The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865, March 04, 1861, Image 1
lULUtnr & uutitlA, Proprietors.
Volume XVI.
To Cotton Planters’
INCREASE VOI R FORCE WITIIOI T IX
riUKASINH VotTR NCMBEK of
HANDS.
BEAUCHAMPS
COTTON SEKI) PLANTER
AND
GUANO DISTRIBUTOR.
•V Ooorjjjia Invention!
‘TMllrt MACHINE k Info., h.t • -;nqi!e, il u table
o. order and can be managed by any plow boy on
nnv kind ni land where cotton can be plowed. It
Sltt'lllh.'n . 1 **"*&*}* n,li V. I
irom bo t‘ I .IWO Ins per ■ ic. In-e from the eltens m i
wind. Read the following ccrtifieates:
Omos Grant Ficroit. > 1
(fo.umfoi-. <S% Nov. 21, lv |. j j
This if to ccrriiV that we have u. and Beauchamp 1 * I
Lotuii Ptuutur and Guano l>riii, ami t gives us greet;
pleasure to testify nis merits. It deposits the
*ecd iti a narrow, straight drill at the bottom of a |
wmiit packs nmn>'. wlji.li came. tk. plain ;
come it.. in a straight lux* thus enabling therlanter :
to plow loser to the cotton, and to chop out at feuti j
0.10 luurftt mom to the hand
We think tfr.it u universal aifop:o*n by the print- !
ers of tite f tint) grow iug Stairs, will very man u il
ly cnhan.c itsyirui U\Mi:i. (.RANT.
3.\( .1 t.UANT ‘
We har e also other - .--tifl'.VM t.-o mtm- r-n* t., !
publish, believing the above unfflcteat
Peroous wanting Plaoitera ortUnte or t ouuty Rights
will address me at Preetsii. lia., or uiy ac.roditrd
Ag m, A D BROWN, Sf dumbo-. Ga . who is
fully prepared tn manufacture the,ii in the lies’, pos
sible manner and at slum notice
JU-ptirc of the Machine flS.nli on delivery
{; >-Those Wishing to purchase will pteatfe < nd m t
the.roiders inuuediatolv .
*l! I* IlEAl’l IIAM
A. 1 BROWN, Si
Ageaiami M-inuiai Hirer, all lie
i AUTIIR lAt ri'UV. oliimbiis.
Wiser.- are nmaufar.tired and kept constantly on
hand the so Jo wing aim la. ol aupener qua it v aud ;
make fltraw nndKJiuck l utter-.. Wheal I ans and 1
Turaslieis. U.h-i f.n Wii.. b.irros. ■*. Plantation •
idols. 41*.
Plainer* mtiuifa. >im 4 lor those who
hare fount) K ghi-on reatom.ibic term*
February 4. Ml.- wffi.i
Important to Mill Owners !
Or. T_. ROBINETT,
lOM'MBCH, <; \.
.t Me. 1, .Her 1. ...cr, .
O'it'ar- . Mill Ir .. I •■•• r. arc .utala.'lorj !
■ ul .st.au,, wtier.ll.l Slnti.-i.
ary Mill*, : Saw <-r rtri„t.) tn the best Known ‘■
an l appro’ l tyle , ntid warranted to per fores
in every rv.jq.eet
Orders fur repair.■> m the me. ban leal depart- i
ment of any kind of the ahoro Mills, done I
cheaply and ©an-fully. nn.l with di-pntch, hy ad
dressing as ah ve.
Hite rein -G.dJea .1 Fuaford t’oluuibus Iron
M rki . va7 -41tw5m !
Is V NDS b'Oll SA LsK.
.. I wiU k< Imy nlantatio where I j
1 rsstdsontki'(hittakeridtet-mn
-.iuESi ® • sjff I'Rkras ri a etc amt g*..d water, good
sun frie.id*’ that may want to buy near eat h other, al- I
so MMlat ee host tkiniing laud in Early cw y,J"iu- ‘
tug the big lord on the line of Early and llakrr; also, -
TUO U. res ..It AyccVs rre .. v.„,il improvennnui on
each tiait. and many c altering lot*. I will m-II low :
My r*'K , ili*iM ■■ is in flay . ouuty G, . nine mile* be- J
low Fort Gaines, and feteven from Ulukely I will
soil all my p.open) on th* plae© It | cut’ There is
the- run- of t*ne hundred n gnu-, and t*. k in propnr
lion fall and look; a han’t*m < ... .* bought in eilU- j
-r of the |da.
July 31—wf M W. STAMPER.
PLANTATION AM) STOCK
FOR SALE,
l have c cue tu the conclusion to return to ]
L\orth Camluia, asmy rrhu.vm* are all lb. re ’
•>% Hi ere fore I wi-ti l’ -ell oil t'.it In m
* evidem e 14 miles imnti of Cnluiubue, tia. and near •
tue Tmy Kartorv Ttiree hnndrrd a. r’s ol good
Land, well Improved; about IAO in a good state ot 1
• ultivation; good dwelling house, negro houses, harn, j
stable*, gut h<ise and si rewj laruiiug utensils of all
kinds; cnw-M. lings, mules, wagon*, iiousebold and i
knrhen furniture,cum and fodder, and vanousnthei l
ar.irl.-'s ton tedious to mention. In u first rale neigh- |
borbood. good oeighbnrs and good goalaty. Flertfo
call aud look at my i m.l and sti k
11. RRINrtFIKI.B.
May Tth-wtf.
NOTICE.
.4m The subscriber offers for sn!e a valuable
♦ygjfr.tdtork Farm in the Tit. I)i :rtrt..i W..rlb . ;.uu- |
jCJISd) Acres open Lands, a i,. w Gin lfo*i’- and |
tbs piaee, ISO !„• t ,i of t ant,. i
the sanu; nuuibt r of liocs, and U Ua*l of sloo p
Terms w ill fe made an.,nonodaimg and strntly ml
when tha cash isotren >t. Knauirein Albany at.l3 j
Hill's Lortu stable, fir dirert.ona t the pin..-
Jane 4—wtf Tnort ll KE.NOAU {
LA Nil LOU SALE.
3C Huu'lrkU ad Twemj
•tcre^willi tnj bun.lrcl Acres cleared. This
place has a good gio house and screw,
negro bouses and kite hup, aud all other uoies*ary i
outbuil Eng* Any wishing t> make in- ,
quiry are referred t > W. L. Tillman, Columbus, j
<;.t„ nr myself on fbc Plantation.
Oct. —wtf J. C. DROWN.
SYN LORD'S
LIVER IaNVIGORATOR
NEVER DEBILITATES.
IT IM t-nMPiM'MtKI) BNTlßklLVfrwtn *uois.and .
bus becniiir: atiostabiwhcd fu-1, a standard me I nine
—approved by all that . luve lined it, uud is re- i
sorted to with r*nti- dencn'fn all di ~ ■ ■ u,t
which it s recommend- ® ed
it has uredUinusands J* vviiiiuvilm last two y.ats
who tUd give,, up hope T ol r. i.n ns nuiastoun
unsolicited certifhate* In my possession show i
Tin'll hum A-- adap- • 1 o. m tt-mpei .mu-nt j
of the individual taking ‘ iliu.d n-e-l m-o. h ipmu
titles as to a tgently <*n BQ the bowels.
Letthe dictates of your m>. judgment go \ u,n
u* of the / tVF.fi /.V l i I,H. m.l it 1
Will cure lurrr C>n- plntnU. Hl/Jol I;■
•nr l*. nysnKPsfjt, mm Ckr.-utr /mrrlll,
*v m Mr. r com rr..i/.Y/s,ij j t- xn
nr. hU(t?*Y, bOVH SiUMACH. Ihhtutl
cosnrr.xr.bs, ct> jpP cnot.h R.'i r -
ntou.jti ixh hxrr.vy/ // / >
I.KMeUmJAUAIHiP. Ft malt 111 IKhA‘
EH, and may be Used giw-cesxfully a** anordis
s/y. Eumtli, Mru/nm*.— M it wul rare sirs
UK AD A CUE, (as thousands ian le*l|fv ,n
S(ly siitultl, IJ ■ Iv v O < Ihr t r / •
poomfuli urr tat 1 at * >:” ■ n< n r.’ Ilh*
attack ZZ
AU vAs ass Ji ers tesiin.nny
it its favor. ■
MIX WATER IN THE MOUTII WITH THE IN
VIGOR ATOR. AMI (SWALLOW IK (Til loOHTI!
Fit PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER IJOTTLI
ALSO,
SANFORD’S
FAMILY
Clialliiirtic fills,
COMHOUNDED I ROM
Cure Vegetable UttraetHf aim put iij
In OlM* Caien, Air Tight, *! will
keep in Miiy Climate.
The PA Mil. V A tiiaßTl. Imu. is a U ; 1
III* Mil tiv C.-KrmrtH QjwOi. li till I 'inprietnr I
-in hi* prnctkc more than twenty year*.
The constantly increasing Ip demand from those who
have lonic i m*’’! the PII.LH and the *itnla< tion wlm h ■
ailcxpresaiarefardinttwir 4 Um,|iuindu cd nw to pui
them in the reach of all. u
The pmteMion well different rhnfttnrit * ,
netn Uulcrent port i*t>># of the bowel*
The FAMILY al> HI AKiJC I'll. I.
ha*,with due reference to well established fart j
been coiopoundcil from a JQ variety ofthe purest vege
table extract*, whic h set alike <>n every part oftlie
alimentary canal, a**d are 4 safe in all cate- ]
where a thaibartic is needed. -tub a* Di:
BiIBKHKXTI of ttl • T HTO MA < ‘ 11. fIIJEBIM- |
XE*c, I'AINS t fdIQUM K AND I. OIN S, !
COfITIVBNKAff, PAIN *mi tiuniM.** uvi;h
Til* WHOLE BODY from sudden cold, which ;
frequently, if negleeted. q) end in a ‘ongooutseofFe- j
ver, LOSH OF APPB- u TITK. > Cußuriuo A*k
• srion or Colo ‘ivi.ii rut IJonv. Umti.bbs- !
>*■*, IIKAI)A< IIK orP wßiaiiT IN tub Head,
all INFLAMMATORY h Dimeabb, WORM*. ii*
Children nr Abclts, ” Riiei taxTrsM. a Greh.
Purifier of the Hlnod wjnnifninny<li*‘ii > e*tnwliir!i
rtesh is heir.too riu Mieron - to tm nt ion in this adver- f
ssnacnt. DO#E Ito 11. ‘
Price 30 Cents.
—Tim I.IVT.r. IN VIGORATOR find FAMILY PA
TH A RTC PILLS are retailed by Druggiet* generally
and sold wholesale and retail hytin; ‘t rade in all Hi**
urge tow ns.
if. T. W. SANFORD, M. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor,
nnl7—wsm. 1W Broadway, New York.
‘ l ’ ‘’ 1
rOLFMUI'S.TCKSDAT, FLRKI’AKY 21}. INR4,
The ED'jHirer ai:i the Cubiael.
Thu Colutubutf Enquirer objects lo s,.ibo of
tho Cabinet appointment*! of lrs dent Davis, be
omwe they happened to bo distinguished uleu
who voted for Mr. Breckinridge. We deprecate
tbo .ippcarunee of the article. It rliows a quick
ilisposi.ion to r aiae object ion a to the new order
of thmgr. Mr. Davis cannot chose his true, and
tried friends to advise with him. mdlu members
of his Cabinet without allowing a partiality for
old party diviefwns. These appointments have
been mado and in the faco of tlio Enquirer's ob
jecti* ns, it admits that two of the gentlemen were
never tied down tu party, and will make good
•Ulcers. If the ie an able one. what
matters it hew its members stood upon question*
, atfoctipg the Interests of th State.’ in the old
j Union There is no proscription >n the part of
the original secessionists. They do not refuse
I to give men, who happoaed to bo eo-uperalioniats
; beftro tlio secession of the Cotton States, place
and distinction. They arc not ignored. If it
( wero a party matter, why was Stephens, Hill,
I Wright and Kenan, half the Georgia delegation
! ui Congress, elected t poaition by n secession
■ Convention ‘ Why was the exalted oflu-e of
i Vice President conferred on Mr. Stephors*
j The truth b, the Presidont has appoint* \ men,
whose ability, integrity and distinction cnt : :!ed
tonrt llußse Uarai.
We saw a gentleman yesterday, direct ii*m
! MUlvdguvUle, who gave us tho eorract .nforma
j Hon ua regards the Laming of the Court House
!in MMfodgevMt, (not the State 1b tic. :t waa
reported,) on tbemotning of the'.'4tb
j inst. Firowus diaoovcrvd about 7 o'clock, and
| could bare easily been put out, hu: all tho buck
jets to thu well adjacent it* tho Court House hud
| been cut loose. Tho . do in the r.- >ui ol the Su
perior Court Clerk, was open. Most of tho books
and paper except thole belonging to the OrdU
j nary'a office, wen* destroyed. It w.h the gencr.
al opinion, that it was th • wr rk nn im-n.
! diary.
Snulli'ni T.inff Bill.
At tho r* quest of a friend we repubiish tho T.i
----j rih Bill, which was reported by Mr. To.,mb*, from
i the-Committee on Finance, and passed by Ilia
| t!t lafamu/ ol llio wanu.l ln. Ah h was i
1 r**pi.rted in many papers, the difficulty was until- j
l r.it enough, but, ns givon Lt-loW, Its turn- lire -
I
| .1,0 laliguugo in, t)i„l ovorjltung no! in.'lu.l.i.l In
I tUo oil U'U.V
| Southern Cons deracy ir.>m State* which still
; tliug to tho “Federal writ k,” in order to bo ex
j cupt from duty, -hull eonforui'to two condtUons,
40-wit; they shall io Imparled into the Confedera
cy before tho 4th of March next, and shall bo
purchasedou or LuK,rathe ‘JSth nfl’bruary> hist.
| Wo icaru, however, from a dupau h to Mr. Col*
eH-I, HoiUmtor of tho Customs for Chnrb stcn,
j from tho ; acre:ary of tho Treasury, that the first
j oondiUou has boc-n dispensed with, aud that all
j goods )>urebast and before tbo time above mention*
j tioned, will bo admitted free, without relation to
: the Uu ol iiuputUtivn, Here is tho bill :
An oct to exempt from *luty certain comu'.Jilies
i tbOdn-in mimed, and for oilier purpose*,
j 1. He it enacted by the Confederate SUU
li.fAmcn.ii. i.i Cotigims Awlorabled. That the
i following articles abnll be exempt from duty, and
i admitted free into oaid States, to-wit - bacon,
| pork, bums, lard, beef, 11-b *>f all kinds, wheat
! and flour of wheat, nnd flour of all other grains,
I Indian corn and on al, bartey and barley ll< ur,
! rye anvl rye t|uur, oats aud >at meal, gun pow
| iler nnd all the mateiials of which Its is made,
j L ad in all forms, uins of evory iloscriptlon, anl
munitiins of war and military accoutrements,
! pei euss->n onp, living animals of all kinds, also
I 'l agrioultural produets iu their natural state,
j Bce. 2. And ho it further enacted, That all
goods, wares and merchandize imported from any
• ■no of the late United States of America, not be
ing now n member of tho Confederacy, into this
| Confederacy before the fourth day >l March next,
which may have been &ono fl>tc purchased horc
t-tfore, or r. ithia ton days after tbo pa >gc *•(
’ thii ad, shall bo exempt from duty.
| Sc. ... And bo U further nnaoted, That the
1 .State of Texas la*, and is hereby exempted from
j iuu Tariffdaws, heretofore j ossod and adopted l<y
for CharleMoi.
About fifty of powder parsed
j through Colamhu-* Saturday, the 2-!J, under
! charge of Major Lucas, dor. Dickon's aid, for
j Charleston. It on tho Montgomery and
i ‘Vest Point Railroad. Tb's looks liko getting
ready for an attack. Let i*onco bo our wateh*
wot and, bnt ns a last roaort, let fly the dog'* of war.
Rttflitiig Senice.
j Lieut. Col. ( has. J. Williams and Mts. Tom
linson Fort and Jn>>. Howard, uro in Columbus
j rocruit iiig fur the regular army of Doorgiii. Soma
j iliiriy hai * nll**’ed, and the work goes bravely
.n. The head- piartcrs of thooffieera are at Mrs.
l*urDor v 'S| diagonally opposite tho Derry liuu e,
where the mca enlisting ;iro sworn in.
Cabinet of Preaident lavis is an able
•■ji . Tuomb-*, the gtniu of tho South, aid a
mat ulMman. Mommingcr, a loyal son of Oar
; olina. L. Popo Walker, an eloquent apostlo of
| Stat* ■ Rights, from North Alabama. Rcnjamin,
, tho jurist and lawyer. Tho C<<nfwderato , ; atca
, have an flXQlknt ami able Cabinet no far, and
I wo *•* ngratilato the Freni dent upon hi* appninfc-
WiruWox TnrD.iTTr.Hk ARDPuacHA.-i.atus
J TnßßiToniit-'. Tho Abo!iti>nists aro seeking to
deprive the South of all the Territory ac<|uircd
; by tho M-viann war, y**t the record* show that
| t’.f* very Territory was won by outbern blood
! and treasure. Whilst fourteen slave States fur
nished i ‘i,tl'4o voluntoars, tho free States and Ttr
ritories furnish© 1 but 2't,oU, Tho disparity
marked, oou’dcro’l from any poiat of view, but
| crpt'ciully so in regard to tbo relative pojmlatioa
’ T tbo two sections. ILe figure?, wo may add,
I are derived from Executive Document No. Aft, ot
I the l*t*eioT>, liOth Congrvc*.
Vi mi tit UtvttkMt aiil Mr.
H- It. Pherrard Clemen*, a member of Congress
i e.gate t<i tho .State Convention, ho* Lean charged
; vriih sending documents to ihe free negroes in
Virginia. He arose in tho- Convention a few
days since uni indignantly denied it, giving n
j list of the counties where he sent document*, ex
cluding the county of Middlesex, include;*! in the
charge against him
j Mr. Montague, -1 M.dJU -v Mid Ilia! as his
county hud been referred to, he felt it to be hi*
duty to state that such document*; were received
j there under the frank of Sberrurd Cleinent* —two
m f them to free negroes, one of whom could reed.
! They hud also been tent to negroes in H-sex and
j Grange under tho same frank.
He then produced two envelopes which had
been preserved. Mr. Clemen* examined tho
1 ranks, ami pronounced them both forgeries'.
, Mr. Montagna was glad to hear it. He pro- ■
< * eded to make a point Hint when corruption had j
, becotuo so great ut Washington that forgery was
resorted to for the purpose of cireulatiog docu
ment?, it wan time for the South to cut looho.
i V e think ao ourselyes. fl is time to cut loose,
and iucUmen us Clemen*, Andy Johnson and a
few ether*, oaf bt to emigrate North and let trne
Southern men manatee their own affair*.
101 l JIRVS, V* Ki)MAD YY, I’EBRI IBY 27, I'M.
Sevan!, ,1 Mn!.- Eepubliau.
to tLiu'.vS our neighbor, tbo Enquirer nnd, upon
that aud similar assumptions, it builds rather a
rickety spcauhtliou that the incoming adminis
tration of the Federal l2.iv*:neit will intro
duce tho reign of pvm-Q. Hut wo imagine that
tho facts which establish .Mr. Howard’s claim to
Ike character for w itt ration caanot bo produc
ed. If th* y exist, they certainly must lu> of
very recent occurrence. For un year* past ho
ha? boon regarded as tho truest exponent of tho
Abolition party—that branch of it, ut least which
sought control of the Federal Uovernniont for
the purp.'so ■>( di.-orcdnuig, Cfi iinnig and finally
exterminating slavery. There may boa distinc
tion between him ami such men a Henry “Ward
Heschcr and Wendell Phillips, who were willing
to fight slrtwry with tbo sunrd ami fagot, but
even this w.i- * irrie I to tho vanishing point
by tho t’vthnon) evokud by tho John Drown
raid. No map, who has figured in public life,
has over claimed :.uro ample jurisdiction by Ihc
Federal CVi.gn?a oyex the institution ol ’.ivory,
and no man li.m been n >ro will ng (bat Emigre-a
should evert llie power claimed’ r tho *1 truc
tion of that insiitutiun, than Mr. Few aid. Ifho
has not connsole 1 a * turning of the citadel, ho
has, with none the le>s malignity, and with un
wearied perseverance, planned its destruction by
gradual approaches. History will do him the
justice to i el nro that ho has done tuoro t * build
up ;,n l consolidate if.o Black Ucpublican party
and lo precipitate tho iti.-is llifc'uji which the
country is now struggling, than any man, living
or dead. In no just *-ns.-1 ono of
I.i* charndoristics.
Oa diti al foul^mrn.. .Peace asd War.
Thu vuestimi Whether wq shall have war *r
peaco is umu-up. n the lips.: everyone. At
Montgomery, whore m. . of the political news
centers, there is a diversity of opinion upon the
subject. It is stated, that uur Vioo rxesident,
Mr. Stephens, thinks rvwr inevitable, while Mr.
Cobb, the Frosidentuif Congit.-s and Sir. Toombs
the Bccretary el fc'tate. h, li. vo that p a c will ho
r.istored. Th g ntle-tr. n Vattk high In ; ilion,
and their view* b-ave rts in doubt. All depend*
I upon tho policy . f tho hi !.’ n Un lent. .Mr.
hhicoln, and hi, Cabinet.
Ifho resell o* Dp un mdntaiuiug tho gmui.d
o coo pled by hi.- rude,’- , r , Mr. lliuhamm, then
our 0 .mm •i >M rs tu Wa*hin:;bni -re not ..ft)-
;eptKiuen if distinction. Tho Forte .will till
jLa hold and a fight or two -will ensue. It is
more than probable that Mr. Lincoln, ncoercion
e*t and -i Republican, will not lower the dl*g of
j a I Rui” ratio F. blent. rc uIH,.; rh.'. ry a,
Thr rt’Kcri.—M roan tile hoi* s hi New
j l.ondrcd . andnre lankwff. Thou
dependant upon the trad -with tho South, i re
r.ow out of employment, and th i j :.-c>iii oro
cxpeciod to ooji tinrtc tlm hr my which li to sub
jugate the people of tho Confederate .States of
America into subjection to the rulo of Lincoln
What a force! The idea thatmen should enlist to
fight against ur, wh. do 30 only for subsistence,
i* preposterous; and that rum—• shonld fidl.iw
their HT -rt. j , creates nothing more than a >uiilo
rout those who act enly in fltrfeficc of thcly dear
oat right*. I. : them come.
Tm: DirrntkxoK - Collections arc D \v being
taken up in many of the Nurthem rifles for the
relief of the returned fatnilic f the gnhi
now occupyiug Fort Sumter, nnd n small Bum has
been raise.l fr that purpose The Yoluntet r
ofrhc Poufh nc-wl no such contributions, hut aro
well supplied with all the nectaries of Mfo.and
their wives ami • Lildrcn nro s<i well c..-*d for
that they oven contribute hy , if m to the uphold
ing of tbo boner of tho country- Tho enthuei
m of aHela- -s was nevernn.ro nn.in.ai. tm,
and wo art* willing fdTfl t: tli> • nrry f i I’ •
conflict.
ltltlrt*‘s of tin* Hon, Hoary L. Beimiiur, Hr for# Hie Vir
emit State I’onvrntion.
.17/'. Pmu ideal and Jf> mlcri of (he CointnUon •
I havo bccu ifppolntcd by tlio Comention of
tho State cf Georgia, to pr* vnt to this Conven
tion, the ordinance <l‘ sucessinn of Georgia, ami
further to invito Virginia, through this Convention
to join Georgia ami the othor seceded States in
the f rotation of a Southern Confcderey. This,
Fir, is the whole extent <>f my mission. 1 have
uo powor tumakso promisee; none to receive prom
ise*; in* power to bind at all in any refect. —
Uut Mill, sir, it hiis scorned to me that a proper
respect lor thin Convention rc<piire.s that I should
with wnicfulness and pnrticHafity, exhibit be
fore the Convention the reasons which have in
duced Georgia to take tlmt important step of se
cession, ami then to lay before tlio Convent in
gome facts und considerations in favor of the in
vitation by Virgin in. With your ri
then, sir, 1 will pursue this course.
What wh too reason that induced Georgia to
to lake the ptep of sere.inn ? Thi-reason may
bo hummed up in one .single proposition. It was
a conviction, a deep convlotion on the part ol
Georgia, that a separation from the .North was
the only thin'’ that could prevent the abolition of
her slavery. I’hie conviction, sir, was the main
enure. Iris true, Mr, that the eflect of this con
victim) was strengthened by u further convict ion
shat such a separation would Lo the best remedy
for the fugtivc slave evil, ami also the bent, if not
the only remedy, for the territorial evil. Jlot,
doubtless, if ituad not been for tbi fust convic
tion Inis step would not have not it taken, it.
therefore become# important to inquire whether
this conviction was well founded.
Is it true, then, that unless there h..u !•#•< n
oparatiou from the North, jdnvory would be
abolished in Georgia’’ J. ad drive mycejf lo the
proofs of that ease.
In the tirst place, ! -ay that tho TS’orth hates
slavery, and n using that exprc-nioa ! rpoak
Wittiugiy. In saying Hurt ti.o Jilnck lie publican
party of tho North hates slavery. I. speak Intcn
t tonally. If t ‘.cift Is a doubt upon that qu< don
in the mind of any one who listen# to me, si few
of the multitude of promt which could till this
room, would 1 think be sufficient to satisfy hint.
I beg to refer to a few of tho prooi that are so
abundant; ahd the first that 1 shaft adduce con
sist, in two extract# from a speech of Lincoln’*
made in October, I v. They are nw follow.- :
“I have always hated slavery as much us any
abolitionist; I have been an old lino Whig; i
have always hated It and I always believed it i ,
Go course of ultimate extinction, und isl were in
Congr... < and n vote should come uj* on the quest
tiou, whether slavery should bo excluded from
tho territory, lo spito of t!.’ Drcd i: dt and <i- ion,
1 would vote that it should.”
These sire pregnant statemonl.* : they (ivo\f a
sentiment, apolitical principle of action,u sen
timent of butr.-d to slavery an extreme as hatred
can exist. Tho political principle hero avowed
i, that bis action against slavery is not to be
restrained by tho Constitution of tho United
States, as interpreted by the Supreme Court of
the United Status. I say if you can find any de
gree ofhatred greater than that, I should like to
nee It. This is tho non t,i meet of the chosen leader
of tlio JJlnck Republican puny: and can you
doubt that it is not entertained by every solitary
member oftUktsamw party? You cannot, 1 think.
Jle is a representative munj his principles of po
litical action arc tbc principles ol political action
of his party. 1 say, then, it i ti uo, at least, tout
the Republican parly cf tho North liatoi .sla
very.
My next proposition is, that the Republican
puny of the North is in a par man out uiiority
’ It is true that in a government organized like
1 the government of the Northern .Slates, and like
uur own government, n majority, where it is per
manent, is equivalent to tho wholo- The minor
ity is powerless if the majority bo permanent. —
Now, i.- this majority of the Republican party,
permanent? I say it is. That party is so deep
ly ‘ioated at the North that you cannot overthrow
THE SIIV Est KIG NTY IIP TIIE STAT ES.
COLUMBUS, GKOKGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1861.
it. It has tl o press, it has tho pulpit, it bos tho
“©bool house, it has the organi/atlcns— tho Obv
crunrs, Legislatures, tbo judieiury, county otH
cers, ui:igitriitos, cui.stubleii. mayors, iu fact all
• fiici.d life. Now, it lias tho Uonorul Oovoru
ment in addition. It has that Inexhaustible ro
ei Yu t-> tall back upon in .1 to recruit from, tlio
uirivotsal Lading at the North that slavery i* a
tn si, o -i.- .* , (lllicid ©Nil. \\ i;h Hi is to fall
Lack upon, recruiting ista-y. This is not all. The
Republican party is now m league with thro
I’acifio Kallrottil-. Fir, von cannot overthrow
It • party U wiII Wight you at
toutp: tv> lift a tu .mtaiu out ol u bed and throw
it into tho sen.
Hut, suppose sir, that by the aid of Providence
and tho inten.-e.it human exertion, yon were ena
bled to overthrow it how long u odd your victo
ry Ust ? But a very short time. The inm* us
cendanfy which that party ha gained how,
would be gained n--ain before l"ng. If it tn*
00ma to Ibis vast Htajntity in thtcouri* of twen
ty live rears, from iiofniug. Low Lug would it
take the fragments of that p rly t-go. again
into a majority ? Sir, iu twoorlbroo Presidential
eloetinns y *ur labor would ho worse than tlio la
borofby*l pints, i.nd every tiwo you rolled the
rock up th. hill it would roll back again grow
ing larger audlrgtrtn.il timo until ut List it
would roll bn k like an nvnlam l.e crashing you
ben -nth if.
The Republican party is the pormano.it, domi
nant party at tbo V illi, mid it is vain to think
that )<ot can put it down It U true that tho
Kcpuldioxn party hates slavery, and that it i to
l o the permanent, doiuiuuit parly at the North;
and the majority being equivalent to tho whole,
a- I have already stated, wo cannot doubt tho
result. What Is the feeliog of the rest of the
Northern people up.-n this subject Cun you
trust them ? They nil say that slavery is a mor
al, social and political evil. Then the result of
tlut feeling must bo hatred to the institution:
and if that is not entertained, it must ho the
oomequeneo of something artificial r,r tempmary
in crest, gome thirst fur ullL c. or s. ino
cnlidciice iu iinaicduitu advauocuient. And wo
kll■ >w licit these considcratioua cannot bo.de
pended upon, nnd we may expert that, ultimate
ly, tlio w hole North will pass from this inactive
state of hatred imo tho active slate which i,i
mutes tiio Dl.uk Republican party.
hit true that the North hates slavery My
next proposition is that in the past the North has
twvarub v exorted against slavery, all the pow
er which ‘it had at the time The question nitro
l.v was what w is tboam -iint.il power it find to
exerf against it. They ttbulishcl. lavery iu that
magnitieent empiro which von presented to tho
.V it!.; they abolished slavery in every Northern
State, one after am thor ; fhey abollabod slavery
in all the territory above the lino of :.fi no, whicii
I comprised above ohu million square mile . They
i Lave rn K..v red t. put tho Wilmot Proviso upffi
I all the other Territories of tlio Inion, and they
I Mir- eoih and in putting H upon tho Teirltorii * of
i Oregon and Wasliingt. ii. They have taken from
‘Uv.-iv i. .1 tho conquest of tbo Mexican war, and
| apptnpri .tMI it all to nn.i-slavrry purposes: and
it OHO ..four fugitives escapes into the Territories
i they do nil they can to make free : an of him:
] they maltreat lbs pur surer*, and sometime* mur-
I dir them, ’flu v make ri.idcs Into your Terriia
rv with a view r*. rni.'.- intmrre ti -n, with a view |
It . destroy and murder indi.-criminau ly, all t l.i- j
, es, Mg.- and sex©.*, itt *1 whin tlio b.-o p. rpein
frS are rauglit nr.d brought !■* puttishtimtit. cm- ‘
! dign puntshiiient, ball tho North go into mourn- I
in -. If Kuttmuf the perpetrator* e>. upc. they are
hi,bird by the aailn.rit.es of these Northern
States-not by an irrcspon-iblo m-d, bat by l,u j
! regularly organised authorities <*f tho Ftate -.
Myn,xf. prop.ultli.n . . that We have aright
that ii in the j. i-Mhe Nnrti. !. . dm- tin ■, in tho |
I lavery, it will doit'. ‘
I My next pnipotition ie. that the North Uiu the
e uirse of acquiring th s power to aboliso slavery,
la that true / l my, gentlemen, tho North is
1 acquiring that power by two process.-*, one of
I “hieb i- operating with great rapidity-th.it \i
by the. tho u lmissioo ~f new States. Tho pub
{ lie Territory i capahlo of for-, r from twenty
I to thirty States <>( larger si/- ‘the overage of
tht h.. u now m tbo Union. - public Ter
j ritory i pt- ...irlv Northern l orritory, and
every State that comes into tho in n will be a
’ froe Statu. We may rest ured. -ir. Unit that
is a fixed foot. Tho events in Kansas pbould
| satisfy every .mo of tho truth of that. If cue, *
now in operation aro allow, and to continue, tho
1 ndttii - ion of r.mv .States will go on ontil a stiffl* I
j cknt number shall have been scoured tu give the
j necessary preponderance t.. change tho Cunatito
ti,m. Thor,- is a process going on by which omo
us „ur own slavii States nro becoming free States I
ulieady. it i truo, that in >-uiu „f tho slnvo
Mates the /live population Is mriutfllV on tlio de-
I crease, stud i believe it iatruu of all of them thu.t i
I it i relatively t„ the white population on the do- I
crouro. The ocneus ahow* that aUvra n> d
orewing in iR l.iw.iro uod Mnrylnnd’ and UuhowH |
) that in tho other Stale* in tho Kamo parallel, tho j
relative state of too der.ron-o and iin romo is j
J against tho slave population. It is not womb-, j
I tul that tl.i* slmuld bo ao. Tho anri-idavery feel
iug has got to bo t* great at the North ihnt tho
! nwuere ofalovo property .u theao Slaten have a
prcuntiiuont that it ~n doomod institution, und |
the inat.ncta of fielf-iniorc-t Impel* them to get ‘
| rid of that property which in doomed. The con- I
| nequoucu h, that it w ill go down lower and low
er, until it all gets to the CottoU Statcc- until it ■
gijis to tho bottom. There \1 tbo weight ol u
| continent upon it lorcin*it down. Now, I ay, !
flir, that under (hi* w. iyl.l it is bound logo down j
unto the. Cotton State*, orto of whir h I hove
tlio honi.r to represent here. Wlien that time ;
j come*, or. tho tree Stab-i In consequence of the
manifest dccroa/ie, will urgo the proet with ad
ditional VigoY, and I fear that tho and iy is not lar
*’ ‘li* * 1 “ - .7 *•
distant when the Cotton .Stair.., as they are cull
ed, Will bo the only slave States, When that
time comes, tho lime v> ill have arrivod when ilio
N'oith will have the power to amend the Consti
tution, mid say Uni’ slavery shall bo abolished,
and if tho master refuses to yield to this policy,
h” .‘hall doubtless be hung f-r his diimliedicrice.
My proposition, then, l insi t, is true, that
the North IH acquiring this power, ‘i hat being
.o, the only question is, will sho exercise it ? O*
i.onr.-e -he will, for lu r whole ouro show* that
:!io will. IF things an allowed to go on as they
are, U 1* certain that slavery is to bo abolished
except in Georgia and the other Cotton Hiatus,
ned I douM,ultimately in these .Status also.
I’y the time the North ihall have attained the
power, the black ra< > v. ill bo In a largo majority,
and than wcwill have black Governors, black
legislators, black juror?, black ttvry thing
|l/Hugbtor.j Tho majority, according to the
Northern idea, wiiieh will then bo tho mil-*••-
vading, nil powerful one, have the right tr. con
trol. It will bo in keeping, particularly with the
principle i of the abnlltienuts. that the majority,
no matter what, shall rule. Is it to bo suppnsod
that the white race will at und that It i. not a
upposal*lo case. Although not half so imini r
our, wo may readily ns-uma that war will bre. I.
out everywhere like hidden, firy from tlm earth,
and it is probable that tho white lace, being su
perior in every respect, may pu It jhoolher hark.
They will thencall upon tho authorities lit Wash
ington, to old them in putting dowu servile in
surrection, and they will send a standing at my
down upon iis, and tho Volunteer# and Wide-
Awakes wdi come in thousands, nod we will ho
overpowered and our men will be compelled
wander like vagabonds all over tho c.nth; and
ha for our women, tlio horror of their state wo
cannot contemplate in imagination. That is the
fate winch Abolition will hririg up a the white
rave.
Hut. that ia not ail of tlio Abolition war. We
will bo completely exterminated, und tin* land
will bo loft in the possession of the blacks, and
then it will go ba'-U into u wilderness and become
another Africa or Kt. Uomingo. ‘J bo North will
then say that the Lord (bade this earth far his
saints arid not for beat hens, and wc are his Hitint#
and tho Yankees will conic down und drive out
the negro.
.'ir, this is Abolition ‘to the coliun Sta -.
Would you blatno us if we sought a remedy to
avert that condition of things ? What mufl bo
the requisites of any remedy that can do it? It
mosT be onw which will have one of two qualities.
It mu t bo somethin'; that will change tho una
nimity of the North on tho slavery question, or
something that shall tukc from them tho power
over tbo Htrbjeot. Anything that does not con
tain one of these two requisites is not a remedy
h.r the c.ihc; i does not cotr.o to the root of the
disease.
What remedy is it that contains liieso requis
i cm Is there any in tho Union tirnt does? bet
uh lake the strongest that wo have hcaid sugges
ted, whi'di is an amendment of tho Constitution,
guaranteeing the power of self-preservation, of
dividing the public territory nt tbo .Hi deg 150
u.in., giving tho South all below that line. 1
know that remedy bus not been thought of as in
any degree practicable. Rut let us look at It.——
fcupposethey grant us tho power of sclf-prelervu
txon—“Suppose they give to each Senator and
member the veto power over any bill relating to
•lavery. That Is putting it strong onough. Would
that be “uflirjicnt now to make it protective? I
*ny it w. uld not, and for two reasons. The first
i<, that I lie North regards every *ik]i stipulatiou
as void under tho higher law. Tho North en
tertains tho opinion that slavery is a sin nnd a
crime. 1 menu, when I say the North, tho Re
publican party, and that is tho North; and thoy
say taut any stipulation in tho Constitution or
law- in fuvor “of slavery, is un agreement with
doath und u covenant with boll; und that it is
absolutely u religious merit to violate it. Thoy
think it us much a merit to viola c u provision of
that sort, us a mere stipulation in favor of mur
k r or treason.
Well, air. t people entertaining this opinion of
a coxeiiaut of that fort, is beyond tho pale of
contract making. You eaniioi tuuko a contract
with a pcoplool that kind, became it ia a bond,
not, as’they regard it. binding upon them. That
being so, how will it lie any protection |. ns,
that our Senator* uud Representatives shall have
the power of suying this bill shall n< t puss. Hup.
p,.-<e tho bill to p .v- giving protect! n to slavery,
they would say hereafter, wo proclaimed front t.iw
mountain tops, from the hu tings, from the foruuv
ond wherever our video could be luard, that wo
did not regard stipulation in matters relating to
slavery as binding upon, u \V r-. -gni/- a
high, i law. and will not obey those stipulations
-you might ha\o s<*expect ,1 from our pr. claim,
cl opiuioi.s beforehand .
Tho next reason i.< th:-. the North ontertnlns
upon the subject us the Constitution tho idea
that this Is a consolidated Government, that the
people nte no nation, not a Confederalmn of
States, and that being a eommtldaied riuxern
nunt, tho numerical mujotity is sovereign. Tho
necessary result , f that doelrino wheu pushed to
its natural result is, that the Constitution us the
I nited Statist*, at any time, subject to uincnd
n eiit i.y a bare majority of tho whole people;
iiiul.thul being *, it become* no matter what pm
io,-lion tho Cnnxlitiiti"ii may eoutain.it would be
changed by a majoiily ol tl o people, because a
stipulation in the Constitution can no inoro ho
hiudiog upon those who umy choose subsequent
ly ;u alter ;(, than the act i t a legislature upti a
•ul eqUcnt Ligi.dature. Thu* it is they will Imvo
tho powei to chan go the CoiHtitntion. alter it as
you will. The ITesident elect has proclaimed
Tom tho house tops iu Indiana that a State is no
more than a county. This is an abandonment in
tbo concrete of tho whole doctrine. How, then,
an we accept any stipulation from a people hoi*
dmg the -pinions that they do upon the que*
tom ,1 shucr.v, uud tlio obligNtlon* of govern
ment. The p:,j ...iiioti which l have uli.-ady
addu. nl for argument y,uo, i. inlimtcdv beyond
anything thatwehavoii hope of obtaining. Then
I assuuio that it this bo true, it must bo true ‘hut
)-m call get no remedy for this desire in the cot
ton Sta'os of the Union.
The • | *l. * I i*'ll then is, vnU a sepuralioi. from
the Not thl>o p remedy I *ay it would be a
complete remedy : u mno Jy that w-mbl reach
the disease in all it-parts. If wo were sepura
ie 1 from the North, tl.t- will of the North on the
uhj. ei of slavery would bo changed. Why is it
now Hint the North hat- • slavery For then a
’ -on that they are. f. m.. extent, responsible for
j the iii-tituiioti L I tho l nioii, and for the
j re i.-'iti that by bating slavery they gel oilier.
’ Li t them he a separation, nnd tin-feeling will no
I b.nger exist, bi-eitiisoslavery will no longer enter
. into Iho p. .lilies of tho North. Doe* slnvmv m
j •'"Utli cir.qr into thu politic* id tuglAiid or
. Fian.-i D..v -I ivery in lirn/il or ( üb.i enter
1 into th. politic* of the North Not at u!l. and
• I w.- ivorcseparated, thn aiil U'ct ol slavery would
j not ei.iej- 111(0 thu polities oi III© North. 1 -uv,
’ Ilicruforc, that tin urnidy would be uffiriti(
I lor this tli.M a-o in tlio woral aspect of it. Once
out “f the Inion, wc would bo beyond the infl.i
, I nee of the ya and nny of (ho North. (Jet us
| out, and wc lire haft*.
1 thiuk. then, that ibis uotm, lfou in the muni
• 1 Hicrj.i.i -nninely, that the only jmiidy |.,r
this evil i• M pa* atimi wi.s well fouuded. .Sim
•'lso was eonvineud shat sc pnratiou would bo tho
b. t, if not tho only remedy for the fugitive -lave
evil. It may be naked, - r. if the personal liber
ty bills, it the . lonion of Lincoln by u seel.omil
majority, hud notbiog lo do with the action of
<!e Tgiu? Sir, they had much'to do with it.—
These >re most important facts. They indica
ted n deliberate purpose .-n tlm port of the North,
ui every ruso *w hiuli there > a utipuJnl o n in
I .\or ol slavery, to obliterate it it jt had the pow -
•r to d>> *o. Tlo-y uro vuluiildo in another re
: peel. These pi rsuiial liberty bills wore uncon -
j :; t tut intial; U;oy w ore deliberate infract ion* us
’ t.'.o Cuuslituiiun of the lUifed State*; and being
“, tbry give to us u right to ~t y that we would
j no longer bo bound by the Constitution of the
] United Sntca, if wo choose. The laoßnag© of
i \V eUior, iu hu hpoecli al Capon Springs, in your
own . tarn. was. that .. bargain broken on one
I nfo L i,..-ken on nil sole. . Andi.. this opinion
I many other* h.ieuoimido.L And (We N0.i1,-
! having broken tho Constitutional
j compact, giv. * us e. use to violate ft also, if wu
1 el to and. i\ The election of Lincoln in iu. ls
] i < ii u a \ iolnti-Hi ol tho letter of the Con-'tituliou,
! though it violate* it in spirit. The Constitution
j \v:i b rni. and with a view to ensure domestic pcai*
I'lut to ©atabllsh justice among all, nnd thi* act of
i • meolnk lion by a section,l majority, wa
. ,1 ulatnl t„ iHxn gard all these oblig.itim,*, and
; i.. inueli .1* the ac utterly L'l.oresour right. in
th- y.iernmm.i, nnd in fa. r ißsfram--i.i-i , wo
ha Ia lull right tu lal.e the steps that w. h .vr
taken.
Now, I k the quenion, Georgia f. ding this
c > .Vi lion, what could -Iu have and -oe bill I p.
j orals from tbia U®i >• Was he tu toy at and
wait for Abolition? Kir, that was not t, be ix
j peeled of li. r! Hbc did rite only thing that < otnd
j livo been tfono t<> insure her right*.
I Tho nee-ml branch of u*y case i* u. lav bsfuro
the Convention aorno liicts to inllutnce them if
pos-iblo to accept tho invitation ol (Jcmgi.i to
I join Iter in the formation of fc’on lien, Coafod-
I urney.
| Wl,at ought to inJfo. ucu u nation to ruler Mi'o
:t treaty with a nation? It ought u-d to be, 1 am
J free to say, any higher ©• n*i-ferntioi, than int*. r - J
1t... ft iria t-rinl, s.-wisri, political, religion*,,.
tcr.-rt*. I uni Iroetu say that uu! , • uirl.l be
, .nu.l.. 1.. that .1 . 1.. . inlt-Hit, who
ought not to enter into it. Audit shaft bu my
| I v-.r 1.-. W li. show that tt wi'l !.• t., the 1.-
Ii- r.-st ..I Virginia mat©rri.Jl.v, s-..11>, p,-li|i
; i ally uud religi.iusly, to a- <. pt thu ur. nnlin - Ii
! (icurgia to join thu Southern ( ~ .ui;.lcu n ) jr.-i
li rat, will it hu t-- her tuatri..l h.teredr’
! Georgia and the other emton Slat. ■ prodmo
| four niblious of halo* of cotton, nnmiuily.
Every 0t... of tLeu bales is worth *fot. Th.
wli-.te “rep thereforu is woijli s’-i)),t)tU) f OOO.
1 This crop go< ‘ ‘-it growing rapidly lr-m year
| year. The irirrcHs© in t lie l.*t -I-. .ule wu.->
neatly •■• percent. U the saute in-ru;. w *houl-l
nt moo lur th© next decade wo should have, in
| lViu. six million bub*: In I v 1*1), nine million
I Inks, and so mi. And, supp. Hing that this rate
! will not contimi •, w. have u right to assiimo that
thu incren**, in after }* r.r< will he v.-ry great,
j iK-uaust. consumption outrun* product,on, and ...
| J.mg as that is thu case, prodm.ti.-n will try,to
I oveitsLr it.
You perceive, then, that out f ..no artiefe
1 we have two Htimlr.rt milllot.K of dollars. Thin
is mplus, and npr-s.o-t of an ItxlHftrite in
crease iu the future. Then, wu huvu sugar
I worth irom fifteen to iweniy oi d-.liur*
in- rcf in,'* v • v . ; .r , rapid rul.
j Then, wo h ri.u, and r- , and plunk,
I .ui 1 live .ak and vsri.mn oth--i Mptlele* which
i make a iow more niilU,n*. You may set d-wu
| that ibero States yield a surplus -*1 *270,000,000
! with a prospect of incre;M©. These nro turn In
, to money and with that w© buy iriHriufactuicd
good*; iron cotton nnd woollen inatiufacturcv
k ■
ready made mid many other description* of
good ntoi i-Haiy f*r consumption. Then wo buy
Jl-iur. an<i wheat, and bacon and pork, and wo
buy mule# and negro’ , very little <>l this money
is con *y mod at hotm we lay It mit in thiawuy. .
Now l say; why will not Virginia furnish u*
those good*? Why will not ).n ako tho place
now bold by New Engluud and New York, und,
furninb to tho South the**) good .’ Hoar minimi
tbut tho manufacture* consumed by tho Houtb
are manufactures of the United State*. They
have now got the whole; market by virtue of tho
tariff, which wo have 1-id *n foreign importa
tion. Will not Yirgiuiu tukq this plant? I ask
is it n*t t< tho interoi't of Virginia and tlio bor
der State* to take thi* place? M< >.*t assuredly
it is. Now 1 say it i* at her own option wheth
er shn will take it of not. I dure my *ho can
huvo tbo sumo protection against the North
that she has against Europe. That being so,
and inasmuch a* the mine cause must produce
the *atiioeffect, the same eau*o that built up
mauiilacturo# at the moth, will operate similar
ly in Virginia
Then the question i*, willyou have protsstiou
noecsHiry t* necomplirU this result? I say I
think you will. Ido not couie hero, a* i said
at tho outset to make promiK -s; but I will give
my opinion, nu*l that i* that the Booth will sup
port its* If by duties on import*. It has cer
tainly begun to do that. Wo huvo merely ad
opted tho revenue system *>f tho United States
so lur, and are now collecting tho revenue under
un old law. Our Constitution him said that
Congress should have tin; power to lay dune* for
revenue, to pay debts and to carry <-n tbo Gov
ernment, and therefore there i* a limit to Ihe
extent that thisJi>rutertion can go, nnd within
tuat tie South cmu giv© ptoteiliun tutu will be
sufficient to unable you to oouipoto with tlu-
North. We have got to have a navy and army
and wu havu gut to make up that army speedily
It must be a much larger army than w have
buuu iicoustouiod to have in tho luto 1* M ioti —it
must bo largo in proportion to the army Unit it
will have tu meet. These things will require
u revenue of about 10 pur cent, which will yield
an aggregate of about $20,000,1)00, and with
this pi r coiil., it would bo iu tho power ut Vir
ginia to oouipoto, iu a short time, with all the
nations of the earth in all thu iispor taut branch
us ofTuatiufactum. Why? D.cau-o maiudiu
turuig has uow boeu bruug* t l such poi'c-rior
by the invention of new machinery Tin* roailt
will I u thu immigration ot the best men of the
North; skilled artuatm nod no n >,f oapitul will
e.uno here aud nytabbsh works among 3011. You
hn\e the advaniage of longer days aud -h'.in'i
i*r winter*, and ot being nearer to tho raw mate
rial of a vary important article id’ manubu • .1 r ■ -
I have no idea that thu duties *wdl ho us loiva.-
lo per cent. My own opiuiou is tliat wo shall
have a* high duty us is now charged hy tho
tiencral Uuvemment nt Washington, li tli.it
matter is regarded as important by this Cuiiveii
ii<>n, why tho dour is open lor negotiation with
11. Wo have hut a provisional and torn purary
government so far. If it be found that Virgin
ia requires more protection than this upon any
particular article of inanufoctu 0 let her come
in tho spirit of a sister, to our Congress and say,
wo want more protection upon this or that arti
cle, and sin* will, I have 110 doubt, receive it.—
She will bo mot in tho tn *t fraternal and com
ply ing spirit.
Whot is tho state tho cotton tiuue Tho
North by virlur© of their luauiifaoliirca buy our
cotton. They then lake our cotton t > Europe;
t'ooy buy for it European manufacture . the)
take these manufacture*and cuiry them to L< ■
ton. New Yoik or Philadelphia, whence they
di.-liihuteto us und all over the continent, lint
this nil depends on thu fact that the}* have manu
factures tu buy tho cotton with. New York,
llostou and Philadelphia, in fact, fatten upon the
bundling of cotton,and 1 ask why it is you do not
avail yourselves of the ad vantage* which thceu
p'.Ssc -. why <|<> you not take the place of New
Yoik, engage in manufacture*, sell us your
goods, take our cotton ami send it to Kuioj.o for
.goods, and thus make this city the con tic ot tbo
eouu'ry ? I know that in tho outset foieigu iin
potts would come diroct to our put ts, bccn:i-eyou
have not tho inanufacturod goods 10 buy iho ool
ton with, mid we would Imvo t<> son.l our cotton
direct to Europe. Rut after a while y*u would
have a monopoly of our trado having all tho In j
eiliiic to build up a uianufau'auiag business ex
tcnalte enough for the requirement* of tbo wh-. ••
country.
What would 1.0 lime fleet ol this ’ \ .ur \il
lugcs would grow into towns, and your towns
would grow into cities. Y-.ur mines would be
gin to bo developed* and would throw their rirh
• <>v r the whole bind ; and you would see those
lands enhanced, which von have lo give away,
almost for nothing.
I say, then, it is in your power, by joining
• ■ur Southern Confederacy, to ia com.) a great
manufacturing empire. 11'you do not i-on-oter
• <ur organ y.aliou as it is now m ule good enough,
g. down Montgomery, and .ay. change this in
such and such form, and I venture t<* n art that
they will meet yon in tho spirit in which you g..
A* things now Htaod, the*e i a great drain of
wealth from the South to the Nuth. Tlteopu- 1
lion'.; tho tariff, which at present average* about
vo percent., i* tn enhunen tho prices ..f foreign
g**"l i|M.n us to that extent; and not only for
eign gO'.ds, but domestic goods, as they will al
ways presme a strict ratio with the price charg
ed bn lureign imports. The South i* thus heavi
ly taxed What (he amount oi tribute is which
■-ho pay* to the Nerth io this bum, I have m-l
accu.ntely asenitainad It is difficult to find out
li'.wr much tubutesbe pays in this form, bin,
from n rough estimate which 1 haYo made out
inysult, putling thu amount, of goods c<*n-umed
by Iho South ut $250,000,01)0 annually, though
a N art horn gentleman put* it ot
the tribute which the South pay* to tho North
unnuall.v, according to,the present taiill’ (20 per
eem.) amounts to $50,000,000. Then there are
the navigation laws which give thu North 11 mo
unpnly of the rousting tiade. Too consequence
• and tins monopoly is that It laiscs fruiglns, and to
that extent enhance* the price oi goods upon u*.
There is tho indirtM-l carrying trade, in which
they also huvu a monopoly. Instead of our
g< ils coming to us direct, they now come l y
New York, J’biludelpbia or Bofftun. Jniet year
the amount of goods that cauic to the F(iu*li hy
this indirect route was about $72,u00,<M)0 which
were n.t carried ut a less cost than $ •,(lO,U(M>,
which, of Course, had to ho pui.l Ly Us. in thu
matter of expenditures wc liuvu not iu<>ru than
one tilth allotted to us, whcru.is we ought to liavu
otic-tlnrd. In 1860 the cxpemlituics w-ru >.-0,-
000,000, an t the pi* portion of this which is Inst
<> os hy us an unjust system of discrimination,
amount* t' nearly $20,000,000. This i” a per
petual drain upon u-
Mr. liuuuing then referred t > G dr.i n in din
mailer of t.iiroive slaves, aud uruc. edt and i- .i-k
what would Virginia gam ly jo.nng Ihu F-iuih
-Irn t'enfodcracy ? What, sai-l lie. is thu state -f
tilings now on tho border? Is it Midi net-, pr- -
vi nt tlio escape of slaves? ltbn-.t. There is
- remedy b. r thia. The state of thin, on (1.0
• dher (bin of riie line should lie -u< h that sluv* s
would not be induced inv-duQtarily to inn off,
arid if they did. that they w .u!d again <•- >ngl.nl
lv rciuin. It ><>u v.t ro with ns, i, would he- uiu
•-•,’siiy, iu older lu eolltH-t uur ruvc-iiue, t-> .-tn
ti-ui p-. 10 o otln irs all al- rig the honlsr, and have
there Ix-b. *of troup*. It r’>gld he easily made
I 11 dm duty ot t ier© officers to keep strict
watch along the- md iw.eroept every slave, nnd
k.-cji pi-qicr sui -llniii eon nil win. tuny eoiuc
wiihiiitlju lino <-• p r icular local,tier. 1* net
t*.n iiriiingi-.nci 1 **r (hull any fugitive tdvvo
!I iw tuat y- n- o .t ? M-iflt as.-uredly it is.
i It wc won •p i ruled from the North, the ei* :>po
{ .fa fugitive slavain.” their lettji-irx ••■nil Lo
lot the addition of une image io io© number t-ey
i :m- already. (LaughU-; ) ..r:il i r -in
ji .- N -ii th. nod tho North w.|l buu .i,li-• ■ i - --i t>
! . lii in—no attrm tion t--thu shiv,-. It -
ju u l a love fur the 1 lack ui in that they ,u
inn n--w ; bst it is Irom h hatred t>* cbivet v
! ..ii l ir,in a hatred to ihu owner* ui slave
l.i m l tbla a In-iter veuiedy ihaa nnyGung ii.it
i mi -mi get oat >f Oougr,'** or in .- tiy . * m -f
legirl.* toll ?
A-. regards th© Territorial evil, l w.ll ©how thut ,
ibu riinc iy for (lint, too, is in H<q araii.m. W <
wmt land, and have a right to it. llow sru wu
l . i t i..ii i-Imre of it - ’ Can wu g-’ ,t in tl •
lii tot* v Never, Cut what you plea-o in tlm
I’-mstiiufton, you never .-an get otic foot of tint
bind in which you have *>, jus> a claim. Why
bii.uii- lulls the reason. Thu Ib-Rey of thu liliwk
Ifepubliran party L- I-* bovo tliis l.iml sutll.i 1 up
by those wh-i d-. n-t-.w.i slaves. Their policy i<
tin iJ'iinoi<-a-l bill. You ('.in enjoy ull bun;
tiling* If yon join ur; nn I not only that, but v--u
imi .-joy tlicm In fx-ase. Col .on is ju-—. It is
an atiicls of luuisjKusable necs>ity to th*’ • ■
11on,-* ©f tin* woild, and tbev cannot obtain u
without pi ace. Wlioasvef .liete is war they can
iiot haw it, ami will therefore have peace. J-i.n i
us Uietofore, and you Will have thu ndvuii’ igo -•)
enjoying all thus© benefits in peari
ftappo-o you join the North, wb.it <-n thoy I
givoyou? Nothing. They will niiiiuain in,
matU'i of runnlilactursr, a competition that will
• loutroy you. You cannot go fotouny in.ul.ot in
the world and compete with them. They have
the start of you, and you cannot ©a felt tip. llow
1 m: ri.i.’ *. i J biiii t ‘mi . .'him i IIJ.. uun
will it ho with agriculimal entcip’iie? Mnoii-
I'.icDi.'lci give the iu*“t arlivo atimnlunt to
agriculture, und when you cannot build upma.i
iii'ac'Oi'tes, you must suffer in your ngiictilturel |
purnuitr Thou there is the social and religion* i
aspect of the question. Go with u., ami tho it- 1
i *‘jircssiblo conflict ia at an co l. We are thotame
m *ur social and religious attribute*. We ioivu
a common bible; we kneel at 100 SiMim alfur,
break broad together, and there cun bo im dilli
culty between ns on this score.
‘l imn there I* the political question. . s ’mj|.o.
you join us, an t also tbo border States, whirh
they will, if you onnir. We shall have a terrfto
ry possessing ao area of S;',G or WOO,OOO square
miles, with more advantage* than any similar
< xtent of territory on the face of the eaidi, lying
a* it is between tbu right parullcl* < i latitude
and longitude, having the right sort of const fa
cilities, and abounding in every production that
can form the basi* of prosperity and power.
Mr. Henning referred to the probability of
the Pacific kit ate* forming a distinct Con'eiluia
cy afier a separation shall oooeooeur, and then
descanted biiefly on thegcneisl coimptiou which
seem* to exist at tba North, where men make pol
ities a pro toss ioo, rcipiiring property to be taxel
i>t their support. He instanced the mormon* ,
bu**lens amounting to nearly $3,000,0011 n year, !
to which the city of New York i# *ul-j *• ed
through t e corrupting iutluencos of pollfieiaiiH,
.uni dvduocd from this state of thing* the decay
and ultimate disintegration of the North after she
xhnllbave been cutoff'ft mu lbs rest ofthe In 1 m,
andekmutnciibsd with the nariow limit **fbcr
own unproductive inhospitable area.
If, said he, you join in theSouiiioiu (N.nfod
or toy, you will hocomo tho |es*ler of it a-you
arc now. You will have the Presidency and
Vice-Prasiduncy and other advantages which it
is uuncccssiivy hero t- niuution.
Join tlio North, und what w ill Loeomo of you?
111 that, l s iy, ,X"U will find yourself much lower
than you stand now. Nodtm'ot, tho North will
now make hue promises, but when you are once
in, thev will givu you but little quarter* They
will hate you und your in-titutious a.i much as
they and n.-w, and trout you itoehrdingly. Sup
p >--i they elevated Fu tuner to fiie Presidency?
Suppose they elevao >1 Fred, Dougin*, your es
caped slave, to tbo Pusideucy ? Aud there arc
hundreds --I thousiin-l wit tho North who would do
till* f-.r Hie f it pose of humiliating nnd Insulting
tho South. Wont would bo your position in and,
i o event? I Any give me paHtilWioe nnd femme
sooner than that
A. 1 irds tho Africa - slay© trad'-, wo have
done v, hut wo could to expel the illnrion wniuh
n said *” deter s -mo timid persons from uniting
with u*. Our Siaiu lum given Ju>r Voice against
11, and has Alabama, utqj finally tho (Jotivcn
tion at Mm ;mcry has placed the ban upon it
hy a Consti’uti u:;il provision. Suppose we rc*
■pen tho Atrioan slave trade, what would be tbs
result . Why, wo would he isnu drownxd in u
l.lai k po-dj wc would hu lip rally ovcrwhulniud
ith a bhn k population. IT you open if, whore
arc you going to stop? There i* no Lanier to it
but that of interest, uud that will never be a bar
rier until then) will hu more slaves than wo want.
Rut p-> down to Montgomery und wo wil l stipu
late with you, tttail • itiri’y you, T have no tloubt
upon tout, ns upon nil other queption*. What
diingor is lucre in your going with this Confeder
acy }uu will have, with tho oihcr hordur.Siato*,
p pula.ion ofuight miliotis, while WO will have
only five*. What danger Is there then with such
a prop mdcinnce in yrmr fav-.r.
1 Uoai'd anotlior ohjeotion urged to your j-in
in.:; u . an.l that is, that wc held out a threat in
t! c way ot a provision in our t'onstitution that |
v'0.1;,.c- s shall have power to stop the intcr-Stato
slave tia-b* ldo not huftitato to say to you, that
in my opinion, if y. u do not join us but join the
North, that provision would he put in force. I |
think that these Staten would do all in their I
puw< rto I cep tho border State* slave Htatox. It
would bo u tseie i.iMiuctof sell preservution fu ,
d-> that, uud 1 think that it would be done. Rut |
tiiis to bo regarded ns a threat belt! out to deter j
you form joining tho Ntnlli? You might, as j
well say ihot a provision in reanrot f. a tux is a
threat against you.
ADcr meeting tLo - Ljoction urged ugninst tho
. ding States for seceding without consultation
with the bonier citafua, with the argument us
invcs.-iiy, beuh..-ed with un expre aiou of thanks
to the Convention, and submitted the Ordinance
ol'Sc.-e ion passed hyOcorgia, which was read
hy the (‘id!;.
AJtlifM of lb'’ t'orninis-imor from liforsia.
We bail the pfoasurula-devening of hoaring tho \
11 1 he: sos Hon. Samuel Hall, the Commissioner
from the State of Georgia to the State of North
C.ir.din., which was duiivcred ut the Theatre to i
u very large amt enthusiastic audience, Mr. llnll
was introduced to the audience in a very graceful
and happily .••uiceived adire.-s, by O. I*. Mcures,
Esq., who stated that while a representative of
the sovereign Ttepuhlic of Georgia would nt all
limes be heartily and joyously welcomed by the
pu-.ple of Wilmington, it would afford them pleas
ure to receive one who was not only a North
Carolinian, but 1. Cape Fear man—that Georgia
and North CTr.Una though now separated, would j
hi ji v t a hurt period lu united as sister .States
of anew Confederacy.
Mr. ILiliwas greeted with a very warm up- !
pl.iusu ah lie advan.'-al to the table, lie began j
In.- addiv by a feeling allusion to the undying
Ive and ass -ction which hu bad borno through all I
tin- vi.-i iiudos or life to the good old State of 1
North Carolina, uud more partteulnry to this re- I
g*• -u >1 it wheic hi aucctor Lad Jived for
in,ll: \ quiKi itions. Hy said ho now returned tu
it . - the representative of n sovereign State, very
many of whose eiti. utis had cither been burn on
this i', or were the children of those who hud
been, lie came to ask thu co-opcration of th©
pcplo of this S ate, in the great work of ©stublisb
ni;: f.-r themselves uud thuir posterity anew g .v
----ornment suited to tiiclr comniun institutions, and
which would afford theih that protection which
the Lite I lend g-.vuruiuciit of the United States
hud failed to ;:ive. lie ttftked why this move
ment vv..- made, why miliums of the Auu-rioun
I [Jo were iu?"rtln< through their sovereign
ConvcntiiKi*, thcii ifetcrminatfon no longer t
. institute u part of that government ? He would |
liuduitaku lo answer it, and tu give the reason*
which controlled th. action of the seceding Suites.
And hero Mr. liall proceeded give tho most
graphic, .; and iuipr: ssivj) hisfAry of the slavery
agitation that we think Wo ever hoard; uoin
fticnciip, ‘ .di tlio Qu. ki r m. vemypt prior tu
I*oo, and tl.cn pur the hfotofy of the sub
ject from tb” tu- d’ I MOV, tho Missouri Compro
mise. the ndiai?Ki->n if CaUforffiu Ac., Ac., uj> tu
ill- .folin Drown mid,.an the election of Liu coin.
The stjry was told in the copßecutivo order iu |
which it.-pi cut facts (rMii-piitd, and ofuqtiroea
iu the rule 11 u of it the s ; ciker w.-uld infer f‘t’-
tc- ■ f the tn- ■’ thill! 114 cloqU'liVu. Ito
said the pc >plo b -d, thi.mgh their
> iu ui J l v. dyi nr.i ng--, warned thy
Nutt:.'. 1 pt-Oj.ic agiiin.t these • ucr-.uehutcuts,
iill'l had a- jic l Hic.r d< tcrminatpiil fiot 111 sub
n..l to them. Tb- ‘• 1 Warnings were hot heeded, j
tli-ir c.ti tis vvciu not believed, and uow lliy
country - tw tic-'".a nobly ra|b<iu her pledge.
My a in ij-.rtty -<t 2- ,01)0 her people hud voted
for umiiudui • secession, lie dented thul thero
w any jr. ipitation in Um movement. It was
ia! ii i. ; nq-ti.iii uJThe pledge which Georgia
had .veil, thu: ilulo > futu’a- isiu.stayed Us faOt
steps, she would sunder every lie which hound
In: 1 t - the Inion. lie defended the .State ufßouth
Caridinu fr-*m the Haim; charge of precipitancy,
by the hi#torio-.l lecital aouve nuntionud, and
vin-lic’a'. l her Claim to the laßtinggratnu.lv of
the Koutlu-rn puoplo f.-r irdtinlh ir •) ~-,ucnt 1
towards Eouthurn indcq iiidvi vv.
la n .ii to th- right of a idoto n ci-de, Mr. j
I!.,:! in - ! a ! 1 1. cinprcliciisive and powerful
iirgu-u. nt.. I. .wing that the .States asserted t|ioir
mdepei.-h ace, a supuraiu :iu-i viialiucl toveruigu
t ii. . tiny had signed the declaration as such,
a .:!s . tl. article* of confe L.-rutiuo, and the Cfou
tiiuti"! . Ai-l he proved that thu loaders oft he
old Federal party In I been lu srtpryrcnted, or
t*r in.! rci . ud upon tho subject- that their idea
~f tho government was n t su-di as to deprive
the ~ . f their novefeigiriy ai .1 iln.jr right ro |
>•, i.h'ii aw from tho Union, “hm th- hy; | iiefs of I
•tii : :*• required it; ,n • mad Alexander I
II urn• : 11 a v,'tm.s.i to i st- L tbo foot, ns also
to pr •> that ctsirewf, bad i- n e:pc-:ia'!v rupn- j
•;l.utd by ih* C-invenfb-n •' 1 1 h fra-Hd rhe C-m
----tituti” .in Ui- vat.- on K tvv.ird Kandi Iph’* |
proi-'-.-’i i ni to the power to “call
forth tb- force • t th Inion against any member |
~f .It-: C ‘.n failing to fulfill it* dories on dor tho !
; rli* uerc").” lie nllndcd to Mr. Webster’* f
• jn;c li. in witivh In-said rh;i) “s bargain broken I
0:1 one side was l*rokin on ©IF rtd. .in i glso tu i
to Mr. l-’ilbi! re’s ns • rti-Mi, that th© $ off (hern
people ought c t. and wmiW not submit to the i
n irtii.i.-tr.itum -if the government npofitheßlack
ltiq.nbli -. il principles. We do not profY** to I
'ive more than a v.-ry inadequate hfoa of Mr. 1
j Hall’s In < f argument - m this suhjb©t fVotn ]
memory. * I
11 < oiu lud* and hia speech with u powerful up*
Ia! to (lie people if North Carolina to unite her
• i -etinf’ with those of Georgia and the South.—
Jlm said there were thou .-nods *d>yv there watch- !
iag thv uour-c of North Carolina, uml thousand* |
id arm l ady to welcome ui to a warmer ao*l !
closer i mbrai c thun over united us heretofore.-- j
110 said ho could never believe until ho saw it, j
that wo would stand by with folded arm* and see
’ •; iui* of CborJcslunharbor crimsoned with
the blood of our brethren ligUling u r ain| tyrau*
! ny, .io*l iqiti and in dolenot of Ihciy ■as red j
ii the.i I ui’ , und firesides, and concluded j
by *\j rassing t lie Itulief that w*i would uot be j
I I’ -rattd long, but would soon advuiiuu togntb
er in our onward murgh to prosperity, greatness j
and power.
Wo have douu Mr. Dull injustice in aUciupting ,
to gi.o n rcpoi l *d hi* sjojui h from utciuory, bet
wo c.i remedy tbo matter by saying, as wo can
Iru'hluMy, that this was the best ► pooch we have j
yet heard on tbo crisis. Mr. Hall goes to lUI- j
eigh to-m*r'ow, where ho will addrus* the Leg- i
isiatun Wilmlnyton, N. C. Ifarolil.
Aiiiuoam'i litcA or I’rcrEiTiox.-Here are!
the i leas of political “perfection” entertained 1
by tho Northern prcsktiun, whom un exchange
cells a, a tarelied up, grim visagtd, billions, dys
peptic J'liritao” :
In a late speech to a corncnltied of I'hiladdl
pliian* u'giug Mr. Com ore ri for a seat in tlnr
Cabinet, Mr. Lincoln said?
“In tho formation of my Cabinet, 1 shall aim
la* nearly us pusslblc, nt perfection. I have
already appointed Setm.wr Hewurii und Mr.
liat*of Mo., und tyeyftiro men whoso ohufac
n , I think, tire breath <>■’ oalumuly cannot
linpeach. Any mutt whom I appoint ty such a
I > it lull, must be, as far as possible, like Cu*oar's
wife, pure nnd above iUsotclon, of unblhinishad
icputatbiu and undoubted Integrity. I will not
! huvo any man associated with me whose ebaras*
t"r Is not unimpeachable.”
PEYTOKH. COiaUITT, ) -
JAMES W. WAKREN, Edltorß
Number 9
Tribute of Rcspei-I lo Ei Coicrnot Monoid.
At tb© present term of tbo Superior Court now
in boss ion in thu oity, ou motion of C. D Colo,
tho Court appointed a Committee of tho Dor in
attendance on tho Court, to report suitable res
olution* on tlio death of tho hue Hon. Charles
J. McDonald. Uu a subsequent day of the
Court, tho Hon. C. B. Colo inado tbo following
report, which upon being read, was ordered to bo
entered on the Minutes of tho Court:
Charles J. McDonald was born in the city
of Charleston, wus graduated at the South
Caroliua College, un.i studied the profession
of tho law with the late Major Joel Crawford.—
After admission to tbo liar, bo settled first in
Miiledgcviile—thence he removed to Clinton, in
Junes county, and irom that place to tbo city of
Maoon, where lie resided for many years After
tho expiration of bis Gubernatorial term, bo re
moved to Marietta—where a few months ugo he
died, ut 1111 advanced ago and full of honors, lie
varly acquired dUtuiotioo as a lawyer, bunging
into the practice, industry, integrity, zeal, und
the resources of u vigorous and well trained in
tellect. He was eminent a* a pleader, and re
inarknble for solid, discriminating professional
judgment. Tffe latter endowment was conspic
uously manifested uu th© Bench. First ihu
Circuit Judge, un.l afterwards as one of the Jus
t.cos of the 6uprctuu Court of Georgia, ho dis
played the attributes of an übleand upright mag*
1 -Irate—patience, justice, firmness, courtesy uud
h'urniug. Although u good classic, and possessed
of a fine Yoioe and commanding person, he wus
not eloquent in the common accepuuion of that
term. \ othia speeches wero effect, vo on account
of the clear, strong reasoning which always
charaotorized them. ll© handled fact* ad.-oilly
before a jury, and principles skilfully before the
Court, lie stoud, at his death, at tue head of
his profession, having susiuiiicd his labor* with
manliness and courage, und won its highest
‘honor*. Hi* recorded opinion*, whilst on t lie
bench, aro characterised by brevity, perspicuity
unit a severe judicial legit*. They are highly
credituble m ihu professu nul littualure <d the
1 State
| In the course of his professional career, he was
| Solicitor Geooral, Judge of the Flint Circuit and
, Judge of the cuprome Court.
Judge McDonald was uol less distinguished
’ as a politician, than ns u lawyer. Li this brief
1 memorial, it i*ptauticabl© only to say, that tie
represented thu county of Bibb in the Legislature
for u number of years, and presided over the
Statu us her Chief Magistrate for two terms
that uur records bear ample testimony oT his pa
triotism And statesmanship—and that hu was
from early manhood, 10 the latest days of his
life, an earnest entorpri.-ing nnd able supporter
oi’ the best interest,* > (he State and of the Nu
tion. For more than twenty year*, he wu* a
utoiu.'uryfthe Board of 1 ritxto * of tho State
U(live,any—and un enlightened pntton us edu
cation, lie was a believer in the Revelation of
’ tho Son of.Gud, and a liberal contributor tu the
1 institutions aud charm©* of the Church. Hu was
an uflahleand most agreeable gentleman, a true
friend, nn affectionate parent, a leouwr huxbniiu
and a just and forbearing master. We may not
dwell upon the graces and virtue* of bis private
character—-the record would be 100 voluminous
for the occasion. His brethren of this Bar re
vere hi* memory —dcploio hi* loss and regard
iti* noble character u a priceless legacy to them
ami their rucce©suis. Ever an t anoti wo are
I called to these solemn ceremonies. The great
1 und tho good fall boqucntly around us. We
a'ealso mortal. Let us, thorefoie, loam tue lea
sou proper for all men—in life, prepare lor death.
Resolved, That we lament tho death of our
friend and brother, Chatlcs J. McDonald, and
syinuathire with his bereaved family and friends
—that wu will strive to emulate his virtues
and tliatiu this mo aueholy dispensation we re
-1 cognize tho sovereignty ot iheQrcat Judge of tue
quick and the dead.
Resolved, That this paper be spread upon the
Minutes of this Court, ami ihc Clerk transmit a
copy to tho family ot the deceased.
Judge Lumpkin, on tho part of tho Court, re
sponded, in the most elicitnus nix uu or, as fol
lows :
Death lias with fearful frequency invaded this
Bur within the last fifteen years. He has fore
ed his way into tho narrow precincts occupied
by tho officer* <d tho Court. Now, for thu first
time, he has ussuilcd the Dench, and borne tri
umphantly to his silent domain, one who so late
ly snt ®n my right—a model man—a model
Judge
. Verily, all the glory of ihu world is grass ; its
greatest uiuu only ns the (lower of the grass;
and the (lower falls first befoiu the gras*. All
the splendor of lile is little more than the clouds
of ihu west, illuminated by the beams of the set
ting sun. Ihu greatest sceptre—the most illu -
Irion* crown are but gilded toys; und a proces
sion, of thu noble.-t und the humblest, is alike a
funeral procession to thu j-rave.
‘riLdf© i* fleeting,
And uur heart*, though stout and brave,
Still like muffled drum* are boating
Funeral marches to tho gruve ”
Every wtng of the cloak'* pendulum carries a
son Iu- eternity. Every day we are dying.—
Every pulse ol the heart is trio curt, w-bclt tL<t
udm-iitislics u* thu -Juy is closing, and Uto uigut
about, to begin, in whish till earth’s passion* are
hushed in sleep.
j And what shall’ I say of our departed friend
and brother, us u man—a jurist aud u public
functionary? Cue whoso uaine, lor lo! theso
many years, hits been a household word in every
homo in th© State? Was ever a mr. 11 in Georgia
more beloved or uio-® lamented? Who among
us ever hud so wide a circle of attached friends ?
Could it bo otherwise, wheu we remember hi*
uniform kindness und courtesy to ull? I have
known him long and intimately, and never on
any oscusion huvu 1 seen him wanting in thul
t ’ turn und consideration which stamp tuo
.i uu gentleman.
Bui ho portraiture will bo attempted 011 tho
! present oecssion, of the public or private life of
1 Charles /.McDonald. We shall merely glance
ut some of his prominent virtues, und remark on
•me or two features of his character.
Need I speak of bis inflexible integrity—that
moral and physical courage which wuro tho
prominent trail* >f hi* character? Such was
his bravery—that like Lulbsi, win 11 summoned
to lliu diet of Worms—ho would fuuiiussly have
! repaired to tho post of duty, though hu know
ibero were a* many devils u* tiles uu the houses.
! Hi* conduct while Governor, during the >curs
; IHII and 18-12, affords striking proofs of this us
’ sertlon.
A*apleuder avid conveyancer, he gave tvi
’ -icnce of Ui* profound ktiowlcdge us the luw ; and
! although not a brilliant orator, few have been
j more successful or more du>tiiiguishu in the
: profession.
d|But I leave -tutails ton more enduring record of
! Hi.! deceased. Hi- numu and fame are indelibly
’ inscribed on tho Legislative, Executive and Ju
I diciul departments us the tjlato Government,
j Life's work being done and well done—this
grout and good iuuu was gathered to bis 1-at hers.
, full of years uinl full of honors, f would not
I violate the dettcacy which good breeding Imposes,
t by invading the ennetity of social intercourse. I
( sbull be pardoued, I trust, for suiting that in
j obedience to biseurnesl invitation, 1 paid a visit
to my fete associate not long befoiu his demise.
1 It was difficult to realise that the feeble and
I niuiiated liarne Indore me, was nil that was left of
| that once powerful and mnsuular man—who
would huvo won prises as wrestler at iho
Olympic games; and who a stranger to disease
! ti's within the last few yoars of his life. His
w ife, a Hoe specimen of u Virginia lady, was
j then on her sick bed acverlo riseogain. Upon
heutiug of her < leu lb, I addressed a nolo ofayu
’ pathv and condolence io my giicf strieben friend
J —in which f expressed Ihe hope that “the self
i sun ificing spirit of his love*! and lost comnaniou
, had already received it** appropriato reward—-
honor, glory and imorfaliiy at the right hand of
God.” To which lie responded in language the
< most tender and touching—concluding with these
i words— "if a soul was ever prepared for peace
and bliss in that hallowed mansion of rest, hers
was. May God cuable me to bear my bereave
ment ; and enable me to meet her in Ills Holy
j IfuMfcation.”
I l trust that his prayer wa* answered and that
; bis spirit, redeemed from (Lath, has found his
friend again within tho arms of Gad.
ME TWO PK ESI DINTS.
i Tho Philadelphia Pennsylvanian draws the
i following just contract between Mr. Davis and
i Mr. Lincoln.
1 The President of the Southern Confwdcracy is
1 a gentleman, a scholar, a soldier and a stales
’ man. Ho has attained eminence in every depart
; mm it of life to whiob he bus tut null his attention
uud his name! i* the very synonym of purity and
‘honor. Liko the Chevalier Bayard, he is witb-
I out fear and without reproach.
The President elect of the United State* i*
neiihur a scholar, ii Hohlior* nor a statesman, lie
has some sxpwiumce us u Nisi Prius lawyer and
a local politician —inure, if we may trust his Re
publican biographers, u* a flat-boatman ondarsil
splitter. Without the polished elegance of the
well bred man, he has all the rough manner*
und coarse Buying# of the clown.