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JOURNAL & MESSENGKU.
J \3II'S T. NISrfET A- S. HOSE, Editors.
Summary.
The Cct Direct. —Senator Douglass, learning that
the lan number of the Democratic Review would con- j
tain *n article adverse to Gen. Butler, sent by tele
graph, a request that it might tiot be published. Ine
foliowing is the cutting r*p]y :
Ast*r HoU'E, X Y.,Feb- 20, 10->2.
Hon. S. A. Deuglass— -Sir: I am happy to inform
-oa that your telegraph came too late to save you*
friend, General Bullet; and candor compel* me to say,
,hat had it come in time, it would not have changed a I
word of he article. We know the man; and the Re- ,
view would be treacherous in its duties to the party, it I
it tailed to expose hie delinquencies.
The io2y atmosphere ol Washington makes cow
ards of you all, and the sooner you learn that you can
not direct the columns ot the Review, the better.
Signed, <?• N Sanders.
Clay and Kossuth— The following is trom a
lengthy article in tne New Orleans Crescent:
•‘But we have a question to ask here. There is the
man Kossuth, and there is the man Henry Clay
Which is the truer man ot the two ? We say, Henry
Clay There is more real physical courage in Henry
Clay than forty Kossuths Henry Clay would lend
armies, or what is more, sacrifice presidencies, to do
what he thought light. Had he been Kossuth, the
armies of Hungary would have kown his lofty figure in
their midst—would have h-ard his voice and seen hi*
person in the thck-*st of the battle’sfray. Had he been
Kossuth, when Kossuth learnt Gorgey’s threats and
quailed, he would have swung the traitor from the
highest turret of the nearest castle. Is there an Ameri
can who doubts that ?
This is the difference between the two men. Kos
suth has vanity and eloquence ; Clay, ambition and
will. Clay is imperial in will, but democratic in senti
ment and impulse. Kossuth is a dem igogue in will,
an aristocrat in sentiment, and has no impulse. He
was in aristocrat in Hungary, a Red Republican a-
Marseilles, a Constitutional Monarchist in England
and is a Republican in this country ; he did not wish
our intervention at one time, and now, inflated with
hurra,he wishes the extreme ot intervention !
Here are two personal influences widely different
Which is the nobler! We say, the bold, fearless, un
hesitating American statesman —the man who is the
same thing always ; changeJ only by convictions, and
not by latirud-- or expediency—and who dies uninvest
ed by the Presidency, only because he was true to him
self.
Literary Forgery—ln London a good deal of ex
citemem has been produced in literary circles by the
discovery that a volume ot Shelly’s Letters just pub
lished by Mr. Mxon w<*re forgeries. He promptly
suppiessed the work. The Athenaeum snv: “Mr.
Moxon is not the only pib isher taken in. Mr- Mur
ray has been a heavy sots rer. though not to the same
extent. Mr. Moxon has printed iiis Shelly purcha
ses. Mr. Murray—wise through Mr Moxon'* example,
will not publish his Byron acquisitions.”
A Real Curiosity.—We have had many natur.l
curiosities of late—inen and beasts—but here is oi*
that must wake up anew interest:
A correspondent ot the New York Post vouches ns
a fact, that a living horse, which is now on exhibition
in that city, contains in his eye a living animal, some
three inches long, which moves with n* rapid and tor
tuous a motion as an eel or water snake
How did the snake get into the eve ot tiie horse 1 —
Who will answer that question? Whilst some spirit
ual knocker is working out the emblem, let the bil
lowing statement, from a New York paper, suffice;
A Lusus Natcr.-e —So ne years ago an optician
of this city made a glass eye of the proper size, and
filling it with distilled water, put therein a small eei
A gentleman of subtle wit saw the bauble, was struck
with an idea, purchased the glass eye. and departed.—
Shortly afterwards, the public were running in crowds
somewhere down Park Row, to see “a horse with a
living snake in his eye”—the greatest curiosity of the
age, <&e., &c. The dines came plentifully to ih*
showman’s pocket, and the show went on bravely, uh
til the optician having been led to see th** sight, im
mediately recognised the glass eye made by himself,
and inadvertantly mentioned it, when the whole affair
collapsed.
Gen. Cass and his Rivals.—A biography of Gen.
Cass, published at Detroit, having been recently an
nounced, the New York Evening Post thus speaks of
the subject ot it—one of the prominent candidates ot
its party for the next Presidency.:
“As the work of Mr makes its appearance
at Detroit, the residence of Mr. Cass, we presume ii
will be regarded by his friends as authentic. It i-* the
biography of a man of amuble temper, bit flexible
purposes, a nervously anxious observer of public {
opinion, long versed in public affairs, but, perhaps, io
much of a politician to be a perlecily success ul one.”
An epitome of Mi Buchanan’s characteristics from
another Democratic sourc* is inn degree more flit
tering Mr Mara-tall, ot the H >u- of Representa
tives, in a recent speech in thai bode thus spoke:
“I w ii say in advance, that I never sought to injure
Mr. Buchanan, because I really do n r ihmk he is in
the race. [Langmer.] It any part oi th-Dem-v iatic
psrty were trying (in the language -t vlr. Breckeu
ridgej “to fight out ol trouble by su opting to mount
up on the prostrate b.rdies of ail me best me • in thr
party.” in such a confix’ Mr. Bucian :i would escape,
as not bemg worth the kiili g [L lughter.]”
I'ST The New York T tries, the organ of Mr Be
war<L has polished a lo ig an I labored article on riie
Presidency, under th- iin-kol candor, to depreciate
the strength of Mr Fillmore,as a courser. But the
mask is perfectly transparent. It happened, to come
out just in time to be seen by the Whig Pennsylvania
Convention All accident, of course. It floes injus
tice to Mr Fillmore and plays into the higher lou> tree
soil party which teas. It han embodiment of all the
croakmg that has been studiously thrown out in regard
to the President in New York. Does a y man oi intelli
gence doubt tbht Mr. Fillmore, if nominated by the
Convention would receive as large a vote in Ins own
State as any other nominee? But the Penn-ylvania
Convention has pronounced, and it foal! in favor ot
Gen. Scott. The last received New York Herald is
out with an article again*! lodge Doug ass in which it
shows an appetite to es- bun up with the voracity of a
Cannibal.
The Virg nia Democratic Convention has also spo
ken. It reiterates the old Virgicia doctrines of the lm-t
fifty Vears, a voids showing preference to indivi loafs,
and leaves the delegates untrammelled and free to se
lect candidates after consultation in Baltimore.
Pennsylvania Whig State Convention.—The
resolutions adopted by this body declare the adherence
ot the wings ot Pennsylvania to the unity and princi
pies of the national whig party, express a warm at
tachment to the Union, and a high regard tor the ad
min-stralion of President Ft Imoremd Gov Johns,on,
reiterate a desire for a protective tarifi. and river and
harbor improvements, and instruct the delegate* to the
wbig-national convention to support Gen. Scon as the
first choice of the whigi of Penu-ylvani* for the i’resi
dency.
f Hon. Robert Toombs arrived in this city vrs
tetday atternoon, and left this morning for his re.*i
deuce, to *pend a lew weeks, with a view lo regain In*
health. Though very feeble, lie is very much improved,
a.id we doubt not a tew weeks recreation will entiri iy
restore him— Chron. is Sent., April 3.
ZW At Memphis, Kossuth made no stop at all -
Th<* Eagle and Enquirer s*v* an agent of his w is
busily engaged there on ike I‘Jth, trying to raise ihr
necessary “aid and coni'ort” by selling Hungarian
bonds and Kossuth medals. The latter, at a dime
apiec- , appeared to be abou> the extent ot musi persons
sympathies.
Kossuth at Vicksburg.— The visit rf Kossuth to
Vicksburg is thus noticed by the Whig ot Tuesday
last ■
Ex-Governor Kossuth and lady, Mad Pu’.z-kyand
several members of Kossuth's suite Arrived here on
the steamer Aleck Scott, on Sunday 21st ult , about
8 o'clock,and took lodging*at the Washington Hotel.
There was but little interest manifested on his arrival
and no large assemblage or formal reception. il<- re
mained in otr city until hall-past two o doc* on yes
terday, and left on the cars for Jackson. During the
forenoon of yesterday, quite a number ol p rsons
manyol whom were prompted by mere curiosity—call
ed at tne Washington Hotel to get a glimpse of m e
who has caused such a commotion in our land within
the last few months. .
We learn that Hungarian bonds were in the market
yesterday, and a tew quite active in endeavoring to dis
pose ot them, but we have not heard that they met
whh success. When Kossuth tef the Hotel for tin
depot, the crowd about the hotel was not very much
larger than usual after dinner, and there was no public
demonstration in his lavoror display of enthusiasm.
Kossuth in New-Orleans —M. Kossuth arrived
in the city yesterday, at about 12 o'clock, on the
steamer Alex. Scott, front Vicksburg,and was imnie
diately driven in a cab .o the Si. I >ui* Hotel, wheie
apartments had been prepared ‘nm as well as Ins
BU The Mayorandtbe RtcejffonCommittee wait-don
him shortly afie r -ne hotel, and, welcoming turn to
tba city, ofiereu .inn its has. itaiities. ... ,
M Kossuth returned uxxnks for the invitation that
had been extended'* turn to visit the city, and ac
knowledged ‘its gratification at being permitted to
come among us quietly and unostentatiously. He
spoke of misrepresentations, which he said h a been
made in the public press in regard to some ot his re
cent speeches and acts, and hoped to be able at an ear.y
day to be afliirdrd an opportunity of dissipating what
ever prejudice might have been engendered against
him.
A largo crowd assembled in and about the hotel, and
renamed there during the day, but only a few citizens
were admitted to M. l osstith’s apartments, as he was
both indisposed and fatigued.
Atter dinner, the Gentian military c epanh Bof our
uniformed militia, and an ae-ociain i lor gymnastic
exeicises,styled the” Turners,” marched to the holt
in column, headed by a very superior band ot music
This fine and martial body of men w*re reviewed by
M. Kossuth in the rotunda, or bar-room of the hole
lie remained in the room fiiteen or twenty minute*
and then retired I t the remainder ol the day. We
know not if any speech, other than conversational. took
place on the occasion The place was Ueusely crown
ed and the pressure of the multitude was such, that
corifu ion and disorder prevailed throughout. M. Kos
suth was otten and warmly cheered by the assemblage,
up to the moment be disappeared
He has not yet signified wnat will be his luture course
in this city, but the reception committee are to wan
on it tn to day, at noon, we understand, to foam his
intention. as to when he desires to deliver a pubhc ad
dress-Com. Bulletin, *Jth ult.
On Tuesday evening, the 30th inst., Kossuth ad
dreSed the citizens of New Orleans in U*y**
It , By 1 eiegraph, we learn that tie,wcnedMo
b.l ti Sunday, the 4th inst , en route fo r Charles on.
He gets lmle sympathy or materia! aid fmm lfie COH ’
Monument to the Founder ok the Smithsonian
In TiTUTE—Dr Stone, the sculptor, has prepares a i
de, 8 . lor The monumen Smimaon. to be placed m
!he Institute grounds It is to be nineteen terliu ;
height—the pedestal ten, and the statue nine. Ihe ,
*pce between the plinth arid frtsze is six feet, from
ibis cylindrical plane, projects four allegorical groups
in basso-relievo, representing young Freedom, em- I
. bl-matic of America, ui the progression of develop
ment to maturity. The Irieze itself carries out and
completes the minorities of the allegory, and alone is
worth close study.— Exchange.
Washington's Birth-Day at Naples.— Hon. E
Joy Morris, tne United States Charge, gave a brilliant
‘fete in Naples on t he 22J of February, in honor oi G<-n
I Washington’sbinh-day. All the Americans in the city
I were present, together with th* officers < f the United
! S> ites ship Independence, officers ol a British war
isteamer, several officers of ‘he Swiss regimen's, the
’ lipioinatic corps, and many Neapolitan iadse* and
j gentlemen. v
The Irving Hocse. — Mr. Howard has reduced the
j price oi daily board in hisbcautilul and boumiiully serv
j ed Hotel, from two dollars and a halt lo two dollars a
\ day from and after the lira ol April.
| us*- A Washington letter says:—Mr. Freret. the j
i late Co,lector at New Orleans, was removed ior allow
j mg the expedition agniti3’ Cuba lo depart for its known
j destination without aay effort on his part to arrest it.
TOT Five hundred dollars have been subscribed in N. !
| York for the relief of me Cuban invaders.
| The Great New York Hotel The New Hotel
j in course ot erection in Broadway, New \ -rk, called
j the Met rope itan, promises to surpass, not only in
extent, but in magmficei ce >f outfit, every similar
■ stabiishmetu net nicely in the United rfia.es, but in
j Europe. The Conner says:
l o give the reader an idea of the magnitude of the
J est ibl stiinent, we may state that it ia six stories high,
land contains over five hundred rooms; that ot these
i over one hundred are tuiies of rooms ; (each room eni
j hr icing parlor, bed room, i!rearing-room, &c ,) each
; room bei"g supplied with gas, and In t and cold-water.
foe building contains one mile of elegantly painted
! hails and passages, aid more than five miles ot pipes,
1 to convey the gas, hot and coid water and steam (to
warm the building’ lo every part oi the establishment,
j Tiie entire cost of the hu l ling, independent of the
firniture, Ac., will be about a half a million of dol
lar*—the plate g ass alone, tor the windows, cosiiig
’ $3->,tKM. The furniture, which is to he ot the richest
ami most unique pattern, it isestirnated, w ill cost $150,-
(rX). The silvei ware has been ordered of Stebhin!
v Cos., at an expense oi $14,000. Five hundred and
fifty mirrors have been ordered at a cost ot 15,000 —
one hundred and twenty ol wh ch are imported front
Belgium. Two of tiie largest of these are intended
t, r cacti end ot the great Doing Hall; and they cover,
w thin a fraction of one hundred -quart feet high each—
l>etng ilit- Inigest ever imported into the United States!
E tch of the Dining Hall windows is surmounted with
ornamented captions, within which is presented the
Coat ot-Arms of every principal nation of the earth!
A Binging Mouse —We learn from Baltimore Patri
ot iha Ia tew nights since, o family in the Monumental
city were disturbed by the singing, as they thought, of
a canary bird at the window. No bird, however,
could be lound. The next night the nightingale com
j m.-nerd its notes again, after considerable snirch the
musician was found s tug'y stowed away in tiie corner
of the bedroom A,ter a great deal of trouble it was
c tuaht.aud proved lobe a mouse. The little creature
is now sitting in its cige, continually singing or whis
tling It notsomewhat resemble those ol the canary
i bird, but are not so loud.
Here is a fact for uaturaiists.
L<>l* Montes for Mr. Buchanan—At Bo ton,
the other day. Lola Montes availed herself of an inter
: v.ew with certain gentlemen ol the Press to pronounce
a decided pieference for Mr Buchanan, and expressed
a lervent regret -hat she will not he- qualified to record a
vote in his iavor. With such an endorsement, Mr.
Buchanan will ur. quest ton bly run ahead ot all coin
j petitors.
It is known that Mr. Buchanan is a starch, print
bachelor, and to this fact we attribute Lola's preier
encT. Should be be elected President, she may at
• npt to curry his heart and the White-hou-ebv a spirit
ed coup tVt tot, and thus, as tn the ease ol ‘he good old
i Bava-tan King,obtain possession of the reins of Gov
! eroment. The celebrated Lady Hamilton accom dish
led a more difficult feat even than this. She rose from
j:i waiting maid to be the wife of an English baronet
| and foreign mi i-ter,and finally t >be the mistress of the
great Lord Neison.ov’ - whom she obtained uni tnited
power. Lola nny have petit red 4 in her mind’s eye,’
some such a career n* ibis. At all events, notwith
standing our great confidence in the taste and inflexi
bility of Mr. Buchanan, we think his friends should
! wain him against her probable designs. The spirit ol
! progress and “ Young America” are in the ascendant,
j ’lis true, but the country is not yet prepared to have a
President in petticoats.
Southern R phts Democratic Convention of
Georgia.
This Convention, as we have already stated assem
; bled in Milledgevil eon Wednesday, .he 31st ult. We
are indebted to the Federal Union for the proceedings,
from which we learn, that after the Convention was or
ganized—
It was Resolved, That th- Chair appoint a commit
tee of thirteen to tepori to the Convention suitable per
sons for the officers of the Convention. The chair np
p.) ;,ted the following named gentlemen that comniit
tee. to-wit: Messrs. Bailey. Bass. Griffin, Brown,
j Purse, Schley, Wilcox, Mitchell, Cochran, Varner,
Neal, Si urges and Lawson. The committee, in the : r
report, selected the Hon John D- Stell of Payette for
President, the Hon. Gustavos Hendricks of Butts, and
Gen S. Robinson of Washington, Vice Presidents,
and S. N Beughtcn and Wru. T. Williamson of
Baldwin lor Secretaries
Mr. Sturgisof Muscogee moved that the report be
adopted by acclamation, which was done.
Mr. Hunter of Crawford introduced a resolution that
the chair appoint a committee consisting of four Irotri
each congressional district, to prepare business and re
port the *me to this Convention. H hich was tead
and agreed to.
Whereupon, the following named gentlemen were
appointed that committee:
Ist Dist —Messrs. Reynolds, Wilcox, rfereven and
St n Ft.
2d Dist M ssrs Sturgis, Lawton, Montiger, May
2 j [)j Jt —Messrs. Hunter, Bailey. Pringle. How rd
4i!i Dist. —Messrs. Warner, Griffin, Whitaker, Nel
-sth Di*—Messrs Boggess, Jos. Brown, Mays of
Gordon, Nisbit of Cns.
6 h Dist.—Messrs. W L. Mitchell, J. Mitchell, Rob
erts. Hopping. .
7th Diat.—Messrs. Flournoy, vV iggms, Cochran,
Burney.
Bth Dist M • ssr? Gardner, Drane, Schley, Neal.
On motion ot Mr. Sturgis, the Convention adjourned
till 4 o’clock. P M
According 'o adjournment, the Convention a?*eni
bi and at the hour ot 4 o’clock. P M , when the Com
mittee of 32 made the following report, which was
unan'mouslv adopted:
Reiulved. That the Democratic parly of Georgia
again re affirm their adherence to the principles laid
down hv the folio* ing resolutions of the Convention
of the Democratic party held at Baltimore in the yeai
ISIS, and that we adopt them as the sentiments of this
Conveiu on.
Resolved, That the American Democracy place
their trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the
i s'-rinr.Mßiing justice of the American People.
Retained, Thai we regard this as a distinctive iea
*n-e (, our political creed, which we are proud lo
in timain before the world, as a great moral element
’ in a form ot government springing from and upheld by
line popular will; and we contrast it with the creed
laud practice of Federalism, under whatever name or
for i*, winch seeks to palsy tiie will ot the constituent,
a. and winch conceives no imposture 100 monstrous for
j the popular credulity.
Resolved, therefore. That entertaining these views,
ihe Demociutic paity of this Union, through iheir dele
gutrs assembled in a general convention of the States,
coming together in a spirit ot concord, of devotion to
the doctrines and faith of a free representative govern
ment,and appealing to their follow citizens lor the rec
utude of their intentions, renew and re assert before
the American people, the declaration of- pr.nciples
avowed by them when, on a former occasion, in gen
eral convent ion they presented theii candidates tor the
t opuiar .<m(f’ ages:
J. That the federal government is on*/ of limited
; o.vers, derived from riie constitution,and the granisof
j,owe r shown therein, ought to be strictly construed by
all tiie depariiiienis and agents ol the government ;
ind lhat it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise
doubtful constitutional powers.
2. Thai the constitution does not confer upon the
general government ill- power to commence and carry
on a general system of interna! impvoveinents.
3. That ihe constitution and t.*S ml confer itithoiiiy
upon me federal government, directly or indirectly, to
assume the . elus of tiie several rfiales, contracted for
local internal improvements, or oilier Slate purposes;
nor would such assumption he |n*t and expedient.
4. That jusiice and sound policy forbid rite federal
government lo foster one branch of industry to ihe
detriment of another,or to cherish ihe m'eiesis of one
portion t ihe injury oi another porifon of our common
country; iht every citizen, and every section ot ihe
country, has a ru-iii to demand and insist upon an
equality of righ's and privihges, and lo complete an
ample p oteciion oi persons and pnqwrfy from domes
tic violence or so eign aggression
5. That it is Ihe duly ot every branch ol tiie govern
ment to enforce and practice the most rigid economy
in conducting otr public affairs, and ibai no more rev
enue ou'riit to he raised than is required to defray the
necessary expenses of the government, and for Ihe
gradual but cert in extinction of the debt created by
riie prosecution ot a just and necessary war, aiier
•n-ac-lulrelalions shall lisve been r* stored
‘CiTi a Con'toss has no p-awer to charters national
: , k•ii;u we believe such iiistitution one of deud-
V 00*1: i>v to lie , tst i.iseresisof urn country dsnuer
-1 * i:. - to cur republican insilloiums ami ihe I ihe ties rl
j tin- ca to place the business o die
e i ..y within ihe control ot a concentrated money
i own,and above the laws and the will ot the peep,* ,
ifiat tne reaulis of democratic legislation, m Him ami
all oilier financial measures upon which issue* have
been made betwten the two political parries oi ihe
country, have demonstrated to candid and practical
tnen ot all parties their soundness, their safety and
unity in all business pursuits.
7. Thai Congress has no power under the constitu
tion to interfere with or control the domestic inslttu
lions of the several States, and that such ri'atesare the
sole and proper judges ot every thing appertaining to
their own affairs, not prohibited by the constituti m ;
that all effort* of the abolitionists or oriteis made to
induce Congress to interlere with the question ol
slavery, or to lake incipient steps in relation ihereto,
are calculated to lead to the mo6t alarming and dan
gerous cousequences, and that ail such efforts have an
mevnabl* tendency to diminfw ihe happiness of the
:>.vple. and endanp. r the stability and permanency o:’ ;
the Union, end ought not to be cotfttrirHaocet! by a! ‘> ‘
trfoud of oui pc.iltuui institution**
8 Thai tin* separation <>t the moneys ol the govern
ment Irotn banking institutions is indispensable for the
safety of rite funds of the government and the rights oi
! the people.
*J. Thai ihe libera! principles embodied by the De
claration ol Independence, and sanctioned in the con
stitution. which makes ours the land of liberty , and the
asylum ol the opplessed ot every nation, have ever
been cardinal principles in the Democratic iaith ; and
ev**ry attempt to abridge the present privilege ot be
eonting citizens and tiie owners of soil among us, ought
to be rest-ied with the same spirit which swept the a iien
and sedition iaw* troin our statute books.
Resolved, That tlm proceeds ot the public lands
ought to be sacredly applied i 1 the national objects
specified in rite constitution ; and ilia; we are opposed j
to any law for ihe distribution of t-ucli proceeds among \
the Siates, as alike inexpedient in policy, and tepug
nant to the constitution. |
Resolved, 1 hat we are decidedly opposed to taking j
Iron, the President the fpi itilled v to power, by wfiidr j
he i* enabled under lrsirictmus and respoiisiinlitief, j
amply sufficient to guard ihe public interest, to suspend j
: ihe passage ,fa lull whose merits cannot secuie th<^
1 approval ot two taiids of the Senate and House cf
Reprt seiitatives until riie judgrnt-m ot the people can j
he obtained thereon, ami wlucti has saved the Aineri- j
| can people from the corrupt and lyranica! dominion o, j
i the Bank of tiie United S ales and trom a corrupting J
! system oi general interna! improvements. i
Resolved, Ttni in the recent development of ibis j
: grand political truth <1 tiie sovereignly ot the people j
| and their cupocity and power ot self government, j
! which is prostrating thrones and erecting republics on j
! ihe rums ot despotism in tin* old woild, vve lee! that a j
; high Olid sacieii duty is devolved, with increased res- j
ponsibiliiy upon the Democratic Farij oi this country,
as the Party of the* people, lo sustain and advance ]
among us cons uuttonal liberty ,*■ qttaliiy and trait rniiy, j
by continuing to resist nil monopolies and exclusive !
legislation tor riie fren. fi- of the lew at tne expense of !
the many, and by a vigilant and constant adherence to j
those principle* and compromises ot the constitution j
j which are broad uougii and strong enough to embrace
| and uphold the Union as it was, the* Union as it is,and
] ih * Union as it shall he, in the full expansion of the
energies and capacity ol this greui and progiess;ve
people.
Resolved, Tint the trails ot the great political
triumph ot JSI4, which elect, and James K. Polk ad
George M. Dallas President and Vice Pr- side in of ihe
United Stales, lime fulfilled rile hopes ol the Democra
cy ot the Union ; in defeating the dec ared purposes
ot their opponents to create a National Bank, in pre
venting the corrupt and unconstitutional distribution ol
the laud proceeds irotn the common Treasury ol lin
Union, for ioca! purposes, in protecting the currency
and the iaborof the country from ruinnu* fluctuations,
and guarding the money of the people for ihe use oi
the people by list establishment oi ihe Coßßii'uiional
Treasuiy: in the noble impulse giv, n lo Free Trade,
hy the repeal ot the Tariff of 1542, and the creation (
of the more equal, honest and productive Tariff ot
1o 1G ; and that in our opinion, it would fie a fatal error ;
to weaken the bands of political organizations, by :
which these greai reforms have been achieved, —ami
risk them in the hands ol tiieir own adversaries, with
whatever delusive appeals they may solicit our sur
render of that vig lance, which is the only safeguard ,
of liberty.
Resolved. That this Convention wi 1 select eight
candidates for electors ol Pie-ulem and Vice President
horn the eight Congressional Districts ot this rfiate,
and two candidates for electois loathe Stalest large—
adopted.
Resolved, That this Convention now proceed toap
point four delegates lor each Congressional Disirict ol
this State, and eight delegates lor the State at forge lo
attend the Convention to be held ill BaUimote in June
next.
Mr Coehr n,of Wilkinson, moved that the delega
tion from each Congressional District, be a committee
to el< ct and report to the Convention, for each Disirict,
one Presidential Electoi and one alternate, and four
delegates to Baltimore ; and that this Convention elect
two Presidential Electors, and eight delegates to Baiti
more, ior the Slate at large.
Mr Nelson, of Cobb, moved to amend as follows:
Resolved, That the delegates from each Congr s
sroital District select riie deli gale.* to Baltimore oi the
Suite at large, and that the Chair appoint a committee
ot 13, to nominate two electois for the State at larger
and report the names to this Convention tor election.
The resolution as amended was agreed to.
The Convention took a recess of halt an hour ; alter
the expiration ot which lime, the committees reported
as follows:
DELEGATES TO THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
Stole Delegates. —Solomon Cohen, of Chatham ;
L B Mercer, o! Lee; S. T Bailey, of Bihb; Alfred
Wellborn, of Meriwether; John VV. Lewis, ot Cass;
N L Hutchins, of Gwinnett; Joseph Day, ot Jones;
A. J. Lawson, of Bmke.
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
First District James L. Seward, of Thomas;
James M. Smith of Camden ; Mark Wilcox, ot Tel
fair; and R. B. Hilton, of Chatham.
Second District.— Joseph Sturgis, of Muscogee ; N
W. Collier, of Baker; C. J Munnerlyn, Jr., oi Deca
tur; and PL J May,of Macon.
Third District —N. C. Bass, of Bibb; T. C. How
ard,of Crawford ; Z E Hannon,of Monroe ; George
R. Hunter, of Crawford
Fourth District. — Oindinh Warner, of Meriweth
er ; Thomas Griffin, of Coweta ; A. Nelson, ol Cobh;
ami Thomas A Latham, oi Campbell.
Fifth District. — A K. Pait.ii. of Floyd; John
Jones, ol Carroll,!.. W. Crook, ol Chattooga; and
WTi Stiles, of Cass.
Sixth District George Keilog, of Forsyth ; Geo D
Phillips, ot Hainbersharn ; Wm. Motion, o; Lumpkin ;
and E. S. Hopping, of ‘ lurk.
Seventh DisUic-t —VV. VV. Wiggins, Junius Wing
fied.G VV Burney.and James Hook.
Eighth District —Jume-Gardrier.ir.,ot Richmond ;
E. L R Anthony.of Bmke ; William Schley,ol Rich
inond ; and VV. Gibson, of Warren.
ELECTORS FOR TITE STATE AT LARGE.
Ex-Gov. Wilson Lumpkm ot Clark ; and Him. IL
V. Johnson, of Baldwin.
Alternates —J. B. Walker, of Morgan; and J R.
Cowart, ol Cherokee.
DIS I'RICT ELECTORS.
First District —Thomas M Foreman, of Mein
tosh. Alter ate—VV 7 . H Reynolds, ol Thom s.
Second Distnct. — Richard H Clarke, ot Baker. —
Alter ate—VV. J. Lawton, < i I! Ter.
Third Dish id —Homy G Lamar, *d Bihb. Abet
mite —O. C Gibson, ot B L
Fourth Disirict — Hon. tlu.A. Haralson of Troup
Alternate—VV. L> VV . Dent.ol Coweta.
Fifth District —Joseph E. Brown, es Cherokee.—
Alternate—J. M. Spurlock, of Floyd.
Sixth District. Wm. L Mucheii,ol Clark. Al
ternate—John M. Low.ot Clatk.
Seventh District. —R. VV Flournoy, of Washing
ton. Alternate —A. E. Cochran, of Wilkinson
Eighth Distnct. — Ex Guv. Wm. Schley, of Rich
mond. Alternate—Robert McMillan.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
W. S. Mitchell, of Claik ; James Gardner, Jr., ot
Richmond ;S T Bailey, of Bibb ;L. B Mercer, ot
Lee; J. 11. Howaid.of Muscogee; T. J. Burney, of
Morgan ; D. C. Campbell, of Baldwin ;Obadiuh VVar
ner.ol Meriwether.and R. B. Hilton,ol Chatham.
From the National Intelligencer.
Ole Htsll.
In yielding to the di*tingui*hed r quest addressed t“
him to gratify the public with an ex nbiriou of his re
nowned skill on the Violin, this gentleman had to ad
venture the novel experiment of an entirely unaided
Concert. There was no suitable orchestral assistance
to be suddenly obtained here, and lie was thrown alle
ge the i on hi* own individual resources ‘o eiiieriain an
audience through the perilous period of two hours.—
Tlte event proved that his confidence in himself to
achieve this difficult ia.*k wai not misplaced. It was
most successful and triumphant ; tiie auditory was one
of the most crowded, n well as one ot thi* most distill
guished ever drawn together in this city, and it was
held in delighted anti enchained attention from the
beginning to the end, by the magic execution of the
unrivalled artist. Deprived ourselvesby untoward cir
cumstances of the pleasure of being present, we only
repeat, in what we say,the unanimous testimony of au
whom we have heard attempt to tleueribe tiie enchant;
ment of the performance.
We subjoin extracts from the notices of some of ou:
contemporaries.
The Union of yesterday says: “ The concert given
hy Mr. Ole Bull at Cnrusi’s Saloon on Friday etenii g.
was m all respects a perfect triumph. The saloon was
crowded byau auditory embracing a fullrepiesentaiioii
of all that is most eminent and brilliant in ihe political
and fashionable circles of the federal metropolis; and
by the eniireiy unaided powers of ibis great artist the
interest and euthu tasm of the audience were trium
phantly sustained to thp last —ihe concluding piece
eliciting a rap un us encore. I'iie whole performance
was a wfuiderlal display of ihe vast and varied musical
power of the Violin rathe hands of us greatest master ”
Tie Telegraph of Saturday say*: ” Caruri’s Saloon
just n:g!it presented the most splendid array we eve;
•saw wuhin it. It was lull, and ti led with as rich an
aggregation of broadcloth silk*, satins, jewelry, beauty,
intelligence and intellectuality us can in tins republic
be well compressed within the limit* of a ballot it* pro
portions. Ole Bail wasevideiitly Jlispiled by the scene
before him. We never before knew what could be
done with that much abused instrument, the Violin
It laughs and weeps, exults and complains, speaks and
sighs, ridea ihe billowy ocean,encounters storms and
shrieks in affright, a-cenJs craggy mountains, un i
shouts upon then summits, descends to shadowy v.iu *,
and reposes in their groves. \V e look with w mderup
on the i list rumen i and upon the ha mis that op< rale upon
it, with grace and agd.ty beyond conception, aiui
we teel the magic influence rd’ ihe ppeli hy winch
he leads us whithersoever he would go. But thole's
another influence operating up n every spectator:
it is the presence of tiie MAN ! file Bull appears
to be It ss than forty yems old He is tail, not ifiiu
enough in be called slender, v* t lightly umi grace
fully formed. Ll s temperament 8 triple—a blend
ing oi the bilious, nervous, and * ingume ; tus head s
good, ins lorehcad Clear mid foil ; his eye highly ex
pre-sive of k'lidltess, good sense, mid mieliigence ; in*
face is exceedingly prepossessing in tea'.ure and expres
sion ; and every look, union, and word, appears to
indicate Ihe lotty conception ol a child ol nature, a
true poet, and n true a rust. L'lsraiigln, in a little ex
tempore speech, the poetry of his nuiu.e was aplly il
lustrated. Bowing profoundly lo riie torrent ot ap
plause that tewarded Ins effoii, fie retired from the
stage without perceiving the splendid bouquet that han
been thrown to him hy a lady s lung near riie JVsi
dent. He instantly reiurm and and seized ihe prize, then
walked a pace or two forward, and, in the most ensv,
graceful, and earnest manner, said: “In this”—
presenting his Violin—'”there are tones— only tones—
and they will die, and be so gutt* n ; but the memory
of the pure spirit lhat has given me this”—placing the
bouquet next Ins heart—” shall live forever.”
OT The Whigs ot Galv ston, Texas, have passed
resolutions in favour ol Mr. Fillmore and Ihe finality of
j the Compromise*
_MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7. !
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patronage.
’ The Southern Rights Democratic Conven
tion.
The proceedings of the Convention of Fire-Eaters,
which assembled in Milledgeville on the 3i.*t inst., will
ye found in another column. As we predicted, they
i have constructed a sapless platform in re-affirming the
j ttaltitnoie Resolutions oi 1818, and have studiously
1 ivoided eveiy question upon which an issue can be
nude. Rebuked by the people of Georgia lor the
uadness and lolly of its Disunion and Secession doc
, rines, and placed by the issue of the last Gubernatorial j
flection in a hopeless minority, tlie Southern Rights
Party hasgrown nervousand timid, and dares to present
no platform of principles to the people ot Georgia.—
I’he action of their Convention declares to the world
that they have no opinions upon any subject—that they
ire tired of the position ot a minority, and that in older ‘
, to secure political power, by renewing national rela
; ions with the Democratic Party, they are willing to
lbandoti every single principle they ever entertained.
It is difficult to believe that the Convention which as
sembled in Milledgeville last week, was composed of
riie Party which, a short while since, assembled in Con
vention at Nashville and at Macon, and passed reso
lutions looking to the disruption of the Union, and
;he establishment of a Southern Confederacy Yet
such is the tact. Extreme Suut ern Uights men, l
they have suddenly become extreme Submissioriists. — j
,But they have again mistaken the people of Georgia.—
The people never have declared against a single South- i
ern Right, or in favor of Submission. The Submission
or which they declared, wasacquiescence in the Com
iromise, passed by the Congress of the United Siates;
ind the Southern Rights which they repudiated and de- j
eiareil against, were Revolution, Disunion and Seces
sion. But there are Southern Rights which do not
commit us to Disunion or Secession, which are within
he Constitution, and up n which, in the present posi
iion of affairs, the people of Georgia expect some ex
pression of opinion Irotn a Convention of any party
which asks tlieirsupport. The people o’ Georgia have
lee! a red against no Constitutional right of the South.
I’hcir position during the last canvass, was not Sub
mission; and the Southern Rights men ot Georgia in
rating upon the supposition that they are willing to
rubmit in luture, to all and every Northern aggression,
nd demand no pledge or guarantees of fidelity to the
•South, horn the party or the candidate they suppott,
ire simply acting upon a slander which they them
reives have originated and repeated until they be
lieve it.
Yet,though this Convention has given no declara
ion of opinion upon a single question, which will be
placed in issue by the next Presidential election, us
b legates will be received at Baltimore, carrying with
Tern every heresy which they entertain. The Vir
ginia and Louisiana Democratic Conventions have
idopted the policy of entire silence upon the Compro
mise ol 1850, as the basis of Democratic re union in
the Baltimore Convention; the Southern Rights Dem
ocratic Convention has followed tir ir t xample, and a!i
of them will be receive I at Baltimore.
! We ask our worthy contemporary of the Athens
i Banner, to turn his contemplation liom riie pleasing
\ T'V!-! ~ :. • i* - winch he pmfos**'; to see in tiie acrao
• o, gie*-., upon Mr D itch’s r< solution, and consider
for a moment the action of the Conventions, N >rth and
South, which have sent delegates to Baltimore, and
give us the indications which that action afford, that
the finality ot the Compromise will be recognised at
Baltimore. The Free-Soilers of the North and the
Souriiern Rights men ot ihe South will be there, and
will probably control the action of ihe Convention;
and yet, we have the authority of th* A hens Banner
for the assertion that neither Tree Soilersor Souihern
Rights men are Democrats. It behooves our contem
porary to make haste to establish his own orthodoxy
as a Democrat, end to moderate the zeal with which
he insists upon the recognition of the finality of the
Compromise by the Baltimore Convention. In at
tempting to apply this “ new test ” he may be excluded
from the deliberations of that body. From present
developments, (including the solemn and imposing
ceremony of a call oi the House upon the motion to
suspend ;he rules for the introduction of Fitch’s Reso
lution, the particulars of which are given in extenso
in tiie Athens Banner of the Ist inst.,) we are con
/trained to believe that the finality ol the Compromise
•vill not be recognised at Baltimore, though tiie KJiior
of the Burner, true to his instincts of hostility ” to
the Whig I’aitf. labors to establish the impression that
it will be. From present developments, we fear that
the Baltimore Convention, like many of the Demo
cratic State Conventions which have already spoken,
will plant itself upon the Democratic platform of 1348,
and thus virtually ignore the existence of the Free-
Soil or Disunion Parties ol the Compromise of 1850,
■ rnd its finality, that the Democratic Party will content
tself with a re-affirmanee of old and obsolete party
irinciples, long since emasculated of iheir strength,
J nid remind us of Ottwoy’s picture of
“ A wrinkled hag with age grown double.
Picking dry sticks, a id mumbling to herself.”
If our fears are not realize j by tn * resu t of the de
liberations of ihe Baltimore Convention— ii Democracy
does n-new its youth, and assert its nationality by
i king r ition ho'dly and openly in opposition to
Higher Law, Secession and Slavey agitation, we shall
gladly and cheerfully admit its claims to the support ol
the Union inen of the Sourii.
Gen. Scott.
Occupying,as wc do, a neutral position as a press of
the Constitutional Union Party, between the Whig and
Democratic Parties, vve have not urged the claims of
any individual for th* 1 nomination for the Presidency
from the Conventions of either Parly. The Constitu
tional Union Party, if our views are adopted, will not
be represented in either of those Conventions, and the
views which vve design to submit, upon -he piobnble
nomination ot Gen. Scott, by the Natiomi! WbigCon
! venlion, ure not conceived in n spirit of favoritism ot
1 any candidate or of any party. Recent events have
i given to Gen. Scott great prominence for the Whig
! nomination—in fact, we fenr that we must regard him
:as ihe Whig candidate. The present incumbent cotn
; mauds the admiration and esteem of the sound, true
ind conservative portion of the Whig Puny through
! . )U t the Union. His administration has been eminent
ijy national and in a period ot unparalleled excitement,
I longer and sectional bitterness, he has comported
limselfa* the President of the Union, and has aided by
•very legitimate means, the passage of the Cornpro
nise, which has quieted the ward factious,and caused
it least! a temporary suspension of the agitation of
iquestions which threatened the dissolution of the
Union Upon every question of national importance,
! which has been agitated during his term of office, lie
has been sustained by the public sentiment of the coun
try. Upon the Compromise, and upon the questions
! growing out oi it—upon the Cuban quesrion—upon the
i subject of intervention —though his positions have, as
a mailer of course been trailed by a partisan opposi
tion press by ultratsis, seetionalists and fanatics, y< ■
they have been invariably adopted in l i‘ e en >
great mass of the American people. At this moment
| it is impossible to array an effective opposition against
! a single measure of his administration, though his po ,
j liiical opponents have a controlling majority in Con- ,
| gress. What better evidence can be given ofihewis
j dom and prudence and virtue .which havp guided hi j
administration General Government ? It he lint
exhibited incapacity, or negligence, or want of pub!i- 5
virtue, it would have been exposed by the \ igilan ,
Committees of Congress, (vigilant at least,in watchin
an opposition administration.) and by the argus-eye.
Democratic Press. But after all their efforts lodiscov’
er some vulnerable point in his administration, the
have been disappointed, and content themselves will >
the regular and accustomed amount ot matier-of conrs I
newspaper abuse, whilst a Congress of his opponen
says to the people ol this Union, by its action every da
“we have found no evil in this man ” Millard Filhiior*
the President of the Union,and Millard Fillmore, th
individual, are two different and distinct personages.-
We care not what his private or individual opinions at *
on the suhjeci ot slavery. He has never permitted thei
to a fleet his conduct as the Chief Magistrate of th
Union. lie has never recognised any taw higher tha ,
the Constitution. For this, he has incurred the opp- j
Hiiion of tiie Seward wingoi hi- own part’-- in his ow ;
State, but by it he has extorted the respect of every hoi ;
est, candid man in the Union,and madehimseif the fin !
choice for the next Presidential term oi the Wh
Party of ihe entire South. But Mr. Fillmore’schanc
ol a nomination are diminished by the tact, that th
Southern wing of tiie Party will not be fully represent
ed at Philadelphia. That portion ol the Whig Pan
ol the South which has united in the organization <
the Constitutional Union Party, will adhere to that or
ganizalion, and go, not where their political prediler
tiona, but where their principles may lead them - •
Those principles do not point to Baltimore or Ph ladei *
phiu. Mr Webster’s chance for the nomination, is in ■
finitesimally small. Though lie lias every quahficatio
lor the office, he has tew ol the disqualifications whic
constitute availability.
We lear, therefore, that General Scott must be r< 1
garded as the Whig candidate. This nomination wi .
effectually denationalize th* Whig Party of the Unioi ;
It will drive front its support the conservative Whig (
lot the South—tint body ot bold, independent and hon
j est men, who have heretofore opposed an almost un
! broken front to the uhraism of their section, and wi
| plesent the same unbroken front to the uitraisin of th
North. The Whig Party of the South is the Unio
and Southern Rights Party of the South, and
: never can he rallied to th- support of General Scott -
: Tiie Southern [fights Democracy may abandon th
positions which they have lately assumed, and sue f< !
admittance into the Baltimore Convention, and sen
! delegates to that Convention, uninstructed, except t
1 acquiesce in any thing, and the nomination of an
body, but the Whigs of the South are not so pliant - ,
They cannot be so eaily influenced by the expedient;
of the hour. They will support no candidate, Whigo)
Democratic, who does not represent their principlt |
upon the vital and urgent issues of the day. Tiie
will not be content with a d-claration of Whigprinj
ciples upon obsolete issues. For these reasons, Gen
era! Scott,if nominated, will not carry a single South
ern State —he will not carry a precinct in the Virgini.j
county of his birth.
General Scott is gieat only in action. Ills fit nee j
and cnpaeiiy to conduct an Administration of th j
General Government may well be questioned. He ha j
what John Randolph pretended to believe was the only!
; requisite in a President, when he was laboring to pro
mote the nomination of General Jackson—the habit o
command. But, for ourselves, we cannot understand
how the talent or habit of commanding and controlingj
! men. necessarily carries with it a talent for managing
complex matters of finance or delicate questions ol
diplomacy. The duties of a President are principally
administrative, and his talent siionldbe administrative.
Where has General Scott ever exhibited any such
talent ?
But the universal distrust of Gen. Scott at the South, i J
not predicated ot his want of capacity or fitness for thn
office of President; but is owing lo the influence which
brings him forward, and which will support him as a
candidate for that office. It is useless to urge that
he is a Southern man. Gen. Taylor was a Southern,
man and a slave holder ; but the same influence—that o \
the Seward Free-Soil Whig Party of the North—whicl,
now presents (Jen. Scott tor the Whig nomination, gov
erned and controlled him. His death, and the succes
sion of a Northern man to the Chief Magistracy,secur
ed the passage of the Plat, of Adjustment, and gave t<j
the South repose, and quiet and salety. The latitudi
and longitude of a man’s birth, therefore, do no.
determine his political opinions. The memory o
the complaisance with which General Tavlor treat-i
ed the Free-soil Party of the North, and ot hi
perfect indifference to, or ignorance of the crisi
which it had produced upon the slavery question ii
1850, is too fresh in our recollections to permit us to
indulge this idea We want, in the candidate w.
support, some stronger guarantee of fidelity to Ur
South, than the accident of birth upon Southern soil
The next Presidential election will he one of fearfu
| .merest. It cannot be barren of important results 1
cannot be simply a triumph to the successful, and n de
feat to the unsuccessful party. It must be a triutnpl
and a defeat of principles. Free-soil and Slavery agi
tation must triumph, or the Constitution with its Com
promises and its solemn guarantees of rights of sever
eignty to the States. This is the issue, and it cannc
be disguised or avoided. In such a contest, we wi
iot enlist under a commander who plana his catnpaig
in the camp of the enemy. It is strange that we shoul
be expected to act wiih such stupidity ; it is passin
strange that the white-coated, white-eyed Agrarian t
the New York Tribune, with dirty hands and bine
sympathies, should be chosen to recruit for such a sei
vice from the South. In such a contest we cannot sup
port any man who, if electef, would suffer “a powe
bell bid th? throne, stronger than the throne itself.” be- I
cause indebted tor his elevation to that power. Tne J
election of such a man, would be an event to be d<A
plored by all true Southern and Union men. Genet®
Scott, in his present position, as the mum candidate
the Seward Party, is such a man.
err* During bis recent visit to Trenton, upon
sion.nl business, Mr Webster was publicly
the Legislature ol New Jesey.nnd made a short
Com. Stockton, who accompanied him,
remarks, which we copy Irom the Baltimore
in which he avows himself a Federalist and o
a Protective Tariff This is strange
one whose mine has been mentioned in
with the Baltimore Nomination.
Commodore Stockton being called on bv ttw audi
ence alter Mr. Webster, and she Commute retired, in
the course of his remarks thus referred tp M’. Web
ster: /
This venerated nail, distinguish.d so long for the
services ol so many eminent men, and early associa
tion.- of the State, has th s day been honored in a way,
which il the spin's of our in tilers hovered o'er us,
would rejoice them.
Friends, if there is anything that cm excite the
mind, it is the contemplation oi the ass Ct-oii bestow
ed upon the possessor of high virtues me lolly iiitel
iecual aiiaminens And .Mien we* leet we cfcn lay
oown parly piediiectiona, when we can come up for
getting pa ty strife, and lay down upijli she liar of
oar country sectional prejudices, and /IppTlad these
without disnnction ofp niy.it is air .nnpli over the
setti.-hness ot the human mind, tipit wrfinay feel proud
of. Battles may be fuugiit, mm vu/nies won, and
fieldsdeiug-d with the blood of fheuiieludetl victims
Vicioiy in all ages has received h/rmis. But those
who have won them have general!,# been actuated Oy
some invincible necessity —umoui#i or the lust o
power. 1
This is a proud day fit those re assembled, anti
New Jersey. 1 ted it as a New iJ seyman—as a man
—as a patriot and a Christian. / Whenever 1 contem
plate Mr. Webster, my hestt goes up in devout aspi
rations to heaven, lint it has rn.Lwed one ot our spe
cies with such virtue and intellect. It is not simply
for his manly term, that noaieCirdw whit-hseems placed
there as a crown by the Aumglty ; but the v.rtue of
the inau. 1 have known hifn Sot thirty yeaiS; i have
seen him suiting among iff- wise and good m tiie
councils of the naiioii ;, hale sal as a boy and heard
ihe words ot wisdom ifdln/. fiom those bps, which I
deemed inspired. Aim 1 iay it before this assembly,
and before ilie’wmW, tha. il there is a patriotic heart
in any man that h-nrt is hi The body of Daniel Wrb
sier. I have heard him at various times discourse of
public afiiiirs in private, and 1 have never heard a word
iliat might i>c eoitsuuwd Jgaiust his country or her
i interests, or shot Id not f-inanate from a great and pure
| man. I have seen nn/iii (he spoils ot lbe field, with
his gun upon his ‘fiofuJ.-r, pillowing my own dogs;
and wneuever and wijbrrver I have even him, he was
tiie same great and pJre man.
Ybu need not be/<u pnsed at my hesitation, and
think my concern iJKecied, tor the great talents ol our
distinguished guejJ Te enough to petrify my iiisigniti
cam acd anilities 1 could not let the oc
casion pas* my feeble voice in welcome
to our )n proud ot ibis occasion of per
forming a dfity .f®xalted worth.
lie thendlK. w ihe State of New Jersey,her in
tere.-ts, > n t cessury to deve.cpe and pro
teci tnei
When ifi Jjß to look at her history you would be
! a !n ized at what site ha? accoupt shed, and aston -bed
at bow iiitie had been done >oi her id r immense re
sources are inexhaustible. Her hills, filled with iron
i and copper are lying dead, and they have been drag
! mg the money out ol your pockets in consequence of
■an eternally fluctuating revenue system, i shall not
!5 e a beggar at ‘heir doors, I .-hail not he mealy mouiii
jed m telling them what we want. 1 shaii iu~;st that
! is wood tlemocraiic doctrines, at iea-t now a-davs— i
I shall insist upon dragging th- iron out <d our mountains
■ and transporting it to the sea coa-t. lam aware that
!I am about to tread upon delicate ground and I hope
I that no one wiii'take offence, for I mean none. 1
! do it on the piinciple that the operations of the geu-
I era I government shall contribute to the development of
‘ your resources ns they have done for other States f
| imend to get this oi iron as well ol glass included in a
j tar.fi'system, if tbev will pass it. Th.- question of a
protective tariff was always n democratic measure in
1 New Jersey. The first resolution on tins subject was
i introduced by Mr. Wilson. No one will doubi that he
i wasa Democrat —a man of eminence and worth—'he
leader of the Dein >cn.cy in New Jersey Bui soon alter
‘that, the party split. One side went on carrying the
■ thunder wiih them,and it wa-ali the ihu iib r they had,
and liiev would not let the matter he .-ettled, and ;! oe
! came a party question. _
j Willi an annual expenditure of $50,000,000 stating
t US 111 the lace, is there anything more ridiculous than
jio talk about the vagaries oi trade? io rai<e
th s amount it would require 334 per cent, on onr
I imports, and when we an known that this sum has
been raised it is folly to talk about tree tr.-de.
■ My politics don’t hang very heavy on tny shou.i er?,
jam.l when tiie interests oi nty country are a! stake,l
can very easuy get rid ot tuem. 1 have passed the
j grand clitnacieric of life, and can at the bes. have out
j lew years to live, and I live but in my children It I
Iw re to consult my own feelings only, and wanted to
j nave a good time, I would kck up row, a-d would
ib - more certain in the coniusitm to e: into th* White
tiou-e than I am now. But Isp ak lor my children,
fir uiy country, and 1 may say, without profanity, for
my God, that 1 desire peace. For here :sihe last asy
lum ot liberty ; destroy it, and wiiere will be its rest
ing place l The most important measure to preserve
it, is economy in the public expeii mures. J hey have
increased in the* last quarter ot a century from thir
teen to fitly millions, and il they go on increasing in
the same proportion for the next quarter of a century,
iliey will amount to two hundred millions—neariy
thiee fourths ot the expenses ot the Biiush empire, in
dependent of the interest on public d< bt It you dirn’t
arrest that enormous increase you will be ruined. Its
consequence will be corruption, with its hydra head
and ail its tiam ot evils and ii they have once begun
to sap the foundation of Republican government, free
dom is at an end
j 1 want to see our country to coine back to ihe sim
i city and economy ol the days of Jeflerson. It is not
| tii • money 1 regard, but its co sequences—corruption
and other e ves.
These may seem queer sentiments coming I^iir r !rr*rT
if I did not belong to the young and pi ogre
I was brought up at the leet of GainayTi i W}lS
brought up in the stiaitest sects of Fede*uj srn . My
lather was a Federalist, I was one. Hej|y iJS ,| !f . com
peer of Washington and ol Hamiitonjwj other “reat
men of those times, iie loved them t hey lived,
ami loved theit memory when dend.Jfjjj j t W ns his re
ligion to follow in the footsteps of UHfshingion w> erev
er they led. If Iliad lived in lho*#Jj/ iys j should have
done as they did A purer patriots and more
honest men never liv'd. Peren n | j} owers shall ever
liiossoni on then gc#e are t h e men whose
principles are my frmcipies/M
They never patjifeir han 4^i or ward to control the
future, any more tnab we can ‘•(empt to control it titty
years hence. Since th< ir da* o ur country has gone
o i increasing m importance* a< . ijn(T a || bj ,ief. We
must judge ot public affairs tfer* u five's. I do not like
that opponent who says stai* * )St anc j wilen enters
the ring takes Washington th j* s arnlSjPo that you can
not shoot him Without sh* )(T \v a -hinoton. You
have no right to bring Wa*|„ on here 1)0W with his
opinions ol silty years ago. ■w’
Standing here and looki orwarJ jar my children
and my country, there is i** that j ;in ,er now which
I then existed—mere is no .!#■ , r of a a lßso i ut jon ot the
U.u? n Ihe only j rom a consolidation
ot the States, producing e nditures ot [lls enoimous
amount, which tend io l l^W oV vnt‘all of republican go
vermneiit. Ihe powers 1* iyit , g Pllera [ government
should never be stretchedM :verv “ ljin _ pc , ssib |c should
bu left to the direction ol j !g powers should
never be elongated or but i, s operations should
be confined within the cm}M iSS ot that sacred volume,
ihe Constitution. OurMH s | lo uld be to disembarrass
and reheve the Goveri* l , rom tbe opportunity of
expeiuiiture. ■
lam deeply obliged for* coinp i iment 0 f calling on
me, and the attention m>* whlchyou have listened to
me. I bid you larewev^B
1 considerable applause.
The H hig ail( tiie Presidency.
The following an d considerations on this
subject, as Commercial Ad
veiusei a very ot Western New York
aie wormy o, j n calculating which ot the
two piomment presid^*j a j candidates of the whigs,
me democracy willl bem he necessity oi defeating:
~ * h, e 'Mugs oi to be unanimous for
Mr. lihtnoie, j t a | most CPrl; ,i n t h a f
ta'es, viz^B^Byj ai|d( V r irginia, N. Carolina,
teout h Carolina, Gejj^^K ( Alabama, Florida, Mississip
pi, Louisiana, Ai Missouri, Termessae, Ken
tucky, Texas, an will ca-t th-ir entire
v° e m conventior —making 122 in all Only
twenty-six more„,|j be necessary to make a
majority; and it f to assume that \lr Fill
mere will receive M -jugfais, aad .many more, from
the otbe. Stales. Southern delegates will come
to the convention*hi in the belief that Mr. Fillmore
is the most popul*nan in their region, and that the
best interests of tMparty and the country will he pro
moted by his But they will be prepaied.
we trust, to complacency all that may he
urged on the ot'*side. At the same time, they may
jbe expected tojmtnin their position, unless sati
; taotoiy reasons M* given for a change. It will not e
sufficient to si■ hut Mr Fillmore fins alienated the
regard oi Nortprn Whigs by sustaining the Compro
mise ; nor wilMhe Whigs of other States be driven
into an altitupof hostility towards him by the com
plaints or vijMeration ot a handful of disappointed
office seeker* Substantial and tangible objections to
his notninati* must he ad.iuced before the Souih will
consent to -MiinUm him The fact that a majority of
’-he delegat*from this State prefer another man wi'!
not haveatMconsiderable weight with the convention
1 nat w'lkpu eircnmstnnce very east y -xplained \
retell t the course ol the and. legn on from N. York
m Whig Conventions will sn. w that the
first the State has never been seleced when
there more than one candidate before the
body, Mr. Clay was rominated by acclama
tion. other man was thought ot in connexion
with nomination. In 1839 ihe Whig National
nominated General Harrison, and tlie
he was chosen President by a larger majority
ever beiore reemved by a Presi.lnitial c mdi
a contested election Os ihe forty-two dele
were sent to Hariisburg from this State, but
a mic supported Geneiat Harrison in the eady
the proceedings of the convention. The
divided, between Clay and iScutr • and
protracted struggle, which finally termina
lavor of Hariison.they clung to their favorites
a degree ot pertinacity scarcely equalled by the
from any other Smie. After it became ap
that Harrison must be nominated, they tr.ive
Vjy, and came in to his support vvith n will. For
Hore than two days they resisted the proposition with
preat zeal and determination, and it was only upon
■he conviction that he was the most eligible candidate
■that their preierences were surrendered, and the con -
I vemion concluded its labors.
“In 1848 the Whig National Convention met at
Philadelphia and nominated General Taylor, and he
was chosen by a handsome majority ol the electoral
votes. Ol the thirty-six delegates who represented N
York in that convention, not one was appointed as a
supporter of General Taylor, nor did the old hero net
a vote from this State until it seemed to lie settled that
neither Mr. Clay nor Gen. Scott could obtain ih- nom
ination. The delegation stood, for Mr. (Lav thirty
four—for Scott two; and th-y adhered to their candi
dates through numerous bailotings, and only fell off
from them when no other course appeared practicable
“These facts are worthy of consideration; and we
trust they wiii be beedluily pondered by those Whis
who profess to regard the nomination of Mr Fillmore
as inexpedient; and even impossible, on ihe assumption
thai a majority ot the delegates from this Slate wiii
prr er another candidate. They show that the only
Whig Presidential candidates who have been elected
tor die last quarter ol a century, were nominated in
file face ot the determined opposition of the Whio
Party of New York as represented in the National
Convention.”
ffi?— ! A. Parsons, of Bmke, and John T. Trout
man, oi C.awford.lnve been appointed Aids de Camp
io his Excellency, Gov. Cobb, with the iai.h m Col
onels.
Important Meeting-.
A meeting of the Superintendents ol all th-* Rail
Roads, inte e.-1. ti in their connection vviliuhe Western
and Atlantic Rail Road, was held ill this city on yes
terday ; and we learn impottant regulations have been
a-gr ed upon, lor the purpose of producing greuier uni
to:inny in file transshipment, ireight, Jfcc . of goods,
from Chattanooga and other points, to Savannah and
Charleston. Particulars will be given hereafter.
This move, is hut unntner evidence that ihe various
e > eipnsing R;jn Road Companies, co: nected with the
State Road, will not. hereafter, he perplexed, bothered,
and provokeii with the irn giilarines, and detentions w
tais and ft eight. which have so long distinguished ti.e
mnnagemem ot cur gieat Stale Road.
Mr. Wadley goes ahead, ami demonstrates daily
that a State w. rk cun, and wiii pay its way, and make
money lot tin* State. — Atlanta Republican,April Ist.
ty Hon. Uemy Clay first took bis e -a; j.i the Sen
ate til December, IBfb nearly forty-six yesus ago. —
There were trieti hut seventeen States in tne Union,
and, ol tiie then tlrrty lour Senators, it is believed that
Mr. Clay alone survives.
The Hcnoakians not leaving Lwa—Gov. Lad
islaus Ujtia/.i has addressed a letter to the editor ot the
Bruuswicker. in Missouri, denying the statement which
appear'd in a previous number of ins paper, that the
Hungarians wereabout selling out their claims in lowa
with the intention ot colonizing in Texas. He sup
poses the rumor to have originated from the fact that
himseil and some companions were on their way to St.
Louis, and proposed aiso to visit some parts of the
South, if time and circumstances pminiued.
The Clay Medal —The carpet beg containing the
gold medal intended for presentation to Henry Clay,
which was_ stolen from the carriage oi Mr. Charles
Butler, in New York, on Saturday last, was found on
■ uesday rifled of its contents. The medal, it is feared,
has been melted down, its donors have written to
Mr Butler, thanking Imn lor his ofler to have anoth< r
one made, but mloriumg him that they have already
g.vt n orders lor one to he made, and are constrained
to decline his offer.
it a 01
Henderson n ” Plari2 * ad frol M
fonnntu.n r-ianve to the c„ ; , U 1 4,.; . m ‘
•r, Ac.,of simitar Roms -a, ’ r aral,J
°‘ H,m^ervice to those hoU;V^T yb? -
g ‘ Vmg ‘ h,BB <* -re thorough ex^A™
, <T , „ COST W plakk roads.
in let'kth, cJsTSI7“ jj'unKw’fb ii R " n,i ’ JG \nil-s
per nine. It has a single H ieei Jm '’ (tefd.;
spots oi yielding sm,d. The R (mie
b-tubes in iength, cost SBU,OOO or -,l -i *'T lf"J
mile lumber costing from $4 to 5 L
feet hemlock plank, 3u. .iinchesThiJ? h * \
cut down to I,u 20 neat river, and?, ml w,ii ’ \
he.e.t is more hilly, to 1 n 16
Nmthern road, 22 mi,es, cost *4*J, , i , lle l-"*
lor rig,it ot way, over a turnpike,’beit.rt!’ 4 ‘"'‘'l
P-r mile, 5 nines betm> a n-w ii,L . ‘ arl >’ ’Lbi
woods,atanF S ,raco Si ; ic l eu \
Deduct tins and .he average cost ‘ ' ’ Ul .’ f \
per mile. A short road neir li t i-. ac, ' il! ®hisl
w ; de, laid on , travelled roadway,cum k.’.iT 4 "', le ” 1
pel M ,&abo per mile. * 1 ‘“lumber a; \
MATERIAL used JN- PLANK EOADS. \
“ i* l Canada, pine, heu.loek, lamerack ■
nut nave Oeen employed, in New Y j f U; “’al
afoiie has been used, being me ci j,..,., es l " :1 '’ ‘ W i: ;,, x
obtained. Its defects aielis oerllrnffi - ', !!,a '*‘ r,al 1 * W
numerous kuois, wh;-'. - eD tw,ami j,j
when.ihe s.o;er poitii
Tme, ouk, inupie w bcacii wouiu ue urtirr T ‘"'f’
plank should be not less than 9 inches . 0r ‘T’ 1
iG inches wide. I'he builders oi’ p fan t Y" le
mead 3 inch plank, with sleepers a fontVi"'! * rcc c *
WEAR OF THE PLANK ROAD.
“ A Flunk Road may require renews!
cause it has been worn tut at top by the >nr e! 1 ‘
or ecause it has been destroyed ut button, by rut ‘ ’
Bur il the rt>ad have travel enough to make k, J:”
ble to its builders, it will wear oui first - md H im a ’
so, it wiii nave earned abundantly enough to r <.,“ , t J
thrice over as we shall see presently jhe ua 1 ! ‘ *
decav is therefore a secondary cwiderat,n on rovi°.
ol importance. I lie actual wear is proper;ion,./’
ihe amount o’ travel. The o.ost definite r-t
----been obtained on the first New York t|, ai
Syracuse to Central Square. In its hist v ™! n
ending July, 1848, moie ilian 160,000 u ‘“'f
over ns fiist 8 miles. This travel wore us hemlock
plank down I vch only where they had not beet,
floated. Upon a Canada pine road trav lied ovei • •
at least 152 two-lihrse teams per day, i ... ro'd P
JH-tmiToWti irt “tis years only one quarn-r of an im*n
h was estimatedAhat sanded plank on i istoud would
last 10 years. *ven years is perhaps a fair averae
‘The pine roa.B in Canada lasi about 8 year- Ti
rying Irom 7 t> 12. One set ot sleepers v.a.; ;sl
two plankings’
OF PLANK ROAD:.
“ Plank /dads are the farmers Railro ,ds . heir ad
vantages/lutually divide themselves i., , tv,--,.,’
their uti/y to the community at large . . t | lP j r p r \qjj ’
to stoclfiolders who build them. A Imrse can dr w
twice tii much on a Macadamized road as ihe ordinary
roads f the country,and six times as much on a g.Vj
Plaukioad. On the Canada road, 2 horses draw 16
barrel/ ot flou*, but on the level plank road 4 to 5 ions
The peculiar advantage cl the Plank roars is, that ihe
planar can cfrry his produce to maiket cheaply and
expefftiouslyHns larni will be made mote valuable to
him.and in ete ry respect he is signally bene fitted by
the Piauk rod. The shop keepers carry on an active
trade with tie farmers ot ihe country, whereas, if it
were not ,o their Plank road, they would have little
or nothing i do.
“ The forgoing extracts are -taken from the work of
W M Professor of Civil Engineering in
Union Collie, New York, and are no doubt reliable
1 would revimiiend those who seek to be enlightened
on the subjets of road m king, toconsult its pages
The e is oi: point of iniunnaiion which the book does
not furmsblhat I was especially anxious to avail my
selt of, anothat is the profits of Plank Roads—the di
vidends wich have been declared among the stock
holders. blent as this work is, we have nevertheless
ample information, it the New York papers are to be
credited Iliey stale the Plank Roads of that Slate
declared diddend/ of from 12 to 30 per cent, among
the stockhofk-rs.
sort It IRN PLANK ROADS.
“ Plank loads so recent in the Southern country,
that we ar'Withjit much reliable data, as to the cost
o! building hem I The South Plank Road ot Alaba
ma has an xtremf grade ot 2CO feet to the mile, and
cost about p2OOO h-r mile. A wagon and four mules
haul on thi road l> bales of Cotton, averaging 500 ibs.
to the bale Thule who have been most extensively
engaged inthecofctruction of Plank Roadsin Alaba
ma, give it as ther opinion that Plank Roads can be
constrnctedtliroua a level country fbr|from 12 to sl,-
500 per mi!:. Tfatnos’ recent contracts on the Aia
baina and Teuneiee Plank Road was at the rate ot
per mile. These dWntracts were taken in a
section of tountrylnore rugged than Twiggs or Jones.
In the neighbot|sod ot Fayetteville, N. t’., where
they are building lank Roads in lour diflerem direc
tions, they cost beween 12 and sisoo per mile.
Judge Lumpkijot the Supreme Court, in ihe case
of the Comtnissiolrs of Roads for thesSoih Dis'rict
of Pike county, plntiffs in error, vs. the Griffin and
West Poin; Planaoad Company, defenda ms in error,
after deciding the keral points beiore ihe Court, made
the following appfcriate remarks relative to Piauk
Roads: !
“ Any general dotations upon the subject of Plank
Roads might ht* coldeied as toreign •. the case As
however, inis is thtls time where this important link
in the gre t chain I internal improvements, which is
doing so much tor 1* civilization of the age, has been
before the Court, I rust il will not be thought alto
g-nher innppropria* to add a word or two upon a
thoioughiare, who*begun in Russia, was intmduced
into Canada by L'.* trydenham, in 1834. and estab
lished in this Umo&n New York, in 1846, where, in
five years, they havSonstructed over a thousand miles,
wffeh is now cinpl.'d, and in daily use, and wi.ere,
tTV the side ot Ranrkis, they are paying from ten to
fifteen per cent. int'*l t.”
On il, iccasion ■<>e hr _ • j iu
Lumpkin endorsed 1,.- luikiwiog paragraphs, taken
from Hunt’s Merchaws Magazine:
“ In the list of thefeicat improvements which have
given to this age thffjth'iacter which it wiii bear n
history, above all otittrs. the age ot happiness “> ‘he
people, the Piauk R"t,. w l bear a prominent place,
and it deserves it. 4 changes the condition of ihe
fanner wherever it is f. md. It gives n thoroogh’are
second only to the Railway,and in mis respect superior
io it, that it may be us by all, without being subject*
ed to the rules and regdjauons of others as to tbe litre,
speed or equipage in witch they may choose to travel.
“ It anm ulateaone o|the sorest evils known to our
rural life—un evil which has hitherto made a ! tin m
some in many parts rs the country, an involuntary
hermitage, secluded anl attainable only b l . a weary
pilgrimage over—no, not over, but ‘hrough ;• ids winch
seemed to have concentrated all the evils ■ hat coud
embarrass the traveller. A bad road is no 1
known wiiere there is a Plank Road The arroer is
brought in the vicinity of the village and city enjoym*
i:s benefits and exempt from its inconve; ei.ces
! he Plank Road finds is way to the fores’- .. st bui'G
ing itself from them, and (hen placing lh> 01 “ \ :ea ’
■sure into active use. It allures the SPttlei or Her::
lands, hitherio set down as desperate re- • - ‘nt-* un
real as to income, and real only as to tax
up into wild lands and civilizes them. 1’
environs of a city with pleasant drives ‘ giins
tiie means used in tbe fanner, taking h
market. It is the road of the people, op “
like the nation in whose energ esit hasgn
favor, it is every year increasing its range, mi ex ■L
ing its benefits ”
That tiie trade of Macon is rapidly falling °S l *‘‘ r ’
is no doubt, and that it will continue to fa!: off •§ e 4 u ‘‘‘
lv certain, unless the friends of the city-has l - ,<N ' se
some plan o! improvement, which shall anest fi p .
dowuward course. A Plank Rood system, it is -
by intelligent gentlemen, will not only restore ! -r no
cient trade and prosperity* but extend it gf fa! 1 i
those “good old times,” when the Macon niaikci
readied by a resort to animal power. To bring... -t
the realizations of these bright anticipations, m- ** l e 1 9
of Macon should be found at the P"'L. sustaining
their votes, a measure that can ■ o th** city ! ' e 1 1 u
harm in the event of iis knurr,and m-y bt* th*’ n
of layiHga foundation which may ultimately rev,vein ,
trad.* and increase her population.
MACON-
Froclamaticn. 3
IN compliance with a keHilutxm adopted at a m-. <-
ingot the citizens, <>u me 27th iost., 1 liereby give
notice, ihaia Poll w iii fc opened at th e Court Louse
in this c ty, on Saturdaylti, e ]Uih of April next, “i"'er
lie superiutetideuce ot o,v:d Read, Kcelin Cook, .w.
fcJ. Ryiander and A. Rl, l ;jr<ls, 1 r die purpose oi ob
taining the expression o|ti l( - wi lies of citizens ie
spectuig fire smiscriptitls cl Twenty Thousand Dol
lars, nv the City auihorlirs, toward* ‘be cousijuetma
of a Piauk Road in die Kirectioii ot iVny : *‘-d Lct.-
derson, 1.1 Houston eouiiy,
Aii persons legally quJifffd to vote A-* C ty
will be ciiiitletf to v e<h ;hi- qiiteli"”- slltl W T J} : ’’
etui- their wishes hya ifeket wnil '* sit ! :s<.i'jut- ■■■
ti, if in inv-.r of t:.emeiUie, or ”So kuuset .*• das, ‘■
Gnixxsert to if. , ;
The Foil wiii be oiem am i p’° UIS
aeinthfrCiiy J£. L. sT^OtitjLhtlx,
mar 31 j.J
FOILD AT LAST.
The remedy tha wiii cure rheumak hu', !un
paiutui nerve?, epial auctions, P a '-> > uE-iocutiui.s
sprains, bruises, sums,, cedematous swellings, w k
joints, contracted nidoa*, tumors, m-des gang.nr.s
wens, g'-itre, head Weak back, gout, scroimu ut and
looth-aciie. r Theriifn j mjstake in lb' 9 ,
you, whoare afleot^,alter ix tHithfui tria* ot Marshall
Magical Pam EraCator, do not find it to he so, cai
back and receive >#r money, as ‘ B ’ e have no wish or
desire to impose U|P tne public- tor sale bylhe p -
piietors, W. IL &). Torhn, and in Macon only by
W. G. LITTLE! CO., wboiesiltf .heists, a ■
dealers in Paints, Oils,Gias? Vv ate, \ <***••-•
as.etc. oof .9 eow .