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juofessors, may u r e rrnt reasonably titfpe
that a-bright future may be theirs ? Some
of them have settled amid the endearing
scene® oi childhood, while others have gone
to a distant part of the State, and cast their
lot among strangers ; but all like dutiful
sons, have linked their destiny with that of
the Empire State of the South. Wherev
er they may be, our best wishes for their
prosperity and happiness go out after them;
whatever may be their fate, we will remem
ber then* kindly ; and should we ever
chance to meet them, we will be ready to
extend to them the hand of friendship and
fraternal love. May success be theirs, and
may honor weave for their names chaplets
that will never fade.
And now fellow students it is my sad
duty to address you a few parting words.
Pleasant indeed has been our intercourse
daring the few months which we have been*
associated together in the Law School ;
nothing has occurred to mar that friend
ship which has been rapidly growing lip
amongst us since the first moment of our
acquaintance ; a friendship which I at
tempted briefly to describe in the beginning
remarks ; and now I ask you again,
separated though we may be, to continue to
cultivate it, so that when we meet in after
years, it will be as friends in affection and
brothers in the same common profession.—
Had I the power and did circumstances
permit, gladly would I prolong the time of
our -intercourse ; it is in sorrow that I
know the hour for separation has arrived ;
for i feel that in the lonely office rooms, I
for;‘6ne shall miss the kind faces and friend
ly greetings which have so often met me in
the lecture room. Ah ! those moments of
social life are sacred now and they will be
ch(*rished in memory’s most sacred place ;
doubt not I will often recall them to mind
andibeir memory will “lend to loneliness
delight.” Sincerely do I hope that yours
may be a pleasant voyage on the ocean of
life ; may no storms of disaster darken your
future, but may you glide smoothly on
with pleasant breezeand favoring winds to
waft you in safety into the harbor of Pros
perity and Happiness. May Heaven show
er its choicest blessings on you, is the ear
nest wish of a friend and classmate. Fel
low students, I tender to you an affection
ate farewell !
Gentlemen of the Faculty, it only re
mains for me on the parr of the class inclu
ding myself, as students of the Lumpkin
Law School, to tender to you a final adieu.
And in doing so permit me to say, that on
our part, our intercourse with you has been
as pleasant iis I hope it has been improv
ing. We leave.you with feelings akin to
those.of a child going forth from the pater
nal roof ; as ho is departing, the memories
of youth and its pleasant hours rush vivid
ly before the mind, and the kind counsels
of a parent ring in his ears as they had but
just fallen from the lips; he remembers too
the kiud words and the cheering tones of
the voice of that parent, as he has often en
couraged him to meet the struggles <>f life,
with an unconquerable firmness and re
fcolve ; and when he feels that perhaps this
is the time he wiii ever behold those
who i; • dea r to him, a thousand endearing
recollection.-, till rapidly across • ;a:uu
and years “of memory seem v .
gather, in that drop of time.” !5o it is with
us ; the youth of our legal life has been
passed with you; vve have heard with pleas
ure your wise counsels, and will treasure
them up as pearls of untold value. We
will cherish to the latest moments of life,
with filial regard, the memory of this our
Anna Mater ; and if we can never honor
her, we will try at least, never to cast re
proach upon her fair name. In conclusion
gentlemen, we wish each of you a peaceful
and happy future ; may no clouds of sor
row darken the remaining portion of your
life ; and be assured that we will ever cher
ish for sentiments of gratitude and re
spect.
I regret that our venerable chief is not
now present. Tell him, that it is our most
earnest desire, that, bis future days may be
as calm and peaceful as the past have been
useful and honored ; and oh ! may that
future be lengthened out long beyond the
O Cr • *
allotted three score and ten of man ; and
when the time for the sun of his life, al
ready past jts meridian, shall have come
to set, may it go down in a blaze of glory
“and fling back in level beams of mellowed
hue and splendor, its golden rays to illu
mine and cheer the State he has loved and
served so well.” And God grant, that
“Haply his sun emerging yet mny shine,
Him.to irradiate with meridian ray ;
May fortune smile upon his future line
And Heaven restore an ever cloudless day.”
Gentlemeu we bid you farewell!
Florida Postage Stamps. —The tele
graph has noticed the fact that the Post
master at. Madison, Fla., had been using
postage stamps other than those author
ized by the Poet Office Department. This
statement reaching the said official, he im
mediately addressed the Department in ex
planation, saying that in the absence of
regular stiitnps and small change he had
issued a number of one and three cent
ehecks, which, as used, were charged
against himself in favor of the Depart meet.
Lie expressed great indignation at the sus
picion of an attempted fraud on his part.
The present able and efficient Third Assis
tant Postmaster General replied to this
Jotter, reading toe Post mas tei at Madison
a pretty severe lecture on the introduction
•*i unauthorized checks and calling his at
tention to the law, which requires all pos
tage to be piopaid with stamps.
[Washington Cor. Balt. Amer.
. Vi.” •
Fort Pulaski. —Companies D. and K.,
of the Confederate Army, numbering about
one hundred aud sixty men, left for fort
Pulaski yesterday for the purpose of reliev
ing the Volunteer garrisons. —Savannah
UrpubiUu", 22if.
The PicnT Spirit. —A wealthy geutle
ma.’c T of Decatur comry, authoiizes the
SorrrZem I'rc to say tU o h<> will Ik one
oi htty. to present one th u?' r o- >s
eacn Davis, to aid 40. fiitiug
cal u. navy.
Mpsotf
O. A. Miller, Editor.
THOM AST OX, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning, March 30th, 1861.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
The Convention of this State recently in
session in Savannah, adjourned sine die on
Saturday night last. We propose to lay
before our readers a synopsis of the most
important acts of the Convention at its
last session.
And first as to some of the changes in
our State Constitution : the Senate has
been reduced fiom 132 members down to
44, and the State has been laid off into
44 senatorial districts, each district being
composed of three contiguous counties.—
The senators will hold their seats for two
years as at present. The House of Repre
sentatives was not reduced at all, notwith
standing earnest and repeated efforts were
made to that end. The delegates from the
smaller counties insisted upon giving to
each county a member, and as it would
have been both unequal and unjust to place
the largest county upon the same footing
with the smallest, it was finally decided to
leave the House just as it was. Our sena
torial distiict will be composed of Upson,
Talbot and Han is.
The Judges of the Supreme and Superi
or Courts, and the Solicitors, will hereafter
be appointed by the Governor subject to
the approval of two-thirds of the Senate,
This was done in order to take away from
these officers the temptation to engage in
electioneering intrigues, and to prevent
them from so administering the law as to
pave the way for their re-election. The
Governor upon whose shoulders will rest
the responsibility of the appointments, will
be careful to select the best men in the sev
eral circuits, as he will know that they will
be rejected unless approved by two-thirds
of the Senate.
An effort was made to insert a provision
in the Constitution against State aid, but
it failed.
The State Constitution as amended, will
be submitted to the people for their ratifi
cation or rejection on the first Monday in
T ;. l y next.
.. /Ordinances and resolutions were adopt
ed to turn oyTT ‘( r iV 1-W Confederate Govern -
ment at Montgomery the army and navy of
the State, and the control of all forts, ar
senals, arms and military operations in the
same. This will relieve the State of the
heavy expense of providing for the military
defence of our people.
The Convention also ratified b) a unan
imous vote the permanent constitution of
the Confederate States. We learn that it
was the desire of some to have this Consti
tution submitted to a direct vote of the
people of Georgia for their approval or dis
approval, but a large majority were believ
ed to be opposed to it, and for two reasons:
First, the Constitution itself provides that
it shall be referred to the conventions in
the several States for their ratification or
rejection ; —and second, it would have in
volved the State in a useless expenditure,
if another Convention had been called for
the single purpose of submitting the ques
tion to anew set of delegates when there
was a Convention already in session. It
was thought best, therefore by the Conven
tion as the times are hard and our taxes
are likely to be. heavy, to save this expense.
And hence the Convention itself passed
upon the Constitution, which seems to be
generally regarded, both North and South,
as a decided improvement upon the old
United States Constitution.
Other things were doue by the Conven
tion, but we have uot time to refer to them
to-day.
We annex the following from the Daily
Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel of the 26th
inst.
THE CONVENTION
Adjourned on Saturday after adopting,
the new State Constitution which will be
found in other columns, and will be sub
mitted to the people for ratification. Iu
these days, which have been so prolific of
Constitutions, all affecting more or less the
interests of the people, it seems to us in ac
cordance with thegeniusof our institutions
if more of them had been submitted to the
people. We have opportunity only to no
tice the most important changes in our
State Constitution.
The new instrument compared with the
old one, is wholly changed in form at*l in
many points in substance. The first arti
cle consist, of principles set forth in the
oltl Constitution of the United States, and
axioms in politics. It denies what nobody
has asserted, and asserts what nobody has
denied.
Three contiguous counties are linked to
gether in one Senatorial District, without
regard either to their size or population,
‘he only object being to reduce the num
ber of the Senate to 44 The House, the
most burdensome mob of the two, remains
as heretofore. The census is to be taken
once in ten, instead of once in seven years.
The yeas and nays are to be entered on
the journals only at the request of two
fifths of the members present —two mem
bers only were sufficient by the old Consti
tution. The change is a very effectual one
to keep an inconvenient knowledge of their
representative’s vote out of the reach of the
people.
No bill is to contain matter different
from that expressed in the title, a salutary
charge. An alteration is made so to allow
a candidate to use treating, or any lawful
means to procure his election.
The section providing that to alter the
boundaries of counties, and to make new
counties should require a two-thirds vote
is a good one, and if it had repealed all
lawsf r ihefoimation of new counties made
in the last ten years would have been still
better.
‘Article 3d, in most of its provisions is
similar to the old Constitution —the 3d
clause of the first section providing that the
Governor shall have been a citken of the
Confederate States twelve years, seems to
us, precludes every body from being a can
didate. We cannot see how any body can
have been a candidate twelve years of a
Government which, at the time of election,
will not have been in existence twelve
months. But that’s a small difficulty in
these times.
All elections by the people shall be by
ballot, but all elections by the General As
sembly shall be viva voce, and the Consti
tution shotdd have gone on and directed
that the vote of each member should here
corded and published.
The mode of making judicial appoint
ments is changed. The judges of the Su
preme and Superior Courts are to be ap
pointed by the Governor, and confirmed by
two-thirds of the Senate, instead of being
elected by the people and Legislature as
heretofore.
We have pointed out but few of the
changes effected by the Convention, but it
will be seen that the whole instrument has
been remodelled, and not in every point
improved.
TALBOTTON,
We were absent the whole of last week
in attendance on the Superior Court of
Talbot county —Judge Worrill presiding.
We regard Judge Worrill for patience,
promptness, courtesy and legal ability as a
model Judge. The two first days were
occupied by a case originating in the buil
ding of a county rail-road, between one of
the contractors and company. The Judge
being interested, Alexander Hall, Esq., of
Greenville, was selected by the parties to
preside. Judge Hall met the points raised
with fairness and directness—verdict for
defendants and appeal to Supreme Court.
Several other interesting cases were tried,
but we have no space this week to go into
details.
We spent our time very pleasantly and
somewhat profitably considering not “wind
or weather ,” but the Lincoln and Disunion
grip of the times. This grip is awful, es
pecially to Proprietors and Editors of pa
pers —as we saw our old frkvub? Ragland
of the Columbus Enquirer, DeWolf of the
Sun and our venerable friend of ye Corner
Stone fighting ye good fight as if in the
mortal hug of a polar bear. Uninterested
ourselves, we could only stand off as an
indifferent spectator and cry out to our co
temporaries like Mrs. Nancy in the story —
“g<i it husband, got it bar I" —go it news
paper friends, go it old hard times !
We tarried with our namesake, Miller
(no relation) or we would not say our say
about his house—the Talbott-on Hotel.—
“He is a good man, and ought to do well,
An excellent man, that can keep a Hotel.”
Miller, treated us like the son of an Irish
King. We eat so bountifully of fresh shad,
that we are really afraid that fins and scales
will soon appear and we, by an irrepressi
ble instinct be compelled to — “takewater.”
Collinsworth Institute and Levert Fe
male College we learn are flourishing.—
Next to good Landlords and good Hatels,
we regard good Teachers and good Schools,
the greatest benefactors and civilizers of a
nation.
The Southern Rifles under Capt. Curley
paraded on Saturday, and executed some
beautiful and excellent evolutions. This
military coi'ps is an honor to the county
and State—may it, in the progress of hu
man eventß, never become a corpse —for
we believe that the worse use you can make
of a respectable company is to use it up as
food for powder. We are of the peace es
tablishment and consequently have more
faith in plasters, than broken bones ;in
Surgeons, than Soldiers.
On Friday and Saturday nights, the
Thomaston Brass and Harmonic Minstrels
discoursed most eloquent music and did
some tall acting to crowded and delighted
audiences. We are satisfied that the pleas
ure was mutual—that the Band and audi
ence were equally satisfied with the visit.
We hope they will soon meet again in joy
and separate only with regret.
We append the following resolutions
passed by the members of the Band since
their arrival at home. We hope they may
receive many such warm greetings as they
received iu Talbot ton and —“may we be
the/e to see.”
For the U pson Pilot.
At a meeting of the “Thomaston Ama
teur Band”—Col. G. L. F, Birdsong in the
Chair, the following resolutions were unan
imously adopted.
1. Besotted, That the members of the
Band hereby return their heart-felt and
sincere thanks to the citizens of Thomas
ton and Talbot ton for their kind and liber
al patronage in tbtfsr eftcotiraging os in onr
first efforts, and shall ever reffiembef them
with gratitude.
2. Resolved, That to the fair Ladies of
our native place and also of Talbotton, we
are under a thousand obligations, and we
shall ever look back with pleasure and grat
ification to the fact that they were there
and encouraged us with their presence and
smiles inspiring us with renewed vigor and
a determination never to stop until we
reach the highest, pinnacle attainable in
musical science.
3. Resolved, That in a special manner
we tender our thanks to our worthy and
attentive host, James P. Miller, Esq., pro
prietor of the Talbotton Hotel for the
bountiful and hospitable manner in which
he entertained us during our short stay,
and we would advise all those who are
“weary and heavy laden” to stop with
Miller and he will give them rest, and will
attend to their wants in the pditest and
most agreeable manner possible.
4. Resolved, We also return our thanks
to the gentlemanly Principal of the Fe
male Academy, Mr. J. M. Greene for the
use of his school room, and whenever it
happens so that we can return the favor
we will do so with pleasure, he has our
best wishes for his success in wh itever he
may engage.
5. Resolved , That these resolutions be
published in the “Epson Pilot” to whose
able and talented editor, Col. G. A. Miller,
we are under lasting obligations for his
kindness and interest manifested in our be
half.
G. L. F. BIRDSONG, President,
W. 0. Sandwich, Secretary.
Thomaston, March 28, 18G1.
Forthe Upson Pilot,
DOES THE SOVEREIGNTY RESIDE
IN THE PEOPLE ?
Mr. Editor :
As your correspondent “5.,” in your last
issue, in proposing to answer the above
question, as propounded by me in a former
number, has made some allusion to nm,
and to my “way of thinking,” I propose,
in all that spirit of kind feeling and re
spect, due from one personal friend to
another, and at the same time in all that
candor which my friend “S.” so much ad
mires in me, to point out some of the er
rors and inconsistencies into which I think
he has ‘nadvertently fallen.
“S.” says, “in 1776 our ancestors de
clared that all governments rest upon the
consent of the governed.” That was a
truth then—it is a Iruth now, which ad
mits not of a shadow of doubt; but it
furnishes no elucidation of the question at
issue; because the party in whom the sove
reignty—the supreme power resides, can
not logically be said to be the party gov
erned, but roust, according to all common
sense, be the governing party. The Des
potic, the Aristocratic, and the Monarch
ial governments of the old world, all rest
upon the consent of the governed—the
quiet and submissive acquiesence of the
masses of the people, in the arbitrary will_
of their respective sovereigns ; but “we of
this country,” were taught by our ances
tors, that a Democratic government, (I
mean a government by the people, not that
Democratic government which has brought
our country to ruin) rests upon the will of
the sovereign people expressed at the bal
lot box—or in other words, that the vox
populi is the supreme powe-. Now the
question before us, “narrows itself down
to this :” if the Convention goes on, not
only to legislate, and to appropriate the
people’s money without any Constitutional
authority, and directly in the face of that
instrument ; but to send themselves to
Montgomery to form a Federal Constitu
tion, (I don’t mean the provisional Con
stitution, as “S.” seems to think,) and
then send themselves back to Georgia, to
ratify and adopt that Constitution, and all
this is tacitly and submissively acquiesced
in by the people, without xheir expressed
will—the Vox p opuli ; then surely the
people become the governed party ; and if
the governed party, then not the sovereign
power ; for sovereign has no superior.
“S.” says that the Convention is the
people , and thinks that the Convention is
i “supreme in its powers,” unless restricted
! by the act of the Legislature calling it into
; existence. The legitimate inference hence
is, that “the sovereignty” resides in the
Convention, and was transferred to, or
rather conferred upon-that body by the
Legislature. Here another question arises,
towit : When, where, and how did the
Legislature acquire “the sovereignty ?”
“S.” seems to think that 1 would deny
to the Convention, the right or province to
pass a secession ordinance, or having pass
-1 ed it, to take steps necessary to the forma
tion of a provisional government,and thus
; plunge the “Empire State of the South,”
into a condition of absolute anarchy. Now
if he will read my article as carefully as he
requests In’s own to be read, he will find
that on the contrary, I considered it the
specific province of the Convention to
consider, first, the expediency or inexpedi
’ eney of secession, and if considered expe
dient, then to take the necessary steps for
the formation of a provisional or temporary
I government, in case the people should rat
ify the ordinance of secession. But Ido
deny the province of the Convention to
! legislate, or to appoint delegates to repre
sent the people in a Federal Convention
or Congress ; though I would admit the
expediency of their appointing such dele'-*
gates, for the lone purpose of forming a
necessary provisional government, but for
no further purpose; and I most emphat
ically deny, and am determined to resist,
until overruled by the Supreme Court, not
only the province, but the Constitutional
right or power ot the Convention to appro
priate my money, by taxation, forced loan
or otherwise, unless it were absolutely nec
essary for the support or defence of a pro
visional goverment, founded on the ratifi
cation of the Acts of the Convention, by
a majority of the people ; in that case, I
would say, “Millions for defence, but not a
cent fur tribute.”
“S ” says, “The people never dreamed
at the time, of having the action of the
Convention referred back to them ; it was
an after thought.” Now, as to what the
people diearned, I do not know ; but this
I do know, that some of the people, and
some of the candidates, and members elect
of the Convention, thought of the matter,
both before and after the election ; and I
do not recollect to have heard the right of
the people to have the action of the Con
vention referred back to them, ever ques
tioned. Every Act of the Legislature is,
by virtue of the elective franchise, referred
to the people for ratification or rejection.
But “S.” thinks it would he extremely
farcical to refer the work of the people
back to the people ; yet upon his thesis,
that very thing lias been done, ile says
the Convention is the people. That body
by its own representatives, aided in the
formation ot the “peimanent Constitu
tion,” which was referred hack to the Con
vention tor its ratification. lorgo, the work
of the people was referred back to the peo
ple.
“S ” argues that the Convention had the
right, not only to pass a secession ordi
nance, but to take the necessary steps for
the formation of a provisonal government.
This has never, that I am aware of, been
denied. He refers to the second Conti
nental Congress for a precedent for the
Convention. The history of the United
States informs us that “the power of the
Continental Congress was only advisory
and that when the Constitution of the
United States was formed it was referred
for consideration to Conventions of the
States, chosen by the people for that ex
press purpose.
In conclusion, I would remark that I do
not think there can be any danger, in a
government like ours, of exercising any
hurtful influence, by contending for the
right of each freeman to cast his vote on
every important, and especially, revolu
tionary matter pertaining to the govern
ment ; and for the voice of the majority
to be the sovereign—supreme law, until
revoked by the same authority. But that
there is flanker in conceding too much power
to the public servants of the people ; es
pecially while we have so- many political
demagogues, and pedagogues*, vcho may
possibly lead us to the tate of “Gog and
Magog.” Ezekiel 39ih chap., Ist and Gth
verses. M.
FORT SUMTER.
Col. Lamon, of Illinois, formerly a law
partner of Mr. Lincoln, reached this city 7
unexpectedly on Sunday last, and although
his name was recorded on the books of the
Charleston Hotel, he passed unobserved
until Monday, when having sent his card
to Governor Pickens, he was received by
his Excellency and had a conference of
some length. About 1 P. M., Col. La
mon, accompanied by Col. Duryea, Aid to
the Governor, left the city in the steamer
Planter, Capt. Ferguson, and proceeded to
Fort Sumpter. The tide being low. the
steamer was unable to reach the Fort
wharf, but was met at a short distance by a
boat commanded by an officer, who we un
derstood was Lieut. Hall. After present
ing a written communication to the Lieu
tenant, Col. Lamon was invited into the
boat, accompanied by Col. Duryea, and
they were taken to Fort Sumter, where
they remained about one hour On the
approach of the steamer to the Fort about
one-half of the garrison collected on the
wharf, and some half dozen officers were on
the ramparts using their spy glasses. Af
ter staying in the Fort for some time, Col.
Lamon, accompanied by Major Anderson,
took a walk around the ramparts of the
fortification, the Major apparently explain
ing to his visitor the position of the Fort
and its surrouudings. While on the steam
er the Envoy from Washington alluded
several times to the importance of preserv
ing the peace, and that he expected to
leave immediately for Washington city,
and hoped to return here in a few days.—
The last remark would indicate that so tar
as he was concerned, he bore no order for
the evacuation of the fortress, that would
give color to the opinion held by many,
that the question of leaving is in debate
between Major Anderson and the Wash
ington authorities, each wishing to shift
the resnonsibility off their own shoulders.
This matter as it stands is becoming rather
annoying to the public here, and the peo
ple are expecting with anxiety a final set
tlement, either p aceably or by the sword.
Col. Larnon left on Monday night on the
11 o’clock train of the Northeastern Kail
road — Charleston Courier , 2 6th.
The Missippi State Convention re-as
serabled at Jackson on Monday of the
present week.
The South Carolina Convention re-as
sembled, at Charleston, yesterday.
The Georgia Baptist Convention will
hold its next annual session in Athens,
cetumencing on the 26th of April next.
WHAT VIRGINIA WILL DO
The Richmond Whig, after a general
comparison of Views by the editor with th
members of the Convention, gives the f ]
lowing opinion as the will 1
pursued by Virginia. ue
We believe that, after full debate and
thorough examination, the Convention wilT
indicate by resolutions the constitution 1
amendments and guarantees which i n j)
judgment of Virginia, are necessary’ for the
security of her rights and institutions
When these are agreed on, she will invjt
a conference ot the non-seceded S J„ °
States, at Frankfort or Nashviile, to 0, ‘°
sider, our propositions, and to make ecu “
mon cause with her. She will not o ff,”
propositions as an ultimatum, but merely
as her contribution to. the general stock 0 f
suggestions on the subject. Some other
wisest and most patriotic citizens will 1 *
sent by the Convention to th
and her propositions will there he consid’
ered, and it may be, modified in some re’
spect—though not in any essential partic
lars. When harmony and concurrence shall
have been secured among the border States
the propositions, as agreed on by them’
will be submitted as an ultimatum to the
Northern States. The ultimatum, we feel
assured, will embrace no unreasonable fea
tures—nothing which is not in strict con
formity with the principles of the Consti
tution, as understood and acted on bv the
fathers of the R. public. It should he ac
cepted by the North, the Union will be
preserved and harmony restored. If on
the other hand, it he rejected, then’ the
border States will, in a b dy, withdraw
from the Union,and unitewith smhSsates
both slave-holding and non slaveholdin*: as
may be willing to adopt them. In'the
event of rejection, we believe that N. w
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio
Indiana and Illinois will unite with the
border States. The result may be to throw
off the New England States tint] the ex
treme Northwestern States. The Gulf
States will soon find it to theij interest to
re-unite themselves to this conservative
Confederacy, and ultimately the extended
Northern States, having learned a lesson
of wisdom and humility, will knock at our
doors for re-admission into the family man
sion.
This is a noble programme, and it is one
which we believe will lead to the restora
tion of the Union to all of its pristine glo
ry and ample proportions. \Ye are satis
fied that the ultimatum of the Border
States will he so fair and just and reasona
ble that it will be promptly and gladly em
braced by an overwhelming majority of
the Northern States, and that any which
may feel temporary dissatisfaction will h
compelled to acquiesce.
The precipitators object to a Border
Conference. And why ? Simply because
they do not desire any settlement or any
restoration of the Union. Their dream is
of a Southern Confederacy—a Breckin
ridge-Democratic Confederacy—a Coiifub
eracy based on aristocratic principles, and
sustained by military power, which will
protect the elite lrotu the rude assaults of
the people ! —a Confederacy which will
have a plenty of fat offices to bestow, and
in which the tenure is for life, instead of
being subjected to the awkward contingen
cy of expulsion by the voice of the people
at the end of every period of four years!—
What a glorious refuge this would he for
such politicians as Hunter and Mason and
tlie whole brood of Virginia Treasury rath!
In the judgment of all disinterested nn n,
this Border Conference is eminently expe
dient. It is demanded by a prat regard to
the rights and interests of the Border
States. It otb rs the only hope of peacea
ble adjustment and of a restoration of iIW
Union. It would be alike presumptuous
and indecorous, after all that has occurred,
for Virginia to act without consultation
with her Southern sisters. And none can
deny 7 that any action taken with the con
currence of the whole hotly of the non-sece
ded Slates, would carry with it a far great
er moral weight than if adopted by Virgin
ia alone.
To carry out this programme it will !>e
necessary for the Convention to have an
adjourned session at some remote day—say
in October. In the meantime the other
States will have acted on the idthuatvm
submitted by the Buider Conference and
when the Convention comes together in
adjourned session, it will take such final
action as circumstances may require.
This line of policy will, we feel assured,
meet the approbation of Virginia. The
conservatives proper a).prove it, and the
wiser and more considerate of those who
are not regarded as altogether conservative
—such as Ex-President Tyler and Gv.
Wise—have favored something very nearly
akin to i t.
Feeling in Franee upon liie American
Crisis.
We invite the attention of our readers to
a rather lengthy article in another column
bearing upon the above subject. The pa
per (Le Pays,) from which the translation
is made, is the Government organ off ranee,
and, hence, it may be concluded the artic
le discloses the mind of the Emperor. It
presents the most rational and philosophic
view of the questions it discusses, which
has yet appeared m the trans-Atlantic press
views which must commeod themselves to
right thinking minds every where. Ihe re
cognition of the Confederate States bv
France may be regarded as a fixed fact, and
one which will exert a controlling influen
ce upon the conduct of the European
Powers.— Columbus Times.
Deserters. —We find in the Montgom
ery papers an official advertisement, minu
tely describing and offering a reward f° r
tlm arrest of four deserters who have esca
ped from the army at Mount-Vernon, Ala.
Two of them enlisted at Selma and two a
Mobile. Two are Irish by birth one an
Alabamian and one a Georgian. Their
names are Thomas Lynch, Michael Mur
phy, John Mayfield, and Hezekiah Hurs .
A rewajd often dollars each is offered o
their apprehension—evincing not so mm
of a desire to get them back as to 6io
others the publicity and disgrace that
follow such conduct.