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“ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers for
there'is uo power but cf God, the powers that be are or
dained of God. ,
“ W hosoever, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth le
ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to t >•-in
selves damnation.’ , ,_ 4
“ For rulers are not a terror to good works, hot to
wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ( ° 1
is good, and thou shall have praise of the same. ,
♦ Wherefore ye must needs bo subject, not only for wrath,
but also for oouscience sake.
The above extracts are a complete answer to the ravings of
the abolitionists about higher laws and powers, and would en
treat them not to persist'in evil resistance of the laws, lest
they should experience the wrath of the higher powers
alluded to in the first verse, and finally be visited with the
curse pronounced in the second verse against all who resist
the powers’that be, which is declared to boa resisting the
ordinance of God.— Pennsylvanian.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Both Houses of Congress were organized in Wash
ington 1 on Monday* last, at 12 o’clock. President
Filmorc sent in his annual Message, fora telegraph
ic summary of which we are indebted to the Journal
& Messenger. — Citizen.
The President commences by saying that the cir
cumstances under which he entered upon the duties
of his office, forbade him from making any declara
tion of principles. This declaration, he therefore,
now proceeds to make.
In regard to Foreign policy he says, we would re
frain from all aggression and interference. This po
sition is enforced with great power and ability.
In domestic matters he holds that the Constitu
tion is the guide—the Judiciary its interpreter, and
that all its injunctions are of co-equal importance. —
Expediency should never justify the exercise of pow
er not granted.
lie will veto only such acts as are unconstitutional
or as arc encroachments on the Constitution. His
sense of propriety and respect for the National Leg
islature, forbid him from going farther than this.
The powers of the General Government should be
confined to what is cxjtressly granted and what is
necessary to carry these grants into effect.
Every citizen who loves the Constitution will re
sist all interferences with the domestic affairs of the
States. The beauty of our system, consists in the
fact that while each State revolves in its own sphere
mutual collision may be avoided.
The Constitution makes it the duty of the Presi
dent to cause the laws to be fatlifully executed. He,
therefore pledges himself to shrink from uo respon
sibility, hut to meet events as they arise, with firm
ness. *
No unfavorable change lias taken place in our For
eign relations, since the beginning of the last Con
gress. The President reviews treaties —speaks hope
fully of a rail road across Tehuantepec—hopes to re
concile Mexico to it.
.Refers to Secretary Treasury’s Report—receipts
into Treasury, year ending June 30th, forty seven
millions; expenditures, same period, forty-three mil
lions, two thousand one hundred sixty-eight.
Public debt reduced since last annual report, four
hundred, ninety-five thousand two hundred seventy
six dollars; portion public debt eight millions sev
enty-five thousand niue hundred and eighty-six dol
lars, must bo provided for next two fiscal years—
should be met without new loans.
Experience demonstrates wisdom of raising large
portion of revenue from import duties ; recommends
discrimination in duties ; a high tariff cannot be per
manent, therefore, should not he enacted ; recom
mends specific duties; advalorem have originated ex
tensive frauds.
As there is no mint in California, recommends au
thorizing gold bullion assayed and stamped be recei
ved in payment of Government dues ; recommends
establishing agricultural Bureau ;
and chemists.
Appropriation already made for census is suffi
cient ; recommends opening line of communication
between the valley of the Mississippi and Pacific,
as recommended by predecessor; recommends pro
visions for appointing commissioners to examine
land titles inJJalifornia; extending our system of land
laws, with necessary modifications over California,
Utah and New Mexico.
Recommends a division of the mineral land into
small parcels ; in such manner as to guard against
monopolies.
Indian relations havo increased in importance —
military force in Texas and-Mexican Frontiers inade
quate—Congress should provide for one or more reg
iments mounted cavalry.
Recommends, Asylum for disabled and destitute
soldiers—speaks with satisfaction of Navy —constant-
ly prepared for duty ; every where met with respect
recommends certain improvement with the naval pol
icy recommends by Secretary Navy, for security on
Pacific coast, and protection and extension of our
commerce with Eastern Asia.
Recommends a law authorizing officers, army and
navy to retire from service when incompetent, ma
king suitable provisions for the support of fathful
servants.
Estimates for expenses of navy ensuing year, less
by one million than for erection of L>ock on Pacific
coast ; also, recommends revision code for Govern
ment of Navy.
Post Master General’s report presents satisfactory
views ; recommends reduction inland letter postage
to three prepaid : five cents when not: with farther
reduction to two cents prepaid, when receipts exceed
expenses per centum. California postage much re
duced, also all other mailable matter, particularly
in report department..
Congress has power to make appropriations for in
ternal improvements ;■ recommends appropriations
to complete what are already begun, and to com
mence others.
Recommends provision for the appointment of
commissioners to settle private claims against Uni
ted States, and the appointment of a Solicitor, whose
duty it shall be to protect the Government against
illegal, fraudulent or unjust claims.
Os tho agitation and 1 compromise, he says : ‘all
mutual concession in the nature of a compromise,
must necessarily be unwelcome to men of extreme
opinions : it would be strange ifthese measures had
been received with immediate approbation by the
people and States, prejudiced and heated by the ex
isting controversies of their Representatives.
“1 believe those measures to have been required
by the circumstances and condition of the country.
1. believe they were necessary to allay asperities
and animosities that were rapidly alienaling one sec
tion of. the country from another, and destroying
those fraternal - sentiments which are the strongest
supports of the Constitution. They were adopted
in the spirit of conciliation, and for the purpose of
conciliation. I believe that a great majority of our
fellow-citizens sympathize in thatspirit, and that pur
pose and in the main approve, and are prepared, in
all respects to sustain these enactments. I cannot
doubt that the American people, bound together bv
kindred blood and common traditions, still cherish a
paramount regard for the Union of their fathers;
and that they are ready to rebuke any attempt to vi
olate its integrity, to disturb tho compromises on
which it is based, or to resist the law's which have
been enacted under its authority.
The series of measures to which I have alluded
are regarded by me as a settlement, in principle
and substance—a final settlement, of the dangerous
and exciting subjects which they, embraced. Most
of these subjects, indeed, are beyond your reach as
the legislation which disposed of them was in its
character, final and irrevocable. It may be presu
med, from the opposition which they they ail en
countered, that none of those measures were free from
imperfections, but in their mutual dependence and
cpnpexion, they formed a system of compromise,
the most conciliatory, and best for the entire country,
that could be obtained from conflicting sectional in
terest and opinions.”
‘I recommend your adherence to the adjustment
established by those measures, until time and expe
rience shall demonstrate the necessity of further leg
islation to guard against evasion or abuses.
By that adjustment, we have been rescued from
the wide and boundless agitations that surround
ed us, and have a firm, distinct and legal ground to
rest upon;, and the occasion, I trust, will justify me
in exhorting my countrymen to rally upon, and main
tain that ground as the best, if not the only means
of restoring peace and quiet to the country, and of
maintaining inviolate the integrity of the Union.
The President then concludes thus:—
“And now', fellow-citizens, I cannot bring this
communication to a close without invoking you to
join me in humble and devout thanks to the Great
Ruler of nations for the multiplied blessings w hich
he has graciously bestowed upon us. His hand, so
often visible in our preservation, has stayed the pes
tilence, saved us from foreign wars and domestic dis
turbances, and scattered plenty throughout the land.
Our liberties, religious and civil, have been main
tained ; the fountains of knowledge have all been
kept open, and means of happiness widely spread
and generally enjoyed, greater than have fallen to
the lot of any other nation. And, while deeply pen
etrated with gratitude for the past, let us hope that
his all-wise Providence will so guide our counsels,
as that they shall result in giving satisfaction to our
constituents, securing the peace of the country, and
adding new’ strength to the united Government un
der which we live. MILLARD FILLMORE.
Wifliiivr.Tftvr, Dec. 2, 1850.
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L. T. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA. DEC. 7, 1850.
TO CORRESPONDENTS:
Uncle Toby received, but too late for the present issue.
Several poetical favors on our table, but we fear there is too
little merit in them for other than private circulation. We
would like to oblige, but would rather not, in the present in
stance.
BY TELEGRAPH.
New York, December 5, ISSO.
Steamer Arctic arrived last evening, with Liverpool dates
to 20th ult.; reports 1-8 advance in the cotton market, with
sales of 20,000 bales.
There was a better demand from spinners.
Macon Cotton Market. —Extremes 11 1-2 to 12 1-2.
To Delinquent Subscribers.— be thank
ful to those of our subscriber* yet in arrears for subscriptions,
if they will remit the pittance due us, before the Ist of Janua
ry, ensuing. xy uy tnai n...v, ..ii iite ...
‘scffl?menl of yearly accounts, and shall have to rely upon the
kind remembrances of our friends for the needful, in due
season.
ThC Convention. -The Editor of this paper designs
to be in attendance at Milledgeville next week and will en
deavor to keep his readers advised of all matters of interest
which may transpire in that body. A friend will be left in
charge of his Editorial duties, during his absence, should his
visit be protracted.
Election Returns , —The Milledgeville Recorder gives
official returns of the lato election from 81 counties out of 96,
from which we make up the following summary : —Eleven
counties return 21 Disunion delegates. One (Burke,) re
turns four Berrien men. The other counties heard from
have returned 219 Union delegates, including one each, from
Dooly, Thomas and Telfair, which three delegations arc di
vided. We will publish the whole table ns soon as con
venient, with the vote of each county, except where there
was no opposition.
The President’s Message.— a very correct but
brief report of this document will bo found in another column.
With the additions we havo mndo of a paragraph or two from
the Message itself, which reached us, night beforo last, we
think our readers will be able to forma fair judgment of the
merits of this able State paper, without requiring us to pub
lish it, at length. This we are unable to do, this week, and
by the time of our next issue, it will not be expedient or no
cessary to devote so much of our space to a matter so volu
minous.
Chiroffraphy • —The advent of Messrs. Jcnree & Mil
lar into our town, ns Teachers of Penmanship, has put our
friend Armstrong on the qui vivc, to preserve his well
earned fame as a succssful instructor in tho various branches
of Penmanship, Drawing and Book-Keeping. Wc have had
specimens of writing exhibited to us from both these parties,
and we arc at some loss to decide which-merits the palm.—
Jenrce & Millar’s specimens are very fine, but it is no dero
gation from their skill to assert that Armstrong can hold his
own against all comers. See advertisements of these profes
sional gentlemen—then examine specimens—and judge for
yourselves.
Tooth Wash . —Dr. Putnam, Dentist, manufactures
the best article of Tooth Wash that wc have ever tried.—
It is astringent and anti-septic in its properties, and of most
agreeable taste and smell.
Georgia Skill. —We are gratified in being able to
announce that our worthy and ingenious friend, Mr. I. F.
Brown, of Columbus,has taken three of the Premiums award
ed by the South Carolina Institute at its late fair. The first
was a Gold Medal for a Gin Saw Filer of Mr. Brown’s
own invention. The second, a Silver Medal, for the best
Cotton Gin, manufactured by E. T. Taylor & Cos., of Co
lumbus, of which firm, Mr. B. is the mechanical partner.—
These gins are of such superior, improved workmanship, as
to add from a half to a cent per lb., to the value of the staple
which passess through them. Messrs. Oiisloys nre the
Agents for the sale of Taylor & Co.’s Gins in this city.—
Mr/ Brown's Gin Snw Filer is a capital labor-saving ma
chine, which all Gin Manufacturers should have in their
shops. It will perform four times the work of one good hand
in the ordinary way of-preparing saws for gins, and with the
greatest precision and uniformity. •
A Silver medal was also awarded for the best upland Cot
ton (short staple,) by James R. Jones, of Columbus, from
Alabama plantation—which cotton was ginned by one of
Taylor & Cos. s machines, above mentioned.
(llfingC Os \amc. —That sterling Union paper, tho
American M big, of Griffin, has changed its title to that of
“ American Union,” as more in accordance with the existing
political aspect of the country and the late formation of parties
into Union and Disunion.
Female College.- -The “ American Uni cm ’’ says—
The Presbyterian Synod, lately hold at Augusta, we learn,
determined on locating the projected Female College at Grif
in. \\e are glad to know that such is tho fact. It will add
much, no doubt, to our already growing little city.
SIS &I©§, §■ I A eiflllHa
Hard Pushed • —The Federal Union claims the dele
gates from Baker and those from Burke as resistance men,
although the former pledged themselves before the election
against disunion for existing causes, and the latter were elect
ed on the Berrien platform, which is neither one thing nor
the others We perceive that the same journal puts down the
delegates from Bulloch and Bryan as resistance men, which
the “ Recorder ” has placed on the Union side! “ Drown
ing men catch at straws,” we know, and this is perhaps the
reason why the Federal Union tries to enlarge the strength of
his “ corporal's guard ’’ of resistants. The same paper has
also the effrontery to declare that his party have been misrep
resented aud falsely denounced as Disuuionists, when they
“ had not a candidate in the field, in favor of secession, from
the seaboard to the mountains ” ! All this, too, in face of
repeated avowals of secesion and disunion, from the leading
presses and orators, on that side, even up to the present writ
ing. This is decidedly, the coolest piece of assurance we have
heard of, for many a day.
Boston Union Meeting. —This was one of the larg
est meetings ever assembled in Fnncuil Ilall. lion John C.
Warren presided, aud Hon. David Itenshaw, Nathan Ap
pleton, Samuel Lawrence and others, acted as Vico Presi
dents. Addresses wero delivered by Hon. B. R. Curtis,
Hon. B. F. Hallett, Hon. Rufus Choate and W. Bradford.
The Honorable President closed his opening address as fel
lows :
“Now, lbt me ask, is there any ono dosirous of returning to
the disunion of 1786 ? Is there any one who is willing to tri
fle with, to spurn at or to go behind this constitutfon ? If there
is I cannot go witfi him. I go tor the whole Constitution
aud the whole Union , as the best security for the liberties of
the people. For these I stand here; and if lam not rea
dy to axert every faculty which I possess to uphold aud main
tain them, I shall be false to the blood which runs in my veins,
false to the ancestors from whom I am descended and false to
every sentiment of my own heart.
I stand then, at all hazzards; for the Constitution and the
Union, one and indissoluble, now and forever,”
William Mason. We find the following attrocious
paragraph in a communication, in the last Telegraph, over
the signature of William Mason, directed against that por
tion of our fellow citizens who happened to bo born North
of Mason and Dixon’s line. Wo wonder how Northern
Merchants can advertise in, or otherwise support a journal
that so abuses them, without stint, or suffers a correspon
dent, to do it, which i9 the same thing:
“As regards some of those ivho coming from the North,
establish themselves as merchants in our Southern cities, I
have always regarded them as poisonous fungi, which clinging
to tho trunk of the noble oak, absorb all its wholesome
juice and leave it dead. I have looked upon these gentlemen
as the vampyres, who, in their thirst for gold, would suck it
with our heart’s blood ; there may be a few with the Soutli
in feeling, but the majority are too surely opposed to us, our
institutions and our interest. Liv.ng as they do strangers in
the land, good taste if not duty, should tell # them, if they
cannot join us on the question, at least to be neutral; but far
from this, they have come forward as partizans in the con
test just finished, and, oh, shame to the South! have tri
umphed over Southern men in their own State. These gen
tlemen are tampering with a dreadful engine, sectional feel
ing ; and when the reaction comes, and come it must, they
must not complain if they are crushed under the ruins of
the insecure fabric they have raised.”
In answer to all this, we will quote an extract from a tetter
of Mr. Daniel Pratt of Ala., to the Journal of Montgomery,
in defence of himself from a siniitef charge to that made by
Min. Mason. Mr. Prattjfe'awell known enterprising citizen
of Alabama, formerly of Georgia, who has perhaps done
more for- **je permanent advantage and prosperity of that
r-Stuto than any otiier man in it. Hear what ho has to say about
such nonsense, as that uttered by the correspondent of the
Telegraph:
“I was born In one of the New England States, but havo
probably lived nearly as in tbo Uvr> Shin. •- ~{
me Kditors of the Advertiser. I claim to be a citizen of Al
abama, and to be as much attached to the State, and to feel
ns deep an interest in its welfare and future prosperity as eith
er of the Editors of the Advertiser , or any contributor to
that paper whoso freely denounces all Northern born citizens.
Had I been born in South Carolina, I do not think I would
be any better citizen of Alabama than I now am. Had they
been born in Massachusetts, and “enjoyed, in the way of edu
cation, the benefit of a few quarters in a free school, made
some proficiency in church music, and served an apprentice
ship to the manufacture of gimbletsand fishing tackle,” Ido
not think they would be any worse citizens of Alabama than
they now are. The mere accident of birth is not the true
test of good citizenship. 1 have lived long enough to know that
every State in the Union may have given birth to good and
bad citizens. And lam proud of being a citizon of Ala
bama, where a large majority of the citizens can and do ap
preciate honesty, enterprise and industry, when exerted in
such a way ns to promote the interests of the State, without
inquiring whence it came for the purpose of impeaching the
motives of action.
*******
“In the Advertiser of the 6th inst., I notice a communi
cation over the signature of “Charles Pym,” in which the
writer asserts that “the Scotch population of North and
South Carolina wero nigh all tories,” and more than inti
mates that their descendants at this time are imbued with the
same spirit of toryism ; and accordingly attempts to show that
the Northern-born population in this State are unfriendly and
opposed to the interests of the South. I presume “Pym’’
is not aware that scores of these Scotch are now citizens of
Alabama. lam at a loss to know how these assertions can
bo relished by some young politicians claiming Scotch des
cent, who recently manifested their approbation of the course
pursued by the Advertiser. Now, I allude to this to show
the impropriety of denouncing and marking all persons as
traitors, tories, etc., who are not born in the same State as
themselves. The fact is, these same Scotch are amongst our
best citizens, as highly respected as any persons in Alabama ;
and no honest man who is acquainted with them will call
them tories, or accuse them in the 1 east of being un
friendly to our State or country.”
The Millebgkville and Eatonton Rail-Road, —Wc are
pleased to state that tho arrangement for constructing the
proposed Rail-Road from Eatonton to Milledgeville, may be
regarded as completed. The road will cost about 8130,000
of which $120,000 nre subscribed.— Say. Rcgub. Dec 5.
~ EXTRACT ~~
From a Private Letter to the Editor, dated,
Augusta, Dee. 3, 1850.
Dear Sir : —Allow mo to say that you deserve well of
your couutry, for the services which you have rendered in tho
late contest, in tho State. I do not suppose you desire any
other reward than an approving conscience, but ono good turn
deserves another, and when a man does so much for his coun
try, his country ought to do something for him. Your coarse
was wise, bold, independent and patriotic, and without doubt
tended greatly to swell the majority of the Union party.
The extent of that majority is so overwhelming, so astound
ing. that it has carried dismay into the ranks of tho enemies
of the Union and will paralize their energies.
I have just passed through the Quattlebum State, and the
people generally looked as though they dined on Rhubarb and
Aloes. The Georgia Election lias indeed been a bitter pill.
They have called upon all the South to assist them, and they
have no hopes except from Missisippi, and with faint hopes
of her.
At last accounts, that I have seen from Columbia, failing in
all other sources, they are proposing to call upon their Mak
er! Will he aid them in thoir unhallowed purpose? No!
His cloven-footed majesty would be a more appropriate pow
er to appeal to. They may reasonably look for bis strongest
sympathies; and that very venerable fire-eater will do his
best to forward their views. It is exactly in his line!
Yours Trnly, W, G. J.
For the Citizen.
M ho fs William Mason I
Isa question sometimes asked by persons wishing to know
the “genuine critter” who has lately “written himself an Ass”
in the columns of the Tar-river-graph. Some say it is the
man that struck Billy Patterson, others that is it he who
threw the bull from the bridge, by the tail. But those who
know, say that he belongs to a certain class of animals, and is
designated from the rest t f the drove only by the length of
ear *- H bob SNUFFLE.”
South Carolina. —On Friday Mr. Marshall of
tho. Senate, submitted resolutions in favor of seces
sion, which were referred to the committee on Fed
eral relations.
In the House, Mr. B. F. Perry submitted a pre
amble and resolutions that the Legislature heartily
concur in the propositions of the Nashville Conven
tion for a Southern Congress, and that tho commit
tee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill for
the election of Representatives to said Congress. —
That in case any Southern State refuse or neglect
to appoint delegates, it shall be the duty of the gov
ernor to send delegates to such State to urge the
people and the Legislature thereof to unite with
other States in a Congress of the whole South. The
resolutions were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Wilkinson submitted a resolution requesting
the Governor to ascertain from the Federal Govern
ment the purpose of sending additional troops to
Charleston, and whether it is intended they shall re
main, which was adopted.— Savannah News.
From the above and other proceedings of the
Legislature of South Carolina it takes no Seer to
tell what courso that State is about to take, in ref
erence to her Federal relations. She means to go
out of the Union, if the madcaps and Jacobins at
Columbia can accomplish the object.
Under such circumstances would it not l>e well for
the people of Georgia and Alabama to take imme
diate measures to send back the millions of Soutli
Carolina paper currency, which now floods all the
avenues of our trade and commerce? If South
Carolina revolts, and the General Government
should blockade her ports, we would not give shucks
for all the paper money which her banks have is
sued. The State will be bankrupt in three months,
and her proud city of Charleston will be ruined in
business and prospects. We say, then, to our read
ers, as the almanacs have it, “Look out for storms
one of these days.” Ex-Governor Hamilton, him
self, seems to have very correct notions of the dan
gers attendant upon secession by South Carolina a
lono- In a recent letter to the Charleston Mercury
ho opposes that step as injurious and fatal, and gives
tho following sage reflections on the subject:
“I have gone through now, at far greater length than
I designed, an analysis of the measures of the last ses
sion of Congress. My object was to show you the rea
sons why a majority of the people of the other Southern
States do not consider that these measures, of them
selves, amount to a sufficient cause for a dissolution of
the Union, and if Soutli Carolina moves alone, it will be
against their authentic sense of public policy, and with
little prospect of their sympathy and support.
I know it is believed that if we get into difficulty, and
arc beleagured by the Federal Government, all the oth
er Southern States will rush to to the rescue. Do not
let us lay, with too much confidence, “this flattering
unction to our souls.” Wise men do not get into clan
ger that other people may help them out of it. But we
may as umo, for the purpose of'probably procuring this
sympathy, that the Federal Government are going-to do
us the favor of bombarding Charleston, and marching
Mr. Clay’s army of mule drivers across the mountains.
Depend upon it, if they are wise, they will do no such
thing ; depend upon it, they will leave u very much to
ourselves out of the Union, and abolish the custom hou
ses and post offices in Charleston, Georgetown, and
Beaufort, they will probably anchor naval steamers ol
the largest class off these ports, as floating custom hou
ses, protected by the whole naval power of the country
if need lie. Until a convention of all the States who
formed tho constitution shall decide on the sovereign
powerof a single State to withdraw from the league—a
power which 1 think manifest without dispute, 1 do not
believe a gun will bo tired except in self defence, or to
resist an absolute onslaught on these floating revenue
offices. The mail will probably be carried from VVasl*-
direct to SaVannan, and wealiall not, for love or
ffiioney, coax the enemy to fire a gun on us except to re-
Jpel.on our part, absolute assault, with an intent to kill.
In the meantime the whole of our inland and export
trade will go to Savannah,and our kind neighbors af
ter all their bluster, will be reaping the full fruits of
their patriotic moderation.
You will doubtless tell me you are prepared to be an
nilii'a'ed ; to be crushed ; to be buried under the walls
of your city ; to raze every house, and burn every blade
of grass within the limits of the State. I know that
God lias given you pluck enough to stand all this. But
States and individuals are as little born for this self-de
loiiuii, as for committing suicide. Whilst I freely con-
I* s, rat her than that we should be a laughing stock of
tho whole civilized world 1 think a ci\il war profera
hie, with a mo lerale eft’ision of blood ; and that, there
fore, we might be constrained to atttempt to blow up
these floating custom houses rather than be laughed
at. I should however, deem the separate action of
Soutli Carolina, at tho present moment, as greatly to bo
deprecated. First, I doubt the sympathy and support of
th.'other Southern Stales without predicating a mad
ness and folly on the part of the General Govern
ment, which are scarcely to be inferred. But I believe
wc need not hurry events—they are travelling w ith ac
celerated velocity to an issue at wdiich we shall arrive
quite soon enough.”
LETTER from COLIJAI Bl T S.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 29,1550.
Dear Doctor : The die is cast, great Caesar has
passed the Rubicon, the Praetorian Cohorts have
been disbanded, and Walter’s coffin with all its dis
union contents has been buried, wo trust forever,
and as silently as tho dismal sod which covers its
unhallowed remains. Requiescat in pace.
Brother John E. D. who had not voted for
years, and never taken any interest in politics until
just before this election (as expressed in that catch
trap letter ) will preach its funeral dirye sometime
infutu.ro.
To many of us it seems that a strange infatua
tion, we liked to have said fanaticism , pervades the
sensorlum of Lord John, that he should weekly
crowd his shoot with the denunciatory gatherings of
a parcel of small fanatics with a slight sprinkling
of niggers in some of our northern cities, thereby
insulting our Union-loving brethren of tho North.
The Times thus becomes, de facto, the Southern or
gan of the Abolitionists, and that too in tho heart
of one of the most dense slave population districts
in the Southern States. And has he reflected upon
the fact that many of this population can read, and
is it not reasonable to surmise that that organ is a
welcome visitor “bekase hit gibs in perticklcr dese
percedins on behalf ob de collerd gemmens at Caz
enovia, and oder mass mcctins at de Norf, held for
depresedervation ob our rights.” Some of the El
ders among us might perhaps remember when such
“crumbs of comfort” would give Solicitor Williams
a fee. “Sed tempora mutantur et nos mutamur cum
illis.”
Now that madmen have been chastised with the
rod of freemen, our glorious State will travel on in
the career of her greatness, capital will seek employ
ment, all the embryo elements of her natural great
ness and prosperity, with which she is so profuselv
blest, will be brought into active requisition ; the
unceasing and peaceful music of her loom and an
vil will usurp the Kobespierean yell of those blood
hounds of revolution, which “Hell itself” seems to
have disgorged. With no future Ctesar to bid for
her empire, with no Praetorian Cohort to sell it,
Georgia stands redeemed! And years to come
when the voter, who shared in tfte redeeming work
of the 25th, shall tell over the “Tempores se acti
pueris” his cheek will glow with exultation, his
heart will beat proud and high because he has
fought and won a battle for Georgia, not under Ma
rat, Dan ton or Robospiere , but a bloodless battle,
under the conservative Hag of our constitutional
Union at the ballot-box. What a thrilling emotion
of satisfaction will sweeten the recollection of
her young, noble, and Union-loving sons, as time’s
even current courses along, when the frosts of years
shall h'avC silvered o’er their brow, that instead of
joining the Grenadier Regiment’ of Black Coffins,
they have fought the big fight on the 25th of Nov.,
1850 at the polls, that their sons too, might not be
subjects, but GEORGIA CITIZENS.
THE DRAMA OF DISSOLUTION,
O R
“Vaulting Ambition o’erleapeth itself.”
A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
Oiß'in tu —A Prince of Palmettodom—chief conspirator.
Bit Walter Voltioeur—An ecclesiastico-politico Barrit-tar and
Colonel of the Coffin Regiment.
giR Wm. Shark—A Mississippi Chief Justice and President of the
Ist Cal>al.
Pta Charles M’Donaldt —Vice President ol the “Bloody l.lno “
Club.
Sir Greybeard Checks —An octogenarian Knight es Palmettodom.
Djn Whiskerando Coweta —A Servitor in livery, to Prince
Barnwell.
Samivel TcLEORAHni —A Knight of Ocniulgse.
Wm. Chamberlain — A Knight of Muscogee.
Merccrialis —Knight of Cooper & Ashley—Messenger and Her
ald to the Prince.
Punchinello —Knight of Chatham; FousnAT, Knight of Rome;
and Garden, Duke of Richmond, Subordinate actors in the
conspiracy, and tools of Prince Barnwell.
[Messengers, &c., in waiting.
ACT I.
[A Ducal Palace near the Ashley River. Princo Barn
well alone in his Library, perusing the History of England’s
Kings. A messenger enters and deposits a letter, sealed with
a black seal, on the table, and exits. Prince opens the letter
and reads:]
“ Prepare, oh Prince, to hear sad tidings. lie that so long
Hits ta’en captive the heorts of these our loyal |>eoplo
And before whom men have bowed as to a demigod—
The sage and statesman of Fort Hill, lieviu his abroad
Before me—a victim to the King of Terrors—that King
Who “loves a shining mark,” and ‘gainst whose stern decree
No mortal man, however high and gifted, can bid defiance.
The nation mourns that one so great should die.
Palmettodom, in sackcloth & in ashes, bows her anguish’d head
In token of her misfortune, irreparable.
To you, Sir Prince, whose heart is full of grief [lence.
At this announcement —I will not speak the tvorJ of conJo-
They are ompty words, from such as I, to one liko thee, [thee
Whoso depths of disinterested love are doubtless stirred within
At the decease of one whose funeral knell’s sad eudeaoo
I bring thee. The Gods be with thee, Prince, forever.
Adieu, Butler.”
Prince Bars well:
Thanks, thanks, dear Senator, for tidings snch ns these,
My inmost soul rejoices that thus the pathway of my ambition
Has been so opportunely cleared, by other hands than mine.
He whom Butler so fondly loved and deeply reverenced,
And whom the people of this realm did so delight to honor,
Has too long usurped exclusive loyalty, for me to mourn
His death. ’Twill serve my purpose, meditated long.
Os mounting to the topmost round of high ambition’s ladder;
Now that Caldwell is no more—the way to me is easy,
By seeming tube his most afflicted friend and confidant,
To wear the mantle, which falleth from his honored shoulders.
Besltrew me, but I’ll so act the hypocrite, in this hour
Os Funeral pomp and pageantry, that none shall know
The thoughts which course my brain, or once suspect mo
Os any covert iutentor indirection. Melhinks
“ How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown 5
Within whose circuit is Elysium
And all that poets feign of bliss and joy.”
But, caution is needful. 1 may not hope to consummate
This heart’s desire, by coup-de-tnsin and gallant bearing.
As in the past history of my life—when ruled by g"ld,
A bright inheritance —I changed my patronymic,
And traded off the common name of Smith for that
Os Illicit—l must, by stratagem, secure the regal sceptre.
And of a Southern Empire hear sway, from Pedee’stido
To California’s Hills of golden rocks and sands.
1 have it.
First—l must invoke the aid of trusty friends to serve me
To distil the dew of Upas into men’s hearts ’gainst him
Who all do cull our “ Uncle Samuel.”
Our trusty friend and Herald, Mercuriality can be relied on,
And so can the noble Greybeard, the ancient chevalier.
Whose truncheon blade has heretofore done good service,
In strifes of former days, when Caldwell was our chief,
And uncle Samnel was the u foeinan worthy of onr steel.”
Like unto the t olcnnic mount, whose tojm are white with .now
W hilt# liquid fires and molten lava rage within,
He stands, between the living and the dead, honored of all
And therefore, a chief w hose counsels will command r|*ect.
llemust be summoned to our conclave, 110, there, Mcreurialis!
[Mereurialis appears at the door.J
My trust; Herald, I charge thee to convey, on wings electric,
My summons to the faithful. Dispatch a special embassy
To Sir G. Cheves, Sir Wm. Shark,and to his Excellency,
Os Georgia—bearing this, my high behest to each,
To marshal all the clans for rendevonx
At city of the Cedars, near the Hermitage, where rest
The ashes of Old Hickory—the man of might and valof,
Whose motto was, “ the Union—it must preserved he.”
The place of meeting will give character to the convocation
And with fit disguise conceal our real purpose. For who,
So strong of scent, as to smell treason in the blast (lands!
Which blows from Jackson's tomb o’er Tennessee's brood
Mercurial!? :
Sir IYineO—most willingly shall yottr commatile be heeded.
And if I might suggest a topic for reflection,
I would that “Southern nights'” be’ blazoned high
On our escutcheon, and that Uncle* Sam’s oppression
Be assumed as cause sufficient for tho assembling,
Os Southrons on Cedar Hill to counsel take and give
On matters touching our peculiar institution.
Tis thus, we silence clamor and all supieion lull
As to the* tret* motives which impel us onward,
The Grand Drama of Dissolution to prepare
And oa tho smouldering ruins of the Union,
One Grand Confederacy to raise*.
Prince :
Most sage and prudent friend, Mercurialis, your words
Arc balm aud oil to this, my troubled spirit.
’Tis well as you advise. Further, ’tis well
That our young chiefs and scribes be charged to silence,
For the present. Ix*t none, with raven note's, preach discord
Or Disunion, yet. Let none irreverently traduce
‘Drat flag of “ Stars and Stripes ” which yet doth wavo
In triumph, o’er Columbia’s revolutionary scril—
Until the people’s hearts are poisoned ’gainst its name
And print to tear it into shreds, and in the dust,
To trample it. When that times comes,
Our purposes and plans matured and ready for fulfilment,
The ban of scercsy may be removed—but not till then.
Exeunt Omnea.
ACT 11.
(Conspirators in Council at Cedar Hill. Chief Justice
Shark of Mississippi chosen President. Prince Barnwell,
Sir Walter Voftigeur, Sir Charles M’Donahly and 90 others.)
Pmxck Barnwell : [cause.
Most potent, grave and reverend Seigniors, hear me for my
And be silent that you may hear. ’Tis well
That you have here met. Monstrous issues hang
Upon the action of this council". The safe ty of the South
Is threatened by a band of mercenary knaves
Who now assembled are at Washington. The Halls
Os “ Uncle Sam ” are filled with enemies, whose hate
’Gainst Southern soil and Southern men no limit knosveth.
We are proscribed, insulted, spit upon aud robbed.
In Ophir’s golden sands, with slaves to dclvb
We are denied the privilege. Our erjunl share
In Territory, won by our arms and valor, is withheld,
And Yankeedom, Egyptian locusts like, possess the soil;
Texas too, dismembered is, and Utah and New Mexico
Are placed, by force of circumstances, beyond our rcadh.
\\ hat then, brave knights, becomes us now to do!
Shall we supinely sit, when all onr rights are perilled !
I wait your answer—shall we resolve to fight
Or shall tve low-born aubmiaaianiata become,
And yield our necks as footstools for the tyrant’s feet ?
Sir Walter:
For me, I dare to say, before the world,
That where Prince Barnwell points the way of duty
I shall be found near by. My mind s made up
To stand or fall, live or dfe, in cause so glorious
As that which now convenes us ’tween these walls-—’
I go for that dark line of blood , which for its name’
“ Missouri ,” hath—the line of former compromise.
And this I take, not because it 5s all our due,
But that our Northern eudmies may know and see
That thus far and no further shall they go against outrights.
Up to this lirte Pm ready now to mtu‘eh,in armor clad,
And with my” eojfm ready-made, slung at my back!
Who’ll dare to follow—to victory or death!
f All respond, “ to victory or death.'']
Sir Charles M’Donaldy:
My brother’s counsel is right full of needful valor,
And I will not gainsay the prudence of his teaching,
Methinks. however, it were best, to \va vo cur final action
Till Congress shall adjournment take, by vote,
And pass on maters now before them.
U, in defiance of our rights, they open door
To California as a State, I know full well, kind sirs,
That Georgia luts a chief, of Elba's royal line,
Who will his duty do, in Buonapnrtean style ;
110 will command the clans to gather in State Council
And influence use, to further the grand spectacle
Os secession from Uncle Samuel’s hard pupilagu
And aid us, anew and glorious empire to establish.
My voico is tltsn for peaceful resolution till Georgia ►pvnk
And my own dear ducal province of Ktncsaw
Shall rally its strong cohort of thrice tlire hundred,
And do my bidding at the ballot Box, whene'er
The i ’es of next November slutll have ojine.
Prince Barnwell:
I move you, then, most noble President,
That this council do now adjourn its sitting*, fi* * But.,*,
Till one and a half lunatiou shall roll round
Subsequent to the period, when Uncle Sam’s cabal
Shall pause pro tem , in its wrong-doing,
And give a breathing spell to an outrage 1 people.
But first, remember what our ultimatum ii,
For 36 and 30 we will fight till doom,
Or will a general dissolution bring aho it.
President Shark:
I thank you for the honor yo have thru it j>on me.
Os Chief of an assemblage so illustrious.
Pin with you in our search for sntisfactin,
For wrongs long suffered by thesnuny South f
But in the measure of redress— diturhus,
I hare no faith. Pardon me, brave colleague*,
But I must say it. That won! smacks of treason,
And is not a word which I would choose,
To give expression to my inmost thoughts.
But, not to detain you—l now proclaim
This Council closed till time appointed.
Os which to all due notice shall bo given.
I may not again be with you. I think I shall not.
I’m sure I shall not, if the public voice is roused
To brand with treason our deliberation*.
So fare thee well 1 [ Exeunt Omnes.
ACT 111.
(Mass Mee ting of Conspirators on the plains of Ocinnlgee
Prince Barmvell, a Fancy Knight from Alabama and dim*
others of the smaller fry of scribes and retainers present—.
1150 all told.)
Prince Barnwf.li.;
The times are out of joint. Good people hearken all
To the word of truth and soberness which I shall utter.
Palmetto is the Kingdom whence I hail. I Como
To raise my voice, to stir up Georgians’ hearts
To deeds of valor such as Rome and Greece ne’er knew.
To speak of Yankee wrongs and Irish insolence
And German stupidness, wbieli like an inruhus
Bears down upon true Scat brans’ rights.
Tis time for action. My voice is for secession temporary,
‘I Yhere Georgia leads the icay, Palmetto sure will follow!*
Fancy Knight of Ala:
Aye, and her sister Alabama, will not a laggard prove,
Our wrongs liave been tremendous, and I pUdge my self
That my adopted State will the front rank take
For dissolution or secession, when the signal’s girt n.
•She’ll battle side by side with Georgia’s hoot
Until the land of Troup and Oglethorpe
Shall rescued be from Federal 1y ranny.
[Here letters wre read from various conspirator# hiiUf*
. ing their allegiance to the rising Dragon of power.]
Letter from Don Whiskerando.—') g* hit tfeen^rr f
quietly, if let alone, forcibly, if made necewurj.” *’ I vu
tered this canvass under the banner of SECESSION six!
SOUTHERN LIBERTY. 1 liar* kept it flying, ami now
I nail it to the mast.”
Samivel Tli.cgr trm : —“lcon only look forward to re
sistance or the abolition of slavery, sooner or lut—TWr#
are tho alternatives between which tlie South inunt *w
eh*ose.” “For our own |art, we are for seovtaio* or rr*it’
anee, open unqualified rvwtoißv.”
Punchinello : —** If the Convention is fir secession, I sul
with them.”
Sir Wjlter Voltioetr : —“ Srutrion is my rmiwlj.”
Fobniiat :— •* He is a dastard and traitor who will not re
sist the Government, under such eireumstnnres.”
Duka or Richmond:— *• Disunion or abolition.” “Union
is the false cry to prepare your free limbs for bondage.”
Wm. Chameerlain : —“ Hints Uncle Sam and his North
ern brethren like llrll.” ‘‘l am, for war npn the Govern
ment ; it has existed for our ruin, and to the exit nt of onr
ability to destroy it, it shall exist no longer.*’
[Three Chet r* Were then given for Prince Barnwell “Vive
la Roy, Rheit the first" — when the meeting adjoamed.)
ACT IV*
[Con|irators reassembled at Cedar Hill. Sit Ch.jks
MeDonaldy in tho chair.]
Sir Charles ;
Our late chief, Sir Wm. Shark in strung* absent
From this our counsel, and much I fi-ar, hi* t*l
[• the good cause of “Southern Bights’” has vamdutL
On me devolves the task to fill his vacant scat
To which I bring A spirit amibeartsoinencss
Second to none. To business, then ; Sir Seigniors,
My voice is for secession, prompt and aWhite.
I’ve staked my all upon the hazard of this dis m
Ar.d am prepared to bide the consequences..
Sir Greveearu Curves:
I erave indulgence, compatriots and noble Sira*
While I pour out my surcharge'll heart before yor.
The frosts of fourscore years” have bleached my locks*
And mellowed down the fire of my early youth..
I am no BlufTton fire-eater, of purpose reckless,.
Nor do I muster in the service of Sir Quattlebmm
My years unfitted are for active toil and dang*-*
Butin sage counsel, 1 hold my head as highly
As any compeer South Potomac's waves.
My counsel then is, for speedy, absolute secession’
From Uncle Sam’s unnatural government.
’Tis time our braves were buckling on their armor
And burnishing their steel for combat.
I'almotto's plains arc even now with campfires lighted,-
And active is the note of warlike preparation,
To crush rebellion and repel the dastard few's assault.
To arms! To arms 1 then, Southrons—we may not wail’
Another cycle of the earth. The time is at the door,
hen we must offer sacrifices to Mars
Even should onr lives aud fortunes be therein involved.
An Alabama Conspirator:
Most potent chief, I ask the privilege of utterance, [y
To breathing words *fc burning thoughts w hich new BpaMtiHT
I pray thee grant the petition which 1 here offer—
Which looketli to a more perfect Union of strong hearts
In the sacred cause of right and Southern liberty.
I move, you Sir, that we do Recommend
A general meeting, at no distant day and hour.
Os all true Southern chivalry, from Pedce’s shores
To Mississippi's tide—to take lust counsel
Before we draw the blade of vengence and throw away
The scabbard. Montgomery is the place tltat I would narari.
What say you, men and patriots?
Repentant Conspirator from Duck River:
’Tis plain to me that treason stalks abr**ad
And threatens desolation to all that good men cherish, *,
I wash my hands of this intent. To be’ bet raved
Into unhallowed schemes like those I will not.
Repentant Conspirator from the llermita&k:
Alas for me that I should so dishonor him
Os the Lion heart and Eagle eye, who sleeps'*
Beneath the spreading Hickory which hd hrith’planted.
By herding with such as these, whd plot disunion
And their country’s overthrow’, for trivial causes.
Curst be the accident that brought me here;
I must away—but with my farewell melcdiction ‘
I do prott at against all t reason, and betake
My presence from those who would foul traitors bo.
[The cahal closed amid shouts, hisses and groans fr< nf‘ thd
gallery and much confusion generally.}
act” V.
Scene I.—Prince Barnwell at his castle, a storm raging
without and a tempest within’.
Prince. (Soliloquizing.)
And is this the end of til my hopes of future greatness.
Is this the guerdon of all my fond ambitious dreams!
Betrayed,deceived, dishonor: l, by those I thought my trend*
