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lathis (State Mfvn heard tap. It wiH h ymnwrf tlw
be Men tbet eet nik over tafotitisdsoftbe ExwUeMr^kt
rote of tbe State baa lib HM. The South- ad Legislator* of this
_ Rights ticket ftr Han* Jms rafoived tbe State
■ about 86,000, the- UWMfogtAte
about 6,009, tbe See«b«ickcb||HMt 1^000^ ia
ftfeat far Crittrode^sfpriaro
abjffifc . . _ ..^.
*11 to ahsat ttjfffo dad b *« «•CWrlam.CM A« hwr*n
000 voters ia thia State, it leercs tbe ante- ] ala* re-eleeted.
beraT a£00»vfcedU aat Me At tote 1* tbe Hem of
law it, all thing* taka* late wdbfad*, | JsaffteMaa, eaaef
■afft.lMKfk
ten for Fierce to whom we ewM aoteonais- wae flyta pi Cot T. V. Glo-
hei received a lit- {ver, at Orangeburg, Clark - .
Tbe Governor's Measure to both Houses ia
11,1962.
fteaHjt^piee aar wfftrt, _ _. ^
! tie over one third of tbe vote# of the State,
j Tbe Uaiaa Pierce ticket has roamed frees
.' five te aiffht thousand. This shows a divis-
j tea among-foa supporters ef
Tekne
cieatly numerous to iadace ton public to
to* teems af our paper to Vwk t£tSa cense, wbiah if all that weds*,
fifty cents ia adveaoe, a aire. Tba Union Democrats who ban sqp- j should be cast for Pierce aad W™g, bat that
to* Legislature has baea
A caucus, eeatpoaed af tbe
bftHrkeaijito, was beM tom
it waa agreed that tbe rate af tbeflUto
•be ^Mabfanf u«
eforojllmr -
vn« WIIBI mmm sy ia rouawmaaw, * awe warn an.ww.aow aao ua.v a^- eawaw uo cm ] W nOTl Wt Mg, BMpl
year, or two dollars if aot strictly paid ia parted Pierce hare aeeer eh ■ aged, aad am 'a protest should beaatatadagabHt tboCom-
advance. { iaveetigatioa will show that tbe Swtbnra promteo ~ in tain
Rights Democrats quit their party ia ’SO,'! It was aloe molnd *** foofcllswfag
JbW Tbia ia tba last number of our paper and that for two years, they opposed their ; ticket tor Kfoctors should be lajipssli il :
to wUdrtim Campaign wbeeribers are eati- party apoa the Compromise, aad that in this j For tbe Stote at taije, the fow C. 8
tied; bat *a will eoatinae to tend it anless: etactioa they bare corns back to -is | «—*•=- g - , iilg
otherwise flwtbd. \ party, aad supported
. w ’ aaaa, as we th.nk from necessity, time bow-
|HBi( OkkntkRi ''' ! ever will shoe whether we are right ft. aoi
The Ceateaaial Anniversary «f tbe hiitl.! W « ■“* #*■ « ertio “ *• ***»£
atiea ef Gen. George Washington, into **** Souther* Righto party in this 8tato trill
tba Mamie order, wae celebrated by the "*"!*>* Ur K«ce » adtoiaiatkatleafor
fraternity in this teen, on Thnradsy Inst - two year *
An appropriate lecture was read by Col.
Jams Minnas, after which tbe brother*
hood npaired to the hotel of Wv. Latimer,
Esq., where a sumptuous dinner was in wait
ing, which waa dispatched ia «due and
ancient form."
counties. S. Jt Scott. Webdr. Un
Tie Tmnieean.
admirable Conoarta ia thia place this week.
porary we do pet hesitate to say that«they chathaas.
all acquitted themselves handsomely.” We ..
AjqitiBg,
Baker,
680
101
22
4
Batdwia,
289
177
23
4
Bibb,
760
881
26
7
Bryan,
06
60
Bulloch,
287
Burke,
177
12
69
il
Butts,
484
67
-7
Camdem,
211
81
Campbell,
638
168
29 '
6
CarroU,
680
Caa*,
054
137
662
handsomely.’
Chattooga,
! them to tbe cardial support of all Cherciee,
lover* of good music. Their concerts are £| ar fc e
refined, aad calculated to call out the beat '
feelings of the heart. Nothing can be more ’
beautiful, of carry a better moral with it
than the <• Wife's Dream,” as sang by Mrs.
llih‘8J!> "
816 114
000
225
81
118
“TT
7*
10
141
IT
258
Columbia,
Coweta,
Poo*. May success attend the Tennessee* Crawford
a as wherever they go.
J Decatur,
iDeKalb,
Dade,
Dooly,
Early,
The liatwy «f kaoenty ia the L'aited j
Xlatet.
The eeoond number of the above work is
on our table, and we warmly commend it to ; ]
the public. It promises to be one of the!
most interesting Journals ever published iu i Emanuel
the Union on the position of political parties j p a yette,'
of tha eenntiy. No one who seeks political j pj .j
intclligonoe, and dasirea to know the Histo* ]
ry of Parties and political events should 1 p ran tiia
neglect to patroniM this work. It Is pub-: c ’
lished by Case, Tirr amt & Co., Hartford, i Q\j an ’
Conn., monthly, at 25 cents per number. ! Gordon,
: Greene,
pW Wo have received the first number
of the Southern Lady's Book, published at j Habersham,
New Orleans by ffn. T. Leonaep A Co., i jj a u
Proprietors. Edited by Miss L. Vikgucia i
Smith, and Wm. T. Leonasd. Wa have j n arr j a> ’
hastily looked ever this work, and are pleas- j Heard,'
ed to find that it promises to bo a valuable.
acquisition to Southern Literature. Ti
£3 per annum, invariably in advance.
Houston,
Irwin,
The Fmhlatial Eleefion,
lias resulted in an overwhelming triumph
of the Democratic nominees. Gen. Pie res !
has probably received a larger number of | AW . enS|
States, than any other man who has ever
rim for the high office of the chief magistra- i.itin-tj-.
cy of this Union. As far as heard from,
Pierce kaa carried 24 Sutcs, and Scott but L owu j t ^ i
3. As den. Fierce boo received the sap- i f '
i received tim sup-1 LuwpkjDf
port of men of almost all kiuda of political'
opinions, it will be impoesible for him to ;
give satisfaction to all; but ia his honesty,; *
integrity and patriotism, wo have perfect
confidence, and we believe he will wisely ad-; ji^wetlwr
minister the Government, and like Jackaon,;
dd wkat he thinks ia right, independent of j tn„ nr rniimj.
the cries and petitiona of partisan leaders, j ^
Inaur opiaion the altras will meet no favor limiaj
at his hands, and consequently, his adainis-;
tratija will receive the support of all the jjawtw°*
conservative,eonetitational and law-abiding (j-tutbunn
eitiseasof our Union, without regard to for- „
mer political diflcrcuocs. We hope the ! p y“ ^
whole eeuntry, and tbe 8outh especially, u „,
will give Gen. Pierce's administration -an Pnl> . m
impartial hearing. To Union men be ia na-
exceptional, aad nothing but old names and ^
Old prejudices prevented the Union party i^Bmktoh
of Georgia final giving him a hearty sup-1 |tj| | |)|| ^
port- Thmeisaomannot onlr inOvoiwio. !^ L| iirn *
bat ia this wide Uaiaa, who was a wanner-j .-
or marc devotod friend of thoComprumiM ; *'
Measures Uua Franklin Herce.
Suicide—On Saturday eveniag the 23d ,
ult, batwacaSapd.9 a olock, a Mr. Byrd, j.£Z-n^
liriag near thii ptoos^ eoMiUed suicide by ; T . lf . ir
baagiaghimrcir to his own house. Ho had g""*
lieea ia town daring the afternoon of that;
day, aad oa his return borne iu tbe evening, *^° r *
altar cupper, shaved himoclf, put oa clean _ . p *
clothce, ordered bis family oat of toe house.; *'***’
and haagad Mamalf tooae of tho cross poke ;
nvirbaadj where ho was found his wife aad
childrca, hanging by a rope, whoa they!"”*
WftiUttr v
Wan,
Ws
975
807
20
259
110
115
650
215-
100
367
161
20
296
220
56
1016
565
52
126
65
474
176
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64
18
96
98
159
174
5
21
682
264
»
494
866
40
S89
106
89
436
66
809
w 116
40
29
10
664
264
2
172
312
146
427
59
345
50.
100
186
48
14
839
468
P
410
258
.. 1
626
428
10
502
273
20
192
12
166
89
50
872
182
84
98
89
106
840
166
16
63
67
1C8
223
189
42
133
58
7
150
17
67
290
22
161
295
i78
130
69
23
115 .
424
851
8
90
16
10
634
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23
631
879
56
266
189
119
86
777
652
886
886
197
179
06
204
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44
2
877
356
36
182
227
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148
119
54
144
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2
677
326
11
627
4U
Ifo
171
8
36 .
491
326
75
458
325
8
•77
366
37
441
480
34
76
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248
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113
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6
28
85
District, the Hon. Ga-
hetol Gaaaoa, of fljpartaabarg.
9d Coagrcanonal District, tha Baa. T. P.
Brockman, of Greenville.
8d Congrtiafaaal Diatriet, tho Hon. James
H. Adams, ef Richland.
4th Congrcasional District, the Hon. B. F.
W. Albtoa, ef Prince George, Wtoyab. .
6th Cnagrwisual District, the Han. J,
,of AbbeviHe.
District, the Hon. W.
D. Porter, of BAl Phi nips' and St. Michael's.
7th Congressional District, the Hon. M.
S. Cara, ifR. Bartholomew's.
Mrane Ji kftflit Fffigk*.
The HnatoviUe'Advocate haaaaether ar
ticle in relatina to the recent advance ia
freights oa the railroads, which we sub-
join.
That the reader may properly understand
the subject we annex a table fhowiag thfi
fmM-fm _ , . IU
and te leave H to the eftfaead
eeaatmato ddtormiae by veto
within
1 Ik* auae Legidatan ,ot 1853) shall
to instruct the voters at the next
togmlot etoctidaia Octobsr 1854, to
to their tiduto. ^oato” or
thus the general aratimeal
«fc« ih aeecy
aad Hi
tha
mm_
aU *df
the habita, aad
. Wba. can safely
..... w
Was his pelitisal liberties, tha
efuMchdtototo
JadgaMntaad a aaaad |ilfefed, to tha
.hatping of dranhawto* And yat tha tot;
hriato has qtota as patoat a rciea to the p^-
former and present rates:
Chattanooga to Atlanta, pr 100 lbs, 20c. 30c.
Atlanta to Charlaatea tr Savannah 40c. 50e.
00c. 80C
20c. 25c.
29c. 25c.
He 20c.
24c. 30c.
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87
167
426
m
76
400
882
Georgia Railroad
South Carolina Bailroad
Macon aad wtater a Railrcad,
Central Railroad,
This sbows an incream of fifty per cent,
an the State Bead and twenty-fiye^er can),
on the other reads. This extraordinary ad*,
vanee, Mr. Wadky attempts to. justify by
stating that tiie former rates were tee lew to
remenerate, which we do not credit. The
other roads do aot set up any such excuse,
that we have beard. Nor do we recollect to
have heard say complaint that tha fanner
rates did not pay i~Clr«i. fir Sent.
Turn Advance om Fa eight*—again—
Since tbe publication of our last paper, the
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s
r.
aupfreamo* of tbe traffic.
8- Tbat fbr the purpose of securing an vf-
ficiort urganiiatioa for carrying out them
object*,* convention af tim cititeaa favorable
thereto, in which every county may be rep-
KMafod, be called at Atlanta «a Tuesday
22d February, 1858.
Tbe-object of this circular ia to call the
attention of our felkivr-citiaeaa to this sab-
jecti aad to secure a represents tic* of *11
tha counties ia the St ate ia the Coa veatioa
herein proposed.
We cannot within the compass of this pa-
par, adduce t tithe of tha reasons, wbieh
might be atguqdia fever of thia meveamat.
Imt it suffice to insist that-we are urging eur
fellow-citizen* to the perforumBee of a long
neglected daty. It is aa ohvioas truth, the
force of which every good citizen will at
wfeel, that it is the duty of carry citizen
to do whatever lie* ia his power to advance
the public weaL We new assert that the
public interest* witt be advanced by toe
suppression ef the traffic iu intoxicating
driaks, and if we can the* make it appear
tost we have the right aad the power to
suppress it—that it is our duty to do so, will
be conclusively established.
Wfe> can for a moment doubt that all ear
interests pecuniary, political, social aad
moral, would be greatly bensfitted if, from
this day, no more intoxicating drinks could
fie procured iu this State.’ But let u* look,
at the subject a little more cksely, and na-
tioe first what effect tbe suppressies of the
traffic would have oa our pecuniary inter
ests. ’>
patriots. Lot nlnfaupv corrupt and
degrade tha maataa, and ear liberties will
ha aadrr tea. control of tosoo WhoAsve ia-
roparitatod IHaalia few a wise direction
nf thr gnrpnaei at. nr a jadioioaa choice ef
law-maker*. By as for a* maa of this cUsa
have sway, by a» for arc aar iaatitatmaa
placed iajaopsrdy; dianaiah their number,
and we leasts the danger; aad-allaperi-
enee trachrc tout we can rcawve this aaaaa
ef apprchaasigu only by saiprcwiiig the
greg-nhop*—the centres ef pewer to naeeru-
puhma and nspiring daaagcguve. Every
patriot ou*s this daty to his coentry.
Oar limited space forbid* that we should
undertake to portray specifically all the so
cial aad moral evils, to which foe liquor
traffic give* rise; nor need we do eo. « Their
is Legiua,” aad they lie open to the
observation af all. Half too domestic want
and wretchedness, aad more than half the
social vies, aad the secret aad open crime,
which shames our moral sensibilities, de
tracts from our high character as a people,
and deluge* toe land with tears, result from
the intemperance of either the pant or the
present generation. To. abolish the liquor
traffic will be to introduce sobriety, industry
and thrift—to restore brotherly love and
domestic peace—to diminish pauperism and
crime—to send a flood of joy through the
heart of many a poor wife aad shame-smit
ten household—to arrest the downward steps
of maay a noble youth—and to remove foe
temptation* to the most debasing aad bru
talizing of vices out of the way of our nor
vents, our sons, and our daughters' bus
t ifwa have the
darn, and refrain from extorimag
participators ia the crimes,
in our neglect ef duty.
LA us no luagpr *hup,.«ur daty. f
’ boiffmafer the support of ton. p*
perrim and forth* prevention and punish-
amt. of toaerimm, originating iu tots
perznee in our auroral wnagig^.0m j m a^Kfoto.'
afoitofotowwmiaa >"hi«HrtiWM 4
oar own county limits, the Traffic shall ha
continued. Let as demand that ear hgia-jcy. Weahoald chooaotha kaataftwewvilsl
latum shall trot repeal the License Law, an j Mr. Chairman I can not Tacsgaise ia atates-
thataa aaa can legally defy the metal j manship too force of thia pitiftil poddMag
maae ef the people of a* entire county, aad! maxim, wmthy only of a peBtieal atmaa-
that then it dull ha left to 'tha eitiaoat of; pherc forivriag. wifo tha narrow maffifop et
the wepectirc oouatica to say, whether or ; Beajaann Fraakiia and his Pear Bkhard'a ‘
not the Traffic shall be carried oa in their j Alnuime. We should not choose «il, wheth-
midet. Let Abe people, as tha aovercigu j or it be sasatl or great ; ao tach neceaity .
pewer, claim and exercise their own rights; j rests apoa as. Irile caa,aadarc flmood ap-
aad who shall deny teem thia liberty ? j oa as, and it then becomes daty to indaia.
Let all the counties of the State send ap and to strive to remedy. Bat voluatoiriy to-
Representatives to the AHratrcvaradte;, choose aa evil which ifoilm a folm priacw-
there to devise the propermeasures to koto- j pie, caa never be justified esaeptaa tim eel-
ken for toe suppression of the Liquor Traffic, fish and shallow rcasoaiags in poRtieal etb-
God save the State.
B. BRANTLY, Greene Oo.
W. S. WILLIFORD, Bibb Co.
J. E. EVANS, Maeeegoe Cb.
DAN L SANFORD, Monroe Co.
J. W. BURKE, Cam Co.
J. H. NEWTON. Clarke Co.
D. F. MeGEHEE, Meriwether Co.
C. WELBORN, Houston Co.
E. U. MYERS, BILL co.
Oct. 27th, 1852.
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lg by a rope, when they
dared fetata to tee bowse, half an hoar af-
torward* Be wua inmidiatoly ett down,
hat wasleuad to he porfcrtly dead. Iflr.
Byrd wasths ferfoec of ynang Byrd ssatm-
ced to foe Ibaitoatliry, forhoam breaking
and robbery, at tbe last term of oarSape-
riae Chart.--.'
Cauai Oa Friday foil. 29th instant, a
living new bora ahild was foaad on er near
toe fitlaate and LaG range Bail foal track
i rix atifes befow this place. It ». said
to be a laa, fiat, hoaaomg littia follow—
1 to haea hata drijiid than
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806
Wayne,
Wilkea.
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A Magnetic Telegraph Bae ftva New Or
leans to Houston and Gal rest oa, ia Texas,
is under consideration.
Hr. Harriet K Hunthasaddreamdaprc-
•jtostfo too sateen ties af tim City ef Bmtoa
Uobrato of a mothm. while onboard the At- agamt p*yiag taxes an her prepmty white
laata tr.Ja 2ho ehiklw*. picked ap oad eor-l-keuderoed. vote iwtoe doettea ef fofo
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i ■! . PIPiipp
will suffer greatly. The traaspertathm of
we wide will ifciirenee
tois regie*. Wo already hear merchaata
talkiag of ordering fornr gbqdsia future by
toe Ciaaeaatti route, as being greatly
cheaper had as apeety.
We tell these feeds caadidty, aad aa a
friend, that toe polfoy they an pareai
the wont they ccald adapt. Refariag to
roeeiro cotton ia good order, charging for
extra weights, aad adramfov toe.iWflO
oaedallar per bafoaa themidst sfthe som-
esa,*U Had to drive trade to iu oU ufap
aad for it to seek new aad cheaper sm
that place. LewfenBnadtewfHgfol _
trevnl aad iaeroam freight*, ttato
roads are roveramg the rwte, ami in driag a
so will have to ehare the ocaaeqacaava.
The TMousANne or douui now spent
ia gratifying a debased appetite, weald be
added to the profitable capital of the eouh
try, aad would produce annually a valuable
That which this money purchases
the use, never to reappear
again ia any productive form, while if it
were used for improving the land, or for es
tablishing manufactories, or expended upon
internal improrcmvato, too wealth of the
State would ho increased, profitable employ-
>t would bo afforded to tho poor, and new
( channel* of trade would he opened. Every
H eiam of oar etitoros would partake of the
benefits of a wise imatameut of capital, aad
non* more thaa the bender, who would find
an adequate compensation for the destruc
tion. of his business, in having new sources
of wealth opened to him. The change pro
posed, tons looks even to hie permanent in-
id many who now sell are so fully
of this fact, that they are willing
to forego this source ef gain, it others would
voluntarily or under the compulsion of law,
relinquish it.
These would be a few of the results of a
profitable investment of the money now
spent annually in drinks, and which, if
burned up or buried in the ocean, would be
un more certainly a dead kaa to all the eco-
nomiaal interests of the community than it
now te.
But there is another view ti the case
which adds strength to tha argument. - The
money thus spent not only makes no profU--
able return, but its expenditure ia this way
makes such a return as diminiahee very
considerably the amount of absolute capital
in tbe country. Labor te foa. poor man’s
capital, aad iatempenase destroys bote the
disposition aad tim ability to labor. The
proof is feaad ia the multitude of area ia
oar State, who have hoi
or, worm atill, have
mearaUy diseased foam indulgence ia strong
drink. If collected they would make as ar
toy—aa army afeaaroatarc, a dead weight
an the eommaaiigr, producing nothing to add
to foe general wealth; aa arxqjr
inoaraiidatbyteqRqaor traffic.
that all ear citiecns were such; whore
would he out Ayrieulturc, our
Internal ImprwtoMatr, the grooral
Prosperity of onr Empire State ! -Ww would
iato barbarism, and envy
iadmdaal rajg ,ro af tba alam specified,
toads to drag as task to that ooadttom, or
bin dvr **r program to a higher
Bat.toots arc, townie earh,
aai foe public iaterevts lon-lly demand that
tee eradicate th* traffic, to* prolific aenree
af tote elate af aapndaetiv* eitimaa.
In view af them fecte we maiataia that
the public weal demands the suppnsrien of
the Traffic; aad now assert, upon the axio
matic principle, that aaeh eitisea te bound
to advance the public weal, that itteour da
ty to suppress it if we have the moral power
and toe Constitutional right to doit.
Whether we have the moral power is an
open question, te now submitted to your
selves. In many counties, without doubt,
the Traffic can be easily abolished;- and this
Committee te loth to believe that there te a
country or even a community in the State,
where the « Liquor Influence” predominates
over the power of sound morality, patriotism
and good citizenship—where these elements
of onr prosperity shall succumb to the de
mand of tbe liquor dealer and his bessottod
adherents. Experience has proven
are eaanot extirpate tote vice by m moral
>n.” What can be done in this way
has been done; but inexperienced youth te
too easily seduced from the petit of sobriety,
—the slave is too entirely the subject of
bis appotites,-4he moderate drinker is too
secure in his own strength,—the drunkard
is too much under the dominion of a diseased
physical and moral nature and of depraved
habita to avoid tbe snares which erery whore
around spread for their feet;—and the ven
der, ready to take advantage of this fact,
and anxious to accumulate gain, even at the
sacrifice of every private sad public inter
est, will not abandon the traffie, and with
draw the temptation, while a victim nonius
to be ruined, unless the Law compels him to
da sa. •> Moral Suasion” can do nothing
with him. nor save his hapless victims;—the
moral power of the commuaity mast do its
acting through the Law: We believe that
this ssoral power does not lie into toe erring
yoaag or the moderate drinker, or the ine
briate, or the vender, and that, therefore,
we caa array it against the traffic, and. on
tbe ride of right, virtue and humanity; and
we now invoke every eitisea to do his duty
to hia raoe and couatiy.
icaofanchamoraliataolhamnyad.wheua
false toadnaga have ie teidod toeomtpititt
aortkev* fceart, otter!/ 4eMr»lise* to
political life.
No, Sir, their are other ehrioes left **.—
We can refuse to vote at ah. We caa vote
feramriaombfUr own. who, fully hoKag
oar pelitiealnrcad, wHl he its eafUaente in
fers to* wavld. We caa ret* for the Ahv
beam aomi matin* aa the i
wm ifitRyvniraoir fnlait
is net jet
Itesec sitiaeae. aaa predators as they are,
arc yet eoaaamevs, often ef toe most expen
sive chemcaer, and toay anaaslly make
heavy drafts apoa foe wealth of the eom-
i ~_ , and tons redact the aboolatecapi
tal. Thrirpomrty audfoiiftlismtsw throws
; The right is etearly on oar side. This te
not, as the last, aa open question. Whaler-
er it may have hero in past time, it is no
longer a debate* bt« point, for it has been
definitely settled by the highest tribunal at
which ear civil righto aad Onr Constitution
al law arc afijaffieatod, the Supremo Court
efthaU. States. Chief justice Taney
aid; z<Ifaay State deems tb* retail
in toraal Traffic ia
to it* ritiaror, I eee aothiag ia to* constitu
tion to prevent it from regulating and ro-
otraiuiag toe Traffic, or from prohibiting it
altogether.”
Mr justice Grier has said:
ntetaaorfy to array
misery, pauperism, Ac-. 4c., which have
their origin iu the use had abuse of ardent
spirits. The police power, whisk is exclu
sively in the States, te alont competent to
foe correction 'ef these great evils, and all
trm ef restraint or promotion aseemary
to eSmt the purpose, are vitirin the ocop* of
that authority. All Iain for the vtatroiat
orpnaiahmeut of crime, or foe preservation
of the public peace, health, aad monte, arc
foeetthrirvery astare of pritoary tepa-
taaoe, aad lie at the foundation ef aoefol ex
istence. They are for toe prataettea of
aad liberty,
ItairU
Of Mr. Hutson at Columbia in Legislative
Caucus, on Moaday night, November 1,
upon a motion to amend the nomination,
by inserting the name of George M Troup
Cor President, and John A. Quitman for
Yiee Prcridcnt
I do not intend, Mr. Chairasaa, by this
motion, to make any factious attempt at di
vision among ourselves, but believing, as I
do, that the rote proposed is utterly st va
riance with all the antecedents of the politi
cal history of tbe State, and ia opposition to
her principles aad her interests, I cannot
suffer thr consummation of the deed with
out entering my protest.
Aa able writer of the century has welt
said, that there is a parted which precedes
national decay, which siay be described as
the period of national vanity, when we build
monuments to our warriors and our states
men who have past away, and laud their
principles and their deeds, yet foil to- emu
late thrir examples. I fear the iadieatioas
of our present show, that we rapidly approach
this painful epoch of inconsistency.
We have but yesterday buried, our great
est statesman. We mourned for him
as children for a Father. We quote his
precepts aad culogiae hte life.. W*are form
ing associations to raise * ndtenfit to Iti*
memory, but already we abandon bis prin
ciples and repudiate his counsel.
If his lifeaad labor taught us any great
rale of action more than another* it . was,
that •« principle should never be compro
mised for expediencies.” If there was sny
one political heresy be resisted most ."seal-
ously, it was centralism. Yet are we now
proposing to violate the one and endorse the
Sir, what human ingenuity eau'eoa-
tlie fact, that in voting for the *»~ i Tr
of the democratic party, we vote for its plat
form, now only important for its compromise
feature. All our resolutions an<f protests
cannot make history. History te aeted, not
thought and spoken; posterity will recog
nise our vote as tbe adoption of the com
promise, our mental reservations may excite
in than a smile of derision, but will hardly
elevate their estimate of our sagacity or sin
cerity.
I fear that notwithstanding our long, and
earnest opposition to the compromised meas
ures, we do not yet fully recognise the prin
ciples they establish. We have hero so
much taken np with the examination of its
details. So outraged by each individual in
stant! of wrong, that we do aot see fully
ton great principle underlying the who)*
movemeat, nor the full consequence of our
proposed veto which, I maintain,, gives foem
and this principle our sanction. It is very
central rale. Wr ewe it to Nr methsra
friends to gfoasac rapport oven to this small
eWfaqr. caa any to
What results this little germ may grow ?—
Did toe abolitiea party twenty yean ago
exhibit even half tae Nrcagto of this small
Budeasf. No! but tb^r panted, aot to
of expediency. Firm in tbebeltefof their
principles, they have gone steadily onward,
and febo ao are their doctrines, virioaa as
are tocirpnrpeses, strong in the pouur off.
undoabting faith, they arc row a adghty
host, a coatroUiag element ef onr destiny,—
Why should net we ia a just cause, with
true principles and high parposee, foster
this mtall Ugiafog, until
front shall,
hie barrier: to the' progress of error; aad
thia little cloail, but as a azaas hand, grew
until its flooding teneats shall wash- pollu
tion from foo. political field. To aar co op
eration brothers the Alabama nomination
appeals with .peculiar force. They stayed.
our arm When it waa stretched out to sever
the political beads which held nets tkoUa-
ion, and hid us wait for some other State to
moira-fofotoW^iR they ehilf tktefinl ef
fort - - ~ "
.port-.
wwj^<
A- at-- |L|_ - r nf afi ■m'lltfife'i w -•
vB UC IBDU pnnapic VI WVy
we well moyduubt if too suecoa of. Brott ,
with Seward as tho eoatralliag spirit af hia
Cabinet, will net) by preeipttatiag tbeteroo,
while wv are strong enough to meet it, be
more to OUr advantage thaa the elevation «ff
oue who will stel can bat retard, but aat
proveat tim inevitable conflict.
But my belief te, there te but one plain
and open coarse before as. Sustain oar
ftfeadaia forir mavemcate. Make record
of our prtoeiples by one vote, Preaerrc at
It te amertodthat the movement eaanot
ceeed; foa attoapt it useleab and. I sup*
pros with equal truth, the same may b*
said of my. prcsaat. effort; That argumeat
has a* wwght with am duty te ante -rc
aulto and esatogurawe arc ia toe head of
God.
Exlnct tim ttrfiiiifffffftifill
;JHTirkUk04
As a body, we an but deplore the alarm
ing inert me sf crime ia w oonatry; .0d
fodg faRa
epstigatioao, that it te attrihntahte amialy
^ ; ., . , totffs laempve and iatomperate use off ar-
trae that th* admteshm of CaKfimis, was t d«nt spirite." Nor, imtead, te ttete to hqv
feaad ; the dismembermeat of
Texas, a daring invation efSoutotra rights;
toe $10,000,000 abstraeted from the Treaaa-
ury, as hush-money to procure her consent
was • naked robbery; tke abolition ef the:
Slave trade iu tbe Dtetriet a scoffing insult.
But these are temporary' ills ; tiam may eure
them all.
The Ceatpnmiae did more thaa this. It
asserted.the right of Congress to ecastrae
U It 1* *ot fits own powers. It wasths last act ef that
revolution, through legislative form, whhfif
has bKB slowly progreatiug-saee 1898,
which has finally triumphed over foe priafo-
ples of the Republican party; tim ehoeka ot
the Constitation and tim rights rttootatev vroali
dered at, when aa vrlsrt that it dsprlvre
of hie reason, inflames aad axsHee .to
aetiea *11 the groeser and amirnal
of hm aatiN*,' and tim is by Go aad
him *» tba pe^etrsttea ef ton meet
iag and atraeteaaerimea. JfcHfcf eaa wa
heps for any emroibaeat iafote particular. '
while this baa* sfbumaa life, and this dro-
trgyerefhafitlfo Imypiaem tero 'abuadaat.
aad m ortjrto ha obtotaed. W* an foap^ ‘
fiaro ef epiatea that aajfoua which haa beta,
saggeriafifer foa aappvesrim ef'thiamrQ. ’.
esn.be I ~
^P-Wjjpg>NTafsy
efAbe^# c af wfprigitlli
\
and is I fear foe dating point *
scntral despoaitism. One fay eaa tiro psspke fj
^tha States have m
tien, if not fay tegal forms, petty feir Cp»-
stitutieBal majorities. Last sf aH
Carolina in Gwrcatoaubnmtly
the deeietea of the peepte aad
btforafowpabRrifofo,/
toe wr ing do** to
arc wiHiagto be taxed t
efFiftsea Haadred or Two Throtani
■ , amgoit qf pe^er rriwiatfo
tJailfo wwtniifl.
ef * few liamisfoiligeariW
