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H. ELLIS & GO., Proprietors.
Volume XV.
BROMSrfIOD INSTITUTE,
Ncal’ L. (tu.
FA rv TY.
WN. JOHNS, PiindpaU Proprietor.
lu.Mni. tor hi Mathematics, Moral and Munai
Uoivnoi,
KDVfAKI) R. DUKSON,
Instructor in Auciaut Language* and Physical
Bdenm.
ROt)KEr DENNIS,
Instructor in English Language and Literature.
R M. HEARD AND LADV,
Hoarding Department.
TllK Scholastic Voar is divided
two Fwuu, The spring Term
will commence on the 2d Monday
in Jau'v and dote on the firm weak in July. The
Autuiuu Term will open on the first Monday in
September, and dose on the first Thu radii} iu
December.
I;XIT,XSKS :
TUITION—Spring Term S4U. Autauin Term
S2O. Hoard per month sl4.
Tuition payable in advance. Hoard hall in
advance: balance at the close of the term.
A pro rata deduction will bo made- from the
Board in ease of protracted absence, but nyt
from the laitreti.
For further information, apply to t.bo Princi
pal. _ deely—wlu;
CUSSETA HIGH SSHOOL,
For Young Ladie and Gentlemen
The Exeri iaea of this In tituiinn wjll
SI-.i oNli MON DA V IN JAN INflo.
Tlu! HiliuwiiM util-nn limy Im: pursued
>uhje.'t to the mf rnitnu of the letiebers,
mßttJr xna the itputm *i the patent *r pinuii.dii
f't.tnsics —Latin, <refc itn.l Hebrew
Modern Litireuaire* l. 1 Hti.in and <Jermii.
Matin* main * -Arithmetic. Algebra, (•< owelty. Sur
voying. Trigonometry, Analytical (Jeometry ami Dai
min-
N ilur Philoeopby, t lioiatelry, (.etdugy,
Hot tuv. Ac.
Kagtiali sttadieo—rrthoijripby. ttewtinff. Writing,
Elocution, Fugling (•Miumar, Ucudroyiiy, Uwlrny,
Amdeuiand Modern, A<
Hiiwn ;kok ;wiiti w h as.
For Ort)iogro|diy, L ocution or I'i‘UiiiniidHp - JI6 (Hi
For Urninmir. UM*raphy, Ariliuucnc, or Histo
ry, w nil lie above ....... ... %t 00
For El Alxnbra <>r Amhinelu- concluded Ai 00
For higher M otu. ualie, Lsu£U-tgcN. Auteui or
Modern Natural Somum 40 00
Pupd* wii Ibe r n |,8,-il |in the Hill*’ of enlrnmeto
the (line of wiituirawai- S'< entrance for a lea# time
than ten weeks.
Hoard li win seven lo im dollars |>r month, inrluri
iug w-aelung and lodging, Taynm and Board due at
the clone oi cf)t> >1 Mr Will Witt ILtgley will hoard at
97. convenii nt in school.
It w lUdleUrrunuation of the teachera to make this
Instimtion •• end to (tone of a like.kind in fleorgin -
t* alfiird every pnMbbde taciiity to young ntvii uud la
die* to p m urea good education
The eiwnn&nf ohj ct aa ill lie to tit the student for lire
dunes of an alter iiir, and the re l ore while system it ml
thoroughness are to he particularly i are I for, ilie ia<>r- ,
a) nature mist also he w itched amt trained. Parents
or xiinrdtaua sending their ofnidren or wards to tins
|ln •> may feat ueeared that m*.lung alurti be omitted
which ran contribute to i iiffh-w •I • Are, ami thut the
stltdoilt skill ever he uin'iu lire fcul> him care nl ituoc
WtH wtH particularly hu>h alter nisor her morui< liar !
actuf
The xpein* me of the teachers w arrant* tlieui in j
*e>mtf i • younu men wire wish lo prepare UiVknsclvuk I
sh nmrhtv li>r imu hlmthav tiuty eiN thUNdvaninrtr
in this school . o ji-iss >1 by moie, amt will he trained j
for that purm uiar >i jt, ii desn. and
JAM tiff it HUFF. > Prtn , n ,, 4 1
CIIAKE ‘ll U-V.MM, \ M. J rnnrpais,
f'uMseta, finutahom bee f'*unly, tin.
The su‘.scrHr:r itonneriy of E lerslie, Hams county,
(la ) lakes this method _ol intorming h:- new I* Miat
Mr tfarnm is a regular gradual* t ortaol'the most iije
proved t ohe-ges in the liiinHi, and has had live yenr
experience in teai tuns lie would say m l amlur to uli
bw old patrons thru Mr. ffaniiu has no superior us a
ti e her. J li. 11.
tielirence—Kpv R M.Toaisue. La(raiui<-. Aieorgi.i;
Howard OeUege, Motion, Ain novtl— wVui
COLTii-NSW OBTII iNSTI It IE
TALBOTTON, GA.
Kxciviaaa Will fee resumed January
I >■<.
Tuition SJW, S4O, and fit), per au
*yy nuni. To tivl expenses. mclndiii#
&aJh Board anil Tuition, from Si 40to slo®.
For further information address,
SHAY A M. LAIiJULIN,
doe 12—wat Principal* and Proprietors.
Valuable Plantation
FOR SALE.
jdjm IlfylKO iletarmmed lawmove my plant-
trout this am ion, i offer for •!>•
tu Muon < minty, Ala, lying I i
A- mil-, g.i.uii nf r.mM. pt.! ~ii thel.itbahalt lice ,
Creek, containing
Sixteen Hundred Acres,
about MKi of which ia n<> m cultivation, there are \
on ‘he place all aesegeary outbuilding* tor pUntation j
purposes, with it well fink-hod and comfortable dwell
ing liotme with eight rooms. a hwantilhi country rex I
Mount, and the place m weii with good water i
from iwu trfesuiii ww.le; Um lauds nr* prim ipaliy a ‘
rich sandy Uui-y kill, with thro* or four hundred acre* ,
of black bottom Until! on ibe CubahatcUoe • reek,amt ,
very rich. This one of the host plantation* in the i
Cottow Vainly country, (known fbnncrly a* the Burr i
Johnston Plantation ) Any perliott wishing to pur- j
dm** such a plantation, would do nod to a}tpiy soon. ■
to iuyttl', inTuskegee, for ihlomu>Uo. I refer to i
Robert A Jobuatoft, Ksq. in Tuskegee, or to Wtu. P
Worn!. A. B arion or Ueorga Joliea ou adjoining plan* !
ration* Iwi l Bell the p'are at a very low price (or
land* of ruck quality. Term* ran be made to suit ah
moat any purchaser Pomo-inti given immediately
There ib an abundant supply ol com. fodder. and stuck
of bogß on the place. A MOB JONBri.
Nov -nil
SANFORD’S
LIVER INVIGORATOR
NEVER DEBILITATE*.
IT IH OOXPOrNnKO ENTIRELY from -mns.and j
baa bee-iine an e#tahlialiei! fjn t.a standaid medicine :
approved by ail that # have, used it, and ta re I
aorted tu with conri- aw denee in all discuses for 1
which It bi rectMiiiiiend ■■ eil
li has . ured thousands £ within'lse last two years 1
who had givn ap liopn ‘ of relief us umncroHs
aneoln.lted MrtHNWi * in m> possession show, j
The dime iii'ißl be iidap- 00 tod to the temperament j
of lle individual taking it and uod In such qitafi- |
lilies as m act gently o|i as Mi* boweln.
Let th dictate* of y our .aw jd gamut guide yau in
iiao of the LIFER IX FIOvRATOR, and il
will cure Uv*r CWi- piuOß*. tSfHOUH .H
---tauk*,auk*, f) TSPEPSM, mm Ckrmnr TANARUS) %arr hr a.
RUMMER COM FLAUtTS. U TUMJfTE
nr, DMopsr, sour sjomach. ntmmi I
COSTIF EMEUS, CM- Wi w, CHOLERA Chair ,
r CHOLERA mm LYEA.YTI M FI~I /U- j
LKJYCE. JAUA DICE. Eamulr H EAEE.YSfi j
K>, and way Im- iwii ui caasAitly ue on(rdi ‘
cy, Eum,i v MeAm*e~ Jg It wiu cure SICK ‘
HEADACHE, (as t(oiisads ran tealify ra [
tmtmt y aim tat. ij mm ‘tr or three 7i-i
ora tuktn ul roinnn-nceuieiit oft be
atlaik
All who tun it are “” theiT test i won > :
in i's favor. H
MIX WATER IN TIIK MUI TII WITH TIIP. IN \
VUiORyToR ANUNWALI.OW ROTO TUURTII
ER. PRICK ONE DOLLAR PKR BoTTLH
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
family
(hatliartic Pills,
COMPOHNDRD PROM
Par* VgetklelCttraft, and put np
In (iUn Caar* Air Tin In, and will
keep Inany t llii alr.
The FAMILY CA TTMatjf. Pll4, |s a gen
tle out active Cathartic\l which the piopnator hae
used in hw pra< lire iuor- w man twenty year*
Tile constantly tncren-oMg yP t uiud fft>m thorn- who
have long used the PI I.LB . unit ‘*w satiaftirtion wbn h
alletprensMiregardtortieir T due,ln induced tm to put
thaui in the rwurh of afl-'M
The proleswnn wdll know that dill- “nt chatkarii.a
action different port mna of. tile bowels.
The FAMILY fAtoT If A HTI V PILL
has.with duerefrrenre to , , tilts wall eat,ib ,shed fart
Im-i-b compounded from n kQ‘rnriety ofthe ptn*-t >■■
table eauaeta, whteh art *1 alike on every purt of the
aiiiiientary canal, and an-H gooduud safe in all ( Us
es where a cttathuitic Is ui needed. *uch ns Dg
■ INBMIIT* of the BTO.MACTI. Hutl.fl
miu. I* AIN and it* thkQuaCK AM) LCII NM.
C!rt riVENE-4, PAIN 1I) Kubhm* nvi.a
THE WI|I)LE H'IDY. M from amidvn cnld. whKh
fYequently, if neglected *u end in u long cuuraeuf Fe
ver. LOBB tiP API’E w TITE. if OAkepinm Hew
a*rios or t;ot.r Bnav, Ri:m.Ei*a-
BKMH. HEAD Af'HK OI p wiKiMt is the llkau.
all INFLAMMATORY y IMheasks. WtrßMd, ir
t’lilutßKd or AMtn, “Itii kc matimm. a firdk.
Punrter of the Blood, e* and many illseasestowhKh
flesh i heir.too numerous •* to nMtntthnfn tint advur
liaoioerit. DOME Ito t. *
Price 30 Cents.
THE UVERINTIeOIATORuid FA.MII.V CA
THARTIi; PILLS are retailed by Druggiets generally
and told wholesale and retail by the Trade in all tbo
large towns.
B. T. W. IAHFORO, M. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor,
tmh!7—wsm. 13ft Broadway, New York.
live liliwin Wpll| iimp.
mUMRIS, Tl KSUAY, JAM AMT 3, IMIO.
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The Northern Pulpits
It i# almost, universally conceded to be true,
and deeply- to be regretted, that Northern Minia
ture huvo done more lo foater and keep alive the
excitement upou the question of slavery, than
any vthwr hs of people. The position they <’
•py, and the the ouu—quenl intiuunoe they ex
urcuK* upou the minds ad actions of those under
tbeir mtn sterial charge, must and docs have a
vreatue ‘b*griHj of weight, than the Vaporing# of
ilia politicians. We scarcely pick up a northern
paper but what contains long accounts of Drown
meetings, iu which the clergy invariably bear a
most conspicuous pari. Descending from the
sAcred desk amid the foul, damp arena of pot
iioucc polities, they prostrate their holy calling and
their tuleui* to cater to the lowest and moat de-
I raved passions of the rabble—counseling thorn
and ad visiug the commission of deeds of blood,
rapine uud rubbery. The teachings of such men
as BwiTer, Chapin, es id ntnne ijenua , have borne
this blomlv fruit which could not otherwise have
t>eon expacted. Their inflammatory harangues
uud Sharpe's rifle ?ermons have caused the plains
of Kansas to lie wot with blood; and the sangui
nary deuourcental Harper's Ferry, and the pres
ent excited state of bo public tuind upon tho all
absorbing question of slavery, is a corollary of
their unchristian deportment and instructions.—
It tells us unmisiakeably that the religious com
munity of the North have hopelessly fallen into a
fanaticism which would hare disgraced tho Mid’
die Ages.
Wo do not wish to bo understood as condemn
ing or including in the category, all the religious
denomination.! n! the North. We are happy to
have it in our power to state, that there is at least
one body of Ministers, who arc nearly if not eu
| tirdy exempt from this charge. We mean the
clergy of the Episcopal Church. That class of
our fcllow-citizens of the North, are distinguished
alike for their intelligence and piety, their unob
trusive and modest deportment iu every relation
of life ; and lor the long time that the subject of
slavery has been a “Lone of contention” between
the eitixens of the two sections of the eonfotlcra- I
ey, ami made the basis of success or dofuut in
| politics, we have never heard of an Episcopal
clergyman who was so far forgetful of his 1 oly |
i ntlico, as to Like advantage of his position, and |
| insul into the minds of his flock, that resistance
ito tho uoiistitutioual laws of the country was a
duty they owed to the Almighty. We have never
seen that one of Mi era .aided or abetted the traitor
of Harper's Ferry notoriety, either in his “Kan
sas work” oriu the affair for which he paid the
penally of his life. They uiadeuo c diinfirry sub
scriptions for the purpose of purchasing deadly
weapon* to bo used upou their Konthern fcllow
ci'i/.ens, or gave “aid and comfort” by exhorta
tion or advice t those who did. Neither do they
who tho cry ibivi m> “irrepressible conflict” is ap
proaching, nor tLaU a “*.ighor law” tbau tbe
Ooiistitut-ioii of out fathers shooldbe our political |
guide. They huvo been content to follow their,
high And holy colling, without soiling their vest- |
nici'ts ly coming in contact with tho foul and
turbid pool of politics.
Wc have spoken thus of the Episcopal clergy
; of the North, uot from any sdflsh preference for
the faith and rites of that church, but simply to
. state n fad net probably geuerafty known th rough
out the South, and to shield from tho sweeping
and well deserved denunciation which a majority
of the Northern preachers roceivofroui the South
ern press and people, a class of citizens who
merit and should receive our wannest affection
and admiration, “/'iul juaticia , t unl co/Ihm.”
Mlllcigcvlll® runt ration
The Ccmidlttilicnaliat, Augusta; News and
Express of Savannah; Albany Patriot, Bain
bridge Argus, £outb-Western News, Auierieus;
j C'uthbcrt Reporter, Lumpkin Palladium, Ncw
, han Banner A Seutiuel, Southern Democrat,
Griffin; Atlanta Confederacy, Laurence vilie
| News, Dalton Times, Cartemville Express and
| Colmubus Times, quite an array of respectable
| journals, advocate the call of the Executive Com
mittee for a Democratic Slate Convention on the
Htb of March. The last number of the Federal
I UMen also shows that that journal will throw
no obstacles iu tbo way to a union of the elements
of the Democracy by resisting the almost unani
mous wish of the party to hold a regular Conveu
l tion. It will he remembered that only kimtutken
counties were represented in the last Convention.
The March Convention will he an imposing one
in point of respectability and the number of its
delegates.
The President** Message
Thu Message of President Buchanan, taken as
whole, is an able and patriotic documeut. It
will place him high in the rank of statesmen. —
1 llis views upon the doctrine of slavery in the
! territories, he maintains is settled by the Dred
Scott decision, and when necessary, should be
| protected by Congress. There are parts of tbe
Message to which we take exception, but taken
| in its totality, wc repeat, that it is a sound pa
per. _
From Hie Bio (.rantie.
Our New Orleans exchange* eontain a notice
that a considerable battle bail been fought be
tween the Texas troops and tbe band of Cortinax,
the rebel. It Ts stated that Cortinaa bad been
routed, and was in full retreat
Col. Lockridge, of Nicaragua notoriety, ha*l
arrived from New Orleans with a small force of
volunteers, but was too late to participate in the
engagement Lockridge is a gallant l’utlow, and
if I.a comes up with Scaur Don Juan Nepuinoce
na Cortina*, tbo latter will probably swing from
the fin.t convenient tree. Lockridge is a filibus
ter, a graduate pf tbe school of Walker.
Tit a mk* —We return our acknowledgements to
Senators Toombs and Iverson for early copies of
the President's Message, and to the Hon. James
L. Pugh, of Alabama, for a copy of the able
*l>eech of Senator Clay of tbut State.
” Bennett says the report of the Union
meeting in New York by the Express and Journal
of Commerce, is a “cheat and an imposition
that tbe speeohes were all printed before hand,
and interlarded with “cheers,” “applause,” ami
that his report was taken dowu by ten competent
phonograph**™ on the spot.
Augusta CknmicU A Send ml bus
catered upon tbe seventy-fourth year of Us ex
igence, anil begins with tbe cash system for
ldfto.
Thk Ai'o sta Coasrm^TiosAUßT. —This time
honored democratic paper comes to us considera
bly enlarged and otherwise improved In appear
ance. The Constitutionalist has always been ed
ited with much ability, and has a large and de
rorvod patronage throughout tbe State. A peper
of handsomer typographical execution Is seldom
seen, and would be difficult to improve up
on. Long life and success to our able Augusta
ootemporary.
Cow Bay, a horrible court in tbo Five Points,
New Y'ork, exists no longer, the rookertat that
surrounded it on three aides, having been torn
down.
A colored man named William Cooper waa
suspended from a Presbyterian church at Buffalo;
New Y ork, for having plotted to get his wife re
turned to slavery.
THE UNION OK THE STATES, ANII TOE SOVEREIGNTY OK THE STATES.
Thr Wanderer and t apt tun bum
The Savannah Express contains a long letter
from (feu. C. F. Jienuiugsou, tho goullciQwn who j
made Uimoclf so notorious a# uno of Walker'e
principal othcoiw during his occupation of N urn
gua, iu which ho oxonoratos Capt. Fmuhaui lroin j
the charge made against his integrity. It was
charged that Farnhmn had agreed to turr State's j
evidence, and that he would receive ,Utt a* a
reward for “peaching” <>n all those who were
charged or impacted with complicity in bringing
over the cargo of slaves lu tho Wanderer.
Report ul fireman) Coil.
The Now York Herald iudulgos in a very un
just tliug at Scaretary Cobb in a roaont editorial.
Speaking of tho Report submitted to Congress by
the Honorable Secretary of the Treasurer, it says,
U has the “merit q/ - beintj short andhee. are -
atrained to uriy that it has no other.” The Her
ald looks at this document through a different
medium from others. From a cursory review we
take pleasure in saying that it is a very able pa
per and reflects credit upon tho reputation of its
author. Wo trust that it may bo read with cart*. |
It present! to tho Country a clear exhibit of the
public revenue and expoudituree.
Mate Aid Its < onscqucitrcft.
Tt is known to tho readers of the Tinua that it
has staked whatever reputation it has and eJiar
acter for purity of purpose upon its opposition to
the policy of Plate Aid by the government. It
has warned the people against such a dangerous
experiment, which will entail upon posterity a
heavy debt and bankrupt tho treasury. Header,
portise the following paragraph and aSk the State
Aid ir.on if the example of Mimouri will further
their projects iu this State. She loose* $ 12,00 b,
000 by her wild speculations for Railroads. Let
Georgia profit by it,
State Aid in Missouri.—A bill has been in
troduced into the Legislature of Missouri, to soil
out ill roc of tho Railroads for the sum of $K,380,-
000. Tlie roads to bo sold are the I’auiflc, on ac
count of which Plate Bond* have been issued to
the amount of $7,000,000 j the North Missouri,
for which Bonds Lavo been issued to tho amount
of sLdoti.bOO; the Iron Mountain, for which
Bouds havo boon issued to The amount.of
000 ; and the Southwest. Brunch, for which Bonds
have been issued to the amount of $2,800.1*00.
The noeount. Therefore, will stand : Cost of Hail
roads to tho Plate, $17,051,000: Individual and
County Stuck, about sJ,soo,oth). Total cost,
$21,151,000. To be sold for $5,500,000. Dead
Loss to the Stale, $12,051,000.
From the Tuakegce Democrat.
The Dallas Gav. die and Col sum lord
Tins paper assails us ‘the Democrats of
Macon/’ and Col. rfamford, with the malignity
and weapon# ©I a vulgar partnership, which
is blind alike to truth, justice aud the interests
of tbe country.
We say Col. Sauiford is willing to go as a
Delegate to the Montgomery Convention —and
m.’ nuggent liis name us a delegate to the Charles
ton Convention from the State at largo, with*
out any intimation /mm him, that lie desires or
would accept that position. We alone are res
ponsible for the suggestion■ The democratic
sentiment of the roomy . u .i.„ la ,i ti, u UKU ,. R
tint*. Those who live in daily intercourse with
Cd. Sattlfoyd democrat* of his immediate
neighborhood, without a disontiug voice, raii
ly llie nomination to Montgomery, and desire
lus appointment to Charleston. The Demo-,
cratie press nearest to him, had it with an ul
most nniversul expression oi approbation
That able aud constant organ of the Georgia
Democracy, lhe Columbus 7Vm, seconds our
motion iu terms of highest eulogy. That fear
less .Southern lligbts paper, the Kra —the spir
ited organ-of the indomitable democracy of
Hassell county, eudorso* it in the very lan
guage of Mm ‘/'mien. Uur ehi vidric neighltor ol
the Signal, at Col. Samtord s door, endorses it.
With its uncustomed patriotism and enlighten
ed policy, the Ailreriiner —the central organ of
the Democracy of the State, gracefully yields
to the claims of justice, and waives any objec
tion it might have growing >ul of Col. Ham
ford’s candidacy lor the Governorship, and en
dorses him with generous applause.
We do not exagerate w hen w e say that very
nearly all men of all parties m the Eastern
purl of Alabama approve our suggestion.
Heparin of the Comptroller General.
We are indebted to Detenum Tbwuatt, Esq.,
Comptroller General of the State, for several
copies of his last annual report, of which wu
have made frequent use. It is, as we lifltvw Liken
occasion heretofore to say, the most complete and
elaborate report ever made by a Comptroller
General, and on© of the most interesting and
valuable documents ever issued from any depart
meat at Hillcdgeville.
The Legislature, which has just adjourned, we
are glad to see, has shown, iu several ways, its
high appreciation of tho ability and industry of
our present Comptroller General. At tbe com
mencement of tbo Mission, be was re-elected with
out opposition, receiving a larger vote than auy
other officer who was elected by the body : aud
before it* adjournment twenty-nine hundred
copies of his last report were ordered for general
circulation j four hundred dollars wore appropria
ted him for ibe extra labor performed by him in
the preparation of that report, and a bill wa
passed allowing the Comptroller five hundred dol
lars per annum for clerk s hire, and requiring the
reports of bis office to be prepared in tho saute
manner tut Mr. I'hweatt‘s have been.
This action of the Legislature is exceedingly
complimentary to Mr. Tbweutt, and we tuke
groat pleasure iu referring to it, as we consider
him one of the nmst industrious, intelligent, aud
competent officers connected witli our Stale, gov
ernment. — Aut/mUa Count it utionalint Dee. T&d.
Democratic (bntcntlon Judge Henning.
The Augusta Cauetitutionu lists copies Judge
Bnuiiig'B letter and remarks that,
Judge Henning, as some of our readers are
doubtless awor.*, waa appointed a delegate from
the State at large, to the Charleston Convention,
by the Convention of the Bth inat, without Iris
knowledge or consent; and with the idea that
his appointment would satisfy the Democracy of
the Dooomd District, who were not represented in
that Convention, and estop them from demanding
another Convention. And bo it, probably, would
have done, If Judge Bwnniug had accepted tbo
honor conferred and thus recognized the authority
of tho Convention of the Pth insL, to appoint
delegates to the Charleston Convention. But he
has declined it, with a protest against that Con
vent ion, as defective in its all and in its cow tpooi
lion, which is crushing, and with an endorsement
of the action of the Hxeeutive Committee in cull
ing another Convention in March.
The reason urged ny Judge Henning, in favor
of bolding ibis Convention, called by the Execu
tive committee, is tbe same which has induced us
to pronounce for that Con volition. It Is, to re
store harmony in the party, and to prevent the
appointment of two sets of delegate* from this
State, to tho Charleston Convention. The action
of the Convention of tbe Bth is repudiated by u
large portion of the party; two of the deiegiitcs
appointed by it have declined tho honors confer
rod upon them, and another Convention will lie
held, ta accordance With tho pall of tho Execu
tive Committee. These are facts which it is use
less to deny. Let us, as Judge Henning says, ac
cept them and act upon thorn. Lot us umko the
convention o l*o Held In March next, a Con van
tion of tho whole party, and determine to abide
by whatever it may do in reference to a represen
tation in tho Charleston Convention. If wo <lo
this, the party will bo united and harmonious. If
wo do not, two sots of dslemtas will he appointed
to the approaching National Couvnntion of tbe
party ; the vote and the voice of the (Georgia
Democracy will be divided in that Con van lien,
aud tho divisions thus created will ho perpetua
ted.
These Are considerations which should influ
ence tho whole party to desire another Conven
tion for tho appointment of delegates to Charles- 1
ton ; hut there are others which should influence
the fHcnds of <Jov. Cobh to demand another
Convention. They have prejudiced the distin
guished gentleman, whom fhey would serve, by
mwkiug to secure him an endorsement and a dele
gation from a legislative Caucus (for the Con
vention of the Bth was nothing more,; and thus
Hoetning to ho afraid of a full Convention of the
party. Under these circumstance.-, it is net only
their duty as Democrats, hut their duty aud their
policy as tbe friends of Got. Cobh, to demand
another Convention, and to ask of it, if it i a
full representation of tho party, a ratification of
the action of the Convention of the eighth, do
far as it concerns Gov. Cobb, we have no doubt
that it would he oordially given.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1860,
<Ol.l WHIN ttKIIMHUAV, JIMAItV 4. IMO.
Congress Utter More.
The Ikysirrr of yesterday endeavors tjO vin
’ dicate tho low South Ainerioans, whose policy
hasbtH-u to prvvout an organitntioii of Congress.
It vainly attempts to throw the burden of the re
sponsibility upou the Democracy. Had all the
South Americans in Congress obstinately refused
to elect a Southern stare holder speaker, who
was recognised as a democrat, and allowed dis
cord to roigu f rover, they would have acted pre
cisely in ocoorduuee with the advice given them
by tho Kn'/uirer. And yet, a rentier of that
journal is induced to believe that a body of de
mocrats, inure than three times iu numlwr the
Americana, huvo been wonderfully derelict iu
their duty in not supporting an American! But
our ooteinporary insists that we havo misread the
proceedings of Congress, if we have not’ discover
ed that a Southern American could have been
elected Speaker by the votes of the democrats.
We confess that we have, nud ore none the wiser
I by the more assertions of our neighbor. Tho
mere declarations of a speaker, not acting for a
party, the casting of a few complimentary votes
for Mr. Gilmer, whose unsoundness is only equal
led bv that of Mr. Etheridge, of Tennesson, upon
questions affecting Southern rights, is not the
voice of the Americans m Congress. While the
democrat*, we candidly admit, have not yet re
ceived a sufficient vote combined with the South
Americans, to elect a Speaker, so chary haven
low Southern Americans been of their reputation
* not to cast a vote tor a Southern democrat for
thesako of the South. Not only this, we assert
nud ohallotigu the Enquirer to ewntruiliotlt, that
ouo A<|//of the little Hquiid of Americans in Con
gress will not act with the other half to elect a
Southern democrat Speaker 1 That they refused
to vote for the democrat /rcftd ly the South
Americans as the least objectionable to their par
ty, when his name v/as announced by the candi
date of the South Americans for Speaker, previ
ous to withdrawal of his own uuuie. Surely then
• A//i’ this little band cannot be pleased.
These are facts ! Tho country will hour them in
mind in spile of the efforts of the opposition To
turn to political advantage, their position as tb
balancing power in Congress.
Democratic (oHvcniloii, Alabama. Her Pollfl*
clang.
The Democratic State Convention will be held
iu Montgomery, Ala., on the lith iilsl. It prom
ises to l*e a large assembly of tho democracy of
that gallant State. Its action will dotiblioss bu
felt iu other States. We huvu great faith in the
integrity of the democratic leaders of Alabama.
They are so true to the constitutional rights of
tho South. Seldom do they lir.w their knee to
the Jlaal of office at tbe sacrifice of tbe interest of
their section. Alabama is to-day what South
Carolina was years sinco. They have changed
places. The little Pidmtdto State has lost cast
as the only leading spirit iu thu war with aboli
tion fanuUetsiu. Aiol •>. .Utw Stale Ala
ham ft loom* tip in the picture the most, prominent
for Southern chivalry and heroic daring. She
maybe left iu the lurch when the hour of trial
come*; her confederated allies muy quail before
the force of numbers, hut we expect Alabama to
he firm, and if no other consolation is offered her
in thu moinetH of defeat, she can appeal to her
less valiant friends, as King Henry to his living
comrades at tbe battle of lvry, ‘Turn your head*,
if not to fight, ut leant to nee me dir /” This is the
language that will animate such men as Olay,
Yancey, Hilliard, Humford, Walker, Cochran,
Bullock, Curry and other* of the uobio State of
Alabama, as their bright sabre* sparkle in the
sunlight above the horizon of Southern submis
sion and gloom !
Han Henry A Who.
The Montgomery Mail iu an aide article advo
cate* the claims of Gov. llknkt A. WI flic for tho
l*re*idncy. and aiiuouueea its intention to hoist
at ita masthead bis niinin. This purpose in with
hold fortho present, until the Governor’s recent
speech before tbe Mcdicvl Students at Richmond
is seen. We have not perused it ourself, hut
don’t like the Union smack of tho extract pub
lished by tbo press. We arc disposed to think,
however, that the Governor, in passing encomi
ums upon tbe Union, and proclaiming that it
■houhl not he dissolved, meant to convey the idea
that the North would have la force the South to
the alternative. Thu quotations <>f his speech iu
the Montgomery Adeertinnr arc capable of this
construction. Still, thu occasion for *mdi a
speech, to say the least, was inopportune at tbi*
juncture of our affairs.
fact is notorious that the Democrats
have twice had it within their power to elect Jobu
A. Gilmer.
So says the Commercial in alluding to thu
Speakership of the ilouse of Representative* at
Washington. The Democracy never had ihe
power to elect Mr. Gilmer. Tbe thirty-six votes
given to him camo, in fact, from the Republicans
who would have changed them before the ballot
was duel a red if there had basil any danger of his
election. They were careful not to adhere to him
for a number ot bullets, for fear he would be ob c
ted. The thirty -six votes of Gilmer wan a mere
political trick, devoid of sincerity, aud no one
know* it butter than the editor of the Commercial.
Cincinnalti Enquirer.
FOR TIIK TIMES.
Jsii/itors Timestrj-l notice an article in your is
sue of 3d inat., headed “The Northern Pulpits,”
which does injustice to two largo and respectable
denominations of Christians, which, I mil assur
ed, was unintentional ou your part. Justice to
all parties, demands that every pulpit in the
Northern hiatus, which has not waged war
upon Southern institutions should ho made pub
lic. The Episcopal Church and Clergy, I know
have abstained from joiuing in this unholy cru
sade : so have the Catholic Church and Clergy.
Thus far they have gone, and it is well, aud cred
itable to them. But gentlemen, there is still an
other baud of as true and noble hearted Christians
as live anywhere, or over have Bred, who have
gone further than either of the two mentioned, I
allude to the Primitive Baptists, Hard Shells, us
they are called >u derision. They have uot only
ul.-mined from taking part in tho crusade, but
they have, and are daily denouncing from the
palpit and from the stump, when occasion offers,
the abolition fanaticism of their Northern breth
ren. Nor have they stoppeed here, but have pla
ced on record, that slavery is of divine origin, and
sustained by the word of Clod. And more than
this they never have, nor will they ever support
any man for office, unless his political record is
clear upon this question. From Maine to Texas
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, you will
I find this body of Christians sound on the question
[of {Southern institutions, if any doubt, let them
read their papers. Yon, yourselves, gentlemen,
can bear witness to tho many gallant conflicts of
tho Banner of Liberty, published at Middleton,
New York, in defence of our property. My only
object in writing this article, is to correct a false
impression that might he made; that is, that the
Episcopal Church and Clergy, were the only de
nomination of Christians which wore true to the
South aud the country. Let It be rctneuiborud
that the Primitive Baptist and the Catholic
Churches occupy tho same proud and honorable
position.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST.
Him* are He lo lo?
|BV A HOCTIIKUNKR.)
In view of tho late Harper's Ferry affair, and
the divutoptip'iits which Have followed It, a ques
tion of very gravo import presents itself to tho
Southern people. What steps are wo to tuke, to
effectually resist the spirit And the attack!—-the
ucfuiil invasion* -of Northern abolitionism? It
is my intention to discus* this question on!inly,
dispn liounteiy—with nil the reason - , uli the judg
ment which nature has allowed me. At the same
time, I must hi’ permitted to use strong, pointed,
expressive language. m
I'robflbly, in presenting my views, I shall
wound tho feelings of some Northern men who
may chame to road this article. Poantbly, even
some of my Southern brethren may become of
fended at the reflections in which 1 shall indulge.
If by any chance I offend a true friend of the
South, from whatever Scot ton he may come, it will
always be to me a source of regret, and l tender
! apologies in a Ivaucc, and declare that if. in the
enunciation of what L deem to bo grout and im
portant truths, I ahull Beets to speak harshly, it
will bv because the time for bandying compli
ments is pnet. and the motive of self-preservation
compels ua to speak so as not to ho misunder
stood.
But tb those who are our determined and uu
{ compromising enemies: who arc toady to apply
the torch of the incendiary to every homo in this
sunny South: who are all the time compassing
heaven and earth to obtain the means by which
to kindle a servile war, and t<> raise the assassin's
knife again at ev wry Southern breast—to such, 1
have iio word of explanation, further than to say,
that, even in meting out justice to you, T would
let reason, and not passion, direct me.
In order to protect otiraolves and our families,
we must first Uud out who arc they that threuleu
us. U hat we are called on to guard against,
now this very day —this very moment—ii the
host, of abolition emissaries who lire scattered
abroad throughout the length and breadth of oar
land- who permeate the whole of Southern socie
ty—who occupy our places ot tiust and euiolu
incut. To alter a little the language used by the
Abbe Dubois to Morton DeVeroaux ; “the plague*
•f Hpj |* me i.i'B.t s^ntu —-ulflj, liiMCud or ®gyp
tiaii frogs in our chambers, we have the still un re
troublesome guests Yankee udvcutororii.”
I.ot us examine, for a moment, lire plan of
these people. Take tire following extract from
Thai chef’s letter to *.lOllll Brown. “While at
BrowriKvWlo Tchn., 1 addressed a letter to the
school teacher. Mr. 11. He says there is ii<> avo
cation in which a nuui can do so much good for
uur cause as that of school-teaching” * * •
“He says that we must send out more well quali
fied men to the .South as school- teachers, and
work them in everywhere” * * * I aoino
times register one name and then another, to suit
the drcmnstances as 1 travel about. .Sometimes
1 puss for n traveling prcachur. mid ut others for
a Nov Orleans merchant, looking at the crops,
a talking of speculations in cotton etc., Southern
r- ‘t l * f/0t1.a.”
What a text for omuinont is afforded by the
above passages ! It helps to prove that many of
thu V atikocs who cornu south as teachers, preach
ers, merchants,drummer*, peddlers eto., are base,
bitter, malignant abolitionills, bearing in their
| heart* n determined and implacable hatred to
wards ns and our institution?; always .seeking
every opportunity to instil the poison of their
‘opinions into the minds of our slnvus: working
| silently, tdowly, insidiously, but cmistiintly aud
j surely till, a* they lin'q;iih. they shall be able to
! kindle fire fire of Fer . !!c inlflrreetiox which shall
| wrap in flame* and involve in rain the whole
broad expanse of mir now happy ami prosperous
Southern country.
It is folly ; it i. willful blindness, to *hut our
eyes to thu fact at.y longer. The danger is iu
our very midst, an*| ii becomea uft to pmet it iiko
men. Whence come all (he fires of which wo
rcud lately ? Is it at all probable that so many
in so short u lime, are the result, of accident ?
Not lung since four towns in Georgiu Atlanta,
Griffin, Newiuin and Warruulon were on fire
about tho same time ; ami while hrese were burn
ing, tbe llutuus were sweeping over the capital of
uur youagor sitter. Alabama. On onr plantations
we hear of burnings u( smoke houses aud gin
house*, it lias almost come to the puss deiuribod
by John Randolph of Roanoke when lie said .
“The night bell never lulls fur tire in Richmond,
that the mother doe* not hug her infant more
closely Li her bottom.” Tho planter’* wife never
sees tiie flames shooting up t hr*.ugh the night air
frui her husband'* burning out-ho user, that she
dues tiot involuntary shudder at the thought of
impending calamities.
Ou the limp found in “old John BrownV’ pos
session were cert tin marks, designating certain
localities, all over the Southern country—du
Georgiu, us well as other .States. What mean
tfiase marks T Nothing? They a| least indicate
that abolition enirninsariu* have been on these
spot* and have cast ad evil eye an eye of blight
ing-—upon these portion* of our beloved country.
These our homestead* have been polluted by the
trend of tbe vile murderer* who have, douhtlu**,
partaken of out hoppitulify, whiio they were ta
king counsel how they might rob and assassinate
us.
No one, I think, who read* the journal* ol'th*
day, and consider* the matter carefully, can
doubt that our em ujius have been ami are among
as, scorning the wbotu eouutry ami scheming our
rum; ami that the** enemies are in many insLati
cea tcuchcis, preachers, mere bouts, drummers,
pcddlars, Ac. What uru wc to do in tbe premi
ses? That all Northern men who come here arc
abolitionists,'or unworthy rtf confidence; Ido not
protend loas.-crL; but that most of thorn arc, I
do believe and affirm. Which of them are wolves
in sheep's clothing; which of them are worthy of
hanging m.traitor*, we cannot often determine)
and right here Is Die difficulty in the cos®. Could
w e know who arc they that seek to destroy us, the
remedy would b quickly applied—
“Two posts rampant,
A pole eottcbunf,
A rope jKMidnnt,
And the rascal on the end of It,”
would soon settle the business for each cowardly
insurrcctier Ist among us. At the same time,
could wo k now who of them arc friends,worthy of
our confidence and countenance, nothing would
delight its more than to take such qnitlemm by
hand, and welcome them to our firesides with all
the warmth of hospitality for which Southerners
are celebrated.
But it is impossible for us to make the distinc
tion, and we must, in some way, reach those who
ore guilty, If wo would maintain our position; if
wo would retain our property: if we would pre
serve our koine* from de*dutiou, and our mat
rons rind maids from horrid deutlis, and deep,
dimming dishonor, ton thousund times worse
than death —dishorn, t, the recollection of which
wonld deservedly blast our hearts and sear our
brains, should wc he so unfortunate as to sur
vive with our lives—ip short if we would avoid
all the frightful evils which would ottcud the first
stages of a gunerai servile war, we must drive
hack the horde of miscreants who come every
year to spy oat our land.
It is perfectly right aud proper to cull couven
tion* to consider the propriety of dissolving the
l uiou. It is right end proper fl,r our State Lo
gislalures to take such action an they may think
bust—to pass such laws as are calculated to pro
tect us. But it is well known, to those who have
been observing on this point, that legislative eu-
nctmeuhi accomplish nothing, unle** they ore
in necordaac! with public sentiment. In public
opinion, and in lire action, the every day practice
of .Southern people. Hob the evil, and u change in
these respects must prove the remedy, if we|evor
find one. H e must do aomethituj inriepudiiiit[of
Concentiona and Legislatures. There iB a course
to be pursued, which alone, whether the Uniou
shall ho severed or uot, will ensure our safety.
H e M net patronize home industry. At the risk
of doing injustice to a great umny Northern men
who mono among us, merely with tho view of
improving their private fortunes, and who at
tend strictly to thuir own business, leaving us to
manage ours, we must set our faces against im
migration into our borders from the North.—
Especially must we frown upon all itinerants and
straggler* from beyond Mason A Dixun’s line.—
Let us trade with our owu merchants, employ
our own teachers, give work to our own me
chanics. Let ua, iu no instance, Crude with a
fresh Yankee merchant, employ a raw Yankeo
teacher or mechuuic, or in any manner tolerate
a Yankee peddler. Let them all bo placed un
der a hail. Let them all be watched, and let
them know that they are objects of suspicion.
Os course there are those among us who hare
been hero no long, who have become so identified
with us in feeling, whose lot for weal or woe is
so completely east with us, that wo feel wonfldent
they entertain our sentiuieuts and would join us
in action. Especially is this* tho case with those
who are bidding negro property. I would not,
for my right urui, he guilty of tho great injustice
of expatriating #uh men. Every one must ac
knowledge, however, that the class described is a
very small one, ami thut many, oven of those
who have resided long in our midst, and have
long shared our confidence and esteem, are liohw
tile to us and our institulioufl, and would, if au
opportunity should preseut itself, tuko up Him*
against us.
But 1 say let us have no fresh importations
from Yankeedom, What are we to gaiu by
them? Ituiay be, much, from thuir mcchauieal
ingenuity and skill, but then we may lose our all
—the whole of this fair land—the patrimony
which has descended to us from our fathers, and
onuiiul it(IOil Ul lull Cm. iloKt/T euili A lons.
Deeply and bitterly do I deplore tho dire ne
cessity which forces us Li repulse those who are
friend! ‘ to us and who could benefit us. ai the
the same time that they would be making Bup
portu and fortunes for themselves and faroiliee.—
Let them consider the matter carefully. Let
them inform themselves and then they will see
the reasonableness of our position: and those
who uro really our friends will show thcmselvte
such by stay iug ut home, and persuading their
neighbors to do likewise.
Front the M. Y. Day /look.
Jluo. Eli WARD Kv Mirer, we learn, is to con
timtu to write for the New York Ledger during
the ensuing year. It seem! from this, that both
Mr. Everett and Mr. Bonnor arc well pleased
with their previous urraugeuiunt in behalf of tbe
Mount Vernon Fund. The Ledger very truly
says .*
“Mr. Everett’* disintereuU'dnuss in undertak
ing sueli onerous task, in thu midst of engrossing
cures aud labors tor the purpose offurlheriug the
object so dear to his heart, deserves the most cor
dial recognition, from every person who take* an
interest iu the rescue of the Home of Washington
from the auctioneer's hammer and the specula
tor’s ruthless gripe. No other such speriuclo of
persistant, disinterested devotion tea great and
mdde public unlcrpiisu has boon exhibited during
the present century at least, a* that which Mr.
Everett has shown in tbi* Mount Vernon move
ment. llis course ha* elevated the patriotic tone
of thu whole country, ami sot in action sentiments
aud emotion* which have draw n closer thu bonds
of union from one end of the land to tho other.”
Iu this connection, we take pleasure iu stating
that the Ledger, as a family literary paper, is
one which we can cordially recommend to tbe
pat ronage of our friends.
Brmoerallr State < (invention.
Tho uticulnm of tho Domocracy of Georgia,
i* invited to the Card of Cols. Campbell and
MrGohee on our first page, addressed to the
Democracy of this State. Aoeordiug to their
owu showing they have pursued a .straight
lorwnrd honorable course throughout, and one
which the peculiar circumstance* uiid the
lime* demand. We hope the Democracy in
their respective counties, will appoint dele
gates to the Miiicdgevillo Convention, in
March, next, in compliance with the ro
qnest of the Executive Committee. Let u*
have a Convention, composed of the delegate*
fresh from the people, duly uuthori/ed and
empowered to represent them, iu the selec
tion of a delegation to thu Charleston Con
vention -Neionau, /tanner <t* Sentinel.
Muscogee fountj Klee!lon
$ ri M H
£. *tJ Cu o
■ g. A £
b r *•
tt 13;
Solicitor,
J. I’ealmdy 7JI 22 21 774
— 27 24
Sheriff.
Hazleton 7M 12 17 7#2
Williamson 208 10 ffl 24
Clerk Sup. Court.
Rutherford (no up....H02 19 45 9fiff
Ordinary.
Johnson (no op) 980 22 48 10.10
Clerk Inf. Court.
A. I*. Jones ftfiO 13 3fi 599
0.1. Lloyd 187 8 12 407
Tax Collector,
J. L. Howell 578 19 25 821
L. T. Woodruff 121 3 21 416
Tax Heottivtr.
i. T. Brooks 529 1G 88 683
W. K. Jones .....468 G II 475
County Treanumr.
J. A. Bradford 738 Iff tfi 800
J. T. Walker 217 ff l 261
Cormier.
Win. Jordan 745 6 4H 798
L. H. Eubank* 202 1 1 204
County Surveyor.
J. K. Lomnrfno on) 912 19 4ff 977
No election in Naio'e's pruuinot.
Douui,am axi, nut Democrats.—Tho speech
of Mr. Morris, of lil., in part condemnatory of
the President and the iulministration, was made
against llie wishes of Mr. Douglas Mini the other
demoorutie members of the Illinois delegation,
who avow their desire to promote the harmony
of the party.
The Louisville Democrat and Mr. Breckinridge.
The Louisville Jjfiuoorat has the following no
tice of the slavery-m the Territories part of Mr.
Breckinridge’s lute speech.
The speech of Mulor Breckinridge defines his
position to he just what we supposed it was. He
holds to the theory of the “power eoupled with ,
the duty” of Congress to protect slavery in tho
Territories, if there he any occasion for it. This
is the theory ; and Mr. B. thinks the South must
never Mirrender the principle. He adds, howev
er, that he think* the protection sufficient which
exists now ; ami would only resort to practice
under thethery utter it is found that the protec
tion is insufficient. This is not all. He says
further i “I trust the time will never come when
it may he deemed necessary for the <•*,tigress of
tho United Htatcs in any form to Interfere with
the question in tho Territories. Bo fur, it has
been only productive of evil to us, and it would
portend only evil in its future.” lie here utters
a truth which all informed men know and appre
ciate. Mr. IL, adds: “While I would not give
up the priuciplu, I never have believed, and I do
not believe now, In the possibility of slavery
planting itself in a Territory against the deter
mined opposition of the people of s Territory,
and more than I believe the institution ofsl'* ? ry
could continue In existence in Kentucky for three
years, aguinst the desire of the of the
Common wealth, eveu with constitutional restric
tions that are thrown rouud If.”
Tbe paper mill of Mr. Nixon, Manayunk Pa.,
have commenced the production of paper froiu
the Chinese sugar oaao,
fOUMBVH, THCllhDll. JA.UAIU 5, IMIO
A hood Feature
By the steamer Ohvwnlln, which arrived a few
days ago troiu Apalachicola, we luaru that a con
siderable portion of her cargo, of the bulk us 150
barrels, consisting of sugar. Uiolasecs and ether
artlrlM, purchased in the Now Orleans market,
were deslihed for Macon, fuktonfcon and otuer
towns iu the interior of the tftute. Heretofore, all
articles of this kind for those places, wore -kipped
from New Orleans fco Savuunah. or by the Ala
bn urn river to Montgomery and Atlanta, and
from thence to the interior towns. This cluing?
is attributed mainly to the hotter uud cheaper fit’
oilities for transportation which have recently
been Inaugurated bet ween Apalachicola nud New
Orleans, by the establishment of a Hue of steam
ers between those two porlH, tho first of which—
ths “FiarWa”—is now making regubtr trips.
Arrangement* have been effected, and are be
ing carried outsaco< ssfully. with our river steam
ers, t.> run iu oonuoetiou with the “Florida,” and
the commercial and traveling public are assured
that no either in the trunsmisßinn of freight
nr passengers, _uiuy ho feared by those who pat
ronize this new and cheap route. Our river prom
ises to he in good boatable condition for Some
time, and our fleet of steamer* are safe, commo
dious and light us draught, being lmilt expressly
for the low water stage of the (ffmttahooeliWw,
and commanded by able and experienced mu.
Vice Prcsldtuil Hri< lieiirldg , sSpm , h
This distinguished gentleman has delivered a
lengthy speech upon the political question* of tho
day at Fraukfort, Kentucky, in which he places
lutnsoir hesi.de the Statesmen of tire South in their
views concerning slavery in the tnrritoriH. An
epitome of this part of his address is found in to
day’s paper. We confess to a high admiration of •
tho sterling qualities of Miy. Brcekenrbige. There
is so much of the tuauhuod about him, and strict I
integrity and gallant bearing, that lie excites our ‘
wannest interest Alia speech, just made, i* uut
very acceptable to some of the “unfriendly lvgia- !
lattou” journals <>f tho West, but is welcomed by
the Democracy of tho niitJou. . Ujmi and
himself now stand “r" 4 and <fM>tUa. |
The old Ueneral is a little urere cxptirit'than Mr.
Breekonridge, and perhaps, goes little farther
with the Bouth.
We trust that Mr. Ureukeurldge'* view may lo i
read.
lion. Allred Iverson, -A roinpilmriit.
The following letter from a gentleman of dis
tinction iu New Jersey to the H*n. Alfred Ivor
own. pay* a tribute to our Senator not unworthy
hi* übilitius auJ position. H e omit the name,
but trust that tho letter may bo perilled.
Woodbcuhv, X. J., Due. 12, ‘59.
Dear Sir : 1 b*v* with great interest,
the course you have pa rawed since yon were a
member of the'Senate of the United States. You
might suppose, from my being a resident of u
Northern Stale, that I would have disapproved
that aoitrsu. So tar from that, I should proba
bly, if in the “ame position, pursued a similar
course. You seem to mo to have bad a njorejust
appreciation of the temper and spirit of the North,
than any other public man of tbe South, unlas*
Mr. Calhoun be excepted.
if we revert for explication of the political
problem of the day, to uur more early history,
we shall find that New England, iu the first de
cade of thu Constitution of the United Status, had
atruady organized a aectional war. The citation
of Mr. Jefferson suspended, but did not terminate
it. It revived with tliff embargo, and reuolu-d a
crisis in the war of 1812.
The committee from the Hartford Convention,
wailed at Baltimore to upon negotiation* with
Mr. Madison's government, until the new* of the
battle of New Orleans, succeeded by th* specifi
cation at Ghent, wont them borne disc mfilted.
The Hartford Convention conspiracy wo* ffttal
to the Federal l'arly. Though but u boy then, I
remember that in 1842, ‘12,'14, the chief capital
stroke of the Federalists consisted in the antipa
thy to which Urey had uxuited at the
North.
And now. thin is the cpit*l stroke of the Re
publican party. 1 regret to say that (Bis untipa
thy is not confined to the Repub icau* ; it infect*
mure or less all parties aud clhhhc*. Moderate
men, heretofore belonging to the conservative or
der, manifest this antipathy, as well as oihsrs who
act upon fanatical principle*. Thu secret fimt
vaunt of this sectional hostility to the South, is
the lust of power. The North feel* its strength
now, more than ever, and oanuot submit *ny
longer to play a subordinate part. But the North
cannot eoncentrute tin ntreugth, except in u sec
tional controversy. The aatuts leaders who have
organized the Republican party, are well aware
of this. For tbe first time in tho iiDtvry of the
oouutry, the N r < rth was ojuipaet'y arrayed against
the bouth in 185 G, Nothing saved us but tbe
American organization in three or lour Stales.—
“That has now, in a great mes Miro. -oicrumbed Li
the anti-slavery furor. And 1 hu.e no expecta
tion, therefore, that any thing can arrest ibe
sectional hostility of tho North inwards the South
except interested rnottye* of a sordid character.
If that does nt, ei*e con. .D.sufloeti-*u
is now so wido-wpruud and luaiigfiatit ibat even
tho love of gain, and the absolute dupeudunce of
tb North npun the Eolith for the great staple*
of eoiiuner<’o and luainifaciursH, tn*y uot be *uf
fieiunt to qutdl tfic urou*c*i demon of fanaticism.
IP unfortunately is the suet, that those who
control or lead public opinion ut the North, a*
well as the masse* which are controlled -r led,
have nut an iuuuudiute, Hirm-t iuf*os4 com
mereu or tnatntfacurres. They (the latter) con
sist of the rural po|>ulatlun ehiefiy, .which is slow
in receiving any powerful momentum, but which
when it ha* wived such an impulse, move* iu
the dircHiou of the force applied, with irresistible
strength and irrevocable purpose. Tho leader*
who operate on these urn tenuis, are aiming ut the
posueiaioii of the government, aud they ure re
gardful of no interests but tUHr own.
The distiuguinbed geutlemcu who figure so
patriotically at tho Union meetings, Imre no in
ilHence with the tue**e*, wkui the Republican
leader* uoutrol. From these considerations,
therefore, J am dubious whether any view* re
specting the mtoNvU of the North, can bo pre
sented, sufficient to awaken the North tow sense
of the danger which itnpsnds. I see no possible
way in which tlvi* can he dons except by such
inea-ures as I have soon suggested at the AoutU,
but which, nevsrUmkss, way not bs ssnetionsd
there. 1 refer to uon lutereouree laws, discrimi
nating license laws, and reprisal*, viz: the seiz
ure of Northern property ortho *oquotruti‘*‘
debts owing the North a* <:ourity for >* v r uU * r, ‘
of fugilivs slave*. These ien*uica H H* e y
not Misled in coffee ting pubb <ofiUdent at tbs
North, will liaslen the -..vvonal riqiturs. Arid
when the North Jsoonv*etd that tho South will
seedde, uule* her respected, I think
the tide will tur*
Your coiir'S, however, in defying the wora% is
the true oonsorvative coarse, if all Southern
4,11,11 spoke ss you do, the North would have
Bouie fitlUi iu the sincerity of 8 out hero threats- —
But it is the ease, I suppose, ut the South n*
here: your leader* are governed by political con
siderations, and are looking sometime or other for
Northern votes for the Bre*idoucy. lienee their
moderation.
Fanaticism flan only ho met and conquered by
are*oKttuncss as indomitable us Itself. It can
not be reasoned with. It laugh* to soofa every
thing else but the sword.
PEYTONH. COLQUITT, !™ ‘ ‘
JAMES W. WAKREN, } Edl^org.
Number 2
If tho Republican* imoceod with their l*ro*i
dcutial candidate next year, unlesi he should hap
peu to be a moderate man, I apprehend they will
try the pluck of the South, for I truly believe
they desire to provokoyou, that they may enjoy
the felicity of subduing you.
But should the Republicans fail next year, I
think they will not afterwards lo formidable. I
care not who they nominate, *0 thr as it may
affect New Jersey. She will give her vote to the
democratic candidate if he should bo any one
but Mr. Buchanan. I don’t think he could carry
New Jersey.
lam for tho Union—but should the present
sectional contest retiult in arupture, I should oast
my lot with you of tho South.
Very truly, yours,
• * *
lire President Krerk In ridge’s Speech.
Wo publish below the remark* of Vice-Preiii
dont Breckinridge, delivered at Frankfort, Ken
tucky, uu Wednesday last, on tho question of
slavery iu the Territories. Wo had intended to
publish the whole of the speech, hot it* groat
length and the pressure on our ooiumna have fbr
oud uto omit all but one part, which we here
give s
thr naan hcott decision.
t.eutlcuieii, I bow to the decision rs the Su
preme Court oi thu United States upon every
question within Its proper jurisdiction, whether
it correspond* with my private opinion or not;
only I bow * trifle lower when it happen* to do
*O, an the decision in lire Rred Scott case doc*. I
approve it in uil it* parts a* a sound exposition
ot the law uud constitutional rights of the Staten,
nd citizen* that inhabit them. [Applause.] It
may not l*c improper for ino here to add, that so
great, an interest, did I take in that decision, and
in its principles being sustained and understood
in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that 1 took
lire trouble, at my own cost, to print, or have
printed, n large edition f that decision to scatter
it over lire Stuie, uiul unless (Im mail* have mis
carried, there is sumreJy a member elected to the
Legislature who has uot received a copy under
ni\ (Yank.
To approve the decision of the Supreme Court
in the Dreil Suoit case would seeui to settle the
whole question of territorial sovereignty, a* I
think will presently appear; but In order that.no
u iity Ml'!*<]• rxiatW U*c osowh on that ques
tion, l win. With your leave, detain you with a
brief review of what was dune as to the slavery
question up lo tho time of that decision, refer
ring also u> the duties imposed by it.
THE MISKOCtU LINE.
1 wh* in the Congress of the United States
when that Missouri Line was repealed. I never
would have voted for any hill organising the
Territory of Kansas mm long a* that odious *tiguia
upon our institution* remained upon the statuto
book. I voted cheerfully for its repeal, und in
doing that I east uo reflection upon thu wise pa
triot* tliut. acquiesced j, r jt gs tbe time it was es
taWished. It wa* repealed, and wc passed the
MCI known as ibe Kansas-jfehr-jak* BUh Tho
Abolition or gnani Abolition parly of the United
were CimstatiUy intending that it wan the
right of Congress to prohibit shivery m the com
"*n rerrituries of the Union. The Democratic
party, aided by most of the geiuicmeti from tlio
South, took the opposite view of the case. Our
obje< t was, if posstble, to withdrew that question
from the halls of Congress, and place it where it
could no longer rink the public welfare and the
public interest. In the Uongress of the Unfeed
States it bad been agitated all the time, to the
disadvantage of the South ; accordingly (I have
O'-t a ‘‘"p.v of the hill before me now, but 1 re
in, inl.cr us leading provision*,) a bill was passed
repealing the .Missouri Line, and leaving those
furrituries upon the contract and tbe assertion
that the bill made. Did we intend by it to legis
late slavery into Kansas and Nebraska ? We de
nied that, aud denied it upon tho face of the bill
itself. The settlement thus made afterward re
ceived the approval of the people ut the whole
umitkiry.
Tho bill said within itself, not that wo intend
to legislate slavery inti, the Territories, hut to
leiivc the people free to form their own domestic
institution*, subject only to the Constitution of
the United States. That wa* us much a* we
could agree upon There whs a point upon which
we could uot agree. A considerable portiou of
tii® Nor the iu Democracy held that slavery whh
iu deregut ion of uniumor. right, aud oould only
exist by force of positive law.
They con tended that tbe constitution did not
fiinii*li that law, and that the .slaveholder could
not go into tho territories'with his slave*, with
ihc ('onstitutiun to authorize and *ustain him in
bolding hi* Have*, um property, os to protest
him. Tha South gencridly, without distinction
“f party, held the opposite view. They held that
thu eitizeus of nil the States may go with what
ever was recugnizod by tlie Constitution as pro
perty, and enjoy it. That did not seem to bwde
tiied a* to*any article ®f property except slave*.
Accordingly, the bill contained the provision that
any question iu reference to slavery should be
referred to the Court of tbe United tttetes, and
tbs understanding was, (but whatever the judi
l iai decision should be, it would be binding upon
all particH, not only by virtue of the agreement,
but under the obligation of tbe citizens to respect
the authority qf the legally constituted Courts of
the country.
slave cone.
1f pn aent remedies are adequate to sustain
this decision, 1 would have nothing more done
i. with many other public men in the country,
believe they are able. If they uru nut—if they can
not be enforced for want ot priqier legislation to
enforce them, *uflb'ient legislation must be passed
or our government is a failure. [Applause.]-
Gentlemen, I see no ex- ape {jrote that coßelu*ion.
Al thu same time, fellow citizens, l make no
hesitation m saying to you that l trust tbe time
w ill never come, wheb it way be deemed necessa
ry for the Congress of the United Flutes in any
form to interfere with this question iu the Terri*
lories. So far it ha* been only productive ofevil
to us, und it would pnrtuml imly evil in the fu
mre. At p.'eseiii there l* no question before C'eu
gress. No Southern Uepresuutative or Senator
proposes legislation on that point—no complaint
comes from any Territory-—there is no ovidouee
that the existing law* aud decisions of thu courts
are not adequate to protect every description of
pro|erty recognised by the several Stale*. None
whatever. Therefore, iu in.v opinion, and I sub
mit if humi fy md with deference, our true pol cy
is not p iiitttQluaie trouble, but to let thu matter
rent upon tbe Executive, upon tbe exit-ting laws,
and upon the decision*ot the courts. [Applause.]
1 will add this, we must never give up the prin
ciple, we must never give up the question that
ha been judicially decided, that this constitu
tional right exist*. We must stand by that de
cision. We must hold to our constitutional right*
hm | would never prematurely raise the question
to distract tho eouutry when there is no voice
■ a'ling for it, North, Fast, South, or West. [Ap
plause.] I say we must bold to tbe principle—
we muei stand by U. We Maud in a good posi
tion. We have the Executive, wc have tho laws,
we have file decision* of tbo courts, and that is
a great advance from where wo stood ten years
1 Hiu glad, although wt did nut succeed a* we
desired in Kansas, I am glad that tbe Territorial
question is nearly tough uk t i* niwrly fought
■ ail. I know of no (Kitting Territory* where
this question can rise. As to the territory south
ol the line, where slave iab <r is real I v profitable,
I have not a doubt hnt ‘iat tbe climate aud in
j i-rest, mid the prox-uiity of slavoboledrs, aud the
, ufttitu ion r*4 laws, and tii* deeixion of the
Court, will usiain and protect u* there in tho foil
enjoyiii*** l ‘d'oitr riglit*, and in niakinx Houthern
terr'** ,r y out f Soutiiern soil. While I would uot
~v up the principle, I lievi-l have believed, aud
1 do not Indit ve uow,ih the possibility of slavery
planting itself in a Territory against tbe deter
mined opposition of the inhabitants, any more
than Ib. liOvu the iusliifftiim of slavery could
onntinue iii existence in Kentucky for ihree year*
against the dr sire of the voter* of the I'ominon
wonlth, even with tbe constitutional restrictions
that are hero throw n around it.
Still, 1 would Save the question and the prin
ciple, aud never let go the constitutional right,
he -auss unrprotection iu th# Union consists in
a strict adlo rouce to the provisions -of the Con-
Htitntlon. When we Row an lufrsetien of tbe
Constitution <>u any otio point, w 103 our elaiui
“to the observance of the whole. We should in
sist to the hist that thu Constitution of. the ooun
try shall be sustained in evury particular. [A
voice—•‘Good.’*
Ib*TMMt'ihttKi> .Bishop* in the Crrr.—We
are pleased to loam thntthe Ri. Rev, Conmiis
sinners of the University of lhe tfoulb. Bish
op* Folk, of Ixritisiann, i*.nd Klijott, of Georgia,
arrived in our city yesterday, and will ofiiciatu
to-morrow in John’s Church. They are
guests of Col. C. T. Pollurd.— Montgomery CW
/•Unratiun,