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k I IIA Y
By Joseph Clisby
GaV . Wfoe on Kights and Remedies.
G - ..r of Friday, gives Gov. Wises |
. speech at Norfolk. It is very long. We |
IT’" * ‘ t ,.jy f or p a rt, in which the Governor
IdZcH-'s his views of policy, in event of Lin- I
I C -.l ‘ £ . L-'i.-n: .
i..« r has now grown so great as proba- j
lent of the United States.—
.• . ’ i / aoi>t its black flagover the dome
; -.1 Capitol. And. what then? Aye,
F r’s w* ; 5 J <n C h a consutnnla
f ‘ \--hute > declaration of war against
“ i lt!X •idii.i'ion is inaccurate. It
nU b an a ial war upon us which is already
4 .-’a: I I* will be a war pt easing us to the
, . ■. .< ii"'»l>ition or submission, fraught
u ■, u verbal demoralization; and will leave
t _ . .. : ~,it a nust dissolution or demor-
a i last "n.'>rt. the final appeal to
V. dr.-ad purifiers of a diseased political at-,
, t> , rc the blood Mid fire of revolution ! It
,1a air a rea.lv declared and encouraged, and
, v uted by reason and force of the
c » i\icin»n of our en niies that we will accept,
'a?er, the alternative of demoralizing
'->n. leaving them the position of un
q i—it »m-l domination.
U .’b i_. -r circumstances around us, with
, ... b. fore u-. 1 ask you what can be
done? I'hcre is a present remedy, it we would
a-i it. Are our people too pr<»sperous in ma
teiial mi'.Tests —too strongly wedded to the love
<.i in rami of peace, at any price, to invoke
r. . .< Iti.m. latlur than to sink into degrading
„ .Il the fanatics thought we were
pt. :.u 1 : . ri-k life and treasure in revolution
a• u: -ni>: elation —if the politicians, at least,
aa. .« -iL who use fanaticism as the mere
pj ,. ..-.mi . n.strume.'. t f>r their attainment of
.-miuneed that we would choose
t u -n rather than submission —they would
I But the patriot, who now attempts to
F . • them that our people will manfully re-
. .ir_- dl the denunciation of disunion and
;rt i> md this ties many a tongue.
il a, '. u .ue:*' ired the dark depths of this
dir. r. i ..live of demoralization, incident to
tin- ar.. .r.irv domination of one section ami the
abp el siiO iiission of another ? I iiink of it An
exultant, i.'atani, domineering majority at the |
N »rih, driven to excess, sby tyranny by an p- !
petite for p. a er, whetted and increased by a
siicc-.-ssiwH <>f arbitrary triumphs, and a poor,
piufii'. -übdued minority in the South, submit- j
icctunbing in ali the cron hing atti
t\. fa people lost to a sense of honor and
< ~..... . id >o wanting in sell-respect as to
“ .va t for overt acts."
U, i for overt acts'. Have not Southern
m -n a.». s iv overt acts enough pressing upon
I or < i l i-ancc ls the long succession ot
hy which St.te.iter Stete at the
\ :... ~si, . jfi 1 the fugitive slave law —is |
tin c -t mt inroad on our border, which hur
res oil > \ war property valued at hundreds ;
of ihou-umis on underground railroads—is the i
tons am Imx-ion of incendiary appeals —is the I
ex’ ~ sion of fanaticism into our own bord rs—
is thv mv i : in of Kansas with Sharpe’s rifles,
pro <le I by emigr int aid societies, under the
j.*.;. • >a_-- ami countenance of State authorities
—,s the II per’s Ferry raid of John Brown—
i< the rec m squatter sovereignty burning of
towm. ;t: . i poisoning of cattle, and midnight
co ispini- v t »depo -ulate North Texas—aie not
ah tn - overt acts sufficiently imperative on
<;.t.-iif«ilncss, Smthern self-preserva
tion, S > ithern honor, to awake Southern resis
t m-v tn fur ier aggression ? Ami will the de-
■hr e- nan < a tof war of a Northern majority’,
r ■■•• rd i at the polls, furnish no sufficient ear
i an 1 im* slice of further aggression ?If not,
v . ; n, is this vague, this undefined “overt ’
r *d;e purpose of awaiting which we are I
t . : <> vtimein temporising submission? Is
■>et anoliier Kansas invasion, or yet another
-bn Br >wn raid? Ah! sirs, wait for another
■vn a, •, wait tor another raid, it you dare!
11 . mxt rai t which comes upon you will
i . f, a.l bn Brown rai 1. It will not be led
bv one p ><»r. >,Jd fanatic, assisted by a handful
. : de-q er,'. <>r deluded followers, scantily equip
ped a <: > indiy advised. It will be a raid of
t hi.s iJ- :>» rh ips tens of thousands—oftrain
,l - A . \ wakes," It will have the executive
-■ ji t iv “irrepressible" tendencies of
\t>r< j i Lincoln, and the encouragement of
l.se ; 1 . >.f non-intervention intervening to
<- i no . Mate sovereignty itself to submission,
• >'s . !t y Houglas. And while we wait
for who shall guaranty us, what shall
in wen while we wait, against all the
dis >rr of anarchy, all the weakness ofthedis
- 0’.,. ..a, or the aggression of the abuse of fed
itL o ■ s throughout the Southern States?
W . « ‘ fill the Federal offices ? Will South
«ni ’mu. t ovv proud of their integrity, and
f»-th: .. s i.timent to Southern interests and
5 s:-n rights, be seduced to accept the pat
rou.ig, d.'.intuited, and do the work command
ed By \ham Lincoln? What sons of the
> • i, with any filial fondness left in their bo
soius, vvdl be found, then, to fatten on the cus
to-u-.hou<cs, or to distribute incendiary torches
u ihe pst odices ? What then ? Will the
third by the worst enemies of the
> >mhcrn traitors living in our midst
ami-tealing our strength ? Or must we send
t « : \hohti mist hives of the North for a full
: - Lee holders, to supply federal offices
" . :i • If '<», will these Southern trait
v»r- or Northern invaders, be permitted to hold
“ffie« -j.., By ia the midst of Southern neigh
l.w.»rh-s>ds and communities ?
An the uhei-s to lie filled with the tools and
< m-s<r;.--<>f fanaticism, and must individual
• ’<’ -a i '>ver ign Mates alike become used
to ’ a.lvvrsitiex of actual invasion? Are we
t<« be m< n: dand compelled into absolute sub
jection to th< “solid men of Boston?"
A - ; i 'j- ' : of. ancc of Mr. Seward’s late
apt- a. to >he “solid men of Boston.’’ What
40-s it mean?
’•* Boston had and I trust, yet has, solid
men in a Merling sense, of public virtue and
! 'i : ’ g patriotism. She has had her
Han -k> and Adamses in the Revolution and
s - < the Revolution. But .Mr. Seward means
: ~u has these. His object is to shake the
ntouvy Lag' of Northern wealth at us. And
tin- Weapons of war. as well as its sinews,
timafens us. Already in public addresses to
‘A dt \wake Clubs," they are urged to stand
pr.-pan I to c'mpel Southern submission in the
I ,-’ r ' rt. Listen to an example of this spe-
•■ - f exhortation delivered at “Plymouth
II d', a tew weeks since.
“But 1 b lyon Wide Awakes, if they.
• - attempt to play a game of this kind,
i ' 7 ■ /. ' z’-.r ; 'L. we must
• Litig< < ir lamp- f- r Sharpe’s rilles, and to
u iut w, have already said, we must add the
in> nt language of gunpowder, and the inex
orable convincing argument of lead.”
Truly, the ta>k of submission is as hard as
• mien is heavy and degrading. But what
an- we to do? If we submit, we are degraded
and undone; and if we resist, are told we are
to !•«.• hauii-nl as traitors by the great High
Priv't <>f Non-intervention.
H L-n Mr. Houglas came on Southern soil,
only to elicit and expose, in the midst of a
S. .uthern '■rate, expressions, from Southern
men. of aid and encouragement to Black Re
publicanism, at Norfolk, he went far enough
4 W3' cheered more than enough, for his as
on State rights and State remedies ; but
Junes’ Woods, in New \ ork. and at Balti
re. he went further, and broke through all
in the derision of State sovereignty.
■ : .in Norfolk, he went so far as to proclaim
I -i he would assist Lincoln in suppressing
"ion by force of arms. When further
' nh, he explains that he would not act on
States, but would hang individual citizens who
should be found assisting the enforcement of
secession or any other mode of State resis
tance.
Now, this explanation is made by his organ,
the “States and Union,” to wear the appear
ance of hanging traitors, not of assailing State
rights.
What does he mean ? Why, nothing else
but what the bluest Federalism alw-ays meant,
wffien pushing consolidation to extremes. In
1798, ’99, Virginia and Kentucky, led by Jef
ferson, Madison and Nichols, declared the rule,
that in cases of gross oppression or palpable
violations of the Constitution, “Each State, for
herself, is the judge of the infraction and of
the mode and measure of redress.” It w-as not
left to the individual citizens to judge or to re
dress any wrongs. Their private judgment, or
merely individual action, would w ant the sanc
tion of the sovereign power. It was for the
State, in her sovereign capacity, to judge and
to act. It was under this rule, and to redress
the aggression of the alien and sedition laws,
that Virginia adopted her resolves, and raised
and organized her armed State guard, which
she has maintained, paid, armed and uniformed
ever since. “Very well,” said the John Adams
school of Federalists, “your State may pro
nounce her judgments, pass her resolutions,
and raise her troops. We can't prevent that.
We can’t catch the State. The State has no
neck for the hangman's knot. But w-e will
catch every individual citizen of hers, who
dares to obey the mandates of his State, and
we will hang him as a rebel, for treason. We
act on pertfonss — not on States. It shall be
treason for the individual citizen of a State to
I obey State sovereignty against Federal dicta
t on.”
Now this position of the Federalism of 1798,
’9:l, is the exact position repeated in Mr. Doug
glas’ speech at J ones’ Woods.
He tells us, indeed, what even Federalists
must admit to be true, that the best way to
preserve the Union, is strictly to observe the
Constitution. But what is constitutional, and
what unconstitutional ? What is an infraction
of the Constitution, and who is to judge of the
infraction and what shall be the mode and
measure of redress ? Mr. Douglas will not al
j low* the Sovereign State, as party to the com
pact, to judge for herself, that is for her own
citizens; and he will not allow the citizen to
plead his State’s judgment and action, in that
| citizen’s defence on a charge of treason —but
Mr. Douglas would hang him as a rebel.
And precisely like the Federalists did former
ly, Mr. Douglas refers to the revolutionary war,
to cite British authority for his theory of trea
son. He says that, in that war, our fathers
were rebels to King and Parliament, and were
liable to be hung lor treason. Such was, in
deed the doctrine of Lord North and of George
J the Third. But it was not the American doc
trine asserted and maintained by our forefath
ers. It was not the doctrine of George Wash
! ington, when the patriot Hayne was hung in
South Carolina. The father of his country claini
' ed for his countrymen the protection aide facto
Sovereignty m war. under public law. He and
ali our fathers claimed that they were under a
ficto governmental power, recognised as
such, ami waging war under goverenmental au
thority, and were entitled to be treated as ene
mies in war. They were no marauders of the
John Brown stamp engaged in a lawless raid,
without the authority of Sovereign power. Ac
cordingly, George Washington took hostages,
and these were held by the rope as sureties for
the safety of every prisoner of war taken by the
enemy in war. If the British dared to hang, he
would retaliate by hanging under the rules of
war. So, I say to Mr. Douglas—if revolution
I shall arise and rush us into a righteous war of
! resistance to aggression, we will not hang States,
i but if our citizens are hung, we will hold hos
tages by the rope, and Mr. Douglas' own neck
is not too short for the cord.
Mr. Douglas holds in fact the doctrine of pas
sive obedience and non-resistance. He says ex
pressly that under no circumstances, in no con
tingency, will he countenance resistance to the
authority of Black Republicanism, ii its President
is elected, and acts only in the forms of the Con
stitution. He requires the authority to have
only thejbrz/w of the Constitution, to be sub
mitted to; and does not permit a sovereign
State to decide as to what is lawful authority
under the Constitution. What will be the cause
i of war is the issue for sovereign States to de
j cide. And under our past history, and under
present and pressing exigencies, if a Southern
State shall decide that the election of a Black
Republican President is a declaration or act of
war in fact against her sovereignty, and shall
resort to arms in defence against the State and
Federal powers assailing her, and shall sum
mon her citizens to the field, Mr. Douglas tells
us that the citizens who shall obey the sum
mons are traitors and must be hung as rebels.
Mr. Douglas' doctrine is, that the Federal
Government, the agent of the States, command
ed by the Slates to enact and execute laws only
in accordance with the written commands of
the States embodied in the Federal Constitu
tion, shall, as sole judge, dictate to the States
the meaning and extent of each command, and
coerce the States to implicit obedience to such
dictation. \\ hat becomes then of State sover
eignty, when this
“Mahomet comes to vindicate the laws,
"Nor sufler witli impunity their breach?’’
) Here I join issue with .Mr. Douglas at once.
I I maintain, to its full extent, the doctrine of
State Rights and State sovereignty, against his
theory of the absolute dictation of Federal offi
cials. lam not, I never was a disciple of the
South Carolina school of politics on this ques
tion. I have no necessity to seek an altar of
State Rights among the penates of South Caro
lina. I prefer the household gods of Virginia.
I hold to the doctrines of Mr. Madison, as ex
pounded in his Everett and Ingersoll letters, and
so ably elucidated in ~ie f ... ..o oi Mr.
Cummings of Georgia. I hold that whenever
a question as to the violation of the spirit or
letter of the federal compact shall arise, “each
State for herself is the judge of the infraction
and of the mode and measures of redress.” —
"Each State" is the judge—not the common
municipal agent and creature of the States.—
“Each State,” too, is the judge "for herself' —
not for her sister States. When the State of
\ ermont. for axample, judges “fur herself,’’ that
the fugitive slave law is an infraction of the Con
stitution, and that her mode and measure of
redress is resistance to the execution of that law,
I hold that V irginia has an equal right to decide i
for herself, that the fugitive slave act is no in
fraction; that it is a just and constitutional law ;
that Vermont's resistance to the execution of a
constitutional law is itself an infraction of the I
federal compact; and that Virginia’s mode and j
measure of redress is the enforcement and exe- |
cution of the law. The right is a purely rela
tive right—involving, necessarily, a reciprocity
of responsibility among co-equal States; but no j
responsibility of any State to the general gov- !
eminent, the common agent and creature of the
States. In such a case, there arises a necessary '
and inevitable conflict between sovereign States,
subject to no dictator and amenable to no um
pire. One State, or both States, may forbear
the extreme assertion of their respective judg
ment and decision, and thus extreme conflict
may be avoided. Otherwise, it must eventuate
in that conflict of arms which constitutes the j
ultiiha ratio of sovereigns. And there is no
limit to the choice among the modes and meas
ures of redress. In such case, a State is not
tied down to the sole alternative of secession or
nullification. She may select any modeormeas
ure of redress not inconsistent with the laws of
nations.
Usually, in such cases of conflict, the appro-
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1860.
priate duty ofthe Federal Government consists
in deferring to and awaiting the issue of the
decision of sovereign States. I believe, indeed,
that there inay be peculiar cases in which it
will be proper for federal officers in the midst
of the conflict, to enforce laws involved in the
conflict, not for the purpose of assailing, but
for the purpose of maintaining State Sovereign
ty. But even in such case, any federal officer,
high or low, acts at his own peril; and he is
at all times responsible and amendable to the
sovereign States. And, whenever such a con
flict arises, each individual citizen who obeys
the mandate of his sovereign State, is fully pro
tected by the aegis of her complete sovereignty,
whether her judgment prove to be right or
wrong in the abstract. And, whenever resort
is had to the pitiful evasion of as
sailing individual citizens for their obedience
to State authority, such an act will constitute a
violation of State sovereignty—a violation of
international right—an inhuman violation of
the humane laws prescribed by the consent of
nations to mitigate the horrors of public war.
And such an act must be, and will be, restrain
ed and punished by the application of the very
extreme of the lex talonis, the hanging of hos
tages by the neck.
This is the State Rights doctrine of the men
who framed the Federal Constitution. And it
is as comprehensive in its wisdom, as it is un
avoidably deducible from the nature itself of
the federal compact. It preserves the equality
as well as the sovereignty of the States. It
properly subordinates to the States, their com
mon servant, the Federal Government. It pro
tects the individual citizen in loyal obedience
and allegiance to his State.
Finally, it renounces the theoretical absurdi
ty and practical impossibility of “ peacehle' ex
treme remedies. In the midst of an extreme
conflict of sovereignties, the idea of peace is
preposterous. And we would have had less
submission, and less aggression to originate
submission, had the people never been deluded
with the false hope of “ peaceable” extreme
remedies. This unsubstantial bauble has been
held before their eyes—has lulled them into
false security—has kept them babbling and
boasting about “ peaceful resistance,” and
“ peaceful remedy”—kept them ignorant of the
real nature and the real cost of extreme reme
dy—until, time and again, when the necessity
for remedy has come upon them, they have
been driven back to submission, and the en
couragement of renewed aggression, by the ac
tual presence of those stern realities of extreme
remedy, which they had not been prepared to
encounter. Let the people know the truth.—
Let them no longer be misled and weakened by
delusions of unsound metaphysical distinctions.
Let them be made to realize at once the simple,
truthful statement of the matter. Tell them
distinctly : “ You must make up your minds
to submit to the invasion of your rights, or you
must stand prepared to fight for their main
tenance.” They can understand this. And
when they know this and act upon this, then
their warning of intended resistance will of it
self be potent to repress aggression, instead of
remaining a pretext to incite it. Then, when
the final necessity for actual (not “peaceable”)
resistance shall arise, they will be prepared to
meet the issue.
Where no conflict exists among the States,
no necessity can exist for extreme remedies on
the part of one State against another State.—
And when extreme remedies are resorted to,
the conflict which originates the remedy, must
also become extreme—to the final conflict of
armed collision.
And whenever that conflict arises, I, for one,
stand prepared to strike with all my might for
the defence of my country’s rights, her safety
and her honor. And I know, too, where my
country is—
“ My country, sir. is not a single spot
Os such a fnould, or fixed to such a clime.
No I ’tis the social circle of my friends,
The lov’d community in which I'm link'd.
And in whose welfare all my wishes centre.”
So soon as the war already declared against
my State and my section shall be actually com
menced by the election of a Black Republican
President, I stand ready to draw the sword of
defence. I will wage no private war. I will
take part in no unauthorized foray. I shall first
await the action of my own sovereign State.—
In torturing suspense, I shall wait upon her
resolves, and pray God they may be worthy of
the example of ’9B and ’99. And although I
fully recognize the right of a sovereign State to
select secession as her mode and measure of
redress for the infraction of the Federal com
pact, secession is not the mode which I would
desire or recommend. lam unwilling to yield
one right for the sake of the privilege of main
taining another right. I would make no such
bargain—no such compromise. I would not
yield my right to the army and the navy, to
the Federal treasury and territory. I would
not yield my right to the Union any more than
1 would yield my right to my negro property.
No ! 1 would keep both the Union and the ne
gro, and fight to the last to preserve and main
tain all my rights to both.
As I have said, I will first appeal to Virginia
for authority to fight under her banner. But
if Virginia shall not meet the issue and come
up to the mark of self-defence and self respect,
I will look to North Carolina, I will look to
South Carolina, to Georgia, to each Southern
State in succession, and appeal to each for per
mission to fight under the aegis of her sover
eignty, And I will advise each State not to
wait for the example or co-operation of other
States. Such waiting will only produce falter
ing, and all the delay and confusion of uncer
tainty. No! Let each State leap at once, for
herself and by herself, into the contest, and
struggle for precedence and pre-eminence in the
work of defence.
Any one State, even the smallest, can make
the battle and win the victory. And if the
smallest State will make the battle alone and
unaided ; if gallant little Florida alone will
take up the gauntlet of war and levy an army,
! 1 will enlist in that army, wherever it shall be
raised, and we will see then, whether the “Black
Douglas" can execute his threat of coercion.—
If ever the issue comes, I hope to meet him in
the field where the ultima ratio of States
is to be tried. And even fighting under the
banner of one little State, I will remember that
the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the
strong. I will remember, too, that Patrick
Henry had every loyalist to cry out “treason”
against him in the House ot Burgesses; but he
[ seized the old powder magazine at Williams
burg, and dragged even loyalists themselves
into the tide of resistance and revolution along
with him. I will remember, too when told
that eighteen millions are pressing against our
' eight millions, that there was a time when five
. millions of American patriots stood secure and
| won the contest against more than fify—more
1 than a hundred millions !
And when the hour of battle comes, we shall
1 find that it will iwt cross swords over a sec
i tional line. No. Our enemies at the North
will find our friends there, too, the true friends
of justice and right—Northern defenders of
i Southern rights—and enough in numbers to
keep both hands of Northern fanaticism busied
with strife at home ; while we, at the South,
will have active work to do in waging the war
against Southern traitors in our midst and at
! our doors. It will be a neighborhood war, at
I both ends, and in the centre of the continent.
At the North and at the South, it will be a war
which will array all the forces of conservatism,
all the friends of equal rights, against the fa
naticism and the fraud of Black Republicanism
, at the North, and its tools and panders at the
South. It will not be a war of sectionalism or
; of dissolution, and, once commenced, it must
j result, sooner or later, in the re-establishment
of the integrity of the Union, and the purity of
the Constitution.
In such a strife, and for such a holy pur
pose, I will join the ranks of war, and fight
alike against those who would oppress me and
those who would coerce my submission to op
pression. I will fight—
“To combat violence, fraud and usurpation,
To pluck ttie spoil from the oppressor’s jaws.
And keep my country, as [found it— free I”
When Governor Wise ceased speaking, it
was past midnight. The building was still
crowded to excess, and rang again with “Three
cheers for Henry H. Wise !”
I) A LI? Y “TE LEG 11A PIL
TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE
OF KENTUCKY, FOR PRESIDENT.
JOSEPH LANE
OP OREGON, FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
Electors for the State at Large.
Hox. c. j. McDonald, ofCobb.
Hon, 11. R. JACKSON, of Chatham.
Electors for the Districts.
Ist Dist.—PETER CONE, of Bulloch.
2nd “ M. M. SLAUGHTER, of Dough’ty.
3rd “ 0. C. GIBSON, of Spauldin<r.
dth “ HUGH BUCHANAN, of Coweta.
sth “ LEWIS TUMLIN, of Cass.
6th “ 11. STRICKLAND, of Forsyth.
7th “ W. A. LOFTON, of Jasper.
Bth “ \\. M. McINTOSH, of Elbert.
Douglas at Chicago.—Douglas’ speech at
Chicago is stated to have been delivered before
an audience of eighty thousand. He took up
Seward’s speech delivered at that place a few
days before, and we must say, gave him and
his speech an elegant lambasting.
NEW MUSIC AT BURKE’S.
Garibaldi’s Quickstep and Columbian Waltz
composed by Charles 11. Lochos, Professor of
music in the Academy for the Blind, and also
in Mr. 1. R. Branham’s School. Published by
Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street,
Boston.
• ♦-
A PRESENT.
Two of our acquaintances who keep Batchel
lor’s Hall on Poplar street had a tine present
yesterday morning. Their sable cook was
roused about three o’clock by a couple of white
men, unknown to her, who handed her a blank
et containing a fine looking boy, who had ap
parently just entered this world of sin and
death. They gave the cook some money, and
told her to take care of the infant, and in the
course of a week she should know more about
it. When day light came, she astonished the
gentlemen of the house with the exhibition of
her treasure. And one of them who is an in
exorable Douglas man, has already named the
infant after the little'giant. We trust if it ever
comes to be a candidate for the Presidency, it
will at least get one electoral vote.
HI, BETTY MARTIN.
Our friend Pritchard is death on figures.—
Will any body return the compliment, and send
him some “probable votes” with the Douglas
column filled up with ciphers ? We know noth
ing about the Bth district, but if all the others
put together make Douglas 3040 more votes—
probable or possible—actual or contingent, we
shall be as much mistaken as we have often
been before.
Bostick’s Stoke.—One of our old mer
chants resumes business in a new store, and
with a new outfit to-day, and we hazard no
thing in saying that he will present as attrac
j tive an array of Dry Goods, as can be found in
the State. Having been delayed in getting pos
session of his store to a period beyond the usu
al opening time of Fall Business, he will make
a bold dash to clear off his Fall goods at very
reduced prices. Note Mr. Bostick's advertise
ment and give him a call.
“APPEALING TO HIS COUNTRYMEN.”
Mr. W. J. Wilcher, who is a candidate for
the U. S. Senate from Georgia, sends us for
publication a letter “appealing to his country
men upon the political condition of parties, and
their effect upon the country as to Union or
disunion.” Mr. Wilcher goes for a fight to
prevent the inauguration of Lincoln, and he
says “this is my last appeal until a worse state
of things are likely to take place.” If so, we
shall have another appeal very soon, when per
haps we may find room for it.
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EXCITEMENT IN SUMTER.
We understand a citizen of Sumter county,
riding towards Americus Sunday nTorning last,
discovered a negro man spring out of the
bushes with a bundle. The negro dropped his
bundle on observing that he was seen, but the
gentleman required him to pick it up and get
into the buggy. It was found to contain a jug
of whiskey and some other contraband articles,
and the gentleman determined to drive him to
town, and turn him over to his owner. The
negro, however, watching his opportunity,
grappled the gentleman by the throat, and af
ter strangling him into a state of insensibility,
but as the negro supposed, of death, dragged
him into the woods, covered him with brush and
left. Subsequently the gentleman recovered
sufficiently to extricate himself and give the
alarm, and during the day, the negro was ap
prehended in Americus. Great excitement
prevailed in the town upon the discovery of
the facts, and it was with difficulty the negro
was saved from violence.
During the same day we understand another
negro stabbed a white man in Americus, which
increased the excitement We did not learn
the particulars.
HOW TO “SAVE THE COUNTRY.”
While we are loud to admit that nearly all
our Southern exchanges have the entire body
of starch taken out of them by the Pennsylva
, nia election, and it they don’t give it up, words
i do so tacitly by turning from the canvass in
, disgust, yet some few hold out and are ready
: with panaceas to “save the country,” even in
this dire extremity. There are three modes of '
salvation proposed; Ist, by the Atlanta Con- I
federacy— all vote for Douglas. 2nd, by the
Chronicle & Sentinel— all vote for Bell. 3rd,
I by’ the Xashrille Union and Wire-Grass Re
porter— all vote for Breckinridge. The surest
way will be, all vote for Breckinridge and vote i
for him three times apiece.
GOV. WISE’S SPEECH.
The Governor has a “gift of continuance”
which lie exercised largely when he made his
Norfolk speech. He began a little after sun
down and spoke till midnight, and the candles
burnt dim. AS e have copied the last of his
speech wherein he t eats mainly of remedies
against a hostile administration of the Govern
ment. He is for a fight at once, and with what
ever State will make fight. The Governor
don’t believe in allowing the abolitionists to
chisel us out of our share of common public
property and the means of defence, nor wait
ing until they’ve got possession, or commit
“overt acts.” There is one point at least, in
which we agree with Governor Wise, and that
is the delusive character of all expectations
of “peaceable secession.” However much we
may set up the right of secession, it will prac
tically amount to nothing. The right will nev
er be conceded by our northern foes, and
though the very idea of a compulsory Union
involves the wildest absurdity ; it is/iot worth
while to delude ourselves with the hope of a
peaceful division. All abolitiondom is fully
possessed with the notion that they can whip
the South into submission with a regiment of
Wide-Awakes, and they are certain to try the
experiment. We would as lief put our trust in
the vaticinations of a Flathead Indian, as in
those of any politician stuffed with the idea
that we can divide as good children parcel out
an estate. The Federal Government is an en
tity—a something—a vast something, too :
and if it must yield up the ghost, it will do it
with the throes of a giant in his death struggle,
£nd scatter things about in a promiscuous and
strinking manner. We may call it secession
if we please, and maintain that we are merely in
a peaceable an polite manner, divesting an un
faithful agent of the trust reposed in him, and
resuming our original rights, in the exercise of
a sound and legal discretion. That is all very
well, and in strict with accordance our
State Rights theory. But as to the naked fact,
when the resumption has been completed, we
shall find we have travelled through all the
phases of revolution, and wrested our section
al independence out of the strong hands of ty
ranny by repelling the invader with the sword.
That, w’e undertake to say, will figure as histor
ic fact, if the struggle comes at all. Whatever
theories we may have imbibed on the subject.
THE SPORTS OF ADOLESCENT ROYALTY.
We are not quite sure whether or no the
public were informed by telegram, that the
youthful Prince of Wales, after a day spent in
looking at lion’s material and personal in Wash
ington, finished up with a sweet, innocent game
of ten-pins with Miss Lane and the Young La
dies, at Mrs. Eliza Smith’s Female Institute in
Washington. If so much was not stated tele
graphically, it is no harm to say it now, and to
add, it was a happy thought in Miss Lane to
countervail the evil influences of corrupt Wash
ington politicians by the sweet odors of inno
cence, lavender and west end redolent around
that sanctuary of loveliness and virture, the
Washington Female Institute. But this is not
all; a note from the Principal informs us that
some of our fair young neighbors of Vineville,
the Misses P s, pupils at the Institute, were
among the young ladies who were presented to
the Prince, and mayhap, too, they took a hand
in the games, but the note don’t say so. The
presentation, we do not account as much. The
Young Ladies are his peers, and as certain to
be Queens in their peculiar realm, as he is to
be a king.
Another Brown Movement, Perhaps.
A Cheraw correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury announces the arrest, in Clio, Marl
borough District, and the trial at Bennettsville
before a vigilance committee, of two men, father
and son, by the name of Hitchings, under very
suspicious circumstances. Invoices were found
upon them for upwards of 12,00,00 dollars
worth of tire arms of all kinds, and powder, balls
and cartridges, shipped to Floral College, N. C.
and Cheraw, S. C. by the Adams Express Co.
The arms are stated to be now in possession of
the Express Company, a part at Wilmington,
N. C., being the nighest Express point, and a
part at Florence. The only account the Hitch
ings give of them is that they were intended for
a son and brother, whose occupation is to escorj
emigrants across the plains from St. Louis—an
improbable reason for sending arms so far out
of the way. The correspondent of the Mercury
says:—
The two Hitchings are father and son—the
former between fifty and sixty years of age—
the latter, perhaps, about twenty. The elder
Hitchings is an Englishman, was naturalized in
1838, and has lived mostly in the State of New
York. He came to Pekin, in Montgomery
county, in North Carolina, about 1856, where
he has resided since. He was there at and be
fore the date of some of the above letters ; and
it is known that when he first came, and ever
since, he has lived in great poverty. His con
duct was so bad at Pekin, as a negro trader,
that he was severely whipped by the citizens of
that place some eighteen months or two years
After that he left his family at that place
ami put up a small wagon-maker’s shop at Flo
ral College, and at the time of his arrest was
about putting up another little shop of the same
kind, at Clio, in Marlboro’ District, in this State.
It is well known, both at Pekin and at Floral
College, that he had no ostensible means to pay
for any part of these invoices.
Avgusta, Oct. 15,‘1860.
Dear Sir :—Below I hand you a statement
of the probable vote in this (Bth) District for
President in November next. Will you favor
me with a statement of the probable vote in
your District, and any other District from which
you have reliable news.
Very respectfully,
W. H. PRITCHARD.
Eighth Congressional District.
Probable Vote, Not. 6, 1860.
. Counties. Douglas. Breck. Bell.
Burke, 100 420 350
Columbia, 250 180 420
Elbert, 200 250 413
Glascock, 225 10 60
Jefferson, 275 100 450
Lincoln, 200 20 190
Oglethorpe, 225 225 380
Richmond, 900 150 900 i
Scriven, 25 250 270 |
Taliaferro, 150 25 220
Warren, 350 100 340
Wilkes, 80 320 330 j
3040 2050 4323 j
ACCIDENT.
A little boy came very near losing his life in
this city a few days ago by a horse foiling while
the boy was riding him. At the time of the ac
cident it was thought that the injuries he re
ceived would prove fatal but we are glad to
learn that he is rapidly recovering.
Mayor's Court.—There were several per
sons arraigned before his Honor yesterday—
two for fighting and one for running a horse
through the streets on the Sabbath—and fined
small sums.
By Electric Telegraph
Expressly for this Paper.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
Augusta, Oct 15.—The steamship Arabia
has arrived. The sales of cotton in Liverpool
the past week 111,000 bales. Market buoyant,
and all qualities slightly advanced. Sales of
Friday 10,000 bales to speculators and 2,000
to exporters. Market firm.
Middling Orleans6|d.
Middling Uplandss|d.
Garibaldi is reported to have been victorious
along the whole line of his march.
MACON COTTON MARKET.
Telegraph Office, 1
Macon, Oct. 18, 1860. f
Monday— Receipts at the warehouses 261 bales.—
Sales 352 bales at the following prices: Bat 1 at
8,4 at 8%, Bat 8%, 12 at 9,7 at 9%, 21 at 9%, 18 at 9%,
97 at 10, 38 at 10%, 112 at 10%, 5 at 10%.
A C’ABD.
DR. McDONALD would respectfully announce his re
turn home, and that he will be pleased to serve his pat
rons in any branch of the Dental Profession.
oct 16d-3t
A CARD.
The undersigned tender their heartfelt thanks to all
who participated at the funeral of Mrs. Strauss ; partic
ularly to the members of the Hebrew congregation of
this city, and most especially to their Chairman, Mr.
Goodman. J. WALBACK,
oct 16 d-lt* M. J. BAER.
Dress Goods •
A LARGE ASSORTMENT of the latest Styles, now
opened at the Palace of Fashion. At
. oct 16 d BOSTICKS.
Carpetings and Rugs.
OVER Five Thousand Dollars worth of the newest
designs; embracing Velvets, Brussels, Three Ply
and Ingrain. This day opened at
oct 16 d BOSTICK’S.
Everything Useful
TN the DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT, can be found at
J. low prices, at the Palace of Fashion. Call on
oct. 16 d BOSTICK.
J Messenger and Citizen copy.
S. J. DAY
WOULD respectfully inform his friends and the pub
lic that he is again in Macon with a fine stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Fan
cy Goods, Musical Instruments, &c., which will be sold
at reasonable prices. Also, that he will give particular
attention to Watch Rapairing. S. J. DA.I.
Oct 16 d£w-3in
WANTED TO BORROW
540.000 !
UPON such terms as may be agreed upon by the par
ties. For which notes and good security will be
given or bond and mortgage to suit the parties.
oct 16 d E. C. GRANNISS, Agent.
LIST OF LETTERS
IJEMAINING in the Post Office, at Macon, Ga., on
V the 15th ol October, 1860.
ANDERSON, L T & W Jones, B
Anderson, M S Jones, Mrs Elenor
Anderson, W B KNIGHT, T
Allen, M A Kilpatrick, Mrs Anna
Adair, James W Keith, Membrence
Adair, J W Kennon, Mrs M F
Adams, F C Kent, Sholen James
E T & VaR R Agent Kenaly, Martin
Memphis & C “ LONG, W H
BROWN, MRS. Lincoln, WW
Brantley, M W Luberich, Valentine, care of
Boswitz, M Henry King
Bozeman, Jno Y Loomis, ProfTl
Bates, Samuel Lockett, Robert
Bonner, John Leonard, J T
Bowling, Mrs Mary Litton, Burton R
Bores, Samuel Leary, A 2
Bennette, Mrs, Hellen Lestargette, Mrs Me
Begarley, Mrs. Nancy II Ledbetter, James C
Barker, J R Levison, Henry
Bain, James B Lieback, Valentine
Bullard, Edmon Levi, Abrahfim
Bagley, Sherard MORRIS, W H
Ball, Miss VeronicaE Minhurdt & Co. Messrs
Bates, J Moulton, Z J
Balv, Robert Morris, O H
Bathowskr, S Milner, G A 2
Bard, James Mygatts, Ingraham & Co
Barnes, James Myres. H C
Bar. T A Mulkey, L
Bain, Mrs J E Monroe, B W
Barr, Mrs Mary Moore, Mrs Mary A
Bates, John F Moore, Wm J
Barfield, John T Moore, Miss Fannie
Barcul, Samuel L Moore & Co., C R
Bruce, Horatio II C Millish, Wm
Battinger, svt. care of Mrs Milton, Stephen
Battinger, Miller, Frithrop
CHERRY, W Merritt. S
Campbell. D Melton, SII
Cowles, L Matheney, James
Cooper Douglass, care Sam-Magoou, Calrind
uel Leland, Maynir Francis
Charley, Rev Mr Magowin, Killinsworth
Cross, L Martin. Edward
Crav, Mrs Scott McKENNON, W
Cushing, G W McKibbin. J
Crane, Thomas McGuire. Chas.
Culleman, M McLeod. Miss Katie
Clark, Sallie, care ThomasMcQueen & Howard
Clark, NOBLE, MRS M T
Clark, J C Nixon, F T
Clark, Dr. Thomas Nelson. J C
Combs, Mrs M E Newland, Mrs A
Cowles, H OGILON, Miss Archer 2
Coleman, J Ohara, Mrs
Collins, Dennis PARE. HENRY
Cox, Mrs Mary V Publisher The Directory,
Cameron, Wm N Payton, J
DANIEL, MRS Parker, J R
Dunnenbaum & Fleischel Panbelsky, S
Danling, Miss Mary A Powe) I, «L for Mrs Butler,
Dinkier, C ROBERTS, MRS M A
Doss, John D Roberts, James W
Dishago, Miss Francis Rose, Mint
Daniel, Miss L H Robbeids, Wm
Daly, Michael Rosier. Adolphus
Danwells, Robert Rainey, Miss S C
EVANS, MISS FANNYReddihg, W P
Evans, E E Reynolds, J M
Eaton, Thomas Rai new, Isham T
Eason, Stephen Ray, Joseph II
FITZGERALD, JNO Ray. JH, for Mrs E Barks-
Finch, Miss Delia dale.
Fletcher, Hanibal SHONE J
Ferrell, P A Salvister, M
Foster, Lenora Shopley, R
Fitzpatrick, Alex Sturling, Miss Martha A
Fairchilds, W Stewart, Miss Margaret
Fells, John Stephens, Mrs. E J
Frankenstein, J Stanfield, P
GREER, JOHN Stevens, Dianah
Greer. P M Sterling, Miss Martha A
Greer, Rooe H Stock & Co, A 8
Gordley, J J Stark, Alexander & Co
Gentry, Pleasant Smith, B W
Garaghon, Margaret Smith, E
Gardner. Patrick Sikes, Jr 2
HULBERT, W W 2 Sikes, Jos
Hopwood, T F 2 Sheppherd, Dr J J
Howe, A Summerlin, Asa
Hollohan, M C 2 Solomon, Henry
Horn, L J, care Zeby Moot,Snow, L
Holt, Miss Martha Sills. Wm
Higgins, W L Summers. Sarah
Hicks, Miss Eliza Skipper, Daniel
Hinman, Howard M Sheppeard, C
Hines, Nancy, J Shiver, Mrs Lucretia
Hinley Cannon Snead, F
Hepper, Wm Simon, N
Henager, Charles Sigmore, Mrs
Hancock, R H Sanderson, Chariot
Hancock, W II TEAS, J G 2
Hannah. Thos H Thormon. Wm L
Harris, Mrs H T Thompson. Miss Mary F 2
Hartley, Wilson Thomas, Luther J
Harris, John Thompson. Lucretia
Hamon, John Thomas, Jno R
Hayfe. RD Thompson, Jno S
Harrison, W G Taylor, Mary Ann
Hardee. N A Taylor. Henry
JOHNSON, SAML VINSON, T McD
Johnson, Rolan WYNN -Tno D
Johnson, T J Wood, Miss’ L
Johnson, George F Wood, J
Joyce, John Wilkes, T M
Jussely. Miss Georgia Williams. JAB
Jones, J R Wilson, Miss Jennie
Jones, J M Wimberly, Mrs P
Jacobs, Morris Wells, J B
Jones, Thomae. Warren, Mrs Mary
Jewell, D A Wimbert <fc Loh,
Jackson. Rabe Warner. Thomas,
Joyce, J C I'ATES, G W
Jordan, BF
Persons calling for any of the above letters, wil
lease say they are advertised. 1
E. L. STROHECKER, P. M.
DANCING SCHOOL.
PROFESSOR J. CARNCROSS and daughter respect
tully announce to the citizens of Macon, and its vi
cinity, that they will open a Dancing School
At Powell’s Hall,
where all the most Fashionable Dances will be taught,
such as the Polka, Waltz, Mazourka, Schottische, LalSi
cilienne, La Vasouvienne, Les Lancier, QuadrillesTLes
Caledonienne Quadrille, Hop and Due Lemp Valse and
Parcetie.
They commenced their School on Monday. 15th of Oc
her, 1860. Days for instruction for Ladies, Misses,
and Masters on Tuesdays 3% o'clock, P. M., on Satur
days at 9%, A. M., and 3%, P. M. Gents’ class Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday, 7% o'clock at night. Tuition
$lO for 16 lessons or 24 lessons tor sls; half payable in
advance. Miss C. algo gives instruction on Guitar and
vocal music. Apply at Floyd House. oct 16 d-lm
Agency Office.
HEMO Wa. Xj !
THE undersigned having opened an office in the city
of Macon for the purpose of
RENTING HOUSES, HIRING OUT NE
GROES. SELLING STOCKS,
and all other kinds of property, settling and collecting
all claims, taking interrogatories and securing
LOANS OF MONEY!
And attend to ail business that may be entrusted to him;
and he would especially invite all who may have any busi
ness to entrust to an Agent, to give him a call.
I am also Agent for the long established
New York JLife Insurance Comp’y.
This subject I invite every thinking man to consider
before it is too late to make provisions for his family af
ter death.
I am also Justice of the Peace for the 716th district,
G, M., city of Macon.
" Office in the Granite Hall Building, entrance from
the alley in the rear of V. W. Skiff & Co’s store.
E. C. GRANNISS.
References,—Judge E. A. Nisbet, Judgj H. G. La
mar, Judge Clifford Anderson, Lewis N. Whittle, Esqr,
E. L. Stronecker, Esqr., Elijah Bond, Esqr.
Oct 16,1860-d
Open riies<lay 5 OcLl6, IM6O
BOSTICK’S
PALACE OF FASHION.
J UST opened at Bostick’s new Store, opposite the La
nier House a tremendous stock of FALL and WIN
TER DRY GOODS, which the ladies and gentlemen of
this city and surrounding country are respectfully invit
ed to call and examine. The prices will be made to suit
the stringency of the times. Call at
oct 16 d A. G. BOSTICK’S.
Presbyterian Book
rpHE undersigned, having been appointed by the Gen-
JL eral Supenntent Local Colporteur of Macon, respect
fully informs those interested that he has just received
and offers for sale at his Store, on Cotton Avenue, a com
plete assortment of Books, &c„ published by the Pres
byterian Board. In addition to these he will always
keep on hand a well selected stock of other religious
Books for geeerl circulation.
oct 16 d HIRAM L. SCREINER.
THE
CRUTCHFIELD HOUSE
AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN.,
—0:0
IN consequence of the death of my brother-in-law, and
partner, the late John H. Lumpkin, of Georgia, all
the real and personal estate owned by us jointly, in the
State of Tennessee, will be sold to the highest bidder, on
WEDNESDAY, 28th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1860,
The propertv consists of the well known
“ CRUTCHFIELD HOUSE,"
At Chattanooga, Tenn., with all of its rights and privi
leges, including the
Fll i*ii i tur<“,
And the three lots upon which the Hotel stands, Nos.
60, 62 and 6-1, Chestnut-st.
Also, the. three lots opposite said Hotel, Nos. 59, 61
and 63, Chestnut-st., giving a front of over 600 feet 011
Chestnut-st., and runningback 233 feet to other streets.
Also, lots Nos. 2 and 3, on Carter-st., each fronting 100
feet on said street, running back same width 230 feet to
other streets.
Also, lots Nos. 5 and 7, on Market-st., fronting 210 feet
on Market-st.. and running back same width 200 feet to
Rail Road street.
The Hotel property is too well known throughout the
Union, to require an elaborate description. It is the
best paying property in the Southern States, situated, as
it is, immediately at the large joint Passenger Depot of
the four Rail Roads now running and terminating here.
The Nashville & Chattanooga, Memphis & Charleston,
East Tennessee & Georgia, and Western & Atlantic R.
Roads are now complete; and the Wills Valley & North
East and South West Alabama Rail Road will be com
pleted and terminate here in a year or two more. A
great portion of the grading being now complete, and a
portion ot the iron having been purchased, over twenty
miles ot it will be laid and running this winter, and oth
er contemplated Roads, among them the Road connect
ing Chattanooga with Cincinnati (Chattanooga & Ken
tucky Central). The House has been doing a steady,
heavy and increasioq business without opposition, since
Octobei, 1850, aud its prospectsfor a continued increase,
are very great.
Lots No’s. 59, 61 and 63, Chestnut street, and Lots No’s.
2 and 3 Carter streets, are very valuable, being situated
so near the Depot.
Lots No’s. 5 and 7, Market street, are fine business
Lois, being si nated equal distant between the business
portion of town and river, and have now erected upon
them iw’o large and commodious brick Store Rooms, ad
mirably adapted to a heavy Produce and Grocery Trade.
There will also be sold at same lime the joint
NEGHOES,
Among whom, are Cooks, House Servants, Ironers,
Washers, &c., &c.,a1l of whom are valuable.
Terms of Sale, (except as to the Negroes, which will
be sold for cash,) one third Cash. The balance in six
semi-annual payments, with 6 per cent added, the pur
chaser giving notes with approved security.
oct 15 d-lw w-2t TOM CRUTCHFIELD.
FALL & WINTER FASHIONS
WM. BELDEN
RESPECTFULLY informs his customers and the pub
lic to call and examine his extensive assortment of
HATS AWD CAPS!
Embracing every style and quality found in any other Hat
Store. Among the many new styles on hand will be found
25 Dozen Fashionable Silk Hats,
18 “ Black and Pearl Cassimere Hats,
40 “ “ Soft all qualities “
21 “ Pearl “ “ “
12 “ Dark Olive Prince of Wales,
12 “ Black and Mouse “
50 “ “ and Pearl Planters’Broad Brims
Youths’and Boys’ late style Hats and Caps of every
pattern.
Wool Hats*
250 Dozen Black Wool Hats,
16 “ Southern Planters’extra,
16 “ Country made, heavy.
Received thi« day a few cases extra fine Silk Hats,
French fashion; also, nine cases superfine Soft Hats.—
Country merchants and planters will do well to call and
examine, I will sell low for Cash or approved paper.
oct 9 d-ts
New Jewelry Establishment.
LOUIS R. MENARD,
(Late of the Firm of Menard Burghard.)
IS now opening at his new Store, next door below Ross
it Coleman’s, Cotton Avenue, a large stock of the
latest styles of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
aud Plated Ware, Musical Instruments, Fanot
Goods, &c., <fcc. These goods were selected by himself,
and he flatters himself that several years experience in the
business has qualified him to please his patrons. Give
him a call.
REPAIRING.—This department is under the superin
tendence of competent workmen, and all work done by
him is warranted to give satisfaction.oct 9d
PKI VATE BOAKD.
BOARD for six or eight persons may be obtained by
application to Mrs. SHARPE, on 4th Street, near
the Primitive Baptist Church. oct 7 d-lw
l?all Trade 1860.
N. S. PRUDDEN & CO.
ANNOUNCE themselves prepared to exhibit the most
choice, beautiful and newest styles in fashionable
FANCY DRY GOODS.
We’ have spared neither time or trouble in makii.
selections for the department in
DRESS GOODS!
Special attention is invited to a great variety or; hand,
some SHAWLS AND CLOAKS. Also Misses’ an<j
CHILDREN S CLOAKS,
Dress Trimmings, Plain Ribbons, Embroideries, Gloves,
Hosiery, White and Staple Goods, and the numerous
articles required for a complete Stock of Dry Goods.
Macon, Oct. 5, iB6O. N. S. PRUDDEN & CO.
Douglas Electoral Tickets.
PERSONS desiring printed Electoral Tickets to be
A used on the day of election, are notified that the Ex
ecutive Committee have made arrangements so that they
may be procured free of cost to the applicant, at the
Georgia Telegraph office.
„ „ JAS. W. ARMSTRONG, Chairman.
Macon, Oct. 15, iß6o.—d-tf
No. 221.