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Hon. B. H. Hill’s Letter of Ac
ceptance.
LaGrange, Aug. 20, 1859.
ITon. B. 11. Hill, Dear Sir :—At
a Convention of the Opposition par
ty of Troup county, assembled in the }
Court House of LaGrange this day, ‘
the undersigned were appointed a
Committee to notify you that you
were unanimously nominated a can
didate of the Party for the State Sen
ate at the next October election.
In performing the duty assigned I
them the Committee would express
for the Convention, as well as for
themselves individually, the earnest
wish that you accept the appoint- j
ment tendered to you with so much I
unanimity.
The Convention looks to your ac- !
eeptance wi h no ordinary solicitude, i
believing that the time as well as j
the circumstances that surround us
require in our State Legislature the
services of men of pre-eminent abil- |
ity and patriotism.
Hoping to receive your acceptance
at as early a day as practicable, we
are
Tour friends, and fellow Citizens,
R. A. T. Riolky, |
James Culberson, ’ >■ Com.
Isaac A. Reid, \
LaGrange, Ga., Aug. 27th, ’59.
Gentlemev :—Your letter inform
ing me of my nomination for the 1
Senate has been received.
Abscenee from home and other rea
sons have delayed this answer. If I
were to consult my interest of or my
previous determination 1 could not
accept the nomination. But the
tacts which have been communicated
to me, as constituting the reason for
this demand upon me by our friends
ot r l roup county, forbid me to resist.
Gallant old Troup ! invincible in
movable, absolutely independent of
the demagogue, and even the hope of
the “mere office seeker’’ influence,
who could be otherwise than proud
of her confidence ? When the mis
guiding fanatical storm of 185 b
swept over the country it seemed for
time that it would carry all before
it. Leader after leader, countv af
ter county and State after State were
borne off by the fury of its folly.—
But when the roll was called in old
Troup, not a man was missing—not
an officer had fled nor a soldier de
serted. The banner county for truth
in Georgia in the day when madness
was wildest and error most insidious,
insolent and exacting 1
Why not in such a country set an
example for our friends, and give a
warning to our enemies, by throw
ing away all party strife,'and pre
senting an united people in defence
of that which no brave people will
ever suffer to be denied—the full pro
tection of law wherever the Govern
ment seeks to rule, or the citizen is
required to obey.
Accept* gentlemen, my’ thanks for
the kind terms you have used in re- ‘
serened to myself, and believe me
not only'the friend of yourselves, blit
personally and politically the friend
and well wisher of every’ meeting of
that people whose organ you are.
Very truly', Ac.
BEXJ. H. HILL.
To Dr. Tl. T. Ridley, James Culberson,
and Isaac Herd, Com.
More Economy on the State
Road.
A rare exhibition of the economy of
Joe E. Brown, and Superintendent
Spikey Lewis, is displayed ut the Big |
Shanty on the Western & Atlantic
Railroad some seven miles from this
place. At that place, John W. Lew
is has had erected a building for a
Breakfast or eating house. Built
and paid for out of the State’s mon
ey, hence it is the common property 1
of the State.
The present keeper, Mr. Kendrick,
who is a great favorite of the Super
intendent, rented the house for the
pitiful sum of one hundred and eighty
dollars per annum, when the Super
intendent was offered two thousand
per annum for it.
Difference in favor of the personal
and political friend of the Governor |
and his Superintendent of 82,320 00.
Xow we ask, why this favorit
ism ?
W by this unjust discrimination at
the expense of the State for the sole
purpose of enriching one man ?
Is there a sane man in Georgia,
who knows Joe Brown and John W.
Lewis, that believes either of them
would make a similar bargain in
their private domestic affairs? We
can answer. They would not.
Is not John \\ . Lewis an equal
partner in the Breakfast House at
the Biy'Shanty f From circumstan
ces which have occurred, it is believ
ed that he is.
Does Dr. Lewis deny being inter
ested in said house ?—Marietta Pa
tried.
Joe Brow n's Inaugural.
“Y ’’ says that he knows what he is
say'ing, (having just seen Joseph,) |
that Col. Duncan never saw or had
anything to do with the Inaugural of
Joe Brown.
This is doubtless by the authority’
of Joe Brown on oath. We think he
is perfectly devoid of principle or
veracity.
We still contend that Col. Duncan
is the author of the Inaugural, and
we have just seen him and although
perfectly disgusted with having his
name connected with Joe Brown in
any way whatever, vet he says he
never authorized V. to deny that he
had anything to do with it. So V.
gets his authority from Joe Brown
or somewhere else, and any man who *
would write a self-laudatory article, j
would readily accept the assistance
of any body that was likely to make
him popular or conspicuous. The
lirst information we received that I
•^ )u,iean the author of
Brown s Inaugural was not liana
lnm but from several gentlemen in
this city who are cognizant of the j
fact, and to satisfy ourself more
ullv of the fact, we called upon !
< 01. Duncan repeatedly before lie
would answer to know if it was really ‘
the truth. Col. Duncan hesitated i
for some time, but finally answered
in the affirmative.
Col. DuncJtn is in the city, and if
we have done him injustice, he shall
have the privilege to make the cor
rection through these eolums.
o wish v. to distinctly under
stand that after hearing this report
from others, that Col. Duncan con- j
icssed to us that he was tile author
o Joe Browns Inaugural. Ls this
vT S ? J * ““thorio !
We are ready to make good what
we say .—Atlanta. Confederacy.
accepted
k Chaplaincy and Professorship of j
1 heoiogj. of Mercer Univer-itj-. !
Col. Speer and Judge Iverson. ’
Mr. Editor: It is important to the people
of tiie 3rd District that they know Col. j
Speer’s p rition as to the Kansas bill. Col.
Speer piofesses to he ail admirer, defender
and supporter ol Senator Iverson. I see by
your Gridin correspondent, Col. Speer de
nounced Judge Dough s, but defended the
Kansas bill and denied that populai or
Squatter Sovereignty was in the Kansas I
bid. Judge Iverson said iu his speech at
Griffin, he had been an advocate of Squatter
Sovereignty—he said r “I was wrong, and
l admit it —regret and recant the error.’’ —
W lien, and iu vvliat measure passed by
Congress did Judge Iverson advocate Squat
ter Sovereignty? In 1854, ‘55, ’56, iu the
Kansas bill, Col. Speer defends the Kansas
Dill, and holds it up as measure fit and prop
er tor the people of the 3rd District to stand
by and support. Hear! hear what Judge
Iverson ea!:e the Kansas bill. Judge Iverson
! says the Kansis bill is a ‘OURSED and
W REICH ED thing with unmeaning unrer
\ tainties and generalities'’ Could Judge Iver
■ son have employed stronger language to
show bis repudiation and denunciation ot
j the Kansas bid? Look at it, read it, people
| of the 3d district and say if you will east
your votes for a man for Congress who, line
I Col. Speer, is supporting a bill (the Kausas
bill) that is, in the strong language <>! Judge
Iverson, a CURSED and WRETCHED bill
i of uncertainties and unmeaning generalities.
Why did Judge Iverson thus speak ot the
Kausas bill? Because that bill has and will
exc'ude the South iroin all the Territorie*.
Judge Iverson says it lost the South Kansas.
Judge Iverson repudiated and denounced
Doth Doualas and the Kansas bill, and he
j who denounces Douglas is compelled to re
pudiate and denounce the Kansas bill; tor
Judge Douglas is the author and finisher ot
tiie Kansas dill. Does Col. Speer stand upon
tiie Cincinnati Platform? I think he does;
at lead the candidate for Governor ot the
j Democratic party of Georgia stands upon
I the Cineinnra Iriaiforin. Now, Col. Speer
supports and will vote for Brown for Gov
ernor. People of the 3rd District, hear me!
listen to me! When I tcii you the Cincin
nati Platfor upon the question of slavery iu
tiie Territories is the language of the Kan
sas bnl, believe me 1 They are, in language
| and principle, identical, one and the same.
Tney both read thus: “Thepeople of a Ter
ritory, like those of a State, huve the right to
regulate their domett-c institutions itt Ihcir
i own wag.” In this clause in the lvausas
j bill, (and which is to be lound, and can be
seen in the Cincinnati PI itform,) is secreted
and located L’upuiar or Squatter Sovreignty
—a principle Judge Iverson says he once
1 advocated, but now, like an honest man,
j confesses he did wrong; regrets and reemts
the error. Tiie Cincinnati Piaiform, hke'.he
Kansas bill, with us “cursed and wretched
| UNCERTAINTIES AND UNMEANING GENERALI
TIES, is tiie legitimate offspring of tiie Kan
sas bill. Then the Cincinnati Platform was
born of the Kausas bill, and die Kansas bill
was born of Judge Douglas. They are both
the offspring of Judge Douglas. Both the
Cincinnati Platform and the Kansas bill
, coutaiu the principle ol Popular or Squatter
’ Sovereignty.
In conclusion, people of the 31 District,
; wiil you vote lor Cos!. Speer upon tne Cin
; cinnati Platform, and who supports and en
! dorses the Kansas bill—that cursed and
j wretched bill of uncertain arid unmeaning
| generalities. Tne Supreme Court in the Dred
j Scott decision never “ determined ” that
j Squatter Sovereignty was not in the Kan
sas bill. The Supreme Court said that Con
gress could not abolish or exclude slavery
from the Territories and that it was not
j necessary to snv a Territorial Legislature
i could not do it. The Supreme court never
] mentioned the Kansas bill o-nce in its opinion
|iu the Dred Scott decision. Tiie Kuna-- bill
clearly and positively, “as plain as .language
’ could make it,” delegated the power to the
1 Territorial Legislature to abo ish or exclude
slavery from Kansas, and under that leature
. of the Kansas bill, and in that way Judge
Iverson says Kansas wus lost to the South,
i Col. Speer intends to stick to, defend and
deny, as he did in 1855 and 1856, that Pop
; ular or Squatter Sovereignty was in the
Kausas bill. The Kansas bill must stand or
fall with D uglhs, and Douglas must stand
or fall with the Kansas bill. He who sup
ports the Kansas bill and stands upon the
! Cincinnati Platform must support Douglas
i and Squatter Sovereignty, fur i:e is the tie
Dder of all three? H>w can! how could
it be otherwise, for the Kansas bill and the
Cincinnati Platform are Siaines Twins,
j and Douglass is the father of the political i
freak. One or tiie Old Guards
Opposition to Judge Love.
We have before us a letter from a strong
, Democrat, .and the writer, after commiser
ating the condition of a party so fallen as to
be under the necessity of supporting a man
for Congress who can give no definition of
his position, says:
“in your present position, if you could .
bring out a man—such a man as Bartow,
Mclntyre, or Hauseli—your chances of suc
cess would be good, in my opinion. Judg
ing from ail I can learn Irom the District,
Love will not, and cannot, command near
the vote Seward did. I received a letter
, from Berrien county on Saturday last, from
a thorough and influential Democrat, in
which he says, Love will rot get a party
’ vote iu that section. I do h< pe he may be j
defeated. 1 should feel proud even to see a
strong Opposition man elected over him. It !
would afford me infinite satisfaction. Could
you not induce Bartow to become a candi
i date? From all I learn lie is j ist the man !
to beat Love, and, if he will run, will do it.” |
We make the extract to show that there
are many, very many men in the District
opposed to Judge Love, even in his own
party. We believe with the writer of the
above, that our chances were never better in
the District than at present. If the Opposi- ‘
j tion should bring out an influential man as
suggested, Judge Love's election would be
exceedingly doubtful.— Thomasvitle Enter
prise.
Mr. Speer in Griflin.
I According to a previous notice, Col. A. M.
Speer spoke in this place ytsterday, to a
i crowd, the siz • of which does not indicate
; that his party feel much interest in politics.
We have only time and spice to notice a
j few points made by him. He said there
i was no Squatter Sovereignty in the Kansas i
Nebraska Bill. Herein lie differs Irom Sen- j
ator IveTson, who said here the 14th day of
July, that it was the Squatter Sovereignty 1
in the Bill that had made Kansas a Free i
State. Again Mr. Speer said he would not
support Mr. D -uglas, even if he should be
nominated at Charleston , and herein hedif- i
fers w ith Senator Toombs, who is a Douglas
man.
Now, Senators Toombs and Iverson oc- ■■
cupy the highest positions in the Democratic ’
party that a State can confer, and must be
considered as the most authoritative expo
nents of the party creed. A party that is
j not governed by principle is unworthy ot
: support, and as Mr. Speer docs not agree
i with the most prominent men of the party,
, how can lie claim the support of the party?
Mr. Toombs’ position is sure to secure the
nomination of Douglas at Charleston, and
i then Mr. Speer will have to swallow his
words here, or have no party to act with.
[American Union, 2 d. ,
England and the Isthmus.—The Liver
nool Albion states that S:r W. Gore Ously
was to be recalled; and in announcing Mr.
Whyke’s projected departure for the Isth- ,
nma, bv the steam-r leaving Southampton
on tiie 17th of August, it says: “Unless Mr.
Whyke be crippled in his actions by secret :
dispatches from home, his countrymen may
expect shortly to see some practical evidence ;
of s mrtd policy, which, while respe -ting the
rights of ihe Republics of Central America,
at;d assisting the development of free
route* oi transit, shall at the same time,
maintain the rights of Her Majesty and her
i suV, .l ects fids hitherto neglected, but im
portant corner of the Queen'a dominions. ’
- ■* om a
&T Warren Akin, the gallant Standard
Bearer ot the Opposition is winning golden
opinions wherever he speaks in his canvass
ing tour. Reports iroin the Cherokee coun
ties say, that there is a greater degree of en
thusiasm for him than any other man of his i
party has ever been ab’e to arouse. God ;
speed him in his noble work of redeeming !
the country from the rule of spoilsmen. Li t <
every man that is yet ‘‘laggard’’ in the fight,
buckle on his armour and bare his breast to |
the foe. —Athens Watchman. i 1
From the Savannah Republican. j
Letter from Col. Akin.
Col. Akin has handed us the following
communication upon a shameless insin- !
uation—they do not dare to make a
charge—in refeience to his receipts for
services rendered the State as Attorney
for the Western and Atlantic Railroad :
Savannah, Aug. 31st, 1859.
To the Editors of the Federal Union:
A trienqhas handed me your paper of
the 23d inst., containing some statements
calculated to make on the minds of your
readers a false impression; and, suppos
ing you would not intentionally do me 1
injustice, 1 call your attention to the mat
ter, that you may do me justice by cor
recting your error.
You refer to the “Senate Committee’s
Report, and say : “By that report, it
will be seen that Air. Akin was paid for
service as Attorney for the Road, at va- j
rious times, the sum of $4,750 00, *l,-
750 more than was paid to any oth r ‘
lawyer, employed by the Road, in the
space of three years.” As I understand
this, you state that $4,750 00 were paid
me for three years’ service to the Road, j
Ihe truth is, 1 was employed by the j
Road in the Spring of 1852 ; have been
serving the road, as attorney,ever since,
and still am serving it—there being two ,
important cases now pending, one in the
county of Cass, and the other in the
county of Catoosa, each of which I in
tend to defend to the end of litigation in
the Superior Court. So you perceive
that, instead of having served the road
only three years, I have been in its ser- i
vice for seven years and a half.
You are pleased to copy from the
“Senate Committee’s Report,” that they
had “not been able to see that the value
of the service to the road is, in every
case, commensurate with the large sums
paid.” 1 can see no object you bad in
view, in making this extract from that J
report, unless it was to make the impres
sion that the Committee had said that !
■ lie service rendered by me was not j
“commensurate with the sum paid” me. j
The Committee say “/ every case,” j
w hich clearly show s that in some cases ,
the “service” was “commensurate with
the sum pai 1.” And one member of the
Committee has assured me that the re
marks you have quoted from their re
port, were not intended to apply to me.
I'his I stated substantially in a letter
publisht and in the Chronicle dh Sentinel, •.
the 31st December last.
But 1 wish to have this matter about
fees distinctly understood. Governor
Brown settled my account for lees, and i
he settled ihe fees of the Hun. A. R.
\\ right, of Floyd, also, Judge Wright
was employed for the Road in 1850. I
was employed four years before that
time. Judge Wright was employed
against the Road in most of the impor
tant cases in the Cheroke * Circuit. I was
employed for the Road in every case
except one, 1 believe. Governor Brown •
paid Judge Wright, who is a good Dem
ocrat and a supporter of the Governor,
$3,000 when Judge Wright had been in
the service of the Road in some cases
about eighteen months. He paid me
the remainder of my account, $4,750,
when 1 had been in the service of the
, Road in all the cases (except as
above stated) four gears and a half.\ and
am still in its service, while .fudge
Wright is still opposed to the road in at
least one important case. Now I am
willing to enter into a bond, for any rea
sonable sum, to t ike just one half the
amount paid by Governor Biown to
Judge W right, according to the service
rendered by each of us, to be decided by
ihree disinterested attorneys-, Governor
Brown selecting one, 1 one, and those
tw'o a third : and it I have received more
than J ought, 1 will pay it back to the
Road ; and it 1 have not received half as
r .much ns Go\. Brow n paid Judge Wright, j
the Road shall pay it to me. Surely 1
am entitled to haif&< much as Governor
Brown paid Judge Wright, taking the
service rendered by each into considera
tion. Governor Brown refused to sub
mit my account to those disinterested
attorneys and be governed by their
award. Will he refuse this proposition?
1 make no complaint against the fees
paid Judge W right; I only ask for half
as much as Governor Brown paid him—
the service of each being con- idereJ.
Y< u will receive this through the Sa
vannnh Republican, as your paper will
not appear again for nearly a week. But
1 request you will insert it in the first is
sue of the Federal Union, and oblige
your obedient servant,
Warren Akin.
R. S.—Will the Macon Telegraph j
an 1 Augusta Constitutionalist please in
sert the above. W. A.
| ( anour candidate, WARREN AKIN,
be elected ? We answer emphatically,
he can and will. Col. Akin is placed
before the people of the Empire State of
the South with an escutcheon untaniish
-1 ed, a name and reputatiou fi.r all that .
con-titutes a man and a gentleman in the
highest and noblest acceptation of that
term —a man whose antecedents chal
lenge investigation. If to be a Chris
tian gentleman is the highest style of a
man—if an American gentleman is the
highest order of nobility, then our can
didate comes fully up the perfect stature
of a mau. Ju his business capacities he
stands unsurpassed by any man who has
ever occupied the office of Governor. In
his moral manhood he exhibits a pattern
j to which the sires and mothers of the
land may point exultmgly to their noble
sons, ami say— "Go and do likewise .”
j W e venture to remark, without any fear
of contradiction, that if the people of
Georgia elect Warren Akin that they
w ill not regret, their choice, and that the
i atlairs of < ur great State Road will be
I conducted in a manner so successful and
satisfactory that at the expiration of his
term, the people will clamor for his re
nomination and consequent re election.
\Y r e say lie can be elected triumphantly,
if every voter in the State favorable to i
his election will, from this time out, just
determine that Warren Akin shall be
our next Governor, and will put their
shoulders to the wheel, and every man
will persuade one other man to vote lor
him, we say he can and wrill be elected.
Does any man doubt the practicability
of ihe thing, just let him make the at- |
teniptand success w ill crown wbh glori
ous results our efforts. Come friends
and compatriots, w hat say you ; shall
we do it \ Y\ e think we hear but one
response from seaboard to mountain :
We will! We will!! We can elect
H arren Akin Governor!!!—Atlanta I
! Confederacy.
A Fast Argument.
Our neighbor of the • Empire State,” is
quite fast in his logic.
Without authority from us, he put? our
support of Capt. Hardeman upon his Union
principles We are for the Union, and will
nut support a disunionist, if we know it.—
But our support of Hardeman is not based
upon that question at all. We support
Hardeman because he is opposed to the
wreckless extravagance of the government
under Democratic rule, and because he op- ;
poses the duplicity of the leaders of Democ
racy, who cheated the people of the South ‘
out of their vo'*-s with promises of making j
Kansas a S'ave S ale, and then, to save the j
parly, backed down and voted for the Eog- |
lish Bill.— American Union.
Mr. Hill’s Acceptance.
* Madison, Sept. 2d, 1859.
Gentlemen : Y'our favor advising men
of my unanimous nomination by a Con
vent b.n of the American Party of the
7th Congressional District, for re-elec
tion to Congre .s as the Representative
of the District, was received soon after
its date. 1 should have replied to it 1
sooner, hut that I desired, if compatible i
with honorable effort, to conciliate the
opposition of a portion of the Americans
ot the District, headed by a gentleman !
of ability, with whom 1 was on terms of
long standing personal friendship. The
result will be made public, and 1 trust i
may prove agreeable to all who desire
my success. I regarded it as due to can
dor to concede the existence of a state
of things adverse to a prosperous issue i
of the canvass. 1 have never known a
man complained of for underrating his
own popularity; if I am guilty of it, 1
shall be glad to be convinced of my
mistake. The error is not a common
one. and will be pardoned by one’s :
friends. I have every reason to be |
Sieve that the accommodation of the dis
ferem.es existing in the party, will be
regarded as alike commendable in Col. I
Kenan and myself.
The Convention was not as full a one
as I desired it should be, but it contained
an unusual number of experienced and
highly •intelligent gentlemen. To be
adjudged by such a body, worthy to rep
resent a people, unsurpassed by any
; equal number wherever to be found, in 1
all that gives dignity and honor to hu- i
man nature, is a compliment of which ‘
1 any man might well be proud. I ac- i
knowledge myself profoundly grateful j
tor the flattering manner In which the
Convention has refeired to me. I accept
with distrust of my own worthiness, the
nomination so gracefully tendered. It •
is the more valued, that it was un- ‘
; sought.
1 have neither time nor inclination to ■
lay down a creed, nor to indite a review
of current politics. My general opin
ions and political tone are well known
to those who know me. lam not sub
i ject to sudden or irrational changes, lie
j is a far wiser man than I claim to be. ;
who already discerns the political events |
of the approaching winter and spring.
■ Nothing short of a spirit of divination 1
can unveil the comimg time. 1 await
hopefully for my country arid my home,
the slow uplifting of the curtain that I
! trust, shuts out from mortal view a !
bright, prosperous, peaceful future. As
for any poor aid of mine, if in a posi- j
tion to contribute to so auspicious a re
sult., I can only say 1 have no pledges to
make, no securities to offer, save a uni
form love of conservatism and constitu
tional rule.
Our Federal Government though so
much complained of, and justly too, for
its prodigal waste of tiie public treasure,
and its partial legislation, is still worthy
of the best efforts of every citizen to i
’ preserve and purify it. llow’ it would
cheer the patriot heart throughout the !
nation, to behold the prudent, moderate j
men of all parties, uniting in one great
movement to restore the government to
its early purity.
We of the South, ask for no bounties,
we but demand an economical adminis
tration. This reform, so much needed,
must be effected, or deep-seated disaffec
tion to the Government will pervade the
land. The administration of such a
government, should be made worthy of
its unequalled organization. A virtuous
people desire it—an indignant people
will compel it.
’ Permit me, gentlemen, to return you
my thanks for the handsome manner in
which you have performed your duty,
and to tender you my highest regard and
esteem. Y'cry respectfully,
Joshua Hill.
To Messrs. M. W. Lewis, L. W. Pou,
B. Amos, Committee.
Correspondence between
IGois. .7. Hill and Col. heimn.
Eatonton, August 31, 1859.
Dear Sir :—We are both nominated can
didates for Congress. You, by a meeting of
the Americans of your own county. I. by
a Convention representing a portion of the |
counties of the District. It is true as I be
lieve, that the action of the Convention does j
not reflect the wishes of the American party ;
of Baldwin arid Wilkinson counties. And j
from the failure ol’Jones, Twiggs and Wash- !
ington counties to be represented in the j
Convention, I infer its objects did not meet I
ihe approval of a majority of the Americans |
of these three counties. The harmony of !
the party in the District is endangered. It |
depends upon us to preserve it. I will do :
anything honorable to accomp!i:-h it. What <
can I do? Wlmt will you do? Please let
me hear trom you at your earliest conveni
ence. Very truly, vour triend,
JOSHUA HILL.
To Col A. H. KeiAn.
Eatonton, August 31st.
llon. J. Hill —Dear Sir: The liberal spirit I
and frank admissions, of your note of to-day,
I fully appreciate. I recognize the obliga
tion due from members of a party, particu
larly when aspiring to its political honors, to
preserve its harmony by all honorable con
cession. This is due to the preservation of
our principles. When my friends presented
my name to the District for Congressional
honors, I distictly stated, that my candidacy,
should not inure to the benefit of a Demo
cratic candidate, who m'ght seek to take ad
vantage of our division. One is already in 1
the field—and you appeal to me, to say what
we shall do. The magnanimity of your
course, leaves me no other alternative, than
to retire from the canvass,and thus preserve,
inviolate, the unity and integrity of the
American party. In withdrawing my name,
1 lose no interest for the success of our par
ty—and although willing to have left to the \
district, the choice, between you and myself, •
or any other friend in the southern section j
of the district—now, that tiie conflict, is one i
of political antagonism,you have my warm
est wishes for your success.
Respectlully your friend,
A. 11. KENAN.
SggT’ The Democracy in Kentucky re
sorted to the most infamous frauds and de
vices to affect the result of the election held
there on Monday. They not only resorted
to the importation of “black carpet bag
men,” as i rupee ted illegal votes there are
styled, but revived the old plan of publishing
“Roorbacks,” when it was too late to ex
pose their falsehood. On the morning of
the last working day before the election, a
Locofoco paper in Louisville paraded in star
ing capitals an announcement that Cassius
M. Clay, the Abolition leivlcr of Kentucky,
had gone to Covington to make a speech to |
the Abolitionists in that neighborhood in I
favor of Bell, the Opposition candidate for j
Governor, and appealed to the fact as an evi- ;
denee of the abolition tendencies of the Op- j
position. There is no doubt that this lying i
announcement was telegraphed to every ac- i
c-e.-sible point throughout Kentucky and Ten- ‘
The telegraph despatches sent east- I
ward on Saturday night from Cincinnati sta- 1
ted that Cassius M. Clay had made % speech
at Covinpton, but that he advocated neither
side , but denounced both Bell and Magoffin as
political quacks, and that his speech was a
straight out Republican manifesto. The au
thors of the “Roorback” knew it was a lie
when they put it in circulation. They sent
’ it forth to do its devil’s work, and will make
the correction after the election. Such is De
mocracy!—Balt. Clipper.
A company has been formed in Pen- ‘
sacola for supply mg the citizens, at all hours, j
with fresh live fish. They bring the fish i
alive so houses prepared in the water, aloug i
side of the wharves, where they are kept, so ,
that any one can go at any time, ami sci
lect the kind of fish he wishep. perfectly 1
fresh. 1
i Wright and Jones at Lincoln
ton.
The discussion on Saturday at Lincolnton
was a proud day for the friends of Col.
Wright. We need not review the points of
the discussion—they did not differ material- .
iy from those we have reported at Elberton.
lJut each was more familar with the tactics :
of the other, than on that occasion, and the :
scope of argument was wider. Col. Wright
examined the record of Mr. Jones’ party —
and convicted the modern Democracy of
many sins which are sought to be laid at the
door of the opposition.
Col. W. handled his whole theme in a i
fresh and vigorous manner, so much that 1
those who had heard his previous speeches :
could not refrain from admiring his wonder,
ful tact in presenting the same points and |
’ clothing the same ideas in anew and attrac- !
tive garb. Mr. Jones spoke first, and aim
| ed at some of the points, which he expected ,
I Mr. Wright to make, but devoted most of his ,
I time to his favorite declamation about Know
Nothings—warning the people that though |
Sam was dead, if his followers were put in i
; power, they would respect him. He closed
I with his stereotyped panegytic to the old
ship Democracy, and told the story of Paul,
| who in the storm admonished his friends to
I stick to the ship, and they should all be sav
ed.
Col. right, in rising to reply, reminded
the audience that certain persons on the ‘
i were lunded on the island of the Malta: and he j
-hip had to leave it before the crew were
tho’t the best w ay tosave the Democretic ship
was to throw overboard some of its fright- .
ened and profligate crew —and he pointed !
significantly to Mr. Jonts-who seemed a lit- |
tie disoointitted at the turn given to his ;
scriptural comparison !
He turned the aguraent against Know
Nothings, and the danger of promoting the
| old Samites to office —upon the heads of the
i friends ot Mr. Jones present, (Mr. Long and
Mr. Strother) who had formerly acted with
i him in the American party. Turning to one
of'them—who was by the side of Jones in
’ the stand, he asked, with an air of playful
triumph :
“Who is the gentleman’s groomsman to
i day ? Is he not one of the members of
i the defunct and derided party, whose
leaders you so despise—and so of the
J candidate for your own party, for the Leg
| islature ? If Sam is so terrible a monster
1 that his resurrection is dreaded, then should
these nten be kept from power.” The effect
was electric—and when the applause elicited
by the well-turned retort had subsided, ho
paid his old friends L. and S. a good natur
ed compliment and left them to the tender
mercies of their new allies.
Mr. Jones had asked Wright if he would
vote for Brown for Governor. Wright re
plied with a severe review of Gov. Brown’s
course toward the currency of the State—ol
the fatal results that would have followed
the execution of his policy—of the bank
ruptcy to the rich, and the suffering to the
poor, which it must have brought about—
and in plain terms said no such man should
receive his vote. 9
Col. Wright is very dignified, and argu
, mentative, and never indulges in anecdotes
| or railery except in reply to the hits of Mr.
Jones—and it is gratifying to observe that
each is very respectful and courteous to the
other. It is a foregone conclusion that no
body in this country can make anything in
trying to “turn down” Col. Wright tvith an
ecdotes. And he is a full match for the
ablest debaters of the times at solid argu-
I nient, and at a review of the polttical histo
iry of the country. He is an awful terror to
1 his antagonist, in any department of their
| discussions.
In the conclusion Mr. Jones made several
errors in stating the record of parties—and
was corrected by Col. Wright. He again
dodged the patriotism of Air. Buchanan—
and Wright insisted that he should answer
according to the general meaning of the
term—whether Buchanan in his opinion was
a patriot. Jones finally admitted that he be
lieved Mr. Buchanan loved his country, and
would not join the British against it! He
would not swallow Douglass exactly, nor
would he denounce him. If ho was nomina
ted, and a Black Republican run against him,
and it Avas necessary, he Avould vote l'or
Douglas to beat the Republican. “The ne
pheAV of his uncle” evidently does not like
Douglas as well as Air. Toombs does. Noth
ing has yet been said by either candidate on
the revival of the slave trade.
Owing to the fact that Col. Wright with
dretv his appointment, and met Mr. Jones
at Lincolnton, the barbecue designed for
each, were given seperately—the friends of
Mr. Jones having refused to let the friends
of Col. Wright join them on equal terms.—
Each barbecue was conducted in a very or
derly manner—though the division avus un
fortunate. Wright's friends repaired to the
hotel—Avhile those of Mr. Jones went to the
spring lot, and partook of the bounties of the
j day. This division has stirred up some un
pleasant teeling—but it cannot injure Col.
Wright and will no doubt subside in a shout
time. Parties arc A ery equally balanced in
Lincoln, and no great majority is expected
i either way. Wright came off more than
conqueror ; his friends Avere enthusiastic,
and sanguine of a majority in the county.—
| Dispatch.
A Patriotic Letter from a Pa
triotic Democrat.
Wo have the pleasure in laying before our
; readers the following patriotic letter from Dr’
1 E. N. Calhoun, one of the oldest and most in
fluential Democrats in this section of the
State. It avill be seen that he comes out
[openly and boldly in favor of the election of
Col. Akin as Governor of Georgia. Dr.
! Calhoun has, until recently, acted as Chair
! man of the Democratic Executive Committee
! and, for several years, presided over nearly
j all Democratic meetings held iu this coun
itry:
Atlanta, August 25, 1859.
j Dear Sir :—I have received yours of the
24th instant, and hasten to reply. Yousay,
that in conversation this morning with a
triend from abroad, on the probable chances
to elect Col. Akin, Governor, you had occa- .
sion to refer to me as one of Col. Akin’s !
warm supporters; that he expressed sur- i
| prise and great satisfaction at learning mv ;
| present position, and said that he felt con- !
: tident, if the fact was generally known, it •
1 would be greatly to the advantage of Col. j
Akia in the State; and also that you are !
awure that I can have no desire to appear i
j conspicuous in the canvass, hut ask, in view I
i of the great influence it may exert ia behalf j
! of Col, Akin, permission to use my name, 1
: publicly, in conffexion Avith his candidacy. !
I In reply, I can assure you it is far from my
; wish to appear conspicuous in this, or any
! other canvass, as I aspire to nothing more
’ than to conscientiously aid my fellow citi- j
1 zens in elevating to high and responsible of- i
i lices, truly worthy and honorable men ; and
1 can say to you and my Democratic friends, j
with Avliom 1 have acted l'or the last thirty I
years in this country, that I am confident, \
in my own mind, that I am in the discharge !
of a high and responsible duty, to myself j
and country, when I aid in elevating to the
Gubernatorial Chair of Georgia a gentleman !
of such eminent qualifications as Col. War- i
ren Akin. There is nothing of the dema
gogue about this truly worthy man. I
have known him from his boyhood, and fa
vorably all the time, and to-day I feel still
more attached to him, after his able and
truthful defence (in his speech of Tuesday I
night) of the Hon. Herschel Y. Johnson’s ;
management of the Western and Atlantic ;
Railroad. His traduceri all over Georgia
will be astonished when Akin tells them, !
(which all may sec for themselves, by exam
ining Col. Spullock’s Report,) that under
Gov. Johnsoo’o Administration, the net
earnings of the State Road overpayed seven j
thousand dollars per month more than un- j
der Got r . Brown’s. I have been astounded, ;
as well as well as indignant [as the friend of
Gov. Johnson] at the deception practiced |
on the people of Georgia, in relation to the ;
money paul into the Treasury from the
State Road, by Gov. Brown, Avhen I know
and every one who examines for himself
must see, that all the credit that Brown
is now receiving is justly due to tbe Hon.
Herscbei V. Johnson ; and if Gov Brown
had had the manliness to have said to the
people of Georgia, I am only enabled to pay
this money into the Treasury from the per
fect paying condition the Road was put in I
by my predecessor, and not from any great
generalship ol’ my own, he would have told a
truth, and done Gov. Johnson and his friends i
‘justice, and made himseif a little more popu
j lar with the Democracy.
Very Respectfully,
E. N. CALHOUN. i
I C. 11. Hanleiter, Esq,
fcap” Astronomers have given the
rate of solar light one hundred and j
ninety-two thousand five hundred ;
miles in a second. I
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, OA.,”SEPT. 9, 1859
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WARREN AKIN,
Os Oslss.
FOR CONGRESS,
THOS. HARDEMAN, jr„
Os Bibb.
For Senate,
A. R. FREEMAN.
For Represen ta tire,
Judge Anderson k Wm. Holmes.
Hardeman’s Appointments.
PRATTSBURG, Talbot county,
Thursday, September 15-
GENEVA, Talbot county,
Friday, September 16.
GRIFFIN, Spalding county,
Monday, September 19.
LIBERIA HILL, Pike county,
Tuesday, September 20.
CULLODEN, Monroe county,
Thursday, September 22
KNOXVILLE, Crawford county,
Saturday, September 24.
Editorial Courtesy.
We had the pleasure yesterday, of an
hour’a social chat with W. G. Clark, Esq.,
one of the very clever and gentlemanly edi
tors ©f the Mobile Daily Advertiser , who did
us the agreeable courtesy to call, while pass
ing through Macon on his way North. Mr.
Clark does not indicate and depression of
spirits from the Democratic success in Ala
bama—and we presume, though going North,
will not follow in the footsteps of his con
temporary of the Register , who has been re
cently reposing in the shadow of the “Little
Giant.”
ZUust-ogec County.
The Opposition party of Mueogee
County have nominated the follow
ing Ticket for the Legislature:
For the Senate, Hon. Hines Holt.
For Representatives, N. L. How
ard and Col. R. L. Mott.
This is a first class Ticket.
The Opposition party havebrought
out their very best men, almost eve
rywhere—feeling, like true patriots,
that none but good and true men can
save the country from total demor
alization by the leaders of the Dem
ocratic party ; who have in some
instances nominated men whose as
sociation would seem to invite a war
upon all the moral and social rela-
I tions of public decency.
Messrs. Kenan and HiU.
Wc publish to-day the correspondence
between these two gentlemen, in relation to
the adjustment of the canvass in the Seventh
District. Two more noble-hearted, gener
ous, high-toned, gentlemen never met in a
similar manner. Between such gentlemen,
difficulties disappear, in the desire to give to
each other full evidence of a magnanimous
spirit. We hope that Col. Kenan’s friends
will take example by their gallant leader,
and give to Mr. Hill a full and hearty sup
port. They have Col. K’s honor in their
keeping, and will treasure it dearly. As the
Opposition party are straining a point to put
their best men in the Legislature this year,
what is to prevent the citizens of Baldwin,
from adding the name of A. H. Kenan to
the rich galaxy of Senators already in nomi
nation?
Hon. B. H. Hill in Forsyth.
On Tuesday, 30th ult, the Hon. B. H. Hill
addressed a very large assemblage of the citi
zens of Monroe and other counties, at For
■ syth. We were prevented from joining the
j crowd that went up from this city on the
morning train, to hoar the distinguished
j speaker. His effort is said to have been a
, most masterly one—speaking about three
hours. He paid a beautiful tribute to the
worth and character of Col. Warren Akin,
and spoke in glowing terms of his hopes of
I success. lie complimented the firmness and
devotion of the Third District to the princi
ples of the party—it was one of the green
spots of Georgia—and he wanted to see it
roll up a largo majority for our gallant stan
dard bearer, Hardeman.
We know it was a great treat to hear Mr.
Hill’s speech—it is a great treat to hear him
at any time ; for without exception, he has
no equal in Georgia, (and so lar as we have
seen and h aid men,) or any where else. It
is to be regretted that such ability lies com
paratively idle. Men like Mr. Hill do not
belong to a locality—“they are meant for
mankind.”
The Next President.
Douglas seems at present, to have the best
prospect for the Democratic nomination, — ,
Wise being politically dead, or nearly so.
But Douglas cannot be nominated by their 1
two-third rule, without a large majority from
the North. Why he should be the choice
of the Southern Democrats, we cannotdivine,
uuless they are determined to cram squatter
sovereignty and alien suffrage down our
throats in spite of our teeth, —and openly
invite the Abolitionists and Aliens to legis
late our lawful property out of our posses- j
sion. But we predict that the Charleston ,
Convention will compromise on Buchanan, ;
Douglas in that event, will be the nominee j
of the Black Republicans, who would ac-
cept his platform. Since the Texas election,
attention has been strongly directed to Gen.
Houston, and on the occurrence of either or
both of the above stated contingencies, he
would, in all probability, be called out by the
old Whigs and Fnion Democrats, and the
conservative men of all parties, and be car
ried in triumph to the highest honor in the
gift of the nation.
Still mean and Tricky.
The ultra Douglas papers aie very careful
to copy from the Black Republican papers at
the North, any allusion they may choose to j
make aboiit the opposition to the Democracy
at the South ; they have not the openness
to make an honest statement of the facts,
but would meanly allow an inference to be
made that the Opposition at the South is
allied to the Opposition at the North. This 1
is a species of trickery peculiar to the Demo- J
cratic leaders and presses. They are ever
I ready to accuse others of what they are
guilty themselves. It is an indisputable fact,
that the Democratic leaders at the South
have held the party bound to the support of
the vilest F rep soil Democrats at the North,
while they have scandelously belied the best
men of the South as Abolitionists. We have
said Ipr years, and we repeat it again, and
again, that if the South finally looses her
ability to maintain her equality in the Union,
it will be through the treachery of Demo*
cratic leaders. Let it be remembered. ‘
Doufflas Prospects Sonth.
It is pretty clear now, that Mr. Douglas
cannot get a single Southern State, except
Alabama. And he could not get that, but
the i*?ople are told they are votiug for Gen.
Jackson and Democracy, and they believe it,
such is the force of habit. Hence, Douglas
is nosing his way into the folds of the Black
Republicans, and has already hiade such
progress among them, that the friends of
Mr. Seward of N. York, becoming alarmed,
have written in hot haste for that gentleman
to return home, before Mr. Douglas gets the
upper Land of him.
In a Bad Fix.
The editor of the Constitutionalist speak
ing of the canvass in the Eighth District,
Mr. Wright, the Opposition candidate
has lost ground sensibly in the last week ;
for wiihiu that time Mr. Jones has 1 fixed
him.”
If such is the fact, we are truly sorry for
the condition of our highly esteemed friend,
Col. Wright. He is in a bad fix indeed, if
Mr. Jones “fixed” him, —for that gentleman
never “fixed” anything as it ought to be
“fixed.”
“To Point a Moral.”
“ Issachar is an Ass that stoopeth between
two burdens .” Cannot the honest, conserva
tive Democrats of Georgia see that the fac
tions which divide the Democratic party,
have placed it in the condition of Issachar?
Mr. Douglas and Gov. Brown are the bur
dens on one hand, and Senator Iverson on
the other. Will they not come out from
among them, and let both burdens fall to the
ground? “A house divided against itself
cannot stand.” The Opposition party pre
sents a place of relief and safety. “A word
to the wise is sufficient!”
What Folly.
Why do the presses and small po
tatoe.politicians of the Democratic
party in Georgia, still continue to
assert that Squatter Sovereignty is
not in the Kansas Bill, when Doug
las, the very father of it, says that it
is, and the whole freesoil wing of the
Democrats at the North say that it
is? Do they not believe—nay, do
they not know, they are deceiving
the people. That they are endeavor
ing to put manacles upon the South,
by which they may surrender her to
her enemies, hound hand and foot ?
Very Handsome.
The Augusta Constitutionalist, in
publishing Col. Akin’s late letter in
regard to his compensation as At
torney for the State Road, remarks
that it had never alluded to the
charge, nor copied any article from
j other papers that did. This was very
handsome—and in itself, was a most
withering rebuke to the presses who
appear willing to blacken the char
acter of an opponent, however high
and honorable.
We will take occasion to say, how
ever, that so far as- our knowledge
I extends, we have never known the
Democratic press in Georgia, gencr
j ally, to be more charry of their abuse
of an oppenent. We can account
for this in two ways. In the first
place they cannot say anything bad
of Col. Akin, and in the other they can
| say nothing good of Gov. Brown.
Will let him Slide.
We had the pleasure of conversing
tvith a gentleman from the Cherokee
country, the other day, who is a
! strong fire-eating Democrat, and a
j very sensible and intelligent man.—
| He stated that no one could well
! imagine the vote that Col. Akin
would get in Cherokee—that lie
was known well there, and no man
1 could say aught against him. There
were thousands of Democrats, like
: himself, who would, (to use his own
1 expression,) “ let Gov. Brown slide.”
That he voted for Brown the first
time against his will, but lie done it
for the party —hut party or no party,
i he would not do it again. He eould’nt
j stand Douglas either, but sided with
Senator Iverson. This was plain
| sensible talk ; and we have no doubt
j but there are thousands of good hon
est Democrats, who are just in the
i position of this gentleman. The
| Democratic leaders are split into
factions, and have got together by
i the ears, —and do they” suppose the
i sensible portion of the people are
| fools enough to follow them ? Not
1 a hit of it.
Col. Speer in Griffin.
Our correspondent, “ Spectator,” writing
from Griffin, gives a synopsis of Col. Speer’s
speech at that place on Thursday last. It
will be seen that Col. Speer, not having the
fear of the Hon. Robt. Toombs before his
eyes, has declared his opposition to Mr.
Douglas. “7/e would not vote for him (Doug- j
las) though nominated by a thousand Charles
ton Conventions /’’ So far, so good. But
what say the Douglas Democrats of the Third
District to this ? Will they repudiate Col.
Speer, and cling to Mr. Toombs aud Doug
las? Or will they repudiate Mr. Toombs,
Mr. Douglas, and Gov. Brown, and hang on
to Coi. Speer ? They cannot consistently
take them all. And Democrats have a
mighty notion of consistency. We ask,
what will they do?
Col. Speer is represented as saying, “that
! he thought there w’ere a few, and only a very
• few Democrats at the North, who were reli
able men.” This is rather “backing down,”
if we are rightly informed. For we under
stand that Col. Speer, iu this city, in his
speech of Acceptance, declaied the Demo
cratic party at the North to be in favor of
the extension of Slavery! Is this so ? That
is, did Col. Speer so speak ?
We consider the position of Col. Speer
before the people of the Third District, as
I very singular. It may be the division among
j the leaders of his party has placed him so—
, but it is singular—nay, it is uncertain. And
! it appears to us, that those who vote for him,
1 will not be able to say whether they are vo
■ ting with the Democratic party, or an isso
: lated faction. We should prefer something
more certain.
We know where Capt. Hardeman stands.
There is no doubts about his position before
the country. Every man who votes for
him, will know what he is doing. He will
know that he is voting against Stephen A.
Douglas and Squatter Sovereignty—against
Toombs and the Kansas swindle—against
Buchanan and his extravagant Administra
tion—and Gov. Joseph E. Brown, and his
• State Road humbug, and last not least,
i against the Cincinnati ‘Platform. 1
Gov. Brown where Known.
It is very easy fur some men to make
a good impression fur a short time
where they arc not known; but when
it comes u a lifetime acquaintance, it j s
quite a different thing. Where Gov.
Brown is know, scarcely any one speaks
well of him personally. That it a luid
sign for the man. It is the almost uni
versal expression, that in his personal
and social relations, he is what ‘ term,
ed a mean, selfish man. The Marietta
Patriot says he is a “ corrupt and telfi ,; t
demagogue, who never done a disinterested
act in all his life: This is a hard say.
ing ; but from the character given to
Gov. Brown by those who have known
him iong and well, by his political friend
and foe, we believe it is fully sustained
Take
Col. Akin where known.
And the universal acclaim is, that he
is a most estimable gentleman. Politj.
cal opponents are as warm in their com
mendation, as his personal and political
friends. In his personal and social re
lations, no man could be more disinter
ested and unselfish. Instead of its being
said of him “that he never done a disin
terested act in all his life,” it is scarcely
possible to meet a man in the county
where be lives but will tell you at once
of some benevolent, charitable or gen
erous act that he has done. No man in
the State probably has been more gen
erally benevolent, or labored more earn
est ly to benefit and improve the sphere
in w hich he moves. Quiet and unostenN
tatious, his good works have silently
performed their mission, in making glad
the heart of many a distressed creature.
Such men are worthy of all honor, and
it is honorable in a people to bestow it.
May he be Governor of Georgia !
The old Whigs and the Doug
las Democracy.
We address ourselves totheOldLine
W HIOS, WHO WENT TO THE SUPPORT OF Bu
chanan in 1856. How can you support
Gov. Brown, and give your influence to the
Douglas Democracy, without a total aban
donment of old and long cherished princi
ples ? The case is very different now, to
what it was in 1856. It was not from any
aflilliation in principle—but from a noble,
generous impulse of patriotism over party,
that lead you to support Mr. Buchanan.—
You believed it to be, at that time, the only
means of defeating Fremont, and protec
ting the rights of the South. The Democ
racy were rejoiced to have your support,
they used many arguments to win you over,
and made many appeals to a patriotism,
which un fortunately they did not tfemsdves
possess, to influence your course. You respon
ded nobly. You took the course which your
best judgment at the time dictated. Butyou
have seen, that instead of these leaders of the
Democracy thanking you for the aid you
gave, for the success they attained at your
hands, they have presumed upon your con
fidence, and your supposed dependence, or
committal to the party, to thurst upon you
boldly, the doctrines you have so long en
deavored to shield the South from. The suc
cess of Gov. Brown will inevidently inure to
the benefit of the Douglas Democracy. It
will be taken as a sanction on your part, of
the doctrines of squatter sovereignty, Terri
torial legislation, and alien suffrage. Neith
er of which can ever be submitted to by the
! South, but with the loss ofher independence.
If patriotism moved you to support Buchan
an in 1856, against a more open enemy of
the South, patriotism and principle alike
call upon you now to resist the party which
has betrayed you, in uffilliating with tho e
whom you gallantly defeated in 1856. Coi.
Akin is an old comrade, long tried—and true
as steel. He claims your support on the
score of old principles, of fidelity and patri
otism. Will you not rally upon him ? Is
it not really and truly in the path of duty to do
so ? and the path of duty is the path of safe
ty; and that points you to the opposition of
Brown, Douglas and the Kansas bill.
The Times and its Corres
pondent.
A Correspondent of the Columbus Times
j over “Cotton Hill,” misrepresents Capt.
I Hardeman when he makes Capt. Hardeman
say he left the meeting in 1850 because of the
’ disunion sentiments contained in the resolu
| tions cited by “Cotton Hill.” Mr. Harde
man left the meeting because of the disunion
sentiment of Rhett, and others, who spoke
at that meeting, for he plainly saw the ob
ject of the speakers, (and not the people)
was to dissolve the Union. Rhett and Yan
cey were, and are to this day, disunionist
perse. Capt. Hardeman went to the meet
ing in 1850, willing to take the line of 36
30, to the Pacific as a peaceable settlement
between the North and South upon the ques
tion of slavery in the Territories with that
impression he consented to act as Secretary
j of the meeting, and only left or withdrew,
j when Rheet and Yancey announced them
selves as disunionists whether this or that
line of policy was adopted. We are not
surprised at anything “Colton Hill” would
write, for he says, “The Kansas bill was de
feated by Southern Opposition votes.” We
have been taught to believe the Kansas bill
| passed Congress and is to day the Territori
al policy of Douglas, Toombs and the Fed
eral Government at Washington. So much
for the statements of the correspondent of
the Columbus Times. The Times must post
his correspondent up better next time, that
is all. Boys ought to mind how they play
with edge tools or else they will cut them
selves. We like to see that letter of Capt.
Hardeman's published and referred to. It
j shows the patriotism and wisdom ol a
statesman in a boy, for Capt. Hardeman
could not have been more than 21 or 22
years old when he wrote it. Wellconsisten
.cyis a jewel. When Rhett, Yancey and
1 disunionist perse in 1850,saw evetything that
; was marvelously beautiful in the Missouri
j line or the line of 36—30, and in 185') and
, 1856, with them this same line turns out
| to be the most infamous thing that the mind
: could conceive of. All we have to say upon
j that point is this, if it was infamous in 1853
and 1856, was it not infamous in 1850
Therefore we could not get our consent to
i stand upon a thing that is infamous in 185a
and 1856, and was not in 1850.
Mr. Toombs and the Democ
racy.
Mr. Toombs’ speech at Lexington has
thrown the Democracy into a terrible stew.
They will find the old Whig leader some
thing of a tyrant before they get done with
him. He tried to domineer over the old
Whigs, but finding they were about to ‘.mg
him olf, he slid over on to the backs oi the
! Democracy. We shall watch the coming
events with some interest. It the
ble Senator shakes his fist so threateningly
! at Mr. Gartrell, it is a matter of speculation
what he will say to our friend, Col Speer.
“I know every rock on the coast,” cried
an Irish pilot. ‘At that moment the ship
struck, when he exclaimed, “and that 8 one
I of them. ”