hvstlcssntss, Headache, n
all InilauiuiaLuy Disease*. 1
I pose”; that it “writes its own opinions,”
i &.c. If this is art innuendo thil wo am
| not equally independent and candid, it ia
I whjlly untrue ; and aa we recollect once
before seeing in that paper somo remark
that wo thought contained such an insinu
ation, we take this occasion, much as wo
dislike and always avoid any allusions per
sonal to ourself, to make a remark or two
uboul the nature of our connection with the
Enquirer and the eourso of tl.o paper under
our management. NVn took charge of the
paper with (ho (..press stipulation that we
should conduct it politically in our own
way, and wo have never, sinco our con
nection with it, consulted n living soul in
reference to its course on any political ques
tion. We do not say this by wsy ol boast
of our independence, for w« recognize the
policy, if not tho strict propriety, of con
sulting friends in reference to party move
ments ; hut rather an an apology to our
party friends for what may liavo seemed
an indilT. rcnco to their feelings and opin
ions. The truth is, no one man can bestow
which wc bestow upon the Enquirer, and
have any time left for canvassing tho opin
ions of hia party associates ; the necessary
seclusion imposed by his office duties must
prevent it. Hence we havs hern compelled
to rely wholly upc
resources and
our own judgment, to tuke counsel only of
our own sense of right and jpatice, and to
write only our own opinions. Nor have wo
been at oil backward in expressing our
opinions decidedly upon all questions, with
out wailing to see what waa the sentiment
or would he the course of the party with
which we have generally acted. In proof
ol this, wo may state that ours was the first
paper in (Jcorgia to advocato the rovival of
the African slave trade; the first to de
nounce and oppoao the revolutionary propo
sition to make tho election of a Black Ke-
putlicun President a pretext for dissolving
the Union; and the first to hoist the names
Mr .pttl.l attention will b« given to collection., | Lu.l and Evnm .nd cnler vigoron.ly,
iff to business In the Probata Courts of Macon and with ready facts and relerences, into their
Marion Bethuue,
ATTORNEY AT l.AW,
Talbotton, Geargla.
BILL pcs par* Declarations tor person* entitled to
t Honaiy Land and Pension*, undrr tbe latu
-**of Coogr*** ; and prosecute all rlalin- of that
.ra. Merrl, rt. '6ftw-ll
Goo. G. Ragland,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
UreciiTlIle, Ala.
TILL attend promptly to all l.iivinee* entrusted
to bis ears, In Uutlsr and tbo adjoining c/un-
IW Ofllee, urotalre, South-west corner of tha
ague Square. aprUU-dwU _
Walton G. Jordan,
■ney at I«w and Solicitor in Equity,
HARDAWAY, MACON COUNTY, ALA.
ILL continue In endeavoring to ait. ml to any
profeaalonal ttuslnes* that may be entrusted
— managtment In any of th« counlica or Court*
the Mute except the Supreme Court.
MuPoat Office Hardaway, Macon county, Ala ,
'nag recently removed Imm the office at (ilenn-
and that formerly occupied by hia late broth* r-
Uw, John M. While, E*q.
jfrUUft > ;
.
Paiitation for sale.
THE subscriber ia offering for sale hia
Plantation in Clay county, (ia., run
about 730 aerot—about 250 arret
a good Dwelling, (tin Huuae and
” and tying on the river about
of 9 miles above Fort (iainea.
JAMES GRIER
Jktmary 2f». 18M ml
J. H. Jones,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
L’lt.Leouttnne t<> pr**-'i .
» tero ( Irruil «« beret.
heretofore, and prou.D.» -
. all busine** e*itru»1e‘
, In tha counties of Itand. lnli, Clay,
Mhoun. qj.offluj at Fort Ualne*, ha.
MrehS, law w tt
J. T. & G. H. Waddell,
ttorneys at law
Crftwford, Raitell County, Ala ,
|X7ILL give prompt and faithful attention to any
* * buafneaa entrusted lo them In Russell and ad-
lingeoucflea. Oct Ib-dMwly
Hrfcklnridgc Not u Slaveholder*
\N’e presume that the two letters from
Kentucky, which we copy to-day, settle the
controversy a* to Mr. Breckinridge’s owner
ship of slave*. Tbo fact that ho duos not
own them would bo ol no sort of conse
quence per te ; but it must be regarded in
view of the other facts, that his supporters
have violently a*«ailed us nti enemy to the
South John Bell, who derives all his in
come from slave labor, and has all his life
been closely identified with what he call*
“this so much abused institution”; tl.nt
Breckinridge, being a man of capital, is
abundantly able to own slave*, but clioosis
to invest hi* money at the North and live*
ui a slave State “with no property listed,
either real or personal”; and that he be
longs lo a lauiily not, d for its opposition to
slavery and ita advocacy ol emancipation.
A BntccKiNRitNiK I’avlr on Jof. Lake.-
The I.oiiisvillo Courier in 18V.*, edited then ns
now!)' W. J. llnldcinan, mod tho lollowing
language about old .loo Lane :
“The Salem, Indiana, Democrat raises tbo
fhg of Gen. Joe. l.nne ns it* candidate *or the
next Presidency. This Is tbe richest jokool
the season. Gen. Es.no >s doubtless n bnvo i
man, but he is totally ‘estitntool narly r|: tbo
roqinsiirH that would innko him a sueco.-shil
cotnmandor. It was lin luck Ol generaMnp,
and igniranceol u.ilitarv matti r*. that cau««tl
the disaster to tho fecund Indiana regiiu-nt nt
Buena Vi«in. The faot i* notorioe*. that it i •
mon of th .1 regiment had b.en cotr.tnandv.l l*v !
an uhlo or fkdllul general, they n« v r would
havelovn placed in such a j»-. .. n. t.* be
compelled 10 retreat There i» nut a country j
village hi the Fin. n hut could prudu.- 'n man
lully equal to Enne n* n general, while thou
sands could bo lound vastly Ins *i perion*.”
The Courier ia now n strong Mippoiter
of Breckinridge dint Eane ; but even .it
must bo compelled to udmit that it is Brock,
more than l.a ic, whoao incompetent gen-
erslsbip i* raucing the j re-eiil ‘'disasters"
to thu Democratic regiments und compelling ■
them lo “relrejl” before the enemy.
The ItlindneHa of Pnil> t*rtjudicc. |
Editor Enquirer: Our assumed neutral
friend, the Corner Stone, of the 28th lust.,
ha* made u wonderful disrovi-iy of Mr. I
OFFICE—RANDOLPH Street.
NnMBER3E
The I'iiIoii, the ( onstitutiuii.
Mr. Crittcpdcn «
entlai
t the lurmnltt
duction 1 may venture m address niysell to
you as one who i* not altogether unknown
tn this cuy. Ii is l»v uii urgent request,
lellow-citizens, that I otnrudo uivsiill on
your attention on tin* occasion. I do mu
seek opp >r• unities ol (-peaking—it has be
come rather irksome, und although
S's,WL-ss'K2r,
ing the conn'ry f (Cheers.) It will lie
Ir.mu|,li ol lilt- country, no. llio iriumnli ol n^'Llon" 1 '|' < e , S ”, 0V ,„5'^f!l
c-r.Y. f Aliplauac.) llio I'ninn 1 j “ „ .’1 ' 1 ’ * !'•
exercise any vengeance upon f —
Who Imve they accused f Wliohnvo they
denounced f As ind.viduals they have
tlicir ' imona and fealinga, with respect to
nil passing public mcasun s mil to nil pres
ent public men ; but a* :i put) they are a*
but yesterday, brought mt 1 existence by
die country's exigencies, ami |.>r the cum.*
Ihica, and I ,r y ,fl preaorvaHou. They
19 n subject «i “ *
slied 1 am m
you. bin 1 hnvo no up niona thui 1 enru n
conceal, and when u is ilio wish and pleas
uie ol my countrymen to hear mu on nut
public concern, 1 led some dilii
'luting compliance. It is iu'obe
pelted to olifcr
take an i
which 1 I
cully in
(lienee to such a request tin
beloru you Inr the purpo-o
you on u subject with which, I
you are already quite laititliar.
The political occurrences of
have been ol u charucter to drike
t there i
Tiny have no
I vengeance to wreak upon any ..ne. Their
| victory and ll.utr triumph shall bo thu in*
j urnnli and security ol nil. (Hntliusiasiic
j upplauae ) This Ih a victory worth winning.
| In almost all victoues that are gained in
tu dilii- I civl * conflieis there io aa much caueo to
iu'obe- mourn os to rejoice. If iheru ih oiiu victor
appear ** ,uro i* 01 *® conqitorod man upon whom lie
nddrersii g trends, und our sympulliius are divided bc-
i sute, tween ilio conqueror and ilm prostrate man.
' | Ours in ii victory Ireo Imm all such tarnish-
r timo relleciton*. It is one of pure oxulia-
dccply I I" pur couutr^j liuinph atd In
sprunjY ;
a n Ii
| Enoli
- ipp >j
from what causes this
but let me lor a single menin
(In* subject. Wby am they I. r u diasolu-
dono t Wrongs m«v have been done indi
viduals. The* may have received nrougs
by unjust Ingislolion upon the part ol C n
Our griut men may nut have had
< the remedy which imn
I IH to turn out ol IliPir placet in Itu* proper
i cuiiHlitutioi.ni mode those who u .vu u,.*
| ndiuiuitMcrcd tbe government. The gov*
eminent Iiiih done no wrong. Tim ( .in
stitution ami tbo Union hove dune no
wrong. They commend equal jusiico lo
1 heir agents may have disobeyed I lie i r
injunctions, ami everything may iiute been
do no wrong through individual*, but nidi
iMiu.1 (f , l„.Ar* i ' ~ | viduulii n»e untenable. VVhat reoirdy would
.nd boo what ; S
1.0 consequence ol their victory. 'i ruinx ndeii.mty
the Republicans succeed. «lml n 7""" ' h * y
meiii f No. And yet by some stinngo per
verstty or other their minds have been
brought io look upon di-unum a* a reuiedy
llo married u J
I up..,. I ...I'r.tflit
.|«v,i>« | Kentucky girl, und iliut is a wholes.'
,i, iijo | 1 "flu' lice, i E lughtcr and opplnueo.j 1 am
r *"bi lie is a Ivkihiickiuil linnsolf, wiucli ih
I another culinary met. Mr. Lincoln may bo
i; bui, hi a poiitic.il
,,|,l y J, ,; iopre*cntativo ut me party
- . tho present
Almighty lm* blessed us above all other
people and all other nations. Whcro nlmll
bo^ thirty years lionce, il uucii prosperity
attends un l A great nation of
dred million souls, with not enough then
devdupe ail our resources. Every man Ir
'<» think, free lo speak, lice to net, Ireo iu
work. What imiHt this mighty freedom
product) with tins inighiy concurrence of
hearts, ol heads, of hands! What navies,
wlint armies, what cities.
Eot us lilt ourselves to llio contnmplntinn
“I u nut our children will bo. Shall we not
leave t cm a jcgucy as great ns that our
tho coulempiniinn ol
nvolvcd in our Con-
absorb the genius
(■'•d j io tho Eegislntiirc ? In Congress this sen-*
siun, where wo passed resolutions avowing
our mere power over slavery, it was nsked,
i* ii neccNinry now for Congress io inter-
I ) p ro / There was no caso calling lor tho
interfclcnee of such power by special legis-
larion. No Senator would tako upon him -
sell the responsibility of proposing any such
case, except on*'. 1 believe, who ventured
to say he th"iijhl there was occasion.
Southern Senators agr- i that there waa
|tmu«c now existing upon which they
Drillers left
the mighty destinioi
ledernev eng g« us 11
of this Ueputdic und hb Constitution
it enter trim all our motives ol puollc action,
Mil wo may no longer i>" the tools and
sl.iv<9 ol parties, party platforms, and ol
party conventions.
1 do not mean to disparage any party in
particular, but liavo not your parties and
idaMoriiis limited tho Ircedom and inde
pendence ol your intellect amt your action 1
l! >ou arc icld the convention hnd done *.•
point* are settled by tho Detn-
t Cincinnati or
my Democratic
express ^thc judgment
not liesituie even
party dogmas f —
Convention held
Irinuda, hesitato
you fiad loruied, do you
'hiok in opposition
leprcscntattve
">■" ri* ll'-l.l. r. He Id tl.e IE pullllCll
- r ; and, like ull political leaders, ho
otn-y thu party that brought I
! (lestrticii
It Ita*
Ra.1- |
.uni i
ii know u !*• bo governed by the |
,. ur „ lo inlluenco mid voice ol Ins party. .Mr. l.iu- 1
■ ii van- t5 “b | ih ul Hie head of the grcul anll-slavciy .
y | vtl j I parly, a purely seciinnil party, winch,
L'liaraeter and reput.
this
ew , <
slavery cvcryu
cedeuis, (lirciiU'ii
Bell's abidiiinnisin, a
Colli llllilMt'lt goes in
g.» so far" ; that •• V i
(hull Bell" ; that “Ci
pm
i I’iirty, and tlicir candidate
l forced ill.* piuty i
irtinn. It says “Ein-
furlher"—“does not
i Buren is sounder
-« iv.i* n.milder (luiii
Richard Hooper,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Chattanooga, Trim.
FILL att*Rd prrauptly lo lb* porrbss* • f Coon-
Dr Prodacs, or any otbsr t-urine*# .»ntru»t*<l
May 18,
KoImtC E. Dixuia.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. 00LUKBU8, GEORGIA.
t ^.pMe^<ttrefUy opposite the Pos^Offi^e.
Thomas J. Dunn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lrt Morgan, Calhoun County, Oa.
,1'ILL prsrtic* Id lbs fnltAsrlng ceunti**; Fumtsr,
Rsndolpa, Early, Dwalur. Ihl.r, Cal
waa. boaabsrty. aud Lsa. May »■ ’04-t/
CM .W1LU8. J.T. WILl.lh
Willis & Willis,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
... Talbot County, Goorgia,
VI. fU * P ,0, "pt attaotion to all busln*** *n-
'» DasUd to ik-.r ~~ inXTslhot sod theadjolif
Mawb 00, ’W-etr *
Geo. W. Mullins,
torncy At IjAW,
HAMILTON, GL0RII1 A.
ParU.ul^alUDUao ftveu tu coUseUoos.
j son lo believe that on two prominent ques
tions, since our connection with tho Enqui-
j rer, we have run counter to tho general
| sentiment of our paily — we allude to the
I African slave trade and our defence ol Gen.
Walker against tho chargo of piracy or filt-
buslerism—hut this fact did not ubatu the
zeal with which wc sustained our own opin
ions while those questions were up for
discussioo. We claim, therefore, for the
Enquirer a grraU r degree of independence
than that exhibited by any paper which
professes to be independent of parlies, but
which Is at the same time hide-bound in
prejudice and idiosyncracie*. And we ap
peal to the Democracy of this city to sus
tain ua in the assertion thet we have always
extended lo them courtesiea which our own
party have never enjoyed at tho hands of a
Democratic pres*. We have never refused
• place in our columns to any communica
tion because it advocated views or udducid
facts iu oppoaitton to our own cause, and il
has never beet, complained of us that we
unfairly stated the positions ol a political
opponent and refuted to set him right when
informed of tho error or injustice. Can a
Democratic paper in Georgiu make a similar
statement in the face of ile opponents?
We ask the indulgence of our readrra for
troubling them with these rciusrk* of m
! persona! character. They are aware that
1 we are not in tho habit of rinnmg iu
j that way. But we thought the occasion a
fitting one to aay aomo thing* which per
haps ought in juitice to ourself to have been
said sooner. * ^ ^ ^
Kentucky lilectlon—Official Vote.
Fkankfort. An-. 31.—'The official vote
ol Kentucky lor Clerk of the Court of Ap
peals ia aa follows : Comb* (»8,054, McClarty
45,076, Bolling 10,874, Hopkins 4,904.
We call the attention of tbe Montgomery
Mail to the fact that thu aggregate vote is
only 14,662 leas than the unexampled heavy
vote of last year. What becomes of ita
40,000 deficit, and ile “belief" in the state
ments of its Kentucky exchanges! And
wa know that at least 1000 scattering votes
are not included in the above report.
Tbo Timet will see that if aa nfany aa
SO 000 Douglas Democrats voted for Combe,
and they should vole for Douglas in No
vember, it woulJ not affect the result, but
would still give tbe State to Bell, and run
Douglaa up near Breckinridge. Hopkine,
as well aa Bolling, ia for Douglas.
T«a Mobt Excocaauiao Sia« Y*t.—Tbe
New York Tribune daily devotee nearly iu
entire editorial page to a fuailade of Bell
■ nd Everett and tbe Union men of New
York, while it toully ignores the exigence
ul Breckinridge and Lane.
(Jen. Taylor"; that “ilu-ir (ibe Democratic)
candidates, whether from the North or the
South, whether slaveholders or not, were
sound upon llio slave question, and sounder
upon that, *s upon all other questions, than
the candidates of the Opposition, whether
from tho North or the South, whether slave
holder! or not.” ••Did you ever E* Ju*t
about us I expected ol u paper that Im*
turned ns many “huIum" und camera us tho
Corner Stone has for the lust few months.
First it avowed neutrality ; then a speech
and dials of lllsck Kepuhlicniiisin; then
i-qualterisin — a dish for Douglus ; then
Ureck, and anti-»quatt< rism, diaUliioliisii^
Ac. Tho various positions, corners snd
“side*” that the Corner Stone has turned 1
much of a homely story I once hoard ol uu
old one-eyed schoolmaster. Il ran aomo-
what in this wise : That tbo schoolmaster
was very cross and abusive to hia acholar*
—that he had a very mischievous boy in
school, who, if possible, was always on tho
blind side of his teacher, making sport and
fuu of him for the ainuecmenl ol his Id-
Jows, and for which thu master flogged him
of:en and aevorely. The only revenge ilia
hoy could get was, when ho relumed from
the whipping-stand to his fellows, to curse
him for on old seven-aided aon ol a b — h !
On one occasion the master overheard him,
and called him buck to the whipping-eland,
and very sternly told him if he could not
prove or show that he hod seven sides, he
would thrash him again badly. Well, sni.1
tho boy, I can do it. Go nil then, said tho
master. Boy begins: There's your right
side and your left side—two ; thore’s your
lore side and your hind side—four; there *
your Insido and jour outside —six. Now,
says the master, there’* sii; show mo llio
seventh, or I'll give you Jessy. Well, said
the hoy, there's your dung-d blind aide !
The Corner Slone is now on tho “dang-d
blind aido,” can only see how to inoko a
few garbled extracts ol Mr. Bell’s supposed j
errors. It can't see any of tbe errors in Mr.
Breckinridge’s record—only sees o lew of j
tho sharp splinter* in the Yancey disunion
plunk ol the platform, auch u* ‘\'0> form a ;
Houlhern Confederacy,” “To let the Union
slide,” ‘To firo the Southern heart,” “To
precipitate the cotton Slates into a revolu- |
lion,” Ac.
But 1 must do the Corner Stone the jus
tice to say lhal it waa not expected for it to
attach itself lully—body, soul and (*ll but
tbe) breeches—to any potty or faction but
a disunion one, the Yancey-Breckinridge
faction. Now, since the Corner Stone, has
made its lute summersault from Territorial
•overeiguty and Mr. Douglas to anti-sover
eignty and Yoncryism. any man certainly
can see, if not intentionally blind, llir ele
ments of diaunioniain in the Breckinridge
lection—as all who read the Comer Slone
know ita avowed hatred to tho Union.
Mr. Editor, my preference of uii the can
didate* for President is Mr. Boll—and I
think him tho most avsi'able to defeat the
Northern and Houlhern factions, the Black
Republican* and Fire Eatirs. But il 1 can
bo convinced, or if I am herealter convin
ced, that Mr. Dougiaa is the most available,
I shall reluctantly vote for hiru.
Union men ! Whigs, Democrats and
Americans! atand firm lo your posts. Breck
inridge, Yancey A Co. lead tho forces of
our enemies againet Bell anJ Douglas in
the South. Lincoln, Howard A Co. lead
the Northern forces (under different colors)
against Bell and Douglas iu the North.
Umiom.
Hardaway, AL*., Aug. W, 1MS0.
The Proupect lu Florid**
Katract of a letter dated
Miltok, Fla., Aug. 30.
Florida is almost certain now for Bell,
and with a Dougiaa ticket, which will soon
be in the field, it will be entirely certain by
a large majority. Our candidate# for State
offices will leud tho Diaunioniste largely in
tbe West.
The Madison (Wla.) Patriot say* :
"Look at your image In the bowl of a spoon
turned perpendicularly, and you will tee a
type ol the long and dismal faces ol tbe Brock-
iendge men. Look at It in tU same bowl
held ndewaya, and you will ese a represent! •
non of the merry and laughing face* of lb*
cry public i
her. What
tuio you - rt ' aM *d by ill, led. Although the load-
ami elec- CM * ni * w, " e ol ll,ul P«'y "'ey •“»(
nHUriioii.il I" ' * > •'•" I* rci'imonlH, tin To uie unougli
J Bell and a,, "‘"*5 'belli in thnrcump who do hold and
| proclaim such ahulnion doctrine* an uiuhi
uldic ne- I inaliu every man Stum led uneasy hi in*
all ure '•'•ndiiioii and Iiih properly. The mere uci
'.e. Wliut I Mr. Liiifolii’s election would be, thoro
o stale ol our country t J" 11 '* u K 1 ’*’ 111 calanrty to the country, llimigh
* second iu occupy the 1,0 should do uu act pusliivdy uflcu-
rhoru w us ui other d j *' vn V. r , "J ur,,M,s u,i » u "“"*
t.ce to utmtci t|, v 1,10,1 i try. It - * election wnul-l create and coiilinue
'nose parties weic sweep- “b'ftn that would Keep (ho eoun-
i-onii'iuioii i tin I involved J ,ry "L'dated and ^ uuhnpp
io*e grout pat11*h were in
osIh and preparing bo a gie
m approaching riesidenual ole
! llioso parties was the Deni
ie oilier tlic Republican party.
opposition
rimicni iisell, Ii i
about' wl'.mh I ? ,re, . 1 l ,l,ul 1,0 bI " ,uI ‘ 1
ursliaimg tlicir | !'" r , l !.V„... l 1 ^ cc *'! Hry .
encouiric
greatly
i I Onu
all
(hnt till) impulse
feeling would re
could go illriber than it h
rente Mil greater dangers
sill
s — i: e qin *ilull
<d Ales
vould iiccessar.
greut culumiiy.
. Bell and Evcrcll (
the latu ol pnrio
try—Union and Disunion wore involved
(he question. VV hnt could possibly come
such a contest ( Tnero waa danger euon
hi it, hut no good to ilio couuiry could
hoped lor. Tim one piny iitoM iiec*8*ni
be conqueror, und the other be tram pi
into the dual. V ictory tn the one wan pi
scription io iho uilu-r, which ilircatened
resistance ami lorco id uroi* in oppose i
exercise ol the powers ol Government,
sands ol men every where who looked u
concern, and, 1 may say, apprehension a
awe, to the rosull ol hucIi acontust. VVl
shouhl they do / To join one or the oil
ol these parties was tu mingle in Bin cc
diet und in itie evil. The only way wmi
■land lor l li like men anti lor in auotl
party ; to lorm a party lor tlie country ;
lor in a party that would aland between tin
two liosulu purlins, und prevent, ns Inr
possible, any collision between them wh
might prove dangerous to the country ; at
it it cuuld iiol succeed, il it should have
heuii scattered he 1 ween the opposing IidsIk
<d Hectionuliani in tlicir nngliiy conll el, it
would yet break (he alioek ol tho eucooiiter,
und suve the country. It iniglit bo tliat tho
presence uf suuh a parly. appearing lu the
iieldol contest—calm, patriotic, with sunn-
hie and proper representatives at u* h*ad —
would make such an appeal to thu neiisn
and patriotic lerliog ol the couuiry a*
would draw n-idn ilicsn coinliatania— draw
them to u patriotic sinmiurd, and uinto them
together und govern thu country. Tills
watt the object and expectation
» be looked
util all the sanction
ud deiermiued Administration
» both. (Applause.)
Air. DoughiM und hia party (
tilling
ly, (nave,
ell a
idol.
ti place in Hie Dcinnciu
l.'-nivcnlinn asneiillitcd
oiiiluoling candidjti'H
pally
•y sprung i
id Uepuh-
lint Bus I
d the
ol die partisans.
lie,to parties. \N
which it presented itaell I J' roino oil no |
artiliciul platlorru. it came with no studied j
creed. It came upon a great mid high prin
ciple. in this simple luugungo it wns ex I
presued : “Tho Constitution, trie Union,
i Enforcement ol the Lu
Tit
p'litforui to captivate ■
ppuul lo llieiil upon tl
patriotism und ol acll-|
g! -ry nod tho glory
phuise.j These uro <
are our perpo.-ns : To
uuiiitairi the Coosti-
existed o'nierior u
the CoiiHtmuioii, to cnfoi
country everywhere. (Atplnuse.] All con
undersinnd (ills. It is a plain enunciation
ol principle*. No subtio discrimination*,
no dubioiix rcaolutintiM, no ad cuptuudom
phraHi H. no creeds proclaimed t > hind llio
hcurtti and blind tbe judginems ol men ;
but principles inherent hi the govoriiriioni
and common among ull tbo people—“The
Union Bio Cunsiitiition, und the Laws.” —
[(iron! Ap|.l,.,lMi )
IJi.-re is a ground broad enough lor you
aU-to Maud upon. Wa come with no old
party feuds and accusations. We come a*
a new party—u party drawing it* urengtli
from tbe Constitution. Ii h i* sprung Irum
Bie bosom of that necessity which aeemod
to rc<|uirn and demand ita interposition lor
the aalcty ol the country, it came a* a
peacemaker to take its stand upon our own
native land, aud lo implore our brethren ol
ud political parties to cease tint destructive
struggle iu which they seemed uboul to en
gage, and to spare their country. Wc came
to make a puny lor the country. There
were parlies enough striving lor tlicir own
interests. We wanted n party to strivn (or
the intercM* »d Bio country and
du a no'iiinatiou. Tliut iiouiimriuoi loll
•ii u ciliX' ti ol our own Statu—Air. Julio
Brcckion ' ;u.
Vow, what ih to lie apprehended Irum Air.
uglus, il he ia elected I'rusiduut f Would
the Breckmride men cunliuuu to make
r upon him f Would out tiie Rupuhli-
is continue to uiuku war upon Imu f aud,
irntiHud by u common deteai, would Bu y
l ( nut bu apt to lorm an alliance nguiiiHt Bn:
■ j MicccHHtuI rival who hud succeeded to the
j I’rostdoncy f Yea, Douglas would be in a
, vi ry difficult aiiuaiioii ill adu iniHieiing the
( Government without the Hiipport and timiti-
, leiiunco iicccsiary lit Bin laak. I know Air.
D oiglu* very well, ladies and gentlemen.
I rum .Mr. Douglus puisuuully, I should
•ippiuhond ho danger. |AppluUoi-.J A iriiuk.
lair, and lionusi opponent ul ltie Dcuiocraiic
piriy, 1 buve ever been lound acting upon
Wing principles, Irmu tin- first to Bid luai.
Ilocrrutcd uppiaoio' | But 1 liuvo known
Air. Douglas lit the public councils, nun
have acted with Inin. Aliiiuugli gcMierully
■ pposed, and especially upon party ques
tions, we have ul lime* Li t- d logcllicr, and
puriiciiluily upon one iiioineutoua occasion,
when wo licitd logeiher in opposition lo
Bint inlninoiiH Lecotnptou CoiiHiitution.—
[Deobuing applause.] Mr. Douglua was
there making u great oucrilico lo In* bunuu
ol duty. (Appluiiuu.J lie was bucrilicing
Ins eonneciiou, on Biut occasion, with
many old political friends; lie was breaking
up thu rcliriiuus ol u long polmcai Die ; lie
was sacrilicii g a* flailormg prospoctu 1 or the
lughcbi ollice ol Bie Government u* any
loan in lliu couuiry had. I lully believe lie
did whut he conceived mho Ins duty ; and,
hi detiaoce id nil opposition, the rack ol thu
l’rcsidont, ofleiidcd Irionds, and open lot s,
lie ut'iud like u man. [Tremendous cheer
ing j lie might have been nnstuken in
wiori ho did, but that litlln diiuioiihod the
value ol the act. lie thought lie wuh rigtii
and knew ho was tmikiug u sacrifice, und
he was cdpublo ut mukiug il, when lie bc-
the intnresis ol Ins country demand
lUn
Aud a 1 -io
1 believe li t
uh I bolinv
applause.]
lie i
>1 I
Uni
<|iiurrel
[Clic. rs J
Unl, wIil-ii
II UufklVHt,
Uu; tlhucd
lieu. Mr.
audidute,
: ] Wo nominated
Douglua represents an old puriy, at loud,
hi the lirsl instance, wiBt the republican
party, culling lurili Bn biturist uppositiou,
and now ui feud with ilio Southern wing ol
Ins own puriy, that has rrjrcted him lur
another. IBs would he an administration
ol conflict. The country could hope lor no
rcs'oralioii ol peLce and good government,
liu therefore ought not he preferred, in my
judgment, to Bull and Everett. (Ctiucra,)
1 have spoken not lo compliment Mi Doug
las merely : I have spoken because I desire
to give my testimony to Bio iru.h- I boliuv-
ud Air. Douglas to he a patriot, and 1 know
him to be a Union mail by all tho evidence*
that onu public man cun give another ul Ids
sentimsins. [ Applause.J Ho is u gimerou*,
1 ol J nun, speaking wlnri he Bunks, und
diing what lie known tu bo right. (R.~
pfiried »ppUu*u ) But I tint opposed to Air.
D.uglu*. i am lor Beil und Everett, [lui-
tutiistj appluDBC ]
spirit o| diMini
tained'hy s'lml
(lie
lahllii
suniiiiienl- pervade ll.u Sou
up Bie hotly ami soul ol Bin
lias noin untied our lelluw
Breckinridge, as n a cuiulld it
Hiduncy. Is there uu danger
nng Iiiiii you would give m
(hut ilesiriicive itn< ill so ami
Biih disunion seniiiiit’iit, und i
disunion f Air. Brickiniidgn
lows lu the Iria.I. Ile is i.nrt
the great paVt;
imriioo and a<
avery ul intellect i* in a tearful
incuHure degrading. Without tangible au
thority, ir liiuIh, Iiy sumo mysterious mllu-
ence, your henrr, your lieud, and your con
science. The “regular nominees, 1 ' But
“regular platform' —these are considered
-•••ol auilmriiy, they have a talisinanic in
lluenco, Yon know not whether I hose con-
rod you humbly submit
dering the gooj ul Bie
ol knaves, conaolniig Bte i
long it. When we lorgei
diHoln y onr Gonatilnttou,
stimniuiiHof party. I do i:
ami liio )|ncstionh ol puriy
se, k to i Binlilihii no exclusive dominii
iltc actions and opinion* ul men, and
as they leave Bie people tree in the c
ol Ilteir judgment*. But when we Bunk
party ‘
.>1 lit, or
d ndviso legislation} and yet
qaarrejling about the degreo of power
which is to l«o oxcrcisi'd by Congress, not
w iBt respect lo any Tt t rnorics which* wo
now liavo, hut in rcl-ilioii to n caso that may
ariso in tome luttire Tcrrilurv. None in
antic paled In any Territory which wo now
hove to fill. To make it n practical
question you have to nippono a future ter-
titory of a character to ntiract slavery ; that
■here hi.ull hr un emigration ol slaveholders
lo tl ; lliat Bio Territorial Legislature which
assumes to deal with properly Inis com mil
led a flagrant outrage ; and that the indi
vidual Itua called .upon Congress. These
contingencies must nil combine, nnd then
only do these learned hittl tinreo disputants
insist upon tlto exercise ol power by Con
gress. Wo have no Territory where such
question ean arlio. We have not now i
single piece of territory to winch Duvery
would go tl it were invited. Why then
dispute about a possibility that will proba
bly neve arisp. They are so impatient
with having nothing n. do, that they lull to
quarrelling about what lie* in dint futurity,
and by speculation raise up in a (-jtirit of
• li.-t "fd a I" ..i
ctr twenty, lilty, «»r a liumlrod »ear* hence,
or that may never occur. They remind
me of a story 1 once heard : Tun Italian*
Iking out logcthvron n bright mid-
l summer night.
looked
up
Bio
■ I licit
k with iniiuinerahlo .......
country end I exclaimed. “(), that I hud a larm as spa*
lisien to the i i tuus a* the Itcavens. Thai would bo an
object lo party : r* ale woitli liaviiig !” IBs companion
long ae they j exclaimed, “(), that 1 had a herd as nu-
over I nicrous na ihc smith above.” “Well, sutd
long | the other, “in (lie mime ol heaven whul
rci-,c would you do with such an enormous herd?”
“Why,'' f-aitl he, »'l would turn them on to
your 'arm ” [Enigtnor J • You would
uyc.” H.erred tbo other. “Yes, what
Upon that
( made lor Ins country
ttiry quarrel..-J nnd loughi for an Itour.-
i [Giaat Inughier | Now it does seem to in
mak'J out just such -
moonshine
| laughter.]
But it is said that Mr. Lincoln
• » party may ho forgotten to-morrow
country will bo remembered lorevcr.
1 ■' ' "ill ..i
i 1 iramplod in | —mat lie will not be permitted <o take
[Continued
election
tay t
r lather und our t
ot more Hucrud
r country. Our
•bliguDuiiik placed
1*lie uuhgution we
is that ( ll a man is elected
i majority ul mo pen
’ “g-
"II found to amount
ist-office. Are Bios
“Bon* worthy of Kentuckians
) course of action lor you. It I
• peal to a KuntucHiQU I appeal lo
[Clit'Um.J
in a linr and legal way, thouuh you
ucred voted tigu list him, wont you say that he is
o wo emi led to hia aonl ? Would you nuicm*
pn.r.y ] sidor Bie power very nrbiiary mat would
keep him oni ui his office f
r anybuoy
on a t i t in iniiully doc’
ertolte
ui j You have a right i
lo | ted President ol Bio Un
! I lie people
belong to him in a birthright,
i.nm c Iroiil In- Driller and Ins inuBu r. I' 1 -**
govcriiniciit was nnurishlied Wri'* “•« blood
of 'he one und wanned »»>••« m® it#rn*wl mo
oilier. Il cust your liiolherH moro tears
than li did your lather* diops ul blimd
hui hliHii Bus
lection ol Biusudays which must e
your natnru m order to unable you
geiyf
Bie t
Eudie
!ge a/,
r< ud v lo
ry ol tlirce parties very par-
I appeal to your general riiowi-
ra*e. 1 have uccupitd you at-
r tlian I purposed doing, und
rky
Bin
id T.
(Em
nnl Gullies rail'
of Biu Union linvo I.
t sort of treachery t
lint easily overcome
'•Ill'll 1 Would lint Wltill to li I III I
•nor of .Mr. Brerkiuridge*s noin11,n■ I'm,
lie himself conceives it, yet I imagine
ore tue thousands ill llio .Smith who would
• lor Air. Bieckiondge iii'iinly in llio hope
tu it iiiijiil bo Biu menus ul annexing
llepuh ic
ol u *• ■ ttiato Republic
Breckun Kh;
r l»r<
iilarly jeulo
.) They would ruBn-r have
Bieir ally than Air. Ilr< «-k• n-
ir I'ribidcni. (Increased op*
•re i« no disumoiii*t in the
would riot make that choice.
s ot i v< i yBnng that threatens
Every i un ol you, 1 trust, remembers
farewell uddrcH* ol George Warhnii!
Upon Biu lust duwning of anyth ng lik
ntieiiipi lo u I • cn a ■ m non portion ol the c
try I ruin another, lie trils ua io Iruwn
d'guniiily upon it and upo
hIiuII nitemp: even to impa
q»le.
ii*®y | ” /
Bu* Constitutionol Union party, that it hu*
i.o platform. I liuvu casually remarked
upon platforniH Utfuro. The want
• I n plaBorui ih Bin rccoiniiiendnuou ol our
party. I du not want n party that will
clicui. 1 want not to sm up tiny panned
party to attract tlie people to il by its bril
liancy ul coloring. The sold of our puriy
i* i ipri'-soil in Bie simple hut grand words:
“The l.’ Hi OH, the Covaliliilion, unit the tin*
fotcrmrnI ot the Low* ” (Cheers.) Wnai
du you want more t Out of Bio grand
principled Buis uunuunced you may iiiuku
iih many pintform» us you please. Does Bus
not include everything t Ji the Union is
preserved, if llio Constitution ia observed, B
thu laws passed by our legislatures uro ou-
lorciil, what more has any citizen a rigtii to
ask t Will n <i Ins property, whether It
consistb ol slaves or oilier things, lie pro
tected il the luws uro enforced f Here is
everything you want, expressed not in
ilie gaudy ami nsimtulious language of
parlies, hut iu tho simple language ol truth.
Its vet y simplicity is its rccuiiiiuundauon.
Ii is nuked iruili in its naked muj< s>y. This
is the attraction it lin* fur me, and I trust
lor yuu and lor all Bie people ol the»o
States. 1 want to see one man elected
I'rcstdcnt, who, when lie cuTlies io take Iiih
seat, will have no platform chains upon Ills
waist and about Ins neck. B it do Freaidtuts
mind platforms il they uro not agreeable to
hciii f No. Ah souii a* lliey get power in
lot ir hands, platforms uro forgotten—Bus is
ordinarily the case. Eel ilicrc
disputing uboul Bus feature
who I u. ar *y.
s which Constitution
minority
"Wc will make
.all i
cd, but Biat ho could
gourds Biai Congress *■
ulrhful of the I
great palladium of our rights. The ground
ol Bie»o suspicion* and apprehension* is
more clcnrly discerned ( very week. I be
lieve it if my duly m have a zealous regard
lm the safety ami preservation ol my coun
try and tins Union, whicli I tuke to lie one
ami ilm same tiling. (Applao-u) Old
Kentucky hoanver been Bin s<rouge*i *u;>-
,viII *
r ho
Dial high rliarae'i
uli'e raoe, diiecily I
cataMisned An
soldi-
Ires
liberty. (Ap*
vslabllsliim u
Bus si
; liiitani, and
tlie I
r character*.
mu pare Air. Bell
irnv: im.no, «.,„„«nm, i , willilho.hml c.,ididmowl„. .'umi.illo,,-
p,.c icau ,,, ll,o government lor lone |.,Ti„r)» Mo.ulo,.—Mr. Urockimldoo. And her.
ol ,l,„rli„., und „v< r y I,ranch „l i.-„ ; »•!■'". •• ■" ro.|*oj lo Mr Dmigl,,., my oh.
■Sonororo, luembur. „l ihc lloooo ol Hc,„o. | '«-;>on lo nol n. ll,o o." ' i» « onjndt;
! senlolivet, o< Miui-'oro in llio Cob,not, u | *>duol. 1 ohoold hope Ita llr. Ureok n-
I lor.ien Mnti.tvru. In nil thir.u vuriod cn- " J «o wo. not « y?'j°
^ l 3^:,r:r; o ;i^r;iv!: 1 tisafer»:
country who have come out ol these trials j tuckians. [Great applause.] ile must
with chancier* more unblemished B.au | ttWa >' tho P* 1 .!* . 0 ‘
(heirs f [Prolonged applame.) Who quo*
iht-ir iniegrity ? You have heard
make a queaiiou ol it. •
What is the language employed by (lie
great parlies with respect to all the other
candidates t I will not repeal il. There
is hardly any term of reproach spared them.
These oilier gentlemen stand up in their
■olitury integrity and purity ol (haracltr
unsullied and unquestioned. (ImmeuNO
applause.) They come with the Constitu
tion iu their hands. They come imploring
their brethren lo torgivu each other, to lay
aside their hostilities, to cease those fierce
broils that are alienating section from sec
tion and men Irum men. Eet us join hands
and be one nation, one great snd happy
nation. (Applause.) This ia ilm appeal
itioy make to Bie American people. Fur
naelf Bie party claims nothing but thechsr-
acter ot a mediator,ui.teriaiinng and cher
ishing the kindest and most fraternal feel
ings towards all. This is the character in
which it presenis itaell. 1 have nol, I think,
overdrawn ita teatures. 1 think our partv
and its candidate* deserve all 1 have satfl.
Compare them with the competitors tha*
■ re now engaged in fierce corMaat before
... has become a diaiiutonist. But Mr.
Breckinridge lux made himaoll I Itu head of
a party. He ia part aud parcel ul tho pre
sent purpose* “I that party ; and, na in the
case ul Air. Einsuln, we must judge ol hia
public course by the party that ho consents
to represent.
Who are they f There is not a disunion
ini south ol iho Mason and Dixon’s line
that 1 know of wliodoee Iiol belong to that
party. (Applausu.) We have lor n long
lime hesrJ muiicnnga ul disunion in thu
South—more than inuttermgs—more than
the >vl|i»pcting ol such sentiment*. Wo
have seen them proclaimed by high
in high ploi
Wo have seen conventions
pause c.
assume ilm character and name ol nullifica
tion—the State claiming the right to annul
Bie laws passed by tho whole people ol the
United States, '.o annul acts ol Congress—
aud Irum that day to tbit we have seen it
assuming one lorm and another lorm, one
lace and another, onu pretext and another,
by this Ulan and by that man, by convert*
i of independence,
But In.only land
which wo* all their country had to give in
roturii for their deathless services. Shall
Wo, their children, pull down thu wm , ol
our lathers with our own sacrilegious Imnds,
or sue it lorn die n by others t ll an Eng-
IihIi, a French, a Uot-hinn, or any lureign R»«
should contemplate Bie (curing downot this
government, woulJ you not died Bie lam
drop ol your heart's blood in delensn ol
your noble birthright f Shull wo maud by
und hoc thu same Bung contemplated, Bin
hbiiiu work done by our own uounirymuu 1
Will you Hiand hy and witnesa ihat horrid
erfornird f Will yu
• such un ignominious a
[entuckians have cnangr
/ yoursclvi
accomplice**
No. Unices
i blood, and
upon u lair ruviow ol ull Bieso panic*, uud
Bieir candidates, and ol Biu vital cuiihc*
qucncos ul tho election ol olio or Bio uthcr
uf ilium, will hesitate to say that prudenru,
patriotism and reason all say, tako John
Bell for your Chiul Magistrate. I hope
that will bo your judgment. 1 rejoice to
see and understand that it is so.
We liavu the greatest country upon the
face ol tho earth. Let not our minds be so
distracted by mere party sirilo ami coni it*
sion that we shall see our government tali
io pieces before our eyes, und sacrifice our
country to our puriy, instead of being ready
at all times to sacrifice our puriy to our
countif. Alter we become the slaves oi
party, wo duru not, in presence ol any dan
ger lo the country, turn our backs to our
parties and auv, wu have u couuiry that de
mands our services and to a will wc give
Ilium. Arc wu now able lo do llna f Have
wu lost llna apint ; has it gone Irum among
U# Vrovldenoe has given this great country
to ua. Our wise and valiant loielailiers
gave ua liberty and tataolishod u govern
ment lor us. Eet us ukc care ol tt-iake
care ol the Constitution and the Union.—
(Applause.) That la all we require. Wo
have belore ua the prospect ol a glory un
known io other nations—a prospect in
which our land wtii become tbe glory ol the
oartb. Neither Rom* nor any ol tbi jraal
empires of antiquity
distant (fay.
strong; yet
in existence
We
of modern timee
what wo shall be at no
are now thirty millions
have been but eighty yeare
free nation. From the
tho Union
dent elected upon the
hold titan, who will not
(»#-r tor ui Itia duly ; a muii who can
not be tented ; a Ilian who loves thu Union,
the whole Union, and will aland by it, und
consider it Ins sacred duty tu ptotcci or
perish with it. (Applause.)
I know (hero are those who speculate on
Biu speedy dissolution ol Bte Union, but
they are seil-cohcoiiod men, mi la tilt I ul in
their natures ami u nlutt lit ul lo Biu great
government ul winch lltuy ought to be
proud. They speculate about the destruction
nt whatisHs firm and deep us our inuini*
tain* and 1 hopu and helium will last about
a* long. (Applause.) 1 glory in thutliouf In
ol leaving to my children und my country
men i-o great und grtytd a country as Bits.
(Applause.)
Is it nut Hurpriftng, when the great ques
tions ol thu uiivunccinuiii ol our country by
the culturu ol us citizens, the dissemina
tion ul in'clktgence, and die improvumeni ol
our social condition ahould engugu us, that
a great body ol the peoplo are engaged io
quarreling about Biu I'tilo questions ol “in
tervention” and “rionkintorveniion’' in the
Territories I
1 believe the question ia mentioned in all
thu party plailorma. 1 have a natural aver
sion to platlorms. I hardly ever r<-ad n plat
form in my itlo, and, wiiun I did, tried to
lorgul it as soon aa possible. The Consti
tution is platlurin enough for tno. Thu
Cuttititulioii and a man to represent Ihc
people t* ull thu platform that will ever avail
uh. This question ahum which Bte Dem
ocratic puriy is quarreling, as I beture re
marked, i* one ol Biu niosi nunutu and un
important queationa Biut can well bu imag
ined. Air. Dougiaa say a, in aubatancu, that
wiu'ii yon liavu pissed a law ralabli.lntig a
Tomioriul government, when you have
delegated lo tho people the power to regu
late their own domestic institutions in their
own way, you huvo given them power ovor
every subject as l»r at you can give it.
As lor the aluvcry question, uvery man
ha*a right to go there with tna aluves, but
how tliey must tie treated will depend upon
the discretion of the Territorial Legisla
ture. It is good prlicy to leave it lu litem ;
lor il the nation tnterlcre, its transactions
will then become national; it attracts the
attention of Bie whole people, it arouses a
national controversy. You want to keep
thu question ol slavery out ol Congress; you
wunt to keep it in the Tcrrilunus, und
leave llio question there to be sclilcd by
Territorial government itself, ll is a gov
ernment not designed lo laal long, a few
y. urs will convert it into a State. It is
holier to confine the question lo these focal
fields Ilian lo convulse Bie nation with tl.
It is better to bear the ills that may ansa
there than flee to greater national ones we
know not ol. [Appluusc.]
Tbo other aide says: But Congress shall
uilcrfrre ; Congress shall pass law imperial
ly taking the question out ol tho hands ol
the Territorial Legislature; it shall past
laws lor the protection ot special property,
laws that are to apply only in our Tertilo*
This dispute relates entirely to territorial
slavery and to territorial remedies. Does
it ocour to you, tbat under the existing cir
cumstance*, ii tnakee much dtllerance
piaotically whether Congress shall leave it
cd Statoa hIiuiI
■ UniM*«i titniccj
bin>7.‘u. V- fliiK .v'" * , -yrt.v." oi .11
1!0W „ out? TL- mujorny nni-i .B ne.
ct'HHtiy rule in uii republic*, and il jou„do
not like Bte law of the «mj *rtty, set u*tde
ail free government, und go to a >mu plucu
where you will have no eleclto> s, wncto
hereditary rub is wltall take lliu plucu of
your Heeiivo government. Who will any
mat il Air. Lincoln or anybody clt'i! ih con
stitutionally clouted to thu duel Magistra
cy Itu hIkx11 not taltu Iiih mint t liavo wo
com.) to Btis t il bo lul us cltango tho
whole government, nnd lul thu mimrity
rule, though even iliun would nol tho mu
jortiy men object to the election ul u mail
by the minority t
"' ” ' ' o’ cOiopatuiivety
■ might bu elcc-
it, with ull lltu
up atound him,
tho "hurt aiacoolbnir yearn, do much
to urniermino und deatroy Biu lioetties of
ibu peoplo. Shall wo now introduce Bio
prtnciplu ol anarcltoy, and cuy thu man
elected who docs not plcuno us (tlto mintin'*
ty) shall not tako Iiih seat I Would not
them bu titiio, when Itu misgoverns, loculi
fit ui to account, according to Biu constitu
tional forms provided tor such cases t
It is upon great principles Biut Govern
ments depend, aud ihtsit grout principles
must hear a relationship to you. They
must bu recogntred or yuu hnvu no govern
ment nt all—nothing hut unarclty.
ll you c-xpect your government to bo
perfect and glide on without dia urbanco,
you will be deceived.. You must expect
occasionally to linvo your mul administrn-
ttous and bad government. But il this
govt runicnt in tlto mum advances your
social condition, securea your peace, adda
to y -ur groutness, it is a good government;
and especially, above all things, it it shall
preserve your liberties and your rights, it ia
u government worthy ol your support and
protection. [Appluusc.]
Now, my iullow-ciitzens, I owe you my
Blanks lor your altoiiliun to my desultory
remarks. And you, ladtus, 1 am giud to
suu mingle in counsel, and while securing
order und decorum hy your presence, add
(Itu purity ol aeittiniuut winch lovely wo
men must ever inspite. [Applause.] Iu
your huiids rent great interests. It you
cannot bo Fresidonia, your sons and your
brother* cm be; and at last, whether in
uliicu or out ol ulficu, yuu govern us all.
[Great appluuse.]
1 liavu only to say onco more, gentlemen,
that you liavu hut a simple task lo perform.
Yet it is a task lor men. It is a lurk
which requires courage, which requires
independ nee. It is to take care ol the
Union, tho Constitution, und tlto Laws.
Tako cure ol Bieso, and Go assured they
will mko cure ol you. Your sui^ty lies in
Biu performance ol that one litllo act.
Gkn. Tom Tuuxiii in Lovr.— Tho Port
land (Mr,) Advertiser, announcing the de
parture from that city of this manikin, saya
that “it is reported that the gallant general
is to take leave of public life, and that one
of Portland'! fairest daughters will accom
pany him iu hia retirement.” The Adver
tiser adds: “Hince tho 11 tt In general ar
rived in this city, there has been in con
stant attendance at his levees, tho band-
soinu and accmitpl shod dauzhl*‘r of onu of
our oldest aud most esteemed citizens, and
who has evinced great interest in all the
General's movement*, slid seems quite
jealous when the little Gcnersl dispenses
Ins uausl quantity of kisses to his lady
visitors lit tho way of'stamped receipts.'—
Hite is very pr* tty, below tho ordinary
height, and we believe, !»*■dress to quilo a
large ea'sio, and makes a good match for
Itiin. it has been remarked that the lilllo
(funeral sings bis love songs ’now' with
more ardor than ever. Why should ho
nol!"
Hpraking of the Arkansas ( lection, tho
Yancey organ of yesterday say*: “Major
Hector, the successful candidate, is a firm
and ardent supporter of //nckinridgu and
Lane." This, wc affirm, i* m>l the case.
Ile it for Doug/at and Johnton. An Ark
ansas paper that suppusSod him ia our au
thority lur Ihat, and a good authority too.
Who will the Yancoyites, defeated every
where, next claim as being for them !
[ Union Houge Little Giant.
-—- —■♦♦♦«»- ' —
The Milleritca commenced their religious
servicss on Monday in North Wilbraham,
.Massachusetts. The sect now numbers
5U.UU0 in tbe United Hiatus and the Cana
das, and they gather in camp-meeting from
nearly ever- State in tbe Union. A por
tion of the brethren look for the unlit-mum
befjro the last of March, IHtil ; others are
confident lhal tho world will laal ten yeare
*nd two month* longer; while others still
predict a universal overthrow is about eix-
teen weeks-
pje- The Yanceyitea, vvw un< erstand,
have quit betting on Jirackinridga, snd ere
now belting on tbrir other Candida.c—Lin
coln.— Xuthvillc Banner.