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YOG. XIV.
THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN
19 PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING
BY WILLAM CLINE,
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who advertise by the year.
All advertisements not otherwise ordered, wit
!'<• continued till forbid.
frj*SALES OF LANDS lv Administrators,
Ex<' C utors or Guardians are required hx law to he
held on the first Tuesday in the month, between
the hours o’ ten in the forenoon- and three in the
afternoon, at the Court-House, in the county in
which the land is situated. Notice of these sale,
must lie {jiven in a public gazette FORTY DAYS
previous to the dav ol sale.
S /ILES OF NEGROES must be made at pub
lic. auction on the first Tuesday of the month, be
tween the usual hours of sale, at the place ol pub
lic sales in the county where the letters Testa
hentar,-, of Administration or Guardianship may
ipive been “ranted; first “iving FORTY DAYS
notice thereofin one of the public gazettes ol this
.State, and at the court house whe e such sales are
le be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must
l>e given in like manner FORTY DAYS previous
to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate
must be published FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will he made to the Court
hf Ordinary for leave to sell land must he puh
11shed lor TWO MONTHS,
NoUee for leave to sell negroes must he
published TWO MONTHS before any order ab
solute shall he made thereon bv the Court,
CITATIONS for Letters of Administration,
must he published thirtt dai-; for Dismission
*rO-n Aeininistration, monthly six moeths; for
Dismission from Guardianship, vorty day ,
Utiles for the Foreclosure ol Mortgage must be
published MONTHLY for four months, for estab
lishing Inst papers, lor the full spare of three
itoNTHs; for compelling titles from Executors or
Administrators, where a bond lias been given by
he diseased, the .full space of thrf.f. months.
Business Oircctovu.
HENRY H. WHITFIELD,
Attorney at Law,
Kawkinsville, Pulaski County, Geo.
March U, 1852 11-am.
~ R. W. McCUNE,
attouNey at law,
GRIFFI.W, GEORGIA.
Office np-stir* in Chapman's brick building
nex! door w*st ol” Redd & Cos.
Januarv 15, 1852 _ _ 3
JARED I. WHITAKER)
Attorney at Law,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
April 8,1352. 15 U’
F. W. A. DOYLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFERS his professional services to the Pub
uc. All business entrusted lo his manageme
nt!! mecl with the most prompt attention. Reason
able deductions will he made in fees, in proportion
I,i the amoun: of hnsiness so entrusted.
Office on Solomon street, opposite the Bap
iftClmrcli.
f Attention,
REFERENCES 1 Perseverance,
( Promptitude.
Griffin. March, ISS*.
HENRY HENDRICK,
ATTOR PTE Y AT LA W ,
Jackson, Butts County, Ga.
February, 1352.
E. P. WATKINS,
attorney at law
McDonough, Henry Ccunty, Ga.
February 2,
BORDERS & HARRIS,
attorneys at law,
A. L. Borders, Griffin, Ga.
West Harris, Zebulon, Ga.
March 5. 1852. 50 I v
ll &G J. GREEN & MARTIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Dtivid If. Martin, j G ri lllii,Ga.
(iilben I.Grccn, I 5
Hartford Greets, Zebulon, Ga.
May 28.1852 22
DR. H. W. BROWN,
OFFICE ON SOLOMON STREET
Opposite the BaptistCliurch.
Aoril, 1952. _
R. MANSON STELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
McDonough,Ga.
MARSHALL HOUSE.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
AVAL JOHNSON, Proprietor
October 4, 18a? 41 ly
A. B. I) U UN
SOTTON FACTOR,
No 74 BAY-STREET,
Oof 19 (41) SAVANNAH
teITDR4WJR. MOSELEY,
IS permanently located in I lie city of
i-iatfJk Griffin, and solicits a continuance of
p itron-ige from hi friends, and the public gene
rally. lie.tidtncc and office at Dr. N. B. Johnson's
oldatanl. Jan. (Ofl*, 1831. 2—ls
?331££'J1£
&TEETH. 4
IX< 02 LL HiuSLg
WOULD respectfully inform all who arc in
need of full sets or partial sets of Teeth,
nd who wish them put up with skill and experi
ence, warranted to answer every purpose ruqui
iu l, that they can now he supplied at short notice,
and with the same style pul up upon n bcaulilii
Mietalic base, which took ihe premium over a I
others ot the kind at the late Fair in Macon, also
flia First Premium at. the late Fair in Atlanta, Dr.
C. has lately made arrangements so that persons
livin'; in the country, nr in any of the adjacent
towns, can, if they wish, command his services
free ofeharse, which will secure them against tic
many i'nr"S tons prurticed’hy itinerant quack that
flatly inverse Ihe comurv.
Ql'tHn, Jan. 1 ? 1833.
COUNTRY PAPERS.
A long experience has given us the op
portunity to know that there is more
truth than poetry in the subjoined re
marks regarding 1 the interior and city
presses —at least so far as originality is
concerned. You hardly ever see an ori
ginal article copied verbatim from a coun
try into a city paper; but if the country
editor will watch the travel of his ideas
closely, he can find them remoddled and
clothed in new words in the city papers,
a fsw days after he gave them birth,
abundantly. And then the gentlemen at
home, too, will catch ihem up as quite
bright ideas, while they were suffered,
but a few days before, to pass unnoticed
in their own home paper. The very lo
cation of a paper is frequently the ma
king of an editor’s fame and fortune, or
the marring of both. “Can any good
come out of Nazareth r” is not yet an
obsolete interrogation. But above all,
many of the interior papers have no other
editors than plain practical printers, who
have been regulardy brought up and
trained to the business, and how can they
ever be anything else than printers ? It
takes a lawyer, or doctor, or some other
of like character, that has be*'n loafing
about doing comparatively nothing, un
less it be mischief, until a man grown,
to make an edhorof a newspaper, in the
estimation of many people.
And here we must tell an anecdote,
although it may savor a little of egotism-
It ought to he known for the benefit of
the craft. In IS 10, when the “Georgia
Jeffersonian” was located at West Point,
nominally under the editorial manage
ment of our worthy and excellent friend
Dr. James E. Scott, and the paper con
sidered as “doing yeoman’s service” in
the Democratic cause, a proposition was
made to the doctor by some of the lead
ing politicians of the day r , that they would
purchase the Federal Union office at
Milledgeville, and guarantee to him three
thousand dollars per annum, their influ
ence and their patronage, if he would go
to that place and edit the paper. The
doctor was inclined to close with this
proposition; but with his accustomed
honorable and manly frankness stated to
hem about as follows: “Gentlemen, be
fore we close this business, I must ap
prize you of the fact, that if the “Georgia
Jeffersonian” lias been of any service to
the party, you owe more to Mr. Cline
than myself, lie has written the major
portion of the editorials which you seem
to admire. I have been absent from
home frequently, sometimes a mouth
at a lime, and have left the whole man
agement of the concern, editorials and
selections, time, entirely to him;
if I go to Milledgeville 1 would not think
of going the.e without him, and you
must make provision for him also.”—
That development ended the negotiation.
There was never the first word said to us
by them on the subject, and the project
of sending the good doctor to Milledge
ville was abandoned. So much, we sup
pose, for having learnt the printing busi
ness. But we cordially thank the gen
tlemen for that good turn notwithstand
ing. From that day forth we resolved
to depend upon our own efforts and re
sources, and eschew “grea! men’s favors,”
and we have been pretty independent
ever since.
So much of our story, and now to that
of the Colton Plant, regarding couutry
papers :
Country Fapers. — We are aware
that we are bringing clown upon the “Cot
ton Plant,” tire wrath, and perhaps the
sneers of many a dignified and “long estab
lished” city Journal, when we say, that
we consider the “country press,the
Journals usually known as “country pa
pers,” by far the most useful, fearless ami
intelligent portion of the press of the coun
try. There is a freshness of style—a vari
ety—a frankness, an honesty, boldness
and liberality in a country paper which
you will look for in vain in the majority of
the city press. How rarely do you see
them filching the thoughts and labors of
others. They do not fear that Iheir read
ers may know the existence of another
paper, deemed by them clever enough to
quote. No, they come up handsomely
to the mark and give you “full credit.”
Notice how the country press lays on
right and left upon abuses. There is no
dodging —no striking —no weak struggle
between duty and the desire to please
some wealthy patron.
See how soon they come out (one side
or the other) when occasion demands it.
The country press is always ahead of
the city press on all National subjects.
The city Journals watch them too. ‘The
country papers being nearer the people,
reflect the National mind, when lo ! the
independent mammoth sheets from Bos
ton to New Ot leans come in to take the
wind out of their sails.
If you want to know how an election
is going, keep your eye on the country
press. If you want to ascertain anything
of real interest in regard to the great in
terior of the continent, keep up with the
interior journals. There are a great ma
ny supposed correspondents from the “in
terior.” Notice how eagerly these let
ters are read—how elaborately displayed
in the “Iront place.” The correspon
dent is a humbug, if yotj Want to get
the truth write to the town where the
correspondence is dated and take the
paper.
In tire management of a city paper
theie must be a system —a method which
gives to each mail his particular duty.
| I his very system makes the paper stu
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1g53.
pid. In the country paper, perhaps,
there will be editorials and communica
tions during the year, from every acre of
the district. This gives the paper vital
ity and freshness. Is it to be wondered
at then, that the country papers should
haiesuch an influence in a Republican
Government ?
Merchants make a great mistake when
they put their advertisements in a city
paper to the exclusion ol a country one.
Persons in the country read everything—
they have time. It hecomes an occupa
tion with them. While on this subject,
the “Cotton Plant” will advise its nutne
tous readers among the commercial com
munity, that the best way to reach the
country trade, is through the couutry pa
pers. If we had to take our choice for
an exchange, between a city and a coun
try paper, we would take the latter.
A certain Virginia politician, who shall
be nameless, not long since said that he
thanked Heaven, there was not “one of
those pests, a country paper, in his dis
trict.” If ever he runs for anything out
side his district, mark our words, he will
literally he demolished. He has written
his own death warrant.
We have been often struck with the
extreme delicacy of expression, beauty
of style, and often sublimity in a paper
not larger than your hand, and which
comes to us covered with the dust of a
long journey. Some of the most pleasant
essays we have ever read have been in
the country papers, in comparison with
which, the pompous verbose style of some
city papers is simply ridiculous. We
cannot recommend an easier way for a
man to make his fame and fortune than to
make a collection of essays from country
papers and publish them as such. We
intend some day to publish a few selec
tions in the “Cotton Plant,” taken from
country papers, side by side W’ith some
articles from city papers which have
“g'ne the rounds,” that readers may
judge for themselves.
The most laborious life is that of a
country editor, and the most useful, for
he it is that gathers those treasures which
are brought out anew by the monopolist
of the press, giving profit and fame,
where, iu so many cases it is not deser
ved.— Cotton Plant.
Common icatrd.
Griffin*, Feb. 10, 1853.
• Mu. Editor:— The following letter from
Rev. J. B. Jeter, I). D. of Richmond,
Virginia, was elicited by inquiries made of
him by myself. Having been greatly in
terested and benefitted by its perusal my
self, I use the liberty granted me, and ask
you to publish it for the good of others—
most heartily coinciding in the opinion
with him, that “if these manifestations are
from spirits, a large part, if not the whole
of them, are of diabolic, origin. They are
nonsense and lies which could proceed on
ly from depraved spirits.”
Respectfully, Yours, &c.
J. 11. CAMPBELL.
llichmoxd, Jan. 20, 1853.
Dear Brother Campbell: —To the sub
ject of “Spiritualism,” concerning which
you enquire, I have paid considerable at
tention. In St. Louis, where I resided, it
produced great excitement, and several
members of the Church under my charge,
were in great danger of becoming converts
to the system, or rather, lunatics. At first
I thought the whole a sheer imposture;
but 1 was convinced, in spite of my preju
dices, of the reality of the phenomena.—
That there are rappings, that tables are
moved about rooms, sometimes with a
force that the strongest man cannot resist
—that they walk, dance to music and cut
other antics, and that sentences are spelt
out by the medium calling over the alplia
bet-and that all these effects arc produced,
not by design or art on the part of the medi
ums, but by some invisible and unknown
agency, I must believe, or renounce all
human testimony, and, in regard to some
of the effects, the testimony of my own
senses. These effects were produced in the
city of St. Louis, in hundreds of families.
The mediums are found in all classes of so
ciety—many arc intelligent, honorable,
pious, and above all suspicion of any de
sign to deceive. The most rigid and pre
judiced investigators have been compelled
to admit the reality of the phenomena;
and, so far as I know, no man in that city,
who has given any attention to the matter,
and whose judgement is worth a rush,
doubts their reality.
Now whence do these effects proceed?
From magnetism, say some—they are a de
velopment of a mesmeric or a biological law,
say others—they are produced by spirits,
say another class. The wisest men ac
knowledge their ignorance on the subject.
Candor requires me to confess that the
theory of their spiritual origin seems to me
most plausible, We should not, however,
adopt this theory without the most indu
bitable evidence. But suppose these phe
nomena were caused by bodiless spirits,
then what follows?
Ist. We must enquire, are they good or
evil spirits? Analogy and Revelation
teach us that there arc good and evil spi
rits. That some of the communications,
spelt out by the so called “spiritual medi
ums,” arc not otdy puerile and ridiculous,
but false, corrupt and blasphemous, is un
questionable. That these proceed from an
evil source is clear. That any come from a
good source has not, and, I presume, will
not be shown. That they communicate
sometimes sound moral sentiments, is no
more than may be affirmed of every class
of impostors.
2d. If it should be proved that some of
these “spiritual communications” come
from good spirits, then we must enquire,
are they intelligent spirits? We have im
agined that spirits must of necessity be
wise, but neither analogy nor Revelation, so
far as I can discern, sustain the opinion.—
If a spirit conies to teach me, I shall stul
tify myself, if I do not enquire into the
measure of his knowledge and whether he
is fallible or infallible. Certain it is, many
of the “spiritual communications” are puer
ilities and bombast unworthy of a well
taught schoolboy; and I have yet to s te
the first communication from that source
I with any mark of wisdom, originality or
excellence, or which bears the slightest
impress of celestial origin.
3d. But admitting that these communi
cations proceed from good and wise spi
rits, (which admission can hardly be made,
except for argnment, but by a mind fit for
bedlam) then we must enquire, are these
mediums a safe chamu,- r 7 communication?
It may be so, but cerfcslity the man who
can believe it without investigation and
without proof, has a marvelous credulity.
The method of communing is altogether
too obscure, too uncertain, aud too decep
tions to command my faith.
4th. All “spiritual communications”
must be brought to the touch-stone—Di
vine Revelation. The Bible is a commu
nication from the Infinite Spirit. If an an
gel from heaven preaches any other doc
trine to us than that proclaimed by the
lips, exemplified in the life, and confirmed
by the miracles and the resurrection of
of Jesus, let him be accursed.
The above considerations, it appears to
me, must preserve any sane mind from be
lieving any communication purporting to
come from spirits, whose n-uth is not con
firmed by other and better testimony. The
simple fact that so many of these singular
communications are false and contradicto
ry will lead any considerate man to reject
them all. The responses are generally in
harmony with the views of the mediums.
A gentleman, of intelligence and honor, a
remarkable medium, informed me that he
had spent, in all, one hundred and fifty
hours in questioning the spirits, and had
come to the conclusion that their commu
nications could no more be relied on than
a dream. He mentioned several striking
instances of their falsehood. Still these
phenomena are most rem. M able, and you
may wish to know my opinion of them.—
I have no settled opinion in regard to their
origin, but I have some conjectures. The
scriptures contain much concerning “sor
cery”-“eiichantments”—“witchcraft”—“wiz-
ards”—“necromancers”—“consulting famil
iar spirits”— demoniacal possessions, &c.
We, in our self-conceit, have supposed, that
these were the superstitious imaginings of
an ignorant age. And yet it is difficult,
without an unwarrantable license of inter
pretation, to reconcile the scriptures with
this theory. Ancl then, too, the almost
universal belief of mankind, cultivated and
rude, Christian aud pagan, iu these things,
sheds light upon, and confirms the an
nouncements of Revelation on these sub
jects. Now, may not these “spiritual” phe
nomena be a development of that agency
of which so much is recorded in sacred and
profane writings—an agency generally be
lieved among mankind, but never explain
ed? May not Satan modify his plans of
operation to suit the genius, tendencies
and peculiarities of the age in which he
acts? I merely throw out these conjec
tures as deserving consideration, not as
matters of faith. On one point, however,
I am certain, if these “manifestations” are
from spirits, a large part, fiyjot the.whole
of them, arc of diabolic origin. They are,
nonsense and lies which could proceed on
ly from depraved spirits.
Os the Mountain Cove Society, I know
but little. It is in a remote and moun
tainous part of the State. The associa
tion is composed, not of Virginians, but
of wanderers from New York, and other
Northern States, mostly Seventh Day
Baptists, and Uuiversalists, who, profess
ing to be led by spirits, came to Fayette
county, and purchased a large body of
land and made a settlement. Several of
their number arc preachers, of whom I
know nothing about. They have com
menced publishing a paper for the diffu
sion of their views. I have examined
several numbers of it, and I must say the
“manifestations” are above or below my
comprehension. If they were dictated by
spirits, it will require spirits to expound
them. The papers seem to me to be
harmless, because they were incomprehen
sible. Os Rev. Mr. Harris, I have no
knowledge, but if he were near me, I
would keep a close eye upon him—he may
be an enthusiast, or he may be something
worse.
Toward church members infected with
the delusion, I would recommend great
lenity of treatment. Persosb-of a certain
temperament arc sure to take the infection.
They deserve pity. Time may cure them;
should they grow worse, it may be neces
sary to shave the head and apply ice. In
the last resort they must be sent where
many have already gone, to the Lunatic
Asylum. In the city of New York, the
police, iu consequence of their manifest
tendency to produce insanity, arc directed
to break up all “spiritual circles.”
I could write much more, but fear I
have already wearied you. Every pastor
here, except myself, would have pronoun
ced the whole matter an imposture—so
should I, before investigation. I have no
fear of truth. You are at liberty to use
this hastily written letter as you please.—
Lot me hear how the delusion progresses
in Griffin. Fraternally,
J. B.'JETER.
MirriasT of Louis Napoleon-
France. —-The news to the exclusion
of everything el>e, is the Emperor's mar
riage to M’lle. Montigo, which has taken
Paris by surprise, and was unfavorably
received by the Bourse. Mademoiselle
is a Spaniard, twenty five years of age,
a blonde, and grand daughter of the Brit
ish Consul at Malaga, ljer mother was
an Irish woman, named and
her father the younger son fa Spanish
family, who fortunately, by the death of
his elder brother, succeeded to the titles
of Count Montigo, Duke of Telia and
Pennamondo. Her sister is Duchess ot
Abba, and Mademoiselle is heiself Count
ess of Teba. The proposal for her band
was formally made by the Emperor on
Sunday last, and was of course acceded
to. The next day, the*bappy bridegroom
communicated to his ministers that his
determination was taken, and that it was
a marriage of affection. One report eays
that all the ministers, except one, resign
ed, but that the Emperor refused to ac
cept their resignations.
It is said that the civil marriage has
(already taken place, and that the religious
ceremonies were to he held on the 29th
of January, on which occasion Prince
Napoleon Jerome would espouse the
daughter of the Prince of Wagram, grand
daughter lo Marshal Berthi'er.
The New Empre-s or France.-—We
are indebted to an esteemed friend,” whb
was formerly resident in Spain, for the
foJjowing sketch, which seems to explain
thfe family origin of the new Empress of
France very satisfactorily. Her history
is no less romantic than that of the Em
press Josephine:—
“By to-day’s advices from Europe we
are told that the Emperor Napoleon 111.
has espoused a Spanish lady, “whose
grandfather was British consul at Malaga,
and whose mother was an Irish lady by
the name of Fitzpatrick;” also, that this
new Empress was iu her own right,
Countess Telia, although hearing the
name of Mad’lle Montigo. Thus much
by telegraph. Now the plain English of
all this is, no doubt, as follows:
“A worthy Scotchman by the name of
William Kirkpatrick, was for some time
the American consul at Malaga, and fail
ing in business, was succeeded by George
G. Barrel as United States consul at Ma
laga. This was, 1 think, under Presi
dent Monroe’s administration.
“Mr. Kirkpatrick’s eldest daughter
Maria, or “Mariquita,” as she was fami
liarly called and known by-all Americans
there, was a very fine, dashing lady, and
married the Count de Telia, a younger
brother of the celebrated Palafoix, who
behaved so gallantly at the siege of Za
ragoza, and who in reply to a demand of
surrender, declared he would continue
the defence by “War to the knife.”
“The Palafoix family embraced numer
ous titles, and was singularly brave aud
noble.
“This husband of Maria Kirkpatrick,
(Count de Teba) was a gallant soldier,
and so cut up by wounds as to be unable
to mount his horse without aid, and
when in the saddle looked more as if he
was hooked on than seated there.
“The new Empress of the French is
no doubt the daughter of this Countess
Teba, “Mariquita Kirkpatrick,” who was
daughter of William Kirkpatrick, late
United States consul at Malaga—not Brit
ish consul—not Fitzpalriek-and not Irish.
“The British consul at Malaga was
William Laird, another old Scotch gen
tleman, and he was followed by Mr.
Marks an Englishman.
“If the new Empress of France was
Coun’ess Teba, as stated, then her moth
er is dead, as also is her father, and she
took the title of her mother. The name
Montigo, under which she passed in
Paris, is perhaps one of the family names
or titles of the Palafoix family.”— N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
Union of tlje SJcmocracn.
from the Georgia Telegraph.
‘‘The Re-Union of the Democratic Party.’ l
The time having arrived wherva cordial
re union of the differing .sections of our par
ty in this State can be effected without a
sacrifice of principle or feeling upon either
side, we propose to say a few plain words
on this subject, before we dismiss it forev
er from our columns In our salutatory to
the subscribers of the Telegraph we en
gaged to avoid al! unprofitable discussions
upon closed questions; we shall, there
fore, not allude further to these differen
ces, or the causes that unhappily led to
them, than to deprecate their existence,
than to use our position to allay and heal
them. “Jr essentials, let there be unity —
In nonessentials let there be harmony ” —
was the wise remark of one who was
ihoroughly acquainted with those natural
differences in the mind, which tend with
irresistible force to the creation of par
ties in all forms of Government, social,
political, and religious. And there can
scarcely be a doubt that were this saga
cious dictum more faithfully observed in
these organizations, it would vastly in
crease the great sum of human happiness
Let us then, in our party politics of the
present da}*, reduce to practice a humane
and beneficent sentiment, originally dic
tated to mitigate the asperity of religious
differences twenty centuries ago. It is
admitted that the Democratic party of
Georgia, as a mass, and for all practical
purposes, constitute a unit, upon the car
dinal articles of their political faith, which
were reaffirmed at the Baltimore Conven
tion in June last. This being admitted,
there remains only one subject that has
ever risen to the magnitude of a cause of
difference in our ranks, and that is the
right of Secession. Although we, in com
mon with an immense majority of our
party in this State, firmly believe the
general admission of this doctrine to be
essential , not only to the preservation of
the rights of the States, hut of the Union
itself; yet,we are willing to admit, that
a highly respectable portion, both as to
talents and numbers, have always main
tained the opposite with equal firmness.
But in respect to this particular article of
our cieed, we think there is no longer
any real ground lor a practical difference;
late events, not necessary now to refer to.
have so completely decided this point,
or at least taken it out of controversy for
an indefinite period, that we regard as
worse than absurd, any attempt to main
tain a partizm difference upon it; we are
convinced that the doctrine of Secession
must be in al! human juigmeot, for years
to come, held in abeyance. But in all
candor, we insist, (let it offend if it must)
that when the pressure comes, aud the
exigency arises, that it is a right inde
feasible, and of the last importance
Having now made a clean breast of this
matter, as far as we are concerned, we do
but obey the popular impulse, when we
call upon every Democrat in the State
forgetting past differences—to rally under
the old flag as in live brave old days.—
And is there not good cause that we
should do so ? Is the exclusive spirit of
federalism extinct ? Think you that
that lofty air of unconcern for wdiut ars
known as the masses, once so common
in the political world, will never show
itself again ? Is a fragging, whining
,crowd,, no more to assail the halls of Con
gress, for protection—and exclusive priv
ileges— that they may he delivered from
being no better than we poor publicans.
Let us not deceive ourselves. If we
could believe at!’ this, then is History
kept and written in vain for ysv Butjor
the goodness of that Providence that tem
pered the infliction of such a President
as Millard Fillmore, by the countervail
ing power of a Democratic majority in
Congress, where would w r e all have been
by this hour in the tariff stiife ? Are we
never to have rest from this trouble?
Never, while a true Democrat is left in
the broad land, to raise his arm in defence
of Free Trade, will he lie priviledged to
stand idle— work and hard work will
there be to do —instant in season and out
of season must we be, and this for weary
years, before the Democracy can say its
work is done. ’Tis true that in this hour
of sore retribution whiggery “vaunts
not itself, is not puffed up.” But what
thanks to it ? Wait till its scattered
hosts have breath lo rally, and we will
see that to that party reverses bring no
wisdom, and the voice of the nation no
warning. It is our settled belief that the
history of this government foi the last
twelve months has evinced a disregard
for honest Republican simplicity—for a
fair dispensing of justice to all classes
and interests—that evidence a declension
in public morals and sound policy which
should startle any Republican in the
land. To whom but to Democrats must
the country look lo see things restored to
their former standing £ VVhp Uhl Demo
crats will ever say to cupidity, hands off
the public treasure*? Will Whiggery
say to labor, you shall be unfettered
buy cheapest and sell for the most you
can, and where you can ? Or set its
seal of reprobation upon partial laws that
are meant to favor capital ? Never.—
The spirit of Federalism will ever devet
opt itself when in power, by making
classes by its legislation. Our mission
as a part}’ is to show the people that all
alike are to be governed as equals, anti
that no party, sect, or interest, must look
lo Government-petting. ‘1 hen let us,
when we all agree, touching so man}’
points of essential value to the country,
have done with mere personal strife.-
That after this, cannot be excused. And
if it he considered among patriots a great
good to see sound a.:d salutary measures
take the place of everything vicious—
then let us not cripple the only power in
the country that will slrike a fur reform, or
see alienated from each other the only J
men in these States who honestly desire!
it. !
Floyd County Resolutions. —-The re
solutions passed by the Democratic party
of Floyd county, which we publish to
day, will meet the approval of every we'd
wisher of the party throughout the State
—of every one really desirous of seeing
the party harmonious and united, in sup
port of the general policy and measures
of the National Democracy. It is due
to the incoming administration, that all
among us, who heartily aided in bringing
it into power, should do all that honora
ble men can, to unite on a common basis
of action, and give to it and to each other
a generous confidence. Upon practical
questions of policy, there is no reason
to apprehend any serious divisions of opin
ion; for Democratic measures have now’
become the measures of the country, en
dorsed by the popular will, and appioved
by the matured wisdom of our Statesmen
The Southern Democracy, especially,
should and can act as a unit, for no wild
and extravagant issues have taken root
among them, the tendency of which,
would be to precipitate a portion into ex
treme positions, which seperate them
from the more cautious and reflecting.—
The distinctions between conservatives
and progressives bet ween Old Fogyism
and “Young America” are not recognized
here as real and tangible. There is
no division among us in principle or in
men that can embarrass the party, or pre
vent its acting as a unit.
Upon the practical questions of finance
and commercial regulations—oflree trade !
and of national expenditures—of internal i
improvements, and of appropriations out
of the treasury—of schemes to squander
the public lands, and to foster sectional
and class interests, there is nothing to pre
vent harmony among the Southern De
mocracy.
As to speculative opinions upon the
nature and theory of the Federal Govern
ment, as applied lo the right of secession
—it is not probable that entire coinci
dence of opinion can ever be commanded
among members of so large a party. The
human mind is so constituted as to render
differences of opinion in such a case in
evitable; and the practiced objects which
give rise to parties aad band them togeth
er, are such as to make tolerance of each
other’s speculative opinions a necessity.
The Baltimore Convention of June
last, adopted principles which furnish
ground, on which all Democrats can
stand. They are marked by a scrupulous
regard for the rrserved lights of the States
and a strict construction of the Constitu
tion. They adopted the Virginia and
Kentucky resolutions of ’9S and ’99 as
their own, and made them the recogni
zed creed of the party.
Now Democrats may honestly differ as
to the construction of these resolutions
They may not go so far as the advocates
of the right of secession claim for them.
But men of the most extreme Slate
Rights opinions have never repudiated
them as insufficient for the protection of
the rights of the States, and democrats of
opposite tendencies have never refused
their adhesion to them because they
claimed too much for the States.
In measures of State politics no theo
retical questions can arise to distract the
party. In Georgia, the Democracy can j
consistently unite and act harmoniously j
for the advancement and prosperity of
the State and best interests of the people.
If the good example and good counsels of
the Democrats of Floyd tie not lost on us,
this wilt be the happy result. —Augusta
Constilutionqlisl.
Democratic Meeting. —We publish
in another column the proceedings of a
Democratic meeting in Floyd county.
We are glad to notice this movement by
the Democracy of Floyd, and trust it
may be followed up by a corresponding
spirit of mutual conciliation and harmony
in other portions of the State. Atlanta
In’ctligencer.
Whig Cpini n,
We perceive from an article published
io the last Atlanta Republican, copied
from the Giitfin Union, and endorsed by
that paper, that the re-union of the dem
, ocracy in Georgia, may be regarded as
; hopeless. These papers in vain, would
have it appear, that the once discordant
elements of democracy were irreconcil
able, that the shades of difference, which
of late divided its ranks, were an impen
etrable bai rier to the party e\ er again act
ing in concert. We had regarded the re
organization as complete. The former
difference of opinion which divided the
democratic party, lias been buried in en
tire forgetfulness, and it is now ready,
with an unbroken front, to battle against
its old whig foes. But we are not sur
prised at the position of these papers,
when we remember that both are the
open exponents of whig principles. It
would he a pleasant task if they could
only revive the dissensions and thus bring
to their aid that wing of the democratic
party who twoyearsago acted with them,
and thus be able to divide the spoils and
honors of office among themselves. No,
whig friends, the evidences of your delu
ded opinions, have too long been the
theme of vituperation for democrats to
-ever chime in with you, and the deform
ities of your platform too apparent to ever
hope that yon ‘will receive the support
of honest democrats, iu enabling you to
fasten them upon our country.
The Republican asserts with an air of
prophetic zeal, “that the re union of the
two wings of the democratic party is out
of the question.” We fear our friend
Renneau has, while consulting the omens
of his divinity, lost sight of the recent
successful effort made in casting the vote
of the State for Pierce.— We can assure
our whig friends, the Rome Courier
has not tho Ileiculeau task they would
place before it to encounter, since but a
democratic bugle blast, is all that is re
quired to rally its fo.ces. D.m eracy is
not as pliable material as you suppose,
gentlemen, but it indeed w’ouhl be, were
it to bow’ to the shrine of Whiggery! —
Dalton Times.
Democratic Meeting in Floyd.— We
would respectfully call attention to the
proceedings of the Democratic Meeting
held in Rome on the Ist inst, io be found
in to day’s paper. They put forth the
right spirit, and we doubt not will do
much good in harmonizing the pirty.
We are glad to see so much harmony
among democrats through the Stale, gen
erally. Union and Southern Rights dem
ocrats are passing round the pipe a.; a
token of peace, and all past difference
are numbered among the thingsthat were.
This is as it should he. The questions
upon which the party split for the time
being have been settled.— It was but a
momentary affair, a side degree—and
had nothing to do with the fundamental
doctrines of the Democratic Party. There
is nothing to make by being divided, but
on the contrary everything to loose.
We would recommend to our demo
cratic. friends of this and the adjoining
counties the propriety of holding Demo
cratic meetings in their respective coun
ties,as early as practicable, and then and
there bury all differences and dissensions
so deep that a resurrection will never
1 take place.— lbid.
Democratic Harmony.— The resolu
tions adopted at the Democratic meeting
in Flovd, of which we yesterday spoke,
will be found in our columns to-day.
The Rome Courier says they express the
sentiments of nine-tenths of the Chero
kee Democracy. If so, there is every
reason to believe that the party will go
into tlie canvass of next summer, as fully
j united as it was previous to the agitation
!of the compromise question. In South
ern, and we believe Middle Georgia,
there is no reason to fear any want of
concert of action. Os course there will
be difference of sentiment as to the fittest
persons to run for Governor, for members
of Congress, and for Representatives to
the State Legislature, but when the can
didates for these several posts shall be
nominated by their respective conventions,
there is no reason to doubt but the party
will put forth its full strength in support
of its nominees.
In this portion of the State nothing
need to be done to unite the Democracy.
We already stand united—and with us a
respectable number of gentlemen former
ly connected with the Whig party. But
to our friends in other quarters, whose
dissensions have not yet been healed, we
cannot too highly commend as a basis of
harmony and co-operation the resolutions
which we publish to-day. As therein
I stated, upon ail questions involved in the
j administration of the general government,
I to a United States Bank, to any meddling
by Congress with the institution of slave
ry, one w’ing of the party is as much op
posed as the other. Upon another class
of questions, involving the relative pow
ers of tho general and State governments,
there is some difference in opinion. One
Democrat, for instance, believes that a
State has the right hv virtue of the Con
stitution, to secede from the Union; an
other believes she has that right by vir
tue of her sovereignty, while a third de
nies in Into , that she possesses such
a right. While the issue of secession
M’as before the country during the late
excitement in South Carolina, this ques
tion was, or seemed likely to become, one
jrf practical importance. Hence a divi
-1 sion in the party, pending that issue was
almost inevitable. But that issue having
been disposed of by the action of South
Catolina in determining, not that she had
not the light to secede, but that she
would not exeicise that eight, it would
be folly for Democrats in Georgia to al
low that issue to separate them, when
there are so many practical questions
upon which’ there is among them no dif
ference of opinion.
We have no doubt that there will be jh 1
President Pierce’s Cabinet, men who de
ny rnd men who maintain the light of
secession. If then, men holding conflict
ing views therein,-can unite in the same
admin'stratihh',’ surely men holding thq
No. 7.