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* re***-* wa* not ii.m h the cwm of any arrange'
bout or loiUMinM.i^'Mi tJioir . ..n:i-:.-ncc
Sn him. lie r*-vcr had l'ecn—they thought ho
ntrik CaretIna Election.
tana oat, since the entire State *
; r.Ml pr.^nee I krari from, U» oor DomoerMie friemfa h»«. u oooo),
: il c d.-mgrr wn- grea'i-t—inspiring i- halloed before thef got out of tlie woo* Tas the
ulmo*t * eketod <*880, a tie
the Him* of Commons and a ‘Whig majority of tap
in the Senate. If the calculation of tlx* rote for Govern
or is based upon the report* of the vote of some of t*“
Western counties which we hare seen published, i
have no doubt but Stanly’s majority will be largely
creased when correct returns are received. ' _ .
The Democrats rejoice A'^efy at what they pretend . „ ,
to regard as a change of sentiment in the old North r •» exerciste within the last hundred years! This
i State, and particnlary the Denwcraiic editors ofGeor- 1 •» * fair and honest statement of the question. The
jgia. Now, if they have sufficient intelligence to occti-j Whigs,'believing the penile capable of self-govem-
i pv the stations tliey fill, they know that it has not been j meat, wish to place the Government of the country
er the People, giving, utterance to their wishes
through the voice ol their representatives, shall gov
ern the country, or the President setting at naught
the will ol the people, shall be permitted to trample
their rights tinder the' iron heel ol the Executive
veto, that Kingly prerogative—the
which no crowned head even in England has dared
the kid-gloved,
Trffvnrfrrr-.— .. . —, - --v , — ... —. fc .- become—walking
“52 *££&**%» I ou » <•» wit ■» rf«k. hand, with honest, <m-
STh r ei'Sj°»ri>Kr,t/itW'»ii.ii'i(;nie, J pfetenditg men, whom, among themselves, arc
.inhabiting them, tfregulate ihtir in-! huown and recognised as belonging to “the com-
concerns in their own way. THEY ARE* mon masses,” “the herd !” and vrho has'nol
lve JUST AS CAPABLE OF DOING SO, AS Uiced, after
— THE I'EQPJLJl' OF THE STATES • an,l
— Jo s^atany rate, * tU ~ ,m *“
ATHENS, GEORGIA:
| spring this new question, but being put upon the track,
" 1 it is said, by Mr. Cobb, our late representative) took the
Thursday Morning, August 2-1, 1848. popular side, the side whidi abstractly considered, was
- -v*- \ ripht, (but for the ailvocacy of winch, under the circum-
THE PEOPLE’S TICKET. |
for riiF.siDE.rr,
ZACHARY TAYLOR, |
change of sentiment among the people, but only an ; in the hands of the majority, as was the intention
expression of tentiment in favor of popular rip kit. The’ of the framers of the Constitution: in order to do
Whigj were as much in favor of general .suffrage ss i which, it is necessary to reform the abuse of the
were the Democrat!; but it unfortunately happened : Te to power, which nnder some of our late Presidents
that they selected a candidate for Governor who was , j, lg ma( j c fearful in roads upon the very spirit of our
- Rfr4 having hhn«lf nrauq mjl«, grMt charter. The Democrat, .re in layer of in-
they
independence ig recognized by admis
“ Should we aconite territory beyond the Rio
Grande and seas: of the Rocky mountains, it is still
ipossible that a majority of the pcopli
«*, when flie rot
honest men are not needed, with what a i
into the \ nirlhcse would-be leaders—these Demo.
like the Pharisee, “ pass by or
s their political *
s of these
daggering
the ’other
9
m
of »l»c SoutU, •! all parties. TIio Locofoco Minks'
■ iiloiii
The nomination^ Martin Van Buren, and his j The great agony is over and *• the Me
pidly increasing strength, admonish us that how- i brought forth a—mouse!” Nol,witiisl
rapidly
ever much the friends of the Union may deprecate
such a result, the present Presidential campaign-
will be converted into a sectional coutest. All the
signs of the times point to that result. In the free
States, great numbers of newspapers which at first
ipported Cass and Butler have hauled doi
inc at the Mono
Mountain.
luntain haa
standing a ||
the eflorts made by the Loco*totRRgnify their mass
meeting into something formidable, we are fully
persuaded theyWill lail, as all the descriptions o«
the affair we have heard from those who were on
the spot concur, substantially, with the followings
which we copy from the Allan.* Miscellany.
The Dei
would consent to re-establish sla<
themscheS; a COLORED POPULATION’
mnng than, the NEGRO does not belong socially,
MILLARD FILLMORE,
WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.
1st. J. 1*. Srwaud, 1 5th. Warren Axin,
2d. W. II. Crawford i Cth. Asburv Hull,
id. A. W. Redding, 7th. Y. P. Kino,
4th. William Musely, | 8th. Geo. Statleton.
WHtQ CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
Districts.
IV.-J. N. WILLIAMSON, of Newton count*
V. —JAMES M. CALHOUN, of DeKalb. *
VI. —JAMES W. HARRIS, of Clarke.
THE TAYLOR I
i■ “I h*ve
’ party projects to build up'
nothing to serve but my
l/Tfoi
I have n
which I. won
bled.counfrymcn, but crude impret.
ter* of policy, which may be right today and wrong
to-morrow, lire, perhaps, not the best test of fitness
for office. Oqe who qannot he trusted without
merely on account
i, he deserves no sort of credit) and thus secured
the support of Urge numbers of Whigs by whom this
question of suffrage was considered a matter of para
mount importance; and hence be came very near be
ing elected Governor of one of the strongest WhigStates
in the Union—as Marcus Morton was once elected Go
vernor of Massachusetts on the license question.
ith these facts before them, our Loco friends
have little to crow over. Upon reflection, the only won-
w, (knowing toe universality of Whig senti-
nr of free suffrage and popular rights) that
TTiwIjln t~~i 1 of being defeated by a small majority,
m not elected by a very large one.
Some of the Lccof»c» papers of tills State have even
gone so far as to say that tlie Whigs have always op-
j«o«ed popular rights, and tlie Democratsalways favored
tliem. Now, this is most unqualifiedly false. When did
the Whigs ever oppose the rights of the people or re*
:t pojmlar suffrage 1 And if the Locos always fa
thom, why is it that in Virginia, where they have
alwayK,witbin the recollection of the writer,borne sway,
e is a property restriction on the right of suffrage :
•hy is it tliat in South Carolina, which was in 1844,
tlie strongest Democratic State in the Union, the people
arc not entrusted a-ith the election of their own Chief
Magistrate or even the choice of Presidential electors
“ Now, answer us tliat. Master Brook!”
Let not the friends of old Zach in Georgia or any of
the other States feel cast down by the result in North
pledges, cannot be confided
-1 of them.,
“ The power given by the constitution to the Ex*
• eentive, to interpose his veto, is a high conservative
power, which should never be exercised except in
eaten of clear violation of the constitution, or man
ifest juste and want of consideration by CongTew
“ The personal opinions of the individual w!w»
dim happen to occupy the Executive chair, ought
not to control the action ol Congress upon ques
tions of domestic policy, nor ought his objection*
to be interposed when? questions of constitutional
power have been settled by tlmMCrtous department*
ofgovernmcnt, and acquiescciFS'by the people.
, “ Upon the subjects of the tafifr, the currency,
the imprwgaent of our great highways, rivers,
the will of the people, as cx-
presse# ffftiagfftheil- representatives in Congress,
ought to boqppectcd, and carried out by the Ex
ecutive. »
“ War, »t all times, and nnder all circumstances,
is a national calamity, to be avoided, if compatible
with national honor. The principles of our gov
ernment, as well as its trne policy, are opposed to
jh®^“bjngation of other countries by conquest, for
•hMM
ground.”
In tho language of the great Washington, • why
" ** * to stand on foreign
Mr. Fillmore's Platform.
Carolina:
November
mly renders Ilia
e the n
Gen. Tay'or’s majority mill then
from ten to fifteen thousand. Now, mark that! Who
doubts it I What *av you, friend* of the old North
State, will it not be so I We have yet to convert
the first North Carolina Democrat who has expressed
the faintest hope of carrying the State for Cass.
Statu Affrlcnimral F»lr.
We have not yet seen a published account of tho lati
Agricultural Fair at the Stone Mountain, but are glai
to leam that it is attracting more attention and exciting
a greater degree of public interest tlian at first The at
tendance this year was much larger than last wliilc, wi
understand the products of the soil and the manufac
tures of our workshops figured more extensively than
heretofore. '
i®" Wc arc rejoiced to leam tliat four of our citizer
obtained premiums on articles of domestic manufactui
—proving that in this respect at least, Athens is har
to beat Messrs. E. It Hodgson & Bro’s. exhibited
splendid four-horse Coach, manufactured in this place,
ami were awarded a premium; Messrs. Van Hout
«t Barrett took tlie premium on a beautiful Buggy
their own manufacture; apremium was awarded to Mi
srs.Barry A Fagnn for the best pair of Boot* exhibited; and
to Dr. J. S. Linton, Agent of tho Athens Manufactur
ing Company, for the best specimen of Cotton Yam.
* n.o . ... respected friends in their several branches ofdomes-
“ I DISAVOW MOST UNEQUIVOCALLY, Li„^ rv - JgSlSyiE .
NOW AND FOREVER, ANY DESIRE TO IN- ^ .v
TERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS. OR WHAT IS I 0c,,r S«b whKfejrd^Jtoed to become the great Lmptre
Called thf. vropeuty, of the south-( SutcwfthcSuatl v to *J bc ' jn ^ of Ulc f ' ,rciaost mana -
ERN STATES.”—Millard Fillmore, in the U. 5,-i fiicturing States inutaVfrole Union. Let domestic man-
Housc rf Representatives. j ufuctures be fostered and encouraged among us, and
then will our people become really indej>endcnt and tru
ly prospcinus. _
Alraut 1 o’clock Last Saturday morning, a portion of
r citizens were aroused from their quiet slumbers by
the alarm of Ftas! which proceeded from the Kitchen
on the lot belonging to Mr. Fagan, on Upper Bridge
street, which was in a short time consumed by tlie de
vouring element. The other buildings were, without
much difficulty, saved \>y the praiseworthy efforts of n
few individuals. When will the people of Athens take
the necessary measures to uccnrc their property from de
struction by fire ? Are they waiting for tlie town to be
reduced to ashes before they move in this matter I
icd out
-pocted friend,
received too late for insertion this week;
but shall appear in our next
KT Tlw Hoa Howell Con*, the late Representa
tive in Congros* from this District, arrived at his home
in this place, on Friday last.
Tho Rail Opened.
The Congressional campaign »» this District was
commenced on Wednesday of Clarke Court by J. W-
Uarris, the Taylor candidate for Congress. The
opinion is almost universal that Mr. Harris on tliat oc
casion made ono of liis greatest efforts. From the flut
tering among the pigoon*, we are sntwfled that hi*
apeedi did execution among the Cassite-s. “A little
moro grape, Capt, Bragg.” Mr. Harris addressed the
dtixans of Walton thus week, where wc presume he was
met by Mr. Cobb. Let the Tavlor men be active, vig
ilant and watcliful, and Octoiler will tell quite a differ-
ant talc from what it has formerly.
PT Mr. Hurris will address the citizens of Jackson
next week, and those of Lumpkin tlie week following.
Tho Hoi
. U. Stephens.
The Rev. Dabney P. Jones, tho Lecturer employed by
tlie State Temperance Convention, favored our citizen*
on Saturday evening last with one of hi* entertaining
and highly amu-ing lecture*. We regret that from the
crowded *tate of the Hall, wo were unable to hear it.—
It is spoken of in very favorable terms by those who
The Locnfocoa of this State, aided by a few hasty,
hot-headed anti inconsiderate Whig*, are moving luv-v
•nand earth ina vain attempt to break down thi*gentle
man, because, of ht9 course on tlie miscalled compromise
bill, which waseimply a surreivdor of southern rights, a*
•ama conceive it, while otlu r^ thought it would allay
theanatement on the.qui»tMn ofdavety and protect
south. It was a-qucsUod upon which
there might l*?, Ixuic^tly, a wide diversity of opinion,
upon which there teas and,* an honest difference of sen- ° , . —
timent atm ng soutliern nx n, Mr; STr.rnxN* has made Hale''of New Hompsliire, an Abolition Democrat,
a most powcrfufspecdi'in defence of Ins course on that | cd to insert the Wilmot Proviso in the Bill, upon whidi
terpreting the Constitution so as to give to die Pres
ident an indiscriminate nseofhis powerful negative
—which is, in fact, clothing him with higher pre
rogatives than the Monarch on the British Throne
dares to exercise in this age of progress and liberal
opinions! Shall our country, which professes to
be the gTeat model Republic, when die oppression
J Europe is giving way to popular right*, adopt in
to public administration this vestige of DESPOT
ISM ? or shall a majority of the People govern, as
anticipated by the founders of the Republic ?
This and the Slavery question, as above remarked,
are the true issues in this contest Let the people
array themselves, not under particular leaders or
the banners of certain parties, {git upon these ques
tions, which will affect tho government of the coun
try forever.
Let those who arc in faror of such a restriction
die exercise of the veto power as to place the
Government in die hands of a majority (which
the only true Republican doctrine) and who are
favor of securing die constitutional rights of the
South, give their, earnest, cordial and undivided
upport to ZACHARY TAYLOR—the
people—the champion of popular rights, and the
true exponent of the Republican doctrine on the
subject of the Veto, as will be seen by reference
his Allison Letter, in which he says:
“ The power given by the constitution to the Ex
ecutive, to interpose his veto, is a high conservative
power which should never be exercised except in
clear violation of the constitution, or manifest haste
and want’of consideration by Congress. The per
sonal opinions oi the individual who may happen to
occupy tfie Executive chair, ought not to control tlie
action of Congress upon questions of domestic poli
cy, nor ought his objections to be interposed where
questions of constitutional power have been settled
by the various departments of government, and ac
quiesced in by the people. Upon the subjects of the
tariff*, the currency, the improvement of
highways, rivers, lakes, and harbors, the will of the
people, as expressed through their repi
in Congress, ought to be respected, and
by the Executive.”
That is the true Republican doctrine, and the free
men of Georgia will not suffer themselves to
forced into the support of Gen. Cass until they
satisfied that iiis monarchical doctrines regarding
the veto power are more acceptable to them, and
more in accordance with the constitution and the
spirit of the age. This, tho friends of Cass, with
all their sophistry, can never do! IVe dare them to
make the attempt. They know a signal failure ■must
follow such an ejforl. *-■ 1
On the Slavery question, Gen; Taylor needs no
defense. His position on that question is as tbor-
oughly Southern as that of any man in the Union.
Born and reared up in' the slave States, and now
largely interested in slave labor; with all his preju
dices and interests enlisted in behalf of Southern
rights, no man capable of going at large can sus
pect him of hostility to us on this question.
Gen. Cass, on the veto question stands pledged
carry out the system pursued by Jackson, Van
Bureny Tyler and Polk—an abuse which has been
growing with each succeeding Administrati
the past twenty years, and which, if continued,
must eventually rbange our free Republi
elective monarchy, If it lias not, in effect, already
done it! Who, among the framers of the Consti
tution, would have believed that a President of the
United States would have dared to pocket a bill
which he knew could be passed by a constitutional
majority of-two-thirds, in spite of his kingly prerog
ative, instead of returning it to the House in which
it originated—thus deleating the expressed will of
the people, without a shadow of authority
Constitution.' And yet we have seen this
day ! And the perpetrators of such acts claim to be
“strict constructionists!” May Heaven, in its
mercy, save our glorious Constitution from the
guardianship ol such men.
Not only is Gen. Casa opposed to the Republican
doctrine that a majority should govern, but he is
unsafe on the slavery question—a matter of vital
importance to the South. lie has been until very
recently—until he found it necessary to vary hi*
tune in order to secure the nomination of the Lo-
cofoco Convention—an open and avowed advocate
of the Wilmot Proviso, presenting resolutions in
its favor, adopted by those who elected him to the Se
nate, and assuring his friends that he would, when
the proper time arrived, vote for it. We make no
random assertions. Here is the proof:
‘I AM NO SLAVEHOLDER—I NEVER HAVE
'DEPRECATE
side,” lest they should be expected to speak
And yet with all this before their eyes, they hav<
the unblushing impudence to tell us through th<
•nd • press and from the rostrum, that they alone hav.
sympathies in common with the people—(thus clear
ly setting themselves apart as another class)—tha
the Whigs attempt to set themselves up above th
people 1 &c., &c. Now, of the myriads of infamou
lies and base and unfounded calumnies that they ! re ]
flag and run up that of Van Baron ; and not only
so, but the great mass of the old party leaders are '
leaving the support ofCass and flocking tothe stand- j wer( ,
ard of the man of Kinderhook. The worst pas-! f u |jy
n heart arc worked upon, old pre-' were as
ird, and wild Fanaticism stands ; *°. r *'
s of the hu
ighted t
i little
o a degraded
Here now, yon have his change, and how mucl
will yon be benefited by it ? Instead of excluding
ery from the new territory by means of tin
!mot Proviso, he wishes to do so by leaving th>
whole question to be settled by the Free- Kcgroa
ns and Mexicans now-inhabiting those terri | \y e have been led to these reflections by reading
:,»na wliotn our victorio os-army me I»tejy | , he followI Ietter trom Com ,„ oJorc Etu0Ir
conqu,red-a people who “are themselves a color- j Gcn . CASS , w h e „ t he lulttr rva, about to male
ed population, and among thorn the negro does | t j ia(
not belong, socially to a degraded race C-*nd who j onr
i daily pro pug;
•, perhaps, ha\*<
; ready with a
which may blow into fragments our j
' With these solemn, sober facts star
i face, what is the duty of tlie people
j Shall we gloriously fold our arms
or shall we permit our ini
da and party feuds so to divide us, th
ir strength, we inav be bound hand a
s Uni
: pro|)OSC
nd t
hide slavery from the territory un- I
r Gen. Cass' plan as e[}'ccludlly as it could be i
nc under the Proviso itself.
Fellow-citizens, these are the issues before yon 1
this contest,.and above yon have the opinions
of the two distinguished individual*-before you a*
candidates for your ifiiTrage*. -, 4lay you choose
ivetour of the Mcditerrar
cetch of his life, in thcU. S. man-of-war, |
n, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEG-!
in thi* helpl"
cies of Northern fa
adopt this course ?
cd, when our broth
ry of their unhc
:ondit
i be lei
i of the North, in the wild fu-
PLE!
It \
t Michi-gam/cr—the renowned
i* Con;
Bay of Gibralter, July 28th, 1837. i
“ Your letter of the 13th has been duly recei :
and 1 feel happy that you contemplate ente
family on the interesting expedition
■isely, and choose! well*. SnlFe
. M to tbntrua,..i before nlloilej to ia your favor of Oct. . „w,
country.-Jhcre arc those amongst tu who woulj ; Wnshihgton. The uccommojatinns on board the
fain drag before the country issues not Involved in Constitution, such as they arc, are freely at your
this controversy—questions now obsolete, having service; you will not expect the elegance
been entirely swallowed up by others of far greater
s, but this you
vhemyoo reflect that a ir
luxuriwirdl a drawiag-n
magnitude, questions which are now attempted 0 f-war has not all th;
to be introduced solely for the purpose of diverting
your atte«|ion (pom the weighty matters which
demand the serious consideration of every friend
of our country.
.If yon desire to see the good old Republican doc- ] ordi
trine that the will of the majority shall rule, carried j tions—I should advise you to take with you watch-
oul,nnd jour epnstitutionul riuht., on Southern ' e ? >> i »? 1 ? nd rill Ssomi gold snuti-boxes, no
men rocner.fo.1 i „„ , , i .. „ j those sort of things are most acceptable. As to
men, respected 4nd protected, you should vote winM> j havc at this place, ouc cask of
Geh. Taylor—the man for tho crisis and tho | sherry, and one cask of Madeira; the champagne
- of the people—the glorious old Hero, who i and other French u
If, on the other hand, you. wish to see the very
spirit of tho Const^ution subverted und the chai
ter ol the Goverflfncnt changed from its i
Republican simplicity to an elective Monan
means of tlie abuse of the veto powef; if y
the rights which,as Southern men, you enjoy under
the Constitution, committed for siffikeepinp to the
hands, of the conquered Indian^Negroes apd Mu
latto"? of Mexico; then, and nol till then, vote for
Lewis Cass. ’
People of the South! these qS^stions are fairly
before you. It is high timg.you were making up
your minds. ’ Choose ye whom ye will support.—
Like freemen, determine for yourselves—sufler no
false issues to oe forced upon you, and
fear for the result.
eilles.t
nor affairs, and littli
ill talk over at our m
igjnaUyou should allude
•hy, by
t express to yc
t the many
which we
atified that
Nigeling, at the Stone
n Tue>day.last, was decidedly the tam-
icard one of our Pemocra
iv, on being requested i
“ Cass and Butler,” tli
ng, because he was n
men cno’ugh of the rig
Mountain until noon <
.speal
ripe to respond!
We did not reach th
Tuesday, and cannot. .
transpired in the early part of the day, except Irom
The ball was opened, we understand, on Mondiy
night, by Col. Pryor ol Troup, who was follow*
by Messrs. McMi'llen, Colquit, Jr„ Glenn and La
mar. Col. Hackett made tlie opening speech on
Tuesday morning. He was followed by the elder
Colqui • * -
ml ju:
1, but by i
only speech we heard, lie spoke about one hour
and a hall to very liltle purpose, inasmuch as, with
all his rant and eloquence, lie totally failed to “ get
up an excitement.” His eulogy on the superior
quality of the liquor drank hy the Democracy of
who, under all the
! only f
i the -
addrt
f producing tlie desired efTec
■t degree of certainty, be de
pended on to maintain and defend our rights. We j jUiberarnm
strated that*Gen. Cass cannot be depended on—that j Mr. Fillmoi
he is unsafe on the slavery' question. Bu:
? tha
could ti
• whole, Col. Jackson did h
every one, from the pres
he cannot possibly be i
States Van Buren’s stn
to one? This narrows
softhe
, tha
1 eithe
:cted—tliat in the freo l
down the contest
md several ot
copied the stand in
compelled to leave ir
like kidney, <
j afternoon; but we were
io five o’clock train, and did
struggle between Taylor and Van Bure:
“ Free soil candidate” for the Presidency’! Now, l We understand that an effort was made by tlie
freemen of Georgia to whatever party you ma y ' leaders of the'party, on Wednesday—the day ap-
L„i„ n „ wi ° i • *• .. f | pointed for the State Agricultural Pair—to get up
belong, wo shall not insult you by inquiring winch I. mt]o en ,| 1MiMm on t l,« ,l»ylh favor of Gen
of them you will support. And think not that by ' Cass ; but it was “ no go.” The “ rank and file”
voting for Cass you avoid the responsibility of 1 were surfeited, the day before, on cASS, and they
choosing between the other two. By no
States
l that h
cast for Lewis Cass
rengthens Van Bur ex just
n the Soi
-> the sum
rejected the proposed least
O’ When arc the Demoi
s Ta-
Thi i
f that, hon-
hould be rein
I hope that on the present occasion y
with me all the privileges of an old fri.
dationship I stand towards yourself.
which
‘ Youi
rill v
i veiling
ird of i
ii agai
gov.
e herd of 1
ho chiefly beloi
me society, and you wtu i
men of superior order, p;
Douglas, at-Corfu. Whill
visited by the King of Gn
him Pacha, and at Alexandria by JV.lehemet Ali.
from whom I received a sword in testimony of re
membrance.
“ The ladies perhaps will find occasional recrea
tion in listening to the overtures and waltzes of an
'excellent batid of'rausicians which I have attached
the lo'
meet with many gcntle-
larticularly Sir Howard
Athens last, I was
Tripoli *»y Ibra- j Gen. Cass
—which is
Hy pledge your support to Lewis Cass. We
mow you would not wilfully contribute, at thisim-
•ortant period in our history, either directly or in-
>hip * directly, to the elevation.of a red-hot Abolitionist to
>nr * j the Presidency any sooucr than you would medi-
te treason against your government—yet, in the
resent pasture of alliiir*, as we have clearly dc-
lonstratod abow, however safe yon may coneider G«7c»#'i.''wifti,
Very respectfully and truly yours,
“J. 1>. ELLIOTT.
“ P. S. It will be necessary for you to write to
Constantinople for a firman to pass the Dardanelles,
ii thi.
of Georgia going
to get up a VanBurcn electoral -ticket? Surely,
they will not be so ungrateful as to discard their
old leader, in whom they professed ’* undying con
fidence” in 1840 ! IIo says now he entertains the
same opinions he did then—that he has not chang
ed one iota. They say that they occupy precisely
the same position now they did then. If so, why
not support the “Northern man with Southern
principles ?” They will now find it a difficult task
iake themselves or any body else be ieve that
pc, and if Von Buren
n. M- IQcAUii
oqrainst Hilliard Fillmore. j* - (bay member of ySuffamily, I beg to be remember-
We published.a few weeks ago a refutation* J ofPSOb each in the kinde.-
this chargo^y the New York. Tribune, a rabid Ab-
paper, opposed to Taylor and Fillmore
vliich time, the Savannah Republican has
republished a letter supposed to havo been written
by Mr.McAtlister, purportingto detail the same facts
which he attempted to set for.th' fn his Milledge- . Let lh . C “ w,H,l - hal a ‘ ,d ^rty-shi
ville speech—from which it appeared that he either g ,a mar *Y we!1 ,he a ° vc letter a fai
laid too much at Mitledgevilte ot ««•*«•» DmocraUc IihmI IkoraagMjr j u,
froth in the K„ York letter,' provided be was the | wW * ,l,e 1,ab,,s Ias,ci ‘ ot ,hc 1Iichi - | X
author of il, whioh has not bceif denied. This is Hcre 5'°“ liavc an ,nsl S ht lnt ° h,s ,ruc
the lame Mr. McAllister, who, “ once on a time” | char “ tcr - Just th " ,k oi “ Il,e elc Sa"“ °. his , D
charged the people of the “wheat-grewing re-ion 1 ■pHtmttts rt Tin.!” Think of the!
of Georgia" with being opposed to slavery,. for j " f 1 ' 1 f’* 1013 ''’ &c ”
which the “ wheat-growers” remembered him j n "'bich to purchase “ceremonious receptions.’
’45! The New York Express notices his charge j What has an American Democrat (we use the won
against Fillmore at the Milledgeville Convention | ‘ n ,ts lruc scnse ^ 10 u ceremonious rccep
as follows : tions” 1 And then the wines—“ sherry,” “ Ma
« Upon Millard Fillmore, as • a Northern Aboli- «“•’’•* Champagne, and other French wines’!
tionist of the worst stamp,’ there is a general and ! "hat think you of that, honest Democrat* ofGeor
combined attack in the Loco foco.Press ofthe South, \ gia ? Whose money paid for them? And thei
pretty much in tlie Vein or tunes midatis mustandis, | his nobility was to be shielded from “the intrusiv.
Press of th*™ Hottotttpi.E&sL But'mithUig^ieed I ° f twUrists belonging tothe lower classes!'
said, perhaps, in.refutation of such falsehoods,i 0h » Democracy—oh, Locofocracy—thy name i
were it not that Mr. McAllister, of Savannah, (Geo.) j Humbug! This is the man who we are now t.
Northern believe belongs to the “ wool-hat crowd.” Th
“ wool-hat boys” will take care of him in Novem
nphatically the question with us
—by voting for him, yon may indirectly aid in ele
vating Martin Van Buren (whom your party, a<
the South has branded as a TRAITOR,) to the
Presidency of the United States. We appeal tc
you on this great question, which rises in impor
tanco far above mere party issues, not in the spiri :
ot partizans, but as sons of the South, to pause am
reflect before you go too Jar. Remember, the tci
electoral votes of Georgia may decide the tremen
ide tli
should s
One of the -richest things that has 1;
a statement published in the Ohio
rs and the Washington Union, cha
was so in 1840—(as they were ready to swear)—
he is so yet. Then, why not support him, a* he
was the first choice ofi>‘ the greatest and best ?”
—Can the leaders of the Locofoco party ever
again succeed in imposing upon the people of Geor
gia so far as to secure their votes for a “ Northern
man with Spiithcrn principles” against a Southern
man with not only Southern but National princi
ples ? Can they, alter tha Van Buren deception,
succeed in practising a greater in regard to Cass ?
! ll,c . tremen * Ought they—can they, expect the people to believe
> c mice ot t ie t j l0m w {, en Uiey now so boldly asstirc them that
‘• Free 'slip i is on tlie sfavery question, as long as
inv i ’ thcr * itlc then! in* regard to^Martin Van Buren's true senti-
>i tiat^ive mell ^—while they remember how indignant these
'-\y j leaders became in 1840 when a Whig ventured to
express doubt* ofVan Buren’s soundness, and how
ot n ■ vocifercnsly they reiterated the oft-repeated slang
ic * | about “ Northern inen with Southern feelings.”—
Taylor,flriv- i Are they not now acting tlie same way in refer-
cnulo the re- ence to Cass, whom every body knows to be as un*
ive think their | sale as Mr. Van Buren on this question ? Honest
r result. 1 and patriotic friends of the .South, these men deceit-
itcly occurred, | cd you mice—can th ry do it again ? The first
Locofoco pa- j time i» was their fault, but if they now succeed, it
rging ^General j is your's. Be watchful—he~vigilant—and barter
.Id Hero had simply reprimanded in pretty The cfijtor of the T-n
" The entire body of Northern Whigs are Proviso
men—and a very large portion, if not a majority of the
Northern Democrats are opposed to it”
The above reckless assertion which appeared in the
editorial columns of the Locofoco paper in this place
(which, by tlie way, oar readers will remember was
sometime since denominated by a Northern Abolition
print “the van-cuaxd or Axti-slavertattiikSocth,) j BEEN—I NEVER SHALL BE.
is. thus **nailed’ by a plainunvami-hed statement of i lTS EXISTENCE IN PRINCIPLE, AND PRAY
facts in the Chronicle & Sentinel: “ During the pro- i FOR ITS ABOLITION EVE fid WHERE, WHEN
gross of the;-Compromise”.BiU in the Senate, Mr. ™IS CAN_BE' : EFFECTED^ JUSTLY AND
Mr. Fillmore, in 1844, make an abolition speech
that very indefinite region, Western New York.
“ With all due respect to this Mr. McAllister, t
•eplv, that in saying this lie says ap
that he belies Millard Fillmoi
r has beei
from that he
Northern States of tlie Union. 1
tenanced Abolition in any fori
lent his name to Abolition in ar
even amid much temptation the
anv manner. He is and has bee
Fillmore is
i Abolitionist, and
f man living in the
n a sound Conser-
il abide by, to the
ery jot and tittle
then,
s good repute in
, ic which, it is eaid, must cany conviction to • question the vote was as follows
* „ tho mind of every reader that hi* was toe true southern ! Dm*—Allen, Atherton. Baldwin. Benton, Bradbury,
4 - nolicr MVliavc no* vot rea.1 iL hot K ba11 nuHito it Chirk, Corwin, Dans, of Mass, Dayton, Dix, Dodge, but for Sir. Davi
policy• \\ v have no. jot read it, bat shaU publish it, Fitzgerald. Green. Hale, Hamlin, Miller, Niles; “
-s wo can procure a copy. Wo are surprised j Spniancc, Upham, and Walker—81.
, as soon a
' that any ofilr. S s c
i him j Kays—Atchison, Badger, Bell, Berrien, Borland,
frith*,.’girt*lire » fri .W.m!
d tho opinion expressed that his course . Ga, King, Lewi*. Jlangum, Mason, Metcalfe, Rush,
unis* question, would, when properly Sebastian, Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, We-tcott,
un<ii‘r>i.KHi, not ^sfryngthimhun rahwown District, “"rxfr'pl^'ah^nt. ifa
? ** jsf*“»frfr.-t.1fr raw,in U»frfrtt. wLfri nbStt,]
rrcsentation of a Nlcdnl* 1: “ If wc analyze thi* rote,
; find that eleven ofthe
He (Cass) stated to me that EVERY NORTH
ERN DEMOCRATIC SENATOR had AGREED
TO VQTE FOR IT. (the Wilmot Proviso) and
but for Mr. Davis* speech, would have voted for it.
He said repeatedly, “HE REGRETTED VERY
MUCH THAT HE COULD NOT HAVE RE
CORDED HIS VOTE FOR IT BEFORE THE
ADJOURNMENT.” ***** “This,sir,
continued to be his language all the wav to Michi
gan, ” ”
Cass) had not then [at the preceding session] an op
portunity to give his vote; YET HIS OPINIONS
WERE UNDISGUISED, AND HE OPENLY
her—when they will give him permission to go on j
a longer tour than his trip to the Mediterranean—
even to the source of Salt River—when instead of j
a Government vessel to bear him along, he will i
have to depend upon his own “small craft,'” and j
in place of the costly wines of France, he will have !
the tears of disappointed, unhallowed ambition for I
his daily beverage, and instead of the “ excellent!
band of musicians,” the ghosts of those who have
perished on the sawyers and snags of our western
,e of the Ohii
ith an aflid.-n
ivnship, whos
The Columbus Journal then disposed of the affida
vit as follows:
“This Joseph Brunei is a swift witness in beliall
of the poor fellow from Coshocton, who had beer
will wail their bill
This is the fate he n
intatio
ntly.
The
vitli this
all—ar
icph Ben
L aware tha
unsto ha
Wc
in the fact
and the pc
old-fashioi
.-ith the
:n me conduct » f : ,hat Ire ” is , a .nl„j ,fu e ry amfiknceC Tim
ind patriotic old Zach Tay- j may he all so. All we know of the matter is, that, * lo1
chivalry of truth and vc
It may be that Mr. McAllister did hear Mi
more make a speech somewhere in that very ir
lite region, Western New York,
lelievc that he did, for he say „
names not the place and even though he does not j ofif/>roi
II tlie
Fillmore made su.
Whig speech, just
Gen- Tayl.
Contrast the abov
.. of the people—the brs
j lor—when, after taking passage on a steamboat on j there is on the files of the Court of
r- the Kio Grande, and finding a poor sick soldier on I of this county,
IveaVe^und* I board ’ baJ1 >' P rovi,led for, he gave him his berth in | l0 ^ofC
o, though he Ihe cabin, and wrapping himself up in that famous , t j, e lcrrn 0 { Ap
look the soldier's place on deck and j “ The Stay
'cmocrat, says tlie
gy," and says that
jng his old acquain-
.1 Taylor, to say the
f his blood—he has
cvl!r y d '»P »f it
'onerous, hearty,
o be found in the
Pleas
ords and figure
nty, of
purchased a llatlx
cxpei
Undoubtedly, too, if M
speech, it was a first rat (
there slept soundly all night, and in the morning | 1,,e Juiors oi tn<
;cd up by the steward of the boat, who in- j nu.'of FranL-li
WBU „ . AVOWED HIS ANXIETY TO VOTE IN FA-
who voted inCivnr of 1 VOROF THE PROVISO. The position of the
— ^ Wilmot Proviso j Senator upon this great question w£ not only nn-
,1„ T»»JU HIS FRIENDS THROLCII-
.f i M.-1.I t. M.’l V II. -K ,1 .,-...1 .nf,*., AM;!ion D-mocrat. Dio Democrat, front Altai, OOT THE NORTH HELD HIM UP AS ONE
JU-. J.HXfrNUfr fofr»lo* Of .hot A , bcnott Bradhorr. Di*. Dodge. Fdch, Fit,- OF THE GREAT CHAMPIONS OF HUMAN
ofwhere.
bu-AM. The 1.;. v. v.ui M-k-cteU MrrUKAXLis S. Ouvnt,
of tlus place, a- :)it ir organ threwgh^wbom to present
'**?£?“*iZV INTO TERRITORIES WHERE.IT DID i ‘^ 0 “2 h IMek »r«,««r «
Ifrlto, Sproutcc end Iplam, »*1 IL-tlo of Nefr Ifcmp- j jjxisr.- In «dditibo lo this, tho Santor had dopended upon. He will not Fell
wo.j>artifr)
doing cwlst alike to the
-Again:.of the 15 Democratic Senators from the free
States who voted ou UiL- question, nine voted for the
Proviso, while only six voted ngmns't it. * Does this vote
sustain the reckless swwcrtion of the Banner f Tliere
yet aiK>tber test. In the Mouse-on the motion'to
_ i this very session presented to Che Senate tlie ro-
jVrtio j solntions of the State ot Michigan,, in which .it' is
of • declared • that in the acqnisiticn of any new terei-
i addressing a Northern audiei
dwelt upon one of its consequences, the extension
of the t iavery power of the Republic. But, so far
from making an Abolition speech, we know, from
Mr. Fillmtre’s well-known character and opinions,
there was notone word in it tinctured with “ Aboli
tion,” or that could be construed or forcedrinto any
encouragement of the violation of the compromises
of the Constitution.
“ This Mr. McAllister, however, while thus as
saulting anhonorable Northern Conservative Whig,
is quite willing to put up with Lewis Cass, a
Loco-foco who, for his interest’s sake wourd change
his opinions, twice a month, upon slavery or anti-
slavery—jvho in his past history is not half so reli
able lor the South as Mr. Van Buren,
whose future life and action all depend upon
cunmstanc'*s.’ Now, Mr. Fillmore is.no such
~ i, and whai he is _
tlie North
i* the exerci-es concluded,
attendance having i-psottho c wiling quite pleasantly.
Adjnuruinmi <>( Congress.
Both Ih'U'Cs ofOwcM adjourned on the 14thinsh,
in accordance s ith re»olm i.atv-t previously adopted. Tlie
Oregon Territorial Lail, containing the Wilmot’Rtrriso,
the Army Appropriation l*11. ami several other impoi
tant mca«nn*s revive. 1 the Executive sanctiou on the
day of adjotimnient. • «■» ftkPUS'-.eAtxL't-**|
Under the Oty gon bill, the President nominated Gen.
■James A. Shields »* Goxemorof tVegon, Mr. Burnett
as t?hicf -I udge, and Messrs. Bryant of Indiana, and Tur
ney, of Illinois, a* ; all of which were con
firmee! by the Senate.
Worn the Charle-ton Courier, however, wc leam that
Om£jBhkdd.s deebno toe acceptance of the Governor-
shifwrfOrt^h-
.. 1 tofy, whether by purchase, conquest, or otherwise,
we deem it the duly of tlie General Government to
extend over the same tb© Ordinance of 1787, with
all its rights and privileges, conditions and immuni
ties.”—Mr. Miller rf S'. j.,in thejU. S. Senate.
- But bis friends maintain that he has changed—
that heiVnow a “Northern man with Southern
principles.” So was Mr. Van Buren in J840; but
little Magician” is now the “ Free Soil”
th his family, rather than be de
layed in the performance of his duty to his country?
Is it.to be found in the t'act that, after the Battle oi
Buena Vista, he ordered an exact account to be
kept of the whole ex'pense of taking care of thou-
ic nan e anu b - th aulhorit 1 san<ls woundei l Mexicans, 60 that if any ques-
I 1 **"" tho “ 1J arise “ “ *• f™P r '"y ®l the cjpcn-
I JOSEPH BEN NET, late of said county, on the fif- ; he might pay the amount from his own
i teenlh day of December, eighteen hundred and for- j pocket ?
ty-fiye, at said county, one swine, of the value of j i„ addition to these instances of Gen. Taylor’s
•and .Jurv of the Slate of Ohi<
nd for the body
d by the ’
quired of him if he knew where General Taylor tci
—he having been missed in the cabin !
Now, let the “ wool-hat boys” determine who
their real friend—who sympathises with them-
and let them give their suffrages to thi
g from the ranks of the people to his present ,
ted station without the influence of wealth and t0 tbe fo ‘
powerful Iriends, but solely on the ground of his |
erits, presents stronger claims upon their
de than any man now living—and whose
fe, habits and-opinions are more like those of the j ™° n ^ 0 y* t ° rn a
[Endorsed.]
J, Swisher,
“Foreman of the Gnind Jury.”
“ We give the Statesman'jpy of his charge pre
ferred by the Coshoctor chicken-thief agai
1 I ten dollars, oftbe-goodsatnl chatties and property u ‘ «««• “
ho, ■ Of one William Liilc, then and there heiog foun.t, I *'*”«“«*• 'he Journal m.ght have added, that after
lent i feloniously did steal,.take, ami carry away, contrary battle of Monterey, the kind-hearted old hero
‘o'thc form of the statute in such case made and , took every blanket, ^ivc one, from his *
irovided, and against the peace and dignity of the 1 au J gave them to the wounded soldiers,
itateof Ohio. A. F. I’i.rry, Prosecuting i ■?, Mt . Wa ^- , (r m ,
All y of Fraaklln county, i ut Wa hington, from, ctinj
“This Bill of Indictment ana found upon tesii-, s " me o u ‘ er hav,ng failed to supply
rill, like
great Washington than any other man t
has ever produced; who, if elected,
Washington, be the President of the nation and i
not of a party—arrest the Government in its present j
downward tendency—pluck the sting and extract | T^dor—
The Ad-
the Quar-
departrnent with a sufficient number of
blankets for the soldiers 1
fifr Southern votes, and be - would -not yield tq
the'Ndrth for .Northern- votes, if Northern votes
require of him q violation, in any degree, of the
FederafXTohstilution. Under him, and such men
as him, we who have for twenty years been' stay
ing the follies ar.d crimes of Northern Abolitionism,
rely, BrHk. tliem down, and we are flooded at
on'ce witlj tlie tijie of Barnbnrnerism and Radical
ism. But they are. rocks • that neithet* 'Southern
Loco-foepism aor Northern fanaticism edn dasu
down.” ■ - •; ' ,
I Testimony is eayob or Mr. -Fir.LMORE.-^Gen.
Thomas I>. Arnold, a distinguished lawyer, and
u t u T a ‘ u wnuency—- -- Ta^lor-and of his testimony adduced to support it
the bitterness from party strife, and restore the pub- j by the Franklin hog-tfiief.”
lie administration to its original purity. The man j - Now just sec that! What are we to think of a
which the£«*arr refers ntiw paragraph above, ody 1 candidate of the North; and the present generation : formerly a member of Comrees3 from Teni
«Y.m Di mocr.it* from free State* voted jigain-t incor- “ a J W*e to see Gen. Cass occupying the same po- „_„t. . L _r_n .
tbe si
passage the Bill, with the WiWt Proviso in it, ntry be changed,and what position does he now occi
Democrat from the non-slaveholding States voted forit!
How much reliance, then, wc a>k, is to be placed in the
asserti.-n of the Ban mr, that a very large portion of the
Northern Democracy, if not a majority, arc opposed to
toe Wilmot .ProrFoT'-' i_7f
It h estimated that there are SO,000 clergymen, of all
sition. - There is no telling what may be the effect
upon him of disappointed ambition ! But how has
Tjl-T VI.'Vr
3R
this question ? The following extract from his
Nicholson letter will show:
“Briefly,' then. I am opposed to the eiercise of
any jurisdiction by Congu-s-over this :r.a . an .l
I AM IN FAVOR OF LEAVING TO TIIE PEO
PLE OF ANY TERRITORY WHICH M.
HEREAFTER ACQUIRED, THE RIG!
REGULATE IT FOR .THEMSELVES,
recent letter.bears the following honorable
timony to the character, patriotism and opinions of
the Whig candidate for the Vice Presidency. , He
says! .
“ Permit me to say that I have the honor of be
ing personally acquainted with Millard Fillmon
I have served'wi; ii him in Ccngre.-s ia t;.e ir.o-
trying times. „ Lbettevchirnto te an'bonest man,
and a. friend to the »W«,Union. lie is a ripe and
'iliciorc.
unnecessary to say is Zachary
party who will bring r
had every reason to belie
public Servant, whose prai
r ge, (which they
false,) against a faithful
oq every • tongue,
Tbe ExuUilde
men
Clar-
- « IU,e VWeta 25E” '” r 'T “ fo»nJe4 on .h s auHforl.y of ,hc uouuu.
to belierethe Muuraucs of rtekaiera ofthoDem- ^ ^ W
qcratic party that Gen. Cass is sound or safe on the -- 3
question of slavery, after the deception practised
upon them by these same leaders in 18-10, when
they indignantly swore that Mr. Van Buren was the
droe friend of the South—a more reliable man titan
even Gen. Harrison, who was born in the oldest
slave State in the Union. ? We say, can there be
found in the State of Georgia a tnaui entitled to the
exercise ofthe right pf suffrage, who is fool enough
tobelfeve what these leaders say. when they now
find them denouncing the same man as a traitor
whom they then hugged to tbeirbosoms, and who
assures the world that his sentiments on this vastly
somebody had better secure him, a* Babxum would
doubtless pay a large price for so interesting a'eu-
by the testi-
iw of - aHOG THIEF!!! An^^stj of snch a
characterare all the charges preferred against him,
and in many instances the. witnesses are doubtless
of.the same stripe. > Let the friends ofthe old Hero
pay no attention to these stories—they are intended
to divert'public attention from too close a serntitfj
into Gen, C, conduct. Let not Taylor's friends
be driven from their purpose tn this manner,' but
la them continue.to “ cdfry the war into Africa”
by showing up the great AlichWa/ider in his true
- - » - - f-r w.
HO-Mr.Cjti
.. . . specchrselatcd.
■good anecdote.of a young Kcntuckian^wba.vigi-
important subject have never underwent the slight-Lted PhUaddphia,.aiui who, oft his retuni, 6aid that
- * ~ " voter so verdant can be found, the people were mpeh split up in rtgartf to' candi
dates; tha) old Rough and Ready hall a great many '
friends, but he believed Gen; Tax/or would beat
him ; but he thought one thej called OUl Zac
would beat thenv both 1 - .
We have already announced that the Hon. Hen
ry Clay travelled fifty miles in order to reach Lex
ington in time to vote, and that he voted the entiro
Whig ticket. This was conduct every way' wor
thy ofthe Sage of Ashland—the great expounder
of Whig principles. The example shottld not be
lost upon our Whig brethren throughout the Un-
lon. Henry Clay regarded it as his duty to vote,
and therefore, in discharge of that duty, and in on- t
faltering devotion to the Whig cause, and to Whig
principles, he subjected himself to the inconveni-
eacesyif* jouvTiey of fifty mites, with the object of
exercising hiir right as ,a,freenian. aqd of af
fording an example to hfs'countryroen;' throughout
the republic. All honor to the great Statesman.—
His heart ia with the Whig cause now as ever, and
all who, love arid admire flenry Clay will, influenc
ed by his patriotic course, remember his example
at'the election in Kentucky, and profit thereby.—
Pena. Inquirer. ' •
Keep if before the People* '
That the man who'wilfully deceives them once
is not entitleff to 'cofifhlcrice afteriyar3s, and that he
who, for the purpose of advancing tbe interests of
his party,makes misstatements,' is no betterjftjjfc
the reb’jer oTh’cu-'tJirdaiLvot tlie despoiler of pig-sties-