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Eusebius says, “Observe kb koowt- !
edge, b.s wisdom, bis miraculous works ;
surely the n-itter is divine and such as
eaceeos *ll human endeavors.”
Chrysostom says, “The Apostles did
not introduce or spread tbe Gospel’ by
force of arms or wealth, but their words,
simple in themselves, were sustained bv
nimcles. In proclaiming a cruethed Re
deemer they produced miraculous works,
and so subjugated all the earth,”
August-ne adduces the miracle* of
sus as taos nxre usual events, *d be
enumerates among them, the sKk were
healed, strength restored to the ’am*
i*hl to the blind, hearing to the deaf
V.VC.
Paler * hi* Evidences ofChristianity,
appeals* to the m.raeles for proof ; ami
Button. in His work* <® same sub
v. . . Vli parti— agree m allow ng
tfca't a • rack, if if can be proved &u
----thect.c. * “ae of the strongest e\ ideti
ce’ an* caua* can possess.'’
N *w, when we reflect that healing the
. . , s one of the miracles referred to by
si. these v haapiona of Christianity, may
c xk-; a&k. what them is t* chauge the
character ol the evidence when applied
t. -. .ritualtam f J. W. Emiomm.
\& \okt. Juna 27th, 1859
P. S.—ln the copy of the Tribune
cv;a.ns my a-t paper, there i*
*; annouaormeat that Gen. Ta Imadge.
\(r>. Ha:* a, n , -elf aid ‘-there are **rr-
Z _*. i to attend a Sjvr *ua. >t O -nver
t*on at Pl\n> k N *■
e* a Wring that Gea. T has been dead
* \ r * a y-ire ph agh Gov. T is stii
v • A, *Bvl ‘hat nv.'her M~i H. r. r 1
fvr be*rd of the Coovento* till it wa
t )M.n. uoeed, it *s qu.te probable that
*3 - am. w* -i rn
Kei oliei tioio u* ait trkaueo
v uooi Toucher.
i nao eged a sen. • a - , M ,
wfeuh was a g< and no rb*.ad. A
sTg l n* “'C flat- just be*u ri -ucd. W ith
coJa,rt.dab.e ze*. all had united tu build
. a -co vi that would be, as they said,
u hoavr to the neighb. rbod.
I removed cay family to our new
a- se, and was ready for operations.—
M r,day cv tu.i g. the day I r opening
:h* portrait- of that new temple of sci
ence. -awned. at i at an early hvur
scores of y oaths of both sexes began to
arrive.
The B*arc of Trustees had establish
ed a code < f by -laws, by w hich the sc hool
wa to be governed, and bad caused i
12-ea to be printed. It his been pub
lic.y announced that on this auspicious
M tuay muTiir.g I would read the code
af. re>a. i. and explain it to the edifica
tion of the students, parents, and “the
rest of mankind.” in attendance. A
goodij number of outs, iers attended.
Before entering upon the duties of the
day, a gentleman, whose name I did not
know, called me a-*ide, and informed me
that he had brought his son Matthew
into the neighb*irh<.d. and engaged
bearding for hm, that he might attend
school. He said that he was only seven
years u.d, had attended school mine, but
bad made very poor progress in learning.
V* hat he wished particularly to teli me
was, that h.s a n Mat. was a very inquis
itive boy. “lie will ask you five hun
dred questions,” said he, “and I fear will
be troublesome.” “What kind of ques
tions will he ask ?” inquired I. “Per
haps,” said he, “he will ask, who made
the Angels. ’ “I will tell him that God
made them. ’ “He will ask you who
mode the devil.” “I will tell him that
God made the devil.” “He will ask
you who made God.” “If he does, he
will turn me down,” said I. “It has
been predicted,” said he, “that Mat will
be too hard for you the very first dav.”
1 informed my friend that 1 regarded
this inquisitive feature in his little son’s
character as a favorable omen. “It shows
a disposition to know things, and it
ought to be encouraged. I will answer
his question cheerfully, and encourage
him to ask others.”
With the aid of the assistant teachers,
I examined all tie students, and put
thun into clashes acording to their sev
eral abilities. Mat was {laced in a
cla-8 wi’h eleven other Jittie fellow*,
and then they w ere duly furr.ih*d with
the Elementary Spelling B ok.
Tnis duty being discharged, I defer
mined to conciliate the good will ot'al
by a pretty talk to each cla-s, com
n encit g with that in whicii was our lit
tle inquisitive hero. So I called up the
class N<>. 1. The little fellows s.pv
proa<hed. 1 showed them where to
sand, how to bow, and where to jut
the r hands during the time i should de
tain them tbe~e.
Then, in a plain, familiar style, I told
them how much they were favored, ai d
how distinguished their privileges were.
1 referred to the debt of gratitude that
they owed to their parents and the Giv.
er of all G<-od.
‘ Be industrious and obedient little
boys,” said I, “and throughout all life to
come you will have reason to rejoice
that this relationship of teacher and stu
dent ever existed. I will do a'l that I
can do to benefit you. Regard me a*
your be?t friend. \ iew me in the light
of an elder brother ; one who has lived
lorger and lrarned more than you.—
Come to me freely for information. Ask
me questions on any subject you may de
sire. It will afford me as much pleasure
to instruct you as it will you to be in
structed.
‘ Li’tie boys,” c intirued 1, “there was
a time when 1 w as less than any of you.
I then ne-d instruction, too. My moth
er one day was reprimanding me fr
son e little misdemeanor, wlmn she said
that in everjf hen’s flock there was one
black chicken—one that was a dwarf,
one that the haw k caught, one that never
and and any good. She expressed sonre fears,
that I would be the black chicken in her
flock ; little boys, 1 have never forgot
ten that lecture. In every large school
there is a black chicken—one scholar
that will not learn— one that will be a
dunce. Who will be. the dunce in this
school T I will soon know who will be
the black chicken. Take your seats.
They resumed their seats, and I was
about to proceed with the reading of the
by-laws, when Mat arose, aid said
you a question ? ‘ Certainly
Matthew, but say not ax.”
Do you consider that we little boys
are chickens T*
*ki ’ you are much
more noble than chickens, or sheep, or
horses, or oxen. Vu are ratior al crca- I
tures, with immortal souls, the noblest
part of (rod-a creation.
‘ Well, what did you say about chick
ens.”
‘•This was my meaning, Matthew.
You little boys are like little chickens,
you need watching over and caring A r
like a little flock.”
“Are you the old hen.”
es, Matthew, 1 have to watch over
you as the hen does over h< r brood.—
1 retty good comparison, Matthew.”
Then 1 want to ax one more ques
tion.” 1
“S iy ask, Mathew, not ax. and ask on.'’
“Where is the Rooster
All gravity was at an end. Every
body in the large assembly laughed out
right. I made no reply, for I had not
the most reniote idea, where that mem
ber of the hen family could be found.
Social Retreat, Tern., July 8, 1859
Internal Improvement Convention
A Convention of the people of Georgia,
to take into qwukktaue* ik importance •
and necessity of further Rviiruad improve
ments in the State, has been apixwoted by
the people of South-Western Georg* to
v ia this City eud the second
W ednesday, the l Oth day of August next, :
is she ay “agreed upon for such Convention
Tn* basis of tbe Convention, as named
<v a ..-et.ng of the citizens ol Atlanta, is
:.-r **di County to be ei tilled to two dele
gates u* each member from the Ceunry
ta the Leg mature, and that opponents if
iuilbcr State Ad to Railroads, as well as
those ia tavor of such a policy be en-
ULod to representation in the Conven
tion.
We :eel that we are dome no more than
our duty by issuing th>s Circular, for the pur
pose ol rei i jdtnjf oar te.iow cit Zens through
out u. this approaching Conven
tion, a: J urging upon them tbe appointment
ot dtuegans to attend the same We hope
if it is not sooner done, delegates will
appointed from earn County on Tuesday
August 2J. *
1 u cojtended by these who originated
this Convection, and admitted by ali, that a
cooaullatxut at Ub time, cn the great home
mtvr*- s involved m this question, from ail
part* ot t e State, may -esult in some re
c., n. : .-ndation which wi.l meet tlie oppro
batK.*n ot aii, and lead to the rxteus on of she
,-reat in vert: means of transportation into
’Ac destitute -ections of the State, and the
eot>w-u"rnt deveiopnem ot the y*-t dormant
but va-t resi*u:ces of the same. Whatever
may te our views as to the proper policy to
be pursued for u.e turther extension ot the
R* tx* 1 at and Loeomonve in the State, it is
ci-ar that a further extension of them is of
ti uuu. st importance tc the people, and de
ma is ot every citizen careful attention. We
nope, a’ a time when no man can tell where
in tits {•■ t cal p-jis-.y differs from that of his
ei*;:.tie, il.it this question, of Tital imp(>r
t .e to ti e p-ople ut large will receive the
♦itenti n it and mauds.
J J THRASHER, 1
E V. RAWSOX.
C R. HAXLEE ER. *• Committee.
JAS L DONNING. |
L. E. BLECKLEY, ,
Allan:.*. Ju v 12. 1859.
[Atlanta American.
State Caarastrv te AN the CitiztM *f Georgia
ia the Pirrlia*e of Ira* for Baiiroads
Tae f-nctn ns ot ti.c S ale Government
extend to all s Ajects which affect the
strength, security, and genera! prosperity
of the S ate, and one of the cLief duties of
the State Government is to promote, by
every means consistent with the good of
the win i* peonie, the construction and im
provement of highways which shall give to
the {.e pie ot every part of the State tne b*-st
means of communication with each other,
and with the marke-s in which it is their
;n:ere-t to trade. It is upon this principle
trat money has been appropriated to im
prove rivers; ais upun this nnticip ! e that
tr.e people are taxed, m money or labor, to
of*-n and improve the public roads in the
-everal counties of the State—and it is upon
th s principle that the State has acted in fur
nishing the money, the credit, or the privi
leges which she has granted, to ai l in the
construction of Kuiroads.
There is no doubt that Railroads, fur the
transportation of produce, merchandise and
pa.-sengers,ana for a.l tbe purposes of defence
against the enemies of the State, arc the best
and chcspest roads now in use.
That Railroads are public highway *, not
withstanding they may be constructed by
private capital, will be apparent to all who
w il remember, that in ali that concerns the
pubic interest*, they are the creatures of the
law, an**are governed by Inc, with especial
reierence to the promotion of the public
good.
They may be built by the public money
of the State—: sin the cause of the ‘ State
Road,” or partly by the State and partly by
individuals—as in the case of the “Main
Trunk Road,’’ or, they may be built by pri
vate or associated capital—but in either case,
their character as public highways is main
tained; tlie tolls which are allowed to be
, charged by law for their use, is a necessary
ncident to the investment of capital and la
bor in constructing and maintaining them for
public use.
It has been the settled policy of the State
; to have Railroads built, as one of tlie best
I means of promoting the public good. It
J has been their policy to use as little as possi
i b!e of the public money in these woiks, and
, to < flier inducements to private capital and
labor to undertake, or to aid in their con
stru* tion.
The more than one thousand miles of
Rsiiroad which have already been built in
Georgia, ju-’iiy the wisdom ot the p, ,1i,-y
which the State has adopted. Besides ad
dii g many millions more thau their entire
j cost to the wealtn of tne people, they have
dd and much ot all the elements that consti
tute a gre t and pro-per u- State.
*'.ny one who is acquainted with the vari
’ -of ‘* ■ 8a’ -of Georgia, or will ex
am ne a map or tLe Sute. will -ee that 1-trj.e
i~ti ots of country me unsnpphed with Rail
road or R ver ia ities for it,e transportation
ol pro-iuce, ai.d ar*- Vot.seqm nt*y compxia
i lively ited and barren ot human ltn
pr.Teine'.t *lsy ieferei.ee to the statutes
they will fin*l that the State has granted
charters for Railroads to these destitute sec
tions. ar.d off-red inducements to indi
v duals and to private capital to build these
Roads.
Now the Patriot, together with other
pubhc journals tnl very emit ent men cf
the Stale, propts-s a plat which will build
these necessary works aui secure these uui
versa'iy acknowledged without in
jury or risk of iosi to the State or to any
part of the people. If (his can be done,
j then surely no one will object but those who
may have s -me Selfish which is iu
con-ister.t with public justice and the pubhc
good.
What is that plan? It is simply, Ist
That individual citizens filial? build these Pail
road*—which have been chartered by the
State, and which they deem so necessary to
their prosperity —and pay for them, with the
exception of the Iron, 2d That they shall
iss it their bonds for the Iron, and shall then
place the Railroad.the Iron which id >be pur
chased with the Raids. and all the effects, in
the hands of the State as security for the faith
ful paymer.t of the Rond*. Then they ask the
State to guarantee these Ihntds, or, in other
words, to state the fact to capitalists who deal
| m Iron and stock-*, that the Company has
faithfully secured and will pay these Ronds at
maturity.
If cue thousand miles of Railroad should
, be built in Georgia according to this plan,
the guarantee of the State would amount to
| millions—less than the; cost in money of
j the State Road—and the securities in the
J hands cf the State would amount to twea-
Ity millions. The increased value of property
in the State would not pro bail ly fall short of
one hundred millions, and the tax upon
property woulJ be proportionally dimin
j ished.
W hat, if may be asked, is the advantage
I of the State guarantee on these Bonds for
j the purchase of Irou. when the company
, issuing them is first compelled to give such
undoubt*d security? Tne advantage to a
new company would be a saving cf 15 to 25
per o-nt. in the disposition of the bonds for |
the purchase of lion. Ihe guarantee bonds
of the State would be worth par, whilst the
best securities of a newly formed company,
or one unknown to capitalist®. would be at a
considerable discount. Ts is is the only ad
vantage of the State guarantee, and w hilst it
incuts no risk of loss to the Slate or to any
eit.zen, it would be in manycas<-s the essen
'i*l element of success in the construction of’
K ad-, and in a I cases it would be * means
of - av n - consderabi# sums to the com
\+ny —Brunswick Herald.
Re not Care-fill —We arc bid to i
-commit our way unto the Lord.” It is I
our work to cast care, and it is God's
work to take care. Imtrvderate rare is
a spiritual canker that doth w„ s ,e and
dispirit; we may sooner, by our care
add a furlong to our grief ft an a cubit
to our comfort. — Rev. T. Watson.
More Sound than Sense.—lt is with
narrow-minded people as with narrow
necked bottles, the less they have in
them, the more noise they make in pour
ing it out.
Death of Hon. Rufus C hoate. !
Mr. Choate sailed a month sit.ee for
Europe, to regain his health, but did not
proceed farther than Halifax, where he
has since remained quite feeble, but not
so prostrate as to alarm his friends.
The death of Mr. Choate’ took place
on Wedtiesday morning, from afleo
tion ot the heart. His remains were
temporarily interred at Halifax, to
await the action of his friends.
The following private despatch from !
Mr. Rufus Choate, jr., who was present
at his father’s death, was addressed to
Mr. Choate’s son-in-law, Mr. E. E. Pratt
of Boston ;
“Halifax, July 13.—A1l is over.—
Last evening, about ♦* o’clock, after an
unusually cheerful day, father was seiz
ed with a heart attack, and breathed his
last at a quarter of two o’clock this
(Wednesday) morning. He was insen- i
sibie through the whole, and suffered
none at all. Rrrirs Choate, Jr.”
Rufus Choate was born at (pswick,
Massachusetts, October 14, 1799. He
entered Dartmouth College, where he
was distinguished as a forward scholar.
Prof. Geo. 1 iu>h was his room mate do
ring his Collegiate course. lie gradua
ted in 1819, and became a tutor in that
instituli n. Having selected the law for
hi* profession, he soon afterwards enter
ed the law school at Cambridge.
He completed his studies at Salem,
and began practice at Danvers, In 1*24.
T he next year he was chosen representa
tive to the “General Gmrt,” and was
elect* dto the Senate in 1827. He took
a prominent part in the debate?, and
won mu* h reputation by his energy and
sagacity.
In 1832 he was chosen to Congress
from the Essex District; but declined a
re-election two }eats afterwards. He
removed to Boston after leaving Con
gress. w here he took an eminent position
at the bar, and acquired an extensive
practice. On the incoming of the Har
rison administration in 1841, he was
: chosen to the Inked States Senate, in
place of Daniel Webster, where he re
mained until the expiration of the teim
in 1845. lie then retired front the po
litical field, and devoted him elf to the
(roiession. His course while in the
Senate was conservative, and in strict ac
cordance with the doctrines of the great
I body (>f the Whig party, whose views
upon the tariff, annexation of Texas, and
i. other mooted questions, he steadily and
ably maintained. In the contest of 1856
h * gave his support to Mr. Buchanan
He was subsequently appointed a Re
gent of the Smithsonian Institute, and
he'd the position until about two years
since, when he resigned it on account of
h;> health. He leaves a wife and sever
al children.
The death of Mr. Choate was announ
ced in the different courts of the city of
Boston yesterday afternoon. Eloquent
lemarks upon the life and character of
the eminent deceased were made by the
district attorney, the judges, and leading
members of the bar, after which the sev
eral courts adjourned in respect to the
memory ol the deceased. A formal
meeting of the members of the bar has
been called to meet at 11a. m., on Sat’
urday, for the purpose of considering the
j most appropriate manner of noticing the
sad event. The remains will be tempo
rarily interred at Halifax to await the
further direction of his friends.
Night Soil —lts Ufodorlzatlcn, etc.
Tbe food of man being chosen from the
more progressed organism?, has its constitu
ents in a condition to be readily appropriated
by the higher class of planL, and it is for
Una reason that the excretia of man surpas
ses ail other manure?, and produces effects
which analytically cannot be fully under
stood. One of the proximate results of its
turther decomposition, however, is unfriend
ly to vegetation, and therefore deodorization
is necessary before its use—we refer to the
sulphuretted hydrogen.
There are many methods by which the
deodorization of night soil may be perform
ed in tbe w’eli hole of the privy, and such
are more valuable to the larmer than other
processes requiring removal before deodoriza-
Uon.
Slight waterings of dilute sulphuric acid
once a week or once a month, will change
the ammonia to the non-volatile sulphate of
ammonia. Dried and pulverized day pprin
k and Irtquently on the surface will thorough
ly deodorize, and \vh* n intended for use on
sandy soils, this practice is the best, as both
the chemical and mechanical conditions ot
sandy soil-* are thus improved.
\\ hen charcoal dust can be procured, its
free use will completely deodorize a privy.
Tin* may be had in many ways. Xwr the
depots cf railroads the sparks thrown out
at the end ot cacti trip from the locomotives,
are in most pwlcct condition for such use,
and the quantity which may be thus pro
cured is very large. The New Jersey depot
at Newark supplies farmers with more than
a cord per day.
In pans ot the country where charcoal
has been burned, the old charcoal hearths
furnish an abundant supply. In the vicinity
of distilleries, where whiskey is rectified, the
spent ecal Irom the leach tubs may be had
at little cost.
Muck, peat, river mud, <tc., which has
been decomposed by the lime and salt mix
ture we have so olten recommended, may
be used instead of charcoal dust for deodo
r.zing privies, and, indeed, even woods earth,
or auy black earth well charged with car
bonaceous matters, will in a degree answer
the purpose. Plaster of Paris (Sulphate of
Lime) may be used in connection with other
materials, but by itself is not very effective.
Soils requiring plaster should receive ‘ it
through the privy, compost heap. &.\. so ns
to avail of both its use as retainer cf ammo
nia and as food for plants.
When the well-hole of a privy is so ar
ranged that its deodorized coutents may be
readily removed, it becomes a valuable ad
junct to the farm, fur large quantities of
the divisors recommended above may find
their way to it, while all the house wastes
of all kinds may be led there by under
ground gutters. Soap suds, kitchen wastes,
&c., ail have their value, and in many cases
these arc ruthlessly wasted. Working
Fanner.
From the X. V. Xews, July 15.
Important Decision of .Hr. llii
cltalian'* Cabinet on the adop
ted Citizen Question.
Washington, July 14, 1859.
l The “Constitution,” this morning, con
tains a copy of a despatch from the State
Department “to our Minister at Berlin,” on
tlie subject of naturalization. The case is
that ot a naturalized citizen of the United
States, who is a native of Hanover, and who
when he left his native country, was neith
er in the actual service of the Hanoverian
army, nor had been drafted to serve in it,
but who has yet. on his return to Hanover,
been deprived of his liberty, and compelled
to perform military service.
The President and the Cabinet concur in
the views expressed, taking the ground that
the moment a foreigner becomes naturaliz
ed. his allegiance to his native country is se
vered. He is no more responsible for any
thing he may say or do, nfter assuming his
new character, than if he bad been born in
the United States. Should he return to his
native country he returns as an American
citizen, and in no other character. In or
der to entitle his original government to
punish him for an offence, this must have
been committed while he was a subject and
owed allegiance to that Government.—
The offence must have been complete before
his expatriation. It must have been of such
a character that he might have been tried
and punished for it at the moment of his de
parture. Our Minister is notified to demand
the release of the naturalized citizen in ques
tion.
wo H\r D Things. —First, to talk of
yourself without being vain. Second,
to talk of others without slander.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
The HaitiS>te af Ceargia.
It is a well known fact, to old men at
least, that the Central Railroad and the
Georgia Railroad were both projected and
commenced with tlie expectation of their
mam connections being extended, and their
main business being derived from the West
and South-west and that the State Road
was afterwards projected and commenced,
aod that when, Mr. Cuyler says “it may
well be asked if the Companies between
Savannah and Atlanta and between Augus
ta and Atlanta would have been able to ac
complish their woak if it had been, imagined
that the Sute would ever in coming time
grant aid to build Railroads as rivals or com-
Debtors to their line?. And it may truly be
answered that they never could, in reply it
, may be repeated that inasmuch as the Sute
Road was projected after the Central and
Georgia Roads were commenced aDd was
intended to open a North-westerly connec
tion anj, although it proved to be tbe main
stimulus aid to the construction of the Cen-
tral aDd Georgia Roads, it is denied that
there ever was a word or pledge expressed
or implied on the part of the State that 3he
would never grant aid and encouragement
for the construction of other Roads iuto and
through other parts of the State, much less
was it ev**r pledged or implied on tlie part
of the State that she intended the whole
people’s money to be used and the vast bene
fits arising from State aid to Railroads,
should be confined to, and under the exclu
sive control of Savannah and Augusta. It
is not for the purpose of buildiog of rival
lines of Road but for the purpose of con
ferring on tbe destitute sections of the State,
some of the benefits, which have long been
enjoyed by other sections, arising from the
bounty and enterprise of the State that the
present friends of State Aid claim a little
further extension of the policy. If how
ever in the extension of Roads into these
destitute sections’ rivalries in some respects
to overgrown and local corporations should
be the result, neither the people or the State
will be the loser.
“ The system so established” continues
Mr. Cuyler, “ was very soon greatly im
proved by individual enterprise, the Rome
Road, the Lagrange Road, the Muscogee
Road, the Augusta & Waynesboro’ Road,
the side Roads to Milledgeville and Eaton
ton, to Athens, to Washington, to Thoinas
ton; have all been built in perfect harmony
with the system. The South-Western Road
leading to Albany, to Fort Gaines and to
Eufaula harmonize with the system. Tbe
Savannah, All any and Gulf Road and the
Brunswick and Florida Road were in accord
ance with it. The main Trunk Road through
the lower part of the Slate will with a R*>ad
of twenty miles between Madison and Eat
onton perfect tbe system, no State in the
Union could then present a better one.—
The Slate has expended six millions on
the work the Companies over fourteen
millions.’’
Is it not well known that the business
and income of the two great corporations of
tbe State is more than double the estimates
before the Roads were completed, and that
in less than fifteen years after their comple
tion that owing to the bounty and liberality
i of the State each has become far more pow
erful than the State itself for any commer
cial or political purpose? Is it not well
known too that each and every one of the
Roads enumerated by Mr. Cuyler have been
built or are being built in consequence of the
1 aid and encouragement extended to them
by the State, or the two mammoth corpora
tions of the State and that every foot and
every movement of all these Roads are con
trolled and to be managed and controlled in
! the cities of Savannah and Augusta. “Hith
erto” continues the High Priest of mammon
“the State has refused to aid Roads which
were calculated to injure the system.” If
this be true, in the name of liberty and jus
-1 tice is it not time then that the State do
something to counterbalance a “system’
which is becoming more and more bold and
fearful in its power. It is right that such a
“system” be carefully examined.
I. X. L.
l i flit District. —Daniel S. Printup, of
Rome Georgin.. is out in a card to the Demo
cracy of the sth Congressional District, protest
ing agsinst the action ot the late Convention
of bis party, at Calhoun, at which the Hon. J.
W. H. Underwood was nominated for Congress.
Tue following is the Document, which, it must
be confessed, looked like anytiiiug else, than a
harmonious party in the sth.
From the Calhoun Platform.
To tlic Democratic Party of the
Fifth Congressional District.
Having been chosen to represent Floyd coun
ty, as a delegate to the Calhoun Convention,
which met on the sth instant., to nominate a
candidate to represent the Filth District in the
next Congress, I feel it my duty to declare my
dissent from the course pursued by tiiat body,
and to enter my decided protest against it.
Passing over, without comment, the strong
manifestation of unlriendly feeling towards both
the Federal and Slate Administraiionst exhibi
ted by several sound votes, which, however,
dared not exhibit itself upon taking a scale
rote , I condemn and protest against the action
ot the Convention :
; Ist. Because it is in open violation of long
established Democratic usage, to which the
Convention pledged itself, by resolution to con
form. The nsage to which I refer is, that the
nomination should be made by ballot, and
should require two-thirds of all the votes cast,
to make a nomination. Tested then, by this
time-honored usage, adopted to secure the Lar
mony aDd promote the security and success of
the Democracy, the Convention made no nom
ination ; no man having received upon auy
j ballot, two-thirds of all the votes cast. Then,
according to the Democratic usage adopted by
I the Convention itself, as the law of its action,
j there is no candidate before the people, emitted
i lo receive the suffrages of the Democratic par
ly us their regular nominee,
2dly. Because Colonel Underwood is well
known to have been bitterly opposed to the re
election of Gov. Brown, and hostile to the ad
ministration of James Buchanan, up to the hour
when the Convention assembled as evinced by
his declarations repeatedly made, both pubiiciy
i and privately.
Mdly. Because I am unwilling to loan my
i self to the support of aoy man, even if be
were a democrat, who procures u nomina
tion through corrupt inrluences, and by de
j ception practiced upon members of the nom
inating body, as to his true position, in rela
tion to political questions, and who has
: been for months denouncing the Democratic
party and its leaders, both State and Fed
eral.
Finally, Because I have reason to believe
that the 00-called nomination was brought !
about by a corrupt arrangement made
trading politicians.
, Whether the gentleman who succeeded in
! procuring an irregular quasi nomination, is
! entitled to Democratic support, must depend
upon the opinion entertained of the obiiga-
I t 5 .011 imposed by such proceedings, and of
his claims upon the Democratic part*- of the
sth Congressional District.
I appeal to you, then, Democrats of the
gallant Fifth ! was it becoming to make
such a nomination ? Was it proper for 1
those who elected Buchanan and Brown, to |
to noniinatc their political enemy, with de- i
nunciations of them upon his lips, up to the
hour of the assembling of the Convention ? !
I Would such a nomination satisfy you, even
if regularly and fairly made ?
I call upon you, then, fellow-democrats,
O rebuke this irregular and improper action,
in attempting to foist this nomination upon {
you. Do this, that those who hereafter as
sume to represent you, may represent your
V- 111- Do this, that you may demonstrate l
that you are the friends of Brown and of
James Buchan nan's administration—the un
wavering and unterrified Democracy of the
gallant Fifth—the Gibraltar of the Georgia
Democracy, DANIEL 8. PRINTUP.
Gov. Wise ou tbe Rights of Nat
uralized Citizens.
The following is the letter of Gov. Wise on
tbe naturalization question.
Richmond, June 16, 1853.
To Max L. Mayer, Esq. :— Absence bus de
layed my reply to yours of the 10th instant.
I have no time to elaborate an opinion upon
the letter of Gen. Casa, dated Washington’
May 17, 1859. addressed to Mr. Phelix Le Clerc
of Memphis, Tenn., saying to him, “Your natu
ralization in this country will not exempt you
from that claim,” (ilie claim of the French
government to military service from all natives
of France who may be found within its jurisdic
tion) “if you should voluntarily repair thither,”
[to France.]
My opinion is, that this concession by our
government is an abandonment of one of the
most precious American doctrines ever estab
lished by our patriots for a tree people. And I
regret that a democratic administration has en
dorsed it as laid down by its whig predecessor
in the Department of State, Mr. Edward Ever
ett, following the authority of Wheaton.
Tbe United States first established tbe right
of expatriation and tbe solemn ceremony of
l naturalization, investing foreigners with citizen
ship, binding them to allegiance, and contract
ing to give them protection whenever by oath
and residence they should become as native
born. The old despotism held to the maxim—
" Once a citizen, always a citizen.” The new
republic set up anew refuge of liberty, aDd as
! serted that birth and nativity should not limit
the rights of man. She established * naturali
zation” of those who choose to expatriate them
selves. It was for this we declared the last
war with Great Britain. She claimed the right
to seize her native citizens on board our ships.
’ This we fought to resist. We said that when
her natives were once naturalized here they be
came as if they were native born. That is, in
fact, the meaning of naturalization. Well, as
we would not permit England to seize our na
live born, so we would not permit her to seize
the naturalized citizens of America, for the rea
i son that naturalization put them on the footing
of native born.
Again, Mr. Cass may say that hb limits the
case to those who voluntarily go to France and
are natives of that country. But he admits
there, within her jurisdiction, the claim to mili
| tary service.
Now, military service is a political duty, be
longing wherever allegiance is due ; aod, inas
much as we swear by an oath the native of
France naturalized here to renounce allegiance
to that country, and to every prince and poten
tate on earth, the citizen of France, naturalized
here, owes allegiance, by our laws to the Uni
ted States, and has renounced allegiance to
France. She ought not to claim allegiance of
our citizens against our laws. Again: The
naturalized citizen not only renounces allegiance,
by our laws, to Irs native country, but by the
same law we adopt him as one of our citizens
to all interests and purposes, and we contract
to give him protection as we give it to ouf na
tive born. Naturalization is thus a contract
between a subject and a sovereign ; allegiance
is the consideration ou the one hand and pro
tion is the consideration on the other. The
subject swears allegiance to the United States,
and the United States promises protection to
him. Thus the laws of every country must
prevail in its own jurisdiction. But this is the
law as to municipal and criminal and commer
cial relations, not as to political. A native or
naturalized citizen of the United States made
the same by their laws, may be in France and
must observe the laws there—must pay. forex
ample, customs and duties or penalties for
crime there. But neither the one nor more
than the other is bound to do military du
ty there, because it is a political duty which re
lates to allegiance, and not to residence or so
journment or travel, in transitu. In a word,
the naturalized may be compelled to do and ob
serve whatever the native citizen may be com
pelled to do and observe in France, but no
moro; and so the United States have contract
ed with him. And political must be distin
guished from other duties as to either class of
citizens.
The Old World has never recognized these
American doctrines; but they are the true
American doctrines, and the United States is
bound to afford protection in the case supposed
by Mr. Cass. He is but following Mr. Everett,
aud Mr. Everett followed the European code,
That code is diametrically opposed to ours, and
I think both Mr. Everett aud Mr. Cass wrong.
They have the European code and I the Uni
ted States laws for authority. I would protect
our naturalized citizens against military service
of other powers, to the uttermost end of tbe
earth. Hekry A. Wise.
Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
This gentleman comes before the citizens
of the Third District as a candidate for Con
gressional houdrs, recommended to our con
, lidence and support by a full and fair Con
vention of delegates from every part of the
District A part from every thing else, this
action of our friends would command our
respect and adhesion to the nominee over
and above all geographical or personal con
siderations. We, in common with many
others, would have preferred that long de
layed justice should have been administered
to the Western end of the District, but this
preference.we conceive, was more a question
of argument before, than a rational ground
of complaint after, the Convention had act
ed —more an element for deliberation than
after a decision, a cause or excuse for the
indulgence of hatred, friendship, sectional
rivalry or a too prurient ar.d perhaps a sel
fish ambition. We again repeat the senti
ment uttered before the assembling of the
; Convemion, that the continued supremacy
of the Opposition party in this noble Dis
trict —that a good government honestly,
economically and wisely administered—the
perpetuation of the rights and union of the
States—our commercial, naiional and indus
trial prosperity are matiers of far more im
portance than any local or individual triumphs,
particularly if these triumphs can alone be se
cured by the ruin of our country and the ex
tinction of every noble instinct and senti
ment of the heart and the best convictions
of the head, confirmed by our daily and
yearly experience.
Let us then rally for the nominee for these
considerations, and because he is honest,
lailhful and capable. Let us at once pluck
up the tares of local and personal disaffection
which an enemy would sow, and commit
them to the fire. Let us prove true to our
ancient colors and roll up a majority for
Harteman worthy of our candidate and
equal to our former wisdom, virtue and re
nown. Let our foes at once understand that
the “Old Guard, never surrenders ‘ and the
Gibraltar ol Georgia Opposition can never
be taken, either by secret treachery or open
assault, and as the sun goes ‘down on the
day of election may we look up and proudly
exclaim “our flay is still there fluttering in
the breeze—let it ever float unpolluted by cor
ruption, unstained by crime—a foe to traitors
and tyrants , a friend to regulated liberty and
the chartered rights of the Union, the States
and the people."—Upson Pilot.
Americas Brass Band. —We are pleas
ed to have it in our power to state that a
Brass Band has been organized in our city.
The instruments have already arrived, and
a course of tuition commenced. If the gen
tlemen who compose the band don’t make
sweet music, and if we don’t have one of
the best bands in Georgia, it will be because
there is no music in horns. The following
gentlemen compose the band : Prof. Eard
imiii, Wm. H. Turpin, F. M. Coker, W.
W. Ford, C. P. Cleghorr, John Coker, L.
Smith, Otto Woolfson, Henry Johnson,
J. Wheatley, John Lemon, William Dud
ley, William Coker. — Americas (Ga.) Re
publican.
It takes two to make a quarrel.—
In most quarrels there is a fault on both
sides. A quarrel may be compared to a
spark, which cannot be produced with
out a flint as well as a steel; either of
them may hammer on wood forever, no
fire will follow.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
KACONTJULY 22,1859.
FOR CONGRESS,
Thos. Hardeman, jr.,
OF IvI^GOKT.
To Correspondents.
ipy- A communication from P. Thweatt,
Esq. Cimptroller General of the State, in
reply to some remarks of the Citizen in re
ference to Gov. Brown, received and will
have place at the earliest convenient mo
ment.
Tie Iverson Demonstration.
The Festival in honor of Hon. Alfred
Iverson, came ofT at Griffin, on Thursday
hist, with all eclat. Several thousand per
sons were present, and were addressed by
the honorable Senator, also by Col. Speer
and Col Lochrane. We are indebted to our
friends of the “ Independent South,” rnd
“ Empire State,” for copies of the speech of
the occasion, of which we will endeavor to
give a synopsis in our next paper. Time
and space fail us to-day.
Evans’ Gift Book House.
For every dollar's worth of Books bought
of Evans, 430, Chesnut Street, Philadel
phia, at the retail prices of the trade, a val
uable present of some sort is sent to the pur
chaser. The standard works of History,
Biography, Travels, and all of T. B. Ar
thur's popular works are included in Evans’
list. An individual of Macon lately receiv.
l ed one ol these presents —a set of gold and
enamelled sleeve buttons and studs, worth
; several dollars. There is no bogus about
this fact, or about the jewelry cither.
Side I*lies.—The Democratic prints
seem disposed to make some side issues in the
contest for Congressional honors which we
think out of place and a sort of two-edged
sword policy which will cut both ways. For
example : The Columbus Times thinks that
Col. Speer will have the advantage over Capt.
Hardeman, in the matter of State Aid to Rail
roads, of which the latter was a prominent
champion, in the last Legislature. From this
we are to infer that Col. Speer is opposed to
the policy of State Aid to Railroads. Is this
■3 ? We call upon CoL Speer to define his po
sition, on this question. If he is opposed to
these measures without any discrimination or
exception, the people of Bibb, Houston, and
other counties of the District favorable to the
policy, ought to know it We do not, how
ever, think that the questfon of State Aid
belongs to the Congressional Canvass,but to the
Gubernatorial and legislative. If we are right
in this regard tbe ‘Times’ ought to oppose Gov.
Brown on ’account o_f his “State Aid” senti
ments. A little consistency, even in politics,
ought, we think, to govern us, in such mutters
We barn that Gen. J. J. Mcßae has
been unanimously re-nominated forCoiigress
by the Brookhaven Convention. Gen. Mc-
Rae is one of the most decided and advanced
State Rights men of Mississippi, and his re
nomination at this time is a gratifying indi
cation of the sentiment of the people of hi3
district Southern Rights, nor the integrity
of Democratic State Rights principles, would
ever be in daDger if every constituency in
the South were like that of Mississippi.— V.
0. Della.
Gen. Mcßae is an “out and out” advocate
of the re-opening of the African Slave
Trade—in proof of which see the extract
from his letter to Secretary Thompson, pub
lished in the News of yesterday morning.—
His unanimous re-nomination ought to con
vinc: some of the incredulous that the peo
ple of certain sections of the South, at least,
are not afraid of the question.— Sitv. Neics.
lVeaternan<l Atlantic Railroad.
According to the new schedule on this road,
there is now’ a delay of several hours, each day,
at Chattanooga and Atlanta, also at Cleveland
Tennessee, and consequently great inconve
nience is experienced by travellers. The Ma
rietta Patriot thus speaks of the matter :
W. & A. RAILROAD.
Joseph works in a mysterious way.
His wonders to perform.
The new schedule on the State Railroad is a
rare exhibition of the brightened intellect and
glowing genius of our Chief Magistrate, and Su
perintendent Lewis. There can be no sort of
doubt, but what some great, wise, economical,
or political end is to be accomplished or else
the passeugor trains ou the W. k A. R. R.
would make rearer connections with other
trains at Atlanta and Chattanooga.
If no other good ie accomplished, apolitical
friend gets to furnish Breakfast for passengers
at the “Big Shanty"—and the “Crutchfield
House” at Chattanooga, in which, we learn, J.
H. Lumpkin, is interested, is made the benefi
ciary of said, change.
If uo more the “Crutchfield House” and Mr.
Kindrick, are allowed an opportunity of making
money at the expeuse af the travelling public.
Hews Items.
The Savannah Republican says that
five out of six Democratic nominations for
Congress, in Georgia, have been carried by
old line Whig, f Love, Gartrell, Walker,
Underwood and Crawford, were al! fierce
enemies of Democracy, a few years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Sickles have resumed
their congngal relations, w hich were so ab
ruptly severed last winter by a certain tragi
cal occurrence in Washington.
Daniel Grant, E->q , a venerable and
esteemed cit’zen of Athens, died in that town
on the 9th inst. He was a native of North
j Carolina.
JSf” The “Southern Meth >dist” made its
bow to the public, on Saturday evening last,
: Dr. James Stewart, ecitor and proprietor,
Macon, Ga., at $2 per annum in advance.
This paper will commend itself to the truly
Christian public of all denominations, espe
cially of the Methodist church. The 21
number will appear on the 27th July, and
regularly, thereafter, every Wednesday.
The “Baptist Champion,” by Rev.
Joseph Walker, has also made its appear
! ance. It is a semi-monthly of eight pages,
at $1 per annum in advance, and will be
1 published in this city. It 1s neatly printed
’ and filled with spicy reading matter. Bro.
Walker feels agrieved with some cf his
i Baptist brethren who have ousted him out
of the situation as editor of the “Christian
Index,” and has, therefore, set up on h:s
own hook. We rnay, therefore, look for a
regular “muss” in the Baptist Family, as
Bro. Walker’s propensities are all militant
and aggressive, and be has formally declared
[ his independence of all “conventions, com
mittees, pastors of churches, deacons, parti
zans and man-worshippers.”
The Last or the Rescuers. —Bushnell,
the last of the rescuers, left town to-day. in
a eloud of darkies, dust and damaged divin
ities, with a band of music in front and a
file of rag, tag, aud bob tail in he rear.—
He goes to Oberlin, where an ovtion awaits
him. Artillery Company A., Capt. Wil
liams, left this morning at daylight, with
their brass baby waker. as an avant courier
of his coming. His triumphal entry will be
made amid the roar of artillery, the'blaze of
beauty,
“From snowy white to sooty,”
And the shouts and huzzas of a multitude
which no man can number, all for the glory
of rescuing a nigger, and a nigger too, that
from his depraved habits, had become a
pauper charge upon the people of Oberlin.
Great country I—Cterelanrl1 — Cterelanrl Ptaindeater.
The f|m Tr<de \m S*ath faiwhaa.
At the last Fourth of July celebration at
the Hickory Grove Store, near Matthew’3
Bluff, S. C., the following was one cf the
regular toasts:
The African Slave Trade. — Regarded by
some as a step towaids dissolution. If it
be t at thus the Union w;li be dissolved,
n God’s name, we say, let tbe step be
tak-m.
The following were among the volunteer
toasts:
By Wm. Mcßride. The African Slave
Trade :—May it ever prosper on the sea;
within the.wails cf prudence, we vouch for
its prosperity iu South Carolina. [Three
cheers.]
By J. W. Lawton.— Messrs. Lamar and
Carrie, the Pioneers of Liberty: —The first
to light tbe fire brand which is destined to
consume Abolitionism at the North, we hail
then gallant action as tbe dawn of civiliza
tion for benighted Africa, the day of pros
perity for the cotton planter’ [ Three
cheers. ]
By W. N. Roberts. — The African Slave
Trade: —May it prosper, and save some of
our missionaries from their labors.—[Three
cheers]
By Joseph Erwin.—May Spratt ever hold
under Foote the demagogue Mississ ppi has
produced. [Repeated cheers.]
We publish the above as indicating the
feeling in South Carolina on this great ques
tion.
Later from Luroie.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP WE
SER.
COTTO* QUIET AND STEADY.
New York, July 16. —The steamship We
ser from Bremen has arrived, with telegraphic
dales from Liverpool and London to the 4th of
July.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Liverpool, July 4, A. M.—The sales of cot
ton at Liverpool on Saturday, the 2nd inst.
were 6,000 bales, and the market closed quiet
but steady.
Breadstuffs and provisions were reported
dull.
London Money Market. —Consols were
quoted at 93 f.
GENERAL NEWS.
The German Diet had agreed to place a corps
of observation on the Rhine.
Disturbances had occurred at Messina.
Vienna, July 3—The Piedmontese hav e sur
rounded Peschiera.
Milan, July I.—Gen. Garibaldi, with five
thousand men has been manccuvering to close
the valley of the Adige and isolate Verona
from the Tyrol.
Prince Windischgratz was expected at Berlin
on the third or July, on a special mission from
Vienna.
The French rentes are advancing, and dosed
at 63.35.
It is reported that the ship Dreadnaught wa3
seen off Cape Clear (the most southern headland
of Ireland,) having made the passage in nine
days from New York.
The ship J. S. Dimmock, from New Orleans,
for Cronstadt, has bf-en assisted off of shore, af
ter discharging one hundred and thirty bales of
cotton. She has been towed into Esinore un
injured. The salvage was one thousand two
hundred pounds.
Still Later.
ARRIVAL OF THE INDIAN.
Quebec. July 17.— The steamship Indian
has arrived at Farther Point, with European
dates to the 6th inst.
COMMERCIAL.
Sales of Cotton in Liverpool for three days,
19,000 bales. Market dull and steady. Bread
stuffs and Provisions weie declining.
Consols quoted 93£ a 934 for account.
Later froui Mexico.
New Orleans, (via New-York.) July h.
The steamship Tennessee has arrived from Ye
ra Cruz, bringing dates to tbe 13th inst, and
$725,000 in specie.
The news by this arrival includes the project
of a treaty beiween Mexico and the United
States.
Juarez bad issued a decree declaring the
Church property to be national property.
Affliction is the only blessing that
the Lord gives without requiring us to
ask for it. And he it as a special
token of his love.— Bridges.
Wokth has been underrated ever since
wealth has been overrated.
For the Georgia Citizen.
MEDICAL.
Mr. Editor :
Allow me to inform such of your readers
as take an interest in medical matters, that
a review of my strictures on the articles of
Dr. J. Dickson Smith, has just been issued
from the Telegraph Pre>s. in a pamphlet of
fifty-six pages, which opens up the question
of the comparative merits of both systems
of practice, with a view to the “ ventila
tion ” of the whole subject; and as from
the smallness of the edition it may be inten
ded for merely private circulation, and as I
mean, by and by, to present another good
tempreed “rejoinder,” I trust that all who
can will secure a copy, that they may be
able to judge each for himself, whether there
be not in existence a specimen of the genus
Bug of the Hum species, so large that in
comparison with it the highest magnifying
microscopic lens could hardly discover Bar
num.
This, however, will require time, and as
I am not a man of leisure, writing for
•* pleasant pastime,” I would bespeak indul
gence till it becomes possible to procure it.
As it is, if Dr. S. would only join ine in
giving life preserving remedies, and throw
his poison to the dogs, he might have his
time much more profitably'occupied in at
tendance on patients to whom I am often
pain fully compelled to deny it, and if I could
only get him to understand what he says,
the greatest “Gump” could “learn by heart
and follow with his eyes shut,” the numer
ous believefs in the Botanic system in Ma
con, would put a lasting period to the ne
cessity of casting about for something of
which to make a “pleasant pastime.”
Respectfully,
M. S. THOMSON.
.•iemtarj Cubb and thr (’reside t—Disasree
rnent in Point of Fact.
Secretary Cobb, in his recent letter to
Hon. James Jackson, upon tbe use made
by the Government c f the funds appropria
ted by Congress, to convey the E- ho negroes
to Alnca, maintained in the most emphatic,
of italics, “ that not one dollar was paid to
the Colonization Society in consideration of
the education or schooling of the Africans which
were committed to their charge by the Prein
dent.”
In his Annual Message, President Buch
anan said:
“An agreement was entered into with the
Colonization Society, tmder which the Soci
■ ety engaged for the consideration of $45,000
! to receive these Africans in Liberia, from the
Agent of the United States, and furnish
! them during the period of one year thereaf
ter, with comfortable shelter, clothing, pro
visions and medical attendance, CAUSING
THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE
SCHOOLING, and all, whether children
or adults, to be instructed in the arts of civ
ilized life suitable to their condition.”
[Atlanta American.
Congressional Nominations.
The following nominations for Congress
have already been made :
First District—Hon. Peter E. Love, of <
Thomasville, Democrat. No Opposition.
Second District —Hon. Martin J. Craw
j ford, of Columbus, Democrat No Opposi-
I tion.
Third District —Col. A. M. Speer, of Ma- i
con, Democrat; Capt. Thomas Hardeman,
Jr., of Macon, Opposition.
Fourth District—Hon. L. J. Gartrell, of
Atlanta, Democrat; C01.,W. F. Wright, of
Newman, Opposition.
Fifth District—CoL J. W. H. Under
wood, of Rome, Democrat. No Opposi
tion. I
Sixth District—Nomination not yet mad.
known. Democratic Convention
Gainesville on the 13th lost, ‘ 4t
Seventh District—No nomination Dem
ocratic Convention meets at’Augusta on tU
-bth mat. Opposition Convention meet-
th- same place on the 27th inst
E-ghth District—Col. A. H. Keonao of
M.iiedgevtsle. ludej*mdent Opposition. ’
Editorial Accesiion.
Maj.‘J. H. Steele, late of the Empire State
Griffin, has%ecome associated, temporarih
withour neighbor of the “State Press,
assistant Editor. We welcome him to Ma
con, and will endeavor to meet him. halfway
j on the principles enunciated in the following
salutation to the readers of the
Press:”
“The undersigned to-day the po
sition referred to in so complimentary a min.
ner. on yesterday, by the Messrs. Rowland”
He will endeavor to meet the expectations
of his friends in the discharge of his editr,”
! rial duties. To the advancement of found
political principles; of those who represent
them ; and of the interest of the -Stale
Press much of his time will be devoted
Nor will he fail in his duty to Macon, so re
nowned for her enterprise and hospitality—
so justly celebrated for the intelligence’ 0 f
her sons, and the virtues of her daughurs
Her every interest he will labor to advance
( >f his jHjlitical friends, with whtmr.throu
the columns of tbb paper, he will daily con
fer, be asks that be may be judged by whit
he writes. He will strive to “tire not bv
; the way,” but faithfully labor in -the gjd
cause.” From his political opponents, to
whom he shall ever be respectful in discus
sion, he expects hard blows, but will endea
vor to ward them oif as best he can, to and--
troy their force, and,when dealt within that
j spirit of chivalry which govern# the pres- of
Macon, in like spirit they will he returned
promptly, if not effectively.
J. H. STEELE.
Church and State!
To ell appearance, there is now a perfect
union of Church and Stale, in the govern
ment of Georgia, under the auspices and in
auguration of his “ Excellency” Joseph E.
Brown. For the first time, iu the history, f
the country, has a Governor of the State
obtruded his religious faith and profession
upon the people of the Commonwealth, and
prostituted the influence of his position, as
Executive, to ponder to the supremacy and
consequence of one sect of religionists, at
the expense of all the others. But it is even
so, as we shall attempt to show by the
“lights before us.”
The Atlanta “Confederacy,” a Democratic
journal, thus spoke of Joseph Brown’s con
duct in this respect, before his recent nomi
nation for re-election :
To-day. in the State of Georgia, the union
of the Baptist Church and tbe Brown demo
cracy are almost, if not quite as cohesive,
dictatorial and tyranical, as the established
Church of a ruling monarchy. It is but a
few- Babtists in the different counties that
have met in a majority of cases and instruc
ted delegates to vote for “Brown first,
Brown last, and Brown all the time.” It is
the Baptists or of that persuasion who hold,
with but f"W exceptions, every office of
profit or emolument made by the Executive
or his subalterns.
It is the Baptists that officer and control
the Statp Road from Atlanta to Chattanooga.
And it seems that neither Gov. Brown or
Dr. Lewis are able to find a man competent
to discharge the the duties of an office, out
side of the Bapdst Church.
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Quel fication, integrity, and business tact,
seems not to be nece#sary requisites for an
appointment under Gov. Brown, but the
question is “are you a Baptist”
We do not wish to be Understood as at
tacking or reflecting upon the denomination
of Christians, known as Baptists, but we are
simply protesting against this denomination
ursurping through Gov. Brown, tbe entire
control of the various offices in the Execu
tive gif'.
Gov. Brown has resorted to the nfluence
of his Church, in cor junction wih many
other appliances to strengthen himself for a
re-nominatioD.
Under all the circumstances, we do not
consider that any Democrat outside of the
Baptist Church will be under any obligations
to support Gov. Brown, should he be the
Milledgeville nominee.
The next indication in proof of the allega
tion of tire Confederacy is the jubilation of
the Baptist st ctarian press over the fact that
our Governor is a “Christian Governor.”—
A writer in the “ Southern Baptist” thus
speaks of the claims of Mr. Brown to that
distinction :
A CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR.
Christianity is adapted to man as man—
There is no station in life, proper to be filled
at ail which it does not tbe better prepare
inan to fill. It is greatly to be regretted that
the exemplifications of this, especially in po
sitions of public and political prominence,
are not more numerous. And yet it is a
matter of devout gratitude to GoJ, that
the number is increasing. The more promi
nent and influential the position, the more
necessary and desirable is it that the Chris
tian character >bou!d control and adorn it.
These reflections are suggested by the cir
cumstances of a recent visit to our neighbor
ing sister State. Georgia, in which it was my
good lortune to make the acquaintance of
her excellent Chiet Magistrate, Gov. Brown.
I could not but feel a profound respect for a
State which had, by a popular vote, placed
such a man at the head of its affairs. This
is certainly significant of a high order of
general intelligence and virtue, and, with
many other excellencies, entitles her to an
uuvcniable position among the first States of
our Union. All this will seem natural enough,
when it is stated that Gov. Brown is a man
whom any true Christian and Baptist would
delight to hail as a brother.
The same writer further says, in describing
Gov. Brown's visit to the Bethesda Orphan
Asylum, near Savannah ;
I was particulaily struck with his noble
cons steney and exemplary conduct as a
Christian, in declining, as is bis habit, to
drink anything stronger than lemonade, when
invited by a Urge circle of friends So do so.
And I hu told that on the occasion of his
inauguration, wuile assuring his friends o
his cordial desire to receive and entertain
them as usual, (when a ball had been the
custom) he yet insisted upou his right to
govern his family as before, and would there
fore by no niens allow either drinking or
dauciDg iu bis house. What an excellent
commentary this on the passage, “Be not
confirmed to the world.” Iu this world but
not of it. Such a man is the true “salt of
the earth.” Long may fie live to wear the
laurels so freely accorded him, and to exem
plify the noble virtues of a model Christian
tulrr. J. M. C. B.
Beaufort, S. C.
And the “Christian Index of this city
chimes m, after the following manner, in
prefacing the foregoing laudation of J. M.
C. B. Under the head of “Just Tide,” it
, says:—
The following from the Southern Baptist
| is a faithful tribute to the moral and religious
character of Gov. Brown, for which Georgia
Baptists feel obliged. It is true, every word
iof it. For once the “light fantastic toe
, does not trip through tbe halls of the Execu
• tive Mansion to the strains of bew’itcbing
music, nor is the jingle of the wine glasses
heard in the ante-chambers. These indul
gences were considered necessities of previ
j ous precedents, and at first, if we have been
1 rightly informed, efforts were made tobrißg
the Governor to terms, but his reply was,
“I am a Christian,” or “a member or the
church,” —we cannot give the exact worcs
and “must not change my famiiy govern
ment.” This noble stand has made a moral
impresskjn on society, and his popularit) is
as extensive as the area of the territory over
which his jurisdiction extends.
Now all this goes to show that the Gov
ernor has been successfully trading on a very
small capital—his profession in the immer
sion religion I His church people are in ex
tacies over his prohibition of the usual pro
vision of refreshments for his guests a? the
first officer of the State, and laud him u a