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SB WEEK MFE l FttOill EU
ROPE.
tnferestinf from tUe Sent of War
Austria adheres to the Allies of Turkey—
England and France continue arming—
No farther hostilities n the Danube or
In Asia —Large decline in Rreadsttiffs—
Speech of the Emperor Napoleon, tie- i
fending the nation of France -In stir- t
rection in Spain—Rattle between the !
Insurgent* and the royal troop* —Mad-
rid in a *ta.tr of Siege.
Halifax, March 15.
The royal mail steamer Arabia, arrired
here this afternoon at 2 l-2o'clock, with
Liverpool dates to Saturday, the 4th inst.
Veing one week later than our previous
ad rices.
Tle Arabia had her paddle floats j
much broken by the ice she encountered
nr the coast.
England—Throughout Great It itain
♦hr war was quite popular, and the addi
tional estimates for the army and tmvy
were considered moderate.
Thk Turkish War.— No hostilities are
reported either on the Danabe or in Asia,
o i account ®f the sererc weather and hea- !
rr snows. The weather had become mil-!
4.r.
France and England insist that Russia
shill evacuate the Turkish territory be
fore the 30. hos April. All parties are
s: ’! arming for the coming struggle.
The Greek insurrection is in a fair way
of being suppressed.
The l-itest received by mail is contained
In the Vienna correspondence of the Lon
don Time*, which under date of the 2d
Ir.ut.. states that an Austrian manifesto
W3S about to be published, announcing
that Austria will occupy Bosnia and Ser
fjq. A panic had been caused on the
Vienna Bourse by this intelligence.
France, England and Russia continue
their armaments on an immense scale
Sir Charles Napier is appointed to com
rssnd the Baltic allied fleet. Admiral
in command “f 20 ships, had al
'■wadv assembled at Spithcad.
The ice in the Baltic was breaking up,
<ndthe Russian fleet at Croustadt, being
liberated, were preparing to sail.
A doubtful rumor prevails that the Czar
*an laid an embargo on British ship* in
‘-l-wian porta. ‘1 he Russians- are making
-tenmole preparations to cross the Dan
ube, and Omar Pacha is making prepara- j
‘.‘.ms to check the advance
The Turkish troops no longer occupy
.nv place except Kalafat, north of the
Danube
There has been considerable fighting in
*mn!l parties wherever they came in con
act. bat nothing has transpired of import
ance
Another cor.voy of 16,000 troops was
preparing to leave Constantinople for Ba
toun.
Several British ship3 of war hare been
ordered from Malta to Pirus, to look
after the Greek insurgents. The insur
rection has received a cheik by being
defeated at Arta by the Turks.
The Turkish government in concert
with England, France mid Prussia, had
add rested a remonstrance to the Greek
court. ‘I he later then apologised, and
dismissed the Minister of Police.
Fravof. — Hie Emperor Napoleon
opeued the Legislative Session on the 3d
instant His speech commenced by refer
ring to the deficient harvest, but lie said
7,000,000 hectolitres of wheat had been
imported, and more was on the way to
vipply the deficiency. A famine had
been averted, but a war was beginning, and
France had gone ns far as honor permit
ted to avoid a collision, but she must now
draw the sword, fie had no view* o,f
aggrandizement. The days of conquest
are past, never to retorn.
“I promised in my opening speech last
year to make every effort t® maintain
r-eace, and to reassure Europe. I have
kept my word. I have, in order to avoid
t contest-, gone as far as honor could
me. Europe now knows, and has
j.o doubt of the fact, that if France draws
i be sword, it 13 because she has been com-
r riled to do so. It knows that France
-\ no idea of aggrandizement; and she
. ly wishes to resist dangerous encroach
rr.at?; and for that reason I desire to
oclaim loudly, that the period for con
n *st is past, never to return; for it is
-•. by extending the limits of a territory
.at a nation can henceforth be honored
•ad powerful: it is by placing at the head
,-f it geueKue idtiiF, aid by establishing
/cry where the empire of law and of jus
“1 bus you see the result of a policy
•rcoid of selfishness and reservation!
Behold England, that ancient rival, which
.s every day drawing closer Iho bonds of
a more intimate alliance, because the
principles which we defend are at the
a .me time those of the English people. -
Germany, which the recollection of old
wars rendered mistrustful, and which, for
that reason, gave for the last forty years
perhaps too many proofs of defence to the
policy of the cabinet of St. Pcteraburgh,
has already recovered her independence of
action, and looks freely to which side
her interest* are to be found. Austria,
particularly, which cannot sec with indif
ference the events which are preparing,
will enter into our h lliance, and will thus)
confirm the character of morality and of 1
justice of the war which we are about to
andertake.
“This, in faet, is the question at issue.
Europe, pre occupied with iutcstinc strug
gles during 40 years, reassured, moreover,
by the moderation of the Emperor Alex
ander in 1815, as well as by that of his
•accessor, uutii the present moment, ap
peared not to be aware of the dauger with
which it might be menaced by tho colos
sal power which, by its successive on-1
croacbmcntß, embraces the north und!
south—which possesses two iuternal seas,
almost exclusively its own, whence it is
easy for its armies and its fleets tv attack
oar civilization. An ill founded preten
n®a at Constantinople was sufficient to
awuken Europe from her s 1 umbers We
hart, iu fact, seen, in the east in the midst
of profound peace, a sovereign sudden
ly require new advantages from his weak
er neighbor, and because he did not ob
tain them, invade two of his provinces.
This fact alor.e ought to place arms iu
th bands of those, who detest iniquity
But we had other reasons, too, for support
log Turkey.
“k ranee has qnite *s much, and per
haps more, interest than England iu the
influences of Russia not beiug extended
iodfMtoitel/ over t onstautinople, for the
rule at Coustantuople is the rule ®"cr the
Mediterranean; ,t.id none ot you, gentle
men, I think, will say that England alone
has great interest in that sea. which wash
es three hundred leagues of our coast. —
Moreover, this policy does not date from
yesterday; for centuries every national
government in France has supported it;
and I shall not abandon it. Let us, then,
no longer be asked, “what are you going
to do at Constantinople?” We are going
to Constantinople to defend the cause of
the Sultan, and with that to protect the
rights of the Christians.
“Wc are going to Constantinople to
defend the freedom of the seas and our
just influence in the Mediterranean Wc
are going there with Germany, to aid her
to maintain the rank from which it
seemed there were an intention to make
her descend, and to secure her frontiers
against the Preponderance of a too power
ful neighbor We are, in a word, going
there with all those who wish for the
triumph of right, of justice and of civiliza
tion.
“On this solemn occasion, gentlemen,
as on all others in which I may be obliged
to make an appeal to the country, I am
certain of your support, for I have always
found in you those generous seutiments
which animate the nation. Thus strong
in that support, strong in that nobleness
of the cause, in the sincerity of our allian
ces, and, above all, putting onr trust in
the protection of God, I hope *oon to
obtain a peace which it will be no longer
in the power of any one to disturb with
impunity.”
The English press ia unanimous in the
praise of this s, eech.
Rumor assigns the command of the ar
ray of the East to .Marshal St. Arnaud.
Russia —\ St. Petersburg!! journal
gives the following as the substance of the
Czar’s answer to Napoleon.
“If his Imperial Majesty extends hia
hands to me as I extend mine, I am ready
to forget the mortification I have experien
ced, harsh though it he. Then, but then
only, can I discuss the subject treated of
in his letter, and we may perhaps arrive
at an understanding. Let tiie French
fleet prevent the Turks from transporting
reinforcements to the theatre of war, and
let them send me a plenipotentiary to ne
gotiate, whom I will receive as befits his
character. ‘I he conditions already made
known to the Conference at Vienna, are
the sole basis on which I will consent to
treat.”
Intelligence hail reached Brussels that
the Russian fleets were preparing to leave
Cronstadt, probably for the purpose of
gaining the sea before tho arrival of the
combined fleets
Russia demands that Prussia shall close
her ports nearest to Russia against English
and French ship* Prussia is unwilling to
grant this demand.
Sweden. —The negotiations between
Russia and Sweden have not yat termina
ted, and fears are entertained at Stock
holm that Russia, in order to give weight
to their demands, will make a demonstra
tion with its fleets against the capital.
The Russian Envoy had a private au
ditnee with the King of Sweden on the
21st February.
Sweden and Denmark —Russia makes
the same demand on Sweden as she made
on Prussia - that of closing her port*
against the ships of England and France,
tier reply wa* not known.
Both the governments of Denmark and
Swedes had ordered their citizens in the
Russian naval service to return home.
Acstkia. —Vieuna, Feb. 27-The mor®
raents of troops towards the frontier con
tinue The government has decided in
connection with the Western Powers, to
summon Russia to evacuate the princi
polities, and if necessary, to employ force
to compel her to do so.
Bslgium. —A treaty of commerce be
tween France and Belgium has been sign
ed.
Spaik.—A formidable insurrection has
occurcd at Saragossa. Ihe insergants
held the castle of Aljiforra and other
strongholds for a considerable time, al
though the Captain General attacked
them with three columns of infantry, and
several cannon. Tho insurgents finally
retreated, pursued by the cavalry.
Madrid and the whole province is in a
state of siege.
The insurrection at Saragossa exploded
prematurely on tie sth iust. The details
are very obscure.
Gen Concha is deeply implicated
The latest rumor states that the insur
gents had been joined by the garrison at
tiuesea and hud made another stand.
It is reported that Narvaez and Espar
tero are united, and *ve the real masters
at the present crisis. A general insurrec
tion is very probable.
Message of President Pierce in relation
to the Seizure of the Black Warrior.
Wednesday, March 15tn, the Speaker
laid before the House of Representatives
the following Message troin the President
To Ike House < f Representatives.
In compliance with die resolution of
the House of Representative* of the 10th
inst , 1 herewith transmit a report of the
Secretary of State, containing all the in
formation received at the Department
telative to the seizu.e of the Black War
rior at Havana on the 28lh ull.
Th< re have been in the course of a
few years past, many othe* instances of
aggression upon our commerce, violations
of the lights ot American citizens, and
I insu ts to the national flag, by the Spanish
an honties in Cuba, and .11 attempts to
obtain retiiess have led to protracted, and
as yet fruitless negotiations.
The documents in these cases are vol
uminous, and when prepared will be sent
to Longress. Those now transmitted
relate exclusively to the seizure of
Black Warrior, and present so clear a
care of wrong that it would be reasona
ble to expect full indemnity therefore, as
I Soou as this unjustifiable and otlkosive
i conduct shall be made known to her
Catholic Majesty’s gaveruiiism; hut simi
tar expectations in other cases hare not
bceu realized.
The Offending p irty is at our door with
large powers for aggression, but n>rie is
alleged tor reparation. The source or
ieuress is in another hemisphere, and the
answer to our jul comp aiuts made to
the Home Government are hut tiie repe
tition of excuses rendered by inferior of
ficials to • heir supeliois, in reply to repre
sentations of iiitsco. uuct. Tue peculiai
situation ot the parties has undoubtedly
much aggiuvated the annoyances and in
juries which our citizens have suffereo
ft om the Cuban authorities. Spaiu does
not seem to appreciate, to it* lull extent,
ner responsibility for ihecoouucl ot these
auihiirt ies. Iu giviug very extraordin&y
iy p-v c;s to ‘.hem, ebe owes it to justice.
•uni hr friendly relations with this gov
ernment, to guril with vigilmce against
te exorbitant exeici.-e of these powers,
.mil in case.. Os injury to provide for
prompt redress.
I have already taken measures to pre*
sent to the Government of Spain live i
wanton injustice of the Cuban authorities
iu the detention ami seizuie of the Black
Warrior, and to demand indemnity for
the injury that has thereby been done to
our ciiiiers.
In viiw of the position of the Island of
Cuba, is proximity to nur c<* ists, and the
relation which it must ever to, our
commercial and other in crests, it is .in
Vai to i Xpert that a series of uolVien iy
acts, infringing uoon commercial rights,
an 1 the adoption ot a ,o icy ihrrateni.i..
the Inn.or ami security of these Stu.e*,
can long consist with pe icetul ra.atious.
In case ihe measures take • for the am
icable adjustment of our oifficuiiie* wnl)
Spain should unfortunately f..i, I shall
not hesiiaie o use the authority an i
mean* whicn Cotigiess may grant to eu
sure theob-ervauce of our just rights, in’
obtain retire s for injuries rtc--iveJ, atari
to vindicate the honor of our fl ig.
in anticipation of that contingency, f
which I earnestly hope may not htivc, !
i I suggest to Cos gress u.e propriety of j
authorizing such piovisio ia m**<t.suiiß as
the exigency may seem to demand.
Franklin Pikrck-
Wa-minoton, Mai Cos 15, 1b54.
Toe papers accompany iug i. e report
of the Secretory of State t • me Presi-tc.it,
I include letters from M*. Roberson, acting
United Stans Consul at Havana. Vr.
Marcv, under date of Mmh 3d and Ttn,
With the pro est of ihe consignee -tod Hos
ier of the Black Warrior: f. om Livings
ton, Cochran & Cos., dated March 11th,
to Mr. Marcy; >lr. Sutherland to Mr.
M-trcy, da ed March third.
Immediately afur the rearing of the
message.—
Mr. Bayley rose. I move the message
he refered to the Committee on Foitign
affairs, aid ;>rin-eil. I oeg to say toa--
ray admiration is exrited ny the charac
ter ’f tho message.
Motion ngiewd to.
Toe spirit ot the mess ige was receive.!
wi h general favor by the tlouse, private
ly expressed.
Tllii JlitfiiitMAi
GRIFFIN. MARCH 30, 1354
Owing t> ihe inattention of our Com
positors, the debate on the first page r
broken off abruptly in the midst of Mr.
P nil’s speech, which was not discovert*,
hv us un it too late ro remedy it. To*
debate will be finished next week.
Those New Goods of Salmans,
Booth & Cos.
Which were advertised in our last p ;pcr.
and are repeated in this, were not noticed
by us last week, because we were not at
home. To those w,o have stepped iu ad
seen the assortment, we need say nothing.
Others who have not, we counsel to drop
in, if they want articles m that line. It
is really a beautiful stock of both fancy
and staple articles.
more New Good*.
We also call die aiteurion of out read
ers to the advertisement of Chapman
Davi?&Co. We have looked iu and
found their stock extensive, ami from
the known brsinei* lac* of the l Ouse, we
have no and >ubt they ar* choice, well se
lected and fashionable. Bit the Ladies
will soon find that out.
Savnnnah Advert lament).
We spoke of the prbl cation of Savan
nah advertisements in ihe up country last
week, since which we have seen a Stove
man’s phamphlct, printed in Albany, Nrw
York, hungup under the brush an 1 comb
at the Hotel. That won’t do, old fellow;
nobody will go *o the hotel in read your
book. Must come it in the newspaper.
Piper A White, merchant Tailors.
Have also received their Spring tssori
m*nt, for the adorning >f the body. Cu 1
and he fitted and suited or *u ted and fit
ted, just as you like, or tither, and you
will find they do these things in the
handsomest style.
Arthur’s .Vagitzene.
The April number of this periodical i*
on our table, and abounds with good
things. The Angel of the household is
continued, and will finished in the next
numbe*. This a:tide alone is worth the
subscription price of the volume. Print
ed in Philadelphia. Price two dollars
per annum. If you subscribe, get the
back numbers from the commencement
| of the year.
The Southern Eclectic.
The March number of tnis monthly is
before us, received list we-k. It con
tains some clever articles, one on the Liri
and limes of the celebrated daughter of
Ncckar, Mtidtmede Si ad; another, S.unr
Thoughts upon Truth, Freedom and In
quiry; with a number of other article*
which we have not yet had time to peruse.
Printed at Augusta, by D. H. Whitakei,
Esq. Term $3.
Wc kunw the following c-xnmnnicalion was
written by a friend of Wrn R. Phi'lip*,and intend
ed for bis bcpifii and behoof;
Mr. I£djtor:— Our miuncipd election is close
.it hand; and I w.nb to express but one long idt-n
ibranghyour columns.
Wilde so much is said about Ibe “wet and dry.”
and the “rich and poor” iicket# f ind Ilie “prei*c'i
ers ticket” 100, let ns not forget that, wc <v.m| effi.
cicnt amt irsposiblc oHio-rs. Wo muet bvc so
ber, practical and css men. I have no t bought
that either the wot th-kei nr the preachers ticket
can furnish imcli men. I ther* fore make a propo.
*l lion to retain our present Mayor and M-trsluli in
office.
1 0j this because I know them cffi< ars to Ibe
efficient; and the present piaee and or>ii r to Ue
found iu tiie city, attest the fac'.
The much talked of rouitnein office is all stutf.
If the people w'anl good officers, lit the o keep
dear of preacher’s btipdcily and drunkard's prom
ises. J te-l sties a pin here, while I have no tricnil
for whom I would exchange the peace and utter
c-*ts ut the city. This muc h I eon ray in trutli, nr
we hare nowiie. v pyiil.
Tle AtiuiCiFait
The election for Mayor and Aldermen
of the city of Griffin will take place on
Monday Miti, fc wo” are informed, agree-’
ably to t!te he tv h tarter granted by the
las*i TiOgisldtui’C; .‘Which wo have not yet
seen.
The following; ai'e the nominees brought
out by their friCiYds, -as far as we have been
able lo iititkii out the lit, from which one
Mayor and eqjbtr Aldermen are to be cho
rea, Other name* have been presented
to the pir(>fie‘biit as the perso is have pos
itively refused to serve, if elected, wc ltav®
omitted them.Amoeg these are A. Gray,
J. C beeku, A.. Merritt, A. Fleming. B
.Skipper, vs Westmoreland, A. Buckner,
and there a.ybe ot ier.s. -None of these
would s?4*vs,.as.ws{tfe informed, if elected;
there is, use in throwing ..
way J Nor will any on
<k those M iyot, we oresnm.;,
Berrx*, if eleiieJ,,as a\ A Me: man. Tiie fol
(l iw.-ig ‘&■ the Ks::>.)U: it! order that no ex
ee jtion may be taken J o the manner in
1 w.licit we. may arrange the names we will
Igire none of them precedence, but arrange
them alphabetically.*
For Mayor,
A Ulr US TINE L. BOR D ERS y
UAf M. CLI VB, (declined.;
W. n. PHILLIPS,
LE WIS S ‘SA L JONS.
For Aidemten,
Ji. BELLAMY,
rnos D BE a TODY,
A. IV. BEN HAM,
Dr. 11. W. BROWS,
S S CilF.llßY,
GEORGE W. CLARK ,
D. B. CLOUD ,
3. w. Dos.
A. I II I MIL,
w. n muoook,
C. II JOHNSON,
\V. ./. JOSS B Y,
D R MrivILLIAMS,
J. P. MIL,*E L ‘
J. T. It \NS OM,
E. W. RO SINS ON,
JOHN SPRUE I,
LEE sraICKL IND,
GEORGE WHITE,
JOHN WILLIAMS,
Dr. D M. Wl .LIAMS,
W. IV. WOODRUFF ,
a w. c\ w.ti in r.
■ & f ‘ •
For Clerk,
J. 11. LOGAN,
J. P. PERDUE.
For MarsSiul,
L. P ALEXANDER,
W. C. BUFFI NITON,
FRANCIS M. ISO. -V,
If t’icre are ahj other candidates or
nominees for any of the .ab ve offices, we
do not know’it.'o'r theirnames ‘should ap
pear with the others As far as t b are
concerned, v/t intq;jd to cirrr out this can
vas fairly, honestly anil honorably. But
ti esc nrir cnongi. Four nominees for
Mayor, twenty “fb’ir for Aldermen, two
for Clerk, an 1 for Marshal Great
city, this Gri.an; people quite patriotic;
always ready to serve the public when called
on, and sometimes befjre; no necessity to
draw them tip or run them clown wheti
public exigency re*entires them
Well, wiut shallow edo vith them all,
says oue; and perhaps some will look to
ns for counsel and advice in the matter.
To such as do, we cheerfully extend it, and
none others need what follows, par
ticularly if they hare already worked them
selves into one cr odicr of the little juntas
about here who.are aspiring and contend
ing to dictate and give tone to public o
i pinion. To the luksr-ry nothing to
say, o ily “wait a little longer,” and you
will see what a pre.tty box you are in.—
To the others, wins’ have rcot'presurued to
dictate to public opinion, we then say, cast
your eyes carefully over the above list,
look to the offices, the qualifications of the
aspirants to them, their business habits,
their services to the city in times past, and
in a word, their fitness for the offices they
respectively aspire to. As to whether
they are nominally Whigs or Democrats
whether they belong to this, that or the
other party, sect or clique, or no party,
clique or sect at *ll-—whether thov are
temperance men, or only temperate men
religious or only moral—rich or dnhi ftble
and willing to pay their debts—these
considerations should hare nothing to
do with the matter before m. Such
questions, in inuuicipiil elections, never
fail, more or less, to disturb the harmo ty
of the community, and hr should be con
sidered no fneu l ’to goo V order who origi
nates or agitates them, particularly when
it is done to carry ot*tr selfish and interest
ei purposes. They end in smoke
and humbug, and thorn who are led into
them in houosty. of purpose, gen
erally find themselves “sold,” to subserve
some private scheme i&careftilly con
cealed behiud the eurtain is h ippy
indeed who is never deceived.” Oo into
no such cliques and combinations, hon
est reader; they
your benefit, or to do yo& may service. We
make uo charge specially or personally a*
gainst any one in particular in the mutter
before us; others know ai much as we do,
but experience has taught us that the black
man is right he shakes his head and
says, ‘ white nun mighty uncertain, uh
hul” and, whatever may be their profes
sions, it is well enough to keep an eye up
on them. Wo are sorry for “poor human
nature;” but*
“Ah mankind arrjnnco* wk,
A.’-.d iarW (>, ‘>& ’r
it to juaw *■, and Mtiwuid take lue ststrc'a i
out of all ear conceit of “this noble piece
.of God's, handy work.”
The candidates and nominees are all/fW
far as we hare any knowledge, moral'mid
temperate men, and we hare seldom seen
investigations iuto meu’s characters, when
candidates for public favor, carried m ich
farther with benefit to the community.—
* Is he honest, is he capable?” was Mr.
Jefferson’s test for office, to which we mar
add, is lie moral, is be temperate? and we
have all the qualifications we should desire.
I he same remarks will apply to the can
didates for Cierk mi l Marshal. This is
all we have to say. Let no person or
clique presume to present a candidate to
you or tell you how to vote. Go and vote
’ ke men of independence, judgment and
‘-honesty, casting your suffrages for those
you think best qualified and- must deser
ving, and if any impertinent demagogue
attempts to dictate to you who to vote
for, we will not say peel him over or spit
iu las face, for that would be disturbing
the public peace—bat just do any tiling
that will g‘ve him emphatically to under
•fond that he js both impertinent ai l in
trusive, and that you can think an l act for
yours If.
W had written thus f/.r last week, and
did not expect to write another word on
the subject of the Municipal election.—
With our old and habitual reverence for
the voice and wishes of the people, we
were quite content to leave the result with
them, determined that their voice should
be our voice and their choice our choice.
We expected to lcavo on Monday last for
Fayetteville, wliere Superior Coart is now
sitting, not to be back until our paper w.n*
put to press. But on Saturday there was
■uch a tale of unheard political usurpation
opened uo to u*. such an outrage upon the
rights and privileges of this community,
such * determination to forestall and !is
regard ail public opinion, arid turn over
the eqtirc community to the benefit and
I behoof of one single individual -and to
force upon the citizens of Griffin, a muni
j cipal head against their wishes and con
trary to their will, that we felt it onr duty
to the community in which we lived, and
the Democratic party of Spalding county,
to stop where we were, and sit down
and expose to the community the dtep
and unpar.delled outrage which was at
tempted to be practiced upon them.
It is well known to this community that
Col Win R. Phillips is the present Vay
or of the city of Griffii, and that the lime
for another election will be next Monday.
Our citizens have seen announced for elec
tion to the office of Mayor the present in
cumbent Win. R Phillips, Lewis 3 Sal
mons, Augustine L Borders, and Win.
M Cline, the latter my son, and the only
child I have in my name It is quit* unt
il ill. as anyone may suppose, that I should
think something of him, and feel some anx
j iety for h:3 elevation and .standing in socie
ty. Wc need make no appeal to any pa
rent to realize opr feeling in this behalf.
If a man his but one negro, or one horse,
or even one dog, his feelings aro more in
tense towards that object than if he ha 1
many, how much more so then, towards
an only child? If then the community can
sec no wrong in the c nd ict of Win K.
Phillips, the present incumbent of the May
oralty of Griffin, and that of his confidents,
towards ut, oir son, Mr A. A Porter,
an I the w ole Democratic party of Griffin,
saving and excepting the few confidents as
aforesaid, they must ascribe this article to
an over fastidious feeling and blunt hones
ty, and not to any and *ire to throw a fire
brand into the community, or to present
to them any private grievances of .our o-vn,
in which they are not as fully interested a*
ourself Our object is to expose the con
duct of Win. R Phillips and his confede
tates in relation to the office of Mayor of
the city of Griffin. I hat office is a public
office, and is therefore a legitimate subject
for public animadversion -although the
gentlemen seem to think it one not of pub
lic disposal —aad if we should be obliged
to speak of ourself, or of our son, oftener
than comports with a proper self-respect
and becoming modesty, we trust our read
ers will ascribe it to the personal charac
ter of t’ne case, and not to any egotism or
ranitv DQrtaiaing to U3
wjai Hi I*!*!!*!”*! 8 2 ;a:.a 0/ plain prc-i
tensions and moderate ability, at leant if
he possesses any thing more than these, of
mental endowment or acunen, wo hare
never had the pleasure to discover them,
or even to hear of the n. Ills opoonents
arc, at least, as competent and well quali
fied for that station as he is. In what re
spect does Augustine L. Borders. Lowia
S Salmons, A A. Porter, or Win. M.
Cliue, fall beneath him? If he has any
qualifications superior and above Any of
them, save in the weight of his purse, we
should really be pleased to be enlighten
ed on the subject, for our dull apprehen
sion could never discover it. But wc Are
quite willing to recognize and put him an
•afooting with othe gentlemen. Me do
not wish to isparage rum one iota. Me
thought last year he had talents enough
for Mayor, ami gave him oar hearty and
ungrudged support. W had supported
him for another office previously, in which
he failed. Wo thought that these acts of
kindness would have secured to us at least
a proper respect and fair play, and wc ask
ed nothing more at his hands.
Wnen the question bega . td b* asked,
who should bn Jtfte next.candidate for May
or, i 01. Phillips was approached on the
subject, and answered, in at least a dozen
instances, that he was not a candidate
for re-election v\e understand that
this is denied by bis friends but we
assert it positively, without the fear that it
will be denied to us by Col. Phillips. Oar
son learning this fact, that Col. Phillips
! positively declined a re-election, at the so
licitation of a number of bis personal
friends, without dialfnctiou of party*, suf
fered his na.no to bo brought forward for
the Mayoralty, which for the salts of peace
and harmony he would not have done had
Phillips declared himself a candidate
Now -ve ask every candid and hoaora
able man if, after these transactions, Phil
lips was not bound to retire and give way
to him whom he had by his Own conduct
brought out? tVe ask whether such shift
ing, and changing will be countenanced
and-tolerate*l in an enlightened communi
ty like oars?- VVe cannot bat believe that
Wm. it. Phillips did intend to withdraw,
and thus far we give hkn-crodit for a de
sire and intention to act iu good faith.—
Put in an evil ho ir he fell into some very I
bad (ofvc.wrec we sj^aksipdfit'-
cally, not morally) auu like poor Tray he
will have, to suffer for it. , There were a
coUfflc of ‘Other gen tlehien Had politi
cal axe3 to grind, and who ardently desire
.taffo, one to Congress and the other to
the -iLegi-iutnrs, and they thought this
wottld be a most opportune time to dove
tailin with Col. Phillips', and acquire the
use of his friends and his influence. So
Win It. Pnillips was be9et- to hold on,
with the most lavish pro nis?* that these
Atlasses would carry him safely through,
and land him triumphantly in the Mayor’s
seat again, ant he has been simple enough
to give his assent to this monstrous scheme.
Os course we do not assert this as all spe
cidcally true of our own personal kuowl
edge; we are the last one it would bs com
municated to, for these gentlemen know
us too well to approuca tia with any such
vile scheme. YVe conduct our paper for
the benefit of the community at large, and
not for a clique or junta, and when the
public interest requires it, we shall ever
feel it opr duty to expose such combina-
tions. Here is a sche ne to parcel out
all the prominent offices of town, county
and district, for two years to cone, and
make nse of the people, without even let
ting them understand the dssign to carry
it into effect. Will the free voters of G rif
fin suffer themselves thus to be dragged
like a stupid ox to the slaughter? M ill
not every voter resent this nefarious scheme
as a personal insult to himielf? As a de
sign to take from them one cf the most sa
cred privileges of the constitution, that o?
giving their free votes at Vm kal’ot box?
How does this scheme differ, only in size
and importance, from that combination
which deprived Rome of hr liberties,
made Octavius, Anthony and L-pidus tri
umvirs, and resulted m leaking one of
them emperor. The price of liberty is e
ternal vigilance. We must watch and
thwart these Gret movome its to usurp pow
er, or we ere never safe.
But, says one, you do not know these
things of your own personal knowledge
No, nor it is not likely that we shorn
Such schemes aro u-ually confi led te men
of less tender consciences than ours. But
dies the charge not bear the stamp of
strong probability on its very face? \Vhat
nude Wm R. Pnillips change his notion
so suddenly? What induces, him to hold
>n against the known wishos of the people
so pertinaciously? And what crsates th?
Zealand determination on the part of
others to have hira elected? “hv will
they listen ton a compromise, unless with
the proviso that YVra. R. Phillips shall be
the candidate for Mayor? 'hy are all
his pledges and promises, and those of his
friends, both to Porter and to Cline, all at
once set aside, denied and repudiated?—
M’c say tho thing speaks for itself— there
can he no other cause for nil these aston
ishing rs )vo:nenti.
Well then, wc aro asked, what is to be
done? How h, this audacious usurpation
to be sot aside? How aro tho people’s
rights to bo maintained? Who shall we
rote for? We u ‘.hesitatingly say, vote for
SALMONS. This wc shall do, if wo live
to see the day of election, and we counsel
all who wish to protect the ballot box from
scheming, selfish wire workers to do the
same Mr. Salmons and his friends have
acted throughout with honor and dignity.
By his election this rile scheme will be re
buke 1 and brought to an end. W© hare
ever sanctioned, and still contend, that
the elections for city officers should not be
made apolitical question, a political booby,
bat that grvl, h most and capable men a
io:n should be sought for Such ain in
is Mr. Salmons M© hsru nod mbt that
Phillips and his friends will appeal in strong
turns to Damocrutie sympathy, bit at the,
same time they are crying h eqo illy strong
language for Waig voters, well knowing
that h s election m hopples without the
aid of the Whigs
But again; Is tin peace and order of
tho community worth nothing, and have
the people of Griffin, and pirticularly of
the Democratic party, in their eagerness
for office, lost all tense of just’cc? The
Democratic party hare already had the
last two Mayors, Maj. Moor an 1 Col. Phil
lips Should not this satisfy than? Is it
not sheer j ntics to gits the W hig party
the next Mayor? We think so, anj on
•this ground we counselled our son to with
draw from the contest, and A* h'is 19<.tk
dravu, and if Wm R. Phillips and his ad
risers love justice and peace and kind and
neighborly feelings and intercourse in this
com unity, m ire than they and > the loaves
find Qr.hes of office, they will withdraw him
too. If they do not, thsy oij’i* to b? r%|
w‘t; a
Wc might say much mo?* on this 4W*
grecable subject, but this article is already
iongcr than desirable. d'hars is nothing
p repugnant to our feelings as rebuking
old friends, and we therefore took hold of
this matter with much reluctance, after
using every effort to bring about a com
uromiie we could consent to with honor.
But Phillips ah l his frieiids had deter
mined to force Porter and Cline down or
have than beat, and their friends aro
meaner-spirited things than we take thorn
to be, if they d> not put him on the same
footing in regard to himself He has
had the office once, and # man of his mod
erate pretensions should bs well content
with that. It is right the . Whigs should
have tho next tarn, aud several prominent
member.-: of that party hare already told
ns, that if we give it to them this year,
they will u3 their influence that • shall
have it a:ain next .This is.entirely jitst.,
and if Wm. R. Phillips and his fljieuds do
not agree to it, as they have not thus far,
on their heads bo tho odium of this unna
tural quarrel No Democrat it bound to
support or vote for Phillips on for ths cir
cum-.tanecu. ’’hey will do themselves nu
their cause injustice if they do. He has
put himself in a wrong position; he has put
himself iqto the hands of a clique instead
of the party, and until be cornea out of
that position he haa no more claims ou tha
members of the Democratic party than he
has on the crown and scoptre of Japan.
Salmons will make us a good Mayor, and
Salmons is t':c rain who should have
tiie Democratic vote. Phillips and his
friends have shrank, from every effort to
leave. tnc nomination to the Democratic
party. They were determined to keep the
matter in their own h|nds.
As to Mr. Borders, who heals the tem
perance ticket, h? has- our warmest re
spects. He is high minded, honora
ble and taloatod. But this unfortunate
difficulty, which with Phillips and his
friends is a matter of political life and
death, will swallow up the temperance
ticket at present, and we do ot think, for
this cause, it can command even a respect
able vote. We therefore, with duo de
ference and resjieet to those .who got up
that ticket’ sdigueat that it would bo bc>t
for the cause they espouse, to withdraw i
itj and bring if a a mere oppor-!
>jua time. A defeat, ever weakens
cause, whether it be good or bad.
With regard to the charges of the jun
ta against Wm. M. Cline, wc havo
heard of but two. One ia that he voted
for Salmons in preference to Phillips; tb*
other is, that he voted for Simmons in
preference to Moseley, last year In the
first cast?, the question for Mayor has never
been made a party question in this place,
and Wm. R. Phillips and his friends do
not make it so now, for if they did they
wonld bo beat worse than they will 1)3,
and that they wc.l know. Win. M. line
then had a perfect to vote for a
Whig in preference to Wm U Phillips
without forfeiting any claim upon his par
ty. In the other case both the candi
dates were Whigs, and Wm. M Cline’s
deadly sin appears to be that he diJ not vote
for the sum wmg th it Win. R. Phillips
voted for. Out upo i such paltry subter
fuge* I
We want to **y one word about tb* le-
gion of tickets wiih which the newspapers
of Griffi i have bean encumbered f>r the
list few w>***ks, in tsilv hauled wiih the
mute of \Vm. 11, Phili ps t >r Mavor. W?
are saii-fied these tickets ha\ © neen mail*
end pi’ilishel entirely fm Gfvt, t > aid
Win IV P iillip.'.’ election. In one c-e
wo ticks’* were ma le on and offered I r%
>oe iiiftn Li ano her c iaa out nf th*
nunar put on ihe tickei lour
tively ‘■•fu-ed to run ami r ques e-l u>
have their names teken off. One was
ma le out bv a perso • I rt.-ly n re>idei,t <>f
Alabama, an 1 not e-.,titled even to vme.
Tickets
like ace mg le nu< by a si pe'-
son. All these things are done to d>-reive
and humbug the honest vo ei, and .ie not
worth a s’raw to imlioale public o unioi.
13ut we will tell wha <j,,es in.uca e an
pinion. Out of eiijlit of the list year’s
Ahlermen, only two are willing >o lend
their names again to a ticket w uch is
headed with th- name of Wm. IV Pnillips,
although strong effort lias tiern mala
•*y him and his friends to run ’.he old tick
et entire.
We have now, like a true and dutiful
watchman, warned our friends of approach
ing danger. If they vote for w,i. It.
Phillips they will sanction the right of his
clique to appoint our officers, and manage
and control o.ir affairs, and they will no
doubt carry oil the balance of their
scheme; but if they reject Pnillips they
will tup this attempt at nrsarpatiou in t:i©
bud,and no one will dire to attempt such
; a scheme again. We have done Goto
the polls next Monday and vot>* like ind •-
pond uni and sovereign American free
men.
An.iis’ouM.—We did not intend to tonch
uoD.i Lol tV’m. IV Phillips astoaishi ig
and astoundin’ liberality, in giving o n
hu idreJ and fifty dollars of his salary to
the poor of the city, but as one of* his
trumpeters, over the signature of ‘•.Many
Vo.er.s,” has tn ing it proner to blazn it
forth, wh e'h was received after the alxirn
was written out, wc must at it again vr
suppose We tno igiit if we left tliis thi ig*
alone, they cirtaiuly would. We ask in
sober ser.ousue.ss, can any om be so dud
as not to comprehend the wool - sc<jw and
tonor of tnij im n.rnse liberality. William
K Phillips, wno is worth perhaps fifty
tiiotlsaud dollars actually gave aw.iv oar
J fifty dollars of it I Astonish
iu. 4 ! Who ever heard the like before !
Certainly not from Wm. R. Phillips-, and
.nay never expect to lie .r t ;e like again.
Now it the reader tv.ll promise ns not to
laugh, we will tell him in what way thi*
immense alias was bestowed. Six ladies,
yes gvitlomcn, six l a .ies, according to tn?
gracious will and disposition of tue gear
j runs dnu j. , God bless ms charitable Heart,
| were appointed to distribute this ahm.
T veiity-fivn dollars apiece were pat into si?:
[delicate hands, to go forth - Want to o?
i To bestow that paltry sain upon the poor?
I Nonsense. No such tiling. But to sing
jthe praises of Wm. R Phillips in their
ears for every dime th at was* bestowed.
[ We hive no ilea tint the ladies thoug it
jof this—for, God bless their pure hearts*
t iey are ever innocent and unsuspecting
—but every in min town was in a rj.ir
over it, tin tni ig was so trmsparent.
Coal !-u:caU-d.
A< on© objection to me re-ulecd turf
lVM|iain B. Phillips t . r, M s Mv
or of the city of G iffi u (i urged ihat
til® fa*, o JO’ S Nti id ot !)'■• year ;if
ier year, to the sun iuJividual. * Now.
in the abssace of all otW consi h-raiions,
this i* fight. Bit hese ae?o ni lera u-i*
* 1 v ;, d\! >n ii cr parh >s, -e mi rely
loot jight of ip. thi-s lilt!-* toed matter. -
Wi.y <• it urge i that iho hn*fif of a pav
ing ‘iffice should be <lisi nhuted among ihw
citizen* of the ci'y? ihai is that > o-n
should he onu year, D .-U die
second and Horry the ihrl sear, so.
Oil. Ths truly legnimoie inferouce, iron.
such premise-, is that the ci izeus „en*r
uly, [io n and rich, etmirihu.e to ihe sup
port or enrich.uent ot oin one of i.a ci
t:aen* anaually •
But the pre rs>3 rs \vroig y hene’
the inference aitiioug i legiitmately riont
from the pre a ses, is nevertheless radi
cally wrong.
The pr> Crse amount all owed the May
or a* • i at n mI saleiy, wbeit,r an eq i vo
lent Os m*'re than ao equvoleol u> ins er
vices, has, lor the last ye ,r or t wo, been
a milter ot hut hide Consequence, aiuce
the present i leu obeol Jjas, Oy ins oni
form liberality, -iven t!ie amoun', or the
greater portion o: ir,e an uu. ,u> objects
of charity, thus ch iying out s fuliv as
po.ssinle the distrinuliun principle. He
may not he rt-sit-ce :; should in* t L cce
< the citiz i.is fall upon another, vt e cm
but hope that tn?' ,|l lli ! ne p'incip e of bf
uerole ice and iuisraiuy tvtli enaiaoicnve
the ectingK and dui.ijrs of iff* sun-e./o-,
IV'ANY VU t EKS.
Fni Ibr JrfU.Tfoo iii.
Mr. Ectrou:—Your humble contribu*
tor has mot with as scathing a reception**
was threatened to be inflicted upon a cer
tain public man by the modern Don Quiz
••lies, known by some as the Days of Jeru
salem, and recognized by others as the
Knights of Jericho. Now it would ba
acting the ‘‘small potato” for him to feci
himself at all aggrieved by the shooting
of sprouts, as young and tender as those
which are beg uiling to bud in certain
patches. When Burke was delivering his
celebrated phiilipm against Warren Has
tings, some of those whose congeniality
with the villainous character of the *c
cm-ed rendered them ‘ high-fellows well
met” with him, hissed the speaker. Ho
might have passed the in-ult by with cold
disdain; but turning towards tbo placo
whence the sound emanated, with burniug
eye and deep stern tones he said “I know
of bnt two creatures which hiss, the goose