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norgaaans, 10 give then pat bo*; no,
none of these. They look sorrowful,
bud speak nliM by their brevity-—
Bound—to beftr uncomplainingly; bound
to agonise moment by moment; bound,
perhepa, to hunger end rice; bound to
n master who knows not tbe meaning of
the word mercy..
StiU art thou Murid to humanity, poor
Uttie hound fey, and be who -eeee tbe
end from tbe beginning, has bound thee
to Himself by ties that tbe world may
tarnish <bot not bretk, for tbe suffering
bare n Father and n consoler in Jesus
Christ.
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Miss Irwin's Claim.
Oa Friday, tbe 6th of February a bill,
fort be .relief of Miss Jane Irwin, pass
ed- the Senate by a unanimous vote. It
is now-before the House, and there is
not tbe. least doubt entertained, but it
will pass this body in tbe same manner.
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Mia Irwin ie a most amiable and esti
mable Jady, and sbe has secured to her
self many warm friends in this city. We
tbink sbe possesses many of the charac
teristics that marked the character of
her brave and energetic father. We
cannot forbear mentioning a little inci
dent showing her determination and per
severance. Whilst Kossuth and bis fam
ily were in the city, we, with Miss Ir
win and several other ladies called to see
Mta. When we arrived and asked if he
^codld be seen, we were told bis hour of
reception was past. We then asked for
Madame Kossuth and the ladies by whom
she was accompanied; the reply was,
" They are too much fatigued to see any
more oompany to-day.” We, as a mat-
ter of oofrrse, were about to leave, ex
pressing much regret at not being able
to see them, but Miss Irwin said, “ No,
no, bo aeated, I am sure the ladies can
be seen,” and sending her card to a
member of the suite with whom she was
acquainted, in a few moments Monsieur
Massingberd entered tbe parlor. After
presenting him to the ladies, she asked
him to see Madame Kossuth, and her
friends, with a request that Miss Irwin
might be permitted to present her friends
to them. He saw Madame, and in a
moment returned saying, she would see
Miss Irwin and her friends.
When we had left tbe hotel, one of
the ladies remarked, “ We are indebted
to you, Miss Irwin, for the pleasure of
seeing Madame Kossuth.” She laugh
ingly replied, “ I would be unworthy of
my parentage, as daughter of a revolu
tionary soldier, did I not possess the vir
tue of perseverance under discourage
ment.”
It must be a source of gratification to
Mia Irwin and her'fricnds, that the jus
tice of her claim was so evident, that it
passed the Senate without a dissenting
voice.— Washington Metropolitan.
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CASSVTLLE, GEORGIA:
Thursday, March 11th, 1852.
THE LARGEST CITICULATIOH IN CHERO
ZEE GEORGIA.
[ty The Standard has an extensive circu
lation, and is a good advertising medium for i ,
Business-Men to become known in Cherokee ” on 1 our P®°P' e be warned
Georgia. Terms moderate.
AGENTS VOrJtHE STANDARD.
V. D.'Palmer, New York City.
R. S. Purse, Charleston, S. C.
T. M. Compton, Calhoun, Ga.
f y See “ Facts and Fancies” on tbe
last page of today's paper.
Ad Valorem Tax Act.
Articles exempt from this Tax, ar
ranged in alphabetical order.
Academies, Colleges, and other sem
inaries of learning.
Apparatus, philosophical.
Annual Crops.
Arms, fixe.
Associations, literary, stock in and
belonging to.
Apparel, wearing, of tax payer and
family.
Books, not held as merchandise.
Buildings, used for an incorporated
College, a sehool house, court house,
jail, charitable institution or house eoo-
neoted with the same, and the several
lots whereon such buildings are situa
ted, and the furniture thereunto belong
ing.
Capitol Stock in an incorporated com
pany liable to pay tax on ita capital.
Furniture, household and kitchen, not
above the value of #300, nor held for
•ale as merchandise.
Instruments, musical.
library, public, personal and real es
tate attached.
Meohanioal Tools all exempt.
Munitions of War, all, not held
as merchandise or for sale.
Plantation tools, all exempt.
Property, other than poultry, house
hold and kitchen furniture, when the
value of the two latter does not exceed
#300—to the value of #200.
All other personal property, of what
soever kind it be, is subject to be taxed;
and all other real property, with im
provements thereon, an subject to be
taxed.
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Indians in Florida.—Then is an
other effort making in Florida to get rid
of Sam Jones, Billy Bowlegs, and their
red skioeed associates. Captain Jerni-
gan has been empowered to take fifty
mounted men to hunt them out A let
ter says “Jernigmn has been with the
Indians again. He has captured two,
and they think another one was killed.
We know not wbat may become of our
families. We want aid speedily.—We
tkjak our families an in gnat danger.”
This letter is dated Mellouville, Feb.
10th.
We call the attention of our read
ers to tbe card of W. T. Price & Co.
To persons who want good, easy riding
and cheap carriages, this is a fine open
ing.
Superior Court.
The Spring Term of tbe Court for
this county has been in session this week,
and we regret to state that there is more
business on the docket than has ever
been before since the country was set
tled. Times are hard, and creditors are
harder—and a groat many are sued, and
will be used up, we fear.
Judge : 4 LuMPKiN presides with bis u-
sual dignity.
We learn, with regret that infor
mation has been received at Washing
ton, from Amos B. Corwine, Esqr., U.
S. Consul at Panama, of the death, with
in his Consular District, of William
Bearden, late of Adairsville, Cass coun
ty, Georgia.
Mr. Corwine states that the deceased
left a small sum of money, say #86, and
15 cents, out of which bis funeral ex
penses are to be pi>>d.
The Kabun Gap Road.
We 6ec that tbe proposition to build
this road, has caused quite a fluttering
among the pigeons at Augusta. We are
glad to see that something has bad the
effect to 6tart the people of that city
from tbe narrow and selfish policy, which
has heretofore prevented a connection of
the Geo. & S. C. R Road, at that place.
We hope our Charleston friends will
continue to agitate the question, if the
Augusta people persist in levying exor
bitant tolls upon Georgians, Alabama-
ians and Tennesseeans and build the pro
posed road, or some other which will al
low us to go to whatever seaport we
think proper.
County Census. Jonathan D.
Phillips, Esq , was appointed by the
Inferior Court, on Friday last, to take
the census of Cass county the present
year.
CiT The letter of Gen Sanford to Mr.
Hallet in to-day’s paper, will attract the
reader’s attention. It appears that on
the 8th day of December last, Gen.
Sanford, as chairman of the Democratic
executive or central committee of Geor
gia, under tbe old regime, received a
circular from Mr. Hallett of Boston, as
chairman of the National Democratic
committee, relative to the assembling of
the Baltimore Convention for the nomi
nation of candidates for President and
Vice President, and that, among other
things, Mr. Hallet recommended that
the Compromise should be engrafted
upon the Democratic Platform.
We are glad to sen that Gen. San
ford thinks there is nothing inconsistent
with onr principles in going to Balti
more, and insists that the adoption of
the Compromise resolutions is the only
plan of preserving the harmony and su
premacy of tbe National Democratic
party. _
Warning to Emigrants.
Col. H. F. Price, of this town in
forms us that he has just received a let
ter from bis brother, who left here a few
weeks sinoe with a number of others, for
! at least ten thousand persons there in i
1 tbe most wretched cosdition, most of:
I them without money or friends. They :
! bad been swindled out of their money by
i men professing to be agents for the boats |
who sold them tickets that afterwards
proved to be spurious.
We learned also that Mr. Price and
his company together with R. Gould-
smith, Levi Pearce and a number of our
friends from this section were obliged to
take a sail vessel to San Francisco, there
not being room in the steamer. Wm. Sy-
lar, Esq. got into the steamer, by hard
work, after paying 8200 for a ticket.
Mr. Price in bis letter says : “ For
God’s sake tell men in Georgia to stay
theresnd not come to this horrible place.’
by such
counsel, and remain among their friends
and tbe enjoyments of home.
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The Southern Right# Meeting
| Our notice of this meeting last week,
cave such offence to the party, that it
has withdrawn the .proceedings from our
possession, and bence we are unable to
lay them before our readers. We regret
somewhat that they got so “ huffy,” but
it ■certainly was a very little matter to
get mad about. Tbe notice laid down
two or three propositions—let us exam
ine if they are true
1st. They called the meeting a South
ern Rights meeting. We learn that no
democrat who was not a member of tbe
Southern Rights party participated in
that meeting. If so it was no slander
to call them Southern Rights men.—
They have not repudiated tbeir princi
ples, and should not therefore be ashamed
of their name.
2d. That it was nnnsual to ask the
Standard to publish tbeir proceedings.
Is this a mistake—certainly not. They
have held many meetings here within
tbe last two years, but this is the first
ever offered for publication in the Stan
dard, and we learn that there was but
one or two in the meeting, who voted
for it this time.
3d. It was said that the meeting was
a failure. Perhaps it would be wrong
for ns to say this was true—and we will
leave it for tbe spectators to determine.
In conclusion upon this subject, we
will remark that had the proceedings
been left with ns we should have pub
lished them with pleasure, as we felt in
clined to accommodate our personal
friends of that party ; and we had so ex
pressed ourself. We have for several
weeks past, both iu the paper, and in
conversation with some of them shown
every disposition to be concilatory, and
thus win them back, if possible, to the
fold of democracy, and we regret that
they have acted 60 ill-naturedly about
this matter. It is our wish yet to do
nothing which will prevent the true de
mocracy of all parlies from uniting up
on the old Jacksonian principles, in the
election of a conservative man for our
next President, who will stand up to
the recent settlement of the slavery ques
tion, and in order to do so, we will try
to avoid saying anything calculated to
excite the old prejudices of those, who
have differed from us heretofore—wheth
er whigs or Southern Rights men, ex
cept what is necessary to vindicate the
truth and majesty of our principles.
confidence in the correctness of the prin- j
cipies of ihe Constitutional Union Party i
of Georgia, and that our delegates to ihe
Milledgeville convention, take such mea
sures as in their judgmeut are best cal
culated to enforce those principles and
make them tbe permanent policy of tbe |
country.
On motion o{ Hon. T. H Trippe, the
proceedings were ordered to be publish
ed io The Standard
On motion tbe meeting was adjourned.
W. CLARK WYLY, Cbm n.
John W. Burke, Sec’y.
From California.
We are permitted to make an extract
from a private letter to a gentleman in
this county, from Mr. Nathaniel T.
W of ford formerly of this town who is
now in California ;
Cvf^oxA, California, Jan. 8,1852.
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Owing to sickness, I have done no
work here yet, but will go at it in a few
igranta on their way to and at Panama^
Tbe steamer on which they went froait
Havana to Cbagris was so mnch crowd
ed that they could not get any thiig
like qpmfortable quarters, but were com
pelled to lay upon tbe decks, notwith
standing many were sick, and the weatl-
er was very inclement. They were fed,
on stale bread and fot bacon that had
turned green from ege. They had tick
ets to Chagres, yet they weie stopped
three miles from that point, and told
that they could be cinied no farther and
had to take other boats and pay extra
therefor.
Oa tbeir arrival at Panama they fou*d
Union Meeting.
We are happy to announce to our Un
ion friends abroad, that onr meeting on
Tuesday last, was one of tbe largest
party-meetings ever held in the county.
Tbe greatest unanimity of feeling pre
vailed and everything went off well, not
withstanding tbe prediction and hopes of
the opposite party, that there would be
a bust vp. The following are the pro
ceedings :
UNION MEEfiNG7inrAS§ !
^TSe^Co'nrtitnitOntil T7nion party - of
Cass county met on Tuesday last, at the
Court house, according to a previous un
derstanding when Maj. W. Clark Wy-
ly was called to the chair. On motion
of John A. Crawford, Esq., John W.
Burke was requested to act as Secreta
ry-
The meeting being organized, a very
large number of tbe party being present,
on motion of Maj. Thomas G. Barron,
it was
Resolved, That a committee of five
be appointed by tbe chair, to retire and
report the names of suitable delegates to
attend the proposed convention of the par-
California, in which he gives a most de
plorable account of tbe sufferings of em- yfsX. Milledgeville, on the 22d of April.
■ Manta AM tIiaiw W* 4a An/* a4 Gana ma J ’I’ka Ahaiw annnnn- *
The chair announced the following
gentlemen as that committee : Maj. T.
G. Barron. Col. Lindsey Johnson, Col.
Lewia Tamlio, Maj John .S. Rowland
and Hon. Turner H. Trippe, who hav
ing retired for a few moments, reported
the following gentlemen, as delegates:
Col. Lindsey Johnson,
Capt. Wm. T- Wofford,
Dr. Wm. H. Felton,
Col. Jas. Milnee,
which report was adopted unanimously.
On motion of Dr. W. H. Felton, tbe
following resolution was adopted unani-
monsly :
Resolved, That we baTe an abiding
We regret that we were unable
to insert the following proceedings in
last week’s paper. They came after our
paper had gone to press.
For the Standard.
Union Mooting in Gordon.
In accordance to previous appointment
e members of tbe Constitutional Union
rty of Gordon county met in Calhoun
on tbe 2d inst., and on motion Col. R
W. Jones was called to tbe chair, and
Col. Thomas M. Bothwell requested to
act as secretary.
A committee of three having been ap
pointed by the chair to adopt resolutions
for the action of tbe meeting, reported
the following resolutions which were u-
nanimously adopted.
Resolved, That this meeting organize
on the principles adopted by tbe State
Convention held in Milledgeville iu De
cember, 1850.
Be it further resolved, that we appoint
two Delegates to meet with tbe Union
party of the State of Georgia in Mil-
ledgevillc, at Such time as may be spec
ified by the party to confer with the del
egates from the various connties in tbe
State, and to take ioto consideration the
course to be pursued by the party with
regard to tbe Baltimore Convention.
And be it farther resolved, that tbe
delegates be chosen by tbe meeting.
After the adoption of the above reso
lution, Belton O. Crawford and Hugh
Gaston, E.-q’rs, were chosen Delegates,
and Alexander Stroup and A. Hiod,
Esq’rs, as tbeir alternates.
On motion the proceedings of tbe
meeting were ordered to be published in
the Cassville Standard.
R W. JONES, Ch’n.
T. M. Bothwell, Sec’ry.
The Presidency—Mr. Fillmore
from present indications, is likely to be
the choice of most, if not all of tbe
Whigs of the South western*
States. Indeed it is probable that he
will be the nominee of the Constitution
al Union party throughout, the Union
Who more deserving this honor? Does
he not richly merit ibis distinction at the
hand of Ihe friends of ‘ the compro
mise !”—Recorder.
In relation to the above remarks of
the Milledgeville Recorder, we di-tinctiy
say that although we give Mr Fillmore
due credit for all be has done in sustain
ing tbe Constitution and the laws of tbe
land, yet we would have oui eotempora-
ry to understand that there is no proba
bilitg of Mr. Fillmore being the Candi
date of the Union party of Cherokee
Georgia. *
Tbe Atlanta Intelligencer says: We un
derstand thata railroad meeting was held
a few days ago at Cedar Town to take
measures for assisting in tbe construction
of tbe proposed Railroad from Rome to
Jacksonville, Ala. Thirty thousand dol
lars worth of stock in tbe road was taken,
and between thirty and foity thousand
more promised.
Death of tbe Hon. Wm. B. Bul
loch.—It is our painful duty to re
cord the death of tbe Hon. Wm. B
Bulloch, which took place at bis resi
dence in this city on Saturday morning
Mr. Bulloch was a native of Sawannab,
and among onr oldest and most respect
ed citizens. During a long and active
life he beld a prominent position in this
community. He was for many years
President of tbe Bank of tbe 3tate of
Georgia. He also beld the office of
Collector of tbe Port of Savannah. In
all his relations both official and private,
be enjoyed the confidence and esteem of
his fellow citizens in an eminent degree,
and though his advanced age had with
drawn bitn from the bnsy career of life,
his loss will long be felt, and his mem
ory revered by all who knew him.
He was buried yesterday afternoon
from Christ Church.—News.
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fiT Hon. Isaac Holmes, lately a
member of CongBjaj^jfrom Sooth Caro
lina, went oat to^fSnifornia, to try a
streak of lock. It seems that be struck
a “ rich vqa” aft a very early day.-—
Soon after his arrival he purchased for
#10,000, and professional fees in tbe
case, an interest in some valuable real
estate in San Franciseo. It was in lit
igation, but the Supreme Court of Cal
ifornia has decided the ease in Mr
Holmes’ favor; and he is now actually
receiving a ground rent of #l,60l) per
month, in advance, or an annual income,
independent of his profession, of #19,-
900. He rents the lots, and tbe leu*
ants build the houses.
Correspondence of the Standard.
Calhoun, Geo.', 'March 9, 1852.
Maj. Burke:—Allow men little space
in your vaiuable paper, as I wish to say
s few things about Calhoun, and your
correspondent *• C.” I have been liv
ing in this plan*'long enough to know
something of tbe manners and hustoms of
the people, and tbe bigh destiny that
awaits our beautiful village. I will no
days Charles Wofford and Charles lice fitst the people, and then matters
Rich are making about 12 pennyweights and things in general,
a day. William and Thomas Rich hir- | I Onderstand that tbe deputy clerk of
ed out for one week at 15 pennyweights ^ the Superior court went nearly all round
per day. They do this in order to un- or through town a few days since, in
derstand tbe mines, and so they can search of some three or four persons to
hereafter work to advantage. I have assist him in copying writs, as return
got a mine that I think will yield an rfay was about to ■close before be'could
ounce per day. I took a pan to-day aud possibly copy them all hitnself. but'cOufld
panned out about #3 worth in an hour, not engage tbe first young man in town
I think wbec we get used to tbe mines, ! that he saw, to assist bim ; yet after so
we can average from 8 to 10 penny
weights per day. Some of tbe Georgi
ans here are making from 15 to 20 pen-
nyweigbts per day.
I cannot tell you much about tbe
country for I have been about but little.
What I have seen of it, it convinces me
that it is the finest country in the world.
Tbe climate is mild and not changeable
iike it is in Georgia People are begin
ning to farm a good deal; they will give
hands $100 per month to farm, and board
them. Lands are notbipg to clear ; the
worst ol it is to fence it—yon either
have to ditch it or fence it with pine
poles. It.is tbe greatest hog country I
ever saw. You can raise as many as
you want with little trouble. I beard a
fellow nay he saw a middling that was
14 inches thick.
We were three days coming from Sa
vannah to Havana. We stayed at Ha
vana 6 days, and the people treated us
with great contempt—if we walked the
streets they would hollow at us on every
side and make fun of us. We went on
tbe steamer Philadelphia, which took
us iu six days from Havana to Chagres.
We then got on a little whale boat, and
was three days going up tbe river. It
is the ugliest river that ever run. It
is about half filled with bottles—I think
I have seen about, five hundred floating
down the tiver. The first night we stay
ed with an American, and tbe second
with a native, or wbat we would call a
negro. When we went to bed, we lay
under an old shelter, and slept on bulls’
hides. We were two days crossing the
Isthmus. Tbe mud was about one foot
and a half deep. We had to pay #100
for tickets from Panama. I had $21
left, and half'rhe—ewiivd did n^ ave a
c- nt. They liked to ha ve-starved us to
death on tbe steamer—give us pickled
btef that out stunk carion, and mush
once a week. When we arrived at San
Francisco, we did not have money en
ough to buy os a meal’s victuals We
left Frank Baker in the hospital, and
he died the next day after we left
Foreign News.
The steamship Franklin arrived at
New York, on the 2d inst. with Liver
pool dates to the 18th The Cotton
market was very active, at an advance
of a MX'eenib to an eighths
The Arctic has arrived out in 9 days
18 hours, tbe shortest passage on record.
Lti! John Russell has introduced a
hill in Parliament to organize the loyal
militia
In England the fear of a French in
vasion is increasing, and the British fleet
has been ordered borne from tbe Tagus
Tbe Governments of Europe are gener
ally making warlike preparations for any
contingency.
In France the approaching election
absorbs public attention. Tbe Queen of
Spain is recovering.
Loots Napoleon bad made a demand
upon tbe Swiss Government to suppress
tbe political clubs and banish tbe Refu
gees. The Swiss refused, and appealed
to England to intervene.
In Paris great discontent prevails, and
an important movement was apprehend-
«d on the 22d.
From India tbe commercial advices
are-favorable. The Burmese Govern
ment has apeetied to the Eoglish de
mands. ' i||||
A great fink fed occurred at Hong
Kong on the 27th of December, which
destroyed 500 houses. The Kwangsee
rebellion is making headway.
Tbe excitement in Australia abont
gold digging is increasing, and tbe yield
of the mines is immense.
Congress —In tbe U. S. House of
Representatives on Friday, after much
preliminary action, the House, by a vote
of yeas 100, nays 84, laid npon tbe
table tba bill explanatory of the Bounty
Law of September 28, 1850.
The bill, as bas heretofore been stated,
proposed to give land officers additional
compensation for locating land warrants,
provided for the extension of the la# to
a largo class of new cases, kc.
long a time he came across Messrs. J.
R. Knott, Wm. H. Dabney and Wm. J
Cantrell, who roadily granted his request,
so that by tiro o'clock that night, as I
learn, all the writs were copied abd
docketed, ready for the sheriff next morn
ing. Well so much for that. This
shows that tbe people mostly attend to
tbeir own business, as “C-” remarked
in one of his communications, and let
other people’s alone.
I was in the store of Mr. , the
other day, and saw a man, who lives in
town somewhere, go behind tbe counter
in the way of the inmates, and talk with
customers.—pricing some articles, and
asking tbe cost and price oi others, as
though he wished to put the right sort of
per cent on them. This is not the Way
they do out gander, but unfortunately
it is too often tbe case in gander Per
haps “ C.” bas not noticed anything of
this sort, or be would have aid some
thing about it, (if he were not afraid of
making tbe people mad,) as I suppose
be would wish to give the had as well as
the good. But if you will give me a
showing occasionally, I will relate tbe
bad. if it should escape tbe notice of
“ C.” yet l will not trouble you often.
A few nights since, the house of Mr.
Win. M. Peeples came very near being
consumed by fire. It was discovered
burning between the dining room and
dwelling, just after tbe dwelling bad
caught. The wind was blowing very
bard, but a chain pump being near, and
hands coming quickly to the rescue of.
the house, the fire was extinguished with
bat little injury to the owner. There
are various conjectures as to the cause of
the Bre. -Mr Jnukj. as thc.r,-A
were against us but fortunately #e have-
a marshal and patrol now, ahd hope ail
things will be kept straight. We have
no church yet, ueither have we benches
enough for the people to sit npon when
they assemble for preaching, notwith
standing the town has been in existence
some time Yet [ hope that within one
year from now we Will be able to build
at least one church, for nearly all the
denominations arc trying to erect each
a church.
There is a fine merchant mill near this
place, which adds greatly to it, as the
people from a distance bring their wheat
to mill, End while it is being gronnd,
come to town and do their trading, which
perhaps they would do at some other
place, were it not for the mill. Also,
not far distant is a steam saw mill, just
being put in operation, together with oth
er saw mills near at band, which will
soon furnish tbe town with lumber in
abundance
This place is quite lively and healthy
at present, and I tbink bids fair to be
come a place of great pleasure and com
fort, notwithstanding the talking and
laughing at preaching at present. I
can say with “ C.” that the longer I live
here, tbe better I iike tbe place. Onr
schools are moving on finely, with in
creased subscriptions. Tbe society of
ibis flourishing town has greatly improv
ed within tbe last year or two, and is
still improving rapidly ; yet occasionally
we have a fight or quarrel, both ahum
the liquor section, for yon mast know
that when liquor is io, wit and good
sense are out, consequently the baser
passions have full sway.
Nothing more at present, bnt hope to
bear from “C.” one of these dags. I
will not trouble you often.
Yonr obedient sarvant, M.
Sanford*# Letter.
Mill kd&ktille, Dae. 9, 1851.
Dear <&>.-—Your eifeolar (postmark
ed Nov 25tb) as Chairman of the M-
tional Democratic ^ConVWrtO#, WEs hmk^
ed me on yfpfoidaj. v
Ctplially ipproring ife matimenA
and views wbieh hav# bees gat forth, fi
is perhaps fetr pamuming too Thincb tfi
say. tha Union ftjfyof Georgik, 'tfiifl*-
po&d as 'itis alike oflkbjgp and demo
crats, will experience no' serious or - in
superable obstacle in ^jpwating to the
measure which you Wink proposed. Ja
analyzing the present organization of
that party, although it will be peroeived
that its greatest constituent porttwg- is
from the whig tanks, It is neverthelee*
undeniably trte, that portion itself once
appertained to tho school of rigid oon^
sttottionnts, nod of thn atriotoat aaet, of
in Other Words were Jeflarionian Re
publicans., It is not mj purpose to tee-
mark upon the various causes whiohheva
conspired in tie last few yagafta ograrvd
them froaaAho/dtairioto of wk early
faith, or to point ont theea wtteh have
lissatisfied them with tbeir foter position,
and indoeed them to withdraw their al*
liance from their Nortberw'htothren, and
combine with a largo portion of tbe de
mocracy of the State, in forming a ,par
ty for maintaining tbeir rights under the
Constitution and in ike Union. Thus
blended together, I eaa perceive no suf
ficient reason why we may not readily
mefet those in council, whose purposes
are identical with oar owo-none. why
we should not confer freely together, in
reference to such measures as will moat
probably enable oa to seeore the great
object we have in view. And to this
end, we most not be adjudged as too
nicely Xsstkttoua, should %%a$m frip*
taut to consort, or co-operate,' with that
elass of men, no matter what their past
political denomination, whose folly or
whose pbrenzy may still incline them to
arouse tbe slumbering discontents of the
country. The friends snd advocates of
harmony ar d concert of action, we go
for purging tbe Convention of all disor
ganizing agitators—for easting from onr
midst the factious disturbers of pnblio
law aod pubiio tranquility—tbe Ran-'
touls, tbe Van Borens, the Preston
Kings, rt id omne genus. With such?
we would have nothing to do. We look
upon the whole tribe of politicians as in
corrigible offenders, only bidding their
time to. re commence their treasonable
bai
iiaforyj
truer of tbe 26th February.
There is a small mistake in the above.
Oo tho 26th of February, Gov. Cobb
was io tbe City of Atlanta. We did not
was tryiog to gather op the fragments of
broken engines and ears, on the State
Road—Tbe abundance of which is the
chief of what Gov. Towns left for bim.
Since writing tbe above, we have been
informed that bis Excellency went from
Me. Toombs —The Washington Re- ibis place to New York, to attend to the
public of Thursday says: “We regret to sale of State Bonds, authorized by tbe
learn that the Hon.R. Toombs is detained Legislature. He went oa tbe basmese of
from his seat in the House by a severe | his offiee. ~ Will that do, Mr. Southern-
attack of inflammatory rheumatism.” 'er?—Republican.
We understand that Gov. Cobb is
now in Washington City trying to gather
np tbe shattered fragments of the Con-
National Union ^1^-Rome
-ponses of hig
increased intensity the hitter bate
tional feeling. Signalized as has been
this opposition in the bon? ofowr utmost
neod, we would now (eave'them to fol
low tbeir instinets for mischief; in tbeif
appropriate sphere of action, with tbe'
fanatical herd of tba day. The Union
has t'tus far l»een preserved in despite of
their mad projects—it may not contion*
safe nndet the guidance of tbeir councils'.
Then, let them go, and gladly we Bid!
them go with tbeir treaoonable plottings
to merited scorn and infomy. But I
find l am digressing.
You are right in saying tbo Compro
mise should be engrafted on otit* plat
form.. With its it is • sine qua. amt,
ana it should jm insisted upon as sr car
dinal portion of our creed j tnhe adhered
to, and to be earried out in all its putts
*ith tbe most aeropoloos ejpetirnde and
fidelity. It should be friskpsrfbfo from
it, and is fixed os tbe lows of titer Modes
and Persians. We lire in a period prone
to extraordinary excitement upon .almost
every topic. Bant and cant bare heed
suffered to become potent engine* of
mischief—and bad, and selfish, and war
turned men, the roaring lions of tba day.
Do wbat we will, the demagogue will
agitate—tbe bigot rave. No policy that
we may adopt, however wise or patriot
ic, mil exempt ua from tbeir amiulta.—
Yet; tbe path of daty lim ptainly and
broadly before-ua,^ and wtttover may be
so* it with unfaltering step snd immove
able resolution. Nulla vestigia rstror-
aiuRsheold be our motto. Already baa
tbe tisad.and trimteiog policy of public
men brought the country to the very
verge of non.
No Convention has ever bad lefmucb,
ooee will ever have more, of jpod or
evil depending upon iteactio%; aftdifit
be composed as it should be, only of
true-hearted and rigbt-thiuking men—
mow of enlightened and 7 comprehensive
atandseg the grant and ilWiiifoi inter-
cats Ojf tbe vAofr eouatry r wfch hearts and
care
- i -j. , . ililfprtfoiewi to whkfoil#iji;. > ta eon.
enq*o bia bosmem; hot supposed ^ ejgrt feiicve
tbe Ueiel party of GemgwwiU withhold
tbeir delegates from ita del$eraiioQ8, or
their jmlitinn from ita a^aasnee.
Vary respeetfoUj
yonr obu’t. aerv’t.
j. w. a. Sanford,
Ga.
B. F. Halley, E(t., J
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