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Con. Quitman's fteclonsion. The following address from Gen. Quitman, the late Secession candidate for Governor of Mississippi, we iind in the Natchez Free Trader : To the Democratic State Rights Party of Missis sippi. The result of the recent election for the Convention, however brought about, must be regarded, at. least for the present, as decisive of the position of the State on the great issues involved. The majority have declared that they are content with the late aggressive measures of Congress, and op posed to any remedial action by the State. Although this determination of the people is at va riance with my fixed opinion of the true policy of the State, heretofore expressed and still conscientiously en tertained ; yet as a State rights man, and a Democrat, I bow in respectful submission to the apparent will of the people. It is true the Slate has not yet spoken authoritatively; even the nets of the Convention will not be binding until they have been ratified by a vote of the people; but by the election of non-resisters to the convention, a majority of the people have declared against the course *>f policy on the slavery question, which I deemed it my duty to pursue while Governor; and against the prin ciple upon which alone I had consented to run as a candidate. I might perhaps, be elected, notwithstand ing this demonstration of public sentiment in the elec tion for the convention ; but as I have been mainly instrumental in seeking the expression of the will of the people through a convention, I ought, in my political action, to abide by it. Therefore, upon Tull consideration of all the circum stances ; respect for the apparent decision of the people ; duty to the noble and patriotic party, who are struggling to maintain the rights of the South against Northern aggression, and to preserve our institutions from the fatal effects of consolidating all power in the Federal Government; and a sense of self-respect, which inclines me not to seek a public station in which my opinions upon vital questions are not sustained by a majority of my constituents; all concur in inducing me to the opinion that my duty requires me to retire from the po sition which I occupy as the Democratic State Riguts candidate for Governor. With emotions of the deepest gratitude to the patriotic party by which I was nomi nated, for the evidences of their unfaltering confidence, both in the nomination and in the warm and hearty re ception with which I have been met every where in the canvass, I tender my resignation of the high and honorable post of their chief standard bearer in the pending canvass, pledging myself to them and to the country, that I will to the last, serve the great cause of State Rights, as faithfully in the ranks, as I have en deavored to do in high position. J. A. QUITMAN. Monmouth, Sept. 6, 1851. JSTSpcaking of the recent serious, and Woody riot, which occured in Lancaster county (Penn.) the New York Express says: The poor negro of the Free States, under the criminal advice “to arm and shoot” of the Free Soil Abolitionists, is preparing for himself it bitter doom. The murder of United States officers in Pennsylvania, shot by the negroes there, and the blood of Gorsuch, father and son, are very certain to result in a cry of ven geance, and in that sort of excitement of the white race against the black, which will forbid their further immigration into Pennsylvania if not their expulsion therefrom, The blood of white men in the faithful execution of the Con stitution and the Laws cannot be shed with impunity by the black men, and when it is so shed, that blood will sow the seeds of retribu tion, the product of which, it is easy to foresee, will be the conviction that the two races can not live together in the Free States, as they have been living until the Abolitionists taught them to arm against and to shoot white men. Indiana has already reached that conviction, and the negro is forbidden to enter that State; but this is only a step preparatory to his ex pulsion, if Abolitionism keeps up its excitement, and its efforts to array the black man against the white man. The atrocious murders that have been per petrated in Pennsylvania by a mob of colored people they are held responsible for under the laws, as they were the instruments used to perpetrate the murders ; but the real murderers are the white Abolitionists who advised the negroes to arm, and to resist the law surrender ing the fugitive slave. The “higher law,” we have been hearing so much of in theory, is only the musket and bullet in practice; and when the ignorant negro is taught this higher law, he knows no other way to execute its high behests. Hence, when the lower law , as it is nicknamed, of the Constitution and of the Federal Government, is brought to bear upon j one of his race, he naturally resorts to the | higher law of shooting the other race; and so came these murderers and these mobs we record to-day in Pensylvania. Teaching men day after day, especially the ignorant negro man, that a Law which Con gress has passed, and which the Judges of our Courts all incullcate, obedience to is no Law, or if Law, a Law against God, and then teach ing resistance to it, in doors and out, by pre varication, falshood, force, and murderous weapons, even, is only teaching murder, as we now see in Pennsylvania. The greatest efforts wPre made in Boston to perpetrate like murders there ; but the good sense of the people and the good government of the city saved Boston from the disgrace,—not, however, until a negro mob entered the sacred Halls of Justice, and rescued a black prisoner from the custody of the Law. Have the colored race no sense left to see where they are drifting in these United States, and to feel that the Ablitionists are their great est ettrses? See they nothing in that alarming -Gien of Indiana? Have they forgotten the vote in New York on the adoption of the Con stitution of the State? Are they blind to the act that twenty-live years ago they bad a bold in the hearts and heads of the white popula tion of these United States, which Abolitionism has nearly lost to them by its insane ravings, and its action yet more insane ? The finger is on the wall—do they not see it ?—which is writing now ; “ Such scenes as those in Pennsyl vania arc expelling us from the'Free States.'’ “\Ye shall be driven out as were the Acadian* from Nova Scotia.” “We are demonstrating, that the white man and the black man, cannot live in the Free States together.’’ We expect no heed to be raid to these signs by the Ab olitionisis proper, who glory in these excite ments, and revel in them as giving them the elements of agitation: but why should the black man be his dupe ? Why his instrument I Why lire the musket the Abolitionist puts in bis hand and be hung for the Abolitionists, mur der ? From the Cincinnati Journal. Important to Slave Owners and others. A case of considerable importance to Southern men. and involving some points of general interest, was de cided by Judge Key on Saturday. The plaintiff, Har per, was a farmer in Boone county, Kentucky, and tho defendant was a well known colored person of this city named Keyte. A bill was filed by the plaintiff to fore close a mortgage; and the defence was a want of con sideration for the mortgage. The complainant had been the owner of throe slaves—a man (the son of the defendant.) a woman and child, the offspring of the other two slaves. The three were worth in Kentucky about $1,300. They escaped from their master and came to this city in 1849, where they were concealed. The master pursued but was uuable to discover them, sod the defendant opened a negotiation with the com plainant for the purchase of the three slaves. Finally they were sold to him fur $450, and a bill of sale exe cuted in this city by the complainant, in which he war ranted that he had a good title to the slaves, but did *ot undertake to give possession of them. The defendant executed to him promissory notes for k he payment of the money, and a mortgage, on which the suit was brought. The first point urged by the ‘ defence, was that Keyte was deceived by the complai nant who was charged to have represented the female slave to be the wife of his (defendant’s) son; both verbally, and In the bill of sale, when in fact, as de fendant claimed, she was not —next, that the plaintiff had warranted his title good to the slaves, when (as defendant insisted,) at the time of the escape the man was not a slave. The third point of defence was, that a contract within the State of Ohio for the purchase of fugitive slaves, then within the Suite, could not be sus tained under our laws. In relation to the first point, it was held by Judge Key, that the testimony showed that the verbal repre sentation of complainant in regard to the relations ex isting between the male and female slaves, were in ac cordance with the facts; that the statement of the bill of sale, that she was the wife of defendant was mere matter of description ; and also that according to the usages prevailing among slaves, she was properly de scribed as his wife. It was held bv the Court, in regard to the second point, that it appeared from the testimony, that the male slave had once come to the city of Cincinnati driving a wagon with his master, and had voluntarily returned on the same day—and that, altogether the slave might then according to the rules of law universally recog nized in the Courts of Ohio, have asserted his freedom, and could not have been compelled by bis master to re turn, the status or legal condition of the slave so re turmng to Kentucky. remained according to the deci sions of the Court of that State, without change. Upon the third point, the Court held that, it having been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, in a case involving the same question, that the status, or legal condition of an alleged fugitive from service, was to be viewed according to the law of the State from which the escape was made, and the Constitution of the United States, and the act of Congress then in force (than which, as expounded by the United States Su preme Court, this Court knew no higher law.) giving a right of recapture,such right of recapture was suffi cient to sustain a contract of sale executed by the master in a free State conveying fugitives, then in such free State, to a citizen of such State. The Court further remarked, that the effect of such conveyance would be to place the fugitive at once in the condition of free persons, as completely any other citizens of Ohio. A decree was accordingly rendered for the complainant for the amount of the mortgage notes. Woodruff & Hopkins, for the complainant; and Morriss, Tilden A Rariden, for defendant. Mexican Boundary Commission.- -The Washington Republic states that despatches have recently been received at the Department of the Interior , from Mr. Bartlett, United States Commisioner, dated Santa Rita del Cobre, New Mexico, July 7,1851, from which it appears that the survey of the boundary line is progressing rapidly westward. The astrono mers and surveyors of both commissions are working together, and their advanced parties have reached a point about thirty miles west of liio Miinbris. It is found (says the Republic) that the line will run from 8 to 10 miles south of Cook’s Spring, thus giving to the United States the whole of the road to the Copper mines, and the only route which can be reached by wagons. It also gives us all the watering places, and Rio Miinbris, until this stream loses itself in the plain. In a military point of view this is important. Starting from the military post of the commision, at Dona Ana, on the Rio Grande, (which is near the initial point) westward, the first water mot is Cook’s Spring, fifty miles distant, and the next the river Mim bris, twelve or fifteen miles here are two impor tant points; where there is grass and water, where the military road runs, and where posts migh be erected. South of this there is a desert lor nearly a hundred miles, not susceptible of cultivation, and destitute of water. No military post therefore, can be placed in this region, nor could an enemy support himself there. The re mainder of the country along the line, until it strikes the Gila, is unknown. Prompt Resistance. “A rose by any other name,” etc. Hallo Bill, hold mi there awhile. What in the world has put you into such a pucker? I have been shamefully treated; a parcel of bullies clubbed together, and insulted me gros sly—and not satisfied with that they took my hat and my cane, and swore I should’nt have them any more. The cowardly villains! But come, let us gather our friends and fight it out with them. Catch me at that! Do you take me for a cow ard—a submissionist ? Humph—l don’t wait to gather friends, when I am insulted. Oh no, I go lor ending such matters forthwith ; and so , l did this. time. Ah? Well, lam glad to hear that you paid them. But tell me, what did you do to them? Do ! I just resisted the matter right off. I guess ihey’ll think more than once before they undertake to meddle with me again. Well, but tell us about it. How did you do it? How did you manage by yoursef to handle so many that were clubbed together ? Oh! i’ll tell how. I just told them that they were no gentlemen, but a set of mean scoun drels, and I walked offand quit their company. What! did you take all their insults, and al low them to take your hat and cane, and just leave them so? Oh yes ! I left everything—seceded'forth with. That’s what I call prompt resistance. ell, my dear fellow, you may call it resis tance, or anything you please, hut, I think, if you were to call it submission, it would be the (he same thing in the end. II it were my case, 1 would gather my friends, and fight it out to the last. ‘Those hullies should never keep hat and cane whilst I could get a triend to stand by me. But, it you are satistied to leave it so, and just cut their company, I have nothing more to say. Good morning. —Charleston Standard. 03- The Westminster Review puts the fol lowing language into the mouth of a Brazilian slaveholder, in reply to an English abolitionist, who had reproached him for holding men iti bondage : “ Y\ no arc you that come to pry into the na kedness oi our land, and to reproach us with our conduct toward our slave population ? Go forth into our fields and cities, and you will find no destitution among our working people. You may call them slaves, but they are cared tor, well fed, clothed, and well housed. Can you say as much tor you work people at home ? Is it true that a freeman with you means a freeman to starve, to go naked houseless, and uncared for ? Our slaves are ignorant, but they are protected from the consequences oi igno rance by the knowledge and experience, and self interest ot their masters. You know as well as we do, that a free man has thrown upon himself the responsibility of providing tor himself-—and that, it he be incom petent by ignorance for self-direction, destitu (inn and temptation, shame, vice, and crime await him ; and knowing this and taking no pains to give your Iree workman the capacity .oi good selt-fiiiection, you dare come here and preach emancipation, unit urge us to turn our i\eii ted and well-cJothcd, and well-housed slaves into iiiconducted and miserable labor ers. lake a woid ot admonition from us in return. Go back and put your own house in or der, and then you will be able to hold it up to us as a model house for our imitation. You have been accustomed to see misery around •you, but caannot bear the thought of slavery. “ We have been accustomed ourselves to slavery, but cannot endure human misery. To take adequate precautions against destitution at home, would cost some liulo exertion and self sacrifice. 1 o preach against slavery in others, demands less of self-sacrifice than sell glorification. It is easy work for all people to Compound for sins they arc inclined to, By damning those they have no tnind to. ’ It is difficult for them to wean themselves from their own pet enormities, and easy enough to pour forth pious indignation at the peccadilloes of others.” Mr. Cobb’s views on jScecession. I admit the right of a state to Recede for just causes, to be determined by herself. Be ing a party to the compact, which the consti tution forms, she has the right which all other parties to a compact possess, to determine for herself when, where and how, the provisions of that compact have been violated. It is equally clear that the other [tallies to the com pact possess a corresponding right to judge tor themelves, and there being no common arbiter to decide between them, each must depend for the justification of their course upon the justice of their cause, the correctness of their judgment, and their power and ability to maintain their decision. Again says this gentleman. The right of a State to secede in case of oppression,or “a gross and palpable violation’’ ot her constitutional rights, as derived from the reserved sovereignty of the States, I am prepared to recognize. In such ease each State in the language of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798—’99,is to be the judge, not only of the “infractions,’’ but “the inode and measure of redress.”—lt is the just right of the people to change their form of government when, in iheir opinion, it has be come tyrannical, in a mode not provided for by the constitution, and is therefore revolutionary in its charcter, and depends for its maintenance upon the stout hearts and strong arms of a free people. Again says Mr. Cobb, in his letter referred to : In connection with this branch oflhe subject, a question arises, which, in the opinion of ■some, is of considerable inportance. It is, whether or not the citizens of a State thus resuming her sovereign powers would be lia ble to the charge of treason in conforming to the requirements of their State government. I refer to this particularly only in consideration of the importance attached to it by others. From what 1 have said, it will clearly appear that I hold that they would not be. In my opinion, no man commits treason, who acts in obedience to the laws and authorities of a regu lar organized government, such as vve recog nize our Slate government to be. ConujionitfiuL LETTER FROM COLUMBUS- Columbus, Sept. 16tli, ISSI. Dear Doctor : —You will perceive that every charge that could be made to injure the character of James Johnson Esq. the Union candidate for this dis drict, lias been made, by his disheartened political op ponents. Certificates not worth the paper they are written no, have been given by those whose garments are more deeply soiled than those of Mr. Johnson. The most contemptible resorts have been made to elect Mr. Benning the disunionist, by maligning the charac ter of the Union candidate. All of their chicanery and low schemes are doing I assure you, no harm to the cause or impairing the certain success of the Union party, but on the other hand, causes many of the Dis unionists to deprecate, and even scorn the low and con temptible designs of their follow partisans. These attempts are but a sign of the character and disposition of ihe disunionists; and Mr. Johnson, I am sure, and it can be proven, is getting votes he did not expect to get, for the obvious reason that people who know Mr. Johnson, know him to be no Free-Soilf.r. 1 know him to be a slave holder and know lie is not op posed in the least to the slavery institutions of the South. He is a Southern man, of Southern birth and of Southern principles—sound Sonthern Union principles. lie will be elected if the first Monday in October arrives. All the old political hacks may say against him will not operate against him. Honest voters generally go the opposite direction to that which the gentleman slightly known to fame in these parts as ‘John Hancock,’ the author of these paper missives, (on a subject which they made as luminous and trans parent as the tread of cattle makes tho mire of the swamp,) which once appeared in the columns of that shuffling, dodging disunion print, the Columbus Times. The most amusing thing that I have ever read is a letter which was published in some of the disunion papers of this State, stating that Mr. Benning made a speech, in one of the low counties, in this district. ‘The speech’ says the would be exact and veracious (?) ma thematician, ‘was three hours injlengtli, and that Mr. Benning the disunionist made fifty converts every hour’! Jerusalem ! ‘ what a whopper !’ or in more eloquent phraseology which the Fire-Eaters can only under stand—what an unblushing untruth! Cannot a few certificates (ns they are the only things current at present) be ‘gotten up expressly for tlie oc casion’ to prove that Benning believes it as his honest conviction that the writer of that letter spoke the truth? ‘Don’t all speak at once ! When men have to resort to falsehood for want of argument, every honest man knows that they are after something wrong—We are told : “ The devil can cite scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart; O, what n goodly outside falsehood hath !’’ The arguments of the disunionists are nothing al though they are eternally brawling about something— about their ‘oppressive government’ and their ‘insulted honor and dignity.’ Here is nn excellent picture, and a true one too, if we change the name and locality; and apply it to his disunion majesty, the Editor of the Times. ‘ Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all \ enice ; his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff, you shall seek all day ere you find them ; and, when you have them, they are not worth the search.’ Mr. Forsyth will soon have to throw himself in his most exquisite theatrical attitude, whilst his friend and adviser ‘John Hancock’ will have to hold him by the skirts of his coat, while lie describes his departing political greatness by passionately and despondingly ex claiming : “ The soul and body rive not more in parting, Than greatness going off!” Mr. Benning will bo badly beaten in this district. It is now apparent to every mind that Disuninnism ‘Dissolves apace, And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantis Their clearer reason. “Their understanding Begins to swell, and the approaching tide W ill shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy,” The ‘Coll’ has gone I understand to that region which lie says he hates as bad as he hates the residence of his Infernal Satanic majesty. Various surmises are afloat why the gentleman has gone among people for whom he affects to have no love. Eyeing his ab sence as we may, we are led to believe that lie will see something on his return (if that period be after the election) that will not be so interesting to his sight. That sight will bo tho election of Mr. Johnson. That letter of his written at Chalybeate Springs has been posted up at each cross road in the lower counties of this District. He is fully entitled to all the praise(?) he so richly deserves for being the author of so mas terly (?) a piece of composition, and the Disunion par ty will not need a very skilful arithmetician to compute the number of votes it will bring to their side. In case a computation should be made and we desire that it should, we believe it would be the duty of the cotnputa tor to use nothing but cyphers to work it out.. His specks must have been very greasy and cloudy and his suppositions as green as the original color of those specks if lie dreamed that he could anywise injure Mr. Johnson’s prospects by publishing the charges he has made, in ‘that letter.’ “ Some guns aimed at duck or plover Bear wide and kick the owners over.’’ Thus it is with the ‘Colt.’ lie lias as he thinks done wondrous things if he be left to pass judgment; and I doubt not but that a few certificates to the effect could be procured. I will now tell you that a few certificates could be procured that would prove that some of these certify ing gentlemen went in strong for one ‘Matty Van,’ A. D. 1840, when he had previously said that with the lights before him, Congress had a right to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Some 28 in ‘these diggins’ and the Commander of the Coffin regiment ivas one of them, abandoned their party and went in for ‘Matty of Ivinderhook. By their company men are most gen erally judged. One of the certifiers was one of the immortal 28. Enclosed l send you a copy which is titled ‘‘Mr. Johnson's political opinions.’ This document is to he industriously circulated in the counties of this dis trict. It carries its refutation on its face. Read Chambers’ letter circumspectly and see if it does not. Semmes’ letter is only ‘impressions.’ Why did he not come boldly out and say that his political pre judices caused him to do Mr. Johnson the injustice he seems to think he is ‘not conscious of doing.’ Bah! what a lame apology ! Two of these certifiers aro bitter enemies of Mr. Johnson, and another one has been only on speaking terms. Whether one of these certifiers will gain more fame for his certificate than for supporting Mr. Van liuren, with his avowed principles in 1840, is a question that posterity alone can determine ! I shall here give a condensed view of the real opin ions of Mr. Johnson all others not comparing with these are not nor never were his, if Mr. Johnson s word and nssuranceis as worthy of as much regard as the ‘ aforesaid deliberate certifiers.’ Compare them and you will see where Mr. Johnson etanda ; these as we quote below are \ JOHNSON’S TR.LJTC OPINIONS. Ist. Congress has no right to abolish slavery any tphere. Neither in the Forts, Arsenals, States or Territories. His belief is that no kind of property can be taken by the government for private purposes and such has always been his opinion. 2d. lie has never said (as charged) that the North was richer than the South. He has said it contained more people and voters. 3d. About two years since he went to the North west, (Missouri,) as he had at that time of removing to that State, but after an examination of the country he returned to Georgia. Tie never saw Col. Benton in his life; and the charge against him of selling his slaves is a base falsehood. 4th. lie has never said African slavery was a curse, nor never so believed. All his associates in Columbus know it to be ns he says. His enemies and political op ponents and those who would break up the Govern ment only say otherwise. sth. lie rejoiced at the defeat of the Wilmot Pro viso. Gth. He says Congress has the Constitutional, right to control the Forts, Arsenals, Dock-yards 6cc. of the United States, and that the Government could and ought to prevent negroes from having any manage ment or control whatever in them. Ttli. Congress can with the consent of the people of the Territories permit the Territories to become independent, and when so, the Territories can establish what form of government they please. These arc Mr. Johnson’s opinions, and all other than these are not his. Voters of the second district read his true opinions ! Spread and discuss them among those who may get the certificates of the Disunion quartette. Union men indignantly rebnke his ‘certificating’ ene mies, by electing him to Congress ! Let us give him a noble vote ! It will be done we trust. Listen to tho words of Jefferson ; —lf there be any among us icho would wish to dissolve this Uniom or to change its republican character let them stand undisturbed as Monuments of the safety with which Furor of opinion may be tolerated , when reason is LEFT FREE to Combat it. The cause of the Union is the just cause. COLUMBUS. i>lr. K<‘iii!!!t(k*N Opinions. Aatn’icus, Sept. 17th, 1851. Mr. Benning said herein his public speech in reply to Mr. Johnson, that if the Southern Congress hud met, as was suggested hv the Nashville Convention, and he had been elected a member of the same, he would have been fora dissolution of the Union. lie said fur ther that his plan after the dissolution, was to strike out State lints in the South, and form a consolidated repub lic, that the compromise measures were a sufficient cause for a dissolution, but inasmuch as the State of Georgia had determined to remain in the Union, ho felt obliged to submit. That he was now on the Georgia Platform, so long as Georgia remained of that mind. 11. McCOY, EDWIN R. BROWN, JARED TOMLINSON. Bai.vbridge Ga., Sept. 22, 1851. Mr. Editor :—The above is a true copy of a letter written by its subscribers, to A. J. Bell of this county, (Decatur) which please publish in your paper, and oblig c yours, &c. R. SIMS. LETTER FROM COLUMBUS. Columbus, 23d Sept, 1851. Dear Doctor :—The approaching election absorbs all else here. The contest on tho part of the “ Fire- Eaters, (not only by the candidates but others who are more prominent actors and the more especially to be benefited) is carried on with much feeling and malice, as will be readily perceived by the tone of their papers in this place. Thousands could be commanded here to ensure their success in this county, above all others in the State, they believing that if they could get old Muscogee the State would follow. If such would be the result, the income on their thousands spent for such vile purposes, would be great; for we can safely say that here they have more office-seekers and more men, who, either by themselves or their kith and kin, have been foisted upon and fed by the public than any where else. And w would inquire for what public benefit or good is derived from them. There is not an item in the whole history of their public acts whereon they can put their finger and say here is the place? On the contrary, their principles have been and now are, to legislate for themselves and their posterity—to create “stars and garters” for themselves at the expense, the loss and the shivery of all their fellow beings. Why should such men have such power for such purposes? The Fire-Eating candidates arc men against whose private character we would uot say a word. They, no doubt, are honest men, but they are not capable. They have not the experience or capacity to legislate for the people of Georgia, and more especially for such a people of such a county as old Muscogee. If they could succeed in the coming elections, (which they will do if they can) Disunion with Revolution would be the result. Then they would cry aloud to the State and people at large. Democracy iH destroyed and Disunion and Ar istocracy is triumphant. In this instance we judge their character from their actions and their actions from their character. Messrs. Wilkins, Pitts and Harrison have been nominated by the “ Fire Faters.” What was the ob ject ? And, if elected, who would be the real and os tensible legislators? Certainly not W. and I\, for they never gave a thought to the duties of a legislator, and it is not expected of them. The loaders of the party must, in fact, direct and dictate for them as to what they must and shall now do as candidates and in the legislature as representatives, and in the election of County officers in January next—and such leaders as they have would make his Satanic majesty blush upon questions of expediency aud all things else. Their can didates well know they cannot legislate for Muscogee, and they know they will be depending on their leaders of Disunion. This they cannot deny, and in truth they were nominated for such a purpose, and if they think they were not, they and all who vote for them are de ceived. Why should the people of Muscogee county set aside the candidates of the “Union Constitutional party,” for such men and such measures as those which How ard, [verson, Colquitt, Baily, Forsyth aud divers others of like stamp and character ? It certainly cannot bo that the voters of Muscogee will betray themselves and play traitors to their conscience and interest so far as to abandon or desert those honest and capable men who have for years devoted their time, talents, and means to legislate for the interest and benefit of the people, and more especially for the labor of the country, we mean the true stern democracy of the land, who live by the sweat of their brows. These are the men they love, honor, admire, and legislate for. The opposite are the ones who hate Col. A. MacDougald and Thos. Wool dridge and Sam Flournoy. These have not in the coun ty equals and not in the State superiors, for industry, talent and abilities, as well as for being stern and true friends to their race and Republican principles. \\ hy. Col. MacDougald was in his very nature moulded and born a plain, pure democrat, and alt his private and pub lic life as a legislator, (which have been for many years) proves it. Where is the solitary instance in which he has failed to follow the true principles of democracy, patriotism, and the rights and feelings of the people at large, and of those he represented, even at his own personal sacrifice? lie has in no instance legislated for himself or his own interest as has always been the case by others. He has never yet, fi r all his public ser rices asked or held or enjoyed an office whose income bought him bread. And bis actings and doings in the last legislature is proof sufficient, that it was he who was the first to go for the democratic principles, that the peo ple are honest, and capable of electing every officer of the State. He wrote out and had passed the law for the people to elect by their votes all the State officers, and had it not been for abase, servile corrupt set of men, tlic people of each circuit would have elected their judges, lie aimed also to prevent bribery and selling of offices by the legislature, and the electing of men to office whose honesty and capacity were doubtful. It whs he with the honest few that stood by him in the hour of danger when the storm of disunion tossed the gallant ship, the State of Georgia, to and fro, until she was al most overwhelmed and destroyed, that took the helm and assisted to steer her through the sands and shoals, and to save her from destruction, and left her floating on the cool calm bosom of the Union with the stars and stripes yet at her mast head. His colleague T. Wool dridge stood by him and her like a man, they staked their all. \\ hy then should they be throst n aside and ungrate fully neglected and discarded? Such men should be preserved. They have been tried and found not want ing. Rather let us hold to that which is good—let us stand by our representatives to whom is due the honor of preserving old Muscogee from Disunion and Revo lution. Let us also stand by the Union, it is yet in our hands and in our charge, and should be preserved as the apple of our eyes, for it is beyond value. Think not that the Demon of Disunion is not abroad as bold and as fierce as in IS-jO. Meet them, front to front, boldly and at the ballot box, on the first Monday in Oc tober next. Deposit your vote for A. MacDougald? Thos. Wooldridge and Sam Flournoy, with Cobb and Johnson, and let the Fire-Eating Disunionists again know that if they have a blush for shame, they will hide their hydra heads for all time tocoine, in old Mus cogee. VERITAS. o S V\V’ -3 <sr jjj|-. THE GEORGIA CITIZEN, L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR. MACON, GEO. SEPT. 27, 1851. For REPRESENTATIVES, from 8188. GEN. JAMES W. ARMSTRONG. JUDGE T. G. IIOLT. 1 To Correspondents. O” Pamphlets and Communications sent to us must he postpaid, or they will receive no attention. O’ The “ Bloomer Advent ” in Blakely, will have to lay over till after the election. So of other miscel laneous or literary matter. UP The communication of Wm. McC., of Lee. in reply to “ Bullicane,” received, but in such a state as to require copying and correction, before it is fit to place in the printer’s hand, neither of which have we time to do, if wc had the inclination. REMOVAL. On tho Ist of October, the Printing Establishment of the Georgia Citizen will bo removed to the new building (up stairs) of Messrs. Freeman & Roberts, on Cotton A venue, directly opposite to the lower an gle of the Triangular Block, and next house to Dr. Little’s new Drug establishment, where we will have increased facilities for executing Job Work in all the plain and ornamental departments of the Typographi cal Art, in a style which shall not be surpassed, and at rates as low as any competitor who may boast of “/st presses,” or any other fanciful “notion.” A word of Apology. Our miscellaneous readers will please pardon our seeming neglect, this week and next, to their favorite departments of our paper. Our excuse is the emergen cy of the political crisis and the necessity we are un der to do all we can in the week remaining to us to save the commonwealth. The Latins say —“salus pi)puli suprema lex,” and that supreme law w T e are bound to obey, for the present. After the election, there shall be no lack of the usual variety, in our co lumns. ELECTION TICKETS. Cash orders for election Tickets, in any desirable style and for any counties, will be tilled with dispatch at this office, at the rate of $5 per thousand. ELECTION RETURNS. Our friends in every part of the State will please be particular in forwarding promptly to us the result of the comiffg election in their respective Counties and precincts. To all who thus favor us, free of postage, we will send extras, giving sum totals, as fast as we can concentrate them at this central point. Chatham Nomination. The Constitutional Union party of Chatham county met on Wednesday eveuing last, and nominated the fol lowing Ticket: For the Senate. JOHN W. ANDERSON. For the House of Repi-esentativcs. FRANCIS S. BARTOW, CHARLES S HENRY. BASE LIE NAILED TO THE COUNTER! Several of the unprincipled Fire-Eating candidates and presses have just been caught in the dirtiest trick of the season—that of grossly slandering the Hon. Howell Cobb. They have been busy circulating the lie that Mr. Cobb is a defaulter to the Central Rank, in a sum varying from SIO,OOO to $60,000, the IV'ig "le tails of Twiggs putting it down at the latter figure! The Editorof the “Chronicle” having heard that one John F. Brown, the disunion candidate for the Senate from Jefferson and Burke, was one of the parties to this infamous fabrication, addressed a note, on the subject, to Mr. Cobb, who thus nails the falsehood to the coun ter, where the ears of the authors of the report should also be fastened, with a tenpenny spike. Canton, Sept. 19th, 1851. Dear Sir :—I have this moment received your let ter, informing me that Mr. Brown was circulating a re port, that I was indebted to the Central Bank, to the amount of ten thousand dollars or some other large amount. The report is utterly false. lam the se curity of Major Jackson, on a Central Bank debt of some four or five hundred dollars, which I thought was paid, until I received a letter from Mr. Campbell during the past summer, informing me that it was , I agreed to pay it by the first of December next, if Major Jackson did not settle it before. VV hich arrangement seemed to bo satisfactory to Mr. Campbell, as he has not since wiitten to me on this subject. Yours, &c., Howell Cobb. Extension of Building Lots. The City Council of Macon have adopted the Re port of their committee, appointed to consider the pro priety of. laying out and selling a portion of the South Commons for building purposes for our increasing popu lation. The following is the action recommended by the Committee: They REPORT: That they are of the opinion, that the present demand for houses and lots in the city, occa sioned hy the increase of population, would warrant the laying out of so much of said Commons, as maybe below a direct line drawn from the end of Third st. to the boundary of the city. They recommend that said Common belaid out into squares of four acres each, with Streets of 100 feet in width intervening ; and that said squares be subdivided into acre lots. They also recommend, that as many ol the lots in said squares, alternately be sold, or leased for nine hundred and nine ty-nine years, at an early dav, as may command a reasonable price. J. 11, R.‘WASHINGTON. ) M. HALE /Com. C. B. COLE. ) The Georgia Platform, Disowned. Ihe Disunionists have time and again claimed to he on the Georgia Platform, and have electioneered in many places, on that ground. They are beginning, however, to see that their hypocrisy and insincerity will not avail them, and consequently they are more free now to acknowledge their opposition to that platform than heretofore. In a recent discussion, at Dahlone ga, between Mr. Cobb and Mr. McDonald, the latter being asked if ho stood upon the Georgia Platform, an swered, “ NO, I AM NOT, NOR DO I WISH TO BE.’’ This is conclusive. By this admission, Gov. McDonald stands self-convicted of being a DISUNION IST, per se, as there are but two sides to the ques tion and the occupants of tho Georgia Platform are UNION MEN, and nothing shorter! The admission was not however necessary to prove that McDonald has been and yet is a disunionist. His whole course since the first Nashville resurrection of the defunct body of the old Hartford Convention has demonstrated that fact to mathematical certainty. Ilis followers should therefore govern themselves, accordingly, and no lon ger don the “ sheep’s clothing” to hide their “wolfish” propensities. Their great standard-bearer having shown his true colors, the subalterns of the Coffin Reg iment and Secession cohorts should hoist their true em blem—that of the Rattlesnake coiled around a Palmetto Cabbage. Then they would bamboozle nobody into the commission of treason against the government! Judge Berrien.— We published an article some days since from the Washington Gazette, stating that Judge Berrien has taken his position in the present Contest, and had avowed himself in favor of Mr. Cobb and opposed to Judge McDonald and his party. In ihe Constitutionalist Republic of Sunday morning last, we find the following. “The rumor that Judge Berrien will vote for Howell Cobb for Governor, we state on information implicitrj to be relied upon , to be utterly false. ‘‘Wehave reason to believe that Judge Berrien will, in a very few days, put forth an address to the people of Georgia in reference to his position in the present canvass.”— Sav. Rep. The Albany Patriot says: “ We learn from the Constitutionalist & Republic that the Constitutional Union party of Richmond coun ty held a convention in Augusta on the 2nd inst. to nominate candidates for the Legislature, and that lion. C. J. Jenkins was thrown overboard by the convention because he stated that he would, if elected, vote for Judge Berrien for the Senate, should he be a candidate for re-election. He received only 2 out of the 64 votes east by the convention.’’ ***** * “ We have seen a statement that Mr. Berrien is now a supporter of Mr. Cobb. We cannot believe it without further evidence of the fact. This Richmond affair docs not look like ho had any interest in the co alition of Cobb, Stephens, Toombs, Fillmore, & Cos. for office. We hope we are not deceived in Mr. Berrien, but that he maintains the same patriotic position in de fence of Georgia and the constitution, which made him offensive to Federal Unionists.’’ We thus see that Mr. Berrien is claimed as a Dis unionist by the Constitutionalist and Patriot, and they probably speak by authority. This is sufficient, of itself, to cause the Union men of the next Legislature to re pudiate Mr. Berrien’s claims to re-election to the l.*. States Senate and to allow him to retire to tliat private life which becomes Imsyears and his uncertain political position, on the great questions of the day. When that election comes on, the Legislature will doubtless select some worthy Constitutional Union Democrat to take a seat along with that worthy Constitutional Union Whig, the Hon. W. C. Dawson, in the Senate chamber of the U. States, and in the discharge of their duty, they will have no difficulty in making a judicious selection from the many sound and practical Union men deserving ol the high honor. Grand Lodge of the liiited States, I. 0. 0. F. The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the U. States commenced its session at Odd Fellows’ Hall, in Baltimore, on Monday morning. Avery large dele gation, numbering about one hundred, is present, nearly every State in the Union being represented. (Among the rest is a visiting delegate from Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, P. G. Webster, j After the credentials of the new representatives had been reported, and they were admitted as members, tbo Grand Lodge proceeded to the installation of officers, as follows, with appropriate ceremonies : Grand Sire. W. W. Moore, D. C. Deputy Grand Sire. 11. L. Page, Wisconsin. Grand Secretary. James L. Ilidgely, MJ. Grand Treasurer. A. E. Warner, Md. Grand Chaplain. ,T. M. Willey, Conn. Grand Warden. John Sessford, Jr. 1). C. Grand Messenger. J. E. Chamberlaine, Md. Grand Guardian. J. L. Lewyt, Md. The Past Grand Sire, Griffin, of Georgia, then read his annual report, showing the order to be in the most flourishing condition in all sections of the country. Among other recommendations of the Past Grand Sire was one that the order return to the obi system of State grand bodies paying the representatives. The report of the Grand Secretary was also received. The standing committees were then named, and after agreeing that the hour of meeting should be nine o’clock A. M. and of adjournment half p.ast three o'clock P. M. the Grand Lodge took a recess until halt past 1 o’clock. At the afiernoon session, the business was merely preparatory. Appeals and petitions were presented, and resolutions offered and referred to the standing committees. 3lr. Bcnnins’s Opinions. —The Columbus ‘Times,’ of August Ist 1851, thus speaks of Mr. Ben ding the Disunion candidate for Congress in the 2nd District: “ Ist. Mr. Bcnning was a member of the Nash ville Convention .” “2 rid. Had the Southern Congress met, Mr. Ben ning would have raised his voice Jor disunion.'’ “3rd. Mr. Bcnning believes that the decision made by the Convention in December 1850, as unwise ana wrong.” These principles above are sufficient to convince eve ry candid mind that Henning is not such a man as the South should trust to make her laws. Mr. McDonald held the office of President of the same Convention and entertains similar opinions. The Monthlies.— Godey and Graham for Oc tober are on our table. They fully sustain the reputa tion of previous numbers, for brilliancy of embellish ment and excellence of letter press. White Man's Newspaper —n. 2of this large Newspaper by J. Edwards Lester, of New York, received, but we do not think it will pay for us to com ply with his request to publish a column of his editorial in th o finest type, to get 52 more copies of his Journal. The Magnolia. —The Richmond Republican will please continue the Republican to us, instead of the ‘Magnolia.’ The latter is a good paper, but not our choice at present. The New York Leader, by Atwood, is a capital pa per devoted to the cause of labor and industrial pur suits, “■?* Forsyth aud the Yankees. The Columbus “Times” of the 17th, contains th ffillowmg attack upon tho Northern bom citizens of tb * “YANKEES. “The Enquirer re produces our description of “Y an . kecs. ’ Mho cares ! We do not write for votes— we are not riding on a fence on all questions, to get th o greatest possible quantum of help to get into an office that we are not fit for—we do not tickle tho mob to obtain their “sweet voices” and then throw a mostd*. tant allusion to “ law and order,’’ in order to save ths consciences of certain respectable gentlemen of onr own I'arty, who had sworn to vote for no *ao6-candidsto for State Senator. We are not that sort of folks, w, write what we think, what we feel and know to b true and we repeat, that we abhor the idea of a govemnu-'t of checesc.eating Yankees.'’ H fav . •n deliver us from a Cud-fish aristocracy ! R ut as we abhor such a government, it would be honorable and respectable in comparison to one ’headed by a South ern submissionist —a dough-faca who sells his country for office, and barters great and vital principles of f ree . dom for the triumph of a wretched party —a “ dirty bird that fouls its own nest.” Pah!” “ Onion-smelling, cheese-eating Yankees,” indeed’ Well, suppose they are, what is there criminal in th* act of smelling onions and eating cheese ? As well migh this popinjay berate the Irish for their fondness *.. r “praties and butter milk” or the Dutch for their “mu, crout” and “ liver puddings”! But for John Forsyth to rail at his Northern fellow-citizens as a “ Cod-fish aristocracy,” and as “ dirty birds that defile their own nest,” is indeed marvellous, on more accounts than one In the first place, he is the very man that has done the latter. Ilis grand parents by the mother’s side, w e r* Connecticut Yankees ! His “granny’s” nest has there fore been defiled by this degenerate villifier. 2dly, Ilis father was a Jackson Union man, but he scouts the principle and becomes a traitor to his country. Thu* lie defiles his paternal nest. 3J!y, Johnny is, notorious ly, one of the most arrant toadstools of a scrub arisls eracy that ever existed. He therefore again defiles his own nest when he berates birds of the same or dif ferent species, as “Cod-fish aristocrats.” As Nathan said to David, * 4 Thou art the man”! Ths picture he has drawn of others is only a personal reflection of his own malignant heart and features. That’s all. The Cloven Foot Revealed! The Editor es the Columbus Times, in his late lettsr to the Charleston “immediate secessionists holds the following unequivocal and abominable sentiments : “Agreeing with you fully in your principles;, sympathizing with you from jlte bottom of mv heart, in your feelings of antagonism to the Federal Government, which have been called into existence by its fanatical aggressions, and reckless and studied disregard of our Constitu tional rights—it is, I regret to say, out of mv power to accept your invitation. “I have duties which bind me to mv postal home. VVe have hosts of powerful enemies,, sporting with the rights and misguiding the in?- telligence of the patriotic people, here tomcat and contend with. \Ye have to combat the pois onous prejudices and delusions which dema gogues, of both the old political-parties, united in a coalition to advance their own selfish views, have succeeded in sowing broad cast in the minds of our people, and in garbing their na ked wrongs in the habiliments of a patriotic lovo for the Union of our fathers. It is our misfor tune that these instincts of pure and unselfish patriotism, which, unbiassed by false views, prejudice and misdirection, would run in a bold and resistless current in favor of Southern Rights are perverted by bad and ambitious men, and made to swell the triumphs of our Northern en emies.” ***** “ Gentlemen, as a Georgian, I hardly know what to say to you Carolinians, I feel that my people should be this moment, shoulder to shoulder, with yours. I feel that instead of pouring their torrents of ridicule and abuse on you, as the guilty authors of the disturbance of tire peace of the Confederacy, our miss-called ‘•Constitutional Union” men, should lock their shields with yours and present an impregnable phalanx to our common foes. 1 feel that Geor gia is called the “Empire State” in derision, by those at the North, whose principles and con duct are fast making no State, at all, but a dt pendent province. 1 would to God, we had few er miles of railway, fewer millions invested in manufactures and stocks, fewer proofs of enter prise and tin ift and money-making; and more of that sort of chivalry of Georgia of the olden time, which on more than one occasion, has in terposed her sovereignty to check the usurpa tion of the Federal Government. “ Fut I took my pen only to say how much I regret that I cannot meet you in council. It would do my heart “ood to mingle with one as semble of my southern country men, where an un divided. burning and unanimous sense of wrong and panting for justice, were strong enough to consume and shame away every sentiment of party and faction, by which ray State is now torn ; and so devoted to the misrule of bad mer., who have the mistaken confidence of a large portion of her people. Hut there is a redeem ing spirit among us, which whatever course you may take, will send to your sides thousands swords and shields to defend your cause and( our cause. “ He pleased to make known to the Associa-. tion my sense ofgrateful feeling in being deem-- ed by it, worthy of remembrance and recogni tion as a worthy compatriot in our glorious. Southern cause ; and accept for yourselves my thanks for the flattering terms in which you have conveyed to me their wishes. 1 am, with great respect, gentlemen, Your ob't serv't. JOHN FORSYTH; Ro Messrs.F. D. Richardson, 11. 11. Raymond:,, \V. 11. l’oronneau, Committee Southern, Rights Association, Charleston.’’ We beg pardon of our readers, for giving so much space to tlit* opinions of a man so lost to every feeling of State pride and national patriotism, as is the writer of the foregoing tirade against bis fellow-citizens agsinsl bis State and against bis government. We do it. not on the individual’s account, but because he is the recogniz ed organ of the McDonald Disunion party, and it may be serviceable to the honest people of the State to know whither the measures proposed by the b ire Eaters ara tending. Mark the language of this scribe ! lie agrees fully in the principles of Rhettism, (for it was to Rbett and his friends he was addressing himself) and symps thizes from the bottom of his heart, with them i their antagonism to the General Government. H® abuses the Constitutional Union party as demagogues anil ambitious men who are engaged in selfish schemes and purposes, and deplores the advancement of Georgia in her career of prosperity and renown, as being at tb* expense of our independence and far worse than days of yore, when “ chivalry” was more rampant. Such are the deliberate sentiments of a leader in the camp of disunion. The honor and glory of Georgia, her social and religious improvement—her system of internal ra.l ways and all that goes to make her truly great and no ble, are but ‘‘as dust in the balance” compared with the political and social Knight errantry of the past when the Yazoo scheme and other delectable specimen* of chivalric age were in the ascendant. The gist of hi* song is, “perish credit — perish commerce —perish h° n esty, perish renown, perish the State and nation, be fore myself and friends shall be deprived of our right • “rule and ruin” all creation, when it is our pleasure to do. Fellow-citizens—are you ready to take a relrogra march in the career of improvement f Are ling to risk all the substantial blessings you enjoy, w P “*• suit of a phantom T Do you feel so degraded and op pressed, as to wish such a change as is here forth ? Can you fill the desire of your 80U ''. “7. ht , on the attenuated ether of “ chivalry ?” 1 your children or give them bread to eat ? - ‘ none of these. Well, then, go to the polls, on -1* week, and show by your votes that “It it, better to bear the ills we have Than fly to others we know not of.”