The Georgia citizen. (Macon, Ga.) 1850-1860, August 26, 1859, Image 2

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    Opposition Heating in Houston-
The people of Houston county met in Per
ry to-day to hear Capt Hardeman upon
the political questions of the day. The
crowd was large. On motion, Dr. Wm. A.
Mathews was called to the Chair and Jesse
D. Havis requested to act as Secretary.
On taking the chair, Dr. Matthews ex
plained the object of the meeting to be to
hear an address from Thomas Hardeman.
Esq., the Opposition candidate for Congress
in the Third Congressional District, and to
nominate Opposition candidates for the Leg
islature. Cant Hardeman then took the
stand and addressed tbe people for one hour
and a ha’f with great force and eloquence
At the conclusion of his ad- *s the meeting
adjourned for one hour .nd then again
in the Court-house, and proceeded to nomi
nate candidates for the Legislature—when,
upon motion of Drury M. Cox, Cot
Demrsev Brown was, bv acclamat-on, nom
i .ted tor the Sena-e The meeting then
proceeded bv ballot to nom jate candidates i
f r the House of Representatives, an<l which
n-*ultrd in nominating on the fi-<*t ballot ,
John 11. Hose anu Wm. R. Brow as candi
date or the Representative branch of tin j
State •*
Ge-. • se and presented ti
ll hi; meeting the follow- j
ing
Is*. A * y this mect’ni Thai wcaj’
prove of aud indorse the reso’ ns pas-e<
hv the State American andO; p uon Con
ation held in the city of Mvran on th
20th July lr.-L
2nd. Resolved also, That wo approve o
the nomination of Col. Warren Ak.n, of Cass
county, for the office ot Governor, and that
we extend to him a hearty supj>ort, believ
ing as we do, that he is altogether worthy
of the public confidence, aud abundantly
competent to the discharge of the duties of
that office.
3rd. Resolved, That the reckless extrava
gance and barefaced corruption of the Ad
ministration of President Buchanan, should
lie discountenanced and condemned by all
honest men of all parties
4th. Resolved, That the address this day
made to us by Capt Hardeman, our candi
date for Congress, proves him to be a states
man ami patriot, as well as a gentleman of
decided ability, and that we will extend to
him a warm and hearty support.
These resolutions were supported by Gen.
Warren in a brief speech, in which, among
other tilings, he said in substance —that the
first of these resolutions referred to the reso
lutions of the Convention of the American
and Opposition parly that met in Macon on
the 20th of last mouth, and he had not even
heard from any source that they were dis
approved of or opposed by even the Demo
cratic party of Georgia, upon the great and
all absorbing question of Slavery, and as
they met the approval of all parties in Geor
gia, it was unnecessary further to refer to
them.
He said he was personally acquainted
with Mr. Akin, the Opposition candidate for
Governor, and that he would say of him,
most sincerely, that be did not know a pur
er, higher-toned aud more virtuous man
than Col Akin. Commencing in the world
a poor boy, without the aid of money, or at
that time, influential friends, he had by his
own indomnitable energy and industry, and
his high sense of honor and incorruptible in
tegrity, worked his way to a high and use
ful position in society—and has made him
self one of the ablest, most efficient and re
liable lawyers, in all the up country of Geor
gia . he knew- him to be every way worthy
of the public confidence, and he hoped it
would be extended to him.
Gen. W. said he had been opposed to run
ning an Opposition candidate for Governor,
not because he tLought as some think,
that Gov. Brown had made a good Govern
or, for he really thought he was the smallest
man, put up on the smallest plan of any man
that had ever occupied the Executive chair—
and in this opinion he was fully sustained by
many of Governor Brown’s own triends—
for with a majority of two-thirds in both
houses of the last Legislature, he was not
sustained in a solitary important measure
that he recommended to the Legislature.
Thev overrmed him in ‘. is lit'le deraagogue
ical bank notions. Ti ey repudiated him in
his desire to make iane -nations to cer
tain Coilesres, and estatlisn free Schools all
over the State. They opposed him in hi -
recommendation of State aid to Is Iroad?,
and tby did ha.'dlv condesee - _= much at
even to notice his recommendation to estab
lish FI c : (’- < L ej States p'vi o’
snb-Trca-ury for G orgia, and prevent i..e
we b” i Li - uiuif” tbe denomina
tion first of $lO and then S2O. shat wheth
er these recommendations of G >v. Brown
were right or wrong, his party with over
whelming power —fully capable of sustain
ing him—opposed all of them, and thereby
condemned in as strong terms as he could do,
the leading measures of Gov. Brown s ad
ministration. Aud yet, strange to say, the
leaders of his parry, after having thus con
demned him, re-norninate him and recom
mend him as most worthy of the confi
dence of the people! If Gov. Brown was
right in his recommendations, his party hav
ing fully the power to do so, should have
sustained him and carried them out. If he
was wrong —as they must have thought he
was—their leaders now should not try to
palm him off again upon the people a- a
marvellous and proper man for Governor.
And yet they are doing it Judging from
the past, and from it not doubting iliat they
would be able again to deceive and mislead
the people, he was opposed at this time to
running a candidate tor Governor. But the
State Convention bad, and perhaps proper
ly, decided otherwise, and presented to the
people for their support a most estimable
and worthy gentleman—perfectly unexcep
tionable to any one. And it is our duty as
it will be our pride and pleasure to support
him: and it is believed that many an hon
est Democrat—for there are very honest
and good men among thetn. aud he saw
them here to-day, haviug become tired and
disgusted with the falsehoods and misrepre
sentations practiced upon them by their
heretofore leaders, are determined to vote
for the Opposition candidate.
Gen. Warren said that of all the humbugs
that had been attempted to be practiced
upon the people, Gov. Brows? management
of the road was the most ridiculous and con
temptible—aud yet it was said it had taken
with many of the people—and so he feared
it had, like many other humbugs proceed
ing from the same source. That the State
Road was not built by Gov. Brown, nor
with his money; it was built by the people
and with their money, and they are the
Stockholders—and they get less dividends,
less per eentage on the money they have
paid tor the building and equipping of the
road than the Stockholders of any other
road in the State. This is an undeniable
fact And instead of Gov. Brown being
praised and eulogized by his friends, and
more particularly himselt—as he most dis
gustingly was in his speech accepting the
nomination —the people should demand of
him why their road under his managment,
of which he says so much, does not pay to
them—into their Treasury—the State Treas
ury, which is their Treesury —as much at
least on their money paid in as other loads
iu the State pay their Stockholders and
builders of t'neir roads. This is what should
be done. But Gov. Brown's friends say that
the State Road cost more to build it than
other road? iu the State—that it was built
through a mounUunou- and hilly country.
This is granted; and while thisgranted
it is equally true that this i? more than made
up for by the great advantages the .State
Road has over all other Roads in the ittait ‘
in this. It feeds and is fed by three other
important Road* —the LaGrange Road, the
Macon and Western, and the Georgia Raii
road—each of which pay larger dividends to
their Stockholders than, the State Hoad does
to its Stockholders—and yet the people that
own the Slate Road are asked to vote tor
Governor Brown because of his fine and
profitable management of their Road. Gen.
W. repeated, that, instead of giving him j
their votes they should call him to account
lor not managing it better, and paying them
more on their investment in the Road an
investment it is said of some six millions of
dollars, and which at ten per cent, would
pay to its Stockholders, the people, six hun- ‘
dred thousand dollars a year—and this and
more than this it ought to pay.
. Gen. Warren said that the extravagance
the useless extravagance of the Buchanan
administration, was admitted on all hands.
Mr. Toombs has said that ours is the most
corrupt government in the world, and that /
ft rain the hands— (boastingly in the hands)
of the democracy all know. Mr. Stephens (
says, that the government should be admin
istered at a cost of forty miliums of dollars a
year and it uses upwards ol eighty millions
under the Buchinan administration. And
Mr. Buchanan himself said that forty-five
millions ©f dollars expended by Mr. Fillmore,
in administering the government, was too
much —was wasteful and extravagant, and
ought to be reduced, and none but the Dem- ,
ocratic party would do it: an J in the lace of
hVs complaints and promises thus made by
him. he himself spends upwards of eighty
millions of dollars in administering the gov
ernment—and with a large surplus revenue ;
in the Treasury when he took charge of the
government, he has really made ft bankrupt
as admitted by all. Ought there not to be
a change and a stop put to this corruption
and extravagance? All good men should
say yes. and act in such a way as to pro
duce such a result, without respect to form
er party relations. Aadit is believed that
the Democratic party, the bun*- and sinew
of it, beirg sick and tired of the deceptions
and frauds practiced upon them by their i
leaders, are making ready, getting prepared
‘or tha* change. And Howell Cobb, Sec re
| iary cft' : - f-easury & Washington, seeing
i* rder to prevent this, has re
ee. dismissed from the Custom House in
New Y n n - -e clerks, whose sala
.* s hat eu coriug the government, as it
iis alleged, over on hundred thousand dol
lars a year. And the administration paper
at Washington, and the Federal Union a*
I Milledgeville, copies it, praising Secret! ry
■ Cobb for his retrenchment in dismissing
; these ninety-five useless Custom House
I officers, and says the business of the Custom
House in New York is conducted just as
well as when they had their ninety-five ad
ditional clerk*, thereby showing and ac
knowledging, in the most emphatic terms,
that those Clerks had been employed with
out necessity, but simply to pay and feed
partisan friends, at the cost of the people,
of SIOO,OOO a year. It might be considered
strange that Secretary Cobb did not find
out that those ninety-five clerks, at a salary
of SIOO,OOO a year was useless, for he has
been in office over two and should
have found it out. and that he did know it,
there can be no doubt, an l he would have
let the matter go on so, but the people be
gan to look into it—he saw the people were
after him, and after the administration of
which he was a member, and then turned
n ‘ormer —became a retrencher of expenses.
And for what ? to get the people to twist
him, and his party, and his chief's adminis
trationagain—this too, was very much like
a man trying to get into the good graces of
another, that he might the more easily rob
him of what may be dear to him. Tiie peo
ple without reference to party ties, should
look to their true and best interest, and
withdraw their confidence and support from
those who have deceived and misled them.
Gen. Warren remarked that it was not
necessary to say a word in reference to the
last resolution that he had offered, and in
deed it was not proper to do so. Capt. Ilar
deman was then present—we had all lis'en
ed with much pleasure to his very able
speech made to us to-day, and we could
with great propriety ands ncerity, oommend
him to the people of the district, and ak
their aid in electing him to Congress, where
he doubted not. he would reflect honor upon
himself and his constituents, and render
important service to the whole country.
At tbe close of Gen. Warren's remarks,
the resolutions offered by him, were unani
mously passed by the meeting.
After an order that the proceedings of
this meeting be published, and a short ad
dress from the President of the meeting,
commending their candidates, and urging
their friends to their support, the meeting
adjourned. Mm. Matthews, Cbm’n.
Jksse D. Hath, Sec y.
Perry, Ga. Aug. 13th, 1859.
[Convspond-aice of the Independent South.]
Col. A. 71. Speer.
Pike Coixty, Ga., Aug. 15,1859.
Mr. Editor : This gentleman made his
debut in Pike last w*tk. On Friday he
spoke at Barnesvi lie, Saturday at Zebulon.
Being desirous !o learn something of the po
sition he assumes in the canvass, I attended
his -ppointment at the latter place. I list
ened attentively to every word ha uttered,
and I honestly declare l went away ns ig
norant as I was ftfire I heard him. ate
commenced his speech as far back as 1844-
men • sau mstaL ■* of the freedom of
P -or in the eont >1! of party lead
ers, * Van B n was thrown overboard
bc.nus wrot imi-annexation letter,
jond K. Polk was nominated; that
the Whigs, notwi iis'andiog they had all ex
pressed themselves m favor of annexation,
nominated Henry Clay alter he bad written
an anti-annexation letter, and that he led
them to an inglorious defeat; that it had
generally teen so wish the Whig parly, or
any party opposing the Democratic party ;
that the Government had been under the
control of the Democracy for sixty out of
the seventy years of its existence ; that all
the measures of the party had worked well
aud made the country prosperous and hap
py, and that consequently all the honest vo
ters in the land should come up and unite
with the Democracy, and send up a delega
tion from Georgia that woull give a unani
mous vote on the great question now agi
tating the country; but he failed to give the
least intimation as to how he and his allies
would act iu relation to that important ques
tion. He offered no remedy for existing
evils or those that are tbjeatening us, save
the incongruous elements of national De
mocracy, and exhorted ail people most pa
thetically to come up and unite with this pa
triotic (?) band, and fight under the time
honored banuer which had been carried suc
cessfully many hard fought bat
tles ; but never condescend to state his po
sition or the position of his party in relation
to the most important question that agitates
the country. His speech was made up of
empty phrases, unmeaning syllogisms, and
obscene and disgusting anecdotes, much to
the edification no doubt of three ministers of
the Gospel and the several class leaders
present I could give you the anecdotes
verbatum et lUeratum, but knowing thechar
aefer of your paper for respectability, I
would not dare offer them for publication.
The honorable gentleman did not define
his position. He said not a word about Mr.
Iverson—nothing about the platform adopt
ed by his party in the State—did not say
what course he would be in favor of in the
event a Black Republican should be elected
President in IB6o—did not give his con
struction of the Cincinnati Platform, or give
any clue by which we could determine his
position, save that broad, accommodating
and nndefinable term— Democrat. He char
acterized the Opposi'ion as ‘a ring-streaked
and speckled crew,’’ not fit for the compan
ionship of well meaning men; stated the
Opposition party had the majority in the
Representative blanch of Congress in 1856-
‘57; that they made more extravagant ap
propriations than the Democrats had ever
made, and elected Banks Speaker of the
House—thus making an ungenerous effort
to identify the present Opposition party with
the Black Republican party. llow unkind,
unfair, and uncharitable! when he k.iew
well that the Oopposilion party at the South
had taken higher Southern Rights ground
than the Democratic party would dare come 1
up to.
He denounced the compromise measures
1 of 1800 —said that for all the concession? we
made then, we get the right ?o go into Utah
and New Mexico with our slaves, and secur
ed the passage of the fugitive slav law,
which was not worth “a penny v h’stle.”
Now I want to know in all candor, how a
man can cla ui Xny character for consistency,
“hen he acknowledges that lie was clamor
ous lor resistance in 185(1 and is willing to
lie down now in submission, like the
lacerated menial wiio feels that he has re
ceived the punishment justly due for offeDces
he has committed Away with such sophis
try! Give me the man who, knowing his
rights, dares maintain them, and who, when
he take a posiiion will not retract it without
good tnl sufficieut cause. Entertaining
these views, I am satisfied that Col. A. M.
Speer, the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the Third District, is not the man
for the time?. His opponent, Col. Harde
man. is to address the people at Xebulon on
Tuesday, the 23d insL, and if he does not de
fine his position and show himself to be a
better Southern Rights man than Col. Speer.
I solemnly declare that neither of the gen
l tiemen can get my support. Z.
Letter from Senator Douglas.
To ike Editor of the Ermtirer:
GrxiTExrs:—Piease give publicity in
your next issne to the enclosed letter of the
Uc*i. S. A. Douglas.
Very respectfully, yours. A*c.,
John L. Peyton.
Staunton, Ya., August 7, 1859.
Washington, August 2, 1859.
Col. John L. Peyton, Staunton, Va.:
Mv Dear Sir: You do me no more than
justice in vour kind letter, for which accept
my thanks, in assuming that I <lo not concur
with the administration in their views re
spiting the rights of naturalized citizens, as
defined in the “Le Clerc letter,” which, it is
proper to observe, have been since materially
modified.
Under our Constitution, there can be no
just distinction between the right of native
born and naturalized citizens to claim the
protection of our Government, at home and
abroad. Unless naturalization releases the
person naturalized from all obligations which
lie owed to his native country, by virtue of
his allegiance, it leaves him in the sad pre
dicament of owing allegiance to two coun
tries, without receiving protection from eiih
! er—a dilemma in which no American citizen
j should ever be placed.
Neither have you misapprehended my
opinions in respect to the African slave trade.
Tnat question seriously disrurbed the liairno
ny of the Convention which framed the Fed
eral Constitution. Upon it the delegates di
vided into two parties, under circumstances
which, for a time, rendered harmonious ac
tion hopeless. The one demanded the in
stant and unconditional prohibition of the
African stave trade, on moral and religious
grounds, while the other insisted that it was
a legitimate commerce, involving no other
consideration than a sound public policy,
which each State ought to be permitted to
determine for itself, so long as it was sanc
tioned by its own laws. Each party stood
firmly and resolutely by its own position
until both became convinced that this vexed
question would break up the Convention,
destroy the Federal Union, blot out the glo
ries of the revolution, and throw away all its
blessings, unless some (air and just compro
mise could be formed on the common ground
of such mutual concessions a3 were indis
pensable to the preservation of their liberties,
union and independence.
Such a compromise was effected and in
corporated into the constitution, by which it
was understood that the African s.ave trade
might continue as a legitimate commerce in
those States whose laws sanctioned it until
the year 1808, from and after which time
Congress might and would prohibit it forever
throughout (he dominion and limits of the
United States, and pass all laws which might
i become necessary to make such prohibition
effectual. The harmony of the convention
was restored and the Union saved by this
compromise, without which the constitution
i could never have been made.
I stand firmly by the compromise, and by
all the other compromises of the constitu
tion, and shall use my best efforts to carry
each and all of them into faithful execution,
in the sense and with the understanding
with which they were originally adopted.
In accordance with this compromise, I am
irreconcilably opposed to the revival of the
African slave trade, in any form and under
any circumstances.
1 am, with great respect,
Yours truly.
8. A. Dowlas.
South-%¥‘*t‘ru ltailroad.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
tins Road took place in tins city on last Thurs
day, during which, reports of the business and
: condition of the Itoad wero submitted to the
j Company, and the regular semi-annual divi
j dend of four per cent, was declared. From
copies in slip, of these reports, we glean the fol
lowing interesting Lets.
The gross earning-* of the Road during the
year ending 31st of July, were $547,876 43, or,
i $3,727 04 per mile of Road. The current ex-
J pens were $210,107 38, or $1,429 30 per mile
—and permanent expenditures—including pur
chase ot three locomotives, buildiog cars, pass
engers house at Aibauy, purchase of tools aud
tnachiuery, &c., were $55,538 85—showing a
net income lor the year of $252,230 20. Os
this sum. $175,780 were expended in dividends
—528,344 50. Interest ou Bouds, and $1,250
annuitv to the city of Macon, leaving a surplus
! of 76,855 70.
The following statement compares in some
important particulars, the business of the Road
during the year jusft closed, with that of the
previous year :
1857-8 1858-9
Gros earnings of Road, 391.540 16 547,876 43
“ Expenses of Road: 227,067 10 265,640 23
*• Earnings per mile
ot track in use, 3,235, 94 3,727 04
Net earnings per mile
of track in use, 1,725 50 2,297 74
Total bales of Cotton
transported, 115,101 00 185,182 00
Receipts from up freight 108,558 54 184 133 38
“ down “ 115 176 46 167,939 80
“ passengers 152,783 45 193,293 56
Average No. of miles of
Road in use, 147 162|
Number of Passengers, 90,547 110,357
No comment* could add much to the force
of an exhibit of this character. It speaks for
itself aud one would think it ought to tell
largely on the value of the stock. But if any
illustration were needed of the public indiffer
ence to such property, even, and the present
rage for railroad budding, it might be found
just here. This is ihe twentieth Annual Re
port of the same character. AU have shown
regular eight per cent dividends and a heavy
surplusage—steadily and largely increasing bu
siness and profits. Add to this—that the Road
is just now completing its magnificent connec
tion with the Chattahoochee and the accumula
ted surplusage of earnings will probably soon
be divided among stockholders, aud yet the
stock of the Southwestern Railroad is said to be
a fraction under par. Such facts as these show
clearly enough that the people of Georgia have
no fancy lor Railroad stock as a mere invest
ment
The Eu'aula extension of this line, we see,
will be completed to within 94 miles of the
Chattahoochee river, opposite that place, by the
1-nh of November next, and the Fort Gaines
Extension will be finished by the first of Sep
tember of next year. The Company will theD
have in operation 206$ miles of line and I ls
miles of sidelmgs, with a capital stock of two
and a half millions, and a obnded debt of
$900,000. — Geo. TeUyrayh.
.Tleiiipliis and CliarleMfon Rail
Road.
A meeting of the Stockholders ofthe Mem
phis aiul Charleston Railroad Company was
held at Memphis on the 3d inst. The Bul
letin says :
“Col. Sam. Tate, President of the Com
pany presented a report of the operations of
the road during tile past year, which was
road, received, and ordered to be printed.—
The report evidences a remarkable degree of
prosperity on the part ofthe Road, itsnpera
i tions for the year having been as follows :
Total rcc’pts from all sources, $1,330,812 40
Expenses, 562,776 40
Net profits, $778,036 40
The total cost of the road and its equip
ments has been $6,188,133,40, and the net
profits above referred to are equal to 121
p r cent, on the entire investment As will
; be seen, the total exjaiuses of operating the
: read for the year ending July 30th was
$•’>62,776 40, which is a fraction under 42
! Pj-r cent, of the gross receipts—a more favor
, able exhibit, we venture to say, than can be
j made by any similar corporation in the U
nion, and one which fully evidences that the
road will continue to be a paying one, all
; eomj>etition in the way of traveland freights
to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Voice of the Edgefield District.—
The Hon. M. L. Bonham, the popular and
well sustained Representative of the Edge
field District, South Carolina, puts forth the
following sentiment, which will be responded
to all over the State :
“As to our hope in the next Presidential
election, we have none. We will have
neither Douglas nor Seward, nor any of their
stamp, so we may expect that the Demo
crats at the North will break off from us.
Let them go. We feel able to protect our- j
selves, and will sacrifice them for our inter
ests and honor. Should the next Presiden
tial election leave us only the choice of the
two, our hope lies in a Southern Confedera
cy ; for the South, South Carolina will not j
allow herself to be insulted, her interests sac
rificed. her rights disregarded, nor her honor ;
stained in a National Union.”
Opposition Platform.
PREAMBLE.
The Opposition Party of Georgia plants it
self upon the principles of State Righto; equal
privileges in the I'nkm, and equal distribution
of its burthens, and the by Congress
only of such powers as are specifically delega
ted in the Constitution, and those clearly in
ferrable from, and incident to, the granted pow
ers, and necessai y to carry out such granted
powers.
1. Resolved, That the Union, as establish
ed by the Federal Constitution, if the latter be
faithfully carried out, is the surest guaranty of
the righto and interests of all sections of the
country, and should be preserved.
2. Resolved, That as the institution of
Slavery existed in the States of the confed
eracy prior to the adoption of the Constitu
tion of the United States, and the right te
hold slaves as property was conceded by tho
framers of the Constitution and fully recog
nized therein, therefore, Slavery exists inde
jiendently of the Constitution : and, as slave
ry is recognized and sanctioned by tbe
Constitution, Congress, which derives all
its powers from that instrument, cannot leg
islate on the subject of slavery, except for its
protection where it legally exists ; that the
Territories are the common property of all
the States, and therefore, the people have
the right to enter upon and occupy any
Territory with their slaves, as well as other
property, and are protected by the Consti
tution and Flag of the country ; that Con
gress has no right to legislate slavery into,
nor exclude it from a Territory, and that we
’ hold that the doctrine of “non-intervention”
with the institution of slavery in the States,
Territories, or the District of Columbia, docs
not, nor was it inteudedto conflict with the
assertion of the power of Congress to pro
tect the properly of the citizens of the sev
eral States who may choose to settle in the
several Territories.
We believe also that the further agitation
of the subject of slavery will tend to no
practical good to any portion of the coun
try, and should therefore cease, regarding
the principle as settled, both by legislative
enactment and judicial interpretation, that
the people of the Territories,when they corne
to form a State Constitution, and at no othe )
time, (by unfriendly legislation or otherwise
shall decide the question for themselves.
We furthermore repudiate the doctrine of
‘squatter sovereignty'’ in all its forms a3 an
invidious and certain mode of excluding the
South from the common territory of the
Union, and stand ready to oppose sternly
and uncompromisingly all who advocate
that doctrine.
3. Resolved , That the reckless extrava
gance of the preceding and present Admin
istration of the Federal Government, and
especially the unblushing corruption which
lias marked the latter, by which the public
expenditures have been increased from fifty
to near one hundred millions of dollars per
annum, is a deep wrong that should be re
buked and must be corrected. We hold
Congress equally responsible with the Ad
ministration for this extravagance.
4. Resolved, That the recommendation of
the President that Congress should confer
upon him the war-making power, and sub
ject the army and navy to his control,
coupled with the demand for enormous ap
piopriations of the public money to carry
out his views call for and deserve the most
unequivocal and unqualified condemnation
of the whole country.
5. Resolved, The present representation in
the State Legislature we regard as cumbrous,
au unnecessary tax upon the people and in
imical to wise and prudent legislation. We
advocate a decided i eduction and at the earli
est day practicable.
relegates to the Convention.
The following gentlemeu were elected last
Saturday to represent the respective districts
in tho Bibb County Democratic Convention,
to be held at the Court Honse in Macon, on
Saturday next, August 27th, to nominate
candidates for the Senate and House in the
next Legislature :
dt)/ District, 564 th. —Dr. E. L. Strohec
ker, E. C. Rowland, A. G. Bostick, Dr. J.
T. Coxe, E. Isaacs.
City District, llftth. —T. C. Nisbet.H. J.
Cooper, T. W. Brantley, Lem. Cherry, Z
T. Conner.
YinetiUe District. —(). A. Lochrane, H.
J. Lamar, J. 11. Brantley, Peter Solomon,
James Dean.
Godfrey's District. —D. IV. Braswell, It.
Hutchings, Columbus Pope, Thus. Rugby,
Wm. Harris.
Rutland Dist. —S. Woodward, R. Baro
field, Mr. VVheelan, John Barton, L. S.
Avant.— State Press.
Snubbing the President.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American, says : “ A
gentleman who was at Bedford Springs
while the President was there, says that he
was astonished to see the feeling manifested
towards him, and the little respect shown
him by the Pennsylvanians who were there.
‘ln fact,’ said lie, ‘they absolutely snubbed
him, and took every occasion to do so.’ No
wonder, then, that he should have been, as
he was reported to be, in exceeding bad
humor whi'e there. For one, though I owe
Mr. Buchanan neither love nor reverence, I
am sorry to see the President of the United
State* snubbed; and sorry, too, that he
should have provoked such treatment. Who
would have dreamed of treating Washington,
Adams, Madison, Monroe or Jackson, in such
a manner.”
i (ieorgia.
The correspondent of the Savannah News,
in giving an account of the late commence
ment exercises of franklin College, in refer
ring to Col. Hill’s address before the Alum
ni on “The Glory of Georgia,” gives the fol
lowing interesting sketch from it:
“Avert- pleasing allusion was made to the
origin of the name of Georgia. At the time
of its settlement, the throne of England was
occupied by George the Second and his wife
Queen Caroline. The Queen’s name having
been bestowed on the laod of Carolina, a
g lardian angel asked them if they did not
wish
‘•To Carolina l>e a Georgia joined ?
Then shall both colonies sure progress make,
Endeared to either for the other's ssike.
Georgia shall Carolina's favor move,
And Carolina bloom by Georgia's love.”
Our history has n beautiful type in the
Coat of Arms, with their mottos, ofthe Col
ony and the State. That of the colony was:
Non sibi sed uliis —“not for ourselves but for
others.” Look at that of our State: Over
the arch, emblazoned in the gold of light
ning, is the Constitution, supported by the
sapphire columns: Wisdom, which giveth
life; Justice , throwing its shield of defence
not over our own rights, but Ajax-like with
a regard for those of others; and Moderation,
the great social virtue.
A Magnificent Bequest.— The Eufaula
Express of yesterday, says : The late Maj.
M. A. Bowder left, by his will, the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars to the Glen
ville College and Military Institute. The
| interest on this large sum is to be upplied to
the pnyment of Professors’ salaries and the
education of }>oor boys. This is we believe
one of the largest bequests ever made to any
i one institution in the country. Major Brow
der’s name deserves to be handed down to j
the latest posterity, and his memory ever
held dear bv the poor, for whose benefit he
has made this princely bequest.
Fatal Accident.
We are pained to learn, says the Inde
pendent South, of the 18th, that Mr. J. L. T.
Doyal, son of Col. Leonard T. Doyal, of this
city, while out hunting on Tuesday last, I
slipped from a fence, and striking the ham
mer of his gun, it exploded, putting the en
tire charge in his side, and killing him with
in five minutes. Mr. Doyal was an estima
ble young man, universally respected by all
who knew him. He leaves a young wife,
(the daughter of Mr. Charles Dupree, of this
county,) a father, and numerous relatives and
friends, to mourn his untimely decease.— ,
May He who tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb, console them under this sore affliction, i
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS. Editor.
MACON, AUGUST 26, 1859/
Georgia Citizen.-
Published every Wednesday and Saturday, on a doubt-mc
diumsheet; devoted chiefly to as commercial and local in
terests of Macon, and ciesicaed as a Mercantile .VdAertlser
as well as a News Journal.
TERMS —*3 ran issni, in atjvaxc*.
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WARREN AKIN,
Os Cass.
FOR CONGRESS,
THOS. HARDEMAN, jr„
Os Bibb.
For Congress.
Ist. District.
2d. “ Marcellas Douglass, of Randolph.
3rd. “ Thomas Hardeman, Jr., of Bibb.
4th. “ Wm. I'. Wrisrlit, of (Joweta.
sth. 11
6th. “
7th. “ Col. A- H. Kenan, of Baldwin.
: Bth. “ A. R. Wright, of Jeft'ersoD.
Tlae toi i:il Canvass. -
COL. WARREN AKIN,
The candidate of the Opposition Pary for
the office of Governor, will address the peo
ple as follows, viz :
i At Columbus, Friday, 11 o’clock,
A. M Aug. 25.
At Albany, Saturday, 11 o’clock,
A M. Aug. 27.
At Americus, Saturday night,... .Aug. 27.
At Cuthbert, Monday, 11 o’clock,
A. M Aug. 29.
At Savannah, Wednesday night.. Aug. 31.
At Augusta, Thursday night, Sept. 1.
At Warrenton, Saturday, 11 o’clock,
A. M Sept. 3.
At Elberton, Monday, 11 o’clock,
A. M Sept, 5.
Col. Akin will attend each of the above
appointments, whether he is able to address
the people or not, unless anything should
occur requiring a changejn any of them ;
in which case due notice will be given.
Appointments of Mr. Hardeman.
Jtrkson, Saturday, Aug. 27
Fort Valley. Friday, Sept. 2
Butler, Taylor co., Saturday, Sept. 3
Hamilton, Harris co., Tuesday, Sept, ti
Wtiitesville, “ Wednesday,... .Sept. 7
Braworrs Spring. Thursday, Sept. 8
Valley Plains, Filday, Sept. 9
Thuude lag Spring, Upson co., Tursd'y, “ 13
List of Appointments.
The following is a list of our appointments
for the District.
M. DOUGLASS,
M. J. CRAWFORD.
Chattahoochee, Thursday, August 18th.
Buena Vista, Friday, “ 26th.
Ellaville, Saturday “ 27th.
Oglethorpe, Monday, “ 29th.
Hawkinsvillc, Wednesday, “ 31st.
Abbaville, Thursday, Sept. Ist
Vienna, Saturday, “ 3rd.
Americus, Monday, “ sth.
Preston, Tuesday “ 6th.
Lumpkin, Wednesday, “ 7th.
Dawson, Tuesday, “ 13th.
Starkville, Wednesday, “ 14th.
Isabella, Friday, “ 16th.
Albany, Saturday, “ 17th.
Newton, Monday, “ 19th.
Camilla. Tuesday, “ 20th,
Bainbridge, Thursday, “ 22d.
Colquit, Friday, “ 23d.
Blakeley, Saturday, “ 24th.
Morgan, Monday, “ 26th.
Fort Gaines, Wednesday, “ 28th.
Georgetown, Thursday, “ 29th.
Cuthbert, Saturday, “ 31st.
August 13th, 1859.
COL. AKIN IN MACON.
There was a large crowd of anxious citi
zens to hear Colonel Akin at Concert
Hall on Wednesday night, composed of all
parties, A few minutes after 8 o’clock, the
meeting came to order bycailing Judge Asa
Holt to the Chair, and requesting Charles
R. Rogers, Esq., to act as Secretary.
A few minutes after, Col. Akin entered
amidst thundering rounds of applause, and
strains of martini music from the Macon
Brass Band, and ascending the stage was
introduced to the audience by Judge Holt.
To a large portion of our citizens, Col.
Akin was an entire stranger in person,
though favorrably known by reputation, as
one among the gifted sons of Georgia, who
had raised himself from the humblest
walks of life to his present high position,
by well-directed design and unremitting es
, fort, guided by inherent greatness of mind.
Such men are not only the most valuable in
any community, but the most admired and
respected by all classes.
Col. Akin spoke for about an hour and
twenty minutes, viewing the past course of
of political parties, and the tendences of
principles and measures, which now claim
ed the immediate attention of the people.—
His manner of speaking is agreeable and
pleasing, and at times eloquent and impas
sioned. There is a stern, honest look about
the man, that carries conviction of the
truth of what he states. He is every inch a
noble-hearted gentleman; and the applause
which greeted him at almost every sentence,
told but too plainly the power he exercised
over his hearers, and the force with which
his command of language enabled him to
express what he knew and felt.
We shall give an extended synopsis of his
speech in our next issue. We regret ex- j
ceedingly that lie was laboring under a se
vere cold, which has made him quite hoarse
—which prevented his extending his speech |
to the length he desired.
The impression his presence has made
here, is in the highest degree favorable.— I
There was a waking up of the old enthusi- ;
asm of the people—and our friends abroad i
may rest assured that Warren Akin will i
leave his mark,and do his whole duty wher- j
ever he goes. He will be the next Govern
or of Georgia ! —mark that !
Our Correspondence-
Owing to an unusual press of business, we
omitted to call attention, as we desired to do,
’ in our semi-weekly edition, to the able and in
teresting letter of our correspondent from |Pe
tereburgh, Vs., R. R. Collier, Esq. The views
which he presents, are such a* will appear
just and proper, the moment they are read.—
The time now is, when the South should put
forth all her claims and boldly announce all her
rights, and defend them with a determined will.
The great fault with us has been, that we have
only put forward, from time to time, just such
claims and arguments as were called for by the
occasion; and even then, without strongly
maintaing them. The result has been, that we
were beaten in detail; and driven, either
through the treachery of Northern Democratic
Presidents, or Southern Democratic leaders,
from almost every position the South has taken.
The constitution and laws are our stronghold ;
■ and we should place ourselves upon them, and
defend our rights under them to the utmost,
length. We should demand that no State
shall again be admitted into this Union
which prohibits slavery by her constitution.
It is our right to do so—much more than the
Black Republicans have to demand that no
more slave States shall come into the Union.
Slavery is older than the Constitution. The
1 er was so formed as to protect it; and
wherever that charter extends, in Territory or
State, we should demand for our property full
security.
BiauAia's Last Great Feat—The author of
the interesting letter in our paper, to-day.
from Niagara Frills, is Prof. Taylor, who is
so favorably known to the citizens of Ameri- ‘
eus and South-Western Georgia, a- the eon- ;
ductor of Musical Conventions during the
past Winter and Spring. He is known also,
to the Masonic Fraternity, who assembled
in June at Americus, at the time of the lay
ing of the corner stone of Furlow College,
and the Dedication of the new Masonic Hall
at that place, as the loader of the line music
on the occasion. He will return to Georgia
about the Ist October.
Ttovp County.— We are indebted to a
friend at LaGrange, says the Augusta Cbroni
iele, for a letter containing tho following grati
fying intelligence : ,! The Opposition party of
Troup this day, [Saturday, Aug. 20tb] nomi
inated B.H. Hill for the Senate, and A. B.
Fannin and A. P. Norwood lor the House. A
glorious ticket!”
Ulr. llur<t<‘iiian ill Talbottou.
On Saturday last, we had the pleasure of
hearing our gallant standard-bearer, for
this District, hold forth, to the sovereigns
of Talbot county, on the great questions of
the day. The assembly was respectable in
point of number, and somewhat larger than
attended the meeting of his opponent, Col.
Speer, a few days previous. We were much
gratified with the ability with which Capt.
Hardeman discussed national polities and
showed up the rottenness and corruption of
Buchanan’s administration. He elo
quently portrayed the evils brought upon
the South by the Democratic leaders and
partizans, and called upon the people of all
parties—the honest yeoiuanry of the coun
try—to unite in putting down the spoilsmen
ar.d plunderers. The impression he made
was exceedingly favorable, as the result will
prove on the first Monay of October. The
gallant oppositionists of that sterling old
county, are bound to roll up their usual nia
; jority for our candidate. They are in high
| spirits, and will do their whole duty, or we
have much mistaken the indications that
presented themselves to our vision. But,
perhaps the most striking and conclusive
part of Mr. Hardeman's speech, consisted in
his dignified and searching reply to the lit
tle charges and insinuations made against
! him by his opponent. Col. Speer was un-
I derstood and reported by one of his friends,
to say that Hardeman had been guilty of
J sqandering the public money of the State, by
, giving his votes, as a member of the Legisla
i ture, to purchase the Marietta Institute, to
1 appropriate money to the Blind Asylum, to
Medical Colleges, &c., and to give State
aid to Railroads.
On these several points Mr. H. made a few
remarks, in which ho triumphantly vindi
: cated his course, to the entire satisfaction of
all who hoard him, Democrats as well as
Americans.
On the question of State Aid, he showed
that he was not in favor of the Omnibus State
Aid bill, recommended by Gov. Brown, and
did not vote for it; but that he did what he
could to carry into effect the will of his con
stituents, in reference to the Brunswick and
Macon R. Road, Ac., and that his whole
political course was governed by the para
mount consideration of benefit to the people
! and State of Georgia.
He voted, he said, for the purchase by the
State, of the Military Institute, on grounds
of high public policy—and the property was
secured to the State at half its real value,
as a nursery for the education of young men,
in the arts of public defence, and he had no
apology to make for his vote on that sub
! ject.
On the subject of aid to Medical Colleges,
he stated that his opponent, Col. Speer, had
avowed himself to the Faculty of the Botani
co-Medical College, of this city, as the friend
of that appropriation, and he thought it sin
gular that he should make that a point a
gainst him. But so it was. His opponent
was willing to make capital out of every
thing that was likely to secure a vote for
him as a candidate for Congress, although
all these were local measures v/ith which a
Congressman had nothing whatever to do.
But when Hardeman came to reply to the
charge of extravagance in voting for the ap
propriation to build and endow an institu
tion for the Blind, he surpassed himself in
the pathos and eloquence of his diction and
argument. He closed by saying that when
his earthly career was ended, he wished no
prouder legacy for his children than the fact,
that he had labored successfully to bring
light and knowledge to the minds of the hap
less unfortunates, whom Heaven, in its wis
dom, had deprived of the blessings of vision,
and that he wished no better epitaph to be
placed upon his tomb, for the ofeyes his
children, than the inscription, “He was the
friend of the Blind.” The Institution was,
itself, a monument, of which any philanthro
pist, Statesman and Christian, might be
proud to leave to his posterity.
On the whole, we think that the Captain
made a very telling speech, and his election
we count upon as a “fixedfact,” notwitstand
itigjthe bragging of the democracy to the
contrary.
Tli< Seventh District.
A Convention of the friends ol the Hon.
Joshua Hill, met in Milledgviile, on the 17th,
and nominated that gentleman for re-election
to Congress. Several counties were not
represented at all. and one ( Wilkinson) by
a proxy, and another (Baldwin) by all of
friend Orine’s party of six ! It was in fact
a packed Convention of Mr. Hill’s friends,
and we, therefore, decline to strike the name
i
1 of Col. Kenan from the position assigned
him by his friends, and accepted by himself,
some weeks ago, as a candidate for a seat
in Congress, from the 7th District.
In this matter, we are constrained to say
that the “Recorder” has acted very incon
sistently. It said, not long ago, that the
j English Bill was a “surrender of Southern
j Rights and Southern honor,” and that “Mr
I Hill was opposed to the Bill, and did not pair
off with ati opponent of the bill.” To this
last, Mr. Hill himself replies, and avows him
self to have been in favor of that abomina
tion, and that he did pair off with an aboli
tionist. Notwithstanding all which, the
Recorder now supports Mr. Hill for re-elec
tion.
Again, the “Recorder” was opposed to
any nomination for Governor, and so was
Mr. Hill, at the late Convention at Atlanta
and did all he could to thwart the will of
that body. Hence the honorable gentleman
has no claims upon the Americans of the
7th District, for re-election. He is not a
menber of the Opjxtsition party, and not
their candidate, hut only the nominee of the
Morgan, Green, and Newton Regency. We,
therefore, trust that he will be repudiated by
the people of the District, on the first Mon
day of October. Were we a voter in said
District, we should prefer to see the Demo
cratic candidate succeed, rather than Mr
Hill, under all the circumstances of the case
Let the true patriotic Americans of the
District then rally around Col. Kenan, who
will not retire at the bidding of personal en
emies, but who is determined to run the
race through, though defeat be certain. He
is the representative of a neglected portion of
the District, and is deserving of the honor
which his friends desire for him.
Marcellas Douglass in Colmbns.
The American Candidate for Congress, in
the 2d District, M. Dougfe*. Ksq.. was in Co
lumbus on Friday evening last, by appoint
ment, to address his fellow citizens of Musco
gee. We were present on the t cession, and
can speak by tho card, of the proreedings had.
Temperance Hall was jammed full and the very
best feeling seemed to prevail. It was indeed
more like the closiog of a warm canvass, on
the last night previous to an election, than the
opening of a campaign. Wc have never wit
nessed greater enthusiasm than was exhibited,
j during the whole speech of Mr. D. which lor
appropriateness and dignity was rarely surpass
i ed. We confess to having had some misgiv
’ iugs as to the ability of this young man to cope
with his wily and experienced opponent, but
all such euiirely vanished after hearing his es- j
fort at Columbus. He showed himself to be ;
i the mau for the occasion—cool, clear- headed
: and ready, and every way qualified to bear
aloft the American Standard in the pending
controversy. With a little more experience on
the stump, he will be more than a match for
Crawford, espec : ally as he is the public prose
: cutor in the case, and Martin is the political ;
! culprit arraigned for his many offences, who
will have as much as he can do to defend him
self for his short-coinings and heresies. The
: Columbus Enquirer of Monday has the follow
j iug report of Mr. Douglass’ first appearance on
1 the stage in that city, and the effect produced
by that appearance :
Mr. Douglass in Columbus. —We have nev
er seen a larger or more enthusiastic and pa
’ triotic meeting in Columbus than that which
assembled at Temperance Hall on Friday night
to greet and hear Mr. Douglass, the Opposition
! candidate for Congress. It looked as if our
! people had aroused at once and entered hearti
ly into a far-advanced and excited party con
test. And they went into it with the inter
est animation and enthusiasm, as it hearing and
rallying to tbe summons—
“ Awake old spirit of the past.
Awake and put thy armour on !
Nail Freedom’s ensign to the mast,
Nor falter till the fight is icon !”
Tbe young men, especially, came with music
. and cheers, and evinced a detei mi nation to
I give ourgallaut young standard-bearer a hearty
i and vigorous support. We learn that they
| are organizing in strength, and that their ranks ;
show quite a number who never voted before, ‘
but who are now resolved to give their first
votes for Douglass and Reform.
Mr. Douglass’ speech was a telling and rous-
I ing effort. With great readiness, wit and sharp
ness, but at the same time with commendable
modesty and courtesy, fie exposed the short- :
comings of the Administration, and of its re
presentative in this canvass, Judge Crawford.
The audience were delighted from beginning to
end, and hailed his happy hits with rounds
of applause. In short, a speech of better tem
per, of stronger points, or one better suited to
the opening of a canvass, could not be conceiv
ed. It had a glorious effect in arousing and
uniting our Opposition forces, and won ap- i
plause from even the strongest democratic par
-1 tisans.
We say now with confidence to our friends
in other parts of the District. Muscogee county
will do her whole duty. Rely upon her! she
will not disappoint any reasonable calculations, j
but will join her sister counties in giving Mr. j
Douglass a vote of which any candidate might (
well be proud.
A pleasing incident of tbe occasion was the
reception by Mr. Douglass of a boquet sent by
a young lady. He received it in a very grace
ful and happy manner. The young ladies and
l the young men are co-operating in support of
ourcandidate, and when they pull together suc
cess is sure.
State It if Ilfs Democrats.
Not the least objectionable feature of tbe
present Democratic party, is its secret lean
ings towards disunion. That many of its
leaders are inclined to favor anything which
in the most remote manner seems to lead
that way, is not to be denied for a moment.
The term, “State Rights Democrats ” is very
frequently used in connection with the party,
as if there was a desire to associate it with
its national bearings. The term is a sort of
watch-word, or sign—it is synonymous with
disunion, and seems to identify a peculiar
sect of radical politicians—restless, wild,
scheming, liair-brained politicians. These
have united, mostly, with the old Democrat
ic party: and by little and little, they have
hitched their revolutionary tenets upon it,
till it is very nearly or quite leavened through
out with disunionism. Now and then we
see the cloven foot in some of the sayings of
their presses, or in the doings of some of
their leaders. For instance, in the lateTox
as election, Mr. Reagan, a Democratic mem
ber of Congress, front the Eastern District,
was re-nominated, and took the same strong
Union ground that Gen. Houston did, who
was running as the Opposition against Run
nels, the Democratic candidate. Mr. Reagan
was repudiated by the Democratic press, and
Judge Ochiltree put up against him, suppor
ted by disunion proclivities. The people
sustained Rcagin by nearly three to one,
putting again, tbe seal of condemnation up
on this favorite, but traitorous measure of
many of the most prominent Democratic
leaders. There is no doubt in our mind, but
that one half of the Democratic party in
Georgia are rank disunionists. Let the sober,
Union-loving people have a care how far they
art- committed to them. Don’t trust them.
“Col. Speer in Monroe.”
Our neighbor of the State Press is quite
elated at what he conceives to be cheering
prospects, for (lie Democratic candidate
! Col. Speer, in several counties in the District,
and particularly Monroe, the former home
of the Colonel. We judge our neighbor can
Ih.* “gratified and elated” at very small man
ifestations indeed, if he takes those of Mon
roe for a cause. So far as our information
goes, the ranks of the Opposition were never
more firm, even under the leadership of the
indomitable Trippe,—aDd never more eager
to put their seal of condemnation upon the
unfounded boasting of our State Executive,
and the “Democratic extravagance” of our
National Administration. Besides, Col.
Hardeman has a host of warm personal
friends, and his open, frank, and manly
character, wins for him warm admirers
wherever he goes. Without detracting from
the merits or claims of many gentlemen of ;
the Opposition, of unquestioned ability, we ;
consider the selection of Col. Hardeman,for j
our standard bearer in the Third District, as !
a most happy one. We have no need to i
write for Buncombe effect. We know that
our candidate is not only holding his own, j
hut is gaining from his opponent, Col. Speer;
and the result of the election will prove the j
fact.
Srott Klies.—Under this title, anew Vol
unteer company has been formed, recently,
in Talbotton, Ga., which already consists of
70 members, rank and file. The following
are the Officers of the Rifles:
B. Curley, Captain.
Mm. Wimberly, Ist Lieutenant.
W. A. Daniel, 2d “
J. Little, 3d “
E. W. Pou, Ensign.
Col. Warren Akin,
Os this uounty, hits been nominated by the
Opposition Party, which held its conven
tion in Atlanta, Wednesday, the 10th inst.,
for Governor. Col. Akin is in every res
’ pect a worthy gentleman, esteemed by all
who know him. From a poor and almost
friendless hoy, he has, by his energy and tal
ent, become one of the first lawyers in up
per Georgia and the late nomination is evi
dence of his popularity and ability as aman.
We regret we are arrayed in opposition to a
gentleman we admire so much, but like the
“Father of our country” all Democrats, who
are so from love of their great principles
must say—“principles before men.” Should I
Col. Akin, by some freak of fortune, reach
the proud position for which he is nomina- j
ted, we would cheerfully acquiesce to the will
of the majority, and feel, while he is asonof ,
our own cherished Cass, that he is among
the very best of the Opposition.
Cartoraoille Express, (Dem.) i
Franklin College.—We see bv the
papei s that this “olu fogy” concern of a Col
lege, ir to fee transformed into a regular
University, with a Gymnasium, Law and
Medical School, Ac., at an expense to the
State of perhaps of several hundred thousand
dollars, and all for the benefit of the aristo
cratic and wealthy classes of our people! M e
suppose tbe matter is fully determined on ;
therefore, nothing is left for us but to enter
our dissent and protest against tbe proposed
measure. Were it iu our power to influence
I the Legislature we would not have the State
appropriate another dime to the support of
Franklin College, much loss to enlarge its
j lmnefits for that class of the people who are
I able to educate their sons, without taxirw
those less able, to help them do it. At lea-t
i it will l>e the part ot wisdom first to establish
I some extensive and practical plan for the
education of the children of common people
in public schools. Itelbre we enter upon the
| work of giving enlarged facilities for tbe
! trainingof young aristocrats and purse-proud
gentry at the public cost.
In much the same light do we view the
; project on the part of the Episcopalian
Church to establish a mammoth University
at Sewanee, Tennessee. It is slated that
, oi.c million of dollars is needed to found this
Institution, and that over one third of the
money bus been subscribed by a few wealthy
individuals. To this we, of course, can have
no objection, as tho means are raised by vol
untary subscription—only that we do not U
lieve that any mammoth concern like that
I proposed is at all suited to the genius of our
Republican Government. Its tendency is
• to create castes and ranks in society, some
what after the order of England's nobilitv,
and are, therefore, objectionable.
Tho I T i*lver*ity Plan Adopted.
We have received reliable information in
regard to the action of the Board of Trus
tees of Franklin College at their lute meet
! iug, to tho effect that they have by a threc
i fourths vote adopted the University plan.
Under this new arrangement there will be
| four professors in the college, and three in
j the preparatory department, in which last
will be the Freshmen and Sophomore classes,
while the whole will be under the superin
tendence of one President. The gymnasium
will be introduced asoneof tbe new features
jot this educational system. Law and Med
: ical schools will be established with suitable
buildings and apparatus and capable teach
ers. The proceedings of the Board will he
submitted in November to the Sonatas Aca
demicals at Milledgeville for ratification.—
But we learn that they will carry their point
!by a sure majority. So Athcr.s must pre
pare itself for the novel dignity of becom
ing tbe seat of a bona fide University.—
Athens ((in. ) Banner, Aug. 9.
Platforms.
001. A. R. Wright, of Jefferson, in his
letter of acceptance, thus speaks of these
jaditical humbugs, and particularly of that
nondescript known as the Cincinnati Plat
form ; which like, Ac., Ac., means anything
or nothing: and out upon which the Demo
cratic aspirants for office have crawled front
their slime and malaria, like a community of
frogs, and croak about & sensibly :
“I think, gentlemen, your convention
acted wisely in ignoring those jtolitioul man
traps yclept •‘platforms.” The people have
been so often deceived and deluded by the
promises held out to them in these paper
•‘shuffle boards,” that they have come to look
with suspicion and distrust upon all who
advocate them. They are generally fair to
look upon, but, like “Dead Sea fruit, they
turn to a<hes upon the lip.” Take, if you
please, that great piece of Master Carpentry,
constructed in Cincinnati in 1856 by the great
Master Builder of modern Democracy, with
timber furnished and brought from the dif
ferent sections of the Union—The South
furnishing Palmetto, Cotton and Slavery—
the North, Oak, Commerce and Abolitionism
the East, Pine, Manufactures and Freesoil
—the West, Ash, Internal Improvements
and Squatter Sovereignty—the Atlantic and
Middle States, Poplar, Free Trade and Non
Intervention. All dove-tailed harmonious
ly together, and to the casual observer—tho
masses of the jieople—exceedingly fair to
look upon ; but within it is a “whited sepul
chre, tilled with dead men’s bones.” The
filling of the seams in the structure indicates
the master talents. The internal improve
ments'’ opening is filled with the “Pacific
Railroad.” The *‘ S</natter Sovereignty’
joining is made smooth by “.Von Inter re n
tion.” The “ Slavery ” plank is covered with
“Cidm.” The “ Fieesoil ” seam is concealed
by “ unfriendly legislation,” whilst the “Ab
olition” panel is ga-nished with “isothermal
lines.” Thus, all uniting in one harmonious
and symmetrical structure, well calculated
to catch the popular gaze, and c heat a nation
of freemen out of their dearest rights.”
Opposition
GaifFix, August 13, 1809.
Agreeable to a p-evious notice, Delegate*
from ihe several Districts of Spaulding coun
ty, assembled at the Court House in Griffin,
this day and organized themselves into a Con
vention by calling T. D. Johnson, Esq., to the
Chair, and requesting W. H. Hancock to act
us
The roll of the Districts being called the sev
eral Delegates came forward and responded to
their names.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for Senator and Representative to the Legis
late e, when the choice resulted in favor of
Dr. S. H. Saunders, for Senator, and C M.
Dickinson for Representative.
On motion. Col. J. S. Travis, Gen. E. W.
Robinson and W. A. Coppage. were appoint
ed a committee to inform Messrs. Saunders
and Dickinson of their nomination, and re
quest their acceptance.
The following resolutions were read and
adopted :
Resolred, That the Opposition party of
Spalding re-affirm the platform of principles
adopted by them in Convention assembled on
2d of July last.
Resol red, That wo endorse the Platform
adopted by our Convention held at Macon on
20tn July last.
Resolved, That wo will use all honorable
means to secure the election of Warren Akin
for Governor, and Thos. Hardeman, Jr., for
Congress.
On moti >o, the Independent South and
American Union, lie requested to publish
these proceed! ngs.
On motion, Conveition adjourned.
T. B. JOHNSON, Ch’m.
W • H. Hancock, Sec'y.
A Slave Code*
The Cross City published at Corinth, Miss,
speaks its mind freely .’ In a late numner, it
discourses in the following terms :
We frequently hear the expression “slave
| code,” and we would have do objection to the
term, but foi the low and contemptible dema*
goguing at the bottom of it. It is an abolition
term and originated with Senator Dotylu*.—
Whipt as lie was upon the merits of the ques
tion in the territorial debate, he resorted to this
miserable catchword, to alienate and prejudice
the public mind against the institution of slave
ry. It was satisfactorily demonstrated th*t
there was as much sense in talking about a
“pig code,” a “calf code,” or any other “code,
as a “slave code.” But relying upon the lo*’
instincts of some, and the misguided one ot
others, this contemptible coinege of Judge
Douglass’ brain is constantly harped upon by
lew of his allies, in their fruitless efforts to
bolster up a rotten cause, knowing that an un
popular word is frequently more potent than
the most solid argument. It is issued for effect
j No true Southern man ever resorts to suck
base ierversions of constitutional language— llo
; man who has southern feeling ever gives utter
j since to such nonsense. The thing is intended
| for eviL It originated from the lowest impulse
\ of the human heart and stinks in the nostrils
;of every patriot He who aims this stab at tb°
, institutions of the South, if he lives on Sou them
i soil, is worse than the highway robber, because
the latter makes no p -etensions to morals, and
t has the merit, at least, of boldness. But the
! “slave code” man appeals to a false moraliffi
without the boldness to avow it The Govern
ment of the United Suites protecting the south
erner in the enjoymeut of property guarantee
by the Constitution, and enforced by the Su
preme Court And this legal constitutional
tight is called a “store code.” Away with such
low, mean expressions Consign them to the
“Vile source from whence they sprung,
Unwept, unhone red, and unsung.”