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6 Constitution, it has repeatedly violated the most sacred pledges under which aione rallied that noble vffiunteer army’ which carried our flag to victory ; instead or re storing the Union it has so far as in its power dissolved it and subjected ten States in time of profound peace to military des potism and negro supremacy; has stripped the President of his constitutional power of appointment even of his own Cabinet. Under its repeated assaults the pillars of the Government are rocking on their base, and should it succeed in November next and inaugurate its President, we will meet as a subjugated and conquered people amid the ruins of liberty and the scattered fragments of the Constitution. Resolved , That in the future as in the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitu tion as the only solid foundation of our strength, security and happiness as a peo ple, and as a frame work of government equally conducive to the welfare and pros* perity of all ihe States, both Northern and Southern. Resolved , That the Union established by the Constitution is a Union of States, Federal in its character, composed of States thereby united, and is incapable of existing without the States, as its continu ing integral parts, and therefore the per petuity of the Union in its integrity de pends on the preservation of the States in their political integrity, the Government of the United States being a Federal Repub lic and not a consolidation of the whole people into one nation. Resolved , That the perpetuity of the Union ahd the maintenance of the Gov ernment, as both were established by the Constitution and as both under the Con stitution have been expounded in the fore going resolutions in conformity with the venerable teachings of Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, have ever been held as car dinal doctrines of the Democratic party, and they are now reiterated with increased earnestness, under the solemn conviction that constitutional liberty can be preserved on this continent only by bringing back the administration of the Government to those time-honored principles on which for sixty years there was such unparalleled happi ness and prosperity, and in rescuing it from the hands of those who ever held the Con stitution itself to be no better than a cov enant with death and an agreement with hell: whose revolutionary policy and meas ures have brought such general discord, strife and war, with its attendant ills upon a large portion of the country, and such wide-spread demoralization throughout the whole of it. Resolved , That the Democratic party in sustaining the Federal administration in the late unhappy conflict of arms did so in good faith, with the hope and earnest wish to maintain the principles above set forth, and with no view of waging war on the part of the Northern States in any spirit of oppression against their brethren of the South, nor for any purpose of con quest or subjugation, nor purpose of over throwing or interfering with the right or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with ail the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired. The subjugation of these States or holding them as conquered territory would be, in the judgment of this Convention, the de struction of the Union itself. Resolved , That the highest meed of patriotism is due and should ever be ex tended to all those who in the recent war perilled life or fortune for the main tenance of the Union and the beneficent system of American Government thereby established upon the fundamental princi ples set forth in the forgeoing resolutions; btlt we have neither thanks nor sympathy for those who entered and carried on the contest for the subjugation of States and for the subjection by Federal authority of the white race in any of the States to the domination of the black; the right of suf frage, or who shall exercise political power, is a matter that rests under the Constitution exclusively with the several States ; there it properly belongs, and there it should continue ever to remain. The Republican Candidate for Vice President. —Mr. Colfax, the candidate of the Republican party for Vice Presi dent, wiis, at one time, a member of the proscriptive Know Nothing party, and has never been known to change his views in regard to that party. The In diana Sentinel is the authority for saying Mr. CoI?A uth P u„ flowing ilUberal an(l atrocious oaths : p -.jR.EE. Tn the Dresserof Almighty God, and in the p ou ,j 0 solemnly promise these witneg^ t - * * * y g Will not and swg f give your influence, for any ' °if for any office in the gift of the people, unless he be an American-born citizen, in favor of Americans ruling America, nor if he be a Roman Catholic. SECOND DEGREE. In the presence of Almighty God, and these witnesses, you do solemnly and sin cerely swear * * * if it may be legally done, you will, when elected or appointed to any official station, confer ring on you power to do so, remove all foreigners, aliens, or Roman Catholics, from office, or place, and that you will, in no ease, appoint such to any office, or place, in your gift. lTt.blomr & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. ~AUGUSTA, GA., JULY 18, 1868. TERMS : One copy, one year, invariably in advance $3 00 “ “ 6ix months " “ 1 Single Copies lOcts To Clubs.—To any person sending tis a Club of 15, one copy, one year, will be given. To Clubs oi 20, or more The Banner will be furnished at the rate of $2 50 per annum, jgcg=» Jn all cases the names must be furnished at the same time, and the cash must accompany each order, 4Gg- Dealers will bo supplied on liberal terms. ♦ ♦ jgsjf* All Communications, intended for publication must be directed to the Editor, Rev. A. J. Rtan ; and nil Business Communications to the Publishers, L. T Blome & Cos., Augusta, Ga. gif a few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. Agents for The Banner of the South : General Traveling Agents.— Lieut. W. A. WRIGHT, W. B. FITZGERALD, A. WINTER, and JNO. A. COL VIN. Charleston, S. C,—EDW. LEE, and Capt. JAMES ARMSTRONG. Savannah, Ga. —E. M. CONNER. Macon, Ga.—C. J. CAREY. Atlanta, Ga.—T. C. MURPHY and W. J. MANN. West Point, Ga. -P. GIBBONS. Greensboro’, Ala.—A. H. WILLIAMS, Beacon office. Cuthbert, Ga. —G. F. BUCHANAN. Manning, S. C.-ARTHUR HARVIN. Columbus, Ga.—JAS. RYAN. Nashville. —W. C. COLLIER, A. SETLIFF. Knoxville, Tenn.—JAS. MALOL. Louisville, Ky.—W. SCOTT GLORE. Pine Bluff, Ark.—JOHN P. MURPHY. General Agent for Florida. —J. EVANS FROST, Jack sonville, “ Mercury ” office. Clarkesville, Tenn. —J. W. FAXON. Montgomery, Ala.—W. J. RYAN. Jacksonville, Fla.—C. C. BISBEE. Huntsville, AIa.—DAN’L O’C. MtJRPHA. Columbia, S. C. —PAT’K FAHAY. Petersburg, Va.—ROBT. KENNY. Richmond, Va.—JOHN H. WALSH. Washington, D. C.—J. J. WILLIAMSON. Maysville, Ky.—Dr. E. W. RUTH. Baltimore, Md.—Lieut. A. McK. PITTMAN. Sandersville, Ga. —E. A. SULLIVAN, P. M. Millwood, Mo.—Dr. JOSEPH A. MUDD. Corpus Christi, Texas.—RlCH’D POW ER. Mobile, Ala. —B. McGOVERN. ■Wilmington, N. C.—D. RRISCOLL. Bairdstown, Ga. —O. A. McLAUGHLIN, P M. S£g~ The paper can also be obtained from news and periodical dealers everywhere. Specimen copies will be sent to any address, on application. News Dealers. The Banner of the South can be obtained of the following News Dealers : P. QUIN, Augusta, Ga. C. C. NORTHPOP, Jr. k CO., Columbus, Ga, E. M. CONNOR, Savannah, Ga. W. C. ESTELL, Savannah, Ga. PHILLIPS & CREW, Atlanta, Ga. M. LYNCH, Atlanta, Ga. HAVENS & BROWN, Macon, Ga. A. OMBERG, Jr., Rome, Ga. P. QUINN, Charleston, S. C. IV. DeLACEY, Charleston, S. C. B. DOSCHER, Charleston, S. C. E. C. HAGOOD, Selma. Ala. H. C. CLARKE, Vicksburg, Miss. KENNEDY k COCKERELL, Natchez, Miss. HENRY GWINNER, Canton, Miss. C. C. HALEY, New Orleans, La. W. C. COLLIER, Nashville, Tenn. GEO. HORTON, Nashville, Tenn. A. SEITLEFF, Nashville, Tenn. R. H. SINGLETON, Nashville, Tenn. PAUL, TAVEL k HANNER, Nashville, Tenn. PATTON & PAYNE, Chattanooga, Tenn. F. M. DOUGHERTY, Clarkesville, Tenn. W. SCOTT GLORE, Louisville, Ky. BAZIL T. ELDER, St. Louis, Mo. J. J. WILLIAMSON, Washington, D. C. M. J. FOGARTY, Norfolk, Va. These gentlemen keep also on hand all the latest publications and periodicals of the day, and will promptly supply orders addressed to them. A STRANGE ANOMALY-IRISH RADICALS Some days ago we received an official notification from the Postmaster at Rich the South to the following subscribers, as their copies were not taken out of the Post Office, viz : Jas. Sheppard, Patrick Ahern, Jno. Bropby, Thos. Colligan, Alex. Delaney, Henry Miller, and Jno. O’Neal. In connection with this, we observe that an Irish Radical Club has been organized in that city. The Southern Opinion gives an account of their organization, and transactions, which would be ludicrous if they were not too mortifying to con template. Now, we say mortifying, be cause we cannot contemplate anything political so abhorrent to us, as an Irish or a Catholic Radical. The conjunction is a monstrosity, and not to be tolerated. We have charity enough for a Northern American Radical, or a Protestant Radi- MSBiS ©f l©lf S. cal; but none whatever for ail Irishman or a Catholic who embraces the political creed of that party. They have no ex cuse, no pretext. They have seen their own land deluged with the blood of mar tyrs, their Religion proscribed, their Priests hunted down as if they were dogs, their property confiscated, their schools closed up, their children deprived of the means of education, their families starved to death, their leading men hung or ban ished for no other crime than loving Ire land and the glorious old Faith of St. Patrick too much. They have seen and felt all this; and to-day they see Radical ism preaching and teaching the same bigotry and intolerance that led to all their woes and sufferings. They see in Grant a hater of their race and religion, in Colfax a persecutor of their race and creed, in Breckinridge, the Radical Apos tle, a would-be destroyer of foreigners and Catholics—in all the leaders and journals of that party the life-long intolerants and persecutors of everything foreign and Roman Catholic ! And yet, these Rich mond Irishmen dare to stand up in the light of day, and proclaim themselves members of such a party ! “Oh! shame, where is thy blush !” Is there no feel ing, no sentiment of self-respect at all left in these minions of power, these tools of degradation, these vile, polluted crea tures ? Are they so debased, so ignorant, so wicked, that they can be bought away from the Faith of their fathers, and barter the glories of Ireland for a policeman’s place, or a constable’s baton, or act as paltry lackeys to corrupt and degraded political tricksters? Shame on them ! Ireland spurns them—America despises them ! As for us, we loathe them—we pity the unfortunate city of Richmond that it has to endure the presence of these debauched creatures, and thank them for giving us the gratifying privilege of erasing their names from the subscription books of the Banner of the South. They arc not wanted. We don’t want them to stand among the names of the pure women, and true men, and innocent chil dren of the South, who are so faithful and devoted to the Lost Cause ; we don’t want them to stand among the names of the sincere and earnest Catholics and true hearted Irishmen who love principle better than place, and would not disgrace their Religion, or their native land, by sacri ficing the interests and the property of their adopted country. Yes; let them go ! and in the condemnation of their own consciences let them dwell. Per haps, they may, ere long, open their eyes to the folly and wickedness of their course, and repent of the evil thing which they have done. If not, let them for swear their Faith and their Nationality. The anomaly is too great—too striking— to exist. They cannot be Irish Catholics and American Radicals. They must give up the one or the other, and the sooner the better. We feel too deeply for the honor of our Church and of the Irish people in America to let this contemptible and dis graceful movement pass unnoticed ; but if, in the course of our remarks, we have done any of the parties injustice, we ask their forgiveness in advance, and shall hasten to repair the injury, and to do them full and ample justice in these columns. — j\. paragraph is going the rounds of the Press, purport ing to be an epitaph on Brownlow, given by Father Ryan, at a banquet in Chat tanooga, Tenn., when it was thought that the aforesaid Brownlow was dying. The Chronicle & Sentinel, of this city, recently stated that Father Ryan was not the author of that very unchristian epitaph, and requested the Press generally to notice it. It is due to the Reverend gen tlemen, to repeat the statement here. He is not the author of that epitaph, and never saw it until it was published in some of the papers. Our exchanges will oblige us by noticing this correction, not from any good feeling towards the ' Tennessee renegade, but as an act of: justice to Father Rvan « EDUCATIONAL Catalogue of the Officers and Stu dents of Georgetown Collxge, Dis trict of Columbia, for the Academic Year 1867-’6B. Georgetown, D. C. Courier Print. Catalogue of Pupils of the George town Academy of the Visitation B. V M., for the Academic Year 1867-’6 8. Georgetown, D. C. Courier Print. The war and its necessary conse quences—impoverishment and the gene ral overthrow of our established institu tions—have interfered seriously with the cause of Education in the South. The Southern people have always been noted for their good breeding and mental ac quirements, and for their encouragement of the Arts and Sciences. Indeed, these characteristics of Southern society are so well defined as to secure for our people a marked degree of respect and a prominence not accorded to the people of any other section of the United States. It is due to our history, and the fair fame of our people, that the rising generation be in ducted into the footsteps of their prede cessors. It is, alas! too true, that the sad results of the war have rendered the great majority of our people too poor to give their children the benefits of a classi cal education. But those of our people who have the means to give their chil dren a finished education, should take care to select the best institutions of learning—institutions in which Christian doctrines are inculcated—where the false philosophy of skepticism does not exist, and where Christianity is not ignored, or reduced to the level of a problem, to he proved by the application of a worldly philosophy which requires every article of faith and point of Christian doctrine to be demonstrated as plainly as that two and two make four. These remarks have been elicited by the reception of the Catalogues named at the head of this article. The writer has had agreeable memories awakened by the perusal of the Catalogue of Georgetown College, and he takes pleasure, from per sonal experience, in speaking favorably of a College, which deservedly ranks among the first Educational Institutions on the American Continent: GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, As is doubtless known to most of our readers, is situated on the Northern bank of the Potomac, in the suburbs of George town, commanding a magnificent view of Washington City, and of a great portion of the District of Columbia. This Insti tution is conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, the course of education being the same as that so long and so successfully pursued by this Society in Europe. This College was founded in 1789, and has been in successful operation since that period. Its graduates have carried the fame of their Alma Plater into every State of the Union, Mexico, South and Central America, the Canadas, and even across the Atlantic. The standard of education is of a high order, and students are re quired to prove their proficiency before the honors of the Institution are conferred. In looking over the list of the Faculty, and other officers of the College, which embraces a corps of twenty-nine, we recognize many familiar names, among whom are a few who have changed the sword and the jacket of grey for the ' students embraces representatives from every Southern State. Although George town College is in no sense a sectional institution, it has always enjoyed a large measure of popularity in the Southern States. We had intended to refer to the fifty-first Annual Commencement, which took place Wednesday, July 1, but this article has already been extended beyond our space, and we must conclude, by saying the poems, orations, essays, and discourses, evinced a high order of talent. THE ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION Is located in Georgetown, and enjoys a reputation second to no female institu tion in this country. It is conducted by the Nuns of the Visitation. The course of instruction comprises Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Gram mar, Ancient and Modern Geography, the use of the Globes, Prose and Poeti cal Composition, Sacred and Profane His tory, Mythology, Rhetoric, Logic, Moral and' Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Mineralogy, Botany, Geom* etry, Algebra, Book-keeping, Frer.ch, Spanish, Italian, German, and Latin Languages; Music on the Piano Forte, Harp, and Guitar; Vocal Music, Draw ing, Painting, in Water Colors, in Oil and on Velvet; Plain and ornamental Needle-work, Tapestry, Embroidery, and Lace Work. Every attention is paid to the wants of their pupils by the good Ladies of the Visitation whose lives are devoted to the cause of education and Religion. The Academy is in a flourishing condition. In the catalogue we notice the names of pupils from every Southern State from Texas to Virginia. The commencement exercises are spoken of in flattering terms by the Press of Washington City. OUR BOOK TABLE. Form of Consecration of a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Accord ing to the Latin Rite : with Expla nations, by Francis Patrick Kenrick Archbishop of Baltimore. Fourth Re vised Edition. Baltimore : Published by John Murphy & Cos., 182 Baltimore street. 1868. This is the title of a very interesting little work, paper cover, from the Press of those enterprising publishers, John Murphy & Cos., of Baltimore. It is of in terest not only to the clergy, but also to the laymen, as giving in full the form of that grand and imposing ceremonial of the Church, the Consecration of a Bishop. PERIODICALS. United States Musical Review.— This is one of the largest and most valu able musical publications in the country It is published at New York, monthly, at 82.00 per annum, in advance, and con tains a great deal of sheet music, and a large amount of musical information. The July number contains the following pieces : “No Crown without the Cross’ —Sacred Song; words by George Cooper, music by Harrison Millard. “ Strawber ries and Cream”—March ; C. Kinkeh “ Heavenward” —Valse Angelique; G. Vibre. Making, altogether, 14 pages of sheet music in one number ! It should have a place in every family, where music holds sway. The Southern Review, Vol. IV., No. 7. July, 1868. Baltimore : Bledsoe k Brown. Entered according to Act of Congress, etc. This is one of the ablest Reviews pub lished. Southern in its character, and of genuine merit. The number before us contains the following papers : I. Public School Education at the North. 11. Shakspeare’s Personal His tory. 111. Congress versus the Consti tution. IV. Apollonius of Tyana. \ The State of Nature. VI. Landscape Painting VII. The Gobemouchian Idea of Government. VIII. Mr. Bancroft as a Historian. IX. Book Notices. The College Courant.— This is the title of a very neatly printed and inte resting quarto published at Yale Col lege, and edited by the students of that Institution. It is devoted to Hollow ’ Bu. 8 u.i ol any, and contains » great deal of interesting matter to the friends and patrons of old Yale, as well as to th patrons of other leading Colleges in the United States. Gov. Seymour’s Speech and Gen Blair’s Letter.-— We need oiler u apology for devoting so large a portion o our space this week to the great speech e Gov. Seymour, of New York, the Pemo cratic candidate for President of the Unite States, and to the letter of Gen. F. P Blair, of Missouri, the Democratic card date for Vice-President. They are pari of the history of the times, and arc of tie greatest interest to the people of sh South, as expressions of the views those from whom the South hopes >-■ much.