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H. UvVftfBfcl't Editor dc Proprietor.
GEO. T. STOVALL, Associate Editor
Thursday Morning, July 10,1800.
FOR PRESIDENT.
JOHN BELL of Tennessee,
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
Edward Everett of Mass.
An Unholy Alliance.
On last Tues
day, an article, headed “The Union of
the South,” and signed “Conservative,”
proposing a ooalition between the Bell
and Douglas parties in Georgia, appear
ed in the Chronicle & Sentinel and Consti
tutionalist, and in the latter paper accom-
pa tiied with approbatory editorial re
marks. The oty'ect sought to bo ac
complished, is the defeat of Lincoln and
Breckinridge: the plan is to nominate
a combination electoral ticket, com
posed of five Bell, and five Douglas
electors, with the understanding that
the vote of the State is to be cast for
the one or the other of those candidates
according as it may elect either, and if
neither, then the vote is to be equally
divided between the two.
Had this proposition been attended
with circumstances of no greater sig
nificance than usually belong to anony
mous articles, we would have consid
ered it too absurd to deserve the slight
est notice. But it has received the
emphatic endorsement of the Douglas
organ in this State, which controls and
marks ouc the policy of its party and
always speaks by authority ; and more
than this, its appearance simultaneous
ly in that paper and in the Chronicle tfe
Sentinel, creates a probability of com
plicity between them amounting almost
to a, certainty.
It therefore assumes an attitude of
importance, which imperatively de
mands the attention of the opposition
press. Should we remain silent, our
very silence would be construed into
approbation, and a few individuals
might enter into a combination which
would disgrace the party, demoralize
our influence, paralyze our strength
and betray our principles. It has ex
cited our most unqualified condemna
tion. Such a shameless, unprincipled,
insulting proposition was never before
made to honest men. We look in vain
for suitablo terms with which to de
nounce it.
Upon the part of the Douglas faction
it is a confession of their utter imbecili
ty, is prompted by the fear of the over
whelming and merited defeat which
awaits them,and evinces adis’egord y •
a contempt for our honor, honesty and
fidelity to principle, which should meet
with nothing but indignation and
scorn. *
We could not agree to such a coalition
without surrendering those principles
for which we have contended for years,
and which we have regarded as essen
tial to our interests, our safety, and our
equality in the Union. We could not
prove so faithless to our section, so re
creant to our duty, as to join those
whom we have always denounced as
our worst enemies, and who are striving
to put in power a party whose political
heresies are more dangerous to the
South that the doctrines of the Black
Republicans.
To the propagation and maintenance
of the principles which our party first
promulgated in Georgia, and have ad
vocated for years, and compelled the
Democracy finally to adopt, wo have
been warmly, sincerely and consistent
ly devoted; and for them we intend to
fight as long ns the war shall last, or un
til death shall end our struggles. If we
ever forget them or forsake them, “let
our right hand forget her cunning, and
our tongue cleave to the roof of our
mouth.” They are the principles of the
Constitution. Upon that rook have we
planted ourselves, and it shall fly from
its firm base so $gon as we. Neither
of forty thousand true Southern pa
triots, a prompt and emphatic denun
ciation of the treacherous scheme. By
its inconsistent course for weeks past,
bolstering up the cause of Squatter Sov
ereignty in Georgia, and the suspicious
circumstances attending the publica
tion of the communication of “Conser
vative,” it has compromised our party,
and inflicted a blow under which we
fear it will stagger through this cam
paign. The honest men of the parly,
who are devoted to its principles, have
right to know whether it approves of
the scheme which has been concocted.
We hope, therefore, the Chronicle will,
throw off its ominous silence and speak
out.thnt we may understand its position
and act accordingly. And we call up
on the press, generally, of our party to
denounce the affair as it deserves.—
There is no time for delay. Procrastina
tion is death; prompt action may save us.
To the Atlanta Locomotive.
Our steam engine friend of Atlanta,
in his issue of the 16th inst., charges us
with turning a summersault, changing
front, taking counsel with the Squatters,
etc., etc. We do not believe he intend
ed to wilfully misrepresent us, but he
has made a reckless assertion without
the slightest foundation in fact. We
defy it, or anybody else, to point to one
word we have ever written, which the
most ingenious, double-construction
Democrat could distort into a vindica
tion of the charge. Wo refer the Loco
motive to our issue of the 14<li, and our
leader of to-day, and demand a retrac
tion. It will readily comply, if its mo
tive is not a loco-motive, and we now
advise our fast friend to “put down the
brakes,” and not to whistle hereafter,
until it secs something on the track.
Price, O. P. Fannin, Esq., Col. D. S.
Frintup, J. M. Spullock, Hon. J. W.H.
Underwood, David B. Hamilton, Chas.
H. Smith, Thos. G. Watters, A. E. Ross,
John R. Hart, J. T. Riley, and L. W
Dean.
On motion of Hon. J. W. H. Under
wood the resolutions introduced by
Col. Fouche' were unanimously adopt
ed.
Col. Underwood, in moving the adop
tion of the resolutions, made a few
spirited and pointed remarks. He
charge that Squatter Sovereignty was a
foul heresy, calculated to degrade the
South and deprive her of her equality,
and declared his intention to take the
field at an early day to do battle
against it and its advocates.
On motion of W. B. Terhune, Esq.,
the city papers were requested to pub
lish the proceedings of this meeting.
On motion of W. B. Terhune, Esq.,
the meeting adjourned, sine die.
D. S. PR1NTUP, Ch’n.
Rout. T. Fouche', Soc’y.
Breckinridge and Lane Uatificntion
Meeting. ,
It 'me, G.\., July 17tli, 1800.
In obedience to a previous call, a
portion of the Democratic party of
Floyd county met in the Court House
for the purpose of ratifying the nomi
nations of Brcckcnridgc and Lnne, and
appointing delegates to the State Con
vention to be held at Milledgeville, on
the 8th of August next, for the purpose
of nominating a Breckinridge and Lane
electoral ticket.
On motion of W. B. Terhune, Esq.,
Col. D. S. Printup was called to the
chair.
On motion of Hon. J. W. H. Under
wood, Robt. T. Fouche' was appointed
secretary of the meeting.
Col. S. Foucho' read and submitted
to the consideration of the meeting the
following resolutions, viz:
Resolved, 1st, That the principles
adopted by the Democratic Convention
which convened at the Maryland Insti
tute in the city of Baltimore in June
last, recognizing the equality of the
States, and of all citizens everywhere,in
legal and political rights, and liarmon
izing with truth, justico and the Consti
tution, are therefore eminently conser
vative- and national, and while they
meet our cordial approval, they will
command our earnest and unwavering
support.
SJnrf, That the letter of the Hon. John
C. Breckinridge, accepting the nomina
tion for the Presidency, explicitly and
fully adopting and ably defending these
principles, presents him to the whole
country in an attitude worthy of the
great party of Ecpiality and the Constitu
tions and this, takon in connection
with his high personal character, his
marked ability, and tho circumstances
of his nomination, without solicitation,
without intrigue, without dictation,
without sectional combination, entitles
him to receive, as ho shall, our enthu
siastic support.
3rd, That Gen. Joseph Lane, “the
Marion of the Mexican war,” is emi
nently worthy of tho nomination foi
tite Vice Presidency, and will receive
our cordial support for that high po
sition.
4th, That tho assemblage which con
vened in Front Street Theatre in Bal
timore, was sectional in its composition
and organization, dictatorial in its
spirit and purposes, und nnti-dempernt
io and auti-Southcrn in its policy, pvin
ciples and practices, all which it plainly
demonstrated by excluding the regu-
larly appointed delegations from sever
al of the Southern States.
5th, That we invite all the friends of
tho Constitutional equality of the
States, and people, regardless of past
party differences, to unite with us in
selecting and supporting an electoral
tioket in favor of Breckinridge and
Lane.
6th, That the loll owing gentlemen
be, and they are hereby appointed to
attend a Convention to be hold at Mil-
ledgevillo on the eighth day of August
next, for tho purpose of putting in
nomination a Breckinridge and Lane
eleotoral tioket for the State of Georgia,
and that said delegation have power to
select substitutes in place of such as
may not be able to attend said Conven
tion: Col. S. Fouclio', A. H. Davis, jr.,
Rufus Barker, N. Yarbrough, Wal
lace Warren, T. J. Smith, Alg. S. Ham
ilton, D. M. Hood, Esq., W. J. Barrett,
W. G. Foster, Houston Aycock, T. 8.
Letter from Hon. Jcre Clemens.
TIbstsvii.i.e, July 6, I860.
My Dear Hooper: Your letter of the
10th ult. was only received to-day, hav
ing reached Memphis after I left there,
I do not recol.ect the exact language of
the letter of which you make complaint,
but I am sure it was written in a spirit
of personal kindness, although it may
have expressed both anxiety and regret
al the course which you and others of
my friends thought proper tp take in
the pending presidential election.
Never for one moment allowing my
self to question the purity of your mo
tives, I have yet thought, for more than
two years past, that you were gradually
adopting political opinions which could
be productive of nothing but evil to the
f tarty in whose ranks you had battled so
ong and so faithfully ; of nothing but
disaster to that Republic to which your
attachment I am sure, is ns strong as
mine; and of nothing but discord and
desolation to that- South which I claim
to be as ready to defend ns the most un
compromising fire-eater in the land. I
certainly did believe that the annuncia
tion of these opinions (by you and him)
caused the detent of Tom Judge in the
Montgomery District, last August, and
so thinking I have doubtless referred to
your course in terms of deep and serious
regret. It is this to which 1 suppose
you alluded in referring to my readiness
to give you “a punch whenever the op
portunity occurs.” You must pardon
me, my dear sir, for suggesting that there
is a wide difference between punching a
man’s political principles, and punching
him. • You are, nnd have been, doing
my party in the State ot Alabama more
harm than all the Democratic editors
within its limits, nnd it \rould have been
unreasonable to expect mo io stand by
and witness nil this without making
some effort to palliate or correct it.. You
have led thousands of true and tried op
ponents of a corrupt and corrupting De
mocracy into a position which compels
them to become tho allies of spoilsmen,
and forces them to suppress the expres
sion of their honest indignation at the
frauds, bribing, interference with State
elections, speculations, low intrigues,
nnd sordid meauncss by which this ad
ministration has been distinguished.—
You nra yourself in a state of mental
vassalage. You have given up every
thing to the one idea of slavery protec
tion ; nnd the public interest, nnd the
national honor, claim your care only so
far as they are affected by this useless,
senseless, and mischievous dogma.—
Worse still, it has so far blinded your
reason that you accept ns holy truth,
when coming from tho Seceding Con
vention at Charleston, tho very doctrine
which you rejected with scorn when
coming from Mr. Bell.
The following is thosecond resolution
adopted by the seceders nt Charleston,
and reaffirmed at Baltimore:
“Resolved, That it is the duty of the
Federal Government in all its depart
ments to protect, when necessarv. the
rights of persons and property in tho
Territories, and wherever else its consti
tutional authority extends.”
Now, this is precisely tho position ta
ken by Mr. Bell more than ten years
ago. it was restated by mo in a letter
to Mr. Inge, of Eutaw, Ala., in language
loo plain to admit of doubt or miscon
struction, which letter was published
weeks before thefCliavleston Convention
assembled. - ltdid notthen attractyour
iavoruble notice. I am not aware of
any peculiar sanctity which has been
thrown around it by the endorsement
of the Charleston seceders, and 1 find
myself wholly unable to understand
what excuse it can furnish to you for
deserting your own party, by whose chief
it was first enunciated, and ranging
yourself under the bannerof a man who
has never approved it in the past, and
who gives to it now only that qualified
approval which is to be implied from
his acceptance of tiro Baltimore Con
vention.
Mr. Breckinridge was the advocato
of .Squatter Sovereignty in its most of
fensive shape, in ’54 and in ’50. In the
latter year, ho said in a speech at Tip
pecanoe :
"The people in the the Territories un
der the Kansas-Nebraska act, have tho
full right to establish or prohibit slave
ry, just as a State woui.n, which prin
ciple is as old as Republican Government
itself,”
You will concede that this language
is capable of but one construction ; and
if Mr. Breckinridge has ever repented
its uttcruncc ho has never confessed it.
In several other speeches nud letters he
used words ot the same import. It is
ulso stated upon authority I do not ques
tion, that he was an emancipationist
when that question was agitated in Ken
tucky, and that last winter he signed
a petition for the pardon of John Brown.
This is a curious record for the candi
date of an extreme Southern Rights’
party, and places you in a position for
which your best friends (and 1 claim to
bo one of them) can offer no apology,
except that under the influence of high
political excitement you have refused
to look the truth in the face, and blind
ly followed the lead of those who have
arrogantly assumed the guardianship of
Southern honor.
You regret that I should be found
among the advocates of Bell and Ever
ett. Where else could I got You
would not have me to support Lincoln -,
I repudiate Squatter Sovereignty, as ad
vocated both by Douglas and Breckin
ridge. If I could be induced to vote
for either it would surely be Douglas.
He at least is a statesman whose fame
extends beyond the continent. It is
conceded on all hands that the. South
owes him a debt of gratitude for zealous
and effective services in the past; and
the only sin now imputed to him is one
that is shared to its full extent by Breck
inridge ; or, if he has now abjured it,
he only did so when the temptation of
high office was placed before him. Such
changes are liable to grievous suspicions
nnd ns I can find nothiug else which es
pecially commends Mr. Breckinridge to
me, he cannot get my vote. He is a
clever, high-toned gentleman, with ma
ny excellent qualities, fair ability, nnd
tolerable education. But all these nre
possessed by thousands of others who
never dreamed of tho Presidency It
is doing him no injustice to say that he
has rendered no extraordinary service
to the nation. He lias originated no
great measure, nor has he been identi
fied with any except as an advocate in
the third degree ot the identical here
sy which you esteem a sufficient cause
for disunion.
1 do not agree with Mr. Bell in oil
things, hut I do agree with him upon
those questions which I esteem of vital
importance. I know him to be sound,
safe, able and conservative; and
should hail his election as the dawn of
a better und brighter day for tho Re
public.
You are right in supposing that if
the worst comes I shall be found on the
sidoof the South. I am there now. I
atn laboring for her interests with a zeal
quite as fervent as your own, and, as I
think, better directed. If, however,
fail, and you, and those who are acting
with you, "precipitate the cotton States
into revolution,” I wish it dislinetly un
derstood, that I am not a non-combat-
tnnt, and whatever privations we are
■called upon to undergo, whatever per
ils wo are required to face, I shall meet
them as frankly us the boldest among
you.
There are other topics suggested by
your letter which I should bo glad to
notice, but I iiave not the leisure to do
so, and I conclude by assuring you that
your expressions of personal regard ur
fully and warmly reciprocated. I ex-
f ect to take little part in this canvass,
am a private citizen, seeking nothing,
wanting nothing, that Presidents or
parties can give; but, even if it were
otherwise, I should lie very far from al
lowing any present difference to oblite
rate the memory of those kindnesses
which hnve a-rcumulated through so ma
ny by-gone years.
Very truly and sincerely
your friend,
JERE. CLEMENS.
Rome Railroad.
OrriCE Roue Railroad, 1
Rome, Ga., July 12, 186(1. j
A T an Annual Meeting of the Stockhold
ers of this Company held in thsir office
to-uuy. the followiig directors wero elected
ta manage the affairs of tho Company for the
ensuing year, viz: Wm. R. Smith, John P.
King, Allred Shorter, John P. Eve, Wade S.
Cothran. Warren Akin and John C. Evo.
At a subsequent meeting of the dirretors :
Wm. R- Smith was re-elected President, and
Wade S. Cothran Gen'l Sunt.
JulylD-Ulm W. 8. COTHRAN, Sec'y.
^feto fldbetfiscftienfs.
NEGROLABORERS
WANTED.
I WISH to hire 40 or 50 negro fellows for
which I will pay from 20 to 26 dollars
p.r mouth, to work on tho Ga. A Ala. Rail
Road. Apply at my ofll e on the works
near Rome, Geo. JOHN D. GRAY.
&fl-Thc Cartcrsville Express, and Rome
Southerner copy 4 times.
Rume, Ga., julyl9triaw4w
1st JANUARY, 1861.
ja*-
We are continuing to sell our Goods on time
III mm OWT AM JUNES,
Which we did the first six months of the year,
Payable 1st January 1861.
Our Summer Goods at very Low Prices.
E. S. NORTON & SON.
july17—twawtf
Southerner copy.
*
THURSDAY, July 19,1860.
Special Notice from Headquarters.
A. BAUM,
At the People’s Saving Store,
Will commence his first semi-annual
REDUCTION SALE,
On Thursday, the 19th inst., for the next 30 days.
As he is determined to make this a permanent place of
business, will therefore .•**.-
‘W si f
And will give those a chance,
Who never chanced before,
And those who have chanced,
Will only chance the more.
The Store will bo closed on Wednesday, tho 18th, in order to mark down the Goods.
Tho Ladies of Romo and vicinity will bear in mind that there is No Humbug in what
I say for 30 days 1 shall give the public the benefit of this sale at the very lowest prioes.
Beautiful assortment of
1 &JB88'* Y*SOY GOODS,
Embroideries and White Goods,
AT GREATLV REDUCED PRICES.
I am bound to give Bargains
To all who favor me with a cal', and goods will be shown
with pleasure.
Bank Notice.
Bark or tiie Eucirb State, 1
Romo, July 17, I860. )
A T a meeting of the Board of Directors
to-day, Charles O Stillwell wus elected
Cashier, in place of John MeBride. reslsmd.
W. S. COTHRAN,
julylfftwlm President.
Polk Sheriff Sales.
W ILL be sold b fore the Court House
door in Cedar Town, on the first Tues
day in August next, the following property,
to wit:
Three Negroes, Marindn, a woman, about
47yesrsold; Martha, a girl about 10 years
old, and Edinbar, a boy abuut 5 years old :
Levied on as the property of Berrien Wil
liams. to satisfy five fi faB,'issuing from a Jus-
t ces Court. In-Id in tho 84Dth District G. M.,
in favor of John C. Hall vs Berrian Williams,
principal, and John Junes and A. D. White,
Securiti- s on Stay—tlirco fi fas in favor of
Ephraim Thompson vs Berrian Williams, ob
tained in tbo Justices Court for the 839ill Dis.
G. M.— four fi fas in favor of C. S. Williams
vs Berrian Williams, issuod from the Justi
ces court for tho 847th district G. M.,—also,
six fi fas in favor of David Cloptou vs Ber
rian Williams, issued from tho Justices court
for the 839th district G. M. t and sundry oth
er fi fas in my hands aguinst Bcrriun Wil
liams. Levied and returned to me by a Con
stable. july7 J. C. YORK, Sh’ff.
NEGROESl'ORSALEAT
AUCTION.
B Y orderor tho City Council, will bo sold
at tho Court H- use, in Rome, on the
first Tuesday in August next, two negro men,
the property of the city. Terms,- CASH.
July 17triGt
Hillsboro Female School.
rpirE Exercises of this school, under the
A superintendence of the undersigned,
will commence on Monday, Juno 23rd
inst., where will be taught\lf branches of on
English education.
Those parents or guardians who intend to
avail themsolvcs of the public school funds,
appropriated fur that purpose can do so,
with tho distinct understanding that if the
amount so appropriated does not pay (kill
tuition, thoy will be hold responsible for tho
balance. Small boys received.
Thu terms of tuition as follows, for a term
of twenty weeks.
Reading, Writing and Geography, $ 8 00
Rending. Geography, and Grammar, 10 00
Philosophy, Rbotor.c and History. 12 00
july!7tw4t) MRS. A. A. MASSENGALE.
Astonishing how cheap,
_A_. 33 A. LJ AT,
• SELLS HIS
FANCY SILKS,
Lace Points,
SHAWLS, MANTILLAS,
AND TRAVELING COVERINGS.
Having a largo stock on hand he will sell them at prices never before known in Roma
Every ono that wishes to ravo money must buy at the People’s Saving Store.
Sales commence positively on Thursday, July the 19th,
and continues for 30 days.
Parcels sent to all parts of the city free of charge.
Positively Terms Cash and One Price only.
A. BAUM,
At the People's Saving Store, near Etowah Housp
julyli-tw3tu>tf ”■ v *
1MI1 & BOOV3B&8,
GREAT CLEARING OUT SALE.
In order to make room for our Fall and Winter Stock
Wo are offering all our Stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER
DRESS GOODS
AT NEW YORK COST.
All our printed Lawns and Jaconets,
AU our Organdie Muslim,
All our Plain and English Bcregei and Tissues,
All our Frenoh Cambrics, Printed Brilliants, Ac.
All our Grenadine and Foulard Bilks.
All our Lace Points, Mantillas, Shawls, Dusters,
and Summer Covering* generally.
All our Parasols and Ladles’ Umbrellas,
AU our stock of Gentlemen’s Summer Hats,
All our etock of Spring and Summer Clothing,
The above mentioned goods will’all positively bo told at New York «...
goods at very reasonable prices. Glvo us an early call. Cost ’ *" • l ' ie
july7
SLOAN A HOOPERS.