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JOLKNAL AND MESSENGER.
S.T.CHAPXAK & S. ROSE.Editor*.
The *letho:)tot itizhtin-g Them*elT.
( From the *T IT Journal of Commerce )
We are now enabl-d to j>tib!:-!T entire the pream! If
ami resolutions ot tire first Methodist Church in Nev
Haven, in opposition to the preamble and resolutionsi
the Preacber.’ Meeting lately, held in this city. I*h*t
society in question is one of the largest in the United
States, nnd comprises a £T*nt amount of ; nielli gract
as well as piety.
WrtEiir.AS, the members and laity of the first Meth
odist Episoo;ia Church of the city oi New Haven, in
Convention assembled,have seen with much regret and
sorrow the proceedings and resolutions ol certain
preachers ol the Methodist Episcopal Church, at a
” Preacheraf Meeting,” boiden Sanrjay, Nor. 9th,in
tlie city ot New York, and fearing that the opinions
expressed by that body may be considered as the opin
ions of the aity, we wuu and hereby solemnly protest
against such proceedings and resolutions, and and savow
it:l sympathy with them.
And, whereas, vre have seen, from tune to time
many imlicstionsofpower and dictation oif the pait
some ol our preachers, and co: ceivmg them inclined to
depart from their legitimate province vs duty as reli
gious teachers, and assume a spirit of usurpation nnd
control not agreeable to cur opinions, or warranted by
the constitution of our church ; and whereas, aIK, we
are wilting to concede to them all legitimate authority
in the direction©! our moral and spiritu i! concerns, and
are disposed iti every reasonable anti laudable manner
to second ai y effort oil their part to this end, yet we
are unwilling to be passive at any disposition on their
part to dictate in our op in ions or political relations, and
decidedly object to any movements by them in n col
lective capacity, or otherwise, in giving currency to
opinions and sentiments that rnny be understood to be
the views of the laity. It is therefore,
1. Resolved, That, in the sense of this meeting, the
preachers at the “ Preachers’ Meeting,” held in New
York city.Satar lay, November 9ih last past, hate as
sumed a prerogative not understood or conceded by
the laymen ofthischurch, and which is tin warrant'",l by
their position as ministers, and decidedly to be con
dernned.
2. Resolved, That we believe'he resolutions adopt
ed by that meeting upon the “Fugitive Sinve Law”
are unsounJ in principle, injudicious and unwise, cast
ing a reproach upon our rulers, tending to incrcnse the
already too fierce spirit in oer church, and subverting
our harmony and glory ; and that we disclaim ail pa;-
t’cipation au i sympathy in their sentiments, and be
lieve them unpatriotic and tending to disorganization.
3. Resolved, That m our belief, the recent unhappy
and melancholy division of oar church, (in which the
laymen did not participate,) with the attending con
troversy, together with many other evils under which
we surfer, a:td which have paralyzed ine moral power
of the church, has been owing mainly to an unw i.-c
controversy upon the subject of slavery, and prosecu
ted by tiie intemperate zeal of cen.nu members ot the
ministry.
4. Resolved. That we regard our preachers strictly
as our moral and spiritual teachers, and believe tlw-y
should be ministers of pence ns well asot i igiitcoosness
and in our opin.on, sit u!J te: b obedience to our laws
and respect to cur rulers, and in no w ay be agitators ot
the peace of society aau promoting a spirit of insubor
dination.
5. Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and reso
lutions be signed by the chairman and secretaries of
the meeting, and pub tsheJ in the N. A .Christian Ad
vocate and Journal.
ELIAS GILBERT, Chairman.
Stephen Gilbekt. I
Samieh Mallet, V
Aetc Haven, December Sth, ISS.A
Wiliiain-biirg.
At a meeting of the Stewards Trustee?, and Naders
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church ol Williams
burg, N. Y-, held December I*2 h, li*so, the following
preamble and resoiu.ions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, at the Preachers’ meeting of the Minis
ters ol the Methodist Episcopal Churches of N. York,
Brooklyn, ami VYi liamsburg, held in the session room
jn Mulberry met I cm the ‘Jth Nov.. Irt.i.t, th*- said min- ,
tsters assumed to themselves the rijht of promulgating
officially their opinion respecting an act of the last Con- ’
gress entitled “An act to muend ahd sn; ph-ineniary to i
an act respecting fugitive* from justice and persons es
caping from tiie service of their masters,” approved 1
Feb. 10,1703, which action on the pint of the minister* j
aforesaid was unnecessary and uncalled for, calculated :
toengendpr a spirit hostile lotiic interests ol tiie church
ar.d the jieace and harmony of society:
And, whereas, while we deprecate ail agitation upon ,
the slavery question in the pre eut excited state of the !
public mind, yet in view of tiie authority which the j
resolutions proceeding from the aforesaid meeting may •
command, both at home and abroad, we cannot ?ut!r
them to pass unnoticed: TnereJore,
£e it Resolved, That tin* aforesaid ministers hive ;
volunteered an act ot sajrererogatioa for the guidance
and direction ol the people w iiitii is as unacceptable to i
them as it is derogatory to the character ot those who t
offered it; that when the ministers of the Gospel by -
aside the sacrednrss of their calling and enter the *
arena of pole hi. tK-y forfeit the rtiqrect which tic
world and the church rheeifaiiyacc rd o their profes
sion and level themselves to the standing of political ?
demagogues; and that while we recognise in its tallest
extent the undispotcd right of indii itlual opinions i.i a! j
matters both ecclesiastical aw J civil, yet we leel our- ;
* selves called upon to condemn in the strongest H-riu
any and every interference by the ministers of :be firs
I*l, in all matters which are .purely political, believing 1
that every such interference w id prove to be as prejudi
cial to the interests of the church as we know them to
be at variance with tiie teachings ol II m who com
mands us to “Render unto Cesarthe things which nre
C® ir’s, and nnto God the things that are G>*Ci s.”
A’ld, whereas, the Rev. Dr. Pick, editor of the
Chrisnan Aiv cate, did, from prirden'i .1 motives, de
ciine to uubli-h the proceedings of the aforesaid Minis
tets’ Meeting, believing that the promulgation of it en
proceedings would be productive of much evil and o
no good to society ; Therefore,
Be it Resolved , That the said Dr. Feck is entitled
to the thanks of this meeting, and of every friend to
the country, for the jadictonsexercise vs that prudence
which, like the charity ire profess, “bearrth ail things,
helieveth all things, kopeth all thing-;” end ill*’ as
individuals, we feel ourselves bound to sustain him in
hia position, satisfied wnh the integrity of his pu-pose
and the purity of his intentions, believing that when th*-
inists of delusion are dispelled, and the fire-brands o:
discord are quenched, he will receive the applause of
those wboars now the most zealous in it s condetnua
uon. EDMUND DRIGGS, Chairman.
W. H. Betler, Secretary. #
Opinions ol'the Northern Press.
The Tray (.Y. I’) fling, lias the following article j
amougarveral others we have noticed in that paper:
Coming Right There are most gratifying indica
tions that the whole country is prepared to acquiesce
in the recommendation or die President to stand by
the Compromise measures of the last session and cease
from agitation. The Albany Journal sees in the dan
ger that threatens the Union a necessity tor this, and
seems willing to act accordingly. At Washington
this is eminently the case. In New England popu- i
lar sentiment is coming round to the suite conclusion,
while moderate men—the Nationals—of all parties,
aee in these “signs of the times,” sure indications oi
the peace, quiet and prosperity, for which they have
earnestly contended. The Compromise measures are
to stand—acquiesced in—undisturbed.
The writer of the letter in the New York Courier, i
from which the following is extracted, was not much
less thau fierce in his opposition to the comp'omise
measures. No doubt the great body of thore who
thsn sided with him, will* agree with him now in
maintaining the sentiments expressed in the follow
ing
“The fact is not to bed sguised, that the protracted
and angry controversi.-s of the last session, the irrita
ting movements which subsequently occurred m both
the North and the South, have proiiuceJ a state of af
fairs which requires the utmost delicacy and forbear
ance on all sides, to preserve a harmonious existence
among the members of the confederacy. It is for this
reason that I regard the recommendation ot the Presi
dent, concerning the adjustment, a wise and proper;
although I was constrained to oppose parts of that
schema when it was under consideration, and especial
ly when presented by Mr. Clay, as one general and
■weeping proposition. If there were no other consul
stations for adopting such a course, the very fact that
it commanded a majority in both Houses of Congress,
and was, and still is, regarded by a respectable portion
of the country, • s a woik of pacification, should emi*
| tie it to a fair trial, and subject it to the test of time and
experience.”
With regard to the President’s Message, this paper
remarks:
“A re-petual of this Jocument has served to strength
en the high opinion nlreadv expressed in regard to it.
Fortunate lor the Republic is it, that at a time when
the iiyJra-headed monster of Nnfliiiation and Sedition
is rearing its head, we have a President wiio has the
courage to speak out —to take a stand—and the abiii’y
to maintain it. The position taken by Mr. Fillmore
on the Slavery question, and on the questions and meas
ures that have grown out of it, we feel persuaded will
have the approbation of the country. 11 ■ i.mguage on
ihis subject is firm, dignified and unequivocal; at the
same time calculated to harmonize conflicting section*
and interests by enii'ling the judgment of candid minds,
l’o us ,t would seem that he who undertakes to find
.null with Mr. Fillmore hi this respect, rets out dissatis
fi-d with the Constitution, and is a DmUtnoiiist at
i neurt.”
The Boston Corn ier says:
“'i’liere is sonierimig w irse than foolish in the be
havior of the Vermont Nuilifiers. There are no fugi
tives from slavery in Verm- *t, nor is it pretended that
the actual state of tin igs tii. re demanded any legida
tion whatever on tire subjec t of such persons. This
nullifying act, therefore, has the appearance of an emp
ty bravado, uttered by a man who knows he is out of
danger, and may vaunt of Ins courage as much as he
pleases, without any lear ot having it pul to the test.—
It may be said that the act, being inoperative, can do
no harm. Surely it will do much harm. With what
fa re can a citizen ol Vermont call upon a Georgian or
Carolinian to adhere to the Constitution after an act
ike this ! It is a proceeding entirely without excuse ;
a deed of presumptuous rashness, performed at n time
when the public safety demands the utmost discretion
and foresight. The States of the Union nre in a con-
Sdition to be easily provoked into hostility toward eac h
other; nothing can preserve peace but mutual forbear
ance and seif-restraint. How wretched the folly, then,
how wanton the malice, wnich can thus throw out a
provocation, which bear? on the face ol it the stamp of
a dc. bep.te intention to do mischief—to fan the em-
Sere ot discord which now require but a breath to raise
tlretn to a destroying flame.*’
\ots T:::it Down!—Tiie Lowvll (Mi.ss ) Journal
isnys: “It is gratifying to observe that Congress is
I .ot disposed to renew the ngi.ution of the Slavery
qaestion. if our national iegis ators can find no bet
ter employment for their time, thau to expend it upon
’ such a <Ji?ou3.-i n, it would be well for them to adjourn
■ nii go home. Mr. Giddings was hardly warm in his
: seat, before he made an attempt at agitation, in reler
lence to the fugitive slave act —but he was promptly vo
ted down. And in this manner, should all such un
principled members of eiiher House be treated. Vote
them powx—and at onee ! tsince the almost inter
minable discussion upon slavery in all its aspects and
incidents, at the last session, and the adjustment in
which that discussion replied—there i? no possible
good or advantage that can be derived from its further
ag taticti in our national councils. Public sentiment
ai! over the Union, i? every day more cheerfully re
sponding to the wi-slo nos Congress in its adoption of
the Compromise—md ratify ing its action on the sub
ject. T:ie House, therefore, in voting down Mr G;d
dings’ proposition, acted in accordance with the popu
lar w.sh, an 1 ifot shat! continue to maintain its posi
tion in ibis regard, it will he entitled to the thanks of
rite country.
“It is gratifying to observe, al?o, that some of our
Whig journals, which have hitherto favored agitation
rather more than secured good or proper to a!! who are
-tiiisted under the same banner—now recommend peace
and acquiescence in the decision ol Congress at tiie last
vssion We notice with pleasure that the Albany
Evening Journal, the Tribune and the Alias, which
have J-’ :.;. *J it their duty to take a dilii.-. j tie view of
iliis matter front some of n?, have recently changed
th**ir lone very materia I If. This i? a good indication,
inj seems to show conclusively that the free soilers.so
called, will nave the agitation to themselves. It
mast die out amongst hem before long, and when it
Joe?, they will die out with it.”
The Newark, N. J. Sentinel of the 17th, says :
’ Tiie recent Thanksgiving festival,seems to have af
forded to the clerpy generally an opportunity to re
! mind their tb>cks,or such of them as required to have
| the eyes ol their understanding opened, of the blessings
I flowing from obedience to law, and adherence to
j tire constitution, ns evinced in the prosperity which
.crowns every pottion of these United States. The
i most eminent divines ot the neighboring metropolis,
. whthscarcely an exception, are understood to have el
| oquently declaimed against the eviisof disunion, and
i in most of our own pulpits it was ir.adc more or less
! i he theme of discourse.
i*‘ The seimons by Rrv. Dr. Stearns in the First
Presbyterian Church, ol Dr. Condi t, who officia
: re | in the Third Presbyterian Church,and ol Rev. Mr.
I H.-nderson, at Trinity Church, have been spoken of as :
; most appropriately ex,, easing the sentiments which
: wo are c ;,li.lent pervade .he great mass of ourpopula
, lion. For however differing in opinion upon other top
j Ic?, in attachment to the Union and appreciation of
J the ’.les -ings which result therefrom,theie is hut one
( feeling, and universal i? the desire lor the perpetuation
■d those ties, which binding us together asone people,
have enabled us through the all-powerful efficacy of
combined strength to attain our present commanding
position among the nations of the earth; an eminence
| which the disjointed members of the old confederacy
might have struggl’ and to reach in vain
“ Strange is it that in any section of the country there
; -bould be ns n* who insanely attempt to“ calculate the
vj'ue ot the Union,” but certain it is that in this com
iimiuy there is no arithmetic in use containing rules tor
-olving the motnehtous prob'eni: and no where can a
people be found more ready to adopt as their own that
-entimeiit —in the language of its illu>trious piouiul
;ator —“so dear to e\e;y'irtte American heart”—
■ Liberty and Uniton.one and inseparable, t ow and
nrever.”
Tn New York Courier Enquirer say*:
“ The indications lrom Wts iugton are that Con
•r. ss wii! have a quiet, active and useful session. Tiie j
ipprelien-im s that were generally felt, ate not likely I
übe rcaliz-J. So far a? now appears, no serious at- i
-uip; will tie made to distuib any of the compromise
nc .au:t of tue last session,or to take any Ittrther ac
ton npon subjects connected with slavery. The ptsi
•oii of the Administration is eminently satisfactory,
id : he great body of the Whig pary, from alt sections
•vince a disposition to surtr.in the President in the
•round he has tafon.
“Tire only mil that remained—snd ihe only one that
.ffi-red any chance for renew ing the agitation, was the
>ii. f i recovering t igitive slaves; and from this source j
it was very generally feared that iurtiser difficulty
u ghi be experienced. It wrs supposed that an effort
’ would b*at oace made ta procure its repeal, and that
:e discussion ot this subject would renew ill feeling,
md plunge Congress again into a ci.aos of angiy, use
esa.aud mischievous talk.
“'i’msapprehension has been happily disappointed.
Nobody in Congress, of character enough to command
mention, seeni3 inclined to renew the striie. Men of
ail parties feel that the countryhassuflercdfromagi
arion long enough, and that justice requires that this
iuw should have a fair trial before any effort is made to
repeal or modify it.
‘ Tnis whole discussion, which has engaged public
attention for some weeks past, has been upon the ab
; strict points involved. It has had very little to do
with the simple matter of obedience to the law. Now
and then a lunatic, in the pulpit or out of it, may have
counselled rebellion against it—but the great body even
of those who have most warmly denounced its p. ovis
-1 ns, have concede ! that i ! . :uu;t not be ic -riled. Ti.o.c
ofthem who will not activity assist in canying out its
provisions, declare, nevertheless, that they will do no
thing against it, and that they will incur any penalty
whic i a passive Viisregard cl it may involve. In all
this then, there is, in our judgment,nothing to war
rant the representations sometimes made, that the
whole North is leagued in resistance to this law, —that
the pulpits of the North counsel rebellion against it.and
tint nu.lification has thus obtained a firm foothold
among ua. The law will be obeyed. It may be some
times resisted by ihe lawless passions ol particular com
munities, but such resistance will find no support in the
*>ber sense and conscience of the great mass of the
•ecple.”
The Fugitive Law is Ohio.—The report from Co
luinbos, Ohio, under dnjte of the 1 *;h im-tant, says, that
he Committee on ki ilerai Reiaiiotts in the House, re
ported a series of resolutions denouncing the lugitive
slave Law, which were laid on the table. In the af
ternoon the Rew.tlovernor (Hon. Reuben Wood) was
installed into ofli;e and delivered his inaugural address.
He vindicated the constitutionality of llte I ugitive
Stave Lkw, arid warned the people of Ohio t* beware
how they lol'owed the ieadot the people cl South Car
ol tot in ryt-i*iing the laws of Cop grew
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 35.
The Fine Arts.
We hid an opportunity on M>nday last, merely to
; glance over some line pictures in the siudio ot **lr.
j Frey, in -M llberry Slice t, and foci that we are doing
j him but s'tuple justice in expressing our unqualified
\ admiration ot his-kill and geniu?a?an artist. Among
! ihe number were several fancy r foecs, w Inch gave stri
j kit Z evidci ce ot his capnetty a? a colorist, and of his
skill in transferring ihe expression of the various pas
sons and lei-ling* to canvas. Me must mention, par
j ticnlatly. the picture of the “ Youthful Pugilirts,'’ a
; work which exhibit? much elaborateness of detail and
j minulem s* of < xtcutir n. There i? ni?o in hiscollec
j lion a dasiiing porirait of Lola Monies, copied i.oi.i an
| original, by Lehman, Painter to the K egos Bavaria.
“The Temptati in,” liom Gml he’s fiu?', “ The
j Young Savoyard,” and “ The Old Man Sneezing “
are also fitie pictures, but we have tint room .t present
for details. Asa Portrait Paiu-er, M. . Urey has given
decided evidence of capacity in twosuikinglikeiu-se.es,
and we may add, beautifully executed paintings,of the
Rev. Mr. Suanklin, and a well known lady of this
city. Both of these must he seen to be fully apprecia
ted. Mr. F's studio is immediately over the Jeweuy
Store ol M *ses D. Barnes on Mulberry Street, where
he will be happy to receive visitors.
Advance ’U Cotton.
The steamer Africa arrived at New York on the
22nd inst., bringing news oi an advance ot J to 1 and.
per pound in cotton. Liverpool quotations, fair
Upland? 7i J. M doles 75 and. t n leans Bd., sales of the week
4<'J>oo bales. Prospect ot a general war in Europe
less threatening than formerly.
Montpelier Institute.
The friends ol Female Education at the South will
doubtless be pleased to learn through an adveitiseinent
contained in this paper, that the exercise.? ot the above
Institute will be resumed on tire 2nd proximo. The
labors and sacrifices of Bishop Elliott have he* n such
as to endear him to every lover ol high moral and in
tellecunl training in ihe Stale, and wr sincerely Uust
that the pa lions of the Institute may manifest their
ieeiings by extending to the School that support which
it so richly deserves.
The State Koau.
The citizens of Georgia, who have read the remark
able Report oi tire Chief Engineer ot lire S.nte, may
perhaps he surprised to learn a fib tis of the
road are in a most miserable condition. A gentleman,
recently returned from Ciiatlanocga, inloims us that
there had been between four and Jive thousand hog? at
that place, intended for the Southern markets; nearly
all of which have found another destination, in conse
quence of the mismanagement of the Road, and the
impossibility of procuring cars for transportation. One
drover stated to our informant that lie had detained
some I.MM) head of bogs at that point, at a heavy ex
pense, lor ten days, vviili the hope ot being able to send
’hem a3 lar South as Macon; hut w:ib finuily compelled
to slaughter them at Chattanooga. lie counted, in
our presence, no less than 4.200 hogs, which had ei
tiier been driven elsewhere, or killed at Chattanooga; in
consequence ol the lailuie to furnish cars He further
stated, that the entire line of the road is strewn with
fragments of broken cars and machinery. In one day
there were no less than four separate and distinct “run
offs” along the line !
YY e give these facts as they were given to us, and
have no doubt of their correctness. It may not be
amiss, perhaps, to accompany them with the single
remark, that, had the Cliief Engineer expended one
half ol the time in attending to his duties, which he
expended in aiding the cause of disunion during the
iast summer, he would have been more in the line of
his duty, and contriPuled more to the public imprest
and convenience. Ilad lie but served the State with
half die zeal lie served Towns and Rhett, he would
have hadaticaM the consolation of a e'ear conscience.
As ma iters now stand, ihe people mi st live in hope of a
“ good time coining,” when they will get rid of both
the master and his man.
Sale of Lots in Oglethorpe.
The public sale ol lots at the New Town of Ogle
thorpe.on YY'ed tesday last, was very numerously at
tended, and tire competition among ihe bidders was
quite spirited. The sale was opened by offering a lot
on the corner of Macon and Crescent streets —near the
depot. This lot was the first one sold at the first sale
in January last , and was then bid off at the sum of
$225. The pure baser having left for California, with
out settling, the iot reverted to Mr. Cabaniss, who
again offered it at this sale. It was bid off,and settled
lot, at ihe sum of SO70 —being an advance of nearly
four hundred per cent. The sales of the day amount
ed toa fraction less than sl4,ooo,and (he avarage price
per lot w\.s a! ut s3ls—or over two hundred per cen'.
upon the prices paid r.t the first sale. The entire sales
effected by Mr. Cabaniss amount, thus far, lo about
$37,000, and a large proportion of the rnos : eligible bu
siness and residence lots remain still upon his hands.
The public mind seems now to have settled down in
the conviction that Oglethorpe will become permanent
ly a place of business importance, and that property
there will retain a fixed value. The | rogress of im
provement thus far, has been truly wonderful. On the
16th of January last we attended the first sale of lots.
There was then scarcely a tree amiss, and not a house
within the corporate iimits. Now, there are nearly 10
comfortable dwellings and stores ; two respectable ho
tels, with a total population ot about 400 ! Two large
Colton Warehouses are already under way, and pre
parations are in progress for the const! uction of several
others. The population is exceedingly orderly and in
dustrious ; and among those who are preparing to com
mence business in the place, we find some of ilic most
thrifty merchants and capitalists in ibe State. There
will be ample funds there to purchase ail the cotton that
will Ire carried to that point for sale, and wc have no
doubt that goods will he furnished at reasonable prices
The South-Western Rond.
j The people in the South-YY’est will doubtless be grat- ‘
ified to learn that the work on the above road is rapid
ly progressing to completion. The grading is nearly
finished—about two - third* of the superstructure has
been placed upon the track, and the work of laying the
iron i? now being pressed w ith all possible dispatch.—
The iron for tire entire road to Oglethorpe is at the De
pot in t!iis city. Several miles of it has been placed
upon the track, and an engine is now daily emplojed
in conveying it along the tine. The bridg-s are near
ly completed and the depots and water stations on a i
| part of tiie route are in a fine state of forwardness.
We understand that it is the intention ot those hav
ing charge of the wotk to open the road to Foi l Valley
by lire first of June and to Oglethorpe early in July.—
The high prices of labor and provisions have doubtless
contributed materially to delay lire progress of the work.
YVe trust, however, that it may be pressed forward
with the least possible delay, as the road is greatly
needed, not only to facilitate the mail transportation in
the South-West, hut for the convenience ol the plant
ing and travelling public. It now costs about two dol
lars and a half per bag to bring cotton from Oglethorpe
to M icon. When the read is completed the freigh,
will range from one dollar to one dollar and tifiy cents
per bale. The convenience and saving to the travel
ler will be still greater. Four yea is ago we predicted
these results with reference to this veiy road. YV’e al
so contended that it would materially enhance the val
ue o! real estate in the vicinity of the route. All these
things have come to pass, even in anticipation of i's
completion; and yet our friends in the South-YVest
have not realized half its benefi ?. Iret them only con
nect w ith it a proper system of Plank Roads, and they
will soon Ire convinced that the hail has not been told
them in regirJ io its benefits and blessing?.
Georgia ami the t it ion.
” The women of Georgia, at least, serin to be all !
right. The Columbus Tun re says: “YVe heard ol a 1
Souihern Rights lady die oilier da v, who declared dm
;l die m<ii ol Georgia submitted to tire outrages ot
Noith,she would raise the standard of resistance among
the women, clothe the submission nren in then cast-off
petticoats, and make tire women if Georgia Resist.”
The above is taken from the iast number of the
Saudi Carolina Temperance Advocate— by lire way
rather a singular paper in which to fi id such senti
ment-. ‘ Wc copy it merely to remark, that as Geor
gia has settled die question of resistance to tire entire
satisfaction cf her people, both male and female —we
presume that the “ cast ojj “ gatnrenis, so classically
Blinded to in the Times, will soon Ire collected by ihe
enterprising leader of the Coffin Regiment in Georgia
and shipped to Carolina for the especial use of tliosre
Editors nnd Legislators in that State, who by their va
poring pretensions and impotent conclusions, have pro
ved themselves to be the only real submiseionisls in
the South !
I The Constitutional Union Darty.
S >n e of the iire-ratitig Oigans seem to he greatly
disturbed*in consequence of the organization ot the
Constitutional Union Party in Miiledgeville. At dib
we are no: at ail surprised. Such on orginization
destroy? at once the last hope of the disunion!???. It
w ill effectually defeat fanaticism at the North. It will
unite seven-tenths of the good men ol both patties
there in opposition to the Abolitionists. The come
quer.ee wiiibe, that Sewardism and Gteclyism will
meet nn untimely fate.
By killing off abolitionism at the North, we take
fiotk the disunionists ot the South, the vory aliment
on which they feed. These men know this to be the
fact, and hence their opposition to the proposed new
party organization. They know, also, tnnt their only
chance to inculcate disunion sentiment?, is by keeping
up the old party lines. Party prejudices and party
predilections are often so powerful as to induce even
honest men to support •men, and sanction measures,
which they could not, under other circumstances sup
port or approve. For these very reasons, the resistance
candidates in Georgia secured, at the late election, at
least ten thousand voles more than they could other
wise have obtained.
Fortunately for tire country, there were men enough
of stern, unflinching integrity, to save the honor of the
State. These men, throwing aside old party feelings,
have met upon the common platform of the Union,
and resolved to stand together until the country issniely
delivered from its present and prospective danger. ‘1 he
organization, so lar as we can learn, embraced nearly
every Union delegate in lire late Convention.
These gentlemen, we be ieve, spokp the sentiments
of their patriotic constituents. And why should they
not thus organize ? The enemies of the Union have
not struck their flag. The Disunion press?s have been
even more rabid since the election than before. They
have shown no respect or deference tor the will of the
majority. They have even spoken in terms of the ut
most insolence of the patriotic voters whose minds
they could not corrupt and influence. They have
charged that the election was carried by trickery and
corruption—that it was the combined work of “ Yan
kees, Foreigners and Traitors.” In many ol the coun
ties their disunion meetings aie still kept up. Ke
sirtance men are supported lor local offices, and tiie
votes of Union men are solicited in their be. a If.
YY’e desire to caution all true Union men against
such machinations. They bode no good for either
your fcaumry or your cause. It lire present slate ol
things were reversed —il the disunionists were in pow
er—how many votes, we ask, could any Union man
get for any office of honor or profit ? Have our friends
forgotten that it was gravely proposed by some of their
leaders, when their prospect of success was brightest,
io begin hanging at home ?
In this spirit they opened and conducted the late
campaign. Is it w ise—is it proper, for any friend of
ilie Union to give power to any party, or any member
of a party, entertaining such sentiments of intol
lerance ? It matters not what may by their personal
qualities, or their social virtues. All these elections re
ciprocaily influence each other Give the humblest
man office, and you give him influence.
Ii Union men, therefore, w ish to retain power, they
mii3t see to it, that no enemy is placed in position
We make these remaiks with reference to both coun
ty and city officers. To our Union Iriends then, we
say,#f you are Union men upon principle, desert not
the Union flag. Sacrifice all personal preferences for
the common good. Especially, vote tor no one who
has not striven w i;h you in the late glorious contest to
save the country. Bring out Union Candidates every
where, and support them. Where candidates nre al
ready in the field, foil net to give a decided preference
to ihe friends of the Union. Do this, openly, boldly and
manfully, and nil will he well. Pursue the opposite
course, and your late victory will prove a barren scep
tre in your hands. It w ill te worse than a defoat.be
rmur it will e-how .hut you have nol Ihe wisUom aim*
[the discretion to use power proper'y after you have ob
tained it.
The praise of Censure.
The Charleston Mercury , in publishing the resolu
tions of the late Union Convention, uses the following
language. It i3 indeed highly creditable to the mein
beis of that body, to have excited the displeasure of a
press which has openly advocated the treasonable doc
trines of Mr. Rhett. We were never concerned for
the honor ol Georgia, until the Carolina papers began
to praise her. Now, thn’ they have returned to their
original vocation, our people have at least the consola
tion that their censure is less to be dreaded than their
applause. In giving the Georgia resolutions, the Mer
cury says:
“Tiie resolutions below,nre the final result of the
Georgia Slate Convention, w hich adjourned on Satur
day last. They are tame enough, and have scarely any
appreciable improvements on those originally r ported
iby the Committee. They are a little more comprehen
sive anda iittle less definite than the original resolu
t on?, in regard to the abolition of slavery in the Dis
junct of Columbia, and in the places heid by the Gov
ernment within the States. Georgia has been called
1 the New England of the South,’ and the Convention
; seems to have had it at heart to give point to the cp
-1 peilation.”
j Such are the terms in which a leading organ of dis
union m Charleston speaks of the people of Georgia—
; virtually charging them w ith being abolitionists—or of
j sympathizing with New England upon the subject of
I da very. YY r e have reason to believe that the press in
j question only fore-shadows tire sentiments of the per>-
i pie of Carolina in regard to Georgia and her interest? ;
and yet, the citizens of our State are expected to build
up Charleston and her merchants by sending their pro
jduec to, and buying their goods of men who** organs
use such language ! Is it no* time for the people ot
Georeia to)..ke themselves independent of Carolina,
s wella'Sfc’jf the North ? The Carolinians arc, in fact,
nore host, e to us—more disposed to use us wffiile they
nin,and ab)t9e us when we will not submit to their in
julent dictation.
Proposed Nation.!! Convention.
The Governor, of Virginia, ha.? sent a Message to
. he Legislature, proposing the holding of a National
I Convention, for tire purpose of settling the slavery
inestion. His idea is, that the Governors of the
<evernl States be consulted in regard to the appoint
nent of delegates,&c.
Our opinion is, that the people are settling this ques
tion so rtfpidly us to leave but little for the politicians
fu do in the premises. The people of Georgia have
i ret tied it, so far as they are concerned, in their late
! Convention. Governor Tow ns Ins no right to re-open
j he excitement. He has no right to pack another Con
.ention as he did that at Nashville, and we question,
whether even he will so lar disregard tire popular will
as to attempt any such usurpation of power.
The proposition, (resides, comes wiih a had grace,
fioin the “fire-eating Governor ol Virginia. YY'e
want no new constitutional guarantees at the South.
Our true policy is to plant ourselves upon the rights
already dearly and fined ;and allow each State to judge,
is Georgia has done, both of her grievances and her
remedies. The way to settle the question forever—
and the only way—is to organize a National Union
Party—a party that will plant itself upon the guar
antees of the Constitution and pledge to maintain
inviolate the principles recognized in the late adjust
ment. We need no Southern Congress—no Baltimore
Convention to enlighten the people as to their duty in
the present crisis-
Falling into Hanks.
At a large meeting of the citizens of Pike county in
Griffin, on Monday of last week, resolutions were
aiiainnwusly passed, approving of the uction of tire
Union Convention, anJ declaring that the Report and
Resolutions constitute a platform upon which ail the
friends of the UNION and of the South can cordially
unite. The resolutions further declare :
“ That we heartily approve the proceedings of a por
! tion of the Delegates in Miiledgeville, in forming a
’ party, to be styled the “ Constitutional Union Party,”
with lire laudable design of carrying out at the ballot
box, tiie principles and policy ol (ire Convention, and
pledge ourselves to sustain tiiat party.”
The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Cox, Doyle
and McCune; and strange to say, tire whole proceei
ingi are sanctioned and approved by our cotemporary
of the Jeffersonian!! W? 11, strange events will hap
pen—but the m virners are crowding in up in us rath
er too fast. Our friends of the Union have kindly ta
ken in brother Cm.vf. upon probation— they have for
mally aI. nitte itiini toa szit upon the Union Constitu
tional platform; an l mi suras rely trim th tt they will
tre at the Major more kindly than did a ceitain quon
dam Editor during the celebrated Macon Mass Meet
tig. Having bvii u.ic.'re.nomoiuly invited to qu;t
one platform, it would b* too cruel to deny him a seat
upon the oilier. YVe propose to intercede for lie .Ma
jor—we do. Union men of Pike, push out the latch
istring, and take him in!
The Southern Congress.
gOur neighbors of Carolina seem tohave materially low
ered their resistance flag. We doubt, however, wheth
er this is really the case. It is true her Legislature has
I decided against seperute secession, but the speakers
I upon the bill openly declared that they remained in the
I Union only for the purpose of inducing other Southern
1 States to unite with them in the work ot its destruo
j tion. To this end they have selected delegates to rep
: resent the State at large in a Southern Congress.—
i These delegates are Languox Cheve , Robert YY •
Bar WELL, John P. Richardson, and Wade llamp
tox.
Judge Cueves is the gentleman who figured in the
late Nashville Convention, a'd wiira? disunion senti
ments startled even the Tennessee disunionists, and
aroused them to a sense ol the dangers winch threat
ened the Nation. Can it Ir* that any ftientl of the
Union in other States, w:i!c msent to serve in a body
with avowed disunionists? YV e sincerely trust that n >
Southern S;a e wtil he found to second this t .iroiina
movement. It is fraught with treason and should be
put down.
Jinrylntid litis Spoken.
The Convention to niter the Constitution of Mary
land, now in s sstoij at Anapolis, adopted on Tuesday,
die 10th inst.. by a unanimous vote, the following pre
aniL'e anti’ resolution:’, lepnrtcil to that body L>y the
special committee appointed on the subject. ‘! he Con
vention, it will be recollected, is composed in nearly
equal degrees of both political parlies:
Whereas, the Constitution of the United States was
designed more effectually to secute ilie civil and polit
ical rights ot the citizens of every part of the Union,
and especially to protect tiieir persons and property,as
well in the other States as in the State in which they
might reside ; and whereas, amongst the rights of prop
erly there was none more generally known, or more
distinctly recognized, than that of holding slaves ;and
whereas, thepcculiai risk of loss to which this species
of property was exposed, was 3o obvious, and the ab
solute necessity of a suitable provision to guard against
it so universally felt, that no one hesitated to acknowl
edge that without such provision the Union could not
have been formed; and whereas,certain persons in vari
ous portions of the Union, instigated by a spirit of fanati
cism, have combined tor the purpose of openly resisting
and defying the guaranties of the constitution and laws,
by which alone the slaveholding States can be assured ot
the rightful possession, and just protection of their
property; we, the members <>i the Convention of Ma.
ryland, lately elected hom the body of the people and
intimately acquainted with their feelings and opinions,
deem it proper to declare, in calm and deliberate terms,
what we believe to be their views in relation to the
exciting subjects to which we have referred, and do.
Ist. Therefore Resolved, That the Constitution o
the United States has accomplished all the objects—
civil and political—which its most sanguine framers
and friends anticipated, and that the affections of the
people of Maryland are justly riveted to its piinciples
| by the memory of the sacrifices of the wise and good
men who formed it, as welins by the blessings it basso
liberally dispensed to our country.
2.1. That a proper appreciation of those blessings
should lead every estate in the Union to adopt all such
measures as from tune to 1 me may be necessary to
give complete and full effect to any provision of the
Constitution, or ol the laws pursuant thereto, intended
for the protection of any portion of this great family of
States.
3d. That while we do not conceal that the several
acts of Congress passed at their l ist session, relating to
the admission of California, to the territorial Govern
ments of Utah and New Mexico, to the adjustment of
the boundary of Texas, to the prohibition of the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, and to the reclama
tion of fugitives from labor, do not, to the extent we
lleCred, meet the just demands of the South; never
- <t— .crtrnl ns pj.e of an entire
system, tc be adhered to, and maintained as a whole,
proceeding on the basis of compromise, and intended
by a permanent adjustment of so many critical ques
tions, to heal the public agitation and perpetuate the
Union, they have received our acquiescence, and have
inspired us with admiration of those eminent states
men, who, rising above the influence oi party and sec
tional considerations, periled their well-earned reputa
tions for the enduring welfare of their country.
4th. That the vigorous and faithful execution by the
general government of all laws, made in pursuance of
of the constitution, is its primary duty, and affords the
only security for the just protection cjt the rights and
property of the citizen, and for the permanancy of the
Union ; and it is equally the duty of all good citizens
to encourage and support ihe officers of the govern
ment in the execution of the laws, and to discounte
nance and rebuke the efforts of those who seek to sub
vert them. And while, therefore, we entertain every
proper confidence in the ability and determination of
the Chief Magistrate of the Union faithfully to perform
his duty in the present crisis, and take the opportunity
to tender to him our assurance, that in any emergency
that should require it, he may safely rely upon the cor
dial co-operation of the people of .Maryland, we can
not withhold the warmest expression of our firm and
continued reliance upon the patriotism of those of cur
countrymen in ail sections of the Union, who havefear
lessly asserted the constitutional rights of the South; and
in view ot the calamities which must ensue, if those
rights continue to be violated, we would earnestly sug
gest to the governments of the uon-sluveholding States,
the propriety and the importance of enacting such laws
as will facilitate the recovery of fugitives from labor; and
upon thee lizens of every State, we would anxiously
urge the absolute necessity of maintaining and enfor
cing each and ali of the measures of adjustment adopy
ted at me last session ot Congress.
sth. That ot tiie aforesaid series of laws, that intend
ed to ensure tlfu.* restoration of fugitives from labor, is
the only one professing to protect the peculiar rights
and institutions of the Southern States front the mis
chievous hostility of a wicked fanaticism in other por
tions of the Union, is but a tardy and meagre measure
of compliance with the clear, explicit and imperative
injunctions of the constitution, and holds out tlie only
hope that the protection which the South was author
ised to expect from the union of the State to this spe
cies of property will be afforded to them, and being
the chief inducement to the South for its accession to
Ihe compromise, the repeal of that law, or the failure
to enforce its provisions, could only be regarded 2s ev
idence of a determined purpose in other States to vio- ,
late the sacred charter ot our rights, or a want of abffi- 1
ty in the General Government to enforce the laws j
made for our protection; and in either event there !
would be a failure to comply with the solemn obligi- 1
lions which give to the constitution its chief value, and :
binding force, and which could not be violated or de- j
liberntely evaded without leading to a dissolution ot {
the Union. j
A Voice from Indiana.
The Constitutional Convention of Indiana,now in
session,has adopted the following preambleand resolu
tions by a vote ofio ayes to 26 noes:
• Whereas the Congress of the United States passed
at its last session a scriesof acis commonly called the
compromise measures; and whereas certain misguided ;
ind.viduals.injvariousSialee'of the Union, have j
ed their determination to :e9ist a portion of its lav,'3{
Therefore,
“Be it Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Con- j
vention, the common sentiment of the people of lndi- 1
ana sustains and endorses,in their general features and 1
intention, the said series of compromise measures as 1
passed by Congress,and recognises in the success of j
those measures, an earnest of security and perpetuity to j
our glorious Union.
■ Resolved, ‘1 h.t whatever may be flic opinions of j
individuals as to the wisdom or policy ot the details of j
one or any of the actsol Congress above referred to, it j
is the duty ofallgood citizens to conform to their requi
sitions,and to carry out in good faith the conditions ol
that compromise on tiie subject ui domestic slavery
which is coeval with the Federal Constitution.
“ Resolved, That a copy of thispteambleand resolu
tions, be transmitted to the Governors of each State
and Territory oi the United States, and to each of our
Senatorsand Representatives in Congress. ’
The Governor of South Carolina, in bis recent
message to the Legislature, stated that over 20,000 of j
the population of that State are ignorant of the alpha- ;
bet !
Let it be remembered that these 20,000 persons are j
white men and women. Does it not strike every rea- j
sonable mind that “ the Land of ail the chivalry ” bad
better educate this ignorant twenty thousand than to
gasconade about “ dignity,” “ high breeding,” “ State
rights,” “ Arsenals,” and the thousand other wbimai
c 1 lilies which they inflict upon us? Men of “ Pal
inettodom ” forget lor a short lime General Quattleburn
and the boys of Biuffloii, and hunt up the schoolmas
ter ! You waaf one very badly !
The World’s Fair.
The immensity of the approaching exhibition of the
YVorld’s industry in London next spring, is even now j
hardly appreciated by the American people. Much has j
been said upon the subject by the press, but after all it !
1 is net on easy matter to comprehend the vastnessof
the arrangements or the incredible amount of inven
tions and products of industry which will then be gath
ered together for the curiosity and astonishment of the
assembled delegates of the civilized world. Hardly a
maufacturer of eminence in all Europe who will not
be anxious to place upon his wares the sanction of tins
vrist Fair. Yv’hcever has a name and reputation to sup
port will of course he there, while all who are emulous
ol distinction in their several occupations, will find in
its premiums an inducement such ns never before stim
ulated exertion and rewarded excellence. \Y iio can
measure the success hat will attend that manufacturer
whose cloth or leather or linen shall be pronounced
first and best among the hundreds t competitor
whose finest wool or il ix or hide, and whose best work
men shall have Ir-cii employed upon the specimens ot
tered j,r exhibition ? But these considerations are so
obvious,that no one interested in the class of products
which are to be exhibited, can fail to appreciate them.
There are, however, more important results which
must follow this meeting of nations in London next
May. The spirit cf tiie age is eminently a trading
spirit. It is the manufacturing interest which has
tone so much of-late foi the civilization of the world,
mid for the cause of national amity and peace. In pur
suit of new markets for their articles, the remotest
parts of the world have been penetrated by die emissa
ries of trade. The icy seas of the North, the dangeis
of African travel, and the risks of the most peri!oc s
voyages have been hazarded, that Birmingham or
Manchester might extend more widely ihe arms of
English commerce. The gigantic projects of internal
communication which have already bound together
remote sections of country by modes of transit that die
lasi generation knew nothing of, and which now, on a
grander scale, propose to connect ocean with ocedn
m one hemisphere,and to unitedistant seas in another.
These things are the achievements of modern com
merce, and without its aid they could not live a single
ijear. thill more marked has been the effect of man
j ufacturing enterprise upon the general disposition ofr.a
tions to cherish relations of peace and friendship with
each otiier. Man is a fighting animal; his nature to
day is substantially what it always was. YY’hen that
: which each nation ate and drank, wore and possessed,
! was raised or fabricated at home,and when no nation
! either wished lor or appreciated the benefits of a free
| intercourse with its neighbors, there was little to re
j strain trie disposition oi men 10 wage war for conquest,
’ or for revenge.
j How different now. Neither England nor France
! nor America, would engage in military contests with
| a single nation, however remote, w ith w lioni they pos-
I sessed any considerable trade, without directly and im
! mediately ruining the business, and taking bread fiom
; the mouths of multitudes of their own citizens. No
j considerable convulsions of nature, none of the ex
! treme fluctuations of business, could begin to equal
j the enormous ruin which would overwhelm the manu
j laeiurerof England or France, should hostilities com
mence between their governments and our own. Ev
j ery dollar expended by one country in purchasing the
{products of another, goes to bind mankind in ani
lity together. Muiunl trade is the first and best ad
vocate ol peace, and the World's Fair will prove more
of a Peace Congress than that which recently mei in
Frankfort on the Maine. Though the world is not yet
{prepared for it, tfie time is surely coming when the
j great doctrine of Free Trade will triumph', over the
i ignorance and folly of nations, and when it will be
! safe for every government to cherish no industry
i which i3 not the natural grow th of its situation, and
when the interests of ail shall be best promoted by
obedience in this as in other things to the great laws
of nature. Prejudice is supposed tohave great weight
in the affairs of men, hut unprofitable prejudices are
not near so stubborn as they once were. It needs lit
tle more than the concurrence of England, America
and France, to make that policy practically safe, which
now is only theoretically true. It is tiie dissemination
of opinions, lire removal of prejudices, the wide-spread
conviction of common interests, and the lessons to be
learned as to what makes nations powerful and individ
uals happy, that gives the highest importance to this
great exhibition. The simple display of the 1,076 pa
tents granted at YY'ashington during the last year,
would do more to show Europe what we are,and what
we are doing, than ali the books mortal patience ever
read or ever wrote. It is things of this kind we are
anxious should be sent as American contributions to
the great show. They would prove the activity and
ingenuity of the Yankee mind, and should the occupa
tions o! the inventors be attached to their patents, it
would serve to show that our skill and ability are as
truly democratic, as our notions of our government.—
Conn. Herald.
Ca Mr JRn ia<— A Gr.ooM v Account—The passen
gers on the steamer Alabama who arrived at New
Orleans on the 25t!i from California have published a
statenrentof the condition of things in that country with
a view, asthey say, of correcting the false and exagger
ated reports sent to this part of the country respecting
the success of the miners. They say that they had
never witnessed such scenes of suffering as were pre
sented by the mining districts. Twenty thousand mi
ners have been engaged all the summer .in the Southern
mines, in damming and turning the rivers Stanislaus.—
Tuolumne, Mercedes, and other streams the beds ot
which have all proved barren of the precious dust,
They have exhausted all tiie means in this unprofitable
labor, and are deeply in debt to the merchants. Tile
raining season, which commences in November, will
force them back, penniless and destitute, to the towns
where they must be supported during winter, or sent
hack to the States, either of which appears almost im
possible. The great object of a California emigrant is
no longer to make a fortune,but to save money enough
to get back to the States. This is sometimes the labor
oi months. But here is their own statement.
“ Toe bankers, merchants,an !,traders, whose busi
ness transactions extend throughout the entire length
and breadth of the gold region, assist in no small degree
in misleading the public in regard to the flattering
prospects oi those engaged in mining. They have in
duced thousands and tens of thousands to seek fortunes
ui California, at great sacrifices, who never would have
tried the great experiment it tli *y had been informed
of the rea! condition and prospects of those engaged in
I working the mines.
j “We believe thousands have lieen induced to emigrate
j during the past year, on account of the exaggerated re
; port made by the Government agent, Mr. King, and by
! tiie delegates in Congress, in relation to the gold bear
j ing quartz. They stated that quartz rock existed to an
j unlimited extent,and worth from one to three dollars
j per pound. These statements coming to tiie miners
through the newspapers published abroad,struck them
1 with profound astonishment. Now, there is not one
miner in five hundred who has found in all his research
es, a pound of quartz rock worth fifty cents per pound
and the undersigned, who have been deeply interested
lin the matter, having carried machinery to the mines at
! great expense, to work the quartz, know diat none can
| tie found ilicre worth the price for labor to work it.—
I “It has been estimated that about one hundred thou
sand Americans were in California at the oonimenoe
! memos tiie present year. The emigration lids year is
j put down ai sixty thousand across tin* plains, ten thou
sand over land, through Texas and Mexico, and fifty
j thousand across the Isthmus—making two hundred and
j twenty thousand Supposing twenty thousand have
I returned home during the present year, (and‘tins is
j said to be a liberal calculation,) two hundred thousand
Americans remain in the country. If asked what is
tiie condition ol this large number of American citi
zens, we would say “ rno3t deplorable.” ’The lorty or i
fifty thousand w ho have been engaged in damming and
turning rivers during the summer have been almost
universally disappointed. Having tost the labor of ihiee
summers, ami the means they had previously procured,
thousands ot them are reduced to want and involved in
debt for subsistence, (tc.
“Those who were engaged in the dry digging?, de
pots, etc..have also been unsuccessful daring tire pas.
season. It was the general opinion of tiie miners last
mentioned, that not more than eighty or ninety in eve-
I ry hundred had realized money enough to enable them
• to return to their lit in dies ; and that not more than one
jin twenty has realized a dollar clear of expenses du
i ring the season. All hopes of making fortunes in Cali
! lorn i a are lost sight ol in ninety-nine cases out of a hun
dred,and the almost universal feeling is to get home.
And it is liuly heart-rending to witness the genera! de
spondency which exists among the miners, and to see
stout-hearted and brave men sited tears a 1 their hopeless
condition. YY’e have deemed ii our duty—a duty we lee
due to the American people—thus honestly to present
for their consideration the foregoing facts, leaving ali to
act according to their own judgment in the matter.”
Action of South Carolina/^
December 17.—1n the House, the bill f r . )ln lhct
ate, calling a Convention of ihe people.
j a voteo, 73 to 42. Mr. Memnnnger then move i
Mr. Owens’ Bdl for a Strut Convention b- ma / ,
spec al order for th* Second Monday i n
next, wiiich was laid on the tabie by a vote oi Go • 7 ?
O 1 motion of Mr. Lyle?, th * vote oi vesicidav *, *’
re-considered, whereupon Izard Middleton
that a Convention of the people should be h
ru *et on the 4th Monday of February, 1352, to v . k „’ ’°
io consideration what action shou and b? taken in V,”
to the formation of a Southern Congress. Tn -d” *
is progressing while I am writing.
December 18 —The House to-day passed theV ‘ - I
elect members of a Southern Cos rgress and provijlf 0
a Convention ol the people of the State. Tn- bill jn * ?
eJ by a vote of JOJ to 12. Delegates tor the Conv.” i
lion to be elected in February,and for a SouthernC7
gress in October. No time fixed for a meeting ot ei;a-7’ !
The Charleston delegation who voted against ihe h
are Philip.Dunkin,Heyward, Lecesne, Mitcb**!;
Wilkinson; and all the rest ior it. On the fourth ba’*,',
R. if. Rnett was elected U S. Senator, r< c ivin., c~’
votes; Hammond 46 ; scattering 10.
Action of the Convention of Geor®i ftt
YV * are indebted to Air. Cobb, Speaker ol ih e u 0: j?
of Representatives, for the copy of a handbill coins;,,
ing the “ Report of the Committee ot Thirty-three” t
the Convention of Georgia. YY’e hasten to lay j ( , r _
fore our readers, without any elaborate note or cv I
tnent. But we miy truly say, in brief, that it isan ad
mirable State paper, clearly stated, ably argued, p. Jt
forth in the best temper, appealing to the best let-inir, $
of ali our countrymen, and presenting the justest irea#
in the language of statesmen. It cranes up to the prat,
form which we have approved. It is a platform®
which the whole South may stand, and we believe tv
ery patriot ol the North and YVest. One evidence is
tiie decided approval which it has received from the
Convention.
YY’e forbore to congratulate tin* country on the eke
tion of the delegates to the Georgia Convention, he. I
cause we were not share that they would iin prow w
victory they had gained. YY’e have no longer the same
scruples, and can now congratulate the country on the
result.
YY’e hni! the movement of the Convention in Geor
gia with the utmost satisfaction. It lays down a pia;.
form on which every friend of the Union in the South
or in the North and YY’est, may stand. YY’e have a|!
ready one evidence of the propriety and wisdom ufthe
measure, in the almost enure unanimity with which
it was adopted by the Convention—lb delegates only
voting against it.
YY’e hail this paper as the bow of pence in the S jmh.
YY’e trust that not only Georgia, but Mississippi, Ala
bama, North Carolina, and Y’.rginia, will tally upon
this piaiform, and that all the Southern States may
plant their feet upon it, and also all the non-slave
holding States.— Washington Union .
The Right Spirit in Cobgtess.
The National Intelligencer of the 12th inst. speaks I
of the action of Congress since its organization, and I
congratulates the country upon the spirit ol patriotism I
and mutual good feeling wh'ch seems to characterize !
its deliberations. Tiie same paper adds
“ A firebrand was indeed east into the House of R*p.
resentatives, early in the lust week, apparently with
the hope ot kindling a flame in that H use and reviving
the topic ot last year’s discord ; but it found in that bo
dy no element to feed upon—excited there no sensa
tion but d'sgust—and was most summarily disposed of,
YY’e do not believe that there is any organized purpose,
in any part of ihe House or 0: the Senate, 10 re-enac
the scenes of the last session ; and we indulge the hope
fill trust that the results of the present session will be
such as will confirm the public peace, promote the pub
lic welfare, and redound to the honor of the Union.”
Slavery Question in Florida.
In th? House proceedings, will be noticed a proposi
tion by Mr YY’ardlaw, of .Madison, instrvcting our del
egation in Congress not to oppose the repeal of the Fu
gitive Slave Bill. This was properly met bv a counter
proposition iront Gen. Scott—that it is the sworn duty
ol die delegation to maintain the Constitution. The
policy recommended by Mr. W'ardlaw is not original,
or very lately evolved. It was attempted daring the
passage of the Compromise bills. Says a correspond
ent ot the Alilledgeville Southern Recorder oi the 10th 1
instant:
“ YVhen in the Senate, the YVilmot Proviso had hern
rejected, and all the bills to which it could be attached
bad passed,save that creating the Government of New
Mexico, it was offered as an amendment there; it was
known that it would be rejected by a majority oifitt
votes —tiie disunion Senators from South Carolina,oue
from Florida,one front Alabama, and one irom Ten
nessee, withdrew from the Senate, tint it niieht
piss? and discovering this, five Northern Senators
with irewais >, an I stilt le.’t a majority against the VY’il
mol Proviso,and it was deleaved.”
And since that time, this policy of permitting aboli
tionists to work their will,unopposed,has found news
paper advocates in this and every other Southern
S ate. Do the advocates of such a policy propose to
submit to the aggressions, vvnicii they would instruct
oar Congressman not to oppose ? By no means It I
i amounts, then, to a proposition not to oppose a distolu
j tion of the Union. The Northern abolitionist is in fa
| vor of a dissolution of the Union, because, he says, the
Constitution upholds slavery, and keeps it in exist
ence. Destroy the one, and the destruction of the oth
er would follow as an inevitable result. Me, therefore,
brings lorward hisbiii to repeal the fugitive slave law,
for this especial purpose—to violate the compact, and
enforce its dissolution ; and he finds Southern Congres •
men instructed not to oppose him! In such an events
wiiat more or less could be said of both these parties than
that they were co-operating to dissolve the Union
Apply any known principle of law, or morals. The
man who stands idly by.and sees Ins neighbor’s house
fired,or his neighbor robbed or murdered, 19 porth*ns
criminis! Tiie maxims of holy writ charge upon us to
resist evil any where, and everywhere—at ad times,
in ali places, and an ler ai! circumstances; and he who
does not do it, is irresponsive tohis tnorai obligations.—
He who thinks,by standing aloof and keeping silence,
toescap? the guilt of crimes, the perpetration of which
he might have prevented,or contributed to prevent, is
but a shallow moralist. The Sonin is bound to use ev
ery effort to preserve the Constitution, and only when
all such efforts have proved fruitless,and the Constitu
tion is violated in spite of them, will sue be able logo
out of the confederacy with clean hands.
Whatever may be snidol the propriety of i.islruc
ting” Senators,” as the creatures of the Legislature, we
apprehend it will be travelling beyond tiie record a titfe
for one representative of the people to assume t e rigid
of” instruction’over another, I; Ins not heretolore
been attempted—but should it be now assumed, we
trust the rig.it will be acknowledged as reciprocal, and
that tiie Representatives of the people in Congre-s tnaf
be allowed to “instruct” tiie Representatives oi th”
People in the Legislature, that standing by and silently
| permitting abolitionists to work th*ir will upon the
Constitution of the coaniry is tiie very worst sort oi
‘ submission.”—Tallahassee Sentinel.
Georgia and Tennessee Kail-Road*
YY’e copied Inst week an article respecting this road
from th.* Knoxville Register, in which the iiouor anJ
integrity ofoar Slate were materially involved. VVe
are very glad to see that ihe effort to stop tlu work on
this ro vi tflor sinister purposes, no do ibt.) has foiled,
and the work is resumed, and we trust, with a prospect
of speedy completion YY’e copy the following train
tiie Athens (Tenn.) Post :
“ The IxjuxcnoN-—A short timr since these end
ed Union itmlroid Con puny, in Murray county, ex
iibite 1 a Bill before Judge Lumpkin, d*s.g.n?J to eit
* .in oar C > tig my and to recover damages. It was
charged 1 hatbotn Companies bad hands at work on tiie
fine, at or near the same point, in consequence of which* j
there was imminent danger of collision, bloods.
This batch of nonsense wiss.vom toby the redoubta
ble President of the U.tio 1 ltou l, and ties Honor sa
proper to issu e an interiocaiory order com naad.iig bo:’t
companies to disband toeir forces tsid retire tro.ll worn,
and also designated the sth instant, as the day ior ar
guing the motion for a permanent injunction. Ou that
day the President of oar Road, attended by Cuunsei,
appeared at ii me, Ga.; but so fur from an loju ‘C> l0 ‘ l
being granted, the complainant dismissed the Bull and
retired without a struggle.
*• faus ended an >ther disgraceful chapter in a Stu
pendous fraud. \Y’e understand it is viewed io t-‘ 3
light by the citizens of North Georgia, a ha id.vd w
one. Messrs. Grant & Cos. have resulted opera.> J
on the Road.
Ages and the Presidency —lt is said wat m ‘
when me ne.n Presidential term befctns, .Ur. u
be seventy-six, Daniel YVebsiei; seventy “ „
J Scott BIXIV-nine. Mr. Buchanan ben ga L
is not thought delicate to uiiude to his j’tuis-