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one single political question—shall the principles upon which their State acted, ocratic party, and be resolved himself, ment. Let me not be misunderstood people of Georgia submit to the admis-' It is too notorious to deny it. Further, into the party ; and other individuals, j here. siou of California, and the passage of "what Was generally called the compro mise measures. Mr. Chairman, I desire to direct the attention of the House to the state of the public sentiment in Georgia. I will not say there is a disunion party in Georgia. It is not necessary to my pnr- Tbc Whig party objected to the sir: this Southein Rights party, in the members of the party, continually do details of the sub-treasury, as it was platform which they have laid down, no- j the same. If one man can resolve him- called ; but I never understood them as where indorsed the compromise meas- j selve into a party, cannot a hundred, a [ objecting to the Democratic proposition ores. I call upon my colleague, [Mr. thousand, or fifty thousand do the same ' —the Democratic principle—that the Jackson] to say if what I assert is not thing ? The Southern Rights party have revenue should be collected, kept, and They have denounced them set us a noble example in this matter, , disbursed, by the officers of the Govern the fact. as arbitrary and as a bigh-handed usur-, and one which we are disposed to follow. I meet. There has been, then, no materi- pation and robbery, as degrading to the There i3 another way that we can get ‘rial difference between these two parties j,ose.° I will not say there ever was a ! South ; and they distinctly assert the j to Baltimore. I say there is no impro- as to principles nartv organized for the avowed purpose i doctrine that they have the right to leave j prjety—and here I wish^my honorable band an extract it to be unconstitutional. Well, here is 1 to have a due share of the territories set j Second District —L. B Mercer for tllA ITnntlAm.n (Lnm Vaiw n Mat an/] »MaaaJ » I _ . * 1 the State at large. Joseph Sturgis, of i»• W. Collie,. ofBokor, C. —Sartain’s Magazine contains a poem entitled “ Our Baby, by Phoebe Carey J. Munnerlyn, Jr., of Sumter, P. ^i. party organized to dissolve the Union. Such a position. , Union as voluntarily as they Went j colleague from Georgia [Mr. Stephens] Globe, which will show that, in 1842, j with or without slavery, as they saw I repeat, is not necessary to my purpose. i " as 1,1 hui “■*. ] ba ‘ be might hear me, 1 when the State of Georgia was represen-1 proper to determine. That portion of But I will show that there were those, j Are we to infer, Mr. Chairman, that or °P on ‘“® point we greatly differ—1 j ted here by Messrs. Black, Colquitt, • the compromise he passed over in per- . _ 1 . , * - i fnprp la tmurmiMAtn »/v J- TV.—,— — If : i Ip , m r . . *. the gentleman from New Hampshire, [apart and assigned to it. [Mr. Hibbard,] who wrote an able and patriotic letter to his constituents, indor sing. in general terms, the compromise, _ _ in every feature and line. He goes on, A pretty thing—but it don’t compare ^ a y, °f Macon, Delegates. however, to specify the different features ‘ ' 1 ” — * in the compromise, but utterly fails to notice one important measure—that the r compromise pledged the faith of this I bold here in my ! Government—that Utah and New Mex- from the Congressional j ico should be admitted iuto the Union with our baby—by the editor of the Sen tinel. Richard W. j. to be dissolved ; rolina and Georgia during the nine years these men, with the exception of Mr. to Baltimore to tbatTbaVdOctrinc^was* openly a*nd plain- of the revolutionary war° in defense of ferms to ,bat Convention, and agreeing j Meriwether, voted with the Democratic ly urged before our people ; and to prove 1 our rights—are we to say tbat the tie- j wb } cb shali a « j P a f ! 7 against'it. Mr. Meriwether — IV uCIltl C wUI t/Ct/UIC j dai v> tu pi ” t - * 0 u •* / t •. I i | > _ t j • ~ it, I now desire to call the attention of sccndants of these patriotic men intend- ["““ them hereafter. There is no ob- not in bis seat. was l am free to state my the committee to a few extracts-which I ed to submit to wrong and oppression jj eelio ” to that course; and I am not j opinion, unhesitatingly, that if he had will read [Here Mr. Hillyer read various ex tracts from papers, which want of room.] 'and robbery, and worse than all, to deg- sure tbat ' s the better course of the been in his seat, be would have voted . | radatiou ? Let us rather say we were two ; And l say here, as I want to be j with bis colleagues. The “Whigs of -. r right in inferring that there was danger omit for | i.i. ° pander this platform, and taut every man | who loved the Union was bound to rally In no other State of this Union was to its support. That was the great day perfectly frank in relation to this matter, I Georgia, and the Democrats of Georgia, that I am perfectly indifferent as to which having of principle nothing wortny to of these courses is adopted by the Union divide them, have lately, upon this issue made by its Legislature. It was not made in Mississippi; it was not made in Alabama, nor in any other Southern State or Northern State. But in Georgia the people, being called up on by their own statute to determine whether they would resist or acquiesce in the compromise, were compelled to disregard all former political organiza tions, and form new parties. From this necessity resulted the Un ion party of Georgia ; and who does not rejoice that it was formed and that it tri umphed ? I know well the object of my colleague or [Mr. Jackson] in asking of me the dates of the extracts I have read. I know he will say, that after the convention of Georgia met and determined to acqui esce in the compromise measures, the Southern Rights party in that State and hour of trial. Well, sir, we met the foe; wc gaiued the victory. And we now come to. the present moment, and times are changed, and the people of Georgia now determine to acquiesce in the compromise measures. They now say that they will abide by the party of Georgia, when they meet in a “d mighty issue co-operated. • great With all convention. 1 say I can see no objec tion to our sending delegates, in the character of ambassadors, to Baltimore, for the purpose of proposing and agree ing upon the terms of our union with that par^y former party positions dissolved, we have taken each other by the hand ; we have met, triumphed and rejoiced together. Why not, then, being together, continue our march together in the support of our country. I can see no objection to Now, Mr. Chairman, allow me to say 1 it, and heuce, from my heart, I approve measures of the last Congress. We i one word in relation to the course which I of the movement in Georgia to send del . .... 9 ! j , i v i k: nl ,• have gained the victory, and the ques- ou S bt > in my judgment, to be pursued j egates to the Baltimore Convention, tion remains to be determined, what fur- j b y ‘ be l-* nion party of Georgia, and I .where our principles, by fair interpreta- Mr. HIBBARD said be had made no mention in the letter referred to of the principle stated by the gentleman, because he deemed it unnecessary. He was of opinion that no State otherwise qualified for admission, should be debar red from the Union because it constitu tion did or did not tolerate slavery. It was a matter which each State must reg ulate for itself. This was right, and would have inured to States applying CASSVULE, GEORGIA: Thursday, April 8, for admission to the Union if it had not THE L ^ c ' £sT circulation in ther is to be done ? And ri-ht here letj W0ldd sa y »t for the benefit of the Whig tion, in my judgment, will carry us all; say that I have not gone through the his- i ‘"embers of that party. I regret that | when we get to that convention, we will tory of this matter for the purpose of tbtdr representatives [Messrs. Toosibs i ask of them the adoption of the compro- throwing any censure, any denunciation j and Stephens] are not in their seats.- 1 —Jmise measures. I have said that I any r abuse, upon the Southern Rights par-1 ^ * 3 necessary to call the attention of i would ask the Democratic convention, r of Georgia. They acted as they saw 1 lbe House to the history of the Whig i at Baltimore, to ingraft no new pnnei- ty of Georgia. They acted as they saw proper. They had a conscience as well P art y °f Georgia, as the Union dictates of lowed the suggestions tory I know well its his ion party. They obeyed the ; tor J > and I have prepared no docu- j but I draw a broad distinction b£t» [' their own judgment, and fol merits to prove the truth of the state- a poli ieal principle and a political i suggestions of their own pa-! ments I am about to make, because I ; sure. I say that the principles of princi ple upon its platform, and that js true ; ween mea- ibe triotism. l°uiake no complaint about inte "ded to have made th.-m in the pres-, Democratic party are coeval with the ex- i n .i at it n .i nnnn nf tnmi* Inline., f - \ J ' ictnnoo r\ r rviva* 1 a I _ t abandoned alf idea of secession. They | them for that. Nor do I refer to their j ® noe of their representatives, [Messrs, j istenee of our Government, and that abandoned that idea, and went for— history for the purpose of engaging in | Coombs and Stephens.] with the dis- j there is nothing to add, or to abstract somethin^. And if that gentleman an- any controversy with them whatever, but j tlnct understanding with one of them, therefrom. They are a strict construe- swors my* speech, I defv him to say I metely for the justifiable purpose of via . tba ‘ "e was to correct me if I misrepre i tlon of our Constitution, and a cordial i do. I dicating before the whole country the ! rented tbat party. But I am nor alraic what they intended to do. country . T will "now call the attention of (be ! position of the Union party of Georgia, i to sta | e his absence what I I will now call the , l ^ L £ t tQ estal ,^ h state in his presence, because if he were committee to the subsequent position of that, party. At first, many of their lead ing men went for disunion openly and boldly ; after the people of Georgia bad determined to acquiesce in the compro mise measures, they did not go openly and boldly for disunion ; but they failed to tell what they did go for. We could not understand them. I will read an extract from the proceedings of that con vention, held in the spring of 1851, in Milledgeville. I tell my colleague the date of the extract that I am about to read : it is subsequent to the meeting of the Georgia Convention and the deter mination of the people to acquiesce in the compromise measures; and in that convention, this language was used : “ The country is passing through an alurming crisis, in which the Govern ment of the Union has undergone, and is in danger of still undergoing funda mental changes,-in its federative charac ter. By the acts of the late Congress, known as the compromiso measures, the Southern Slates, being a minority in fed eral numbers, have been deprived by high band of all their interest in the ter ritories acquired from Mexico; have been degraded from their condition of equali ty in the Union; have been forced to surrender territory, unquestionably and position 1 was, tbat the formation of the Union i here, I do not think he would make party in Georgia was a matter of neces- |f“f eof facts i.v It was founded i„ patriotism, and! hlSt0 . nCail y- and ^plainly that there ity. It was founded in patriotism, and we could do no otherwise. We were driven to it by the force of circumstan ces beyond our control. That is a prop osition which I think I have demonstra ted, and I have referred to the history of the Southern Rights party for the sin gle purpose of vindicating the character of the Union party of Georgia, and for saying that we have not erred in the for matiou of this new organization. What further now is to be done ?— This question is very properly asked, and 1 shall endeavor to answer it. The Union party of Georgia has determined, by their representatives in the last Leg islature of that State, to hold a conven tion in April next, for the purpose of considering the presidential election, and the propriety of sending delegates to the Baltimore Convention, I will take occa sion to say here, that that movement of the Union party meets my cordial and entire approbation. All my life 1 have been a Democrat, and with pride I stand here this day in the midst of the Demo cratic party of this Congress; but when I say this, let me not be understood to say that I approve of all the actions of legitimately their own, to the use and j the -Democratic party. Let me not be enjoyment of the hireling States, there-1 understood to say that I have nothing to by increasing the preponderance of votes j ask cf the Democratic party. It would already arrayed against them, and have i be strange, unprecedented, if this party been compelled to witness and endure ! should be without fault, and without er- tho insidious act of the abolition of the j ror. I cannot forget that you number slave trade in the District of Culumbia, j within your limits Free Soilers by the which can only be regarded as the enter- i thousands. I cannot forget that you ing wedge to measures intended to end in the overthrow of her cherished insti tutions.” Here then are the sentiments of that number within your limits, tariff men for protection, by thousands; and internal improvement men by thousands. There is scarcely a creed or a sentimeut, polit- party, uttered subsequently to the deci- * u:i l or religious, that is not represented sion of the Georgia Convention, upon the issue made by our statute. And what do they say 'l Why, that the peo ple of Georgia have been plundered, with a high hand, by the superior strength of the Federal Union, of territory legiti mately their own; tbat the people of Georgia have been degraded by the leg islation of the Federal Government. So said that convention, and South Caroli na uttered precisely the same sentiment. South Carolina pronounced the South degraded, and ruined by ibe high band ed legislation of tho Government. The in the Democratic party by respectable numbers. Your party ought to be purg ed, and we ought to lay down a plat form upon which every man should be required to stand. We should lay down principles which every man should be required to subscribe. This is what wo ask at your hands this day. The Union party of Georgia will go to the Balti more Convention, not for tho purpose of asking you to ingraft upon your platform any new principle. This course seems to strike the Southern Rights party with surprise, and to induce the idea that it can be no controversy about them. I j will commence in 1828, when I first be- | came a man In tbat year, I cast my first vote in favor of the principles, and men, and measures of the Democratic party. At tbat time the Whigs of Geor gia were known as “Troup men,” and they were as legi imately descended from the old republican party of Georgia, as a child is descended from its ancestors. They stood identically, in principle and organization, with the Democratic party of Georgia, and supported General J ack- son. They supported Lis administra tion ; they voted for him in 1828, for, their electoral ticket was elected, and t the electoral ticket of the Clark party , was defeated. In 1832, the Troup par-! ty, which is now the Whig party, again elected their electoral ticket, and they cast their vote for General Jackson, and Mr. Van Buren. The other party vo ted for General Jackson, and Mr. Bar bour, of Virginia. But the Troup elec toral ticket was elected. In the year 1833, the question of nuilfication came upon us, and that great controling ques tion materially disturbed tbe organiza- afraid | support of ail national questions involv would j a "d promoiing tbe national interest. These are tbe great principles of tbe party, and they induce the support of many distinct and separate measures — The measures of the Democratic 'party cannot be coeval with its existence.-— Members of the Mississippi 'Southern- Rights Convention spoke of tbe -princi ples of the Democratic party being co eval with its existence, and thought they ought not to be added toq but they fail ed to di.-eriminate between a principle and a mea ure. They refer to the prin ciples of Jefferson, and Madison, and others of our old Republican fathers, as being the principles of. the Democratic party. This language, when criticised, is mere nonsense and absurdity. What did Mr. Jefferson know about the sub- Treasury ‘i What did Mr. Madison know about the annexation of Texas to this Government ? What did these men know about the Mexican war ? What did they know about ibe admission of California, and of the organization of these territo rial governments'? And yet, sir, these are all, but one. Democratic measures. These measures came upon tbe country, and it was necessary tbat tbe Democrat ic party should take‘fiction upon them [ say this is the souud proposition ; this is the true doctrine—that whenever a measure arises, national in‘its character tion of both of these parties. Then I j it iss the duty of the Democratic f party to people of South Carolina everywhere ; * s a great absurdity. But the Union manifested a disposition to resist to the last the compromise measures, and the Southern Rights pat^of Georgia were idcutical in principle with Soutu Caro lina. The people of South Caroliua were rallying with most extraordinary party of Georgia ask the Democratic party to add no new principles to its platform. We ask no such thing. I take occasion here to notice another idea, suggested by the gentleman from Mississippi, [Mr. Brown] tbat we, be- unanituity in favor of secession; and this a p^-ty outside of the Democratic convention on that day proclaimed to tho world the doctrine which South Caroli na had published—tho right to go out of ibis Union, if she thought proper to do so, and that no other State iu the Union bad a right to ask her why, or organization, can with no propriety go to the Democratic Convention. Why, gentlemen, there can be no difficulty in this matter. There are two ways to go to Baltimore. We can by our resolu tion resolving to go to Baltimore, upon wherefore, she bad done so. \\ ell, sir, ^ f a ith that the Democratic party will we are compelled to meet them again ,j 0 ns justice and carry out its true prin- upon this issue. This party in Georgia ; ciples, resolve ourselves into the Demo- were arrayed with South Carolina, dc-; erat i c p ar ,y ani j become members of it. fending the same principle, and the le- j \y e have an illustrious precedent of this galjty of the remedy proposed by the j course in tbe action of tbe Southern- latter State. Now, under these uircum-; Rights party in Georgia- They organ- stances, what course was left for us as Gzeda separate party for the purpose of patriotic men ? Will it not be perceiv- ■ carrying out their doctrines and their ed that this contest had not yet termina- < dogmas, and for the purpose of uiaintain- ted?—that another great battle was tc the rights of the South; and have, be fought, and that it was again to be by*a meeting of many of their leading determined whether the Union should ~~ ‘ * be saved or lost ? I wish I had time to became identified with the Union party Prior to that time I had acted with the Troup party, which descended legiti mately from William H. Crawford, and from the old republican stock. I voted for General Jackson and Martin Van Buren in 1832, as a Troup man; and when the question of nullification came upon us, I felt it to be my duty to stand by my country. Many other Troup men pursued the same course, and acting with a great body of the Clark party, we threw the preponderance in favor of that organization, and the Troup party were defeated. They assumed the name of '* State-Rights,” and we the name of Union men.” The organization main tained this name for several years. Tbe State-Rights party of Georgia refused to join the national Whig organization. In 183G, they voted for Mr. White. They refused to vote for the nominee of the Whig party, and voted for Mr. White take sides upon that measure 'in accor dance w.lh its principles, and 'to go wherever its principles will career it.— That is the true doctrine; that is tbe Democratic creed ; and ail that I a$k of tbe Democratic party when we go to tbe Baltimore Convention. We ask not that they shall ingraft new principles upon their creed, but that they shall adopt these uieosures according to the princi ples they have already fivowedeand acted upon. If it be true tbat tbe compromise of the last session ot Congress fs a great national question, involving and promo ting tbe interests of all the people of this Republic, from one end to the other, and tbat it is sanctioned by the Constitution of our country, I say tbat the Democrat ic party are bound by their principles to adopt it. It becomes their measnre from tbe very fact tbat it is constitutional, and national, and promotes the interest, and repose, and happiness of tbe whole coun- been stipulated, as to Utah and New Mexico, in the bills establishing territo rial governments there He believed tbe principle so universally recognized among his constituents that it was un necessary to remind them of it. Mr. HILLYER. Perhaps I ought to ask the gentleman’s pardon. I knew from the style of his letter that he wonld speak as he has done, if drawn out ;— and my object was to draw him out. I have no more to say to tbat honorable member. I wish that every man iu this Union was so reliable—the Union could not be in danger, and no man would care whether this question was ingrafted upon tbe Democratic platform or not.— Mr. Chairman, this question sleeps, have said, but it is not dead. And he , let me say to our Northern friends—(I did not know whether I shall call them friends or not)—that it is not as a South ern man 1 wish to urge this question up on the Democratic party. It is not as a Southern man and a slaveholder tbat I feel a deep solicitude for tbe mainten ance of these measures; for I declare here, in the midst of the representatives of the American people, tbat for the in stitution of slavery I have no fear. That institution is in no danger; and I can inform tbe gentleman from Ohio, [Mr. Giddings,] tbat ‘the overseer’s lash” is still heard in the South, and tbat tbe Southern slave still bends to bis daily labor without a murmur and without a hope, and his merry laugh and his live ly jest tells that he is happy and content ed. It'is not to preserve the institution of slavery ; for I assert that the rage of Abolition fanaticism against tbe institu tion of slavery is as vain and impotent as the rippling of the Atlantic wave a- gair.st the eternal rock of Gibraltar.— But it is for my country that I fear. It is to preserve this Union and to main tain tbe American Constitution tbat I desire to see all patriotic men at the North arrayed against the Abolitionists. I know that the Abolitionists at the North have dealt many a fierce and hea vy blow, and that those blows have fal len thick and fast—not upon the institu tion of slavery, but upon our country — Time after time this Government has rocked to its very foundation—never once has the institution of slavery trem bled upon its base ; and every Southern man knows this to be true. Why, sir, the pulse of the human system does not in dicate with more unerring certainty the health of the body than does tbe price of property in the market indicate the KEE GEORGIA. CCF* The Standard has an cxtensive’cireW- I at ion .and is a good advertising medium few Business Men to become known in Cherokee-, Georgia. Terms moderate. AGENTS FOR THE STANDARD. V. B. Palmer, New York City. R S. Purse, Charleston, S. C. T. M. Compton, Calhoun, Ga. The editor is absent on business this week, and asks the indulgence of his readers. H Clark, of Baker, Elector. Lawton, of Baker, Alternate. Third District.—S. T. Baily, of Bibb, for the State at large. N. C. Bass, of Bibb, T. C. Howard, of Craw ford, Geo. R. Hunter, of Crawford, Z. E. Harmon, of Monroe, Delegates, fl. J. Lamar, of Bibb, Elector. 0. C. Gibson, of Pike, Alternate. Fourth District.—Alford Wellborn, of Meriwether, for the State at large.— O. Warner, of Meriwether, Thomas jf. Griffin, of Coweta, A.'Nelson of Cobb, T. A. Latham, of Campbell, Delegates. Hon. H. A. Haralson, of Troup, Elector. VY^B- .W. Dent, of Coweta, Alternate Ififth District.—J. W. Lews, of \\ 'ass, for the State at large. A. K. .flatten, Floyd, John Jones of Carroll, L. W. Crook of Chattooga, W. R Stiles, of Cass, Delegates. Joseph E. Brown of Cherokee, Elector. J. Si. The Survey. The survey of the Railroad detour by this place has been completed, and we arej gratified to state that the rcute proves to be practicable under the act, and at a eost not far surpassing tbat which was anticipated. Some arrangements remain to be made before we can enter npon the work. We are informed by the Board of Commissioners that it is designed to reeeive sealed proposals for the grading of tbe Road wbic-h will be divided into four sections of a little more than a mile each—the whole or a part of which may be bid for. The Commissioners will give notice in our paper when they are ready to receive the bids with tbe terms, conditions, &c.—which we hope will be within a few days. In tbe meanwhile those who wish to take contracts can call and examine a profile of the route with which the Engineers have kindly fur nished us. 'tSpurlock, of Floyd, Alternate. . \&ixth District.—N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, for the State at large. Geo. Kellogg of Forsyth, Geo. D. Phillips of Habersham, Wm. Martin of Lumpkin, E. S Hopping, of Clark, Delegates.— W L Mitchell of Clark, Elector. John H Lowe of Clark, Alternate. Seventh District.—Joseph Day, of Jones, for tbe State at large. ]jV W Wiggins of Twiggs, Dr. T Fort of Bald* win, J W Burney of Jasper, James Hook of Washington, Delegates. R W Flournoy of Washington, Elector.— A E Cochran of Wilkinson, Alternate.. Eighth District.—A J Lawson of Burke, for the State at latge. James Gardner of Richmond, E Antony, of Burke, Wm Schley of Richmond, Win Gibson of Warren, Delegates. Ex-Gov. Wm Schley of Richmond, Elector. Rob ert McMillan of Elbert, Alternate. The committee also appointed candi dates for Electors for the State at large, us follows : Hon. II Y Johnson and Hon. Wilson Lumpkin for the State at large; and R J Cowart of Cherokee, J B Walker of Morgan as alternates. Tbe convention adjourned sine die. I New Spring Goods. , , ,. £> „ 7 . r ~-r B , merlyofiliigjstate : We invite the atteiNion of our rgSaoFSu. ■ ,- to the advertisements of Patton & Cuunn in to-days paper. The proprie tors being well versed in the mercantile business, can but please tbe purchaser. California. Tbe following is an extract from a let ter received by Mr. A. Ha ike of this town from M. S. Buckelew, Esq., for- SANlfecB^invoiSttT,'^^ February loth. “ This country is not what it *' used to was fortunes are not now made in a few months, but require yoars of toil, I Their stock being carefully selected, and j labor and economy ; many are out of em ail they ask is, to give them a call, and p l OJIn ent and would be willing to work we will vouch tbat you will not go away dissatisfied. Also Messrs. Snowden & Shear in to-day’s paper. They will sell goods to suit purchasers, and we hope our friends who visit Augusta will give them a call. lection, or, perhaps, of the recollection/ of any member of this House, havef The Union party of Georgia voted for ; tr J- -^-"d if that Convention fails to a- Mr. Van Buren. There is no question j ?ow it will commit a dereliction of about that. In 1840, the State-Rights j duty unworthy of the Democratic party; party of Georgia, for the first time, uni- i aa< i ‘t will be the first time, within the ted itself with the Whig National party, j history of this great Republic, that tbat voted for General Harrison. The Dem-! p art y has faltered or wavered in tbe dis- ocratic party again voted for Mr. Van Buren. Upon tbat occasion, very ma ny of tbe State-Rights men abandoned their party, adhered to their principles, and joined the Democratic party, because they thought that the State-Rights party bad abandoned its principles; and tbat, by the abandonment of tbeir principles, and their incorporation into the National Whig party, they forfeited all claim to the support and confidence of those who valued their principles more tnan they did their party prepossessions. If I am charge of its duty. These are the sentiments of tbe con stitutional Union men of Georgia, who favor sending delegates to Baltimore, and I say then to our Democratic breth ren of Mississippi, our Southern-Rights friends, and to many upon tbe floor, that they gaeatly err when they suppose tbat we are going to Baltimore to ask tbat convention, to ingraft upon ita platform a new principle. We will do oo such thing; but we go there to exhort t ie Democratic party to stand up to those not mistaken, Colonel Jackson was of i principles, and resolutely to go where the number of those who, in L840, join ed our standard. Whether that is the precise time, or not, is not material.— He came to os for similar motives, eith er upon that or a subsequent occasion. Now, the point to whieh I shall direct the attention of the committee is, that they will carry it, and abide the consc quences. Mr. Chairman, I shall not discuss the merits of this compromise, to show tbat it comes within the principles of the Democratic party; for I believe that every man here, in his heart, feels that ic does. Even my Son hern-Rights during all of this time the Whig party ' friends, those who have determined to of Georgia and the Democratic party of i abide by tbe measure, feel in their hearts (rPOriri) Kfiva Konn lilnnrinnl »_! ! • lhat it. ie a national nllPCflGIl Mia rMnit men, in November last, resolved them- : pies, as the records in our own State selves into the Democratic party. Their 1 will show, as made up by the journals Georgia have been identical in priori- j ‘hat it is a national questioo, the result — * L “ of tbat spirit of compromise, concession, go more fully into this matter than I can convention, which is to assemble before j of our Legislature, and the meetios of bow go. But I will state further, there ' ■ * * L — :n — J — L - : , -• - ° - the close of this month, will no doubt 1 our political parties in convention, in - r Can 1 — -—'■ 11 * — n - - was unquestionable evidence enough to satisfy the miod of every candid man, that South Carolina was ready to go out of tbe Union at any moment, if she could get any of the other States to co-operate send delegates to their convention as ‘ ereignty of the States; of the eeonomi- [ the hodorable gentlemao from Massachn- witb her; and the Southern Rights par- j Democrats * ■ — 1 -— : *-*--* - ■ - - affirm the action of this_meeting. not we do the we determine to our counties as well as of our State. ? The moment that I Both these parties held the same great, >me members of the j fundamental principles of a strict con- Democratic party, we have a right to ; struction of the Constitution ; of the sov- DAW J /l dh . A 4 L.' • ■ M MAS. M nn A/. 1 AVAI AM t «* A”. C ft l. a Ch4m Aaa . £ A V _ • and forbearance, which lies at the found ation of our Constitution; and that, therefore, it is the duty of the Democrat ic party to avow and carry these meas ures through—to maintain it to the death. I must hasten on. This issues sleeps, but it is not dead Wbat have we beard ty of Georgia were standing upon the : that same principles, and endeavoriug to o— prove the measures of redress which Booth Carolina bad recommended to be legitimate. Tbe gentlemen from Sooth Carolina do not deny tbat those were the) p, r ty There is no question about ‘ cal administration of tbe finances of the j setts, [Mr. Rantonl]—and I regret I* hey say they are Democrats.— (Government; of opposition to a tariff j he is not in his seat—avow upon opposition upon that thia Cannot we say that we are Democrats ? j for protection; to a bank; to internal! ^°° r * Tbot one of tbe measures of this I can see no inconsisteney in this course, j improvements by tbe Federal Govern-, compromise was unconstitutional. He My friend and colleague [Mr. Jackson] i ment; and, I will add, tbe disburse-! I s * member of tbe Democratic party, was once a member of the, State-Rights i ment and collection and keeping of the | * n d he is bound by his oath to the Coo- *- He was once outside of the dem-j re venue by tbe officers of the Govern- dilution to seek its repeal, if be belietea try, than durin|[ the period of the great est excitement m relation to that institu-' tion. We have, then, no fear for slave ry ; we have fear for onr country. We are struggling to maintain the Union of these States; and hence we go with pro priety to the great parties of this Repub lic at tbe North, and we say, not in the spirit of faction, but in the spirit of pa triotism, tbat this battle is to be fought among yourselves. If this fugitive slave bill is indorsed by you, we will give vou our support and cooperation. Let us see Southern Democrats and Northern Democrats cordially united, and togeth er sustaining the rights of our- country men and the constitutional guarantees of all the citizens of the Republic. This is tbe course I propose, and I say that it is founded in patriotism, in right, and in correct principles. But the question may be asked, Why prefer to go to the Democratic conven tion rather than tbat of tbe Whig party? Because the Democratic party are ident ical with tbe people of Georgia in prin ciples. The great objection that the Whigs of Georgia have heretofore urged to the Democratic party is, tbat it has contented itself with layiDg down cor rect principles, and does not carry them out. f ,i r “ board and clothes,” but those who are in business are doing much better than they could at home. Cleiks are getting from 100 to $300 per month ; carpenters and masons 8 to $16 per day, and other trades in proportion.— j Provisions are mostly low, and board has come down to 8 to $12 per week. Bat ter is worth 60 cents, and eggs S2,50f per dozen—would’nt the old ladies a- bout Cassville like to sell some batter the proceedings of this body, from which ! a °d e gg s at these prices. Cal. butter stability and permanence of the invest- ment; and at no time within my recol- ^(Southern Rights Democratic Convention. slaves borne a better price here in Vir-J We are indebted to the publishers of ginia, upon the border of the slave count tbe Federal Union, for a slip containing ,we glean tbe following : ! retails at $1 50 per pound ; milk, $1.50 The Convention met on the 31st.— a "d *2.00 per gallon; pork, 50cts.; About 112 delegates present. Organ- P er pound, hams 16, flour 5, beef 20,' ized by electing Hon. J. D. Steil, Pres- corn 10, potatoes 5 to 7, rice 8, brown ident; Hon G Hendricks and Gen. S. j sugar 6 to 8, coffee 10 to 12, molasses' Robinson, Vice President; and S. N 30 10 40 - There is 00 measuring here, Boryhton and William T. Williamson, j everything usually measured in Georgia Secretaries. ! > 3 5old b y the P ound here i W^ch I A committee of 32 was appointed to j ‘Link is much the best way in baying draft resolutions, who reported a long ar,d seeing- series, the substance of which was : The farmers have made a great deal 1. Reaffirming their adherence to the [ of acd have ‘ b >s year put in large principles of the Baltimore Convention ; f ro P s ofBarle y* P° Utoe9 ' wheat * *"“* of 1848. ' ips, cabbage, beets &c., &c- Corn does 2 tbat they place their trust in tbe | not do * fcli as there is ao rain fa,1 » fro ® intelligence, patriotism and the discrimi-; March untii October or November— Dating justice of the American people, j The soil in the is ver* rich, and' 3. °Tbat they regard this as a distinc- j P roducc8 more ’ and ,ar 8 er fe « eta - Views of Mr. Pccglass —For the benefit of those * Southern Rights’ men tbat have been nibbling at the bait thrown ont by Senator Douglass, wc co py the following extract from a speech of the Honorable gentleman delivered in tbe Senate, on tbe 13tb of March, 1850 —(See Congressional Globe, vol. xxii, page 369 ) Mr. Douglass then and there said in reference to the aetion of Congress upon the territorial question : ••IT IS NO VIOLATION OF SOUTHERN RIGHTS TO PROHIB IT SLAVERY, nor of Northern rights to leave the people to decide the ques tion for themselves. In this sense, no geographical section of the Union is en titled to any share of the territories. The Seaator from South Carolina will therefore excuse me for expressing the opinion that all of his complaints under this head are predicated npon one great fundamental error—the error of snppos- iog that bis particular section has n right live feature in their creed. 4. Recapitulates the action of tbe for mer convention of the people of the Un ion. 5. Opposition to distribution of the proceeds of public land. 6 On the Veto power. 7. Against monopolies, and tbe Un ion party. 8. Tbe points of the election oF 1844, &e. 9. Tbat tho convention select eight candidates for Electors of President and Vice President from the eight Congres ses to the acre than any portion of tbe earth. If there were not an abnndanee of witnesses, I wonld scarce risk my rep- etation by saying that beets have been raised here to weigh 50 pounds, cabbage the same; turnips the size of a peek measure, pumpkins 100 pounds; ' The' sales from a single acre have amounted’ to $5000. Laborers on farms are get ting from 50 to $75 per month and boarded. Tbe emigration to this State is very large at this time, all the steamers comb loaded to their fullest capacity, and there Panama for sional Districts of this State, and two j are aboat waiting at candidates for Electors for the State at j means of conveyance, large. The mines still hold ont, and yield Tbe Convention took a recess of half j plentifully, to those who have good elaims’ an boar; alter the expiration of which and work bard ; but the •* big lamps time, tbe committees reported as fol- you used to hear of are not so plenty as' lows: First District. SOLOMON KEN; for the State at large. James L. Seward, of Thomas, James M. Smith, of Camden, Mark Wilcox, of Telfair, R. B. Hilton, of Chatham, delegates.—T. M. Foreman, of McTntosb, Elector.— Wm. H. Reynolds, of Thomas, Alter nate. formerly. Perhaps if aa equal division' CO-! was made, there would not be more than’ one dollar per day, elear to each person;* bat of those who have been fortunate in' getting rich claims and stick to the' “ shovel and tbe pick,” a good account can be given; 8 to $10 per day is not* an over estimate. San Francisco has growa to faslugd