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Wfc a reefer McegftS of NATION ALi30T^-
CIL QEV XIHJ- ii!KRI(JAN PARTY,' begw>
aii'dchel&'nt Philadelphia, -on the 5 tlx June. A D.
1855. tlie following was adopted as •
The Platform and Principles of
the Organization.
•' '1. The acknowledgement of that
Almighty Bemg, who rules over the
Universe,—who presides oyer the
Councils of Nations,—who conducts
the affairs of men, and whg, in every
step by which we. have advanced to
the character of an independent n|il
tion has distinguished us by some, to-:
ken of Providential agency.
II. The cultivation and develop
ment of a senti'rfient of profoundly in
tense ‘American -feelings of-psssionate <
attachment to our ccfuntry, its history!
and its institutions; of adnij^utoh for,
the purer days of our-National exis
tence of -veneration for’ the heroism
that precipitated our Revolution, and
of emulation of the virtue, wisdom,
and patriotism that fcanjed oar 'Coiisti-*
.tution, and first successfully applied its
provisions. , . . y y .
III. The maintenance of the union
-qfthese United Stages as-tlie paramount
political good; or to use the language
of Washington “the primary object of
patriotic desire.”* And hence: —
1st. Opposition to all attempts to
weaken or subvert it. ■
2nd. Uncompromising antagonism
to every principle of policy that en
dangers. rt.' * ' '
3d. The advocacy of .an equitable
arljus'ment of all political differences
which threaten-its integrity or perpe
tuity.
4th. The suppression -of all tenden
cies to political division, founded on
“geographical discrimination, or .on
the belief that there is a real differ
ence of interests and views ’ between
the various sections of the Union.
5th. The full recognition of the
rights of the several States, as ex-
pressed and reserved in'the Oonsti-
tutioh ; and a Careful avoidance, by
the General Government of a 111 inter
ference with their rightsUy legi.slu.tive
or executive actibn. v . . ..
IV Obedience to t]ie . Constitution
of these United States, as the supreme
jaw of the land, sacredly obligatory
upon all its parts and members ; and
steadfast resistence to the spirit of in
novation upon its principles, however
specious the pretexts'. Avowing that
in all doubtful of disputed points it
may only be legally ascertained and
expounded by the Judical 'power of
the United States.
. And, as coroffary to the above ;—
1. A habit of reverential obedience
to the laws,, whether- National, State
or Municipal, until they are - either
repealed or deefared unconstitutional
by the proper authority.
2. A tender and sacred regard for
these acts of statesmenslfijy which
are to be contradistinguished from
acts of ordinary legislation, by the
fact of their being of the nature of
compacts and agreements ; and so, to
be considered a fixed aud settled
national policy.
V. A radical revision and modifica
tion of the laws regulating rmniigm
tion, and the settlement of immigrants.
Offering to the honest immigrant who,
JPromlove Of liberty or hatred of op
pression, seeks and asylum, in the
United States, a friendly reception
and protection. But unqualifiedly
condemning the transmission to our
shores, of felons and paupers.
VI. The essential lnodifiication . of
the Naturalization Laws.
Tbe-repdal bv the Legislatures of
the respective States, of all Stale laws
allowing foreigners not naturalized,
to vote.
The-repeaT without retroactive op
eration, of all. acts of Congress making
-grants of land to unnaturalized foreig
ners and allowing them to vote in
the Territories.
VII. Hostility to the corrupt means
by which the leaders of party have
hitherto forced upon us our rulers and
oar political creeds.
Implacable enmity against the pre
valent demoralizing system of rewards
ior political subserviency, and o-f pun
ishment for political independence.
Disgust for the wild hunt, after
office of which characterize the age.
These oh one hand. On the .other:
Imitation of the practice of the purer
da} s of the Republic ; and' admiration
of the. .rhaxim that “office snefod
seek the man, and not man the omen,
and of the rule that the just mode of
ascertaining fitnesss .for office w tne
capability, the faithfulness and the
honesty.of -the incumbent or candl-
d VilI- Resistance to. the aggressive
ooliey and corrupting .tendencies of
the Roman Catholic Church m our
.country, by the advancement to all
political stations—executive, 1 legis
lative, judical or diplomatic—of those
only who do not held. civil allegiance
directly or indirectly to,any foreign
power*whetherxxvil or ecclesiastical,
and veliq ■ are Americans by birth,
education and training : thus t fulfilling,
the maxim, “Americans .only, shall
govern America.” - . . '
Tlie protectiqa of all citizens in .jne
legal at id proper exercise of thei r ci vil-
and religious rights and, privileges';
the maintenance of Lhe-right of every
man to the full, understanding and
peaceful enjoyment of his own relig
ious opinions and worship, atad a jealous
resistence of all attempts by any sect,
denomination or church to obtain.dn
ascendency over any other in the State,
by means of any special, privileges, or
exemption, bv any political combination
„ xjf its members or by a division of
their civil allegiance with any foreign
power, potenlate, or.ccclesiastic.
- IX. The "reformation of tlie'charac-.
ter of our National Legislature,' ffy
elevation to that dignified and res :
ponsible position, men of higher quali-
"T-, fications, purer morals, and more
unselfish patrotism
X. The restriction of executive pat
ronage,:— especially in the matte? of
appointment to office ; so faff'as i^ ma y
be permitted-by-the Constitution,'and
consistent w ith the public good
XI. The education’ of the ‘ youth
of our country in schools pro tided by
the State ; which schools shall be com
mon to all witlfiJuta?H&ii$tfon tp creed,
or party, and free from any influence;
or direction of’,a denominational, or
partisan character, ^ .. .
And, inasgwielr aa’ Christianity^ by
the Constitutions ; of nearly all the
States 4 by : thei decisions‘of the most
eminent- judical authorities'; ,and by
the-.coRscnt of the people of America,
is considered "amt^ement of our poli
tical system ; and us. the Holy. Bible
is ateonoe the' source; -of-' Christiamiy, i
anylthe deppsitofy and fountain 'of-i£lf
civil and religious freedom, -w.e oppose
ever)- attempt to exclude, it from - the
schools thus established in-the States.
XII. —-The American.party having’
arisen upon the ruirfeffnd .In' spite of
ibe opposition of the Whig and Denro-
ofatic .parties, cannot, be.belfl .iu any
'mannep responsible ipV/tiie pbn.oXious
acts.or violated pledges, of either.—
And. the systematic agitation, of the
'Slavery que^tiohoy.those-parties hav-
ing elevated- sectfonal hostility into .a
postiHe element; of political power, and
brought-onr fnstituti&hs into peril, it
-lias therefore.become the imperative
duty of the A merican party to inter-
jKjfse, for the purpose of giving peace
'to the county and perpetuity to the
Union. And as 1 - experience has
shown it itjipossible-to. reconcile opin-
i >its - o extreme as those which sepe-
rate the disputants and as there can be
no dishonor in submitting to the laws
!.ho National Council has deemed it
the best 'guarantee of common j ustice
and of future peace, to abkle by and
maintain the existing Jaws upon the
subject ofoSlVv&ry; ‘[as, a 1 ' final [and
e op c! u s i v e's et tl e in <? u f o fth a t s u bj ect,
iu Spirit and 'in 'subslanee:
And regarding it the • highest duty
to avow their bpoinions'upon a sub
ject so important, in distinqt arul un
equivocal terms it Is hereby. declared
at; the sense, of -this National Council
tjiatUongrers possesses nrvpower uhtier
the Constitution, to legislate upon the
subject of Slavery in the States where
it does or may exist or tp exclude any-
State from admission into the Union
because its constitution does or does
not recognize thC ihstitution of Slavery
as a part of its social system, and ex
pressly, prctormitUng any expressing of;
opinion upon the power of Congress to
establish or prohibit Slavery in any
Territory it is the sense ofths Nation-,
al Council that Congress ouglit not to
legislate upon die .subject of Slavery
within the Territories' of the United
States, and that’ any' interference by
Congress with Sa very as it exists in the
District of Columbia woulif be a viola
tion of the spirit and intention of the
compact by which the State of Mary
land ceded the District to the United
States, and a breach of. the National
faith.
XIII, The policy of. the Govern
ment of the United States, in its Tela
tioiis with foreign governments, is to
exact justice from the strongest, and
dp justice to the weakest: restraining
by. all the- power of the .government
all its citizens from interference with
the internal concerns of. nations with
whom wb aie.atpe^ec. J
. XIT. This National Cpuncil.declar
es that all the principles of the Order
shall be henceforward everywhere
openly avowed ; and that each mem
ber shall be at liberty to make known
the existence of the .“Order and the
fact that he himself is a member ; and
it recommends tha* there be no con
cealment of the pjace-of,meeting of
subordinate councils.
E.B. BARTLETT; of Kentucky,
President. A>f- Nat onal Council
C. D, Deshier, of-New Jersey^ - ‘
Corresponding Secretary.
James M. Stephensof'Maryland, '
, * -Reco rding "Seareta ry. •,
The BbHadelphia Tim/-s says it-has
good reasons to believe that the 'sale
of the fcanadas' to the Government of
the United States is about -to-be taken
Info consideration by fife British Cab
inet, and to be.suomited toPurliment.
The important-step* it gays, has been
suggested by the accumulating debt
of England, now accountinv to about,
eight hundred m iUsons of pounds ster
ling, or four billions of dollarsy the a-
mounfr of ne.w burden:,' which the war'
is Casting upon an alre dv over taxed
people; the financial' embarassmettts
iinkrilceTon the mother country by un
productive colonies, and tife formida
ble attitreude of opposition recently
assumed by the commercial- classes a-
gainst the aristocracy- 1 and .the evils-.of
tlieir prtlrtical.supremacy. Lt -is stared
tliat many of the leading statesmen and
political economist of England advo
cate the sale-of some of the principal,
colonies, with, their, own consent, or
the concession to them of- natinal in-,
dependence. '
I^^Flouf is -selling at the mill of
Ira M. Miller, in this, county at $4.00
per Jiupftred weight. . ^ A • - % ■
Thanksgiviog-
We bad a visit from one o£ aur far
mers thg other day from the. 'Upper
part of the county;, who gave us a most
flattering account of die crops. He
thinks the country owes a! ' great debt
of’gratittrde to>Uie Almigh^nr^uler
jjye.nts,. and.; says the Governor ought
iobe called on to proclaim- a public
day for thanksgiving. There are thous
ands of others who think- with bur
friend, and we Are of that ( Bumber.
VVe have ho doubt his Excellency
Gov. Johnson is ready to do so at an
intimation from the people.' His pub
lic acts in this .and- kindred, matters
warrant the conclusion. What more
desirable, than jo see a nation bowed
in humility when His judgements are
upon them, or with voidtes raised i i
thanksgiving when plenty cfovvns the
poor.. .Iu botb v 'ihefe > is the-.recogni
tion of God in tie Providence that
overrules the affairs of men and nations.
And what better lay :hart the 4th of
July for this purpose—though near at
hand this is he day- of Telegraphs and
Rail Roads. The- remotest corners o:
the State c n lieamtlie proclamation in
time. Let-it be made say we. And
let all the pe :-ple say AlTEX: Set mote
it hP- . ? • J , .
sa*'
Col. Pope the other day,,brought in
from his place near Sandersville,. a bas
ket of PI urns of six different varieties.
The size of the plums we admired
much more than the size of the bas
ket. But as it is usual to put up choice
packages in small parcels, we are dis
posed to be thank ul for small favors.
We noticed among them the Mogul
plum that ehociestof fruits, and one
dear stone variety, very like a necta
rine. The trees are young And just
begining'to bear. We hope the Col.
will find them bearing abundantly next
year, and in the mean time hope the
basket will take occasion to grow also/
Flour is now celling in Sparta
at $5. per hundi^a Weighty having
fallen .©Gets since ouV last, . Our sym
pathies are with buyers, although we
.do not belong A to ’that class.' A ■ few,
-more raiuS WilPnmke. a farther decline.
Mr. Stephens iu Sparta-
- - This gentleman madehistfe&uton Fri
day list before a.Iju'ge audiencexat the-1 w v.- r. ; -
-W tvyo Lo r he
held them in wrapt atteutrOnr yhi.le‘ he
vindicatcd his prescntatatitl Tn fotities,"
which he announced to jbi -^Ellick’
Stephen^' on the Georgia
He did not abuse the Knotf NoUn'ngs,
but tlieir principles, and whoever Tajik
under his political'anathemas is likely
to smart for it. • JTe preseiVted the best
evidence of his earnestness in pleading
so Voug for his cause, tfhile evidently
laboring under physical debility. He-
stilTmaintains whatjre has long since
won for-himself a -high stand among
the intellectual men of the country,
with a considerable preponderance, in
the meeting against him, ho^freqaently
obtained applause, from, nearly the
whole audience. As to our views of
his political sentiments,; or the argu
ments by which they were sustained
it does not become us, here, to speak.—
Quite a number of lacies and reverend
gendemen participated in- the- excite
ment of the occasion.
< ' Cotton Boll.
Mr, Charles C. Sheppard, sends us a
Cotton Boll, nearly grown, the larges!
wehaYe seen this season, gathered from
the plantation of .Mr, W. A. Brinson,
in this county on Friday last, the 23d,
We hopohe may have plenty more of
the same sort.
That Cabbage.
We are in-formed that Mr. John Wil
liams, jr., ofthiseounty, has a Cabbage
that measures 4 feet 10, and a half inch
es across the leaves. Good Cabbage,
we guess—who can beat it ? Had you
not better bring them in and let us
measure them? eh! '
Fine Tramps-
Our friend j, W T .' Coston of this
County sends us a couple of very large
turnips, the largest we have seen, one of
them weighs 6 the other 51-2-pounds,
who can beat them. ? Thank you
friend Coston.
-If-God be for us, who can be against
us ? If God-be against us,* wlro can be
f >r us ? -
[commuxioated:] . • £ •
Messrs. Editors: , v <.... .* . f :
-In.the; issjie of ,the Geargian.imd
Pres?of.the 6thInst-,-I .see.an article
of friend Turner’s under.-the head of
.“A-serious question,” to wbi(ih I will
give.by way ofanswer a few facts, with
out awaiting the discussion at .the next
K-now-Noijiing meeting^ and upon the
facts staled they can incorporate-into
their platform friend Turner’s; new
plank, or not, as .they' deem best, (but
to the facts.) In Baldwin cqunty where
I.live, we have of - W had glorious
mins, and which washed our land's in:
some place^ .tremandously^as bad as
it didtiie lands [of our Putnam friends.
I expect some, of them guffered .rifuch
in tlieir low ^rpmnds and drops, but
my low grounds, Which I have had
ditched -this Spring, was ditched by a
Native' Georgian, and- which wah not
injured, neither was the young corn,
which was. growing upom. it. Now
whether it was . o.wing to . Vs having,
been tl itcHed by a Native^ Irishman, or
ed by those who feel disposed todo so,
Nevertheless,' I would advise those
haying low grounds to ditch to try a
Native—perhaps it' may saye : Uiem
somctlung. A SUBSCRIBER.
'Baldwin co,, June 18th, .1855.. ' _
JUJTE 27, L855.
.’i Sonthem Christian Advocate.
We have watched with no little
anxiety the columns of thispaper since
the changes in its Editorial', manage
ment. f We have Twb Reason? for do
ing so. First.—The former Editor we
thought could not be equaled in capa
city and suitableness for his vocation,
We were so much accustomed to him
and so well .satisfied' with him, that' we
were not prepared to give him up*, or
to suppose h-is place could easily be
filled.' Secondly.—-The new Editor
was a personal friend, who had our
best wjshes, as well as a large share in
our confidence as to some of the qua! -
ifieations necessary - for the new office,
but. we still thought, to speak the sirff*’
pie truth, our old frielid, vvhp under
our-auspices as .publisher, first fledged
his pen, bad undertaken a.most diffi-.
cult task. Hence vfe were not a care
less observer, when the paper,in qUesr
tion, with the usual welcome, made its-
-appearanee. We are gratified at the
result. The “Erasmus Pedagogues”
of other days has shown himself a com*
peten-t teacher, and worthy' successor
o.f Drs/Capers and Wightman, and
proven that the confidence _ of the
Church, and the Conference have nut
been misplaced, or their judgme'ntat
fault, in the selection they have made
for the important post. May the most*
brilliant success attend him, the 12,000.
soqn be reached, with/* bright prqs-
pect for more. Our friehd . the Rev.
Jos. T. Smith, Agent, will be. happy
tp have it. in his power to send on a lair
share of-the desired mtmher of sub-'
seribprs. If you' wish an accurate anff
pains taking agetfTto do ybuf business
Drilled Wheat t ’ * • -
Tull, the great agriculturalist of the
old world first iatroduced lhe method
of-drilling wheat about a century ago.*.
He demostrated - clearly, that not only
a heavier .and better qu litj of--wheat
could be-raised by this process, but
actually more in quality to the acre.
The best experiments favor the idea
of planting in beds 18 inches-apart,
each bed containing' three . rows ten
inches apart. We sowed a field upon-
this plan the past year, land old arfd
thin, and gathered about nine bushels
per acre d? wheat, ' which after being
sounded on a rock, measured by .a seal
measure and weighed' according to
Fairbanks, 62 lbs. per bushel. A strip
of the same Character- of land sown
broad cast side by side resulted as
follows ip contrast with the drilled
wheat. * ‘ - , x*
Weight of Straw and Wheat in the bead
‘ drilled 112 lbs
do. 3o. broadcast 108 ••
Wheat in Chaff drilled 45 1-2
do do. broadcast 41 1-2
Mtasuremoit ef wheat when cleared
drilled, 1 peek 10 pinta
do broadcast 1 peck 7 pints.
Weight of cleaned w heat drilled 3 S its.
do do broa least 33' 1-2
Thus in every particular the drilled
wheat excels the broadcast. The' aver
age of the field being 648 lbs of wheat
per. acre wouid maice a gain in the
favor of the drilled of 47 lbs per acre.
And the saving of seed would add a
half bushel or 36 lbs to that. The
only draw back is the trouble of putting
in which atnonnts to- nothing com
paratively. iOurs was ploughed twice-,
once with a harrow, and dace with,
a sweep. One hand ploughing about
5 acres a day. But what good does
experunents-of this kind do when cot
ton brings 12 :oents ? “ .
W§0t . ... t I ■
Manuel ernj^rfidiig the art of combm-.
ing and prescribing fdedicines to Ihe
peM advantage* with rfiamfy valuable
recipes, tables, etc.. Adapted to the pro-
/ fession throughout the United States by
‘promos & Powell M. P. pf Sjiurkt,
Georgia. W T\orhe ^Williams, Su- n^EJfJT
+ vtirinali,A855.^181^.
much valuable
youPgpfaetitv>ner:selected. and > ,eorrf
piledTrom various authore. . There is
much in it also tainstruct the-old and*
refi^h the memory iff ~ reference to
rrianj things onde jearifed but forgot
ten. * tjTe spealk of it asr we-saw It in
imanuspript^i nothavingiiad timetd CX;
amine the copy before us wi|^i '’Care:
^Jtendsf flj 4 pre
sent Its claims personally-to tlie ^rd-.
fession jhraugliout-tfie .^Cftte,. and - we;
bespeak for him a. kindly reception, ab
■well as for his book. With his char-
and peiieYerahee'we
doubt not the' enterprise.will ' succeed.
■Taejypqgraphy of tljq work seems to
be Ven' good, and^ size well adapt
ed to.the purpose had ip (iew-. It is
accompanied by an. excellent likeness
<rf the venerable Dr. Ohapman, late of
Piiiladtilphia. ■
g3gp* \V> have beeff liiformed that
both of thogiu houses of Mr. John A.
Evans of fliis County, was consumed
ou Saturday last one .of them.-having*
been struck by lightning which was'
communicated to -the other-
■ • t - -Ju,.,*-.
some oilier cause, I leave to he djscu’Ss-'Tn this like he' is your.mao. jEfydti
laborers Wanting Work-’ i
In about ope week more tne Han
cock mauufactoring company’, will cease
operattOns, and there Wifi be a popula
tion, of some two'hundred, thrown'out
of employment, many of them without
a cent to purchase bread, or a weeks pro
vision in tlielf houses. The* conse
quence is that at the present-high rales
of provisions unless they can get work
to do, they will be thrown upon the
county, or hav„e to do w r orse. It be*,
comes the interest as well as impera
tive duty of every citizen pf Hancock,
who want laborers in their -farms or
otherwise, to make application for them
and help to relieve ihe publie burden.
They propose to do any . thing, hoe
plough, clear lauds, ditch, digWells, get
shingles, spin, weave, .sow &p., &c.—
Don’t all speak at ’once, who ' Wants
help at low rates! Some of the/ small
er tribe willjgo for their vituals and
clothes. : Let it. not be said that in this
land of plenty, honest people wapt la
bor and bread, and can get nejther.—
We think some of the Doctors about
might be relieved from. further .sacri
fice in the matter, but stiU we are wil
ling to do our part. '* v.
Factor ies at a distance’are' apprised
that a number of good weavers .are-on
hand Wanting employiffent, as'well as
in tho other dqparfmejits. ; No doubt
the President of the. company, B. T.
Harris, Esq., will .take pleasure iU n giv-“
ing the proper recommendations. Tt
is but sheer jfisticeto the Directors to
state that they have - extended -theiV
time of opera^ons one month at . the.
wish a family,and religious -paper of
the first quality, let. him order- for you/
the Southern .Christian Advocate, Edi
ted'by the Rev- E. H. Mye$*-Qksdle§--
[j,.-.^ U-V
1 Mr. Stephen*in Sparta.
ft. Notice having been given -that the
Hon. Alexander H. Stffrhcns woukl
address the ciflzetis of Hancock 'coun
ty, tis day, “on the pi>ldieaVT 0 pfe
tne dav,” a large number of citizens—
of both sexes-—convened at tlie Female,
Aeadelny, when Mr. Stephens ad
dressed the citizchs for more than’ two
houfs. ■ ••. -* , *
At the close ofMr. Stephen’s speech
James Tnorffas EVq.,‘ announced. that
those opposed to the American party
would meet at the Court -House' §t'3
o’clock in-the. afternoon. ^ %
Col. Thomas 31. Turner -arose and
stated that it was the intention of the
Amerrcan party to hold ia meeting .at
the same time and place; and- -4bat he
was arising at'tlie_ iitne Mr. Thomas
did, to make such ahnouncement, but
asilr. ^hoinas hadaii ticipafed hi m r lie
would’—if there was-ff; objection, in
troduce a set of resolotions which had
been drawn up by a committee 'of- the
American patty, to the meeting then
.assembled, no objoetions being, made,
Me. Stephens saying he had no objec
tion if the opposite side cotild be beard.
On motion of Col. Turner, Andrew
J. Laae was called to the chair, and
Thomas C. Audas requested to act' .as
secretary.' / . ' .... . I
Col. Turner after a rew appropriate
remarks, in. behajof the commutee
introduced to the consideration-of the
meeting the annexed resolution-’. Mr,
Stcphe .s opposed the resolutions with
jffi'oh Zeal and vehemence.
- Upon the passage of the resol ntiohs
the ayes jrild noes haying beeff called
the chairman decidVd-r Lhat from the
soundthenoes had-it, thereupon several
pefcoas'in theaudieQ e, amiumtnffi con-
Ihsioe appealed fi’om the y dteision of the
chair, by calling for a division, adivis--
o i uof leing called by tlie- chairman,,
some o-m-i > tlie,meeting requested'alj
in favor of the passage of the resolutions
-to rise to their feet, --when' the resolu-.
tions were past by a large majority. ,
Resolved. 1. That the increasing
tide of foreign etnig'ration upm our
shores adding as it. does more* foreign
votes* annuailv, than natives t.o the
electors of this con htry, and mong them
many, paupers ancl-crinilnals, should be'
a raitter ofdeepconcern to every Amer
ican dtiz in, whether native 6/ not,
indue.ng a combination of all to unite
in bringing abopt a change of our natu
ralization laws,'and an e^tensipn of the
period of citizenship.V * - '
'Resolyed. 2, That.-the American
party is aiming at an extension, not an
abridgement of'rkligious freedom i-
this country, that we may by a wb 1e-.
some Check on growing evils, perpetu-
-are to the latest posterity the' fight of
l-oth' Protestants- and CS'iiJo1iog"*to
worship >od as. they please
Resolved. 3.- 'That the' present as
well as former-admin istrations are rep
rehensible inilre sight of the Ameri an
peoplefor the a pointmentof so many
’foreigners to office, so hat now in all
tbeolfi esofaeertain-class, in the gift
of the President,ffiiore foreigners than
native are incumbents. H-v,,
Resolved. 4. That the ejection of
the, Bible from > the- common sebopls • of
N -\y York by a combination of Hier
aroli/andDtniagogues headed-by Bish
Op Hug ;es; anVllhe public burhicg’of
the Protestant Bible in Champlain'
New York by - the Jesuit-.' Telieput,-
shyw the American people .that ‘the
dpgtffa announced -in Brouxnspiis . By-
fy dollar per djem i n prder to give
the operatives, time to obtain employ-
ment: - . j; j *
ton, is not without meaning, viz., Pro
testantism af every dorm has pot and
neVer canj«ive<,a' n y ■ rights when 'Ca
tholicity is triumphant. ■ * *'[' V"
Re-olved. -5. Thaf the Bhiljdelphia
platform as'adopted by a majoi.’dy of
tire. National Counci) of the- American
party,-on the subject of slavery, is' not
only conservative, national iutd patri-.
otic,'but pregnant \yith[t!,e very best
results to tire whdle couptfy, and of
the So nth i n, pnrtie ul ar.
. Resolved. 6, That n^American by
&irtA-wULb§ debaxed f rom holding of
fice in this country by tlie vofes^of the
American party, on .account, of his re
ligious opinions, but we* will, not be
stow our Suffrages off any ' man, who
holds civil -allegiance to' any ibreigu
•-eeclesiasticai or civil powerjthus fulfil- .
ing the maxim “ Americans only
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viction that woless the ^
from her aggressive position, ft,
ion will be dissolved rtf ^
two years. The next Legislate *
Georgia will have before rt tnor* ’
•portant femes than have ever
demand^! tne consideration a
General Aseembi v bf this State r
wisest and best men shoakl
for^tbe purpose of dtI;L m
the salvation of the South and V*
Union.
Will not oar ablest men
serve • t eir State in her L j*
bodv7 Will not Jeiikrns arc 1^,,,
and JVard, and Stiles, and
McDonald, and other j?ne’u nn-r **
flower ami chivalrVof the *
forward to save old Georgia f r l.
{tending harm? We know
would be no honor to tu n. n*. ,
word honor as men genera; i? u
—in such a course. It eouid m.-"
to their fame, or deck tlieir hror < "
another laurel nxeMy to go to tit
islaturp. On the othe- band,
to do so would require tie mi;
s^.nso,-as things are now orde--*.
stoop from tiieir disnitv. But tL
te rests of their secti >n area: v
Surely their patriotism would ndjj
them to step forward to tiie.
j all they hold near and dear, v
ir wisdom •»,),•*,-
Tremendeua Eaia*. shoe J they in *1
We have lately had very-'heavy rainr i a coarse as will wrench ff.
in this county. Low grqp&dkcorn and 1 Iuctant. hand of fenatics c
cotton have been inj .Te^-and in many ; rights in this Union, and
instances rumfed. Some persons have ' American Constitution dow
abandoned the cbltiv^tiou'^if their low paired »o remotest eenerau
grounds.. The rad road between this I wjll ^3^ tlie
place and ;htt!e : River * has received mcnts ^ tfo ^
Cp^c^bledam^.- , V.,., The people of 'Georgiaa:
*TH>;.Ncxt Georgial^sutatore. upon the Georgia Platform.-
By all mdaffs zee to it- that your ^ e cannot say tliat we espoc
ablest and best men ^re returned to the ; become one political organ
next Legislature. There i3 no telling i km? as other issues than th
the important events, iftvolving the
stability of the Union, and the very
existence of the South,' which crowd
tlie lights Of the next two years. A
crisis is.upon, or about to pome upon
the coiffitry, .We are no alarmist—
no creator of -panics. On tlie other
hand; we despise the office of the
crQaker,. whose business it is always
to cry “wolf, wolf.” Designing dema
gogues have so often raised the cry of
“the .country in danger—the South
about to be trampled upon,” that the
ear qf the people has waxed dull un
der the senseless clamor of scurvy pol
iticians. We say to Georgians-in all
soberness, your State and.your section
are in danger. '
Whatare the facts of the case? The
voice of the Northern people has nul
lified in'manv sections the act for the
rendition of Fngitive slaves. Massa
chusetts and Vermont, speaking in
theiF sovereign capacity, have said that
Southern masters should not reclaim
from their holders runaway slaves.
The voice of the South is for retalia
tion. tWbafc retaliatory measures shall
’be adopted ?. What retaliatory meas
ures are constitutional and just? These
are impqftant issues which will in all
probability, come before the next Geor
gia legislature for consideration. Shall
we Send men to hat body with clear
heads and honest hearts,-or shall we
send those whosebraffis are cob-webbed
with dullness, and whose hearts are
rotten and corrupt? It will be a
nieq question for Georgia legislator's
to adjust the ; m de and measure of re
taliatory redress which they will adopt
against Massachusetts. We want no
mount question of the day r ore s ~-
upon them, until the danger to oc*
section becomes so immiuent, hr>
! violation of our ultimatum, as to i-r.
them together in solid phalanx to revs
to tlie death encroachment uret <_,j
rights. We look upon complete Ir
ion in organization among oarsdrs
tliough united in sentiment ujonc*
negro question, as a phantasy, anffta
above event does actually occur. Taa
the people of Georgia will rush iscci \
man to resist the encroachment. Br:
what we contend for, is ths, ris
the final issue may be tempomr.!- :
not indefinitely postponed, bv seno.q
our wisest and best men to the Lep-
lature. Let the Democrats send sai
men, let tlie Whigs follow sutc:
the Know-Nothings not be beta
their elder brethren in politics in cr
rying on the good v ork. Toen vl
a gkir’.O TS day dawn upon oJdGeorp
(L oninmnicdtions.
Thoughts Suxge>ted by the Ttfift
As there are two candidates it ta
field tor the gubernatorial ciaar :
Georgia there is no doubt an increa-:q
interest felt in mew ot theappr j£:.rs
election. As yet it is quite unora:
whether we are to have a ihint er
date or not. Obviously, a preies
line pf poucy demands that we shesi
not have. It is considered one 0: s»
fixed tacts, that Johnson and Orer^
will run to the cud of the race. It b cr
tain that no third man can be pitas
the field, who will not be obliged*
share with the presefit candidates, as
suffrages of the two great parties is a
State. If the third canilsd-tc
be a D-mocrat, he must divide
Johnson, and therefore both lacs: *
flaming-resolutions, no fiery deelama-! defeated. If however, he su.
tion, no.vaporing and swearing like [ K.-N-, he mustyitid a large snip/'
our army iff Flanders.' We want wise, ! ^ r - Overby from the K. N.ra**ics.
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will ffe sanctioned by a attire to mam- 1
tain tbff Union. That Union w-e wish
to preserve. We are a Union loving
people. We have no desire to de
nounce the confederacy-"—we have no
disposition, to dissolve the Union. Our
-action must b? shaped, ffirst according J se k its communion.
•to tlie constitution, and failing this, i shuu.u mm ou., 4....
then extra-constitutional resorts must
follow; Upon Life men selected fin- the
Georgia Legislature for the next two
years will devolve these'matters.
Georgia has declared in Convention
assembled, and it is now ihe unani-
liquor question is the great q*.
emphatnffily the question oi u>‘
least so far as the interests c*f
are concerned at present. It *:
less, in view of the purifying ■
oflhe American org; nizatma
lot Box that thousane s were in
And r«:
hold its supports from men
ures that are pledged to a~*
against the liquor traffic, winca t
great instrument of corruption n
elections, it will not be a mat*
1 surprise, if there should be a schi
- | jjhe ranks. It will be a Seiler
11 which must inevitably defeat the
mous.determination oilier people-, that j ercan j, art y, a result much
She %iH resist even unto di§imjon, as a 1 pfored and y t unav«i<iab!e. _’<'•?'
last'reSoft, any farther encroachment 1 unavoidable, be-zauso the pro... -
view's. Catholic organ printed at Bos-J of abolition fanaticism updji herconsti-1 it-ts tannot
tutional rights. Tuts question of re-j ^ ora] 3^^^ w f orni . • ;
sistanee wiW^a’most certain to come up are j lc ]^ to bail m the forum of cc J
the resolutions, closed without a formal
adjournment. " j
Sparta, June 22nd 1855 . .
XHOMAS.Ci AUDAS, Sec’ty. *
within the next two years: - The ini
t ative steps .tvill h; v: to be taken by
the Legislature. Our rights must be
respected, our ultimatum must be re
garded. Let Geoi gians see to it that
they return to the General Assembly
men of themight stamp—then who will
know how -to make an 'effort to save
th is gl orious ql i Un ion from _ the as
saults of freesoil fanaticism, and above
all who will look the monster aboli
tion sternly *in the lace, and see that
it shall not strike the South prostrate
in the dust. We have ro disposition
to tihder-estimate the value of this Un
ion. Our - position is 'and has been,
tmequivocal in this regard. We con-
fess.onr love forthe Araefiean Confed-
eraey.in this place, in order that w hat
we say may not be mistaken for brag-
ence to stand by their arras and » ^
Jv under the prohibition banner. L?
have before, rallied to other stag*
with the promise of support fof
measures, and thereby hangs a ***- .
treachery, insult ami wrung to">
graceful to be mentioned vita
least forbearance. ^
But forgetting tlie history of l ”*-j
(the savage ferexaty of the ia-t
ture al ways excepted) there ^[
ent reasons w hy the prohibitions*®
not have their' independent
and lash themselves on to another m
ty. It is this, otlier parties are
ing to endorse the prohibit ’® f
form, because they ar* affaidto* 2 ^.
unpopular. If we are to
own testimony.’ They believe * ^
principle is a good one bat
afraid it is not practicable- ^
think it ought to be supportea- ^
then the majority are agam^ #
tliey are afraid oi being caugat o-