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COLQUTT & WARREN. Proprietors.
\ oluiiie XV,
A Plantation for Suie.l
fc THE subscriber, residing m Twiggs
~n,y * G* . offer* for.*;!■ hi* I'iaitiu
)#!#■ > ‘ ” county Ala., containing
■ i-’ht Hundre Anc#. more or lets; about
IAU acres in a good male of cultivation—
situated between the ilaicharhonht'c and
North Cnwikee Creeks, four mites south of the M<>
bile and Ciirar t Railroad, adjoining the plantations of
Messrs Hoßulay, Culb.eth and Mrs I'errv. Tiic*e
is a good dwelling, tin house, perew, and a'l tiecessa
rv outtmlldinga on the plan- Purchaser* wit! do
well to < all and sxaminr the prein i.o-k. and soothe fine
and luauriint crops of eotuiu anil corn. The present
crop H a sufficient guaramee of the pmducmsße**
of the soil Those wishing farther information a e
referred to Robert Alloa <>f Saud For. or Thou R.
Coleman of Glennvd •. Ala
S I RICHARDSON.
.fulj- lii wfint. Marion, Twipes t’o
Enquirer copy weekly t> tnotuha.
NOTICE,
THE subscriber offers for sale a tamable
fSHLFnnn in the bin District of Muscogee county,
consisting of Tbii ; s :to in cultivation
Hd acres in akand bicker) , .’3 * iugood pine
lands tlie ‘alanre turned out Up of the premises
there are a good dwelling, gin house and anew. barn
stable and enh, all framed.
Terms to suit the purchaser.
Apply to THOrt. LIVINGSTON.
July 23—mill not ( olunjbue, Georgia
LANDSFORSA.
| will sell my plantation w line 1
* I reside nth*’ Chattahoochee river
wjjXg • • %A !‘2f>o acres cleared go. and water, good
gBmJSr laud, well improved; 4,uot) acres in
dCywaSh.-iit.wiiy,,.. Till se lands can In-divided to
suit friends thu may want to buy near each other. ..I
sn MSO acres best farming land in Early couuy.join
mg the big ord on the line of R rl> and (taker; also,
Two acres on Aycnck’s cree >. sm :i improvements on
each tract, and many scatft ring lots. I will sell low
My r stdenee is i Clay county Ga , nine miles lie
low Fort Gaines, and Eleven ftoin Blakely. I will
sell all my property on the place if I cun There is
the rise of one hundred n gros and stock in proper
lion, thill and look; h bargain can be benight in eith
er of the places.
july 3*-wtl M W. STAMPER,
•PLANTATION AND STOCK
FUR SALE,
1 have come to the conclusion to return to
North Carolina, as my relatives are all there.
MKTherefore I wish to sell all lit I • m
L, G-ot|ir. I have a h< autifol little summer
residence 14 miles north of Columbus, tin. and near
the Troy Factory Three hundred acres of good.
Land, well improved; about 150 in a good stale of
cultivation; good dwelling house, negro houses, barn,
*tab'es, gm house and screw ; fanning utensiis'of ad
kinds; cows, hogs, mutes, wagons, household ami
kitchen flirniturr,corn and fodder. nod vanotisouier
articles too tedious to mention. In u first rate neigh
borhood, good neighbors ami good noaiety. Please
call and look at my land and stock
11. It BRIN'BPIELI)
May 7th—wtf. %
NOTICE.
The subscriber offers for sale a valuable
Farm in the 7th District of \S rib coun-
tia., consisting of'l**o acres of Land, 130 oi
W Acre* open Lauds, anew Gin House and
rwrew upon the place, IftO or 200 head of Cattle, about
the same number of hogs, and 30 head of sheep.
Terms will be made ai. omniodating and strictly so
when the cash is offered. Enquire in Albany aiJa-
Hill’s Livery Stables, for directions to the place.
June 4—wtf THOS it KENI) \1 I
NOTICxS.
VLL persons indebted to J. IiNMS tth., ill;*-
by Note or Account, oast due are reiji.■•••! and t
come forward and settle without delay.
Columbus, Match 1, IbGO—wtf
Cotton Gin Improvement.
EXPANSION role::
r 1 E publ cis hereby inform'd that lam the Inveti-
X tor and atentee of an improvement of itie Cot.
ton Gin, called the EXPANSION ROLL’’ It eon
sHts in letOng int • the roll box on each side behind
the outside saws a board of such thickness an to al
lowa space only 3-Ifi of an inch iwt we<n n and im
-aw.and beveled from the point where the. saws touch
the hoard to the front of the bo., so that Jit each turn
of the Cylinder the roll expands, the eliy bringing a
new surface of cotton in comae* with tte saws at
every revolution. Wi h inis addition tin ‘on in re
lieved from all choking or c nggieg, ami will uirnout
tronr I’d to 340 pound* o lint per day, mo e than it
would without it 1 have left a model, showing the
improvement at the Times (Hire, where planters are
invited to call and ex .mine it for f lionise! is la n
permitted to reft*r to tip subjoined certificates from
gentlemen who have teste.! tlx- value of my patent
WILLUM M. LENDON
Woodbury, Meriwether Cos., Gu.
CKKTIFIC ATES:
1 certify that I have Win. Me London's improve,
ment n in v Cotton Gin, and have t>eeri using it two
winters and would not b d> priced of it f t fifty and •
lars. I can gin with case IMdlb - Jmt from sunrise,
till sunset with a 4 saw gin; lx*'ore having the io
provemen I could not gin more than wo ih* lint. Ite
lor., putting the improV--merit in in. gin it wa*almost
impossible to gin the last pit king; now lean gia tn*
last as tveli as the itrst picking.
March #241*00. ISAAC’ FINCHER
Merriweth*r County, (in , Snv “, I*V*
This is to certi v that I have used William McLen
don’s Patent for Gilts and find it to be valuable, and
I belere it w ill gin tit least one fourth to on* in ml
more and better lint
THO* IiLAI.OCK, J I
A l\ei using for two year* th- McLendon Cotton
Gtn Attachment, lam -ai .i'u . u an imp; ,v. uiem
upon tne common Gm.
With this improvement aita. ;n .i. t!. t.m net'-:
bretks i n roll, and will gin about one third u*u-i. ii
ts simple :n ronstrucUou and not tivbl •to set out of
order. A. P. HILL. Merriwether i..
Woodbury, Merriwethercouniy,Os. *
March ISrh, IS6 • \
rth: The patent improvemem ou attached t<> my
t onoi Gw pr
rented it to le I would not do-.ietise witb and for lir!l
■'f the priee of the gin. it prsv elite choking at it;.*
corner* and increase* tlie mruoui of tint.
Yours, At* wtf J. A. CANTON.
SANFORD’S
LIVER INVIGORATOR
never debilitates.
IT IH COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from ••urns .and
has become an established tVt.u standard medicine
—approved by nil that . have used it, und i* re
ported to with conll- 00 dews in ail diseases for
which it is recomtneinl- ed
It has cured thousands witbinthe last two year*
who had given up hope of relief as numeroua
iinsoUcited certificates P* in my possession show.
The dote must be adap- s** ted to the isfßperameht
of the individual taking itanduse-.iinsuchqun
titieaas to act gently on S the bowels.
dietatns of your a judgment guide vott in
use of the LIVER IK- w VHiOR.i l OR. and it
will cure /.rrer Com- pluutr, BfLIUI S „4t
latks, /> Y&PF.PHHI, mm C/tronw It tar rktr n,
SIMMER CO M- PLJUKTsJt YSEJfTF.
RY. it HORSY, SOt/R KIOMACIL IMatual
COST/ VEX ESS. Choi- if. CHOLERA CkoU
ra MirrbHM. CHOLERA IXFAXTUM EI.ATV-
I.F.KCF., JAUjS DICE Emalf H EAKF.XSS-
F.S, and may be used successfully as an Ordin
ary, Famtly .Werfinac.—- It will <ure SICK
UF. AH AC H F., a* “ ihousunds can testify) m
twenty mnulrt.ij M taro or Ihrtt Tea
gpoonfult are taken at commencement olthe
attack ’jj”
AU vke use v. art ™ gmnf their tesfimnny
in its favor. mg
MIX WATER IN THE MOUTH WITH THE !N
---VIGORATOR, AND SWALLOW B*>TII TO<ETH
ER. PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
FAMILY
(lliatliartic Pills,
COMPOUNDED FROM
Fnrs VcgetablsExtrarfi, and pat up
In Glass Cases. Air Tight, and will
keep in any Climate.
The FAMILY CA- A TOAnTi* Pith is a gen
tle but active OathariV Q which the ptoprietor has
used in his practice more . than twenty years.
The constantly iiicr> a*iiig {r demand Atom titose who
have long used the PILi.H - tnd tbesatisfiKUon winch
allespress mregardtotheihn use,has induced tne to put
them in the reach of alt.
The profession well know pj that different chatharics
acton ibebowels.
The FAMILY CA jTHARTH FILL
has,with due reference to r this well es*ablifhed fact
been compounded Dont ahj varietyoftbe ptirent vege
table extracts, which act ** alike on every part of the
alimentary canal, and are bj good and sate in all cas
es where a chsth&rtif is w needed, such as Dk
mnulmrs r of the* HTOMACH, Hu;eii
"csa. pains ik the Quack and loins
(XMiriVENEH 3, PAIN and Horbhks* over
the WHOLE BODY. M from sudden cold, which
frequently. If negideted. *y end in a iongmurseofFe
ver, LOHH OF APPE H TITE, a Lrkefimo Hhk
sation or Coto oveb[Jthe Body, Rkstubss
Ktess. HEADACHE or f* weioht ik the Head
ail INFLAMMATORY H Disßaieb. WORMH, ir
Gmildrkm or AdclTs, l* Rhki katMm, a Grot,.
Purifier of the Blood, m andninnyd ->-:t.<'towhic|i
Hesh is heir, too numerous to mention in this ad ver
iseruent. DOHE Ito 3 ’
Price 30 Cents.
THE LIVER INVIGORATOR and FAMILY GA
TH ART PILLS are retailed by Druggist* generally
and sold wholesale and retail by the Trade in all the
large tow ns
f*. T. W. SANFORD, W. D.,
Manufacturer and Projirietor.
une!7—w3m 333 Broadway, New York.
(Thr (TnltmUms fitip*
COLVHQiS. TI’ESDAT* JULT 31, IS6O.
second Cholre of all Partlr**
Tho Si. Louis Journal of a recent date says:
• It is an advantage to our candidates Dell
■tud Everett, nud certainly a most importafit one,
hat they are, to all practical purpose.*, the second
choice of all other parties. Tho fact, wo believe,
is unquestionable.
No one can doubt that the friends of Douglas
and Johnson would, under existing circumstan
ces, rathorsco Deli and Everett elected thau either
Breckinridge und Luno or Lincoln und Hamlin.
Vor cau any one doubt that the friends of Lin
4“ and Hamlin would prefer Dell and Everett
t> either Dreckinridge and Lane or Douglas and
Johnson.”
The Journal is on the dividing line between tho
free and the slavo State’, and may be presumed
to know the temper of the abolitionist*, ft speaks
A.V the vend, therefore, when it says that “tho
friends of Lincoln and Hamlin would prefer Dell
and Everett to either Dreckinridge and Lane or
Douglas and Johnson.” Now, this is a pregnant
fact, and in relation to it the inquiry will natu
rally arise in the mind of every Southern man—
why is it ? Surely every effect must have a cause,
ami tho cause, in this instance, must, of necessi
ty. consist in tome points of agreement between
the I’.ell-Kverctt nud the Lincoln-Hnmliu tickets
which are not to be found between either of those
and either of the others. This coincidence oc
curs, first, in the platforms which the two tick
ets represent. The BelLEverett platform is “the
1 nion, the Constitution, and the enforcement of
the laws.” Huw the Constitution is to be inter
preted, is a question which tho platform ignores.
The Lincoln-Ilamlin platform declares great at
tachment to the Union, so great, indeed, that it
scouts and frown upon disunion for any cau*'. —
It also, professes fidelity to tho Constitution
(with an abolition construction) and, as a co
rollary. insists upon the enforcement of Consti
tutional laws.
Tho coincidence exists, secondly, to a partial
degree at least, in tbo Lincoln-Hamlin party and
the recorded views of Messrs. Dell an 1 Kvcrett on
tho subject of slavery. Mr. Everett is classed
among the moderate abolitionists who are in fa
vor of leaving the question alone in the States,
but want it abolished w erever Congress has
jurisdiction. Mr. Dell has been in public life a
long time, and, in a large majority of cases, has
acted with the enemies of the South. What
wonder, then, that they should find favor with
tho abolitionists ? Tbo wondor is, that Southern
journals should boastiugly parade the fact.
Communicated.
Banner Presented at Stiver-Uon.
F.ditort of the Times : The Silver Run Guards
were presented with a beautiful Danner by tho
ladies of Silver Run and vicinity, ou Friday the
2ith itist. The Danner was tho finest silk, with
the coat of arms of the State on one side, and on
the other was the great Southern motto:—
“Equality in the Union or Independence out of
it,” also a largo Eagle in tho centre with fifteen
golden stars above it. and a streamer in its beak,
with the inscription of “Southern Rights.” At
the bottom, was Silver Ruu Guards.
Tho Flag was presented by Miss Maria Hol
land in behalf of tho ladies, and accepted by
Capt. Cook Lewis, for thccompauy.
The address of Miss Hollaad was delivered
with the utmost composure of mind, and filled
with that true patriotic sentiment that character
izes the noble hearts of the 1 adieu of our country.
The emphasis she placed ot r consigning the ban
ner to those brave hearts and strong arms in the
time of trial, was thrilling, and you could plainly
sec a determination on the part of every man in
ranks to carry out the charge of the ladies.
The reception addross by Capt. Lewi, was one
of those true, dignified appeals to every loyal
Southern heart in behalf of otir dear sunny South.
He premised, in the name of the Silver Run
Guards, never to allow this to be the banner of the
enemy as long as ono of the corps shall be able to
*tand and defend it.
The whole concluded with a sumptuous re
past and drilling of tho Guards. 1 pon the whole,
it is a day long to bo remembered by those pres
ent, but dear Captain, knowing you take a great
interest in the military of our country, I submit
the ad reuses to you, and hope you will publish
them.
Your*. J\. LIGHT GUARD.
His* Hollands Address.
(r, lUuint nos the Silver Hun Guards
To me it has been awarded the honor of tins
lay presenting to you this beautiful banner.
Wrought by the patriotic hands of those who
can, if the interest of their country demands,
Lear to see it borne aloft Buttering in the free
breezes of heaven: while fathers, brothers
and husbands, roily around its standard to pre
serve uusullid the uaniet, the liberty, our fore
fathers won. Wo ore not conversant with the
political dissensions of the day, but do not the
ominous shake* of wise heads tell its some
thing f Have we not heard there wai a cloud
rising which threaten* to overspread and dark
en tho Southern horizon f And when the
deafening thunders shall have burst over our
head*, there will be a task for you to perform.
To your brave hearts and strong arms, we en
trust the guardianship of this token of our
confidence in your patriotism.
Gentlemen of the Silver Ruu Guards! Your
wives, your mothers, and your friends have
presented this to you. And will you ever suf
fer tho enemies of this our free and sunny
land tp bear it from you, a* a trophy of their
victory, and your defeat / The cau*e in which
you are engaged is a holy one. The rights,
the home*, the salvation of our common sec
tion arc involved. The freedom that Wash
ington fought for, must le preserved. Then,
accept this banner with the motto inscribed,
Southern flights—Equality in the Union or
independence out of it. And should the worst
come, and grim visage war Hood our land with
blood and carnage,that ter, emulating the spir
it of our glorious and patriotic revolutionary
mothers, will present to you the sword of jus
tice. and send you forth from our homes to
meet the coming conflict, praying the God of
battles who crowned the victorious arms of
our Unloved Washington, will still smile upon
this our glorious Union. -When the thick
dark smoke of the battle field shall encircle
your forms, and the loud booming cannon toll
the death knell of bright eyes forever closed,
and brave hearts forever stilled, may victory
perch herself upon this standard. Hut should
it be otherwise, should all fall, may this banner
be tho winding sheet of him who falls last
(apt Lewis’s Kepi):
Hiss 3/aria Holland tl Ladies:
Allow me in behalf of tho Silver Run Guard*,
► > return tboir many kind thanks and apprecia
tion af the handsome gift that you have just be
stowed upon them. In looking upon the lot
mortul words which are inscribed in blazing cap
ital* upon it* Adds, and reflecting upon their
true iirtent and meaning, every true H out horn
heart should bo filled to overflowing, with that
patriotic zeal by which those noble souls wore
actuated, who labored and toiled mid storms
and bloodshed, to accomplish those great end*,
the history of which will live as long as time it
clf shall Inst. It is useless to go over here the
long list of heroes whose renowned deeds will ev
er live to perpetuate their names, but connoie
-urselvos with the happy thought, that there once
lived those, who had the true interest of their
country at heart and transmitted a land of inde
pendence to an apparently ungrateful posterity.
Vnd shall we, the descendant* of those itnmor
'.ml heroes, and a* Southerners, prove recreant
to the trust reposed in us, by remaining silent,
and suffering repeated insults and aggrem-ions to
1 be heaped upon us by our enemies of the North/
Let the roar of your cannon reply to this im
portant question! “Shall we lie supinely on
•ur backs, bugging the delusive phantom of
hope und offer no resistance, until our eueinidt
-hull have bound us hand and foot?” Let the
Voulunteer Corps of your State march up in a
solid and uubroken phalanx and dare them to
the attempt.
Has it come to this, that the mighty and elo
quent appeals of Hamilton, Jay A Madison, in bc
nalf of our Union of State*, have been passed by
THE UNION UF TII! STATES, YNI) THE SOVEREIGNTY 1)F THE STATES.
in silence by their descendants r ’ Yea, thus are.
heeded tho voices of the mighty dead. Civil dis
cord and commotion have Infdsedjihemselves in -
cite byeasts of our countrymen and sectiomu is sue*
are ragiug with unabated fervency The people
at the North are ever nt work, devising pi iris ami
sohomca obnoxious to tho principles and institu
tions of tho South,and the day ha* cotno whene-.
ery Southern heart should bo fully arottsc i to i
senso of Usdutie* and every arm bo raised to
“Strike till the last armed foe expire ,
Strike for your altars and your fires;
Strike (or tho green graves of yiir sire
God and your native land. ‘
Tho great question of North and South ha>
long been agitating the minds of the people, and
the language ot disunion has already become
common. Time was, when, like tho first approach
of vice, it excited horror, but, like familiarity it
self, has not only diminished its offtnnivenes>.s, but
rondoroil it to a very great extent, an object ot
desire. “Liberty and union, ono and ittsopuru
ble,” were the words of him, whoso wisdom had
placed him among tho first in tbo counsel* <>f the
nation. Uut alas, the voice of Webster can be
bat faintly heard, dying away amid the hideous
mysteries of tho post. Clay und Calhoun are
only to bo numbered among the things that wore,
while traces of their mighty wisdom and power
still remains, “t,o tell where the garden had * o-u
Tho people have cause to lament tho irrepairable
loss of their eminent statesmen; Whoso voices
were, once heard echoing throughout their entire
country, in advocation of their rights and justice
Rut while rehearsing tho heroic achievement
of those immortal ones, who have long since left
the great stage of action, let us not bo unmindful
of the task that is loft us to perform. Our fore
fathers transmitted to us a country unimpaired
and free from an oppression. They left t:.* a
compass by which to direct our course, that
greatest of all political productions, the grout
American Constitution. They left us in the full
enjoyment of equal rights, and entiled upon for a
while by sweet fortune, we moved and acted with
entire unity — of freedom and independence. Hut
the hydra-headed monster, in the infamous garb j
of Abolitionism, hat crept in upon one side <f |
this great Repubti .and it is daily feasting upon j
the carcasses of tho.-o who set ut nought that gh - \
rious old Constitution, the great polar slur of our j
land, and who have Burn rested their ingratitude |
to those who shed their blood freely, upon tin j
plains of Bunker Hill, at Concord and at taxing ‘
ton, while warding off tho gulling yoke of <■
pression thus was about to bo thrown upon thei - |
by their British adversaries. Ami when two sec
lions of one great Confederacy can no lunger at i
in harmony ; when one attempts to trespass upon
the rights of the other.it is the right of the sec- j
tion uucroachod upon: yea, it DJher imperative and
- to rise up and drive back the invader in hi*
mad career. We must now prepare to meet t V
emergencies. Let come whut may. 1 trust Ala
bama will ever stand as she did, when assorting
her right* and demanding the Hiutte in tho Nation
al Conventions of Charleston and Baltimore, and i
they being refused her, that gallant, band picked |
up their bat* and withdrew, bearing with them j
ns their internal guide and motto, “Equality in j
the Union or independence out *! it “ iin • - ;
the alarm of anew and brighter era in the ht-tory 1
of our State. “And when looking into futurty, i ‘
contemplate tho rising and rapidly developing
glories of Alabama, and behold the proud destiny
opening bclbro her, sbo seems like a rich bride |
rccliniug on tho arms of the nmiestic Father of
Waters; and among her >itcrState*, the g’
ci-t of them all.”
It was not my province to detain you in •*.\pn j
dating upon tho rights of tho South, but to tl. u k j
tbo kind ladies for their beautiful banner, which !
wo have received on tbis occasion. Wo feci com
plimented and honored beyond measure, wt tin
expression of your confidence. ! fed that 1
speak tho Hendiueuts of every Silver Run Ot!.tt>!,
when 1 say that confidence shall never be <k
atroyed. Surrounded by such nobio gifts of
heaven, how could man *brink from the protec
tion of his firesides.
“0 woman, lovely woman, Nature made you
To temper man. wo had boeu brute without I
you.
Angels arc painted fair to 1001. like you
Tburo’u in you all that w. believe of He;n u.
Amaziug brightness, purity ami (ruth.
Eternal joy und everlasting.”
In vain may imagination test it.* power-- >4
conception to find Anything purer or holier than
the placid stuilo or sueicd moronicnf of an htno
cenl rrcature than this.
“Without the smile from partial beauty won,
Oh what were man ?—a world without a suiA”
But tho blood that circulated through the-e
tender vein*, is by no mean* destitute ot patriot
ism. They, too, would rush to tho rtMcue < 1
their right*, if necessity demanded. # Wo hay.
but to look to a neighboring Slato and see tin
spot where dwelt ono whoso deeds were the most
illustrious that ever adorued the pages of a Stott- - -,
history -one who declared and prov and herself a
friend to ber country, and sworo “to do or t<
die.” Fired by that umbitioo, whose only aim
was “death or victory,” she soiled ber gun and
kept at bay six infamous tories. Her num
should be end ured to all posterity and embmui
od among the sacred jewels of American freedom.
Her uohlo deeds are worthy examples for free
men yet unborn to imitate. Iter in-atlaLlethir ‘
for froedoiu, ami tho boldness and effect with ‘
which shecxecoted her designs,!- a striking Il
lustration of woman’s power and patriotism.
Again, ladies, we thauk you tor this inosiiun
hie prize; we promise you to stand by and d
fend it. And should tbo tide of circanmanoe*
roll on and our services be needed in defending
these rights, bequeathed to u* by our iinimirtnl
sires, may we he seen in tho thicker* of the oon
test, with rliix Imautlfal star spangled banner un
furled to the bree/e of morn and “waving in urt
sallied brightness over the )iber!ie j of freemen
yet uuborn.'’
“Flag of the free heart’s only home.
By angel hands to valor giver.;
Thy star* have lit the welkin dome,
And all tby hues were born in heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe, but falls before -i .
With freedom’s soil beneath our foot.
And freedom’s banner waving o'er us V”
Klo'i tiet mill l*t rlnl Ic l*on h of V tee
l*rel<leit ItrAcklui ittp-e
In response to a Serenade given him on hi* re
turn to his home in Kentucky.
Fklcow-Citi*kns: f thank you, jA voice
“Harrnb for Broekirrfdgo,” and cheer*,] out of
the fullnciw of a grateful heurl for this cordial
welcome to my borne.*-I feel, fellow-citizen.*, tbe
impropriety, upon an occasion like this, of doing
much more than returning to you my cordial and
grateful acknowledgments for your kindness.
Perhaps, however, 1 may bo allowed here, in tho
midst of my old district, and surrounded by my
neighbors and friends, on the *oll ul Kcutu
to make one or two explanatory statements.
I forbear, on this occasion, to cuter into any
statement or argument in reference to tbo cir
cum-lances that oocu red at Baltimore, and which
resulted, unexpectedly to me, in pluciog me be
fore the country for tho office of President; but
I think it due to you and to myself to say, that
being cognizant of all those facts, having ob
served all those transactions; having pondered
them carefully; buvingconsulled with my friendi
unconscious altogether of being impelled by a
hot ambition, I feci that the position which 1 oc
cupy to-day is right. [Great applause.] 1 feel
that I should not have shrunk front it without
being false to my country und false to my friend ,
consequently I accepted it with all its responsi
bility. To those who take advantage of the po
sition of a silent man to heap upon him exec
tion, I say “Pour on I can endure.” [Much ep
plause. 1 I leave it to others to explain more ful
ly the tacts and circumstances of this nomine
tion.
Perhaps, also, I may be allowed to stato that
the cbnrge that I stand before country an e
sectional candidate cannot lie true, whether ro
ferenee bo had to the number of the Btates which
co-operated in the movement, or to the princi
ples they have announced. When you fiud the
democratic organization, sided by large conserv
tivo elements of other parties in all tho Southern
Kates, and in thorn two Btat.e.*, upon the
Pooißc ocean which havo been . far re
moved from tho contests of the Allan> and
Mississippi Valley that their judgment m* to
what is sectional ought to be almont conclusive,
otid when you find a majorUy of the demo'-ratte
organisation of the fefate of Pennsylvania, and
a HuppoHcd majority of New Jersey, Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Minnesota, with large and im
posing organizations in all the other State- co
operating therein, can such a nomination a:t that
he called sectional ‘ A majority ot the .State/’ of
tbo Union sectional!—at war with the principle.!
upon which the Union itself in formed?
Fellow citizens, as to the charge that the Con
vention to which I owe my nomination, or that
the friends that support mo, or that I myself am
tainted with a spirit of disunion, how absurd
mu tt it sound to a Kentucky audience, nud in
this old district too. lam an Americnn citizen, a
Keptuckian, who never did an act or cherished a
thought that was not full of devotion to tho Con
stitution and tho Unioy. [Much applause; a
; i ! ;. (ffiOlttilA, MONDAY, AUGUST li, HMD).
j voice. “Wo wilt always a.and by you,") But
j perhaps it would have Wt*:j bettor luth on your
| behalf amt trine, if 1 h.id r< 1t ro-poml to
j I'VUow-eiu.'t’Os this i- perhep: the last tiiqe 1
j t\ ill have an opportunity to say anything to feuy
i neighbor.*, and fri* mis during the pendency of
this un\uss. While, theretero, 1 Shall enter in
| to no argument upon the poHtioal topics of the
j dav, perhaps yo will pardon mo for muking
two or tim e general observations which it seems
to mo shqnld commend themselves to nil parties
We live under the best Government on earth.
Il’h'.s - i ha only country in the wmld where ex
periment has duumn.-uratedllmt free institutions
I may lo established over a great population and a
hirgo country, and be compatible with public or
der. This ha.-i btoademonstratedinour case for
I tho first time in tho bis ory of the world. How
j nro wo to preservo these institution.-.’ liow aro
| no to presen e iiuaeUhrtt itoblo form of Govern
j tuent, State and Federal, bar.dad down to us by
i >ur ’ My anutveris tliat wo can only
do it by clinging with unfaltering fidelity, and
I unswerved by too temptations of exp dionc’ or
(also policy, to tho Constitution thoy bequeathed
to us 1 hold that fidelity to the Constitution of
tho United States in all it* parts and in all it* ob
ligations isihe condition of tho American Un
ion and of its perpetuation,
i That Constitution was fr*me&.und trcnimittod
j by tbo wisest penerotlon nf men “that overlived
in tho tide of time.” It may bo called nn Inspired
instrument. Lot us keep it , nnd keep it pure. -
Now, follow-'‘itizons, every citizen of tho Uni
ted .States, whatever may ho his high position,
has resting upon him h personal obligation to see
that tho true character of tho Confederacy is pre
served* Each, in his place, is responsible, and
ti” utaii unit c- off the obligati,m. We must
abide by that Constitution. IV,. must not oon
struontvay ite obligations and duties on tho one
hand, nor on the other claim for it powers not
guaranteed by tho States. Tho moment we do
I that, that moomit wo change tho character of the
Government. Tho moment wo violate one prin
’ iplo of the Cnn-ii’.u’HMi for policy, that moment
| it coa-cs to bo tho Government our fathers gave
u:- And when onco wo havo drifted away from
j me landmarks of the (.Vastitbtioii, wo shall find
that tho ’whole .-*vs < m of government bus been
j radically and fatally changed.
What arc two or three of the fundamental prin
ciples of the Conxtiiution ? 1 assert without tear
of successful contradiction anywhere, that the
;;r or lnndauu ntalprinciple underlying all is tho
equal and independent sovereignties before that
| instrument wus framed. It win* framed to pre
serve, not to destroy that equality. This Gov
rnmerii .s a confederation of equal States, and
: tho moment that, applied to Status, or to proper
• ty of citizens of th<* Suilcn, you discriminate be
j tween one State and (mother, or between ono dc
i scription of properly and another, that moment
you change tho character of the Government;
that inouientyou destroy tho equality of the States
j aud tho citizens, that moment you degrade one
portion of the CoufodffFacy and it becomes a
union, not of equal and sovereign States, but a
uui v u ofdoute S'atcs and some province*.
Now. fi.llow-citir.cn:-, growing out of this doe
trimj or the . quality of Urn Stales, which, in tho
abstract, no man will deny, r * <• the duty of tho
• . i
.on* and their property every whom within its
lurou! a a*. ! !!*•}.
i u der tho flag of tbo Union, and within tho
apherg of Federal jurisdiction. Urn citizens of Maa
u, and Veruiofll have tho
-:uae rights.! | air son and property, no more, uo
!-•• aa tho citizens *d Komnrkv, Luateiana und
Text* 1 teit-K toiqq ;> im 1 lay i’ ilown
tbo diwi- uciu’i.*••: ..•(fiivcrnn t,a‘‘so*!., itoni
v. very system of religion or luul , and tbo per
f*tet security of the rights t*l c - - ton. Happily
any quarter.
TW.10v,... ,1, . in , .(‘litre
,vi,h th. r. jili -I, ~r publm mdor. If r.o
i..(nliui, tho.e tin(ierl,'ins priucipU. wo oli-Jl
I hi!U‘U char: by which wo may over ri*or ‘nor
j i* fill t'l'lb, . .X, I'lii'f of this* I til* >ll
up a pL* nprtti which t was . rigioally
foriucd. I believe that by advert ig to them our
; Conlcderacv w U long continue to he a Union of
ir . per ; •nd hat |-v Mate*. The# bet us cling
mtlve. : tel US stand by principles which the
people of Kentucky, without distinction of party,
iwoUc m-ntbaaiM, a- rted wero tho true prin-
Follow-citizon*, I find that betrayed by your
!.iti'ii.( ‘■>. I .iii wtiodering into i-yiiig more thiui
lin tended. M. lip* f r . m this time forth arc of
- Mir, J I. ll \ i r-: rr*.d b.iettv to of
the principle w . I btlitve t. ho * untial to
*.ur peace and onr I oh*.., and now U i* lor Ken
tucky herself to express her own sonm of her
*wn position and rigbttl In tbt* Union and this
question Ip. ov . into the keeping of her ga!
l int and piurioGe son*.
I led, followrcitiiU'i.s, that pcraon.U considorv
tions are utterly iusignificnul. Mon iu tiles'*
great issues are nothing , the\ arc l*-* than tho
light dual 4 Jttusc of
tbuG Jim.o.uon and tho Inion m . vorythtng:
and speaking for that eau-. ftloue, l appeal to
you, Kon'uckia -. to prove that you ate n*>t do*
KMteratu - .: . l - A ■> rtthe equality of your
Commonwealth in thi.- galaxy of confederate ro
publics. Come, wake your r.litfnbering energies,
arouse yonr lion boaris,shako out again the uto
ple fold **f t'.H. glorio.m flag which . o dt hath
braved tho hattlumid the breeze,und with locked
t bicbls and t iuntl o nop follow it or.-** more to
*tbe puhioat of its vletorie*. I speak not for ray 1
the right* of niy rilutc.
•Spt . il IM-put-*h totdte Cimrlesiou Courier.]
Wapbixctom, July 2r.
John . Lmkrwood lends the hcpul.licso- al
Oeooqunn. He tbroaten* to made light. An
! armed company has g ueto Attack him. Under
! i r,” U lly Iron. Uudun county.
| f she above dispatch is not os intelligible as wo
would wi-h. L i nil wo can .ay iii explanation
is that .John C. Umle/wood is ;tn Abolitionist
who hua r .li.d In Virginia some years, together
with bis fnly Having rendered hiuiM il .h
noxious to the peupio O. ibat State by his sedi
tious conduct ami frequent Otteratiuoa *f his
informed by tic* .lispatcb that, he is otOccoquan,
whiob i- a village in Prince William connty,und
is about 00 mites No. th <ri Richmond. He is also
reported t*> have come from Loudnn county,
which : in t o Northoastern port of Virginia,
pro ha blet ha i *;. <• 1 1 . i ' ’ i*a ir.appcure *l‘a t* U oc*! un o,
/hero v/u helievo liis hi uliy r* -ides, and bastbero
been detected in di-scmlOating Abolition do.u
anxiH.i t< become a Muitvr t ‘ the cause *•■; 1;.,.( k
Republicanism ho probably refused to comply
with tbo demand, arid b e kid hy his Aboltttou
I Kr’
The iouihAVe%tcrji .Ncw>.
.Ur. W. 1!. i.a.-rry, the Mw.ii Tol. r |:h,
has <li<p.i3*l of tbo rioutU-Wc tern News to Mr.
C. C. For he-, an I tbo paper will hereafter advo
i - • cl Lam iii
-1 t id of Douglas and Johnson ac heretofore,—
Mr. Guerry has our btuil wishes in his retirement.
and wo extend the right band of fellowship to
his successor, und wih him success in his new
Room Bits D liiacT —Mr. Ed.
Doruicvtllc, n ;iyrt t!*c Norfolk Argus. ;w;cnt and
representative of tho French Importation Com
pany, lrft here on Woduesday in tbo steamer
Yorktown,for New York, cn route for France,
where ho will execute oil order* entrusted to
him, aJui will return wi b tbo next cargo early
Jiu October. In tin meantime he bus entod the
I warelK>u?o No. 24- Commerce street, and left Mr.
Ijtcpbeu P. (dilsano to uttcud to his affairs. All
j jicriions wishing to order their goods direct, will
| hurt Mr. .Schi ‘ino at the above named place,
j who will iruiH iiricdy fofward their order-’ to Mr.
I Jionncviile, at Panx.
; Tho above is a step in tho right direction. We
j trust tho day will soon come when all goods con
i .'umed hy tho South nbuil ho imported direct.
The Ommo Ghaim Ciioi**.—Tho London Times
/,f the If 2d ultimo forebodes a famine in England,
owing to bad weather and consequent, short crops.
Th*? prospect of the grain crops in Franco i also
said to bo unpr< rnifdng. On tho other band, tho
cereal crops in th U nited (Ratos and Canda nev
er promised better. A larger crop of wheat than
wc ever had before, by perhaps ono-fourtb, is
now secured, or in tho process of harvesting The
crops of hay and outs aro also largo, and the
promise of the king of our cereals from falling be
low remuneration to tho grower. Os tho lu*t
yearV crop It is -md that tbo largo farm cribs of
Illinois aro nearly full, yet tho receipts at Chica
go have averaged over 100,000 bushels a day,
from tho Illitnis canals and railroad* through
> tho season.— Halt. American.
(WHINS, WEDNESDAY. AK.ISTI, isOO
Judge Douglas-Nov. And Thru
In u recent speech nt Springfield, Mass. Air. i
Douglas said
‘‘The dogma that the citizen of a Territory de
rives his power front Congres.-, is tho old Tory
idea that the citizens oft lie original colonics de
rived tboir power (Yum tho crown. We exploded
this idea in tlto war of tho revolution: and the
principal of popular sovereignty was born. Wc
hold, therefore, that tho citizen’ docs not derive
power from Congress, for he ha- already derived
it from God Almighty.”
For some time wo have thought that tho spaoo
which separated the author of the above para
graph from Black Republicanism, was “growing
small hy degrees,” but wo were not. prepared for
this gigantic leap upon the “higher law” platform.
The idea that there i.*: :i source of political power
above tho Constitution and the laws, we thought
wn : monopolized hy < lidding-, Garrison,Sumner,
eddtmne genu*. Wo acknowledge our mistake,
but Mr.
rcr and better days, no man did more to combat
and refute this abominable doctrine. But we in
troduce tho above extract to compare it with nn
othor o! i urlicr date, to show that Mr. Douglas
did not always hold his present views of Territo
rial sovereignty. On tho Rth of December, IBA7,
Air. Douglas made a speech in tho Senate on tho
Lecompton Constitution, lie opposed the admis
sion of Kansas under the Constitution, and dis
cussing the power of a Territorial Legislature to
call a Convention without thoconsentof Congress
lie raid “That is what 1 have understood to bo
the settled doctrino as to tho authority of a Ter
ritorial Legislature to call a Convention without
tho consent of Congress first had and obtained.
Tho reasoning is very dear and palpable. A
Territorial Legislature possesses whatever power
its organic act gives it, ami no more.” This bo
uttered upon tho occasion of his first departure
from the Democratic fold. Selfish considera
tions, the necessity of his position, induced him
t” make a concession to the enemies of slavery and
exert oil bis energies to defeat the admission of
Kansas. With what a fearful progression must
he have advanced ; n his npustaoy, to b** now
feed in” <>u Abolition husks in Massachusetts!
, Wrong.
If the Roeoders are sincere in their opposition
to Squatter Sovereignty, Alt. Dell is tho.m/r/can
didate in the field whom they can consistently
support. JIo bus fought the doctrino from tbo
beginning, and voted against it consistently
down to tho present time, whilst Breckinridge
has just found out that it u nu error, and never
did casta vote against it.-- tfur. IhpubUcau.
If thin assert ion had boon proved us often ns it
has been made, it > truth would now bo establish
cd beyond the possibility of denial. 1 pen tbo
showing made by tho Dell organs, their candidate
is not on opponent, but an udraoate of Squatter
Saver, ignty. They hold the democratic party
responsible for tho first pructioal application of
ttils doctrine in the passage of tho Kansas-Xe
braska bill. This, therefore, was tho “begin
ning. ’ Did Mr. Doll fight ngainst tho doctrine
then ? Ho did net. Tho clause iu that hill which,
the Opposition charges, embraced the principle of
squatter sovereignty, is tho amendment of Judge
Douglas, which doc laros, “it being tho true in -
kw and meaning of this act” Ac. For this
ameodmonl, on which ;f vote was taken in tho
Semite, February I tb, JsS J, Mr. 801 l voted- It
m truo Mr. Doll voted against tho hill on itspas
>agc. but this ho did because it repealed tho
“M ut Comprutnisi a feature which, more
than any other, comtuendod it to Southern favor,
and which induced tho American party of thi-
State to declare that “opposition to tho priuci
j'h involved iu that repeal, was hostility to the
rights of the South.” But, admitting what is
coiiteadedfor by tho Republican, that Mr. Doll is
opposed to squatter sovereignty -that fact alone
does not make nut his claim to Southern support.
“Protection” is what the South needs ami de
sires. and opposition to squatter sovereignty d-yn
not, necessarily, make one a protectionist.
Though the latter position would seem to follow,
logically, from the former. Yet, it is true that
fact and logic often disagree. For Instance,
Ite-r cln-1 V. Johnson denies thoductrinoof squat
ter sovereignty and opposes Congress ion nt pro - j
lootim:. Mr. Bell may ho of this class, sDo.—
Will onr cotemporary enlighten u -
A IntiUMOOls la; i-.mtiok. A little shunt
published (or printed i in Danville, Livingston
County, New Yrirk, gives the following original
information
The Sot th joh Dot ni * Auoo from the
kuthirn .Gatos, by newspaper, telegraph and
private letter, are nil to the•effect that Douglas’s
strength there teas formidable and rapidly in
■•teasing h* ois most ardent supporter.** could wish.
Tho indications now are, thet Dough, will sweep
the entire South iu November.
This is the way iu which tin- •■■p< rate ami
reckl*-• tael ion ist <>f the \orth attempt to mis
lead the large tna of Northern under.-, who, hi
th* 1 rural districts, never see uny live pni>cr* from
the Fouth, or from a distance.
If Douglas carries one F* uthern .state it wi!l
he more than candid supporter** expert, if they
would n w admit the fact.
lit fact, it is “mixed” up • m-idemfil.v with
doubt whether he will carry uny Stare. North or
tttempt of a Southerner to ( ominlt Miteldr.
James A. Gardner, a young inati from Macon,
Ga.. whohas b un in the city some time, loading a
fast life, lust night attempted to commit suicide,
by jumping into the river at the foot of Jay street.
Ho was nved by tbo Harbor Police. Remorse
lor past misconduct induced him to attempt the
raffiaM. iV. >'. Jtuy Haul.
Some ono else of thut name, somewhere about
Augusta, has recently been ongaged in the nt*
tempt to commit a somewhat similar felony—dif
fering from tho above in thut the deed is aimed at
his political, instead <f his natural life, and, also,
in that there will bo no ouo to save* him from his
do* pi. Aius! alas’ The misfortune* of men !
From UushtnKton.
WAiiitNOToN, July JU.
?ho ilillicultiurt m relation to tho printing for
the Homo of Representatives was amicably ar
ranged to-day, und tho work will lot immediate
ly. 1 Orty thousand copies of tho (’ovodo Report
is now ready for distribution.
Waßl!i.votoi, July 2::.
HI’A NISH DESIGNS 05 MEXICO.
Private letter* just received from tho city of
Mexico express fears, amounting almost to acer
tuiiity, that Spain is about to make a descent on
Mexico, bpuuiah authorities declare that the
American bluster about tbo Monroe doctrine
amounts to nothing, and she will noon put it to
the test. Thoy only await the arrival of the
Belgian Minister and u Spanish licet, which is
coming to take Vera Cruz, to commence opera
tions in the interior. They claim that France
will back Spain. England will not interfere, but
Spain, 04 being the next most aggriovod party,
will muko the attack; und they hold that after
tho rejection of the MoLuue (renty by tho Sen
ate, the United States is debarred from interpo
sing to prevent other nations from redressing
tlicir grievances, •
Should tho above fears bo realised, iLts more
than probable that tho people of Mexn:4H>ny find
Kticoor from an unexpected quarter. It ■rumor
ed hero that the Knight* of the Golden Circle,
now tnjving through Texas are on their way to
Mexico, in anticipation of nn invusion of that
country by some European power, iu which event
it: is added that tho Knight* will bo led on to tho
rescue by Old San Jacinto Houston, with tho in
tention of verifying the Monroe doctrine to tho
letter-
Tttr.EE lIrXORED DAr.ES OP COTTON BuitNKD.
—Nxw Orleans, July 2(5, IBCo.—Threee hun
dred halos of Colton, in tbo Louisiana pres*, were
burned to-day. Lots, $15,000.
Talbot county Democracy.
The Democratic party of Talbot and other
I citizens friendly to the election of .Breckinridge
and Lane for the Presidency and Vice Presidency,
according to a previous notice, met in the Gonrt
House to-day, and was organised by calling
Judge J. G. Lennar Jto tho Chair, und the tip
pointment of Augustus Little as Secretary.
Tito Chairman, after taking his scat, announce
cd that tho object of the mooting wits to ratify
the nominations of Dreckinridge and Lane for
the Presidency and Vico Presidency, made nt
Baltimore, and to send delegates t tho State
(Convention to bo held in Millodgot illo ■•tithe
Bth prox.
Tho following preamble ami resolution:, wore
introducld by Henry Person.*, U*q., and unani
mously passed:
“Wo, tho friends in Talbot, <if Dreckinridge
and Lane, having assembled at the Court House,
for the purpose of ratifying said nominations, and
lor the appointment of delegates to the State
Convention to select an electoral ticket, do re
solve,
Ist. That we fully endurso the nominations of
Dreckinridge and Lane at Baltimore, by the Con -
stitutional Democracy.
2d. That wo will appoint ten delegates (■ rep
resent us at Milledgcvillc, on the sth <>i August,
to assist in making an doctoral ticket for the
abovo named candidates.
tel. That we will use all honorable efforts to
elect, the ticket then and there made.
On motion, a committee consisting of Henry
Persons, l>r. Mathews, John McKinney, Geo.
McCrary, and Thomas Hampton were appointed
to select said ten delegates : and, after retiring,
presented tho following as delegates ;
Dr. NYm. Mathews, John B. Kendall,
VYm. Kllidbn. J. ll.Wcokos,
John McKinuey, llopo llamtnook.
Thomas Hampton, John Gamble,
J. T. Willis, J. F. Mathews.
A committee consisting of Messrs. John Mc-
Kinney, Henry Persons and John E. Barksdale,
wore appointed to return tho thanks of tbo meet
ing to ilto lion. Alfred Iverson, for the able ami
eloquent address ho delivered in Talbotton (by
invitation) to-day.
On motion, tho proceedings of tho meeting wore
I ordered to bo published in tho Columbus Titties
i and Truo Democrat, of Augusta.
The meeting then adjourned.
JAS. C. LENNABI), Chairman.
: Wm. Auuubtus Little, Secretary.
From tho Cahabu Slaveholder.
11 reck In ridge TlndiraU'd
• Tho following letter from tho Hon. Ben Ed
! ward* Grey, late of Ky., but nutvu citizen of our
county, a political opponent of Air. Breckinridge
and an inliiuuto associate in privuto ami public
life, for twenty-five years, will surely arrest tho
circulation of the vile slanders that he, Breck
inridge, is an emancipationist, and **tnt no slaves.
Not once alone, *
“Error, wounded, writhes iu pain.
And dies amid her worshippers.”
Lookout Mountain, Near Chattanooga,Tenu. |
July l(i, 1860. j
Col. (i. -
j Two days before leaving Selma, I received a
j note from you, of which tho following is a copy .
Cahaua, Ala., 10th July, 1860.
Dear Sir: It is circulated extensively iu South
I *rn newspapers, that tlto Hon. John (’. Breckin
ridge, now a candidate for tho Presidency, is a
Grudual Emancipationist, and is so known iu
Kentucky, where ho lives.
Asa lato member of Congress from (hat State,
und having been a member, of her Legislature
about the >c<.r 1850, when the question of mnuti
cipation was submitted to the people, and familiar
no doubt, with Air. Dreckinridge views on tho
subject of emancipation, I will thank you to in
form mo whether ho is correctly represented.
It is likewise said of him thut he is nut tho
owner of a slave, ns confirmatory of his being an
emancipationist. Will you please, also,stuio what
yo ir ininruiatiou is on tLis subject ?
If you have no objection, 1 will publish your
reply to this communication.
Very respectfully, your ob'thcrv’t,
G W. GAYLE.
Hon. Bi:n Edwakdh Grey, Selma, Ala
During the progress of measures taken (from
1847 to J 8. r l)to secure the formation and adop
tion of a now constitution for Kentucky, very
great excitement prevailed throughout that State,
originating principally from the active und most
energetic efforts of tbo “Gradual Emancipation
party,” whose object it was to shape the now eou
-tilulion so that at some future time, slavery might
I cease to exist in our Stato.
I have been personally acquainted with Major
Dreckinridge for more than twenty years, und, un
til recently, tmvor heard it intimated that he hud,
at uny time, to any exteut, or in any manner, over
sympathized with the“ Gradual Emancipationists.”
I am satisfied that the charges which you say
are “circulated - ttensively iu {southern nowrpH
pers,” are wbob ct founded, for my active par
ueipation (during the period to which your not.’
refers,) in the pi.t l affairs of Kentucky, and tho
unparalleled ox .nentlhen existing, made m*‘
familiar with the sentiments, relative to tbo****
questions of *uch angry controversy, of, l think,
every prominent politician in our State. 1 wan
elected to the Senate in 1847 re-elected in An
gust, 1840, and in Novemoer, 1850, was elected
Lieutenant Governor, and wa** President of tin*
Senate during the session of ISjO- ’sl, tho enact
ments of which session put into operation th**
(State Government under, and in accordance with
the provisions of the now constitution, and M
jor Dreckinridge was also n member of the Legis
lature, during a portion of my (Senatorial term
lie and 1 again served together n.*< member* of
Congress from 1.851 to March, 1855.
It is probable the charges referred l< result
: from misapprehension, originating in the fact.
that Rev. Robert J. Dreckinridge -then ;i r*i
---i dent of Lexington, Ky.,—a gentleman of aery
great ability—one ol tho ablest writers and most
eloquent public speakers in Kentucky, and who
was, at that time,one of the most prominent lea
ders of tho “Emancipationists.”
To your second inquiry I can respond about as
; satisfactorily ns if it had reference to someone
■ of the many planters with whom I atu acquaint
cd in your comity of Dallas; for I of ‘course, nev
er examined Dio list of his taxable property, nor
read a bill of sale convoying to Mr. Breckinridge
a title to a negro, but that he does, arid lm * ail
; his lifo, owned negroes, I have not a doubt. Hud
it been that aci.iVn of Kentucky, occupying the
i irigh and distinguished Hociaj and political poni-
I tion so long'occupied by Hon. John Brack.u
----j ridge, did notown negroes, the very singularity
> of that fuct, aside from other causes and consul
i orations, would have caused it. to have boon re
marked and commented upon.
In regard to national politics,Mr. Dreckinridge
und myself were of different parties l being n
Whig. I nm with great respect.
Your ob’t serv't,
BEN. EDWARDS GREY.
• Forger) and Drowning
An individual, whose name is unknown, pro
rented a draft ut the counter of the Agency of
tho Marine Dank in this city, yesterday, appo-
I rently drawn hy K. L. Mott, for two thousand
j dollars. Tho Agent, Mr. Dowers, declined pay-
I ing it, at tho same time pronouncing it to be u
forgery, in which statement ho w borne out
| by Air. Mulford, a guntlemun who was quite fa
| miliar with Mr. Mott's signature. They were
proceeding to Mr. Mott’s office, when the imli
j vidual took flight to tho river. Hu throw him
i self into it, and attempted by swimming to ©*-
{ capo into Alabama. The rapids bore him away
j and he sunk. At tho hour of writing his body
had not been recovered.
Hon. 11. W. Hil.LiAltn.—This gentleman hav
ing been ulaiiued by the Selma Sentinel as a sup
porter of Douglas, authorizes tho Advertiser ut
Montgomery to state that he is for Breckinridge
and Lane, lie was appointed by the Bogus Con
! \ out ion a delegate to Baltimore, but did not at
tend. Hud be done so, ho would have insisted
on our right to protection in tho Territories and
’ opposed the nomination of Doug!a£
Electionh.—Tho State election iu North Caro
lina takes place next Thursday. Those of Ken
j tucky and Missouri occur next Monday.
OOUMBIB, THURSDAY, AtorsT 2, 18(10.
Mr Douglaiut Troy.
This gentleman recently delivoted a speech to
the citizens of Troy, New York, in which he took
occasion thus to represent tho position of tho
Southern Democracy
“The sectional party at tho South demands
that all tho poworand patronage of govern
mont shall bo pat into tlicir hands, to enable
them to force the institution upon the people of
the Territories who do not want it.”
We know that tho necessities of an advocate
sometimes require him to venture closely upon the
limit which divides truth from falsehood, but,
certainly that cause is bad, and merits the repro
bation of all honest minds, which requires its ad
herent to declare so palpable and deliberate an
untruth as is contained in the übovo quotation.
Deliberate it must be, for no man in tho Union
has had a fa.rer opportunity to know that such
never hns been tho “demand” of any party, or
any individual, in the Southern States, than Mr.
Douglas. The declaration of tho principle has
never been uttered, and he know it, and wo give
him credit for sufficient intelligence to perceive
that it is not tho consequence of any position as
sumed. No man in the South is foolish enough
to believe that slavery can be “forced” upon any
people who do not want it, und we hope the
number is small of thoso who cannot soo that un
friendly . squatter legislation may exclude it from
n Territory vbither it might go if the slaveholder
I'dt thut tlto protection of his government was
over him. Tho South contends thus tbo fi rat ad
ders in a Territory, whether organized or not,
shall not determine theobaraoter of the domestic
institutions of tho future State, but that tho
Southern man with his slave, and tho citizen of
of (ho north with whatever property he may have,
shall have tho right to mako tho Territory their
home and be protected in the enioyment of their
property so long us the Territorial couditton
exists—protected, while unorganized, by Con
gress; after erganized, by the Territorial Leg
islature —the paid agent of Congress. If tho lat
ter fail of Us duty : if it perlorm not tho object of
its agency, its authority shall be revoked and
Congress shall institute other means for the
protection of property. Does this look like
“forcing” slavery upon an unwilling people?—*
Shame upon the man whb thus perverts the
truth for a little personnl advantage!
Thr Canvass in Missouri Mr. ((rei n's Position.
For some weeks wo have noticed a statement
‘going the rounds,” that Senator Green of Mis
souri, had deserted the true Democracy, and was
openly advocating tho cause of Douglas und
Johnson. Thu character und political antece
dents Rf Air. Green gavo the lie to the statement,
but it has been so industriously reproduced by
the Douglas organs, and devoured with such lus
ty greed by the Opposition press, that many cred
ulous Democrats had begun to credit tho fabrica
tion. Truth is at last vindicated, and an end has
com© to tho vain boasting of thoso who have re
tailed the bold imposture. Tho following, which
wo tiikofroin the Boston Post, of tho 26th ult.,
shows Ao real position of that tried, faithful and
able opponent of squatter sovereignty :
D. F. Mussie. Dcmccratic candidate for Secre
tary of Stato; J. P. Knott, Democratic candidate
for Attorney General, and A. W. Alorrisou, Dem
ocratic candidate for Slate Treasurer, have ull
declared for Breckinridge.
No circumstance in the present canvuvs in
Missouri is more gratify ing und encouraging limn
the heartiness and energy with which Senator
Green has devoted himself to the cause of Dreck
inridge and Lane, lie is almost cuustuutly upon
the stump, and is dealing such blow - iu their be
half us no other ohumpiou could deal with such
effect. We quote the following from an imperfect
-ketch of a speech of his at Chillieothe on the
17 th :
“Mr. Green then referred particularly to the
principal object of his speech, the unfortunate
>[>iit in the Democratic ranks, by which two sets
of distinguished gentlemen were presented for the
highest sutfiages of the party. For himself, Mr.
(. hud most strenuous y urged upon the leaders
iu Alissouri the paramount duty of a harmonious
compromise iu the formation of State und county
tickets—advice that was scouted and repudiated
by the arrogated and dictatorial Dcuiocrutio’or
gun, the Missouri Republican, which journal
blindly chose to jeopardize tho safety und success
of ull local interests by forcing the Frueideutmi
distraction into tho State and county elections.
I his, said Mr. Green, is the more unfortunate a*
l, und sll observant persons, are convinced that
Missouri is to be the battle-giound of the coming
contest. The Republican leaders ee this, and are
training every nerve to curry tho ‘Key of the
West,'confident that., as the south or the North
achieve that triumph, the result ot tne Presiden
tml contest is determined.’ Mr. Green depreca
ted All latter and uncharitable fuciiug, which
could only result in driving the divided organ)
ulion wider asunder, and in regard to tho rival
Presidential noininocs, lie expressed his opiniou
that neither was the regularly nominated candi
• bite’ but of the two, alter ulluding to their re
pective merits and principles, ho unhositutiDgi)
preferred the champion of the Sou h, and declar
ed that, if the only ono, be should veto for John
G. Breckinridge. [Groat appiaure.] He thou
proceeded to defend himself and candidate trum
ihe charge of‘bolting’ and the legitimacy of the
latter’s nomination, by giviug an interesting his
tory of caucus nominations, recommendation*and
two-third rules, from the firt Deauciu'.* caucus
iu 1800 alluding with emphasis to u -t, illus
trious‘bolters,’Andrew Jiiokret* I Henry Clay
-down to the present, time; tin ; *uing to the
Baltimore Convention, he condo >\ Jv showed,
by a careful analysis of tho vote, ifiu: Stephen A.
Douglas not only did not receive two-thirds of
tho votes of the electoral college—which would
have been 202—but that bis vote of 181,’jj inclu
ded 22 votes which were either wrorigliilly castor
surreptitiously admitted ! ‘Notwithstanding all
of'which (sai t Mr. Green) my colleague (God.
Clark, then sitting on tho platform,) moved to de
clare Mr. Douglas unanimously nominated—the
first time such nn irregularity had been perpetra
ten in Democratic history !
The usual practice when a nominee acquire* a
two-third vote is for those otherwise voting to ask
leave to change their vote for unanimity; but at
l!a timore, when Mr. Chairman Cushing retired in
disgust trum the scene, Mr. Tod pnt the ques
tion for uyes, but omitted tho nooa altogether.’
(Applause.] Here Gen. Clark denied that tho
iioes wore not called, when Mr. Green loft it ns a
question of veracity between his informant, Mr.
Wilkes, und the General, unless the General chose
to hold him personally responsible, in which cuso
‘he wits on band.’ [Great appluuse.) But Mr.
Green denied any intention to vilify Judge Doug
las, saying we must take the question as we find
it, and if any man thought Air. Douglas the best
man to repel the encroachments of the North, he
should not quarrel with him, though the speaker
very much preferred to trust the principles, pa
triotism, and prudence of John C Dreckinridge
[GrcaLapplßitse.] He earnestly defended our
candidates from the charge of di-'unionists, and
pertinently hinted at the beam which prevented
Douglas eyes from seeing that hateful qualify in
the well known character of their Vice Prosiden
liafl candidate, IJer-rbel V. Johnson. [Applause.]
Mr. Green then referred ut length to the unhitp
by idiosyneracy of Mr. Douglas, who, more than
any other man in the country, bad for many
years kepi all parties distracted with tbo ever
lasting nigger question, never allowing it to stay
rettb-d, uo matter what efforts or sacrifices were
made by others t ° effect its quietus, touching in
tho review, in a most masterly manner, upon eve
ry point in tho Congressional history of the‘Lit
tle Giant,’ arriving at the conclusion that it all
afforded no good roeson why he or any other
man should be bound to vote for him in prefer
ence to tho noble standard bearer of the rurty,
nominated by the National Convention at Balti
more. Mr. Green ulluded, iqore in sorrow than
in anger, to the inconsistencies, tergiversation*,
and radicalism of Mr. Douglas, and expressing
an opinion that he could not carry a single State,
declared it hisbeliof that in consequence of hav
ing pressed his famous obnoxion* measures ho
_wum tho woukust man that could have boon nom
inated. Alluding again, in tho most enthusias
tic manner, to the straightforward honesty and
principle of Gun. Lane, be called upon every citi
zen to do hi* duty fearlessly in support of South
ern right* und Missouri principles, and lunvo the
rest to Heaven.” General applause.
peyxon h. colquitt]
JAMES W. WABREN, ( Editor*
Number Jt
From the Austin (Texas) State Gazctio F.xtra, U 0 ult.
The Late Conflagrations.
Terrible ■ bsvelopments — An Abolition Conspiracy
The (\>h Day of August set for a general,
slaughter of the Whites- - The peopls of Dallas
sleeping with their arms in hand — May call on
the low r counties for assistance.
Dallas, Texas, July 1(1, 18G0.
Major John Marshall,
Dear Sir:—l will give you some of the facts
connected with the burning of Dallas and the
deep laid scheme of villuinly to devastate tho
whole of Northern Texas. Tho town of Dallas
was fired on Sunday tho Bth instant, between
one and two o’clock, P. AI. Tho day waa very
hot, tho thermometer standing at loti F., in the
allude, and a high Houth-wesi wind biowing.—-
Tho fire wus first discovered in front of Peak’s
new drugstore, on the west side of the square,
and eouuuued to spread rapidly until the whole
north side was consumed, nud ono half of the east
side together with all the buildings on Afah -st.,
oast ot tho square, and west of tho Crutchfield
House. Several other buildings were consumed,
with the loss of dry-good*, <to., in all of them.
Ou Monday, tho next day, the house of John
J. Eaketts, one utile from tho town was fired. On
Wednesday tho handsome establishment of E. P.
Nicholson wus fired, but dinoovered in time to
arrest the flames. On Thursday, the stables, out
Imuses, grain and oats belonging to Crlll Miller,
Esq., eight mites from Dallas, were destroyed by
fire. Allof huso were so plainly the work of an
incendiary, that suspicions were excited, and rev
cral white men and negroes were arrested and un
derwent tho examination. This led to the detec
tion of a most diabolical plo* to destroy the coun -
try. The scheme was laid by a master mind,and
conceived with nfernul ingenuity. It was deter
mined by certain abolition preachers who were
expelled from the country last year, to de
vastate with lire und assassination, the whole of
Nor hern Texas, and when the country was re
duced to a helpless condition, n general, revolt of
tho slaves ai led hy white men from the North,
and many in our mida*, was to come off’ on the
day of Election in August. The object of firing
the town of Dallas, was to destroy tho arms of the
Artillery company, ammunition aud provision
known to ho collected here; to destroy the stores
throughout, the country containing powder and
lead—burn the grain and thus reduce the coun
try to a state of utter helplessness.
Wbe this was accomplished, assistance wus
expected from Indiunsaml Abolitionists. Many
otlur places have already been fired, Denton, Pi
lot Point, Belknap, Gainesville, Black-jack Grove,
some stores iu Kaufman and Navarro, Waxn-
Itachie and other place.** hat Ido not now re
member. Each county lmd a special Superin
tendent, a wbite man, and each county i* laid off
into districts under the supervision of a white
man, who controls the action of the negroes in
that district. The negroes are not permitted to
know what in doing outside of their immediate
sphere of action. Alany of our most prominent
citizens were to be assassinated, when they made
their escape from the burning houses. Arms
havo boon discovered iu possession of negroes,
and the whole plot revealed, for a general in
surrection aud civil wur at the August election.
I write in haste, wo sleep upon our urins, and the
whole country is deeply excited. Blunt and
McKinney, the abolition preachers, were expec
ted here ut the head of a large force at that time.
You had better issueoxtras concerning these fact*
and warn the couutry of tho dangers .that threat
en it. Wo aro expecting the worst, and do not
know what an hour tuny bring forth. Do the
best you can for us. Wo have no printing press
and cun do nothing iff-that line. We may have
to call on tho lower counties fur assistance—no
one can'tell. All is confusion, excitement and
distrust. 1 will writ** again. There were never
such times before. Yours in haute,
CJIAS. R. PRYOR.
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
INDIANA.
Tbo Columbus News, published iu tho third
congressional district of Indiana, having been
attacked by rotue of its cotomporartes, for not
taking a position us yet iu the presidential con
tost, Rays in reply :
“Should Breckinridge*, und Lane have an elec
toral ticket in Indiana, wo ehall support thorn.—
If not, we shall support uny don: ; *rat in order
to defeat Lincoln, or rather the pi nciples be ad
vocates. Wc are not for negro-equality Lincoln,
mind that, will ye V*
And it adds:
“In thi* congressional district, composed of
eight counties, there is not, to our knowledge, a
single paper advocating the claims of Air. Doug
las.”
TENNESSEE.
Tlto -Memphis Avalancho Buys:
“It is generally conceded that Henry S. Foote
will bo ouo of the Douglas electors iu Teuneesee.
Hi* name will prove a mill-stone around the neck
of the Douglasitc*. for every body regards him as
one of tha rare class of men who unerringly iu
lieate tbo right of every question by always ta
king tho wrong one. There is not a more infal
lible index living than his foro-flnger, if you will
lie sure to take tho course opposite to the uue he
points to.”
The Nashville Union nnd American says:
“The Bolivar (Term.) Democrat comes to us
ihis week with the Breckinridge instead of the
Douglas flag flying at its mast-boua. The former
editor announces that he bn* retired from the po
litical department of the paper which he has
i laced in the hands of Louis M. Brown, Esq., du
mig the campaign.
“I .u* have two Democratic papers deserted
.Mr. Dougin* since his nomination, leaving only
three to udvorate hi* election, while twenty/tie
advocate the election of Dreckinridge.”
On the 21st, a great mass meeting took place
at Gtrensville, where Hon. Andrew Johnson, U.
8. Benutor, Col. Watkins, Gen. Milligan and Col.
liayncs spoke for Dreckinridge and Lane,
onto.
From the Ctcvelnnd Democrat.
On Monday evening the democracy of Craw -
ford ci unty ratified tho nomination of John C.
Breckinridge and Joseph Lane, hy public meet
ing iu l)ucyruß.
Tbo Dreckinridge and Lano movement gathers
strength daily in ulf part* of this State and
throughout tho great West ami the Union. In
counties where, three weeks since, wc were told
(here was not a single supporter of the Ureckin
ridge and Lane ticket, wo have largo lists ot sub
scribe rs, and loiters of the iuu*t cheering charac
ter, announcing the names of tho most promi
m*tit of the democracy wheeling into line, and of
townships, tho sentiment iu their favor is fifty
to one.
The worl: goes bravely on.
The executive committee of the democracy of
Muskingum have culled a mooting of all who de
sire to cat their votes for Breckinridge aud Lane,
to meet at tho Court House in Zanesville, ou
Saturday, tho -It h of August, to elect seven dele
gates to the Rtaio Convention to be hold in Co
lumbus on the 7th of August. Tho sail includes
ull the “friends * f equal rights among white men,
ami among the Stutcs of the Union.
MISSOURI.
The Border Slur bring* us cheering assuran
ces from the West. It says :
“On all side* we hear of men deserting tho
sinking ship ofDouglas, and backing down from
their premature committals to tho Douglas aud
Johm-on ticket. Many worthy democrats took
the Dougin* chute without consideration and
from a misapprehension of tho reul facts. They
thought that Douglas wa* tho regular democratic
nominee, and they wore therefore disposed to go
for him, notwitlretanding they do not endorse his
principle*; but since they have learned that ho
was not regularly nominated-—that he never did,
and never could, got two-thirds of tho National
Convention—they arc coming out for their real
tav rite, the gallant Mr. Breckinridge, of Ken
tucky.
“Others who have not yet taken the back track
aro preparing to do so, ami before another month
wo expect to herald the fact thut tbo Missouri
democracy area unit for Breckinridge and Lane.
Many changes uro going on, and all the changes
aro from Douglas to Brcckiuridge—we hear of
none from Breckinridge to Douglas.
“lion. W. Halliburton,appointed by the demo
crutlc State Confßntion a* elector for the second
electoral district of Missouri, announce* himself
for Messrs. Breckinridge and Lime, as being the
true representative men of the democratic party
and ot that areat principle of the equulity of the
rights of all tho State* a* coequal iu the Federal
• ’nion and of th. citizens thereof. I, therefore,
shall give my poor energies aud ability to the
support of Messrs. Breckinridge and Laue ; they
standing, a* I know, tquureupon the platform of
tbo democracy of Missouri, adopted in their late
State Convention, while I know that Judge
Douglas ami Mr. Johnson do not, but-are oppos
ed to tbo platform oh which £ wa* chosen as an
cl or I'll'.
Susair Decatur, widow of Comtao
dore-Docatur, died in Washington on the 21st
instant.