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mvra iaw TO fl 7) 71 -The AtlflBlB COBOtflOB. ] ™ 8 » the power of the Convent.on to have
TWS S t iUl Bn CZiisecaetelT necessar*4lS» to ray that pursued one of two d.ffere.t courses-e.ther
CoBT«tiS^AtlaBU was . to B«t' in nomination another Pierce and
U*in accordance with our counsels. Our King electoral ticket,for the support of the
Wffi&frSKclearly anWistteetly p>F jpeopte of.Georgia, or to sustain theone aK
in cur editorial columns. ! read/, beforeifoe people fhe adoption of
•We have in*35ns matter pursued a course the M would hare implied a strong desire
, . , . T , from all sections of the State for another
which our coqhsrJudgmenfrpionouncesrigoc ,. ,, .. „ ,
„. , Rri : r :f -hioh electoral ticket, which I am satisfied was tion
We have not been met in that spirit wmon . . . , ,
, , *iip not manifested on that occasion. Indeed, —
we had sought to invoke on the part or tne
_ _? .. . ... Ti,; a tc not the the convention would have been guilty of* a
Southern Rights democrats. 1 his is not tne _ ... , .
... _ nr total disregard of the popular will if they
time to review or discuss these points, nor fe J r
... ... had Caken upon themselves this responsibili-
did we commence this article with the pur- . . ,
, ,. . ; ty, with such an indisposition to any fur-
pose of renewing a discussion which can
H he productive of no good results. j co “ tL “ s . ub *f ’,
The Union Democracy, by their action at the fact that there was at the convention
Atlanta, have placed the entire respousibiL- j « ad throughout the country, a strong de
ity of the election of. Pierce and King in sire for another electoral ticket, afid even
Georgia upon the Southern Rights men.-| then I am inclined to the opinion that the
: If theft ticket fails,they will, have no one to policy of running another ticket for the
! blame but their own leaders,who havetlirown^ sajue candidates could not be sustained eitii-
itlft- impediments in the way of reooncilia- j er* upc n argument or principle. If such'
t : on and compromise, by their obstinate re - ! even the fact, what would hav# been
fusal to remodel their electoral ticket. If the ihevitable.result ? You would necessa-
their ticket succeeds, they! in common witiU nlj have failed taeleot either of these tick-
' ' " “*-•*- And
Atlanta. Sept. 18,1852. | On mdMb Of Hon. E.
Messrs. H. B. Jackson, T. P. Saffold and | thanks of foe coni
CASStlLLE, GEORGIA:
Thursday, Sept. 23, 1852.
ROBT M. CHARLTON, Pres.
John W. Burke,
*am W. Jones, Secretaries.
Nominations of Ballimore Hem. ConvfBtion
FOR Tyrr'-pril? ! tneir ucitei succeeu
GEN. FRAN IvLIN 1 ILnvii^ tlie ^ ole c- oun tLy,
Froeeediin of the Unnw Oemoeratie
Conreation. '\jagsm .
Atlanta, SejA. 17th, p. m. 1852 ^ m. T. Wofford, Committee. * j President and Secretaries.
A preliminary meeti% was held at Parr a{ .Gentlemen,—The undersigned members! On motion the Sseratkries were requested
Hsll, which was organised by calling Hon. j of the Democratic Executive Committee, ; to publish the proceedings of the convention
Robert It; Charlton to the Chair ss Presi- j present at Atlanta, and representing, other?; in tbs Democratic papers of the State,
dent and appointing John -W. Burke SecrC- j of ‘he Committee who have been prevented] Onmotion the Maventkfe adjonrned tne
tary, for permanent officers of the Conven- j from attending, acknoirlege the. receipt of die.
1 your communication of the 17th instant, and
The President then addressed the Ccaven- ] most cordially reciprocate the desire therein
tion in a warm and enthusiastic manuer, expressed for a reconciliation between the;
urging the members to be prepared to adoptj Democrats and supporters of the National
such measures as will secure a re-union of i Democratic nominees for President and Vice
the Democracy of Georgia. j President, whom wc respectively represent.
On motioq-of Hon. John II. Lumpkin, the The undersigned refer to the fact of theii
President appointed a Coramittoe of thirteen presence here as evidence of this desire o|
to report business for the action of the Con- their part, and of their deep anxiety to
yention, consisting of (’established the kindest feelings, and
honorable union on terms of perfect fairn<
and equality among our respective political
friends, with a view to promote more effee
tually in their State the success of ouf com.
mon cause aud principles.
Wc have to state that wc tire as a Com-
Or NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM II. KING,
OF ALABAMA,
St. Mary’s Money iwider taken at par, at
this off ire.
wi\l be indebted for that ] <=ts b? the popular vote of the State.
An Appeal that must be FelL
We beg of those who are taking the
Standard, and who have not yet paid for it
to lose no time, in coming forward, if in
reach of'us, or if distant in sending by mail
the subscription price* of our -paper. We
have concluded to give them another clmnce
and therefore extend the time of.advance
payments to Oct. 15. After that tihic we
success'to the magnanimity and generosity therefore, by this act alone, lmve defeat
of those Union Democrats who wily gitc J tile ckction b - y tbc P c0 P le ’ and bave trar ’ s '
their support to the ticket, notwithstanding | f?^ed it to the representatives of the peo-
the unjust and unjustifiable conduct of.tfie ! pie in the General Assembly, and that too at
Southern Rights leatfcrs-Who have in this aa enormous expense of money, drawn from
A,.t.U/. * the people in tlie^hape of taxes. And even
matter, stifled the public voice.
We si’ucerely desire Pietcc and King to
get the vote of Georgia, but the sure and
true policy of ensuring that result has not
been pursued. Such, at least, is'oiH* hum
ble judgment. We ti*ust that others may
not discover the correctness of it, when it
shall be too late to retrieve the false step.
then it would be a question of uncertainty
and doubt whether a majority of the Leg-
; mittee clothed with but- limited powers by
; the Convention which appointed us their
, Faioi StelMi? it Casi!
In accordance with previous notice, the
Constitutional Union party of Cass ccuhty
met at the coilrt house on the 22d inst. On
i motion of, Col. J. T. Rowland,- Janies Wof-
; ford was called to the chair. ^ Capt. Wolford
‘ then offered the following resolutions, and
in their support addressed the meeting at
considerable length. Col. Akin and Dr.
ton having been called upon, addressed
e meeting in favor of the resolutions—
which are as follows :
islature on joint ballot could have united** of tfie g Mre ; ar i es
liou. John. II. Lumpkin,
Hon. Henry K. Jackson,
Thomas P. Saffold.
Hon. E. W. Chastain,
Capt.- Wm. T. Wofford,
Col. Lewis Tumlin, /.
Dr.. Joseph J. Singleton,
‘Hon. Charles Murphy,
Marshal M. Sheats,
■ J. U.-Horne,
Col. Samuel Farris,
Dr. S. W. Burney,
Johnson P. Wellborn,
On motion of CoL .A. noed, Adam W. !
Jones, Esq., hf Dekalb, was added to the \ «u m me organization oi an immoral xkb- | mm( q( |fce principles of the Union party,
permanent officers of the Convention as one 1 ct different from that now before tlie people , an(1 the ^umph of the views and principles
• | Resoloed, That we are' opposed to voting
for the Southern Bights ticket for Pierce
Executive Committee, and that it is “°t in fand Ring, Because they are opposed ip prin-
the scope of our autliority to do that which * ^ to ftc meh who ' m they profe88 to sop -
i would, as has been intimated to us, most ^ an<J thftt th@y gt}H hol(f thfi game
; ccrtamlyand immediately meet the wishes yiews whicb the y .dvocated two years
, of the supporters of tlie National Democrat-, a ,. () _ and . which) we> n9 frien(L) of the Ua .
J ic Nominees whom you represent, to wit: to : ^ oppo?cd . and it woald an abaB dt, n .
aid in the organization of an Electoral Tick'
For the Standard.
Mr! Editor—I wish to draw attention to
the School just established in our village by
Mr. and Mrs. Neely. The known reputa
tion of these individuals as teachers 5 *]!title
shall expect-three dollars from every sub- ^ to the confidence of the .citizens. Let
all who loci an interest in the welfare of the
scriber. Now save your dollars—if you
please—we need money now
Mr. Neely’s School.
Wc would respectfully invite the particu
lar attention of our citizens to the card of
Mr. and Mrs. Neely in nnother column, as
well as to the communication signed « Citi
zen.” We have felt the need of good sclioo’.s
here now for some time, and when we have
them let us sec to it that they are well pat
ronized. Mr. Neely is a graduate of Trinity
College, Dublin, where he received the first
distinctions of his class; lie has had fiitcen
years Of practical experience, and brings
numerous letters of warm approval from
approval from former employers. Mrs.
Neely is a graduate of the Staunton Fe
male .Seminary, Ya , and from long experi
ence gives every assurance that she is emi
nently fitted for tlie duties of her station.
town, and’the cause of education, aid the
School by their influence and patronage.
All have an interest, though they may not
feel it, in the training aud mental culture
of the rising generation. It is highly desi
rable that those in the vicinity and Iroiu a
distance who have children to educate, will
send them at once, that they may have a
fair start in their classes, and that a large
and thriving school may ‘ be at once estab
lished. If our citizens wish the town to
prosper,—if they have auy inblic spirit,
and if there yet lingers any feeling of good
citizenship, if is sincerely hoped that it will
be manifested now, and that a general effort
will be made td build up, and sustain this
School. CITIZEN.
Cel. Wm. SpfBfer Erowa.
Wc stated sometime s : nce that this estima
ble gentleman was probably drowned dur
ing the recent freshet. Judge O'Neal, in
his report of the loss to the road, says that
•i the pecuniary loss is comparatively noth
ing to the loss whiqh the Company, the com
munity and his family have suffered in the
death of Wm. Spencer Brown, Chief Engi
neer.
In attempting, on the 30th, to descend
the river from Alston, in company with Mc
Collum, Jefferson, and the son of Mr. Mc
Collum, in a small batteau, it was overturn
ed, and he with Mr. McCollum s son was
drowned.
.«This sad event has caused me more suf
fering and sorrow that anything which has
occurred. Mr. Brown was endeared to me
by a long and intimate association, and felt
to me more like a son than a more subordi
nate officer. No purer man or better .officer
ever lived. No doubt, for wise but inscruta
ble purposes God has. taken him to himself!
It is our duty to submit.’
We clip the following from the Mur
freesboro News, and can say that our testi
mony shall fully sustain the editor in his
assertion that Mr. Blrcbctt is << a clever fel
low.” -He takes the Standard, and pays
for it in advance. Now, who will deny
the statement, that he is a clever fellow and
a gentleman of the first water ?
Coming Again.—Mr. T. J. Birchctt has
completed the new jail house, and advertis
es for other jobs of work. He is well known
here as a clever'fellow and a good workman,
and wc hope ho will find work enough to
keep all bis hands busily employed.
' Yankee Blade.
We are indebted to fjic facetious editor of
this Blade, for au exchange. Need we • say
a word to recommend it to our readers ? It
is a perfect stock of fun and good things
generally. It is published by Win. Math
ews, Editor and proprietor. Terms, §2 per
annum. A club of 20 will be supplied at
$1 each. ‘ Now is the tiinc to subscribe, as
a brilliant story will commence in the next
number entitled U The Snow Bridal, or a
Shipwreck on Lake Ontario. Specimen
numbers may be seen at this office, and sub-
subscriptions will be forwarded.
in the suppoft of the same electoral ticket
for Pierce and King. It 'is' the opinion of
well informed persons, that if the election
is-thrown into the Legislature, that A ma
jority of that body being originally attach
ed'to the whig party, could be controlled'
either for Scott of \Vehster. It is reported
now that a prominent'whig Statesman, the
warm supporter oFScott, has given ns his
opinion that'the vote of the Legislature can
be control Ipd for hihi, and tlie whiga, al
though divided between Scott and Webster
and Pierce, are still upon the very best terms
witli cachutlrer, and rely with confidence in
uniting upon Gen. Scott as the national
whig candidate should they succeed in giv
ing the election to tli« Legislature. These
views are sufficient to satisfy my mind that
we would hazard the success of Pierce and
King by running avotJier_electoral ticket.
The only remaining course for,.the Con
vention to have adopted, was to have deter
mined to tjirow no. obstacle in the way of
the succtss of tlie present Electoral ticket
before the people—a nd a Union Demcccat
1 am gratified that they have had the mag
nanimity-to pursue the' only course that
Convention met pursuant to adjournment. Cis arc already supplied by the action of the ! cause tlle y are tnle to t fi e South and the
Col T P Saffold of the Committee np- ; Convention under which we hold our author- ] Union . and that for the purpoge of carry .
pointed last night, stated to the Convention, j ity, which appointed alternates to take tlicir ! ^ ^ these view3; ve nom inate the folio*-
-Giat the Committee had opened a correspond- j places. i ingi named gentlemen as Union Elector* for
ence with the Executive-Committee of the ! "’c can only say as individual members , pi( , ;ce and King .
On motion the Convention now adjourned 1 er aud discretion'^ this regard are limited
till 10 o’clock to-morrow mining. . j to the filling of any vacancies which- may-
i occur on the preserit ticket. Ip the case of
10 o'clock, 18th Sept., 1852. j an J of the Electors resigning, their vacan-
°f Geor S ia > for 1>ierce aHd Kin S- 0ur P° w '" of the Nashville Convention to elevate these
men to position.
Resolved, That ire support Pierec and
William R: King for the Presidency and
i Vice Presidency of the United States, be-
Southern Rights Democratic party, buthav-
ipg received no answer, were unable to make
a report.- and moved that this Convention
adjourn till 2 o’clock this evening
was carried.
which
true democrats could have pursued eonsis- ^ as to cons t der the best means
tent with -devotion te sound political princi
ples: If they had taken counsel of their
pride,.or their personal feelings and preju
dices, instead of 'their- reason and sound
judgment, they, in all probability, would
have gone into- the contest wjtli Southern
Rights democrats* regardless of all conse
quences, and in doing so would have cer-
CassviLle, Sept. 21st, 1352,
Maj. John W. Burke :
Dear Sir—Since my nomination as ..an
Elector, at the independent l\'hig Conven
tion, held in Macon on the 17 th ultimo, 1
have been, invited by the friends of Mr.
Webster, as their candidate lor this Congres- ] tainly sacrificed Pierce and King, and all
sional District, to address the people, and j tbe £ rea * i principles that they represent";
am frequently asked if I have accepted tlie j hP 1 b - v showing themselves superior to prej-
nomination ? and if iuqt, why my name i 3 TBsices and pride, they have, in my opinion,
still in the newspapers as an electoral can- J commended themselves aud all whom .they
didate? Topi-event misapprehension, 6top ] represented °n that occasion, to. the sincere
farther inquiry, and place myself right in
the matter, 1 request you to insert in the
Standard the copy letter no* inclosed, the
original of which .wfts written, properly di
rected, and .placed in the'post office at this
place, fhe day it bears date.
Very respectfully,
WARREN AKIN.
Cassville, Ga. Augusth 30th, 1852. .
Gentlemen!—1 have justreturned home,
after an absence of two weeks, and have be
fore me yours of the 21st inst., informing
me that at tlm Tnfi^p BI ||lpnL. Whig rupvcn-
tion recently held in Macon* I was nomina
ted as an elector lor the Fifth Congressional
District, upon a ticket designed to support
DanieLWebster, of Massachusetts, for Pres
ident, and Charles J. Jenkins t of^ClfiSlCk' a !
fujrVic£-jRrcai{JUmfe and. asking my accep
tance of the same.
While I am not insensible of the hojrjor
which the Convention lias done me by plac
ing my; name on a ticket composed of such
distinguished and patriotic Whigs, and en
tertaining a very high regard for the great
est living statesman, Mr. Webster, and his
asssociatc, Georgia's pqre and gifted son,
I am nevertheless compelled, from various
considerations, most respectfully to decline
accepting tlie nomination.
Very respectfully,
WARREN AKIN.
Messrs. James T. Nisbet and James M.
Mobley, Secretaries of Independent Whig
Convention, Macon, Ga.
Dat of Presidential Election.—See
ing that several of otlr cotemporaries have
published that the Presidential election will
come off on the second Tuesday in Novem
ber instead of the first Tuesday, we pub
lish the act of 1845, to establish a uniform
time for holding olections for electors.'
Be it enacted, Sfc., That the electors of
President and Vice President shall be ap
pointed in each State on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in the month of No-
oember of the year in which they are to be
appointed, Provided, That each State may
by law provide for the filling of any vaenn-
cy or vacancies that may occur in its col
lege of electors when each college meets to
^ve its electoral vote: Jind provided, also,
when any State shall have held an election
for tin purpose of chooeiog electors, and
shall fail to make a choice an foe day afore
said, then the electors may be appointed on
a sabeequent day in such manner aa foe
State shall by law provide.
ftp- The Marietta Union of the 16th smys:
1MR District Court, Judge Nieoll pre-
, hashes* in session in Marietta dur-
Several important eas
es k**e been tried. A true bill has been
foaii ta tin csss of J. K. Lockhart, lots
f. M. of this pleas. Wo understand, fcow-
ssar, that there is a probability of his dis-
of the Democratic party, nnxiqus to have
sucli.a ticket before tlie people of Georgia j
as would unite in support of Pierce anil l
King the largest number of votes, that we f
have diligently sought information from all
parts of the State, and the result is a firm]
conviction that any change at this time in j
the Eleotoral Ticket would weaken rather |
than strengthen the cause, in which we in
If
this fact he conceded, we submit that it fur-
The Committee to whom was referred the j nishes a strong reason why the supporters
. f tl ac tion of of Pierce aud King-represented by you coul
duty of preparing matter lor me qeuuu u; . . . . „ ,i
thionveniion, respectfully report-: (honorably acquiesce in the support of
c object for which this Convention wds j „ r “ 1D S
.ssembled, (a Convention of« Union Demo- j Cl
rats’’ and whigs, favorable to the election
. , w Kin., 1 1 cv. not improbable, occur, by which
f Franklin Pierce and William R* King,) of r /
is of cnsuriii<-'*“hould be called upon as a Committee, to
2 O’clock, P. M-
' Tlie* Conven tion met, Tlie Committee ap-
pointed to report business for the meeting, j
r i, ,t. „ Honrv H ! common with yourselves are enlisted.
madethe following through Hon. lit my K, J . .
Jackson :
anion cause. We take occasion at
saipe time to say, that should the centingd
Gen. Wm. B. Wofford, of Habersham.
Dr. H. V. M. Miller, of Floyd.
CoL E. D. Chisolm,*-of: Polk.
Hon- David’ Irwin, of Cobb.
Gen. Allen Lawhon, of Cherokee.
Dr> Joseph J. Singleton, of Lumpkin.
Col. Hopkins Holsey, of Clarke.
CoL John J. Word, of Cass. I—■
Ur. M. U. Slaughter, of Cobb.
CoL Thomas W. Thomas, of Elbert.
The proceedings of the meeting were or
dered to be published ia the ;* Standard,”
! and on motion the meeting adjourned.
JAS. WOFFORD, Pres.
John A. Crawford, Sec.
tlic success of that ticket in the State ol | exercise the power-of filling vacancies, we
Georgia which could be honorably adopted j should make it a point to do it in a manner
by that porfon of the Democratic party j entirely acceptable to onr Union Democrqt-
wliosc views and feelings we represent. We ]dc friends. We desire now to meet and re-,
lmve been deeply impressed with 'the idea cognise them as equals and friends, and to
* * i .1 • ! _ .A til. 4l.o • - 4l, n VMtnonnf A.sn
For the Standard.
Mr. Burke I an* one of those, who
looked to the Convention called to meot at
Atlanta on the lSlh inst,, with much anxi-
ty for a satisfactory re-arrangement of the
electoral ticket for Pierce and King. I be
lieved honestly add sincerely that all the
friends of Pierce and King should unite
cordially qnd enthusiastically in the sup
port o'f the same electoral ticket, and I felt
confidant that Union democrats would not
.be satisfied to give the ticket a cordial sup-
port"without a fair and just representation
on it. This proposition was so fair, just and
equitable, that I did not perinit myself to
doubt that such an arrangement would have
been made without any hesitation. The
convention has met and adjonrned, amd no
such compromise arrangement has been
made, upon the ground that the Executive
Committee of the organization that put »
nomination the present ticket; did not pos
sess the authority to act in the premises.—
And if they had such authority, expressed
the opinion derived from information from
various sections of the State, that the pro
posed change would not have' increased the
vote for Pierce and King; in other words
that owing to the unnatural contest that
had been going on among the friends of the
democratic nominees for President and Vice
President, whether foe one or foe other di
visions of the democratic party in this State
should have the control of foe electoral tick
et, that it had become, with a large number
of foe original friends of foe present elec
toral ticket, a point of honor to sustain it
without any change or modification- And
it was mad* by foe other division a point
not to sustain it sslms m
mils in it as to give to tis
MoUtion. Uate'tiMM
become a grave end
regard of all who advocate sound political
principles throughout the Union. I know
that there arc those who will denounce this
Convention as apostates and renegades from
tlieir principles because they have manifest
ed a willingness to support the present. Elec
toral ticket without any change or altera
tion. . It is necessary that we should meet
these assaults at once, and at the very
Threshold of this controversy. The Nation
al democratic party have incorporated in
to their platform as a part of tlicir political
creed, that they will abide by and adhere
to the Compromise measures as a final set
tlement oj all the questions embraced by
them. And they have nominated Franklin
Pierce and Wm. R. King, as their standard
bearers in the approaching Presidential
election, both of them distingu Shed for their
active efforts in behalf of those principles
that the Union party of Georgia have sig
nalized and rendered illustrious. The Elec
toral ticket now before the people was nom
inated by a party that indorsed true prin
ciples at the time that they made this nomi
nation, and whether the electors be for these,
principles or not, they stand pledged, • if
elected, to give their votes to Pierce and
King, and when this is done by them, the
Union democratic friends and supporters
of Pierce and Kirg have accomplished all
that they could possibly effect in principle,
that,they could ware every person on the
Electoral ticket indentified with the Union
men of Georgia in the political contests for
the past two years. We shall have as cer
tainly cast our votes for Pierce and King,
and .the principles that they are knowq to
represent through that medium as through
any other. The Union democrats therefore,
make no sacrifice of principle in the support
of the present ticket. It is possible that
some of them have nobly contendod against
personal prejudices and preconceived opin
ions ; and for the sake of their cherished
principles have forgotten now, and it is to
be hoped forever, that they were the anti
podes of good and true' democrats on this
isolated question in times now passed.
Let Union democrats reflect maturely be
fore they determine not to unite with the
Southern Rights democrats in the support of
the same Electoral ticket for pierce and
King. AMICUg.
that to ensure union, harmony and enthusi
asm among all the true, supporters of the
IT lional Democratic nominees, it was essen
tial to organize such an electoral ticket as
would fairly represent the two branches of
the party, known as “ Union Democrats,
and.; Southfrn Rights Democrats-” Such
is still our So'leirfti conviction. In accord
ance with this belief, this Convention was
act with the :■ throughout the present can
vass, and in all future canvasses in the spir
it of a thorough re-union and reconciliation,
as in days of yore.
AVith these views and feelings we should
be happy to unite our exertions and influence 1
with yours, to bring the whole Democratic-
party, and' the supporters of Eicrcc and
King generally together in Mass Meeting at
assembled, and in common with a very large ] some time andqjlace during the present can-
portion of the supporters ol Pierce and King,
we had earnestly hoped that we should have
been here enabled to have effected, in com
mon with our .. Southern Rights ’ brethren,
that organization. Time would fail us, in
truth it is needless to give the reasons, in
detail, which produced this conviction; most the circumstances td suggest any plan to
vass, in cordial friendship and co Operation.
. JAMES GARDNER, Jr.,
D. C. CAMPBELL,
R. B. IlILTON,
T. J. BURNEY.
Wc have not felt it proper for us under
of them belong to the history ot the State
and the country. The important- fact pic-
sented to our consideration was that a very
large portion of the supporters of the Demo
cratic nominees, in this State, did not par
ticipate in the selection of those gentlemen
those gentlemen by which our object might
bave been attained without any assumption
by them of undelegated power. In truth, one
clause of their letter is clearly indicative of
the fact, had they been fully empowered by
the convention that appointed them to re-
who constitute the Democratic Electoral mo( ;^ their electoral ticket, they would have
Tickqt nnw in the field, aud in that point of i declined td do so. We refer to the para-*
view, cannot be considered as represented by ' graph in which they declare their .. firm
it. Looking to the reoent divisions in the | conviction"’ from «. information diligently
Democratic party,' and to the feelings on ; SO ught from all parts of the State,” «< that
both sides naturally elicited by them, wc re- j any change at this time in the electoral
gar Jed. and still regard tilts as an unfortu- 1 ticket would weaken rather than strengthen
natc condition'of things. Wc arc unwilling-, j the cause in which we in common with your-
however, to enter into the discussion of tlie ! se lves are enlisted."’ We deeply regret that
propriety or impropriety, the regularity or j suc ], should be the indications of feeling cm-
irre-nilarity, the policy or impolicy of the j anating from any portion of the « Southern
nomination of the existing ticket, at the time j Rights Democratic bretlieren, that a simple
when it was presented to the people of Geor- I change of the ticket giving to the ... Union
Suffice it to say, that wc have deemed Democrats'’ a fair representation -upon it
gia. _
it advisable, that we still deem it advisable,
for tlie purpose of removing ail causes of ir
ritated feeling between the two branches ol
our common party, and off-allying them,
with i^earty. enthusiasm, to' the- National
Democratic reunion, that changes should be
made upon that .ticket, so as to give to the
Union Democrats a fair representation up
on it. Looking to the most important ob
ject, through a sub-committee, vve entered*
inta tlie following correspondence with Col.
James Gardner, Jr., Chairman, and others,
of the Executive -Committee of the «. South
ern Rights Democratic Party,” in the hope
that some thing might be effected through
their instrumentality:
Atlanta, Sept. 17th -1852.
James Gardner, Jun!, Chairman, and oth
ers of the Executive Committee of the
Democratic State Rights Party.
Fierce afld Kin? in Maine.
following letter will be read with in-
te?PSefandsatisfaction by every friend of
the Democratic cause in the South. It is
from, the pen of one of the soundest politi
cians, and a man with 61ear perceptions of
men and things. It will be seen he is
watcher of the times, and knows well their
signs.—Sav. Georgian.
Maine, Sept., 1852.
I see the Georgian occasionally, and
mong other good things, I noticed in it,
the call for a ratification meeting at the
Exchange. The active participants in this
matter ar^ entitled to the warmest _
tilde of airtfie'iroin.CTamirtlie^ltmr
From foe Chronicle & Sentinel.
Yke Friitiag of tie Law*.
Mr. Editor i—The following statement
from the Savannah Courier, I find republish
ed in your paper of the 8th inst. with com
ments :
The- Savannah Courier makes foe sub
joined response to similar interrogators*
from various sources:
.. The present Laws and Journals or*
lublished by Samuel J. Bey, Esq. of Macon,
e have written to Mr. Bay on the subject,
received the following answer:
The laws are now nearly all completed,
the few forms which have not already
turned over to the binder, will be in »
Iqw days. Under the act of the lost Legis
lature, the Laws hod to be arranged, index
ed, Ac., by a peroon sricc^ by. the Govern
or. This was a work of time, and they
were not all delivered to us before the-mid
dle of July.” *
As I am «the person selected ky the Go
vernor,”' referred to in this letter—justice
to myself, to the Governor and to the public,
requires that a candid statement of facts
should* bo submitted to th? people of the
State. -
At Columbus, during the session of foe
Supreme Court, on the 4th week in January,
1852,1 received a message from Governor
Cobb, requesting that L would undertake the
preparation of the Statutes for publication.
On. the adjournment of the courts I went im
mediately .to Milledgeville, obtained the
manuscript Acts, and carried them with me
to Athens—reaching home about the first of
February. As I passed through Macon, I
went to see Mir. Ray, and was informed by
him that lie would be ready to commence on
the Acts” in about six weeks. In order
to insure accuracy in the proofs, he promis
ed to send me the proof sheets, for revision
and correction.! Th6 sessions of the courts
for the Spring Circuit were about commenc
ing, that no delay shonld arise from my
part of the work, I failed to ottishd Several
of my Circuit Courts, (the Bar generously
continuing my cases) and immediately com
menced the preparation of the manuscripts
for the printer.
On the 21*/ February-1 sent Mr. Bay, by
safe hand, one hundred and fifteen acts—
prepared for publication—and in the order
of publication. I wrote him at the seme
tiipc, a letter, (too long for insertion here,)
giving him the benefit of my experience in
ie publication of the new Digest. The fol-
owing extract is from the close of this let
ter :
«. I shall be able to furnish you .. copy”
now as fast as you probably work it. In
about ten days more I shall have another
hundred acts ready for you. Forgive md
Ter suggesting that wc are about making an,
experiment in the way of publishing our
laws. It will be a matter of some impor
tance to you send to me that we make a
creditable job. I promise you to do all in
my power, to effect this object, and I donbt
not you will do the same. Bear in mind t»
send me tiro copies of each proof sheet, as I
shall wish to retain one, in order to make
out an index. I shall have the index by the
time you finish the lays.”
Hearing nojhinfi f^pin Ry
should have so decided a tendency to drive
them from the support of their principles
and their candidates. »
Ifmight well be argued that if they, ful
ly represented upon the electoral ticket, de
cline to support it .upon this ground, much
more are we to apprehend that«« Union De
mocrats,” excited by the same recent divis
ions, wilLrefuse to support it, since they are
wholly without representation upon it. But
we-forbear from Abe -further argument of
this point. * r
Under these circumstances, having fail-
led to secure such a compromise of the Elec
toral Ticket as we earnestly desire,, the
question presented to our minds was wheth
er we should-present another distinct tfeket
to the people. After mature consideration
we have come to tile conclusion that it would
be unwise and impolitic to do so. We are
Pierce, is eminently entitled to the support
of Southern men, not only for his past man
ly support of true Democratic doctrinse, hot
.as an encouragement to other talented men
at the -North to .. go and do likewise”—even
his nomination by the Southern influence,
has already done good here, it has strength
ened our Democratic friends, and has shown
our enemies that all we ask is national
justice, not a sectional triumph, arid we
must burn this in to our Whig opponents,
by giving him every Southern State. The
Democrats of this section, and I believe
throughout the North, are true to our prin
ciples, they say they arc willing to sink or
swim with the determination of non-inter
ference with our concerns, and they freely
admit that the question of Slavery is not
their business, cither in this world, or the
next. Even the Unitarians who have here
tofore been -violently opposed to us are com
ing to their senses.
I heard the Rev. Mr. W , to-day on
the words of St. Paul, «< do not conform to
the world,” and. among other bad practices
he condemned the reading and approval of
such pernic : ous works as «. Uncle Tom s
Cabin,” merely because it was the fashion.
This" bad work has been ifiore Ihroughly
read The last four months than the Con
stitution of the United States,_ or even the
Bible I fear, and 1 assure you it was with
true delight, that I heard it condemned, by
men from the pulpit, und by one of Near
England's talented and learned Divines.
Now when wc find this good work started,
merely by the nomination of Mr. Pierce,
what may we not expect from his election,
and. that by an overwhelming Southern vote.
It appears to me that our most-determined,
opponents at the South would come over to j
ldfil of March, I wroteliiin asTSfiows:
«. On the 21st February, I forwarded yoa
one hundred and fifteen acts, ready for the
press, the receipt of which you have never
acknowledged. I have been daily looking
for a proof sheet. I have now ready for
yon one hundred more, and by the last of
this week, shall have fifty more. Before
you can possibly get these into type, I will
furnish you with the balance.
<« I trust that no delay in this matter*
which is not unavoidable, will be suffered,
us it might prejudice a scheme which. I be
lieve to be valuable to the State,”
Mr. Ray, still maintaining a profound si
lence, oil the 23d of March, I wrote him as
follows:
.. Dear Sir:—I write to say to yon, that
I have all the Acts of the Legislature now
ready for yon, and am only awaiting a pri
vate opportunity of sending them to you;
however5 should you need them before that
time, notify me, and I will send them by a
special messenger, at my own expense. I
shall be glad to receive the first proof
sheet.”
Hearing nothing from Mr. Raj:, oil the
5th of April, I sent the remainder of the
Acts by Rev. Sir. Smith, and on the 6th of
April notified Sir. Kay, by letter; of the
fact, requesting him to acknowledge ft-
ceipts. I adde4:
.. Excuse me for again suggesting the ne
cessity of commencing the printing—it
will require six weeks after you finish for
the binder to prepare them for distribution.
/ fear there will be much complaint of de
lay”
Ijearing nothing still from Sir. Ray, I
made it my business to pass through Ma
con, on my way to and. from MiHadgMille,
foe CoBvcwtica what fotil
' Boston, Sept la. ‘
Webster Meeting in Boston.—At the
Webster meeting to-day, there were 300 per
sons present. They nominated Mr. Web
ster for the Presidency and adopted and ad
dress to the people of the United States.
Maine Election.—There is no election
of Govorrior by the people.
The Senate is Whig, and the House Demo-
catic by a small majority.
J#" The trial of foe deserters who shot
CoL Craig was concluded, and foe papers
sent onto Washington. It is supposed foe
finding of foe Court was a verdict of gnilty
After the testimony was all in, they ac
knowledged their guilt, and signified their
willingness to die, if such should be foe
sentence of the Court; but begged that they
might be shot in preference to hanging.
A note from Hon. Andrew J. Mil
ler appears ia the Athens Bumntr, in
which he deolines bring placed on foe elec-
• ‘fair repre- j uteul ticket proposed to be formed at Atloa-
it! to, and declares his determination to rote for
pierce and King, » If a ticket be nrode at
We the undersigned, a Committee on the . unwilling to keep alive by an act of ours
part of Union Democrats and whigs, sup-- J: ~—' , n
porters of tke National Democratic candi
dates, for tlic Presidency of Abe United
States, now in Convention in the city, have
the honor to ad iresyou in reference to the ob-
je&tthalfias brought us together. Tiiat object
is to effect if possible a reconciliation of tile
two braekes of the National Democratic
Party, upon terms fair and honorable to
•both, hoping* that you as the appointed rep
resentatives of that portion of the common
P^rty, known asJlie State Rights party are
prepared tq meet us in this mqst important
work. We would beg leave to direct your
early attention to the matter. Wo would
be pleased to hear from you, any suggestion
in reference to arranging what we believe
to be the only cause of difference now existing
between us, to wit: the organization of an
Electoral ticket for Franklin Pierce, ami
William R. King, candidates for the Presi
dency and Y. Presidency of the United
States, which shall represent the re-united
Democracy of Georgia. As it will be our
duty to report to on adjourned meeting of
dissensions which distract the J>emocratic
party. .'We are disposed to do nothing which
may have the tendency to take from the
people at large the selection of electors.—
With a feeling of sincere- devotion to the
principles embodied in the National Demo
cratic platform; with a profound anxiety
for the election of Franklin Pierce mid Wil
liam R. King, as ensuring the triumph of
those principles in tke promotion of the high
est interests of the country, .we will not al
low the feelings, naturally engendered by
the present condition of things in onr own
State to control onr action. We will cast
no obstacle in the way of concentrating up
on the present electoral ticket all. the
. .„,i to attend the Supreme Court 1#/ Monday in
our side, if they could come on here and , p ^ Qut Mr Ray , and in .
look calmly info political puAters for .. few , ^ eange - ofthe del in printing rf
weeks. I should like do bave one or two ; ' - , 4 -
of our bitter whigs here, that they might 1 the Acts. He then told me, the difficulty
see for themselves as I have seen, and hear , »«• * he of a specified kind of ty,pe
as I have heard; but I will conclude with nolwwh.chhe had sent for; and
which, either had but lately arrived, or had
the sincere wish that the Democrats may all
harmonize in our beloved State* and that
each may feel that they have individually
contributed to the. greatest Democratic tri
umph ever recorded. Yours, &c.
not then arrived, I cannot state positively.
Certain, it is, Mr. Ray promised to notify
me when he was ready to print’the first
form, or sheet, and I promised him, if poe*i-»
ble, to go to Macon to see the printing prop-
_ „ .. „ . erly started. I returned home and heard
J235- The New York Tribune Mys. that ^ ^ R#y ^ ^ ^ , f
Bev. Rufus W. Griswold, D. D-, ottii.tmty J en Priere(m . ** he w
haa Become associated with Jamro Gordon ^ MftC0Ili and Mp wa8
Benntt, as one of the editors of the New York ( ^ ^ j inmediately ^ to
Herald. . i ing what I hod heard, and if it was true*
The Eastport, Miss, Union has 1 ;e
placed the name of Got. Foote at the head of
its columns as candidate for the U. 8. Sen-
morning. we hope you will return an early
response to this communication.
Vary respectfully-
HENRY R. JACKSON,
THOMAS P. SAFFOLD,
WM. T. WOFFORD.
ate before the legislature of foe State, which
is to meet presently in extra session.
Ohio.—Greeley, who has jast- returned
front one of his Silly 8 lowboys political mis
sions in Ohio, as good ms concedes that State
strength and votes which can be bfougkt to: to the Democrats.- He says that the nomi-
its support. -I nation of Hale will receive 20,000 votes in _
We cannot close this report withont an ex- j ohio< and that at least 16,000 of these will iof nufoiiig out on
ession of our strong appreciation of those drawn f rom the Whig party. This being ! ward w, ^.n ;
Southern Rizhta” Demncrfife who have e- i *l^ » __ — am mionfinsa i . .
presaon
“ Southern Rights” Democrats who have e-
viuced a Willingness and desire to unite with
us upon terms which would have been fair
and acceptable.
Capt. Wm. T. Wofford moved the adoption
foe Convention at ten o'clock to-morrow of a substitute, (a report of thrminority of
the Committee) dissenting from the action of j
the Committee, and proposing a Union Dem
ocratic Electoral Ticket, which was Iqsf-
On motion of Thomss P- Sofiild, HsB* the
report of the Committee v* adept*! *l*a*|
unanimously.
admitted, there con be no farther question
as to the result.
jpg- A lady thought it would look inter-
renting to feint away at a party .foe ether
evening. Oae of foe i i—psny begs* bath
ing her temple end bead with no, whan
the lady said,««for Heevafs sake put noth
ing o* that vnU change the cater ef my
hair!"
dens, the 1
asking him’to notify me—« end if possible,
I would comedown.” To thp, ss to all my
ofosr lettaa; 1 received no reply.
On Ike 17th of June I wrote agaim to Hr.
Ray, saying that—«. I regrettedto' learn
that be was proceeding with foe printing of
the laws without furnishing me the proof
sheets according to his promise. 1 sss nn-
thorized by the Governor, to dimssnd at you
a copy of etch sheet os printed, for the put-
index: Please for-
Resolutions are ready
whenever you wish them, end hero been,
since tbs late laws were famished The
Index will he ready in twenty-four houro-
afier you fernish Me foe test sheet.” To
thie. letter, mho, Mr- Bay paid no attention
—at beat mode no reply, nor did brifemiak
r'hn July,)
►hews* ate
. inquiry Bm «W for tite^ibtel
