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From tlie Charleston Courier.
Letter from the Hon. J. It. Poinsett,
TO THE rF.OTLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, S. C. Dec. 4, 1850.
Fellow-Citizens :—My object in addressing you in tliis
crisis of our affairs, will scarcely be misunderstood. lam a
Carolinian by birth and principle, and all I own in the world
is vested in lands and negroes. I have a common interest,
then, in the question before the country, and a right to ex
press my views and opinions. I should not, however. luvr
departed from # my determination to abstain from taking part
in politics, if I had not lately enjoyed- unusual opportunities
of observing the conduct and character of the opposition
made aft the North to our institutions ; and if I had not per
ceived from the tenor of the speeches and writings published
in the State, that the subject is not fully understood in South
Carolina. These speeches and writings have tended to irri
tate the feelings of some and to alarm the fears of others a
rnong our fellow-citizens of the North. Many, however, a
mong them, have regarded these outbursts of passion without
resentment, and have assembled together, in vast meetings,
to testify their devotion to the Union, and their firm deter
mination to maintain the laws of the country. On one of
these occasions, on my passage through Philadelphia, I was
solicited to be present, that I might witness their procceed
ings, and bear testimony to you that our fellow-citizens of
Pennsylvania were animated with the kindest feelings towards
us and determined to see the laws, affecting our property, en
forced within their State.
I resisted the importunities of my numerous friends there,
because I did not desire to take part in the proceedings of
another State —as a Carolinian, I desired to speak to my
fellow-citizens, of Carolina, from my own home am ong them.
I did not wish to appear to rebuke the winds and waves of
our agitated sea, from a distant cWc, hut reserved my efforts
to calm them, until my return among you. But in justice to
the great and good men who assembled at New York, Plika
delpliia and Boston, to vindicate the laws and to declare their
firm deteVmination to maintain them, I feel bound to say, that
they were animated by the purest and noblest motives, and
have, throughout, evinced the most praiseworthy zeal and
patriotism. lam personally and intimately acquainted with
many of them; and believe that they will maintain, to the
utmost, the sentiments they expressed on those occasions.
The great error, it appears to me, that we have committed, is,
that we have given too much consequence to the wicked and
designing men, who strive to produce discord among us, and
to destroy the peace and prosperity of the couutry, that they
may revel on the spoils, or elevate themselves to power, by
pandering to the passions and prejudice of the vilest factions.
Depend upon it, these men are moral lepers, despised by the
masses, as well as by the enlightened portions of the com
munity every where. They are powerful for evil, I know,
because they are organized, and unscrupulous; and from the
period of the first French Revolution, when a small organiz
ed faction deluged France in blood, to the present day, we all
know the power exercised by a well organized and unscrupu
lous fraction of the people, however insignificant in number
and character.
The admission of California into the Union, as a State, is
honestly believed, and represented to bo the most prominent
of our wrongs, and thq adoption of that clause of her con
stitution excluding slaves, the greatest outrage commited up
on our rights. I say nothing of the irregularity or the admis
sion of California, because I firmly believe t'liat if the clause
alluded to bad been omitted, the complaint of the con
stitution being violated in the fact of her admission,- would
Have proceeded from the North, rather than from the South.
But I think there is an error in the course assigned for the
adoption o? that clause. The exclusion of slavery in Califor
nia, is generally T.U.rih'Jit.ed, in the South, to the improper inter
ference of Government, from the spontau
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their most sanguine expect;
pointed and poor. They all
in the opinion, that the exej
was owing to the unwillincj
by side with the negro—al
xnai naVe never
shops, and upon asking/lie reason, was informed by tWpro
prietors that if they attempted to introduce negro labourers
into their works the whites would leave them. This'reel iim
governed the vote on ttfiis question in California. It is a aren't
mistake to suppose tl.ak at the period of adoption of the con
stitution, that territory] consisted only of squatters, and of the
simple and ignorant conquered people. California was peo
pled with unexampled] rapidity, and the inhabitants were from
among our most industrious and enterprising citizens. They
were neither few in number, nor disqualified in character to
frame a constitution V themselves; indeed their orderly eon
duet while abandoned by their legitimate government was
dwelt upon with pride by us, and excited the admiration of
the civilized world. We may complain with some justice of
the admission of California with the exclusion of slavery; but
if we had depopulated South Carolina of our negroes) and
taken them to California, I firmly believe that they would
have been expelled from the State at the first meeting of its
Legislature, for f know full well that the people there were
determined not t> admit them.
The next great outrage eompiained of, is.the adjustment of
the boundary of Texas. I will not prolong this paper and
occupy your time by arguing the question of validity of the
boundary claimed by Texas; but content myself, with stating
my belief, tha,* if Mr. Madison had been captured by the
British, at Blaiensburg, and under terror of life, had signed a
treaty eedingfhe then territory of Mexico, Congress and we
the people, wiuld have denied that Great Britain had thereby
’ - acquired a tile to that portion of our country. The object of
oflerSog |H)qOO,OQO to Texas, was not what it has been rep
resented; ih* to prevent a civil war, otherwise inevitable—a
war, in the >urse of which, New Mexico would have been
crushed by jhe superior forces of Texas, or government have
interfered Uy protect that territory, alternatives to be depreeat
<ed by evony American who respects the Constitution and
loves justice. It was not ni; de by the President, but by a law
of Congress, and if Texas voluntarily chooses to compound a
doubtfulftitlo, and to accept the offer made her, surely there
is no cause for calling her hard names, and applying to such
a abusive epithets.
Ihe pcxt subject complained of is the abolition of the slave
trade in, thi! liistrictof Columbia, and this measure is char
acterised as advancing abolition. For my own part, I think
the scenes we have so often witnessed in Washington, and so
often severely Warned by both Northern and Southern
men, I tended much more to advance -abolition than the pas-
this. law.
It -is certainly to be lamented that the balance of power be
tween the slave and free States, could not hare been main
tuinjcd in the Senate. Wchave struggled for it in vain. It is
wi ylt States as with individuals. Equality of strength or of
Mtunc cannot be maintained by either; but this is no legiti
mate cause of strife or revolution. And we are told that the
remedy of these evils is to be sought for in revolution—for
tWhat is secession but revolution ? Is the right of secession to
Pie found in the Constitution? It existed, I grant, under tire
4>\d confederacy, for that was a league; but, the Constitution
i,vas framed and adopted after solemn deliberation, to form a
■more perfect union of the States. The first time we ever
H heard of the right of secession, was during the proceedings
of the Hartford Convention, and at that period, no people re
m ct? ived the doe tope with more indignation and contempt, than
■ ourselves. In (act, it any State possessed the power to se-
IggCedefrotn the Lnion,, whenever it thought proper to do so,
[ our constitution would be a mockery, and our boasted strength
M a great and powerful nation would he despised by foreign
P°'*f rs - It w true, if Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
iBP I Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Mis
■BpPl’i an *l Texas were to form a oojtfcderaey and agree to
HRde, there might be no opposition fora time. But many
HPlliose Skites form but the entrance and portico to the great
ppdifice reared in the west. How long would the inhabitants
ppf Ijiat mighty structure endure the privations
sutler, if their ingress and egress were in the
feigners. Would they permit Louisiana
maritime power that might 111 i iHiTT
commerce
not. No I think
boundary and right; only to be mvo,vo of
this cf/iPtry would soa^- e Vhibit ,1 thf * a PP e * , nd
■ “r nh '° “ po< ” <*■ A.
present no harries „ • ’ such a Confederacy wni.lt
Hio
gainst our Institutions, and if they be not protected by the
constitution nud the much despised Union, our slaves would
not oe worth ten year’s purchase. In sucli a confederacy,
how many causes of discontent would occur ? llow could
we with our habits of eternal agitation be satisfied with our
station in it f Our relative importance, in the Southern Con
federacy, would diminish ever)’ year unless we could change
our habits altogether, & instead of devoting all our energies to
political agitation, as we have done, for the last twenty years,
turn our minds to the promotion of commerce, manufactures &
easy communications by land & water, from the interior to the
coast. But, under the lead of South Carolina, such a Con
federacy’ will never be created. A\ e are unfortunately not
renowned for our wisdom or prudence, and our invitations,
and our taunts will be alike in vain to drive our sister States
into measures of violence for the past—what the future may
bring forth, time will shew. But, I warn the Northern men
who love their country and desire to preserve the l nion,
that they must restrain their own agitators: men whom my
own self respect prevents me from characterising as they de
serve—men, who are not fanatics, for fanatics are honest, but
political demagogues of the worst description, using their
money ami abusing their talents, to deceive and seduce the
people; and who would not hesitate to elevate themselves to
power over the reeking ruins of their country. The opposi
tion, commenced under my own eyes, to the infamous machi
nations of these men, mwst be continued by the united efforts
of the good and true of all parties, and the Constiturion will
be safe and the Union preserved.
If there are any among ns, so wild as to think of separate
State Action, to them I would say, that they mistake violence
for strength. Let them examine the map and consult the
census, and they will see our relative weakness and understand
with what ease South Carolina might be prevented from in
flicting any injury except upon herself.
But I will Hot pursue this humiliating theme—it is improb
able that such a irfeasure will be resorted to. It would be as
absurd as for one to throw himself from a precipice in the ex
pectation of injuring bis enemy by the fall.
Fellow-citizens, my task is done. I felt impelled to ad
dress yon as a friend and brother, by the interests I have at
stake in the question, by my zeal for the honor and welfare of
my native State, by t : c long experience I have had of the
fearful consequences of revolution ; and by my devotion to
the Unfon, to which, under Heaven, I believe we owe our un
exampled prosperity as a nation.—
J. R. POINSETT.
Prospective Extract from tlie Southern Press
of Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-odd.
After the issuance of this number the publication of the
‘‘Southern Press’’ will ecase. A variety of reasons might be
given for this determination, but, for once, we will give the
true one which is shortly told. *-the want of patronage.
The Senior Editor returns his thanks to those who have
patronized the ‘Press,’ id retires with a proud conscious
ness of impartiality, having advocated with equal zeal and hon
esty both sides of the question, as weil at Cincinnati as at
Washington city.
As the Senior meditates leaving this country, he would say
previous to his departure, that in accordance with ihe princi
ples of the Quakers whose creed lx‘ professes, ho cherishes no
cnoinity against those who, in past time, have fathomed Tris
dtsigns, defeated his projects, or baffled his ambition. lie
therefore forgives thoso who denied that his verse had poe
try in it, as well as those who refused to hear his plea to be
nominated to the Ohio Legislature. To his friends the Abo
litiOnists, he would say that his attachment to them remains
unabated, and that no matter what post he fills, or under what
guise his sentiments are issued, he will ever remain their
faithful and unflinching advocate.
In conclusion tlie Senior would remark that having been
appointed Queen’s Printer for tlie Province of Canada, he
remove shortly to Montreal, where he will issue a Week-
to bo called “The Royal Gazette;” and which
voted to advocating the prerogatives of the Crown
church as by law established.
respoetfully solicited.
“I s ” ,vU,rlls bis thanks to bis subsorib
-1 hr,thru. ■ the tribe of I.e\i, whose
‘ ’"l. infancy of the ■“Press.” The.lun
’ that it i> bis intention to locate
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the winter. He tells the story of his
gusto, and particularly the distinguished
by the “big folks.” He spent several days at theflß , *|
Governor Slade of Vermont. Sambo now adviseslHH|
loafers, and the free blacks generally to go into
and make ’em fortune.” The cream of the joke in this*
is to be found in the fact, that the fellow was never SoutT
Mason’s and Dixson’s line in his life ! He was born at Sa
Joga, in this State, in 1820, lived awhile in Pennsylvaniai
latterly a slave State. The “A
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Senator Douglass
After this distinguished gentleman addressed the immense
meeting at Chicago on the 23d ult., justifying the Fugitive-
Slave Law, and sustaining all the compromise measures pass
ed by Congress, he offered the following resolutions, which
were passed without a dissenting voice:
Resolved , That it is the sacred duty of every friend of the
Union to maintain and preserve inviolate every measure of
our Federal Constitution.
Resolved, That any laws enacted by Congress in pursu
ance of the Constitution, should be respected as such by all
good and law-abiding citizens, and should be faithfully car
ried into effect by the officers charged with its execution.
Resolved, That so long as the Constitution provides that
all persons held to service or labor in one State, escaping into
another State, shall be delivered up on the claim of the party
to whom tlie services or labor may be due, and so long as
members of Congress arc required to take an oath to support
the Constitution, it is their solemn and religious duty to pass
all the laws necessary to carry that provision of the Constitu
tion into effect.
Resolved , That if wo desire to preserve the Union and
render our great republic inseparable and perpetual, we must
perform all our obligations under the Constitution, at the same
time that we call upon our brethren in other States to yield
implicit obedience to it.
Resolved , That as the lives, property nnd safety of our
selves and families depend on the observance and protection
of the laws, every effort to incite any portion of our popula
tion to make resistance to the due execution of the laws of the
land, should be promptly and emphatically condemned by ev
ery good citizen.
Resolved , That wc will stand or fall by the American
Union and its Constitution, with all its compromises, with its
glorious memories of the past, and precious hopes of the fqs
turo. rr-I
Statistics Worth Preserving.
The following statement showing the estimated surface
of the Territories of the United States, north and west, of the
regularly organized States of the Union, and distinguishing
the former from the newly acquired Territories, and the por
tions thereof situated north and south of the parallels 38 de
grees 30 minutes north latitude, is compiled from the table in
the appendix to tlie report of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, recently published :
Former Territories East of the Rocky Mountains.
Northwest Territory west of the Mississippi river—bounded
on the north by 49 deg. north latitude, cast by the Missis
sippi river, south by the State of lowa and the Platte riv
er, and west by the Rocky Mountains, (all north of parallel
36 degrees 30 minutes,) 723,248 square
miles or acres 462,878,702
Wisconsin Territory —Balance remaining of
the old Northwest Territory, east of the Mis
sissippi river, and north west of the State of
Wisconsin, (north of 36 degrees, SO min
utes,) 22,336 square miles, or 14,295,040
Indian Territory—Situated west of the States
of Missouri and Arkansas, and sooth of the
Platte or Nebraska river, held and appor
tioned in part for Indian purposes, (north of
36 degrees 30 minutes,) 190,505 square
miles and 121,923,200 acres—south of 36
degrees 30 minutes, (58,346 square miles,
and 37,341,110 acres,) 248,851 square miles,
150,240,646
Total of’ the old Territory, 991,435 square A
miles, 536,438,400]
Newly acquired territory w. of the Rocky Moj®|H|
Oregon Territory—Bounded on the north by th
49 degrees north latitude, east by tlie llo4®
west by the Pacific Ocean, (all north
minutes.) 341,463 square miles, or Ih|
Upper California and New Mexico—Hounded*
on the north by the parallel 42 degrees north®
latitude, east by the Rio Grande from its B
source to the parallel of 42 degrees north Inti- J
tude, south by tlie Gila river, from its
mouth ; thence by a line to a point onq^J
the town of Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
Mississippi river, just below St. Louis
HHHmolished some seventy or eighty buildings;
HHHof them the finest and principal business hoit
place. •
Vi:'ji'.'l® baptist and \atholic (lhurches,and the (’at)-
SHRovent w-cre destroyed.
st< i amljr>at .Saratmc, wlticb bad just rounded
|ro at the wharf, had her upper works completely
blown off, and several persons on her were severely
injured, and some, it is probable, were drowned.
In order that you may judge of the tremendous
violence of the torm, I will state that a cow was un
ceremoniously lifted off her feet on terra firma,
and deposited in the top of a tree, silty feet from
the ground.
The loss of life by this awful visitation cannot as
yet be ascertained, but it is certainly very great, as
numbers are doubtless buried beneath the ruins of
khe fallen buildings. There are also a great many
BP*,
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ly capa-
Uubject.
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c> tnict iv < ’ t< >r -
in the Missip
rs, occured about 2 o’clock
persons who are seriously injured, and. some of them
are so crippled and maimed that they will never re
cover from the effects.
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L,. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA. DEC. 14, 1850.
M*con Cotton Market.
December 13
Since the receipt of the “ America’s” accounts, nothing
has been done to establish prices. The market, previously,
was dull at 11 a 12 1-4 cents, and we presume it will open
with a further decline.
BY telegraph:
Tlie steami’ v ‘ u America ” arrived at Halifax on the 11th
jnstant, wit# 4Ovi rpor4-dates to tliithe 30th ult;—
gCotpat had declined 1-8 to 1-4 and. per lb. Sales, 20,000
bale£ Fair Mobiles quoted at 7 3-4 and. Fair Upland 7
5-Bd\
Notice to Candidates.— Ail Candidates for City and
County Offices who advertise their announcements in tliispa
perf must “call at the Captain's office and settle,” immed
iately, or their notices will be left out.
(The mayoralty. —We notice that Dr. E. L.
Sjrohecker is announced as a candidate for the office
of Mayor of tliis city, at tlie ensuing election. It is
enough for us to say to our friends, that Dr. S. is a
}*irc-Eater, of the South Carolina breed. He was
also one of the leaders of Mob L/*w violence against
tliis Press and its Editor, on the 23d of August last.
Os course, therefore, we shall support the Doctor
in a cornucopia ! lie that connived at a breach of
tlie public peace, of the most desperate character, is
sorely not a fit man, to be entrusted with the ad
ministration of the City Government. lie had bet
ter stick to his pill-box and spatula.
k Union meeting at milledgcvillc.
Wednesday evening a meeting of the Union Party was
the Capitol, at which Gen. J. W. A. Sanford presid-
was addressed by the Hon. R. Toombs, the lion,
and by Col. Poe, of this city.
Toombs spake for one hour and a half to a very crowd -
, and Gallery of perhaps 1,000 persons. llis effort
successful one, rebuking the spirit of disunion
ulU h. and trenching in, by irrefutable argu-
which, it is believed, will be reeommend-
He was followed by Mr. Stephens,
Ilian: speech in behalf of the l nion, in wliieli
the pati iotisin of tin- North and tlie South, and
rescue of the Ship of State the friends of the
l- ; lst and W est. Ile also reviewed the
Cougrcss, during the dark long ijfclit of
ra ti
Southern
as ready to. resist them as South Carolina. There
is no need, therefore, that her people, should consti
tute themselves, the Custodiers of the honor of the
whole South. If the time should ever arrive, (which
may (rod avert,) when the South shall have to strike
for Independence and retire from the Union, we
pray it may he done peacefully. And to that end,
dl the States should go together. Until that time,
et South Carolina ‘Watch and Wait.’
Godey’s Lady’s Book.— >Vl. for 1 851, of this
magnificent monthly is on i/ur table, and wo endorse
the following notice of iJt f 'from the Savannah Repub
lican, as fully cxpfiygrivc of our own views, of its mer
tafcTlifi/January /number of this favorite periodical
(has been fowanUd to tts in advance of its regular
publication. We are at a loss which to admire
’most, its matter or its embellishments. It contains
a number of original articles, prose and poetry, from
the pens of our most gifted periodical writers, and a
variety of engravings of the highest finish. Os the
latter, the first will probably be most acceptable to
the young mother—the second, or the “Four Kras of
life,” to the philosophical mind —and the third, or
the “Seasons” represented by four beautiful damsels,
to the youthful and romantic. The emblematic ti
tle page contains at least fifty figures of fashions.—
The designs are all the work of Americans—male
and female —the coloring being done entirely by the
latter, of which there arc one hundred and fifty en
gaged on the Book.
The Lady's Book is a deservedly popular favor
ite, and we cannot too highly commend the present
number to its patrons and friends.”
For 84,50 cash, we will furnish tho Citiaen and
Lady’s Book for one year. Now is tho time to sub
scribe.
j _ •
Vermont Nullification.— I The Legislature of Vermont
has adopted a Resolution Nullifying the Fugitive Slave Lnw,
passed at the last session of Congress.
GEORGIA CONTENTION.
[REPORTED FOR THE GEORGIA CITIZEN .]
Milledgville, Dec. 10th, 1850.
FIRST DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
At U o’clock, A. M., the Convention was called
to order by Col. A. 11. Ken nan, of Baldwin, who
moved that the lion. E. V. Hill take the Chair, 2 ,r0
tem, for the purpose of organization.
Mr. Stapleton, of Jefferson, moved that li. S. La
nier be appointed Secretary, pro tern.
Official returns of election handed in, from the Ex
ecutive office, and read by the Secretary, all but Ap
pling county delegation being present, (which was
subsequently filled,} making a total of 204 members
present.
On motion of the lion. James A. Meriwether, of
Putnam, it was resolved that the Convention be or
ganized by the appointment of one President and two
Vice Presidents.
On motion.of the same gentleman, the lion Thos.
Spalding, of Mclntosh, was elected President, and
the Hon. A. J. Miller, of Richmond, and the Hon.
W. B. Wofford, of Habersham, were elected Vice
Presidents, with but one dissenting vote.
On motion, a committee of three, consisting of
Messrs. Stapleton of Jefferson, Ridley of Troup, and
Hull of Clarke, were appointed to induct the officers
elect into their respective seats. That duty per
formed, the venerable President made a few appro
priate remarks, expressive of his devotion to the Un
ion and of his hope and confidence that it would be
perpetual.
On motion, the President was authorized to pro
cure the services of a Chaplain from -the various.ld.c
noininatioipudCMdk-dgeville. to o|>en
uig ffie Convention, daily, with prayer.
On motion of the Hon. E. Y. llill, it was resolved
that the Convention proceed to the election of aSee
retary to the Convention, who shall have power to
appoint two assistants.
On motion of Col. Poe, of Bibb, the roll of mem
bers was first called.
Col. A. P. Powers, of Bibb, nominated R. S. La
nier of Bibb, a candidate for No other
nomination being immediately iH|B||en. J. VY\ A.
Sand ford of Baldwin, moved tii^ by
place, which .resulted in the
by a large majority.
[ he private history of the trickery and duplicity used by
certain individuals, fanning whom an honorable .Judge
stands pre-eminent,) to bring about this result, is yet to be
written. —Editor Georgia Citizen.]
On motion of Claries J. Jenkins, Esq. of Rich
mond, a committee of three from each Judicial. Dis
trict of the State, was ordered to be raised, to pre
pare business for the action of the Convention, said
committee to be reported to-morrow at 10 o'clock,
A. M.
The Convention then proceeded to the election of
Door-Keeper and Messenger, which resulted in the
election of Moses N. Davenport of Clark, as Door
keeper, and Mr. Oslin of Cobb, as Messenger!
On motion of Peter Cone, of Bulloch, the Rules
of the Senate of Georgia were adopted for the gov
ernment of the Convention, so far as said Rules will
apply, and 300 copies ordered to be printed.
Col. J. M. Calhoun of DeKalb, introduced a Reso
lution providing for the call of the roll ofm^j^a
l>v counties, m alphabetical older for \.\\WBBSSBBk
•iivimg opportunity tbr tic- ] .-itiin
ble and Resolutions the same
red to tie- * d: ( ‘JIB
<>f hi> >uh
spirited discussion, in which
of Richmond, Kenan of Baldwin,
in favor of Calhoun’s motion, and
Seward of Thomas, Thomas of Elbert, Thomas of
Hancock, and Hull of Clark, in opposition, partici
pated.
The substitute of Mr. Thomas of Elbert, providing
for the reading of resolutions which might be pre
sented, prevailed, and on calling the roll in obe
dience thereto, bnt three counties, Chatham, Elbert
and l’iko, signified a wish to present resolutions,
ihose of Mr. Thomas of Elbert, only, being read.
Mr. Ward of Chatham called up his Resolutions
as to providing seats for Reporters, Ac, with the sub
stitution of the President’s and Vice Presidents’ su
pervision of the publication in pamphlet form in
stead of that of the Secretary. The. 2d resolution as
to the appointment of a Phonographic Reporter was
opposed by Flournoy of Washington, and Meri
wether of Putnam, and the latter offered a substi
tute providing for the employment of a Reporter,
and the printing of the journals of tho Convention,
on the usual terms of State printing. Mr. Poc of
Bibb, and Ward of Chatham advocated the original
resolutions—the former thinking that it would be a
saving of time and an abridgment of much speaking,
if the members knew that all they said there was to
be published in full to the world, Ac. Mr. Cox, of
Pike, opposed this idea as being subversive of that
independent liberty of speech which he desired to see
exercised in its fullest extent, though he did not wish
to have the speeches of members published at the
public expense.
Mr. Cone of Bulloch offered an amendment to
judge Meriwether's substitute, to the effect that 3000
copies of the Journals be printed for the use ot the
Convention. This amendment to the substitute and
the latter were adopted, as also the first resolution
of Mr. Ward, providing seats for the Rejorters.
On motion of the lion. A* 11. Stephens, it was or
dered that tho report of the Committee of 33 be
printed and laid upon the tables of members simul
taneously with the presentation of tho report itself,
if practicable.
On motion, the Convention adjourned tillto-mor
row. 10 o’clock A. M.
AL using Each ©tkeiv-The Fir e -ta kr
out by the way, since the election, crimination an.] \ fa U
tion Icing the order of the day. For example ;
leney the Governor says, that “had it not been fi* v ' ’
fool t ol.}u t‘, going about the State with his
rump, his party would not have been beaten *,l “ ** * IW
the hut election I’’ arn, -fnlly
South’s Gem axu Southern Cauf.t. \ gJi ...
paper of this title lias been laid on our table byr ‘****’
Maeon, (la., and published bi-monthly, by .j’ D
Editor of the “Day Star of Truth,” a month],. p
lately removed here frmn MilledgeviUe. The
signed for boys and girls, and will he ciwinu * d ”
pose, January Ist. as that is the date of the
It is a miserably printed ctiqbem and altogether riekii
general appearance. We know not who printed ,p ymit *
for the publisher, but we protest against it being , “* * ‘ n
a fair specimen of Maeon typography. Even !’ ‘
amHJherry street can turn oat a more creditable
the “art preservative of arts.’’ us
Soil of the South.—'The Muscogee and
cultural Society propose to publish a New .Moih’ ! ‘ *
of Agriculture in Columbus, of this title, and under •fa*’? 1
tonal charge of Col. James M. Chambers and Charu ‘
IVabulv Ktm. Price Jsl. per annum. ‘b
The I wioit Movcnu nt at the Yorth
The movement which was begun at Castle Gaol, ‘
city of New York, to establish a Union Party ‘*!*
on. The men who originated that movement
ed with the Whig and Democratic parties, a „j
toiled in their ranks. Hut bring patriots. Urey \
jhejcut-tjiroat,
up to an alaruifilg byplay ingn as a
between the Whigs and Democrats. They tberet .rt jJ’
mined to break down the old party organixatiom, inord. -J
a direct issue might be made with the crew. wln>luv. 1. ’
• , , - .. purrvil
up a mutiny on board of our noble Ship of Sta.i P wil ,
threatens to cngulph ail on her planks in ruin. They ms< j’
the issue boldly with these mad caps, who have laboi> r „j J
set the Confederacy on fire, and planting themselves „„ y
Constitution, they bravely threw their banner to the win,],
with the noble motto inscribed upon its tobls, *•] ¥
slavery agitation, and with the agitators.” Thanks to the
ble men, both Whigs and Democrats, who originated ifaj,
movement, which we verily believe is destined, in the pr,,,.
deuce of God, to save this blood bought Union.
Tins movement so auspiciously began, in the great osw
mereial capital of the nation, has been rolled on by every * t !
tion of the Confederacy. Eam uil llall caught up the |,, 01 |
antheuiof Union and the Constitution, and Hiiladelpliia U
setrt forth from Independence Square, the voice of her Haiku
and her Rash, with the mighty tom s os Buchanan, denounc
ing fanaticism, and j Heading lor the Star* and Stripe*. Th,
Granite Hills of New Hampshire, liave given back the re
sponse, we will stand by the Union and the Constitution,*,*!
anon the same inspiring assurances reach us from beyond the
Alleghanics. New Orleans too has joined in tin ;a-w arrav
and so has Cincinnati, Nashville, and many other eiti.V
Thus State answers to .Suite, and city to city. The turn <
the mountains, and the dwellers in the valley j.dn with the
hardy operatives of the Loom and the Anvil, and with
the enterprising sons of Commerce, to form anew pam,
which shall save the Union, by putting down slavery agita
tion, and crushing the whole liorde of agitators.
U is a. b< ;ttn if of thing to- behold how the giant minds oftl.*
country, however widely separated before, give their p<tm
tial intiueneeto tliis new organization. Mr. Clay. Mr. \V,fa
ster, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Cass, heretofore letwhrs f rival par
ties, are now found toaliamlon their old political associate m,
and are working together, to save the (jim-rnmi nt which thry
have aspired ts* a&nkastn, The settled opinions of year*
lies of-iiiirtv cannot restrain
MHKfjMKists.an.l tlu-.r mm.U r - - - ■ .
A ml it isoor deliberate opinion that they will
be in the ntajori'y in a few years, if the great National
Union Party, Joe's not effectually suppress the slavery agita
tion. in the nonslavehoUling State*. So behoving we arc h<art
amt hand for that party. We trust the I nioe member* .f ihe
Convention nt Millcdgeville, will place llienistw.-s in that par
ty. And as a Convt ntion. may be held at V\ashington city,
to give it a national organization, some time during the pre
sent session of Congress, we hope to s* e Georgia represent
A frunib of Consolation. —The fire-eaters of
Milledgville had quite a glorification, 1 tiesday we* h
at one of the drinking saloons of the place,
what they chose to call their tiro trumipis, **
organization of the convention ! 1 hey claimed. - lx
such, the election of Lanier a- Secretary, anu Ji 1
venport as ifoor-kceper, not because these gent
men were Fire-Eaters, notr, but because they wrra
less obnoxious than other candidates,—-had Wen
the fence till the 11th hour, and belonged to ritf-
Eating families ! There is, doubtless, more tint
than poetry in these reasons; nevertheless,the
unionists in convention are easily satisfied, it 1 iff
can glean any special consolation from the resu
stated.
The (onrention—its material.— Thonb. 1 ’
doubt, a very considerable array of talent in the *■
vention, now in session, at Millcdgeville. M :in )
the leading spirits of the State are there convent
Among the rank and file of the body, there b. * J
much intelligence, if tlicre is any truth in pbysk-i.-
nomy. But like all bodies of such a size, there ■
necessarily, be found some factious and disorg U1 ’
ing persons, who have worked their way > ,,to
Convention, for the purpose of repairing their n
ken-down politicalfyrCunes and promoting th<u
grandizement. The “ cloven-foot” of so® lo 1 !
was clearly sWvn on the first day of the
aye, too exhibited to escape uoiice _
ture ampr&l version, when these men aspire to
ernor-Jups, Judgeships,or to seats in Congress
Legislature. When they come to
shall be there to meet them and strip the vvolp'M)
sheep’s clothing they have donned ! Crank”
Macon and several other counties, moreover,
represented by religious biyots r whose souls j
small ever to make any thing .but narrow nI ,
Sectarians. Let such simpletons be *’
hereafter, tv stay at home !
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