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VOLUME XI. j
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1861-
05“ The weather to-day is unseasona
bly cold. Should the wind, now blowing
keenly from the North, lull, there must be
a sharp frost to-night.
Anna Bishop is giving con
certs in Columbia, Camden and other cities
of South Carolina. We hope she will come
this way.
Celery. —We are indebted to the kind
ness of Mrs. Jacob Barrow for the accep
table present of a bunch of fine Celery,
the product of her garden in this city.—
We have heard of a great many attempts
and failures to raise this delicious esculent
in this city; and this market has general
ly been poorly supplied with it from Apa
lachicola. The specimen before us, proves
that it can be done, and we hope our hor
ticuituralists will take courage from the
example and produce this plant with the
same success they have met with in others
of garden culture.
Temperance.— Mr Hewlett’s lecture in
this city, a fortnight since, has rc-awaken
ed the energies of the Temperance cause
amongst us. A series oV lectures on the
different branches of the Temperance
question have been arranged to be deliv
ered in this city bv gentlemen, highly
competent to the task. We refer to our
adveriising columns for a programme of
the addresses.
BOSTON AGAIN
Another slave case has occurred in Bos
ton. We transfer to our columns from the
Charleston Sun, some of the particulars
of the arrest. It is creating, (as it deserves
to do) a great interest and excitement,
the country over. It is another measur
ing of arms and trial and strength, be
tween the constitution and the laws of the
Union and Northern fanaticism. The
struggle has twice before occurred in Bos
ton, and in both instances, the law of the ;
land was overborne by the ‘‘higher law”
of moral maniacs and political scoundrels.
It is now tried the third time. This time,
the constitution enters the contest under
circumstances more than ordinarily aus
picious. Boston has been touched in its
pocket nerve this spring. A million of
Southern trade (it is said) has been with
held from her, on account of her past mis
deeds! and Boston merchants have sworn
that the next slave arrested shall be sent
back, at all hazards. This “next” is now
under arrest, and while we write, the war
is waging. With what result, time must
show. The present case is a clear one.—
The slave is owned in Savannah of this
State—of his identity, prop< rty, &c., there
is no shadow of doubt, the testimony is
perfect, the record all regular. It is, there
fore, a fair stand-up fight between “Higher
law” and Southern Rights under the con
stitution. Hence th# intense interest of
the case. If in this case, so clear, so well
provided for, with full and fair notice to
the contending parties, abolition prevails,
it is sheer folly ever to expect that the fu
gitive law will be enforced in the city of
Boston —the “Athens of America.”
Since writing the above, we learn by
Telegraph, that the “Higher Law” has
been floored for once in Boston. The la
tent patriotism of Boston’ has been at last
aroused —the loss of trade has done what
a sense of duty, a love of justice, and an
obedience to law, have been heretofore
powerless to effect. We envy the sub
missionists the rejoicings which they will
experience over this mighty triumph.—
Men who consented to be rifled of an Em
pire, from which 40 millions of gold have
been dug, will go off into a paroxysm of
delight over the recovery ofa slave, which
the master values at 18*400 in Savannah. —
Napoleon well said, “there is but a single
step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
JOHN M, DANIEL.
We are happy to learn that the rumored
meeting between this gentleman and Mr
W. C. Scott, from Powhattan, has not
taken place, and that the controversy be
tween them has been honorably adjusted.
The Richmond Enquirer says :
“The painful excitement which pervad
ed the city for the last few days, in regard
to an expected hostile meeting between
Messrs. J. M. Daniel, Editor ofthe Exami
ner, and W. C. Scott, late delegate from
Powhattan, was relieved on Saturday
morning by a gratifying despatch from
Baltimore, that the difficulty had been amk
cably and honorably adjusted. The cor
respondence, explaining the matter, will
appear in to-day’s Whig, we understand.”
We could ill afford to lose the pen of
Mr Daniel in the columns of the Rich
mond Examiner. He is one of the most
brilliant writers connected with the Press;
and he is moreover, a true Southerner,
faithful among the faithless.
All Right— The leader in the last South
ern Recorder, of Milledgeville, is devoted
to the proof ot the “conservatism” of Gov.
Fish, lately elected Senator from N. York.
This is what we predicted. The rumor
that this arrant abolitionist is to support
the Fillmore administration is enough to
commend him to the defence of the Union
submission organs of the Soath, as a first
rate Union man.
05”“Put up your “Roman’ —we will
beathim with an American." —f Athens Ban
ner.
An American Cobb, with Yankee prin
ciples ; a Democrat turned Federalist; a
State Rights man denying the right of se
cession, and advising force to put down a
Sovereign State, standing on her reserved
rights.
** I’d ratter he a dog, and hay the moon,
Than such an “ American. ’
ex-gov. McDonald
AND THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
The Richmond Enquirer is not so far
gone in “acquiescence” that its indigna
tion is not stirred by the cavalier treat
ment ot the communication made to it by
the President ofthe Nashville Convention.
It regards the resolutions of that body,
characterizing the members of the Con
vention as lanatics and traitors, as grossly
indecorous and unworthy, and commends
Gov McDonald’s reply as a “just retort.”
The following is the pithy and biting re
. ly of Gov McDonald :
fllje H flinty®
Marietta, Ga., 29th March, 1851.
To the Senate of the State of Missouri :
I return your resolutions adopted on the
15ili ult., in reference to the Preamble and
Resolutions of the Southern Convention,
just received through the Governor of your
State. It is altogether agreeable tome,
and doubtless would have been to the con
vention, whose organ I was to communi
cate them, thai its proceedings should not
have been retained by a body wanting in
capacity to comprehend, and in patriotism
to appreciate the motives and conduct of
gentlemen, whose object it was to concert
measures to preserve the Constitution of
their country, if possible; and if that could
not be done, to maintain the rights of the
States and the people at every hazard.
chas. j. McDonald.
Marietta, Ga., March 29th, 1851.
I have the honor to return to you, reso
lutions adopted by you on the 22d ult., in
reference to the proceedings of the South
ern Convention held at Nashville, and
just received by me through the Governor
ot your State.
I have the honor to be, &c.
c. j. McDonald.
To the House of Representatives of the
State of Missouri.
South Carolina.—The Palmetto State
Banner writing of the Chester Southern
Rights Association says:
“We are happy to say, these proceed
ings only tend to"corroborate the truth of
what we stated a short time since, that in
stead of subsiding, the spirit of resistance
is becoming stronger, and that despite the
misrepresentations ot certain interested
parties to the contrary, South Carolina
was never more in earnest than she is at
present, and we confidently anticipate that
the result of the deliberations of the
Charleston Convention will be a declara
tion in unrnistakeable terms that the hope
of co-operation is delusive—that delays
are dangerous, and consequently that
SEPARATE STATE ACTION
is our only alternative, and that South
Carolina must
SECEDE ALONE.
THE DEMOCRATIC SOUTHERN RIGHTS CON
VENTION.
Divers days have been suggested for the
meeting of this body. We concur—and
propose to our friends to concur—in the
day named by the Federal Union, to-wit:
Wednesday, the 30th of May. The time
is not so important, but agreement on some
time, is essential. We propose to take
the day of the “Federal Union,” as the
central organ of the friends ofthe greatand
good cause in the State. We copy from
that paperand unite with it in inviting our
friends in the several counties to assemble
and send delegates—“good men and true”
—to meet in Milledgeville and unite their
counsels and efforts, to save, if possible,
onr noble State, from the ruin and dis
grace of merging all her sovereignty and
State Rights in the slough of consolida
tion, into which the Federal submissionists
are now trying to rush them. Georgia
“expects every man to do his duty.”
“The Democratic or Republican State
Rights Convention. —In our columns to
day, will be found the proceedings in
Chatham and Putnam, of meetings ap
pointing delegates to this Convention.
It will be seen that our friends in Put
nam suggest the 4 th Monday in May as the
day for the meeting ofthe Convention.—
We have heretofore concurred with the
Constitutionalist, Republic, and some oth
er prints in the 2d Monday in June,but
upon more mature reflection, have come
to the conclusion, that it is decidedly pre
ferable that this Convention should assem
ble before the first Monday in June. In
this conclusion, we are pleased to have
the concurrence of the Griffin Jefftsrson
ion. Our friends in Chatham designate
Wednesday as the day of the week. With
all who wish to avoid travelling on the
Sabbath this day will be decidedly prefera
ble.
Wj therefore suggest that the last Wed
nesday in May (the 30th) be the day for
‘the Convention, and respectfully invite the
attention ot the papers harmonizing in the
objects of that Convention, to the day we
have designated.
We also respectfully urge all in the sev
eral couqties who are op posed to the com
bination whose object and design is to at
tach Georgia to the federal car, without
delay to meet and appoint their delegates.
’The Savannah River.— The Augusta
Constitutionalist of 12lh inst. has the fol
owing, in reference to the recent freshet
the in Savannah river :
“In our last, we noticed the sudden rise
in the river, caused by the recent heavy
rains. Yesterday, it rose aTJout eighteen
inches, making the total rise about thirty
feet six inches above low water mark.—,
The water is now running over the floor
of the piazza of the Georgia Steamboat
Company’s office, and is on the floors of
the basement stores ofthe Iron Steamboat
Company, and within about five feet ofthe
great freshet of 1840.
We learn there has been a break or over
flow of the Canal about Coleman’s upper
plantation, and the flood gates on the third
level ot the Canal in the city, having
bursted up, the water made a rush through,
and a great portion ot the Commons is
covered.
The lower portion of Hamburg is under
water —towards the Hill the back water
must be some five or six feet deep. Most
of the goods in store were removed in time
to save them from damage.
At the time of writing this notice, 10, p.
m the river was rising slowly—almost at
a stand. The extent of damage done, can
not be ascertained until the waters sub
side.”
From the Charleston Sun.
THE CASE OF SIMS.
The Boston Be* %f Friday last says,
Situs came to this ci'y on the 7th of March
last, not quite four weeks since. During
this time he has been stopping at a color
ed seamen’s boarding-house kept by Jas,
Aiken Nos 153 and 155 Ann street. He
is 23 years old, has a wife and several
children in Savannah, and is said to be a
very bright, intelligent looking negro—one .
who from his mauners and general appear
ance would not be taken for a slave. Only
yesterday he received a letter from his
wife respecting arrangements which were
being made to take her to the city.
He had determined, it is said not to leave
Boston, though the danger of tarrying here
could not have been unknown to him. He
has walked about our streets freely during
the day and night,during the past 4 weeks,
and was last evening on a customary leis
ure walk when he was arrested and con
veyed to the Court-house.
The whole force proceeded towards Ed
incott-st., where a concerted plan was di
vulged. As soon as arrested, Sims was to
be brought to the Mansion, where Deputy
Marshaf Byrnes was in waiting with a
coach, in order that the utmost speed
might be used to convey him iu close cus
tody.
He at first supposed that he was arrest
ed for drunkenness, but as he reached the
court-house, the true nature of the case
was made known, when the cry of kidnap-
“T H K UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OB’ THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. APRIL 22, 1851.
per was raised, and the prisoner drew a
knife and stabbed officer Buckman in the
i groin.
Arrest of Fletcher Webster.
Late on Thursday night, after the ar
-1 rest of the fugitive,and when considerable
i excitement prevailed among the blacks, a
I fire occurred in Cnionstreet. While watch
1 man Eastbrook was ringing the bell of
\ King’s Chapel, Fletcher \V ebster, Esq.,
came in and represented that the alarm
i was probably given bv persons who wish
ed tocollec*. a mob in consequence of the
arrest ofa fugitive, and desiredlhe watch
man to desist from ringing the bell. Ibis
the officer refused to do, when Mr. W eb
ster assaulted him, and attempted to draw
him fiom the bell rope The. watchman
called lor help, and Mr. Webster was ta
hen to the centre w.itch-house and finally
to jail.
Mr Webster appealed before the police
court on Saturday morning, and by his
counsel asked for a delay of the proceed
ings. This was granted and /the matter
was postponed one week, Mr. W. giving
bail in S2OO tonppoa.r at that tune and an
swer a charge of assaulting a watchman.
Meeting of Abolitionists, Treason, &c.
An itiflamatory call fora meeting ol ihe
abolitionists in front of the State House ap
peared on Friday afternoon, and a large
crowd soon assembled on the Common.
In the mean time the following petit ion
was presented to the Legi lalure.
“That the use ofthe Stale blouse yard
be granted to the citizens of Massachusetts
to hold a public meeting in the afternoon,
to take into consideration the arrest of a
citizen of Massachusetts, under the opera
tion of the Fugitive Slave law, and to de
vise proper and lugal measures for the de
fence and protection of citizens us Massa
chusetts”
Mr. Cashing, of Newbury, spoke in op
pasflifin to the petition, and moved that it
be, the lable.
MrKeith, of lioxbury, moved that it be
laid under the table.
The motion to lay it on the table was
carried by 141 yeas to 118 nays.
The meeting on the Common was call
ed to order by the llev. Mr. Colver, and
Mr D Howe was appoin'ed chairman,
father of that miserable swindle, the Coin
promise, was in the ascei tdant. From’
treason, bribery, submission, and the other
elements of that fraud upon the South,
broken-flown politicians were to suddenly
acquire anew vigor, activity and power.
To Webster. Clay, Foote, Houston, and
a large and bizarre collection of political
invalids, the Compromise was to lie an
Elixir of Life, the Balm of Gileed, was to
heal all their wounds, and remove their
manifold sorrows and disappointments.—
Tlie high priests at the altar where South
ern rights were sacrificed without remorse
it was predicted were all in that line of safe
precedents which was so anxiously sought
after by Henry Clay.
We then predicle I that the prominent
paiticipanls in that gigantic scheme of bri
bery, submission, and dishonor, would in
less than twelve months be destitute of
strength, popularity, and chance < f promo
tion. And where are now the brilliant
prospects of success which supple-kneed
flattere rs held out to those who were most
ly instrumental in passing the Comproin
ise? They have been repudiated by the
North and opposed l*y the South, Their
names now have no charm in the mouths
of men. They are not to be the leaders ol
either of the great political parties in 1852.
Clav, Webster, Houston, Foote, Cobb—
we are reading names from a line of ghost
ly sepulchred, not from the lists of antici
pated promotion. The fruits of their un
holy all ances have turned out to be tha
apples of Sodom—the cup lias passed from
their lips—they lie rotting ill the shade of
the Compromise, dead as herrings of the
last year’s packing.
With the Whigs the question seems to
be settled with reference to the next Pres
idential canvass. Their gods ofthe Coins
promise have been broken off at the legs’
and cruelly cast out of doors. Clay ha
gone home as dead as he was after the
Philadelphia Convention of 1848—Web
ster has, since the days of Nullification,
hail a sort of galvatiic l'fe, hut lie always
expires just previous to a Presidential can
vass. He is now in honorable exile, en
gaged in bolstering up an admiriistiation—
a hewer of wood fora party which invari
ably kicks him down stairs, when from the
Department of Mate he dares to whisper a
hope of promotion. He is a liveried ser
vant, kept inconstant attendance about the
White House, but never permitted to as
sume the place of temporary proprietor.—
He is useful and ornamental—a blind
Sampson, whose strength and proportions
are subjects of wonder, but who is chained
like the prisoner of Chillon, to the door of
the Department of State. As to the hero of
many Compromises—the Father of Whig
principles—the last crushed out of his
feeble carcass the Inst flickering spark of
political vitality.
T rie tastes of the Whig party are pecu
liar. Although the abolitionism of Fill
more in 1848 was sufficiently strong unse
cure his election, he is fallen from grace
in spite of a l efforts to increase his popu
larity. His brilliant Cabinet—his formi
dabie manifestoes on the subject of the
Boston mob—his ruthless proscriptions of
Democrats, and insane Slate papers, have
not gained him the confidence of his par
ly. And as the time approaches for the
selection of a candidate for the Presidency
for 1832, the hopes of poor Filltnoie have
been diminished with the most melancho
ly and dreary rapidity. Although Fill
more is bv no means a Cato in integrity
and honesty, yet tiis want of sense and
cunning have prevented him from being
quite so great a rascal as the majority of the
politicians of h>s native State. His life lias
Weiioell Phillips addressed the meeting.
He spoke e*f the court house in c’ aitis
He Imped the people would come in from
the country in such solid columns as to
block up the the streets ami prevent the
fugitive front being!carried off, except ov
er their heads.
The Rev. Mr. Colver next said that (lie
law was so obnoxious and inhuman thai
he would trample it under foot, He went
for absolute disobedieuce.
Examination on Friday
The testimony taken at the examina
tion on Friday, we find thus briefly sum
med up in the New York Commercial:
The evidence on behalt jff the claimant at
the examination yesterday amounted to the
depositions o f persons in Savannah which
were presented substantiating the main
fact that Sims is a slave, belonging to Mr.
Potter and that both Sims and his brother
had, in the hearing of deponents, acknowl
edged this. Edward Burnett, a resident
of Savannah, confirmed this testimony,
adding that Sims’ mother had in his hear
ing described herself and son as slaves be
longing to Mr. Potter. John B. BaCon,
the agent of the owner, also identified Sims
whi passed his house in Savannah, twice
a day going to and returning from his work
and he added to the former testimony the
important fact that he had seen Sims’
mother pay over his wages to Mr. Potter
in his fSimsH presence. At this point the
investigation was adjourned. Sims was
then placed in custody in the court-house,
under a strong guard of police, the Su
preme Court, in bank, having unanimous
ly refused a writ of habeas corpus. It
seems probable that the counsel lor the
fugitive cannot set aside ihis tesiimonv, al
though they declare their intention to prove
Sims free even under the laws of Georgia.
The testimony on behalf of the claimant,
however, seems so very direct and conclu
sive. that we apprehend the commissioner,
Mr George T Cmtis, will pronounce the
claim established.
Every precaution lias been employed
by the presence and pieparntion ofa strong
ihtir y force to secure the operation ol
the laws. Mr. Rautoul lor the defence,
asked a postponement until Thursday, to
argue the constitutionality ofthe law as to
the rigiit of a Commissioner to'sit, trial by
jury, &c. The Court would only grant
until Monday 12 o’clock.
The Clerk of the Police has notified the
United States Commissioner, that Thomas
Siins, the alleged fugitive, is a witness in
a case to to be tried at the next term of the
criminal court, and that lie cannot he tak
en out ofthe State until after the trial ol
that case.
ABOLITION VS. THE LAWS.
We perceive by the following communi
cation that the mobites of Boston are at
issue witiithe Government tlreailv, by do
ing all in their power to impede the prog
ress of the fugitive law. We shall soon
sec if the bravadoes of a fanatical party are
to set aside all direct obligate).i to tin laws
and establish such a precedent as will rrti
de r null and void the Constitution under
which we live. So much for encouragement
and precedent established bv the abuse of
privileges. So much for the right of pe
tition, and that course ol political legislation
which lias proclaimed and would make
the South a mere cypher, and her institu
tions a source of ali evil, to he decried and
worried against. Here is the real dan
ger—here has danger ever lurked, It is
easy to light a lire, but it is not quite so
successful an elfirt to predict its extent, or
arrest its progress. If we do not have
some thing more material than spiritual
••appings to quiet these ebullitions of mista
ken philanthropy, we must bid adieu to ev
ery thing like peace, harmony, and liberty.
“Murder will ouf”
To-day Marshal Tukey was aerested on
a suit of a negro named John Randolph,
cha r ged with arresting nil I searching the
the person of Randolph for concealed weap
ons. Tukey gave bail in the sum SI,OOO
lor his appearance to answer the charge.
Jiio. B. Bacon, the agent of Mr Porter.
Sim’s owner, and DeLyon, were also ar
rested on a cha r ge of conspiracy to kidnap.
They promptly gave bail to the amount of
$5,000.
An attempt was made to take Sims out
of the U. S Marshal’s custody, bv virtue
of an old act of the Massachusetts Legisla
ture. The Marshal, however, positively
refused to give him up.
In court this morning Mr Ranioul occu
pied about an hour ami a half in an argu
ment in favor of granting a writ of habeas
corpus for Sims, Mr Ran tool's speech was
simply a reiteration of his late Lynn
speech, his sole ground of defence being
the uiiconsliiutionnlity of the fugitive slave
law.
After he had concluded, Chief Justice
Shaw said that he would adjourn the case
till 3 o’clock, when the court would give
its decision.
There appears to be no doubt that Sims
will be delivered to his master, and a ini'i
tary escort will probably accompany him
to New York, to prevent a rescue.
Large crowds are gathered about, and
much excitement prevails, but no fears are
entertained of an outbreak. The military
are ready at a moment’s warning to assist
the civil authorities.
second dispatch,
Boston April 7th—P M.
In the Supreme Court this afternoon,
Chief Justice Shaw delivered a lengtny
opinion upon the application for a writ of
Habeas Corpus in the case of Sims, The
unanimous opinion of the court was lliaL
the writ ought not to be granted. The ar€
gumerit was then resumed before the U. S.
Commissioner llantoul is now proceed
ing to argue the case at great length.
Swords and other arms sufficient to arm a
hundred police have been forwarded from
tin.’Navy Yard to the M irshal’s office.
In case SimS is remanded to his owner,
a strong force will guard hitn To the cars.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Boston, April 7th—ll P. M.
After tin* U. S. Court adjourned this
evening, and while Marsha: Tukey and
and several policemen were reconducting
the agent of the claimant,and Mr. DeLyon,
police officer of Savannah, with the wit
nesses to their hotel, James Randolph, the
negro who caused the arrest of Marshal
Tukey this morning, raised a large club,
and was about to strike the agent cm the
head, when his arm was caught by an
officer,and he was arrested and committed
to jail.— lbid. .
[From the Richmond Examiner.]
THE PROSPECT.
The signs of ihe limes, the movements
of prominent politicians, the. tone of the
Northern press,the ilnftmg masses of rs
fice-seekers, ,‘iinl the movements <*t camp
followers and mercemary hirelings us par
ty, ah point toil preparation in liie larg
est and most influential Slates of this tin.
ion f>r the FreDiletilial cam ass of 1852.
Six months ago tile st ir of the venerable
Ueeii marked by a perpetual struggle with
that Corypheus of abolition inceniliari.-in,
William H. Se’-iird. They have fought’
and growled over every office oi import
ance for vears: they have plotted and coun
ter-plotted against each other with unwea
ried eagerness for years. The State of
New York was first the scene of their strife.
They have now found a much larger are
na. Seward is bending all his powers of
mind to the destruction of Fillmore. He
has alienated from that individual his old
friends, the abolitionists, to whom he used
to write such sweet little notes in 1839
and ’4O. He has sapped the foundation of
his strength in New York, let loose innu
merable foul-mouthedorgans ofSevvardism
and higher-law upon him, and is now
prepajinga grand powder magazine which
will blow the unfortunate Fillmore to pie
ces.
The Whig party is not yet prepared to
elect Seward President of the United States.
The union between the higher-law men
and the Whigs is not yet sufficiently
cemented to justify be mixed ticket of Fill
more and Frederick Douglas. The email
remnant of decency in this parly in the
free States, wou'd be offended by the color
of Dougins. He is a mulatto. It is a
misfortune. The blackness of a genuine
Ethiopian would have been a greater re
romn emhition. Besides, the Whigs of
ihe South, although they might be flogged
into the support of Seward, would not vote
for Frederick Douglas. Os this we feel
very certain. Therefore, as Seward would
be n tower of strength to Douglas, and
Douglas of tqu.il service to Seward.it
would be as inexpedient for them to run
apart as for ihem just a-t this time to run
together. Time alone, and the utter hum
iliation ofthe spirit of the Southern Whigs
can secure the election of this piebald ticket.
Th** object f Seward, at this time the ac
knowledged leader of the. Whig party of
the free States, is to secure a sort of warm
ing-pan President, who will keep the
place for him, until the voice of the united
Whig party shall call him and lus maho
gany-dead friend to lead l hem to battle in
ißs(j. The ejection of Fillmore, and the
election ofa weak-minded creature of his
own, is, therefore, tile present object of th is
mi c erable fanatic, who tramples the Con
stitulion under his feet as the Japanese do
the cross of our Saviour.
Open hostilities have been declared be
tween the Fillmorines and the Sewardites.
Fillmore, using the patronage ol his high
office; li:.s kicked out every Sewardite that
he could find, and supplied tneir places
(rum the rinks ol hi* own friends, and ta
ken from their organs the nice little jobs of
public priming from which they were mak
ing a respectable supfort. Seward, how
ever. lias turned the President’s own State
against him, elected Ins brother m infamy.
Fish, to liie United Suites Senate, and op
ened the press of the State against him and
in favor ofa mili ary candidate tor the Pr||
sidency. The Albany Atlas, tile Boston
Atlas, and the Evt rung Journal, with about
thirty other anti-slavery Whig Journals,
are now engaged in pouring hot shot into
the Fillmore prrty and administration.—
This is all done under the direction ofthe
Chief Engineer, Seward, who is knocking
Fillmore and his Cabinet to pieces at a sad
The same papers that are now thun
dering away upon the administration of
Fillmore,and regulated by Seward, are
warm in the support of Gen. Winfield
Sc. tt, who is confessedly the anti-slavery
Seward candidate fn tlie Presidency.
The Boston All is, the leading anti-sla
very organ ofthe Whig party ofNew Eng
land, aided by a pack of about thirty small
editors of tile same stripe and section, have
hoisted the Scott flag, and proclaimed him
the embodiment of their principles. In
New Ymk, the Everting Journal of Alba
ny beads n similar pack ot party abolition
editorial curs, in full cry after tne “Man
of Letters.” The stalwart Stvlt, if these
signs are to be believed, is at this time a
suple-jack in the hands of the immaculate
Seward, who, the string between his fin
gers, is making use of him for the accom
plishment of Ins own purposes. In other
words, Seward is to be the Truman Smith
of 1852, and Marshal Tureen the military
candidate <f tiie mongrel concern low
known and dignified with the title of a par
ty.
Rascals and rogues can play their tricks
for a short time with impunity. Green
horns can be taken in once by a Peter Funk
auctioneer. Spoonies can be victimized
once by the drop-game and thimble-rig;
but experience then comes to their aid, and
they are saved from a second deception.
The political swindle of 1848 was, we con
fess, successfully played out —the people
were scientifically cheated by Truman
Smith and the leaders of the Tuyloi party-
I>ogus then passed off upon ail unsuspect
ing people for good paper; and violated
promises; disregaded pledges—bloody
proscriptions, and the rewards of unprin
cipled politicians opened the eyes of the
citizens ofthe United States totiie infamous
fraud which had been practiced upon them.
The people found that the administration
of a military chieftain the most con opt and
bloody that ever disgraced onr country.
Th'*y arose iu their strength, and victim
ized hundreds of Congressmen who had
been parties to the fraud. The recollec
tion of their imqu ties is still fresh. This
second effort at threadbare political rascal
ity bespeaks simply the madness of the
Whig party. It was an expiring effort to
re-unite the broken forces of a party with
out honesty, fidelity or principle of spoils
—to cheat ihe people with the glare of
military renown—in a word, to play the
drop game twice with the same victim
. —to pass counterfeit coin twice upon the
same man. Lei them bririgout Mmslial
Tureen as soon as they choose. There
were traitsof character about Taylor which
endeared him to the American people.
His - brilliant military success constituted
but a small element lit his popularity. His
honesty of purpnst ins simplicity—his
republican habits —bis unostentatious taste
manners and pursuits, made him one of
the people. They looked upon him as a
friend, as a plain, Honest and old man, who
springing from the masses, was still with
them in spirit.
He. was a i; an who previous to his elec
tion, had nevei done a foolish thing—and ■
whose years of obscurity saved him from |
the reminiscences which are so often tin- :
pleasant in the poiitiv iau. How different)
is it with that mass of pride, self-conceit, j
and inordinate vanity, who now appears to
be the choice of .'eward aud his abolition
gang! Willi him the people have no sym
pathy—aud wlienenver he has essayed to
act lor himself out of ihe profession in
which lie lias ri'siingushed himself, lie has
excited nothing but feelings of pity and
ridicule. He has not one element of char
acter which is calculated to give him a
place m the aff'Ciimis of the people. Has
defeat, if he is the candidate of the Whig
parly lor ihe Presidency, is as certain as
the fact that his litters are the most ridic
ulous productions of the 19tii century.
[From the D.tllun Times.]
Spring Place, Ga. I
March 29, 1851. j
Mr Caristian : The great Constitution
al Union party has had another flash in the
pan. Yesterday when the Court adjourn
ed for dinner, a meeting was called, which
assembled in the court house, and was
composed so far as I could judge of about
two thirds of those ‘ l same old coons” and the
balance of new-lights, who once claimed
to be Democrats—but who are now found
in the goodly company of Toombs, Ste
phens, Fillmore and Cos. Well, after the
adoption of some resolutions, which it is
hoped will be published and preserved for
the benefit of future generations, Col Chas
tian, the chairman, and is-to.be-iepreseu
tative of the Constitutional Union party in
this district, yvas called out, and promptly
responded in a speech of some length,
wherein he labored to prove that those of
us who profess devotion to the South, and
the Constitution in its original purity, are
a very bad set of fellows, and worse than
no Democrats at all, and that the real Si
mon Pures are Cobb, Lumpkin, Chastian,
Wofford, Tumblin, and others of the same
kidney, who are following in the wake of
Messrs, Toombsand Stephens. But wheth
er the Colonel succeeded in this laudable
| NUMBER 18
enterprise remains to be seen, and if we’
are to judge from the indignant expres
sion of many an honest countenance, and
the strong language of old fashioned, true
hearted Democrats, he & his Whig friends
will find out in October next.jthat they have
miscalculated the power of humbuggery
upon the people of Cherokee Georgia.—
Much the larger portion of the Murray
Democracy took no part in the proceedings
of this meeting, and however great may
have been the triumph of the whig?, to hear
one who has been a democrat, assail his old
party friends, I apprehend that gentle
man, and other smaller try, who aspire to
become leaders of the democratic party in
this county, will have but little to boast of
in the end. * * * * *
Murray.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1851.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The movements of this gallant State—
the standard-bearer of Southern Rights—
are regarded with intense interest, all over
the Union. We have refrained from as
suming to be, one of South Carolina’s
“outside advisers.” Our thoughts and
feelings are fully enough defined in our
own mind and heart. But we are the citi
zen of a submission and do not feel
at liberty to advise our neighbors to rush
into the breach of an untried experiment
and incur hazards and responsibilities
which Georgia has distinctly declined for
the present. Our heart is with that gallant
people, in whatever they do. If they take
the stand and force is used against them,
thousands of the citizens of this submis
sion State will be ready to stand by them,
when South Carolina becomes-the Ther
mopylae of the South.
As “shadows of coming events,” and to
show the feeling of the Press, we copy two
articles to-day ; one from the Charleston
Mercury and the other from the Edgefield
Advertiser. We hear it currently talked
of—flippantly by her foes, and regretfully
by her friends—that Carolina will not act
alone; that a growing submission party
will prevent a thorough union of her peo
ple, and that without such union, the step
would be fraught with ruin and danger.—
This may be so ; but we are bound to say,
we have seen no evidence of giving back,
in the press—the public sentinels of the
State. Their tone is as firm and deter
mined now, as it was, when there was
hope of co-operation from Virginia and
Georgia in a common cause-
THE SOUTHERN RIGHTS PARTY.
The Savannah Republican writes “ the
Southern Rights Party is dissolved” and
sustains the jejune proposition in a col
umn of effete argument. “The wish is
father to the thought.” Dissolved ! What
has occurred to dissolve it 1 What is to
dissolve, what can dissolve it I Ifthe South
ern Rights Party owed its creation to,
and found its nutriment in, a lust of office;
if it were held together, only, by the cohe
sive power of public plunder, then, indeed,
the Republican might logically deduce its
annihilation from a stunning popular de
feat, in its first contest with the enemies
of constitutional law and Southern liberty
and equality. If it were a mere meretri
cious union of ambitious politicians of
different faiths, “the puritan and the black
leg” the high-toned Federalist and the
brawling Democratic demagogue, banded
together and in full cry after the prey of
political power, under the hypocritical
howl of “union,” “union ;” then might its
dissolution be predicted ; for success is the
only cement that holds spoilsmen in the
bonds of fraternity and combined effort.
But a party founded on principle—a
party ofa great idea—a party called into
being by the necessity of defence against
a great wrong—a party struggling for lib
erty, law and the constitution, and de
manding for six millions of people, justice
and their rights—such a party may be
crushed, its leaders may be led to the
block, as traitors to lawless power ; its
Ridleys and Latimers may be burned at
the stake ; but its faith will come out of
the baptism of blood and fire, with astrong.
er life, and though you dash it into atoms
in a hundred defeats, every fragment will
rise from the ground to thunder the truth
into the ears of the Government, “you
have done foul wrong to the South,” and
to the submissionists, “you have tamely
submitted to the dishonor of your State,
section and people.”
j Tho legislation of tho session of 1850
j has sown a crop of dragon’s teeth, from
; which Southern Rights men will continue
to spring, full armed, until reparation shall
! have laid the spirit of discontent; or per
| sistance in wrong shall have shattered the
union of our fathers.
But, we repeat the question, what has
occurred to dissolve the Southern Rights
Party 1 What Georgian who voted for re
sistance to tyranny in November last has
become better reconciled to the oppres
sion that made him a Southern Rights
man, or become more enamored with the
submissionism that has purpled his check
with the blush of shame 1 Does the robbery
of an Empire from its lawful owners grow
more attractive to the plundered people,
by the force of contemplation 1 Does the
picture of Southern wrongs lose a shade
of its gloom by a continuous study ot its
deep and damning colorings! Do our
chains become lighter by wearing them 1
and is our inferiority to the yankee race
stamped bv the seal of the Government at
Washington, sweetened by familiarity and
use ! And if the sense of wrong has not
died out in the hearts of the Resistance
party in Georgia; pray what has occui red
to warm their affections towards the men
whose pusillanimous haste to submit, is
the cause of all these wrongs! No. The
Southern Rights Party cannot die, until
the entire spirit ofthe South is broken, and
conquered and subdued and bound at the
feet of Abolition power. All history teach
es that this cannot be done without a fierce
struggle. No people ever yet gave up
such a stake as we have in our institutions
without a death grapple with the aggres
sor. Until every man turns submission
ist at the South, the Southern Rights Party
will not be dissolved. The very sun un
der which we are born will prevent that
universal degeneration. It will quicken
the blood and increase the bounding pulse
in some ofthe sons ot the sunny lanu.—
And as Abolitionism is true to its fanatic
instincts, increases its demands and push*
es on its encroachments, as it will surely
do, under the invitation ot such votes as
Georgia gave in November last, the South
ern Rights Party will grow from the nu
cessary instincts of self-preservation. The
people will cease totrust to the delusive cry
of union for safety, & learn that that fanat
icism which has denied them justice in a
division of partnership property in real
estate, will not respect personal property
or life. One oftwo things must happen.
The Southern Rights Party must triumph
and union submission be put down,.or the
Southern People must make up their minds
to the grand catastrophe of Africatireman
cipation. Whenever this issue is-clearJy
seen—and the North is forcing open the
eyes oi the most blind—it needs noproph’-
et to tell what will be the action, of.die
people-and the respective positions of!the
Southern Rights and Submission parties.
We calmly bide tlie time. We await the
hour, with a calmness, disturbed by but a
single misgiving—and that is, that the sy
ren song ol peace and safety and union
may be poured into .the sleeping ears of
our countrymen until it is too iate-to break,
the wythes which a consolidated govern*-
ment wielded by Abolition infiuence, shall
have bound round the limbs of the slcep,-
ing giant. The South has borne enough,
to make the patriotic breast tremble lest
she should never awake to a sense of hen
danger. Our hope is in the impatience of
the enemy, and the “kick too much.” to.
the aggrieved section.
A great Submission meeting lias
been held in Mobile. It was composed;
as we learn from the Register, of the oldl,
and familiar laces, seen at the Whig meet
ings in that city for years past, with here
and them a Democrat, who has been fright**
ened from his principles by the nearpros
pect of having to defend them. T.he meet
ing adopted die “Georgia Platform” prer
senteii by a Committee raised for the pur
pose. Thu whole ot it was enthusiasticai-.
lv received, except that part which speaks,
of future resistance, and the “ disruption;
of all ties,” &c. under certain circumstan
ces. Tin- c were coldly received. Our.
“ Mot In i.. I’lethreu” may count on the
“unionism oi thb Mobile Submission.
Party. They will submit at all. “hazards
and to the last extremity.”
CUBAN RUMORS.
The Savannah and Macon papers are
much occupied with wars and rumors of
wars, and movements of masses and men
having an ugly squint at some enterprise,,
wherin force rather than persuasion, is to
be used. The “Georgian” has the follow
ing particulars:
FALSE ALARM !
A report having reached the Cherokee
region ol Georgia, that an insurrection
had occurred in Cuba, upwards of a. hun
dred men, in that section, rallied on the
strength of the rumor,. and set off for Sa
vannah, to offer thei r services in aid of the
revolutionists, to Gen A.J. Gonzales, now.
a resident ot this city. Sixty-three came
as far as the twenty mile station, (from
Savannah,) where they learned that the
rumor was premature,, and further, that
Savannah was not the point to which they
should have directed their steps,, had it
been true They, therefore, returned, by.
the way they came, on yesterday. The
rest of their number, probably learning,
their mistake in Macon, came noturther in
this direction: We understand that the
party was made up of young men of high
ly respectable tamilies, spirits of the true
grit, prepared to dare any danger, or en
counter any difficulties, for the promotion,
of the cause of liberty among the down.-
trodden Cubans. The movement was
purely spontaneous-o*ntheir part, showing
thattlie spirit which brought Lafayette, De-
Kalb and Pulaski, to aid the United States,
in throwing off the British yoke, burns,
brightly in the hearts of many an Ameri
can, animating them to a similar,service in,
behalf of the inhabitants of Cuba,, when
ever they shall stride for. their indepen
dence. But the Cubans should remember,
that “they who would be free, themselves,
must strike the blow.” God speed them
whenever they do strike it, say we;: if this
be “ treason ,” let Mr Fillmore and General.
Concha “make the most of it.”
A most remarkable instance of “sponta
neous” combustion truly! It appears to)
have been simultaneous, also, in several,
other places. But ifthe boys are eager to.
have a hand in this little affair of settle
ment betwixt the people of Cuba, and her
most catholic Majesty of Spain,, let them,
keep coel and practice a little patience.—
Though they may have gone off half-bent,,
this time, the day will come in this gener
ation when the banner of Cuban liberty
will wave defenders to its folds.
The Macon Journal and Messenger has,
the following:
“ Invasion of Cuba. —There have been
fome demonstrations within the last ijew
days, which seem to indicate the existence,
so an organization for the purpose of mak
ing another descent upon Cuba. On Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, of last week,
some sixty or seventy men passed down,
the Macon & Western and Central Roads,
as far as Cassiday’s—twenty miles this
side of Savannah. They seem to have,
gone thitherunder some misapprehension*,
as the whole force returned to this city on
Sunday night. On Monday morning they
took up the lineot march on the South-
Western Road. Their destination is en
tirely unknown; as their stories are some
what conflicting and contradictory. One
comical fellow remarked that it was a de
tachment oi the Coffin Regiment, in search
ot those oppressions under the Union, so.
eloquently described by their gallant lead-,
er during the last summer. They were,
a line looking set of men,, mostly from,
Cass and Floyd counties.
We pretend not to say “what’s in the
wind,” hut would not be surprised to re
ceive stirring news in a few days from.
California, St Domingo, Cuba, or, some
other quarter of the globe.”
A Nkw Invkntion —Mr Charles Ran
dall, of Lee county Georgia, lias invented,
la Fanning .M iclnoe. the object of which,
is to keep people cod in summer,.and as-
I sist them in preserving their equanimity.
1 It is thus described in a Washington let
’ ter.
!
i‘Any body may set It at his vlbaw
while he is rmdmg bis paper,, or taking
his siesta of an afternoon, and without his
doing a tiling to aid it, Randall’s Fan
will keep up a gentle breeze about hint
and drive ill” flies and musquiioes away.
Or it may set beside a child's cradle or
couch, or the bed ol thesick, and contri
bute much to sleei) and repose. A rna
niiichme lor the purpose was once patent
ed by Co.'Jimodoie Barron. It was very in
genious, liui too expensive to come into
use. Mr. Randall’s little matter is on a
different plan, and can be afforded for
about ten dollars.”
Mr. Clay.—The Mobile Tribuneycf the
13th nisi, says:
Yesterday the Y,l ib inst., Mr, Clay at
tained the 741 h year of bis age,—Several
attempts have been made in New Orleans
to miv him some public honors, but it
seems without success. Oue of the pa
pers savs he is gel'mg too o!d to be use
tu| m tpart'sans, who are for “laying
him on the shelf.”
Unhabai.ei.km Spued.—'l he U States
Mail steam slop Georgia arrived in New
York on her last nip, in 3 days 18 hours
from Havana. Pile distance cannot be less
than 13(H) miles, so that the Georgia trav
elled at tht average rate ol between 14 or
15 miles an hour the whole distance. At
this late -he would cross the Atlantic iq
about 8 days