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J’icl.tM Jolinson’s Acceptance.
Mtu.EDOEvtT.LE, June 15, 1853.
Hon. Htrschel V. Johnson:
Dear Sir: —At a convention of the de
mocratic party of Georgia, assembled this
day, nt this place, you were unanimously
nominated as the democratic candidate,
to be run for Governor of Georgia at the
election iti October next: And the un
dersigned were appointed by the conven
tion a committee to advise you of your
nomination, and to ask you? acceptanc?
of the same.
Allow us to express our individual
gratification, at the selection and the har
monious action of the convention, and to
odd the hope that you will allow us the
pleasure, at an early day, of making
known to the people of Georgia your ac
ceptance.
With sentiments of the highest asteem,
we are, respectfully, vour friends,
A.*E. COCHRAN,
E. YV. MORRIS,
L. YV. CROOK.
MilledgeVille, June 18,- 1853.
_G(ntlemen: —I mn honored by tho re
’ ceipt of your .note of the 15th in-'t., h
behaifof the late Democratic Convention,
informing me of my unanimous nomina
tion, by that boJy, “as the Democratic
candidate to be run for Governor of Geor
gia, at the election in October next.”
Our political creed originated with Jef
ferson and Madison, and is co-eval with
our constitution It ha* received the
sanction and support of all sound repub
licans from that to the present day. It
owe? its most brilliant illustrations to the
admu.islralions of Jackson and Polk. It
achieved its last victory in the election of
Gen. Pierce. During my short and unim
portant career, it has been the lamp to my
feet and the iigh*: to my path. Often and
over have we solemnly adopted it, in our
conventions, and now again it is inscribed
upon our banner, an I that banner is con
fided to my hand-?, during the heat and
perils of the opening canvass. I receive
it with diffidence; but I am inspired and
encouraged by the consciousness that our
principles are as invincible and imporish
ai Jas *he genius of liberty. To them
we are indebted for the glories of our
past history, aad upon their success mus
depend the realization of our future hopes,,
The unusual size of tho late conven-1
lion and ti; harmony of its action evince,)
that V -! great body of the Democracy arc
tho-ougbly aroused lo a proper apprecia
tion of their principles, and their united
determination to maintain them. This
should be the occasion of sincere gratifi
cation to every true-hearted Democrat.
To me, I confess, it peculiarly so. The
recent divisions in our party, resulting
from honest differences of opinion, touch
ing a subject of great delicacy and em
barrassment, have passed away with the
iss-.eu that produced them. The tempo
rary alienation that existed has ceased,
and whatever acidity of feeling and in
temperance of expression may have been
ind.. are forgotten and forgiven, in the
■*meral fusion of sentiment which unites
the b ids of political brotherhood.
Fu. ‘.bis I nave unceasingly labored since
the lO.h of Decemb , 1850, down to
the preset,! day; and for this I shall cod
” *i£ •’ to consecrate my feeble abilities,
tmii: It may sai' 1 emphatically, that
the Democracy of G<-.or-;h are “•- * end
loreverone a.uj inseparable. 7 ’ To this
end, I humbly invoke a general flphi? °f
kindness and mutual forbearance.
If our late divi.fioßS havo a
tempura./ paralysij in the e-Lon of the
Democratic psity, there is c. considem
tion that gcas far to compensate foe the
pain v. kich its remembrance awaken?.—
it is the fact that, on our restoration to
health, vre find ourselves strengthened,
by the accession to our ranks, of many
noble and patriotic Whigs, who, during
our recent temporary alienation, acted
one or the other of the divisions of
our party, but now rising above the influ
ence of former associations, have not
hesitated to affiliate with us. Feeling
that our principles are the soundest and
our policy the wisest, they have yielded
to them the tribute of their sanction and
. their suffrage. Thus united and rein
forced, let each strive to excel his brother
in his alacrity to sacrifice personal pref
erences, in his efforts to hc.il local divis
ions, and in his devotion to the best in
terests of our common country.
The Democratic party of Georgia is no
leciicaal organization, formed merely to
f£he #£ocrflift Jeffersonian.
obtain power, by the concealment of
principles on the one hand, and on the
other by presenting issues to the country
which have been settled. It is an inte
■ gral port of the national democracy, and
its principles, inscribed upon every ban
. ner, are “known and read by all man.”
| That party, in the late Baltimore Con
i vention, re-affirmed those principles. It
stands solemnly pledged to maintain the
‘ rights of the States and the integrity of
l the Union. It triumphantly elected Gen.
.Pierce, who, in his Inaugural Address,
■! reiterated the pledge, and avowed his de
; termination to redeem it, in the conduct
of his administration. It is due, there
fore, to our brethren throughout the con
: federacy, and to our President, w.ho looks
to us for support, under his heavy respon
sibilities, that we rally, with zeal and
harmony, and disregard every effort to.
decoy us, by false pretences, from our
allegiance to our commbn standard.—
Hence, for all, who desire, in good faith,
to sustain bis administration and to real
ize the hope, “that the constitution of our
country, at homo, and her rights and her
I honar abroad, will be maintained,'’ tbeir
! true position is in the ranks of the De
mocratic party.
Looking to the locality of Georgia, her
boundless moans of wealth and power,
her increasing population and her flour
ishing improvements, it requires no ordi
nary prescience to discover that a high
destiny awaits her, if her councils shall
•be directed by a far reaching and liberal
policy. The cause of popular education,
ihe vigorous prosecution of enlightened
enterprise, in agriculture, in internal im
! provements, and the mechanic arts, and
the development of her natural resources,
should march hand in hand. Each is in
dispensable to the other, and all to the
prosperity of our State. It shall be my
pleasure, as it will be my duty, in every
position to which I may be called, to ex
ert my feeble influence in every legiti
mate and proper way for the promotion of
these great interests.
1 repeat the expression of profound
gratitude to the Democracy of Georgia,
for the honor conferred upon me; arid to
you, gentlemen, I tetuler mr acknowl
edgments, for the kind terms in which
you have advised me of the action of the
convention.
Respectfully, vour oh’t servant,
HERSCfiIEL V. JOHNSON.
Messrs’. A. E. Cot-bran, R. YV. Morria, L. W.
Crook, comtailtt o.
From the
7b Democratic Convention and its No
minee.
YVe cordially congratulate the Demo
cracy of Georgia Upon the bright auspi
ces under which their convention of last
Wednesday mei, and the cheering pros
pects of triumphant issuea nt the ap
proaching election.
The convention was the largest ever
assembled in iha State of Georgia. It
was not less distinguished for its intelli
gence than fur its numbers. In zeal and
harmony, and enthusiasm, it equalled the
famous Whig Harrison Convention of
IP4O, while numerically it surpassed it.
Many of the brightest minds in the de
mocratic ranks were there. Some were
there of the flower and chivalry of the
old Whig party, as it existed in its palmy
days, when it followed the proud banner
of the gallant Harry of the YVest, and
bravely fought for principles and policy,
now abandoned, obsolete, or condemned
by the people. This was one of the most
pleasing features of this convention, and
was duly appreciated. Such an infusion
of gallant spirits and intellectual vigor,
derived from the vary beat material of
our former opponents, inspired a glow of
enthusiasm for a cans*, the justice of
which is so handsomely recognized, and
which so large a majority of the Ameri
can people have vindicated at the ballot
box. The Union Democracy and the
Southern Rights Democracy were there
also, counseling together for the advance
ment of principles common to both; and j
all stood together like a band of brothers
i upon the platform of the National De-
I mocracy, as declared at Baltimore, and
j pledged to each to maintain and perpet
uate it as tbs settled creed.
Few who witnessed that potent gathe
ring of toe representatives of “the unter
rified,” and scanned its material, noted
the determination of purpose and the har
monious blending together of wishes,
could resist the conviction that the De
mocracy of Georgia are stronger as a
party now than they were ever before.
This, at least, is our conviction, and we
confidently appeal to the vote of next
October for its confirmation. Let the
Whigs bring out their strongest man.—
Lat them sound their loudest bugles to
the rally and gather their clans from the
mountain to the seaboard! The Demo
crats are in the field, ready for the fight,
and feel that the fieicer the conflict, the
more certain the victory
There was the unprecedentedly large
number of 79 counties represented in the
convention. .
The number of Delegates present was
207. Undei the rules of representation
arid us voting adopted, the whole number
of votes the delegates were entitled to
£ast was 30S. The hallotings show that
Jud<r> Johnson was the favorite of the
convention u’uui the first, and the steadily
continuing improvement on his vote de
monstrated a solid ano’ reliable strength.
When the result of the o*.h ballot was
ascertained, loud plaudits raflg through
the Representative Hall, and the propo
sition to declare the nomination unani
mous was received with marked cordiali
ty aud enthusiasm. From that moment
we have not doubted that the nomination
is equivalent to an election.
The friends of the other distinguished
gentlemen whose claims to the nomina
tion were presented to the convention
acted most handsomely. Their cheerful
acquiescence in the will of the majority,
and their warm pledges to support the
nominee with all their energies, were in
the spirit of true democrats.
It is in this spirit the campaign opens,
• and by it the triumph of the Democracy
will be rendered aure
) YVe regret that our space does not
) I permit us to, mention particularly the
GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1853.
sensible and appropriate address of Mr.
Burney. He made a most excellent pre
siding officer. The speeches, too, of
Messrs. Cowart, McMillan, Flournoy,
Hillyer, Brown, Crook, Tucker, and
Ramsay, are worthy us more than a pas
sing notice. They were listened to with
pleasure and had a good effect. These
concluded the incidents of the conven
tion, after Which it ad journed in the finest
spirits and with high hopes.
Democratic State Convention.
We give to our readers to-day the offi
cial proceedings of the Democratic Con
vention which recently assembled at Mil
lcdgeville, and fling to the breeze the
standard of the party emblazoned with the
name of HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.
Born in Burke county, and educated at
Athens, he is identified in interest, in feel
ing, in future hopes with Georgia, and
will bend the whefle energy of his stern
character and strong mind to the develop
ment of her resources, and the protection
of her every interest, when he shall bo
called on by the suffrages of her people to
administer her government. He is no
time-serving politician who crawls to high
position through the tortuous by-paths of
chicanery, or the slimy channels of low
demagogueism. Ardent in his feelings,
firm in his convictions and honest in his
purposes, he always’ takes a bold position,
and forgets every thing in its advocacy,
but the dictates of his conscience, and the
good of his country. His friends, as well
as his enemies, know where to find him.—
He asks no favors of the one, and has
never betrayed the other. In the dis
charge of his official duties he sometimes
makes enemies by his devotion to truth
and justice, but no slanderer lias ever
been found, who dared to question the pu
rity of his character, or the accuracy and
justice of his decisions. The strength of
his character and intellect commands the
admiration of the wise and good; and the
profusion of his charity has won the bless
ings of the poor. Both as Senator and
Judge, he proved himself to be above fear
and without reproach. We are proud of
our candidate and fight with a will under
his leadership.
We presume, however,-that this culogi
ura is entirely unnecessary. Those who
know the man will regard it as a feeble
tribute when compared with the merits of
his character. Some, however, may ques
tion the policy of the nomination. We
advise all such to throw their apprehen
sions to the winds. We entertain no doubt
but that Herschcl Y. Johnson is this day
the strongest man in Georgia. In a con
vention composed of two hundred and seven
delegates, he received 139 votes on the
first ballot; 163 votes on the second; 112
votes on the third; 192 votes on the fourth,
and two-thirds of the convention on the
fifth ballot, and was with loud acclaim
pronounced the unanimous choice of the
Democracy of Georgia for the highest
office in the gift of the people of the State.
Nor were his opponents inferior men. In
the proud array of candidates wa.> War
uer, the acknowledged leader of the bar
in Georgia—a man whose profound learn
ing would adorn the highest legal tribunal
in the world; and Haralson, a gentleman
endeared to all classes by the blandness
of his maimers, the sweetness of his dispo
sition, the purity of his character and the
range of his attainments; and Lamar,
whose very name is a war cry which stirs
the noble hearts to generous deeds; and
Starnes and Stark, whose virtues and
talents are subjects of universal praise;
and Jackson, a worthy kinsman and rep
resentative of one of Georgia’s earlier
and ablest Governors, whose muse warbles
no common melody, aud whose chivalry
was the pride snd boast of the gallant
soldiers who participated in the victories
which placed the bannered stars upon the
balls of the Mont-ezumas.
Nor is Gov, Johnson’s popularity con
fined to central Georgia. There were
seventy-nine counties represented in the
convention, and on the first ballot he re
ceived unsolicited suffrages in sixty-three
counties. He was not, therefore, forced
upon the convention by any particular
section of the State. He is the choice of
every section—the Cherokee, Alle Black
Belt, and the Wire Grass have an equal
interest in him. He is the. cdhdidate of
the Democracy of Georgia. ‘
His popularity is unprecedented, and is
matter of congratulation in every part of
the State, and the best of all is, it lias been
acquired lay a steifh devotion to principle,
a strict performance of duty, and a just re
gard for tho feelings of every section of
the State and every wing of the party.
There was but one ocurrcnce in the con
vention which cast even a temporary shad
ow over its deliberations. To facilitate
businecs, it was moved that a majority
vote should elect the candidate. The mo
tion was no sooner made than it was met
by one of the friends of Johnson, who pro
posed the two-thirds rule, upon the avowed
declaration that though he believed that
Johnson could carry a majority upon the
first ballot, he was unwilling to force him
[upon the party unless he could secure the
vote of two-thirds of the convention. This
liberality inspired confidence, as it was an
earnest that the good of the party was
dearer to the convention than the triumph
of a favorite. And when the result of
the fifth ballot was ascertained, universal
joy pervaded the convention, and the as
surance of victory in the approaching con
test illumined every face in the conven
tion.
In the ballots old party divisions were
completely obliterated. Many of Johnson’s
strongest supporters were Union Demo
crats, and a considerable portion of those
who were Southern Rights men, gave
Haralson A steady support.
After the labors of the convention were
ended, stirring speeches were made by
Messrs. Cowart, of Cherokee; McMillan,
of Habersham; Hillyer, of Walton; Tuck
er, •of Stewart; Brown, of Cherokee;
Grook, of Chattooga; and Ramsay, of
Harris. All of whom pledged themselves
to put their shoulders to the wheel in the
coming election: and gave assurances of
harmony in the Democratic party in their
respective counties, and of an easy but
splendid victory.— Times Sf Sentinel.
Mr. Pomeroy calls the Yankee “a well
klaveloped interrogatimi point.”
Ortr Candidate.
The Convention which met in this
place on the loth inst., made choice of
the Hon Herscl.el V. Johnson, as a
standard bearer of the Democratic party.
In our judgement a more fortunate
selection could not have been made.
Judge Johnson was born, raised and edu
cated in Georgia. .His his
feelings, and*his associations are ail ic
unison with us. His talents have long
been admitted to be without ispot or
blemish. If elected, he has every quali
fication for a first rate chief magistrate.
That he will he triumphantly elected we
cannot for %moment doubt. The wise
and good of both parlies will support
him because they know that his election
will promote the honor, and ihe best in
terest of tlu* Stole, whilst honor, interest
and gratitude will compel every true
Democrat in the State to give him their
support. For many years he has labored
zealously and effectually in the cause
pf democracy. From the seaboard lo
the mountains, wherever hard blows
were to be given or received, C.*i. John
son has been found in the front ranks of
the party, with giant strength and unfal
tering zeal, doing battle for the princi
ples and the candidates of the democra
ey. The people know these things; and
thfcy have been waiting for an opportu
nity to show their gratitude for his ser
vices. That oppotunity is now present
ed, and the people of Georgia will not
be slow in doing honor to one of their
most faithful servants. Many of Col.
Johnson’s friend’s have frequently urged
his claims to a nomination for Governor
before, but he has always surrendered
his own pretentions in favor of some
friend whom he hair iaborwLjEeriloysly
to elect. At ihe pjpesentA he
vkas ready and willing ever to resign
his claims in favor of some other favor
ite of the democracy. But the time had
come when the majority of the democra
cy of the State had determined to make
him their standard bearer, and his nomi
nation is a true exponent of the wishes
of a majority of the party. His compe
titors for tho nomination were all honor
able men, and great favorites of the par
ty, and they have only to abide their
time, and the people of Georgia will do
justice to their claims. The friends of
Col. Johnson will take great pleasure in
advocating his election, because they
sincerely believe that by electing him
their chief magistrate, they will best
promote the honor -and interest of Geor
gia. The Convention has done its duty.
Our candidate will do his; ad if the
.democracy in every part of the Hate will
do theirs, we shall nave the pleasure,
next October, of congratulating the coun
try on another glorious Democratic vic
tory.—Federal Union.
The Gubernatorial Conven<A*a.
Now that the name cf the Hers-,
chel V. Johnson has been announce’*, by
the late gubernatorial ag *h;
Democratic nominee for tho chilf magis
tracy of the State, we may consider our
selves fairly and fully entered upon the
campaign for the present year. Although
we have heretofore expressed our opinion
freely in prefsrence for another distin
guished statesman, whose name was next
on the list of candidates; and although we
see no reason yet for supposing that the:
paramount interests of tho democratic
party would have fallen into less compe
tent or less popular hands, had the latter
been so fortunate as to secure the nomi
nation from the convention, we have still
abundant cause to congratulate the De
mocracy of Geo r g : i that their glorious
standard has been confided to the guardi
anship of one in every way qualified to
bear it triumphantly onward to battle and
to victor}’.
Viewing the deliberations and action of
the convention in nil its important aspects,
and with reference to the final issue of
the contest, we cannot but regard them
aa displaying great political foresight and
auguring certain success to the funda
mentally republican principles embodied
in the patriotic creed of our illustrious
champion, snd so ably sustained .in his
past public career. E\
our own party, however u .<Jiia.fifc..ar<?d
in feeling heretofore, hir nomination
seems to give the utmost satisfaction;
and even our opponents of the Whig faith
must and do look at him with respect, if
not with political dread, as ominous, to
them, of the result which wo so assuredly
anticipate.
Y\ r e are far, nevertheless, from fancying
fora moment, that Col. Johnson’s aspira
tions will he permitted to pass without
enduring the oideal that all emulation for
official dignities are called upon, in this
enlightened land of intellectual freedom,
to march through at every hazard. YVe
do not expect his claims,,however wall
grounded and clearly set forth, will not
be traversed and even ridiculed. The
pride of party, at least, if Rot political
differences, will cause them to be tho
roughly scrutinized and disputed, inch by
inchjfroin this time forth, until their va
lidity shall be finally settled by the reve
lations of the ballot box. Every means,
we know, will he employed—and some
times, we fear, even dishonorable ones
to eclipse the fair fame he has garnered
up for himself among ike wise and patri
otic of the empire State of the South. We
fear them not, however, feeling every
confidence that the strong points of his
character, those up.n, wiycii ha
has strong claims to popular suffrage, will
thus be brought out in bolder-relief.
YVe, therefore, now call upon all the
democracy of YVhitueld, without refer
ence to past estrangement, to rally with
one accord under rr.*> banner now so
gracefully unfurled, bearing on iuj
emblazoned folds the Ulismunic name of
llerschel V. Johnson. —Dalton Times.
Democratic Nomination.
We place at our mast-hexJ to-day, the
uame of Hon. H. V. Johnson, the D_*
.inccrati'C nominee for Governor. The
convention which nominated him passed
,the last Baltimore platform, a resolution
approving the President’s Inaugural ad
dress, and one of condolence oa the death
of Wm. R. King, Vice President of the
United States. With, the printiples thus
avowed, we most heartily concur—they
are dear to us, and in their support we
have honestly labored.
During the last two visors, the passage
of the compromise measures and the fi
i nality of the slavery question, are the
only principles embraced to the resolu
tions of the convention, about which ihe
people f Georgia hare essentially differ
ed, and his all-excitirg and dangerous
question having been settled as we de
sired, and in a manner which we believ
ed absolutely necessary safety of
the Union, we willingly co-3lft|aie wth
thos who pledge themsel vesAorthe sup
port of these measures.
It is truly gratifying to all the advo
cates of the compromise, lo know that
an overwhelming majority of our coun
trymen have approved of our action, and
those who were the enemies of these
measures, are now so well sa:isfied wish
the correctness of our judgment, that
they unite with us in insisting upon their
permanency. The patriot who two years
ago wss justly alarmed for his country’s
safety, now sees in his then opponents,
friends and eo-laborers, at which result
he has much to rejoice.
It is true Judge Johnson has differed
with us on the late issues, but the con
vention which nominated him havo a
doptad the principles upon which we
have al ways fought; our difference cesses,
and we think a man no less competent to
do what is right because ha has once
boea in error. We hope that old preju
dices will not engender opposition, now
that their cause has ceased, and that
Judge Johnson will be supported by all
the friends of the administration.
Cassville Standard.
Fimhi the Columbus Times?
The Flare Up In the 4th District.
Oar readers are aware that a convention
was recently held in Ncvvnau, at which
Col. Wm. B. W. Dent was nominated as
tho candidate for Congress. The district
wa3 represented in the last Congress by
Col. Murphy, a Union Democrat, who
however, cheerfully submitted his claims to
the decision of the convention, in the con
fident assurance that he would be nomina
ted. The result disappointed his expecta
tions. Col. Dent, a Southern Rights De
mocrat, was preferred before him—and he
has very unwisely consented to run in op
position to the nominee of a convention in
which he voluntarily allowed his name to
be used.
It is alleged, in justification of this
breach of faith, that the Southern Rights
Democrats inveigled Col. Murphy into the
convention by assurances of support and
then basely betrayed him by giving their
suffrages to Col. Dent. We are very happy
to be able to expose Ike falsehood of this
charge. Tho Marietta Advocate, a paper
friendly to Col. Murphy’s nomination, says:
“As to the cry of proscription, it is a
fact, we have been told, that of the dele
gates iu the convention who were formerly
Union men, but one supported Col. Mur
phy. The delegates from OAbfc county
were all Southern Rights Democrat.; hey
gave Col. Murphy an unshaken support
through all the ballotings, and until the
contest among the different aspirants was
actually decided. Here was no proscrip
tion. Our delegates knew no distinction
between Democrats on account of former
differences. And if Col. Murphy had r i
ceived the nomination, they would most I
cheerfully have supported him before the
people, as they did in the convention.”
This truthful statement places this charge
in its true light. It is simply a falsehood.
It is also charged that there was unfair
ness in the ratio of votes allowed t;o the
several counties, and that such a ratio was
adopted as wcakeued the counties favora
ble to Col. Murphy.
Maj. J. Welch, who was a supporter of
Col. Murphy and the President of the j
convention, gives the following statement.!
which stamps this charge also as false.— |
Referring to a letter from Col. Dent, in j
which he proposed the re-assembling of the
convention “to correct any unfairness, ir-j
regularity, or mistake” which may have
been committed, Maj. Welch says:
“I have weighed well the subject, and
have concluded that it will bo improper
for me to call the delegates together. I
do not believe there was- anything in the
circumstances of the nomination which
would justify me in doing it. You will
doubtless remember, that while you were
temporarily a member of the convention,
as the authorized representative of an ab- *
seat delegate, you moved that the dele
gates from the different counties should’
cast a number of votes equal to three for
each militia district of the county which
they rcspectiv ly represented.-- A substi
tute for your motion was offered and
adopted, to the effect that each county
should cast a number of votes equal to the
number voted by the county of Coweta,
which had more delegates in the conven
tion than any other county in the district.
The convention being organized, the bal
lots proceeded after this resolution, and
after the result of the last (fiifteenth)
ballot was announced, a member of the
convention friendly to and active iu his
efforts to procure the nomination of an
other gentleman, moved that yon should
be nominated by acclamation, and the mo
tion was unanimously adopted.”
We take it for granted, therefore, that
Col. Dent is the choice of the re-united
Democracy—and* that any - dissatisfaction
that exists in the district is confined to
Col. Murphy, to such Democrats as had
before resolved to co-operate with the 4
Whig party, and to Whigs. Os the con
duct of the Whigs, the Advocate very tru
ly remarks, that they would be very glad
to use him ( Murphy) to defeat the regu
lar Democratic candidate. Just as, if he
had been the uomiuce of the convention,
tlmy would have sttiod ready to encour
age Col. Dent or any other Democrat to
run against hiim The Whigs are- always
ready to use any man of any political prin
ciples to defeat the choice of the Demo
cratic party.
YVe regret that Cob Murphy, whom the
party were disposed to regard favorably,
is so blinded in passion as to lend himself
! to such practices,.
Wc cannot conclude these remarks with
out copying and endorsing tho language
of Maj. Welch iu respect to the magna-
nimity of Col. Dent iu proposing to resign
the nomination so unanimously tendered
to him by the convention and of submit
ting his claims again to the people, Maj.
Wleh after giving his reasons for not
calling another convention, says:
“But I beg yon to be assured that I
fully appreciate the high and noble feel
ings winch prompted you to address me
y : >ur note, and I vrilhadd, that lam con
vinced that honorable minds will impute
no intentional error to the proceedings of
the body over which I had the honor to
preside, and that how ver individual mem
bers may have desired the result to be
otherwise, they will cordially uuite in the
support of tlie nominee, satisfied, as they
i must be, that if the people should ratify
their proceedings at the polls, they will
have an able and faithful Representative.”
Why the Mourn over Col. Mur
phey.
Before the meeting of the Convention
in the 4th District, the whigs had taken
it for granted that Col. Murphy would
08 nominated, and had prepared to de
feat him. They had in their minds se
lected a candidate ter oppose him, and
bottled up thunder and lightning to
hurl at his devoted head. Their traps
were a’l laid to catch him, and their ar
guments ready cut and dried with which
they intended to excite the prejudices of
Union men against him. The nomina
tion of Col. Dent has frustrated all their
schemes, and the whole plan of the cam
paign on their side, which promised so
fair, will have to be changed; hence their
tears and groans. The ammunition which
they had rrepared to fire at Col. Murphy
will not answer in their warfare against
Col, Dent. They must now change their
position, and change their weapons, and
all of their fixed ammunition will be of
no use. No wonder they feel bad, their
work has to be done over again; they
had made up their minds that they could
defeat Murphy, but the nomination of
Dent has defeated their whole system of
tactics in the 4th District. The whigs
feel about the same love for Col. Mur
phy that an executioner feels for a
man whose head he expects soon to cut
off, and their disappointment and grief is
as deep and sincere because he has es
caped their political axe, as that of the
executioner at the escape of his victim.
Since writing the above we learn that
Col. Murphy has been caught in the
whig trap, and has consented to run in
opposition to the regular democratic can
didate. We regret this on the Col’s ac
count. We regret that any man that
the democratic party has honored with a
seat in Congress should suffer himselfto
ha made a cat’s paw by the whigs; should
suffer his political enemies to use
him to injure their friends. Such con
duct cannot fail to ruin a man in the end.
The very men that use him to promote
their selfish purposes, will be suro to de
spise and spurn him in turn. Col. Mur
phy professes to be a friend to Gen.
Pierce, and yet the paper that first run
up his name, the paper that brought him
out, the Atlanta Republican , is out in
full, cry against Gen. Pierce and bis ad
ministration. Men are known by their
company, ff Col. Murphy has cast in his
lot among the most bitter enemies of the
administration, he cannot expect any aid
or sympathy from the Democrats. He
that is not for us is against us. The
Whigs are determined to destroy Col.
Murphy, and finding that they could not
kill him in open combat, have persuad
ed him to commit political suicide.—
Federal TJnioa.
Col. Murphy.' —Col. Murphy’s announce
ment of himself as a candidate, appears in
another column. We regret to, differ from
him as to the propriety of his course.—
His statement in regard to the Conven
tion that has not been held, and will not
be held, is a strange one enough. How
ever, we let that speak for itself. Col.
Muri hy has placed himself in opposition
to the Democratic party of his district.-—i :
He has yielded to his resentments on ac* :
count of his claims being passed by, am!
shows by his present course that he con
siders it of little consequence that a De
mocrat should be elected, but very impor
tant that he should be. He is devoted to
his own success more than to the success
of his principles. His determination to
run as an independent candidate, after
having been rejected by he convention,
-will result in a permanent estrangement
from democrats, and a final affiliation with
whigs. Col. Murphy’s course, in sepera
t n-g from the Union party and acting with
the Democratic party in the late election,
we had considered as highly hononable to
him. His return to the same associates, ‘
we cannot but condemn. — Marietta Ad.
Miss Leslie on Slang.
“There is no wit,” says the author of
the Behaviour Book, ‘in a lady to speak
of taking a ‘snooze,’ instead of a nap—in
calling pantaloons ‘pants,’ or gentlemen
‘gents,’—in saying of a man whose dress is
getting old, that he looks ‘seedy,’—and in
alluding to an amusing anecdote, or a di
verting incident, to 3ay that it is ‘rich.’
All slang words are deices sable from the
lips of ladies. We are always sorry to
hear a young lady use such a word as
‘polking,’ when she tells of having been
engaged in a certain dance too fashionable
not loug since; but, happily, now it is fast
going out, and almost banished from* the
best society. To her’ honor, be it remem
bered, Queen Victoria has prohibited the
polka being danced in her presence. How
can a genteel girl bring herself to say,
“Last night I* was polking with Mr. Bell,”
or “Mr. Cope came and asked me to polk
with him.” Its coarse and ill-sounding
name is worthy of the dance. We have
little tolerance lor young ladies, who, hav
ing in reality neither wit nor humor, set
up for both, and, having nothing of the
right stock to go upon, substitute eoarse
uqss and (not to say impu
’deticej and try to excite laughter, and at
tract the attention of gentlemen, by talk
ing slang. Where do they get it? How
do they pick it up? From the newspapers,
or from books? Surely not from low com
panions? We have heard one of these In
dies, — when her collar - chanced* to be
pinned awry, say that it was put <?u
--also, that her bonnet was druuk, mean
ing crooked on her head. When submit
ting to do a thing unwillingly, “she was
brought to the scratch.” Sometimes “she
did things on the sly.” She talked of a
certain great vocalist ‘singinglike a beast.’
She believed it very smart and piquant to
use these vile expressions. It is true,
when at parties, she always had half a do
zen gentlemen about her; their curiosity
being excited as to what she would say
next. And yet she was a woman of many
good qualities; and one who boasted of
having always ‘lived iu society/
Anecdote of (Jen Pieioe.
Gen. Pierce recognizes The Union as
his organ, and is democratic enough to
evince his regard even by a midnight visit
to the composition room, unheard and
unattended. It Was the night after the
receipt of the intelligence of the death of
Wm. E. King, that the President’s procla
mation relative thereto, and the respective
orders issued by the proper officers of the
army and navy, were sent to the Union
office for publication. At midnight, after
the editors had all left the establishment,
a plain looking gentleman, with specs on
hi i nose, walked into the composition
room, where a printer, by the uncommon
name of Jones, was busily engaged in
“making up.” “Is it too late to correct a
little error?” said the stranger. Jones:
“No sir, not if it’s in this form. Wliat
does it relate to, sir?” Stranger-—“ The
death of Mr. King.” Jones—“ The offi
cial orders, sir? I have them just here.”
Stranger—“ Well, just read my order Over,
and I will tell you what I wish Changed.”
“My order,” cogitated Jones, “I wonder
which is his. Which ordea-did you say,
sir?” Stranger —My or&cfp* Jones cast
his eyes up and down the long columns,
then at his tormentor, but saw no clue to
the troublesome “order.” He repeated
his question: “Which order did you say
you wished to correct?” Stranger— (iu a
; tone of peculiar and impressive emphasis,)
“My order.” Jones, still unenlightened,
turned upon the interrogator with, “Well,
if you will be good enough to tell me your
name, I’ll try to accommodate you.”—
Stranger (very sententiously ): “Franklin
Pierce.” Poor Jones was “struck” just
then; but he managed to make the re
quired alteration in an incredibly short
space cf time, and felt exceedingly relief;,
ed when he found himseif alone again 1
Just ask Jones if The Union, is Pierce’s
organ or not.
Work, the Price of Excellence.
No, ladies and gentlemen—work, hard
work, the “sweat of the brow,” is the con
dition for all solid and lasting acquisition
in this world, material or spiritual; and
musical acquisition as well as every other'.
Honest, legitimate labor is the price de
manded in Heaven for her earthly benefits.
We sometimes .see men trying to evade
this condition ; endeavoring to take some
short and ensy road to thbir object. In
material things, for instance, as in money
making, this is frequently observable Wr
see it iu head-long speculations; and, more
emphatically still, in gambling. But, as
though Heaven would justify herself of
the Divine requisition of labor, there is a
peculiar curse connected with all such ef
fort, even, if successful. And what is this
curse?— Au unaccountable slighting, and
vndcrvaluing of the object when attained. —
ijook at the gambler: he seems to lose a
just appreciation of his very gold, and the
valuable uses to which it may be put: that
appreciation of the blessing, which Hea
ven, in his days of natural and healthy
desire, kiudly vouchsafed to him. What
was lightly gained he lightly values: and
the blessings and the thousand comforts
which folio# closely upon the footsteps of
honest gold, his eyes are fatally blinded to
—they virtually forsake the track of dis
honest gold. Extravagance, wasteful ex
penditure, insane risk follow: ? ‘The Gods,”
said the Greeks, “first madden whom they
would destroy:” bereft of judgment, bereft
of a just appreciation even of what he
possesses, the gambler cannot keep his
moneys he throws it away as though there
were a curse on it—and there is.— Willis.
Earthquake under the ‘.Tropics.
The impression which the first earth
quake makes upon us, even if it is unac
companied by subterranean noise, is an in
expressibly powerful and quite peculiar
one. What moves us so powerfully is, the
disappointment of our inherent faith in the
repose and immutability of the firm solid
earth. A moment destroys the illusions of
a life. We are undeceived as to the re
pose of the earth, and feel transported
within the sphere cf destroying unknown
powers. We scarcely trust the ground on
which we stand; the strangeness of the
occurrence prouuces the same anxious un
easiness in animals. Tigs and dogs espe
cially are overpowered by it; the croco
diles of the Orinoco, generally as dumb as
our little lizards, leave the agitated bed of
the river, and rush howling mto the for
ests. To man, an earthquake appears as
something omnipresent, unbounded. We
can escape from an active eruption, or from
a lava-stream flowing towards onr dwelt*
mg; but during an earthquake wherever
one flies seems the hearth of dgstruQUou—
Humboldt,
■*-
Sale of Mount Vernon. —A despatch
from Washington says that the Mount
Vernon estate has been sold, conditional-’
ly that itshall be offered to Congress next
session. Should Congress purchase it,
this sale will bo void. This is from the
memorandum of air agreement between
WashhigtoD aud John Linton, attorneys’
for a New Orleans and New York com
pany. The amount of purchase money
has not tianspired; $200,000 was offered
and declined.
1 It is better td throw a guard about the
baby's cradle than to sing a psalm at a
bad man’s death-bed; better to have a
care while a bud is bursting to the suuy
than when the heat has scorched* the’ Heart
of the unguarded boson*-
Australian’ Cotton.— Some speci
mens of Australian cotton have lately
been tested in Liverpool, and pronoun
ced to be woith Is Jod per pound. Tlio
statement is that it can be grown in any
quantity, and with very little trouble*,
is
No. 26.
