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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. * ► *% 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.