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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
SAUTE R. CRAFTON,
.COUNTY PRINTER.
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Letter fioiw General Pierce.
The acconqianying correspondence, which
we find in the Washington Republic of Sat
urday, will commend itself to public atten
tion. it embraces a letter from Gen. Fierce
exculpating himself from thecharges found
ed upon the published reports of his Boston
speech, and giving his own verson of his po
sition before the country on the slavery
question: J
To the Editor of the Republic:
Dear Sir: On the appearance in your
paper of a charge intended, if not calculated
serio’usly to impair and perchance to destroy
the confidence; of Gen. Pierce’s Southern
supporteis in his soundness on the slavery
question, I addressed him a letter, which
together with his reply, I now ask vou, as
an act of justice to publish.
, ^ raa he this request, presuming your ob
ject, like mine, to have been the discovery
of the truth.
Very respectfully,
Edwin DeLeon.
Washington, August 13, 1852.
If I could deem myself capable of improv
ing the platform there adopted,.it is quite
certain That I should decline, either at the
“Call of individuals or associations,' to incur
the charge of arrogance to which any at
tempt to alter, amend or enlarge it, would
inevitably subject me.
Your letter is of an entirely different char
acter. It seeks truth in relation to an al
leged fact, it speaks of history, to which too
searching an appeal cannot be made. I ap
preciate the estimate you seem to have of
my character for directness; and beg vou ac-
cep my thanks for your efforts to vindicate
my claim to that trait, at least, before the
public.
I am, with high esteem, your most obedi
ent servant.
FRANK PIERCE.
Edwin DeLeon, Esq., Washington, D. C.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
Washington, July 17,1852.
Dean sir: Enclosed you will find an arti
cle, in which, as one of the editors of the
Southern Press, of this city,£T took issue with
colleague in advocacy of your claims to
southern support for the Presidency. That
action was predicated upon my belief of your
entire soundness upon the slavery question.
Within the last week, a speech purporting
•o have been delivered by you in January
last, has been re-published from two Demo
cratic papers in your own State, (which are
now said to support you.) On the truth or
falsity of this, much depends. Neither those
with whom I act, nor myself, can consent
that any doubt should rest on a matter of
such importance; but, placing full reliance
on the fearless frankness of your character,
on their behalf and my own, I respectfully
.ask of you whether that report, which your
Southern supporters believe to be without
foundation as opposed to your previous
course is correct.
The peculiar position which I occupy must
plead my apology for troubling you with
this letter.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Edwin DeLeon.
General F. Pierce, Concord, N. H.
TUESDAY AUGUST 24, 1852.
St. Mary’s Money
In bills under $5 will be received in pay
ment of demands due this- bffice.
To Correspondents.—The communica
tion from Dr. J. R. Smith, in reply to
“Spectator,” was received too late_for this
week’s paper.
Concord, N. II., July 23,1852.
My Dear Sir: Surrounded* by pressing
engagements, I seize the earliest opportuni
ty to reply to your letter of the 17th inst. I
much regret that any thing connected with
myself should have been the cause of disa
greement between you and gentlemen with
whom you have been associated in the edi
torial department of the Southern Press. I
do not remember ever to have seen what
purports to be a report of a speech delivered
by me at New Boston, in this State, in Janu
ary last, until my attention was called to it
34 republished in the Republic. The pre
tended report is, and I presume was design
ed to be, an entire misrepresentation. It
is not mer'ely untruthful, but is so grosslv
and absurdly false as to render in this vi-
cinity, any denial of its authenticity entirely
unnecessary. The two papers quoted—the
Independent Democrat, published in this
place, and the Democrat-published in Man
chester—are thoroughly abolition journals;
and have been and are zealously opposed
to the Democratic party. For a’long time
prior to the meeting at New Boston, and
ever since, they have been unsparing in
their attacks upon me personally, and in
their bitter denunciation of what thev have
been pleased to term my pro-slaverv senti
ments. But it would be something new
for either of these papers to deny the con
sistency of my opinions upon the subject of
the constitutional rights of the South in re
lation to slavery. My opinions and the
avowal of them have been everywhere the
same. Ever mindful of the difficulties and
dangers which so long brooded over the as
semblage of wise men and pure patriots to
tvbose spirit of concession and earnest
efforts we are indebted for the Constitution,
under which we have enjoyed such signal
prosperity, advancement and happiness, I
have regarded the subject as too vital and
delicate to be used as an element of section
al appeal in party conflicts. My action and
my language in New Hampshire, touching
thramatter have been at all times and un
der all circumstances, in entire accordance
with my action and language at Washing
ton* My votes in the Senate and House of
Representatives were not republished in the
Era for the first time. They have been
again and again paraded to arouse the pas
sions and prejudices of out- people against
me individually, and against the party with
which it has been my pride and pleasure to
afeti There has been no attempt to evade
the force of tke record. It has been at all
times freely admitted, and my position sus
tained upon grounds satisfactory to my own
mind. J am not surprised to know that the
attempt to prove me an abolitionist pro
vokes much merriment among men of all
parties here; and this weak and untruthful
sketch of what purports to be my speech, is
really too ridiculous to be considered in any
serious light. . ;
I am in the daily receipt of letters pro
pounding the greatest variety of curious
R3T Hon. A. H. Stephens will accept
our thanks for a copy of his address before
the Few, and Phi Gamma Societies of Emo
ry College, on commencement day.
Our thanks to the Macon Journal &
Messenger for an Extra, containing the pro
ceeding of the third Party Convention.
Rains.—We have had an abundance of
rain during the past week, and it has fallen
unusually heavy. On Saturday from noon
till late in the evening, it fell without inter
mission. On yesterday it commenced about
same time, and for two hours was equally
heavy. A slight wind sprimg up from the
N. E., and for a time we thought that we
should have another such storm as we had
on the 24th of August for the past two
years. It passed off, however, with but a
slight blow. It is something singular, by
the way, that we should regularly have
such bad weather about this time. We
have had rain enough for a while, at least,
and we hope to miss any further visitations
from that quarter.
The Scott Convention;—This conven
tion assembled at Macon on Wednesday
last. The Hon. W. B. Fleming, of Chat
ham, was chosen President, and Dr. An
drews, of the “Citizen,” and Messrs. Roath,
of Augusta, and Simms, of Coweta, Se
cretaries.
There were 37 counties represented, with
153 delegates. A committee of conference
was appointed to meet the committee from
the Webster convention, to ascertain if
there be no plan on which the Whig party
could harmonize. After an adjournment
of about one hour, the committee returned
to the convention and reported that nothing
could be done towards the object of their
appointment. Whereupon the convention
proceeded to its business, ratified the nom
ination of Scott and Graham, and adopted
the principles of the National Whig party,
and appointed the following Electors :
For the State at Large,
WM. LAW, of Chatham,
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Early.
For the Districts,
1st Dist.—G. W. Walthour, of Liberty.
2d Dist.—Lott Warren, of Baker.
3d Dist.—R. Y. Hardeman, of Jones.
4th. Dist.—R. W. Simmes, of Coweta.
5th Dist.—Turner H. Trippe, of Cass.
Gth Dist.—I. E. Dupree, of Twiggs.
7th Dist.—N. G. Foster, of Morgan.
8th Dist.—Geo. W. Evans, of Richmond.
Maj. I. L. Harris, of Milledgeville, was
then called out, and addressed the conven
tion in an eloquent and happy style, in
which he vindicated the character of Gen
Scott, and urged his claims for the highest
office- within the gift of the people.
They adopted a resolution to hold a mass
meeting at Atlanta, on the i4th of Septem
ber, the anniversary of Scott’s entrance in
to the City of Mexico.
After the transaction of other business,
the convention adjourned, as the President
slated, to meet at the polls on the first
Tuesday in November.
The Savannah Courier.—The first
number of the daily of this new Paper came
to us on Saturday. It is neatly printed
and well filled with interesting matter. Mr
S. T. Chapman, the Editor, and Proprietor
has for several years been .connected with the
leading Press of this State. He is associa
ted with Messrs C. E. O’Sullivan, formerly
foreman i n the Sav. Republican office, and
T.'B. Goulding. The Courier will.be in
questions, upon all conceivable subjects. Let- j dependent but not neutral in politics, in the
tersof this character cannot be answered of! present canvass it goes for Pierce and King,
course. No individual could command eith-1 The daily is published at $6, tri-weekly
er the time or strength the-herculean 'task I *. , y, . ... J
would require. I may add, that such a cor
respondence would by no means comport
with my views of duty. The Democratic
party sent its delegates to Baltimore not a
one to nominate candidates, but to reaffirm
principles and to present the leading issues
upon which the cRavass should be conduc
ted. .
$4 and weekly $2. 20 copies for $30.
New Cotton.—Five bales -of new Cot
ton was received at Savannah on Thursday
last by Messrs. N. A. Hardee & Co., Jjjp|:
the plantation of Wright Murphree, EW., of
Burke county. The quality ^^‘middJing
fair,” staple very flue.
Politics.
Since the National nominations we have
had comparatively quiet times, perhaps-
nothing similar has ever occurred since
national conclaves has been the order of
the day.—Near eight weeks since the an
nouncement of candidates, and parties just
organizing in Georgia. Well it betokens
a refractory spirit on the one hand, and a
general apathy on the other, that these ele
ments are equally conducive to defeat
no one will deny, and that for success one
must be quelled and the other aroused all
party tacticians will admit. These elements
are just now predominant in Georgia poli
tics. The “Empire State of the South,’’
certainly presents an anomalous position
and those of her sisters who have not fully
accorded to her the soubroquet, need stand
out no longer, for if the variety of her cli
mate, soil, productions and manufactures
gave ner renown, the variety of her politics
might add another wreath to the crown
she so justly -wears. Four tickets! just
think of it you grumbling voter, who never
could put in a ballot without scratching
somebody’s name off, ain’t you satisfied
now, were such privileges ever offered to
the freemen of Georgia ? Not within our
recollection. Here they are, Webster and
Jenkins, Scott and Graham, and two for
Pierce and King, these latter are better off
than most of candidates, it is thought by
some people that two are better than one,
we doubt it in this instance, at any rate
Pierce and King ought to put up with one
as none of the other candidates have seen
fit to take more luggage along than a suffi
ciency to last them through the campaign,
besides a portion of that baggage has been
checked for Salt River, and will be lost un
less Gen. Pierce can induce Webster or
Scott to keep an eye on it, provided of
course that Pierce has no fancy for looking
after his own baggage. But levity aside—
what is to be done with all these tickets,
we have not votes enough in Georgia to
elect them all—hardly enough to elect one*
will they all go to the wall and that bless
ed Legislature of ours be called to settle the
difference ? If so whose treat is it ? Sa
vannah treated last.
In this county, so far as we know there
has been no division in the Pierce ticket,
the Democrats adhering to the first electo-
rial ticket. The two Conventions at Ma
con have located the Whigs, and they will
divide between Scott and Webster, the two
together will pretty generally sustain the
Wliig vote. There are some Whigs how
ever who will support the Pierce ticket, and
the Webster ticket may receive more thar
a party vote on account of the association
of the name of Mr. Jenkins who is person
ally esteemed and respected by men of all
parties. Were his name the first on the
ticket it would get more votes. He has
never sought office, but exerted his influ
ence for others. In this instance he en
deavored to have Mr. Graham’s name used
instead of his own, but his friends defeated
his wishes. The Seott men, our friend
Harman informs us are increasing every
day. He stood out for a long time by him
self, but thinks there is help at hand now;
and ventures the assertion that it will beat
the Webster ticket in this county. We
think he will find himself sadly mistaken.
Improvement in Locomotives—A new
locomotive has been built at Trenton, N.
J., for the Trenton and Amboy Railroad,
which heats the water before it enters the
boiler. The tank is connected by a hose
to the ash pan, which is made with a dou
ble bottom, to form a space of 3 inches, be
tween the sheets, to contain water. From
this space the water passes through an in
termediate pipe, thence to the smoke box,
where it passes out to the pumps, which are
vertical, and fixed on the outside of the
smoke box, and worked from the arm of
the pendulum shaft.
Arrest op Jail Breakers—-The Savan
nah Georgian, says : “D. T. Hines and A.
J. Knap, who escaped from the Jail of this
county on the morning of the 16th inst.,
were arrested at Macon yesterday, and
brought down on the cars last evening
They have been remanded to Jail to await
their trial at the next term of the Superior
Court.
Drowned but not Lost.—An English
man travelling in Kilkenny, came to a ford
and hired a boat to take him across. The
water being more agitated tban was agreea
ble to him, be asked the boatman if any
person was ever lost in the passage. “Nev
er,” replied Pat, “my brother was drowned
here last week, but we foundhim again the
next day.”
Boston Nomination.—Mr-Webster and
Mr. Graham have been nominated for the
Presidency arid Vice Presidency in Boston.
A circular , will be issued by his friends ad
vocating his claims.
Death Op Mrs. Gen. Taylor.—Mrs.
Taylor, relict of the late President Taylor,
died 4t East Pascagoula; Miss, on the 14th
inst.
Third Candidate Convention.
The Convention assembled at Macon on
Tuesday last, and Maj. George Stapleton of
Jefferson, was called-to the Chair for the
purpose of organizing the convention, and
James T. Nisbet of Bibb, and P. W. Alex
ander of Chatham were appointed Secrita-
ries. The counties were called and the fol
lowing were represented:
Baldwin—R. M, Ormer,, J. R Cotting,
DR. Tucker, T F Wells, S E Whitaker, T.
BLamar.
~Bibb—B H Rutherford, A J White, E.
Bond, L. J. Groce, T. M. Ellis, Hugh T,
Powell, W. Lunday, L. Cowles.
Campbell—A. W. Wheat.
Cheatham,—J. Bancroft, Chas. A Arnold,,
T. W. A. Beall, C. A. Cloud, M. Tuffits,
P. W. Alexender, J H Hull.
Clarice—T. L Mitchell, Young J Adder-
son.
Cobb—H. G. Cole.
Crawford—Geo. W Norman, S E Crute,
T Feagin, D G Worsham.
Decatur—B. F Powell, Richard Simms.
DeKalb—N. Mangum, S C Elam.
Dooly—E. Fokes.
Effingham—T P Elkins H E Cassidy,
Emanuel-—N. McLeod.
Greene—T Hightower, S Anderson, R
Ward.
Harris—Geo. Osborne, Jno. White J
M. Mobley, W. C Johnson, J E Borders.
Houston—G Bivins, A Burnam, R L
Mims, J A Miller.
Jefferson—T H Polhill, Geo. Stapleton,
James J. Brown.
Laurens—E H Blackshear, T N Guyton,
J W Yopp, M Hamilton.
Macon—P G Arrington J S Hollinshead
Ichabod Davis, C B Youngblood.
McIntosh—E M Blount.
Marion—Jack Brown; J T Chambers.
Merriweather—C D Parks F Kendall.
Monroe—R M Jackson, W H Walker,
W S Norman, R P grippe, M Lesseur, A
D Steele, Jas. Norris, J H Ponder E F
Taylor.
Morgan—Aug Reese, Charles E Nisbet.
Muscogee—J T Robinson.
Newton—J L Baker. J Reagan W D.
Luckie.
Oglethorpe—J F Biggers, S Bell.
Pike—C G Turner, J W Randle.
Polk—B F Morgan, E H Richardson.
Putnam—S Pearson, B W Johnson, A
B Harrison.
Randolph ; M H Brown, E M Hodges,
P H Wilburn,.Jas. R Gause, W G Perkins.
Richmond ; s H H Curnming, W A Wal
ton J W Jones.
Spalding ; J H Akins.jA G Murray, A
A Wooten, Dr. W R Moseley, Dr. D M
Williams.
Stewart; S Bell, Mark Holloman, Z F.
Sanders.
SumptCr; Thos. E Sullivan.
Talbot; E H Worrell, J C Maund.
Tainall; Wm. W. Tippens, Jas. Till
man, A Gordon,
Troup; Wm.'Reid, M Ferrell,' J P.
Culberson, J A Reid, W Harpor.
Upson ; J F Bethel, A J McAfee, W. A.
Cobb, W G Horsely, H Butts.
Warren ; W W Anderson, W K Heath,
Washington ; D Harris, E C William
son, J J Long, John Curry E. S Laugmade,
J R Price.
Wilkes ; David G Cotting, J R Sneed.
T. H. Polhill, Esq., of Jefferson, moved
the appointment of a committee to report
officers officers for the permanent organiza
tion of the Convention. The committee
was appointed, retired, and reported thro’
their chairman, Mr. Polhill, the names of
the following gentlemen : President, Ed
mund H Worrell, ^of Talbot, Vice-Presi
dents Gen. B. Rutherford of Bibb, and Col.
H. H. Curnming of Richmond. Secretaries
Jas. T. Nisbet of Bibb, and James M. Mo
bley of Harris. The President was notified
of his appointment, conducted to his seat
and made a very handsome address,
reviewed the action of the late Union Con
vention, vindicated the course of those del
egates who withdrew from the convention,
and the policy of all those who were in fa
vor of candidates for President and Vice
President other than those now before the
country.
R. PTrippe, of Monroe, moved the adop
tion of the following resolutions :
Resolved, That a Committee of three,
from each Congressional District, be ap
pointed by the President to report matter
proper lor the action of the Convention
Resolved, That said Committee be au
thorized to hold a conference with such
Committee as may be appointed by a Con
vention of a portion of our political friends
to meet in this place on to-morrow, to as
certain if there be any means whereby the
harmony of the Party may be secured inJhe
ensuing Presidential election.
Resolved, That the Secretaries be direc
ted to communicate the above resolutions
together with the names of the Committee,
appointed by this Con veutiori, to the Con
vention to assemble on to morrow.
They were taken up and acted uponsep
arately, the first resolution having been, car
ried unanimously, Mr. Elam of DeKalb of
fered the following as an amendment to the
2nd, “Provided in no event the members
of this Convention be pledged to the sup-
portof Gen. Scott.” Uponthisan interes
ting debate sprung up, in which Messrs.
Sullivan of Sumpter, Nesbit of Morgan,
Stapleton of Jefferson, Trippe of Monroe,
Biggers of Oglethorpe, Alexander of Chat
ham, Elam of DeKalb participated, the a-
meridment was withdrawn. It was renew
ed by Mr. Cotting of Wilkes, when after a
few remarks from Messrs Polhill of Jeffer
son and Cotting of WilkfS t it was again
withdrawn, and The resolutions of Mr.
Tripipe carried unanimously. The Com-
mitte was appointed and the Convention
adjourned to 3 o’clock p. m. on Wednesday,
at which time the Convention again assem
bled.
The Committee of twenty-four reported
through its Chairman, R. P. Trippe, Fsq.,
that there was no way by which a union
with Scott Convention could be effected—
recommended the nomanation of candidates
for President and Vice President other than
those now before the people ; adopted the
Whig Platform as the platform of Third
Candidate Party, as follows:
REPORT.
Firmly believing that those irregularly
constituted, irreponsible, and disorderly as
semblages, called National Conventions,
whatever may have been their utility in
former days, have ceased to be exponents
of the popular will, and that both of those
recently assembled at Baltimore have, a-
like, utterly failed to represent the wishes of
their respective parties. We, the immedi
ate representatives of that portion of the
Whig Party, and other independent voters
of Georgia, who are dissatisfied with the
action of those Conventions, do hereby de
clare our determination to disregard their
nominations, and select other candidates to
whom we can, with more confidence, en
trust the maintainance of our political opin
ions and principles-:
And, to the end that we may distinctly
manifest those opinions and principles,
many of which we hold in common with
those whose nominees we reject—we pro
claim the following as our political creed :
1. The Government of the United States
is of a limited character, and it is confied
to the exercise of powers expressly granted
by the Constitution, and such as may be
necessary and proper for carrying the gran
ted powers into full execution, and that all
poweis not thus granted or necessarily im
plied, are expressly reserved to the Slates
respectively and to the people.
2. The State Governments should bo
held secure in their reserved rights, and the
General Government sustained in its con
stitutional powers, and the Union should
be revered and watched over as “the palla-
dum of our liberties.”
3. That while struggling freedom, every-
whese, enlists our warmest sympathy, we
still adhere to the doctrines of the Father of
his Country, as announced in his Farewell
Address, of Keeping ourselves free from
all entangling alliances with foreign coun
tries, and of never quitting our own to
stand upon foreign ground. That our mis
sion as a Republic is not to propagate our
opinions, or impose on other countries our
form of government, by artifice or force,
but to teach by example, and to show by
our success, moderation and justice’ the
blessings of self-government and the advan
tages of free institutions.
4. That where the people make and con
trol the Government, they should obey its
constitution, laws and treaties, as they
would retain their self respect, and the re
spect which they claim..,and will enforce
from foreign powers.
5. Government should be conducted up
on principles of the strictest economy and
revenue sufficient for the expenses thereof
in time of peace, ought to be mainly deriv
ed'from a duty on imports, and not from di
rect taxes; and in levying such duties, sound
policy requires a just discrimination, and
protection fraud by specific duties, when
practicable, whereby suitable encourage
ment may be assured to American industry,
equally to all classes, and to all portions of
the country.
6. The Constitution vests in Congress
the power to open and repair harboHrs, and
remove obstructions from navigable rivers;
and it is expedient that Congress shall ex
ercise that power whenever such improve
ments are necessary for the common de
fence, or for the protection arid facility of
commerce with foreign nations or among
the States ;” such improvements being, in
every instance, national and general in their
character.
7. The Federal and State Government
are part- of one system, alike necessary for
the common prosperity, peace and security,
and ought to be regarded alike, with a cor
dial, habitual and immovable attachment.
Respect for the authority of each, and ac
quiescence in the constitutional measures of
each, are duties required by the plainest
consideration of national, of State, and of
individual welfare.
8. The series of the acts of the thirty-
first Congress, commonly known as the com
promise or adjustment, (the act for the re-
recovery of fugitives from labor included,)
we receive and acquiesce in, as a final set
tlement, in principle and substance, of the
subjects to which they relate, and so far as
these acts are concerned, we will maintain
them and insist on their strict enforcement,
until time and experience shall demonstrate
the necessity of further legislation to guard
against the evasion of the laws on the one
hand, and the abuse of their power on the
other—not impairing their present efficacy
to carry out the requirements of the con
stitution; and we deprecate all further agita
tion of the questions thus settled, as danger
ous to our peace, arid will discountenance all
efforts to continue or renew such agitation,
whenever, wherever, or however made—
and we will maintain the settlement as es
sential to the nationality of our party and
the integrity of the Union.
9. Believing the limits our union, exten
ding between Oceans, from the British Pos
sessions to the Mexican Republic, are al
ready large enough for all the^purposes of
national prosperity and power, we are utter
ly opppsed to all further acquisitions of ter
ritory whatever, whether brought with the
treasure of the country, or the blood of her
particular States, for general specified ob
jects, are unwise and unjust to the other
members of the Confederacy we are in fa
vor of a just and equal distribution of said
Lands, or their proceeds, among all the
States.
."LI; With the view of carrying out the
principles hereinbefore enunciated, and for
the purpose of selecting men for whom we
can more cheerfully cast our suffrages at the
approaching Presidential election, than for
either of the nominees—men, too, whose
services in the recent great struggle involv
ing the permanence of the Government, are
a guaranty of their fidelity to the Constitu
tion and the Union; and whose position is
known to accord with the above declaration
of principles; and whose patriotism knows
no North—no South—no East—no West.
We, hereby, nominate DANIEL WEB
STER, of Massachusetts, for the office of
President; and CHARLES J; JENKINS, ©f
Georgia, for the office ot Vice President’ of
the U. States.
12 We recommend to the support of the
people of Georgia the following Electoral
Ticket:
H. H. Cumming, of Richmond, > Slate at
Edw’d. Y. Hill, of Troup. J large.
1st District-RamMlm W Sharpe of Thomas
Ot>a “ William M. Brown, of Marion.
Washington Poe, of Bibb.
Blount C. Ferrel, of Troup.
Warren Aiken, of Cass.
Y. L. G. Harris, of Clarke.
John J. Floyd, of Newton..
Philip S. Lerfile of Jefferson-.
After the appointment of the Executive
Committee, and the adoption of several un
important resolutions, the Convention ad'
journed, sine die.
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July No. of this amusing publication.—
Every one fond of fun, humor, wit and cari
cature, should subscribe for the “Notions.’”
The Whittlings are good and cheap. Pub
lished monthly, at 98, Nassau st. N. York,
at $1 50 per an nuns, or ten copies for $10.
Address publishers of “Yankee Notions.”
Freesoilers.—Hon. Jn©i P. Hale has.
been nominated as the Freesoil candidate
for Presidency, and Geo. W> Julian for
Vice Presidency. It has been reported that.
Mr. Hale would! decline, a dispatch howev
er, from his personal and political friends at.
Concord, confidently assert that he will ac
cept.
Sudden Death—The New York Day
Book of the 16th t says: “Mr; Harper, of Au
gusta Ga., was found dead in his bed, yester
day morning, at the Astor House. He had
been suffering previously from a violent at
tack of dysentery.”
10. Regarding the Public Lands as the
joint and common property of the several
States, and holding that partial appropria
tions, either of them or their proceeds, to
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor :—I presume there are very
few men of reflection, who do not deplore
the unreasonable extent to which party
spirit is carried in every community—while
all, probably, will be ready to acknowledge
the wholesome effects of a wisely and pru
dently directed party spirit, under our pe
culiar form of government, yet when it is
permitod to take entire possession of the
man, and he resigns himself to its unbridled
sway, there can be no one so blinded but
that, in his cooler, calmer and more deliber
ate moments, is constrained to perceive and
admit that it is the fruitful source of much
injury to the public weal. But I do hot pro
pose to discant, at length, on this subject.—
The field is too wide, and presents too many
objects of interest, for me to pause long
enough even.to notice the half of them!—
The object had more immediately in. jview,
by the writer, at this time is, to to call the
attention of the citizens of this county, to
a suggestion in liannony with the views a-
bove hinted at, in order that our county may
have the honor of setting a good example
to the other counties of the State. It is
frequently the case, that we witness, even
in our county elections for Judges of the
Inferior Court, Clerks of the Superior and
Inferior Courts, Sheriffs, Tax-Collector
and Receiver, Surveyor, Coroner, Justices
of the Peace, and Constables, a rigid and
unyielding devotion to party lines. Now
can any one deny that it is often the case
that a meritorious ci tizen—one who would
make an excellent officer in the department
for which he is a candidate—is defeated or
attempted to be defeated, simply beeause he
happens to be a Whig or a Democrat, with
out any reference, whatever, to the qualifi
cations of his opponent ? Certainly no one
at all acquainted with the past history of
our county elections, will, or can deny this.
Now, is not this all wrong—or to use a
common saying—is it not running politics
in the ground ? But some crafty politican
will reply that all this is necessary to keep
parties intact. Not so, Mr. Editor, or else
all this prating about principle being the
ground-work of party organization is a
“thorough imposition and popular mistake.”
Principles should be the only cement of par
ties, and when this is not the case, parties
cease to be a thing desirable, but a nuis
ance. But I am writing to the people of
the county, and not to its politicians; For,
“A politician, Proteus-like, must alter
His face and habit; and, like water, seem
Of the same color that the vessel is
That doth contain it, varying his form,
With the' chameleon, at each objectfa
change.”
Excuse me, Mr. Editor, for making this.
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