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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.