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Wale*, tliat lie (Mr. ) lias been guilty
of in act of egregioa* folly•’
“Fourteen month* passed away, when
nne ir.oming my husband received n^lcttei
from a gentleman in the €«lonial ofSce.
lie clapped his band', cried, ‘Bravo V ami
ihen read to me as folio*'* :
•Mi Dear Major : The great pick
pocket has been as good as Lis word. My
lady is again in possession of her brilliants.
Do whatever ypa can f»r Barrington in
the colony ; Lnt keep a sharp eye on Mm,
Dst Lc should come back and once more
get hold of that necklace.’
“My imsbaud sent for Barrington to in
form him of the result of his letter, and be
took an opportunity of asking the illustri
ous man if there were any other valuables
which he would like to restore to the origi
nal owners.
“Thank you—no!’ was tie reply-—
‘There are.it is true, sundry little articles
in safe custody at home ; bat as it igimp'>s-
< -i:Je to say what may be in the future, they
had better for the present stand ia my own
name.”
tl wm ibe -Scientific Artizan.'f
7s?e tjtial Crop of Ihe World.
000 ponnds avoirdupois; Tin 13.6C0 tons;
Copper 56.850 tons; Zinc 60.550 tons;
Lead 133,000 tons; and Iron 4 792,000
tons.
POLITICAL.
Priff cf ColSM 'fid SiSTfi.
The high pii^: attained hv Southern
labor has bad much to do with the desire
lately expressed to increase its supply by
foreign importations. With abundance <4
wild lands of unexampled ferni.ty, which
might apparently Le the source of almost
fabulous wealth if the power existed to
place them at once under cotton cultiva
tion, the most direct metbod of increasing
the prosperity and power of the South, is,
by a few, supposed to be to re-open our
ports to the introduction of fresh immigra
tion, forced or voluntarily, from the coasts
of Africa.
But the present value of slaves i* not
without a precedent, and is no evidence
that our labor falls short of our present ne
cessity. In 1835, the demand f««r slaves at
tiK- South commenced palpably to increase, !
and under its stimulus, which had :tsor;g;n
CpposstiM irrtiof.
At a meeting of the opponents of the
present Federal Administration, held in the
Court-house of Muscogee county cn Tues
day tbo 31st May, on motion lion. J. J.
HcKexdeee was called to the Chair, and
John Peaeodt appointed Secretary.
On motion of Cob Hines Holt, a^ommit
tec of live was appointed to prepare busi
ness for the meeting.
Dr.ring the absence of the Committee,
Hun James Johnson entertained the meet
ing with an able and eloquent speech.
CoL Holt, Chairman of the Committee
submitted the following report:
Party platforms and declarations of prin
ciples are made for form only. All expe i
rience teaches tliat however definitely laid ,
down or solemnly announced, they are
made to __
in the way of the success of the party
trinn.; h cf its office seekers.
iciTl oppose and discard tie policy and acts of
the Bind hepubliam and Democrtaic parties
of this Union : Therefore :
JtcsrJred, Thatwe believe that the time
has arrived in oar national affairs, and the
crisis requires that every roan in this Un
ion, who loves bis country better than the
spoils of office and his political party,
should, as a true patriot, fearlessly gird on
his armor in opposition to all existing evils,
and the political parties who have brought
them upon this country.
Rescind, That we believe that more
harm than good has been done by the long
continued agitation cf the slavery ques
tion ; that the continuance of snch agita
tion, both North and South, can produce
no other effect than to alienate from each
| other people who should he united ; it jeop-
! ardizes the institutions where it exists, and !
5>0H%rn Starin'.
that we are opposed to the further agifa-
. . tion of that question, believing as we do 1
yield to expediency ana are never . t jj at ,jj e p 0wer Congress, at present, re- !
iV of the uteres* of the party and the ! qoires no ' nssert ; on . 0!1 this distracting j
theme, because the guarantees of existin.
rampant abolitionists But the extreme
mep of the North can no more control that
party, than the fire-eaters can The Demcc-
era tic party South.
Two-thirds of the Republican party ire
moderate, conservative ipen, and do not
care a groat for the slavery question one
way or another. They arc opposed to the
reckless extravagance of the Democracy
and are determined to beat them out of the
public offices, and hare joined the Repub
lican party because that promises the best
chance to heat Democracy. It a national
organization repudiating sectionalism as
well as Democracy conid be presented to
them, they wonld willingly let go Re
publicanism and join it. They are not
sectional in their feelings, and care noth
ing for slavery, and would prefer a national
organization, if they could find one that
promised with some degree of certainty to *,;„/• a8t| ifccl aUw j B £* J„ iHl j CB .
whip out the Democracy. But if no such
MIL, L.E DGEVILLF:
TFESB1T milH, JdlE 7, 18»9.
organizaiion cay he formed, thev will-hold
e have been requested-to publish the article
_ p ii* , I - y. signed “Baldwin," which will be found in another
on to iiepubiicamsm and whip Democracy * . ... .... , , , _
\ r J column. W e also publish the remarks of the 5a-
i* the Democracy m
it- Bat we don't want the otL-.t the L
party preserved under tie cirguwUaees
candidate. Let ns start rigbt ia i er_- ~. . .
see bo go.*I reason to do ana;
rentwes: and this talk aham "rpri hL
is the veriest nunaense atd haatfcny. }>.
.Savannah Brpubtuan has j
oar opinion logically aad **- *
can not be ehsrg-rd with harit^ ^ r Virv '
iegs against the iii.-l*:a p „ -
deep interest in the suerc** ‘4 urnffartr f
ana* the subject f >f the prvtti^ed .v_'
position is right *n protestiag sgsisp, -r.
aad manner of the Baliwin t-w.r t.-
and appeal to oar party in the c.strict i,
us in a position we be^re to to txar-r- i
v*,iee we will respect.
P. S. tsince tue above was ^ w .
seen an article from the C'*r nteie £■ >«*,•,
follows. WLat say our Baldwhitm-ei*; ..
are right, and we know it.
Thc 7th District—The Baldwin Ls a
history of the present National Democratic
A.;ministrati->n. It Is in nothing entitled to j
at
in an extraordinary price for cotton, sales
were made that, for advantage to the seller
. , ^ are even now scarcely equalled. I be j the “charity of our silence.” We feel that
An examination of the crop of metals j emigration of blacks from \ irgima and ! when arrayed in opposition to its abandon-
s reckless extrava-
sins of commission
not he wrong, and
that union with any organization or party.
Stare or National, that has for its cardinal
principles the Constitution of the United
States and the protection of its citizens,
that will rid the country of the misrule of
t . _ _ _ snch an Administration, is both the position
Great and growing as was the demand
the su; ply ot cotton began to exceed it
f:i t.’iese prop >»itions we tu:nk we have : | aTVS are a l re adv applied to everv foot ot
as oriefiy an conprehensively written the ; ^. ound witL i n t ’ ie boundaries of this Un-1
of precious metals throughout the world ! pled. 'The cotton crop rose in a sing!
maintained as uniform a production as the | vear hundreds of thousands of hales, am
production as tire i year hundreds of thousands ot hales, and
cereal or other crops, and even since these ' without any addition to the stock of ne-
difccoveries the rate of production, so snd- j groes, except by the ordinary increase of
tienly and enormously expanded, has snfc- ■ that species of population, prices ultimately
sided into regularity. The amount of gut
tering (lust shipped yearly from San Fran-
\t.-Ii.f.nn o and £idnPV i<? ROW r.S SC-
cisco, Melbourne, and Sidney is now as ac-
curatelv estimated as cotton, wheat,tohac-i and commercial disaster foil• v. ing. the
of <iury and patriotism—therefore
1st. Resolved, That we are ready to
ncite with such an organization as will ac
South suddenly found itself on the verge
co, or any of our great staples.
The value of precious metals produced J bankruptcy. Cotton, which brought tv er.-
j ty-four cents in 153G, in 1S41 sold but 1st -
: tie above six; and negroes, which, in the
! former year, readily commanded from
j twelve to fifteen hundred and two thousand
, dollors, conid, in the latter, have been pur-
| chased or seven and eight hnndred.
No law is more certainly ascertained
than that the priced Negroes is, and mns
1,e j conipIL-h this grand end and the protection
r j and advancement of the rights and interest
per annum in the United States as com
pared with Luropc, is estimated in round
l.umbers in the Encyclopaedia Britavnica
ti; as: United States sixteen millions
pounds sterling; Great Britain, twenty mii-
lionsditto;theRussian Umpiredive million?; ;
France, only three millions; the Austrian ;
Umpire, less than Lalf a mitliac. Prussia,
a little upward of four million?; Belgium, always be, governed by the price of cotton,
nearly two millions. Spain,a million and It must fluctuate with the fluctuations of
n hall; Sweden and Norway, a million: j onr great staples. But who dreams that-
of all sections of the Union.
2 i. Resolved, That-we appoint twelve
delegates to met delegates fronx other
counties in State Convention, to assemble
at such a time and place, as may be appoln-
_ teringofall private corporations, particn-
3u. Resolved, That we appoint twelve j J ar ly for the building of Railroads, as it
RcsoJrtd, We cordially endorse the de- j
i cisi^n of the Supreme Court of the U. S. in
the Dred Scott case.
Rescind, That we are in favor of the,
Washington policy of peace—and against
all entangling alliances aud protectorates j
—and the Jackson rule of submitting to '
nothing that is wrong; opposed to all inno- j
rations contrary to the Constitution ; to
giving away the public lands ; to the enor
mous expenditures of the people’s money
in corrupt monopolies ; to building the Pa
cific Railroad, especially if it can he done
only under the authority derived from the
war making power of the Constitution ; to
overtrading, or filibustering by our govern
ment ; and to placing the purse and sword
in the hands of the President of the Uni
ted States to control at his ow n will.
Resolced, That as to our State policy
we are decidedly opposed to extending
the credit or funds of this State, to the fus-
witli that.
If Goggin is elected Governor of Virgin
ia, or even if he shall make a large gain | h *
on former elections, and the South shall j
adopt the Virginia platform and show by j
the result of the fall elections in the South- *
ern States, that a party of sufficient power !
can be formed npon it in the South, all the
conservative Republicans north will at
at once abandon the abolitionists there, and
rally to the new party, and abolitionism
north and disunionism south will Le left
powerless to do any harm aud the country
will move on prospering and to prosper.
vann.iii Republican in reply to 1 Baldwin.” Wt
leave it for the reader to say w!i<t,lias the bc=t »f
argument upon the merits of the question in-
! volvetl.
As said, we have been requested to publish ibis
article of “Baldwin;” and as that article reflects
upon u«, we shp.ii address ourselves at first to its
personal reflections. We sl»a:; give the merits 'f
our case, and iet the unbiassed judge between
Baldwin” and onrseives. In answer to the first
some t.me-uire.a meeting : •:,> Aw--;
Wb:gs c-f Baldwin county, rr.et is V
and h ■■■un dtfce Hoc 1. H. K-cr.s
date for I’orij-wj in lie 7:L Disfft. p
itz acted entirely iadepesdof, ; t .;
iTierer.ee to the me part!.
and feelings of the voters «* t« : r
the IHstrirt. l.'p*.n its aztioa
linen made some stnfnr-s. «Sii.-k w-
fully approved, and therefore n-p .
These s'rictnres of ti:-; [ -publuee -
in very l«d ;as!e ati w- --- ten. ;•
under the signature of -Bslftrt
eat
charge: we did announce as individuals thmn-li * ff* re-p^.L. as-
~ » cseerxis..r. i»>r we - >•
| our papu»r, so far as ire vrrt coace^ntd. tha: Mr. Hill
was our “first and last-choice.” He was onr
t attempt t«
! We speak
to defer
Then will the people of the south daily ! c J* oi< ; e - beM °' <e we tLo,, ? n: then ’ and sti:i Se „
when the road to peace and prosperity is so ! that henas ,he stro "? est ! ni,fl " e LaJ ‘ HTld cou:d j the matter, and
and f the coinin'
to all parte?
a daidc*!y ter
, beraoie we a
; cf <*»tr Crier ;<
fa say, we ha
not peraii:
the
apies.
cotton is to command, vear after year, the
ttaxouy, three hundred thousand;
Hartz District, rather more, and Italy, | figures which have been realized, the past
considerably less than Lalf a million; and I and present season ? If the stock with
f? * iizerland only seventy-eight thousand J which the manufacturing world is to he
pounds sterling. r l he annual average of supplier!, receive no additions from other
delegates to meet other delegates from the
counties composing the 3d Congressional
District at such time and place as may Le
appointed.
4th. Resolved. That the Chair appoint
‘lie delegates to the respective conventions,
and the delegates have the power to fill
tlieir own vacances.
Uurope and America, including Australia,
is nearly seventy-six millions of pounds
sterling, iu exact numbers,675,755,000.
Mr. Whitney’s table of the metallic pro
duct of the world for -the year 1-554, pre
sents some interesting facts. Russia in
that year is supposed to have produced
60.000 pounds troy of gold, and 58,000
pounds <>f silver. Of copper, she produced
6.500 tons, 4,900 tons of aiuc. 800 tons »>f
lead, and 200,000 tons of iron. The dis
proportion here between the precious and
useful metals is very striking, as will be
seen bv a comparison with Great Britain.
The gold of Gre^t Britain in 1554 is esti
mated at 100 ponnds troy; silver at 70,000
pounds; tin at 7,000 tons; 1 1,500; zinc,
1.000 tones; lead, 61,000 tons; iron, 8,000,-
000 tons. In the same year the United
States, including California, is supposed to
have produced 200,000 ponnds troy of
gold; 22,000 ponnds of silver; 1,000,000
pounds avoirdupois of mercury, (Great
Britain aud Russia producing none at all;)
3.500 tons of copper, 5,000 of zinc. 15,000
of lead, and a million of tons of iron.
Mexico takes the palm in silver, the pro
duct of 1854 ammutting to 1.750.000
pounds troy.
precious metals in Australia, is put down at quartets will not production,
-£'8.214,107; Mexico and Chili foot op about ing circumstances, grow in
nine millions sterling, and the rest of Sooth States with such extraordinary rapidity
America, exclusive of .Chili, gives less j that a
than three and a half millions. According change
to the estimate, the grand total of the crop . now the stock is such that one unusually
of precious metals, produced annually* in j large crop promised to exert some influ
ence on the price, had no convulsion been
produced in Europe by ambition and mis
rule. But the slightest change iu the value
of onr great staple will Le felt upon our
labor.
The cotton States dictate the value ol
the negro in Virginia. Maryland, Kentucky i
and Missouri. Increased profits from
planting in the lower Mississippi valley,
create a demand for slave labor, and this
demand increases its price. But the in-
creare of labor also enlarges the produc
tion of the great staple of the South, w hich
having attained a certain point, is decreas
ed in value, effecting a reduction of the
line of profits and of the price of the labor
itself. Any convulsion among the nations,
subtracting from tlieir power to manufac
ture, lowers the point at which the supply
of cotton passes the demand, and hastens
the time of decrease in the profits of cotton
culture, and consequently in the value of
slaves.
Thousands cf hands are in the cotton
fields to-day that never before saw the cot-
has been done by the dominant party of ‘
onr State within the last few years ; be- !
licving the policy wrong in principle, une
qual iu its operation, and hazardous of the
true and ultimate interest of onr State.
Resolced, We are in favor of the Consti
tution, Union, Retrenchment and Reform.
Resolced, That as the foregoing pream-
oth. Resolved, i hat these proceedings j ^,] e and resolutions incorporate onr present
Le signed by the Chairman ar.d Secretary politic ~
plainly open before them J
rermiued
them
they s
result iu the election of a Republ
ider.t ?
No one can doubt that the election of a
Republican would Le the signal for a vig
orous efiort to dissolve the Union. There
are numbers of disunionists now- in the
South who are waiting the happening of
that contingency to sound the alarm and
make a strike fora Southern Coufederacr.
Are flier- flp. make tiie best run in die district-, provided section' ! drawn into a controversy, f r
ion could not embarrass or control a district con
vention. Not so vcitli iiie expression of a forma!
meeting and the nomiuaiion of a candidate. The
expression of the Baldwin comity meeting and its
action, is now felt and is a: work.
Secondly, we published a call for an A meric;.n
meeting in Bald win. It was Landed in by a friend
w Lo told us he was reqeested to do so. We Lad
under exist , and published in the Colnmbr.s Enquirer,
the United! After remarks by Col Holt, Judge'Thorn
as and N. L. Howard, Esq., the report was
. surplus will soon remain unsold, or ! unanimously adopted.
’ hands at diminished rates ? Even | The following committees w ere appoin
ed in accordance with abovd resolutions.
GUBERNATORIAL
R. L. Mott.
F. G. Wilkins,
Wm. Dougherty,
William Jones,
John Woolfolk,
J, J. Arbercrombie,
COMMITTEE.
J. Peabody,
II. C. .Shelter,
G. E. Thomas,
L. M. Riggers,
James Johnson,
T. B. Howard.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Joseph. A. L. Lee, J. Berrien Oliver,
W. S. Holstead,
•Tas. Wimberly,
Thos. Sloan, %
'J’. M. Hogan,
R. G. Caritbers,
J.J. Slade,
John Odom, Jr.,
H. Holt,
M. L. Patterson,
H. B. Dawson.
ton plant. Thousands of acres will this
year, notwithstanding the b>s« by floods,
w-liitcn with harvests, that for the first time
Cbiiiranks^iext, to 25<)jo00 | ,iavc ^ ecn stimulated into production. If
no nnt.iward circumstances happen, arm
i no change is witnessed in the policy of the
pounds; Ecuador and New Granada are
put down at 130,000 ponnds: Bolivia the : . . - . .
1 r - - | planting interest, the stimulus already
same; Spain 125.000 ponnds, afld so on-
Brazil closing the list with onlv 700 pounds. J 5 , ' c “ ai ”. u u, %
Prussia and the Hartz District yield .lie j tai,t P eno ?’ iU therea.iction of the pr.ee of
same, 30,000 pounds each. Saxony gives cot / on » nd a corresponding decrease in the
60,000 pounds; Franceo.OOO pounds; Italy, i X!l lrC ‘ 1, % r!0CS -
Africa, the East Indies, Southern Asia! The fact that an extraordinary price has
and Cuba do not appear in the silver list, j been attained by negro property, so iar
In the gold column we find the United j from locally creating the dorire to pour
States taking the lead at the head of 200.- j int0 the cotton States thousands of ra
.Tames Johnson, Esq., moved that the
Chair appoint an Executive Committee of
seven, who shall, when they think proper
call a convention for the purpose of nom
inating candidates for the Legislature.—
Adopted, and the following Committee
appointed :
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
James Johnson, Up Town District,
John Hazleton, Down Town District,
Jackson Odom. Upatoie District,
Benj. Mosely, New District,
Isaac T. Brooks, 7tb District,
Perry Wimberly, Otli “
John Floyd, Sth “
J. J. McKEXDREE, Chairman.
J. Peabody, Secretary.
000; next Australia, 150,000; Russia as
before stated, 60,000; East Indies and
Southern Asia 25.000 pounds; Ecuador
and New- Granada 15,000 dog Mexico
hands from Africa, should awaken a pru
dent caution against the effect of a possi- j
hie revulsion in the profits of onr great sta- !
pie. Ijxperience has taught tliat planters
10,000 pounds;Brazil 6,000 pounds; Austria are tempted by nuusual returns from their
5,700 pounds, and Africa 4,000 pounds.— j harvest to devote tlieir whole attention to
Spain brings only 42 pounds; the Hartz , the growth of cotton, neglecting to raise
District gives but 6 pounds, and poor Swc- j even tlieir necessary- plantation supplies,
den a miserable 2 pounds. Norway, Bel
gium, Prussia, Saxony, Switzerland,
France, Italy and Cuba make no return in
the gold column.
The great country for merenry fs Spain,,
which produced in 1854 two and a half
million* of ponnds. Next comes the Unit
ed Slates, with a million of pounds, as wc
have seen; then Austria, with 500,000
pounds, and finally Pern, with 200,000
pounds. The tin crop is larger in Great
Britain than anywhere else on the globe
To her 7,000 tons, the East Indies and
Southern Asia bring 5,00*3 tons; Pern 4,500
tens; Saxony 100 tons; Austria -60, and
Spain 10 tons. Greet Britain also surpas
ses all other countries in the .production of
copper, and will continue to do so until
some facile process of making marketable
the vast masses of native copper which
abound in the Lake Superior region is dis
covered. Next after Great Britain comes
Chili, with 14,000 tons of copper; then Rus
sia then Australia and Oceanica,prodqcing
3,500 tons; the same in the United States;
Austria 3,300; tbeEast Indies aud Southern
Asia with 3,000 tons, and so on, Saxony
closing the list with hare 50 tons. France.
Switzerland, Mexico and Brazil, it seems,
produce no copper stall—at least none is
set down in Mr. Whitney’s table. Cuba
produces 2,000 tons, Africa only 600 tons.
From Mr. Whitney’s letter, it appears
that Great Britain takes the lead of the
United States, not only ia silver, tin, cop
per and iron, but lead also. The product
of tliU metal in. 1854, in Great Britain, is
set down at G1.000 tones agaiust 15,000
tons in the United States. Wc had sup
posed tint the lead mountains of Missouri
would have given a different return. Ev
en Spain produces twice as much lead as
the Luited States, the yield in 1854 being
put down at 30,001) tons. Prussia produ
ces 6,000 tons, Austria 7,000 tons, the
Hartz district 5.T>00 tous, Saxony 2,000
tons, France 1,500, Belgium 1,000 tons,Ita
ly 600 tons, and lowest of SlI Sweden, 200
tons.
As regard# ihe Iron crop we have seen
Great Britaiuand the United States head
ing the list, the former with three and the
latter with one million of tons. France
comes next with 600,000 tons; tli«n Bel
gium 300,000 tons; Russia 200,000 t ms.
Prussia 150,000 tons and bo on, Norway
bringing up the rear with 5,006 tons. The
grand totals of the metallic produce of the
world for 1854, as summed up by Mr. Whit
ney, are: Gold 479.950 pounds troy; Sil-
ITj- $,812,200 ponnds troy; Mercury 4,200,
Each year of extraordinary prosperity add
to the strength of the inducement to Fpend
every energy on one single crop, and in
creases the desire to enter the market for a
new supply- of labor, even at the most ex
travagant rates and at the hazard of a debt,
dangerous should the prices of cotton
fall.
Who, that witnessed the ruin that grad
ually- settled down over the South from
1839 to 1841, does not remember the sad
spectacle of deserted plantations—lands
that had laughed with fatness covered
with rank weeds and relapsing into a wild
—tvliiclr followed the broken fortunes of
thousands, who, a short time piovioffs, be
lieved cotton could not agaiu decline and
negro property was cheap at tbe highest
prices demand ? With the experience of
those years of misfortune, corroborated by
a similar preceding state of affairs, in 1825,
is not a little caution wise at the present
time?
We 1. ave the means, by the emigration
of slaves from die Northern slave States
to the cotton region to effect an over
production of our great staple; should we
then seek to hasten such event by impor
tation from abroad, if it weie even prac
ticable, of hundreds of thousands of ne
groes, a year, at a mere nominal price ?
With cur domestic labor, just as it now
stands, tbe prosperity of .the South is with
tbe greatest certainty assured, by encour-
aging a greater diversity of employments.
Each planter will improve his condition
by producing everything which lie con
sumes, and the community would be an
hundred fold enriched by tbe establish
ment ot manufacturing industry iu close
contiguity to tbe cotton fields, not only-
producing at home the fabrics wc consume,
but exporting the manufactured articles
instead of the raw material.
The belief tliat the present price, of
slaves is to be maintained is fallacious.
The profits of the industry- which creates
the present demand will attract capital in
to it. I’ll at field of production will unless
a diversion is produced, or timely ©nation
is taken, be overwrought. The past pre
diets this result; and the South would pro
fit by using its light in the solution of new
problems of social policy w hich hare late-
been presented.— NfO. Pic.
The following lines arc inscribed on John How-
aid Payne’s tomb, at Tunis :
Suie, when thy gentle spirit fled
To realms beyond the azure dome,
With arms outstretched, God’s Aiigels said,
“ Welcome to Heaven’s, Home, Sweet Home!’’
Scelins in Tronp.
LaGrange, May 24, 1S59.
A large portion of the people of Troup
Co. met at the Court House, to-day, for the
purpose of organizing themselves into an
Opposition Party, and on motion Col. John
Henderson was called to the chair, and C.
ff. C. Willingham to act as Secretary.
Dr. Beasley explained the object of tbe
neeting, and moved that a committee of
liirteen—one from each Militia District—
oc appointed to prepare matter for tliecon-
ideration of the meeting, which was car-
ied.
The Chair appointed ihe following gen-
lemen that committee : Wm. B. Beasley,
’hairman, Mountville ; S. Tatum, East
V'ernon : B. C. Ferrell, LaGrange; B. C.
Johnson, Antioch ; H. Dennis, Long Cane;
Tames Lovelace, West Point ; John B.
:leid, McLendon’s ; John D. Timmons,
Harrisonville ; Jas. M. Truitt, Factory;
r. B. Caudle, Cross Roads; Daniel W.
Howell, West Vernon ; Wm. Boyd, Ilog-
.nsville, who then retired for the- transac
political sentiments we are willing to nnite
with all men. North, South, East and West
iu the formation of a new party, upon that
basis of action ; and as such, do cordially
invite all the voters of Troup county, with
out regard to past political differences, to
join us in a meeting at this place, on first
i Tuesday in next month, at 11 o'clock, A.
3f., for the purpose of organizing the par
ty.
The report was, on motion ofB.C. Fer
rell, unanimously adopted.
On motion of B. C. Ferrell ii v, as request
ed that these proceedings Le published in
LaGrange reporter and the West Point
Citizen ; and that ail Opposition papers be
requested to copy.
John Hendersuk, Chairman.
C. II. C Willingham, Secretary.
I'roin the American Union.
The Present. Past and Fulure—The Next Presi
dency.
It is. now- reduced to a certainty, and
must be apparent to any one who will take
a calm and dispassionate view- of the poli
tics of one whole confntry, that the Democ
racy, as a party, are doomed to an over
whelming defeat in tlie next Presidential
election. They have held the power in
the government for a number of yer.rs back
with a -minority in their favor, and have
only retained the control of public affairs
because the opposition were not united.—
But now, that a decided majority of the
American people are determined on tlieir |
overthrow in tbe next election, is a ‘fixed
fact.’
The Republican party North is now-
strong enough to carry the electoral vote
of every Northern State, aud elect the Pres
ident. -This is proven beyond a reasonable
doubt by the recent elections tbere. But
the Democratic leaders say that the same'
thing existed in 1854, and yet, Democracy ;
rallied and succeeded iu 1856, and lay tbe j
flattering unction to tlieir souls that aiiotb-1
ed bold rally may crown them w ith like !
success in 1860.
But we must be permitted to say to them :
that in 1854, the North was organized un-!
der the banner of Know Nothingisni ; tliat |
southern men saw the condition of things J
and feeling a deep interest in the welfare.
And who can sav that in the excitement of | Q0 reason lor refusing to publish; we knew
such an occasion they may not succeed and j about the object of the meeting except
to tear up tbe pillars of Hie Constitution 1 ' vvha£ we 5aw c P on {?,ce of the ca!i. As onr
It becomes, then, every lover of the Un- r *=l lt > au 4 in tbe expression of a private opiniou
ion to pause and refiecr, to study w ell tbe j through oar paper, (for what is the use of haV..,
present condition of the country, and so a paper unless we express ourselves through it—
govern his future action so as to avoid, if j our opinion gring for what it is worth) we thought
possible, the Storm that would pass over : the i-a.: premature; and if we had known as much
the conntry. perhaps to its desolation, to : ot £ ke object of the meeting as we do now, we
the election of a Republican. ; should have said It was “wickedly foolish” aud sni-
Democracy cannot beat Republicanism, I ciJal to yiie success of the American party: and
and every man who blindly holds on to j would not have been caught in the meeting,
that party is doing ail lie can to secure the ' Hut more upon this point in its proper place,
election of a Koriublican, let uis motive be j “Baldwin” wisiigs to knew, *• whence do these
what tney may. , individuals derive the exclusive privilege of ex-
_ , .'pressing their choice We answer, as exclusive
1 v 1 ” | owners of the Recorder, and in the free and nr.
Ihe so ject Ol reducing the number J trammeled rights cf independent editors, who do
of Senators ana Representatives in^tbe Leg- i not hesitate to speak their opinions, express their
I.- atin e of Georgia, has for some time past, desires, or connsel with their party upoji subjects
been the theme of many newspaper writers, j relating to party success.
a . s w . e as P 1 * 0131 "^ assemblies of the poo-. Mow, as to the American meeting, we were there
? e J n * e ' era ocalities. \\ e have thus | with resolutions in onr pockets; not with nteasnred i
j.ir or orue to express our views upon .his strength, as asserted by “Baldwin,” for we solicited
question. - s t.ie time is near at hand ; no njan . 0 g 0 to t - ne meeting, and no one knew,
vvnen candidates for tLe btate Legislature,
will be in the field, and this subject will, ! lu . lv ,
in all probability, enter into tbe canvass | the'hoiise'T^W
of the election, to some extent at least, it
may not be amiss for us to say a word or
two in reference to tbe question. That
our Legislative bodeis are becoming too
ponderous for efficient action, calm delib
eration, and wise legislation, is a fact
whicli none, we think, can successfully de
ny. A similar inconvenience existed prior
to the year of 1843, when the Senate
was reduced one half by forming Senatori
al Districts composed of two counties each.. .... , , .
'I'hr, Tr,<t»„»• j i I not feel so disposed, and did not attach nmch im-
1 r.c House ot Representatives w ns reduced i t .
to 130 members; 37
members, and the
one
except those associated with ns, that we had reso
lutions. Can Baldwin say as much for his side of
e went to the meeting because it
was called as ;in American meeting. We went to
see “what question of importance to the Party
would be brought before the meeting,” and when
we saw by rise reading of the resolution that the
meeting was definite and independent, we sitsply
protes'ed as an American voter by introducing our
resolutions, as it was the best we could do un
der the circumstances. We could have taken
our hat and walked out as soon as we heard
the resolution < f General Myrick read, but did
counties had two
j porta nee to the meeting, as we did not believe it
county, but of the
having only otic. This slate of thin-s i P arti;:: f * iend4 of Lo “ KeLr ‘ n ‘ " W zeal ^ 6 01
worked very well for eight or ten years.-L I the better of judgment, as shown by the com-
of the country knowing that they could accouct of how tlte numbcr of members
not tight the Know Nothings successfully a ff ects the length of the sessions of the
ng this time, our Senate was composed : raarication of “Baldwin,” when he speaks es auhr-
ly of men of age, experience and wis- j dru that the “ unit ? of the and Americans
shall he preserved” under a certain contingency,
recognizing themselves as still a part of the Ameri
can party of the district and ready to ignore their
independent action under the contingency named,
thereby recognizing the superior claims of a Dis
trict Convention, aud admitting the point for which
we contend.
Now, upon another point. We must be allowed
t > say a word in defence of “that old aud familiar
habit with these gentlemen of bolting conventions
and nominations.” That peculiar idiosyncraey of
our natnre is easily explained. We think we see
an allusion iu the above change, to the American
meeting of ii57, when we aud a number of the
American party repudiated Col. Kenan’s nomina-
This succinct ! t * on by that meeting, because his nomination un-
Ditri
mostly or men ot age, experie
dom. I lie House also contained a good j
lumber of efficient and talented members.!
I he sessions of the Legislature, we believe, I
were not protracted beyond two months,
out the people became dissatisfied with
his arrangement, and returned to the old
, ian, which is the one now in existence,
giving to each county one Senator, and
retaining the new plan so far as the House
f Representatives is concerned. In 1853,
the first session was held under the present
arrangement, and was protracted, if we
mistake not, nearly four months. The
same was the case at the succeeding session
when the present system of annual meet
ings went into operation
outside of their organization, determined to
burst the organization or control it, willing
to sacrifice themselves politically to save |
tbe country, joined the organization in!
sufficient numbers to send a full delegation j
to a national convention, met tbe North at;
Philadelphia, in June 1855, wliipt them ou
tbe slavery question, and bnrsted the or
ganization. Before the North could orgau-
ion of tbe business entrusted to them; and, ize again, the Presidential election came
bile they were out, Mr. R. C. Humber was
ailed upon aud made a few spirited re-
uarks—after which the committee return-
d and made the following report :
Whereas, The citizens of the United
Itates have formed for themselves a free
government, under a constitution which is
and should be regarded by all classes of
heir people, of whatever political party
bey may belong, as inviolate, and in strict
•onfonnity of which all laws should be
made and administered for the good of the
vbole people, without regard to sectional
ntcrcst or tbe promotion of any particular
■olitlcal party which may exist in the gov-
rnment;
And Whereas. We believe tliat section-
H interest and party politics have had, for
everal years, toe, much influence upon
ihe true policy of our government—both
of the dominant political parties being
wrong, and neither of them entertaining or
cherishing true national views, but both
being rival sectional factions~-onc, the
Black Republican, advocating and endeav
oring to enforce the application of the
Wilmot Proviso to all the territory of the
United States, which is the common prop
erty of the South ns well as the North—
and the other, the Democratic party, ap
plying “Squatter Sovereignty,” and “Alien
Suffrage,” both of which in tlieir ultimate
operation result alike, in excluding the
citizens of the slaveholding States of this
Union from all their rights in the Territo
ries ;
•And Whereas, The latter party has
controlled the policy, offices, and mear-s of
the General Government for several years,
and until their leaders and office holders
have become corrupt—divided among them
selves—the party dissolved, and the gov
ernment nearly bankrupted through their
nnparalleled extravagance and mismanage
ment. Then with these views, and the
conclusion deduced from them, together
with tbe consideration of tbe American
party, North and South being disbanded :
and being firmly impressed icilh the necessity
rf a change in the administeation ff the af
fairs of this government, ichich can be affected
only by the formation of a neic party, who
off and Democracy with a minority ot mem
bers succeeded.
We of tbe South who joined the Know!
Nothings and bursted the organization 1
North, and thus put it in the power of tho ;
Democracy to elect a President, have been I
paid for our services only in the curses and
abuse of Democratic leaders, and, to
some extent, the odium of the people to
whom v. e rendered such valuable service.
But now tbe North has organized pnder :
the-name of Republican, and the recent;
elections show that every Northern State
is now as mneli tinder the control of that I
part}- as they were under the know Noth
ings in 1854. It requires now another split
to enable the Democracy to succeed. But
do tbe Democrats suppose that tlieir kind
of pay is sufficient to induce us to join tbe
Republicans, meet them in national con
vention, and burst them so that Democracy
may succeed again ? If they do, they re-
cond without their hosts.
The Republican party, as now organiz
ed, is able to control tbe electoral vote of
every Northern State. They ask the
South no odds, for they have the strength
to elect without us. They arc determined
to beat the Democracy, and will do it. as
Republicans, unless some other organiza
tion of a preferable character shall present
itself to them, with such an army as to
make success certain.
This is a sad picture, indeed ! yet it is
a true one. And in view of it as here pre
sented, some may ask, what the South
is to do ? Arc tbe people of the South to
stand qnietlv by and see a Northern Re
publican elected President ? Is there r.o
way to avoid such a sad ' atastroplie l We
say yes, there is a way to avoid it, and
there is but one way that it can be done.-—
And in order to show how it can be done,
we mifet, analyse tbe the Republican par
‘7- ,
I bo Republican‘party northls constitut
ed somewhat similarly to the Democratic
party South. Each has its moderate, con
servative men with a smart sprinkling of
extremists. The extreme Democrats of
tbe South are fire eaters and disunionisls.
The extreme Republicans of the North are
Legislature, will serve to show the advan
tages of a small deliberative bodv over a
large one, in point of efficiency in action.
A.s regards the question of expense, the
advantages are equally or more glaring.—
Reduce the number one half, this will re
duce time one half, and three fourths of the
expenses of our State Legislature will be
eaved,which is no inconsiderable item. This
view of the subject, according to our judg
ment, settles the question as to the necess
ity of reduction. How this is to be effect-
• Land do justice to all tbe people of the
“fate, is a problem more difficult to solve.
W e have no hopes ot ever seeing a plan
idopted that will bear upon its face the
semblance of perfect equality. Neverthe
less we believe an arrangement, by proper
■ffort, can he effected, whicli will approach
nuch nearer to equality than the present,
and avoid many of its evils and inconvcn-
enccs. We expect to refer to this subject
-igain as occasion may require, during
Hie approaching campaign. Various plans
will, doubtless, be suggested by the politi
cal economists and statesmen of tbe day.—
Me shall speak of them as our judgement
may dictate, and govern ourself according
ly.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
No Armistice with Douglas.—Tbe
Charleston Mercury says:—“The Douglas
Democracy have broadly and unequivo
cally denied the preservation of law and
order in the territories where the rights of
the southern man and slaveholder are con
cerned. * * * These are the friends
with whom we are asked to confederate,
and on whom we are to depend, for the ad
vancement of principles and the preserva
tion of our rights and institutions derivable
therefrom. The South can acknowledge
no such friendship. She can consent to no
such alliance. She will refuse to ignore
Hie assertion of her rights, and must require
fidelity and soundness of all who waut her
friendship.”
Editorial Lire.—There it so much of trnth in
the following, from the pen of Captain Marrjatt.
that we must be allowed to quote it. Bat few read
er* even think of the labor aud care devolving up
on an editor—one who vastly feels his responsi
bility. Captain Marrjatt says: “I know how a
periodical will wear down one's existence. In it
self it appears nothing; the labor is not manifest;
nor is it in the labor; it is the continual attention it
requires. Yoty life becomes, as it \\ ere, the pub
lication. One day’s paper is no sooner corrected
and printed, than on comes another. It is the
stone of Sisyphus, an endless repetition of toil, and
constant weight upon the intellect and spirits, de
manding all the exertion of your faculties, at the
same time you arc conipelled to the severest drud
gery. To write for a paper is very well, but to
edit one is to condemn yourself to slavery.”
der the circumstances was thought to be contrary
toail recognized rights of a party meeting, as Col.
K. had dec!arcJ*himse’if aa independent candidate
for the Legislature, and his fiieuds who were com
mitted to him were found in the meeting urging his
claims for a nomination. We did bolt that meet
ing, and when another such game shall again be
attempted, we will not only be found repudiating
the meeting and the nominee, but Toting as we
(the Junioi) did for a political opponent. The
merits of that question, however, is local, and is
understood by the voters of Baldwin county, and
we deem it unnecessary to enlarge upon it. For
our last bolt we have given our reasons above, and
will only add by saying, so long as we occupy the
position we now do, w» shall attend the call of all
American meetings in the county, unless we know
something more of their purposes and objects than
we did of the last. And when causr’ut as we were,
oar friends need not lay the flattering unction to
their souls, that we will endorse any aud every
thing they may do, because perchance we were at
the meeting. We cannot as yet get our consent j
to become the political trumpeter of Baldwin conn-
t\ alone, and endorse every and anything a meet
ing may do, whether it be iu violation of all party
usage, policy or principle. So much in our own
defence and our statement of the case.
As to the general principles maintained by
“Baldwin,” no one denies in the abstract. That por
tion of the Americans of Baldwin county who en
dorsed the late meeting, had the right to so act;
they have the right to embarrass and forestall the
the meeting of a District Convention, as the effect
is already seen by communications we have pub-
published ; they have the right to vote for a Dem
ocrat ; they have the right to vote or not to vote,
as they please; but acting, jls they pretend, as a*
body politic, and looking beyond county lines for
support for their nominee, does not their rights as
sume something of a dictation when they put up a |
nominee? It dots; for it comes in conflict with a
party usage, and destroys that unity of action that
is recognized among party men. We have yet to
learn that the Conventions of the 7th Congressional
District were ever accused of fraud, and patting up
rnen that were distasteful to the voters of the whole
district. We prefer, by far, the action of a Con
vention in giving us a nominee than the indepen
dent action of a county. 'Ihe idea of “Baldwin*
endeavoring to -impress the fact that this district
is conceded to be American, and that the Demo
crats will stand aside and not vote, shows a weak
ness, if mt an intention to deceive. _ Does ! s net
know tliat if the American party lias a Convention
and nominate a candidate, that an independent
American would get the L>emocratic vote, and if
elected, it wonld be claimed as a Democratic tri
umph. Ls there an American, true to his princi
ples, that would be willing to be elected uuder
such circumstances, over a regular American nom
inee ? If there is one, we don’t envy his princi
ples. The Republican is right. We have no faith
district w ill be certainty ard irretn
There sh-iuld. therefore, be no c»ai'-
v ill, or may. hazard that harmony: ard :- L,
tike action of the Baldwin mce-.tiz •Dicers'
produce discord that we condemn th- r:
The only tne p..J-?r is to ca! a eonvee*
t° ah: ie br and cordially port '.l-
I it is not to be supposed that, tbe fire
Americans and Whigs of the District ai:;
submit to have a candidate ihrest ur<o? '.sen.
r try ft a- (less than a. ksrutred.j nr.cn,• -
ty in Baldwin. The thing is prep - •,
surd—for a fere mtmbpis cf tie pnrty in ntm
smallest rounti s in the District. : :■ r
ten counties into obe-hen-e to r 1:—-r •
V, itli these hurried rems. s. s’ ia-oa -
munication of "E-dthrin. " with tLe '.arete j.
■ ha- Col. Kt- it wi:: not penrit hi- a.:«r
frieuds to place him in snch an urf r r.v-
ill-adviseu position in tbe c~nv . and •
friends tvi,I see the error of their « ay, a-d r..
haste to retrace tlieir steps:
- Two more cammcuicati ns npon the script
the Baldwin county congressi >nal :
will be found in another pL.ce. We V~-r..
ever, with Alexis; for the- tone of his e r,
tion but too plainly shows the necessity of * (.'
vend on if we as Americans desire the -.;;
our party ; and his declaration, that C K-
tcill not, ought not lo be ihe nominee, is as z
ot tas^eand as dictorialais was the Br I
in its action. “Extremes beget extr-. z -- " L-
oid and trite saying, and we fer.r our if. 1
friends will yet feel the force of the remark to;
hurt of our district.
The SaTaaaah Steamships.
The fine steamers, Florida, Alabama ar-i A-r
ta; constitute the line between Savanna, m i >
York, have been sold and bongu: by Mr. C
President of the Centra! Railroad. TV- - *'
tiiiue on the line between New Tori and i
nah. without any interruption whatever.'
Letters from New Orleans, ir m rts; >.:il
sources, say'that several cases of yellow fever _
made titcimppearance there, and that all *.
leave the city, were crowding every public cost
ance.
Later accounts say that there were sixty uesij
from yellow fever last week.
The trains on the Alabama and Florida TL\i- -
now run through from Montgomery to Greecrir.
Butler county, daily.
The Coferobrht Bone Guard*.
A Cavalrv corps lately organised in • nr ’
turned out with full numbers in undress pin ’
last Saturday, and created quite a please.r: rich
men:, freon the novelty of the affair. We . :
nlate the cops upon the fine appearance they mr..-
even in their undress, and we hope to Lv-
pleasnre of seeing them out in fni! feather, s
Success to the Governor’s Horse Guard- s?y
Gen. Jasf.s N. Blthcsf. is announced la th
Columbus papers as an independent can ;.
Congress in the second district.
Mr. Slaughter's Candidacy.
The National American under date of :..
says, “we simply desired to satisfy ad inl-tV
that «e disapproved and was in no wi-e resp
ble for what we. in common with a iarg- mr
of our poll cal friends in this county, regarde a •“
ill-advised and premature movement r-n ; - : ;r -
We have personal objection to Mr. S . .
candidacy ; on the contrary, if Le siia,: be ei ' “
by a Convention of the Opposition, (to w ■ :ch -■
are pleased to see he is willing to submit IV c
for a nomination.) we wDl snpport him . j c.-:,--
ly aud cheerfully as we wouhi any oV- r.
Tlie American Union thus alindes to the mr.::-'
“We see that James S. Slaughter. E-p. o; ‘
Atlanta -American’ is announced as a car- Sica:*
Cnrgress in the f«ntrlh District.’
We can but regard this announcement r.s -■
tnre. The American party of that District re
nsa.ally chosen their candidates by a 1 >njent :•
and we have no idea that any movenieni »s- ’ "
well that does not give^he people a chare- :
heard in choosing a candidate. B tter 1 1
ventiou, and then, if Mr. Slaughter is * ’■ : ’
right. _
Edinburg Review.
We are in receipt of the “ Edinburg for At : -
We Lake the fellow ing summary os its; sp
an exchange:
Its table of contents embraces sn ■ •- e
ent interest, and their treatment, as ' "
terestiHg and instructive. The first arn- e-
male indtts’ry,” gives a skctc:: ot
and emoluments of Females in Great Britain..:
the days of King Alfred, when the -urj *
and girls of England w ere sold into -laverr :::
land, down to the present time, when Hirer
faetory and other systems ot labor, they " ^
scarcely less tiian slaves, a- 1 con-, .udes » . ■
excellent suggestions for the improvement o-
conoition of females dependent upon thei!
bor tor support- _. ,
“Barth’s Discoveries in Africa iselab r.
viewed, and the aathor pronounced among the '
if not the rtunj firs* of Africa* travelers-
“Dr. French on English Dictionaries * ;
subject of an article favoring the proposed P '
tion of a New Dictionary by th- London Fi ■ ■
al Society, and criticising wi lt some sev- 1 ■-
Webster and other distinguished Lexic-zra" -
“The West Indies as they were and are. ? iV ’
more hopeful view of tbe Bri ish Y\ es: Jr> •-* ‘_U
than is generally entertained, and -'V’Uy. .
prove the wisdom of the policy of great Bntart
wards those possessions, in respect to Esw«V*
and Free Trade r - sM
The articles on “Montenegro,” -Rifle Go**' - :
Modem Tactics.” “Sir F. Palgrave -
and England,” “Major Hodaou's D.re in b' ,Jt
and a very interesting review of t,.e pound-.
lations of Austria, France and Italy, to
countries ail eyes are turned with the in ’~‘
anxfety complete this vety able number of tne
view,
Repnbiis’rt-d by Leonard Scott & D' 1
Street, New York. Price. $3 a year or .
taken with Blackwood's Magazb*- or °*
other British Quarterlies rapnbibbeJ ty *•
House-
Louisiana Politics.—Thomas Moore, tie 9
ocratic nominee for Governor of Lou-- ■ ‘ 1 (
tongs to the Slide’ll branch of the party. * i ‘^ ! .
test in the ?tate Convention between
ard Soate factions was a fierce and protrae.^
and it was ouiy on tbe third day and a “£UV
ballotings that Moore was Komina-ec- J * e ‘
wing is strongest in New Orieass. Slid
of tha “rural districts” nnder his *scBag c ®re'
Soule sympathizes with Douglas, and
Buchanan. Tli» Soule wing w ill hardly g° *“ tff
make a separate nomine?ton, but we in --• r '
assured that no Moure Democratic Gcrer 11 ’
be elected in Lonisinna fo^soiae years toe