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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.;
rcamsiiEii im.ih v, er
ft. It. HARRISON.
YV'I I! HARRISON, ff
AND > EDITOR*.
YVM. S. LAWTON, >
Kxtr«rL~ from 3lr.
Wg make the follow irfg eloquent ex
tracts from the speech of Mr. Stephens
of ibis State, delivered in the House of
Rej rcsemalivea in May last,on the Census
BiH.
One oilier matter (sail Mr. S.) and I
arn done, ll has been s*iid that the ob
jection to this measure is a sectional one ;
that the Soatli is opposed to it because
the statistics will Exhibit her to disadvan
tage. 1 allude to this simply to repel the
imputation in the most direct, emphatic,
and positive terms. At least, 1 can speak
for myself and my i'tatc. Ido not shrink
from a comparason <>f tliat State with any
State in the Union, in all the elements and
vaerttirooo «» {lndustry ami prosperity which i
give wealth, dignity and power to a peo
ple. Georgia, it is true, was the youngest
of the old thirteen States that formed the
Union. At that time she was the weakest
of the fraternal band. Twelve years have
not yet passed since the last remnant <1 the
aborigines were removed from her limits,
and since she has got complete jurisdiction
over her entire domain. Os course the
comparison would he of great odds against
her if matched against Massachusetts, N.
York, or Virginia, which wore wealthy
nnd powerful communities before the in
fant colony of Georgia was planted in the
wilderness. Boston, New York, and
Richmond Were nearly as old as Georgia
now is,when Oglethorpe first landed at 18a
vannaln But, notwithstanding all this, I
will not shrink from the comparison!, let it
be instituted when and where it rnay.—
The gentleman from Beensylvama has told
us of the iron and coal of that ancient and
renowned commonwealth. Georgia too,
let me tell that gentleman, has her beds of
coal and iron, he lime, gypsum and marl;
her quarries of granite and marble. She
has inexhaustablc treasures of minerals,
including gold, the must precious of me
tals. She lias a soil and a climate suitable
for the growth and cult ure of almost every
product known to husbandry and agricul
ture. A better country for wheat and
corn and all the cereal plants, to say no
thing of cotton and tobnec >, is not to be
found in an equal space on this continent.
There, too, grows the orange, and olive,
the vine, and the fig, with forests of the
oak and pine sufficient to build and mast
the navies of the world. She lias moun
tains for grazing,rivers for commerce, and
waterfalls for machinery of all kinds, with
out number. Nor have these great natu
ral advantages and lesources bedn neglect
ad. Y ouug as she is, she is now tiro first
cotton growing Sta'e in the Union. Her
last year’s crop wilf ndl fall short of six
hundred thousand bales, if it does not ex
ceed it. fshe has, I believe, thirty-six cot
ton factories in operation, and a great ma
tiy more hastening to completion—one of
them has, or soon will have, ten thousand
spindles, with two hundred looms capable
of turning out eight thousand yards of
pet- day. Her yarns are already
finding their way to the markets of the
North and foreign countries; and the day
is not distant when she will take trie load
in the manufacture, as well as ihu produc
tion of this great staple. She has also hei
flour mills and paper mill#—her forges,
foundries and furnaces, not with their fires
extinguished, as the gentlemen from Penn
sylvania said of some in hi - Stale; but in
full blast. Iler exports last year wree not
loss than thirty millions of dollars, equal
to, if not greater than all those of New
England together, .Bhe has six hundred
and fifty miles of railtoad in operation, at
a cost of fifteen millions of dollars, and
two hundred more in process of construc
tion. By her energy ami enterprise she
hu3 6cak*l the mountain barriers and open
ed *he way for the steam car, from the
Southern Aslanlic ports to the waters of
the great valley of tlie West- But this
is not all. Shelias four chartered univer
sities—nay five, for she lias one devoted
delusively b> tho education of her daugh
ters. She was Urn first State, I believe,
to establish a female college, which is
now in a flourishing condition, and one of
tho brightest ornaments of her character.
'., O
acofrogtafe cogVstJ; 'a greater mimwiv t
believe, titan any iSlato iu tlie Union, in
ppoportion to her white population. Go
then anil take your statistics, it' you wish
—you will find not only these things to be
so, but I tell you also what you will not
firtd. You will not find any body in the
State begging bread or asking aims. You
will find but lew paupers. \ou will not
Aid forty thousand human beings,pinched
with cold and hunger, demanding tlie tight
to labor, as I saw it stated to be tlie case
not king since in the city of New York.—
And when you have got all tlie informa
tion you want, come and institute the com
parison, if you wish, wi h any State you
please ; make your own selection, l shall
not shrink from it, nor the people of
that State will not shrink from it. Other
gentlemen from the South can speak for
their own States; I speak only f r mine,
and in her nqxnc and in her behalf, as one
of her representatives upon this floor, I
accept the gauntlet in advance, and I have
no fears of the result of a comparison of
her statistics, socially, morally, or politic
ally with ariy other State of equal popula
tion in this confederacy. I know gentle
men of the North are in the habit of
laying great stress up“o their popula
tion, as if numbers au index of na
tionaf
correct, Ireland should bo-considered uiiu
of the moot prosperous con lit lies in the
world, notwithstanding thousands of her
inhabitants die annually for want of food.
Ihe whole idea is wrong. That country
Ins the greatest elements of prosperity
where the same amount of human labor
or cxcition will produce the greatest a
inouut of human comforts; and that peo
ple are the most prosperous, whether few
or many, who, possessing these elements,
control them by theirenergy and industry,
and economy fortheaccumutation ofwealth,
in these particulars the people of Geor
gia are inferior to none in this or any
other country. They have abundant rea
son to be content with their lot—at least
not to look to yon to better it. Not have
'they any disposition to interfere with the
affairs of their neighbors. If the people
of Massachusetts, New York, or Ohio like
their condition better, they arc at perfect
liberty to do so. Georgia has no desire
to interfere with their local institutions,
tastes, or sentiments, nor will she allow
them to interfere with lieis. All she de
sires is to let oiliois alone and be let alone
by others, and to goon in her own way in
the progress she has commenced, prospe
rous and to prosper.
Mr. IS weetser interrupted, and asked if
the factories in Georgia had not been erect
ed by Northern capital.
Mr. Stephens said: No, sir, they were
built by Georgia capital. Audi will tell
die gentleman more. The six hundred
and fifty miles of railroad now in opera
tion to which l have alluded, were built by
Georgia capital. One hundred and thirty
six miles, from Atlanta to Cbatanooga, on
the Tennessee river, which is the greatest
monuments of the enterprise of the age.was
built by the Slate. But her public debt
tloes not much exceed die sum of eighteen
hundred thousand dollars, while that of the
Stiite of the New York is over twenty
millions owed by the city alone ; and debt
of Pennsylvania is forty millions. The
bonds of the State of Georgia are held
mostly by her own people. You do not
see them hawked about ir. Northern or for
eign markets at a depreciation. But they,
as well as the stocks and securities of the
private companies, arc held mostly by her
own citizens, and are commanding premi
ums at home.
From the Columbus Times.
ITI It. TOO MISS .
Either Mr. Toombs is a very changeable
politician, or we are very fickle in our
opinions of him. He has,during the whole
of this session, been executing a seiies of
public pirouettes,balancing first on one foot
and then the other, which have alternately
extracted our wannest admiration, or forc
ed the expression of our unqualified
disapprobation- Now we have not the
least idea that Mr. Toombs cares a demi
piaster, what we think or say about him.
But tcc do, and that is the reason we choose
tesayit. Mr. Toombs is a man, capable
of doing immense service to his State and
people—indeed, the whole South, at this
juncture. We cannot doubt his heart is
right on this Southern question—a man
can scarcely parrot, such warm and gush
ing words as he sometimes gives vent to
in favor of his assailed section, If Mr.
Toombs could cm\y forget (hie labor, hoc
opus esl ?) liis deep antipathies to the
“ Democrats,” it is in his power to
assume a position in Georgia, now vacant,
and earnestly invoking some true patriot
to fill it—the position of a lender of the
public sentiment of the State in support of
the Southern platform laid down by the
Southern Convention. Mr. Toombs lias
t lie talents,the ardor and boldness necessary
to the office ; and be is moreover a Whig
and it is the Whigs that most need rallying
to the defensive breech. It was hoped a few
weeks ago, that the Hon John M. Berrien
would embark his fine talents and acquire
ments on this flood title and become tho
man of the crisis. We must confess,we had
our appiehonsions that he lacked the bold
ness for the occasion. And when the lead
ing Whig presses of Georgia came out for
the Clay compromise,w o apprehended that
the mgnet would be sure to follow the load
stone of its patty. The Telegraphic wires
indicate that suchisthe case. We hope they
misrepresent him. Tho Whig party ofGoor
gia, as a party (wo speak not of Whig
individuals, for thousands of them have
already taken the hap) is life for revolt
against tl<o deciee of their newspapers,
that they shall sw allow the omnibus bill,
and thank Heaven and the North for o<.
fcxjtdiwadiiscemliug uc <> n au omit; i
caged animals, lashing their tails and dart
ing their fierce glances through the odious
bars that press iiitheirrevoltingand indig
nant feelings. Wo think the editors of
the “Enquirer” could tell a tale or two
touching their experience with turbulent
and uprarious subscribers. Wo know it
takes ail the hands >*l the submissionists
at once to put up the bars ns fast as they
are kicked down by the Whigs leaping
out of the omnibus enclosure, where it
was intended to keep them. The Whigs
are life for revolt—the Democrats are
already in rebellion against Hitchie,Foote,
submission & Cos., and the whole people
only want a leader to plant the banner un
furled by the Nashville Convention,where
neither Northern fury or Southern treason
can reach it. Will Mr. Toombs be this
leader ? Or will he bo “one of them?”
The following synopis of a speech he let
fly in the House on the 15th inst., looks as
if the had the right spirit for such a
post.
Mr. Toombs renewed the amendment,
and said the gentleman from Ohio had just
charged the opposition to California with
her present constitution by the South was
founded upon the anti-slavery clause in
her constitution,and therefore,in the denial
of this right of a people forming a State
constitution, to admit m exclude slavery.
Mr. Toombs denied the fact, and de
manded the proof. On the contrary,
he asserted that the South hail uniformly
held and maintained this right. That
in IS2O, on the Missouri question, the
North denied it, but the South unanimous
ly aflirmed it. From that day until this
the South, through all her authorized expo
nents of her opinions, has aflirmed this
doctrine ; her legislatures, her governors
of States, her members upon this floor; and
even her primary assemblies, have all af
firmed it,and the gentleman from Ohiocan
not point to a single particle of evidence
to support his uufounded charge. The
South can proudiy point to her whole po
litical history for its refutation. But how
stands tho case with the North ? She de
nied the truth of this great principle of
constitutional right in IS2O, acquiesced iu
the compromise then made as long as it
was to her interest, and then repudiated
the compromise, and re-asserted her right
to dictate constitutions to territories seek
ing admission into the Union. She put
her anti-slavery proviso upon Oregon, and
at tho last session of Congress, when the
present Secretary of the Navy introduced
a bill to authorize California to form a
State government and come into the Union
leaving her free to act as she pleased
upon the question of slavery, the North
put the anti-slavery proviso upon this
State hill. 1 know of no Northern Whig
who voted against that proviso. A few
gentlemen of the Democratic party from
the Northwest [my friend from Illinois
Mr. Richardson, among them] boldly and
honestly struck for the right and opposed
it, but they were powerless against the
torrent of northern opposition. The evi
dence is complete ; the North repudiated
this principle—and while, for sinister and
temporary purposes, they may pretend to
favor the President’s plan, which affirms
it, they will not sustain it. They will no:
find a l ight place to affirm it until they get
California into the Union, and then they
will throw oft'the mask and trample it un
der foot. 1 intend to drag off the mask
before the consummation of that act. —
We do not oppose California on account of
tho anti-slavery clause in her constitution.
It was her right, and I am not even pre
pared to say that she acted unwisely in its
exercise—that is her business, hut I stand
upon the great principle that the South
has a right to an equal participation in the
territories of the United States. I claim
the right for her to enter them all with her
property and securely to enjoy it She
will divde with you if you wish it, but
the right to enter all or divide I shall nev
er surrender. In myjudgcment, this right
involving as it does, political equality, is
worth a thousand such Unions as we have,
even if they each were a thousand times
more valuable than this. I speak not for
others, hut for myself. Deprive us of this
right and appropriate this common proper
ty to yourselves, it is then your govern
ment, not mine. Then l am its enemy,
and 1 will then, if I can, bring my children
nnd my constituents to the altar of liberty,
and like Hamilcar, I would swear them to
eternal hostilility to your foul domination.
Give us our just rights, and wo are ready,
as heretofore, to stand by the Union, every
part of it, and its every interest. Refuse
it, and for one, I will strike for indepen
dence.”
The Southern President and ius
plan of Settling the Slaverv Ques
tion. — 1 lie President’s scheme of rob
bing tlie Southern States of all share of the
new Territories, and of dismembering
Texas for the purpose of increasing the
area of free soil and tho number of free
States, is rapidly maturing. \Y r e publish
in another column, a hriefstatement, which
we copy from the Savannah Morning
News, of the movements of Col. Monroe
the U. S. Military Governor in New Mex
ico, and the comments of several papers
on this subject. The same game which
was played by Gen. Riley in reference to
California, is to be repeated in New Mex
ico, with this aggravation of tlie wrong
intended for the South : the State of Tex
as claims a considerable portim this very
Territory, as part of her domain, which
it is now proposed to erect into a State
government. It requires no prophet to
tell that this is designed as another adroit
mode of applying the Executive Proviso
to New Territory.
It remains to be seen whether in carry
ing out the scheme, the lights of Texas
are to be tiampled on with impunity.
highly reioice.il at the I
the Tribune, and doubtless the whole abo-j
lition and free soil party of the North wi ll
be found glorifying this Southern Ftee
Soil President for this new effort to svin
die the South of her territorial rights.
YVe notice that the National Intellgen
cer conjectures that the proclatnatin of
Col. Monroe was issued at the sugf-’stion
of the people of New Mexico. A cal!
will doubtless be made in Congre?* or his
secret instruction. YVe will tl ,r * learn
what part the Cabinentat YVasli ? ton has
in this business. —Augusta (Jons tff^ lona list.
Onto Election. —Wohav* from
41 districts, in which 84 D noc,a,s . 28
YVhigs, and 6 Free Soilersh . een elect
ed. * The late election ip"” 10 ' vas f° r
Delegates to a State Conv’ ,1,,n ’° intend
the Constitution. It is / act ' v °rthy of
observation, tlißt when/ 1 •he people of
any of tlie States want amendment of
their Constitution, thf choose
Democrats to make’ *" s vvas the
casein Kentucky la/ ,a, ’, 1 n< ‘ tlow in
Ohio they have dor ’ ■* hey will vote
for YVhigs wherry .' van * « Bank,
a high Tariff,or a’ l,l ’ u "°" M,c public
money. But \vh * e : V VVtl,lt fundamental
laws formed uiv | whlc, J 1 “T their
cliidren are to l* ~ou& 1 a c °ming time
they choose D'’ t ' ratsl ° make them.
From the .V«* York Herald.
Thirty-six Thinly
Tho annexed table will be interesting
to those who have not looked at the great
national question through the medium of
plain facts. At the North we have more
than a million of square miles more of ter
ritory, above the line of 30° 30' than the
South. That fact is worth remembering,
when we are invited to adopt Abolitionist
and Cabinet theories :
Total surface of the old territory, east of
the Rocky Mountains, in
square miles, 091,135
Total in acres - - - G3G,135,400
Total of new territory west
of the Rocky Mountaius, in
square miles - 807,741
Total in acres - - 550,22G,2\0
Texas iu square miles - - 325,520
In acres . - - 208,332,500
Grand total of territories and
Texas, in square miles - 2,187,490
Grand total in acres - - 1,399,997 410
Total north of 3G° 30' in
miles .... 1,642,784
In acres - - - 1,051,381,709
'Total south of 3S° 30' in
square miles - - . 545,712
In acres - . . 318,615,680
LENGTH OF U. S. SEA COAST.
Atlantic coast - - . miles 1,900
Gulf coast - 1 goo
Pacific coast - j 020
Total - - . 5,120
Total length of “shoreline” - - 38,063
As must have been seen, the Nashville
Convention lias very conclusively shone
that t he great principle for which the South
ei 11 States mean to contend is the running
out to the Pacific the line of36° 30'. Al
ready the promulgation of this demand,
as the one upon which the South will con
centrate its whole strength, has been effec
tual in proving the earnestness of the
South upon the great points at issue. No
political juggle has concocted the principle
It emanates from the souls of Southern
freemen, and its operation upon the polit
ical character of the nation must be sen
sibly felt. We percieve that thus early
it has had its effect upon Congress, now
attaching vast importance to the move
ment going on in the Southern States, and
which will he encouraged by liberal and
enlightened minds in the Northern States.
There is something eminently practical in
36° 30'. It is easily understood. No
theory palsies it. The commercial men,
of which class the mass of the population
ate formed, understand figures, and they
prefer to use them on a great national
question, rather than to have the country
distracted, at some future day. by the in
volved and possibly impracticable schemes
founded in mere theory.
Besides, all the sensible men of the
North coincide with all tho South, in the
beliefthat the Southern States are entitled
to some advantage, in behalf of their in
stitutions, from the soil derived by hard
1 fighting from Mexico, and which was ac
quired by the loss of many of the most
valuable lives and blood of the South.—
It is so palpable a fact, that no man imbued
with a sense of justice, can deny that the
South are constitutionally, as well as geo
graphically, entitled to maintain their in
stitutions by the exercise of their popular
will. Let that will concentrate upon a
great principle—sncli as this Missouri
line extended—and the resuts now begin
| ing to be foreshadowed and felt at Wash
j iugton, and other parts of 1 110 country,
; will have masterly and decisive determin
ation, The intelligent politician will per
cieve that this principle, once fully settled
down upon by the South, will gather
strength from its popularity in every quar-
I ter, not less from its own merits than from
| the great revolution that must take place
among the political parties of the coun
l ry.
The inactive party of tho United States
forms the majority of the people. It vvas
this parly that placed General Taylor in
the Presidential chair; and let it once find
a nucleus, such as the great principle of
the Nashville Convention establishes, and
there will bean end to old paity distinc
tions. The people will rally for justice,
and will decide the slavery question, as
their voles would decide it to-day, by giv
ing (he South that fair answer to its rea
sonable demands, to which it is entitled
by equity and constitutional law.
It is very evident that, from the mixture
of personal ambition with the intrigues of
it.*! r-ohUiet, Donjj.oaa will Uo unable Li
I session.” h will separate.” "Tiie’N^hville
Convention will form anew and very
powerful party—now only a sensible mi
nority, according to political reckoning—
and he great event will be justice to ri.e
•-muth, and the harmony ofthe confederacy.
Correspond,nee of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, June 21.
Mr. Clay ts evidently failing in vigorand
health, and many of his friends fear that
he cannot long continue to discharge his
laborious duties. °
I he five hour sittings of Senate, the te
dious discussion, the hot weather, the not
unfrequent personal collisions, prolonged
anxiety as to the condition of the country,
and the weight of years have well ni<ri,
borne him down. °
110 saw evidences yesterday of an in
tention to delay final action on the adjust
ment lull. Mr. Benton, Mr. Berrien, and
others, have numerous amendments to of
fer, al of which will require discussion.—
Mr. Clay made an earnest and rather des
pairing appeal,and not unmingled with re
proaones, to the opponents of the mea
sure ... behalf of a„ early decision upon
Hie lull, lie desired that the country
might know its fate. It was the under
standing that all the amendments, except
ing tiie one filling ihe blank in the Texan
proposition, should be disposed of to day.
But instead of that, not even the pending
amendment, giving jurisdiction to the Su
pt erne Court, in the dispute between Tex
as and Mexico, will probably be disposed
of. Mr. Benton is under a sort of pledge
to embarrass the bill as much as he can;
and he has, hitherto, remarked that the
friends of hiII, by their own disagreement,
sufficiently embarrassed the measure, with
out his aid. It was intended to take the
vote on the passage of the bill next Thurs
day. But this is now out of the question,
particularly as several set speeches are yet
to be made.
In case the bill should ultimately pass,
it will be necessaiy for Texas to decide
upon the offer made to her; and if she re
fuses it, a set ious difficulty will arise be
tween her and the General Government,
as to the territory in dispute. The Presi
dent claims possession of the territory of
New Mexico, under the treatty, for the
United States; and this possesion, he says,
must be retained until the dispute be set
tled by some competent authority. Tex
as, according to General Rusk, will not
submit to the decree of any authority on
this subject. If the United Slates have
taken possession of the territory claimed
by I exas, they have, lie says, taken it
fraudulently, and Texas will not sub
mit unless compelled by force. She will
nevei, lie says, suffer herself to be dragged
to a federal tribunal for an adjudication
of a tide which is clear and indisputable.
1 his being the case, there either will
be conflict between Texas and the United
States or an offer “to buy our peace” must
be made and accepted.
It has been supposed that in the absence
of Mr. Borland, Mr. Phelps and Mr.
Bradbury— opponents < f bill—it would
have a majority of four or five. Neither
of the above Senators paired off] The
friends of the bill will uot loose a vote by
absence. It Mr. Dickinson should not be
here, Mr. Seward will not vote—having
paired ofl with hint. But many, who
are counted for the hill, are lukewarm in
its support, and will make no effort to get
the question.
'I he Northern towns and cities are
moving iu favor of a settlement of the
question. The “Era”—the anti-slavery
organ here—deprecates the movement;
fears its influence, and attributes it to per
sons interested in procuring the passage
of tariff and internal improvement pro
jects.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Texas. —The Administration are plav
itig out their dishonest game with an ef
frontery that indicates the utter absence of
all sense of responsibility to law or legisla
tors. A few days since the President
sent a message to the Semite, in which he
stigmatised a public officer of Texes
acting under a law ofthe State, as “a cer
tain Mr. Neighbors, calling himself Con
missioncr of Texas,” and the Senators of
that State, as far as we have seen, took no
account of the indignity. It appears now
that the Executive has engaged in the
fabrication of another State, and this lime,
for the convenience doubtless of working
nearer, he lias chosen to “locate” within
the limits of Texas. The following from
tho New Orleans Delta furnishes the la
test particulars:
By the arrival of the stamshipPalmetto,
Capt. Smith, we have Galveston dates to
the 15th inst.
The News says ; We copy the follow
ing important item of news from Wash
iugton Ranger. We can only say that we
are glad Iho true issue lias been at last
presented to our citizens. Wc shall now
soon know whether our citizens are ready
to meet that issue and defend their l ights
at all hazards: or whether they will
tamely give up their rights in vew ofthe
superior power against which we shall
have to contend in order to maintain
them.
A gentleman just from Austin informs
us that Maj. Neighbors had arrived from
Santa Fe,without accomplishing his rnis
ssion; the organization ofthe country.
The commanding U. S. officer at that post
issued a proclamation by order of Gen.
Taylor, calling on the citizens to hold a
convention for the purpose of forming a
State Govcrumemt, which has been
dono.
This intelligece caused considerable ex
citement about Austin and the whole West.
Nearly every man is willing to shoulder
his gun and demand the lights of Texas
much mistaken if he expects to
submit to this injury and insult. YVe
understand that Gov. Bell has made a
peremptory demand on the IJ. S Gov
ernment for the rights of our State, and
should tins have no effect, lie will doubt
less march with volunteer forces, ami
take that portion of country which of
n ght belongs to us.
1 lie following is an extract from the
proclamation of Col. Monroe, the civil
ami military Governor of New Mexico:
“Pnocr.A mat-ion.— Whereas, the people
;.f New Mexico, by a public meeting hlld
in the several counties to hold a Con
vention, for the formation of a State Con
vention,and to urge upon Congress the ad
mission of this Territory into the Union as
a State therefore, I. John Monroe, civil
ami military Governor of said Territory
m«Yr W i M . eXIC ° J " ,iere, ’ y dire, t " ,;)t the
qualified electors in said Territory shall as
semble at the precincts oft heir respective
counties on Monday, the 6th day of May
"ext, between the rising and the setting of
he sun, to vote by ballot for Delgates so a
dav’imt"?’ t °A'r !<l atSanta P ” on M-„i
--y lst, ‘ df *y °J M;, y "ext, as follows: For
Uio con i, i,es of San Rio Vereba, Santa Fe
*? an M.gud. 3 Delegates each - Santa
Anna arid Bernililh,, :2 ]) c j ’ „ ,
Valencia, 5 Delegates.'- 88,08 Cacb ;
'1 he Houston Telegraph is out in imlin.
nant language against the Proclamation,
and says that it urges the people of tho
Territory to rebel against Texas.
MAC O N , G A
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE29~
Latest from Ecropk —The steamer Nja-ara
has arrived bringing Liverpool dates to the Toth
and Havre to the 1 Ath inst. Cotton had declin
ed Iroin Jd to pi. on all qualities below fair—
Sales ofthe week 25,000 bales of which specula,
tors took 4,000 hales. Accounts from the man
ufacturing districts are still improving.
Holden's Magazine.—The July numberor
thiscxccllent nnd cheap monthly has been re
ceived, which fully equals any of its predeces
sors. Published mrnthly by Fowler & Dietz,
New York, at $1 per annum in advance.
Georgia Granite —We noticed a short lime
since at the Mccon &. Western Railroad depot,
a quantity of granite, which had been brought
from the Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, io°be
used in the Steam Cotton Factory, now being
erected in this city. The supply of this g ran .
ite is very abundant, and we arc glad that it is
used in preference to that from the North.
Steam Saw Mill.—There is a steam saw mill
now in operation in this county, owned by Mr.
Docghertv, of this city, with a twelve horsn
power engine, and circular saw thirteen feet in
circumference, which cuts four thousand feet of
lumber per day, being about two-thirds more
than is usually sawn by tho ordinary mills.
Pi.ank Roads.—The people of western North
Carolina appear to be waking up to the advan
tages of this mode of improvement. A meeting
was held at Lincolnton on the 11th,and another
at Charlotte on the 15th, to promote the con
struction of a road between those two towns.
And a third was held at Newton,Catawba coun
ty, in tavor of a road from that place to York
ville, S. C.
A POLEMIC SOCIETY.
\\ e respectfully suggest to our city readers the
importance of establishing, in connection with
the Library, which is now being provided fur
the Mechanics’ Association, a Polemic Society.
Die advantages of such an institution will he
obvious to all who will reflect upon the subject.
Such a Society would give additional interest
to the Library itself; and it would also elevate
the minds and morals of our young men, by
drawing them away from places of dissipation,
to one of intellectual excitement and improve
ment. And how important is it to our business
men, to parents, to every class of our citizens,
to the cause of virtue and happiness, and to the
interests of Georgia, that the young men of this
beautiful, central city, should he ennobled by
all that is good and great.
The age in which we live is pre-eminently a
practical one. We stand far in advance of pa.-t
generations—we are ascending the pyramid of
society—of human progress—and as wo ascend
the mental atmosphere becomes purer, the li«|it
increases; dangers are more and stinctly visib’c
and the ends of life more palpable, llelnw,
w here stand ingradual ascent, the generations of
six thousand years, there is the darkness of con
jecture, and of uncertain theory. With us is the
light of the accumulated experience of all tie
past. The theories of our fathers have been
tested, the false or impractical have been aban
doned—the useful retained. This age is severe
ly practical. We see the practical character of
the ago wherever we look. “Ho that’s horn is
listed life is war. *
To meet the demands of such an age, our
young men must not he dreaming visionaries, or
fruitless theorists, but practical men. To moke
them such men, a Polemic Society is an impor
tant auxiliary. For, in the first place, it brings
into actual use the results of our reading.—
Books, generally, teach us to think in the nice
ties of method, and to express ourselves in the
exact nnd cold style of scholars. We are, thus,
likely to forget that the mass of mankind must
ho approached through *ho senses, the affections
and the imagination. With them action is elo
quence. To this infelicity in our reading, a
Polemic Society furnishes an antidote. Thtrt,
mind is brought in contact with mind, intellect
with intellect, passion with passion, nnd the im
mortality of man participates in the excitement
of the conflict—the materials stored up in the
mind, arc there melted, ns in a furnace, shaped
and formed for actual service.
Again, such a Society gives an increased fa
cility nnd confidence, in tlie communication of
thought. We have men who will with patience
devour whole libraries of books, hut who never
useful to the world. ’1 hey are
literary misers, who ever ciy, —give, give,” hat
from whose death-like grasp, nothing ever es
capes. YVe turn with disgust from him whose
whole life is devoted to tlie accumulation of gold
and silver, with tlie sole object of becoming king
of dollars—wc should severely rebuke him also,
wiio gives Ins days and nights to the selfish end,
of crowding Iris own mind with the choicest lite-
rary treasures, only to close his lips and become
the dumb oracle of tbo land. In a world where
so much good can be accomplished by talkin',
silence is a crime. The men who are leading
forward the world in all that is beautiful, good
and true, arc those who have acquired a facility
in communicating their thoughts. And many
of them arc ready to affirm, that for this talent
they are morn indebted (o Polemic Societies,
Ilian to any other instrumentality whatever.
\V e have not lime at present to extend our re
marks upon this important subject. I.et us re
member that tlie age isprncliral—that the world
is real not ideal—and that a Polemic Society
will, in no siimll degree, fit us for the age—for
the struggles in which wo are and must he en
gaged. We trust, therefore, that the Mechanics’
Society and their friends will resolve, at once,
that there shall he a Debating Society in connec
tion with their Library — a Society, around which
shall cluster tlm prayers of parents, the wisdom
ot the aged, llio ardor of ihe young, and the
itllevttoiis oi all.
