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I iirht* to honor, are pronounced too weak and silly
0r,.,, for a plmMmg school bnj to own. Oh ? truth
_„,l candor whither hare you Hod. But of the letter
itself I must admit that there are some true things,
and some new things to bo found in its eontente. Os
the true thing*, I gather that Mr. John 11. Russell has
been a Know Nothing, but not now in the Council
sense of the term, and from various causes too tedious
to mention, he condescends to enlighten the “untem-.
fi u j” br enumerating- he became disgusted
and quit it with due deference to bis “reasons there*
for ” aud at the hazard of being a little impertinent, I
•ik the young nan if he was not a zealous and woik*
j MT mi >mber of the Order for some timeafter he joined,
atTeast until the time rolled around for delegates to be
selected to go up to Macon— did you not urge your
ciaim-t as being entitled to it, from the fact that you
stated rou had done as much as any other for the
advancement of the cause—that you had faithfully
filled an office in the Council—had done considerable
writing for the Order, in a word, you wr*L/to go, and
v,mi thought vou ought to go. Again, Mr. Russell,
t 'yd vou not nt a Subeetptent meeting attempt to con
test the validity of the election of one of the Delegates
upon as you said, constitutional grounds ? again, have
rou not intimated to a person that your object at
first in joining, was to increase your chances, as per*
haps you might bo the candidate of the party for the
Legislature, and when the time rolled around again
for Duleffatefl t o be selected to represent the Council
in the Convention held at Americus to nominate a
candidate for Congress, you were present, and with
out intending to be offensive, it is the settled opinion 1
of many of the members, that if you had even then
been elected, the world uow would have been spaied
the onslaught you have made upon the much ahucd
Know Nothings. Now during all thi* time, tell ns,
when was it tliat you heard “good old Democracy vil
lifted.” Do not supjxtoe that you were the only mm
I ■Gouging to the Council that loved 4 good old lK nioc
rsov Yau did not complain during all this time of
an v indignity being offered to “good olvi Democracy, ’
or of any applauding of “old Whiggery.” Thu fact is
too plain, he that runs may read.
You joined the Order from selfish motives, you work
ed for it, not because you had the good of the cause at
heart—but for self. Your eagerness for immediate
proferment, exposed you. Those around you saw too
plainly your object, therefore, they refusal to comply
with your wishes—hence you began to find fault.—
Finally, losing all hope* of attaining your object, in
the last agonies you resolved to denounce them in no
measured terms —applymg b® them epithets mibecom
ing, and which you know they do not deserve. You
speak of the outrage yon have inflicted upon your
conscience ; how is it that you teß us in the outset
that you were actuated from pure motives ; besides,
who forced you to commit this great outrage upon
vimr conscience* Did any one ask you to make the
huniliatinp confession that you ever belonged to the
Order ? It is time enough to complain when yon shall
have been compelled to act. That you had the per
fect right to withdraw, all will readily admit, hut does
that hupfy that it was manly in you to endeavor to
gfvc them a parting blow—make charges against
them that none, not even the ablest will attempt to es
tablish.
In conelbsion, allow me to say to you, be not too
hasty, you may overshoot the mark, perhaps you have
placed greater estimate upon yowr powers than others
have for you. If you possess the necessary qualifica
tions, they will in their proper time, be duly apprecia
ted. You know what the poet Bums savs, therefore
heed him. A KNOW NOTHING.
Correspondence.
Crawford Cos. Ga. Aug. 7th 1855.
Dear Doctor: —No doubt you have seen
heralded to the world and “tle rest of mankiiid,’
through the Telegraph, that there were several
withdrawals from the American Party at Council
No. 120, on Saturday 28th July, and as I know
that they intend trying tomakeour friends believe,
lhat it was attributable alone, to the very able
manner in which Col. Hall handled the subject of
Americanism on said day, I hare concluded there
can be no impropriety in setting the matter before
the public in its proper light. Ilien
First and best of all is that Mr. ITall's friend's de
clared tliat he did nothing towards tearing down
wnd building up, and had it not been that the ma
terial which has been removed from the building,
was altogether unsuitable for a durable structure,
(every one being eld Ikse secessionists,) the noble
edifice would yet have remained unhurt, notwith
standing, the self supposed cannonading of friend
“Samivel.”
Secondly, Every one, with the exception of
one individual, who withdrew at said time, or had.
for several weeks been wavering, had been, “lialt
iug between two opinions,” and, three of them,
(there were only five) to my own knowledge, had
determined to withdraw on that day. The fourth
one acted under the influence of King Alco, for af
ter he had signed the petition (?) for a withdraw
al, he cheered Col. Hunter at every successful
charge he made (and he made no other) upon the
“dry rot party.”
Mr. Hall was required to take up the American
platform, and show one objectionable feature, he
was urged to do it, but he heeded not the urgency.
He wept considerably at the thought of Ameri
cans ruling America; and thought that foreign in
fluence ought not, and could not be restrained.—
Iu common with his party, he thinks that Roman
Catholics are equally, if not more tolerant than
any other denomination of Christian believers in
America, and made a tremendous blow about a
Mr. Carroll of former times, while be said nothing
in praise of Washington, Marion, Jasper or New
ton. He was particularly severe upon Judge An
drews because of the decision made by him in
1841, in the Patten case in Oglethorpe County, and
labored bard to make the audience believe that the
Judge acted without Law or Gospel, anil had thus
set up a dangerous precedent iu Jurisprudence,
while at tliat very moment Col. Hall eared no
more for the decision than the hog does for the
gravel he tramples on. He was particular in tel
ling his audience that mad superstition liad in time
drunk the blood of about three hundred Witches.
Quakers and Catholics while he was very careful
to withhold from them the important fact, that
the Huguenots had been banished from their coun
try for no other cause than that they could not
believe the Priest had the right to sell his people
a license to sin. He failed also, to tell them that
t the Massacre at St. Bartholemew, the Catho
lics decoyed, and cruelly butchered over fifty
thousand innocent protestants in one day, simply
because they had been so unfortunate as to find
out that the Pope, was neither the son nor imme
diate successor of St. Peter. Oh how honest is
this immaculate debatantl! Like his brethren,
Cobb, Toombs, Stephens and Johnson, in their
dirty labors he- vriDrnir to tell everything that
hurts nobody, and 1 withhold from his people all
knowledge of those important facts, which show
that a drivelling priesthood has been laboring from
time immemorial, to subvert theirnearest, dearest
interests. He never thought one time, that the
Catholics everywhere, make their brags, “that re
ligious freedom has nearly lived out its day” in
America, and, with it, every shadow of Republi
canism, provided the Pope secures clerical power
in this country. He spoke very contemptibly of
the number of Catholics and foreigners in this
country,—signified that four millions of these
ereatures were but a Lilliputian’s handfull. lie
told nothing of their riots, &e. in several cities in
the North in the course of the past few months.
Yet he could weep over, and beg the sympathies
©f his dear fellow ekizens, for the comparatively
few Catholics that were destroyed, (he said by
protestants) in America—and still he kept it from
before the people, that the walls of their infernal
inquisition were daily shaken by the cries and
groans of their wretched inmates. Col. Hunter
was very unwell on the occasion but notwithstand
ing his feebleness, he was still strong enough to
meet and vanquish his opponent. Indeed, he,
Col. Hall, smelt blood and took to his heels as soon,
as he got through with firing his ineffectual squibs
•t the American party aud would not remain on
the ground to receive Die justly deserved blows
which were dealt out to his party, by bis able
and efficient opponent, who tore his Forts into
splinters, and sent them upon the winds to the
four corners of the heavens.
I have already written more than I intended
when I commenced, and so I will stop for the
present. Yours, &c.
AN AMERICAN.
Letter from the South*Wc*i,
Uzu> Mok*T, Ga. Aug. 15th, ISM.
Dr. AsDKßwa.-
Z>ear Sir.—Enclosed please find ten dollar* (fltr) which
you may, with propriety, give Got. Johnson credit for. ITI te’j
you how he happen* to b* aiding your truly American, sound
principled, and highly interesting sheet. You see the Govern
or paid us a Tisit, last Saturday, the 11th inst. for the parj>oe of
showing us, away back in tho wood* here, what a candid man
he was. Great preparations were made, an ample Barbecue
gives, the Democracy turned out en masse, and by the by,Sam
was represented there, too, (for you know the saucy young giant
is meet everywhere.) He wanted to know how a live Governor
looked, aud what he would have to say for himself in the way
•f excuse for squandering the people’s lime, in canvassing the
State on a stump tour, (said time being valuable, to the tune of
fhOOper month,) and why we can’t get a commission for our
uewly elected Sheriff. Well, Sam felt quite safe, when the Gov
ernor made hie appearance on the stand, and stated tliat he
should not abue his opponents, (as it was beneath the dignity
of his serene Highness.) He did not come here for that pur
pose, but came to give a fair exposition of his views and the
platform on which he stood, Ac. But alas for Sam’s security !
Vain hope to trust ill the promise of an electioneering Dema
gogue ! He had not got six feet before lie begun to give Sam
t|ie “geUMewnn in black,” called him all sorts of slang,
cm*h as you would look f.-r from some petti foggy stump speaker
ruining for Ilnihf, or sooje other office of as great importance,
Jlut it i< useless to tell you all the low ymines applied to Barn’s
adherents, to all of which, no reply could bs made, as there was
no Governor present and no less a personage than a Governor,
or candidate for Ooveruor would he allow to reply to him. But
th c finale is the best part, gam’s Boys had the Council opened
soon after said speech, (or castigation) and ten of the true
stamp were initiated into the Order, and not one withdrew !
Johnson said, on the stand, that when a person wanted to with
draw, that we would not let him out—put him off—held no meet
ing and the like; hut It was proclaimed several times In the
Council, that if any one wished to withdraw, all he had to do
was to let his name l>e known, but all were firm. Our Council
numbers about 10), aud there have beeu only T withdrawals up
to this time, although the Auties have report after rtport of
fafrraud (icenti's withdrawing at ajxtp. But it will do them
no good to keep tip the cause of this leader, by falsifying ns at
such a rate. It will do no good, for we will lead them a merry
dance in October next as we have just done In electing our
Sheriff. Yours, Ac. g.
Tlo foreign Party in Ruawelrille.
Pa. Anl'kfws.—.% notice was given the public bore sometime
since that there would be a Meeting of the Foreign Party at
KutselviUe, im the Ifith lust, and as both sides would not be re
presented, the members of the American party wers particularly
solicited to attend. They positively refused a discussion, hut not.
withstanding this fact, the Atuertcaus turned out to benr their
speakers, and to listen todoetriues now promulgated In the land
agaiust our own countrymen to favor of foreigners and Catho
lics. Col. W. C. Redding was calk'd to the chair to preside
over the meeting, all of which were Americans, out of onc-lum
dred and fifty, save saute thirty or thirty five at farthest, and
nearly aft of trluun wrc from th* ailjoiitlng district and Craw
ford county. They came to call the dcmecrat back to the
fold, and If possible- to i Ifccl their withdrawal from our Coun
cils.
Mr. futrerhiMMC was first Introduced npon tbs tapis. No
cheers or plaudits greet, ,i him, ami h commenced and cndrsl
Ids harangue without a single knock. He labored with manhtl
seal, and I must say, that although two Initiations In our (Vun
cil ware effected whilst he was stilt Mr. rulverhousc
ably evidenced to the public that the opposition parly w rw d*-
: void of any single lunu lplc of public policy. Col. 0. C. Gib
son was next put forth, amt as he Is a candidate for thv Senate,
; in his county, hr had fixed upon a very smooth begging policy,
t* get out the democrats from amongst us. Its was ftrticu
lariy .’<►/kcm! upon th* oath question—did not want men to
: sit upon his rights and Interests, In acorrt conclave. But I
presume, ftotn his argument, he preferred having his Interest
! to forr-guers In preference to American lawn citlaens. He beg
ged them Income out. U ewaxed them, and lionry-fugled thrill,
but no jo, he Ml down, at last, without receiving a single ap
platter, save a feeble knock frout the Prssidsnt of the Meeting.
Forvlgnism could not be plastered over by hi* oily words and
I soft drawn-out expressions, and Americanlwn still stood Ids bat
teries without a single quake. They then adj<mrnl to a Bar
becue, which, 1 must confess, the Americans did not slight, last
relished their opponents’ food without their principles.
1 After dinner, Col. Jam, sM. bmlth, the candidate for Congress
was introduced to Hie assembled auditory. No on* cheered
} him, cither, but he arose to defend foreigners and Romauism lu
a land of liberty. I wish Iliad time to lay before you th* pro
minent features of his speech—that “cracking” tale of bis he
did not tell, nor did he Invite us to go with him to garrets to
; find prevaricators among old members of the church, but his
j speech followed with the milk and honey of human kindness.—
1 He followed Mr. Stephens and took Die Slavery question, and
s called upon u to affiliate with the “dry rot” squatter sovereign
ty democrats of the North, without telling us what principle of
public policy h* want* to carryout, but begged us not to desert
the man that told their constituents tbal the Kansas bill was a
triumph of freesoilism. ll* told us that there were n* foreign
er* at the South, comparatively, and none hardly In Monroe ;
but he did not tell us they were swelling the representation of
the North over us, and that they all well nigh voted for Hale and
Van Bureu for the Presidency. Col. Gibson, however, said In
his speech, that the foreigners North, h* believed, were unsound
upon Slavery. Mr. Smith said In speaking of the forelgu ques
tion, (for be did Did argue It) that more foreigners died than
Americans, lu proportion to their number, forgetting that the
foreign population were generally grown up to womanhood or
manhood, while the mortality lists sbowthat half the children of
our country die befoe they arc grown. Tb efederalism of the
platform, as he called It, and Col. I’oeand Judge Cone were his
theme for ridicule and delusive sophistry. He weit over and
repeated the same thing several times, and that we have beard
ever since Mr. Stephens posting up the foreign or
ators of Georgia. lam sorry for Milton, he I* a good
and we oB know him about here, and nearly all are agalmt
him. He sat down without a solitary rap ami went forth Into
the crowd, conscious that bis iu-inciples are not tenable In this
section.
Col. Alexander M. Speer next came forth. We all know film,
too, down here, as h* has lived among us for some time, ami
has a plantation not far from Ktiasclvil'e. He made a very
fine speech for a man who would harangue American* agains*
the tnterest of the country. He told us. In defending the Catho
lics, that tne Maryland Catholics stood the British grai,‘ on
one occasion, when Americans from North Carolina and Yir
ginla would not, thus making the Catholics brave as lions, whilst
Americans followed the inclination of their legs! Ho was, no
doubt, very much mortified at the politics of his neighbors, aud
I would net be surprised If he did not desert us entirely. TVe
bate to lose him. and we tell him. whenever be comes among
os, that
“While the lamp holds out to tram,
Th* vilest sinner may return.”
He wound up bis speech by saying that if tho speeches of the
gentlemen who had preceded him, would not bring them out, he
would give it up, and with this consoling assurance he concluded
his remarks without a rap.
Besides the two who were Initiated to whom I referred, five
others were initiated during the harangue of our friend Milt. —
After Col. Fpeer closed, the President Informed them that the
meeting would adjourn sine die.
After the ailjonrnroent, the crowd were dispersing, when Sam
was called to come back to the stand, and onr friend, who is fa
miliarly known among the boys here as Dud Hammond,
being present at the meeting, was called out to give us a little
Americanism. Reader, you would have believed he did it a
bmtt rigid, If you had been present, for those whom we had list
ened to during the day, and the most of their followers left, for
some of them well knew what was coming. He reviewed the po
sitions that had been taken by the speakers and completely de
molished them with crushing sarcasm and overwhelming eiu
qoenee. H struck a bsj>py vein and such a continued flow of
eloquence is but seldom witnessed In this country. Not a dull
eye nor a sombre countenance was to be seen. The lightning
flashed and the thunder rolled hi the heavens, but nothing could
check the eloquence and oratory of our young champion, until
the rain fell In torrents. I think, Mr. Editor, that his oratory
and his reasoning could have convinced many had they been
present. You know I told you tliat not quite all left, for there
was one more that joined theorder, making 8 that day, and he
had to go through the heavy torrents of rain to do It. These
fact* I will vouch for, on any occasion ; and thus, I am proud
to say, ended the great triumph at Kiisselville.
SAM.
<£{#i;p*Citije)t.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EDITOR.
11. RAIFORD, Associate Editor.
I). L. ROATII, Corresponding Editor.
MACON, GEORGIA, . . AUG. 25, 1855-
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. GARNETT ANDREWS,
OF WILKES.
FOR CONGRESS.
Ist Diatrlct. Col. 8, 11. Varnadoe.
2d “ Col. Willis A. Hawkins.
3d M Col. Holier! P. Trippr.
4th BcJ. 11. 11111. Eaq.
sth 44 Co}. Lewis Tuiulin.
7th “ Col. !. G. Foster.
Ilsaptlst Chnreh.“~We are requested tn say that the
Rev. ft. Landrum lias returned to tlie city, and will hold Divine
Service at tb* Baptist Church, on to morrow, at the usual hours.
To Correnpoiidcntn.
tw The P M. and a “Subscriber” at Cool Spring
Geo., are respectfully informed that the Packet of the
Citizen for that office, has been regularly mailed and
put into the Post Office, here, on Friday afternoon of
each week. We know not the reason why it does not
come to hand, sate that some pilferer of news, by the
way, has taken possession of it, to our regret and the
injury of both subscriber and publisher. Coaid we
prove the larceny we should endeavor to make an ex
ample of the offender.
C3T “Norur Ilomo” will please excuse us. lie has
been anticipated by another correspondent (see page
Ist) and it is useless to follow up such email game.
Godey for September.—A varied and interesting
Number—of 46 engravings, 72 articles and 100 pages.—
The Fashion I'lnte is an exquisite engraving. Mr.
Godev, not Vet satisfied with his success in making au
“Ivxcelaior” Magazine, announces that he has just com
pleted tbe last of a scries of 12 of the most superb En
gravings ever printed in a Magazine, which he will soon
commence publishing in his I look. He further says,
that if he doew not still more improve (impossible, Mr.
Godev! his Magazine before this year is out, he agrees
to forfeit the good name he lias acquired for the last 26
years!
Don’t Know You.—The last “EmpireState” cou
tians u Card from one James E. I.yon or James P. Lvon,
and James Lyon Sr. and one Luvette Persons which
the “Georgia Citizen” is requested to copy and *end Bill.
If Mr. Lyon will send usthe <v*A or a responsible eity re
ference, we will do it. It will take about aV to pay ex
peuaes.
Iloiirdmnn’* Swan Quill Pen. —Wo are indebt
ed to Mr. Joseph M. liusrdmun, for u ho* of new
Steef Pens, stumjred wilh this title, and gotten up for his
own sales. From a trial, for several days, of thenrticle,
we nnhesitatiuglv-pronounce listin’ best wc
have ever used, Jbr smoothness of |*iiut, ns well ns for
freedom from that corrosion to which most steel pens
are subject from the effect ol acid in writing fluids. j
Judge AndrenV Uecinion.---As there have
been many calls for this document, published In the Cition of
July 28th, and our supply of that number having been exhaust
ed, we propose to republish the same, next week, with such com
ments as may b deemed necessary to place the matter fairly
before out readers. II e shall, also, take occasion to reply to some
very fraternal notices that havs come under our observation’
on the same bead. In the meantime we are happy to say, that
among our Denominational friends, in Georgia, there appear*
to be a general disposition to do justice to the integrity and con
scientious motives of Judge Andrews, In making the Decision in
question, however much they may differ with him, upon the con
stitutional right Involved.
One friend writes us as follows:
“Mease send me a half doten papers containing Judge An
drews’ Decision, ael wish to put a stop to the more than infer
nal clamor about the unfairness of the same. I soe that Burrus
and other scribbler* for that little thumb paper, have been giv
lng you particular Jesse. Ido trust that you wiH rebuke them
sharply, as they merit a severe castigation. As they have such
an eternal hatred for our candidate, how Is It, that the Judge,
in their estimation, cun possibly find a resting place with them
Hi lies Ten! Wonder M these very men won’t refuse to associ
ate with this “corrupt” Judge, even In another world t I am
happy to see that you view the matter about Judge Andrews lu
J Its legitimate bearing, and * all candid men should. But the
hiw-llmig manner In which these Alabama Religionists are seek-.
lug to control the voter* of Georgia, don’t suit uifi.”
Another writes for Documents and *.ays,
“For my port, lam a Universal!it, and I voted for Judge A.
In the tVnventluD lhat nominated him, and Intend to voto for
1 him in October if I live lose* Urn day.”
And yet anoUirr writing from Rwutter county, and speaking of
the savag* attacks of Burrus upou Judge A. and L. F. \X. A.
ssy*:
“Tb* leading member* us your faith here are With you. With
them th* truth Is too plain. It Is nut at Judge Andrews, bill
1 Dr. Andrews they aim Ibis poison at.*’ [The writer of an nrtl
i ole In lit* “Herald,” coming front the Plains, th* same writer In-
Mmole*. W a small ep.-clmsn of humanity, an enemy, that stay*
- about the “News” Olllco at Americus. lie does not belong to
! the llulvcrsallsl order, j
Another correspondent, writing from Walton county, ask* us
’ if we can do anything to quiet Brother Burrus of the Herald In
, reference tn the position of Judge Andrews, and says,
“I am a Universalis!, Mil aud out, aud do dislike to sc* a dis
sension among Hie brethren ni Ihi* hour oftho day, fur 1 think
we bar* too touch to do, politically. Tho good of the country
I demands every exertion, lu my humble Jmlgmeut. 1 am far
OamtU Andrews, for 1 think he I* honest.” H.
Tli*a* arc only samplr* us Very many letter* w * bare rcealvod
touching the |*)tnt. We have also received two or Hire* others
containing doubts aud scni|>le* ns to tin- duty of the writers, In
!tlie premise*. To these we shall offer such consideration* n* we
|>o**o**, for Die purpOM of satisfying the minds of all such linn
| st amt candid enquirers, lhat they may •upport Judge Andrew.
| for the Executive Cluilr, without any sacrifice of cousisteury •
•elf-respect or religious principle.
The l.r|iialixtar’s o*t.-~A* there Is a good deal
of Improper Influence now being brought to bear upon the sove
reign people of Georgia, touching the next election, we have
thought It ex|iedle:>t to publish thcorrfA which all members of tbu
Legislature are obliged to take, before being admitted to their
seat*. In the present “wild I Mint after office” of the Foreign
party of liibb county, and the mode and manner of conducting
the present canvass, us exemplified lu ojieiiing free groggeries
lu town, and having whiskey Barbecues in the country, we do
not see how it is possible for either of tho catklidates now run
ning, to conscientiously take the prescribed obligation, which
reads thus;—
“1. A. 8., do solemnly swear or affirm, (ns the case may be,)
that I have not obtained my election by bribery, treats, ean
rassing, or other undue or unit ireful means, used by myself
or others by my desire or approbation, for that purpose; that I
consider myself constitutionally qualified as a Senator or Rep
resentative,” Ac.
From this It will he seen that the oath is a very stringent
one against all improper canvassing, and we beg leave to
say tv the American candidates of this couuty, when they shall
be ncoalnaU-d, that ooe of the cardinal principles of our urgan
iwation Is opposition to alt the usuul electioneering tricks ami
devices which characterise Georgia elections. Let them rather
suffer defeat, if victory Is only to be won by the aid of King
Alcohol or other appliances of equally objectionable character
“lirent fry mud Little Wool.’’--The hearty
support of the Nebraska Kansas Bill, of the lust Congress, be
ing considered the test of souud Southern political Orthodoxy,
we have thought It might be interesting to our readers to pub
lish so much of said act as refers to the subject of slavery and
the Elective Franchise. We copy from that Tellable work, the
American Almanac, for the year 1563, pabltahed by Philips-
Sampson A Cos., Boston, pages 182-18-1. The first secticn relates
to the Boundary of the Territory of Nebraska, and to as fol
i lows :
No. 28. Cli. LIV. An Act to organize the Territories of
Xebraska and Kansas.
Dockn.MitKs, Ac. AU the territory of the United State* within
the following limits, except such portions thereof as arc herein
after expressly exempted from the operations of tlijs act, to
wit: lieginuiug at a point In the Mississippi river where the par
allel of 4U~ N. crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to
the east boundary of the territory of Utah, on the summit of
the Rocky Mountain*; thence on said summit northward to the
parallel of 49 N.; thence east on said parallel to the western
boundary of the territory of Minnesota; thence southward on
said boundary to tho Missouri riven; thence down the main
cltannel of said river to the beginning, is constituted the terri
tory of Nelwaska; “and when admitted as a State or States,
the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received
Into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution
may prescribe at their admission; Provided, that nothing In
this act contained shall be cotodrued to inhibit the government
of the United States from dividing said territory into two or
more territories. In such manner, and at such times, as Con
gress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any
portion of said territory to any other State or territory of the
Uulted States; Prtrridrd, further, That nothing In this act
contained shall be construed to Impair the rights of person or
property now pertaining to the Indians iu said territory, so long
as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between
the United Plates and such Indians, or to- include any territory
which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, hi not, without the con
sent of naid tribe, to be Included within the territorial limit* or
Jurisdiction of any State or territory; but all such territory shall
be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the
territory of Nebraska, until said tribe shall signify their assent
to the President of the United States to l>e included within the
sahl territory of Nebraska, or to affect the authority of Uie gov
ernment of the United {State* to make any regulation reflecting
such Indians, their lands, properly, or other rights, by treaty,
law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the
government to make if thin act had never passed.”
The next -section relates to the qualification of “voters” and
Legislative Assembly, and is here annexed:—
Voters. Every free white male inhabitant, 21 years old. an
actual resident in the territory at the time of the passage of this
act, and with the qualification* hereinafter prescribed, may vote,
and be rlmscn to any territorial office at the first election; after
which the qualifications of voters and for office shall be Aged by
the Legislative Assembly ,—provided the right of suffrage ami
of holding office be exercised only by citizens of the U. State*,
and thost who have declared, mi oath, their intention to be
come such, aud hare taken an oath to support the (jonslUu
tion of the C tilted State# and U&provision* of thin art. Ho
person bclonghuj to the army or miry of the United ,States
can tote, or he elected to, or hold, any civil office or apimsnt
ment in the territory, by reason of being on service therein
LRr.rsLAnvK Assrmblt. The Legislative Assembly shall con
sist of a Council and House of Representatives. The Council
shall consist of thirteen members, with the qualifications of vo
ter* chosen for two years, by a plurality vote of the people, in
districts. The representatives, twenty-six in number, with the
qualifications of voters, shall be chosen for one year, by a plu
rality vote; but the Legislativo Assembly may increase the
number to not more than thirty-nine. Members of either body
must reside in their district, and every district shall be repre
sented in proportion to its qualified voter*.
And the following is the concluding portion of the act as to
Nebraska.
“The Constitution and all laws of the United Ftates which
are not locally inapplicable, shall I owe the same force and ef
fect within the said tofrftory of Nebraska as elsewhere within
tlie United States, except the eighth section of tlw> act prepara
tory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved
March 6,1820, which being inconsistent with the principles of
non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and
territories, as recognized by tho legislation of 1850, commonly
called the Compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperate
and void; It being the true talent and meaning of this act not
to legislate slavery iuto any territory or state, nor to exclude it
therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form
and regulate their domestic institutions, in their o-wu way. sub
ject only to the Constitution of tho United States: Provided
That nothing herein contained shan be construed to revive or
put In force any law or regulation which may have existed prior
to the act of March , 182 W, either protecting, establishing, pro
hibiting, or abolishing slavery.”
These provisions apply to tho Kansas Bill, as will appear
from thv following concluding paragraph, after the Boundary of
Kansas has been defined:—
The exemptions of territory, the provisos as to a future di
vision of the territory, the reservation of Indian rights, arc the
same as in Nebraska: and, lu a word, the portion of Die act
organizing Kausas, with the exception of the boundaries. Is
precisely the same as that portion of the act which organizes
Nebraska, a complete abstract of which Is above given. May
80, 1854. ® J
The reader wUI please note the last clause of the section as
to “voters,” which says that the right of suffrage and ol hold
ing office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United
States AND THOSE WHO HAVE DECLARED, ON OATH,
THEIR INTENTION TO BECOME SUCH, Ac., while NO PER
SON BELONGING TO THE ARMY OR NAVY of the United
States can either rote or be elected to a civil office in the terri
tory! This It then clearly a provision for the benefit of FOR
KIGNERF who may leaTe Europe and In ten days may arrive
In New York, and In ten days more may reach Nebraska or
Kansas—declare their Intention to become citizens, and vote or
be elected to office, while the officers and soldiers of the United
States, in service, are expressly excluded from either privj
lege!
Now, when we consider the fact, that nine-tenths of the For
eigners who come to this country are abolitionists from prin
ciple as well as interest , where Is the reason or propriety of
making adhesion to the principles of the Kansat Nebraska Bill
the true test of Southern Orthodoxy) With that feature of tho
Bill which leaves the question of slavery to the people of the
Territory when they come to make application for admission as
a Mate, all concur, but It Is very questionable whether the South
has not, in this case, lost the substance while she has only gain
ed the shadow. If Kausus bo overrun with a Foreign popula
tion, she will a* certainly be abolitionimed as H she were settled
by Free-Soilers and Abolitionists of the Now England States I
Where then 1s the difference) Practically there Is none, and
what is worse, Is the palpable violation of the KaturalUaHon
Lavs of Congress by the provision us the DiM, which substi
tutes a declaration of intention to become a citizen, tor actual
citizenship, (after five years from taking tho oath of lnteutlon.)
Is not this an outrage upon the rights of the whole people) I*
it not a “secret Made of Joab” which Is thrust into the vitals of
the itouth, and Intended to inflict a mortal wound upon South
ern Institutions) We can view It iu pe other light, and there
for* repudiate the whole affair as a vilo fraud upon the coun
try. And our wonder Is that Bouthern Senators and Represen
tatives did not see the pernicious effect of the provision polhted
out, and r<ject the same with loathing and scorn. Far better
that Nebraska and Kansas had remained unorganised, than
that the whole South should be sicimlled out of her rights
therein, by a provision which virtually opens wide the door to
the same “foreign influence” that has nindn Wisconsin a “ For
e pn ptmte” In the American Confederacy!
I-f* The Yellow Fever is raping n t New Orleans.
I'tJ dch members finis far rb-clod to (’engross
Hie Know Nothings and Whig* have 141-tlu- Itamnertt*’
€O. ’
Politic# in Ilibb.—Rou. John E. Ward, of Siiran- I
nnh, made a speech to the Foreign Party in this city, on :
Thursday evening of last week, which we did not hear, :
but which, we have it from good authority, was not
equal to the lion. (JenHeman’s previous reputation. He -
seemed to be sadly off hi* feet and pertorminga tank
which was very disagreeable to him. lie made no point,
was dullaod prosy, and altogether failed to imprees even
his friends with any extravagant ideas of his prowessas
n political gladiator, notwithstanding the ‘ soft sawder”
applied with a trowel, bv that truth-loving print—ttie I
Georgia Telegraph. \Ve should not wonder if Col. .
Ward had really a Contempt for the whole pack” with
whom circumstances have forced him to affiliate. That
he is an American patriot in feeling and principle wc do
not doubt, and to save his life, he cannot root out the
glorious emotion from his heart.
To day the Hon. Alfred Iverson of Columbus will ad
dress the Anti-Americans, when the glorious principles
of the “g-r-e-a-t d-e-m-o-c-r.a-t-i-c J’-a-r-i-y” will be
Deniosthenianly expounded. He will make a plausible,
cmpty-burrei-Rounding sort of a speech, wit h about one
grain of wheat to ten bushels of chaff—just such a speech,
for all the world, as will suit the capacities of nine tenths
of his auditors, who prefer noise to sense, simply be
cause the latter is not understandable.
In Kuthwd District, last Saturday, the Foreigners
made u sally upon one of our strongholds. Soino fifty
(more or less) went fiont the city, with music aud whis
key, some in bottles und some in jugs, to hear the re
doubtable Cowart, “crackiin/’ Smith and Col. lhtss talk
to the boys. Great results wero expected from this
meeting but some how or other they did not make
much capital for their rouse. Only abontn dozen lights
took place tm the ground, ns the result of tbu gathering,
and not a single convert. “.Sam” very quietly staid ut
homr on llmt day, not liking to mingle much with tho
‘•Dry-ltot” ami “Rot-Out” l’arty. And to judge from
the appearance of that procession, as it came into town,
late in the evening, looking more like an Jriah funeral
than any thing else, w are certain they had rather a
melancholy lima of it. Rutland still stands!
On the oilier hand (be Americans lutve had severs!
very plei.suiil lur„ f'easts, the past work. 0u Moudav,
<■•>l. Kohl. P. Trippr rontu to town and gave us a couple
of stirring whole-souled, patriotic- speeches, which wore
well receivml by a crowded assembly,and cast terror and
dismay into tha hearts of the opposition. Some of the
Icad.ta were present, hut when Trfjtpe came to slum- up
tlu-ir nefarious schemes to place the country under the
control of a dangerous and besotted “Foreign Influ
ence” and to dt-spqil tlhc glorious inheritance of our
) alhers, tho (ire MMiiunc 100 hot for them, and th* y scoot
nil Tltc Colt mel was to have spoken again, ut Hazard
District, on yesterday, hut we had to go to press too
rally, to feed VO ael r lees from the meeting.
On next Tuesday evening Him. EH 11. llastos-, agood
old Union Democrat, will be with us and talk to the peo
ple. He Is an able man and we ask for him an attentive
hearing. In short, wc are happy to suy that “SatnV’
great family fa in a thriving condition in this section. —
We have numerous accessions from tho “Dry-Rot” in
stitution— have great jienee and harmony iu our wigwam
and zeal and enthusiasm enough to put the unties
•Brough tlie Ist Monday of October, w-ilhout any sort of
difficulty 1
The German Organisation.
One nf the most singular ami alarming associations which lias
ever been conceived and promulgated In the United .States, is
•bat us tlmt portion of our foreign horn population styling
tliemsel vus tlie “ Free German a.” This organization waa
created long Before any such order us the “ Kuow Noth
ings ” was thonght of, and its ramifications have been
extended to the imwt distant quarters of tlie Union, To the
people of the Southern Slates, as we shall show, to such a com
bination particularly dangerous, a* U strike* a blow t th* very
foundation of their most jealously guarded institution*. In con
nection with there people, the “Free Germans,” there Is an or
ganization called “The American Revolutionary League for Eu
rope,” proclaiming similar principles.
Iu March, 1854, tlie Louisville branch of the u Free German
Association” published to their brethren In the Uulted Btatcs,
their platform of principles. Their address is enth-c-lj too long
for our column*, but we shall make such extracts from It as will
satisfy tle most sceptical Southern man that the principle* they
advocate arc of tle most obnoxious character. His address is
“To all True Republicans in the Union.” It open* thus :
“The Free tiermans of the Union have have found it neces
sary to organize themselves for tlie purpose of he tug aid.? to ex
ercise a political activity prcqiortlomible to their number and
adajttod t. their iwinciples. There to a fair prospect for success
for such an organisation, and In this hone tlie Free Germans of
Louisville, Ky., have proceeded to lsy down the following plat
form, wlrioh they unanimously agreed upon In a mass meeting,
and make it known to the puMio at large as the standard of
thvif politlea] course.”
They then go on to speak of the American Declaration of In
dependence 0f1T76, which, they ny, “acknowledges that‘ail
men are born equal, tliat they are endowed with inaltenaldc
rights,’ and that to these belong ‘Ute, liberty, aud the undis
turbed pursuit of happiness.’” But, they say, these solemnly
proclaimed rigid* have not been verified hi the United thates,
and to show this they make several assertions, the first of which
to the following:
“Instead of securing liberty to all, more than three millions
of human beings have been condemned to slavery, ami efforts
arc daily made to increase their number.”
In introducing their platform they use the following language :
“ We express our principal aim and Its motives In the Inflow
ing platform, intended to serve a* a standard In the perform
ance of our republican rights. In elections, be they national,
city, county or State election*, wc shall, without regard to names,
authorities and conventions, support only such men and par
ties as will pledge themselves to the support of our principles
or give us the best guarantee of carrying them out.”
Let us now ascertain what some of these “principles” are.—
The first Is as follows:
“SLAVERf QCMTIOR.
“ Notwithstanding that we consider slavery to boa political
and moral cancer, that will by and by undermine U republi
canism, we deem Its sudden abolition neither possible nor advi
sable. But we,as republicons and men, demand that the further
extension of slavery be not constantly urged, whilst not a single
step is taken for its extermination. IVe demand that at length
real proofs be given of tlie good will so often boasted of to re
move o*ofit; that In particular, staveryshould be excluded
from all new Territories indiscriminately and forever, which
mennre Congress is completely entitled to pas* according to
tlie Constitution ; we demand this the more, ns s republican
constitution is guaranteed to every new State, and slavery, in
truth, cannot be considered a republican element or requisite.
We further demand that all and every one of the laws Indirectly
transporting the priucifde and the influence of sfavorv In and
upon Free States, namely, the Fugitive Slave Law, shall be re
pealed, as demoralizing and degrading, and as contrary to
right* and to the constitution; we finally demind that, in nil
national affairs, tlie principle of liberty shall ha strictly main
tained, and even Id Ue several States it be more and move re
alized by gradual extermination of slavery.”
This to pretty strong language, and becomes Important when
w-e consider the fact that these people announce themselves a*
the exponents of th Gcfiuan sentiment in this country. Such
a document emanating from the hot htito of Northern addition-
Ism and freesoilism might be paused by with a stride of contempt,
but, coining as it does, from our own soil, we conceive tliat it
is not to be summarily disposed of or disregarded. Such decla
rations are hailed by the Sewards, Van llurens, litxs, Wilmots
and Fred Douglasses of the North as indubitable evidence* of a
division of opinion In the South upon the question Which to ns Is
of tlie most vital importance. Eternal vigilance is the motto of
the South l
Tlie next “jifank” In this very rcmarkbhle platform to the fol
lowing :
“ KKUnIOPS QtTBSTTOKS.
“ We consider tire right of free expression of religion* con
science untimchahle, as wc- do tlie right of free expression In
general; we therefore accord to the believer the same liberty to
make known Id* convictions as wc do the nau-beUever, as hmg
as the rights of otlicrs are not violated thereby. But from this
very principle of liberty of conscience w nre decidedly oppo
sed to ail compulsion Inflicted to dissenting persuasion* by laws
unconstitutionally restricting the litarty of expression. Religion
Is a private matter ; it has nothing to do with policy; hence U
1* despotism to compel cifiseiis by potitlenl means to religion*
manitostatlons or omissions contrary to their jirlwte persua
sions. We therefore hold the Sabbath laws, Thanksgiving days,
prayers in Congress and I/egishitnrcs, tlie oaths n|Min Hie Bible,
the introduction of the Bible into the free schools, tlie exclusion
of “,-Uheists” from kyal acts, Ac. as an open violation of hu
man rights a* well as of the constitution, and demand their re*
moval.” , .
Tho remainder *f this document we must pass hastily over.—
It advocates tlie free cession of the public lands to all settlers;
the aid of colonists at thoir first settlement, with national means,
and declares that “the admission of cltizenalitp must be rendered
as easy as possible to the emigrants.” Upon the subject of “con
stitutional questions,” these generous correctors of our evils
say—
“ Any eligible eitlxen of any State may be elected as member
of Congress by the citizen* of any other State, arid likewise may
any eligible denizen of any county be elected by the citizen* es
any other county for a member of the Plate Legislature.”
After declaring that “the policy of neutrality mu*t cea*e to be
an article of our creed,” they hranch -off upon the Rights of Wo
men, aud say—
“Tbe Declaration of Independence says that ‘all men are
born equal and endowed with Inalienable rights, and to these
belong life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.’ We repeatedly
adopt this principle, and are of tlie opinion that women, too,
are among ’ all men.’ ”
We can only find room for one more of their prlncl|iles—tbe
following : “rights or frkx pbrsoxs.
“In the Free States the color of the skin cannot justify a dif
ference of legal right*. There are not born two men of equal
color, but still lees two men of unequal rlghu.”
Now, we ask the people of Georgia—tbe cahn-thlnklng, con
servative roon of the eountry—lf they are prepared to subscribe
to such doctrine* as are Inculcated In th* platform of tbe “Free
German Organization” of the United States) Are they pre
pared to affiliate with any party which would unite It* political
fortunes with these German visionaries, inystlctot* and tran
scndentalists) Will they aid in tbe elevation of any party
which acknowledges such an association of “men of yesterday”
as one of its component part* ) Here arc men “dropped from
the sky” amongst us, undertaking to dictate to the American
People ttat course which they must pursue in their national af
fair* ; telling us in language too expUclt to admit of the slight
est misconstruction, tlmt tlie system of government under which
we have lived and flourished is all wrong, and that they are tbe
true apostles of the rights of man! These are the “reformers”
who would pulldown the magnificent edifice erected by the pa
triots of 177 G and 1787, and set up In its stead —what) Their
“platform” will answer.
One word farther. Because tho American Party Is endeavor
ing to preserve unimpaired thq legacy transmitted to the peo
ple of the Union by their fathers, and to put-down aU such “prin
ciples’* as these dreaming Theorists would foist upon us, It is stig
matized as the “party <Jf oppression,” tlie “dark lantern party,”
Ac. Let every candid and unprejudiced American read th*
extract* we have given from the platform of principles of tli
“Free German Organisation,” aud then decide whether or no!
Foreigners shall rule America I Let every Georgian reflect
that tlie conduct of a single government official may be all-pow
erful for evU, and then determine, whether or n-ot he will aid in
placing in office those whose histories are not Identified with the
solL D. L. R.
“Cttrsii it Opt.”—The order of the Tope to Arch
bishop ntrcuKg Is to crush out Repul>liednisin J Ilero
is an extract from the letter of the Pope Pius to f
Joiik llcouks, on his late departare front Rome to the
I'nited States:
“If our Church is to live it must be in America.
Government* ami ihatea are tottering here; evorthing
.is uncertain. Another t ear ami a revokition may have ]
swept all away. My good Archbishop, 1 look to yhu ;
for the future. Hprend Romanism in America.
Crush out Republicanism. The Church may, before
a month, flee to your shores!”
lion. Wcorge Slnplolon.—ll lonjwrrlcM lathe
politic councils) of the Senate, and a faithful ill-wihnrge of tliese
services, entitles the man and his opinions, to the respect and
confidence of his fellow-eitiseiui, as we think they should, no
man In onr State Is more worthy of respect and confidence than
this dlsUufruishetl veteran, and faithful public servant, whose
name heads this notice. For more than thirty years Mr. Sta
plfcten has been a Senator or Representative in the State Legis
lature from the county of Jefferson —with but two or three ex
ceptions, when he declined a nomination, or when the District
system made it necessary to select a Senator from another coun
ty. We believe that he was returned a Senator from Jefferson
for nearly twenty conseoutive years, lie is undoubtedly, there
fore, the oldest Legislator In the State of Georgia, so far as re
gards length of service—and is a most extraordinary instance
of the -constancy of popular favor. Nothing of the kind, we
believe, has ever occurred In this State before. And all must
agree that nothing short of the highest integrity, the purest pa
triotism, and the most unfaltering devotion to the good of his
country, and the immediate Interests of his constituency, could
so long have supported him, and retained the never faltering
confidence of his fellow-citizen*. Mr. Stapleton has literally
“grown grey ip the service of his country,” ami though some
what advanced .n years, he still retains the vigor and power of
full manhood In a very considerable degree. He combines In
his disposition and public turn, more of the characteristics of
the Andrew Jackson schoot of worthies, than any man we ever
met with. Sound in judgment, firm of pu n >osi*, and prompt and
energetic to execute, charitable arid tiboral-hearted to a fault
—ever caring more for the wants f others than for himself.
And though eminently deserving a much higher position In the
country’s service, yet his ambition appears to have been well
satisfied to till the soil, like another Cincinnattug, and serve his
country In die Legislature whenever called upon. He wag cho
sen, however, an Klector in the Presidential canvass of IS4B, on
the Whig Ticket, (of which party fie hod ever been a firm and
consistent member,) and cast his vote for Taylor arid Fillmore.
Ami is even now th*: choice of a large portion of his fellow-cltl
letis for Senator—hut declines a nomination; yetis prepared,
us he recently expressed himself. In a most eloquent and patri
otic manner, to consummate the great crowning act of bis lire,
by endorsing and sustaining the glorious principles of tho A
turrloAu party! May he live to sec them proudly triumphant
over the land of his birth, and of his veneration! and to long
viijuy the fruits of a Hfc of honorable labor, and the distin
guished rrspret of his fellow-citmons. And when at length
amid the ripened clusterings of his Iwmors,
•* Old Time shall stop his bright career,
May goodnes* and he fill up one monument I”
R.
Tilts two great t'bti in piou*.- In the discussion
which took frfuce at Louisville, on the 14th Inst., between Mr.
Stephens aud Mr. Halford, the latter alluded to Dr. Brownsmi’s
defence of Roman Catholicism, and particularly of the
rttl juiwer of tlie Dope. Mr. Stephens aud Dr. lirownson, lA*
two great champions of Romanism aud Roman Catholics—
were at variance upon the subject. That however much sotae
people were disposed to allow Mr. Stephans to manufacture opin
ions for them, it was very clear the Romish Priests would not
submit to Ms Interpretation of Roman Catholicism for the Po|-
Mr. Stephens replied that lirownson was a mau of no princi
ple. That he hud been, he hetleved, an Episcopalian, then a
Unitarian, and then an Infiilul —and lastly a convert to Roman
ism. Bo much tba worse, we considered, for the cause of which
hn was th* recognized defender, and for the Democratic party,
which had allied Itself with him, and for Mr. Stephens, who Is
alllgnlug bhnsdf with the Democratic party’ Mr. Stejdieus thns
irfncing himself as a servant to a servant—like Ca:sarlo In the
p'ay—“ Tour servant’s servant, madam. Is your bumble ser
vant I” Rut abuse of Dr. Brownson from Mr. Stephens, If not
Impeaching his own witness, is to say the least of It, of very
questionable propriety. Mr. Stephens bag changed some, him
self—too much wo think, to throw stones. He has been a States
Rights man—a Whig—a pseudo Republican—and now the de
fender of Roman Catltolics aud Democracy—which la nigh unto
being a political Infidel. And when he shall bare become a
full concert to Pierce's foreign Administration, there can be
no gainsaying of his entire political infidelity. R.
“H thr right huml offend thee, cut It
off, ‘criptvre.
Eintmt District—Orposmox To Mr. Stepmrks.—-A rumor has
been set afloat by some Interested, or disinterested persons, to
the effect, that an arrangement has been made between Mr.
Stephens’ friends and the American by which the latter
wIH make no nomination for Congress In the Eight Congression
al District, in opposition to Mr. ktcj-Lens. If such an arrange
ment has been made, or Is even in contemplation—we kuow
nothing of It. If there U vich a thing in existence, It Is eon
flood to a few Intriguing, treacherous, unprincipled office-hun
ters, and. Is not sanctioned by the nineteen-twentieths of the
party. Wo, therefore, have o hesitancy in giving the rumor a
direct and unqualified drum!—and y>rMw>unce it “ a weak In
vention of the enemy,” to distract and divide the ranks of the
Ajrtericau party. We are aware that no means are being left
untried to effect Mr. Stephens’ election, from the lowest llck
spittte toadyism to the vilest and most contemptible trickery.—
And when his followers see that these are about to fail, they will
no doubt resort to tampering with the feelings us some of the
A met leans. Try promise*, which it Is clearly not In their power
to fulfil. Tills ought to be sufficient evidence to our friends,
tliat Mr. Bteidicrrs is jityli unto being used up—that his abuse
aud vituperation o{ the American party will result In his cer
tain defeat. If wc are true to ourselves, our principles, and the
country.
One word to our friends on the snbjert of a nomination. VTe
were (lecldeiUy of opinion, and are still eo, that a nomination
should have been made at the first meeting of the District Con.
vcntlon. But a# a majority of the Delegates thought differently.
It was not done. That tlie friends of Mr. Stephens willmake an
exertion to thwart a nonilnalhm, we do not entertain a doubt—
by making promises, which they cannot, if they ironltl and
irtU not if they could, fulfil. We know they are already at
their dirty work. We therefore warn our friend# to he on their
guard—to trust to no promises, and make no compromises.
To not nominate a man in opposition to Mr. Stephens, for
fear the nominee might he beaten, would be the most abject—
not to say really dastardly policy. It would be submitting to
Mr.'ftephens* unprovoked, aud unpardonable abuse, without
the manliness to resent It. To compromise with his friends
would be defeat without honor or sue eeas, without principle—
We are prepared for neither. We live or die, sink or swim, by
the principles of the American party. If Mr. Stephans liver,
the American party dies—they cannot now be reconciled.
We are aware that some of our friends have looked with
yearnings to Mr. Stephens’ abilities—but we are happy to say,
the spell Is fast wearing away, before his Roman Catliolic and
Foreign predilections—and the certainty of his rfeeffon inuring
to the Johnson and Pierce spoils and Free-soil dinasty. We
had a thousand times better hires even a third-rate man,
than ajtrst-rafe man, waosof Great abilities are great
for evil as well as good. Besides, a failure to nominate an op
position, wiH be disheartening to a large majority of the party,
and In our humble judgment, materially affect the vote of
Judge Andrews. The Tiricet vrill be incomplete, and cones
tpientty insufib-isnt to draw out the strength cf (he party.
And further, w repeat, It is the beighth of folly to be hero that
Mr. Stephens’ friends wWI keep good faith with the Autcrlcan
party In any intmises they may make, either la regard to the
Governor’s election, or the county nominations. There are
among thrcin a set of heartless, soulless politicians, totally de
void of all principle or honor In politics, as we have had more
than once, occasion to know. We had much better let ate or
two men of questionable character go by the board, than sacri
fice the honor of tfw whole party. The principles of the A
mcrtcan party are not made for “ dodging.'* The mission of
the party Is not to compromise —especially with such uieu as
Mr. Stephens. We must and will fight it out. One or the other
must go down in the Eighth District—and If it Is to be the A
merican party, In the uamc of God let it be with honor—with
our heads up, ami our faces to the music I No caurkunis* I
** ‘Tis your bold task the generous strife to try 1 —
For your gri-retl country nobly dors to die l
No pent up Utica contracts yourpowers—
For the whole boundless continent, is yours !”
Had Mr. Stephens have shown the slightest disposition to con
ciliate, or the least magnanimity towards the American party,
we would have been willing to have left our principles to be
judged by him, by the test of time. But he has done no such
thing. On the contrary, he has shown a proscriptive, arrogant
and lntoleraut spirit that we did not believe wa* in blur. He
has wantonly and mercilessly abused his old political friends for
exercising the very Independence which he boasts of himself.
He commenced the assault, and nose, when we turn in our
defi-nce, he cries out proscription. Tea,be will even proscribe
Charles J. Jenkins, If that equitable and {air-minded gentle
man, and long-tried friend of his, even dares to sympathise
with the American party 1 Can any thiug more strongly Indi
cate his vindictive, “bitter-andism t” How can onr friends
think for a vioineut, of making terms with such a man t Honor
and patriotism forbid It I
Let our friends be of good cheer—a right and proper man
will be brought out at the proper time, ullcts there should be
traitors In the camp we wot not of. All that Is necessary to In
sure success, Is for every man to stand firm to his duty. To
strengthen and encourage him In this, let him remember, that
It la not a contest merely to overthrow Mr. Stephens, but to as
sert and maintain the rights of A merican bom citizens to
govern their <ncn country l Mr. Stephens has Isnt his aid to a
wicked and corrupt party—and I* defending a dangerous and
anti-Republican Hierarchy, that would crush ont oar very lib
rtles to-morrow, If they had the power I That so far as our
principles are concern ed, we might as well entrust them to a
Roman Catholic priest, as to Mr. Stephens. R.
As wet expected.~ln one of our perlglnatlons a few
days ago, we happened at the house of an ohl personal friend of
the Democratic stripe, whom wo found very Intently perusing
the pamphlet which his party had scattered over the country,
as the “Know Nothing Constitution and Ritual.” Weeommenc
ed teasing and rallying the old gentleman on the subject—when
to our astonishment he spoke out Indignantly—“ Look here-!
them’s my principles precisely 1 I don’t like the oaths, and I
won’t take them : Imt I’ll vote for them priuclides, I’ve been a
Democrat over twenty years—and don’t know what tho party
was thinking of to take up for the cussed Irish and Catholic
foreigners. I acrer liked them no how—and tho* some may bo
very good Bien, I don’t believe they ought to hold office. I in
tend to go for the American principles.” We shook the old
fellow warmly by the hand, and had an hour’s pleasant chat.—
These documents are doing some good. ft.
ISTThe American Party of Green Cos. Georgia, have
nominated the Hon. J. J. Crittenden of Kentucky for the
next Presidency and Green C. Ijronson of :New York
for the V. P. We go for old “Criit,” before any other
man in the nation, for President.
Sam Houston of Texas is out in a capital
letter in favor of American Principles while Thomas J.
Husk the otherlSenator is out against. The latter is fool
enough to think that “Sam” (not Houston) is dead!
I-5/“They have had a Woman’s Rights Convention
lalelv at Saratoga N. Y. Mrs. Itakewell (alias Lucy
Stone,) Rev. Mrs. Antoinette L. Hrovm, and other noto
rious women wtre present.
John G. Morel is the American Candidate for the
Senate and John C. \Vohlhsner, for the House, is Effing
ham County.
t-iT 1 Baron Solomon de Rotchschild, Ihe great Ranker j
is dead. ,
I (Unifying the Hccord.l— -This Is rather a harsh
caption, but truth demands •• great plalnnerr of speech,” when
such men as Alex. Hamilton Stephens stroll through the land
and make up false political Issue*, for the purpose of securing
to themselves the support of the people to offices of trust and re
sensibility, under the government. We therefore boldly make
the charge that Mr. Stephens, In bis Appling speech, has fiUsi
flad the truth <\f History and mtarepresented the position f the
late John C. Calhoun, the great expounder and teacher of
States Rights Doctrines, ou the question of admitting sssnis
ralised foreigners to the rights of cittaenshlp.
In the said Appling speech, as written out by himself, Mr.
(Stephens thus replies to the 9d question of Mr. T. M. Barnes.
We give the question and so much of the answer as will show
Mr. S.'s position.
9d. “Do you consider the principle of allowing onnaturaUaed
foreigners to vote in the territories as soon as they declare their
intention of becoming citlscns, to be just and right*”
To this I answer most emphatically, I do, so long as the Gov
ernment is in a territorial condition. And I will givs you some
of my reasons for so holding. The right to vote does not de
pend upon citizenship. In every Btate It depends upon the
. talc law. As soon as a territory becomes a State, the right to
regulate that matter devolves upon “herself. Every State has
the right to determine for herself who shall and who shall not
vote within her jurisdiction. When anew territory is opened
for settlement, and men go Into tho unexplored wilderness in
search of new homes, and for the purpose of forming and
moulding new institutions for themselves and their posterity,
they all go as equals—and all should have an equal voice in’
forming tlmse laws while In a territorial condition, to which all
are equally subjeet, and by which all are equally bound. This
to me, on principle, seems to be both right and just. This was
the principle on which the North American colonies were set
tled. The same principle was embodied In the celebrated Ordi
nance of 17sT, which j>rovlded a government for the whole
North-western territory embracing the present Plates of Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois aud Wisconsin. With this excep
tion, that In that ordinance it was provided that a foreigner
might vote as long as the territorial governmenr lasted, even
witiiout any oath of allegiance to this country If he owned “two
hundred dollars worth of property in the territory.” In sub
sequent legislation upon this subject, this latter condition has
hten left out, as I think It ought to have been. But the princi
ple of allowing those who, though born abroad, take an oath so
support tli* Constitution, and file a declaration on oath of their
bona fide Intention to hec.une a cttlzen of the United Ptates, to
vote ou territorial matters so lung as the territorial form of gov
ernment lasts, has been again and again affirmed by Congress.
A memorable Instance, when R received the sanction of some of
those very men who now clamor so lustily against it, was the
Clayton Compromise. In that Mil, this principle was Incorpo
rated. In all my objections to that bill, you will not find this
one. This ought to satisfy you that I thought the principle right
and Just. Rut strangle to say, when the same principle and the
same language was put Into the Kansas Bill, then Mr. Clayton,
the man that r*j>orted the other Mil with the identical clause,
raised an objection, and moved to strike It out I The principle,
however, was retained in the hill. It is a prim tide that re
rcfrrd the sanction of Mr. Calhoun. I voted for the Kansas
Bill with it In It. 1 did eo because I thought it right and just,
but I would have voted for the bill with it in, as some Southern
men did, even if I had uot liked this feature because of the far
greater and more important principle for us, which that Dili
secured.
Now sco what were tho views of Mr. Calhoun on thts very
question. In I*B6, when a Bill for the admission of Michigan
was before the Senate, the Hod. Silas Wright of New York In
troduced an amendment to allow the “people” to vote, Mr. Clay
offered an amendment to that amendment so as to restrict the
right f suffrage in Michigan to those about to elect a conven
tion to make her State Constitution, to male citisens of the
United States of ttcmty-one years of age. Mr. CaJboou sus
tained that motion of Mr. Clay against the opinion of hia col
league Mr. I’reston, and Mr. Porter of Louisiana. Among oth
er things Mr. Calhoun said, that “restricting the voters to free
white citizens had been usual on such occasions.” That be
“believed Congress had the unquestionable right to prescribe
the qualifications of voters, but that sueh right did not involve,
in any degree, the question whetiter a Stab’ has a right to con
fer ou an alien the right# of citizenship. Mr. C.further stated
that “though It was difficult to define what a cittseu Is, we may
say with the utmost certainty what he is not. He is not an
alien. Allen and citlsen stand In contradistinction te each
other. They of course cannot coexist. They are in fact so op
posite In their nature, that we cannot conceive of the one but
in contradistinction to the other.”
Having thus premised, Mr. C&llioun clearly took the ground
that Congress, and not a State, has the power to pass uniform
laws of naturalisation, laws, the effect of which will be to re
move alienage, or place the foreign born in the condition of a
native horn. His next position was, that “when Congress has
exercised its authority by passing uni form naturalization laws.
It excludes the right of exercising a similar authority on the
part of the State.
To suppose that the States could pass naturalisation acts of
their own, after Congress bad passed an uniform law of natu
ralization would be to mske the provisions of the Constitution
nugatory.” Mr. C. then bring* the argument to a focus, as fel
lows;
“I am now prepared to decide the question which my col
league has raised. I have shown that a citlsen is not an alien,
and that alienage is au insuperable barrier till removed to citi
zenship, and that it can only be removed by complying with
the act of Congress. It follows, of course, that a Mate camuot,
of its men authority, make an alien a citizen without such
compliance. To suppose It can. Involves, In my opinion,a con
fusion of ideas which must lead to Innumerable absurdities and
contradictions.”
This was Mr. Calhoun’s own language, and he proceeded to
poiut out some of the difficulties of the opposite views !a the
following conclusive argument:
“In conferring the power to pass uniform laws of naturalisa
tion,” says Mr. Calhoun, “the framers of the Constitution most
have had two objects in view: One to prevent competition be
tween the States in holding out Inducements for the emigration
of foreigners; and th# other to prevent their Improper Influ
ence over the General Government, through such States as
might naturalise foreigners, snd could confer on them the right
of exercising the elective franchise before they could be suffi
ciently Informed of the nature of our Institutions, or Were Inter
e-ted in their preservation. Both of these objects would be de
feated if the States may confer on the aliens the right of vo
ting and the other privileges belonging to the citisens. On that
supposition it would be almost impossible to conceive what good
could be obtained, or evil prevented, by conferring the powtr
on Congress. The power would be perfectly nugatory. A Btate
■night hold out every proper inducement to migration. as free
ly as if the power did not exist, and might confer on the alien
all the political privileges belonging to a native born cittern—
uot only to the injury of the State government, but of the
Uuicn. To Illustrate what I have said, suppose the dominant
pzrty in New York, finding political power about to depart fretn
them, should, to maintain their ascendency, extend the right of
suffrage to the thousands of aliens of every language and from
every portion of the world, that annually pour into her empori
um—A me deeply might the destiny of the whole Union be af-
A< •ted by such a measure l it might in fact place the con
trol oxer the General Government in the hands of those who
know nothing of our institutions, and are indjrcrent to the
interests of our country. New York gives about one-sixth of
the electoral vote# in tho choice of President and Vico Presi
dent ; and tt is wefl known that her political Institutions keep
the State nearly equally divided Into two great political parties.
The addition of a few thousand votes either way might turn the
result of the eGction. The elector* might owe their election, on
the supposition, to the votes of unuaturallsed foreigner*. The
Presidential election night depend on the tlectorai note of a
State, nud a President be chosen iu reality by th-tn —that l#,
they might give as a King.”
There, citizens of Georgia, you have the true sentiments of
the great Carolina Statesman on this subject, from the record,
and do you thtre find any thing to bear out Mr. Stephens In the
assertion, that Mr. Calhoun sanctioned such an odious princi
ple as that imputed to him? Not a bit of It T It is a vile slan
der upon the great Chief of the Btate Rig:its reboot of politics,
who, whatever errors of opinion be may have entertained, Is
not chargeable with the extreme uUraistn f believing that any
Btate, nsurh leu Territory, had any right to convert aliens into
citiseDs. Let tho friends of Mr. Calhoun rebake the dema
gogue, that, for sinister purposes, would so misrepresent the
views of the departed statesman.
For the Georgia Citizen.
How they work it—A Nice Game.
The anti- American Journals, with expressive twitches
, of tho eyes, licking out of tongues and (.marking of lips,
serve up to tlwir rentiers as delirious morsels for nolrti
cal stomachs, highly-seasoned and over-flavored dishes,
in the shape of withdrawal* from the American Party.—
I am sure von will not be amazed when you learn “that
some leaky chap, under ihe influence, probably, of had
w hiskey, mioglod with twinges of consciei ce, has di
vulged “the recipe for brewing those interesting docu
ments. It is very sinipl* aud effective. Lt a sum of
money, proportioned to the number of subscribers you
want, say tire dollars a head, bo raised, and with this
money, you have only to approach your men, and say,
here ore five dollars —go and be initiated into a Council
of Know Nothings—examine well iuto ererytbiug about
the concern, and withdraw. Yoo will then come to ms
mid put jour name to a paper I will writs for yon. If
vou are a gK>d Democrat, you owe this much to jour
party. Good a# wheat, says the venal wretch.
Let Americans after this, be ou thoir guard against
such bane impositions, as have been practised upoD
them, aud repeatedly exposed. QUla.
The Loaisville Riots—Ripe Frnit—Those Affi
davits.
As was to be expected, the aggressors in tho lste
Louisville riots have been picked ont and marked. I
am constrained, however, o believe that the ringleader
of tho assassins has been overlooked. If all the facts
could be got at, I hare no doubt that ho who conceived,
suggested and planned the whole schema, was not a lib
eral foreigner. After Americans’ blood hed been shed
without provocation, and feelings of revenge had risen
to furv, that demonstration of a cannon levelled at the
office of the Louisville Courier requires an explanation.
If the conductor of that press was innocent of all parti
cipation in the causes of the lamentable and disgraceful
violations of law, wbj baa it not been showu? Lentil
that be done, the presumption is that the signal for the
slaughter came from his office, either in the form of
editorials or haudbills. QUlri.
Judge Andrew* at Tlsomeon.—There wa# *
large assemblage at Thomson, on the Georgia Railroad, on
Tuesday the 14th Inst, to bear the candidate of the American
party for Governor. A barbecue was provided for the occasion,
to which ample Justice was done. The Judge addressed the
meeting In a speech of some three hours length. His vindica
tion of the American party from the charge* prefered against
them by the foreign speakers and organs, was a most trium
phant one, and will have a decided effect upon the approaching
election In that section of our State. There are few better rea
soucr* than the Judge, In any cause, but with such a cause as he
came forth to advocate It Is no matter for wonder tha‘. his speech
told.
Dr. H. Y. Miller was expected, but be did not arrive. Alter
the barbecue, Col. John Mllledge, of Richmond, and Mr. Styles,
oniamburg, 9. C. made short addresses. The time was quite a
pleasant one, as was fully evinced by the countenance* of our
friend*. D. L. R.
(soiiije to Withdraw!—Col. Geo. R. Hun
ter of Crawford Cos, who baa been canvassing the Ma
con Judicial District, for weeks, to secure for himself
the nomination of the American Party for Judge, hai
banded in a Letter of withdrawal to the Georgia Tele
graph, which is promised publication next week. The
reason assigned to us by the Colonel, is that the Order
is a “Whig Trick,” and os such, no old line Democrat
has any lowing! In answer to this, we have only
to say that a majority of the Judicial Contention that
met at Fort Valley, last week, wereoki line Democrats,
attd that the defeat of Col. H. in the nomination was
owing to entirely different causes, one of whieh was
the palpable violation by him af the American rule j
which repudiates the “wild hunt after office.” Iu this j
“wild hunt” the Colonel has showed himself a hunter j
of indomitable perseverance.
.0 th. Sooth .nd her ioniu.Uon ‘C
“g ‘t- For ranous reasons wo hxv
agtned that any man reared among the ?'*
which surround public men at the
tertain tht fcoliog of
‘.vrrrh.oh we b™ . righ, J” “ f * er
sons of our own soil W have S r ° m the
“Northern men with Southern
the days of that promising follower inth T B ‘ nc#
—Martin \an Buren; at all events *
that confidence which would enaS n *t
them to those whom we * 10 In
door?. *t our ow a
We have never entertained a faroral l
of the administration of Mr. pj erc °P ini oa
the surface merely by tlie agitationstr n *°
ic Baltimore Conventionld '?****
solely because that convention wl , notl< *
to agree upon the selection of any on, ! “ nable
inent candidates before it—we coi rL l ‘° pr ° n >-
was presented to the Southern pool wit, ‘ W Le
lightest indication as to his
ingas be did from tlie mountain* of \ *
shire, where Ultraism reigns
have deemed no guarantee from him o , “ W
veution which nominated him, word/ r
Ution. We opposed ltis election, and m°
we have seen no cause to regret havm “
appointment of a Governor of Kan/ lh °
witnessed by Urn people of the South/
ported his election and who consequent/
disposed to sustain as far as they could W*
ministration, with unmingled
Stephens, with whom the Johnson ‘
Georgia have lately fallen so deeply io
they arc willing to overlook all his f om , r 1 ‘
animadversions upon them and their • , *!“*
declared that Reeder was ent to Sanaa by p
/or the purpoat o/prevcnUnj slavery in
ry. Whether tine statement of Mr. Su-phTT
true or not, it is certain that all the enem/ t
Guv. BMder were directed to the
of that object And it u equally certain that w
all the knowledge of Reeder’s free soil e ff uru 5tA
mg him in the face, Pierce failed to remove IWW
upon the ground of his (Boeder’s) antipathy to
Slavery, but did finally displace him for * Jul*.
ting in the public lauds. The people of Kan*
had avowed in tho most forcible manner kao*
to this Union their determination to recogniief
institution of Slavery, they had expressed thr
condemnation of the free sod affinities of Gur
Reeder in the most unmeasured tenns-yet Pi erce
continued to cling to him as though he consider*]
him the forlorn hope of Free-Soilism in Kan.-*,
And it was not until the eve of the election* *
several important Southern States, when it wa
obviously necessary to do xrndhmj to sustain tha
sinking fortunes of Democracy that IWremor
ed Reeder.
That the President did not remove Gov. Reeder
on account of his opjtositiou to the extension of
Slavery we think we are fully justified in assert
ing. The facts bear us out. This is u case where
we can get along very well without the testimony
of Mr. Stephens. We feel, therefore, that M
under no obligation to him.
When the complaints against Reeder were
made to the President by the jteople of Kaiwai,
and his removal solicited, Fierce said, “I am me
isfied that Governor Reeder possesses firnuu*,
honesty and capacity, and a muu who has these
three qualities, don’t often get wrong.” Thku
quite a compliment from the Chief Magistrate us
the United States. But this was not all. Pierce
gave Gov. Reeder repeated personal avurstitt*
that ‘‘he approved of his course 7 and would have tid
ed precisely tu he did in ikt same jxititirm F In
view of these facts, has not Reeder a perfect rigltt
to say as he does in his reply to Marey’s letter,
that he li he lias been treated very unfairly by th*
President?”
The successor of Reeder now had to b# apjoiat
ed. After the expression of opinion in favor of
the introduction of Slavery by the people of Kan
sas, decided as that expression of opinion was, the
intelligent men of the South imagined that Pierre
would at least appoint a Southern man to till the
vacancy. This was not done. John L l)aa"D
of Pennsylvania was appointed. This man Bw
---sou liad voted in the last Congress for the Kansss-
Nebraska Bill, ami it was therefore thought he
might prove acceptable. But what are tin* ‘'pin
ions of Dawson note with regard to that Bill? Tl#
following is his language:
“/ now regret my vote upon the Nebraska W& i
I consider that measure as a most injudicious ]* >o*l
for the Denvx-ratie party and the Aoministrati *—
as an act of gross injustice to the North, and of jflsr
ing Has faith on the part of the South.”
Such, then, was the opinion of the second ap
pointee of Presklent Pierce. Does not this ie it
as if the head of our government firmly intend'd
to make Kansas a free State? Are we trav•d'mg
front tin.* record in saying tliat so far as Kmn*
was concerned in the question of Slavery. Mr.
Pierce was leagued with the frecsoilers “f t* ll
Nerth? Is this the friend of the South pn-mi J| and
us by our Democracy of 18o2? If Ite is, then mj
we exclaim in all sincerity, “Heaven satv us tnw
our friends!”
The apjvoLntment was declines! by Mr. Da” ‘
and the “situation” is at last filled by h*-’ 1
Sliaunon, of Ohio. Again to a free soil Slated “ 3
Mr. Tierco go in his “wild hunt” after a Govern •
for Kansas! Ohio is a mighty power in Baltim* ‘ft
Democratic Conventions and in popular elect m,
and must be conciliated. Besides, the Adonii -
tration thinks that the South can be as easily u* ‘
aged as heretofore. Why not? Has it #°t
men as Johnson, Wise and Cobb to sustain it” 1
though it does foist free soil Governors upon
sas? And is it not aided and comforted by lC
men as Toombs and Stephens, who, though *■
edly opposed to its measures, are yetstrugghi •
give power and influence to men who will
by it to the last extremity ? _
Such is the government whoso most ‘ tr ' l
supporter* arc before the people of Georgia a i
didates for high public station. Such i- lie
ident who is now discovered to a rni mature*
of “the Northern tnan with Southern
It is mere waste of breath to prate about _ (
Platforms and savagely worded res- ,!uU '”
State anxious to recognize Slavery a- 1 an .
tion of her soil, is to be disregarded
down by the powerful patronage t >
If her people are to be warped by s * ani
emment officials scattered among u ture
purpose, then tho South is buta ciph*--
history a blank. . e rart of
There is an evident disposition cn ufJ tion
the Democratic speakers to shirk tuW
before tho people. Knowing u '* w-efur eio
wonld beany position which they c °“ overt he
defence of the President, they elth " >rl T do n ot a!*
subject in the fewest possible v or 3
lude to it at an. They are endeared
the Democratic party the effl **_ ,nl< p TW
idea —opposition to the Amencan w
are striving by the course whic of 4
draw attention off from the cons
question of the most vital import* l oVtrr idei
In our estimation the
all others. And instead of end**ur T^*f £
“Know-Nothingisin -miserabk et H
nunciations of those whose bread th &
for years—loud and fho „U e
eign prinriples and foreign
held down to at least an ts £ ‘
by which the President ol their pL R
ated.