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THE UPSOX PJLOT.
0. A. MILLER; Editor.
t '-t ■■ i l ' l ;f;N 1 ■
Tbonmstoii, Saturday, Jtmr IS, IKSO.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
We learn verbally, as we go to press,
that the Democratic State Convention,
which assembled last Wednesday, has re
nominated Jos. E. Brown for Governor.
We shall know iti a few days whether,
like Mr. Buchanan, the nominee is merged
in the platform or the platform in the
nominee. Will Mr. Brown accept the
nomination “ivitli the resolutions annexed”
or will the people accept the nominee with
out the “ resolutions annexed” ? Nous
verrons !
Railroad Meeting.
Remember, that an adjourned meeting |
of the friends of the Thomaston & Barnes- I
ville and Muscogee Railroad Connection
will be held in the Court-House at Thom
aston on the first Tuesday in July next.
We hope every well-wisher of this impor
tant enterprise, between this and the day
of the meeting, will exert himself to push
tlrrough the connection.
Opposition Meeting*
A meeting of the Opposition party to
nominate candidates to represent Upson |
County in the next Legislature, will be
held in the Court-llouse at Thomaston on
the first Tuesday in August next. All the
citizens of the County are respectfully in
vited to be present.
New Advertisements.
As wo arc pressed this week both for
time and space, we can only refer our read
ers, generally, to the notices and advertise
ments of the Ordinary, Robert Smoot,
Adm’r, Alla Barker, Ex’trx., Woodson &
Bowdre, and it will also be seen tliat TSf.
A. Son offers SIO,OOO worth of Goods at
New York prices ! Now’ is the time to
visit Thomaston and buy your Goods.
Georgia Penitentiary.
The Milledgevillc Recorder of the 14th
inst., says :
“There are at present, we learn, in this
institution, two hundred and thirteen con
victs—forty of them having been commit
ted to it within the present year. This is
a larger number than has ever been in at
one time before. The increase of crime, it |
would seem, has inspired the several courts j
with a determination to try the certainty
of punishment, rather than clemency, to
bring about a sound state of morals.”
Cotton Bloom.
We received from Samuel E. Mills, Esq.,
of the The Valley, Talbot County, a few
days ago, a full blown cotton bloom en
closed in a letter. Mr. Mills’ letter is da
ted June 11, and we extract the following:
Mr. Miller : Let me present you the lirst
cotton bloom that has been shown in the
Valley. It made its appearance on the
9th, but I was unwell and did not send it
to you as soon as I would have done.”
The ‘‘South Countryman.”
The June number of this excellent
monthly Agricultural, Industrial and Ed
ucational Magazine is on our table. Terms,
$1 per annum. Address W. H. Hunt.
Esq., Marietta, Ga.
Zebulon.
We were absent at this pleasant little
town a portion of this week in attendance
on Pike Superior Court. We were pleased
to greet several of our old and make some
new friends of the legal profession. We
were happy to take by the hand brother
Burr, of the Independent South , who stick -
eth closer than a bur to what he conceives
to be true Southern interests, even it they
do sometimes conflict with his loyalty to
the Union. We admire brother Burr’s
candor and zeal, however much we may
differ as to the policy to accomplish the
same desired result.
We stopped with onr pleasant and in
telligent friend, Jno. 11. Mangham, Esq.
We religiously believe that good Hotels
are among the best institutions of a coun
try and the substantial evidences of the
progress of civilization. The best fed sol
diers are always victorious, and if we were
to predict the result of the now pending
European battles, wc would look more at
the stomachs than the arms and brains of:
the different commanders and men. Hence
that saying—“ he has no stomach for the ;
jiglit f when you wish to describe a cow
ard. Gates, we have no doubt, was well
fed at Saratoga and very hungry at Cam
den.
We commend Mr. Mangham’s Hotel to
all persons of quiet, peaceable disposi- j
tions : but your gentlemen of revolutiona
ry tendencies who wish to smash up things
generally, had better stay at home. Such
characters need bleeding, fasting and;
prayer, and not the good things so abun- j
dantly furnished by Mr. Mangham.
The crops look good in Pike and rain is
plenty.
R. A. Pryor, Esq.
The Washington States of the 9th inst.,
1 contains the annexed farewell of Roger A.
Pryor to the readers of that Journal :
“To the Readers of “The States.”
—My connection with the States ceases
with this issue of the paper. It is scarce
ly necessary to say that I am impelled to
this step by no other motive than regard
for my private interests.
In terminating an association which has
been altogether agreeable, I find some com
pensation in the fact that I leave the pa
per in the most flourishing condition, and
in the assurance that it will be conducted
hereafter with ability and a true devotion
to the interests of the Democratic party.
As opportunity may offer 1 propose to at
test my sympathy with the exertions of
my late colleagues by an occasional contri
bution to their columns.
Roger A. Pryor.”
Will you have the Democracy and Union,
or Black Republicanism, as embodied in
Senator Seward, and dismemberment ?
Disaffected Democrats and other shrewd
politicians will endeavor to divert the
minds of the people from this issue ; but it
is an inevitable one and every man who
loves his country should at once prepare to
meet it.— N. Y. Notes.
Let the above be seriously considered.
We are on the verge ot disunion. Yet the
South seems to be calm, and even the Op
position (that nameless party) is doing its
best to defeat the only party that can save
the Union.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
“The only party that can save the Union”!
“ Still harping on his daughter” ! We
thought the Union was saved—the South
preserved, and creation generally perpetu
ated when Mr. Buchanan was elected Pres
ident ! We know such were the predic
tions of Southern Democratic Prophets,
and it is now too late for these false Pro
phets to turn around and endeavor to
shield themselves from the consequences of
their impostures by a repetition of old
tricks. To talk of Democracy saving the
Union is about equal to the folly of saving
a burning house by throwing into the
flames barrel after barrel of turpentine. If
the Union did not possess a cat-like tcnac
; ity of life it would have long since been a
I dead bird in the pit, from the poisonous
: potions administered by your quack South
ern Democratic Doctors. Whenever De
mocracy is looking up then it takes care
j only of the spoils of office—whenever it is
caught in “its dirty tricks it becomes very
repentant and cries ont in agony —“ We
are on the verge of Disunion” !
‘ While the Devil is sick, the Devil a Saint would be,
Let the Devil get well, and the Devil a Saint is he.”
l'itivci>ity of Georgia—Law School.
From a circular received, we learn that
| a Law School will open in Athens on the
| Ist of October next, in connection with
the University of Georgia. The Lectu
rers will be Hon. Joseph H. Lumpkin, Se
nior Judge of the Supreme Court, Wm,
; 11. Hull, and T. R. R. Cobh, Esqs. The
| reputation of these gentlemen for legal
learning will be a sufficient guarantee that
the School will deserve and receive the
most liberal patronage. The renowned
Hooker says—“ Law lias its seat in the
bosom ol God, its voice is the harmony of
the Universe.” Lord Mansfield defines it
as a Science which “employs in its theory
the noblest taeulties of the mind, and ex
ercises in its practice the cardinal virtues
of the heart.” Surely, every step to ele
vate the standard of a profession that has
done so much for society, will be duly ap-
I predated and rewarded, and that debt
| which each man owes to his profession can
in some degree he canceled by his individ
’ ual efforts to bring himself up to the puri
: ty and dignity of that honored, laborious
and responsible profession, which has ever
: stood like a wall of fire around the foun
jdations of Liberty and proclaimed to the
j myrmidons of might without right iu a
j voice not to be unheeded—“ Thus far, but
no farther, shalt thou go” !
We have space only for the following
extract :
“Our object shall be, as far as in us lies,
to teach law, not as a collection of arbitra
ry rules, but as a connected logical system,
founded on principles which appeal for
THE UPSON PILOT. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE is, 1859.
their sanction to eternal truth. W e shall
endeavor to train and develope those facul
ties that make up what we call a “legal
mind,” and so send ont our pupils, pre
pared to apply to every case as it arises,
the test of controlling principles, which
power, as we all know, is what makes the j
true lawyer, as distinguished from the
mere legal quibbler.”
James Buchanan, L. L. D. — The
President has made a most agreeable ex
cursion to the University of North Caroli
na at Chapel Hill, to attend the Com
mencement. He had the honor to present
the prize awarded to the author of the best
English Composition,Mr. ElishaE. Wright,
of Tennessee ; which Mr. Buchanan pre
sented with a short but kindly and cordial
speech : especially dwelling on the evils of
drunkenness. The Faculty of the Col
lege, in admiration of the President s learn
ing, then conferred on him the diploma of
Doctor of Laws.
The University of North Carolina con
sists of five large buildings, situated in
grounds which > for beauty cannot be ex
celled. It is one of the oldest institutions
in the country, and numbers among its
graduates President Polk and Thomas
Hart Benton.
After the conclusion of the exercises the
students had a dance in the ball-room, at
which some of the handsomest women in
the South were present. Doctor Buchan
an did not dance, but flirted. — Southern
Citizen. •
This is too bad. Where is Phcebo Web
ber and the young Georgia widow ? Do
they know that old Buck is “out” flirting
with the pretty girls at Chapel Hill ? A\ c
seriously think that grandfather Buchanan
has reached that venerable age when his
flirtations should cease. To flirt with the
Southern Democratic men is bad enough,
but old man, you should spare the hand
some women. Probably, however, you are
only illustrating that benevolent ruling
passion of your life so well described by
Butler :
‘•Sure the pleasure is as great,
In being cheated, as to cheat.”
For the Upson Pilot.
To Catharine.
Dear Maid I boldly now aspire,
And call the Muse to tune my lyre,
To sing thy praise for matchless grace,
For nobler form and beauteous face.
Made me forget care and friends now gone,
By thy kindness to me alone,
How pleasant is thy form to my view,
Tripping along light as the falling dew.
Thy face beyond me to express,
11 ow fair, liow sweet thy loveliness,
Blessed is he beyond compare,
Whose lips hut touch thy ruby pair.
The theme inspires, hut I refrain,
Lest I offend or give thee pain ,
Or traitor prove to him who now
Lives but in hopes of love from then.
I hope and pray that come it may,
The happy time, the happy day,
When he and thou together joined,
Shall live beloved by God and all mankind.
J. A. H. T.
For the Upson Pilot.
A Sketch of Rea! Life.
A number of years ago a family settled
in this county, where the old gentleman
and his wife both died at an advanced age,
after having raised all their children. They
were very pious, and endeavored to bring
up their children in the fear of God. The
children grew up firmly united to each
other in the bonds of affection, knowing
l no discord j hut each member of the fami
ly was a string of a harp vibrating to the
music of harmony. No family could boast
of truer pleasure than this one were the
daily recipients of. Time sped away, and
the eldest child, a daughter, was just emerg
ing from youth’s gay haunts into the more
mature sphere of womanhood. Her heart
was then merriest, her step the lightest,
and her bosom glowed with high hopes
and lofty aspirations, when there came
across her path one every way worthy of
her. He was noble, just and good. He
wooed and won his prize.
Bright and beautiful were the pictures
painted by him of their future, and all the
necessary arrangements were made for the
celebration of their nuptials : Bridegroom,
bride and relatives looked forward to the
approaching day as a great festival, when
lo 1 there burst upon them suddenly and
unexpectedly a dreadful calamity/ Dis
ease had fixed its grasp on him who was
| living in the earnest expectation of soon
j claiming his bride—prostrated him and
; blasted their earthly hopes. When he saw
i that his end was approaching, he despatch
| ed a messenger for his intended. She came
i to his dying couch, where he re-assured her
| oi his love ; that his last thought would
! be ot her : that she, next to his Maker,
i lay nearest to his heart. Thus she was
| left to mourn his early death at a tender
age. Her heart was shrouded in grief, yet
j calmly she yielded to the will of Him who
knew best what to do. Orange flowers
| and bridal robes were exchanged for the
; habiliments of mourning. True to her
; woman’s heart, she ceased for a while to
mingle with the gay and light-hearted.—
But time lessened her grief, and she again
awoke to a consciousness of the duties she
owed to the living ; but it was long before
she contemplated marrying again—not un
til nearly all of her brothers and sisters
had grown up and married. It was her
constant delight to cheer and comfort her
parents in their declining ago. But time
brings change to all, and so it did, to this
quiet, peaceful family—a crowd had as
sembled to pay the last tribute of respect
to the mother of our heroine, who lmd
Crossed the “ River of Death/’ The gentle
daughter's tears again flowed in copious
showers—blest tear :
“ Tliou art affection’s true test.’’
Still her task was unfinished—an aged
father yet lived, who demanded and re
ceived her best care ; but in the short space
of a few weeks a messenger came to com
mission him to join his departed wite in
the spirit land. Again the grave-clothes
were prepared, and old mother earth re
ceived into her bosom another of her hon
ored sons.
The bereaved daughter now adorned the
spot where reposed the objects of her love
| and her constant care for years past, with
i choice flowers and watered them with her
tears* She remained at the old homestead
until proper disposition had been made of
the property, at which time she had to
j seek her another home. She must now
leave the dear spot, almost made sacred by
its connections with parents, brothers and
sisters ; here a dear good mother's voice
was raised each day in prayer for her be
loved children ; here brothers and sisters
had mingled their joys and sorrows togeth
er. But she must now resign it to stran
ger’s hands. While she lingered here, loth
to leave its sacred precii cts, a lady of her
acquaintance came and earnestly solicited
her to live with her, as she was lonely, and
possessing ample means, she offered her a
home on good terms—all of which she ac
cepted. Here she found a congenial com
panion in her friend Mrs. IT., for whom she
; will ever entertain feelings of the highest
regard. Thus God will yirovide for those
who love Him—
“ Trust Him for His grace :
Behind a frowning providence lie hides a smiling face.”
IShe was again sought in marriage, and
: lias now found her true place—that of wife
and mother : and no doubt, when she has
accomplished her task and reached the por
tals of bliss, that a mother will then bless
her for the love and care she now bestows
on her orphan children. ALMA.
Upson county. June 7th.
For the Upson Pilot.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Cedar Hill, June 13, 1859.
Col. A. Cr. Fambro :
Sir —The time for our county nomina
tions for candidates to represent this coun
ty in the next Legislature is near at hand.
Will you please inform us by letter or oth
erwise, whether or not you would consent
tor your name to be run again for Senator.
Very respectfully yours,
Jas. W. Hightower,
Duke Williams.
Union Hill, June 16, 1859.
Messrs. Williams & Hightower :
Your communication of the 13th inst.,
in just received. I have been attending
Bike Court a few days or it would have
reached me sooner.
The question you propound, and the
reason you assign calls on me to reply
promptly and unequivocally, which is to
me a pleasant and reasonable duty, as I
desire to he well understood and place my
friends in a proper position as soon as pos
sible. Ever since we passed through the
canvass of 1857, which to me was unpleas
; ant and to my friends embarrassing, I have
been determined never by my consent to
jeopardize the harmony of my party, to
gratify any ambition or aspiration of mine.
! I feel it due the American party of Upson
| county to say, that I owe them a debt of
| gratitude that my services, for the remain
der of my life could not discharge. It is
known to us all, and it is unnecessary to
| disguise the fact, that we have in our coun
: ty an abundance of pliant good material,
and many, 1 have reason to believe, would
like a change, in order that others may he
honored, and however strong the obliga
tion that binds me to your service, I deem
it best, under all the circumstances, to
! sever the ligaments by withholding the use
of my name connected with the responsible
| and honorable office of Senator. Hoping,
as 1 sincerely do, that with proper deliber
{ at ion and prudent action, upon the part of
| all of us, that we shall be aide to present
a ticket on the first Tuesday in August to
I the people of the county that will secure
harmony and add additional strength to
I our principles and our cause. In order to
accomplish this desirable end, I pledge my
-1 self, whether future honors or the desira
ble shades of private retirement awaits me,
to do my duty, my whole duty, in any and
| every honorable way, regardless of every
personal sacrifice that may he necessary.
i am for the success of the principles of
the American party, and my country—for
with me they arc synonymous. Those prin
ciples are mine to live with and mine to
die with : for 1 am one of the sworn before
High Heaven, and 1 ask for no “withdraw
al card, “ nor do I ever intend to lift my
affidavit.
May lie who rules the universe speed
ily avert the storm which seems to threat
; en terror and dissolution, and nerve up the
American Eagle to whip out the ill-omen
| ed Vulture that flaps his dusky wings over
Southern Constitutional rights, and lias
ten on the time when our bright constella
tion of Stars and Stripes may waive in tri
umph over the American Continent ’ and
that misrule and mal-admiiiistration may !
be rebuked, and we again restored to our
Constitutional rights—a free and a happv
people. 1 am,-with due respect,
Your obedient servant,
Allen G. Fambro.
For tho Upson Pilot.
American Meeting in Talbot.
At a meeting of a portion of the Amer
ican party of Talbot county, held at Tal
botton on the Ist Tttesday of June, Jno.
T. Blount, Esq., was, on motion of R. M.
Willis, called to the chair ; and, on mo
tion of Dr. W. R. Neal, T. 11. Mahone was
appointed Secretary.
By request of the Chairman, R. M. Wil
lis stated the object of the meeting.
On motion of J. M. Mathews, a com
mittee, consisting of J. M. Mathews, Jos.
Brown, W. B. Harris, W. B. Marshall,
Dr. W. R. Neal, Cyrus Robinson. Dr. J.
D. Brooks, Henry Seward and M. J. Mul
ky, was appointed to recommend suitable
delegates to the Congressional and Guber
natorial Conventions.
The Committee retired, and after a short
absence returned, and recommended the
following gentleman, which were accepted
bv the meeting :
To the Guln material Convention : —Jno.
H. Walton, Dr. C. B. Leitner, James Z.
Dismukes, Cyrus Robinson, R. M. Willis.
To the Congressional Convention : —T.
R. Lumsden, John J. Raw. H. G. Perry
man, W. C l . Wimberly.
On motion of David Russell, Esq., the
following resolutions were adopted :
lie solved , That the American parly of
Talbot county are entirely satisfied with
the correctness and patriotism of their
American principles, and although de
feated in the last National contest, they
are still ready, willing and anxious to see
and do service in the approaching cam
paigns.
Resolved, That wc recognize as allies
and brethren all those who are satisfied of
the inability or unwillingness of the Deni- 1
ocratic party to administer the Government
upon principles of equality, economy and
political justice, to all the dearly bought j
lights of the American people.
The following resolutions were also
adopted :
Resolved, That we have learned with
regret that our late Representative, Hon.
R. P. Trippc, is unwilling to become a can
didate for re-election, and are pleased with
the fidelity with which he has represented
the interests of the South.
Resolved. That each person appointed
as a delegate, and failing to attend, beau
thorized to fill hjs own vacancy.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be forwarded to the Columbus AM
quirer and Upson Pilot for publication.
JNO. T. BLOUNT, Chm’n.
T. PI. Maiione, Bec’y.
Opposition 3lectig in Harris.
According to previous notice, a large
and enthusiastic meeting of the American
and Opposition party of Harris was held
in the Court-house at Hamilton, on June
6, 1859. On motion of Joseph Miller,
Esq., Dr. E. C. Hood was called to the
Chair, and Dr. J. F. Glass requested to
act as Secretary.
The Chairman in a few pointed remarks
explained the object of the meeting, and i
declared himself ready to hear any busi
ness that might be brought before him.
On motion cf Richard E. Kennon, a
committee of five was appointed to draft
resolutions, and report business for the
meeting.
The committee returned and reported
the following resolutions :
Resolved , lsf, That the American and
Opposition party of Harris - county main
tain that the Federal Government is one
of limited powers, and those powers are to
be exercised for the common weal; and we
deplore sectional organization, which seeks
to divert them to the end of injustice or
oppression ; that we know of no diversity
of interest incompatible with tlie adminis
tration ol the Government, injustice to be
done to any of the States of this Union,
and then, if the Government was adminis- 1
tercel as intended and required by the Con
stitution, there would be no just cause of
complaint between the different sections
of the L nion, and posterity would enjoy
and realize to the utmost generation the
sentiment of the lamented Webster—
“ Liberty and Union, one and inseparable.”
Resolved , 2d, That we arc opposed to
the doctrine of “'Squatter Sovereignty,” j
Alien Suffrage, Executive and Congres
sional intervention, —doctrines which have |
freesoiled Kansas, and if not repudiated,
will rob the South of all her dearest right s !
in the territories. Opposing as we do these
pernicious doctrines, as advocated and car
ried out by the party now in power, we
boldly maintain that no power on earth
has the right to limit or restrict the insti- :
tution of slavery in a territory, hut a Con
vention of delegates lawfully assembled to
frame a Constitution for the admission of
the territory as a State into the Union.
Resolved, 3 d, That the unparalleled and
shameful extravagance of the Administra
tion in power has greatly increased the!
public debt, bankrupted the treasury, and
disorganized our postal contracts ; all of
which meets our condemnation, and we
trust will be rebuked at the ballot box by
an indignant People.
Resolved, 4th, That we are opposed to
the construction of a Pacific R. R. by the
Federal Government, the same being a cor
rupt and wild scheme, intended to defraud
the true owners , the States, out of large
amounts ol public lands ; and that we are j
opposed to the distribution of the public i
lands to any purpose, only in such man- !
ner that all the States may be equally ben
efitted by the same, according to popula
tion.
# Resolved , stk, That the recommenda- ,
lien of the President, that Congress divest !
ltfcdl and confer upon him the war and
treaty making power, w ith the demand o*
enormous appropriations out of the public
treasury to carry out his views, is the most
astonishing proposition ever submitted to
the American people, and tve avail our
selves of this early opportunity of condem
ing the same as tending to subvert our
free institutions.
Resolved, 6th , That we accept the sug
gestion of our friends, that a convention to
nominate a candidate for Congress in thig
district, be held at Forsyth on the first
Wednesday in July next, and appoint
with power to fill all vacancies, the follow!
ing gentlemen to represent us there : I) r
E. C. Hood, J. M. Moon, Wm. F. Lee
j Toliver Jones, B. H. White, J. J. Jerlev
, B. E. McDaniel, Munroe Davidson ami
Joseph Milieu.
Resolved, Uli , We are willing to unite
i with every true son ot Georgia, without
reference to former polities, to form an
’ Opposition party that will present to the
people a candidate for Governor that is
worthy of their suffrage, and free from all
the poisonous and corrupt taints of the
present emasculated bogus national De
mocracy and Cherokee bargain and sales
;ot Joseph E. Brown. Wc therefore ap
j point the following gentlemen to meet our
friends at Milledgeville on the third
Wednesday in July next, the time agreed
upon by the Opposition party : I>. P. Hill,
D. H. Zachery, Henry Kimbrough, John
McCurrv, Wm. M. Griggs, Jefferson Mc-
Curry, James Riggers, E. C. Drummond.
Hiram Williams, A. G. Jones, John I.
j David, Milton Roberts and P. S. Weeks.
A bile the Committee were preparing
the above resolutions, Col. D. P Hill en
! tertaiued the meeting with an interesting
speech on general politics.
On motion of Richard E. Kennon, it
was resolved that the American and Op
position party, meet at this place on the
first Tuesday in August next, to nominate
persons to represent them in the coming
Legislature, and that each militia district
meet at their respective Court-grounds on
the 2d Saturday in July next and appoint
delegates to form said nominating Conven
tion.
The meeting then adjourned,
E. C. HOOD, Chairman.
J. F. Glass, Secretary.
“American” Meeting in Pike.
At a meeting of the American Party in
the Court House iu Zebulon, Pike county,
June 14th,
On motion of F. Rive ire, Rev. J. B Han
son was called to the chair, and J. J. Ford
was requested to act as Secretary. The
Chair in a brief but pointed and impressive
manner, explained the object of the meet
ing. . .
On motion of Dr. tl. H. Flint a Com
mittee of nine was appointed to select sui
table delegates to the Cfcugteßsional Dis
trict Convention to be hold in Forsyth, on
the first Wednesday in July, and also del
egates to the Gubernatorial Convention tr
be held in Milledgeville, oil the third
Wednesday in July, whereupon the follow
ing names were appointed ;Dr. 11. 11. Flint,
A. Stafford, Thos. A. Turner J. T. G.
Caldwell, J. W. Reid, J. R. Stegcr, Mar
tin Cooper, Robert Allen and Thomas
Barker.
The Committee after retiring a few min
utes, reported as delegates to the Congres
sional Convention, Aluis Stafford, 0. B.
M. B 1 ount, G. Driver, J. C, Steger and I
J. T. G. Caldwell; and as delegates to the
Gubernatorial Convention, Dr. (f. H
McDowell, Jas. B. Stafford and S. B.
Reaves, with the following preamble and
resolutions :
The name American is ours in a nation
al capacity, and we still cherish it with
pride over all other names, because it is of
itself a proper stimulus to our patriotism,
and a strong incentive to our nationality
Resolved , Ist, That in the opinion ot
this meeting there is no national party now
in the Union ; that the Black Republican
party is a sectional organization, to effect
but one object, and that is the question of
slavery ; and that the Democrats North ar“
unsafe, unreliable, and unworthy of opr
confidence, and that every attempt to unite
the Northern and Southern wings of P”
mocracy is only another swindle upon the
South, that a few South-demagogues can
share in the spoils of office.
Resolved 2nd , That we believe that tP
further agitation of the slavery question
inures to the benefit of demagogues, totb
injury of those most vitally interested in
that species of property.
Resolved, 3rd, That neither Congnu
nor a Territorial Government, has therigß
to legislate upon the subject of slavery,
only so far as to protect it in the hands of
its owners ; and that the only legitimate
mode lor its abolition is by legislative en - J
actment by State authority.
Resolved, 4th, That we ignore the whoi-1
doctrine of Alien Suffrage and Squattff ■
Sovereignty, opposed as we are, to & I
further emigration of foreigners to
country, and are in favor of putting
such as will come upon longer probation-■
Resolved , otli, That we hereby tende-1
the thanks of this meeting to the Hod. B-B
P. Trippe, for Iris able and faithful son; H
ces as our Representative in Congress, so- M
that our best wishes go with him citherß
a public servant, or in Iris private ret>
ment.
Resolved, 6th , That all papers
to our cause publish the proceeding 5 ’■
our meeting.
James B. Hanson, Preside * I
James J. Ford, Secretary.
Integrity, however rough, is better I
‘-■mootb dissimulation,