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fHE JEFFERSONIAN
GRIFFIN. SEPTEMBER 1, 1853.
FOII GOVERNOR
HERSCBELV. JOHNSON.
FOR CONGRESS
nAVID J. BAILEY, Third. District.
\V. B. W. DEN I', Fourth District.
FOll REPRESENTATIVE,
WILLIAM CRITTENDEN.
Griffin Lyceum.
The next Lecture will be delivered
on this evening, at candle light, in the
Baptist Church, by Dr. M, J. Daniel.
Subject—Female Influence.
Henry County-—Col- A. II- Chap
pell:
We are pleased to state that Col. A.
U. Chappeil will be with the citizens of
Henry county, on next Thursday, at Mc-
Donough, and address them on the exci
ting political topics now before the peo
ple. A general attendance of all parties
is respectfully requested. Perhaps there
s not a gentleman in the State of Geor
gia more familiar with its politics,or who
has mingled more deeply in them
last ten years, than Col. Chappell, hirst
a member of Congress, elected to office
by the old Whig party, he found the
Northern portion of that party so corrupt,
that he felt hound, in duty to his consti
tuents and his country, to abandon them
and act with the Democratic party. Then
at the dissolution of the two old parties
of the country and the formation of the
Union and Slate Rights parties, he look
his station with the Union men; and at
<he abandonment of these parties, we find
him again acting with the Democrats. In
■••11 these movements Col. Chappell took
o active part and occupied a distinguished
lation. His high personal honor, his ex
•ensive knowledge, and integrity of char
acter, will make an address from him ex
t ceding It interesting and valuable.
Storage.
We call the attention of planters to
ihe business advertisement of Messrs.
Oauldikg, Hill fc Nall. They have
iaken the Warehouse occupied last year
by Reeves & Lewis, which lias been refit
ted in a handsome style. Judge Gauj.-
ding is well known as one of the first
Warehouse men of Griffin, and Messrs.
Nall & Hill are also old citizens, and
■extensively known in this and adjoining
counties as trustworthy business men,
•who will give satisfaction to all reason
able men that may afford them their cus
tom.
We also call the attention of our rea
ders to the advertisement of Messrs. Fer
rill &. Hancock. They continue in the
•Fire-proof brick Ware-house. Their char
acters as worthy and courteous business
.gentlemen are well known.
Send your cotton to Griffin, where it
will always coinmanJ the highest prices
or best storage.
New Hill.
In our last issue we commenced the
advertisement of Messrs Waddy, Buck
-ner & Hatnes, and shall continue it in
this and subsequent papers. We have
*. isited their new bnilding, and are much
pleased with their machinery and gener
ral arrangement, when completed
i heir steam engine and apparatus are
Lew, and the corn mill calculated to
-urn off ten bushels of meal per hour.
Their Wool Carding machine will be
fut up next week, and is calculated to
'o a large busiuess. In the lower story (
will be a turning lathe, also driven by
tteam power. We wish the proprietors
xbundant success, as their enterprise mer
its.
The Recorder charges us with a
want of courtesy io intimating that their
Pike Roorback was written in their own
;znclum. We would ask, is it less cour
teous then to publish such a letter, even
f received “in due course of mail.’*—
We think not. The editor of the B?Ccrr-1
’er very well knew mere was not the
shadow of truth in it, and that it was
written, whether in Pike or Baldwin,
purely for effect. Is there not want of
courtesy in originating an untenable
charge against Judge Johnson, in relation
to his religious belief? Is it not uncour
eous to keep harping upon Mr. Pierce’s
freesoil appointments, when it cannot be
‘Sown that he has yet made the first one,
t >r it is not known what Brown’s present
opinions are? Is there not a want of
courtesy in charging Mr. Pierce with ap
s Mating mu la 1 toes to office, when there
is not the slightest evidence extant to the
• oint? We trust. Parson Knowles will
eefto the purification of his own skirls
/•efore he sets up rules of courtesy for
others. Nor shall we have courtesy
nough to publish his statement relating
•o Judge Johnson’s address, for the veiy
• ‘alement evades and passes by un
noticed the main and most offensive arli
c!e, and leads off on a false scent to those
(•[ a minor character. We suppose the
Parson would be well pleased to call off
public attention from Mr. Jenkins to
himself.
Charles J. Jenkins vs Kelson's
Brigade.
Who would bare believed it, that
Charles J. Jenkins, the whig nominee for
Governor, in the Legislature in 1837, vo
ed against the appropi ialion to pay for
t >rage for the horses, and provisions (or
•he men of Qen. Charles Nelson’s cum
friend, when on their way to Florida to
protect the citizens of South-western
Georgia, frJin the the tomahawk and
-calpiog knife of the Indians. Is there a
• earl so obdurate, a soul so motionless,
that would see his fellow citizens shout*
der tbeir knapsacks, their guns, to leave
w ,fe, friends, and home, to throw them*
helves in the breach of defenceless women
.•nd children and not rise in gratitude?—
Vho would withhold the throbbing bosom
• i his State? If so, let his name be stretch
ed out upon the h : gh places, that a gazing*
Multitude may learn it as a lesson for
their children. This proud oabob, revel
ng in the luxuiiesof affluence, legisla
'.<ng against those whose destiny has as
r*gned them to the humble walks of life,
• nd there hampeiing them with the iron
retters of poverty, refusing their votes
and driving them to the battlefield.
If there be a crime
(Kdet per <li Ilian all the guilty train
Os Raman ric* f, ’its ingratitude.
C. \Y. C. W UIUIIT
Is a candidate for Senate to represent
the county of Spalding in favor of Legis
lating on the abolishment of the Liquor
Traffic.
Gritfin, August 30, 1803.
Through the earnest solicitations of my
political friends, I have been called upon
again, to allow my name to be presented
to the voters of Spalding county, for the
office o( Senator, at the ensuing October
election. Were 1 to consult my own
feelings and inclinations alone, I should
most certainly, but respectfully, refuse to
occupy the position of a candidate for
that office; hut, being unwilling to see a
majority of the Democratic party of Spal
ding deprived of the high and sacred
privilege of their elective franchise at the
polls, by a political ukase , in the shape of
a resolution passed at the first meeting te
fujing to make a nomination for the Sen
ate, and which, virtually denied, as we
believe, the right of free suffrage to the
Democrats of Spalding; and that, too, in
violation of the old land-marks and the
time-honored precedents of the Demo
cratic pariy. From these considerations
alone, 1 ant prompted to respond again to
their generous call; and, if elected, shall
endeavor to consecrate my best services
to the interest of my country, both local
and geueral; and so far as regards the
present issues before the people, I have
nothing to conceal, but shall hold myself
ready and willing, at all times, in a pro
per way, to meet them freely, fairly and
fully; and, especially, the subject of the
present system of taxation, and the con
templated license law. The former, as I
believe, acts oppressit ely upon the tax
payer, by forcing him to pay tax on that
which he owes to another person, there
by, saddling the debtor and creditor with
the burthen of taxation (for the same ar
ticle of property which may be purchased
and unpaid for,) and ought, therefore, to
be tepealed and amended in that patticu
lar. The latter, 1 have no hesitency in
saying, if presented in the formula of the
resolutions passed at the Atlanta Tempe
rance Convention, would be unconstitu
tional; and whilst I would not be under
stood as advocating intemperance in any
shape or form, ] do believe, that the mo
ral institutions of the present day, uniting
their efforts with the church, will prove
more potent in restraining the evils of in
temperance, than legislative action, upon
that subject; yet, if the people, in their
sovereign capacity, desire any action upon
this subject, Jet it be done upon constitu
tional principles in the regulation of the
traffic, if an evil exists in the present sys
tem which may be remedied by a better
sj'stem. 1 have endeavored, thus far, to
present a synopsis of tny opinions on these
subjects; and shall be pleased to meet my
fellow-citizens, on all convenient occa
sions, and give a more extended explana
tion of my views on the various political
and local subjects which interest the peo
ple, and which are to be determined by
th£iu Rt the ballot box.
F. W. A. DOYLE.
FV.st upon tiio heel top
And tien *>pon the tor.
A screw loose. TYh&t’s the matter Doc?
Is the memorial platform a little fishey?
Off already? We opine you’ way have kept
your sign-board hoisted a litu. 1 ® too long.
Now none of your tricks upon Billy.
Toat fair, as the two preachers to
each other when they were touting vie
gal from the tent to the altar. The old
ploughman’s bones are too stiff for such
grand gymnastic feats. They’d crack like
pipe stems before a giant’s grasp. Oh 1
cruel 1 such petty larceny; to filch the
old soldier’s thunder and turn him out to
graze in the twilight of life, when
And worthily becomes his silv'rv locks
Judge Lumpkin.
Every breeze that passes the chiuquepin
ridge, bears the cheering intelligence of
the ardent and effective labors of this
Strong Man of the Mountains. His course
in this contest ought to awaken a grate
ful pulsation in the heart of true democra
cy. Like a sterling patriot he has buck
led on his armor, and spared not in rally
ing his Tj 7/ t on friends to ine reunited ban
j her. lie waits not to be drafted, nor
bolts if not always successful.
Gen Haralson.
We are pleased to hear that this distin
guished gentleman is recovering from his
recent infirm health, and that so soon
as able, he will mount the rostium, and
the flag of Johnson and Dent shall never
furl while his arm can bear it to the breeze.
We are endeared to such disinterested
champions of our cause, and hope the
General will be spared to the vigor of
health, and the fruition of yet higher lau
rels which his fidelity deserves. He is
grateful to the Democracy, and the De
mocracy never can be ungrateful.
Hon Walter T. Colquit and James
Johnson
Addressed the citizens of Buena Yista, of
the second congressional district. Mr.
Johnson asked the people what they want
ed to turn him out for, he never done no
thing. Judge Colquit, in reply, told him,
that was just what they wanted to turn
him out for; that it reminded him of an
old gentleman who sent his son to do a
job, and on his return home the old gen
tleman gathered his shilalah, and was a
bout falling upon the urchin, and he cried
out to his pa, he ought not to whip him,
he had done nothing: the old gentleman
laying the ginger-blue upon him, replied,
that’s just what I am whipping you for.—
The Judge never left a greasy spot of Jim
my. Marion county, all told, is safe for
Johnson and Co'quit. Onr Legislative
ticket is the prestige of victory.
The following on dit in relation to Gov.
Cobb, we extract from a late Savannah
Georgian'.
Minister to Fiunc®. —The Washing
ton Star states that the idea of tendering
the mission to France to Governor How
ell Cobb is not entertained by the admin
istration, nor sought for by him. He is
looking to the Senate. It is also staled
ihat the President has received Senatorial
information that Gen. Dix will not be
confirmed as Minister if appointed.
How does the Star know that Gov.
Cobb is looking to the Senate, and does
not desire the appointment to France? Or
how does he know that the appointment
of Gen. Dix will not be confirmed by the
Senate? All these things may be so, but
if they are, it is mere conjecture on
Ins part. I
Oltl CTiutliain.
All eyes are turned upon this unterrified
fortress of the democracy. She bore, with
out a rival, the honor of the banner coun
ty, in the Presidential contest. Will she j
lower her colors? Will her bright lustre j
be dimmed in the coming contest? As one i
who has delighted in her commercial ener
gies and prosperity as a thrifty, chivalrous
people, we also rejoiced in the brilliant and
successful career of her democracy.
It is due us, their central and mountain
friends, who have ever been responding to
her calls, to suffer no ruse de guerre of the
enemy, either to force or win their enthusi
asm and allegiance, from those true and
faithful standard bearers which have been
chosen by her conventions. Principia nan
homines were the inscriptions of our fathers
upon the armorials of every political bat
tlefield. Let their noble scions preserve
the heritage in its patriarchal purity.
Houston County
We are in receipt of intelligence from I
the county of Houston which cheers and
buoys us up. The democracy of Hous
ton is firmly reunited. We have a Stirling
talented gentleman for the Senate, Dr.
McGee, and a Representative ticket of
combined woith and popularity. John
son and Bailey will run through with a
clear light of one hundred, and no mis
take.
Walton County.
The old Gibralter of Democracy has at
last gathered around her ancient altars,
and like patriots and friends, given the
past to the wakeless sleep of oblivion.-
Union Democrats, Southern Rights De
mocrats and Whigs, are all in harmoni
ous council smoking the calumet of
peace, in the time honored war-famed
wigwam of old democracy. Jackson,
Hilly er and Hill, true champions, are bear
ing the Johnson banner to an old fashion
ed victory. Let us rejoice “with the
timbrel and the harp.”
Dr. Lewis withdrawn.
We can scarcely find words adequate
to express our feeling, for the magnanimi
ty and delation so nobly illustrated in
this self saiiificing act. Os high integrity’
of purpose, of superior order of ability, he
has for the advancement of our common
cause, surrendered hopes that were bright,
honors that he would himself have orna
mented. We would take no less plea
sure in according similar evidence of our
most profound delight, it Col. Tumlin
could conceive the example worthy of
imitation. For such acts of disinterest
ed patriotism, the democracy cannot fail
to inscribe upon its heart a deserved
and merited retribution. “iVbrs sibe sed
pa trice.”
The Dumb Oracles.
Why don’t our whig cotemporaries
speak out and tell their readers what our
sisters Alabama and Tennessee—what
Kentucky and the old North State, has
proclaimed ,at the ballot box? Tell the
people what sort of a verdict has been
rendered upon the trial of Franklin Pierce
upon the charge of freesoilism, made up
chiefly of Georgia testimony. And tell
them too these noble and patriotic States
have boldly endorsed Franklin Pierce, and
give the withering lie to the base and stu
pid calumny framed by the Georgia whig
presses.
They have added their enduring chap
lets to the gorgeous coronet that now en
circles his immortal name.
Who stabs thy name would stab tliv person 100
f>ut ii**t the hangman's axe lie in the way.
TJ otir Union Democrats.
Friends, V.hy hesitate in the pending e
lections. The ujctalcs of patriotism arc
paramount to all pther considerations.—
You demanded that th? Na'ional Democ
racy should make an acquiescence io the
compromise measures a conation antece
dent to your affiiliation. Yout* require
ments have found an endorsement in the
conventional action of thirty-one states.
In the election of a Presidential nominee,
you have again been fortified in a man,
firm, virtuous and able, who in principles
cordially consorts with you, and has pledg
ed the momentum of his administration to
the fulfilment of your policy. AVe who
acted in antagonism to you, deemed it a
part of wisdom and dnt.v with 1
good faith, nau ardent zeal, the position
of our notional organization. In this step
by us, there has been no Punic faith, there
has been no dallying, but a fearless and
manly advance to our ancient principles,
with a sanguine hope, that wc would find
all our democratic friends of the compro
mise firmly maintaining their efficiency and
integrity.
The leaders of the Union Whig Com
promise men, we did not expect, notwith
standing their most solemn assertions,
would consent that the compromise settle
ment should close all future agitation of
the question of slavery. That policy
would have forced them in juxtaposition
with the national democracy, which would
have proved fatal to their successful aspi
rations. The object of the Union Whigs
you well know, are inexorable in their op
position, and determined to pull down the
administration of Gen. Pierce, who is the
embodiment of the doctrines of the Union
Democracy. Will you not rise above the
petty estrangement of the moment, that
you may perpetuate the lesson of human
freedom in the pu ity and perfection of our
Democratic institutions.
Friends, the democracy of Georgia has
never been called upon, to act in so perilous
a crisis. Not entirely relieved of our inter
nal strifes, and insidiously beset by enemies
violent and malignant, and whose only
chance of success, is poised upon the im
pious hope of our disaffection. And I
do this day appeal to the friends of the
Democracy, to the friends and supporters
of our chosen administration, to rally in
the depth and breadth of their strength,
and achieve by our united action and affec
tions a more brilliant victory than ever
blazed around our arms. Let the alter
nate scenes of joy and wo through which
we have passed, the sweet hopes that kin
dled upon our vision, inspire us to send out
the thrilling tidings throughout the Union
that Georgia’s Democracy stands united
and indivisible, and as towering and immo
vable as her own forest, crowned moun
tains.
A correspondent of the Richmond En
quirer, under date of London, July l*Jih,
says Jr
-- Stowe’s visit has proved quite a
failure here. Not one American called
upon her, and the conclusion to which
people have come, who have seen her, is
that.she could never have written ‘Uncle
I’onri’i Cabin,’ nor could her husband have
helped her.”
Sandy Murray ts. Win. J. Blown,
of Indiana.
The old coon of the American Uni >n i
still wags his tail, in shame and ignorance 1
of the appointments of Gen. Pierce. He
is so inured to the iniasmatic*affltuties of
| his northern, feeesoil abolition brethren,
; that the obliquities of his vision are incu--
rable, and the corruption of his tastes con
firmed. We had hoped that the recent
merciless peltings from the quill craft,
which he acquiesced in with such compla
cent meekness, would have considerably
chastened his obdurate proclivity to mis
representation and deception. We cau
tion him against the judgement of that
good book, the “bread of de
ceit is sweet to /'map, but afterwards, his
month shall be filled with gravel.”
But as wo have no inclination to mock
his perverseness or his fatuity, wc will brief
ly give him what we understand of William
J. Brown, of Indiana. And so far as his
deeds harmonize with duty and honor, he
can find a place it} our columns for his de
fence; and when hp abandons that rule of
action, he Is without the shadow of our
shield. Our information leads us to say,
that William J. Brown voted with the
South, upon that unmixed and eminently
Southern slave question the annexation of
Texas. He voice) in Congress in 1850 in
favor of the compromise measures, which
the people of Georgia in their primary
meetings and conventions, with Toombs
and Stephens in their lead, declared to be
the only true test and orthodox standard
of southern principles; and because Gen.
Scott refused to commit himself to those
measures, Toombs and Stephens issued a
card in July, 1852, from Washington City,
denouncing Scott. He voted in favor of
the fugitive slave bill, when the whole
northern whig party, in solid column, vo
ted against it. I|e voted on all occasions
in opposition ter the Wilmot Proviso,
while Fillmore, Webster, Corwin and the
whole rotten federal abolition crew stood
shoulder to shcra’darin defiance to our ap
peals and throtled it down our necks
by the irpn despetian* of aouUess. heartless
numbers. He voted against VYinthrop’s
amendment to engraft the proviso upon
the Oreg&n TerfUory, as a useless element
of discord and faction in the government,
and never did sustain this engine.of fanat
icism and tyranny in its crusade upon the
South, ever willing to raise his arm to
roll the tide of persecution back upon its
projectors.
Wm. J. Brown-sought to obtain the
speakership, by conpromiting Ms duty and
position as an officer of the government;
yes, by culpable duplicity and management
which we did then and now most unqualifi
edly condemn in friend or foe, and will never
give our sanction to such political intri
gue
We never defended the magnificent and
stupendous negotiation between John
Adams and Henry Clay, by which both
were made fat. Wc never defended Fill
more in his prostitution to secure the abo
lition vote by his Erie letter; in which he
declared himself in opposition to the an
nexation of Texas, because of its slavery
feature; in which lie declared himself for
the abolition of slavery in the District of
Columbia; in which he declared himself for
the abolition of the slave trade between
the States; either of the latter grounds
are assigned in Us&- Georgia platform as
good grounds for a disruption of the U
nion.
Nor do we defend Robert Toombs for
trafficing with Lis conscience, and gamb
ling for votes to secure a scat in the Uni
ted States Senate, by inducing democrats
to believe that he would vote for the dem
ocratic Speaker and Clerk of the Houfce
of Representative-', and after he had suc
ceeded, in the face of high Heaven, he play
ed treason to treachery, and forfeited his
obligations. Brown of Indiana, is but a
pigmy to this giant imposter.
And now after consolidating the debit
.and credit account of Mr. Brown, is it any
disparagement to those gentlemen whose
names, to whom we have just alluded, to
say, however objectionable his record may
be, it does not suffer in comparison with
theirs, seperately or conjointly? Whatev
er aid he may have given the South, it
Tas the of ; U J
ism; lie was in no wise our debtor, other
than that which may have arisen from his
conscientious views of our constitutional
rights, which never failed to place him in
direct antagonism with the entire north
’ ern whig party, and a considerable portion
of the same party at the south. And we
doubt not that the Editor of the American
Union has contributed more to exasper
ate and inflame public opinion upon the
subject of slavery, and to produce more
discontent and alarm, since the recogni
tion of the compromise platform, than
William J. Brown in the last ten years, if
not his entire life. And in view of the rela
tive positions and obligations of the two,
we are constrained to believe, that the
American Union is a far more dangerous
implement to our domestic repose and qui
etude, than the said William J. Brown
The whole subject of our domestic troubles
north, east and west,” are effectual<y
subsided, and would continue to sleep the
sleep of death, but for our own hypocriti
cal, treacherous demagogues and presses
Look over the northern journals; all is qui
et and obedience to the laws; the bitter
waters of angry strife have tranquilized,
the political surface which was so recently
and so grievously lashed by the storms
and tempests have passed away, and our
political hemisphere veiled in all the beau
ties and loveliness of peace. This is the
foreshadowing of the subsequents of ourglo
rious and honored chief, whose short reign
has robed the nation in smiles anc|Joy,
and sent out the messenger of hope and
gladness to every hovel in the land.
Jenkins vs Foreigners
The Algerine candidate in his recent
speech at Atlanta, adu&ittecl that lie had
voted for the algeriuc law, also that he
approved of it. To-wit: That no. person
should vote who did not own one thou
sand dollars worth of real estate, or pay
twenty-five dollars tax.
He gave as a reason, to exclude the fo
reigners and also all others that did not
have the property qualifications.
We are informed 1 by the most reliable
authority,.that upon the making of these
declarations, scores of the audience left,
piling anathemias uud‘maledictions upon
and around their speaker. No foreigner,
no man who holds the right of free suff
rage ;ne,ar and dear to him, who cams the
bread of life by the sweat of the brow,
thould cast his vote for this swell-headed
aistocrat, of the Augusta, highphaleuten
galpqin-striped mobobacracy. *
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flic Fiospect.
In the opening of a political campaign,
it is somewhat difficult to discover which
candidate is the favorite of the people.—
Both parties usually commence the game
of brag upon a high figure, claiming large
successes and majorities. ‘The notes of
preparation for the onset raise so much
din and dust, the cautious observer will
wait until the noise and confusion is over
before he will make up his mind as to the
probable result. We have passed that
point, and it is now easy to perceive which
way the popular tide is setting Go
where youwill, inquire of whom you may,
and you find a strong current in favor
of the Democratic candidates, growing
more and more vigorous and impetuous by
every day’s addition from the rills, creeks
and rivers which make up this mighty politi
cal flow. The election between Jenkins and
Johnson was considered by many good
Judges as doubtful—this however we con
ceive was a deduction resulting rather
from the unsullied private character of the
candidates themselves, than the relative
strength of the combatants. But as the
canvass progressed, and the political prin
ciples of the nominees were discussed and
held up to the people, those ot Democracy
were found vastly to preponderate, and
Mr. Jenkins to kick the beam. In the eyes
of most men of judgment, that election is
already settled; the only question now is,
by what majority it will be consummated?
At first it was presumed to be a pretty
even hack between the gentlemen; as time
progressed, Johnson it was thought would
beat Jenkins two, then three, and now
few will take less than five thousand
majority. This progression we have no
doubt will go on, and we should not be
surprised to see the footing up at the polls
show a result of eight or ten thousand ma
jority in favor of Johnson.
So with the Congressional candidates.
The people—not the politicians and office
seekers, but the people who are seeking
nothing but the prosperity and welfare of
the country—as they learn the principles
of the Democratic party, see their inevita
ble tendency to these ends, and as there is
now uo great issues before them, and
scarcely an}’ party, choose accordingly.—
The opponents of Democracy maybe clev
er men, hut their principles are unsound
and they mast be rejected. Hence the
friends of Se ward speak with confidence of
his success over Bartow in the first dis
trict; Maj. Colqnit will beat Johnson bad
ly in the second; Bailey’s friends feel con
fident of five hundred majority for him in
the third; Dent will beat Calhoun eight
hundred in the fourth, ami some of Dent's*
friends claim double that majority; in the
fifth Chas ain and< Tiwnlm, both Demo
crats, arc running in opposition,, and nc-
Whig candidate in the field; in the sixth
there are five candidates for Cong: ess
before the people, two Democrats,, a Whig
and two mongrels, and. it is presnraed
Wofford or HiMyer will be elected. Six
Democratic Congressmen are pretty cer
tain. to> be elected in these six districts.—
The* seventh and eighth dis ricts belong to
Toombs and Stephens. The latter will of
course take one, and wc do not know ho\v
the honorable Senator will dispose of the
other. Dr. Keese is now before the peo
ple, and we presume will be elected.
Wlien it Rains it Pours.
We are in receipt of several communi
cations, and in the words of the proverb,
they are “health to our navel, and mor
row to onr bones.” We are* in position
with the political intelligence of Spring
Place, Dalton, Kingston, Cassville mid
Canton, the nucleus of their respective
counties, in which there is no buncombe or
gammon. The Algerine candidate is a
dead cock in the pit. At Spring Place and
Dalton, the coon killer riddled him, and
the old possum never would deny but
vtflrat he was a whig.
The Algerine candidate had but two
points in his campaign, one was, that
the Union had become in danger, since he
wrote his letter to the Savannah Republi
can; the other, that General Pierce had
amalgamated with the freesoilers. Think
of it, a supporter of Fillmore, Webster
and Corwin assailing Gen. Pierce, because
of his hostility to the south, and fraterni
zation with her northern adversaries. It
is the very acme of impudence and dupli
citv and slander and there is no expiation
for any man who claims for himself the
impress of true chivalry and honor, to be
vulnerable to such debauchery and licen
tiousness. It is false, it is tie feeted belch
ings of the gangrene heart of calumny.
No man north, has borne himself so uo
bly, so gallantly, amidst the buffettings of
fanaticism, and uo man has more righteous
claims upon our gratitude, both in and
out of official position. lie never con
nived or temporized with the crisis, but with
a nerve and patriotism equal to the ra
vings of the storm, he dared to peril his
reputation in the defence of our altars and
our homes. For this northern whigs have
impugned his character; for this they seek
the overthrow of his administration,
and in these hellish machinations Charles J.
Jenkins is found, in the incestuous alliance
with his hybrid retinue of Southern friends.
The divine judgment may sleep over such
dark and inexorable infidelity and ingrati
tude, but a Christian, magnanimous peo
ple, in the omnipotance of their power
and justice, will rise up and honor and
shield our friend and President.
We know Charles Jenkins well.
He has on all occasions been the invete
rate obdurate enemy of the Democratic
party, from the days of the illustrious mag
nificent Jackson. He has been at the
front column of Whiggery, cleaving down
the principles aud friends of every Demo
cratic administration. He has bolstered
up every obnoxious solicism of Whig mis
rule, until it was battered and trampled
down by the righteous judgment of the
people, and the last to abandon the frag
ments of the wreck to which his devotions
had ent wined him. He stood by the Bank,
the Tariff, the Distribution Bill, the abo
lition of the veto,power, internal improve
ment, the reckless profligate squandering
of the public treasury, until Jackson and
the immaculate Polk engulphcd them in
one fathomless maelstrom.
And now that we have a national Pre
sident, who in the tented field has won a
soldier’s fame, and in the Council Hon e
has hewn a name upon the pillars of time
as enduring as the glory of,his country, we
find him with,masculine vigor tearing from
this patriot statesman the brilliant coronet
of his illustrious achievements. Will De
mocrats stand by and not resist this war
upon their proud leader, this infatuated
insidious onslaught upon their principles,
the priuciples of the revolution.
We invoke the friends of Pierce t-odal
y loot, the prize is worthy of our united
efforts. Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky,
and North Carolina, appeal to you in the
thunders of her victorious cannon, which
3till echoes in your rallies and upon your
hills. Let us hurl from prospective pow
er this arch enemy of the Democracy, this
deadly foe of equal rights and free suffrage.
Signs of tlie Times.
We notice in some of the whig papers,
reports purporting to be from different
parts of the State, to the effect that Mr.
Jenkins, the Algerine Law Maker, will
sweep everything before him. Os course
every body knows that these are Bun
combe manufactures, put up to order,
with a view to inspire enthusiasm in the
ranks of the nameless organization.
None of these pretended reports how
ever, hare originated in this section oft
the Slate. It may not he amiss, then, to :
send up a report from our slighted sec- I
tion. So far as we have been able to \
learn, Johnson stock is worth one hun
cl red cents in the dollar, throughout tie ;
entire line of the democracy of this re
gion. There is a batch of soft-shells in I
Sumter, who claim to |>e democrats, hut j
who prefer to affiliate and associate with j
whigs, who will not vote forjudge John- j
son. They are precious good democrats,
and would vote for Johnson if he was n
whig, and had been nominated by the
whig party. With the exception of these
5 mon puns , we know of no defection in
the ranks of any and all who claim to be
democrats. But we feel safe in saying
that Judge Johnson will not lose ten
votes in South-Western Georgia, of those
who now, or expect hereafter to be iden
tified with the democratic party. Mr.
Jenkins, on the other hand, will get some
thing near a par'y vote, though his Alge-,
rine principles will no doubt choke oil
many whigs from hie support. Upon the
whole, South-Western Georgia will giv*
‘Old Hickory’a splendid old fashioned
majority. The nomination of Judge
Johnson created an enthniasrx nr out ranks
far greater than we have ever witnessed
on any occasion, of similar character.
We of the 1 fdowfh will do ourselves hon
or, and will gladden the hearts of our
democratic brethren in the Stale, in Octo
ber next. Set us down - right side up,
and no mistake.— Oglethorpe Dan. l‘2th
tilt.
Gen. Pierce’s Appoinments.—The
Verdict erf the People.
The leading issue made by the Whigs
• in the late elections, (*s in ihat now pend
ing in Georgia,} 1 s the character of Gener
al Pierce's appointments. North and
South, Hast ami West, the changes have
been rung upon the charge that the ob
jects of his peculiar favor are, and have
been, Abolitionists ami Secessionists!
And the people were begged, implored,
entreated, to rebuke him at the ballot
box. So wild with excitement became
his enemies that they actually persuaded
themselves that what they so much de
sired was being done. The New York
Courier and Dnquircr announced: “In
j the meantime there appears to be a gen
’ eral falling away from the President.”
1 he Savannah Republican harping, upon
die string to which we have alluded, said,
his appointments had driven off thousands
of Pierce’s former political friends 4 '*#
that he might be said to be a President with
out a party” Well, what is the verdict
which the people have rendered in this
action of the Whigs versus the President?
v ’ © will refer to their decision in a few
States whicli have lately* held elections:
the issue everywhere being Pierce’s Ap
pointments denounced by Whig: defen
ded by Democrats.
Virginia led off by electing a friend of
the administration in every Congression
al District in that glorious old S'ate.
North Carolina, one of Whiggery’s
strong holds, followed, electing five Dem
ocrats (we claim Ci,i,\oMAX.j and three
Whigs to represent her in the next Con
gress. And one of the three is only elec
ted because the Democratic vote (nearly
double his own) was divided between
two democratic candidates.
Alabama has elected six friends of
Pierce, and hut one opponent.
Kentucky! yes, the Whig S ate of Ken
tucky, one of the four that voted against
the President, now sends a delegation,
uoe half of whose members are his ardent
supporters.
I ennossee, one of the other three that
failed to custain him last fall, has now
repented, and by the election of the ad
ministration Candidate for Governor, has
pronounced her Verdict in favor of Pierce
That will do “for a President without
a party.” So much for whig ahuse and
whig curses.
Ihe only two States that now stand
out clearly in opposition to the admini
stration, are the abolition strong holds of
Vermont and Massachusetts. Are not
our whig friends asking a little too much
when they require Georgia to take her
place with them, so as to make the num
ber three? The joke is reaily rich. No!
Georgia begs to be excused from that
entertainment. She will, by the election
of Judge Johnson, a friend of the admin
istration, show her continued confidence
in him to whom she gave her vote, by *
an immense majority for President, last ‘
November. She chose Johnson as an
elector then—she will choose him as her ‘
Governor now*. Jenkins she refused to :
sustain, when a candidate for the Vice
Presidency—(his votes were few indeed.]
She will not now make him her Chief
Magistrate. 1
Judge Johnson a Disu.iionist.
Well, let us see. We copy the follow
ing short article from the Savannah
Georgian:
“No journalist is excusable for not
knowing Judge Johnson's position a year
and a half or two years ago. It was ful
ly defined in a letter published then and
re-published since. At that time the
Union was by many thought to be in
dangei: meetings were actually held in
South Carolina for the purpose, if possi
ble, of bringing about its dissolution. It
was then that Judge Johnson proposed
that a Southern Congress should be held
at Milledgevilie—for what? To “aban
don the Union” and bring about “seces
sionr” No. Hear his own languge:
“Let ns inv-Ue our sister Southern States to
semi delegates to a,Southern Congrits, to meet
in Milletlgeville, on the Eourth of July, 1851, not
to dissolve the Union, but to devise measures lor
their iutorcemonf, with a view to preserve the
rights oj the South in the Union
Said he in that letter:
’* The intelli >#nce and firm resolve of the South
would be potent to save the Union , and awaken
fha North to the danger with which their uuguid
*<l fanaticism has imperilled it.”
His principles and feelings, as ff atilt ly
and fully expressed ini that document,
were only such as dre Worthy* a citizen
of Georgia: stiqng inf tlfe'ir devotion to the
Union, yet no less Strong in their devo
tion to the rights of the South. In con
clusion he used the following language,
(his letter was dated November, 1850,)
the only reply with which his friends
need now to meet the charge of disaniefh
when brought against hitn:
‘•| am aware > ha! these who entertain views like
these are branded ns ilismnonisls lint such denun
ciations have no terrors for <ne. 1 hid them
scornful defiance, sustained by a cmseiniisneM
oftheir FALSEHOOD and 111 rectitude ana single
nets of my purpose
HERSCHALV.JOHNSON. ;
About this time Uobt. Toombs, and
Alexander 11. Stephens were rabid Union?
men, but shortly after, when the fuss
could amount to nothing, they set up
standard of Southern purity, not leaching
disunion exactly, it is true, but proclaim
ing the utter corruption of both the great
political parties of the North, and advi
sing a Union of all parties at the South,
a“ terrapin system” of living Within our
own shells, which will certainly eventuate
in the dissolution of the nation if carried
out. It is true, these gentlemen only wish
to raise the Southern pyramid that they
may set themselves on the top of it and
receive the worship and adoration of
their followers —a vety harmless piece
of vanity, as their friends would now
make the world believe, and not the
lightest portion of disunion in it. This
beautiful and innocent little piece of dis -
unionism the grave Senator and his little
man Friday are laboring at, in the hope
of building up a Republican Citizen pat
ty in this State. They are making about
as much progress, however, as if they
had gone directly to work to builJ up a
party of Red Republicans.
Tbs’ Whyjs and tbs Prss clout.
It may he within the remembrance of
a number of our friends, that vve remark
ed,. when we beard the shouts of the
whigs over Mr. Pierce’s Inaugural, that
! it boded no good, either to the admin
istration of Mr. Fierce or the democratic
patty. The whigs were astounded and
r paralized at the overwhelming defeat of
their candidate and the triumphant suc
. cess of Mr. Pierce, and they stood mute,
. silently imploring time, by their Fuoks
. and gestures, in which to g-atber their
scattered senses and compose themselves.
, When asked what they thought of the
. Inaugural, they gave a vacant stare, like
, a stuck pig, and cried “good.” We
knew, however, that ass >on as thev
came to themselves, they would he whigs
still, and as soon as they could command
the use of their tongues their words would
be bitter in abuse of the Chief Magistrate.
Some few had had a hope as a remote
contingency, that Mr. Pierce, if clever
ly lushed and flattered, would take the if
into his kind keeping and bestow office up
on them. Os course this would make
the President a very e’sver fellow, for
only give these gentleu on goodly share*
of the loaves and fishes, and they are true
as steel. But none of these things hap
pening. Mr. Pierce is a sorry man, and
the worst woids of vituperation and vi
lification are aliogethei too good for him.
To take up the last American Un : on and
read it, one would suppose that Mr. Pierce
had appointed none but Fieesoilers to
office, while out of the whole number
of his appointments since his inauguration
the whigs do not pretend to show more
than one, and he can show’ a much fairer
record in all his public acts then either
Fill snore or Webster, As to Scott, it is
well k nown that he was the appointee
and favorite of the arch abo!itio.:ist Sen
ator Seward, and if elected, Seward ex
pected to !>**co ne his right haul mar
aid the Ahithophei of his Cabinet.—
Seward fills by the elevutioo of Mr
Pierce, and won’ 1 have risen by the elec
tion of Scott. Why, if Mr. Pierce has
appointed so many freesoilers to office,
are they not arrayed before the public?
We cha leng-a the editor of the American
Union, or any other Whig, to hokl them
forth? They show tap Brown, and they
can show no more,and Brown, we con
tend, is a better Southern Bights mao
than either Fillmore or Webster, nnd vvei
challenge the gentlemen to the issue.—
Nay more,, Mvssrfr Toombs, S ephens,
Berrien, and many other Southern whigs*
were acting six! coalescing in a national
party, with much stronger and more vi
olent Northern whig freesoilers, and mou
open and violent
than was ever Mr. and tc*>
this also we challenge them to com
pare notes. If these vituptrati-cas of tho
administration of Gen. Pierce extended
no further then the columns of the Amer
ican Union , we should not think their*
worth notice. Their appearance -in tha*
sheet would sufficiently stamp their char
acter. But when other prints, respecta
ble in their character, take up the sorg,
we challenge the gentlemen to make
31 r. Pierce’s appointments an open issue,
and promise to show fifty fieesoilers in
Mr. Fillmore’s appointments to one of
Mr. Pierce, yet tlie Southern whigs
coalesced, sustained and supposed them
all. What was Tom Corwin, one of Mr.
Fillmore’s Cabinet? If any whig in
Georgia is ignorent of the conduct of Cor
win, we refer him to a sketch of his char
acter, as drawn by a former colic tgue
and co-worker, Cassius M. Clay, which
will he found on the first page of to-day’s
paper
Seven Reasons.
The pure una lulterated mountain De
mocracy, give seven reasons why they
can’t vote for Charles J.’ Jenkins, the
W hig nominee.
Ist. Because he is a whig in sheep’s
clothing, and says, “he is more than ev
er before, in favor of adhering to the
national whig party.”
2J. Because he is opposed to our Pre
sident Pierce.
3J. Because he voted for the Algerine
Law.
4th. Because he is opposed to free
suffrage
sth. Because he admits Congress can
abolish slavery in the District of Colum*
bia, and says he will “disrupt every tie
of the Union” if she does.
6th. Because he voted against feeding
the horses and paying the soldiers of,Gen,
Nelson’s Brigade, on their ways lo fight
the Florida Indians.
7th. Because he is of the Augusta
swell-headed-galpUiu-highphal uteri kid
ney.