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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
JAMES T. MUBKT * •. W"^
i".ur i “ BV,,U '’
To c*<xe <* Delegate to the Baltimore Convention
and decide on the Presidency.
Djw.xi.xuville, State of Maine.
February 9, 1852.
The following not ce was posted up bright and early
ve-terday morning, on the meetin house, and on the
centre school house, and on Bill Johnson’s store :
“Notice—Democrats Arocs*! .
The Democrats <>l DowuuigviUc, without distinction
of party, are requested to meet at the centra school
hnuse to morrow evening. February 9,at seven o ciock,
to settle the question about the next Presidency, and
choose a Delegate to the Baltimore Convention. Ihe
country expects every Democrat to do his duty, and
the whole Democracy of all parties is especially re
quested to attend- The interest of ihc country and the
Democratic party is at stake. Therefore, come one,
come all. And it is expected that every true Democrat
will leave all party prejudice at home.
“ By order of the Democratic Town Committee.'’
Pursuant to the above notice, the largest and most
respectable Democratic meeringever held in Dowu
ingvdle assembled at 7 ocio :k, and tilted the school
l ‘jolhuTDotcriing, Esq , Postmaster,(Uncle Joshua,)
w.t* unanimously appointed chairman,and Mr Set!
Sures, (Schoolmaster,) was chosen secretary. UncU
Joshua took the chair amid the cheers of the meetin.
He’s always been chairman <! the Democracy thi
thirty years. So he ku w whai he had to depend upon
and come prepared for it. Amu Kesiah hail combed
his hair all down smooth, ana lie wore his fur hat am 1
go-to-meeting coat. The chairman put on Ins spec*
clcs ami read the notice calling the meetin, and say.-
he,” Gentlemen and fellow-Democrats, the importau
business we have before us, seems to be to -eitie th
question about the next Presidency,and choose a Dele
gate to Baltimore. As there is two branches to tl..
business, which shall we take hold of first ? ’
Doctor Briggs.— i move that we take the questi i
ol me Presidency first, as that comes first in the notice
and 1 take tt that is the main question.
Chairman —lt that is your minds, gentlemen, you
will please
Bill Johnson, (in a sharp louJ voice ) Hold on
there, Squire, or Mr. Chairman, 1 sh-uld say ; dout
put that ere question yet, lor I’ve got something t<> say
lirst. I dont think that would tieqhe best way to go to
work. I’ve no notion ot taking ho dos the poker at the
hot end. Let us go to work and choose a Delegate
first, while we are cool, and go into the Prestdenc) at
terwards. VVe are ail quiet and unanimous now ,aid
it is the largest meeting of the Democracy that we’ve
ever had since Old Hickory’s second term. It looks as
if the good Old Hickory limes wascomtng h ick aga ii,
and the Democracy of me country wil. once more be on
its legs. Now, l say, seeing we’ve got into a lutlecU-ai
smooth water, don’t let us rile it. The PreiJei
cy is a ticklish question,and it we begin to stir it. may
be it’l! be hard work losee b Uom. I’n-relore,.Squ re,
I move that we begin our business ’(other eeml .oir
niost; and I move that e choose .Major Jack Down
ing for our Delegate t > Baltimore.
Chairman. —lt that is your minds, gc itlemen, you
will please to—
Solomon Jones, (trader at the upper corner, and in
teral enemy to Bill Johnson, trader at the lowr r corn
er.) —Mr. Chairman, I hope that motion wont pass. 1
didn’t com • here to le ketched ill an Abolition nap.
and i wont be it I can help it. I dout want no un Kr
hnnd work, and I shant take a step on the road till 1
•na read on the guiJe board wiirre n’s going to. Be
foie we choose a Delegate l want to know wliai lie is
going to do. Let the work be chalked out beforehand,
and then choose the best man to do it. Pin a Dcir.o
cralot the Jackson stamp, but I aim m> A toiiiioinsi
1 always went tor Jackson, and will always go tor bis
successors as long as they follow in Ins ioots eps i
always went lor Vail Buren as long as lie followed in
Jackson’s footstep? ; but when tie mined Amo id n 1
dont go lor him no more, nor Ins son John neiiber
Bill Johnson. —Squiie, I wish you to put my ques
tion, to choose .Major Jack Downing to Biliimore. ii
we cant trust him as a good Jackson Democrat, the e
isn’t a man in the United Stairs that we cm uu(. ilr
was always the old Gineiai’s right hand man. And as
for Abolition traps, I wish M . J > irs’ store was as
free trom rum-traps and gin-traps as 1 am from Aboli
tion trips —
Solomon Jones Mr. Cliairtnm, l call th* gentle
man to order. I want to know, before Ite goes any
further, whether tins is a Temperance meeting ora
Democratic meeting!
Bill Johnson. —lt is as much of a Tempera lire meet
ing ns it is nn Abolition meeting. If Mr Jones bring*
in Abolition, I’ve jest as good a right to bring ill 1 em
perance. And as for traps. nr, if the g-011-man under
takes to talk about Abolition traps, I’ll jest let Inui
know the war can be • arried into Atnca. Yes, s.r,
the boot is decidedly on ’toihrr leg. 1 iie trap* is alt
on’(other side,sir; all on the slnveiy side. I’m a good
Jackson Democrat, but I’ve no notion ot being k’ tched
in a slavery trap. And that’s why i want to sc and e
Delegrte to Butiimorc that we can and pend upon, such
asMijor Downing; one that’ll keep us out *>l the sa
very trap. For I tell you, sir, the South has got the
slavery trap set all over the country, and covered with
a good many pieces ol siy tempting bait. There’s a
bn ot mce-Hivorcd Buchanan buit here, and a a rung
Cass biit tiiere, and a little Douglas ban further along,
and a fat Houston bait out yonder, and on tite middle i
ol the pan there’s a mysterious bit of i utler bail, nicely
rolled in meal; ves, sir, all robed in meal, and wh..i’> ;
more, to make ileasy to swallow, it’s rubbed over wi'b .
a little Van Buren oil. Now,sir, 1 dout swaller none j
of them baits, and no man dont get my vote forPresi !
dent without he comes tight up to the chalk fist, ar.d 1
declares up and down that he isn’t no slavery man.
Doctor Briggs. —Mr Ctiauniun, it seems to me
neighbor Johnson has got In.iJ ot the hot end of the \
poker, alter all, and has fairly got to stirring the Presi- .
dency with it, whether we will or no. So tint my mo j
lion to go into the question ot the Presidency fit si, j
seems to be carried without being put to vi.ie. Now, i
sir, I am glad to see that .Mr. Jones and M>. Johnson ;
agree exactly in one thing, however w ide upait they :
may be on other points. That is. that they worn j
neitnerof’em move a step in the dark, nor s''r an iuen \
till they know where they are going to M-. Jones I
wont vote lor a Delegate till he knows his man, and ;
knows exactly what that Delegate itfgomg to rl<> And j
Mr. Johnson wont vote ior o Pies dent till he knows j
his man, and knows he’s all right and isn’t no slavery
man.
Solomon Jones —Nor 1 wont vote or no President
till 1 know he’s all right, and isn’t no Abolitionist
John Robinson. —.Mr. Choiniiau.nor i win t vote lor
no President that isn’t a friend to Cuba It - lot <>i
fellers is a mind to go and help Cuba get her indepen
dence, I say 1 dout waul a President lliat’li be dogging
alter ’em and stopping of ’em.
Sargent Joel Downing. —For uiy part. Mr. Chair
man. I've made up my mind noi to vote for anv man
tor President that wont go tor Koeeuiti, clear up to the
bub, and stand ready to tight the Russian Bear it lie
meddies with Hungary. 1 say freedom is the right ol
every body,and i gw for it; and I want a Piesidcnl that
’1! go lor it, too, up to titty-four forty and tight, it it
can’t be got without. Ica I that good Jackson dec
trine. Old Hickory would go lor it it lie wasnbvr, and
the Democracy must see that he has a successor that
’ll go for it now. That's the loundaiioii ot the Demo
’crntic principle, freedom foi every body.
Solomon Jones. —Freedom for every bodv, is it ? 1
want to know it the gentleman means freedom tor the
niggers South ot M ison and Dixon’s line ? It tie dues,
1 pronounce him a bloody Abolitionist and no Demo
crat.
Sargent Joel —l said freedom for every body, and
I’ll stick to it. You can’t split a hair; nobody can’t
spin hairs now Mr. Calhoun's dead. And you can t
split a principle; and I say the foundation ol the De
mocratic principle is freedom for eveibody, and P I
stick to it. And I want a President that will carry tliai
principle out straight on alt sides, in Hungary and
every where else. And when we cii-oose out Delegate
to Baltimore, I shall move to give hint instructions to
vote fora Kossuth candidate lor the Presidency
Solomon Jones —Then, sir, you are an Abolitionist,
and your candidate will be an Abolitionist, and Hie
whole South will be agin you; and you’ll tind it you
can't split hairs, you can split the country and the
whole Democracy will be lorn to flmdeis, and we shall
10-e all the offices.
Sargent Joel. —l don’t fight for offices, I fight l. r
liberty ; freedom for everybody, that's my motto
Deacon Snow. —l feel it my du'y, Vlr. Chairman, to
caution our Democratic brethren not to be too rash. 1
think we ought to have a President that will be pru
dent, and not get us into any tangling alliances with
other nations,and willcarry out the sale neutrality doc
trines laid down by Washington.
Doctor Briggs —Mr. C airman, we seem to be
go.ng all around Robin Hoon’s barn, but 1 don’t see as
we are any where near coming to the point. Now,
sir, it seems to me the way we should go is as plain as
the road to mill- Is this a Democratic tneenng l And
are we all Democrats? Thai’s the question, if we
are ali Democrats, then of course we ad want a Demo
cratic President ; and we ought to fix ourselves on that
point, and not be looking round for any other nails to
hang our haison. Therefore, 1 move that we instruct
our Delegate to Baltimore to vote tor a candidate lor
Pre3 dent that is a stanch Democrat aud hi tavor ol all
sound Democratic principles.
Chairman.—Are you ready for that question? II
that is your minds gentlemen, please
Solomon Jones —Mr. Chairman, 1 oppose that mo
tion, and before its pul I w ant to know w iiai is sound
Democratic principles. I want to know if abolition is
one of ’em ?
Bill Johnson. —And I want to know if slavery is one
ot ’em l
Sargent Joel —And I want to know ii Russia’s
iramplin down Hungary is one of ’em ?
John Robinson. —And I want to know it Cuba is
one of ’em'?
Deacon Snow. —Mr. Chairman, as there seems to be
some contusion and misunderstanding about Demo
cralic principles, and diere don’t seem to be much
chance ol doing anything till these matters are settled,
1 move that Squire Downing, <iur venerable Chairman,
shall make a plain statement to this meeting ol ad the
sound Democratic principles, and then we shall have
something to go by.
[This was seconded all around, and Uncle Joshua,
coloring a little, laid his specs on the desk and got up
out of his chair ]
Chairman. —Gentlemen and Democrats: As for the
Democratic principle, I view it is very important we
should have a lair understanding of it, for it is the vital
principle of the party, and w nhout it we can’t hold to
gether. In the old Gineral’s time, if my memory
sarvr-s roe right, we had-three principles to go by ; one
was the Bank, and one was the Tariff, and ’tother was
Internal Improvements. This is to say, them was the
principles we had to fight agin. Them was the Whig
principles ; and the Democratic principle was to fight
agm the three Whig principles. And as long as we
stuck to that we beat, aud got the offices. But the sci
eiK— of politics has advanced a good deal in these lat
ter ye-rs, since the General's time, and so many new
principles are crowded in, heller skelter, that we get
kind ol contused aud mixed up. 1 don’t think they do
any good. Some of these new principles, instead ot
holding us together, seem lobe pretty likely to blow
us apart like gunpowder. But the good old Jackson
1 princip es work ‘tother way ; they hold us together like
I wax, and give us the offices. Therefore, I think we
i may safely say, we go agin the Bank w-e go agm i e
I Tariff—and we go agin Internal Improvements. And
1 think our delegate to Baltimore should be instructed
to stand on that platform.
Bill Johnson —1 move that we amend that plat.oral,
by adding that we go agin slavery.
S.lomon Jones I move, Mr. Clieerman, that we
amend it, by adding that we go agin abolition.
Sargent Joel— l move that we amend it, by adding
that we go agin Russia.
Chairman. —Shall we put ‘be question on the plat
form with the three amendments added to it.
Deacon Snow. — Mr. Chairman, it these amend
ments are added, 1 think there’s a number t other
amendment* that ought *o be added besides, p-irticu
larly the neutrality doctrines of Washington. There
fore, I move that we adjourn this meeting for one
week, and that the whole subject be relerred to a com
mittee, to be appointed by the Chairman, and that they
report to the next meeting, a Democratic platform rum
taming all the sound simon-pure Democratic principles.
[Deacou Snow’s m tion was put and carried, and
the Convention adjourned ]
N<>te from Major Jack Downing to Messrs. Gales
and Seofnn- —My dear old ftiends, I've correct tied the
ninnies of Secretary Stile*, and send it to von to pub
lish, to let our Democratic bratnren all over the country
know that we’ve made a rally here to try to save the
•arty, (which you know we thought a while ago was
lead,) and so tur, we’ve met wiilt verv encouraging
uccess. MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3.
Persons sending money bv mail due the
hjnrnul and M ste.igtr Offite prior to the Ist day of
lanuary last, or writing on other husine s connected
vidi the Oid Firm, will hereafter address Thomas B
oi'LDl.\,
Uncoil, :o whom the honks and accounts hive been
urned over for collection. Payments can also Le
made in person to either of the former Proptietors.
ORDINARY BLANKS.
We h ive on hand a complete assortment of legal
Blanks—those to be used by Ordinaries having been
carefully revised and adapted to the new organization
j .if our Courts <>i Ordinary.
OIJR ADVERTISING COLUMNS.
We would call the attention of our readers to our
! Advertising Columns, as they contain many matter? of
! interest this week :
State Medical Society. —The annual meeting of
tni* Assi'ciation.'t will be seen from the Card of Dr. C.
B. Notbinghan , Sec’ry., will be held in Augusta, on
the 14th of April.
Tableaux and Supper—The ladies of the Presby
terian Education Society, we understand, design to
appropriate the proceeds of this entertainment to com
mendab'e objects of charity.
The Bapii-t Female College of South Western
Geo — Thi- Institution is located at Villa Nova, near
! Cuthbert, Randolph county, under the superintendence
of the Rev. A T. Holmes; a gentleman extensively
i and favourably known in Georgia. We call the at
j t.-ntion of our Southern and South Western patrons to
ilie advertisement of Mr. E. VV. Warren, Secretary
of the Board of Trustees.
Help at Home—See ihe advertisement of Cotton
Gins, by J. H. Watson, of Palmyra, Lee county and the
certificates attached.
(onstilulioiial Union Meeting.
The proceedings ot the meeting of the Constitu
tional Union Party of Bibb county, on yesterday, will
be found in another column.
Col. I’. V. li. .Mace,
This gentleman is now instructing a class in this
[city, at die Armory ol the Floyd Rides, in Broad aud
j Small Sword exercise, and cut and Thiust Fencing.—
i ilis class is nearly completed, and those who desire to
J have the benefit of his instruction, should make early
application.
Central Race Coarse.
The Spring Meeting over this Course commences
to-day, and will, no doubt, furnish fine sport to those
who attend it. VVe trust the weather, during the re
mainder ot the week, may be propitious, and that the
occasion may pass off without accidents or disjgreea
ble occurrences of any kind. For the entries for to
day’s purse, and other particulars, see small bills.
The Southern Rights Party.
When an intelligent voter is solicited to give his sup
port !o any Party, be should know what are its ante
cedents, its principles, and its objects. The Southern
Rigb's Party deny their antecedents, assert no princi
pies, and declare no object. Its press is laboriously
employed in heralding tlie praises of Democracy, and
in reiterating that the Southern Rights Party is the
Democratic Party. By an open abandonment of every
principle which the Southern Rights Party professed,
they are attempting to ally themselves with the
National Democracy. The resolutions of the Na*h
viile Convention—the resolutions ot the Macon Con
vention, and the resolutions ot the Milledgeville Con
.entmn.of the 25,hjof list November, are all, openly,
hameiiilly, avowedly, abandoned by them, to gel out
of a minority, and into a National Democratic Con*
edition. We are willing t” lorget that the Southern
lights Party was once a Disunion and Secession
Party; an I we would congratulate its menibets upon
‘heir abandonment of these heresies, ns an evidence
that iheir patriotism is no longer bounded by Mason
an I Dixon's line. VVe are willing to judge this Party
by its lasi confession of (aitli, or rather, by th* last
name which it lias assumed. We only ask, tnat its
Press will define Democracy, tell us what it ni-ans
wliat it embraces, what it proposes, and then declare
that it will insist upon, and boldly sustain its construe,
lion. What, then, is Democracy ? What does this
single word mean, which has such a potent influenc*
dial it can convert n Rhett sympathiser—an ally ot
S iuili Carolina— a Disunionist —a Secessionist—a Fire
Eater —into a loyal subject ot this Union, and an ally
of tins Van Burens, Chases, VVilmots, Kautouls aid
Preston Kings ot the North. What is Democracy,
! we ask which can eff-ct such n marvellous metamor
phosis ? It must have the potent virtue of that
iquid, w ith which the mischievous Puck moistened ti e
ryes af the sleeping Qieenof the Fairies, which caused
her w.-.kmg to deny her liege-lord Oberon,ond become
violently enamoured of an ass.
It certainly produces similar effects. The past is
obliterated, or is vaguely and indistinctly remembered—
the existence of such a place as Nashville is doubled—
old allies are deserted—old enemies occupy their
places—what was once ugly, deformed and hideous,
becomes comely and attractive. Co-operation with
South Carolina is abandoned, tor co operation with
Massachusetts and Ohio. Fraternization with Rhett,
Quitman, Soule, Tucker, Yancy and Gayle is a'an
doned.for the friendship of Van Buren, Francis Blair,
Thomas Benton, II tie, Allen, Preston King, Chase
and RantouL Again, we ask, what is Democracy
which does such marvellous things ? It will not do o
reply that Democracy is opposition to Federalism
Tile Presidential Campaign of 1800, gave the death
blow to Federalism, and we are not to be soared by
reports that it does not rest quiet in its grave. It will
not do to reply that the Baltimore Platforms of 1844
and ’4Sare embodiment* ol the Democratic laitli
Free-soil and Higher Law, Abolition mid Secession,
claim a legitimate birth from these embodiments, and
this question ot legitimacy has never yet been settled.
It will not do to reply that opposition to a Bank, and a
Protective Tariff", are the principles of Democracy.
These issues are obsolete—dead and buried. No
Party desires the creation ol a National Bank. No
Party desires a change ot the Tariff of 1816,except per
• haps, the Democracy ot Pennsylvania, who still have
S some taint, glimmering recollection ot a Kane letter
and its unfulfilled promises. Bui what i- D-micracy
when applied to the issues which now press upon us
to those issues which have vitality—which have a
present interest and importance, to those issues with
which future A Iministrations of the G ivernme it mu t
deal—to those issues upon the decision of which the
j future destinies of this Government must depend. Is
’ the right of peaceable SeSHCSsion, a Democratic doc
i irine f The Southern Rights Party declare that it is
With them it is a fundamental doctrine—an idea upon
w hich their peculiar theory of the Constitution is based
—oi which their const ruction of the powers ot the Gen
eral Government is predicated, and which enters into
and affects their whole system ol politics. A difference
upon this question, is a difference tolo celo. It Seces
•ion isa Democratic doctrine, Gov. Cobb is not a De
mocrat—the Union Democrats of Georgia are not De*
tnocrats—the ‘‘National Democracy” are not Demo
crats, and the nomenclature of Parties, needs revisior.
Is opposition to the doctrine of intervention a part of
the Democratic creed ? Then Cass and Douglass are
not Dirao :rats, and the North and North Western De
mocracy, *ire not Democrats. Ihe Southern Rights
Party believe in Secession, and are opposed to inter
vention, and yet, are eager to go into the Baltimore
Convention, which will not assert the one or deny the
other. This is the objection which we h ive to the
course es that Party. They h ive no principles,or, dare
not assert them. The name they have last assumed,
is no evidence of the principles they entertain. They
employ Democracy us a S.iibholeth—a word of sepa
ration and distinction—a rallying cry, and not as an
index of their principles, or of any principle. The pro
fessiort of Dctn >cracy by tlt<*m, is a coup d'etat— a
“marked bitteiy,’’ from behind which, the principles o
M idirton and Jackson I) -mocrasy will be assailed. —
Bu this coup d'etat will he unsuccessful. Deinocra s
cannot be thus rallied to the support of a Secession P.ir
ly. Their d'-votion to party, is a devotion to the prin
ciples of that Party. The party name ot Democrat, is
a w>r.l simply with no sign lieu nee, no power and no
influence, except ns the index ol certain recognized
and scktiowledg and principles.
The i elt*” rap Si.
The cou. sef our neighbor ot the Telegraph isa tii il
iustraiiou ol the policy ot the Party to which he i el ngs
That policy is, to ignore every qu stion ol present int* r
est and importance —every question upon w Inch an issue
can be formed—and depend solely upon the inr.gic in
fluence of the name of Demi crat. Any one, in retd
mg the columns of our contemporary, would be led to
believ-, that he had indulged in a Rip Van VV inkle
sleep, which has contused his intellect, and from which
he Ims waked vvitlian indisiiuct memory of the past.ai and
with the idea that Parties stand where tltev did a
1800. judging trom his columns, lie is ignorant ol the
fact, that the Federal Party, us a Patty, is extinct—
that the National Bank was crippled hy Jackson and
killed by Tyler—and that a large territory has been
added to die Union. He is happily ignorant ol the
slavery agitation growing out id the acquisition of ih s
territory, which has lately threatened die permanence
of the Union. He is ignorant that men professing to
be Democrats have repudiated the doctrines of Madi
son and Jackson, tie is ignorant of the coriuptiou
which hascrept into the National Parties, and ol ilia
canker of Free Soil which is desttoying their vitality.
H? is ignorant that a party at the South, goaded by
the aggressions ol die North, met in a Convention til
Nasliv lie, Tennessee, and sp“ke treason at mid-day.
He is ignoiant of the lact, that South Carolina wool I
have seceded from the Union, il Southern Rights men
had not promised her the c (-operation ot the entire
South, if site would wii;,anJ not act precipitately.—
And, stranger than ali this, he is ignorant ot the taco
that lie was among die tirsi to discover the rottenness
and corruption of the two great National Parties —
that lie applauded the actings and doings of the Nash
ville Convention—that lie sympathized with S,mtii
Carolina Secessionists, and republished the speeches ot
Mr. Rhett. Such is the ignorance which his columns
display; but still, we are obliged to remind him ot
these things, though it may wake him from his bifislul
ignorance. Though he “ roars you now as gently as
any sucking dove”— *” roars you an ’twere any night
ingale”—yet we remember too distinctly the role of
the Lion which he played ia*t year, to trust the appear
ances ot submissive gentleness which be now exhibits,
lie did a gieat deal ot extempore roaring then, and
labored industriously to convince us that there was
something in it besides noise. Unfortunately for him,
be did convince us ot t'i,s; a id it is too late for
him to doff die Lion’s hide and mane, and declare he is
nobody but Snug the Joiner. llis peculiar acting of
the role ol the Lion is embalmed among i ut ; (ensures
of memory.
In his issue of yesterday, he acknowledges that he
“desires the Ie organization of the Democratic Party,
and the co-operation id Gov.Cobband all others, who
will live up to and a< knowledge its great principles.’’
But will lie inform us what are “ns great principles,”
“the cardinal and fundamental doettines ofthe Demo
cratic faith,” which he basso recently learned toeulo
gize. Upon the obsolete issues which divided the old
Whig and Democratic Parties, he may have his own
opinions, (as he lias his own opinions upon the guilt
or innocence of Aaron Burr, or upon any other ques
tion connected with the Constitutional history of the
Government,) and perhaps Gov. Cobb coincides with
him in those opinions. But upon questions which are
now vitaland operative,and “cardinal and lundamen
la I,” ali the world and “ till the rest of mankind ” know
(hat there is no unity of sentiment between'him and
Mr. Cobb, and he cannot con-ealilie wide difference
of opinion between them,behind his biensi-woik of
vague, indefinite and unmeaning generalities. They
diffrr upon vital and fundamental principles. They
have nothing ill common, but the name —the empty,
unmeaning name ol Democrat, which they share m
common with David Wtlinot, Preston King, Hale,
Rantouland Allen. A coalition between them would
be as selfish, as hollow and hypocritical, as the coali
tion between the Democracy and the Free Soil Party
ol Massachusetts.
VVe do not anticipate such a coalition. The seduc
tion flattery of the Telegraph, will be “Love’s Labor
Lost’’ upon Gov. Cobb. Neither Gov. Cobb, nor the
Union Democrats of Georgia, as we sincerely believe,
will go to the Baltimore Cot.vention.unlresthe finality oj
lie Compromise is recognized in distinct terms. The
Telegraph, in its issue ot yesterday, in which it invites
the co-operation of these very men, contains an arti
cle from the Richmond Enquirer, which is introdu
c'd by a commendatory editorial, in which this passage
t t italics occurs: “ The absolute, inseparable condi
tion of D nncratie JSaiianal re union, is therefore
entire silence upon the. Compromise of 1850.”
Gov. Cobb, in a speech in this place, in the early
part ol the last year, stated distinctly that if the
finality ol the Compromise was not recognised and
acknowledged in the next presidential campaign, the
whole plan ot adjustment would be a nullity and a
cheat. If the Telegraph is determined to have the eo
operation of Gov. Cobb, and of Union Democrats, it
must abandon its position of “ entire silence upon the
Compromise of 1850,” and amuse us with another
change ol position. The evolutions of our contempo
rary are as rapid as a charge of JVlamaluke cavalry,
and his changes ns unexpected ns the figures of a
Knledi-cope. Another change will be nothing startling
or new.
Meeting of the Constitutional Union Party
•f Kibb County.
Macon, March ’2, JSS2.
Agreeably to previous notice, the Constitutional
Union Party of Bibb county met this day at the Court
house in M icon, for the purpose of appointing delegates
to the State Convention, to be held in .Milledgeville at
such time as the Central Union Committee shall desig
nate.
The meeting was organized by calling Hon. C. B
Cole to the Chair, and George Patten, See’y.
O.i motion of J. J. Gresham, Esq , a committee o|
five was appointed by the Chair, to report the names
ot suitable delegates to the meeting, viz: J. J. Gresh
a in, A 11. Chappell, VV. Poe, J. B. Lamar and L F
VV. Andrews, Esq*.
Cl. J B. Lamar offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That we have an abiding confidence in
the correctness of the principles ol the Union Paity ot
Georgia, and that our delegates tu tile Milledgeville
Convention take such measures as, in their judgment,
are best calculated to enforce those principles, and
make them the permanent policy of the country.
The Committee of (ive reported the names of A. 11.
Chappell, J. VV'. Armstrong, T. G. Holt amt J. J.
Gresham, E qs, as delegates to the State Convention.
The report w as adopted
On motion of VV. Poe, Esq , the Committee was
authorized to till uny vacancies that may occur in
their to y. The meeting then adjourned.
C B COLE, Chn.’ii.
George Patten, See’y.
The Screws and VVheelsof Kossum’s Eloquence
A correspondent ot the Niw York Literary World,
asks lor an account ol ihe “screws and wheels ’ ol
Kossuth’s eloquence, to which tile Editor makes the
follow mg reply:
For the screws and wheel* the motive power is a
true nohi.ny ot character, which find* vent in tin ele
vated way of thiiiking. One ot the screws is undoubt
edly legal, tuuJ nu ither editorial skill in the statement
ol a question .and editorial tact m seizing upon materi
al advantages, which he owes to experience. A third
i* tile tendency to elevate expression which a mail lias
oil just learning anew language, lie sees, as it were,
the mountain tops ul the language,nod runs first in
that direction. It is a common reuinik about a novice
in the language that He talks like a book The very
ignorance of a great deal concentrates the attention
the more on trie important point*. And we shouid not
forget, in this estimate, ‘lie Iresli perceptions still to be
enkindled by a knowledge ol tnr classic literature to
which .Vossu’h continually recurs”
Ex President Tyler is out with a letter on Intei
vention, in which lie intimates that we cannot do much
for Kossuth just now ; hut think* that in about twen'y
three years, “the oppressed nations may bring their
complaints to the bar of the American Senate, as ol
old to Rome, with the certainty of being heard.”
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Africa.
The British Mail Steamer Africa, arrived at New
York, on Saturday,2Bth ull., bringing Liverpool dates
to the 14th of February.
There was a buoyancy in tbe Liverpool Cotton Mar
ket. It com me t ced on on the 11th ut., and was well
sustained on the 12th and 13th. The pressure of stock
on the market, has been much less than it has been lor
some time past. The sales on the 12lh and 13tn,com
prised 20,000 bales, of which speculators look 1500,
an J exporters,3soo bales, and ihe market closed firm
ly at an advance of one sixteenth ol a penny. On the
14th, the market was very firm, and qualities about
middling, were fully one sixteenth ol a penny above
previous quotations. The sal s amounted to between
eight and nine thousand bales. I here was a demand
for speculation and export, and the feeling at the close
ol the day was upward. Ihe Committee of Brokers
quote Fair Uplands at 5J., Mobile at 5,id., Orleans 5iJ.
I’he sales of the week amounted to 57,000 bales.
In England a dissolution of the Ministry was antici
pated. Nothing of interest had transpired.
It France a slight disturbance had taken place in
one department, and the populace bad been dispersed
with difficulty.
Tbe French Government have determined to te
qn-st the Government of Belgium to have removed
rum the field of Waterloo the Lion and the other
monument*.
England will resist the demand of Louis Napoelon,
for the removal ol the monuments trom the field ol
vV’atetioo.
SnmniHiy.
Efeecti j Paris of Mr Webster's Kossuth ban
quet speech.— Mr. Webster’s speech at the Kossuth
banquet in Washington has provoked shuipammadver
sion in several ol the Paris journals. The Journal
des Debats deems the purport of the speech, ar.d the
toast, “ extraordinary, strange, repugnant to law and
history.” I’he Assemblee Rationale says:
The most serious attention is due trom the great
European powers to what has passed ut Washington.
I’he government of the United States, impelled hy the
Democratic passions that rule over it, has abandoned
the policy of George Washingto:. It no longer
restricts itself to the interests ot trade and navigation,
but dreams of exercising an influence over European
politics. Any measure taken against the envoy of
Ausniiut the American capitol must be considered
not a* the quarrel ol Austria alone, hut as the toinnu n
quarrel and concern ol the Old World, resisting the
absurd pretensions of the American republic.”
Bfautu-ul Metaphor. —The comparison ol the
journey of life to a transit across the desert is very fe
licitously expressed in the following lines by Charles
Wesley :
“ Here in this body pent,
Absent Irem heaven 1 roam ;
Yet nightly pitch toy moving tent,
A day’s march nearer home.”
North Carolina. —The names of Edward Stanly
W.H. Washington, Kenneth Rnynrr, and John A.
Gilmer, are mentioned in connexion with the Whig
candidacy for Governor of North Carolina.
Democratic Convention or Louisiana. —By reso
lutions ot a caucus ot the Democratic inembets of the
Legislature ol Louisiana, the Democrats throughout
the State have been invited to choose delegates, to as
semble in convention ut Baton Rouge on the 9th of
March.
Booth. —Mr. Booth, a son of the celebrated tragedi
an of that name, is performing with marked success at
the Jenny Lind Theatre, San Francisco.
Pretty Good —A clerical gentleman of 80. ton on
hearing of Jenny Lind's marriage to Goldscliinit, ex
claimed :
‘* She stoops to conquer,
Goldsmith.”
Washington Feb. 26,7 P. M.—Mr. Clay’9 health
has much unproved, so that he was able to ride out to
day.
(XT’ There were over six hundred marriages in
Lowrll during the past year.— N. Y. Day Book.
Tnere are a Dout twelve thousand marriageable girls
in Lowell. At tbe rate ol six hundred a year, it would
take twenty years for them all to get married—and a
large majority would become old maids.
tX3“” The Augusta, Atlanta and Nashvilh Magnetic
Telegraph Line is now, we understand, in operation
from Atlanta to Chattanooga. It is expected that the
line Irani tite former place to Augusta will soon be
completed.
(XT’ ‘l’be Presidential election next November will
be governed by the apportionment under the Census ot
1840, and t ot by the new apportionment.
03” Miss Frederika Bremer will soon publish, in
England, her work on America, called “Homes in the
New World.”
(XT’ Geo. Sand is in retirement in the province of
Berry, and is at present engaged in preparing “Me
moirs ot her Life,” lor publication.
Dy The Whig State Convention of Kentucky has
pass and a resolution instructing the delegates trom that
State to the Whig National Convention to vote for
Millard Fillmore tor the Presidency.
oy At the North, we find that the excitement on
the subject ot the Maine Liquor Law, has taken a po
litical turn, and Gen. Houston and Mr P.T. Baruum.
are talked ot as the candidates of the Ultra-temper
ance putty,for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
ZjT E iizabeth Arnold, a cousin to Benedict Ar
nold, died in the Aims House, at Norwich Conn., on
the 15th ult., aged 90 years. She was never married.
from Mississippi, for tbe unexpired term of Mr. Foote,
and Mr Stephen Adams, for the term of Col. Davis.
The former isa Whig, and the latter a Democrat, and
both are Union men.
The Louisiana Senate has passed a bill an
nexing the town of LaFayette to New Orleans.
£ty President Fillmore has raceived an autograph
letter fiom the Bey of Tunis, written in Arabic. The
lifer came enclosed in a rich velvet satchel, ornamen
ted with gold tassels and bullions. It is accompa
nied by a translation,and was forwarded by the Ameri
can Consul at Tunis, Mr. J. H. Payne.
23?” From the crowd of people at Kean’s funeral,
there was difficulty in getting out of the church. A
comedian, who had been intimate with him, whisper
ed, as he went out, while a tear glistened in his eyes:
“This, then, is the end ol Kean ! poor lellow ! — but he
drew a crowded house to the last.”
Dry Punch wants to know if four journeyman dyers
can earn three pounds a day by dying, and spend it all,
what would it cost a man to live ?
John B. Weller, has been elected U S. Senator,
from California. The Whigs made no nomination.
try A revolution has occurred among the Mormons
on the Salt Lake. They have published a declaration
o'lndependence, and are arming and erecting fortifi
cations, being determined to set iitia Republic.
Col. Fremont’s Mariposa E-tate in Cali r ornii.,
it appears by an authorized statement published in the
New York Courier, has been finally sold to T. Denny
Sargent, of Washington, D. C., who goes out to
Europe in the Niagara, to make arrangements with
liis partners in the purchase lor the immediate develop
ment of the immense mineral resources ol the property,
which amounts to about 45,000 acres.
Abolition of Cafital Punishment. —ln the Senate
ot Rhode Island a bill has pased, by a majority ol
three, lor the abolition ot capital punishment.
Southern Rights .fleeting sit Jfontgomery.
VVe copy in another column, from the Alabama Jour
nal,the proceedings ol a meeting of that portion of the
“Southern Rights” party ot Montgomery who reluse
to affiliate with the “variegated” Democracy now in
process of “ reorganization” in this State. We do so,
a* well in compliance with the general request the.t
“paper* throughout the State” should publish, as to
keep our readers advised ol what is going on in the
wornl political. The Stute Register says:
“ The meeting was not a large one—indeed, to one
who recollects the crowded and enthusiastic assemblies
that only twelve months ago were wont to rally at the
announcement of a speech from Yancey and other
Southern Rights leaders, the slim attendance in the
Courthouse on Saturday was vividly suggestive ol
“some banquet hall deserted.” Perhaps, however, the
little band w ere cheered and animated by the reflection
they were “ among the tuiitiless, faithful.” At all
events, there appeared to be no thought of flight or re
treat in any ot the proceedings or speeches that we
heard. Messrs. Cochran, Noble and Yancey respond
ed in spirited speeches to calls made upon them, and
the meeting appointed twenty-five delegates to the
Convention.”
We learn also from the same paper that
“ Mr. Yancey, in his speech, expressed the opinion
that tite Union party occupied a position more lavor
abtc to the South, and better caleu.tiled to maintain
her rights and secure her respect, than that of the reor
ganized Democracy. He regarded the separate organ
ization contemplated by the Union party,orits demand
of pledges to sustain the Compromise trom any Nation
al Convention with which it will act, ns safer and
more patriotic than the proposed union ot renegade
Southern Rights politicians with Rantoul, Preston
Kmg, the Barnburners,and other Freesoilers, in a Na
tional Convention. He declared that, under existing
circumstances, the Georgia Flat form went as fur in its
requirements as the Southern Rights patty could now
hope to advance, and that il the Uni n men would only
stand up to it boldly and squarely, they had liissympa
tines and good wishes ; but he protested that he had
no confidence in their stability or fidelity to their“plat
tonn.”
The course of parties and of politicians recently, we
confess, furnishes ample cause lot distrust; and there
lore it is not strange that Mr. Yancey should expre-s
himself as he his done in regard to the Union party;
many members of which have already shown that the
loud professions in which, a tew siioil months ago, they
indulged, were as idle and empty as the wind. A large
portion ot the Southern Rights par’y, too, have given
the most conclusive evidence that all their vaunted de
votion to the cause ol the South svas the sheerest hy
pocrisy, resulting trom no higher or more honorable
motive than a desire to be on the strong side; the lust ol
office, and greediness tor the “spoils” Such shameful
tetgi versa (tons and such birefucfd abandonment ol
piinciple us we have witnessed durmg the last few
months in both the “ Union” and “ Southern Rijh's
parties in this State, are enough to shake the confi
dence of any man in the honesty of politico! ns and pro
voke an utter disgust ot politics. S ill, we would ill
form Mr. Yancey that there are men of the Union
party who were hottest in iheir professions last summer,
and'who will stand up to them. There are men who*
! in taking the position they did, were actuated by an
| honest desire to secure to the South sure, and ample
protection in all her rights, and st the same time pre
serve the Uniin To accomplish these two resol's
was the object tor which they labored. The rights of
the South is the Union was what they were trying
to secure, in this work the first thing done was, to
renounce all old pary association, and cut loose from
all parties, or fractions ol parties, which would not
pledge the South that the wathtre hitherto made upon
her institutions should cease, and cease forever; that
should reluse to concede to the South the supreme right
to manage, direct, or dispose of, her peculiar institu
tions as she might see fit ; who would not acknowledge
that Congtess hud no right to legislate on the subject
of slavery either in the States or Territories, lor its ex
tinction, its restriction or its extension; who would
n it, in short, concede that the people of the free States
had no right to interfere, directly or indirectly, with
the institute nos slavery as it existed in other parts of
tlie Union, and who would not solemnly pledge them
selves that agitation on this subject, both in nod out of
Congre*-,should cea‘e. From nil who refuse to give
the South iliei-e pledges, the Union party have d-clnr
ed a final separation; und. however faithless oth
ers may prove, ice know there are men who will
stand as firm as ‘"the everlasting lulls,” in the main
tenance ofthis position ; who would scorn to have am
political o tmeciion whatever with Seward, Giddings.
Johnston, Gieely &, Cos on the Whig side, or with the
Van Barons, Hale, Chase, VVilmot, Sumner, Preston
King & Cos., on the Democratic side. No true man t#>
the South cun have anything to do with a Freesoilet
nor with a party that associates with, gives aid amt
comfort, or extends the light of its countenance to *
Freesoiler. This is the position of the true Uniat
pr.rty, of the/rue Southern flights patty, and we re
peat, emphatically, THERE ARE MEV WHO WILL MAIN
tain IT. [Mobile Advertiser.
Speech of Mr, Stephens, at Baltimore.
The speech -f the lion. A. H. Stephens, *>f this
State, at Baltimore, on the occasion of the nnniversar)
ot Washington’s biithday.is highly t-poken ol by tlie
papers ol that cil) We find in the Baltimore Sun the
loliowing sketch of his remarks: —Sac Republican.
At the hour appointed last evening, an immense
crowd assembled at the Hull of the Maryland Institute,
composed ol ladies and gentlemen, who had come up to
do honor to the memory of him, who was “first in war.
lirst in peace,and first in ihe hearisol his countrymen.”
On thestand we perceived His Honor Mayor Jerome,
with many members ol the City Council, Joshua Van
-Bani. F]®qr , President ul the Institute, with Managers
of the Institute, besides other distinguished gentlemen
ol the city. Several members ol the Legislature were
also on the stand.
Prominent was the orator of the evening, the Hon i
A. IL Stephens of Georgia, who, when presented to I
the audience, was received with great applause.
The ceirmonies were commence.i with ‘“Hail Co- !
lumhia” by the Band. This over, Mr. Vansant step- I
ped forward and in induced R. S. Matthews, E>q , to ,
whom had been confided the duty ol reading Washing- !
ton’s Farewell Address. He stated briefly that it had I
been deemed best only to read those port oils of the ad- I
dress which were peculiarly applicable to the occasion, |
and he commenced in a clear, sud voice, and conclud
ed with the applause of the audience. The address
was exceedingly well read. A’ seveial points the au
dience broke forth into applause.
The reading was followed by Washington’s March,
bv the Band, after which Mr. Vansant introduced the
lion. Alexander H Sephens, as the orator of the even
ing. H s address occupied nearly two hours, and was
listened to with the most intense interest by the crowd
ed auditory.
He commenced by saying that it was perhaps nerd
less lor him to state that he appeared under some em
barrassment , be had expected to be preceded by anoth
er gentleman ; and he was further admonished by the
recollection tint lie who would bring offerings should
have them wottliy of those to whom brought. He would
present some crude thoughts, such as the lime and ths
occasion suggested. He had been applied to, to meet
the citizens ot Baltimore, and at first declining, he de
termined that it no one else would be present, he would,
and he was heie. He was determined the birth- ay of
Washington should not go a begging for someone to
speak in his behalf. He would take as his theme, “Our
Country, our whole Country, and nothing hut our
Country.” He spoke of the Farewell Address of Wash
ington, just read, as his will, the legacy of the Father
ot Pis Country ; there were lessons of wisdom in it,and
he propose.! to ask what it becotn. s us as citizens of the
United States, to do in regard to thtse lessons I He
would first speak of their author, and then say some
thing of the lessons.
In delineating the character ol Washington, he ask
ed, who would dare approach it? Many say he was
great as a statesman and a warrior ; others say he was ‘
the creature of citcuinstances. He was a great man,
and the surest test of greatness is when intellect will
control intellect. Great as were the men of his days,
and they were the giants ol the age—great as were Lee,
Jay, Madison, Hamilton, Jeff tsonand others,yet was
Washington the great centre sun, around which they
revolved as satellites. What gave him the influence
he exercised ? Notart—not design; it was his sim
plicity of manners; there was none of the trickery of
small politicians about him. Contemplate him any
where, in the field,m the camp, in the parlor with his
social relations, and all who approached him would feel
that they were in the presence of a man. It was his in
tellect that raided him superior to all others.
Siir Christopher Wren did but little manual labor to
the erection or that magniticient creation of genius, Si.
Paul’s, but his intellect planned, and he used all that
he could employ to rear that immense dome. So with
Washington. He planned; lie brought ail ot the in
tellect ot the age to aid him ; he was the architect of
this glorious do lie of American freedom. What were
the peculiar characteristics ol hs character ? Hoi #-iy,
integrity, forbearance, physical and inoral courage,
economy, patience, perseverance, truth, frankness. Is
there a viitue that was wanting? Was there a vice?
The sun has blend-lies or spots—if he had blemishes,
they were all like those on the sun; if you look you
can’s! see them. It has been said by some from across
the water that he had one vice; he could not see
straight, and it had been ielt for loieignera to find it
out.
The speaker said it was sometime* prnfi'able to study
character; and he proceeded to an illustration, retir
ing to Addison and Walter Scoit, to Napoleon, Tam
erlane and Genghis Kalin. In Washington you saw
n'l the excellencies—he was devoid of ambition or sel
fish leelings, and it seemed as il upon him “every God
bad set his seal lo give the world assurance of a man.”
Tne lessons of Washington had reference partly to
our domestic and partly to foreign relation®, and this
was a time peculiarly appropriate to consider them
He referred to the Union, and said he was here to ad
vocate the Union of these Stales. (.Here there was
loud applause followed by three old-fashioned cheers.]
He gave a brief history of the formation of the Union,
and asked what has the Un : on done for us ? And why
are the United Slates in the condition they now are !
Because we iiave pain attention to the lessons ol Wash
ington. To preserve the Union we must not let our
zeal usurp the place of knowledge. He compared the
Union ol Uie States to the Union of the material frame.
The Union ol the Stateshasa spirit, a vitality,and like
the physician who undertakes to doctor the physical
frame, the man,the patriot must understand the aws to
preserve it. I lie Union was lor peace, quietness and
ptosperity—the objects libeity, constitutional liberty.
In the lesson of Washington we are told to frown down
indignantly every attempt to alienate one portion ol the
Union from another. We should cultivate fraternal
feelings—a wrong on one section orclase tends toahen
ate it, and be would proclaim to the- world to frown
down the foul attempt. He believed patriotism to be
long to no section; wherever be had been he bad found
patriotism indigenous, whether in the Green mountains ‘
of Vermont, the savannahs of the South, or the praries
ol the West. We svr-re one people—inherited the
fame of common battle-fields, and came from the snme
ancestry. Wh. then should there not be a cultivation
ol fraternal feelings?
But, besides the lesson in relation to fraternal feel
ings, there was another, warning us against interfer
ence with foreign nations He feit proud as an Ameri
can, that the first attempt to do violence to this lesson
was not made by asm of Americt—not even the most
degenerate son of America could be found first to pro
pose an abandonment of our settled policy. It bus
been reserved lor those of another clime. Some say,
we want n p >!iev ; h” thought we Ind a policy, which
they had be n follow’.ng for sixty yeats; and, lor one,
he was prepared to fol.ow a’ill in the same policy—the
pi licyol Washington.
The allusions ol the speaker were generally undet
stond to refer to Kossu h and his mission. lie enlarg
ed oil the subject of foreign inlet vention, and said he
was not prepared to listen to the teachings of Republi
canism from those brought up under the dvriasttse of
despotism. By pursuing our established policy, we had
come to fie the first nation of the woiid. We should
cease to be so, if we neglected it. If we lake upon
•urselves the task of fighting lot the liberties of mankind,
we may be very apt to lose our own.
It was a popular error to say that the nation who
wills to be tree can be s>. Tbeie is something want*
ing besides the wish—knowledge, politii al informa
tion, education, and a certain aduptedness of circum
stances. He reterred lo France as an illustration
She had the will, but could not be trie—she lacked file
material—she wanted po'inoal information, tine had
tried three times to be tree, but b id not yet succeeded.
The best “material aid” the nations of Europe could
have, w ould be a reconstruction of their institutions.
A luding to inteivention, he slid he would not
doubt the right of this country to interfere iti lor
eign quarrels; any man can tuise a fight il lie pleases,
but it is well to look to consequences and results ; any
mnn may interfere in another man’s business, but there
is not much to be made at it. He spoke against inter
vention,andsnid America should be the grand exam
pie, not the ref inner ol the world. He relerrej to Hun
gary and expressed the belief that il there were a wall
around it so high that a Russian c- uI.J not scale it, or
with foundations so deep that a Russian could not
mine it, that in less than two years, like France, she 1
would have a king.
Passing or.vv.i ds, lie said it was just one hundred
and twenty year since Washington was horn,arid he
made a rapid review of events which have transpired
since. He believed that Providence had some great
destiny in store for us. He instanced the special
eras in our history, when, as it were, the wisest and
best patriots had apprehensions that the ship of State
would not survive, but in the darkest hours a superin
tending Providence seemed to come t> the rescue—the
spirit of compromise would rest upon all. saying in the
language of the Savior ol the world, ‘ll is I, be not
afraid.” He concluded with a beautiful allusion to the
mother of Washington as an example for the mothers
of our dav, and with the declarat < n that the course ol
the American Union was one of progress,upward and
onward,sat down amid a perfect storm of applause
The Band then gave the Star S, .angled Banner, and
the audience dispersed, we are sure not one regretting
the time spent in partaking of the rich intellectual i
feast. I
We of course do not pretend to give more than the
merest sketch ol the eloquent speaker’s remarks. We
have never seen nit audience more attentive—many <f
them stood up during the whole time, which altogether
was over two hours.
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
Paris. Jan. 29, 1852.
We have the official lists of the Councillors of State
anil high Senate. The machinery ot the Government
will be completed by the election, next month, ol ihe
Legislative Asseinbb . So far, the personnel or com
position ol the bodies affords satisfaction, and inspires
some confidence among the classes who can judge by
what I may call biographical know I dje. Fifteen sue
ccssive winters pa-sed in this capital, have provided
me with a sufficient amount of that, for my ow n judg
ment and conclusions. Any other, the same num er
—as to the men superior or preferable on the whole, in
any respect, could not have been found. A correspon
detit, iti the London Daily News, ot the 27'h inst,, af
firms that no civilian of eminence would consent to he
of the Senate—such is the mtoimntiuii s. rved up io
the British public !
According to the Constitution, that body w ill be de
fitmively,of a hundred and fifty members! It is lim
ited, lor the first year, to forty or fifty less ; four cardi
nals, six maishals ol France, and two admirals are
ex officio members. In the present number we iiave
lit'tty-seven who belonged to the defunct Legislative
Assembly ; thirty lour former peers ot France ; seven
teen foimer .Ministers of Stale ; hree \ ice Admirals;
i x Judges, and six members ot the Institute.
‘Pile new daily paper, the Nnpobonijn D-mocracy,
has undertaken u supply a biographical sketch of each,
and begun with Jeiome Bonaparte, ex-K*ng ol Wtst
’ phalia ; we may presume that Prince Lucien Mutat
will be the next. Probably ihe most tnfeiesting of
■ diese series, will be that of Monsieur Thibaudeau, tlie
oldest til the body—the only surviving member ot the
famous convention of 17b3, and author ot the best
memoirs ol the Revolutionary periods He voted the
Icaih ol Louts XIV, anu was exiled as a regicide by
ihe Hour ops on their restoration. llis age ,s about
e.ghty-five or six ; his faculties are entire. I have vis
it) and inm very often, for the light which his unequalled
experience, strong intelligence, and cotnplexional
rankness cost upon all events aud actors in past and
iresent vicissitudes.
Prolessor Michael Chevalier is of the Council of
Slate : he continues lo lecture on political economy in
: the College ol France. The salary of the simple mem
ber is twenty-five thousand francs per annum: that of
the Vice President, M. Baroche, theex-Minister,eigh
ty thousand. A number of the members are ex-Rep
resentatives and former Councillors. This new Conu
cil, as organized, is the principal wheel woik or main
spring of the general mechanism. As an institution, it
is of ancient birth, and has been several limes suppress
ed and resuscitated: it must be deemed necessary
while centralization last.
Le Vet t ier the Astronomer; Dumas, the first ol Chent
| ists; Baron Charles D ipin, the most useful of the Sa
. vanis for all public economy ; M. Troploug, the erudite
I Chief Justice ot the Conn ot Appeals ; Count d’Argout
land the Marques d’Audiffrel, the prime financiers;
j Drnuyn de Llittys, late minister of foreign alliiirs and
j ambusssacior in London, the ablest of the diplomat iste ;
are in the roll ol the Senate. I count eighteen priuci*
j pal Generals, and three Vice-Admirals,independently
of the ex-officio personages. A third or more bear
J high titles of nobility—ot which the legal restoration is
.now lauded as a tribute lo French history through all
the civilized ages. The cabinet is completed ; tfie of
fice of Pi elect of Police filled by M. Fietri, who has
been Prelect of several departments, and conspicuous
for official energy.
Qualified men are never wanting for the police de
pnnment. If, throughout French annals, you remark
a constant proneness to plotting and numberless con
spiracies, jou are tit the same time struck with a spe
cial aptitude and alacrity for detection—a ready anti
dote lor the frequent bane. The universul Ministry of
Police is already installed in the noble edifice which
was occupied by that of Commerce and Agriculture.
New editions of the various Lives of the Emperor
Napoleon, and general biographical sketches of Ins ne
phew, besides volumes of Decrees, Addresses, &c., of
the latter—are announced. The thick octavo ot Louis
Phillippe's speeches, while King, has grown obsolete.
Os me printed opinions ot Legitimists and Orleamsts,
the most authoritative and notable is a letter ot some
length from M. de Kallotix, whom the Legitimists re
gard as their best oracle and most promising statesman,
ile bad declined caudidateship or ihe Legislative As
sembly, and wished to convey the fact, in opposition
to idle rumois, tiiat lie did so merely on the ground of
delicate health. The following passage is important
testimony:
“ The ballot ol the 20th December, is not open to
the same protests as several previous lacts It places
the starting point and the supporting point where all
right thinking men must admit them. Soon alter the
Revolution el F’ebruary, 1 wrote to the Unionde I’Ou
est, ‘The instinct of the masses is frequently— net al
ways—superior to the skill ol statesmen.’ That idea
again struck me on the 20th December. This ballot,
divested of circumstances on wh ch 1 shall not now ex
plain myself—this ballot taken in its most general
sense, attests two sentiments of the greatest justness—
thatthere is not for a great people any prospeiity with
out authority; nor any authority without unity. All
the safety and future prospei ity of France lies in this.
Although 1 am very desirous to abstain from recrimina
tions, which others have beeu making lor some itne, it
cannot but be allowed that divisions and contradictions
have played a deplorable part in official and adminis
trative regions. A small number of persons who are
nevertheless monarchical, have applied themselves to
rendering the re-establishment ol the monarchy im
practicable, while the majority of republicans have only
labored to make the maintenance of the Republic im
possible- Public opinion, out of the range ot elevated
spheres,supplicated in vain, these difficulties could not
be oierccme but from above, and the wishes of isolated
citizens are powerless w hen superior inspirations were
wa; ting. The 2d December must, therefore, have
been expected ; and it as much the work of its victims
as of its author.”
You will have seen, in the London Times of the 26th
inst., some matter of fact and ot reason, touching the
British alarm about French invasion, in a communi
cation signed a South Saxon. In the number ol the
27th, there is a sensible letter on French political affairs,
dated, Pans, from Sir F. Head He is bandied savage
ly enough by the editor, whose hyperboles of invective
against the French ruler defeat themselves by the ex
travagance and the virulence. Lord Palmerston is the
subject ol London pamphlets and books. One of them
is entitled—“ What has he done?” We shall learn
more by the first debates in the House ol Commons
The title ol an octavo is Lord Putmersion’s Opinions
and Policy as Minister, Statesman and Diplomatist,
during more than forty years ot his public life, with a
biographical and critical memoir, by G. H. Francis,
Esq. This author has had some repute. His Lord
ship can at least fight his own battle in a way to bring
himself offwith eclat, and cripple his antagonist.
M. de Persigny, the new Minister of the Interior, is,
ot all the personal friends and political advisers of
President Louis, ihe most obnoxious to the old monar
chical and republican parties. Yesterduy evening the
minister held a soiree, and it was the most brilliant and
numerous ever known in the Hotel of his department.
Nearly all the members of the diplomatic corps, of the
Senate, and the Council of State were present. Com
merce and agriculture—branches ot ihe public service
now comprised in the ministry of the Interior—have
been, since 1811, several times attached, and then de
tached. We are not exactly informed of the reasons
for the present change. Ecanotny is, indeed, consult
ed ; as the annual cost ot the Ministry ol Commerce
and Agriculture was nearly seven hundied thousand
francs, wiih a materiel of mote than a hundred thou
sand. An able Director General has been appointed.
Several of the leaders of the late Socialist jacquerrie
have embarked for the United States. You will re
mark that sixty or more ot the P’rench Democratic re
fugees in London—chiefly artists and artisans; have
the same destination, with the aid of the British Gov
ernment Lord Granville’s reply to the remonstrances
ot the German Diet concerning the toleration of the
proceedings of the Revolutionary Foreign Comm.ttees
m London, docs not prove satisfactory lo the complain
ants in any quarter.
It is believed that President Louis has formally an
nounced a fixed policy of peace to ail the courts of Eu
rope. But the supersapient Paris correspondents of
ihe alarm London papers know that war—ml parti
cularly the invasion ot England ; is already concerted.
I’he government has officially met portentous ex
change prophecies in these terms —
“ Without in any way abandoning the necessary
firmness against the enemies ol order, the government
rv II have no occasion tor the future for exceptional
measures, and the normal action ot the political bodies,
of which the organization is advancing rapidly, will
suffice to consolidate the work ot the 2d oi Decem
ber.”
Popular disturbances are at end in the provinces; no
one conceives the possibility ot commotions in the capi
tal—at lest during this year. The new Prefect of Po
lice has just sent lorih an nddtess promising the utmost
vigilance and < tiergy in his vocation. Nearly every
minute subdivisii nos the country has now iiausniitted
adhesion, signed by municipalities and the immense
majority of the male population.
The Conservative South.
The design of transferring the Union Party of the
South, body and soul, over to the uses ot that nonde
script and incongruoi s mas®,self styled the Democracy,
has not met with the success which its effrontery seem
ed io challenge. ‘lhe abuse of names must haye a
limit, and common sense cannot always be kept in
abeyance, even among politicians.
The Union Party ot the Southstandsnnhigh ground
as the worthiest political organization of tins age. It
is much too imble to tie an instrument lor base uses.—
It is above other parties in iis principles and purposes,
and it is only requisite that it should be true to use!
a;ul to ihe counnyto hold a decided control overall
other parlies. A Macedonian phalanx never carried
a more certain prestige ot victory.
In holding itseif alool f o it the Conventions, both
ot Baltimore and Philadelphia, the Union Party ot the
South does not intend to make a show ol inditf rence
—;till less to manifest a sectional spirit. In all proba
bility, il we may venture to speak of that party ac
cording to our understanding of its spirit, a Southern
man will barely receive ns support for the Presidency
That such u party should exi-t.so independent m |,!i
position, and so powrrlul in its resouice-, we luH.i to
tie a matter ot congratulation; and instead of eksig
naiing it as sectional, we cannot but tcl.ik it as
thoroughly and essentially iiaiiona 1 . It is eminently
so ill its | u poee, no mailer in what q.iatter oi tne
Union it may have it® location. . . p
Tne objection has been raised that a Union Party
Will have no adversaries— inasmuch as no Patty will
lake disunion ground, and that tin rein, e, it is us. j. ss
to keep up an organs ‘*l, Union men. I <-’ objec
tion has relation to words only. Ihe wmst ot tranoie
have been tiio.se who Warred against the throne tit the
’a name. So. the most formidable enemies ot the
Union and the Constitution are to be lound among
those who profess attachment to both. Ihe Union
m'ell of ihe South, however, had to meet more epm
adver-aries; and at thi moment there are efforts in
progress, systematically dev sed, and unremittingly
pressed, to organize a sectional Northern Party on the
avowed ground of hostility to South rn institutions,
and in direct violation of the spirit ot the Constitution,
and al the risk ol perilling the Union ol these States.
It would be an idle waste of words to charge either
Party, Whig or Democratic, with being enlisted, one
more than the other, in this movement The v ,7* 9
Evening Post, and the New York Tribute „ ‘ *°>k I
. wiih themselves their relative claims to be I
i Democratic or as Whig—the real sympathies?l
. ec.ce ot both I euig alike vested iu another an ,i' d |
moo cause. ” a "<J a co (lu ■
? - T'r mnani/.ation of the Union Purtv a , ~ t
r Is detensive ai.il conservative. It wd L P , “ U| l>
r “ “"lida.e W on. i, may approve, „ , *"*• t I
1 of Ins police i i„K hu, from an ai.ajjnJ go H “*'
. his pa Modem and worth Tall. American 111
i riu? Conors t*s.o}a! Ilsiiiovipf in u
..iw„.,ySs'i %
. fete, winch took place ai \Vi||a rd - s „, .
. \\ aaiiiiigli.il, on M-urday evening w , 8 a ,, 1 ‘."H in
. number of distb gutslird persons, iticlud?,c* * 1
ot Congress and. -iranteis. A mono n ,* ■’
were Messrs. Stuart, Hull, and Cri t *<>*, I
Gabinet. and Major General Wn field <£ fn ’ ui 1 c
Army. Hon. R F. Stockton, of ,he iu?'’"; r ', l |
. Ssenare, presided, assisted by the Hon 1 ir’ 3laie *
, and Ta vlor, of the House. Alter an apu-onll’ ’ u;iL!f
by the Rev. C. M. Butler, Cteplai",l
company sat down to a most eleg.-,,,. a ,JT
entertainment. On the removal 7>t ih.. -i , ! '* u l
’ Stockton the President, rose and delivered an ‘l M “
and well timed addtess, uiging ailiicr..'* *” I
i principles of Washingion a stfictob lk * 1
truce ol the Constitution, and a fim. ; ,i and rv ’ 1
inmistrai-on of the Government. Ij e i
propose g the first regular toast: COl,cludr< l by
Celebrate—Auspicious to the C i Uw
of rational freedom : It gave to liberty its
fender, and to republican institutions their Hues ex’
pounder. [Music by ihe Marine Band ]
Attorney Genetal Crittenden having L-en called
on by the company rose to respond, and was hear, i
green and. His remarks were listened to wiih deeo m
tennon, and he was enthusiastically applauded on r. 1
summg his seat. Ihe following toasts were then
severally unitik: ru
“ The President o’ the United States ” [Music 1
“ The Signers of the Dec aration of Independence
and the r tamers of the Constitution of the U. Stan s’ !
They had the resolution to assert the true princip'esof I
government, and ihe valor and wisdom to establish
them.”—[Music ]
“ The Constitution of the United States and the
Union of the States:—The faithful discharge of the
obligations of the former essential to the preservation
ot the latter.—[Muric —Yankee Doodle]
The fifth toast was then announced, as follows:
“The Mission of the Uuited States —To se CU
pence, prosperity and happiness at home, and, by the
influence ot example, to establish the great truth abroad
that man is capable ol sell government.”
The Holt. Titos H. Buyly, of Virginia, in obedi
ence to the calls of the company, lesponded in some
chaste and eloquent remarks, which were much ap
plauded. The following was the next toast announced
” The Judiciary—’l he surea saiegur.id of constitu
tional liberty.” [Music]
Judge Wayne, of the United States Supreme Court
being called upon, handsomely respond, and, and declared
that intervention meant nothing but war. If we de
clare the one, we must prepare tor the other. It: con
clusion, he oflered a toast, in substance :
“The Congtessionai Banquet of IS:').’. >, L i --nine
Washington’s Birthday:—lt will make in he hearts
of the American people a sanctuary and fortress of the
virtues and principles maintained by tb- Father of Ins
country, in which will be found an antidote for the
sophistries of ‘ non-intervention.”’
The seventh toast was announced,as follows:
* The Army of the United Slates—May it ever be
actuated by the spirit, and governed by the principles
of him who w s first in peace, first in war, and fiist in
the hearts of his countrymen.” [Music ]
Major General Scott was loudly called for, when he
arose, and was greeted with much enthusiasm. Ile
was in full military dress, and after staling, that in the
war ol 1812-15, and more recently in the war South of
this, in a foreign country, and on all occasions, the
army has marched and fought with the lively recol
lections of the services ol the Father of his country,
he proceeded to say:
All human merit is to be judged of by sacrifice and
by sutieimg. The army of the revolution stands b--
yond nil soldiers —without clothing, no food, their a mu
nition insufficient, and their pay precarious and of no
value. The army in his day has had no such circum
stances to contend with; and this is why the palm
should be given to the glorious revolutionary army.
This is a great aud sacred day in the estimation of
every soldier with whom he was associated. He had
never been at a military post on the 22d of February
that it was not duly honored by a display of banners,
and by festivities appropriate to theoccasion. He had
participated in the celebration in the principal capital
ol Europe, and had found his patriotism elevated by it.
It fell to his lot, with the army, to celebrate it in the
capitol ot Mexico, another foreign country. [Ap
plause ] The General concluded by offering as a toast:
“The M tnory of Washington—Do we ask for his
Monument ? Behold his capital and the thirty-one
sovereign St les which this capital represents.”
He took his seat amid loud plaudits.
The eighth toast was announced:
“ The Navy—lt has a Christian errand: ‘ Peace on
earth—goed w ill towards men ; commerce with all
nations—interference with none.’”—[Music]
No one responding to this toast, Senator Stockton,
after repeated calls, was induced to do so. He com
menced by saying:
1 have spent iny whole life time with these fellows.
I have heard a good deal about wealth, power, glory,
and happiness. I ask how would you have got it if it
had not been for the navy? Do you recollect when
this capitol shook in fear of British arms? Do you
recollect the order to lay up your navy ? Who broke
the charm ? V\ here was the gallant ij.ny? [Turning
to Gen. Scott—“ General, excuse me.” There was
excessive laughter.] What became of Winchester?
Defeat. Whosounded the tocsin of joy throughout the
nation ? Hull and the Constitution ? [Applause ]
Alter continuing in this lively strain tor a short time,
he referred to the navy capture of California, and said:
If you could only have been at San F’rancisco and
Los Angeios, and seen the sailor troops facing the guns.
It put to shuuie the revolutionary army. [Laughter.]
There has been no army since the day the army was
commanded by General Stockton. [Laughter, long
continued.] We walked without shoes. When have
you seen that done but once, [laughter,] and that was
when they could not get them. [Renewed merriment.J
The sailors walked over rocks and monutam, and did
noteat [laughter]—except once in twenty-tour houts,
[laughter,] and they had to fight for what they got to
oat. [Renewed laughter.] * * I have seen them
ride in San Francisco on horseback, and they swore
there was not such a general as General Stockton. I
want nine cheers for the American navy.
They were given most enthusiastically, together with
three cheers lor Gen. Stockton.
The ninth toast was announced :
“ Intervention— We are not to be deceived by artful
definitions. Our true policy is. ‘Friendship with all
nations, entangling alliances with none.’”
Hon. Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, responded in a
speech characterized by his well known eloquence and
beauty of style ; and when lie concluded, the next toast
was announced.
“Our Country—A safe retreat for the exile, and a
quiet home for the emigrant; but not a theatre for
foreign propagandist!!.”—[Music.]
The eleventh toast was announced :
” The Press—A necessary auxiliary to popular mtel
ligei.ee, it needs no censor but public virtue.”
Thomas Ritchie, Esq., responded briefly, expressing
Ins high‘appreciation of the character and virtues of
George Washington, and concluded with the senti
ment :
“ True Ambition —Not the vulgar and mischievous
passion which has tilled the page ol luster} vith upstart
usurpers, but the noble ambition of Washington, which
devotes itself to the liberty and glory of n-> country.”
The President announced the following mast:
“American Women—Celebrated for beauty, ad
mired for virtue,and distinguished tor intelligence and
patriotism, they have a noble example in the character
of the mother of Washington.”
Senator Dawson being called upon, in', *e .1 few ie
murksonly, and, as it was after 12 o’- -k and the
Sabbath morning, advist and the company , arate.
The thirteenth, and last toast wasan.. u -.<.d :
“ The Memory of Washington—Mat it ’ moderate
the lury ot party spirit, and guard again;', the mischief
ot foreign intrigue.’”—[Music ]
G. W. P. Custis, E?q.,respondi and in a patriotic slrain
ol eloquence, and concluded by reciting an original
poem, based upon the words, ‘ First in peace, first in
war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
Attorney General Crittenden then arose, and, after
stating that this was the anniversary of the battle of
Vista, and making remarks appropriate to the
subject, proposed asa sentiment the name of that brave,
good and patriotic man—
“ General Zachary Taylor, late I resident of Ihe
United States.”
This being drunk, other informal proceedings en
sued, and tie company separated, evidently gratified
wiih the maimer in which they had celebrated the an
niversary ot lilt* birih-day ot VVashingion Bolt . Sun.
The Gaines’ Case—The Washington correspon
dent of the Charleston CoM/rer says :
1 have reason to believe that ihe Supreme Coutt have
decided the case ot Myra Clark Gaines. a P p. llunt is.
Reltet. al and that the decire ol the Coutt below is
a (firmed Mrs. Gaines’ counsel informed her yester
day Hint the decision,as they were led to believe, would
be a"a inst her. They advised her to prepare her mind
for that result. The disappointment was certainly
wholly unexpected m her, aud her counsel were, at one
lime, confident t Earning ihe case.
I have no dcubi.lioin wlial l learn, ihot the care is
decided against Mis. Gaines, and that Justice Catron
has been deputed to ptepare the opinion ot the Coutt.
This opinion finally disposes oi Mis. Gaines’ title as
the heiress ol Darrel Clatke’s estate, ‘or it involves the
decision that her mother was never legally married to
Daniel C.ai ke.
Lola Montez as a Politician and a PKepiiETESs.
The Editor ot the Richmond Enquirer lias had ail
inletvu-w with Lola Montiz. whose position touching
several important governmental mailers he dititus.
Doubtless the reader will consider tne countiy sine for
awhile alter reading the I Ih-wmg anni uncement :
“ She is sound on the * intervention ’ question, aid
seems t> belong to the Southern school m her advocacy
ol a conscivutive system ol checks und balances
She commended, with much animation, Mi Calhoun s
woik, just published, which she has s lit lo Eugene
Bue to have translated into French She speaks in tne
highest terms ot the destinies of this countiy, and b ,e ”
diets that we shall have two Presidents, or Executive
heads,us recommended bv Mr. t allioun.
Oriuin of tue Maine Liquor Law—lt L
that tuts biil passed the Lower house ol the Ma •
Legislature, with the confident expectation I hat II
would be dcteaied in the Senate. As ihe membeis
ot the Senate dal not like the idea ol assuming the
responsibility ol defeating the bill, they passtu
the Governor to veto. Y\ hen it was brought to feOT-
Hubbard, be expressed bis mdiguation a ih, mto y m
passing such a bill, and then saying. If ibey want th
bill let them have it,” he put bis ofiicm. s.gnatura ,
and it became the lamed Maine Luw. t