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* “ *'■ i.iSTS of canltdates for ofßce, to Le paid for at
rien inserted.
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M;rc‘uanU, and others, who may wish to make
A i ”“ J ,• r seta.
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* Rui must be held on the first Tuesday in the month,
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•o’- 1 ’ “ J tt lM Court-boose in the county in which the pro
’ ,p t , t .n PmoraarT must be advertised in like
L . rty slays.
1 . ,) i'f-Tuss ISO CuiHTOts of an Estate mast he
, fatty days.
• st si,plication wiU lie made to the Ordinary for
Lu.i l and N.--'r.>es, must be published weekly for
•~ J . 4
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f-„rn A Imintstration, monthly, six months ; foi
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■ e.inzlos* nspers, for the foil space of three months,
, of titles trom executors or admi• istrators where
* , given by the deceased,Uie full space of three
jr* letters addressed to S. Rose A Cos.
professional and Business Men.
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PROFESSIONAL CARPS.
ff.fl. P. EDWARDS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BI TLER, GA.
jk 1-1)* ___
SiSI EL 11. WA§HISUTOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
M.IION, GA.
I'l'll.l, practice In all the Counties of the MtCOhi
W iiKCUf, aud in the Counties of Washington, Wil
an-! Laurens.
x: u Concert Hall, over Payaa’a Drag Store
JAHES T. JiAYy
attorney at law,
• s
Hl TLKKi TAVI.im < 0„ GA.
•ILL PRACTICE IN TIIK FOLLOWING COUNTIES :
cnffM: vows*
Crawf0rd,..........................Kn0xvi11e.
Houston, ..........................Perry.
Macon, Oslcthorpc.
Mari0n,............................8uena Vista.
cjfiley, Eliavillc.
Talbot, Talliotton.
Taylor,.. ................Butler.
Upson, ..Tnotuadon.
l&~ Particular attention given to Collections.
: >-i y
PETEK •. IIE fIPIIKIES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PEKitV, UA.
II'ILS. prti<*e in the several C >urts of the Macon Cir-
II e tit, auii also in the Federal Courts in Savannah ana
tUfietta. [am n
i'.IiMHS B. CABAfIM,
attorney at law,
Forsytti, G-a.
uieml promptly to all business entrusted to his
)J ,r e in tueCaaatiesof Monroe, limb, Hut is, Crawford,
ljac, Filte, SpiUliug ami joiay 12
LA.IIEU *V AADERSOA,
attorneys at law,
n.u o.v, ti i.
i),i tCriO-< in the Coun ies of the Macon Circuit, and in
tu L*i inlimafrl illar. Mouroe and Junes; also in the
r4-r Couruat Savaunah.
[*pr *ss*l)] I
ei. a. troithas,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
htWiVILLL, U. 1.,
I'iLli l*rctice Lae in the M.con Circuit, and adjoin
l| ; a j Coaoucs >1 Taut Circuit. Ail uiuiucw entrusted
b.scare aoi ue promptly attended to.
*ar U hi-ly
j. u. aneuu,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ii.IWKIMsULLE. tA.
,*a 11 ’56 44-1/
P. W. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Odlcd Thoraaston, Upson Cos. Ga.
lyiLL attend promptly to the collection of all claims
it placed in his hands, in the counties of Cpson, Monroe,
>r.jrd, Taylor,Talbot, Mams, Meriwether and Pike.
—lsaac Scott, hart., I. C. Plant, Ks<|-( Messrs.
Poe * Grier, J. B k ‘V. A. Row, Bowdre A
An-ierson, Coi. O. (1. Sparks, Macon, via.
jaa 2*J *53-tf. _____
L. M. WHITTIsE.
ATTORNEYAT LAW,
JtAOoS, GEORGIA.
•iriCE next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Btore.
jan.*, [4l-ly.]
PEEPLES Y CABA3IISS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Puiisirii, ga.
YI7TLL practice law in the counties of Monroe, Bibb, Up
-11 son, Pike, Spalding, llenry and But**. Mr. Cabaniss
..site prompt and constant aiteat'on to the collection and
•tearing of debts and claims.
C. fkRPLLS, GEO. A. CABANISS.
formerly of Athens, Ga. *~‘f’
T. P. STIBBS, R- R tlJ ~
hTI ÜB*i A HILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MA COS, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts of Bibb, Crawford,
1 ? Twiggs, Marion, Monroe, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Mus
: g-e, Talbot, Macon, Taylor, Upson, Sumter, Lee, and
joogherty; and also in Uie Circuit Courts of the Jnited
tutes at Marietta and Savannah.
March 1* 81
ORDINARY‘S OFFICE.
W. T. MASSEY, ORDINARY OF 8188 COUNTY.
U*s removed his office to the room over the Drug Store
>f l>r. K. L Strohecher * Cos. [dec 2-ts.
DR. A. PIERCE.
UOIUEOPATH.
( YFFICK in Washington Block. Medicine Cases and
VJ , 4i ou Domestic Practice, for sale.
Macon July 7 15-ly, OH.
l>it. 11. A. HETfAUEK,
\ | >4i spent a portion of three successive years in
Uiia city, during which time he has limited his practice
Uuit exclusively to Surgery, now respectfully otTers Ids
* rv >ces to the ciUsensof Jfacon ami surrounding country,
sil th- .ranches of his profession.
over Asher Ayers’ Store, corner of Third
ktd Cherry Streets. _________
D Jt. E. FITZWEKALI)
a VVIMO permanently located in Macon, will attend
punctually ail calls left at his office, neat door to Fre*-
a*a A UoOerts, or at FiUgcraU A Nottingham’s Drugstore.
nur IS 50—
DR. C. J. ROOSEVELT,
To mgr opat hir #• /i ysic ia u ,
MACON, OA.
’ i*4 Kuidtne* corner of Third rs Walnut *tr**U.
!•
!>rv M'DVNALD * VAN CIESEN,
DENTISTS,
In Washington Mlock, nacon,
ELKTUCiTY USED IN EXTRACTING TEETH.
Mt'tt.SN YI.OVS Tooth Paste always nw.Ma
*n hand and for sale. Dentists can he
‘■ipplied with the hnest style of TEETH. aUoljj FJ
*’l l Poi, G ild and Silver Plate and Wire, * I I r
“•’-he fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
on short notice. oct IS
A. C. viooki:,
D E
thomaston, gfa...
OFFICE otm Dr. Thompson's Store. My work is my
V Reffirtnsu. lajsrt**]
- BIGNESS CARDS.
HOs. fllftlUtlAl. u. and. 6FA BJLf
HARDEMAN SI*AUK>,
WLVm HOUSE AND COJLKIE3ION MEHCHAHTi
MACON, GA.,
Klf ILL continne to give prompt attention at Uieir Fiat
vv I‘koof WaaKßotcA:, on the coiner of Bd and Populai
streets, to all business committed to their charge.
With their thanks for pus: furors, and a renewed pledge ol
ftilhfiic o to all their friends and customers, they hope ti
receive the.r fuil share of pui ilc patronage.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and outer produce wher
re!ju.red.
l*lanter’s Fantdy Stores, also, Bagging, Rope, .
furnished at the lowest market rates. * c
Sep 6 —y
JONATHAN COLLINS,
MM| (mi riTTcx, colliss i co.)
It I™'™ 1 ™'™ eSSStu?
ejriMnuthe Commission Bus’nes* at the K.re
v T
aevian with hrs *on W. A. Collins, respectluliy solicits ill*
busine-s of the patrons of the late lirra, and Planters
geuerdy, piedgiu.’ ’.heir undiviiled attention to ail business
confided to the r care. ,
Advances uta !e on Cotton or other produce In Store, anc
orders Car. fo.iy filled.
jalyT 15 ,r. JONATHAN COLLINS.
AMOS BENTOrT,
Aa<ii*u tV i'oniuiibhou
nAt MY, GA.
f ■''iiANKFUL for pa.-t favors, and aith a determination tc
1 merit, r-upectfuil.v solicits from his friends and Uie pub*
lie, a contiuusuoe of the same.
II i will also give his attention to the purchase or sale o(
Houses and I,ota in Uie City; !h c:roeN, and any
description . f |rs<nal property. He w ill keep at his Office
a !■ mti ol Hcgislrr opes at all times for the inspec
tion of the public; where parties having any description ol
property for sale, can ala very tri'iing expense have it reg
istered, and which from liiscentral locaU in, will be found
one of the Kc-t me,!.urns ‘r advertising. 4Uo,agt‘lieral
I Ills* I Its*'lieu Look will be kept at the office for the
purpose of advertising a Lawyer’*, Doctor’s,Bchool Teach
ers, or Professional men of any kind. Book-keejier’s,Clerks,
Tradesmen of every inscription, Carriage Drivers, House
Servants and laborers of any discretion out of employ, lie
will also give his attention to the collection and settlement ol
notes and accounts within the City, and act as a general
agent in the transaction of any business which may be in
trusted to his care.
Henry Wood, Lsq., one of the present City Magistrates,
having located at my Office, 1 would respectfully solicit for
him a continuance of the business which has been so lil>eral
ly bestowed upon me, during the four vears of my official
service. AMOS BENTON,
jan. S7, 44-Jy. _
O. PATTKX, A. J. MILLER.
‘"patten & millekT
(LIT* PATTKX, lICTTOS A CO. )
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
mug 4 19-jr
w*. v. d’astigsac, wm K. EXAX.S
lito. W. EVili, ROBT. Y. HARKW.
KVA AS, VIA KRIS & Cos.,
FACTORS k COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
IllV RfBBETiIATARI RH,A.
UF. \ MV the tender of their services to the Piauleri o
Georgia, and the adjoining States, and will continue
to sell Cotton at Fitly Fcnt* per bale. .Orders for Bag
ging, Rope and ot.ier supplies, filled promptly and at the
Icuvert market rates, and li.eral advances made when de
sired, on Cotton in .tore.
. kag.9, W —ll-tu*
DAY A *V W ASHBURY,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Sava’.mail, Ua.
JoiE?a WASHBURN, Special Partner.
FRANCIS G. DANA, I ~
HENRY C. WASHBURN, J’Denera 1 Partners,
ITTE continue the above business as heretofore, at our
IT Oil Stand, 114 *ty Street, east of the Ex
change, and are prepared to make libera! advances on ail
Praluee consigned to our care f >r sale.
isr All orders for Bogging, Rope at.d other supplies, fill-1
ed promptly, and at the Lowest Cash prices.
Savannah. Aug. 3, ’fts— 6m
GEORGE A. SMITH,
ViIOUSAU BAXIIFACTL’ACK OF
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES,
Near lhr Xe tc Hax*enger Deyot.
MACON, (• A.
MERC HANTS can be supplied upon as favorable terms,
with as good Candy, in great varieties, as can be bad
South. Ti.ose wishing to purchase are respectfully invited
to co.il and examine specimens.
Ail ..rder- pre-nptly hileil.with a fresh article, andwarran
’ed to stand the climate. Term* cash.
aug. 8. 19-ts
Kail and AVinter
MILLINERY.
M:; s, Bon LAND i vv
. her (tat.iair.x genera.ly that she lias
just returned trom NEW YORK, with a JCv
rich and wegant seie.-tioii of
iliitit ry Goods
to which she invite* tlieir attention. All jffiwni Jm
the n-we-i it, **!es in I:-• nr*.- 1 -. Hat-, and v |
Heed Dre-e . sp end and styles of 6i a Robes, \f f fl
Velvet and Cloth ManMlias aud C'oaks — m i(y
Elegaut styles Points, Valencia, stid Honi- *J •*>
tou Laces—Emb-oiderics of all kinds, La<-e Caps and Lcr
thas, lti.-h J!(wls, an • Fcarfs. Patent t>ki>ts, If.-iir Braids,
an I Puns Ribbons, f uta rs, v eHeta, Flowers i sees, i>i en
Trim ... .. ~ and Ac , Ac. boidatGn LlUfll I(-ai tlf
Hr iii*.
Al l \=s. I )essa n,
H AS a.- usual returred from the North
with her strikingly msgniflceijt as
•sr.menl -.f PARISIAN Mil.l IXERY.sur
pass ng iu Gramk-ur ai.v stock of GOODS CmkHm
1 that has ever been submitted to Southern
EVkN'NG DREBFEL which bsTie d*s
cri,ti‘.m, EGLANTINE CLOAKS, with V f J itV
Lkc’cqav Trimmine. tw / 4
DBFSJ? TRIMMISOB ff iiy
CASPIAN HAIR PIN?,
OKKCI V • CUR IS, HAIR BRAIDS,
HEAD DRESSES, and an assortment of di
vers articles, which would require an endless list to enumer
ate. Delay not!
Thankful for p3*t favors, she with hearty cheer, solicits
Gie patronage of all desiring the rich, elegant and beautiful.
f?f“ Mrs. D. is prepared to furnish Milliners with whole
sale, pattern Bonnets and all Goods in her line, at the *<h<>rt
est notice amt lowest rates. oct °
Lime fox* Sale,
For Affri*nitnral Pnrpo*<*§.
Mit.i BENHRI.S of Lime, which have been
f u-.d in the Manufacture of Gas, are for sale
at the Macon Gas Work, at v* r> low price*.
Thi* Lime h *s h*t*n much used in the Northern State**, anil
ha. lieen found nearly equal to fre*h Lime from the kiln, for
field or par fen crops It will be found very valuable in pre
paring compost or heap- of manure consisting <>f vegetable
matter. Ac., in the autumn, and citizen* ol this vicinity
w.iuM do well to se-ure it in time for that purpose. The
price at which it is sold, should induce any one to try it,
■tS&fuj mom.
COFFINS.
ROwK WOOD, Solid Mahogany, Velvet, Stained,
Cheap Vaneered Mahogany Coffins, Also New Style
Metalic Cases Superior to the old sty les.
Old Pattern Metalic Cases at Lower Q wnop
jun* Ift —J ‘
Paints Oil?* and Cilaw*.
ITIVE THOUSAND p unds O.ls and Glass,
* Riwm pound. French and American Zinc,
1000 gallon* Linseed Oil,
10 Barrel* Turpentine, .. . ...
With all kinds of Colors and Paint Brushes all fresh
and good. Give us a call. J. B. A W. A. ROSS,
net 11
MMKKIKSt Omßll
C AHU ART A UOFK, now have in Store, and
are daily receiving a very large and detected Mfan
,tockof anov #: n t §:s
....... description, which they will sell on the best tones
?!r %Vll or approved NAMES; and to which they invite
th.-attention <>l Merchant.. Planters and Consumers.
jic *—ly
W All T *>•
ITKiIIT Negro Men, by she year, to cut Cot J V.ood
1 d “‘jLlm TUU ‘" r WJC “ Al ’ i y T.°A O. WOOD.
New < rf CWkffi !■•>*■
1 A 1111 US. Choice New Cuba Molasve*. for rale by
1 t / jnu U bow DUE A ANDERSON.
Fi.orit !
, 20,000 MWI>RKIk ft ANDEIWN. b * j
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1859.
BUSINESS CARDS. _
B. A . WISE
V\ r OI LD most respectfully inform tlie public and his
V T cui tinners that lie has removed his stock of
STOVES,
TIN WARE, AM)
lloiiMt Cwc;|>iii£
HARDWARE,
TO 1113 NEW STORE,
Nest to the Telegraph Building, on Cherry ?t , and would
t>e pleased to have ail persons in want of Goods in uiy line,
to call and examine my stock, where may be found
Stove*.Grates, Hinges,
Bras* and Bronzed Andirons,
Shovels, Tongs and Fenders,
Waiters, Tea and Coffee Urns,
Mteak and Oyster Dishes,
Plated Castors arid Waiters,
Spoons, Forks and Cake Baskets, Silver Tea Spoons and
Forks, Tatde and Pocket Cutlery. Wood Ware, brooms and
Brushes, Matts. Trays, Sifters, Meat Cutteis aud Stiff rs,
Plain and Japanned Tin Ware, an ! all Goods usually kept
in my line. B. A. WISE, Cherry Street,
dec U M aeon, UA.
H ill )<>■£• North, w litii)oti can do i>< t-
TER SOUTH?
CARRIAGE & MM UIiMIOIY
nnd Ilopository,
I'OHM Til, G t.
I I A Vl \!• purchased the entire inter- AS’ ® &
1 4 eat es the late firm of HVN K*, it 1L- . ‘ £, ,
I’ H A CO., I invite tt.e attention of tile V
. it / tin f Monroe and surrountling coun
tie- to inv extensive arrangements for Maimii.. luring TOP
ND NO TOP iitJ -GIFS, COACHES, ROi KAWAYS.CAII-
Kl Atil o, Pit .KI ilNit. *C.. AC lam constantly receiving
addition.-, not truiu ill.* North, hut Irom my
Work Niiopw, to my stock on hand, of three or four
Hiiggitspcr week, which combine t’egance and finisli, with
lightnafcs, strength and ilurahlllty, Oi d*ts for Miy sort of
Vehicle, Harness, Ac., are most remtectfully solicited, which
shall lie promptly supplied, and all engagements for work
PUNCTUALLV met. I have constantly on hand a large
am r inent of U ARNESS.
{jY?— Repairing (lone at short notice and Warranted.
J. K. BANKS
DAVID ROSS,
BOOK-BINDER
AND
ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER.
(IBVTINURS to make BLANK BOOKS ~. a r a g m
J tor Courts, Counting Houses and Kail /.’ff/g/jw.
Bind nil varieties of PRINT!
WOHfC witlt superior neatness and despatch VtftnirXTtw
tit SIC B mud with ELASTICITY at.d ELEGANCE.
F:i*.v Kook* in the most approved style
HARPERS* WEEKLY AND MAGAZINE, GRAHAM’S,
GoDKY'S, and all other Periodicals ai.d Magazines BOUND
in neat and cheap Bindings.
Particular attention paid to the re-binding valuable old
Book..
Orders from a distance will meet with prompt atten
tion.
Oft’.upon ths Corner of Third and Cherry Streets,
Over GEO. T. ROGERS A SON, Macon, Ga.
aug ‘25-y
D. C. HODGKINS & SON,
Dealers in and Manufacturers of
GUNS,
RIFLE*. _
PISTOLS,
FISHING
TACKLES
And Sporting App’.ratua./-^jPj^£i_^^pfe;’
or KV*RT DRSCaiPTIOIt, I jgJ C 6£i-^'Yv
A FEW POORS BELOW THE J
Lanier House,
M .O*. >L
Not. 11 ’57 bit
It. I. YcEVOY,
H liolesah tVHHaiI
.Dealer in
wnujuss.^^H
Crckery*ware,
No. 2, Granite Hall,
MACON, GA.
may 19—ts
Macon Furniture Works.
VITK are now putting np .
XT New and Improved
Machinery for tlie Manu- ‘
facture of _
FI RMTIRE
of ail Kind,, far superior Jfc*
J BBRRSRM9^[
( lily to need NORTHERN A £** €
” *""■ -Me Jsf-
Idiwer I’l ifo*
than can POPPIKLYI.e laid down in Macon from Savannah
or New Turk. Give us a call and we w ill convince the scep
tical that it is your interest to make your purchases at home.
June 14 —y T A G. WOOD,
■. nit HMERIVfI
VARIETY STORE,
< OS TON AVL.YI I ,
(oppomtb c. h. ruuis, axd ro.s, cot.t man a boss.)
("1 ROCKERY* and GLASS-WARE, also anew stock of
J House furnishing Articles, Brooms, Bails, Tulw, Toy
Barrow* and Waggons, Cabs ami Willow-Ware French,
Fancy Baskets, Twine, Curd and Plow-lines, Mat* of all
kinds, Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers, Tin-Ware of all
description. Furniture made to order, and repaired, clean
ed, varnished and repolished in the best style. Matrasses
made to order and renovated. .Violins, Canes, Ac., re
paired. First quality furniture Varnish and Sand Paper
for -ce. Also Oilt Frames made to order.
twn B.—GrafTenburg Medicine for sale, warranted |
pure from tlie Company. 8. 8., Agent for Cos.
Macon, Sept 30-27
NEW JIOOKS
AT
Boardman’s Book btore.
VMEKICAN ELOQUENCE, In 2 vols ; A New Cyclope
dia of Commerce; Burtons Cyclopedia of Wit and Hu
mor ; A handy Book on Property Law ; Man upon the Sea
by Goodrich ; Romantic passages in South-western History;
Life beneath ttie Waters ; The Hand hut not the Heart, by
T. 8. Arthur; William, the Conqueror, by Gen. Sir Charles
Napier; Doctor Thorne; anew edition of Edgar A. Poe’s
works ; The Preacher and the King; The Priest and the Hu
gu not; Lord George Bentick, by lVlsraeli; Beatrice Cenci;
Debit and Credit; Major Roger Sherman Potter; Douglas
Jerri a- Wit; Belle Brittan on a Tour; Life and Times of
Hugh Miller; Cruise of the Betsey ; Testimony of the Atocks;
Jeffers.oi’s Works . Itulwer's Novels, complete; Grotes His
tory <>f Greece; Sparrow Grass Papers; Lord Montagus
Page, hy G. P. R James; TheThrec Beauties,hy Mrs.South
worth; Ventilation in American Dwellings; Derivation of
Famdy names; Wisdom, Wit and Humor; Steps towards
Heaven; Den* Mural Theology; Mizpah, a Prayer Book;
Ways; le Pictures in France, Holland, Belgium and up the
Rhi’o- ; Wild Northern Scenes. Also a large assortment of
fine Family Bibles. J. M. BOARDMAN.
*ep22
Just Received
ITAN'DALL’S LIFE OF JEFFERSON', complete
I, in Three Vols. at J. M. BOARDMAN’S.
ep 22
F*a lit ♦•**.
LBS. Tennessee Live Geese Feathers, for sale
UUU hr fapr SS] BEARDEN A GAINES
Flour and Con*.
/ v A SACKS first rate fresh ground Flour, different
( i/l* brands. 75 Barrels Knoxville City Mills Extra
Family Flour, equal to Hiram Smith’s or any other brand.—
500 Bushels of Corn, just received and for sale at low figures,
[apr 28] BEARDEN A GAINES.
TILANEING,
X Scroll Sawing*
Turning*
t art dug,
Hrarkel ntivl flriiamen
lal XVnrli Bade to
Order lj r T. * G. WOOD.
naT City papers copy. [oet 18-ts
wmL tßs mmMM
n<‘€allie A Jones.
H.WJE removed two doors below their old stand, in
the house formerly occupied hy Messrs. J. B. A W. A.
Ross °‘ ;t 18
Bacon.
ttn ktiiit LBS. A No. 1, Tennessee Baron, *I
9P “ 9 * f cured and trimmed, in store and for sale
by [apr 28] BEARDEN A G AINES
New Bacon.
-* 11 Id tVS. Prime New Shoulders, for sale, to arrive,
1 U by [|MlS] MOW DKII k ANDERSON.
.\ew Crop and Syrup.
1111 IIS. Prime and Choice N. 0. Sugars.
Z.O {Hi HI.Is. “ ’’ “ Syrup, in store
and to aartve, for sale by BOWDRE A ANDERSON,
jan 12 -
■‘ln Ml inf i'otaiod*..
wm w UHLS. P. ime Yellow Planting Potatoes, for sale
| *> l>y [jinl2j IIOWDKE A ANDERSON.
R**li tid’d hngart.
w/k H It 1.9. Stuart’* A, B, aud C, Sugars, for sale by
*}o j“ It UOWDRiti A ANDERSON.
DRV GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac., Ac.
FANCY & STAPLE
DRY GOODS.
UNDER
Gn.A3STITE HALL.
\\Tli are now receiving a Large and Fltgant Stock of
IT GOODS, that have been seltcted witii great care to
suit the trade of Macon and adjoining counties. Among
which are
Silk llobes Double Jupe,
Silk Rohes Volatiles,
Silk Robes a Lex.
Fancy Silks in great variety,
Plain and Figured Black, do.
DeLaine and Marino Kobe a T.ez,
Plain and Figured DeLainea,
Poil ile Ohevres, Plain and Figured Merinos,
Poplins, Mourning, a various other styles of Dress Goods.
LaCe, Bwiss, Cambric nnd Pique Sets,
Collars, llandke'cbiets, Embroderies,
Dress Trim .ngs, Ribbons,
Clo .k- bawls, Skirts, and a full assort
m tof
Staple? Goods,
Which i offer to sell on tlie most favorable terms. Please
call and examine. Ik. S. I'Kl hill‘ and A (O.
oe:l-il Until Block , Macon, Ga ,
i :. BAULBBURY,
lYavliliiglo:! llloU, Op. I.uihitr lluiikc,
MACON, CiA.
t|t IKES pleasure In informing Ins customers and buy-
A ers generally, that tie It now prepared to offer one of
the most elegant and attractive stocks of
JA'eII and Winter Goods,
For Gentlemen’s wear, that can lie exhibited in the city.
He lias in his employ one of tlie Ml* st 4-11 Iter SI Si ll t ll
Ol’ X*\V I orn, and can execute all orders in the most
approved style and at short notice. oct 20-ts
AT PARKER’S.
10 3 0.
We are Supplied, as usual with a Large
and Fashionable
FALL STOCK OF
FIRST CLASS DRY GOODS,
Which we are determined to dispose of at
very Small profits. To call, is to be con
vinced. W. W. PARKER & CO.
oct 13
Ladies’ Cloaks!
mil Is Day, Just opened another large lot of those Very
1 llitndMonit* Velvet uttd Clofli Cloaks, at
oct RO PAHKEK’s.
I)RY GOODS
AT WHOLESALE.
J. B. &. W. A. ROSS
Are now receiving a Large and well selected
Slock of Foreign and Domestic Dry
Ci O O I) s,
For the Fall and Winter Trade,
To which they invite the attention of Merchants.
oct 27
To Planters and Merchants.
WE offer the following articles on very accommodating
terms:
1000 roils Gunny Bagging,
1000 Sacks Sait,
tfL bmwtrwLt Potiitupg,
410 bales heavy Gunny Bagging,
1,100 coils Richardson's Green Leaf Rope,
llhll) pounds Twine, 175 barrels Sugar,
200 sacks Coffee all qualities,
15(1 boxes Candies ali qualities,
100 “ Soap, 75 boxes Starch, 100 boxes Candy,
100 “ Soda, 125 kegs Nails, 150 bales Osnaburgs,
50 bales Georgia Kerseys, 25 bales Yarns,
100 bales Brown Sheetings and Shirtings,
25 hlids. Molasses 20 barrels Syrup,
Large Stock of Fresh and new
DKY GOODS,
daily receiving in store whieh we will sell at living rates,
consisting ol tlie following :
20 cases Prints, 15 cases Ginghams,
lmm pieces Morinoes, Delaues, bally and Alpacas,
12:41 dozen Hosiery,
25 bales Marlboro and other domestic Stripes,
in hales Tickings, 111 cases Linseye,
lo cases Flannels, 525 pieces Satinet* and Jeans,
150 pieces Cassimers, 50 piects Fancy and Black Silks,
6PO dozen Handkerchiefs, 1200 pieces white Muslins.
Also, a large Stock of Clothing and Hats, w ith 350 cases
of Shoes all kinds and 1000 Negro Blankets. We respectful
ly solicit the patronage of the public,
oct 27 j- B * W. A. ROSS.
For
IMVE HUNDRED Pot. Georgia Bucket*,
25 “ Nortlicru “
10 dozen Brooni' , ,lo nest Tubs,
6o Half Bushel Measures,
10 tons Iron, 5 tons Casting*,
425 sack? Family and SuperflriefFlour,
100 Boxes Tobacco all qualities,
40,0</0 pounds Bacon Hog round,
10 barrel* Nuts, 50 boxes iu s.ns,
100 box, s Cheese, 1U Goshen Butler.
With every article called lor in the Grocery line, except
ing . iquors.
We would respectfully solicit a call from purchasers us we
can make it to their interest to patronize us.
oct 27 J. B. A W. A. ROSS.
HARDEMAN & GRIFFIN, !
ARE NOW RECEIVING TIIEIR
Kail and Winter Stock,
V'l’ their old Stan*]. Their Stock oouniit in part of the
following goods, to which they invite the attention of
Merchants and Planters,
Ml Bale* tiunny Cloth,
200 Coils Richardson Hope,
lOOt) Pounds Baling Twine,
150 Bags Coffee—Java, Port Rico, Rio and Laguira,
10 Chests Black and Green Tea,
75 Barrels ABAC Sugar,
25 “ Crushed and Powdered Sugar,
5 Boxes Loaf Sugar,
15 Hogsheads Fine Port Rico,
300 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
100 Sacks Alum Salt,
150 Boxes Adamantine Candles,
40 •• Sperm “
75 Boxe* No. 1 Soap,
20 “ Family Toilet Soap, *
85 “ Assorted and Fancy Candy,
125 Kegs Nails,
50 Boxes Starch,
100 Jars Snuff,
50 Whole, Half and Quarter Kegs of Powder,
100 Bags Shot,
100,000 Cigars, various brands,
50 Boxes Tobacco,
20 Cases Magnolia and Combination Tobacco,
20 Bales Osnaburgs and Stripes,
5 Cases Hou spun, Bleached,
10 Bales Georgia Kersey,
5 “ Northern “
15 “ Blankets, all prices,
60 Baskets Piper’s Heidsick Wine,
75 Cases Ginger and Blackberry Wine and Brandy,
50 Barrels Rye aud Corn Whiskey,
10 “ Extra Old Uuurbon,
50 “ Gin, Rum and Brandy,
10 Casks Madeira, Port and Sweet Wine,
10 Cases London Dock Gin,
15 “ Boker and Stoughton Bitters,
10 “ Lemon Syrup,
20 Casks Ale and Porter,
10 Boxes Ginger Preserves, Prunes and Figs,
80 “ Assorted Pickles,
80 “ “ and Fancy Candy,
20 “ Superior Carb. Soda,
80 Barrels and Boxes Soda and Butter Crackers,
25 Boxes Herring*,
5 Sacks Ashton’s Table Salt,
5 Cases “ •’ “
10 Do*. Well Buckets,
25 Do*. Blue Buckets,
10 Nests of Tubs,
80 Doz. Wool Hats,
20 Boxes Leverltt Axes,
10,00 b Pounds White Lead and Zinc,
Dk) Barrels Linseed Oil,
10 “ Tanners’ and Machine Oil,
Also a fine lot of Chrome Green, Yellow, Prusisn Blue,
Terra de Sienna, ItOrnt Umber, Ac., Paints and Varnish
Brushes and Sash Tools.
Mam in, Sept. 30, —y
Stnili‘ic? IL’f ( ivptl uudforsale by
3. ifc It. 1I ASSETT.
/'Y/Y BID S. of Magnolia Whisky,
Xvrvf do x. xx. xxx. St. Louis Whiskey,
“J Jo Old Burbon Whisky,
do Nectar Whisky,
c do Pennsylvania Malt Whisky,
do N E. Rum,
Ye do Phelp’s Gin,
20 do American Brandy,
2X Pipes Brand Gloire De Cognac,
2>4 do. of J. J. B. Six Brandy,
2)4 do. do. Signet do.,
2)4 J. Jupry A Cos., Brandy
2 do. Holland Gin,
25 Boxes of Lemon Syrnp.
Also, together with a full assortment of all other articles
In the Grocery line, now in store and daily receiving, and
for **ie s low as n.v house in Macon. fanir Ih-tfl
ISIICOII.
,)A A LUS. Clear and Rih’il Tenn. Side*,
/.V 15,000 Pm. Western Shouldeis,
20 Teirces Choice Hams,
10 BbU. “ Leaf Lard.
Just received and for sale by
dec I GEO. T. ROGERS A SON.
ClH’fW.
fCTk BOXES best Western Chets*, In store and for sale
OU low by (dec 8) McCALLU! k JONEB.
Scene in a Vermont Winter.
BY CHARLES G. KASTMAN.
’Tis a fearful night in the winter time,
As cold as it ever can be ;
The rear of the storm is heard like the chime
Os the waves on tlie angry sea,
The moon is full, but her stiver light
Tlie storm dashes out with his wings of night.
And over the sky from south to north,
Not a star is seen as the winds come forth
In the strength of a mighty glee.
Al! day the snow came down—ail day—
As it never came down before,
And over the earth at night there lay
Some two or three feet or more.
The fence was lost, and the wall of stono ;
The window block’d, and tlie well-curb gone ;
The haystack grown to a mountain lift;
And the woodpile looked like a monster drift
As it lay at the farmer's door.
As the night set in, came liail and snot.
And the air grew sharp and chil 1 ,
And the warning rout ol a suiieu blow
Was lieaid on the distant hill;
And the Norther ! see ! on the mountain peak
In lus Great 1) ho a the 01. l trees wiiihe and shriek !
He shouts aiotig tlie plain, Ho! Ho!
He drives from his nostrils the blinding snow,
And growls with a sat age will!
Such a night as this to be found abroad
In the snow and tlie stinging air,
A shivering dog, in the field by the road,
When tlie hail through his shaggy hair
Tlie wind drives hard, doth crouch and growl
And shut his eyes with a dismal howl!
Then to shield himself from the cutting sleet,
His nose is pressed on liis quivering feet,
Pray, what does the dog do there ?
His master came from the town to-night,
And lost the traveled way ;
And for hours he trod with main and might
A path lor his horse and sleigh ;
But deeper still the snow-drifts grew,
And colder still the fierce wind blew ;
And his mare, a beautiful Morgan brown,
At last o'er log hud floundered down,
That deep in a huge drift lay.
Many a plunge witii a frenzied snort,
She made in the heavy snow ;
And her master strove till his breath grew short,
With a word and gentle blow ;
But the snow was deep, and the tugs were tight,
His hands were numb’d and had lost their might;
So he struggled back to bis sleigh again,
And strove to shelter himself iu vain,
With his coat and his buffalo.
He lias given the last faint jerk of the rein
To rouse up his dying steed;
And the poor dog howls to the blast in vain
For help in bis master’s need ;
He strifes for awhile with wistful cry
To catch but a glance from Ins heavy eye,
And wags Isis tail in the rude wind flap
The skirts of his coat across his lap
And whines that he take no heed.
The wind goes down ; the storm is o’er ;
’Tis tlie hour of midnight past;
The forest writhes and bends no more
In the rush of the mighty blast.
The moon looks out with a silver light
On the high old hills with tlie snow all white ;
And the giant shadow of Camel’s Hump,
Os ledge, and tree, and ghostly stump,
On the silent plain are cast,
tint tnere are tney —tiy tne motion log —
Who came that night from the town —
All dead! tlie man and his faithful dog,
And his beautiful Morgan Brown !
Ile sits in his sleigh—his face is bland—
With his cap on his head,and the reins in his hand;
The dog with his head on his master’s feet ;
And the horse half seen through the crusted sleet,
Where site lay when she floundered down !
From the Daily Globe.
SPEECH OF
Hon. .Alfred In r erson,
On the Pacific Railroad Bill—Pelivered in the
Senate, Jam. 6, 1859.
Mr. IVERSON. Mr. President, when this bill
was under consideration at the hist session, I sub
mitted some amendments to it, the object of which
was to provide for the construction of two Pacific
Railroads —a northern and southern road. The bill
then reported to the Senate by the select commit
tee, and which is tlie same now before us, provi
ded tor Government aid to only one road, and
confined its eastern terminus to some point on the
Missouri river, between the mouths of the Rig
S’oux and Kansas rivers and its western terminus
lo San Ei uncisco. It proposed to grant the alter
nate sections of the Government lands for twenty
miles on each side ol tlie toad on its whole route,
making twenty sections, or twelve thousand eight
hundred acres to the mile. It also proposed to
contract with the person oi persons, company or
companies, who should undertake its construction,
for the transportation of the Government mails for
twenty years, and to agree to advance by way of
pay lor this service, in regular and equal portions,
#25,000,0ik) in government bonds, its sections of
twenty miles should be completed and put in ope
ration ; the company constructing the road to re
fund back this advaned pay in railroad service, in
carrying the mails, soldiers, sailors, munitions of
war, and otiier Government stores and property, at
certain rates of compensation to be agreed upon in
the contract, and limited iu tiie bill itself.
My amendments proposed that the President
should enter into a similar contract or contracts,
for the construction of two roads, the eastern ter
minus of one to be on the Missouri river, anywhere
north of the thirty-sixth parallel of north latitude
and within the boundaries of the United States,
and ending at any point or place on the Pacific
coast that might be selected by the contracting par
ty ; the other road to be located on any route south
of the thirty-sixth parallel of north latitude west of
the Mississippi, within the United States, and ter
minating at any point on the Pacific selected by
the contractors. My plan proposed a similar grant
of land to each road of twenty sections to the
mile, and a contract with each road to the extent
of 812,500,000 in Government bonds.for mail and
other government service, to be advanced in like
proportionate sums, and under similar restrictions,
limitations, and conditions, as were imposed in the
original bill.
Upon my amendments, as well as upon the mer
its of the whole subject, the necessity and proprie
ty of a railroad communication between the Atlan
tic and Pacific States, and the constitutional power
of Congress to atlbrd Government aid in land and
postal contracts, I submitted my views at some
length during the last session. These views were
well matured and have undergone no change. 1
have no doubt whatever that Congress has the
power, under the Constitution, to “ dispose of the
public territory” in this or any other way deemed
to he for the general public good. It is a subject
within sound discretion of Congress ; and ordina
rily, railroad grants, as they are called, contribute
largely to the public good. It is true they benefit
individuals, those who on tiie roads; hut it is not
an objection to them in my view, if they, at the
same time, do not diminish the value and price of
the lands reserved by the Government, or lessen
the aggregate sum tor which the whole Sell. If
the Government by the operation and effect ot
these grants, obtains as much money for the re
served alternate sections as the whole would com
mand without the road, and sells them sooner, and
at the same time stimulates their settlement and
cultivation, thus increasing the population and
wealth ot the country and opening avenues of com
merce and travel. I cannot, for the life of me,
see what objection there can be to the exercise of
this power, regulated and controlled always by a
sound discretion, as to the object of the grant, and
the necessity or propriety and value of the propos
ed road. Believing that we have the power to
grant the lands, I do not doubt the expediency of
making the grant in this case. If ever tlierc was
a necessity or propriety in building any railroad,
and giving the aid of the Government to its con
struction, it exists, in my opinion, iu this very
case. •
I shall not consume time in enumerating the rea
sons for the construction of this road ; they arc to
numerous and so very obvious that none can doubt,
and may he said to establish an absolute necessity.
Nor have I any doubt that Congress may autuoriz*
and provide for a contract with the constructors of
this railroad tor the transportation of the United
States niuils, troops, munitions o! war and other
Government property, for a definite petiud of
years, at a certain annual price, and may undertake
to pay the contract price, cither in whole or in
part, in advance. This is also a que:-tiou of mere
expediency, within the” constitutional powers of
Congress, and only to be guided and governed by a
sound and proper discretion. If, therefore, by the
exercise of these constitutional powers, aud within
h w holesome discretion, the construction of this
great work of public necessity and usefulness can
be secured and accomplished, I think the obliga
tion upon us to exercise tue power is imperative.—
But sir, whilst I am a warm advocate for the con
struction of this toad, and am ready and willing to
giant Government aid, withiu the constitutional
bounds, and to a reasonable extent, I am not will
ing to vote an acre of land or a dollar of money
towards the construction of a Pacific railroad
which will be so located as to confer all its bene
fits upou one section of this Union. I made this
objection at tiie last session, and I stand by it at
ibis.
Now, sir, I have not a solitary doubt, that if on
ly the road is provided for and the route is left
open to be selected by the company who shall un
dertake it, a northern route will be adopted, ma
king its immediate connections with tlie northern
and northwestern roads, and pouring all its vast
travel ami freights over those toads and into the
northern States aud cities of tills Union. The
Tiie South may now and then get a straggling pas
senger, a box of stray goods, but the great bulk
of all its operations will be turned towards the
North ; and sir, I cannot but be surpiised that any
-outhern Senator should tie willing to vote such a
magnificent donation of land and money to an en
terprise from which his section is likely to derive
Mich trifling profits. Will it be said, sir, that if the
South lias the best route, capitalists will build the
road on that route ? Is it likely that northern cap
ital will be invested to construct a southern road?
No, sir ; not a dollar will ever be so spent.* Tiie
political and sectional prejudices which pervade the
northern people against the South would be suf
ficient of themselves to deter them. llow mueh
northern capital is ever invested in southern enter
prises ? It is a notorious fact, that w hilst no north
ern railroad ever pays more than six per cent, and
many of them pay less, whilst some pay nothing,
there is scarcely a railroad in all the southern States
that does not pay seven per cent, a large majority
of them yield eight per cent, and many of them
even more. And yet, sir, there is not one dollar
of northern capital in a thousand, yea, probably
not in ten thousand, invested in southern roads.—
Northern capitalists shun all southern investments
as if the very touch was pollution. Why, sir,
whilst a northern man, with northern security, can
bonow any amount of money in New York at from
four to six per cent per annum, 1 venture to say
that even the Scnatof from South Carolina, [Mr.
Hammond,] as wealthy as he is and as popular as
he ias lately rendered himself in the North by his
Barnwell speech, if ho were to go to New York
and ask for a loan of SIO,OOO, and propose to
mortgage his plantation and negroes, worth half a
million, as security, he could not get a dollar.
Such, sir, is the worthless opinion which north
ern capitalists have of southern securities, south
ern enterprises, and southern investments. And,
sir, do you think that these feelings, these opinions
these prejudices, would not operate in the selection
and construction of a Pacific railroad ?
But, sir, there is even a more powerful cause
than these, whieh would control the question of
selection and force the road upon a northern route.
Open this speculation to northern cupidity ; put
this glittering prize of twenty-five million acres of
the public land and twenty-five millions of Gov
ernment money, in the shape of a twenty-five
years’ mail contract, up to competition, and who
can doubt for a moment that it would be clutched
bv northern speculators and capitalists ? And
when we add to these the countless millions of
commercial benefits and money receipts which a
Pacific railroad would bring to the section into
which it is to run ; w lien we look at the vast mon
eyed interests already invested in northern and
western roads, and the large number of people
concerned in them, ail residing in the North and
West—lie must be indeed blind who could for a
moment suppose that a southern route would bo
adopted. Do you think, sir, that tlie railroad com
panies of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, loiva, Wisconsin, Minnesota, to
say uothing of the New England States, with all
their various, extended,and ramified interest, their
numberless stockholders and vast moneyed and
commercial connections and relations, would fur
nish the means or permit a southern road to be
built? No, sir; they would have unlimited control
over the subject, and would place the road where
their own interests would be most promoted. I
am not opposed to a northern road. I am w illing
to give the North the privilege of building one if
they choose, and put them upon the same footing
with the South. lam willing to grant land to a
northern road, aDd give it the aid of a liberal mail
contract; but I insist that the South sliull be put
on a perfect equality with the North. If the Noitli
can take the land and the mail contract, and raise
the means to construct a northern road, let her do
it-. If the South, with like advantages, cannot do
so, let the South suffer from the failure. All we
want is to have an equal chance. Give us that, and
for one, I shall never murmur at or envy the North
any benefits it may derive from a Pacific railroad
built by its superior wealth or superior enterprise.
But l do object to and protest against any arrange
ment bv which the aid of the Government is to be
invoked to construct a work of internal improve
ment which is to be so unequal in its operations;
which will confer untold benefits and blessings up
on one, and comparatively none upon the other,
section of tlie Union.
Sir, this unequal flow of the Government money
and Government benefits into the great northern
maelstrom has been going on long enough, and
shall not continue any longer by any vote of mine.
I do not object to northern prosperity ; but 1 insist
that, in the dispensation of Government money
and patronage, every section shall be put on an
equality. Sir, if the statistical tables of Govern
ment expenditures were consulted, it would appear
that more than three-fourths of the money and
lands expended by Government have been appro
priated to the North and West, comprising the free
States of this Union. It. is all wrong, sir. If ei
ther section is to have the advantage, it should be
the weaker one. The North boasts oi her superior
numerical strength and her great preponderance in
wealth, and yet her Senators and Representatives
in Congress let no opportunity escape, but are ev
er pressing and pushing forward every Government
scheme that can add to these elements of power on
the one hand, or weaken them on the other. Such,
sir, have been the workings of the Federal Gov
ernment since the formation of the Federal Union,
and such, I apprehend, will be its workings as long
as that Union lasts, or until the South asserts her
equality of rights and benefits as the conditiou of
remaining in tne Union.
And speaking of the Union, sir, I take occasion
to say that there is another reason connected with
it, which makes me object to any bill, the provision
of w hich will secure the Government aid in the
construction of a railroad to the Pacific, exclusive
ly confined to the northern States. Sir, I believe
that the time will come, when the slave States will
be compelled, in vindication of their rights, inter
ests and honor, to separate from the tree States,
and erect an independent Confederacy; and 1 am
not sure, sir, that the time is not near at hand when
that event will oeeur. At all events, lam satisfied
that one of two tilings is inevitable : either that
the slave States must surrender their peculiar insti
tutions, or separate from the North. I do not in
tend, on this occasion, to enter into an elaborate or
prolonged discussion of this proposition. I content
myself with expressing my lirtn belief, and a brief
allusion to the foundation of that opinion. It is
unnecessary to look back to the commencement of
the anti-slavery agitation in the northern States,
and to trace its regular and rapid growth to its
present monstrous proportions.
I remember twenty-five years ago, when peti
tions were first presented to Congress for the abo
lition of slavery in the District of Columbia ; it
was the beginning of the agitation, and was limi
ted to u few deluded religious fanatics amongst the
men, and some of the weaker sex, of the New
England States. It nevertheless aroused the fears
and excited the angry feelings of many of the
Southern people ; it produced much discussion in
Congress, ami amongst the newspaper press of the
southern States. Many expressed their belief that
it was a beginning of a storm which was to sweep
over the free StHtes, carrying everything before -it;
but they were met with the syren song which the
distinguished Senator from South Carolina lias re
cently so eloquently poured forth, “ there is no
danger; slavery is too strong to be overturned,let
the sound, conservative mind and heart of the
North he appealed to, and all will he right ; our
friends there will protect us.” Behold the result
of”the late elections * With the bold, undisguised
declaration of hostility to slavery at the South, as
VOLUME XXXVI.—NO. 44.
I euuncuted by the h > great leader of it* enemiea
1 Ht Rochester, with hi# loud aounding pronuncia
mento of “ down with the accursed thing ” with
2 the bloody flag of anti-slavery unfurled, arid “war
I'* lb r ku “ e ’ “ riWen “PO' It* fold., there i. not at
this day a majority of trite ■ #n#ervative friends of
i lhc r, K h{9 of llle isoi'ib ti a single free State of this
j L “ lu “ 11,19 sule l ‘ ,e *owkv Mountains. The demon
| ot Hbohuoa, iu his most hideous shape, has cover
i ed them all over with the footprints of his onward
j and remorseless march to power,
j ci * r he knows but little of the workings of hu
man nature, who supposes that the spirit of anti
s.every tanatieisui which now pervades the north
| er “ tie “ rl s: °P short of its favorite and linal
! “** ? ml mi—the universal emancipation of slave
rj ghe Luited .States by the operation and action
ol the Federal Government. When Mr. Wilber
force began the agitation of his scheme of emanci
pation in the British West India Island^there wsa
uot a corporal’s guard in both Houses OT the Brit
ish Parliament who sympathized with him or ap
proved the movement; and ret, in less than a
j of a century, all England became nboli
| tioniied, and perpetrated, by a decroee in Farlia
| iiient, one of the most arbitrary and outrageou#
violations of private rights which was cvcrruili#-
tad by despotic .power upon peaceful and loyal sub
jeetr. And so it will l,c in this country. The stun#
spirit which brought about emancipation in tha
British Islands, wiil produce it here ‘whenever th#
power is obtained to pass and to enforce its de
crees. When the present Republican party, or its
legitimate succeseor* in some other name, shall get
possession of the Government ; when it has the
President, both Houses of Congress, and the iudi
ciary, what will stay its hand? It cannot aland
still; it it does, it dies. To lire and reign it must
go on. Step by step it will be driven onward in its
mad career uatil slavery is abolished or the Cnion
dissolved. One ol these two things is as mevita
b!e as death.
I know that there are men even in the South,
who, like the distinguished Senator from South
( nrojina, argue that slavery is stronger and safer
now in the Union than it ever has been—that the
South, by unity and concert, can always combine
with a party at the North sufficiently strong to car
ry the election and control the action of the Fed
eral Government. In my opinion there never was
a greater mistake. Suppose the election of Presi
dent were to come off at this time, and ail tha
southern States, including even Maryland, wera
united upou a candidate : how many free States
would he carry t Perhaps California, and Oregon
if sh# is admitted; but not another State. *The
recent elections show clearly that the Abolitionist#
have n#t only a decided but an overwhelming ma
jority, in every free StateSm the Atlantic slope.—
In all the late elections, conservative and sound
democracy, the only element sympathizing with the
South, has not carried a single free State. I do
not consider the triumph of the distinguished Sen
ator from Illinois [Mr. Douglas] as a victory of
sound Democracy. It was a victory of Froe-Soil
Democracy over Abolition Whiggery, and no more;
and I would not give a copper for the difference.’
So far as the South and her constitutional rights
are concerned, it was a victory over them. I would
not turn on my heel for choice between the Wil
inot proviso and the squatter sovereignty doctrine
and policy of the Senator from Illinois. Indeed,
I was driven to select between them, I would
take the former. It is open, manly, and decisive;
it settles the question at once, by debarring the
southern people, in terms from cute ring Ihe Ter
ritory with their slave property ; it is an open and
undisguised denial of right to the South, which the
South could resist or submit to, as her sense of
honor or her policy might dictate, whilst the squat
ter-sovereignty doctrine and practice, as defined
by its distinguished advocate, is plausible, delusive,
deceptive, and fatal. No man of common sense
can suppose that, under it, the South will ever ob
tain another foot of Territory, oradd another slave
State to this Liiiou. Both are political heresies,
finding no authority in the Constitution ; equally
violative of the rights of the southern people, sub
versive of their equality in the Union,and an insult
to their honor, which in my opinion, alike demand
their reprobation and resistance.
The people ot the southern States, as coequals in
the l uton, and as joint and equal owners of the
public territory, have the right to emigrate to
these Territories with their slave property, and to
the protection and the enjoyment of that property
bylaw during the existence of the territorial gov
ernment ; laws passed by Congress as the trustee
and common head of the joint property—head of
all the States and all the people of the States in the
public territory ; laws recognizing the equal right
of every citizen to go in and possess and enjoy th#
common inheritance ; laws, not to deprive men of
property, but to regulate and secure its enjoyment;
laws to put every man’ in the United States upon
an equal footing in the exercise of a great consti
tutional right. This, sir, is what we of the South
are entitled to at the hands of a common Govern
ment ; and we ought not to lie content with less,
or submit to a denial of it. I am free to declare
here, that if I had the control of the southern
people. I would demnnd this of Congress at tl.e or
ganization of every territorial government as th#
terms upon which the South should remain in the
Union. 1 would hold our “ right” in one hand and
“separation” in the other, and leave the North to
choose between them. If you would do us jus
tice, I would live with you in peace; if you de
nied us justice, I would not live with you another
day.
Sir, abolition is advancing with rapid strides to
the accomplishment of iu great end, the universal
emancipation of slavery in the United States. The
distinguished Senator from New York, [Mr. Sew
ard,] when he uttered his anathemas, and ushered
forth his declaration of war against southern slave
ry at Rochester, understood well the feeling which
sways, and is likely to sway, the masses in th#
northern States upon this important and exciting
subject. The North intends to put down slavery
at the South, “ peaceably if they can, forcibly if
they must.” It is true the Senator'from New York,
the great embodiment of this abolition sentiment
and will, has very kindly and condescendingly told
the world that this great eud and object are to be
accomplished by “ constitutional means !” What
fool does not understand that? A majority party,
controlling all the branches of the Government,
aud bent upon an objeet, would have no difficulty
in finding a grant of power in the Constitution for
the accomplishment of any object. What better
authority would they waut than the power given to
Congress to “ provide for the general welfare” of
the Cnited States ? Slavery, they say, is a great
curse, a political, moral, and social evil; a dark
and damning stain upon the national escutcheon ;
a blight upon its prosperity ; a great aud growing
injury even to individuals and States who tolerate
it. The national welfare demands its extinguish
ment, and Congress may and must do it. Here is
the grant, and here the necessity and occasion of
its exercise. What is to deter or hinder ? Tne
union of the southern people in presidential elec
tions ? That is the almighty panacea of some gen
tlemen. Such an idea is not only lollj, bnt it is trea
son against the South. The constitutional power
will soon be found ; there are more clauses than
one w hich would justify such a proceeding upon
the part of a hold and reekless majority. 1 have
heard that John Quincy Adams once said, in a
speech delivered in the House of Representatives,
that there were so many clause* in the Constitu
tion open to eonstruction, that he could drive a
four-horse wagon and team through forty places in
it, and find authority in each to abolish slavery in
the southern States ; and so, sir, when the lit pub
lican party obtains the possession and control of
the Government, President, Congress, Supreme
Court, and shall feci secure of its power, and con
fident of success, there will not only be no consti
tutional barrier to stay its hand, but abundant au
thority will be found in the Constitution, as it is,
to justify aDy measure its wisdom or its folly may
prompt it to adopt.
Sir, there is but one path of safety for the insti
tution of slavery in the South, when this
northern avalanche of fanaticism and folly shall
press upon us ; and that path lies through separa
tion ami to a southern confederacy. This is the
groat ultimate security for the rights, honor, and
prosperity of the South. Sir, there are even now
thousands of her sons who believe that the slave
States, formed into a separate confederacy, and
united under such a government as experience and
wisdom would dictate, would combine elements of
more political power, national prosperity, social
security and individual happiness, than any nation
of ancient or modern times; and, sir, lam among
the number. This is not the time or place to en -
ter upon the discussion of this proposition ; if it
were, the demonstration ol its truth would be easy’
ami irresistible. But whether this be so or not —
whether the southern States would be better off in
a separate confederacy or in the present Union,
one thing is certain ; and that is, that no Union, *r