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BY JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7.
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above terms will be rigidly onforcod.
Spaqohes of Col. lylcMitlsnwHd Mr. Toombs.
'J'he' Ifrtii. Robert Toombs begins to show the
white feather in a small way. It was publicly
announced in tha. Constitutionalist $ Republic, on
Tuesday morning, that Col. Robert McMillan
would address his fellow-citizens of Richmond
comity, at the City Hall, on the evening of that
day, as well as at the Lafayette Race Course, on
the occasion of the Barbecue to be given him
there during the day time.
Mr. Toombs, to say the least of it, lent himself
to an arrangement tor himself to address all such
as would attend at the Masonic Hall on the same
evening.
But a few days ago, he and Mr. Cobh Had a
fair, lull and ample hearing before the assembled
citizens of both the Constitutional Union and
Southern Rights parties, at the City Hall. They
were listened to throughout, without the least
interruption or disturbance. They had every
opportunity to influence the public mind by their
arguments, or sophistry, and everybody knows
they exerted themselves to the utmost with
both, but particularly the latter, to make the
worse appear the better cause. Why, then, could
not the same courtesy be extended to Colonel
McMillan 7 For what reason was this effort
made to call the partizans of Mr. Toombs to the
Masonic Hall, to hear him, on Tuesday evening ?
There can be but one answer. It cannot be said
that it was necessary to enable them to hear his
views, for they had, a few days previous, heard
them in full. The reason for it was the coward
ly fear to permit them to hear the able and elo
quent Standard Bearer pf the Southern Rights
party. Letter writers from all points of the
compass had publicly declared, that in previous
encounters, in various places, Col. McMillan had
been essentially used up by Mr. Toombs, ll
their statements had been true—if he was so
feeble an antagonist—why was it that he was
denied the privilege of being heard by the Con
stitutional Union men ?
No, Col. McMillan was feared. They dread
ed his steel. Mr. Toombs himself, vs doubt
not, knew that it was dangerous to put some of
his followers within the sound qL bE voice. His
is ajgame, a trade in :Ufercs, and he must exer
v'-tbse every art tj.sffnire Auc-ccss in his business.
...... .jvc with jealousy, thochargeh«‘«levade,
►' pretend lip bat llrai by his trad*.
it Will he have the manliness to admit this ?
•/We doubt it. He will, or his friends for him,
trump up some reason to cover over this clear
evidence of a dread of an exposure of his course
and principles to the gaze of his followers. What
political chivalry!
Well, Richard played his part at the Masonic :
Hall, and how did it turn out with him ? His
followers were few for once. There were not i
more than two hundred persons to hear him,
while at least live hundred were present to hear
Col. McMillan, and a more delighted audience
we have never seen. We may justly describe
the applause in the language of Shakspeare :
“ Such a noise arose
As tho shrouds mnko at sea in a stiff tempest,’’
and it was frequently repeated. Burst after ,
burst arose, and was borne off upon the moonlit j
breeze.
Whatever we may say of their courtesy and ;
chivalry, our opponents certainly paid Colonel j
McMillan a high compliment in directly saying
to him, “ Sir. vve cannot trust our people within
reach of you.” Yes, they
“Trembled, and slullked and peer’d about.”
We are willing for Mr. Toombs to wear and en
joy all the honors of this magnanimous transac
tion 1
It may be that they have saved their bacon, to
extent, by it. It so, they have saved it at
the expense of courage and fairness.
This is not strange, however, in those who
assert that measures which caused the South to
loose every thing, are wise, liberal and just. Their
reasoning is on a par with their conduct. The
Masonic Hall was used, for the time being, as a
“ masked battery,” and Mr. Toombs, as he stood
up in it, to speak to his followers, was. for once,
a representative of folly at full length, or we are
greatly mistaken. A brave and high-minded
people cannot sanction such a proceeding. It
will prove, in the end, to be a bitter pill, and
without the gilding at that. There have been
some shakes of the head and significant shruggs
already. That meeting, at the Masonic llall, to
-ay the least of it, was a political blunder. Mr.
Toombs may have roared like a bully, but we
would offer a small bet that he sweated from fear.
Such will, at least, be the public judgment.
After writing the above, we found the follow
ing in the Chronicle ty Sentinel of yesterday morn
ing. It is a resolution which was adopted on
Tuesday, by the Convention of the Constitution
al Union party of Richmond county:
“ Restolveil. That, inasmuch as the Hon. Robert
Toombs has been denied the privilege of free dis
cussion, as he had a right to expect from previous
agpaecncnt with his opponent, we invite him to
addess the citizens of Richmond county, at the
Masonic Hall, this evening, at 8 o’clock.”
It will be seen, from our foregoing remarks,
that Mr. Toombs has had a full and fair hearing
before the people here. The Southern Rights
party concluded to have its own meeting.
They did not invite Mr. Toombs, or any oth
er speakeis of the Constitutional Union par
ty to meet them in discussion. Mr. Toombs
made application, or his friends for him, to be
heard with Col. McMillan. The committee of
arrangements persisted in the original purpose of
having a meeting for the Southern Rights party
as our opponents had had one for themselves.
This would place the two parties on terms of
equality. The announcement was seen in our ,
paper of yesterday morning, that Col. McMillan
and the Southern Rights party woidd be pleased
to see Mr. Toombs and his friends, the fourth
week in this month. That shows whether they
are disposed or not to avoid free discussion upon
equitable terms.
We would simply add that Col. McMillan was
in the hands of his friends, whose decision he
could not overrule.
Temporary Editorial Change.
We perceive from the last Southerner, that
Mr. J. W. Dodd has retired from the editorial
department of that paper for the balance of the
year, and that the paper will, during that period,
be under the editorial management of Messrs.
Patton and Garlington. We welcome them into
the corps, and hope they may find their labors
pleasant, and that the cause of truth and justice
. / / may be promoted by them.
We copy only two or three sentences, as fol
lows. from the address to his patrons of Mr.
Dodd:
To tiik Patrons of the Southerner.—
\ O wing to private engagements that will demand
his absence from Ro«*e the greater part of the
remainder of the year, the undersigned relin
quishes for a time the post of editor to F. Patton
|
and R. Garlington. He ragrMmt
D ' compel him to leave his station 'at tliis critical
and interesting period ot the contest in Georgia,
but is more than gratified that the (defence of the
in principles for which he has contended will be
rt left to abler pens. Messrs. Patton and Garlington
“ f are gentlemen of talent and ability, and zealous
*> defenders *of the rights of the South.
£ Dr. William S. Jones
■j Circumstances have made it necessary for me
Jj publicly io expose Dr-William S. Jones, for his
ic of the pr.’Vs undjr Lis. control, his
1 equufocation, and his cowardly denial of satisfoc
“ tior*to me, for a wilful deliberate, and aggrava
nt ted wrong done ot which no honorable gentle
s man would have been guilty. He has admitted
i three articles into the Chronicle £ Sentinel , of
i wh.ch [xrper he is the proprietor and publisher.
6 against myself, which have been characterized
by studied misrepresentation, and seldom equalled
0. for their malignity. Dr. William S. Jones was
. aware that the principal grounds upon which the
writer of “ Doctor ’’ based his charges of false
l hood against myself, were the unintentional er
j) rors of another gentleman, and found their way
d into the Republic without my knowledge, orem
jj sent. He was perfectly aware that those errors
had bee A corrected through the same channel in
* which publicity had been given to them. He
« must have known*that there was an immense
disproportion between the errorsthemselves, supr
posing them all to have been committed and un- J
explained, and the charges made against me by
the author of “Doctor.” He was aware that
the author of those false and scurrilous articles,
, thrust-himself forward as a volunteer in detrac
i tion and falsehood, .to assault me for . reasons
i which found no justification in his personal con
nection with the matters treated ot by him. He
became an offiMotisTu fruiter in tho,.first place,
and a malicious assailant in the second.
I do not deem it necessary to publish the arti
cle of u Doctor,” upon which I founded my call
upon Dr. Jones, which will be seen below. The
public has already seen it in the prostituted
columns ot the Chronicle <j- Sentinel , and portions
of it in the Constitutionalist Republic. 1 charge
Dr. Wm. S. Jones, for inserting it, in his columns,
with sinking his paper into the lowest, and mean
est, and foulest depths of licentiousness. It was
disgraceful to him as a public journalist and a
man. and was utterly inconsistent with the pro
fession which lie has publicly made as a member
of a respectable church.
The stigma, of the foul transaction, will re
main upon him, at least, until he shall acknowl
edge the wrong he has done me, ami make atone
ment for it.
I will take this occasion to observe that I have
frequently declined publishing articles in the j
Republic , which I formerly edited, because of the j
harsh expressions they contained against politi
cal opponents.
I have subjected myself for it, on several occa
sions, to the complaints and censures of personal
friends.
The dignity, honor and fairness of the press,
should be always maintained. Its true value is
impaired, and even utterly destroyed, when it
cuts loose from the moorings of decency and vir- j
tuc, and its great object, the dissemination of
useful information, to permit individual character
to be falsely assailed, and that too in the lowest
terms of the blackguard. The Chronicle Senti
nel has been degraded to this base purpose, and \
must henceforth, without an adequate purgation,
take its rank among the lowest and vilest publi
cations in the land.
I submit the following correspondence wth a
| few words of comment.
Avgusta, August 29th, 1851.
Dr. Wm. S. Junes :
Sin :—Considering the article signed “Doctor,”
which appeared in the Chronicle q- Sentinel of this
morning, of such a character as to make you, as
the publisher of that paper, a party to the out
rage, I demand of you tlrnt satisfaction, for in
serting it iu your columns, which is due from
one gentleman to another. i
This will be handed you by my friend, James
| Gardner, Jr., Esq.
Respectfully your ob’fc. serv’t.
Jamhs M. Smythe.
This letter was received by Dr. Jones. On
Tuesday, the 2nd instant, the following note
was handed to my friend, Mr. Gardner, to be
delivered to Dr. Jones :
Augusta, Sept. 2nd, 1851. j
Dr. Wm. S. Jams :
; Sir : —A reasonable time having elapsed since
i the delivery to you, on Friday last, of rny note of
that date, L take occasion to call your attention
to it, and inquire when 1 may expect a reply ?
Respectfully your ob’t. serv’t.
James M. Smythe.
The card, of Mr. Gardner, below, will explain
what occurred on that occasion.. Suffice it for j
me to say, Dr. Jones declined to receive it for I
the reason assigned by Mr. Gardner.
On the 3rd instant, the following note was
conveyed to him by the hands of my friend, Win. i
i W. Montgomery, Esq.
Augusta, Sept. 3rd, ISSI. |
j Dr. Wm. S. Jones:
i Sir:—Considering the article under the signa- 1
ture of “Doctor,” which appeared in the Chroni
cle <,)• Sentinel, of last Friday morning, of such a
character as to make you, us the publisher of that
paper, a party to the outrage, I demand of you,
for inserting it in your columns, that satisfaction
which is due from one gentleman to another.
This will he handed to you by my friend, Win.
; W. Montgomery, Esq.
Respectfully your ob’t. serv’t.
James M. Smythe.
This he declined to receive, alleging, in sub
stance, that he had nothing to do with the mat
| ter; that the author of “ Doctor ” was responsi
; ble for its publication.
It will be seen, from the card of Mr. Gardner,
that Dr. Jones objected to receiving a third note
from me, through his hand, (for the reason as
i signed,) after he bad previously received two,
neither of which had been, nor have been to this
! moment returned. It will be seen, further, that
i Dr. Jones stated, if I wished to make any com
munication to him, I must select another person
to convey it to him. I did so, and the card of
Mr. Montgomery will show what response he
made to my note of the 3rd instant. This es
; tablishes his cowardly evasion of the responsi
, bility which rested upon him in the premises.
I now leave the conduct of Dr. Wm. S. Jones,
with the publication of this correspondence and
I tjjie foregoing remarks, to the judgment of the
public. JAMES M. SMYTHE.
Augusta, Sept. 4, 1851.
Mr. James M. Smythe :
Dear Sir In compliance with your request,
I state that I called on Dr. W. S. Jones, on the
3rd instant, and handed him a communication
from yourself-—a copy of which, I believe, had
been previously handed him by Mr. Gardner—
which communication he declined to receive,
upon the ground, as I understood him, that he i
did not consider himself in any way responsible |
for the attack upon yourself, contained in the ar
ticles in the Chronicle Sr Sentinel, under the sig
nature of “ Doctor.”
Very respectfully, yours, &c.
W. W. MONTGOMERY.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 4th, 1801.
James M. Smytiie, Esq.—
Dear Sir :—At your request I state, that on
the 29th ult., I bore two communications from
you to Dr. W. S. Jones. To the one first
presented, he wrote a reply and handed it to me at
that interview. The second he received and
read in my presence. While reading it I said
to him: “it will be proper for you to answer
that through your friend.” I then withdrew.
No answer having been received to that com
munication, on the 2nd inst. I called on him at
his office with another communication from
you. This he declined to receive. He stated
that if you, Mr. Smythe, desired to make any
communication to him, you must do it through
some other channel, as he would entertain no
communication through me. He assigned in
that interview as his reason for thus declining,
in repiy to aa, inquiry to this point' from me, the
terms of enmity existing, and known to you to
exist, between him and myself.
This reason, if sufficient on the 2nd of Septem
ber was equally so on the 29th of August, as no
change kad taken place in the relations ex
isting between Dr. Jones and myself between
those two dates.. The sufficiency of the reason
lam content to leave to the judgment of hono
rable men.
Yours respectfully,
JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
Irwin County. —The Federal Union says: A
friend who has lately been travelling through
Irwin county, writes us that Irwin will give
■j—ajLHjiy —.'■l i■ •«. —— —.— m in. L _. mmm — ■ ■<■ j - g n .
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WKONMSDAY BjdßßHjgG. SEPTEMBER JO, lsf>l.
:s McDonald and Benning from 250 to 300 majori
d ty. We have also received most interesting ac
b counts from many counties in the upper part 'o
e the State. Let the iriends of the South ever]
n where be*wand doing ani all will be well.
Mr. Oobb’s Suppressed Letter.
We find the following in the Southern Rccorda
of the 2d instant, being part of a correspondents
e account of Mr. Cobb’s speech at Cassville:
“Close by the writer, there was a knot of fire
s eaters or Southern Rights men, and his attention
- was directed to Hiem by hearing ‘•'that letter' —
. that suppressed letter' r —uttered by one or twe
voices r aad shortly after one Os the party stepped
‘ up and said he Wanted to “see that sujtpressed let
•* ter /” -« s
if Mr. Cobb then turned to him and asked him
. if he had “read his letter to the Macon commit
. tee ?” The fire-eater replied “Yes.” “Then,”
replied Mr. Cobb, Li yoa have read that suppressed
‘ letter, aud did'nt know it /” I then at the moment
s glaneed at the fire-eater, and from the manner in
a which he held his head, he reminded me ot a
man who had just had bis hat pulled over -his
lace, Mr. Cobb then said that with the excep
tion of the introduction of the letter to his friend,
r Mr. Hull, which is in substance as follows:
. “Dear Sir: I propose to give you my views upon
the subject of secession, without entering into a
s lengthy argument to sustain my position.” The
1 whole of the suppressed letter without an alteration,
: arid with the crossing of the t’s aud the dotting
, of the i’s as in the original, is contained in liis letter
; to the Mucon Committee.''
* So many contradictory accounts have been
r given of Air. Cobb’s various speeches by anony
. modi correspondents, that we should have dis
regarded this statement until confirmed by Mr.
Cobb’s own sign manual, or that of Mr. Wm.
Hops Hull, to whom the suppressed letter was
addressed, exempt thafc.the adit or ««n ISntlHliTn
Rernrtffr. ;i gent lernan for whom we have the
highest respect, endorses the statement.
He says:
“ It will be seen by the article of our corres
pondent from Cass, that Mr. Cobb in addressing
the people of that county, being called on for the
suppressed letter, openly avowed, (what we may
here remark, ourselves were perfectly aware of
before,) that the suppressed letter and that pub
lished by him,were identical, with a trifling ex
ception of a few lines which Mr. Cobb quoted,
and which are given by our correspondent.
“What will the Constitutionalist say now?”
We will say first, that it has been like draw
ing teeth to get this tardy avowal, and that this
very reluctance in the face of such earnest
calls for months past, for the letter, itself show
ed a consciousness on the part of the wri
ter, that the sentiments and doctrines it avows
were obnoxious to the people of Georgia. But
the outward pressure for it was so great—the
cry for it so loud, it was bound to Come.
The occasion selected of putting it before tba
public, notin response to this general call, but in
response to the Macon Committee, was a mere
rust 1 to avoid the mortification of having to ac
knowledge obedience to the popular clamor
for the letter. The manner of yielding is awk
ward, and the spirit with which it is done, chur
lish.
Why was this letter kept back so long ? Be
cause it was a private letter ? Because it was
written from one friend to another? The cor
respondent of the Recorder says:
“And here let me take occasion to remark upon
the very great liberty or license taken by gen
! tlemen of the press and others, with private cor
respondence these days. Really and iu truth,
those gentlemen who have made such a fuss
about this letter and the public had no business
with that letter. It was not written for publica
tion—it was not rend before the Committee of 33, or
the Convention. The very beginning of the letter
shows that it was written by one friend to another
' friend.' l l l
Ah! was this long letter of five or six columns
a mere friendly private .epistle, written to com
municate simply the opinions of one friend to
another, both living in the same town and occu
pying the same law office ? Was this its sole
purpose ? |
“It was not written for publication—it was i
not read before the committee of 33, or the con
’ vention.”
No doubt it was not written for publication, j
‘ Air. Cobb probably knew before he (/rote it that ■
it would 1«) dangerous to put such otlious federal
I and consolidation doctrines before the people of
Georgia—always a State Rights and Republican
people
“It was not road before the committee of 33,
or the convention.” No. Air. Toombs and the
other wire-workers thought it would not do to
trust it before either body. It might have re
volted State Rights men perhaps even then, who
had not yet got too deeply immersed in the Ser
borean bog of federalism. It might have shock
ed Georgia platform men who had found matter
l’or objection, as well as matter lor approval in
the Compromise measures, and would not have
been prepared to nominate a man in the face of a
letter of his, read to them, lauding that Compro
i mise as fair, honorable and just.
1 The letter was intended to be kept private—
' to be confided to the political schemers of that
convention alone. But public opinion has forced
it out. It lias made its entree rather ungraceful
ly it is true. But it is “out at last,” as the
Savannah Republican said of the apologetic letter
of Cobb, Boyd, Clark and Lumpkin, for not sign
ing the Southern address—the letter of “ popinjay
political dwarfs, as destitute of brains as of pa
triotism.'' 1 as that paper characterized them.
“ What will the Constitutionalist say now ?” asks
the Recorder. Why exactly what it said of that
letter when it was published by us. We pub
lished Air. Cobb’s letter as soon as we got hold of
it,and denounced its sentiments in the strongest
terms. We intend to continue to do so, and to
show up ils sophistries, and its abominable con
solidation doctrines.
Qu ere ! If Mr. Cobb started to give to liis \
“dear friend ” merely his views on scrcssion , how
name he. to launch out in the outset so extensively and
abruptly into a labored defence and praise of the
Compromise measures ?
“ Popinjay Political Dwarf*.”
It is quite remarkable how fast some men can
grown in the short space of two or three years in
the imagination of a partisan editor, from poli
tical dwarfs to political giants.
In March 1818, the Hon. Howell Cobb was
in the estimation of the Savannah Republican
a popinjay political dwarf. In 1819, and January
1850, he liad got lower down then even than
that, in that sheet. He was then a political
trickster —n traitor to the South —a man who had
sold our birth right for a mess of pottage —a man
whom whigs at least could never vole for.
Now, }>resto, change, he is a marvellous proper
man, and indeed a marvellous excellent man : in
very truth, a great patriot, and a great statesman.
What wonderful magnifiers arc the party spec
! tacles through which some men look.
] The following is what the Savannah Republi
! can, under the conduct of the same editor who
now writes for it, and fulsomely eulogises Mr.
Cobb, thought and said of that gentlemen in :
March 1848:
Out at Last. —The Georgian of Monday con
tains an address signed by HOWELL COBB,
Linn Boyd, Beverly L. Clarke, and Jno. L.
Lumpkin, setting forth at considerable length
their reasons for not signing Mr. Calhoun’s Ad
dress. It will be remembered that we expressed
the opinion some time since on the authority of
certain writers from Washington, that these gen
tlemen withhold the signatures from the Address
because it was not partisan enough in its char- |
acter. It seems now that we were correct; for f
those patriots ! though they do not in so many
words avow it, virtually admit, that they would
have given in their adhesion to Mr. Calhoun’s
\ Manifesto, if such had been its character. They, j
opposed the Address (not the original movement,) '
because it animadverted upon the Oregon bill j
1 which they had voted for, but principally be- j
cause it did not abuse the Northern Whigs and !
praise Northern Democrats. They were in fa- j
vorof giving it this caste and making it entirely j
partisan in all its features, notwithstanding it
was evident, as appears from their own dema
gogical plea, that the Southern whigs would not \
unite in such an »' ttuigement. They knew that
such a course wou.prevent Union and harmo
ny at the South; and yet they preferred it ? The
question then occurs—if they did not calculate
upon the co-operation of the Southern whigs,
what did they expect to gain by opposing their
party , (which is in the minority in the slave
holding States) against Southern whigs, Noith
ern whigs and Northern democrats ? Is it not
plain that they wished to make a party matter
of it and to avail themselves of the sensitive
ness of the Southern people on the subject, for
corrupt party purtosks ? Both parties at the
North are opposed to us in sentiment, and still
they advocate a policy which they know would
drive even the Southern whigs into an opposi
tion to them 1 Agitation ! agitation! and noth
ing but agitation ! seems to be the element in
which a certain class of popinjay political
dwarfs, whose want of patriotism is only
equalled by their want of brains, live mwe,
i- and have their being— Savannah Rqrmican
March 28//i, 1848.
of In Alarch 1848, Air. Cobb.it is-
y had neither patriotism nor brains. In TiBL- iM]
so bountifully blessed with both, anCqjdrng tt
the same authority, that no man is lx
Governor of Georgia, ''•s
:>•
• 8 Can Hie Spell of Delusion be Broken ’--Constitu
tional Union Panorama. ’ |
The South is in danger. She has enemies at
n the North, seeking to destroy her institution,
- She has sons at houie, telling the people that the
0 heavens are serene, and the earth tran<|inl-*4hai
? \ye have got more than -We afjpfo for, and aft:
better off than we have be.eu in the last tturty
n years. And it seems that abput half of our pfio
:: pie have believed the report, and now fold thek
, arms in a blind confidence.
t Can the spell of delusion be broken ? ft'may
i be that if the truth were -fully knpwn, it is a
a fevered Sleep—that the minds pf the people are
l ill at rest. W<*ld to God it Were so, for then
[ there would b^\ more hope. But if it is%t_ran
- quit spell —if the spirits of the people bavlf l*en
i subdued into a state of confidence" that
* the skies are bright, and all is well*-e an thskiale
lusion be broken ?
; When a young man loves'h.Jair' maidoHpfl
r thinks his passion is returned, fie Brakes up fnM|
the sweet spell when hi# impassioned so(ici9E
1 tion for her hand is met with a .chilling
tive. When one has leaned with a hear*- fijttt
confidence upon another’s friendship,
■ the spell is dissolved and the heart made-«kk®r
• discover that he has been an ieuneadofir
L fiii ml IMhrirbitT-nfTirlffFhtStr\ Ust in anoth
er, to attend to any given business for him, in
which his money or other property is concern
ed, he wakes up from his confidence in hku when
lie finds tliat he lias betrayed his interest, or did
not have the energy and capacity to protect it.
Ttiese three means by which individuals are
1 relieved of the spells into which they may fall,
’ S seem to have failed, as yet, to relieve thousands
j of our fellow-citizens of their political euchant-
I ments. The South loved the North, and sup*
! posed the love was returned, but her hatred of
; the South has been manifested in many tinmis
: takeable ways. The South leaned with confi
dence upon the friendship of the North, but the
; latter has been stabbing her character, and seek
ing to destroy the institution upon which her
\ prosperity depends. The South lias put her
trust in chosen representatives, some of whom
! have betrayed her, or signally failed to protect
her rights and honor. This ought to break the
delusion! We will try once more, and propose
the application of broken doses of facts aud truth,
to show that the South is hated by the North,
and destined to become the victim of that hate.
| and that the South is betrayed by some of her j
own sons, and left to her hapless fate, by reason j
of the timidity, or delusion, or incapacity of I
others.
We shall not pretend to any very regular or
der in the picture gallery it is our purpose to ex
hibit, of Northern purpose, or Southern derelic
tion of duty. The Constitutional Union paity
will stand out in bold relief, in this exhibition of
political paintings. These articles are intended
to tell upon the public mind, unless truth has lost ;
its power and the people are given over to delu
sions for their mill.
As it is a moving political panoramic we design
to exhibit; we shall bring into view, to-morrow,
: our first scenes. They will be rich throughout,
and though remarkably highly colored, will be
true to reality.
“ Mr. Toombs—The Constitutionalist.”
We deem it scarcely necessary to reply to a 1
ridiculous article in the Chronicle Sf Sentinel , of :
the sth inst., with the above caption.
It is true, as stated, that the Southern Rights
party intended to have a meeting of their own.
| That was distinctly their object. The Constitu
tional Union party had had a meeting exclusive
ly to themselves but a short time before.
The Chronicle ought to be ashamed, if it could
■be ashamed at any thing, to allude to Union j
men’s subscribing to pay for ihe Southern Rights
Barbecue. Its cost was several hundred dollars,
and Union men subscribed the large sum, all |
told, of twelve dollars. But we frankly state that
this amount was subscribed upon jocular calls
made upon Union men. Although approached
in this way, their money, offered in a similar
spirit and good humor, was accepted. It could
not have been rejected with delicacy.
It is not true, as stated in that article of the
Chronicle, that the chief reason assigned by the
Southern Rights Committee of Arrangements,
for declining a free discussion, was, that all their
speakers could not be heard. That was given as
one of the reasons, but any one of ordinary ca
pacity, can see at a glance that the chief reason
for declining the projiosition made to them for
free discussion, was that the Southern Rights
meeting by whom that committee had been ap
pointed, had decided to have an exclusive meet
ing, and the committee, as stated, was not au
thorized to allow free discussion.
This arrangement for public speaking and a
barbecue, was the work of the Southern Rights
party, and Col. AlcMillan was invited to attend
it. The barbecue was given in honor of Col.
: AlcMillan.
We did not charge Mr. Toombs or his friends
with fearing a conflict with Col. AlcMillan. We
charger! them with fearing to let him be heard
by their partizans, and with getting up the meet
ing at the Masonic Hall to prevent it. And in
our opinion it was a small proceeding.
But the most pitiful part of this article of the
Chronicle's , is the following :
“But that Mr. McMillan and his supjwrlers
may have no excuse for backing out a second
time, the Union party wil’ on the 4th Saturday,
the 27th day of this me !., give Air. Toombs a
1 barbecue in this city, to which Air. AlcAlillan
will be invited. So that if Mr. AlcAlillan and his
friends are so anxious for a free discussion be
tween the two candidates, let him face the mu
sic. There will be no (lodging this time, either
behind or by the committee.”
What will be thought of this low effort to cre
ate the impression that Col. McMillan, or his
friends were disposed to back out. or dodge, or
any thing of that kind, when we state that the
following was published in our paper of the 3rd
instant:
“ Before adjournment, it was announced that
Col. McMillan would address the citizens of j
Richmond some time in the fourth week of this
month, at which time he ami the Southern
Rights party will be pleased to see Mr. Toosiirs
and ins friends/’
This announcement was made again, in our
paper of the 4th instant, and yet, on the f>th, the
I Chronicle put forth the above silly insinuations
and banter.
We would state, in conclusion, that Colonel
j McMillan desired that Mr. Toombs should be in
vited to meet him in the discussion on Tuesday
last. He was overruled by his political friends.
Caban Affairs.
Our telegraphic despatches of last evening,
and various letters from mercantile houses in Ha
vana. exhibit a melancholy contrast to the glo
rious accounts published yesterday. We doubt
the correctness of these latter statements. The
government in Cuba is no doubt upon the alert,
to see that no intelligence shall leave the Island
calculated to endanger its power and existence.
■ Letters arc read and closely scrutinized, and
every thing objectionable forbidden to be sent
by them. But we shall have to remain, now.
j for a short time, in a state of the most painful
1 suspense.
It is evident that Mr. Fillmore is disposed to do
| every thing in his power to prevent assistance
from being given to the Cubans. What would
have been our condition if the brave and noble
Lafayette, Pulaski; De Steuben and hosts of other
generous foreigners had been intercepted and
prevented from landing on our shores 1
We have not time to dwell upon this subject
now, but it must become a subject of intense
public examination, and we doubt not that the
voice of our country will be against the extreme
and uncalled for exertions of our Federal Execu
tive to interfere in behalf of Spanish tyranny.
Mammoth Watermelon. —We had the satis
faction, two days ago, of partaking, at the ware
house of Messrs. Dye & Heard, of a very large and
delightfully flavored watermelon. It weighed
that morning, being several day* after it was
pulled, forty-seven pounds.
It was from the plantation of C 01. k. ■Jf'yj
lis, of Greene county, W, the of wb *A
melons we had the pleasure a&twtifyir«4l $ iorj
mer ormrou. 1
y* <
j§PWß'lt<&ert It; Strong addressed me a lette
Atitioch, Troup county, Ga., August thi
J® j 18'>1, which was published in the Chroniel
l of the jhlfl instant. This letter wai
w i h* -|py to oae written by me to him, which wil
' etow, and explains itself. I publist
j. i a letter to Mr. Strong for two reasons
, on, »f? Pi-event any injurous impressions being
il l niaf by his letter, and the other to show that
j nothing dishonorable in mine, to ex
* I cusewfr Strong for violating the confidence re
‘t j -PHginhim. I shall make no reply to any of
P I Mi \ir aS ' S ar B umente i 01 positions. I had un
yi that he was a candidate for the State
. j con vM tion, and that he was a Southern Rights
r ; R -seems I was greatly mistaken, unless
■H"he hlirehanged his position
y j not positively assert that I wrote the
on the fate of that letter, but 1
k that I did, and that it would be found
i theifflTTany one to whom Mr. Strong will show
- 'h® ujffiMial. But, be that as it may, the very
i nuturij f the letter showed that it was written
t MWortutinea. I mistook the political jiositions
~ s e ve yi gentlemen to whom I addressed similar
|jgter<| Two or three replied that I had misap
nainesTßmwTWraloeji. Such was the differ
, ■ ence in Ihe sentiments <k Air. Strong and some
other gentleman, upon points of delicacy and
. 1 prop£fij%- I have no acquaintance with him,
I and wrote to him, as before stated, under the im
pression that he was a Southern Rights man.
The following is a copy of the printed letter
sent toji.fr. Strong: "5 <G
’ JAMES M. SMYTHE.
Republic Office, (
_ Augusta, Aug., 1851. )
Dear Sir: —l have learned that ouropponents
intend ts distribute their papers and documents
to an unprecedented extent. They are getting
alarrnet.. It is my opinion that we can lay them
out if we use the proper means. Nothing can
do so inwh good as the circulation of papers. If
you cau fit the friends of Southern Rights in youi
‘ county io subscribe SIOO,OO, i will send 250
copies oiilhe Republic to them until the middle
of October for that sum. So far as lam person
ally eoru ; -rued, I know that you will not con
ceive me proposition to be made in a spirit of
selfishiu. s. If you think any other paper would
be U'ttei received than mine, write lor that, and
I will furnish the Republic liberally free of charge.
I intend fb spend at least $200,00 during the
campaign.for the cause, and if my circumstances
were not-so limited I would spend five times as
j much for,a triumph! and I do not desire a tri
umph foi, party, hut for Georgia and the South. ,
Our very safety, the safety of our wives and chil- :
dren, in riiy honest opinion, is at stake.
It is sometimes a very troublesome mutter to
procure subscribers even u|ion the most moderate
terms. If you can yet fifty persons who will
contribute $2,00 each, the SIOO will be made
up. Thri 350 papers would do a great deal of
good. 1 ijould send them in bundles to such per
sons as y:u might desire, and they could distri
bute then; in their neighborhoods. In the mean
time you could procure individual names and give
me their direction. If concert of action cannot
be had in the county, and you approve of this
plan, inakiup such a sum as you can in your ■
neighbor!!>l. and 1 will send the paper at the
same rate! ] am satisfied it will be a hard strug
gle for iisjc succeed; but we can succeed if we
make the iroper effort. All my advices show
; that we gaining in every quarter.
1 reinin, very respectfully yours,
JAMES M. SMYTHE.
Air. Rorert M. Strong, LaGrange, Ga.
Fine Fear.
Mr. B. i-gnon has kindly present 'd us a Pear,
of a superi-; quality, which weighs exactly one
1 jiuk nd. f Ifi‘ .-win the garden of Air. J. P. Setze,
of this citjßUThe tree is not more than eight or
ten feet hi Ji , and bore more than twenty pears,
some of w*4’tf were larger than this one. We
regret thafm.v label containing the name of the
. an/. iy pear iias been h.st. Having lu.d
it if Way we nave noi yet judge i of ils
merits by but Mr. B. informs us it is a de
licious variety. What splendid products of this
fine fruit louid be obtained in the rich lands in
the up com.try of Georgia. That climate is ad
mirably suted to their culture.
Steerage Passage.
We wodd call attention of such of our adopt
i ed i’ellow-.’itizensas feel disposed to send for re-
I latioris and friends in the old country, to the ad
vertiseniett of Messrs. Nichols & Gibbs, Charles
ton- The} arc merchants in good standing, arid
the engagements can be depended oil.
Fasiiioimble Hat Store. —The enterprizing
hat and cap establishment of J. Taylor, Jr., Ik
Co., is alvays among the foremost in supplying
the demaids of taste and fashion with the new
: est styles in their line. The scorching liies of a
summer's sun will soon be tempered by autumnal
breezes, sbi the comfortable broad brim must
give wayto the sleek and shining beaver.
Those *vho wish a genteel and dressy article,
can be served to their liking by J. Taylor, Jr.,
& Co , 2:U Broad street.
New Express Line.
We would call the attention of our readers to
the adver.isementof Messrs. Combs & Chamber
lain, in this day's paper, from which it will be
I seen that they have recently established, and
now have iu suceesslul operation, an Express
Line Iron Charleston, through Augusta, to Chat
tanooga, »i Tennessee, aud Montgomery, in Ala
bama. Messrs. Combs & Chamberlain are well
acquainted with the business they have under*
; taken, and. so far, their line has been found a
J .great accommodation,both by our merchants and
citizens. They deserve and should receive en
-1 ; courageifent.
The Cuba Meeting.
We hive seldom witnessed a more animate*!
! and enthusiastic assemblage than that of the
friends a Cuba, at the City Hall, on Wednesday
! evening. A brief report of the proceedings will
be found in another column. Our space only
permits la to add, that over thirty names were
placed ipon the muster-roll, after the adjourn
j ment oft he meeting, and we understand that the
j numberuvas considerably increased yesterday.—
Success#) the Liberators.
Si above was in type, we learn that the
Cuba Wlnnteers, at a meeting held yesterday
evening elected John Jhinizy, Jr., Esq., as Cap
tain. f.'c are gratified to state that he has ac
cepted.^
The flection for other officers will take place
this ev. ning, at the City Hall. All who desire
i to aid Cuba, in her struggle for liberty, are invi
ted to a tend.
We perceive in the Washington Union of
Tuesda', a notice to the ellect, that if the heirs of
legal reirescntatives of Captain Wm. H. Cary,
and hijbrothers and sisters, (if he had any,) who
removed from the State of Virginia to (it is be
lieved) the State of Georgia or South Carolina,
will ald r ess “ Redfield,” at the city of New
York, V.,ey will hear something greatly to their
advanhge.
The Union observes that if the Editors of this
State, Richmond, Virginia, Savannah and Au
gusta, (Jeorgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, will
call attention to the above facts, in their respec
tive Journais, they will probably be doing a
deed O! charity to some needy or orphan family.
Mr. Cobb’s Misrepresentations.
We understand (says the Marietta Advocate)
that Mr. Cobb, in his speech at Rome, asserted
that Gov. McDonald, in the discussion with hin:
at Marietta, had maintained the doctrine oi the
light of a State to secede without cause. The
assertion is entirely without truth. Mr. Cobl
iu msdciirg it, if he did make it, has grossly mis
represented Gov. McDonald. For Gov. Me
Donald took no such position. He even ridicul
ed the absurdity of the idea that a State couh
be supposed to secede wantonly and withou
cause. He distinctly spoke of secession as th
last resort short of revolution, to which an ag
grieved State might be driven by repeated ag
gressions.
Charleston Municipal Election.
1 he election held on Wednesday last, Co
John, Schnierle was chosen Mayor. The vol
stood for Schnierle 1335, for Hutchinson 1282.
JHdermn Elected. —Messrs. A. Gordon, .
Druifimond, W. A. Hayne, E. W. Edgerton, (
D. citrr, W. M. Martin, W. H. Gilliland, V
Kirkwood, Dr. J. Bellinger, E. B. Crews, J. I
Slgip neyer, Dr. E. North, J. H. Honor, F. I
Minister to Mexico.—The Hon. R. P.
sr Letcher, Minister of the United States to Alexico.
*e left Washington on Friday, for Norfolk, where
h he will embark on board the United States re
-18 venue schooner Forward, Captain Nones, foi
B Havana, whence he will be conveyed in a ship
h of war to Vera Cruz.
A Slave Quession. —A slaveholder from Mis
. souri took one of his men slaves to California in
the spring of 1819, and has been engaged in
digging gold there for two years. The slave’s
j. labor was very valuable, so much so that the
master refused to take SISOO a year for his ser-
B vices. By the last steamer the Missourian re
j turned to New York city with plenty of gold.
s and with his slave, was about returning home
The New York Commercial says, however, thal
j some person having learned these facts, advisee
[ the slave that he was made free by the law.-
j of California, and that he had a right to recovei
r ‘ wages for the time he worked for his master in
r that country. This information induced the
1 colored man to apply to an attorney to institute
( legal proceedings, and suit has been commenced
against the Atissourian to recover the wages
claimed to be du';. The quondam slave has also
asserted hi# freeduni
....
1 t AUGUST 20th, 1851.
! j 'Editors :-*-A writer under the sig
! j nature of “States Rights” in giving an uccomri.
i In .fo£ftj4gMMLpOf the meeting at Woodstock.
* mrias saying that "all
Southern Rights men were infamous and cow
ards.” I made no such remark. I did say, how
, ever, whoever believed that lie had been robbed,
cheated and degraded by the National Govern
ment, and expressed a willingness to submit to
it, was either insincere iu the declaration, or
cowardly. The Union party have been, and
are now called the basest submissionists. Aly po
sition was that they were the true submissionists who
acknowledged their degradation, and yet were
willing to submit to it. The writer, likewise,
thinks proper to construe my rebuke of those
| that were on that occasion hissing and groaning
, at the speeches upon the Union side into abuse
and villification of the 'whole Southern Rights
j party. As to the sonow which he expresses for
me, he had better reserve it, as the time may
come, when it will be needed for hiinselfand bis
friends.
Yours respectfully, I. T. IRVIN, Jr.
Public Meeting.
Pursuant to public notice, a very large and en
thusiastic meeting of the citizens of Augusta, fa
vorable to the cause ol Cuban liberty, assembled
in the City Hall Park, on Wednesday evening,
the 3d inst., at 8 o'clock.
On motion, James Gardner, .Tr., was called to
! the Chair, and Robt. A. Whyte, requested to act
as Secretary.
The Chairman, in a brief and appropriate ad
dress, explained the object of the meeting to be,
to give an expression of sympathy in behalf of
the oppressed people of Cuba, and to aiu those
gallant spirits, in our midst, who might fee! dis
posed to volunteer in the noble cause for which
they are now contending.
At the conclusion of his remarks, Alessrs. A. i
i H. 11. Dawson and John Phinizy, Jr. were called !
for, and addressed the meeting in a forcible and |
eloquent manner. Brief, and fervent appeals i
were also made by Alessrs. A. AI. Rodgers and
T. W. Larfe.
After the reading of correspondence, by the
Secretary, and an announcement from the Chair I
that a muster-roll and subscription list would be \
opened immediately after adjournment,
On motion, the meeting ther. adjourned.
J AS. GARDNER, .IR., Chairman.
Robert A. Whyte, Secretary.
To tho Southern Rights Party of Columbia County.
An important crisis in our political organization
is now impending. An election is just at hand,
and upon its issues must be detenMtnwt' thj nu
merical strang'h and destiny rr/oi.r principles, !
so far as Columbia county is concerned. The
contest is one for principle; the issues involved
are great and fundamental constitutional lights,
which the Southern Rights party think have, in
spirit or letter, been infracted. While contend
ing as a party for what we concieve to be cor
rect principles, it would be the extreme of folly and
a positive abandonment of principles, yea, a de
reliction of duty, to cast our suffrages for any
man unless he is essentially dc jure and de facto
a Southern Rights man. We gain nothing in
point of principle, or political achievmcnt, by
voting for a man unless he is in toto with us.—
From these facts, it strikes us with great force,
! that the party in Columbia cannot, with a just
1 regard for principles, vote for any man, whether
he runs by nmniiuilion, or as an independent, unless
he be thoroughly identified with it.
There are now three gentlemen before the
people of Columbia for their votes, all of them be
long to the same party, in our estimation, hence
there is no necessity for Southern Rights men to
cast their votes for either. The true and intrinsic
policy of the party, is to run its own candidate
I and let the motto be “ sink or swim, survive or
perish we go for our country and our principles.
A precedent independent of this, would he
fraught with the worst of consequences to the
future success, organization, and harmony of the
party. In conclusion, we can only say, stand j
firm friends, let no political aspirant divide 0111
ranks, or secure our suffrages, merely for the sake
of gratifying his own political thirst. There is
no prudence, no princijtle or sound reason in such
a course, it is suicidal and fallacious. If a man
is not with us, he is against us, and let men of 1
the Southern Rights party, who believe iu the
justice of the cause, and the purity of their doc
trine, resolve to stand to their colors, or fall tri
umphantly attempting their defence.
Let us run a candidate ?
Peyton.
SEPTEMBER 4th, 1801.
Messrs. Editors : —Yesterday it was brought
to the notice of your leliow-townsman, Dr. Win.
| E. Bearing, that a poor family, seventeen miles
from Augusta, were suffering from that loath- j
some disease, Small Pox, and from causes useless
| to mention, medical attention could not be pre
i cured ; immediately, his services were perferred,
and in one hour he was on his journey. Such
! energy and pure disinterestness, "tis hoped are j
not unrewarded in your city. Medical skill alone
1 was wanting. The prudence and benevolence ot
Brothesville and its neighborhood had provided
against the spread of the disease, and the for com- j
fort of the alllicted family.
y ourS) Pinky Woods. !
(communicated.)
The Educational Convention.—No. 3.
Messrs. Editors: —I now undertake a very
brief review of the final action of the Educa
tional Convention assembled at Marietta, on the
Bth of July last. If the report (of the committee)
; adopted by a small minority of the Convention/ and
published to the world as the action of the Con
! vention, by the use of the expression, “ a com
-1 mon School Education,” means any thing else
than an education in the common and necessary
branches of education, the writer, (and a majori
ty of the whole Convention, in his opinion,) dis-
sents from such belief.
The writer dissents also, from the conviction
expressed in the 2nd paragraph ol the report, that
the number of “ children growing up without
education, is increasing. lam at a loss to guess
from what data the conclusion is dawn : certain- j
ly not from the declining state of feeling on the
subject of education, or the lessened number of
schools in our State, since in both these respects
Georgia has for many past years been assuredly
advancing, instead of declining.
In the 3rd paragraph of the report, we find this
agrarian sentiment. “ The Convention considers
it°as much the right ol the poor to be educated, as
of the rich to be protected in the possession of his
property.” Now the right of protection, is one
of the clearest, as well as the strongest rights, and
lies at the very foundation ol all good govern
ments. Hence all such governments give to
their subjects the means of defending and enforc
ing this right. If then the right of education, as
the report declares, stands on equal grounds, then
the poor, according to the report, have the right
to be furnished with the means of compelling the
rich to pay the tuition, boarding, &c., of their
children. I characterize the sentiment as agra
rian. Connect this right with some other things
of kindred character, which according to the sen-
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timent above, the report would call rights, and
'■ *®* how well its character accords with them,
and tell me, if the sentiment is not too agrarian
• for any body of men in Georgia, except the mi
i nority by whom it has been adopted. I appre
) hend a comfortable support, including food, cloth
ing, and a small piece of land for a home, might
be considered, by the poor man, quite as neces
sary to fit him to become a useful member of so
ciety, as a small education ; and much more so,
for his comfort. Yet I suppose no one in Geor
gia would like to see those things recognized
os rights , to be enforced by legal enactments or
otherwise. No one would like to see the condi
tion of things brought about, when the poor may
claim, as a matter of right, a division of the rich
man’s property, merely on the ground of his pov
erty, brought upon him by his own improvidence,
or some thing worse. This claim of the poor to
education, stands on the same foundation, as their
claims to other helps, such as foot!, home or pe
cuniary aids in distress.—policy, expediency and
charity. No good government, and no good man,
will turn aside from the wants and sufferings of
the poor. Policy in the one, and Christian chari
ty in the other, should prompt to their relief; but
'■icver can the recipient enforce his claim as a
right. So, neither can he have any other grounds
for his claims on the property holders for the edu
cation of his children. If the doctrine of the report
should ever become engrafted upon pur institu
tions—if such-reward of poverty, —such in
ducements to become.vagabonds, should ever be
law.—ls they .should ho taught, that their pover
ty alone gives them a right to clami a division of
the property of their wealthier, or more fortu
nate neifcitfems, then indeed, will be turned loose
upon society, a flood which shall soon sweep be
fore it, every guard and security of property, the
institutions of civilization, ami society itself
would be reduced to a state of absolute barba
rism. But, it may be said, the solitary instance
in the report could not produce such results.—
True, but the solitary instance is based upon a
principle, and that principle applied to other
things, with this solitary instance as a precedent,
would inevitably produce these or worse results.
The solitary instance is not the whole claim, but
it most certainly is one very important link, in
the chain which drags after it, these destructive
consequences.
In the sth paragraph, compare the first sen
tence with the last, and observe their beautiful
accordance.
Ist. Sentence. “ l'he Convention is aware of
the great difficulties in the way of the full accom
plishment of a plan of universal common School
Education in Georgia.”
Last Sentence. ‘‘And the Convention is con
vinced, that the difficulties, which have been sup
posed to exist, in adapting a universal system of
common Schools to the State, art far less formida
ble than is supposed by many.”
The seventh and eight paragraphs relate to the
creation of a fat office for some “ditingufched in
dividual, who will devote his whole time to car
ry into effect, the system of common School Ed
ucation, &c.” Doubtless, such an office with a
salary as “distinguished ' as the individual who
might be so fortunate as to fill it, might prove a
very convenient sinacure—a very downy couch
fora distinguished individual to repose upon, after
the busy scenes of more active life shall have
passed away. From this arrangement, the wri
ter also dissents, believing that our present’ sys
tem, which, with a few amendments, is far the
best that can be adopted in Georgia, can be Let
| ter and more effectually carried out, without such
| an officer, than with one.
Having now disposed of that part of the report
which appears to be a preamble to the plan,. I
! shall conclude this number, reserving tiie plan i t
! self, for future consideration.
A Memuf.u.
Hogs and Chops in Kentucky.—The editor
lot the Cincinnati Price-Current has addressed
a letter lo a gentleman who has l»een travelling
through Kentucky, and visited perhaps every i
county in the State, relative to the supply of
hogs, and the prospect of the grain crops, and
gives the following as the substance of his re- j
ply:
He says the number of Hogs in Kentucky this j
season is about the same as last, but they will he j
much heavier, and will consequently yield an ex
cess of both .Meat and Lard. Feeders are antici
pating fine prices, and Corn being plenty, and
comparatively cheap, the Hogs will be made as
heavy as possible. For stock Hogs $3 50 per
100 lbs was being paid in Madison county, and i
25 was paid for fat Hogs for delivery.
The corn crop promised well, and the yield of
Tobacco would he very heavy. He thinks tin*
market will he glutted with the latter article. |
This information we regard as most reliable,the
gentleman who communicates it having mingled
with the citizens of the several counties through
which he travelled.
A Few Corrections.
The N. O. Picayune, of Friday morning says:
—“The disorders in this city on Thursday last,
were bad and discreditable enough, without the
blunder and exaggerations which have got abroad
through hasty telegraphing.
In Charleston, for example, a dispatch is pub
lished, dated here on the day of disturbance, in
which it is said:
“The Cuban liberators, mostly Western men,
exasperated by the tone of the Spanish paper,
La Patria, this afternoon attacked the o/fice, &e.”
. The office attacked was La Union, not La Pa
tria. The assailants were not Cuban liberators
at all; on the contrary, in the course of the dis
turbances of that day, scarcely one of this class
were recognized among the rioters, and a con
siderable number were forward in volunteering
I to preserve the peace. The following is an ad
j ditional dispatch, dated the next day, when, ac
cording to our experience here, everything was
quiet:
New Oiu.eans, Aug. 22. — Two thousand men
this morning surrounded the City Prison, where
the Spanish Consul has taken refuge, and threat
! ened to demolish it unless the Consul is delivered
up to them. About fifty police are on the ground.
The cigar shops kept by the Spanish were nearly
: all destroyed during last night. Minute guns
have been fired since sunrise in honor ot'the
1 murdered liberators. The bodies of Victor Kerr
and Col. Crittenden attract many visitors, and
produce much leeling.
This is news in New Orleans—never heard of
before it came from Charleston. The City Prison
on the morning of the22d, was as undisturbed as
a church. The Spanish Consul was never in
danger nor threatened, that we heard of. The
nttai-k against Ei» oflio w™ sodden, but neither
then, nor during the succeeding demonstrations
against the cigar shops, were the persons of any
Spaniards molested at all. The Consul might
have walked the streets, and we doubt not that
his person would have been safe. The refuge
in the prison, and the crowd demanding him, are
sketches from the imagination, or a vague street
rumor which had no foundation at all. The pub
lic visitation to see the bodies of Kerr and Crit
tenden are also the creation of fancy, for these
last relics of the brave have not been received in
the city even yet.
There was a report on Friday morning that a
| vessel had arrived with these bodies, but it prov
ed to be untrue.”
[ Front the Savannah Georgian.)
The Washington Union.
A late number of the Raleigh Standard, the
organ of the Democratic party of North Caro
lina, contains the following remarks:
“The Washington Union newspaper has been
of but little, if any, service to the party in this
State during the late campagin: and, indeed the
impression of many of our friends is, that it has
rather crippled and injured us in our efforts
against the common adversary. That paper has
been, and is now, taking part with Cobb and
Foote against McDonald and Quitman; and we
do not remember to have seen at any time in its
columns a definite and correct statement ol the
position of the democracy, or of the South gen
erally, in relation to the so-called Compromise.
No one, we presume, acquainted with the lacts
of the case, can doubt that so far as the Union
exerted uny influence in the late North Carolina
i election, its influence was exerted in behalf of
the Whigs. In regard to the leading issue in
volved in the contest—the right of secession,
that paper espioused the cause of the notorious
Stanley and the other Federalists against every
Democratic candidate. It is not all improbable
that Stanley owes his election to the aid thus
furnished him by the Union newspaper. In the
same way that sheet is giving whatever aid it
can furnish, to the Federalists throughout the
entire South. Beginning even with Virginia
and Kentucky, and descending to Louisiana we
find the Democratic party, with the exception of
d scarce a corporal’s guard, occupying the same
i, position as to the doctrine of secession, that it
i does in North Carolina. In Virginia the Rich
- mond Enquirer maintains it. The Richmond
- Whig denies that right—and the Union is on the
- side of this well known organ of Federalism. In
t Kentucky the Louisville Democrat maintains the
- same republican doctrine—the notorious Jour
. nal, the organ of Clay and Federalism in that
State, denies it—and has the aid and assistance
. of the Washington Union, in fighting for Feder
-1 alism. In Tennessee the Nashville American,
r (Democratic) with Gov. Trousdale the late can
. didate of the party, denounced the ruinous Com
r promise. Os course the Union stood side by
, side with the Whig presses of Tennessee in
glorifying that bill of surrender, ami in accom
plishing the defeat of the Democratic candidate
, for Gevernor. In Arkansas its help, in the
same way, has been lately given to the Whig
Congressional candidate, in opposition to John
son, a sterling Democrat and fast friend ot the
South. In Louisiana, while the New Orleans
Courier, like the Louisville Democrat, Rich
mond Enquirer and all the leading Democratic
presses of the South, sustains the right of se
cession, the Union of course takes the side of the
Federalists of that State, and of their organs, the
Bulletin and the Bee. In Mississippi, it i.> light
ing with the great body of the Whigs against
the entire Democratic delegation in the last House
of Representatives. In Alabama, it is making
common cause with Hilliard and Abercrombie
tiind White and the entire Whig .press. agaiM*viiy|i|jj
netftol'li'l>r<Bßp 4, and - nearly * -
every Democratic politician of the State. In
Florida it furnishes arguments for every Whig
journal, and is of course in direct antagonism
with the Democratic party and all its presses.
But how stands this pretended Washington or
gan of Democracy, with reference to the Demo
cratic and Southern Rights party of Georgia/
That party assembled at Milledgeville, and there
nominated as its candidate Gov. McDonald
one whose Democracy has never been called in
question—one whom the Democracy ol the
whole Slate lias twice before supported and elect
ed as its Gubernatorial candidate. Thus nomi
nated, lie receives-the support of the leading
Democratic presses ol the State, as well as that
of the great body of the Democratic party. Ihe
Federalists, knowing that they could not defeat
him with one of their own men, put Howell
Cobb in nomination against him. And the
Washington Union is now in full affiliation with
the Savannah Republican, Macon Messenger,
Columbus Enquirer, Milledgeville Recorder, and
Augusta Chronicle—all the leading Federal pres
ses of the State—in sustaining the Federal nom
inee in opposition to the regularly selected Demo
cratic and Southern Rights candidate. It even
resorts to the same misrepresentations ol Mc-
Donald (charging him with “reflecting the views
of Rbett.) which have for months teemed in the
Federal presses ot Georgia. Os course all its
influence goes to sustain Toombs and Stevens
and Johnson and Hopkins, Federalists and Fed
eral candidates for Congress—against such Hem
oeratsas Jackson, McMillan and Benning.
Our friends abroad will he gratified to learn,
that though willing to do much, the Union is
capable of doing us very lillte injury in.this Slat".
Its anti-Southern course in relation to the Com
promise, followed by its Federal stand m oppo
sition to the right of secession, has made it one
of the most unpopular of all the presses circu
lated in the cotton growing Slates.
[From the N. O. Delta.]
■ The Spanish Barbarity.
“Havana. Aug, 10,1851.
“The Most Excellent Scnor Governor Captain
General has received from a lieutenant ot the
Regiment of Bailon. I). Manuel Jiurtodo, com
mander of a detachment at San Diego de Los
Banos, a communication, reporting to his Excel
lency that at half-past 11, on the morning of the
1 Ith, he occupied that place and defeated a party
of pirates composed of about twenty men, gear
ding an equal number of wounded pirates. Mav
j ing shot them, there remained in his hand*ih.yn v r -
i guns, pistol*, carbines, and amw»-innion. wflW* <
* which iic .1W -.avyU-wl •.-aaio<.Yt* pUsa'i-ts W'b<* «>-
I coiupanied him.’ *
The above is contained in one of the bulletins
j published in the Havana papers, and signed by
I Retro Estaban, Secretary of the Captain General.
1 In all the annals of barbarian warfare, we have
’ scarce ever rea 1 anything to equal the cold-bloud-
I cd and cowardly deed which the Captain Gen
j eral has the effrontery to publish to the civilized
J world. It is far worse than the more formal
| murder of the Fify in Havana. They weresub
| jected lo a sort of trial, and though enfeebled and
. I prostrate from fatigue and suffering, they were
| at least in possession of sufficient vigor to stand
jup and meet their fate like men. But these poor
i wounded patriots, whom their companions had
j endeavored to protect ami defend, having no
| power to resist, many of them no doubt lamed
! and crippled, were deliberately shot down by the
i hirelings of a strumpet Queen and a depraved
j Government!
They, too, American citizens, born in a country
i where the least of her sons would not exchange
| the proud position of an American citizen for the
j highest post among a race of cutthroat barbari
ans and dastard assassins, such as the Spaniards
jin Cuba have proved themselves to be. We say
i that deeds like these justify immediate and
■ prompt punishment of the authorities of Cuba by
j the American people. The Government may
’ diplomatize, and dill y-dally, but without the peo
ple, our Government is a cypher. Sooner or Ja
i ter these barbarous acts must be avenged. There
I will he no adjournment of the matter to Madrid,
but there, on the very scene of those atrocities,
must the American people establish, in some
summary and effective manner, a lasting memo
! rial of their horror and detestation of such cruel-
ties, —a beacon to the blood thirsty minions of
despotism throughout the world.
But it is said these men were Pirates. That
burning shame and reproach to our country, the
National Intelligencer, will rejoice over this proof
of Spanish vigor, in the punishment of those
whom it denounced as pirates. It is a result in
which that journal may well take a profound in
terest, for it was one to which it largely con
tributed. That paper and others, denounced
these enterprises—the simple object ot which
was to aid the Cubans to establish their indepen
dence—as piratical. It supplied the Spanish au
thorities with rules and sanctions for their blood
thirsty conduct, and may therefore appropriate
a large portion of the infamy and shame of the
But did their dicta make them “Pirates ?'’
Where did the National Intelligencer and Con
cha get their authority to falsify law and lan
guage, and interpolate such anomalous and false
definitions into the code of nations ? Are not
pirates those who rob and murder on the high
seas? Are they not. enemies of the human race,
whom all nations are at liberty to arrest and
punish? In what possible sense were these young
men, who went to Cuba to light for the liberties
of that oppressed island, Pirates ! Will the U.
States, which in its treaty with Spain has re
cognized the law of nations as controlling their
relations, permit them to bo thus violated and
outraged towards our own countrymen ?
Where is there in any code, or in the history of
any civilized nation, a precedent for a barbarism
like this? Admitting that these men were
pirates, was it consonant with even the course
admitted to be justified by the most severe laws
against piracy, to shoot down wounded men, -
in their very litters, whilst lying in a pitiable
and defenceless state ? The untutored savage of
our forests would scorn so unmanly a deed. And
these are the trophies of the proud Castilians, who
exult in such loud tones over their own courage
and greatness?
Their pride is destined soon to trail in the dust;
these boastful tones will soon be reduced to a
piteous wall; their bloody deeds, against defence
less men, will be avenged, and the spots on which
they were acted will be rendered sacred and holy
in the view of regenerated Cuba, for on them will
arise lofty monuments to commemorate the sig
nal and complete vengeance, which the Ameri
can people never tail to visit upon those who
have outraged humanity, and insulted the nation
al character.
Toronto, Aug. 30.
The Canadian Parliament was prorogued .
day. The principal acts passed were
of the tonnage and light duties, the
of the decimal system in currrem
propriation of $16,000,000 to *
! road. Nothin -
f questio-