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tiOn> that burst upon Eufope before the
time of our Saviour, consisted of tribes be
longing to the great Celtic race,-—the re
mains of which, identified by their origi
nal dialect, arc still found in Brittany, in
Wales, in the highlands of Scotland, and
especially in Ireland,—so by far the great
er portion of the new and friendly immigra
tion to the United States consists of persons
belonging to the same fervid, imaginative
and too often oppressed race. ^ I have heard
in the villages of "Wales and tne highlands
of Scotland, the gospel preached in substan
tially the same language in which Brennus
uttered ’**'- haughty summons to Home, and
in which th
the British Empire of the only American
pauper quartered upon it.
Mr. President and Gentlemen, my hum
ble tale is told. Its first incident is Colum
bus, begging bread for liis child at the gate
of a convent. Its last finds you the stew
ards of this immense abundance, the almon
ers of this more than imperial charity, pro
viding employment and food for starving-
nations, and a home for fugitive races.
Mrs. Stowe in fork.
Skull and Skibbereen—Blarney lane
and Blackpool—have invited the female
Barnum—the princess of humbug—to “that
mvstic songs of the Druids j beautiful citv called Cork” to au abolition
were chanted in the depths of the primeval ] ovation !
forests of France and England, in the time
of Julius Caesar. It is still spoken by thou
sands of Scotch, Welsh and Irish immi
grants. in all parts of the United States.
This great Celtic race is one of the most
remarkable that has appeared in history.—
Whether it belongs to that extensive Indo-
European family of nations, which, in ages
before the dawn of history, took up a line
Uncle Tom's Cabin i Father Pat’s Hut!
Uncle Tom well fed, well clothed, well
housed, well doctored, and, in many instan
ces, well educated !
Father pat dying in a ditch, after being
thrown out of his birth-spot—raging in a
spotted fever—without a drop of water to
cool his burning tongue—without food, rai
ment or medicine—without sympathy cr
of march in two columns from lower India, aid—save from his penniless peers—rottin
and moving westward both by a notuern
and a southern route, finally diffused itself
over Western Asia, Northern Africa, and
the greater part of Europe ; or whether, as
others suppose, the Celtic race belongs to a
still older stock, and was itself driven down
upon the S mith and into the West of Europe
by the overwhelming force of the Indo-Eu
ropeans, are questions which we have no
time at present to discuss. However it may
be decided, it would seem that for the first
time, as far as we are acquainted with the
fortunes of this interesting race, they have
found themselves in a really prosperous con
dition in this country. Driven from the
soil to which their fathers have clung for
two thousand years, they have at length
and for the first time in their entire history,
found a real home in a land of strangers.—
Having been told, in the frightful language
of political economy, that at the daily table
which nature spreads for the human family
there is no cover laid for them in Ireland,
they have crossed the ocean, to find occu
pation, shelter, and bread on a foreign soil.
This “Celtic Exodus,” as it has been
aptly termed, is to all the parties immedi
ately connected with it, one of the most im
portant events of the day. To the emi
grants themselves it may be regarded as a
passing from death to life. It will benefit
Ireland by reducing a surplus population,
and restoring a sounder and juste? relation
of capital and labor. It will benefit the la
boring classes in England, where wages
have been kepi down t o the starvation point,
by the struggle between the native popula
tion and (lie inhabitants of the sister Island.
This benefit will extend from England to
ourselves, and will lesson the pressure of
that competition which our labor is oblig-.
ed to sustain, with the ill paid labor of Eu
rope. While the constant influx into Ameri
ca of* stout and efficient hands supplies the
greatest want in a now country, which is
that of labor;—gives value to land,—and
facilitatcs-the execution of every species of
private enterprise and public work.
I am not insensible to the temporary in
conveniences which are to he offset against
these advantages on both sides of the wa
ter. Much suffering attends the emigrant
there, on his passage, and af ter his arrival.
It is possibb that the value of native labor
may have been depressed by too sudden
and extensive a supply from abroad ; and
it is certain, that our asylums and alms
houses are crowded with foreign inmates,
and that the resources of public and private
benevolence have been heavily drawn up
on. These are considerable evils, but they
have perhaps been exaggerated.
It must be remembered, in the first place,
that the immigration daily pouring in from
Europe is by no means a pauper immigra
tion. On the contrary it is already regard
ed with apprehension abroad, as occasion
ing a great abstraction of capital*. It is
attended no doubt with an influx of foreign
pauperism. In reference to this, I believe
your system of public relief is better here
in New-York than ours in Massachusetts,
in which, however, we are making impor
tant changes. It is said that, owing to some
defect iii our system or its administration,
we support more than our share of needy
foreigners. Tliev are sent in upon us from
other States. New-York, as the greatest
sea port, must be exposed to a similar bur
den. However the evil arises, it may no
doubt be mitigated by judicious legislation;
and in the meantime Massachusetts and
New-York might do a much worse thing,
with a portion of their surplus means, than
feed the hungrv, clothe the naked, give a
home to the stranger, and kindle the spark
of reason in the mind of the poor foreign A princess marries! Lord, th
lunatic : even though that lunatic may have _ A»if twere something tha
been, (as I am ashamed for the credit of
humanity to say has happened,) set on
shore in the night from a coasting vessel,
and found in the morning in the fields half
dead with cold, and hunger, and fright.
But you say “they are foreigners.” \\ ell,
do we owe no duties to foreigners ! What
was the founder of Virginia, when a poor
Indian girl threw herself between him and
the war club of her father? What were
the pilgrim fathers when the friendly sav
age—if we must call him so,—met them
with the salutation of “welcome English-
i” “They are foreigners
men “lney are ioreigners : —and sup
pose tliev arc. Was not the country all but
ready a year or two ago to plunge into a
conflict with the military despotisms of the
east of Europe, in order to redress the
wrongs of the oppressed races who feed
their flocks on the slopes of the Carpathi
ans, and pasture their herds upon the tribu
taries of the Danube, and do we talk of the
hardships of* relieving destitute foreigners,
whom the hand of God had guided across
the ocean and conducted to our doors t
I am not indifferent to the increase of
the public burdens; but the time has been
when I have felt a little proud of the vast
sums paid in the United States for the relief
of poor emigrants from Europe. It is an
annual sum, I have no doubt, equal to the
interest on the foreign debt of the States
which have repudiated their obligations.
When I was in London a few years ago, I
received a letter from one of the interior
counties of England, telling me that tlieA
had in their House of Correction an Amer
ican seaman, (ora person who pretended to
lie,) who was both pauper and rogue. '1 hey
were desirous of being rid of him, and
kindly placed him at ray disposal. Al
though he did not bid fair to be a very val
uable acquaintance, I wrote back that he
mb’ht be sent to London, where he could be
shipped by the American Consul, to the
United States. I ventured to add the sug
gestion, that if her Majesty s Minister ai
Washington were applied to in a similar
way by the overseers of the poor, and war
dens of* the prisons, in the United States,
lie would be pretty busily occupied. But I
really felt pleased, at a time when my own
little State of Massachusetts was assisting
from ten to twelve thuosaud destitute Brit
ish subjects annually, to be able to relieve
in an instructive article relative to the German
emioration in OttoHubner 3 * Jakrbiwkfur 1 ulkswirths-
chaft unci Statistic, the numbers who emigrated from
Germany from 1846 to fS5J inclusive are estimated
to have amounted to an annual averageoi .)»,(>/hand
the amount of capital abstracted by them from the
countrv to an average of 19,370,333 nx dollars
(about fifteen millions Spanish dollars) per annum.
rotting, rotting, away out of existence !
Uncle Tom decently coffined and inter
red.
Father Fat thrown, like a piece of car
rion, into the red earth, a shrivelled rem
nant of skin hanging about his bones, with
out a shroud, a coffin, a sigh, or a tear—the
hungry dog howling after and tearing him
from the earth at night, and holding a car
nival over his putrid body.
Avo, inhabitants of Cork city, your
white brothers lying upon your waysides,
the steps of your hall-doors, in your streets,
covered with vermin, fever maniacs, with
parched lips and cancerous stomachs, how
dare you interfere with American institu
tions—-institutions fostered, fed and support
ed by the cotton, rice and tobacco lords-self-
isli and knavish hypocrites that they are—
of England !
Aye, take Mrs. Barnum Stowe to Skib
bereen and Skull. Show her the spot
where the bones of* your hindered lie
bleaching—women and men, honester, bet
ter and purer than you.—where the “mere
Irish” have melted into the earth, “ having
been told, (aecordingto the eminent and phil
anthropic Everett,) in the frightful lan
guage of political economy, that at the dai
ly table which nature spreads for the human
family there is no cover laid for them in Ire
land,” and that “they hare crossed the ocean
to find occupation, shelter and bread on
foreign soil /”
Aye, take Uncle Tom’s historian to Fa
ther Pat’s grave—that spot of red damna-
! nation, remind her of the blood bound ban-
j qnet, the festering corpse, the howls of the
| famine stricken, the, blasphemous ravings
[of the insane and ask her should you inter
meddle for the black while you have white
slaves by the millions, whose condition you
have done nothing, you do nothing to alle
viate !
Father Pat starves in a hut not fit for an
aristocratic hog, give him a human dwell
ing.
Poor Father Pat is without food : give
him to eat from “the daily table which na
ture spreads.”
Father Pat is ignorant, unenlightened ;
educate him, and vou will be blessed of
God.
Do this—perform these duties—contri
bute to free your own white slave—(called,
by a mockery, a delusion and snare, a free
man)—and then you may fete Mrs. Stowe,
Lucy Stone, or Abby Folsom, and sympa
thise with American bondsmen, whom you
propagate by purchasing that cotton which
they, and they only, can produce.
fIrish American.
Royal Carriage.
The marriage of his royal highness
Prince Henry of the Netherlands, brother
of the King of* Holland, with the Princess
Amelia Maria Da Gloria Augustus of Saxe
Weimar, daughter of the Duchess Ida of
Saxe Weimar, and neice of the late Queen
Adelaide, was solemnized on Thursday,
the 19tli ult., in the Chapel Royal at Wei
mar, according to the rights of the Protes
tant Church. Her majesty the queen moth
er of the Netherlands caine expressly to
Weimar to be present at the ceremony,
which was also witnessed by the reigning
grand duke and duchess of Saxe Weimar,
the Duke Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, and
the other members of the ducal family, the
members of the corps diplomatique, the min
isters of state, and a select circle of distin
guished strangers. After the marriage, a
court circle was formed in the Slierilli and
Goetli Saloons, the solemnity concluding
with a supper in the Hall of Mirrors.
e fuss they make !
that was far from common,
That royal flesh and Wood should deign to make
A royal wife, just like another woman!
They hang around the deed a tinsel show,
As if to hide its humanly appearing—
As if there were, the gorgeous veil below,
No heart of flesh, all hoping, loving, fearing.
Great Nature ! equal art thou in thy works ;
Thou'st given to all iike qualities of feeling;
Perhaps disguised in royal bosom lurks
A world of passion deeper far concealing.
The heart of woman throbs beneath the crown
As ’neath the hat of straw and grogram gown.
NYlDES WARTH.
[Cjston Post.
Increase of Marriages jn Boston.—
For the year ending March 31, 1853, the
number of intentions of marriage issued at
the Register’s office in Boston has been
3,006, a larger number than for any previ
ous year. It is a noticeable fact on the
record book that more old bachelors than
usual have lately entered into the bonds of
matrimony ; that is to say, that more first
marriages of males and females of thirty
years and upwards have taken place.
Mr. Bartow Declines.—The (Savan
nah Republican of the 20th contains a let
ter from Francis S. Bartow, Esq., declining
to permit his name used as a candidate for
Congress in the First Congressional Dis
trict. Various county meetings and news
paper correspondents had designated Mr.
Bartow as the choice of the people, and
we regret that circumstances will not per
mit him to yield to their wishes, for avc
know of no one that we would sooner trust
to represent the wishes of the people.
[Griffin Union.
Dents.—We have been told, though we
do not vouch for the correctness of it, that
in a little speech which Mr. Dent made at
Newnan in response to his nomination, he
said that he was born a poor boy, and had
got along so far pretty well. That wher
ever he had gone he had made his mark;
but if life spared him, and nothing happen
ed to prevent it, be expected to make a good
many little Denis before the election.
[Atlanta Republican.
Prevention Better than Cure.—A
physician of* our acquaintance prescribes
the following :
Retried >/ against the evils of hut weather.—
A diet composed mostly of vegetables and
fruits, in moderate quantities, cold but not
ice water. Sufficient exercise in the open
air excite a free perspiration. Avoid dark
ened rooms, solar light being as essential
to animals as vegetables. Avoid medicines,
unless-siek, artificial and stimulating drinks,
and all excesses whatever.—-Buffalo Rep.
rnblie Meeting ill Lfturens.
Agreeably to prex ious notice a respecta
ble portion ofthe Whigs of Laurens coun
ty, met at the Court House in Dublin, on
tlie 13tli inst., for the purpose of appointin
delegates to represent said county in the
Gubernatorial and Congressional Conven
tions. On motion of R. A. Love, Hon. E.
J. Blackshear Avas appointed Chairman,
and Francis Thomas, Esq., Secretary of the
meeting.
Mr. Y. J. Anderson having, in a brief and
appropriate manner, stated tlie object of
the meeting, presented the following pre
amble and resolutions for consideration :
The present exhibits an anomalous state
ofpolitical parties in Georgia. It is the
era of change, not only with us, but through
out the whole country. Having been toss
ed about for three years by every breeze of
political doctrine, and at last find ourselves
in the midst of a temporary calm, the natu
ral sequel of that tempest from which we
have just emerged. But, while we congrat
ulate tiie conservative men of all parties
upon the present tranquil and prosperous
condition of our country, it is not without
serious misgivings for the future. For in
the suppressed murmurs of Disunionists at
tlie South, and the open sedition of Aboli
tionists at the North, we discern the ap
proach of inevitable discord and danger.—
Nor do the vanquished condition ofthe for
mer and the forced acquiescence of the lat
ter, coupled with the consideration of* the
recent overwhelming defeat of both, give us
adequate security for their future good con
duct. On the contrary, so long as the Pre
sident shall continue to divide the executive
patronage between these extreme factions,
to the exclusion of others less ultra, there
is no security for the permanent peace,
happiness and stability of the Republic,
except in the combined action of tlie honest,
conservative, patriotic, law-abiding citizens
of all parties, to vindicate our institutions
from the attacks of both enemies within.—
Therefore
1. Resolved, That whilst we recognize in
the present anomalous condition of political
parties, evil forebodings for future, it is not
without an abiding confidence in the wis
dom, juctice, and moderation of the people
to sustain the General Government, in tlie
constitutional exercise of its powers, and
the State Government in the full" enjoy
ment of their reserved rights.
2. Resolved, That the efforts of Aboli
tionists, and all attempts to induce Congress
to interfere, either by arts or arms, in tlie
domestic affairs of foreign nations, are sub
versive ofthe fundamental principles of Re
publicanism, are encroachments upon the
Constitution, and have an inevitable ten
dency to diminish the happiness of the peo
ple, and endanger the safety and perma
nency of the Union; and as such we will
cheerfully unite with conservative men of*
all parties to discountenance all such efforts,
whenever, wherever, or however made.
3. Resolved, That whilst the ambition of
America is limited to the cultivation of* the
arts of peace and free government—to the
improvement, instead of* the extension of
her territory—and to the fortifying herself
against enemies from within, as well as from
without, by fostering and encouraging tlie
principles of. genuine liberty, local influence
can never be so formidable as to endanger
the peace or happiness of the Union.
4. Resolved, That there is no unanimity
of sentiment in the national parties, either
North or at the South ; nor according to
their recent platforms have those parties
joined issue to any material extent upon
their ancient political creeds, save upon
single questions of* Internal Improvements,
and even in that, the Democratic party had
of late signally acquiesced, by commencing
and carrying on a more general and exten
sive system of Internal Improvement than
those the Whigs ever presume to suggest.
5. Resolved, That however it may lie in
other States,the fact is not to be disguised,
that in Georgia there is no Union or Con
servative party aside from the Whig party,
and that it is a matter of indifference with
Whigs of* Laurens county, avIio refer with
pride to their long continued cheerful and
faithful support of Whig principles, wheth
er they are to be known in the future as
Whigs, Conservatives, Republicans, or Un-
ists.
6. Resolved, That in the approaching can
vass we adopt the Georgia platform as the
basis of our political faith, and invite the
conservative men of all parties, to unite
with us in sustaining its doctrines, by a vig
ilant and constant adherence to those prin
ciples and compromises of the constitution,
which are broad enough and strong enough
to embrace and uphold the Union as it was,
the Union as it is, and the Union as it shall
be, in the full expansion of the energies and
capacity of this great and progessive peo
ple.
7. Rcsolrcd, That we suggest the name
of Ex-Gov. George W. Crawford as the
man of our choice for tlie next Chief Magis
tracy of* Georgia, not less as an expression
of our estimate of his worth, than as a vin
dication of his character from the unjust
and foul aspersions of unprincipled enemies.
8. Resolved, That avc propose our distin
guished fellow-citizen, Dr. Charles B.Guy
ton, as our next candidate for representa
tive in Congresss, and respectfully ask
for him the united support ofthe whigs and
conservative men of* the first Congressional
District,
9. Resolved, That the chairman appoint
a committee of five to select, two delegations
of three members each, to attend the Gub
ernatorial and Congressional Conventions.
The Work gees bravely on.
For some time past the Southern Rights
Democrats have been exceedingly elated
with the idea of an easy victory in the Fall
Elections. The ConserAativc Whigs and
Democrats have been calmly atvaiting the
arrival of* the proper period to strike an ef
fectual blow, and they are beginning now to
bestir themselves Avith the energy of a gi
ant refreshed bv sleep. They spring up
on every side a gallant array prepared .to
battle like true men for their cherished
principles. Wliat a contrast does this pre
sent to the opposing party, feeble, distract
ed, and vainly reckoning on the endorse
ment of President Pierce and the prestige
of a name, rather than its present merits or
its future deeds, to ensure it the palm of
victory.
To us all these A*ain glorious boastings of
our opponents are sure presages of the tri
umph of our cause, and that the masses
will manfully rebuke at tlie polls the scan
dalous policy of excluding National men
from office Avliieh the present Administra
tion has the honor of introducing into this
country. President Pierce av;is elected up
on the faith of his repeated pledges to frown
down OA’ery species of sectionism ; and if it
now suits his Anew and purposes to pay
court to the worst f'actionists in the coun
try, he ought not to expect the approA'al fo
those Conservative men who have been the
subjects of constant A-ilification and abuse
by these his bosom-counsellors and darling
favorites. The fact that this wrong is done
National Democrats on some shalloAV pre
text of* party expediency, is only adding
insult to injury, and is enough of itself to
arouse their fiercest resentment and sternest
opposition. We have had confidence in
Franklin Pierce, "We were slow to belieA'e
that lie would degenerate into the paltry
tool of Fire-eaters and Free-soilers, but we
must confess that his appointments verify
the worst predictions of his enemies. Stiil
avc shall not pre-judge his policy, and if* it
be such as avc can conscientiously support,
Ave will do so with unaffected cheerfulness
-—otherwise, avo shall condemn and oppose
it with equal warmth and decisiveness. If*
this be Whiggerv, make the most of it. At
any rate, these are the sentiments of the
Conservative Union men of Georgia; and
avc believe they constute a large majority of
the voters of* the State. They Avill shortly
select a standard bearer—and whether lie
has heretofore been called a Whig or Dem
ocrat, if lie is a reliable Union man he is
fairly entitled to our support and shall re
ceive it.
But certain political Avise-acres have pro
nounced the Union movement a Whig trick.
With a much fairer sIioav of reason, it might
be contended that this new-fangled Demo
cratic movement is an ingenious attempt to
smuggle disunionists into power. W e will
not, however, try to conceal the fact that a
few narrow-minded partisans desire to em
ploy tiie Union organization for their oavk
selfish purpose, but Ave are firmly eom inc-
cd that the great body of Union Whigs are
ready to recognize the Union Democrats as
equals. Besides, the Union Democrats
have for years acted in the saiuenolitieal
organization Avith Union WhigsjHpthat to
continue the connexion imposes no sacri
fice of self-respect—no A’iolation of consis
tency. On the contrary, to dissolve that
connexion involves a breach of faith ajd a j the Democracy of Georgia, are “now and
departure from orthodox principles. Fur- J foreAcr one and insepcrable,” To this end,
Judge Johnson's Acceptance.
Milledgf.ville, June 15th, 1853.
Hon. Herschel V. Johnson.
Dear Sir:—At a Convention of the Dem
ocratic party of Georgia, assembled this day,
at this place, you were unanimously nom
inated as the Democratic candidate, to be
run for Governor of Georgia at the election
in October next. And the undersigned,
were appointed by the Convention, a com
mittee to advise you of your nomination,
and ask your acceptance of the same.
Allow us to express our individual grat
ification, at the selection and the harmon
ious action of the Convention, and to add
the hope that yon Avill allow us the pleasure
at an early day, of making known to the
people of Georgia, your acceptance.
With sentiments ofthe highest esteem,
We are respeetifiilW vourfriends,
A. E. COCHRAN,
E. W. MORRIS,
L. W. CROOK.
Milledgeville, Ga., June 18th, 1S53.
Gentlemen ••—I am honored by the receipt
of your note of the 15th inst., in behalf* of
the late Democratic Convention, informing
me of my nnanjmous nomination, by that
body, “as the Democratic candidate, to be
run for Governor of*Georgia, at the election,
in October next.”
Our political creed originated with Jeff
erson and Madison, and is co-evil with our
Constitution. It has received the sanction
and support of all sound republicans, from
that, to the present day. It owes its most
brilliant illustrations to the Administrations
of Jackson and Polk. It achieA'ed its last
victory in the election of Gen. Fierce.
During my short and unimportant career, it
has been the lamp to my feet and the
light to my path. Often and over, have
we solemnly adopted it, in our conAentions,
and noAv again, it is inscribed upon our ban
ner, and that banner is confided to my hands,
during the heat and perils of* the opening
canvass. I receive it with diffidence ; but
I am inspired and encouraged by the con
sciousness, that our principles are as invin
cible and imperishable, as the genius of
liberty. To them avc are indebted for the
glories of our past history, and upon their
success, must depend the realization of our
future hopes.
The unusual size of tlie late Convention
and the harmony of its action evinces, that
the great body of* the Democracy are
thoroughly aroused to a proper appreciation
of their principles, and their united deter
mination to maintain them. This should
be the occasion of sincere gratification to
every true hearted democrat. To me, I
confess, it is peculiarly so. The recent di-
visions in our party, resulting from honest
differences of opinion, touching a subject of
great delicacy and embarrassment, baA*e
passed away, with the issues that produced
them. The temporary alienation that ex
isted lias ceased, and whatever aciditv of
feeling and intemperance of expression may
haA-e been indulged are forgotten and for-
gfren, in the general fusion of sentiment
Avliieh unites us in the bonds of political
brotherhood. For this I haA'c unceasingly
labored from the 10th of December, 1850
doAvn to the present day ; and for this, I
shall continue to consecrate my feeble abil
ities, until it may he said emphatically, that
GUBERNATORIAL CONVENTION.
Dr. Guyton being present, made a feAv
explanatory remarks, and after tendering
liis thanks for the kindness manifested by
the expression of preference in his faA or,
contained in the 8th resolution, moved to
amend the same by adopting the following
as a substitute.
Resolved, That Ave will cheefullv abide
the action of the HoImesA'ille GonA r ention
in the selection of a candidate for the first
Congressional District, and pledge our
selves to maintain the integrity of those
principles which as Whigs we have so long
supported.
On motion of John NY. Yopp, Esq., the
substitute offered by Dr. Guyton Avas laid
upon the table, and the original preamble
and resolutions were adopted unanimously.
The Committee appointed under tlie 9th
resolution reported the following names as
delegates to the Gubernatorial ConA ention:
Robert Robinson, E. II. Blackshear, and
C. B. Guyton ; and to the Congressional
Convention : Y. J. Anderson, J. J. F. Black
shear, and William Adams.
After adopting a resolution that the pro
ceedings of the meeting be published in the
SaA’anuah Republican and Southern Re
corder, the meeting adjourned sine die.
E. J. BLACKSHEAR, Ch’u.
F. Tiio.aies, Sec’y.
Dublin, June 13th, 1853.
insepci
thermore, there is no alternative left us, un- j I humbly invoke a general spirit of kind
less Union Democrats haA e finally resolved •] ness and mutal forebearar.ee.
to affiliate Avith the identical men Avliom for J If our late divisions have produced a
three years they have struggled against j temporary paralysis in the action of the
Democratic party, there is a consideration
Avith an unwavering perseverance. Can it
he that Union Democrats can be found who
would not prefer tlie fellowship of Union
Wliigsto associate Avith than the disciples of
Rhett and McDonald, especially when they
are in fin ing companionship Avith N an Bu-
ren and Dix? Nor can it lialloAv such an
unholy alliance that an avoAved Compro
mise President A'oluntarily comes forward
to celebrate the nuptial contract. For one,
we should loathe ourself Avere avc capable
of becoming a party to a transaction so in
famous in the manner and purpose of* its
consummation. NVe are satisfied that thou
sands of Union Democrats in Georgia co
incide in this opinion, and that if a proper
nomination and a proper platform are pre
sented by the Com ention which assembles
on Wednesday next, that our opponents
will he driven front the field of combat like
chaff before the aa ind.—Rome Courier.
Medical Intelligence from Australia.
A surgeon writes from the gold fields to say
that he lias iioav quite discarded the lancet,
and opens the vein with a pickaxe.
A fellow in the State of Ohio, recently
told the preacher Avho married him that he
had no money, but that he would give him
his note, payable in a year or two.
Death of Rev. S, J. Casseb.
It is with deep regret that Ave announce
the death of our esteemed friend and fellow-
citizen, the Rca'. S. J. Cassels, the Princi
pal of Chatham Academy, aaIio has been
for many years highly appreciated in this
community as an instructor of youth, and
who before his remoA al to this city, Avas
greatly esteemed by his denomination as an
earnest, eloquent and successful minister of*
the gospel. He was a native of Liberty
county in this State, graduated Avith high
honor at Franklin College, and soon after
entered the ministry of the Presbyterian
Church, having studied Theology under Dr.
NVaddell, President of Franklin College.—
From the first lie took a high stand as a
Preacher, and Avas called during the course
of his life to several prominent and distin
guished positions in the church. He was a
few A’ears ago compelled to give up preach
ing, by bronchitis, became a citizen of Sa-
A'annali, and opened a school for the instruc
tion of vouth. The academy of which lie
had charge, Avhen he died, Avitli tlie efficient
co-operation ofthe gentlemen Avhom he had
associated Avith him, has attained its former
popularity and celebrity as an Education
al Institution.
He Avas a man of great energy of char
acter, and incessant in liis efforts to do good,
continuing to labor in his school, and
through the Press to set forth and enforce
that truth which he had longpreached, when
his ill-health and bodily Aveakness would
have afforded an anj.de apology for rest and
quiet. NVe deeply sympathise witli his af
flicted family, and sincerely hojte that they
mav enjoy the support and comfort of that
religion whose power he so gloriously illus
trated in his death.
[Savannah Georgian, June 19th.
Singular Geological Fact.—At Mode
na, in Italy, within a circle of four miles
around the city, whenever the earth is dug
and the workmen arrive at a distance of
sixty-threc feet, they come to a bed of
chalk, which they bore Avith an augur five
feet deep. They then withdraw from the
pit before the auger is removed, and upon
its retraction the Avater bursts up witli great
violence, and quickly fills the avcII thus
made—the supply of water being neither
affected by rains or droughts.
At the depth of fourteen feet are found
the ruins of an ancient city, houses, pav
ed streets and mason-work. Below this
again is a layer of earth, and at twenty-six
feet walnut trees are found entire, Avith
leaves and walnuts upon them. At twenty-
eight feet soft chalk is found, and beloAv
this vegetables and trees.
NVe heard of a fellow some time ago, who.
after being married, wondered if the cler
gyman Avoufil not take out the fee in dried
applies, (Snitz) as he had some first rate and
no mistake, (if another who wouldn’t mind
paying in potatoes, if it didn’t make any
difference.
that goes far, to compensate for the pain
which its remembrance awakens. It is the
fact, that, on our restoraion to health, Ave
find ourselves strengthened,by the accession
in our ranks, of many noble and patriotic
Whigs, aa ho, during our recent temporary
alienation, acted with one or tlie other of*
the divisions of our party, but uoav rising
above the influence of former associations,
have not hesitated to affiliate Avitli us. Feel-
ing that our principles are the soundest and
our policy the wisest, they haA-e yielded to
them the tribute of their sanction and their
suffrage. Thus united and reinforced let
each strive to excel his brother, in his alac
rity to sacrifice personal preferences, in his
efforts to heal local dh'isions, and in his de-
A otion to the best interest of our common
country.
The Democratic party of Georgia is no
sectional organization, formed merely to
obtain power, by the concealement of prin
ciples on the one hand, and on the other In-
presenting issues to the country Avliieh haA'e
been settled. It is an integral part ofthe
national democracy, and its principles, in
scribed upon eA'ery banner, are “known and
read by all men.” That party, in the late
Baltimore Convention, re-affirmed those
principles. It stands solemnly pledged to
maintain the rights ofthe States and the in
tegrity of the Union. It triumphantly
elected Gen. Pierce, who, in his Inaugural
Address, reiterated the pledge, and avowed
his determination to redeem it, in the con
duct of* his administration. It is due there
fore, to our brethren throughout the confed
eracy, and to our President, who looks to
us for support, under liis heavy responsibili
ties, that we rally, with zeal and harmony,
and disregard every effort to decoy us, in'
false pretences, from our allegiance to our
common standard. Hence, for all, avIio de
sire, in good faith, to sustain his administra
tion and to realize the hope, “ that the con
stitution of our country, at home, and her
rights and honor abroad, Avill be maintain
ed,” their true position is, in tlie ranks of
the Democratic party.
Looking to the locality of Georgia, her
boundless means of Avcalth and power, her
increasing population and her flourishing
improvements, it requires no extraordinary
prescience to discover, that a high destinv
awaits her, if her councils shall be directed
by a far reaching and liberal policy. The
cause of popular education, the vigorous
prosecution of enlightened enterprise, in
Agriculture, Internal Improvements, and
the Mechanic Arts, and the development
of her natural resources, should march
hand in hand. Each is indi: peusifle
to the other, and all to the prosperity
of* our State. It shall be my pleasure,
as it aa i 11 be my duty, in every position to
which I may be called, to exert my feeble
influence, in every legitimate and proper
way, for the promotion of these great inter
ests.
1 repeat the expression of profound grati
tude to the Democracy of* Georgia, for the
honor conferred upon me ; and to you gen
tlemen, I tender my acknowledgements, for
the kind terms, in which you have advised
me of* the. action of* the Convention.
Respectfully,
Your ob’t. servant,
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.
Messrs. A. E. Cochran, E. NY. Morris,
L. NY. Crook, Committee.
A nobleman observing a large stone King
near his gate, ordered his servant, Avitli an
oath, to send it to purgatory. “If, said the
servant 1 were to throw it t > heaven, it
would be more out of your way.”
A recent lecturer on woman’s rights re
marked that if a man wishes a job of Avork
done cheap, he employs a woman to do it,
Milledgeville, Ga., June22d, 1*53.
At a meeting of the Conservative Men of Georgia,
standing upon the principles and declarations oi
the Report and Resolutions adopted by the State
Convention of 1850—
For the purpose of organizing the Convention,
on motion of C. Peeples, Esq., Col. Robert M.
Gussy Avas called to the Chair, and W. W. Paine,
of Telfair, and Thomas F. Wells, of Washington,
requested to act as Secretaries.
On motion of Mr. Clark, of Newton, a call ofthe
Counties was made, whereupon-the following Dele
gates enrolled their names and took their seats:
Baker—John Lyon and Thomas C. Spicer.
Baldwin—Thos. B. Lamar, L. J. Smith and Wm.
Rice.
Bibb—James T. Nisbet, Wm. Lundy, and J. F.
Devere.
Cass—J. F. Brown, Jno. NY. A. Sanford, and J.
J. Word.
Chattooga—John II. Echols, and Morgan Callo
way.
Clark—C. Peeples. M. S. Durham, NY. Dieken,
and J. Knowles.
Cobb—H. G. Cole.
Columbia—Jno. li. NYiison, Jas. R. NVilsou and
P. Ramsay.
Coweta—John E. Robinson.
Crawford—G. NY. Norman.
Dooly—D. J. Bothwell.
Elbert—H. P. Mattox and Thomas W. Thomas.
Fayette—Ml M. Tidwell, and NY. Bennett.
Floyd—A. M. Lanb and John Harkins.
Greene—G. O. Dawson, J. F. Zimmerman, H. II.
NYatts, and A. T. Seott.
Hancock—Linton Stephens, S. G. Evans and J.
B. Binion
Harris—NY. NV. White, H. L. McGehee and I). P.
Hill.
Henry—A. W. Turner, and John H. Loavc.
Houston—J. J. Hampton, R. L. Mims and W.A.
Matthews.
Jasper—H. S. Glover, NY. NY. Anderson, John
Jackson and James Jackson.
Jefferson—II. Raiibrd, H. B. Todd and George
Stapleton. _
Jones—C. L. Ridley, H. Brown, T. O. BoAven
and J. Godard.
Lee—Thomas Moughon, G. Butler, and S. Lind
say.
Lowndes—R. M. Orme, jr.
Macon—Duct. T. P. Oliver, J. R. Cook and P. G.
Aringtom
McIntosh—E. M. Blount.
Monroe—James Xorris, J. T. Crowder, J. T. Ste-
jihens, J. Taylor, G. NY. Taylor and T. NV. Flint.
Meriwether—G. NV. Grant, F. McLendon, and
C. H. Zuber.
Marion—G. A. Brown. A. C. Homadv, and NV.
A. Black.
Morgan—A. S. NVingfield, H. M. Harris, R. P.
Zimmerman and Charles E. Nisbet.
Murray—John Hamilton, J. X'. Cate, and D. J.
Haney.
Muscogee—R.M.Gunby, Thos. F.NYooldridge, E.
G. Dawson, and A. L. Garrard.
Newton—T. M. Meriwether, E. L. Thomas and
NV. NY. Clark.
Oglethorpe—F. L. Upson and Z. H. Clarke.
Polk—H. F. Wimberly.
Putnam—S. Pearson, R. T. Davis, F. S. Jenkins
and C. S. Credille.
Richmond—John K. Jackson, and Foster Biodg-
et, Jr.
Spalding—J. N. Simmons, and NY. P. Malaicr.
Stewart—J. T. B. Turner, and D. A. Vason,
(proxy.)
Sumter—H. K. McCav, John U. Fletcher, and
E. R. Brown.
Talbot—J. G. Dismukes, T. A. Brown, and L.
NVimberly.
Taliaferro—A. H. Stephens and W.A. Dyer.
Tattnall—B. Bruton and M. J. Moody.
Telfair—NV. NV. Paine.
Troup—S. Reid, NV. L. Stanley, P. II. Greene and
R. J. Morgan.
Twiggs—H. Hughes, R. If. NVimberly and S. NV.
Hatch,
Walker—D. S. Anderson.
NVarren—J. M. Jones and NV. K. Heath.
NVashington—John B. Turner, Silas Floyd, E. C.
N\ illiamson and James H. Gilmore.
Whitfield—John Hamilton, J. N. Cate and D. J.
Haney.
NViikes—Robt. Toombs, J. B. Weems and J. If,
Sneed.
But gentlemen, our cause is still in th,
brave and stout-hearted men, who nr ,. ’
at flitting shadows nor to be decoyed b
Avords and illusory promises from the p. v- "
they have assumed. They justly i 0tJ j.
the cause of the country and theConstit •J
arc determined to maintain i: to the lav *
On motion of Mr. Toombs, a ConucD *
from each Congressional District was ^
report business for the action of the Con^
The following Committee was appoi r ..
Cliair, viz: 1 '
From the
1st District, M. J. Moody and E. M*l
E. U. Brown and D. J.
J. J. Hampton and J. T \
If. L Morgan and M. M. T; u 1
J. J. NVord and D. s.
C. Peeples and M. 8. DoriV- ~
L. Stephens and G. O. o*,,
R. Toombs and Geo. Scap]. ^
On motion, the Convention adjourn-
o’clock, P. M.
u 0 Clock, p v
The Convention met pursuant to ad;, .
The Committee of Sixteen, through fl. ■ [ "
man, Mr. Toombs, submitted the follow?:
which having been read was, on
Peeples, unanimously adopted :
Resulted, That this Convention now
the election, by ballot, of a Candidate for G
and that each county shall be entitled t
for each Senator, and two votes for eacii n
tative, and a majority of the whole shall eV c .'
Resulted, That this Convention of I]
2d
3d
4th
5th
Gth
7th
8th
motion of i
prooooi
»epa
N\ iikinson—X\ A. Carswell, E. I. Massey and NY.
M. Whitehurst.
On motion ofLinton Stephens, Gen. Joh.v NV. A.
Sanford was by acclamation called to preside OA'er
the deliberations of tlie ConA-ention, and Messrs.
Wooldridge of Muscogee, NVord of Cass, and Pee-
jiles of Clark, were appointed a Committee to con
duct him to the Chair.
The President on taking the Cliair addressed the
ConA-ention as follows:
I am happy to meet you here, gentlemen, and I
thank you very sincerely for the honor which you
have just conferred upon me. I am happy to find
that avo have again assembled to take counsel to
gether, and under far happier auspices than when we
last met. I rejoice to know tve have not come here
now to calm the rage of popular excitement, or to
curb the spirit of meditated hostility, but to strength
en and consolidate a Party which has demonstrated
itself worthy of being perpetuated, not only in view
of the incalculable good it has accomplished in this
respect, but as the organized means of protecting
ourselves against the threatened tvrongs of intoler
ant and despotic domination. I repeat, we are here,
not as we are tauntingly told, “ to save the Union
again, but to save ourselves front the intrigues and
machinations of men maddened by former defeat
and madly seeking retaliatory A-engeance by our
overthrow. Although the conflicts which haA'e thus
embittered their feelings Avere those of their own
creating, and defeat but the merited consequence of
their temerity and their folly—although our acts as
a party Avere in harmony with the public Avill and
the dictates of enlightened reason and enlarged pa
triotism—although our opponents are to-day enjoy
ing in common with ourselves the blessings pre
served by your efforts—yet, notwithstanding all
this, an exterminating war is being waged against
Union men, as though they had been guilty of
crimes of deep and damning dye.
Bat, gentlemen, we can look back upon our brief
existence as a party with feelings of proud exulta
tion. Our triumphs, though bloodlessly won, haA-e
achieved more: this day they speak in louder and
deeper tones for the cause of political freedom and
republican institutions than all tiie cannon that
have thundered since the days of our Revolution.
Had tlie strife been even fiercer still, the prize had
been worth the cost. But our career has been
marked by no act that requires paliation, none that
forbids our standing up here in the erect attitude of
men having well and nobly discharged their duty
to themselves, their country, and to their whole
country. NVe have established no new faith, and
proclaimed no creed violative of principles whica
men have been taught to revere. NVe have com
mitted no mischievous errors in the exercise of our
power, and indulged in no party excesses that exact
of us the surrender of that power into abler and
safer hands. If the advocacy of a policy tending
to promote the happiness and prosperity of the land,
with the avowed determinotion to adhere to each
and all the provisions of the Constitution, may claim
for a party the term “ national.” then arc we enti
tled to that significant appellation. NVe claim not
only to be this, but that we derive our origin from
the Constitution itself, and that its purposes, limita
tions and restrictions are the orbit in which we
move and have our being. If, therefore, we expect
to have a government administered according to its
provisions, it would be worse than childish creduli
ty after what we have witnessed in different quar
ters, to look for its stability in the hands of those
whose wanton caprice might incline them, in the
future as in the past, to regard the ligament which
binds us together as a rope of sand ; nor yet in the
hands of those whose ready implication Avould make
it strong enough and flexible enough to do what
they will.
Let us then remain immoveably where we are,
standing by tlie organic principles which gave birth
to the Union, and which can alone secure its perrna-
nanee. In separating ourselves from others, our
separation does not preclude us from forming here
after in line with those whose views and purposes
may be identical with onr own. NVe need not fear,
therefore, that we shall be bastardized as a spurious
party except by those who, whatever their guise, can
alone trace their parentage to the heated and mor
bid jiassions of the day.’ NVhen their legitimacy and
power are established, we may roll up the map of
the country and bid its nationality adieu. But the
time for that sad act to be performed has not yet
Citizens of Georgia, invite the co-operesC.
those, whether NYhigs cr Democrats. w ; '
with them in the principles herein set forth ?,
clarcd.
Resulted, That we adhere to the Report f
solutions of the Georgia Convention of l-
cause we consider the principles ther, [
are not less important to the maintenance 7
rights of the States than of.the Union of tliev •
and that tve consider the rights uf the >
States as in great and imminent danger. .
principles of ihc Georgia Convention zreativ ..
arded by any political party whatever mav b
name, which recognizes Abolitionists and Fr' -
era as Avortby of public honors and public er
ments.
Resulted, That in the opinion of this Coat*
tion, both the Whig and Democratic pan:.- f
United States have been faithless to their of »
peated pledges of economy in the expenditure
the public money, and that we view with
alarm and disapprobation the partial, unequal -
unjust appropriation of the public lands to into
improvements in particular States, and of a
character; and of the public money to wild, r<
less and gigantic schemes of interna! impr-vemer
intended for tlie promotion of particular L;. .
rather than the general benefit of those who b-
the burthen of Taxation.
Resolved, That tlie public lands arc- the c -
mon property of all the States of the Union, art :
their appropriation equality i.- tiie only true nu
equity, and that any alienation of the.n, ex.
bring money into the public treasury, sho::
the equal benefit of ail the States ofthe Uidoa,.
as Avell as new.
Resulted, That while struggling freedom ev>
ry.vhere enlists our warmest sympathy, we - f
adhere to the doctrine of the Father of Lfi
country, as announced in his farewell addr.-,
keeping ourselves free from all entangling aiiia:. .
with foreign countries, and of never quitting uu
own to stand upon foreign ground. That our mis
sion as a republic is not to propagate our
or impose on other countries our form of g,.ven
rnent by artifice or force, but to teach by exam
and show by our success, moderation and justice, ti
blessings of self-government, and the advantage
tree institutions.
Resolved, That this Convention avers that the
maintenance of the honor and dignity of the; v
tion assumed by Georgia in 1850, and the prom ti:
of the moral, social, intellectual, and national in
terests of her people to be objects of for grrcvrim
portance, than the success of any national pan
Iu pursuance efthe first resolution, the Conventk
proceeded to ballot for a candidate for Govern
and on counting out the ballots, it appeared t ;
the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, of the Cornu/
Richmond, received 170 votes ; the Hon. A. J. M:_-
ler 11 A-otes; the Hon. Asrcrt Hcli. ri i
17 A-otes. and the Hun. J. M. Berries receive! 1
votes.
On motion of Mr. Dawson of Greene, the non. -
tion of CHARLES J. JENKINS was thru nm*
unanimous.
On motion of Air. Davis of Putnam, the foil:
Committee was appointed to notify Mr. Jesklv ■;
his nomination and request his acceptance, viz:—
Robert Toombs, R.T. Davis, John J. NVord, CLc-
atus Peeples, Joshua Knowles and Thomas -
Thomas.
On motion of Mr. Stephens of Hancock, a Com
mittee of five was appointed to prepare an addrt va
the people of Georgia.
The Cliair appointed the following gentlenaas
that Committee: Messrs. A. H. Stephens, Go
Stapleton, M. M. Tidwell, NV. NV. Clark, and H. K-
McCav.
On motion, the President appointed the fjiiow-
ing gentlemen the Executive Committee:
Messrs. J. Knowles, of Baldwin, J. T. Xabet.
of Bibb, Eli NVarren of Houston, NVarren Ale;:. ?
Cas?, and P. NV. Alexander, of Chatham.
The following resolution was offered by Ah Lac-
dy of Bibb, and passed—
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention 1#
tendered to the President and Secretaries for t#
faithful, able and courteous manner in wliiri ' ”
have discharged the duties cf their several station.'
On motion of Mr. Stapleton, a vote of thanks*®
returned to Air. Kramer for his kind attention »
the Convention.
On motion of Mr. Peeples, the several pap : e.
the State were requested to publish the procee -'±p
of the Convention.
On motion of Air. Toombs, the Convention ad
journed sine die.
J. NV. A. SANFORD, President
NV. NV. Paine,
Thos. F. NVells,
> Secretaries.
TnE Deaf and Dumb.—At the late
hibition of the New York Deaf anu IQ
Asylum, the question was asked: Y.
are the benefits of silence ? or, ir. oil?-
words, what are tlie benefits of being
and dumb ? To which several a ttsr ';/'
were written upon the blackboards.
following was written by Miss Mary 1 •
“ Hy being deaf and dumb Ave are preA
ed from bearing many things which ,
make us unhappy, aud speaking tn -
wliieh we should not; and I have
thought that our reward in heaven av ®
be eA'en greater ; for, will not the lull
of glorious melody sound even mere ' /
tiful to those cars which net er wake to - e
discords of earth ?”
it he lias a bad bill to pass oft, ho giv T es it j come, and never will come until men surrender their
to a avo man, and it he has a fit of blues his | freedom of thought and freedom of action, and are
wile has the benefit of it. 1 content to be “servile millions and abiect slaves.”
A Short Sermon for Little Bcrs "
little boy about ten years old, beingreqQ
ed by his mother to Avrite a compositi^'
as an exercise, asked on what subject
should Avrite. Truth Avas the subject g-
and in a few moments after the Q.’
brought his slate, from which the ieilov? 15 !
is a literal copy :
TRUTH. _ ;
“Truth is the best thing in the wor “ l ‘Q
those who tell the truth can not help Q ■
being happy all the days ot their life- *
those avIio tell lies—oh ! Avhat a pit' ii
For they ean not help from being u,! - “U
all the days oftheiviite.
FeAv paragraphs of the same lengtu n
tain more wholesome truth.
Genuine Spirit Rapping Is lor <•
to knock at bis neighbor’s uoor in
for his own, Avhen he is drunk.