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pie upon qii abstraction ; a matter to u« | rico ami tobacco consumed in the Uoi-
«»f substance ami of life, but to you the ted Suites. If all these were embrac-
rncrest shadow of an abstraction. Js it ed, our exports could not fall short of
likely, let me irsk# that the Union can (one bntklred anti twenty millions ofdol-
survive the shock which must ensue if J Jars. . I nee«l not add that as a separate,
you drive eight millions of pimple to! independent Confederacy we should
fnedness and desperation? Look sir, | have the heaviest agricultural export of
ttrrtie position of Virginia, Georgia, Al- any people oh the fece of the earth ;and
aborwi, Mississippi, and the glorious that ouf wealth would in a short time
old Smtc of South Carolina; listen to be commensurate with otir immense ex-
breiut will stop. Build yourselves no
castles in the air. Picture to your
minds no such halcyon visions as that! Condensed from, the Southern Recorder’* Reports.
Great Britain will meddle with our . Wednesday, Feb. 6.
slaves. She made an experiment in { Op motion of Mr. Spullock, the Sen-
the West Indies in freeing the negroes. ‘ ate reconsidered the bill to amend the
It cost her one hundred millions ol J several acts relating to the Western and
pounds sterling and crippled her com- Atlantic Railroad.
roerce to more than three times that! Mr. J. W. G. Smith moved to recon-
on evfcry breeze that sweeps from the j common trading fund of the nation, and j British statesman the experiment was
South, ami tell me if we are not sport- the profits go into the general coffers, j a signal failure, injurious to the negro
ing above a volcano. Oh! gcntlemeu,
pause, l beseech you, in this mad career.
The South cannot, will not, dare not
submit to your demand. The conse
quences to her are terrible beyond de
scription; to you forbearance would be
a v r ■ * ' *~' L *—
We know all ibis ; and mor*?, we know] and cfeterimenial to the kingdom. Eng-
bow much we contribute to tbc support 1 land will not interfere with southern
ol the Government, and we know too slaves. Our cotton bags are our bonds
how little we gel back. It gives i
pleasure to discuss questions-like this, j
lave we anything to fear from you
>f dissolution ? A little
pi ton; to you Forbearance would be • but a solemn duty I will not forego,j in the event of dissolution? A lime generauo
trtue—virtue adorned with love, j from any mawkish, sentimental devo-!gasconade, and sometimes a threat or ‘
truth, justice, and patriotism. To some lion to the Union. It is right that we . two, altogether out of place on so grave
men 1 ran make no appeal. I appeal. fully understand one another. You an issue ns this, are resorted to
not to the gentleman from Ohio. He,; think the South is not in earnest. Now, j part.
this opinion is based upon one of
like Peter the Hermit, feels himself
dcr some religious obligation to lead on
this crusade. I make no appeal to the
i mlntive lather of the Wilmot Proviso;
ike Ephraim, he is joined to his idols—
* I will let birn alone. But to sound
men, to patriotic and just men, I do
make n solemn appeal that they array
themselves on the side of the Constitu
tion, nnd save the Union. When the
fatal step is taken it will lie loo late to
repent the folly of this hour. When
the deed is done, and the fatal conse
quences have fallen upon us, it will be
vaityidle, wprsc than folly to deprecate
the evil coQusels which now prevail.—
Now, now is the lime for good men to
do their duty. Let those who desire to
save the Constitution and the Union
come out from among the wicked and
array themselves on the side of justice.
And here in this Hall, erected by our*
fathers und dedicated to liberty and
law, wc will moke new vows, enter in
to new covenants to Maud together and
fight the demon of discord until death
snail summon us to another and better
world.
You think that slavery is a great evil.
Very well, think so; but keep your
thoughts to yourselves. If it he an
evil, it is our evil; if it be a curse, it is
our curse. Wc are not seeking to force
it upon yon ; we intend to keep it our
selves. If you do not wish to come in
contact wiili this crying evil, stay
hypotheses, either that \
there being any conflict of
arms growing out of the dissolution, I
g ex- awoont, and now Iter emancipated I skier the authorising the subscrip-
Ibc warning voice of these, and all the I ports, no reasonable man can doubt.— j blacks are relapsing into a stale of bar-1 tion, by the State, to the capital stock
Southern States, ns they come lo us uu-1 lo the Union, our exports become ihejbarism. By the united verdict ol every {of thej^edgeville and Gordon Rail-
__ __ - - — J ‘ * road Company, which motion was re
jected—yeas 8 nays 31.
Mr. Siell laid on the table the follow
ing resolutions, to-wit:
Whereas, the education ofour people is
an object greatly to he desired, and
whereas the moral culture of the rising
generation is indispensable to the well
being ol society, and whereas the State
has set apart a large fund for the edu
cation of the poor, and whereas also, no
system has yet been devised for the gen
eral diffusion of its blessings so well
calculated to accomplish the end for
which it is intended, as that which may
be foondvuiilie Sunday School system
properly managed ; Therefore be it
Resolved, That His Excellency the
Governor he, and is hereby authorised
to procure a-sufficient number of libra
ries upon the plan proposed by the
“ American Sunday School Union,” to
furnish the several militia districts of
this Staje^trith one library each, and
that the samcBc paid for out of the Poor
School funtl^-
mm
Courts of tnv several counties in this
State be required to appoint a hoard of
trustees for each ol the several districts
devoted to the Union to run the li:i
of its dissolution by a manly vindica-
too much ' have not thought it all probable. You
nplain of your association with slaves
the Union. We propose to take
lion of our rights; or else that wc are I them out of the Union—to dissolve the
afraid to encounter the perils of a dis- the unpleasant association. Will you
solution. That we have loved the Un- seek a battle-field to renew, amid blood
ion Is most true. That our affections and carnage, this loathsome associa-
entwine themselves about it. anil are lion? I take it for granted that you will
reluctant to give it up, is also true.—
Bui our affection is no ordinary plant.
Nourish it, and it will grow in the poor-j
est soil. Neglect it, or trample upon it.
am! it wiM perish in-the richest fields.
I will not reopuot the story ofour wrongs.
I but ask yoo, can such wrongs ever
be the handmaids of love, of that mu
tual and earnest, devoted love which
stood godfather when the infant Union
was baptized, and without whose foster
ing care it cannot, will not, must uot
survive ? Throw an impartial eye over
the history of the last twenty years, and
answer me if there is any thing there
which challenges our devotion ?, Who
docs not know that time after time we
have turned away in sorrow from your
oppressions, and yet have come back
clinging to the Union, and proclaiming
that “ with al! her faults we loved her
still.” And you expect us to do so now
again and again ; you expect us to re
turn, and on bended knees, crave your
forbearance. No, you do not; you can
not think so meanly of us. There is
nothing in our past history which justi-
wbere you are, it will never pursue jfies the conclusion that we will thus
you. ! abuse ourselves. You know how much
For myself, 1 regard slavery as a j a high-toned people ought to hear; and
great moral, social, political and reli- you know full well that we have borne
gious blessing to the slave and a bless
ing to the master. This is my opinion.
I do not seek to propagate it. It does
not concern me whether you think so 4
or not. I have seen more of slavery
than you—know more about it; and
my opinions are, I think, worth more
than yours. Slavery, African slavery,
was, as I religiously believe, planted in
this country through the providence of
God; nnd He, in His own good time,
will lake it ® w ay- Civilization dawn
ed in Africa. The Christian religion
was preached to the African race be
fore its votaries carried it to other lands.
Africa had the glad tidings of the Sa
viour long before his divine mission was
revealed to us. And where is she now ?
Centuries have passed away, and all
traces of Christianity and every vestige
of civilization have departed from that
degraded nnd benighted land—a race
of cannibals, roasting and eating men
fts we do swiuo and cattle, resisting
with fire and sword all efforts of Chris
tian ministers to lift them from the deep
degradation, they persevcriugly wor
ship idols and graven images, and run
continually after false gods. Look at
the condition of this people, and con
trast it with the worst condition ol the
same race in this country,' and tell me
if the eye of fancy, in its utmost stretch,
can measure the elevation at which the
to the last extremity. You know that
we ought not submit any longer. There
is net a man of lofty soul among you all,
who in his secret heart does uot feel that
we ought not to submit. If you fancy
that our devotion to the Union will keep
us in the Union, you are mistaken.—
Our love for the Union ceases with the
justice of the Union. We cannot love
oppression, nor hug tyranny to our bo
soms.
Have we an}' reason to fear a disso-
not. But if you should, we point you
to die record of the past, and warn you,
by its bloodstained pages, that we shall
be ready to meet you. When you leave
your hnmtfr? in New England, or the
great West, on this mission of love— ;
this crusade against the South ; when
you come to take slavery to your bo
soms, and to subdue eight mill'
southern people, I warn you to make in their respective counties to take
all things ready. Kiss your wives, hid charge of such libraries, and organise a
your children a long farewell, make [general system of Sunday schools
peace with your God ; for I warn you j throubout theJSiate.
that you may never return. . ^ BUIs Passed.
I repeat, we deprecate disunion—j To prevent lumber measurers from
Devoted to the Constitution—reverenc- ■ being clerks, or agents of lumber buyers
ing the Union—holding in sacred re-J and lumber mills, and for other purpo-
membrance the names, the deeds, and ses therein named,
the glories of our common and illus- To incorporate a banking company in
trious ancestry—there is no ordinary the city of Macon, under jho name of
ill to which we would not bow sooner [the Manufacturers* Bank of Macon—
than dissolve the political association of. yeas 21, nays 15.
these States. If there was any point j To alter and amend the several acts
short of absolute ruin to ourselves and of this Slate, providing for the org
- •
* ton to the county of Jasper, and a part
of Carroll to the county of Paulding.
For the relief of James M. Kelly See.
Tb amend an act incorporating the
South Western Railroad Company, and
for other purposes.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, Feb. 4.
The report of the committee on the
state of the republic in reference to the
boundary line between this Stale and
Florida, was taken up and agreed to—
The Governor is authorized to make, by
negotiation, arbitration or otherwise
with the authorities, of Florida, a full,
and final settlement of all points in dis
pute. It recommends that the Execu
tive of each State shall select one com
missioner, and the two commissioners so
selected shall select a third commissioner
whom all the points of difference rel
ative to the said disputed boundary
shnll be submitted, and that the award
and decision of said commissioners
shall be final and conclusive, as a full
and final settlement of all points and
differences relative to the said disputed
boundary between the two States.
Bills Passed.
To fix and make permanent the crim
inal and civil jurisdicton of this Stale
over a part of the territory in dispute
between the citizens of Florida and the
citizens of Georgia, and continue the
same in force until the question of boun
dary shall Jiave t been definitely settled
by and between the States of Georgia
and Floridh.
To lay out and form a new county
from the counties of Ware and Lown
des, and to provide for the organization
of the same—years 54, nays 49.
To provide an annual sinking fund
for the payment of the public debt.
To pardon Jonathan Siudstill of the
county of Lowndes.
To incorporate a cavalry company to
be known as the “Georgia State Guards,
and a volunteer rifle company to be
known as the “Walton Rifle Company”
and give them certain privileges.
To regulate the tax on sales at auc-
desolaiinn to our country at which tin
aggressive measures would certainly
stop, we would say at once, go to that
point and give 03 peace. Bui we know
full well that when all is obtained that
you now ask, the cormorant appetite
for power and plunder will not be sat
isfied. The tiger may be driven from
his prey, but when once he dips his
longue in blood he will not relinquish
his victim without a struggle.
I warn gentlemen, if they persist in
their present course of policy, that the
sin of disunion is on their heads—not
our3. If a man assaults me, and l
strike iii self-defence, I am not a viola
tor of the public peace. If one attacks
me with such fury as to jeopardize my
life, and 1 slay him in the conflict, 1
the Clarksville Rail or Plank Road them td Easiness, and so judiciously
Company. 7 - J tempered argument and persuasion
To alter aad amend the act regula- < with threats, as to induce at once a con-
ting the licensing of physicians, apoth- sent to emigrate, which it is reported
ecaries. See. j they are to do, in three parties in 60,
To alter and amend an act to organ- SO and 100 days.
: the Lunatic Asylum of the Stale of But something, it appears to us, is
Georgia, and to provide for the govern- ! also justly due to the Administration,
ment-of the same, and to appropriate a under whose judicious direction this of-
sum of money for the same, assented ficer has acted. If the Indians shall be
in 1S41. | successfully removed, a great deal of
To • incorporate the Hydraulic Com- ink and indignation have been wasted
pany of the city of Savannah. i in Florida, upon Geo. Taylor aad.Gpv.
Crawford.—Sentinel.
Corrcspoattcacc of the Const
Presidential Bids.
The Senate of the Ul S. has become
the arena for a magnificent system of
lution of the Union ? Look at the ques- j no murderer. If you attempt to force
tion, dispassionately, and answer to. upon us sectional desolation and—what
yourselves the important inquiry—can | lo us is infinitely worse—sectional de-
anythinebe expected from the fears ofj gradation, we will resist you, and. if in
the southern people T Do uot deceive 1 *l ,e conflict of resistance the Union is
yourselves—look at things as they! dissolved, we are not responsible. If
really nre. For myself, I can say with an J . man charges me with harboring
a clear conscience, we do not fear it; 1 sentiments of disunion, he is greatly
we are not appalled at the prospect be-; mistaken. It bn says that I prefer dis-
fore us ; we deprecate disunion, but wc i union to sectional and social degrada-
do not fear it; we know our position too ! tion, he does me no more than justice.
well for that. Whilst you have been |
heaping outrage upon outrage, adding I Trait of old Time*,
insult to insult^ our people have been] A law to promote and enforce indus-
caltnly calculating the value of the try, especially spinning, passed the Leg-
Union. The question has been consid- islature of Massachusetts in the year
ered on all its bearings, and our minds ! 1665 :
are made up. The point has been dc- j “ Be it enacted by the authority of
signaled beyond which we will net suh- 1 this court, that all hands not necessari-
rail. Wc will not, because submission j ly employed in other occasions, as \vo-
beyond that point involves consequences men, girls and boys, shall be, and here
to us more terrible than disunion. It by are, enjoined to spin, according to
Southern slave stands above the Afri- involves the fearful consequences of sec- their skill and ability, and that the se-
mm :» t,:. tiimal degradation. \Ve have not: lect men in every town do consider.the
been slow in manifesting our devo-] condition ami capacity of every family,
tion to the Union. In all our national and accordingly doassess at one or more
conflicts we have obeyed the dictates of spinners, and* because several families
duty, the behests of patriotism. Our are necessarily employed the greatest
money has gone freely* The lives of part of their time in other business, yet,
our people have been freely given up. i if opportunities were attended, some
Their blood has washed many a blot ! lime might he spared at least by some of
from the national escutcheon. We have j them for this work, the said selectmen
loved the Union, and we love it yet; shall therefore assess such as half aud
can in his native jungle ? And yet phi
Ionlhropy, double distilled, extra refin
ed philanthropy, bewails in piteous ac
cents the fallen condition of tic poor
•lave. The negro race in the South
have been civilized; many of them
evangelized. Somearc pure cliristians;
all have been improved in their moral,
social, and religious condition. And
vrho shall undertake to say it was not
within the providence of their Creator
to transplant them to our soil lor wise,
beneficent and holy purposes ?
It is no pari of my purpose to discuss
this proposition. The subject, in this
view of ii, belongs rather to the pulpit
than to the halls of legislation.
It may seem to those 110: familiar with
the state of public sentiment North and
8nuih,and the dangerous issues to which
it is conducting us, out of time and out
of placo-for us to discuss the value of
tfic Union. I atn not afraid of the conse-.
qoenccs of such a discussion. It is adis-
but not for this, ora thousand such quarter spinners, according to their ca-
Unions, will we suffer dishonor at your pa cities. And every one thus assessed
hands.
! for a whole spinner shall for
zation of land courts.
A number ef bills from the House
were taken up, read the second time,
and referred lo the committee of the
whole.
Thursday. Feb. 7.
Mr. A. J..M'Her, from the committee
on Banks, to whom was referred the
bill of the House in relation to Agencies
in this Slate of hanks of other States,
reported the same back to the Senate
with amendments, and recommended
its passage. This bill was afterwards
taken up and rejected.
Bills Passed.
To alter and amend the 12th section
of the lsl article of the Constitution of
this Slate.
To amend the act of!824 in reference
the appointment of persons lo set off*
dower, See.
To amend the garnishment laws.
TOj pcevpai^jl^yunning of frieghi
trains upon all Railroads iu this Stale
the Sabbath day.
To amend an act passed 22d Dec.,
1840, and for other purposes.
To refund the purchase money with
interest to purchasers of fractions that
bad been previously drawn for and af
terwards sold by mistake, also the grant
Tees where paid.
To alter and amend an act to explain
an act in relation to escheats in this Slate.
To incorporate the Lumpkin Guards.
To authorise the stockholders of the
Milledgeville Bank to increase their
capital to $500,000.
To change and define the mode of
electing field and company officers un
der the militia laws of this Slate:
To complete and furnish the Geor
gia Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, to
appropriate money for the same, and
other purposes.
To incorporate the Athens Fire Com
pany, &c.
To authorise the Chief Engineer of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad to
have a turnout made on the road
Cass county, on certain conditions.
To consolidate the office of Tax Col
lector and Receiver in the county of
Lumpkin.
Friday, Feb. 8.
Bills Passed.
To elect the “Principal Keeper of the
I tell you candidly, wc have calculat- come spin every year,, for thirty weeks,
cd the value of the Union. Your in- and three pounds a week of linen cotton,
justice has driven us lo it. Your op-' so proportionally for half and quarter | Penitentiary aiftl Chief Engiueer of the
pression justifies me to-day in discussing 1 spinners, under the penalty ofninc pence ] Western and Atlantic Railroad by the
the value ofthe Union, and I do so free-1 a pound short; aud the selectmen shall Legislature, aud fix the salaries of the
ly and fearlessly. Your press, your pco- take special care for the execution of'same,
pie, an I your pulpit fflSy denounce this | the order, which may be easily effected
as treason; be it so. You may sing by dividing their several towns : *—
hosannas to ibp Uirfftb—it is Well.— six, five, Jfco. parts; to appoint
IN .SENATE, Feb. 11, 1S50. i
The Senate met pursuant lo adjourn
ment.
'House Bills Passed.
“To authorize all persons whatever
bridges on their means
to establish ferries
land.’
0 authorize amendments to be
made instanter in cases of misnomer in
all judicial proceedings.”
“To provide for the trial by the Supe
rior Courts of this State, all slaves or
free persons of color, charged with any
capital offence.”
“Toalter and amend the act of Dec.
25, IS25, regulating the licensing of
Physicians; to prevent Apothecaries
vending drugs and medicines without
a license from the Board of Physicians,
and to prevent merchants, shopkeepers,
aud all other persons from compound
ing and preparing drugs and medicines,
or either.” T •
“To incorporate the Hydraulic Com
pany of the city ofSavannab.
“To alter and amend the several acts
incorporating the city of Griffin.
This bill gives to the city.of Griffin
a Mayor and eight Aldermen, and the
charter to be the same as the present
charter of the city of Augusta.
“To incorporate the Central Horticul
tural Association of this State.
“To alter and amend the act organiz
ing the Lunatic Asylum.”
“To authorize Executors, Adminis
trators or Guardians, to sell at public
outcry, with the consent of the Court
of Ordinary, all insolvent or doubtful
notes, bonds, and other obligations be
longing to the estate of their testator,
or intestate, or ward.”
“To prohibit Sheriffs and their Dep
uties from becoming directly or indirect
ly purchasers of property at their own
sales; to vacate all titles taken or held,
by them for property so purchased,
and make penal the violation of this
“To authorize the settlement of pros
eculions in certain cases, and to regu
late more particularly the duties of the
Altorney and Solicitors General,and to
fix their liabilities.”
The Senate have agreed to a resolu
tion authorizing his Excellency the Go
vernor, to suhscrit>c for 500 copies of
Howell Cobh’s Criminal Statutes of
Georgia, provided the same shall be re
ported upon favorably by a Committee
to be appointed for that purpose.
The Senate adjourned till 9 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
.r. February 11.
Bills Passed.
Senate hill to repeal the third section
electioneering, and the public lands,
hich belong to nil the States, the
For the relief of James M. Kelly,
late Reporter of the Supreme Court.
To incorporate the Marietta Manufac
turing Company of Cobb county.
To extend lor five years the charter
of the Central Bank or Georgia.
In relation to constables* bonds and
to regulate the proceedings thereon.
To consolidate the office of Tax-col
lector and Receiver in the county of
ipkin.
o authorize and direct the Chief
Engineer of the Western and Atlant
Railroad to have a turn-out on the Stale
Road, in Cass, near Etowah, &c.
To prevent sheriffs holding the office
of constables.
In relation to affidavits of illegality
of execution.
To change the line between the coun
ties of Habersham and Franklin, so as
to add the residence of Henry Whis-
chant and Hendrix Hays to the county
of Franklin.
To incorporate the fire company of
the town of Athens, to be known by
the name and style of “the Athens Fire
Company, No. 1,” and to grant to them ! 0 f an act passed 29th Dec., 1S47, to
certain privileges and exemptions, and thorize the Central and Macon and
to authorize the Intcndanl and Wardens Western Rail Road Compai
to levy and collect a tax for the
tainance ol a Fire Department ii
town.
The committee on the state of the
ther of them, to form a junction of the
said Central and Macon and Western Roads
or near the corporate limits of Macon.
The hill of the House of Represents-
republic made a report which was taken tives, for the belter government of the
up and adopted, prescribing the manner Penitentiary, and for other purposi
"'which the State shall be represented The Congressional District Bill
the Nashville Convention. , up to-tiighl in the House, and after a
Tuesday Feb. 5. I good deal of debate, was laid on the ta-
On motion, several bills passed yes- ble
lerday, were reconsidered.
Wednesday, Feb. 6.
Several bills passed yesterday wet
reconsidered.
Bills Passed.
To lay out and organize a t
The Hoi
is still i
ession, 10 P. M.
From tUc Floridian A Journal.
Good Sows from the Seminole In-
dlauK.
- 1 We arc enabled to communicate to
ty form the counties ot Floyd and Cass, our readers, highly gratifying intclli-
aml attach the same to a senatorial dis-i gence f rorn the Florida Penmsula.—
trict—yeas 52, nays 48. j When we assure them that it is entirety
To incorporate a volunteer company j reliable, we know that they wilt feel the
of Infantry at Dahlonega, to be known | saute pleasure in reading, which we do
by thenarne of the Dahlonega Blues, &c. i in publishing it.
To authorise the Sheriffs and Clerks; The Council at Choko-Nickla on the
of the Superior, Inferior and Courts ofi21sl ult., was attended by Billy Bow-
Ordinary of the several counties of this ! fogs and eight or nine sub-chiefs of the
State to advertise the proceedings of | different tribes. The result of the con-
their respective courts in any newspa- ference was highly satisfactory. They
ployed tor playing out the
game.
Early in the session, Mr. Douglass
of Illinois, introduced a proposition tc
give actual settlers, after four years oc
cupation, ICO acres.
Mr. Webster followed this up by a
scheme somewhat similar—tho* in
tended, we suppose to be more demO"—**
cratic. He proposed that three years
actual possession should give an in
choate right, lo be perfected by six
years residence.
Mr. Seward came after with a propo
sition to give the oppressed of other na
tions— the Hungarians in particular-—
who shall seek an Asylum in this coun
try 160 acr*a;
These various schemes seem lo have
fired the ambition of that accomplished
statesman, Gen. Sam Houston, and last
Wednesday, he brought forward a pro
position to take the wind out of the sails,
of all his rivels. He proposed to give
■cry body, not a landholder, or worth
$1500,160 acres of land.
This proposition provoked a long dis
cussion in the Senate. The eternal
commenced it hy saying
Houston’s was decidedly the best bid
1 hat had been made.
The modest Houston, all blushes*
disclaimed the soft impeachment, and
protested that his only object was to re
lieve a portion of mankind ot the curse
ol his Creator, that be should live by
the sweat of his brow.
Mr. Mangum, by way of bringing
deserved contempt upon the whole game,
stated that when the subject came up,
he should move to give every body
320 acres—double the quantity pro
posed by any body else—and throw in
a negro to each of the settlers !
Senator Cass seeing that there was
danger of his being outstripped at his
own game, nnd envying the immense
amount of capital, which other aspi
rants were making, trumped the whole,
by signifying that he was heartily in fa-
of all the propositions that had
been made or might be made !
Mr. Badger suggested, that these
lands were pledged for the payment of
the debt contracted hy the Mexican war,
and it was not competent for Congress
to give them away, a
Mr. Dawson, in manly and indignant
terms, denounced the* - injustice to the
old States, meditated by these schemes,
and with withering scorn exposed the
vile demagogueism which prompted
them.
A long controversy ensued between
Messrs. Douglass, Seward and Houston,
as to the paternity of the project, when
at lust, Mr. Walker, of Wisconsin, step
ped in and claimed all the honour for
himself. He had been the very first to
submit a proposition, by which ail the
public lands should be ceded, to the
Slate s in which they lie, to he by them
granted to settlers. He therefor©
hoped gentlemen would not poach up
on Ins manor, nor steal his thunder.—
He was glad to find that they all agreed
with him, and trusted lo have their co
operation in passing his measure!
Douglass, Seward, Houston and Cass,
doubtless looked blank at this revela
tion. It does not appear that the
“ God-likc” was present on the inter
esting occasion.—Richmond Whig.
per
this State.
To authorize executors, administra
tors, or guardians to sell at public out-
all consented to leave the country as
soon as they can collect their people,
^ < on the term3 offered by the Govern-
cry, with the consent of the court ofj men:. Bowlegs left the council for the
To provide Ah annual sinking fund
i ten, [ for the paymeial of the public debt.
Toadtf thoifSldenceof Henry Whi-
British lords called it treason in our j the ten, six, five, &c. to take account of > senhuni and Hendrix Hays to the
.. dis: | fathers when they resisted British ] their divisions, and certify t«
cossioo not lo hie coveted, but one which tyranny. British orators were eloquent 1 men. ii any be defective in what they j ~ To prescribe the manner in which
the time* and tempers of men have fore- [ in tbfir eulogiumson the British Crown, are assessed, who shall improve the pe- ; the Clerks of the Superior Courts of the
ed upon us. Ji is osefoss to deny thni Our fathers felt the oppression, ihey jnahies imposed on suchasarenegli- ;severalcoun(iesandotber officerstliere-
the Union is in danger. T‘» discuss its ! saw the hand that aimed the blow, and gent, for the encouragement of those' in named, shall s be paid their costs on
vnlue.t* to iiicerttttn h* worth. When j they resolved lo resist. The result is ! who are diligent in this work.” insolvent State cases.
we shall have done this, wc can better j before the world. We will resist, and,; j To incorporate the Marietta Menu-
decide how great« sacrifice wc can af>: trust to God and our own stout hearts I Souther* Convention in Alabama. ( facturing Company of Cobb county,
ford to make to secure its perpetuity, j for the consequences. j Both Houses of the Legislature of 1 Relative 16 constable’s bonds, and to
We of the South have ever been the j The South afraid of dissolving the Alabama met on the 6ih insu, lo appoint ! regulate the proceedings theron,
fast friends of the Union. We have Union?-—why should we fear? What! delegates to the Southern Convention,! To incorporate the “Georgia Slate
been so from an earnest attachment toj is there to alarm us or awakeu our up- i at Nashville-in June next. Eight dele-1 Guards,” inf Walton, and “ Walton
its founders, nnd from a faffing of ele- j prehensions ? Are we not able to main- ' gates were appointed to represent the [ Rifle Company,” and give them certain
valetl patriotism—a patriotism which j lain ourselves ? Shujl eight millions of State at large, and four to represent, privileges.- - ~
riiM *Wk all i.fmr.1:.. ii,« n .i... ' f —■' — :,l> -— — L/> t»:: To:*prevent Sheriffs from holding
the* offices of Constables.
For the relief of all offenders against
the late law prohibiting the introduction
of slaves iiito this State for sale;
To amend act entitled-an act con-
cerning coroners and inquests.
To incorporate the stockholders ol the
Cherokee rail or"plank road company.
To repeat the act requiring the Sur-
ihc select-j ty of Franklin.
rises above all groveling thoughts, and J freemen, with more than one hundred' each Congressional District,
entwine!itself about our country, and j millions of annoai exports fear to take' The following are the names of the
our whole counter. We have made, > iheir position among the nations of the 1 delegates for the Slate at large,
and are now making, day by day, great-] earth? With our cotton, sugar, rice- Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, ofAu-
©Tsacrifices to uphold and maintain the ; and tobacco, products of a southern lauga ; Hon. John A. Campbell, of Mo-
Uufoii in all its purity am) dignity, than 1 soil, yielding us annually more than a' bile; Hon. Wtn. M. Murphy, of Greene*
nil 1 be other parts of the country.^-1 hundred millions of dollars, need m
Drop for a moment the sacrifice of teel- fear the frowns of the world ?
ing; forget thejgalling insults yon are us'all the world is against us
habitually heaping upon us. and lef us 1 slavery question. We know 1
look to other sacrifices. We export nn- this than you; fanaticism in the Old Hon. James Abercrombie, of Russel,
n'ually in rice, cotton and tobacco, (be; World like fanaticism at liome,
.. _.. : assails
peculiar pioducts of our soil, more than ’our domestic relations, bat we know
seveniy-nvc millions of dollars in value. • how much British commerce and Bn-
Your whole national exports do buti tish labor depends for subsistence on
little exceed $140,000,000. These nr-jour cotton, to feel at Vlt startled by
licks of Southern export are the sap-' your threats ot British power* Massa-
port. of yoiir immense carrying trade, jxbusctis looms will yield a small profit,
and of all your flourishing amt profit a-[ and British' fount* vrill stop when you
l»!e commerce ; and these do not in-j stop the supply of sooihern cotton.^
elude the sugar of Louisiana, Texas When the looms stop, labor will slop,'
giid Florida,’ nor do J cstlmat» 1 l.c cotton, 1 ships will stop, commerce will stop, a thief.*
All “good meo and and true.” Al
abama will be well jepmscnied fo the
Southern Convention, the ' delegation
embracing some of the ablest and most
patriotic men of both political parties
in the Slate.—-Augusta Republic.
It urns a maxim with the Jews,
«• that he who did not bring uj) his son
to some honest c;tliTi}g, brought him up
ordinary, all insolvent or doubtful notes,
bonds, and obligations, belonging to the
estate ofiheir testator, intestate or ward.
To regulate the returns of executors,
administrators and guardians.
To authorize the clerks of the Inferior
Court to administer oaths in certain
cases and for other purposes.
To incorporate the Southern Central
Baptist U niversity of Georgia at Dalton.
To alter and amend the act author
izing executors and administrators to
make title 10 land in certain cases.
To incorporate the Wellington Aca
demy ta Morgan county.
Mr. Phillips, from the committee on
Finauce, reported a bill to provide for
the resumption and payment of all out
standing Railroad scrip.
Thursday, Feb. 7.
Several hills were reconsidered.
Bills Passed.
The bill of the Senate to incorporate a
Bank in the city of Savannah to be
called the “Bank of Savannah”—yeas
87, nays 15
purpose of collecting his tribe: and
there was to be about thirty warriors,
with a corresponding proportion of wo
men and children of the Tallahassee
and Miccasukie tribes, at Fort Meade
on Peas Creek, about the 7ih of this
month. It is believed that the Indians
will all be out of the country by the
last of May.
Great credit is given lo Gen. Twiggs
for the wisdom with which he has con
ducted both the military and diplomat
ic matters entrusted to him. His speech
at the Council is said to have been in the
highest degreejudicious and eloquent —
bis tone being just what was most effec-
O* From the Report of the Commrsaioner of the
General Land Office, it appears that during the past
upwards of six millions of acres of land were
advertised for sale, and more than six and a half
millions are prepared for market, a great part of
which will be proclaimed during the ensuing year.
The Report shows that the quantity of land dispos
ed of in 1847 ky warrants equivalent to cash,
amounts to $3,596,254 08, and in 1848, to $5,482.-
215 26. In the firs-t three months of 1848, it
amounted to $3,937,160 30, and in the first three
months of 1849 it amounts to $4,297,737 26, show
ing that the increase in the amount of land dispos
ed of, keeps pace with the increase of population
and the consequent wants of the community.
The salary of the Governor of Maryland is 3,000
dollars; and an attempt Is now being made in the
Legislature to increase it to 4,000, which was for
merly the sum. The Governor has a house furn
ished by the State, and must reside at the capital,-
There is but one Governor in the States whose sal
ary exceeds 4,000, that is the Governor of Louis,
iana, who has 6,000- The Governors of the State*
receive salaries as follows: Maine 1,500; Ne\y.
Hampshire 1,000: Vermont 750; Massaohnsetta
tive—both menacing and persuasive. | 2,500; Rhode Island 400; Connecticut 1,100*
I he terms upon Ne ” Yorli ■‘• 0<w ; *>'•» Jer “y 3> 000 ; I'cwjIt..
....sent to emigrate: nia 3 ’ 000! 3,333; Nortt,
eaclt warrior is to receive (before he ® tro ** n * 2,000 ’ Sout h Canhint 3,500; Georgi.
goes nn board the boat) S500, each ssu- 3,600; 2,600; 3.500;
roan $100, each chiid S100. Bowlegs f 3,000 j To -“ 2,00(1 '• TpDne, ’ M K-o,
himself will receive about S10.000, tock! ! J >^00i Inl
and two nr three sub-Chiefs about 3,000; low,
$5000 each. They are to be provided j ’ 1 tgconatn ^ *
! with rations for one year after ibeir ar-.
t)tficc-Slol<}er«.
•ora the following, it will be *
To amend the act incoporating the j rival in Arkansas, and to be guarantied
Bank of Brunswick. in the possession of their negroes. Uj Frorn th e following, it wilt be seen;that the
To alter and amend the several acts is estimated that the whole cost of the ‘•First Families of Virginia** « n d “the region
incorporating the city ot Macon. removal will be about $225,000. \ round about.” are, as they always have been, wel\
vevor General lo record alf plats of: To incorporate the Central Horticul- Great credit is due Gen. Twiggs, no I provided for athead quarters:
surveys on head rights. | tur.nl Association of this Stale. doubt, who. we learn managed the Book, there are employ,
~ To : -au,horrao the Iaferiof Coon <.fo»o n wi,bm»chja,temen t ami.hill. ,»f-1 5g3gg*g>-
to levy an extra lax 1 fering the Indians, ol whom a letter dal- 500 to $1,800 each; of this number Virginia haa
Lumpkin county
The'bill of the .House to authorise | for county purposes.
ed atManatee, the 2Sth, says there were 133, Maryland 134,' and The District ofT'oUuabia
clerks toadminisier oalhsinceriamca-! To aulhorize the Jostioeaof. the It* snipe 300assembled, to enjoy and get 56 *’” h.ll of the .hole
.... 1 ferior Coons ol Gilroerand Walker to over a regular drunken frolic, during r„T h rSJirj,f e ^f. , SA l, '5.;!. h "f®“?
' The bill of the House to lay out and; proportion the poor school fond among !
form a ne\y county from the couhlie^nlUhe several districts lotthe benefit of the I v- v 0 — » n % vtw* «**»*
Ware and Lmvmfos. and to provide for poor children as returned in said coup- brought by the sebr. Eagle, which .bop-, . 4 t>e & rtaienK we ‘ bo . uk *
the organization of the same; Ylies, pily has proved so erroneous. When g* .^5JSS»35mSSS5
To add a-pait of the Bounty of New- 1 ? Tb incorporate the stockholders ofi tired of drunkencss, Gen. Twiggs got! and thi* Distort*,, e y -