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(OLUlltlS, FRIDtT, MOCTT. 1.10.
VOll PRESIDENT,
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
OF KENTUCKY.
FOE VICE PRESIDENT,
JOSEPH LANE,
OF OREGON.
BRECKINRIDGE A LANE
ELECTORAL TICKET,
STATE -A.X LAROE:
non. c. j. McDonald, of Co>.
“ 11, It. JACKSON, of dMltam.
AtTEWUTIs:
Hon. A. 11. COLQUITT, of Baker.
War. A. DABNEY, of Gordon.
FOR THE DISTRICTS:
Ini. PETER CONK, ol Bulloch. f
2,1. \Y. M. SLAUGHTER, of Dougherty.
3,|. O. C. GIBSON, of Spalding.
4th. HUGH BUCHANAN, of Cowota
r,lh. LEWIS TUMLtN, of C 0,,,
fith. HARDY Foray lb,
7th. Wm. A. LOFTON, of Jaaper.
Silt. W. M. McINTO ll.of Elbert.
ALTERNATE*.
Ist. Y. j. AN DBRSON, of Laurtu*
2d. C. A. EVANS, of Ftewerf.
J M. SMITH, of Upson.
4th. 0 A. BULL, of Troup,
jth. W. K MOORE, of Whitfield,
fith. C. 11. SUTTON, of Habersham.
Ttb. H. L. W AKTHKN, of Wasbingtou
8 th. W. J. VASOX, of Richmond.
John IWllon Protection
I*jet unt favor it in ARE the Territorier. lex loei.
Hon. John 8011, it ennnot bo donled, has voted
fur the last ten years against the South and hie
own party,upon every quostion affecting directly
the interest# of the South. This his reeord shows.
Hence hia aeleotion for the Presidency by that
party, wbioh, at the North, haa freeaoil proclivi
ties: hence the admission of the Abolitionist,
Horace Groely, in a apeeoh at Ossawattomie,tbat
he would support Bell; hence the reluctance of
Southern Opposition journals to place Bell'a
name at thoir want-head for runny week* after hia
nomination. Having no platform now to stand
upon, It la the policy of the Opposition to ignore
party creeds, albeit it was tbe alpha and omega
of thoir objection a to the Democratic party in tbo
last campaign, that their platform waa suscepti
Me of two constructions. Driven to the wall,
they at last extract from the public speeches of
John 801 l n few sentence*, which mislead tbo
public as to his true position. The extract is
garbled, and wo oall upon the Opposition press to
publish the whole truth, by which U is seen that
John Bell is not in favor of protection in all the
Territories. Lot our Democratic friends stick a
pin here. Upon the issuo before the people, that
of Che duty of tho Federal Government to proteot
tin -lavo owner in his rights of preperty in all
the Territories, John Bell is nor to Dim. Hia
doctrine i.s, that the “Conetitutiun, in application”
to a “Territory,” cannot “at:*Kn KDK the local
/uiosiu/ere# iMiouiniTiMU elmcery, when the Uni
cd JHUtc-s came in possession of it.”
This is his position, and wo defy contradiction.
This protect toil is partial, not absolute. Accord
ing to Mr. Bell'* theory, the (lag of the Union
extend* over oh, Territory and not over onotlkrr.
The Constitution is ill force in tho one and not in
‘he other. The lex loei overrides the Constitu
tion : tho local laws cannot he superceded, be
cause forsooth, squatter sovereignly bog an .before
the cession of the Territory to the Union. What
a doctrine for a public tuna ? If slavery is pro
hibited in a Territory prior to its cession to tbe
United States, the law must remain in force; the
Uoustrtutiuu cannot protect .slave property until
these laws are removed ? This is tbe very es
sence of squatter sovereignty! A Territory, whore
there is no sovereignty; existing by authority of
its creator, Congress itself; its Governor, Judge,
and other officers appointed and removed by the
G overnment at pleasure, lias tho power, and cau
pus* laws prohibitin'/ slavery, which must remain
iu full force afler its acquisition, the Constitution,
propria vigor*, the flag f tbe llniou, cannot “su
percede” It and “protect tho citiion lu tho enjoy
ment < f his rights of properly of every descrip
tion.” This is Mr. Bells position. But here is
the mutilated extract, going the rounds In tho
Opposition press:
“The Constitution, propria vigor*, the tlag of
tho l uiou, protecti the citizen iu the enjoyment
of his right of nroperty, of every description, re
cagnized a#such iu aay of the States, on erery tea
am! in every Territory ih the Union. Thosouud
ness of the general doctrine held on this point, 1
think, cannot well be questioned or disproved,
and if the question related to a Territory situated
as Oregon was when the United States came into
possession of it, property >s tlavce teonld be enti
tled to thr protection of the lavt and Conetttutin
of the Uuite'l Nfaf##.’’
The extract from Mr. Bell’s speech, from which
the above is garbled, is as follows :
“Isuit it is contended that the South is secured
in the full benefit of the doctrine held by sotao
us the most distinguished champions of its rights,
who maintain that the Constitution, propno •*
tore, that the flag of the Uuion protects the citi
zen in the enjoyment of his rights of property, ot
every description, recognized as such in any of
the States, on every sea and in every Territory of
the Horen. And this doctrine, it is said, if well
founded, and if it shall bo so declared by the
Supreme Court, it will anthorise the introduction
of slavery into New Mexico. The soundness of
tbe general doctrine, hold on this point, 1 think,
caunot well be questioned or disproved; and if
the questioned related to a Territory situated as
Oregon wa* whon the United States came into
possession of it, properly in slaves would be enti
tled u> the protection of the laws and Conatitntiou
of the l ulled State* ; but the question is more
doubtful and formidable to tho lutereets of the
South, where it is raised in reference to New
Mexico, whore there has been aii organized ao
oaty and government for two ccuturies, and
where slavery was prohibited by the local sover
eignty bet ro and nt the date ot the cession to tbe
i oiled Slates; and where, under that prohibition,
slavery had ceased to exist. The (Aiftsttra.ma, *
itsajplication to this territory, is ox ]wo ted not
merely to protect property in slaves, as iu the
case ot Oregon before there was any exercise of
vsroiguty upon the subject one way or tbe oth
er, l<ut to eupc cede the local l a tee in foret pro
hibHinq /.u try. when the United Stater came in
to p<m**iono/U. //tho obstructions iuterposed
by Iffose law* wore removed, then then tho princi
pH* ot the Constitution would be left to their full
and tair operation, und the South might look
with some coufldenM to the protection of slave
property la lias Territory through the Courts of
the United States. I Appendix Con. Globe, voi
22. p. mi.]
From this, H will be seen that the proof is con
clusive that Mr Bell does net believe that tho
Constitution of tbe United States, iu its applies
turn to the Territories, protects tbe owner of the
slave in his rights of properly in all the Territo
ries, but only in those like Oregon, where there
has been no “local eovereignty” prior to its ac
quisition. That in New Mexico, the case is dit
ferent. Here it Is doubtful whether “property in
slaver would be entitled to the protection of tbe
laws end Constitution of the 1 nited States,'’ here
the local later arc supreme and of superior force
to tbe Constitution.
Away with such squatter sovereignty ! Iwt
Mr. 801 l read the treaties, and he will fiud that,
by tbe terms of tbe session and the laws passed
at that time, the Government is bound to
protect tbe citizens of the Territories in the en
joyment of their right of property, liberty and
religiou, until they tome into the Union as a
State. The compact alone binds us to protect
them, much less the Constitution.
iiox. Charles. J. Jenkihn has been sworn in
as Judge of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacan
cy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Ste
phens. 11c presides this week at Atlanta.
The Recent Elections in lllMourl and Kentucky
We are not discouraged by tbe recent Bell
victories in Kentucky ao<l Missouri. They can
be aceouuted fur. In Missouri, the Republican
candidate for Governor wrote a letter a few days
before the election, in which he withdrew from
tbe canvass, and advised his friends to vote for
Orr, the Bell candidate, as there was more sym
pathy between the Black Republicans nod the
Bell party, than between the Democracy and the
Republican*. Thus tbt# unholy coalition swell
ed Off’s Trie and elected him. The Douglas
candidate received a larger vote than tho Brock
inridge candidate, from tho fact that he was the
regular nominee of tbe party, previous to the
j split at Balt|nore; and to preserve the unity of
the party, and whip the Republicans and opposi
tionists, many strong Breckinridge men opposed
the policy of putting another candidate in tbe
field at so late a day. And believing that tho
Douglas candidate had the prestige of time and
regularity, on bis own side and would therefore
stand the licit chance to beat the Republicans,
thousands of the Breckinridge men voted for
him. In the November election, tho vote of the
Bell candidate will bo diminished by the Repub
lican vote being cast for Lincoln. Tho Breck
inridge party will not labor under any disad
vantages and will no doubt carry tho Htate.
llow in Kentucky? Here the 801 l men ran
for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, General
Leslie Combs, a bravo soldier, true citizen
and a gallant man. No tnan among the
opposition party stood higher. Ho was Identified
with tho early interests of Kentucky. Ho had a
hold upon the affections r f the people. Was pop
ular, and created enthusiasm wherever he went.
The Douglas party nil ovor the State rallied to
him, as he acknowledges in a letter, written
since his election.
Now mark the difference in tbo November elec
tion. The Douglas men will doubtless vote
straight out for Douglas. The vote of General
Comb* will thus be greatly roduced.Brockinridgo
will have more strength than his representative
in the late contest, 110 beat this same Gen.
Combs for Congress in tbe Ashland District with
a largo majority against him. Tho same good
fortune presides over his destiny, and when No
vember comes, the truo men ol Kentucky will
rally around thoir young and gallant chief and
give him a majority that will rcjoico tho hearts
of every lover of freedom throughout the coun
try. There *s a recuperative energy in tbe true
Democracy that resists defeat, and promises a
glorious triumph in November next.
North Carolina Election.
From tho returns of the North Carolina eloc-
tion, it appears that tho democratic candidate is
elected Governor by over 7,000 votes. Under
tho circumstances, wo think his election a signal
victory. Local questions entered into the can
rass. Mr. Ellis, tho democratic nominee, was
opposed to tbo adealorem system of taxation -
rather a popular idea—which was Jugged into
tbe canvu'S. No such disadvantage will operate
against Mr. Breckinridge in the November elec
tion. Supposing tbe democratic majority to be
18,000, ns heretofore estimated, there is no proba
bility of Dougin* carrying oil half of that num
ber. There is not a Douglux press in the State,
tbe party is small, and they will vote for Brock
iuridgo in preference to a life time enemy, like
John Dell. In any event, uh there is no acres
sinus to the ltell party Irum any quarter, Breck
inridge will carry North Carolina without any
difficulty. _ __
Communicated.
Letter (rum William l>. Plum, Reg. Head It!
The following letter from William I) HI am,
Ksq., a lawyer of inllueuco and tulouts, und n
tnomhor of the Opposition party, will bo read
with interest. Give it a faithful perusal:
Burma Vista, Ua., Aug. 13,'00.
Mtirrt. Edit ore: These are times in which
parties and men should weigh well what they do.
Such n crisis as this seldom cornu*. Those who
oall themselves patriots, should look well to the
general principle upon which this government
must itai.d or fall. That general principle is
property. Tbo general principle upon which this
great fabric of wisdom must aland or fall Is, that
uo .State has tho logul right to nay that, that
which was property, nnd so recognized by all
the States nt tho formation of this government,
(the IJ. 8.) Ik not property, ami property in all
parts of tbe Union, ( an there tie any such right?
Will any nano mind say so? I.ot us examine if
such a right exist. Can any State pass auy rule,
law or ordinance, by which one of its citizens
shslinot sell his land, his land for which ho has
paid his money, und has a title to it. to a clti-
Kvn of his own or one of auothcr Btale? Cau
it say, that nono of her citizens shall purchase
land of its own, or another Htate ? lias sho the
right to say that none of her people shall own
more or loss than ten acres of laud, and that they
shall vacate it every three years .’ Hus sho the
right to say tlmt a part of hor citizens shall not
oarry on merchandise beenuso they did not make
the goods ? Cau she say there is no property in
a ship or steamboat, or thut one shall not land
on her coast, or the other shall not ply in her
rivers * Can she say to you or 1, thut wo ahull
not own a horse, but uuty own a mule, or that
we shall not own either, tor the reason that there
is not any property in thorn, and we did not have
any hand in their existence ‘( Can llieso things
bo done by a State ? i am, with ucelamatious,
answered, uo ! no!! Why cun this not lu> done?
You hear tho acclamation from one end of this
Union to tho other, because in those property
exist, and being property iu those, and being to
recognized and admitted by all the Stales ut tho
organization us this government, the properly
qualification in these cannot ho abolished by any
Htate. These are ao where roeoguized as proper
ty, in tho Constitution ol the I nited (States ; but,
say they, tho government i# fbriued for the pro
tection and benefit of society. These tilings,
then, become necessary for tho protection and
benefit of society. These, then, being necessary,
become property, because society cannot be beue
flttod and protected without them. These things
require labor and care to get and uio them;
then, requiring it, creates in the laborer n right
to these things; and this right, produced as ids,
vest in the laborer a 110 ; that title makes the
thing property in the laborer, to be disposed of at
will. The property quaßflcution to them cannot
be abolished by liw Now, if a Htate has not a
rigit t. • dish tbs property title in these things,
by the - •*iu* she cannot abolish property
title in the neg< , and all law-, rules or ordinan
ces passed by I ■ >• in wbioh tho title tu property
ia tho negro i* . .liflied, is void. lam told the
rale will not apply; lot us sec. Was not proper
ty roeoguized in the negro before tho formation
of thia government, and did not the power which
formed it admit tho right of property in the
negro The ‘*th -motion of tho !*t article, and tho
2d section of the 4th article of tho Constitution of
tbe United .-dates, admits that they wore aud aro
property. NVl.at produce* tho necessity of tho
negro ’ The main cause which produces the ne
oossitv of the other things. What benefit aro
they to society ‘{ Society without them would be
ruined, l say. How ? The commerce us the
world would ag, and be a mere pigmy, for there
would be no cotton, tobacco, sugar or rice raised
to carry it on. Without them thousand* would
be thrown out of employment aud would perish,
and millions of dollars worth of property destroy
ed, and those who labored would labor only tor
a home support. Therefore, for the benefit and
protection of society and commerce, it is übs<>
lutely necossarv that the negro be property, they
being from the necessity of society. At the forma
tion of this government it was recognized as
such, and being to roeognited, they arc now prop
erty. And should 1 carry ray negro to Now
York or Ohio, she is in duty bound by the Con
stitution of the Uuited States to protect my right
in the negro, and to me, that it is as secure a* if
in Georgia. Now, being a* a matter of right, en
titled to this protection, no Stnto has, from the
necessity of the thing, the right to pass any law.
rule or ordinance, proscribing and saying that
there is not property in tho negro as well as the
other things. lam asked, where is the Htate'*
right** In this matter she has none: she yields
up tlsin right to tbe government, when the Cn
stitntion of the United Htate* was framed, aud the
yielding up was, that tin so should always be
property; and this cannot be remedied, until the
Constitution of the United Htates is amended or
aboli he<l.
By the rule (and 1 bold it true.’ that no State
haa tbe right to say that that which was prop
erty at the organization of the government, is not
bow property ; I care not what it consisted of at
the time, aud must ever be so. lly this rule all
will harmonise, and without it, there will not,
caunot be harmony. Tho ii hold this to lie an
invulnerable fact, and by it this government
must and shall stand or fail: That no Htate has
th right to say that that which was property at
the formation of this government is not now
property. Examine it closely, scrutinise it, dis
sect it, analyse it, and s*e if it is not true. Now,
all person* or parties falling short of this, in tuy
opinion, lacks just that much of being patriots.
By tbis rule 1 am williugto join any party which
will take tbis stand, let the couscqueuces be what
they may. Will you not, and all the Htates,
(especially the Southern) drive tho stake dowu
hero and let it stand or fall.
I am yours. Ac.,
WM. D. ELAM
COLrMRIfI, SAUKDAT. AfGILT 15.1 AM
Mr. Brockinrldgr Hh Tippwnaoe Hproch.
The National Intelligencer, an Opposition pa
per published in Washington City, acquits Mr.
Breckinridge of the charge that bo said in hi*
speech at Tippecanoe, Ohio, in Ifififi, while a can
Jidatefor the Vice-Presidency, that he “belong
ed to no party, which had fur it* object, tbe ex
tension of slavery.” The accuracy of tbs report
ed speech having been questioned as soon as road
by Mr. Breckinridge’* friends. Mr. R. W. Miles,
a prominent Democrat of Louisiana, who was
present and heard the speech, made a report <.f
it.
Mr. Miles reports Mr. Breckinridge a* saying
“tbe Democratic party could, therefore, no more
make une of the strong arm of tbe Federal Gov
ernment to extend slavery than It can propose to
make use of it to prohibit slavery.”
On tbe 21st of October, l*sfi, Mr. Breckinridge
wrote to Mr. Miles in which he said;—“you have
reported me correctly, and I thank yon for it.”
Thus does the National Intelligencer, a politi
cal opponent, release Mr. Breckinridge from the
charge brought against him, wbioh, even aa re
ported, docs not warrant the attack made upon
him.
John Bell’s Krcord
We promised the Enquirer some time since to
look into Mr. BU'| record to aacortain if he be
lieved Congress had the power to abolish slavery
■n tbe Territories. This was an assertion of the
Riohmond Enquirer copied without comment into
the Times. We find Mr. Beil acknowledging the
power of Congress to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia; a power denied by the South.
We find biui voting with the Republican* against
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, thereby
favoring a practical application of the Wilmot
proviso to all Territory North of the line us 3f>°
Wc find him advocating the doctrine that
one should wait until tbe last moment before
vetoing a Territorial bill containing tho Wilmot
proviso, thereby implying that Congress pos
sesses tho power, the oxercisn of it being deter
mined by tbo rircumataucea of tbe oasc. What
answer ha* <nr cotemporary to this record, and
how far does it commit Mi. Bell to the charge of
the Richmond Enquirer?
to Inulllgent (or respondent.
Home man in Augusta, Ga., afflicted with tho
cacoether eerilendi, has, by means inexplicable,
obtained loavo from the New York Herald to din
til nonseu*e, by tho column, in his correspon
dence to that paper. Hi* extraordinary faculty
for deduction may be approximately estimated
by his assertion that “Bell will gst more votes in
this Htate (Georgia) by from 10,000 to 20,000 than
Breckinridge or, if the reader prefer tbe teat,
thnt “Dougin* will get the vote of four or fivo
Southern Htates -Georgia being one of them."—
Hear him upon fadt, thus : “the Legislature (of
Georgia) is already elected, and it is known that
the Douglas and Johnson men, and the Beil and
Everett men in that body combined, have a de
cided majority.” From the manner in which he
handles facte, we presume that this currospon
dent has no Ncruples about gambling. Ho states
above that Breckinridge will be behind each of
his competitor* in Georgia. Now he can have
the opportunity to win as much money as be oan
stake on the bet that the combined vote of Beil
and Dougin* will equal that".* Breckinridge alone ■.
Will he take It?
Pennsylvania fur the Bemofrar).
If there is a fusion between the two wings of
tho democratic party in Pennsylvania upon the
same electoral ticket, we do not see why tbo State
should be lost to Mr. Breckinridge. In theln.it
Presidential race, tho vote stood as follow* .
Buchanan Fremont, Fil’.moro
230,710 147,510 82,174
Thus, It wll! bo seen that the voto of Mr. Buch
anan was larger than the oombined vote of Fre
mont and Fillmore. Bell will not get a bcUer
vote than Killmure, and supposing Lincoln to
receive as large a vote as Fremont, notwlth
.standing the disaffection of the tSewarditus, the
democracy could divide its vote and then out
number tho Republicans. On tho other hand, if
it secures two-thirds of the democratic voto giv
en for Buchanan, which it will do, with the
strength of Douglas aud Breckinridge combined,
tho vote of tho Stnto will not be lost to the de
mocracy, but will bo cast against Lincoln. The
vote of Pennsylvania wiil elect, in our opinion,
Mr. Breckinridge by the people. It will osrtain
ly do it, If cast for him in the Tlotiso of Repre
sentatives.
Leaned over too far for Douglas.
Tbe opposition party of Georgia has wheeled
around from its first position of sympathy with
the secedcrz at Charleston, and gono so far to
holster up the Douglas party, that some of them
bavo done the thing well and got clear over the
lino into the Douglas ranks.
Wo understand that lion. J auks Johksom, of
this city, formerly member of Congress, and a dis
tinguished and influential member of the oppo
sition party, prefers Mr. Douglas to any candi
date iu the field; and having failed to unite the
Bell and Douglas parties upon the same electoral
ticket at tho Milledgovilie Convention, of whisb
ho wo* a delegate from Muscogee, will new throw
hia influence for Mr. Dougins. Should ho tako
the stump, bn will create a fluttering among the
pigeons. •
TfIN PIMUUDKXT Oft TIIB BxLL AMP EwiRKTT
CowTxwmm.—Ki-Gevtmor Hunt,of New York,
the President of the Convention which nomina
ted Bell aud Everett, in hia letter to Horace Uree
l.y under date of July 2Mb, ISflO, gives the fol
lowing as hiz reasons why he can'not voto for
Mi. Lincoln. He says :
“When you ask old whig* to support Mr.
Lincoln, you also mvito them to accept Mr.
Hannibal Hamlin. Do you forget that he voted
to annex Texas ; to repeal tho tariff .f 1842 ; that
be denounced it as the “black tariff .” tho “British
system” aud tho bill of abominations; and that
lm actively opnosed all bills for tho uuproveiueui
of harbors and rivers?”
We suppose Mr. Everett is nut obnoxious to
the same object ion*.
-:•#* If our neighbor (the Enquirer i want* to
know what estimate its readers should and do
place upon its present boastings, it can be accom
modated by referring to its files of lfifiti, about
this time of that year, aud comparing its then
prediction* aud braggtuga with the auhsequeut
result. Really, it is strange that such failures,ao
often repeated, should not diminish one’s confi
deueciu his powers of ratiocination. Our neigh
bur must believe in luck.
Reporter or thr Supreme t oad.
George N. Lester, Esq., of Marietta, was yes
terday appointed llcportor of tho Supreme t'ourt,
to fill the vacaiicy occasioned by the resignation
of B. Y. Martin, K*q. Mr. Lester is a man of
ability, and will, no doubt, discharge tho duties
us the office to the satisfaction of the Court aud
the country.
Veto at the t ha!) heatr .spring*.
CUALYBKATI SuRINOS, Aug. lfl.
Mmr. Kditore . Feeling sorno interest in tbe
matter, 1 ascertained the “political affinities” of
the visitors at this place to-day, by inquiring of
each person, qualified to vote, his ohoice for tbe
Presidency. The following is tho result:
Breckinridge 40; Bell LM; Douglas 2; Blank
1 ; Refused to vote 4.
This closely approximates the proportion 1
w herever it has been made, und will, doubtless, !
be exemplified in the grand result in Novemboi j
next.
Unparmnt. —Jack Brown, the first alternate I
Douglas doctor, for the 3d District, was hero
yesterday, aud 1 uudcrstaml, proposed to open
the canvas by a speech at this place in a ,l.y or I
two. Wonder if be wouldn’t like to meet Yan
cey. and give that gentleman a cnetegntv n similar
to the one he administered to him several years
ago, on the *ame battle-ground !
We arc glad to announce (says the Union
Springe Gazetto) that our worthy townsman.
Col. I. A Wilson, has aeceired tbe appointment
as one of the sub-electors of this county, from the
Bret kinridge and Lane party. It is a worthy
compliment, judiciously bestowed. Col. Wilson
is an able aud effective debater, and his personal
popularity will enable him to do good work in
tbe good cause.
non ThOBM J Judge on the Mump
Wesee from the Montgomery Mail that Hon. T
J. JuDon, the Opposition candidate for Congress
in tho 3d District of Ala., last year, is ataking
capital speeches for Breckinridge and Lane.--
His record and hi* present position are so con
sistent with each other, that he administers a
scathing rebuke to bis old party friends whose
love of true principle it subordinate to party
prejudice. He reviews with a master hand the
nriitude of the parties before the country—shows
how the Democracy fell upon principle—that
tbs majority platform adopted at Charleston con
tained the principles for which bis party had al
ways foaght for-Mhat the Oppositio|riWuscd to
lay down a platform at Baltimore.
From the Montgomery Mail we extract tho
following, embracing some of the points made by
Mr. Judge in his able eloquent speech at
Fine Level.
“Mr. Judge reviewed tbe Presidential tickets
—dwelling upou the Beil-Everett National Con
vention. Tho party supporting Beil and Ever
ett was new party, which had no party claime
upon and one of the oldpartiee. The Bell and
Everett party did not claim to be Whig, Ameri
can, nor Democratic; but the published proceed
ings of the Convention nominating Bell and Ev
erett, proclaimed it to be a nnr party, only about
half a year old. Mr. J udge objected to tbe ani
mut and material of that Convention, and quo
ted from the speech of Neil 8. Brown in Ten
nessee, in that Convention, in which he said that
he would “not give ap the Union for all the ne
4roes, all tbe railroads, all tbe manufactures,and
all the ships that sail tbe ocean!” He also quo
ted other obnoxious sentiment* which abound in
the proceedings of that Convention. He showed
that Judge McLean, who bad given an opinion
ail verse to tho Dred fcjoott decision, had received
nineteen votes for tbo Presidential nomination in
the Convention which nominated Mr. Bell. Mr.
Grealfly had been willing to see Bell, Bates, or
Bolts nominated at Chicago by the Black Repub
lican Contention.
Mr. Judge referred to Mr. Bell’* present non
committal policy, and compared it to tbe open,
out spoken, manly sentiment* of Mr. Jlreckia
ridge. Mr. Judge referred to the speech of Mr
Belt expressing the opinion that Congro** hud
j*owor to abolish slavery in the District of Co
lumbia, and that if tho people of ths South were
not excited on the subject he (Mr. Bel!) would
be willing too see slavery abolished there. [Won
der if he .■out that speech to Mr Watts.- Ed.]
Mr. Judge then referred to the late Beil ami
Watts correspondence. He said it was evident
( from tlie pulliehe.d part of tbe correspondence,
that Mr. Bell differed with tho views of Mr.
Watts, and Mr. J. thought that Mr. Watts’ inter
/of/aUtriee to Mr. Bell ought not to have been
suppressed; and that they ought yet to be pub
lished.
Mr. Judge referred to the correspondence be
tween Mr. Everett aud Mr. Borden, which con
victs Mr. Everett of fa/oring the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia, the abolition
of the traffic in slaves, by the people of one Htate
with those of another; and of being opposed to
tho admission into tho Union of any more slave
holding Htates. Two of tho vilest abolition sheet*
in tho Union had endorsed Mr. Everett, one of
which is the Boston Liberator, (the name of the
other wo have forgotten.)
Mr. •Judge read nn extract iu tbe National In
tolligencer, a Bell pa)*r, proving that Mr.Brock
inridge never uttered the obnoxious sentiment*
attributed to him iu his Tippecanoe speech of
18.10, for which Mr. Breckinridge had been so
generally denounced by the Opposition in the
South.
Mr. Judge conoiudad by asserting that Mr.
llreeklnridgo and Gen. i.ane stand upon and un
equivocally endorse a platform of principles with
which he (Mr. Judge) agreed, and which be had
long contended for. It was Au platform, and he
would not desert it to support a NEW PARTY
WITHOUT A PLATFORM—but would stand
by his State Rights principles.
Minaotmi Elkctiom.—ln ysstofday’s issue, we
l conceded the eleution of Missouri lo Orr, the
opposition candidate. Later returns show that
Jackson, the regular nominee of tbe democratic
party, hut a Dougla* man, is elected. He was
supported by the Breckinridge party, throughout
the Statu, n* iri admitted by the Douglas papers.
He was nominated before tho rupture at Balti
more, and though a Breckinridge candidate
came into the field afterwards, the Breckinridge
men thought it best to preserve tbe unity of the
party by voting for the regular nominee
4 orcai kaihuataallc Douglas Meeting la Obi
Marlon
i Merrrt. Kditore: — Through you eoluumi, 1
’ beg loavo to Inform the public of the groat
ontbnsiastlc Douglas meeting which took place in
tho Court Houso in our town, on last Tuesday.
Previous to the moating the Dougs had scour
ed the country thoroughly for all tho Dougs in it.
They moved (lie appointment of Judge W. to
the olinir, when tho mover found, to his surprise,
that there was no one to act as Secretary. One
of his sheep had wandered from tbe fold ; and,
a* n diligent shepherd, he went forth to find him.’
He brought him into rank*, and the meeting pro
ceeded with mure harmony and qnaqerisiu than
any political meeting I over saw. They had pre
cisely enough to organize, but they travoled out
of the county for delegates. They had a mo
ver nnd n seconder, and no one disscuted. Squire
T. was culled upon to speak, whoso words met
tremendous applause from the Beil sympathizers,
by whom the speaker was .inrronnded. Great
God ’ upon what a slender thread hangs politi
cal integrity ! There are but five Dmiglaeitcs iu
1 old Marion, and if they fuse at Milledgeville,
there will not be one.
The Bell party is below par. and if tbe fusion
take* place, which I don’t doubt, Breckinridge
will carry Marion by two hundred and fifty in a-
Jorll,.
Brock, is about t wenty-five per cent, above par,
and tho cry is, “still they come.”
Yours, Ac.,
TRUTH.
Tornado In Kxndolph County.
CrTDRRRT, Ua. Aug. 13th.
Jos. Cl.iam , Esq. Dear Sir :—Our city was
visited yesterday evening by a very severe storm
of wind aud rain, which during the time it last
ed, (about two minutes) was tbo most fearful seen
for muuy year*. Duriug a very heavy tall of
rain, the wtud coming troin two poiutn, south
east and south-west, conooutratod their forces on
the south side of the Public Square, each in its
respootive route doing considerable damage to
trees, sauces, tic. Then taking a north-easterly
direction, it scattered sauces, trees, house* and
everything movable that lay In its course. At
one house the window sash were blown in, and
even the patinol* in the doors blown out of the
frames. Out houses of all discripi ions, that lay
iu its track were prostrated; and iu many instau
ees entirely demolished. From one lot two wash
tubs were raised faotn tbe ground aud carried
over a hundred yards, A peddler's wagon was
ruu with such force agalust the house, that the
shafts aud front of tho body were mashed to
atoms. From different farmers, wo learn that its
course Is plainly defined by the damage* done to
sauces, timber and the growiug crop. Corn and
cottou torn up by the roots, and twisted into
every conceivable shape. We have not heard of
any lives being lost, though It is hardly possible,
if it extended any considerable distance, that all
could escape. The space covered by the tornado
wa* about two hundred yards in width; it* gen
cral course, from south-west to north-east.
Respect tally,
’ BURTON.
Kurort* front Douglas’ Freeport Mpeerh.
Likcoi.n’k Qi xmtios—Can the people of tho
l nited Htates Territory, in auy lawful way,
against the wishes of any oitiien of the United
Status, exclude slavery from their limit# prior to
the formation of a *tatc Constitution ?
Dotulas’ Axitix. The next question pro
pounded to me by Mr. Lincoln is, cau tho people
of a Territory in any lawful way, against the
w ishes of any citizen of the Uuitod|Htates, exclude
.slavery from their limits prior to the formation
ot a State Constitution ? I answer emphatically,
as Mr. Lincolu has beard mo answer n hundred
times from every stump in Illinois, that in my
opinion, the |>eople ol a Territory can, by lawful
meaus, exclude slavery from their limit* prior to
the formation of a State Constitution. [Enthusi
astic applause.] Mr. Lincoln knew that I had
answered that question over and orsragain. He
heard me argue (ho Nebraska hill on that princi
| pie all over the Htate iu IHo4, in ISbb, and in
IS’ , .rod he ha# no excuse for pretending to be
in doubt as to my position on that question. It
matters not what way tho Supreme Court may
iitrcofter decide a# to the abstract question, wheth
er slavery may or may not go into a Territory
under tho Constitution; the people hare the law.
ful means to introduce it or exclude it a* they
please, for the reason that slavery cannot exist a
day or an hour anywhere, uuless it is supported
by local tmlice regulations. [ Kicht, right.]
Those police regulations can only he established
by local legislation, and if the people aro opposed
to slavery, they will elect representatives to that
body who will, by unfriendly legislation, effectu
ally prevent the introduction of it iuto their
midst. If, on the contrary, they are f r it, their
legislation will favor its extension. Bence, no
matter what the decision of tbe Supreme Court
on that abstract question, still the right of the
people to make a slave Territory or a free Terri
tory, is perfect and complete nnder the Nebraska
bill. I hope Mr. Lincoln deems my answer sat
is factory on that point.
COLCMBCS. MONDAY, Al(il’ST 20. IMO.
. SSSS i'i— . X
John B* 11 on the War with Mexico.
In the recoilt compilation ot Mr. Bell’s record,
endorsed by himself, and published by the Oppo
sition journals, his connection with an important
even in the political history of tho country was
studiously ignored. Tho reason why it was over
looked is obvious. Expecting to receive whatev
er support he might from the Southern people,
it was important that only those passages from
his record should bo paraded from which h'.# tid
rocates might be able to deduce a eemhlunee ot ,
sympathy for tbe rights ami interests of the South; I
whilst a policy, more cunning than honorable,
dictated silence upon all those great questions f
public interest affecting the honor and woal of his
section, in reference to which Mr. Bell cast his
fortunes with the enemies of the Houtb. To ex
hume rottenness is always a disagreeable office,
end, hence, we regret tbe necessity, which the
compilers of this one-sided narrative have im
posed upon us, of looking for ourselves into Mr.
Bell’s record, exposing to public
freesoil filth that clings to his garments.
VPb have charged and demonstrated that, upon
those questions which have agitated the country
since Mr. Bell came into public life, whiob, from
their sectional bearing, drove the North and tbe
Bouth into opposing positions, in a targe majority
of cases, he has acted with the former, fits con
duct in reference to tbe war with Mexico furnish
es no exoeption to tbe rule. That war was under
taken to vindicate the rights and honor of oar
country, which bail been refieatedly violated by
a long course of aggression* and insult#. Wede
roanded of Mexico “indemnity for the past and se
curity for the future.” The war was eminently
popular in the South. A targe proportiou of the
Southern Whig party thought its beginning un
justifiable, but, being commenced, they sided with
their country, and wanted the war waged ener
getically and carried to a successful termination.
The Abolitionists, to a man, opposed it violently.
They called it an “unrighteous war/’ waged for
pillage and conquest, and did everything in their
power to encourage the Mexicans in their resist
ance, and to cripple the Federal arm in its efforts
to subdue them. Oue of the Abolition journals,
tbe Uhronotype, at Boston, declared! “it woold
be e sad and woful joy- but a joy nevertheless—
to hear that tbe hordes under BC()TT and TAY
LOR were, every man of them, eirrpt into the next
world.” Where stood JOHN REEL, us Tennes
see? Cheek by jowl with TOM CORWIN, ARK
LINCOLN and AM<*3 TUCK, resisting tbe
proHocution of the war, and opposing the recom
mendation* of tbe Administration for an increase
of military force, in order to end it successfully
and speedily. In a speech on this subject, Mr.
Bell used the following remarkable language .
“Rut sir, should the tone of remonstrance
against this war riae to high in Me chamber as
TO SSNKTXATS KVKIIY VAI.K IS MXXICO, KF.vr.li
IIKII ATI W(# A MON a HKH MOINTAIXS, AND HOUSE
THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO A SPIRIT OF
RESISTANCE to the attempt to subdue (hem
to our dominion, there are thoee who believe
that a greater relemily may befa.l this country,
iu the further prosecution of the war than even
such a result a* that.”
This, though not iu terms, is, in spirit, almost
equal to the infamous “welcome to hospitaLle
grave*” of Tom Corwin. The English of the two
ia about the name. What do the survivors of the
noble “Georgia Regiment” think of it? Could
xueh a scotioient havo been uttered in Georgia
with impunity / No ! If tbe hand of tho indig
nant hearer had uot been uplifted against the
speaker, he would have felt and proclaimed con
tempt for the spirit that could hare prompted the
declaration. Wo cloae this subject with another
extract from tbo time speech, complimentary
alike to bis statesman ship and patriotism
“Sir if any should now desire to know my poor
opinion upon die proper uiudo of terminating this
war, I say to them make the l>esr treaty with any
existing government you c*p. If you must have
the territories of Now Mexico and California, go*
a cession of them; if you cannot do that, come
back tv the Rio flrandc, to th- L unitary you
claim title to, od thne sure your hon
My advice Is etp the tear. 1 Ftr.a the <u *
TUT AN TOUWOI'LO A CITY UOOMl.lt TO i'FSTK
TION BY FIRR FROM QIAVEI !”
Ureen ua Douglan
Senator Green, the ablest man an l most iuflu
ontial politician in Missouri, has actively su]
ported C. F. Jack senior <<ovornor, notwithstand
ing the latter declared his intention to vote for
Mr. Douglas this fail ; but, as tho Squatter Sov
ereign met no more gallant antagonist on the
floor of the Senate, so his friends will have n
more formidable opponent on the stamp, from
now until November, than Mr. Green. In a rc
oent speech at 8u Joseph, Mr. Green thus in
directly referred to the wretched expedients to
which the Rump Presidential candidate ia resort
ing iu tho present canvass in order to build up a
factitious popularity with tho “b'hoys.”
“He supported John C. Breckinridge because
he had never travoled up and down the river on the
decks of a ateamboat, advocating his own election
to tbe Presidency ; he had never descended into
beer saloons, aud drank lager in order to gain
popularity with the vulgar rabble; he had never
sent hired letter-writers all over the country to
Cuff himself into notoriety, and cry down every
ody else : he bad never prostituted the telegraph
to sound his own praise*, and misrepresent every
other prominent man iu the party : nnd, finally,
he supported him because he was tbe only mau
who had any chance ol dejsatlug liissstn. No
Southern Htate would, under any circumstance#,
cast her electoral vote for Dougla*. aud he didn't
believe he could get a single Northern Htate.*’
Hen Wm L lairey and the Cbrontrlf 1 Nrntlncl.
Now that the submission pres* of Georgia have
erected the raw head and bloody bones of dis
union, to scare their weak and timid readers, and
arc yelping like blood-hounds on the trail of the
lion. Wm. L. Yancey, it ia proper that wc should
refresh their memories with a few quotation* from
their past opinions of him. On tho 2 Jof May
last, the Augusta Chronicle A Sentinel >aid ;
“On Saturday night last, the 12th last., a large
nuiiibor of ladies and gentlemen of Montgomery
assembled at Estelle Hail, to do honor to them
selves by paving a tribute of respect and devo
tion to the ability and worth and patriotism of
that “noblest Roman of them ail,” their distiu
guished fallow-oitiaen, the Hon. Win L. Yancey.”
Commenting upon the speech of Mr. Yancey
on this occasion, the Chronicle A Hentiuel said:
“Thia was u great triumph for Mr. Yancey,
and well duo# he deserve it. Would to God we
had more such as he, and especially just now. in
the State of Georgia.”
Reader, afler tbe above, would you believe that
this same Chronicle A Sentinel—now that Mr.
Yancey is laboring zealously in defence of the
principles ho contended for at Estelle lial! is in
dustriously striving to create the impression that
he is a disunionist aud a dangerous man’ that
his is a recti<mal party, and ought to ho defeated,
even if it has to be done by Douglas ‘ It is so,
nevertheless.
Mr. Bell on Non-Intervention.
j A correspondent of the New York Herald, a
Bell paper, has recently had an interview with
Hon. John Beil at his own home. Writing from
Naahville, under date of Aug. lst.be eulogises
the old man and gives the conversation to the
public that took place between them. Among
other things Juhu Bell eaul. aud which isnot de
nied, was “he preferred Douglar’ non-intervention
doctrinee to the t/ieuni“n doCtrinee Mr. fired in
ridge repretenUd.” Disunion doctrines spoken of
here moans i > aoTBCTiO!i doctrines; for it is used
in contradistinction to the non-intervention advo
cated by Mr.Douglas,which i'.that Congress can
not protect slave property.
This is enough. This settle* Mr. Bell's sound- j
ness. This turns the fat into the lire of the Op- 1
positiou wigwam. This shows his views upon the J
paramount issue of the canvas*. This hold* him i
up in his truo light. This condemns Mr. Bell. i
Tbe Opposition are commuted, body and soul,
against Mr. Douglas’ doctrine of uon-interren
tion. Every press, every orator, and every plat
form of tho Opposition party, have repudiated it.
They have been unsparing in their denunciation*
of it. On the other hand, every press, every or
ator, and every platform of the Opposition party,
have endorsed vrotectiox, which Mr. Bell now
calls disunion doctrines. More anon.
Notwithstanding the imitations, nnd many
other medicines in the market protending to an
swor the same purpose, yet the sale of Perry Da
vis’s Pain Killer is more than the whole of them
put together It is one of the few articles that
are just what they pretend to be. Try it.—Bruns
wick Telegraph.
Justice from an Opponent.
All the respectable Bell and Douglas papers
have abandoned the charge made against Mr.
Breckinridge alluded tu in the following article,
which wo copy from the National intelligencer
of the 4th tost. Still, as it ia kept up in some of
the more unscrupulous sheets, we give the article
a n eternal extinguisher of this mean slander.
The charge is, or was, that Mr. Breckinridge amid
to bis Tippecanoe speech, that he belonged to no
party which favored the extension of slavery.—
T Intelligencer says:
| - n< t bcon able to procure an authentic
I report ibe speech dclivt-red by Mr. Breckin
ridge a? Tippet. Ajiue, in 186(1, and we have reo
oi “> believe that no such report was ever furn
‘riv ito the pro <* It is wltniu out power, how
ever, to i -ice before our readers tbe eubstonce
of his . •k# made on that occasion.ae acknow
ledged by Mr. Breckinridge soon afler their ut
terance; for, a question having been early rain
ed with regard io the accuracy of the reported
speoch, a prominent Democrat of Louisiana, Mr.
K. W. Miles, who was preseut at its delivery, |
took occasion on the 7tb of October, 1 Sfifl, with
- attempting to give “the exact words used by
Mr. Breckinridge,” to state their purport in ths
following terms:
“Mr. Breckinridge insisted that no party
whose patriotism was bounded by geographical
lines, or that fixed its attention exclusively on e
sectional internet, could honestly administer the
Government. This Mr. Fremont's party propo
sed to do. It proposed to array tbo people of
sixteen States against those of fifteen Slates, not
as man against man, but a# communities against
communities; tbeone side led on by illogical pre
judices and unreasoning fanaticism, the other
Rtanding firm in the defense of property, life and
liberty. It wa# against such partiee tbet the Es
ther of bis Country bad raised his warning voice
in bis Farewell Address. In such a contest no
man could doubt tbe result, end for each e con
test nn trae patriot bed eny heert. But (con
tinued Mr. Breckinridge, it wa# said that tbe
Democratic party was also a sectional party;that
it wishes to make tbe strong arm of the Govern
ment extend slavery. That was not true. The
Democratic party rested its cltims to national
support upon national principle*; it stand* upon
the principle* of the Kansas-Nehraska bill end
tbe ftociunati platform. It assert* that tbe
Federal Government has ne power to estsblifh
or abolish slavery. It easert* the prinelpls ®f
non-intervention as the only true priueipD, lea
ving to the people of tbe States and Territories,
under the forms of tbe Constitution, the right
to regulate tbe subjeet at their own dlseretion.
The Democratic party could, therefore, no more
make use of tbe strong arm of the federal govern
ment to extend slavery than it oan propose to
make use of it to prohibit slavery.”
Immediately after the publication of tbe above
extract, Mr. Breckinridge having been totem)
gated by Mr. Miles in regard to its accuracy,
wrote m follows to reply, under date es tbe 21st
•'-tuber, 186(1;
“You have reported me correctly, and I thank
you for it. As you know, my remarks were re
ported in a meagre and imperfect manner; *ull,
even a* reported, there is nothing to warrant tbe
attack. Hand* off tbe whole subject by the
Federal Government, (exeept lor one or two pro
teetive purposes mentioned in the Constitution,
tbe equal right# of all section* in tbe comm a,
territory, end the absolute power of oaeh new
State t<< settle the question ia its constitution,
these are uiy doctrines and those of our platform,
aud. what is more, of the Constitution To claim
that tbe Democratic party, to its Federal rela
tion*, is an organization to extend slavery, is to
advance a doctrine whieh is oonstitut tonally un
true, and, in it# logical consequence*, ruinous to
the Hoatb.”
It will thus be seen that Mr. Breckinridge, in
hia Tippecanoe speech, was not called specifical
ly to treat on that form of the “Territorial ques
tion” which relate* to the “protection” of slave
ry as distinguished from its establishment or
prohibition. Denying the power of ths Genera)
Government either to establish or abolish alevery
in the Territories, he doubtless left in abeyance
any expression of opinion in regard to the man
uer in which the inhabitant*of a Territory, du
ring their Territorial condition, could regulate
thin euhjeot in their own way, “under tbe form*
of ths Constitution;” though it oan not he doubt
ed that hi# privats opinion was ooineidsnt with
that avowed by Mr. Buchanan when, alluding
t ‘be different es that early obtained on this sub
ject among tbe adherents of popular rovereignty
he stated in his inaugural address that “he bad
been of the opinion” that tbe people could deft
r itely decide the question of slavery only in pro
ceeding to form a State Constitution. Tbe In
tel . ale status of tho question was <<ne on
which vrero permitted to differ in
lfififi, aud it i# well known that down to a very
r< ent day Mr. Breckinridge was willing still
It ,rer to practice tho name i .deration. To this
•it, ar i no further, we presume, he may be
s i re :Gven hi* countenance to the dogma
of popu ut •o'rtreignty as cherished by the North
ern Democracy.
Hell Eire nr In a Weaving Way.
l t ’ -Tighabto incident *f be present can
vass i pointment by the recent Oppoeitton
State Convention, of William F. Wright, Ksq , of
Newnan, Go., District elector for Bell. Every
body know that no longer then lost fall, this
same geiiiJcii'*>i was agalust the Democratic nom
inee upon a platform, oue plank of which read a#
follows:
Resolved, • ’ Tbst this Convention will
neither endorse, sympathise, or affiliste with the
B<inntter sovereignty polity of Htephen A Dougla#
or the freesoil affinities of BELL, CrUtemltn, and
Houetnn, and all othere who OI*l*(tSED the AD
fi I SSI OS’ OU KANSAS UNDER IHE f.E
COMFTON CONSTITU TON —Opposition Cen
gressionol Contention at Newnan, Ga., 18ME
Instead of breaking p tbe Union, ws
intend to strengthen and lengthen it.”—John C.
Breckinridge.
“We know no section a* distinct from the oth
er ; we know the Constitution nnd tbe States un
der it, and their right# as guaranteed under the
instrument.”—Joseph Lane.
The above ought to be very good evident* as
coming from the candidate* themselves. We
should at least take a man’s own erldence to
preference to that of others.
More toting
A gentleman us this oity, writing from New
York, gives the following result of a vote taken
on board the steamer Montgomery, on her last
trip from Savannah Northward
Rreokinridge and Lane,.. 42
Bell and Everett. 23
Lincoln end Hamlin 2
Douglas and Johnson 00
Ho also stated that tbe tight of an avowed abo
litionist caused considerable itching on the fin
ger# of many pasvongers, but, upon examination,
ho was found to be a crazy man, and was,
therefore, not molested.
Disunion, Disunion ! -This is the cry of the
Opposition to get votes. It frightens timid xneu.
Breckinridge says be wants to “strengthen the
Union.” Lane hss never said.snything about
disunion. Tho Breckinridge platform advocates
the pr<f<Lon tu slave property. Douglas says
thie mean* disunion; tho Bell men imitate tbe
example us their allies, and say disunion ! And
yet they would give all they have and all they
hope for to a political way, if they could prove
that Mr. Bell favors protection to all the Territo
ries and they had a platform which acknowl
edged it! _
Public Npeaklag Barbecue People Having
South-Western Georgia is moving for Broekin
ridge and Lane. Breckinridge, (he gallant young
•Statesman, and Lane, the old Hero to many hard
fought battles.
A barbecue was to have some off at Newton
Baker county, on 18th lust., nt which a tremen
dous crowd were expectod, and lion. A. 11. Col
quitt, altcrnnt elector for tho State at Large, and
William M. Slaughter, Usq., District elector,
were to address the people.
Kell and Douglas Fatten
Stracui, N. Y., Aug. 17.
The union of the Bell and Douglas electoral
ticket# is now complete in New York. Bell ob
tains ten f the electors.
Virginia Rongta* convention
Staustoh, Va., Aug. 17.
ro aro ao indications on the part of the
DoUjj an. ’n tbe convention, to accept any
propositions ftom tho Breckinridge party- Tho
convention has adopted resolutions ro-sffirming
Balt muro or Charleston pati- nu, aud reso
lutioi lounomg the present F deral Admin
istrate oleotor# chosen yet.
A lrglnls Br. eklnrlfige lonvrniloo
f'nARLOTTBVILLI. \*A., AUj.. 17.
A resolution was introduoed to iuntruct the
electors to vote for either of ths other candidates
if it should be necessary, to defaat Linculn. The
convention re-affirmed tho msjority platform or
Charleston revolutions, with the exception of
those iu relation to a Pacific railway, and the ac
quisition of Cabs. There hat been no ehoioe of
electors.
Wore motion Lcporud.
Waiaij. :tok, Aug. 17
I*. AT.—Lis reported here to-night, that a fu
sion bn. taken place ill New York the
Bell and Breckinridge barty, on theßtate ticket.
| Particulars me not gKlin-
Arkansa* Fieri I on.
Mexi his, Tkxx., Aug;, 17.
It is now haltered that CoL Hindman (Breck
inridge) 1* ro-clectod toCimgress. Mr. JEM.
Rector, the Independent Democratic candidate,
is two thousand sevtn hundred and sixty-five
vote* ahead, with eighteen counties to hearfrAm.
HI In burg signalled.
New York , August 1 E
The steamship Edinburg, with Liverpool dales
tu tbo Ist .tort., was signalled off Handy Hook.
Ilcatn ot .1 O. Hayden
Philadelphia, Aug. 14.
Mr. J.O. Hoyden, at one time a telegraphic
operator, hut tor the two lost years tbo popular
and esteemed agent us tho Associated Press, *
New Orleans, Tied amongst his relatives here,
iast right. He recently left New Orleans en
route for Europe, for th benefit us his health,
which had been impaired by a close application
to his duties in tbe South.
Fire In >rw Orirao-.
New Orleans. Aug. IU.
The row of bui’dings on Royal street, extend
ing from the custom bouse to Bienville street,
and occupied as furniture, liquor, and piano
stores, wa* destroyed by fire last night. The
loss was estimated at five-hundred thousand dol
lars, a large portion of which was covered by in
surance.
Later from Mr tiro.
New Orlkanx, Aug. IU.
Secido De Tejada writes to tbe Constitutional
government, that he had received certain intelli
gence that the Spanish rovernment were filling
aa expedition to give mural support to General
Miramon, in hi# third expedition against \ era
Cruz. •
■ * em ■■
The President of the United Statre and Mis*
Lane, accompanied by the Secretary of the Navy,
tbe Postmaster General, and a stuoH party, leave
Washington f r Annapolis, to visit the Great
Eastern, to compliance with the Invitation of
the directors.
Milledgevjlll, Aug. 14.
The Douglas Duesocratio Htate Convection met
in this city to-day. Tbo different counties were
largely represented and the utmost harmony
end good feeling prevailed. The following gen
tlemeu were nominated as 1-liecters.
rR TEE 81.A TE AT LARC I
Alex. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro.
Augustus It. Wright, of —--
raw TilK DJiTHUjTS.
Ist Diit.--Ja#. L. Seward, ofTbomas.
2d “ B. Y Marrio, of Muscogee.
3d “ Nathan Bos#.of Bibb.
4tb “ Hiraiu Warier,ofMerriwetber.
dth “ J. W. Harris, of Cass.
fith “ J. 11. Simmon*,of Gwinnett.
7th “ .fame# S. Hook, of—
fith “ Julian Gumming, of Richmond.
Beal Uac.No Ia rth Carolina
At the conclusiou of Mr. itatehelors add reel,
whi l> was warmly applauded, General Lartu re
plied in a very effective manner. He thanked
them for the warm and irratifying manner they
received him. Ho disclaimed any idea of mak
iug his visit to the home of bis childhood a polit
ical canvass; but atiil, he could not reply without
making some nllurion to pufellc affair*. In allu
ding to Mr. Bat h !ori enumeration of his pub
lie services, he gracefully declined auy personal
merit, end gave U all to the gallant soldiers he
bed the honor and god fortune to <'oauisiid.
He eulogized the conduct and valor of the Amer
ican Army, oompoed, a# it wax, of men from all
f>eetioas, ami paid a pass iug tribute to the sen i
ce* of hi# fallow citizen* of Irish and German
birth. He emphatically declared himself a Un
ion wan : the Union should be preserved, but it
should be by the observanoe of the Constitutional
right of bom North aud Houtb. lie said “auu
ited South could aud would preserve the Union,’
and that no evil could befall it, save by Southern
distension.
He spoke in the most glowing terms of the
talents, patriotiau* and public car vice.- of Mr
Breckinridge. He described him as one devo
ted to the honor and Interest* of our common
rtirantry He besought hi* Southern fellow citi
/•!>• to be firm in the assertion of their Coflbti
tutional rights; there could be no coaipromise
on that point; and, with the Houtb united, the
assault* of fanaticism would be repelled, und the
Union preserved tor the benefit of their children.
| He did not underrate the strength at Lincoln, but
I he fait certaiu that with unanimity the Houtb
could and would triumph 110 professed the
deepest attachment to the Union of the States,
and should it please the people to elect the ti kit
which bore hia name, hu> best exertion would
be devoted to preserve and maintain it* loaaum
ablc blessings. The General concluded by hu
morously alluding to the various Presidential
tickets, and candidly told his auditors that he
thought the best #ud must available one wan that
which bore tbe names of Breckinridge and Lane.
The General wa# frequently interrupted by en
thusiaetio applause, and was warmly greeted at
the cloae of hss evidently impromptu speech.
General Lane's progress will he a triumphant
one. His frank, unassuming manner, at unee
wins the regard of all who meet him. and wc
feel proud in recording tbe flirt, that warm po
litical opponents were among the loudest in ex
pressing their high appreciation* of his *rTice
as a statesman, legislator and soldier - Warren
ton Noire, If. (?.
Tax Caors.—A visit this week to tho Jiilledge
villa Convention affoidedau opportunity to eb-
I serve the oondition of the corn and cotton crop#
along 13d miles of railroad. We believe that w
are entirely correct in saying that there is not a
fair crop of either on any plantation between this
city ana Macon, along the railroad line. They
all exhibit evidence of severe drouth, and it 1
difficult indeed to find a field that will vield fan
bushels of oorn or two hundred pounds of cotton
nudging the latter by the size of the plant and
the number of bolls at this advanced period of
the season) per acre; aud this route traverses
‘one excellent lands. Between Macon and Mill
edgeTille the prospect decidedly better, and
the crops of both Corn and cotton, though not
very fine, present a much more encouraging ap
pearaare— they have evidently bad more favor
able season* than those west of Macon.
Planters attending tho Convention* from the
different parts of the Htate make variant report*
of the crop* in their respective region*. The rea
sons have been very partial, and the majority
seemed to complain of drouth nlaost a# bad as
that whieh has destroyed many a hopeful antici
pation in the region between Columbus and Ma
con. — Enquirer.
Opisiors or Mr. Douglas ow Slavery.- Tbe
Dubuque Herald, whose editor was the recipient
of Mr. Douglas's letter prescribing the platform
on whiob he would accept the noiuiualion of the
UharlcstoD Convention, end may therefore be
looked upon as an authorised exponent of the
views of that gentleman, quote* hi* declaration
that “he did not care whether slavery was voted
down or voted up,’ aud adda the following ex
plicit commentary
“Judge Douglas, os a Northern man. does not
believe in the justice or equity of-lavery. He be
lieves it to be an evil, hut one which, as tbe citi
ten of a noa-alavflboldiug Htate, lie i* bound in
honor, to good faith, aud by his official oath, not
to meddle with, but lesvc It to be continued t r
abolished by the Htates or Territories where it ex
ists. If he was a citiaea in a Territory his voice
would be heard advocating the erection of a free
State.”
(tel. Lake to uk m Mariett v. -Gen. Laa<>
who is now on a visit to North Carolina, his un
live State, has given a pouave promise to Col.
W. Phillips, and authorized him to make publica
tion of it. that he will, at an early day in the
caavaas, visit Georgia, and Marietta as one of the
first point*. Tu welcome him, as sooaas the time
is aseertained, that thqro will be given one of
the largest avsmblagc? and barbecues ever seen
in Georgia AH of Cherokee Georgia will pour
out to see the old hero- : while Cobb, Paulding,
Cherokee, Milton and Forsyth, In whose bounds
we do not believe there la a single Dougla# man,
wiil do the honor ot’ our boat upon the ocean on,
and make bountiful provision tor tho thousands
who will be present. Marietta fituteeman.
An Relic of the Hero of tmi:
Hkhmltagf.- We were shown yesterday tbe hat
worn by General Jackson on the occasion of hi#
inauguration a* President of the United Htates tor
a second term. This Let is the property of eur
fellow cititen. Rchert Gibon, Esq., and wa#
presented to him by the old Hero himself previ
ous to his death. It was subsequently loaned to
Gen. V. A. Uealv, the eminent artist, in whose
posession it has been for twelve or fourteen years.
Mr. Gibson has bcon in correspondence with Mr.
Uealy with e view of recovering posessisu of
this eouvmir of hi* intimate personal friend aud
Tennessee’s favorite son. Only yesterday here
ceived it by express from Chicago, where Mr.
Hcaly now reside?.
Tbe hat is to an excellent state of preservation,
and though ia its style forcibly reminding u* of
Us distinguished wearer, it would hardly pas* for
fashionable. It is white, very broad brimmed,
and has a wide crape on it. The tip besr* the
imprint of the maker, “Olando Fisk, Broadway
137, New York—manufactured especially for his
excellency, Gen. Andrew Jackson.” —Xathville
Banner.
i LATER FROM EUROPE.
OK THE
iYU.O-SAYOY,
Farther Pojvt, Aug. 14.
The Muntreul Ocean Stoauiship Company'*
steamer Anglo-Saxon, with Liverpool date# t >
the ‘-d instant, arrived here to-day.
COMMERCIAL.
k Liverpool Cottou Market.—The tales of cot
ton fortne past week reached 72,000 bale*. The
market was steady hut quotations were nn
ehanrM.
(•cnrrnl News.
The news by the Anglo-Saxon is unimportant.
SECOXJ* PISPATCa.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Qf the sales of tbo
week, speculators took 6,000 bale.®, aud export
era 10,000 hales. The market wa# active end
firmer, T-ut quotation# were unchsned.
qOOVAtIO**.
Fair. Middling.
Orleans 7 : %d frd
Mobile* 7 and 6JSd
Uplands tt?<d
The stock at Liverpool wo# 1,241,000 bales, us
which 1,077,000 bale* were American
Latest—Liverpool, Friday.—The sales of cot
ton to-duv v( t uket elos
ed steady.
Liverpool Genoral Markets.- Flour was quiet.
Wheat steady. Corn advansed id.(jf.Vd. Pro
vision# dull but unchanged. Produced nnchang
ed. The weather had been favorable for the
crops.
third pis patch.
Los pox Mosey Market.—Consol* cl ■•• ed at
for money and account.
The loss of the Sicilians and Italian volun
teer*, at the battle of Melaxzo, was nearly vine
thousand.
At Pari*, on Friday, nil the powers agreed up
on the conditions of a European intervention
Tbe Syrian conference were to assemble at three
to tho afternoon to sign the articles of tho con
vention.
Ship New?—Arrived ut Liverpool, tho ship
Hampton from Mavannah.
New York, August Ij.
The steamship Persia, with Liverpool date* to
the 4th tost., arrived bore to-day.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Saturday. Tho sole*
of cotton to-day were 10,000 bale#, of which
. peculators and exporter- took 4,000 bale#. The
market closed firm
Loxbojr Morey Market.—Consols were qu>. -
KP-4 fit Wife;.
Liverpool Gereral Market-.. -Flour quid
but steady, 27 (n. 30*. Wheat steady- new Bal
timore Bed 12s. 3d. Corn generally closed with
advancing tendency and improvod demand.
Provisions dull. Sugar quiet ‘ut firm. Coffee
quiet but firm. Coffee quiet. Itice steady. Rosin
steady at -Is. 2d.oy 4s. 3d. Spirit* Turpentine
Mtdmh at 30s. ltd (a, 3 Is.
State of Teall Manchester advice# were
unfavorable. Ihe market for goods wa# dnh.
with little enquiry and prices weak.
Lunoo.n Monet Market. —American Securi
ties were reported firm. The bulliion in
the Bank of Kughuid bad increased £ 100,000.
Money was slightly more stringent, with an in
increased demand.
liccerai News.
The steamer Arabia reached Liverpool on the
3d tost.
The weather Wa* unfavourable to the grown
crop#.
A protocol had been signed, by which it was
agreed to sendl2.ooo troops -halfof them Franc
—to Syria. They will remain there for su
month#, tor the purpose oC protecting tbe Chris
lien- from the (WlMsflfnfof the Druse#.
A popular movement at Arptoo, in tho Pap*!
State#, bad been suppressed.
Neapolitan troop-* were being directed toward-
Calabria
Tbe Lnglish Parliament had ugreed to votc
two million fiuuntl# aterltng tor the building and
improving fortification#.
Ths Pari* Bourse closed firm, at fiSf 30c.
Hong Kong (Chins) date.- to the 7lb of July,
#tate that, a great pauicexisted at Shanghai, ow
ing to tbe fact that tho rebels were approaching
ihut city. liii.-dueM hud been suspended.
The Canton Tea market whs dull,
l eSest I’sris Saturday.—Troop* were em
barking at Marseille# and Toulon, in France, fai
Syria.
At Naple* on the .and all wa* tranquil.
St. Join’#, Aug. I>. The steamship I'aran.-i.
with Lirerp°“l dates to the 7th inst . arrived
here to-day.
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Tho sales of cot
ton to-day were 10,000 bates. Tho xuarkot w
firm.
London Money Market.—Consols were quoted
at 93 K(3 V3 \,.
bfnrr*! Jews.
The stearathip# Vanderbilt aud Nova Heotian
had arrived at Liverpool.
It was reported that Garibaldi's forces had
landed at Calabria.
Five thousand more volunteer# left Turin far
SiHly.
It was reported that tw*> of the Neapolitan
Rudiment* hod mutinied in favor of Garibaldi.
Fd'teen hundred of Garibaldi’s volunteers have
already landed at Calabria, and Garibaldi bimseli
will soon advance upon Napte*.
The Council of Commerce havo already held
tour meetings at Pari*. Their meetings wero do
voted t>> on inquiry into tbe cotton trade. Iloul
er, the Minister of Commerce presided. A great
number of English, French and Belgium manu
facturer# attended.
The English Ministry have carried the paper
duty resolution into tho House of Common#.
English funds con tone depressed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Havre Cotton Market.—New Orleans tre- Or
dinaire quoted et 92f.; has at X2f. Sale# us the
week <I,OOO bales. Stock 239,000 bale?.
Latest. -—Hales of two days 2,J00 bales be* at
The market wa* declining.
Case Race, Aug. H. —The steamship Glu
gow, with Liverpool dflies to the Sth inst., pa •
cd off here last night.
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool Cotton Market,—The sales ufcott. :
on Monday and Tuesday reached 22,<M)0 hales
The market was firm
T.tverpoo! Genera! Market.—Breadstuff# were
adv anrtog.
London Money Market.—Consols were quoted
at (s93’ j for money on account.
Gex krai. New*.
The steamship City of Baltimore arrived a>
Liverpool un the 7th.
Naples all efforts to conclude an arrai.- ticc,
with Garibaldi have tailed.
Propositions were being made t> repute the
inveeion.
Improvements were being actively introduced
in the arms and navy.
Garibaldi was hourly expected at Staple*.
The King sent four thousand troops to Keggi
who are expectod to join Garibaldi on hi# land
ing.
At Naples, three hundred troop* who were on
the pointof joining Garibaldi were arrested.
The Ministers of War ordered the concentre
tion of a large portion of the army around Naplc
There were serious disturbance# at Belgrade
between the Sorrian* and Turk*.
A large nuipber of Volunteer* arrived at IV
ermo on Gin fourth.
Andrea .lobßMtn oh John Kell
We give §ch>w an extract from Mr. Johnson’*
speech, made on 25fh Feb. IRfi*. < n Mr.
speech on the abolition of slavery in the District
us Columbia, followed by some comments from tbe
“Middle Georgian
Mr. Johnson, dt Tennessee. —Connecting that
speech, which was made ou tbe bill before the
Senate to abolish tbe slave trade in this District,
with his uniform course on the reception of peti
tiens on the subject of slavery, we find that my
colleague make# greater concession* than I know
of any other Southern man ever having made.
After throwing in a good many condition# and
provisoes, and ifr, and ande, he concludes tha<
he would be willing to see the institution of sin
very abolished in tho District of Columbia to-day
First, he would concede the pow er to abolish xlu
very in the District of Columbia; and second, he
was williuf to see that power exorcised, and then
he sould test hoW far the North would go iu ref
erence to Southern institutions. You concede
the abolition of slavery in the District of Colum
bia for the sake of making a test bow far the
North will go: you will concede the constitution
al power for the sake of seeing how far they will
go ! If he concede# it here, would it not be rea
sonable to infer that be would favor the abolition
of slavery In the Territories ? Most clearly.”
w> a—
Ex-Congressman Moses McDonald, of Maine.
ex-Govcrnor W. Beach Lawrence of Rhode Is
land; aud Hon. W. W. Eaton of Connecticut,—
late democratic candidate for U. S. Senator, arc
out far Breekinridge.
Jones and Brown met at tho Post Office. Jones
complains of a bad mii about the Post Office
and asks Brown what it can he?
Brown does’nt know, unless it may be tbe
large number of dead letttre there.—Mobile Mer
cury.
