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rOLCMSU, FRIDAY, MAT 35. IW© Judge DnttgfoN at tlatilinorr It \* udegrspb-d ikftt Judge Doogtas *rtl n nb ’ draw tbe um> of bi* tuupo female <)ouv<mti<<n a* lirtif .u vote* given on the fint bullet- It bo re membered that Judge Doo* alt. oMred one hum &red and fiftytwo vote# ®t Charleston. ju*t a roe jority, on two ballets only. Aiy tbnt. be re oeirid one buffered end fifty-orf* Tbl* veto in- 1 eluded on* from Virginity on© from Tonnes***, on* from North Ctroilot sod four from Missouri. should Judge Douglas'* nomination depend npoe hi*getting* majority of the wholo *"♦* of • electoral college, much loss two thirls, he cannot possibly be nominated. The StuihHV\ Stoic* .hou!d take seats in the Baltimore Convcn* it HHI Dene Atlsstet At their mootiugJust Saturday, tbe Drum rat* ts gotten county fully sustained the Kder.. un<, declared “in the roost aoiettiu form—that wo are unwilling to purchase harmony, either by any farther compromise of our <‘oHßUtnli ‘iiul right*, Tbo above ia from the Augusta Chronicle mid Sentinel. Our opposition cotwnporary would he unwilling, we think, fr the Democracy to har monire upon any Aenw. It applaud* the dcroo rrwts of Atlanta for inetuting upon the full measure of out Const! tut-dun! right* In n piutfonu for the party and rejoices that It will not “jmr©A**U’ har iiwny. Dray, why did the Chrerdctf <f Smtintl “purehas*” harmony in If * own rank* by ignoring t hose very principle* in it* own platform that l> now lands the dctnwal* lot urging* Tho did Opposition Cnion Convention would not have the wor3 slavery, property or anything, hut un meaning term* in It* own platform Wus fbi* “Wall done?” Will the Chrt.nicle it support the nomino# *>i tho Democratic party un der any circumatancuhV Will it decline t* sup port a uiuu with 41 /r* tail ofiinitiee” like Ifeti. John Bell for i> Houthern man upon a Hrottlern platform in opposition to the regular nomine* ol tho National Democracy'’ A man nominated at Richmond, Va.? Wo answer no ! for onr .’otem porary, promising the amend* honorable, if It agreeably disappoint* u* in the answer Tho tiuth Is, the Chronicle 4 Sentinel feetruggling to disorganize the democracy with tho bopo *f car tying the South for the Hon. John Bell. Ter Baltimore Th* Richmond Enquirer, u well as the l'r amii.ee ami index, favors Hall I more as tho place for the Delegates from the South to assemble. The Enquirer say*, We are at a low to discover In w hat wny the righto of iheßouih would bo imperilled by the Southern delcgute* meeting at Baltimore, and seeking once more to obtain their rights from Convention of lb* National Democracy. WeflfUl entertain the hope that soiuu portion of the, Nor ibern Democracy will be dippoaod to do tho South full justice when the Convention re ia einbtoK at Baltimore: nnd with this hope, and unable to coe any HI consequence# that cun result from the re-union of the Southern Stales, w© have advised tbeir return. The state Ifead We arc pleased ti> notice thni the Fiipcrintood eat of the Slate, Bowl continue.? his routrtUly de posits at the Treasury of the Stale; Kor flu month of April lost the net cariiirq: of the road deposited, iimouo'• and Ilomlcidr Two Men Kiticei Wo loam that two young men, residing in Chat taboochoo ©ftfenty, hy the naate of lU'lma, wore killed by a Mr Doiiltletfew days since. TbepuT tioulars ol the horrihlomurder are yet unknown, it occurred near Harp's Mills, oh. the Marion 11 mi. Mr. Doolittle is said to have asked tho yoinig men to take a drink, which they refusing, Uiadu him mad, when ho driiborstely leek tho iiio ol one, cutting his throat from car to car, and very plrortly succeeded in taking lb© life of the other, a warrant has been Issued. ( Corn hi unfolded ] Masaua. lvonutta: Your corrcepopdtiU ‘‘South” ia yesteriluy'c issue stiggciua the only wodo in toy Judgment hy which tho Democracy con he re united and hnr laonlaed. WJun the Daltruiere Omcntinn mod , the first motion in order will be to toko up tho an finished business up< n which the Charleston Con ron ion was engaged at the time of its aijjourn- Picut, to wit: tho nomination of n candid ato for tb© Presidency. Homo Southern delegate with view of amending the platform or oflkring a cuh stitute for tho ono adopted at Charleston, will movo to suspend tbo rules. This can only bo done by a vote of two thirds of the Convention, and If the irk rule of Douglas shall resist the inn tion, that vote ©f two-thirds eon uover he obtain ed, and there will ooiisequcntly be no ebitnoe to !• a vote of tb* Convention upon any amend ment or substitute to tho platform. The fco©d lag Btato# will, thorefore, if they ndhoro to their J demand, be compelled to witinlrnw from the Convcntoin again lfore a nnnlnatlon is n ud*. When, hy voting in tho nomination they can doubles*, secure tbo nomination of a man that tho South would be willing to accept, even without a platform. Ono thing ijtcertain, by takliig part in tho muumatiwi they can, if they ohoow, pre veutj.be of Douglas, and bring tb© Convention lb a deadlock, until tho friend ■ ©l DouglM cither yield to a nomination aocq-tublo to tho South *r re lira themselves freon the Con ventieu. Tbu* the finutimrn Slaton, by taking their seats ia the Baltimore Convention and proceeding tr< the nomination before attcuiptiug to uuieml tin pbufurtn, have It in their power to secure a can Aiaio acceptable to the K.uth up n tho platfonu wre idy adopted, or force the frieud* uI Doag la* uV* wirlidruir. T my mind tbis course pro* * the onl|i s’Mißicii to the dißlcullies they will probably meet, , • 4 ’ m dkmoobat. { ’ouunualcated ) fl*. 1 *. Ca., M) IDtb, 00. Mnfsna. Kuirona t Tour columns are open tu couuutuications from Dcmocrau. In a crisis like the proscut, H is appreciated by mil, who search for truth unaid ed hy passion and prejudice. W rejoice to rxe that the Tunes nceapios u position of moderation and counsels harmony and union in our detract ed P*rty • It appeal* to eolwr judgment hud >o<-- ond thought and (ha necessity of plauliug the Democratic party upon the iiuinutable principles *>f right touch©* ai©“ponsive tdiord in the De mocracy of the Country The TVnuwratio par ty cannot bo dissolved in an ii. imnf md*%p*n issues impradiceblv* and whkdi in no goed, even to|h* * A dvtoarul has Mid denly been made a- an oltiiustiun ndhcaid ‘d end unasked hy u vingb* dom<•dolie State (’on vcntiuD except Alabama. Without rcprowcliiog eur delegate- who retit.l troin ihv Churl©-ton Couveutumuod* r the elrcttmstan. es which mr rounded them, and believing them patriotic in thuir motives, yet the question mustW-uivtin the future and met boldly. We rc engaged In a *trUfglo uhovt N4 h, rod prbic/pf-. y| r Douglas’ name m t been presented .i acaudidate at Charleetou, there would have beat no ultima tum for a pictt-Tui nU wen alter a tow of the > . ceding delegates weut iuto nu >th:r Cnuveutiou faadiiut more (lim a half dozen front Uoorgia) they were willing then to rvuounco their plat form fyr aeeuu.l mutt. If w were fighting for priuciplcs, then the refusal te grant them would be a cause fur rupture, uud uo man, who accept ed “ oomlr.eDon upon a platform wbi*-h ignored them woul i U i milled to support. Besides this Dbuciusdo at Chsrlcstuu has been made before, and the people would not endure* their retiring delegates. Ou the contrary the delegates supported (Jen. Cbm, the hoad and front of squatter sovereignty, thereby c intuit- , Lug themselves to it. We iu i t not break up the Democratic party now upon it. It in Me lt is useless. It Bounds well to talk ©bout Southern right* aud dU-uoune© all ns “re-piatien/’ who nr© disposed to opjw)-© the breaking up or thw party, but the issue tendered yie amounts to nothing; simply the reeoguttiun ©fa principle, uhicb, though right in iieolf. Is not of practical Import to the country just now. The politleisns may wurm up the fiouthofti lire* for ulterior objects, but the people are going to stand by the old land mark*, of the Democratic party and expect to support the nom inee of the Baltimore Convention, If a sound man, and w hip the opposition, who nr© claiming for tTmJr party so much conscrv atism and nationali ty These who <bot*eo to nek unknown god? ami break np tho party, ran sc, ‘nnd*run one Presidential race, much after the order of th© Troup and Quitman perty, but th* plain, unso phtsticated Democratic farmers in lire country, who d* not run wild with the politicians, expect to vote right along es they have always voted, and throw their hots high in the mr as iiorotoforo, when the smoke of the battle i over nd the *eamo old Democrati* flag is eoen rustling in triuroftii nnd in victory. This is the humhio opinion of on old Democrat, who has the sears or ]>woterAtic huttles upon him and who wit! be among the last that desert for so little a cause a* that urged hy many whore ileal get I the better cfthelr judgment OLD LINK DEMOCRAT. European Letter. The follow mg letter, dated Oeneva, Hwitzer laod, h from a young friend, a resident of tieor* (/ia, journeying in that beautiful country. Though intjjpdcd as private, wc are permitted to publish ii,ft it gives an interesting history of tho politi cal rendition of Europe, and that to©, in a style ami elegance of diction seldom surpuseed. We gUdly give it w place in our columns, and he epoak for It u perusal by our many readers : Ue*va, SwmMthAHD, May 3, ’CO. Jje.er Ennui: Since I lj?t wrote you, many interesting events have transpired in Kurof>,and others have approached their final development. Kurope is in a most distracted state; by some, attributed to tbo aonhitio * nf Napoleon, and by others to tb© jealousy of England. Whatever the cause, it cortainly is not politic for these two powcrfhl neighbors, eonneoled so closely by com ment. to disagree on a matter which would in volve a war, thereby turning loos© the flood gates which would inevitably deluge tbo whole of Du rope In blood. For it has bocn tho combined dlplomntir interference of Franc© and England, which has hitherto maintained the itnt quo in Italy, and tgiien this is withdrawn, tb# cause* which have prevented Austria from a d*eent upon Italy, in order t i wrest back her Drand Duchies, apd Oarleatdi from invading the Slcilio.i, and tho State of th© Church, will have ceased, nnd no onccon predict th© result of such a ‘'lniggh*. Twelve lunfftha ago Austria could har* swept Italy from one ond to tho other, and doubtless would httvo done so had not a more formidable foe than Italy opposed ,Im. But now, affairs havechonged. Italy 1 united, and Aus tria Is impoverished, bankrupt and without credit at home nnd abroad. You will, no doubt, have heard ere this roaches you, of the /suicide of Baron Bru-k, from ail aeoounts tho most skillful minister Austria ever had, and tbo only man capable of restoring the eshnustod finances of hi* conn try, and that of unotbereminont mnn conncc ted with the entoo dopartiaeut of the government. Tbcao are omons of national decay, and will tell ou tho future* of Austria. However, weakened as shefrin finances and credit. Huugnry nnl Vone tia riiuj for there can be little doubt, whon tho occasion presenth itself, whoa tii olTuirs of England and Franc© reach that point, when having so nmoh to do at home they cannot ailord to interfere In (ha affair* of other nations, uad thereby influence their action and destinies, that Austria will attempt to wreak upon Northern Italy her long delayed tongeanoo, and bring her again under the yoke of tho linpuburg dynasty, knowing that sJm has to territory to lose hy it, her remaining Italian provinces being secured to her by tho iutn treaty with Russia, in considera tion for certain privilegesuiul advantages grant ed in tbe Holy Land, bat oq the other hand much to gain, should her arois succeed in Italy. tV heu wo eeosMor tho umgnimtdu of (bo interests at stake and which a rupture between Franco and England would saerifloe, we are n*tnni>hed that two such powerful countries /tiionld split on tho mountainous, iusignificanl and almost sterile ter ritory of Savoy. But England snys that the aa crodnc,-s of tho treaties must not bo violated, uod France, that she has m 4 violated nor intends to violate a treaty. Here the question rests for tho present. No on© can bo insensiblo t© tho progress which eur favorite principle of govern men t ike power of the people -has made iu Europe within tho bt; t ton years, and which scerqs to have boon inaugurated in late years by Napoleon 111, who is generally considered to both© most despotic sovereign of Europe ; however this may be, his elevation to tho throne which he now fills, was a recognition of this very principle, mid this con* stTtucs the rc/reon why tho rest of the groat sov creigim of Europe consider him un illegitimate ruler, hontever ki power may com pell them to give him n reluctant acknowledgement of his royalty. A short time ago wo saw this power oxteuded to the people of the provinces of North ern Italy, which declared almost unanimously for Victor Emanuel, and although the Kmjcror of the French was opposed “in to to” to tho nn novation of Tuscany to Piedmont, yet, sine© the people have raised their voice* fio unanimously in favor of th© brnvechbftain and statesman, he has it poftng, withdrawn his objection, or at least not strenuously opposed it. Nut two weeks ago un der tho favoring auspices nf th© sum© “despotio rul.r,”tkc people of Favoy exorcised tho privi lege of adopting their own nationality, which is called by the Knglbli “a low farce,” and by the French * U plus libra expression do la volont© d’un people.'* But the willing occupation of a part of Savoy by the French would seriously en danger the nationality oT Switserlund, beside* violating a compact formed by the great powers of Europe, at which Franco herself na<d*ted.— England having seen many such treaties broket with impunity, but awake to the expansive pro jmnsitie* and jealous of the growing power of France, objects strenuously to this acquisition by annexation to tho vote of her neighbor. Th© Swiss, a bravo people, confident in their strength and the justice of their cause. “s*4nr by Tell” that the French army can only march to ('baldais and PWigny over their doad bodies -which I denot suppose would b© very hard to do- and a mem ber of th© English I‘arliament promises that Eng laud will back them, nnd the tone of tho English press would indicate that ho is authorised in mak ing such a promise. Now, it must he admitted that it is quite a temptation and trial for n man wielding th© power that Napoleon does, to himself menaced by sueh an insignificant country as Mwitecfland. when lie frols that he could an nihilate it n* it were with one stroke of his p-m ----trfh! arm. It is as David braving tlm wrath of a tioliutit, when the days of tniMeloe are passed and tb© time© or rilled cannon and sword-bayonet* hat • been initiated hy Napoleon himself, he has not no much to fear from England as on© might bo iuollnef to suppose, lor it is evident to on© ac qnalnted with the physical geography of England that he could possess himself of theetrongboldsof Switzerland before England could got her troop* on fighting ground. Whether he will rtssiet this temptation remains to bo mu. It is likely that the year ISOO will lv n remembered ouo in tho auiials of war. Comuieoeed with the Spanish “ar iiiiußt Morocco, th© Chines© war about to commence, these, with tho iucvitablo war in Italy uud our probable war with Mexico, the present year will bnve w ltucucd war in all tho four quar ters of tho globe. tieneva presents at pn*©t. quit© an animated appearance with the gay uniform ©fits officers und her thousands of soldiers. Nearly the whole rmy of HwltrerUmd, consisting, 1 think, ©f about 1 . 100,000 well, ho* been here this Spring, so s to ■ bo ready iu the event that France attempts to ‘ occupy CUabials and Fnucigny with her troops.— j llie idea of tbu little Swiss army opposing the march of Napoleon III! I close this letter while a little Savoyard itinerant singer is at the door and all that I can distinguish of his song ir, ’ “Vivo la Frauoc et lTulie, Ft 1© corps d* Oarabaldi.” Yours, ic., a Itoucbfrt) (ountj Poiltlral Meeting. Ai.ahv, May IPtb, 1800, AC4>rding t<> previous notice, tbe Democratic party and citizens of Dnugherty cuunty ussctnbl e*l in tb* Court lions© to consider ibe action of the Charleston Convention and the seceding dele gates, and to appoint delegates to th© State De mocratic. Convention to be held ni Mjllcdgevillo on the 4th day of June. On motion of R. 11. Clark, K*q , the Hon. A. E. Harris was appointed Cbairinno, and T. 11. Johnston, tieeretary. Tit* Chairman having explained the object of th© meeting, on motion of K. IF Clark, Esq , n committee office was appoinOed by tho Chair to prepare business for lb#consideration of tho meet ing, consisting of It. 11. Clark, B (>. Keaton, Kelson Tift, W. If. Wilder and A. J. Alncariby. During tit# abteaec of tho comiaitteo, th© west ing was addressed by Col. Win. M. (Daughter, who gave the reasons of the withdrawal of tho O corgi a delegate*’ from tbe Charleston Conven tion. He was followed hy Mr. Jonathan Davis, who warmly sustained tho withdrawal of tb© /<•- ceding delegate!. The committee returned, and through their Chairman, Col. Clark, ma le the folio© ing ma jority report: Ist. Resolved, That in 8>52, th© .Southern Democracy united with the Northern upon the condition that tho Compromise measure -of iB6O should be faithfully observed. 2d. Resolved, That In ISSfi, th© Houthorn Dc mocracy united with the Northern upon the nn,. dition that the principles of the Kansa “ Nebras ka Act became part of the party platform, und be faithfully observed. I ?.d. Resolved, That fcrtepbcn A. Douglas, find bD other Democratic adherents who voted agnlnat the admission of Kansas under the Lo eompton Constitution, bavo violated their con tract. tth. Resolved, That St*]'ben A. Douglas and his democratic adherents, who refuse to adopt the I)r©d Hcott decision as the soMleinent of tho rights of the slaveholder in the Terri tor id of the Union, have violated their contract. 6th. Resolved, That Stephen A. Douglas, and his democratic udoerents, who maintain that slavery may bo excluded from the Territories by tbe first settlers, or by any other authority, while tb© Territorial condition continues ns tbe true doctrine of non intervention, have v iolated their contract. 6th. Resolved, That u this influence in flic Democratic nnrty proved to be tb© stronger in Charleston, in the manner (but tho votes of tho several Htatcn were cost, and the majority refused to adhere to th©contracts of 1862 nnd 1866, tbe Southern Democracy stand whore they did prior to the National Conventional of 1862. Tth. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the conduct of those delegates from Uoorgiu, who withdrew from an organ ir at lop controlled by such bod faith. Bth. Resolved, That wo will make no part of any National organisation which approves tbo doctriuos proclaimed by .Stephen A. Dougin', but that we desire to unite with sound men every where, to preserve this Government on it* true principles. Dth, Iti solved, That inasmuch as wo know that there is a sound element in the Northern Deuio crecy, whore voice wn* stifled at Charleston hy on arbitrary rule, forced upon them by the Dong lasites tu (heselection of delegates. Wc regard nn organization with that element a* tho best present means of rnnintnininq Southern ©quality m the f'nion. I 10th. Resolved, That wc send Ike Welch, F. A. Itiilingslc.'i. IV. If. Wilder, Nelson Tift, it. H. Clark, T. 11. Johnston, A. E. Harris, John Jackson, Wm. M. Kendrick, and A. J. McCarthy delegate* to the Convention to ho held nt tho Htate Capitol, on tho 4th day of Juno. 11 th. Resolved, That tho majority platform, rejected at Charleston is the trim position for tho Fottib, is nothing more than tho assertion of our Constitutional rights, and those rights as exponn dod hy the iiighost judicial tribunal in th© Gov • ermnent, ami it> consistent with tho platform and pledges of tho Democratic party. 12th. Rcsolvod, That our |dolcgHto ■> tho State Convention arc requenfod to Insist, first, on Delegates to the Convention at Richmond, of the 11th of June, and that they be tho Seceding Del egates, and such others as agree with them. 2nd That these Delegates go instructed not to adjourn th© Richmond Convention until niter the ad journment of the Baltimore Convention, and. That we send no Delegate*/ t> the Baltimore Convention, but that the Richmond Convention consult with the Baltimore Cornel tion by such moans as tbev may adopt, informing them of tho basis upon which a union may he formed, find if that basis is accepted by nil, or auy portion of tb< Baltimore Convention, then unit© with them, or with those who accept it 13tb. Resolved, That they can accept tho Itcre lution offered at Charleston by John Cochran, which rends ns follows ; “Resolved, That all the citi/rus <l tbe rolled States have un equal right to sottfo, with thoir property, in tho Territories of tho Uni tod States, und thin under Ihe decision of th© Nu promo Court of the United Htntcs, whHi wo reoogufrn n :v correct exposition us the Constitution of tho Unitod States, noitber their rights of person u>r property can be destroyed or impaired by Con gressional or Territorial legislation"—with an additional resolution pledging o\ery branch of tho (Jovermnent to the-protection of lave proper ty <u tho high seas, upon the sum© role* as other property provided, that the nominees for tbe Presidency and Vico Presidency, under said basi . pledge themselves to muiutniu tho spirit of tbo* resolutions, and urn roou whose antecedents aro consistent with them. 14tb. Resolved, That foiling in this, it is tb© desire of this meeting that tho Richmond Con vention should make a sound platform, and nominate sound men. and let tlm result take ear* of itself. Col. Nelson Tift, after u few remarks, in which ho stated his regret that any disagreement should exist upon tho questions to be considered, and that he acted under an imperative sense nf duty, offered tho following minority report : Resolved, That tho platform of principles re ported hy tho majority of tho Committoo repre senting seventeen Ntates iuthe C harleston Con ventiou, was a simple and neocssary recognition of tbe cunstitutionul rights of tho Bluvehuldiug Statoa in the common territories ot th© l.’ufon. 2. Resolved, That the representatives ul tho minority of States in said Convention, having persistently rejected the majority platform, uml adopted a minority platform, which was avowedly intended to admit a construction hostile to tho rights of tho Southern Stales, iu tho territorio*. thus repudiated Democratic principles- which aro intended to secure the-constitutional rights and equality of all the Staton nnd nil their ritizeu • and have constituted themselves a hostile politi cal faction. 3. Resolved, That tho delegates from Georgia in withdrawing from the Charleston Convention under the circumstance*, have tb© cordial and unqualified approval of this meeting. 1. Resolved, That our dolegato* to the btate Convention to b© held in Mdlodg*u ilfe ©u tho Ith dnyofJune next, bo instructed tu oppose tb© sending of delegatee to the adjourned Convcn tion at Halt injure. Col, Tift stated that his objection* to tho ma jority report were. Ist. That th© recitatious relative to th© sets of Coiigrots of DfoO, and tho Kansas NebraskaAot. were unnecessary, and would rather obscure, than elucidate tho true causes of the withdrawn! of our Delegates from th© Charleston Couveutiou 2d. That the resolution offered totho Churl©.-- ton Conventiou by Mr. Cochran, of Now \ork. which is recited and reeomotufed as a basis of union with tho Baltimore Convention, differs from tho majority report iu tbe Charleston Cou v oution,*in this, vis : It does not declare the M TV q/ 1 (Jotornmcnt *e protect, token mfckssauV. the right* tfiotr citizen* in the Terri tor ir* 3d That tbo resolution reoomending instruc tions to our Delegate* to tho Richmond Convcn tion, not to adjourn until ufter tho adjournment „f the Baltimore Convention, aud t> inform tbo Baltimore Convention of the basis on which they will unite. Ac., without uu intlnmiiou from those who will control tlm Baltimore Con vvntiou, that they will recede from tbeir position and unite with us. would be nu ineffectual policy, which would be humiliating to the Delegates and to th© State which they would represent. Col. Tift suspended his remarks fora motion to adjourn to 2* o’clock, I*. M.. which wu- car tied 2 l a O’CLOCK, I*. M. Col. Tift not being present, Col. Clark, on be half of tbe majority Committee, withdrew the resolution recommending union us the Richmond uud Baltimore Conventions,on the basis of Mr. Coohren’s resolution, and proceeded with an ur gerneut iu favor of adopting the majority report, as amended. Ist. He ©untended that the recitation which had boon objected to by Col. Tift, wore nneessary ton proper understanding of the position of tho Demo ©ratio party, and which ia now occupied l>v us. and to show thejuith of those whoadopt tho squat ter sovsreignty platform of Mr. Douglas. 2d. The Cuobranresolution had been with drawn, aud thoreforo there was no qitestiuu about that. Jd. The instructions to tho delegates at Rich mond, were a moatis by whieh it was possible that unity and harmony might bo restored to tbe Democratic party, which was th© only guarantee now left us for a continuance of the Union, und though it might l© too groat a concession on our part, “a stooping to cwuqusr,” yet he wu* wil ling to adopt it. with tho hop© that it might ac complish a groat and good result. If this failed,’ it would plane our opponent!clearly iuthe wrong and unit© tho South, with all tho sound elements North, in the ra-organizatien ot a souud Demo cratic party, or, if unfortunately, disunion should b© the result, tho responsibility would fio on thorn, and uet upon us. Cl. Tift being now present, offered tho follow ing resolution, a* an addition to tbo minority re port, aud continued his argumout in favor of its adoption. 6. Resolved, That our delegate* b© further in structed to insirt upon -©nding delegate* to a Democratic National Convention to be held tn Richmond on the 2d Monday In June, to adopt a platform of principles recognizing tho equal rights of all the State*. In all phteee and under all cir cumstances, and to nominate as candidates for I'resident and Vice-President, men who will open ly and heartily endorse the platform, and who, should they be elected, will carry it* principles in to practice in tbe administration of the Govern ment. 6. Resolved, That the seceding delegates from the Charleston Convention having faithfully per formed tbeir tru f. should form n part of the del egation to Richmond. 7. Resolved, That if the remainder of the Char leston Contention which adjourned to Baltimore, should manifest u desire to retire fruUi the un friendly position which they bavo assumed, und unite with tbe Richmond Convention on tho inn jority platform, we abould hail such a movement as evidence of u returning eenee of juztioo, and as a guarantee of the future triumph of correct principles In a united Democratic party. Col. Win. M. Blaughtcr rpokc In furor of adopting tbe report of the majority. Judge Jnokaon spoke against ike adoption of tho recommendatioii in the majority report, so far as relates to instructions to our delegate# at Richmond to confer or unit© with tho Bahynoro Conventtou, and favored the adoption of thy rc port of tlkt minority. Tho quostion ixdWr taken the minority report was lost, and lb© rimj/wliy report was adopted as amended. On motion, Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in tho Albany Patriot and ColuiubtM Times. lion (lie Vm* was llwlYrtlai Chicago. Cuiuano, May 18,—Th© nomination of Mr. biMalnJnrPiMiklont, by. the Republican Na tional Convention, has been received by Illinois nnd tho North-west with an eathudann unpar alleled since th* day* of 1840. The excitement, which was centered in tho Wigwam in tho last throe days, was reattcred throughout the otty this evening. Th “Wide-A wakes” are marching in n procession, numbering over two tbounttmi torch Sights, with banner* and trausparenem*. Tho German Republicans formed also a large pr©eo*ioti. The city U wild with excitement All appear to have laid aside ‘heir gravity nnd beeorae boy* again Bonfires blaze at the cor ner* of the streets; meetings are being held in front if the Treraontand the Metrop ditan ho tels.’ A largo und enthusinstie meeting is also being held in the Wigwam; speeches Were made hy J. It. (lidding* and other prominent men, del egates of the Convention. The Dress and Tribune establishment, whose publication of the debates of tbe Douglas and Lincoln Senatorial campaign in 1863, a the lattor ißUeb of his national reputation, i* *plcn didly illuminated, In fomor of tbnsncce** of their favorite candidate, with n largo transparency at their front: “For President, “Honest OUI Abe; w for VTce President, Hannibal Hamlin. AT ALPAWV. Albany, May 18.—One hundred gun* aro now being fired by some oft ho enthusiastic repobii ©ani of this city, in honor of the nomination ol Lincoln for President. Tho greatest excitement prevail*. The streets ore now alive with politi elans, and gr up are gathered on Sfnto ‘ l tre*t and Broadway. The aunouncuuwut of the nom luatiou was entirely uncxpectiul by the repnbli nftii.i of Utis city. They were confident that Win. If. Bowaril was to he the man, and when It wa* announced that Lincoln was the nomine©, a foci ing of disappointmen wa* manifest. At first the inielliguMo was not credited, but the - dunbtj were of short di rot ion. Albany, May 13, p P. M. The Itfpablicons of this city ave now fairly waked up, and the wildest excitement prevails in regard to the noio ination of Lincoln. State street is a perfect *ca of firo from burning tor barrels. The whole hen Venn arc illuminated with a red glare, while can non is tiring, music Is playing and tbe peoplo are shouting on fkat© street and Bread Way. Both street* aro literally jam mod with men of all par ties who are earnestly discu&dag tbo action of tho Convention. The Republican* <>f the city too no# more rc cuueiled lo the nomination, aud unite iu Itearfy approval of it. They consider that while Lincoln may not be # strong in the State a- Howard, he will 1> Jos* objectionable throughout (be I’nlon generally. Siufe tho reception of the news oftiio aucccr fol laying of the Atlantic Cable, no more axtima fod Beene hoe been witnessed in tliis city than foi been seen this evening. Tho firing of gune and ilie illumination of tliu principal have called out thousand* ol people, an I the ex citemrnt is at tho highest pitch. They Have bagged Thtumlrr* The Constitutional Union Party, by adopting us their platform “Tbo Oenrtilutitio, tb© l nion, and the enforcement of th* Laws,” preti rmitting an expression of opinion rh to slavery in tho ter ritories bat© effectually scaled tbeir Bp* against Douglas. If Douglas, or any other man, i* no mi tinted nt Baltimore, without a platform, or with on©, whnt can life Southern “(fonrtitotion, l Un ion” papers say against Trim ? Will /hey cry “Squatter sovereignty,” (lutf favorite throne with them? I low cun they? That one stringed harp ia “busted.” Tho reply to them would bo, if you bated “Squatter sovereignty''so an fully bed, why did'nt you just put one lltflo word in your plat form ana inti if. But you did not do it. rd gentlemen,t ( > say not one word about iho quo* tion. How differently these men talked a low days ago. Our friend of tho Chronicle ,( Sentinel assured u 3 that they would demand an out spo ken, fair, expression ou this vexed quo*: ion at Bilititttnre.-'-’JWcraJ / nion. questions anti Answers.* Who iit that suys platforms nro u-cle - -4b© Opposition Union party. Who makes most fin • ever tho Dcm 1 ratic platform Tbo opposition Union party. What Convention repudiates squatter sover eignty nnd advocates protection ? Oenrgia <>p position Convention What Convention docs not repudiate squatter sovereignty and doos not advocate protection’ - Baltimore Uuion Opposition Convention. What party favors a candidate advocating -in. t(mention ■ The Opposition Union party. What party is supporting John Bell, wko fa vors “non intervention Tho Oppoiirfou Union party. What party wished ©lav©holder* tng-> into Ter ritories North of tho Missouri liuo with thoir property aud onjoy it?—Opposition Union party. What party is supporting John Bell, who voted against the repeal of th© lino, thereby excluding Southerners? - Tho Union Opp<> ition party. What Convention denounced John Bell lust fall for *y reread mfßnitieeV tleorgia Opposition Convention, 4th District, What party supports him now and calls him u Statesman Opposition party, Bh District. What party is bent eu dividing the Democracy? The Opposition Union party. What party will not succeed, hut get whipped in November ?T ho Opposition Union party. A NMW ANI. IMPORTANT INVENTION. Wu last woek paid a vUttio Mr. dsvton's shop to sc l u new invention of Mr. J. C. Whitson. It is n self acting mil road switch. Tho lever to movo the track is mad© ns usual, except having cog* at each end. These nogs play on a cogged wheel which turns tho signal to show the engineer wheth er the swltoh is for tho turn out or straight track. If it is not right, he throws out, by means of a very simple contrivance, an arm in front of hi* engine. This arm outohe* n spoke of h nheol. which D situated very near tho track, and turns it. Tito turning causes certain notion to ho had on simple machinery inside of a box to which the wheel is attached. This machinery act* on tho lever and moves tho track. The nm in front of tho engine loosens its hold of tho spoke and fells hack in regular position. By meant of simplest) paratus tho track D fastened to its place e- light or lighter than by the ordinary switch, it is near a perfect machine us no ever saw. Every objection nnd possibility of Accident was mud© learly impossible. W© cannot possibly see how an accident can happen, but by tbo engineer uud every body on board tho locomotive being drunk or asleep. Mr. Whitson has tiled a caveat for his invention nnd goes to Washington Ihi* week to secure a patent.— A*hnUU (A'. C, ) A droentr. Tun Lot't*t aka St o Ait Uaor.— TU© Flan tor’s Banner, published in the l'arish of Nt. Mary, T.a. say* of the growing sugar ©rop 1 The plant is very promising everywhere, while the stubble is nluu> i a total failure, although iu places a tolerable good stand is counted upon,- Some among th© knowiug ones, judging from former years -similarto the present- are .rtill of the opinion that a good stood will manifest it seif. But of this vr* mutt confess that w© are somewhat, skeptical, as tho season is already for advanced, aud \bl wo have no proofs that their convictions are well founded. In our own parish, the rntfooqf, as a general thing, have been aban doned, that is to say. anything like an average crop from them is not calculated, while ou the contrary tho plant cun© was never more flourish ing. or gave better evidence of n largo yield. teaspoonful of salt and t toaspoouful of mustard stirred quickly in w arm water and swal lowed aftor any poison taken into the .-toutaeh by aocidtnt, will Instantly act ns nu emetic. As soon after as the stomach is quiet, drink a cup of cof fee, clear gad strong, or swallow tho white of an •KC* The Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad has been sold to U. Zicl Murdock and four others, for thirty thousand dollars, subject to a mortgage of three hundred thousand dollars with the ft cento ed in tore* t fOLI'MBt.H, fiATIRDAY, MAT *2 1800 TO DELISQI'KXT 81B8LB1RER8! Wo commenced, with our last weekly ©dition, rending bills to all distant subscriberr, who are In arrears for subscription to tho Weekly Times, and will continue sending indiscrimi nately, to all who have not paid in advance. We will thank all, upon tho receipt of their Mils, to remit the amount by mail. R. ELLIS A CO. Columbus, May 21, 1860. MllledKcvllle Democratic Convention A Convention of tho Democratic party i call and lo meet in Milledgevillo on the 4th prox. Every county In the State should be represented, as questions of grave Interest, affecting the Honth nnd the party, for years to come, will be discuss ed Meeting in a spirit of harmony and union, we have a right to expect of the democratic party much wisdom as tho result qf thoir deliberations. No selfish ambition, no personal gratifications should be allowed to affect the judgment und mislead them In their “power of might.” Wc presume none will doubt the purity of motive of those delegates, who retired from tho Charleston Convention, nor of those ©ho saw fit to remain and cast the vot© of tho State for a nominee of tho party. Thequcstion to be discussed is one rising above thc;-e. and of graver import. First, a* to the Convention to which ihe demo cracy should send delegates, Baltimore or Rich mond f Viewed In nil its phases, there are few reason* why the democracy should Iks represent ed ia Richmond prior to the assembling of the Baltimore Convention, and many reasons why it should not. If the object of th© most ultra is to insist upon a platform recognizing the peculiar upeculaiions of each member of the party South, it can bo agreed upon. s well at Baltimore as at Richmond. The Southern delegation* can con sult at ono place ms well as another. They can lay down nu ultimatum at one place as well as another, and so can they exchange^heir views as fully. If the object of tho Richmond Con ventimi bo to nominate candidates for the Presi dency-end Vic# Presidency, in advance of th© notion of the Baltimore Convention, we opine few j will be found to advocate such a proposition. The j Baltimore Convention may give os the fall meas ure of our rights, it mny give us a round South ern roan, who.!* record tvill !© ft guarantee of mvocss. In such an event, tbo wind will beta ken from tbe sails of tho Richmond Convention, and there will be two democratic candidates in the field, between whom their is little or no dif ference as lo thoir political principles. Such n statu of things would be deplored by all patriots. In addition to what wc bare raid, onr readers nro referred to the addresn of the Southern room tiers of Congress, embracing some of ihe best and purest of ouratnteetncn, urging the democracy to rit Baltimore. Second. What pla*form shall 1e insisted upon ;ij nn ultimatum * Hhnll it be tbo recognition of the doctrine of protection and u pledge that 4'on gro;MJ shall intervene when necessary 7 Wo say no! Why insert this principle in a platform before there is any call for its direct application and be fore legislation is demanded by reason of righto sacrificed in the Territories ? Wo endorse the principle a* correct in theory, ami will never nnrt with tho (fonstitationnl right to its enforce* I incnt, when there is a case in point, bat why an ticipate th®end*? Why ni wnsf until the ©mcr geney rises? If tits ,Snath expect* to occupy tho high pan tion of insisting upon nothing but what if right amt submitting to nothing that is wrong, she will not ask Cungr**n to legislate upon this ques tion, much less insist upon itu assertion ir a platform, except iu ii case of necessity. For wo all know that with u Republican majority in tho Uattue, such os repealed tho Territorial law which established slavery in New Mexico, It would be idle tt> ask protection, and that it would Dot b© grunted. In midi mt event, however, that L ( when the cure V presented, and no prelection is given, tho government is a dead failure, lfut let u i wait until the evil day come-, which’ may I>e for dfrtant in the future, if at all. Residue this, tho Kanen? question H nearly run nut, and the Territories applying for ndroissinn are Bonti* of (Holm©, in close proximity to Mere-holder , with soil adapted so slave labor, and with the Kvecu tiro, the Judiciary and tho Jaws on our side, we ©an protect our property and enjoy It. Third. Shall u repudiation of “unfriendly leg islation” be demanded ? Or in other word?, shall the Tennessee resolution be passed which was re jeoted nt Charleston ? This resolution would have satisfied the whole South had it been adopted at the recant Convention. Tho Southern delegates were willing to accept it as a peace offering and let protection go. They will again receive if as tbo olive brn©h. It declares. “That the citizens of the 1 nited Stales hate an equal right to settle with their property iu the Territories of'tho Failed States; and that, under the decision of tho Supremo Court ol the United States, which we recognise ns the correct expo bitionoftho Constitution of the United States, neither tho right of pert©ns or property ©nn bo dmtroynl by 'ogr*iouwl or Territorial legis , latino.” If this is rejected, then it remain* tv bo seen, if n true man is nominated, whose political life and record is a sufficient guarrtntae of his soundness. Tbo democracy should reflect, too, that in aeon tost for on abstract principle, rcarccly a Know NtMng in ticurgia ia prepared to take down the Bril (lag, and Ueueo they should form their roso 1 tion. with moderation, that tho South may not present, in th© language of an Opposition cotem per ary, a “handful of tluerrillas'’ in this impor tant Mrugglc. The Convention^ Cue {South is anxious to preserve th© orgauise tlon of the Democratic party, and will therefore do nothing to Widen the breach. Wc toast tbe Richmond Convention will not make any nomi nation. In speaking of this subject the Rich mond Enquirer forcibly remark'*: “It will not be matter of any importance whether th© nominations to bo mad© at Rich mond be precedent or antecedent to the Haiti more Convention, but it will be n matter of very great importance to have tbo whole South cordi ally and hartnon ously united, upon a platform ><f principles, and with candidates in whom all confide It will he found impossible for all the States who concur in tho majority report to send delegates to Richmond. The State of Virginia luUy and cordially concurs in that platform, and yet tb© short period of tlm© between the adjourn ment at Charleston and tho llib of June, will prevent tho uppoiutment of delegates ; and whether or uot those already appointed will meet ■ho Southern States wo are unable to say, but whether they do or not, w© wish it distinctly un derstood, that tho Democratic parly of Virginia, -o far ns we have been able to ascertain its senti ments, desires most earnestly to participate inth© action of th© Southern States. Virginia may not bo represented in the Rich mond Convention, and if represented hy her pres cut delegates, they will not feel themselves coin pofant to concur in nominations made fiy a Con vention other than that to which they have been accredited. ‘ThcSqnattm “ This if* tho title given to all journals, who coun cil harmony and Union Democratic ranks and who are not among tho roost rampant “ditorgan i*ers.” Denying any sympathy for squatter-sov ereignty in any of its feature:, yet if the latitude < f thir- sweeping assertion la to include nil, who are willing to stand by the Democracy and tee that it has a lair (rial upon tho indictment Brought against it, wo accept tho appellation and shall continue to hurrah for the old flag. If the De mocracy falls, it Is hy self inflicted wounds, not that th© country Is in a lla*e of excitement for Bell and Critlouden, or that they are pure and incorruptible patroits nnd Statesmen. Not a county in th© Ststo has ratified their nomiu.-t tion. Nt:wr Pai*i;u in Harris Cockshy, Ha.—lV© have received tb© first number of anew paper cal led tho “Jlarrit County J Enterprise, *’ printed nnd published at Hamilton, in that county. It is a large, well filled handaomo sheet: goes in for 801 l and Everett. Constitutional Union and tho enforce ment of tbe laws; and in other rcspicts merits tbo appellation of a first class country nowspaper. J. 11. Mooreficld is the Publisher and Editor. v-U -Uon. U. L. Vallandigbam has accepted an invitation to address tb© Literary Societies of th© Virginia Military Institute on the 4th of Ju ly next. How Very Consistent. Tho Columbus Tiroes is lavish in itu praises of those opposition presses, that have refus and to support Bell and Everett. If we are not mista ken, the Times has intimated that under certain circumstances, it would support Htephen A. Dou glas, If nominated. Well, this ii consistency with a vengeance! Bell is as good, if not a for better man for the South than Douglas, and if the opposition were worthy of praiso, for not suppor ting him, bow in tho name of common sense can any democratic prats, especially one that has been ultra as the Times ha* all along professed to be, support Dougla.- under any circumstances? “Oh consistency, thou art a jewel !** Etijuula If-prry. Oh! yes! Wc arc eunsl.lent. Our ?*oteihporfiry is too fast. If a sound platform is adopted at Baltimore, such as Alabama asks as an ultima* turn, the Democracy cannot refute to support the nominee upon It. ‘Tndcr these c ircumstance V’ Mr. Douglas will hare to be supported. “ Prin ciples, not men.” was Mr. Vaneev’s motto at | Charleston. l.afirangr tod Columbus Railroad. In relation to this extract the fol lowing from the Harris County EnU-rj.rim, pub lished at Hamilton: “W# are glad to be able to state to our readers ihot the proepecta of this road ore bright, and brightening every day. Col. L. P. (Jrant. the able and experienced engineer, elect, we arc reli ably informed, will commence the survey and lo cation of tbe route in a few days, alter which it will be placed under contract and the work will he commenced immediately. The advantages which will accrue to Hamilton and Harris coun ty, from the construction of this road have been frequently made known to our people, bnt_ there cannot be too much said in its favor. A friend, who is well potted in regard to the affairs of the Company, has premised tofurnwh ub with some interesting facts for a future number : f out pa per, which we shall take great pleasure in laying before our readers. In the meantime let the friends of the enterprise in our county continue their effort* to increase tbe stock. The road ©an end roust be built .” Letter from Gov. Brown. Millkdckvilu:, May 12, 1860. Gentlemen T have the honor to acknowledge the roceipt of yoor ©cummin lea tion of tbe 6th inst. Official engagements of *a character which I did not feel at liberty to disregard, have pro vented roy earlier reply You refer to the discord which prevailed iu tbo Democratic Conventiou which lately assembled in Charleston, and eay that you “arc filled with painful foreboding* at the prospect of tbe Demo crat ia party being slaughtered in the houso of it* friends.” Should such be the caw, Ido not has itate to express th© belief that the personal am bition of a few loaders nnd tbeir individual ani raoeity towards each other, will hat© don© more to produce that unfortunate result than all other causes together. Notwithstanding the diversity of opinion which exists between the two great sections of onr coun try upon tho slavery question, the ruruse- of tho Democratic party, North and Uontb, uncontrolled by ambitions leaders are, in my opinion, ready to unite and stand together upon a common con r.titutioual platform which will do equal justice to ©uflh section and protect the rights of all. When the time honored fiag of the party is in dringer of being swept from the mad hoad of the old Demo cratic ship, tbe patriotic masses of th© party North and South, who have stood shoulder to shoulder in so many hotly contested battle*- sympathized with each other in defeat, and rejoiced together In the honr if triumph -will rally to tbe rescue, ami ns it fall*, gather up its drooping fold-, re place it in its position and again unfurl R to (He breeze in proud defiance of its enemies. It may bo said that the conduct of those who upsemblcd at (.’harieaton was not sueh as fojusti fy this prediction, tihonld the ume delegates from the Northern and Southern Slates reas ena ble in Baltimore, after a month of c*.cd reflection and consultation with the people, they might have loss difficulty than they had at Charleston in agreeing upon a sound platform. 1 have no word of rebuke for th* southern delegates wh.> either receded from or remained in th© convention Doubtless they wer© alike actuated by patriotic motives. Ts those who remained in the ©ouven tion wer© in error, the error was pardonable, they donbtioss believed they were bacriiiciug no on© of the principles heretofore mHHitaiDed by the party, while they were influenced by an nr dent desire to preserve, if possible, it* integrity and its harmony. Ts th© decoders erred they erred upon the side of the South: and, a- a Southern rights mnn, i am prepared to pardon the error ; ms I en tertain no doubt that tho course pursued by ih© .■•reeding delegates, will have th© final effect of .securing to ns a sounder platform nnd a safer nominee than we otherwise would have obtained. An nil are advised, the difficulty grew out of the refusal of the majority of the convention to adopt tbe resolution proposed by tho majority report of the committee on resolution*, which was intended to affirm the doctrine of CongrcH.-donai protection to slavory in the territories : though it is a tittle remarkable that neither slaves, nor slave proper ty, are mentioned in that resolution only as they my be embraced in tho general term property. A aq original, abstract question. I entertain no doubt that tbe people of tbe Booth have the some right to demand of Congress, should it bc corno noc©?*ary, th© enactment of laws for the protection of slave property in tho Territories which the people of tho North have to demand protection for any other species of property. Whether this right ©an ever be of any practical advantage or utility to the South, so long a* we remain iu the Union, is quite another question Those who deny tho right, and refuse all legisla tion for tho purpose of maintaining it, haven ma jority in the liouso of Representative*, and aro likely to increase that majority in future. When tho is*ue fdiftll be made, it i* rod prohablo that the Northern Representatives will either concede tbo right, or agree to the enactments necessary to givo it practical efficiency. Is it wise, therefore, for the South to make this issue till a case arfoe where the legislation is necessary to tho protec tion of property which is being destroyed or its usefulness impaired for want of this legislation . The cm© may never arise. No territory may euaet law.* which will render legislation by Con gress absolutely necessary for the protection of slave property in the territories. For tho present we might say “sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof “. Should the emergency nt any time be precipitated upon us, it will then bo time enough to meet it, with the united demand of the entire South, and to follow the demand by it* legiti mate consequence and only remedy, secession from th© Union, in esse it is refused. I understand th© doctrine of the National Demo ©rati© I‘arty in the last Presidential election, nnd the doctrine of the Democratic Party of Georgij, in every convention and canvass f„r a number of yours past, to hare been uon-iuft rrcnffon hy Coo arete. It will not, I suppose, be denied that the resolution committing the party to the doctrine <>f Congressional protection, i* n new plank pro posed to be inserted in tho Platform, which has not heretofore composed any part of it. The question of tho expediency of incorporating this resolution in tbe platform at present, is one upon which good and wise men in the South may honestly differ. Ith. beu said that tb© platform upon which wo fought tbe battle iu 1866, and upon which we triumphed over the biuek republicans, it suscep tible of two constructions, uud that a portion of the northern wing of the party contend that, ac cording to tho doctrines of the platform, a territo rial legislature may pass laws abolishing slavery in the territories, or may enact such unfrcudJy legislation as will destroy or impair its usefulness ; while the Democracy at the South deny that the platform contnius such doctrines. 1 will not de ny that this diversity of opinion may exist, and on this account, that it may be aoce-sary to give such explanations to tbe platform as may render its trite exposition less equivocal. As I understand tbe decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, which has been pronounced since tbe finoinnati Convention, it settles this que.rtion. The published opinion of that tribunal denies tb*t either Congress or tb© Territorial legislature has any power, under the Constitution, to abolish slavery iu th* Territories, or to enact any law impairing the value of slave property therein. Hero it a dtMdsion of th© highe t judicial tribunal In tho Union, upon tb© verv point in controversy. The decision is in favor if th© Southern Construction of the platform \\ hat other explanation of th* platform doth© Southern Democracy need, therefore, than the passage of a resolution by the National Democratic Conten tion adopting thh decisiou, nnd binding tho nor thern us well as tho southern detnoernev to abide by. end sustain R? if tbe decision of the court D adopted as interpretation of the platform -u tho very point in dispute, nnd the Northern De mocracy are committed to it. what further ob jection can b© made to th© platform on the grouud of a differtnoa of construction ? Ts it not mad© sufficiently certain? It may !*c said, however, that the resolutions passed by a majority of th© Charleston Conven tion, arc not suffieioutly explicit ou this point: and I confess that I should prefer a resolution of less equivocal import. The resolution which is under stood to bavo been tendered by tho New York delegation, after tho greater portion of tho South ern delegates from the cotton States, had seceded, and which is believed to have been satisfacto ry to tho delegates from Virginia, Kentucky uud 1 ennoMce, in my opinion contains all that is nec essary to a clear understanding of the platform Upon this resolution the South can. I think unite without any sacrifice of principle or honor! The resolution is in these words : ‘ Rohd. Tint (he citinm of tbo United Statw bar, an tqaU right to rottlo with thoir projttsrtj- tn tho TorritorS* of tho United State- and that under the decision of the Supreme Court of tit* United States, which vc recognize as the cor rect exposition of the Constitution ts the Cniitd Staten. neither the right of persons nor property can bo destroyed or impaired by Congressional ©r Territorial Legislation.” It is understood that thi.* resolution u the ulti matum of tb© Southern State? which remained in the Contention. My opinion Is that it maybe adopted at Baltimore, and that the whole party, North and South, may unit© upon it. In the hope that tb<3 may b© done, nnd that the Conrenti- n may nominate a sound and safe man. 1 think Georgia, und all th© other Southern States should lc represented in the Bntitinore Convcn tion. In tbe pitiMini etuergettcy, on account of the diversity of opinion which prevails among differ c-nt members of the Democratic party, 1 recom mend the immediate call of a State Convention, by the Executive (.’ommittce, of the party, as I think it ueceimury that the party meet together in coun ted. and in a spirit of conciliation and kimlners, do nil in the power of it- members to adjust, in an 1 amicable manner, tin difficulties which now 4is i tract it. The Convention cbould be composed, ns for a.- possible, of th* old grey headed men of the | party, who have far years been looked up to os its st.uulariU in their respective countic?. They should deliberate with that dignified composure which the occasion requires. Neither crimination nor recrimination should be indulged in: nor should nny strife for the mastery of one wing cf the party over the other l>o permitted to influence the action of tbe Convention. The fate not only of tho Democratic party, but of the Union of the States, probably, hangs npon the decision of the Btaferf whieh seceded from the Charleston Convention. It is proper, therefore, that the Conventions soon to assemble in these State-, approach this question with all the mode ration and caution whieh its importance demands. While wo hould yield no ©r'cntial right for the eako of harmony, wo should threw no unneees.ol - obstacle in its way. If the Democratic party will stand upon tbe Cincinnati platform, uud tbo resolution tendered by th© New Y„rk delegation at Charleston adopting the decision of tho Huptetu© Court as tho proper exposition of the platform. 1 see no advantage which th© South van gain by refusing longer to e<-operato with th© party, ti’bat other party, able to contend with the Black Republican party, has adopted a platform a* sound ? It is true, the Opposition party in Georgia, in their late convention, took high Southern ground upon this question, but they were unablo to maintain and engraft it upon the National platfonu of their party. The <-nly way left by whieh they conld maintain any thing like nationality war- to ignore th© whole question, and to adopt virtually no plat form. The phrase, “the Constitution, tho Union, and tho maintenance of the laws,” which the telegraph has just informed us is thoir platform, is susceptible of as many different constructions as there are various shadow of opin on among the different sections and person* composing the or ganlzAtion. My advice, therefore, is tosend del egates to Baltimore, to insist upon tho adoption of the ( incinnati platform and the resolution tendered by the New York delegation, or some other of simi lar import, as the platform: and that :i sound man be placed npon it - the nominee of iho party.— Should thi be denied, there will then be time enough to meet at Richmond or elsewhere, and adopt n platform nnd nominut© candidates upon B, with a view to a sectional contort. J nni tery respectfully. Your follow citizen and o!>edi©nt servant. JOSEPH K. BROWN. Messrs. Robert Col Jins, John .f. Gresham, Jas. W. Armstrong, and others, Macon. Georgia. Mr. Toombs’ Sperm ! ilon. Robert Toombs, of Ua., has recently made u speech in tbe Senate, which, liko all his efforts, i- characterized by boldness and ability. We give tb© latter part of hi speech • reported iu tho Herald: He reviewed at length th© Dread Scott decis ion, to rbow that it sustained to tho fullest ex tent th© right of slavery to protection in the Ter ritories. He had no idea that Mr Dougins pro i diction that the Union would be dissolved if this doctrine wa - enforced would b© fulfilled. lie thought tho Union could stand a Httlo more than that. The government could not bo distoeyod; justice and troth would prererv© it; but jf tho dissolution <f tho Union was to result from this protect ion, lot U come. 110 would adhere to no government thftl refused to grant him th* pro tection it owed him. Mr Toombs read from j Mr. Dougla."’ Freeport speech to show that ho asserted the people of th© Territories could ex elude slavery in spito of rite deci-inn of tbe Su preme Court, wiih-h wn- in direct opposition to hi - speed* of July, |sr6. He accused Mr. Doug las of playing at the gam© of “heads 1 win, tails you love,” nnd seeking by craft and cunning to do what it was not boldless to do by open and manly effort. Thai was not the bargain, and th© Oovcrnment ©ould not bo maintained without observance of good faith. If the territories would not obey the fundamental law of the land lie would take the government from them, and give them one that would. lics&id the true issue had been avoided. Tbo Senator from Mississip pi (Brown) clamored for a law that would do no good; aud the Senator from Illinois clamored against a law that would do him no harm. Non intervention had been confounded with squatter sovereignty, nnd the rights of tho South in the Territories with a slave code. Ho controvert ed Air. Brown's position that tho Territories, by the exorcise of taxing power, might keep slaves out. ! Tho slave code afforded no remedy. He would | not give a cod© ©flaw-* to be aduiinirteroti hy a *t of men who, in refusing protection where it owed it, hod showed themselves unfit to be trus ted. In conclusion, be called on his political friends to put the stamp of disapproval on tho doctrine ot'squatter sovereignly. There was a gleam of light coming from Chicago. Active had been devoured by his own dogs. He called on the democracy to unit© against the common foe. [The last part of Mr. Toombs’ speech was not ▼cry well beard, but understood as vindicating tbo action of the Southe.ru delegates at charles ton, and urging their return to Baltimore, with the view of uniting to defeat tbe republicans.] Mr Lincoln'* Acceptance or the Republican Now- Ipitllon for I’reMdrnt. The committee appointed by tho Republican National Convention, comprising President Ash muu and the chairmen of tho State delegations, to officially announce to Mr. Lincoln his nomina tion. arrived nt Springfield on Saturday night and proceeded to Mr. Lincoln's rcrfilence, where Mr. Ashman, in a brief spooch, presented Mr. Lincoln tho letter announcing his nomination. Mr. Lincoln replied as follows :~ Mr. Chairhax axi* (Jknti.ehkx ok the Com mittee, —I tender yon, and through you to the Republican National Convention, and nil the people represented in it. my profoundest thanke lor th© high honor done me, which yon form ally announce. Deeply, and ev en painfully sen sible’oi ihe great responsibility which is insep arable from that honor, a responsibility which 1 could aiinort wish could have fallen upon *ome ono of the few more eminent men and experi enced statesmen whnjto ffiftlinguishtd names were before tho Convention. I ehall beg yroir leav e to consider more fully tbo resolutions of the Convention, denominated the platform, and with out unreasonable delay respond to you. Mr. Chairman, in writing, not doubting that the platform will be found sntisfactory and the nom ination accepted ; and now I will no longer de fer th© pleasure *f taking von and n©h of you by tho hand. Tbe various members of the committee were then presented to Mr. Lincoln, who greeted each “F them with a hearty shako of tho hand lilt’ Neither autl the Crops For the pan week wo have had several showers ot ruin, but not to that extent os to materially benefit the growing crops. ‘J'he crops are back ward for the want of efficient rain to uonrish them. Thermometer at mid day yo degrees. Fine® writing the above, we have had ropiotu rains, with heavy hail, in the western portion of the county. The weather indicate* more rain.— A It.any Pat not, 1 7tb itiHt. . Wo have been Messed w ith refreshing shower* | during the past w.ok, and oar gar-leu that for some time back have looked almost desolate with their scanty and withered plant *, are now almost ■ renovated, and present ometbing of the appeal - an-** of gardens. Our Com ami Cotton fields, however, are doing admirably. Corn his suffer ed somewhat for want <f min, hut wo do not re member when wo have wen liner stands of Cot ton at this season of tho year. The prospects of the crop in this section ot cointrv, we think in dicate thus far, an abundant harvest.-—/Va47 Timet, 17fk ii st. On Tuesday and Wednesday last our city was visited with pleasant showers of rain, and tip to this writing (Thursday) we have promise of more. Tho wheat looks very promising in thin section. From whit w* can learn the rrnpc gen erally arc in a healthy condition. The health of tho country was never better.— Sumter AVt> NUt eon 1 “tie. 1 After a fearful drouth of several weeks. on yes terday evening wc were visited with line shower* 01 lt ' ‘untlnued showery during tho night, and to-day the heavens aro still propitious Onr gardens that were parched and drying, look greatly refreshed.— llambridyc \7th. The 1 nion Party Platrorm. “The X nion, the Constitution and the Enforce ment of the Laws.” she following Flank was added to the abo\ e. at the late Loll demonstration, at Nashville, Ten nessee, by Hatcher of the Patriot, Walker of the Panne:-, and Lallyett of the Acte*. It was aodpf cd by acclamation: “The uniou of rye and lira l'nion of corn. Their union with lake ice and river, Xbeir Union with sugar in ouo precious horn. And their unflagging union forever. tmrwirs, mondav, mai m. isno. Sovereign stales Biased. \\ ben tho list of State* represented at Chicago wa conclude'), the absent States were called, and Alabama. Mississippi nnd South Carolina were tcctii cd Kith khtce by (1$ assembled mttltitu.b This contemptuous exjfepeasion, My .1 the Harri burg (Pa.) Patriot A Union, was perfectly in character with the spirit controlling the Repub lican party, and illustrates the deep hatred animating its member*. They haves© long been accustomed to rail at Sauthern men, that the least aHutron to Southern States stirs uj the niu'l violent passions, that find relief in e\ pro ; uon* of disgust and contempt. The very name of Southern States-sovereign member = of this conforaey— bavo become nauseating to the sectional Republicans. This spirit would blot them out from the map of the country, and deny them the rights to which they tire entitled trader the common Constitution. Sectional animosity is one of the inevitable and natural fruits of a party holding doctrine* inimical to one half the States of the Union—doctrine? which can never become national, and which, if persisted in, must intensify sectional feeling and widen the breach between different portions of tbe Union. Men who cannot tolerate the mention of the names ot Southern State?, would not hesitate to deprive them of their privileges. Kelt on Abolition Petition* That Hon. Jofix Bzu, the Opposition candi date for President, voted in Congress toreceh. abolition petitions, uo ono denies. The recurd show* it, and the vote will ever remain against him. No matter how humiliating the fact, there cannot be any doubt of its truthfulne?*. The Opposition press arc endeavoring to excuse th j vote by hiding Mr. Bell under tho skirts of other men. This will not do. Mr, Beil Is on trial and we have nothing to do with others. It was either right or it wu:- wrong to vote for the reception 01 abolition petition.- 1 . In tho register of thed bntes in Congress in 1535, we sen that th© peti tion to abolish slavery in tho District of Colnm bin. for the reception of which Mr Bell \ oted, wn characterized by Southern members a? “disre spectful,” “insulting in language and incendiary in its character" —that it called members of the South “i.Axa rißATrs.” Nevertheless Mr. Bell was willing to consider the petition. ll© would not vote against its reception. This is enough. This will suffice. It i all we have ever charged against Mr. Bell, ami the record bears us out. Let the supporters of Mr. Bell make the most of it v S*ce*R#—Wo bavo many disunion is l* iu Georgia, who have long sine* lost all faith in tho power of the government to protect the rights of the South. They are a class we do notcondcmu, for wc are among those who believe that the North and South are fast becoming two distinct civilizations and that a dissolution will come un aided by adventitious issues, unless there is a change for tho better. It is quite certain that (he advocacy ©fovery abstract idea, as an ultimatum of a union with northern men, will strengthen, rather than weaken the bonds of Union. Mary democrats thick they advocate secession in break ingnp tbo democratic party and forming a set tionsl party. This sectional party has no such object in view, and for this wo have th© word ot its leader, Mr. Yancey. It breaks up th© demo eratie party and there its labor end?. A new3papercalled the “Cuban Afo; ;ei. gcr,” has been established in Havana, publish ed in th© English language, by two Americans Mes-rs. J. \Y. Bryant and J. L. Wyman. It i devoted to the general topics of the day, but more particularly to commerce, its market report * being \*ery full and explicit. To 1ho? engaged in tbe sale of West India produce, it is a valu:t bio source of reliable information. Tbe price is $6 a year, and Mr. F W. Him? of the Savannah Republican, is the agent to receive subscription- By addressing him. specimen copies oar bo oh taint*!, arid a remittance to him will secure the journal. The Mate Trade Active Xclum Notwithstanding iho exertions of Federal of ficers and the vigilance of the administration at Washington. the slave-trails is more flourishing nnd thriving to-day than it has been for years. The fauatloiTO of New England, the Exeter Hall wailings and Black Republican denunciations of slavery, ho ve only stimulated Yankee advent ur ere to be more daring in their wild schemes. They arc the persons who embark in the trad Only a few days since, the President communica ted to the Senate the capture of the slaver Wild fire with five hundred and seven African*. Be fore this, another slaver was caught and the n.- groes sen., back to Africa at the expense of the government, and now, we bear of the seizure <> the bark William, of Baltimore, off the Isle m Pines, ou the bouAhcrn coast of t üba, with five hundred and sixty Africans. Speaking of the capture of the recent slater, Wildfire, the President says in hit message of th< I Oth inst., that #24,000 remains of the sum ap preprinted by Cougress, March 3d, 1859, to carry into effect Acts for the suppression of the slave trade. That according to the mode adopted iu regard Africans captured on the Echo, the ex penaes of the Wildfire’s cargo will, perhaps, ex eeed one hundred thousand dollar'. In alluding to the appropriations for this purpose, the Prt dent says ; But it will not be sufficient for Congress t limit the amount appropriated to the of thi- Wildfire. Ft U probable judging from the in creased activity of the slave trade and the vigi lance of our cruiser*, that several similar cap tures may bo made before the end of the year. An appropriation ought, therefore, to he granted large enough to cover such contingencies. The period has arrived when it is indi'-pensah!’ to provide some specific legislation for the gnid mice of the Executive on this subject. With this view l would suggest that Cougress migh authorize the President to enter into a general agreement with the Colonization Society, binding them to receive on the coast of Africa from our ageut there all the captured Africans which ma be delivered to him, and to maintain them for n limited period, upon such terms and condition as may combine humanity towards these unfor tunn.es with a just economy. This would obvi ate the necessity of making a now bargain with every new capture, and would prevent delay and ovoid expen e in the disposition of the capture 1 The law might then provide that, in all case whore this may be practicable, the captor should carry the negro* directly to Africa, and deliver them to the American agent there, afterward bringing \ho captured vessel to the United Slat* for adjudication. The capturing officer, in case ho should bring his prize directly to the United State*, ought t* le required to land the negroes in someone or more ports to bo de-igeatod by Congress, when the prevailing health throughout the year i good. At these ports cheap hut permanent n<- commndatiuns might be provided forth,- negro . until they could be sent away, without incurring ihe expert-e of erecting such accommodation, ur **' cr y P or * where the capturing officer may think proper to enter. On the present occasion the •* negroes have been brought to Kev West; and according to tho estimate presented bv the Mar shaloftbn Southern District of Florida to tin Secretary of the Interior, the cost of providing temporary quartan for them will be *2,500, and the aggregate expenses for the single month of May will amount to $12,000. But this is far from being the wor't ovil. Within a few week the yellow fever will most probably prevail at Key IV eat; and hence the Marshal urge- their removal from their present quarters at an early day, which must be done in any event as soon a practicable. For these reason* T earnestly com mend this subject to tho immediate attention of Congress. Tzib SncßUKts.—The opposition journal* are trying to break up tho party. They applaud the Democrat* who arc for insisting upon the most evteine position. Will a single opposition press in Georgia support tho nominee of the i> e mocratie party upon any platform;, We pause for on answer a— Trial oft apt lamliam. bAVAKHAB, May 23.—-The testimony iu Caps. Farnbam's case was closed to-day. The argu ment commenced this oftornoou. S. Yates Levy made a strong speech on tie constitutionality of the law in fhvor of the pris oner. The arguments were continued until tomorrow. • m The following is tho sentiment of the c- unties whose action has reached this city. Chatham,Cass. Wayne, Ware, Berrien, Polk aud Pieroe. have de clared for Richmond; Muscogee, Bibb, Fulton, und Stewart, have declared for Richmond and Baltimore; Richmond, Taylor, T%liaferro, War ren, and Hancock, have declared for Baltimore.
