Georgia Historic Newspapers

    Mitimiig
The Don Passenger Train pn tbe State
Road ru over a cow on Friday last, throw
ing t* Engine off R»e track, soar Chicke-
■Mpcntk, and toiling two firemen and
crfppiM*the Engineer. The p.raengevs es
caped safely. Owe of the killed, was Lit-
iumu? Jam, formerly of thia plaoe.
TfiimSMSB.
WM. T. WOFFORD, EDITOR.
Ah
jss&astisussaas&mai
Tbe Executive Ommittee aid lie first Eire- ! Why we eauot support the Soathcra light#!/'' Dr. Fritn'i Address. .
toll TUtet. i Elect—- We are indebted twa friend for .p esjly of
We are among tho*who do not regard ] I B the first place Ue leading men on the tl>e be^'fnl^d ekjwt addram of Dr
3S?
Sprit of the liioi Democratic Press.
From the Southern Banner.
'The meeting at Atlanta haring resulted
- * . . . - . the firSt P IttC t,^*_ Win f “““™, W. H. Fw-rox^ thisneofifity, delivered 'at^Wfiailure to effect a re
the Union party ae&mlnod, rn^do w* ta- ticket-are pe-ontety know,JM, ^ of ****&. oaritic party of Georgia
College. The-hddrem'reads wall,
Of « conciliation and eompro,
•ed by die Union executive coi
gard the necessity for ita oontinnasae as ; believe them to hit honest and conscientious ;
haring pM*dbyr^«* are the deWe > tel they ray or Ao Wb know from—r j ££temt ft ^SeHmred^teC
dortnne. of the Ftra-raterMhemselye* mod own bps tad puWhely f^th«r«pr^l, ^ who to w | ^ that ^eeting^ we ean^men^
^ ! I>r. Delta.. We risk nothmg when « ray] adopt., the policy ^rsued Jt^smaU
number of our Union bretbern" assembled
with the Executive Committee, assumed the ; rioualy believe that they have honestly come
power of taking down the first Union electo- j to the conclusion that it is impossible fof
ral ticket. What authority we ask had the j the South to remain in the Union and pre-
Executive Committee to take down the tick- j serve her rights, and contemplate at no dis-
The following resolution, under which ; tant day the dissolntion of the Union. This
Dr. Felton. We risk nothing when ws say
that he is among the best orators of the
land,. He is- a citizen of our county, and
! as a man and as a divine we are proud of
j him. We make the following extract from
CASSVILLE. GEORGIA:
Thursday, Sept. 30, 1852.
| they claimed this authority, clearly did not
admit of it 's
.. Resolved, That a Central Executive
Committee of.Jim be appointed by the Pre
sident, clothed withfull power and au
thority to net <to nil mitten of .general in
terest appertaining to the party.”
A careful reading of this resolution must
enable any one to pereeive that no such au
thority was vested in them. It was clearly
an act of unauthorised usurpation; and what
is worse, it was exercised withoutnonsuiting
the electors themselves, but at the instiga
tion (as we believe) of two or three leading
politicians, who having an eye to the 5a-
tienal Democracy, were anxious to make a
great show of pacification, and who would-
not scrapie to sacrifice their friends at home,
and the whole party which had sustained
them, in order that they m g'.it.remove an
teheed obstacle to the success o( the De
mocracy, and who were actuated, in reality,
by nothing but selfish moti >'es. These men
are trying to establish a reputation as dis
interested patriots, great national concilia
tors, wonderfully devoted to the suocess of
the party—so much so that they are willing
to do anything. They have abandoned their
friends, brought down the electer.il ticket,
and persuaded themselves that the Union
party is dissolved. They have gone farther
—they have actually allied themselves with
the men .who have so much abused the Union
PillrOilS All! Farewell! \ party, who have ealled us cowards, trai-
We are again compelled, in the course of V®’’**' submissionists, men who-are
Nominations of Baltimore Dem. Convention.
FGIt PRESIDENT,
GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
'Of MEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM R. KING,
OF ALABAMA.
Inion Electoral Ticket.
Gen. WM. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
Dr. H. V. M. MILLER, of Floyd,
Col. E. D. CHISOLM, of Polk,
Hon. DAVID IRWIN, of Cobb,
Ucn. ALLEN LAW 1I0N, of. Cherokee,
Dr. JOSEPH J. SINGLETON, of Lumpkin,
Col. JOIIX J. WORD, of Cass,
r. M. G. SLAUGHTER, of Cobb,
Jol. THOMAS W. THOMAS, of Elbei
*** «» «•»." •—* i ST-ELT" 4 "’ esssuL^aHftser n..
•consistently support them. But some say
there is no principle involved in voting for
an idea of the richness of the ajpdrem:
Man requires a home where
, _ , _— . . .. , - . - _ schooled, cares arc lulled, and thought is
pie of the Union party is sacrificed in aomg _ . . . . .
r r J . . t strengthened. Mind and virttie are lmpfiir-
so. Electors are onr agents to carry out » , ... -
■ ed by continual contact with the throng of
our will, and if these agents not only differ; - ,
. , . . . . , ... pleasure or business. Patriotism resolves
With us in opinion, but with the men whom ^ QnIefls ^ kin .;
they profess, to support, howcan we trust; ^ ^ ^ of ll0mc Rc .
them to cast their votes for these men with ; ...
. . , „ ., : ligion is shorn of its loveliness and power,
whom we know they dififcr ? Besides, admit t> 1
the Dm»^» estimated higher than two hundred and fifty : the State out of the Union. We warm Os-
inciple
annouhe-
be the ««Mass Meelinjf] of the party, called much less danger to be - *..
byJM oMesfo^smmfiw, wo have not Scott's election than from the triumph ef
hc«pd the whele number of persons present those in Georgia who are in fhvor ef i
Bortesethan fif^. It was about upon a ion men that this is the true is
par"with the Scolt meeting, which assembled gia, and, vote for whom they may,'
♦hetis * few days before, and upon the most for Scott or Webster, or the Unin
favorable calculation, fifty in number less ticket, we beg of them to keep the priadptee
than,the great mnsr meeting of three hun- of the Union party steadily in view. We
dred which wfe learn recently met at Boston cab preserve onr consistency and
there on the lSthinst., of not putting forthnominate Daniel Webster for the Presi- 1 Hated capacity to prevent in Gssrgis the
an electoral ticket, to which all the friends f Aency. We adduce the smallness of the ; ultimate designs of the disneioniets. The
of Pierce and King who revolt at the idea' of
number to prove that they had not che war- ; present election over, '
rent of numbers to overrule the specifice , rallying cry is again heard, as it surely
1 eting was palled, - will be in Georgia, let as all be found again
and this we aver from the reccord to have side by side, battling for the permanency of
been, first a compromise ’ ticket betweed the uerglusio—tellMvW
two wings, and secondly, in failure thereof,
, rl -•
tfif.
. v :r
human events, to infurui our readers that
our connection with the Standard ceases
with the present number. We have sold the
establishment to Capt; Wm. T. Wofford,
who will hereafter take exclusive control of
the editorial department. He is known to
moat ofour readers, and it would be useless
to say a word for him—and we therefore
cheerfully commend him to the support of
the patroRS of the Standard.
As this withdrawal on our part is so sud-
tlon, we feel bound to give our readers the
reasons which have induced it. It grew out
of the existing difficulties between tbe friends
of Pierce and Kiug, in regard to an electo
ral ticket. Having been a delegate to the
Atlauta Convention, and feeling bound by
the action of that body, we insisted that we
could support no ticket ie opposition to thp
regular democratic ticket now .before the
country. Many of onr personal friends,
who had assisted in building up this paper
—-and who had-placud ps under personal ob
ligations which we could aot disregard, dif
fered with us, aud warmly insisted that it
was our duty, as well os our interest to sup
port the Union Pierce and King ticket,
which has been nailed to ttte mast-head te-
day. But much os wc respected -their opin
ions, we could not feel tbe force of their
argument. Because we believed- that the
time had come when the democracy should
be xe-unitud, and .march in solid column to
the support of our candidates and our prin
ciples; aud that all irregular movements
were calculated to weaken rather .than
strengthen the cause of Pierce and King.
Our friends honestly thought differently,
and ns they had been so efficient in their
support of the Standard, wc felt constrain
ed to tender tbe office to them; we offered it
for sale, and our friend Capt. Wm. T. Wof
ford has become tbe purchaser. May he
bo-more successful than we have been in
catering to the taste of the kind patrons of the
Standard, and w.e pray that ho may, never
havo to pass through what wo have within
the past two weeks.
Patrons all—farewell—it is a bitter w$rd
—but we must say it. You have, been kind
many of you. You have borne with ail our
faults and shortcomings from the day we
started the Standard until now. May the
blessings of Heaven reward you, and may
wo never see the day when our heart shall
be so seared as to forget your .kindness.
And now for tiie last farewell, as we shall
probably, never greet you again in the col
umns of tho Standard. Farewell.
JOHN W„ BURKE.
la taking charge of the Standard,
WC feel fully the responsibility of our posi
tion. We were influenced to the step
solely from principle—as neither taste or
experience suit us to the station. In this
position we must beg the indulgence of tho
public, and especially tbe conductors of the
Press. We wilt simply say that our object
will be to disseminate what wo think correct
fiiswpta—and in doing so' we wiU maintain
our position firmly and fearlessly; but at
«ttke suss time our groat desire is to be ou
tbs best terms with all. In the words of
tbs immortal Jackson, » Wo will ask noth
in but what is right, or snbmint to anything
that is wrong” Politically we support
tbe Union ticket for Pierce and King, not
M n Matter of policy, not as a choice of evils,
but because we agree with thaw in prinei-
pin—fully awl in every particular- la the
words of one of the supporters of Mr. Web
ster, -We look upon Franklin Pierce as the
safest man north of Mason and Dixon s
lips Not only is he true to the South and
the Union in all his principles, bat person
ally he is a high toned, liberal and honest
AM matters of busiaem connected with the
«4fice, will be transacted ly M^j. Bnrke,
who has nonsentfd to superintend the pnb-
lisbisg department.
WM. T. WOFFORD.
uowq to be note at heart opposed to the
ompeomise, and a large body of whom are
esskmists, and who participated in the
:tion .of, and endorsed the disorganizing
herresies of the Nashville Convention. We
think these gentlemen have gone a little, toe
far, they have lost sight of the fact that tbe
Union party is the true national party, and
that the principles and platform of the Un
ion party were recognized and adopted by
the.Nation.il Democratic party. To have
assumed a true national attitude, therefore,
the proper course was to hold to the Union'
party, and promote its ascendancy, and to
liave avoided, any and every.position at all
calculated to place a party in power who
were the known aud qpen opposers of the
Union and. of tbe Compromise.
To tif Frieodi of the Union,
On the 15th day of July last,* the Union
party metinCbnTentien in Milledjjeville for
tuepurpose of deciding uponthe course to be
pursued by the party in relation to the Pre
sidential question. The result was a detar
nation by a majority of the delegates to
support Gen. Pieros, bo being regarded least
objectionable to the South. To this action,
thus deliberately taken by the representa
tives of the party, every true Union mm
was bound in good faith to agree. The Con
vention having thus determined, an electo
ral ticket was chosen which it will be re
membered was received end placed at the
mast-head of aost of the Union Presses, and
ought to have remained and been supported
by the party. But because a few were dis
satisfied with the ticket; or rather with the
decision taken by the party in the Presiden
tial question, the Executive Committee with
out scarce a semblance of authority took
down the Union electoral tteket, and called
a mass meeting df the democracy in Atlan
ta for the purpose of compromising with the
fire-eaters. In this latter move they were
encouraged by certain of the Southern Rights
electors, aud made to believe that no diffi
culty existed in the way of a fair and liber-
al.adjustment of the whole matter. But
what was the result ? They were basely
betrayed by-'the Southern Rights party, and
when they arrived in Atlanta on the 18th
inst.—the dime set apart for the treaty of
amity—-there was not a corporal’s guard of
the’Southern Rights party present with
whom to consult. The effect of this base
betrayal on their part, instead of arousing
the indignation of every Union man present,
with only a few except.ons, completely hu
miliated and subdued that, and they shame
fully determined ta. wfier no obstacle to the
fire-eaters, and in a manner most humiliating
and what appeared to us a yielding of all
self-respect, they bowed their necks to the
yoke of the tyrants. We are proud to say
that we were among the exceptions alluded
to who were unwilling to make this shame
ful sacrifice; and with the aid and advice of
a few sterling friends, the ticket was chosen
which we this day place,at the head ef our
columns, and we sail upon eveiy true Union
man to stand by the principles of the party
and come up to the support of this ticket.
It isa good ticket, and eas to whaeh then
can be no olyeetion raised. It is oorngsgsd
of true and triad men seen of talent, of in
fluence and weight, and in all of whom ws
can place the utsaoet iiufidmrn
at the ballet box. Us accordance with this: <&jtct* for which the
^ _ feeling we have put forth an electoral ticket
hnt h, ~~ «£,ri- i ** “• “*« P***™ *t the hoad of-onr columns, for which we
V •“ ^ask the support of all those who cannot yield
their rights to the bidding of an unauthor- s» n oqii»ate oocfor-Whhfi Union democrats
ized fact! >n ridiculously claiming to be the tojglit vote consistenly with-their-rights as The Convkmtion or the 18th.—We can
« democratic party? of Georgia. The histo- Members of the democratic party of Georgia, only speak of the action of this Convsnticn
ry of this shallow cheat is too fresh in thb |-entitled to a fair rebresentation upon the with mingled feelings of-indignatienuad fils-
recollection of our people to require repeti- | support of the national democratic gust. Rumor lays the conception of thrim-
tion. The naked truth is, that the demo-' nomination?. j famous plot a* the door of Gov. CObband his
that they would in any conlihgency cast i uultiSS fi,ed in the closet of retirement, and j c ratic party of Georgia is, at this time, in ! 4 - As if to ‘“»ke the surrender more glut- ! SateUtoah friends. Whether hs fans ftno.
their votes for Pierce and Kin- we in mak-i^dispiayed in private and fwuHy enjoyment.: the most perfect state of disorganization,^ “g and unjust, we are informed that the ken principle'tad bartered hiS soul for »
ing agents of them elevate and give them I Why are the religions of Southern Europe j aud^oseOSoa of the party W tl» right to} mectin S ^condeupis the J»liey eit the mess efpottege, or whether hehaa been hnt
influence which influence when obtained by - 1 “compatible with republicanism—never dictate in the name of the party, its electo- I Southern Rights whig of the party in re- j a passive vistim among unprincipled friendq
’ mnm Im 1 ^ ^ 1 ^ 1— " * 1 1 ' j ... " an d bitter enemies, we-know not. TWrmneh
the' Delegation from
pnn.iciples, as we OiUevc at war w;m ure - r 7 — i '-“F v» •• nnu cmitprumuc i r—r— — . -—r --i representing wWt Ujfiy
stability of tbe Government. 7 | tlie si lverchord of domestic love. The citi- and have been met by a cold, and even in- ticket, and-after having so reasonable a de- i were pleased to designate the re-Mlried Db-
i_ ... , 1 , 1—.... ...—- gating refusalTrom. the opposite wifig’of ' maBd rejected by the secessionists, they come ; moeracy, controlled the action of the Otto-
the party. They will'not disgrace them
selves as men and as freemen by going a
single step farther. They will not surren
der to the tyrants e£the -party who usurp
their very birth-right in being entitled tew
voice in chopsling heir own agents. There
| is no Presidential screw that can make them
ville
Thf Constitntionulist & Brpnblie.
The editor of this paper in speaking of the j
j zeu has no home—no place where the heart
! is deposited—where the- iuind and soul are
! trained. In vain will their partizan lqad-
, ers attempt to breathe the spirit of resist-
Umon ticket for P.eree and King, dubs its j ancc into thc lace , or aw:ake the s i um .
supporters as ..conspirators against the ; w; ^ the song of oppressmawill
peace of the Democratic party.” Without pasa unheeded, and the slave will still
any desire toTiave any controversy with Mr. j wcar> unconsriol , s1y> his chains . 0o , thcn>
GaT nerupon^t is or any other P omt > w ? ; y.e missionaries of freedom; confer a reli- ; submit to this kind of usurpation.- The
assert that the result will give the.ikl*- j gi( *rtXHI giveMhem peaceful homes-! right is fhndam«tel,.and aU others are
00a o is icrce s popui.rvo,* j Uie empire of woman. Let home be attrac- | worthless Wftbodt it. 4hey will hot snrren-
_ a , ^‘ IS ^jtive; throw around it the beauties of na- j der it at the bidding of a faction,'let the
thousand by the putting up of the present j tupc an(1 the embell ; 8 , inieil ts 0 f art , and ; consequences bir.what they may.
— -j there let the t>f)irit repose in contentment ; In placing the above ticket before the peo-
rr«Vp t : and love. Heaven has made woman the pfo of Georgia, it is needless to say that it is
lapt. Woffords Leport. : priestess of this ..inner temple,” committing-j uieroly recommendatory. It claims nopar-
The Chronicle Sf Sentinel, ever on the j to her charge its veiled shrine and sacred ty allegiance whatever. It appeals to the
alert to breed discord and strife among ; harmonics; why then should she covet to '
friends, intimates that there was a design j rage amid the warfare at its gates, of to ride
in the omission in the proceedings of the At- j upo i thc whirlwind tint mejr rock its turrets
lanta Convention, of the minority report of- j The true nobility of woman is to keep her
fered by Capt. Wofford. As ono.of tbe sphere. Her rights sire the sanctuary of-
Secretaries, we assisted in preparing the : home—the throne of tliq heart—the moulds
proceedings for publication, and would most
cheerfully have inserted tho report ef Capt.
WoFFORD,.had it been placed in our hands,
judgement auJ the sympathies of all .men
Who hate, tyranny in whatever form it may
present itself, and who at the same time de
sire to support Fierce and King consistently
with that feeling.
As the time is short.', it has been put forth
but it never was. Farther, for fear of of
fending any one, w.e called on Capt. W. for
tbe report, but did .not get it; he said he
did not wi?h it published as a part-of the
proceedings. Are you satisfied now, Mr.
Chronicle ?
Since writing the above, wc have received
thc Atlanta Republican which also insinu
ates that the minority report was suppress-;
ed. We call the attention, of the editor
the above explanation, and os he seems ai
ious to twig tbe report wc have appended.it!
as we find it published in the Marietta
Union, ' JOHN W. BURKE.
Minority Deport of the Atlaita Convention.
Notwithstanding the overtures for concilia
tion and harmony among the friends ofPicrce
and King, made by the Union Party—we
have failed to secure an honorable compro
mise of the difficulties which have divided
us. We have for two years maintained,
against the fiercest opposition, the principles
of Pierce and King, and we would gladly
have^witnessed the triumph of those princi
ples m Georgia; but that triumph, in our
conception, can never be effected through the
Southern Rights organization. Thc prinei-
ing of the whole mass of mlsd in its forma-1 upon, the spur of the moment, but not with-
tion. She lias power in all realms of sor- j ou t the suggestion and approval of friends
row and suffering ; over all forms of want j who can bring Co it a support that will de
feat thc usurpers in their detestable-attempts
and ignorance* amid all ministries ef love
tad
the sealing of the
this brief
.tod to that
where mel-
from the cradle
sepulchre. Then'
Lfo a hymn of pi
choir that km
is cternaLJ''
ft'llSIIS
Wc are indebted to J. D. Phillips, Esq.
for the following table showing the Census
of this county, just completed by him, under
the requirement of an act of the Legislature 4
N
1 IK. Female eh,
between 6 $ 15. J
IK. Male chit,
between ti Jt lfi.
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Tie AtkfiU flectifi£
We, together with nearly every Union
man who attended the Atlanta meeting went
there determined either to effect an honor
able compromise ticket among the support
ers of Pierce and King or to put up an en
tirely new Union ticket. This to the un
derstanding of aearty ewery Union man wm
tbe object of the meeting. Bat few, three
or tonr at foxtheet, contemplated the poem-
bility of surrendering to the 8onthern Rights
party. In order to carry net onr views and
those of onr friends who we represented, and
having failed in onr first object, no had no
other alternative hnt to assist in getting np
n new ticket, which we did. -We did this
against the judgment of those in whom we
had great Confidence, hnt anew heneet man
whe aster eaorifioee prine»fo to policy, or
who ia ready to ha bofipP'.ffpi*4% P°l>-
compose it, are at war with the principled-of j); st
the Natioaal democratic party, and are Ac
tional and revolutionary in their tendentyL
Consistently therefore, with onr principles,
and; in the language of a onc6 distinguished
Union man, «with onr self respect,” we can
not think of giving our support to the tick
et now in the field. And, believing that it
is due to a large portion of the people of the
State that they have an Electoral ticket
presented for their suffrages for which they
can honorably and consistently cast their
votes, we respectfully roeo mm end to them
the followimg named gentlemen :
Gen. Wm. B. Wofford; of Habersham;
Col. E. D. Chisolm, of Polk.
Hon. David Irwia, of Cobb.
Dr. H. V. M. Miller, of Floyd.
Gen. Al.en Lawhoa, ofCherokee.
Dr. James J. Singleton, of Lumpkin.
Hon. Hopkins Holsey, of Clarke.
Dr. M. G. Slaughter, of Cobb
Col. Thomas W. Thomas
Col. John J. Word, ofCass.
c-sa $ s S •3*2’£*31 -3
«X«b«*y
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x x r. x o x
MfDflROiKii Iligli S'SooI.
We have before us a catalogue of the .of
ficers anil students of this highly flourish
ing institution. It is under the control of
Wm. A. Rogers Esq., Principal, assisted
»by Miss Mary E. Cwste, Miss Amelia 8.
Richards and Mis M. L. Rogers. We
doubt not that as thorough , an education
can be obtained in this institution, as in any
similar one in the Union. Friend Rogers
has our best wishes for his eminent success.
at proscription under the screw of a presi-
dentiaf election. Thousands-of Union Dem
ocrats and wings are burning with indigna
tion at the arrogance of thesCcession faction,
and desire to vote for the National Democratic
nominees for President and Vice President
in amanner congenial to their, rights and
feelifigs as freemen. This ticket will afford
them the desired opportunity. We are per
suaded that the people of the fifth and sixth
Congressional distrusts will give it their
support in spite of tho opposition or lnlce-
warmness of some who are willing to sur
render to thc secession faction. It will also
meet Abe approval of others in almost every
county in Georgia.
The single question to he put to every just
and honorable!' member of the' party, is
whether we h$re asked what.is right i n . in
sisting upon a compromise ticket i It we
have, and it was wrong in the. other divis
ion of thc party to.refuse to accede to this
demand, should we submit to the wrong ?
Justice, equality, mutual concession among
men are, we repeat, the only possible basis
of party re-union, and it must be accorded
to them, or they will nobly peril everything
in the attempt to maintain it.
1 LOOD.
s, of Elbert. S'
Conatafrit JtekrtiRg.
Mr. G. H. Kxapp and agent, Mr. Potts,
teachers of tho art of detecting counterfeits,
have been in onr town for a few days. Their
system is simple and complete, and with a
knowledge of it, any person can detect a
counterfeit bill upon any bank in the Union,
whether he is. acquainted with the genuine
or not. . Business men should avail them-
selvee of thiav{aefal art, as its benefits will
be felt in the preset condition of onr money
market—as ere -are assured by those who
know, that 20 per.teat of many of the bank
bills now in circulation ia counterfeit.
We have just seen a aetioe of new eonn-
terfeits in onr midst, -ou*Um Soalhwesterm
Railroad baak, Charleston, and on tho bank
of Augusta,. , .
' Mr.. Knapp carries the moot flattering tes
timonials from Bank Offioers and Broken ef
Auguste, Athens, and Atlanta, Geo.; Nash
ville and Athens, Tennessee, who have tried
his system sad applied it.
In-conclusion on this subject, we will aqj
to onr readers that we havo been *^r-g le*.
sons, end would be pleased to apply the testa
to some bonk bills—sad we hope these in
debted to ns mil forward as a lew for this
parpaee, as well as ethers which wo will
readily find.
1f3f~ The editor of the Griffin Jeffersonian
said in his paper of last week, in reply to
the supposition that Union democrats would
be 4.- obliged to come over to the Southern
Rights democrats
•c Now, no one, not lost to all experience
of human conduct, would harbor such an
idea for a moment, under the present state
of things. Repelled and repulsed on both
sides, thc Constitutional Union democrats
will still hold the balance of power between
the two great parties of the State; andwe
ask, can any one doubt that thus repulsed
and rejected, they will re-organize and re
form themselves into a party again, though
they may know thty will ««rt largety in
thc minority l - Of this there can be no
more doubt than that two and two nuke
four. Then tho qumfion occurs, where will
they throw their weight i , Need we answer
this question A BipaUsd, rebuffed, rad toki
by thc State Ilighte wing of the party that
it they come in their ranks they must come
in without any representation on their elec
toral .ticket—that they moot retur t no the
very slave returns'to his master, and be
thankful for-their reception and forgiveness
—thus insulted and repulsed, need we ask
wk tiiey will cast their future weight
and votes? We are aware that a great deal
more of-eloquence might he shed ever what
would be ealied a departure from principle
—leaning with their political opponents—
going over to the eaamy, and perhaps mock
mote of that tond hf thing. But the;
ryuf Carioianee * two tootaaad your aid,
yet he still has his admirers, and a
pre-eminently a great man an the rrilfl ef
fame, while tke names ■ of thousands
tamely smbmUsed to insult and degrdmUan
hnoe sutoc tang nga into abaenrity and far
getjmlneso.”
From tbe Southern Banner,
rob retust as slaves to your
southern rights masters ?
The attempt made by a small portion of
tbe Union democrats recently assembled at
Atlanta to surrender tbe great body- of their
Union Democratic bretbern to the dominion
of the secession faction, imparts to the above
question a grave and absorbing interest. In
characterising tbe proceedings at Atlanta
as a surrender to wrong and oppression, to
which no freeman should think, for a mo
ment, of submitting, wc are borne out by
the whole history of the transaction.
1. The very object-for'.which the meeting
was ealied, ns indicated in the card of the
Union Exeeutive Committee who called it,
Was to re-unite the two divisions of the dem
ocratic party of Georgia m>on the sole basis
of “ conciliation and. Compromise.” The
words of the committeeiare,
<« By the time that this proposed meeting
shall assemble we shall know In What spirit
our movements for conciliation and compro
mise will be received by the.friends and sup
porters of the Electoral teiket now in the
field.'
Evidently alluding to the proposition which
had just been made in.thc letter of Govern
or Cobb for a re-organization of die -electo
ral ticket in such a manner as that both di
visions Of the party might be fairly repre
sented upon H, and leaving the palpable in
ference upon every rational mind, that ta-
less this just and reasonable proposition
should be aeoeeded to mi the other aide, the
Union democrats should pot forth on electo
ral ticket to which they might rally in vin
dication of their rights and honog. The
failure Pnt up a Union democratic ticket
after the offer for a compromise ticket had
beta rejected, was, therefore, not the feast
to which Union democrats were invited at
Atlanta. ^Unless we greatly underrate both
their spirit and their good jgose, they will
to the conclusion to pocket the wrong, and j Ventfon'a^ainst the united valowof the whole'
either to vote for.those who inflicted it, or to , delegation present from Cherokee
place the great body of their political j The ptot'vrhs
friends nnder the moral necessity of doing , among liiC fri
sol Instead of carrying out thc noble max- ^
im of Gen. Jackson uaske nothing but What : of the
is right and submit to nothing *h;it is | mated by regularly appointed delegatee of .
wrong,” they havo improved both upon , his, air-entire party, and withdrawn by- a forw
wisdom and his spirit by stopping in the individuals clothed with no power for aneh.
middle—they have dared to ask what is ! an act.. Soon after we witeMsod another
right, but being refused, have .concluded step in the process of development. Gev„.
that it was best to submit to what is wrong, j Cobbs intimate friends in Chatham united
when it was iu their power to have protect- publicly with-the Southern; Rights Democ-
cd themselves against their opprefs rs!
Tbe question pres ented at the head of this
article for the consideration of thc great
body of Union democrats, 'now recurs.
<i IFill they return as slaves to their South
ern Rights masters who in a separate
Convention, and at a time when the two
wings of the party were at war upon ques
tions growing out of the Compromise, put
forth an electoral ticket of their ova cxcla- dent ticket, ns not demanding at
sive choice—composad exclusively (with i ticket—with the avowl-upoh their lips that
but one single exception in Mr. Flournoy; i they were prepared to support the Southern
of men of their wing qf the party-—and Rights Electoral Ticket.
racy of that county. This we denounced M>
the time,, as a proceeding which looked infa
mous; but we supposed that those —fgph
in it knew that an honorable compromise
would be effected in Atlanta. It was act
until thc 18th that thc whole plot, in all its
base enormity, became fully developed^*
The Chatham delegation, with a.few prose
lytes, crime as the opponents of an i
which they opstinately refuse to remodel
upon the principle of compromise or mutu
al concession, the only principle of party
re-union that can be tolerated by freemen.
• From the Marietta Union. *
STRIKE ! BUT'LISTEN !
We are proud ofthc name of Union Dem
ocrat. We have stood, by the principles of
thc Union Democracy from first to last—
from the calling of the first'Nashville con
vention, to the period of their adoption by
the Nationaal Democratic party. We have
earnestly desired a reorganization of the
democratic party of Georgia ou the basis of
the national p.atfottn. and were prepared to
give such an organization <kir humble-««p-
port and co-operation. The effort has failed.
The Union democrats of Georgia have fail
ed. to organize—and the Southern Rights
organisation has been preserved, and in
pursuance of the plan of a majority of the
recent Convention, oilers the medium through
which union democrats arc permitted to cast
their votes for Pierce and King.
To this we will never submit. Our )ium-
ble ambition bas not been fixed upon tbe
White ftouse at Washington, nor upon any
office which demands this sacrifice ef princi
ple. Let no one say that the sacrifice re
quired is not deep, damning and infamous.
Is it not enough that the Southern Rights
organization has been preserved and ours,
founded npon the principles of the National
democracy, dissolved ? Must we enquire
what arc the principles preserved in the
Southern Rights organization of Georgia to
know the extent of the sacrifice required ?
It is said the electors are pledged to vote for
Pierce and King. Is the party not pledged
to a Southern Congress—to resistance to the
Compromise—to Southern co-operation in the
restoration <1 of our Constitutional rights or
Southern Independence ? To the right of
peaceable secession, and to the declaration^
that a sufficient cause exists to justify the
exercise of the right ? And wliat havo they
done to cancel. these pledges ? Have they
avowed their efror—have they declared that
the Union democrats were right and they
wrpng ? Or' have they only submitted to
the will of the majority until they can re
verse the deeision of that majority ? Not a
sacrifice of principle to support the Southern
Righto organization of Georgia-! Why eve
ry principle which we hold dear is demand
echos a sacrifice} and what do they-concede
in return—why the vote of Georgia to Fiejrce
and King. Would the result justify tiie
sacrifice ? Let us see. Ter get the ascen
dancy in Georgia, Southern Rights men are
willing to vote for Pierce and King. The
sacrifice to them is trifling compared with
there ward. They preserve their disunion
organization, and when the election m over,
find'it stronger than ever, with the sacrifice
of a single principle. They simply vote for
Pierce and Kiag> as a choice of evils, in
tently looking forward to tke success of
their Southern-organization /or Southern
co-operation. We, on the other hand in
Georgia, in uniting with them, are required
to sacrifice every principle—to recognise, in
future the Southern Rights party as the
true democratic party, and Its principles-as
our principles—and, perhaps, at some fn-
To obviate any difficulty, (it will be re
membered) tho Executive committee did Mt
wish regular!) n) pointed delgatcs to be sent
to the Convention. It, was desirable that a
few only should attend, and those few, it
was forsecn, would bo those most deeply in
terested in their own political fortunes.—
Thus-the plot-was admirably matured far
thc act of infamous treachery which H con
templated.
The Union Democrats of Chatham are few
in number compared with the Wbigp or
Southern Rights men of that county. They
labored under strong temtathm to barter
away their principles, and it is not
ing, when we consider the fmijty of
tttoh table*'"
were, subdued, We would not have
plained of them, or said a word - about them, ’
if they bad not called this Contention, and
bad remained at home, confining to some
thing like obscurity, their filthy •< wallow
ing in the mire.” But to have invited Un
ion men of Cbrepkee Georgia, in sufficient
numbers to admit of their being outvoted,
to unite with them in sacrificing, not only
thicir principles of a lafgts majority of onr
people, was a proceeding as infamous as ita
conception, as any thing which ever catena
ted from the brain of a demagogue.
)fe charge this upon the Chatham Union
democrats. They only, before the meeting
of the Convention, had i-esolved to support
t!i 6 Southern High s ticket—and they only,
after its adjournment, with one or two ex
ceptions froth Middle Georgia, adhered to
their resolution. The entire resolution.—
The entire Cherokee delegation present,
was in favor df running a seperate ticket if
the party woutd unite lipon’it—a minority
of the delegation insisted upon running an
independent ticket in spite, ef the base
treachery of Chatham. It remains to be
seen whether a Jew unprincipled politicians
in lower Georgia shall be permitted to con
trol the freemen ofour region.of tke State.
Whether Cherokee Georgia, which bold, in
its grasp the destiny ef the State, shall any
longer'listen to the insulting cry W&iph has
so often emanated from the most werthlam
demagogues ol our land, «• as goes old Chat*
ham—so goes the-StateV-er whether,if any
section constitutes the. State, we shall not
assert our own superiority awl teach them
that, os goes Cherokee so goes 7 the QkoUp—
We have submitted to trickery - end demn-
gogneism long enough. Wo ore fiwphmjpg"-
power where it belongs-—we are gjving mu-
section its legitimate wright in the peemezb
of the State. '
The <*m venIron appointed n committee ef
thirteen to report busincss for ito delibera
tion. The committee, through its ehxdrateffri
Judge Jackson, of Chatham, sent in a earn*'
muajcatiqn to the Southern Righto Kxaca-
tive Committee, which gas. in ette^dafoee,
asking for terms or S proposition for a dim-
promise.' The Southern Righto Coffimittee
replied in substance that they had 1
to alter their ticket, and that if j
they would not do it. Upon this, the Com*
mittee of thc Contention formed i a repeat,,
filled with emiplaihto-agalitot 4he -injustice
of the Southern Rights committee bat c«n-
clading—oh, lame, impotent, end 1
ful conclusion ! —that they would 1
no ticket of their own. Home of j
mitten fodsfim that
the
they teffdd
Pierce and
tors. A large minority
voted for the independent ticket *****
in the report of Copt Wtdbti. Tkieis *m
end of than disgraceful preceding. The
majority inarched ap the UH,
surrendered Jtflh drbdt grace
and the balance m
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