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PKOFKSSIO.V Ah CARII.S.
ns. I*. CIS WARDS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bl l LKR, (.A.
dec 1-lj*
SAMUEL If. WASHIifGTOif,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, (i t.
it’ ILL practice in all the Counties of the M * CON
it CIRcUIf, and in the Counties of Washington, At'ii
k.non and Laurena.
Mil next to Concert Hall, over Payne's Drug Store
JASKR T. MAT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BPTLEK, TAYLOR CO., A.
HILL PRACTICE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES l
cocrtirs: tows*
Crawford,. Knoxville.
Houston, Perry.
Macon,.... ........... ...........Oglethorpe.
Marion, Buena Vista.
Eilaville.
Talbot, Talhotton.
Taylor, Rutler.
Upson, ..Thonia-ton.
tXT Particular attention given to Collections
oct 20-1 y
Pt rtit s. iiinriiitiLN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HLKUV, CiA.
\\”ILL partice in the several Courts of the Macon Cir-
Vt c i it, and also in the Federal Courts in Savannah and
Marietta [augll 20-ly]
THOMAS K. CAB A HIM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Porsytli, Gro.
tin I.L attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
I T care in the Counties of Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
limes. Pike, Spal ling and Epson. [may 12 ’ss]
LAHIBB A AABBBfOH,
ATTORNEYS at law,
MAC UN, GA.
IJRtCriCK in the Court ies of the Macon Circuit, and in
II the Counties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also in the
federal Courts at Savannah.
[apr 21 ’SS-ly]
11. A. TKOI TlA\,
ATTORNEYAT LAW,
KNOXVILLE, LA.,
lY r IL L Practice Law in the Macon Circuit, and adjoin
ii mg Counties of Flint Circuit. All business entrusted
Ins care will be promptly alteuded to.
mar 17 51-ly
J. B. MITCHJBKaIa,
ATTORNEYAT LAW,
lUWKI.NSVILLE, LA.
jan 21 ’SB 44-ly
P. \V. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Olfi.ce Thomascoa, Upson Cos. Ga.
LtTIL!, attend promptly to the collection of ail claims
Yf placed in his hands, in the co . .ties of Upson, Moiircc, i
Jrairlord, Taylor, Tall, ■•;, Harris, Meriwether and Pit".
.—lsaac Scott, hsq , 1. C. I’.ant, Esq., Messrs.
Poe k Grier, J. H f- W. A. Ross, Bowilre A
Anderson, Col. O. U. Sj arts, Macon, Ga.
jan 80 *53-tf.
L. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
MACuX, GEORGIA.
JFFICE next to CONCEPT HALL, over Payne’s Drug Store.
jan. 8. [4l-ly-l
PEEPLES & CARA.MSS,
ATTORNE YS AT LA W,
VOUSkfH, CA.
, VT"ILL ictice law in the counties of Monroe, L.bb, Up-
Ts sou. Pike, Spalding, Henry and Bat's. Mr. Cabaniss
will give prompt and constant attention to the collection an,,
ecttriflg of debts and claims.
C PfcKPLK*. GEO. A. CABANISS.
formerly of Athens, Ga. 6-Iy.
T. ts. S?TCBBS, B. IIILL.
STUBBS A IIILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
At A CVS, CEVHCIA.
. afILL practice in the Superior Courts of Bibb, Crawford,
\y Twiggs, Marion, Monroe, Dooly, Houston, Jones,Mus-
J'gee, Talbot, Macon, Taylor, Upson, Sumter, Lee, and
ougherty; and also in the Circuit Courts of the United
talcs at Marietta and Savannah.
March 19 61 ~ tf
ORDINARY'S OFFICE.
*. T. MASSEY, ORDINARY OF 8138 COUNTY.
a*S removed his office to the room over the Drug Store
of Dr. B- L. Strohecker A Cos. [dec2-tf-
UK. A. PIERCE.
HOYKEOPATH.
tPPICEin Washington Block. Medicine Cases and
V * Books on Domestic Practice, for sale.
Macon July T 15-ly, 13S8-
UK. 11. A. JIETTAEER,
, f AVIXG §Y>enf portion of three successive years in
l l. this city, during which time he has limited his practice
l uost exclusively to Surgery, now respectfully offers his
ervicestothe citizens of Jfacon and surrounding country,
tall the branches of his profession.
TANARUS” tlfil ‘.e over Asher Ayers’ Store, corner of Third
and Cherry Streets. __
1> It. E. FITZGERALD
U A VINO permanently located in Macon, will attend
punctually all calls left at his office, next door to Free
nni Roberts, or at Fitzgerald A Nottingham’s Drugstore.
mar 19 90—
DR. C. J. ROOSEVELT,
ilonmopatliie M*hyician ,
MACOX, GA.
flicejnd Residence comer of Third dt Walnut Hreett.
*t*
Dr*. TDOYI ILD A YAM UIESEX,
dentists,
Office in Washington HI oik, Macon, Gn.
ELECTRICITY USED IN EXTRACTING TEKTH.
MCDONALD'S Tooth Paste alwayo <mrm
on band and for sale. Dentists can
supplied with the finest style of TEETH, alsol 1 J K s
Gold F ,il. Gold and Silver Plate and Wire, L-I_E
Lathe Fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
Materials on short notice. ort
.4. C. HOOKE,
DEN^TIST,
THOMASTON, <3-A..,
OPPICE oto. Dr. Thoaipaoa’*Store. My work is ray
K ferooca. [aprZ -tf]
BUsINESS CARDS.
TBOS. KtSUSIiS. o. . SPAMS?.
HARDEMAN & SPAUkS7~~
WAKE HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
MACON, OA.,
con f>nue to give prompt attention at their Plat
v V ‘ too? M asKHoemt, on the corner of 8d and Populai
to all business committed to their charge.
With their thanks for past favors, aud a renewed pledge of
faithfulness to all thpr friends and customers, they hope to
receive their full share of public patronage.
Liberal advances made on Cotton and other produce when
required.
sir Planter’s Family Stores, also, Ragging, Rope,
furcisi cd at the lowest market rates. 4c.
sep S—j
JONATHAN COLLINS,
(late patten, colliss a co.)
ESE3
WILL continue the Commission Business at the Fire
v f fir .of Building occupyed by them in this City In Con
nexion with h:t son tV. A. Coltius, respectfully salicits the
business of the patrons of the lte firm, and Planters
generally, pledging tlieir undivided attention to ail business
confided to thew care.
Advances made on Cotton or other produce in Store, aud
orders carefully filled.
July 7 15-v. JONATHAN COLLINS.
DAW Sc WAMIBt'KAj
factors j commission merchants,
Sava it uali, a.
JOrLPH WASHBURN, Special Partner.
FRANCIS O. DANA. 1,, , „ .
HENRY C. W.VTIBCRN, f ot!nerl Partners.
Vi continue . above business as I. retofor. at our
I OH Stand, 1l i lilt) Nircct, ,a*t of the Ex
chacg--. ami r*. prt,iated t. make liberal advances on all
Pro.li.-e consigned to our care for sale.
i-*r 4'l onlcrs for Bagging, It >,e and other supplies, til
ed prer ptly, and at the L _t Cash prices.
Savannah, Aug. J. \7S—6m
CLOIiiJE V. SI!*TIJ,
VV IIOL2S.VLK iiAMFACTLUKK OF
PLAIN AND FANCY CANDIES,
A eat l/it New l*asse.nger Dtixjt.
MACON, GA.
\ f'ERCITANTS c; -'re supnlicil upon as favorable terms,
w'i’d- as good Cai <:y, a ercat varieties, as can be had
Soutii. Those *■-: ing to pur .ie.se are respectfully invited
to call and exaiui:. ?i>cciniet:s.
All orden promptly filled,with a fresh article, and warran
ted to stand the climate. Terms cash,
aug. s. 19-ts
Fa!! ;; ii < i Wintex*
MILLII2ERY.
MRS. II'IU LAND would inform jv
. her customers gene a;ly that she has
just tetumed from NEW YORK, with a CfljrfTi
rich an t e etrant selection of
Hilliticr) Goods
to which she Invites their attention. All
the newest m >des it Bonnets. H its, and
Head Dre-e*. splendid stylesofSilk Robes, t
Velvet and Cloth Mantillas and Cloaks Jr
Elegant styles Points, Valencia, and lion:- W Wt
tou l-aoes—Embroideries of all kinds, Lace Caps and Ber
thas, Rich Shawls, an t ficarfs. Patent Skirts, Hair Braids,
and Plaits, Ribbons, Feathers, le'vets, Flowers I aces. Dress
Triiiini..] cs, and Ac , Ac. Sold at the lam est I'osutble
Price*. oct 18 29-tf_
Dessau,
n AS as usual returned from the North
with tier strikingly magnificent as
sortment of PARISIAN MILLINERY, sur
pas* ng in Grandeur any stock of GOODS KAVuIm I
that has ever been submitted to Southern
EVENING DRESSEL which baffle des
criptioni, EGLANTINE CLOAKS, withs
Lucknow Trimmings,
DRESS TRIMMINGS S “iF
CASPIAN HAIR PINS, Wi
GRECIA - CFRI.S, HAIR BRAIDS,
HEAD DRESSES, and an assortment of di
vers articles, which would require an endless list to enumer
ate. Delay not!
Thankful for past favors, she with hearty cheer, solicits
the patronage of all desiring the rich, ek-gant and beautiful.
Mrs. D is prepared to furnish Milliners with whole
sale, pattern Bonnets and all Goods in her line, at the short
est notice and lowest rates. oct 6
Lime lor Sale,
For Agricultural Pnrpokpx.
(Mi / l IICNHfCI.S of Lime, which have 1 ten
’ V * usel in the Manufacture of Gas, are for sale
at the Macon Go- Works at very low prices.
This Lime has been much used iu the Northern States, and
has been found nearly to fresh Lime from the kiln, for
field or garden crops. It will he found very valuable in pre
paring compost or heaps of manure consisting of vegetable
matter, Ac., in the autumn, and citizens of this vicinity
would do well to secure it in time for that purpose The
price at which it is sold, should induce any one to try it,
even if it were for an experiment. Apply at the
oct 18 2J-tf MACON GAS WORKg.
Bacon’ 8 T^reminin.
Cjppar ani Iron Wire-Cable
LIGHTNING RODS,
VRE now superceding allothers. They are without joints
(coiled up for transportation, and insulated wiih Patent j
Hard India Rubber, which is a perfect non-conductor, dura- 1
hie as iron—and cannot 1 e broken ; copper has seven times !
the conducting power of iron, and does not corrode.
Orders solicited front all parts of the Scale, and ex
ecuted by experienced workmen.
For fi.i :h r information send for a circular giving full par*
beat auth rity in the DMS-
J A. BACON,
Dec 16-tvs—dm. Montgomery, Ala. j
[ U >s< ■ 1 i ill Cc imetery.
tjliil Sexton’s office is still between Third .
A a-. I Fourth Streets, on the corner of flie n
Alley, here hr receives all communications ‘or ffp! 111 !
interments, and will attend to the waili-g f joijKtrM I'’
graves. All bo s entrusted o his care will belifFU l ‘
Wept in good order i, have been this year. All ‘KYtfV
• rders f.-r Mouura :iu from Thoiaa. Phillips’
M tMo fl r'.- swill be promptly attended to ; Bjc >?•
with the erecting of tuo same, and done in the i*pL__Afch
best manner. A. BKYPIE, IT. ~7^
dec 29-ts City Sexton.
(.KCtLKtfcS! LUOI EUILh! !
Alt HART A ROFF, now liave in Store, and A\~Yk
/ are daily receiving a very large and selected l|ul
stock of _ j>a&kim2&a
g ii o v #: hies
of every description, which they will sell on the bent terms
for €'.\Sil or approved NAMES; and to whichthey invite
the attention of Merchants, Planters and Consumers.
dec B—ly
Family Grocery
AND
I louse Goods.
11l A VE now open at the store, second door above tl •
Manufacturers’ Bank, in Cherry Street, for the inspec
tion of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the city of Macon, and
its vicinity, a Stock of Funtily Groceries mid
Slolls. ii<■*pint; ITtenwil - *, unequalled for variety in
this city. I name in part —first for the Ladies.
ItlO Boxes assorted Candies,
inn “ French Grape Fruit,
lift “ “ Chrystalized Fruit,
10 “ “ Cherries in Sugar,
10 Cases “ Brandy Cherries,
ID •• “ Brandy Peaches,
10 “ Fresh Peachts,
10 “ ** Oysters,
10 “ “ Lobsters,
10 “ assorted Pickles,
Catsups, Sauces and Spices in variety
Gentlemen will find at this store a fine assortment of To
bacco, Segal's and other things that “ add to the feast of
reason and flow of soul.”
To the Farmers.
WOULD be happy to show you many desirable Goods In
your line, which tail and see for yourselves.
IS tcoN on hanJ, lomeof the finest old Hants and
Shoulders. . .
lit prices T adopt the motto, a nimble sixpence is better
than a slow shilling. GEO. H. EVANS,
jy Telegraph copy 4t. i* n
New Rneoit.
-t if nog. Prime New Shoulders, for gale, to arrive,
XU by [jan 12] BOWDRE A ANDERSON.
New Crop Sugar and Syrup.
9wr IS IIDS. Prime and Choice N. 0. Sugars.
.) bo Bids. •• “ “ Syrup, in store
to arrive, fer sale by POWDER A ANDERSON.
Jan I*
Baron.
rtA AA A LBS. a No. 1, Tennessee Bacon, wel
ICfllVptMJ cured and trimmed, in .tore and for sale
? ’ HhVKI.KN a GAINES.
Hew Eeaf Eard.
10 SZtf*"” u *!fiWzj3S.“ 4
j:uf 26 Cotton Avenue.
rltiuyal.
Tt: i. Land Office of J. C. Edwards is removed the
new building erected by Dr. E. L.Strohecker—BoomNo.
Up Stairs.
4, aag. 26,1897,22-ts. * 1
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1859.
BUSINESS CARDS.
li. A. WISE
WOULD most respectfully inform the public and his
customers that he has removed his stock of
STOVES,
TIN WARE, AND
Hoiim* Ikccpin^;
IIA 111 JAV Ali E,
TO HIS NEW STORE,
Next to the Telegraph Building, on Cherry St , and would
be pleased to have ail persons in want of Goods in my line,
to call and examine my stock, where may be found
Etovrs, Grates, Range*,
Brass and Bronzed Andirons,
Shovels, Tongs and Fenders,
Waiters, Tea and Coffee Urns,
Steak and Oyster Dishes,
Plated Castors and Waiters,
Spoons, Forks and Cake Baskets, Silver Tea Spoons and
Forks, Table anil Pocket Cutlery. Wood Ware, Brooms and
Brushes, Matts, Trays, Sifters, Meat Cutters and Stuffers,
Plain and Japanned Tin Ware, and all Goods usually kept
in my line. B. A. WISE, Cherry Street,
dec 22 Macon, Ga.
Fish Hooks and Lines.
JIT NX Received a large supply, that will he wholesaled
at very low prices. If. A. IVINIi, Cherry St.,
jan 19 Macon, Ga.
H iti you go Norili. when you can do Bet-
TER SOUTH?
CAUIAH ft-UUISS HAIirAEIBKT
and Repository,
FORM XH) G A.
HIVING purchased the entire inter- JB : ‘if'l?
est of the late firm of BANKS, WIL- oJuUEp’j ass’
DER A CO., I invite the attention of the
citizens of Monroe and surrounding coun- viy \*P
ties to my extensive arranpnnents for Manumi.luring TOP
AND NO TOP BU Hi IKS, COACHES, ROCKAWAYS, CAR
RIAGES, PII.KTONB, AC., AC lam constantly receiving
additions, not trom I lie Norill, hut trom my
Work Mi<)|i<(, tn my stock on band, of three or four
buggies per week, which combine e’egance and finish, with
lightness, strength and durability, Orders for any sort of
Vehicle, Harness, Ac., are most respectfully solicited, which
shall be promptly supplied, and all engagements for work
PUNCTUALLY niet. 1 have constantly of. band a large
assortment of HARNESS.
Repairing done at short notice and Warranted,
augll 20-ly J. R- HANKS
j JOHN SCnOFIFLD, JOSHTA SCHOriEKD.
SCOFIELD Sz BROTHER,
| FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS.
lIK OV, LEOKGIA,
WIT are prepared to Manufacture Steam I‘up Sttcw,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR-
I ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS,
Os every description I!CO\ HAILING utitl 41.1 -
A!Nl>\llw. Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness, du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, anil are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lots, Public Squares,
Church Fences arid Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
as any Northern Establishment.
J A?~ Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
dec S
t. e. xisuF/r,
MANUFACTURER OF
ST£A7I ESIGI9IES and BOILEUS,
saiv Jlili machinery, mill Geai*
iiiers and machiiiery in
GBRBBAL.
WROUGT IEOY mTTON SCREWS,
mills, Shafts and E*nllies,
Iron llailins*, Wroaght and
Fast, &c., &<*., Ac.
TIIK undersigned lielleves that he is Manufacturing and
selling the above Machinery,To 11 per ceil*, cheap
er and of as good quality as any establishment at the South,
anil is willing to warrant all the work as equal, if not Supe
rior to any. (janji) T. C. NISHET.
DftVID ROSS,
TT O O TT - 23 X TV XU 2*3 XX
AND
ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER.
CIOXXINUES to make BLANK BOOKS m'mlmfsm
J for Courts, Counting Houses and Rail
Roads anil to Bind all varieties of PRINTEDA*. i
WORK with superior neatness and despatch ■■■■
VI UNIT Bound with ELASTICI t'Y anil ELEGANCE.
Kooks in the most approved style.
HARPERS’ WEEKLY AND MAGAZINE, GRAHAM’S,
GODKY’S, and all other Periodicals and Magazines HOUND
In neat and cheap Bindings.
Particular attention paid to the re-binding valuable old
Orders from a distance will meet with prompt atten-
U Office upon the Corner of Third and Cherry Streets,
Over GEO. T. ROGERS A SON, Macon, Ga.
aug 85-y
~d7c. HODGKINS & SON,
Dealer* in and Manufacturers of
GUNS,
RIFLES, .
pistols.
fishing
TACKLES.
And Sporting
A FEW DOORS BELOW THE
liamer House,
Mxcon, Ga. ‘
Nov. 11 *57
K. 1. McEVOY,
Whftlfsalf& Retail
Urt
Dealer in 10.
mu
CrG.Rrry-ware,
No. 2, Granite Hall,
MACON, GA.
j may 19—ts
Macon Furniture Works.
Wli are now putting up _
New and Improved
Machinery for the Maim- wsg^)jiy J - .
FURNITURE
of all Kinds, far superior
in Workmanship and Kura- -A
billty to most NORTHERN . C
Work, and at as Low, aiulj cji/tjc A
in most cases v ~
Lower I*rices
than can POSSIBLY be laid down in Macon from Savannah
or New York. Give us a call and we will convince the scep
tical thilt it is your interest to make your purchases athome.
june 16—y T. A G. IV GOD.
S. RRAIHUKD’S
VAHIBTY STOHE,
COTTON AVENUE,
(OPPOSITE C. H. FREEMAN, AND ROSS, COLEMAN k ROSS.)
CIUOCKERY and GLASS-WARE, also anew stock of
J House Furnishing Articles, Brooms, Pails, Tults, Toy
Barrows and Waggons, Cabs and Willow-Ware French,
Fancy Baskets, Twine, Cord and Plow-lines, Mats of all
kinds. Refrigerators, Ice Cream Fretzers, 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 Band Paper
for sale. Also Gilt Frames made to order.
N. B.—Graffenhurg Mcdicine'for sale, warranted
pure from the Company. S. 8., Agent for Cos.
Macon, Fept. 80-27 _
isTJ-:W BOOKS
—AT —
Boardman’s Book btore.
A MERICAN ELOQUENCE, in 2 vols ; A New Cyclope
iV dia of Commerce ; Burtons Cyclopedia Os Wit and Hu
mor; A handy Book on Property Law; Man upon the Sea
by Goodrich ; Romantic passages in South-western History ;
Life beneath the Water* ; The Hand but not the Heart, by
T. 8. Arthur; William, the Conqueror, l.y (Jen. Sir Charles
Napier; Doctor Thorne; anew edition of Edgijr A. Poe’s
works; The Preacher and the King; The Pi iest and the Hu
guenot; Lord George Ben tick, by D’lsraeli; Beatrice Cenei;
Debit and Credit; Major Roger Sherman Potter; Douglas
Jerrolds Wit; Belle BrKtan on a Tour; Life and Times of
Hugh Miller; Cruise of the Betsey ; Testimony of the Rocks;
Jefferson’s Works . Bulwer’s Novels, complete ; Grotes His
tory of Greece; Pparrow Grass Pa|>ers; Lord Montagus
Page by G. P. It James; TheTtiree Beauties,by Mrs.South
worth ; Ventilation in American Dwellings; Derivation of
Family names; Wisdom, Wit and Humor; Steps towards
Heaven; Dens Moral Theology; MUpah, a Prayer Book;
Wayside Pictures in France, Holland, Belgium and up the
Rhine; Wild Northern Scene3. Also a large assortment of
fine Family Bibles. J* M. BOARDMAN.
sep 22
Karon for §nlr.
nrx II It ns Clear Sides, Just received at
ij Z) net 27 HARDEMAN A GRIFFIN’B.
Units Plaster, Cement and Hair.
| X\TF, keep constantly on hand a K°‘l ““PP'y ,he
ft above Article*. J* HUBS.
I ot 27
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac., Ac.
FANCY & STAPLE
DIIY GOODS.
** UNDER
GRANITE IIAIiXj.
VTUIi are now receiving a Large and Elegant Stock of
XT GOODS, that have been selected with great care to
suit the trade of Macon and adjoining counties. Among
which are
Silk Robes Double Jupe,
Silk Robes Volantts,
Silk Robes a Lee.
Fancy Silks in great variety,
Plain anil Figured Black, do.
DeLaineand Marino Robe a Lez,
Plain and Figured DeLaines,
Poll de Chevres, Plain anil Figured Merinos,
Poplins, Mourning.* various other styles of Dress Goods.
Lace, Swiss, Cambric and Pique Sets,
Collars, liandke'chiets, Embroderies,
Dress Trim: .ngs, Ribbons,
Cloaks bawls, Sk.rts, and a full assort
m .t of
Stap 1 e Goods,
Which we offer to sell on the most favorable terms. Please
call and examine. A. hi. I*liU i>liKN A 4 O.
oct I—ts1 —ts tfraiiite Block, Macon, Ga.,
BAULBBURY,
Block, Op. I.anicr lloumc,
MACON, GA.
lIAKES pleasure in informing his customers and buy
. ers generally, tiiat he is now prepared to offer one of
the most elegant and attractive stocks of
Fall and “Winter Cloods,
For Gentlemen’s wear, that can be exhibited in the city.
He lias in his employ one of the He Mt Cu 11 ers Siilll li
Os fifeu York, and can execute all orders in the most
approved style and at short notice, oct 20—ts
AT PAR RE ITS.
1 8 S 8.
\V e 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 he con
vinced. W. W. PARKER & CO.
oct 13
Ladies’ Cloaks!
mil IS Day, Just opened another large lot of those Very
I IliindHonie Velvet and Clivlh < leaks, at
oct 20 PUIKEU’X.
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AT WUOLESALE.
J. B. &. VV. A. ROSS
Are now receiving a Large and well selected
Stock of Foreign and Domestic Dry
GOODS,
For the Fall and Winter Trade,
To which they invite the attention of Merchants.
oct 27
To Planters and Merchants.
\\fi: offer the following artic ?on very accommoda-ng
\ j terms:
1000 rolls Gunny Bagging,
jH'iVaVr! ts* fotaVrws,
410 bales heavy Gunny Bagging,
1,100 coils Richardson’s Green Leaf Rope,
1000 pounds Twine, 175 barrel sugar,
200 sacks Coffee all qualities.
150 boxes Candies all qualities,
100 “ Soap, 75 boxes Starch, 100 boxes Candy,
100 “ Soda, 125 kegs Na Is, 150 bales Osnaburgs,
50 bales Georgia Kerseys, 25 bales Yarns,
100 bales Brown Sheetings and Shirtings,
‘25 hhds. Molasses 20 barrel, Syrup,
Large Stock of Fresh and new
DRY GOODS,
daily receiving in store whieh we will sell at living rates,
consisting o’ the following :
20 cases Prints, 15 eases Ginghams,
lnoo pieces Merinoes, Delanes, • hally and Alpacas,
12o(rdozen Hosiery,
25 bales Marlboro and other domestic Stripes,
10 hales Tickings, 10 cases Linaeys,
10 eases Flannels, 525 pieces Satinet* and Jeans,
150 pieces Cassimers, 50 pieces Fancy and Black Silks,
SuO 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 ttie patronage of the public,
ect 27 J. B. & W, A. ROSS.
For Sal**.
1X1 VE HUNDRED Doz. Georgia Buckets,
. 25 “ Northern “
10 dozen Broom*, 10 nest Tubs,
fiO Half Bushel Measures,
10 tons Iron, 5 tons Castings,
sacks Family and SuperlintfFlour,
100 Boxes Tobacco all qualities,
40,000 pounds Bacon Hog round.
It) barrels Nuts, bo boxes Raisins,
100 boxes Cheese, 10 kegs Goshen Butter.
With every article called lor in the Grocery line, except
ing liquors.
We would respectfully solicit a call from purchasers as we
can make it to their interest to patronize us.
oct 27 J. B. A W. A. ROES.
HARDEMAN & GRIFFIN,
ARE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
Fall and AVinter Stock,
a r r their olil stand. Their Stock consist in part of the
iV following goods, to which they invite the utteniion of
Merchants and Planters,
50 Bales Gunny Cloth,
2"0 Coils Richardson Hope,
1000 Pounds Baling Twine,
150 Bags Collee—Java, Port Rico, Rio and Laguira,
10 Chests Black and Green Tea,
75 Barrels ABAC Sugar,
25 “ Crushed and Powdered Sugar,
6 Boxes Loaf Sugar,
15 Hogsheads Fidfc Port Rico,
800 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
100 Sacks Alum Salt,
150 Boxes Adamantine Candles,
40 “ Sperm “
75 Boxes No. 1 Soap,
20 “ Family Toilet Soap,
85 “ Assorted and Fancy Candy,
125 Kegs Nails,
60 Boxes Starch,
100 Jars Snuff,
50 Whole, Half and Quarter Kegs of Powder,
100 Bags Shot,
100,000 Cigars, various brands,
60 Boxes Tobacco,
20 Cases Magnolia and Combination Tobacco,
20 Bales Osnaburgs and Stripes,
5 Cases Hoirspun, Bleached,
10 Bales Georgia Kersey,
5 “ Northern “
15 “ Blankets, all prices,
60 Baskets Piper’s llenlsick Wine,
75 Cases Ginger and Blackberry Wine and Brandy,
50 Barrels Rye and Corn Whiskey,
10 “ Extra Old Bourbon,
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 Curb. Soda,
80 Barrel* and Boxes Soda and Butter Crackers,
25 Boxes Herrings,
6 Sacks Ashton’s Table Salt,
10 Well Buckets,
26 Doz. Blue Buckets,
10‘ Nests of Tubs,
80 Doz. Wool Hats,
20 Boxes Leverlti Axes,
10,0OC Pounds White Lead and Zinc,
100 Barrels Linseed Oil,
10 “ Tanners’ and Machine Oil,
Also a line lot of Chrome Green, Yellow, Prusian Blue,
Terra de Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ac., Paints and Varnish
Brushes and Sash Tools.
Macon, Bept. SO, —y
Sundries Received ami for sale l>y
J. A R. MASSETT.
f\f\ BBT 8. of Magnolia Whisky,
AV/U do x. xx. xxx. St, Louis Whiskey,
’3 do Old Burbou Whisky,
do Nectar Whisky,
c do Pennsylvania Malt Whisky,
„> do N.E. Rum,
Xu do Plielp’s Gin,
20 do American Brandy,
Pipes Brand Gloire De Cognac,
2X do. of J. J- B. Six Brandy,
2>£ do. do. Signet do.,
1 \ J. Jupry A Cos., Brandy
2 do. Holland Gin,
25 Boxes of Lemon Syrup.
Also, together with a full assortment of all other articles
In the Grocery line, now in store and daily receiving, and
for sale as low as any house in Macon. fang HMfl
Cltecse.
BOXES best Western Cheese, in store and for sale
low by (dec 8) McCALLLE A JONES.
Xew €rop Siitfar & Syrup for Sale.
/ fr mi JjS. choice N. O. Syruu in prime order,
O') 25 Hhdi. N. O. Sugar, choice quantity,
115 Bbls. Georgia ribbon Cane Syrup, warranted to be
superior to Stewart* Extra Golden Syrup.
dec 29 J. B. k W. A. ROSS,
pr Telegraph and Cltisea copy.
SPEECH OF
HOY. HUMPHREY MARSHALL,
Dedlivkred in the House ok Representatives.
January 19th, 1859.
Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky. Mr. Chairman,
when the member from Maine, who sits on my
right, [Mr. Washburn,] finished his speech, a few
days since, upon the mission and duty of the Re
publican party, I tried to obtain the floor to im
provise a reply to it. Failing in that effort, I have
waited the publication ot the speech, and have giv
en ft an attentive perusal. It is a representative
speech. It assumes a tone of suggestive advice,
which denotes at once the solicitude of the concil
lor and the reserved authority of the commander.
Replete with promises of reward to the faithful and
of penalties to the disobedient, the very style of
that speech asserts the prerogative of leadership
and discards the equality of fellowship. It was
written out in advance of its delivery, and was
merely read here pro forma. It was meant lor
the country. It was pronounced with a deliber
ateness and precision of emphasis which made its
general tone authoritative; indeed, the member
spoke ex cathedra. His frequent use ot the terms
“ oligarchy” and oligarchic” served a different pur
pose than merely to string together unusual words;
they pointed out the connection of his speech with
one delivered Ht Auburn, somewhat more than a
year since, bv a distinguished leader of the Repub
lican partv, who represents the ►'tate of New York
in the other wing of the Congress. Roth are min
erals from the same mine ; particles of the same
system ; music from two instruments, hut compos
ed by the same master ; emulations from one in
tellect, only diversified in the effectiveness of the
production, bv being published through different
channels. ‘* * * * * _ *
The following propositions characterize the
speeches to which I am replying.
1. The great problem to be solved under our
system is, whether our Government shall be a con
federacy of republics, or of oligarchies —of democ
racies, or of aristocracies.
2. Whether the States shall advance under the
bounding spirit of freedom, or languish under the
blighting influence of slavery.
S. Whether we shall reduce the Declaration of
Independence to a practical governmental truth,
or leave it to fill a niche in the temple of political
philosophy merely.
I ask my countrymen to examine for themselves
how the decision of either or of all these theories
is to be attained in practice, and, if attained, how
can they affect their country in its career ? When
gentlemen characterize the slaveholding States as
oligarchies rather than republics or democracies—
this epithet is applied with intent to obtain a lev
erage in the minds of the laboring masses of the
free States by producing their discontent; and
through that discontent either to urge those mas
ses to interfere with these oligarchical institutions”
of the slvaeholding States, despite constitutional
obligations, or to assume an exclusive control over
the destines of embryo States that may become
hereafter members of the Union. The first of
these objects politicians emphatically deny. They
say, on the contrary, they would protect the right*
of the matter in States where slavery obtains. As
to the second, they admit that, being opposed to
the extension of slavery in the Territories, they
feel that everything in the power of the people of
the free Slates should be done to prevent that ex
tension.
I know people of the free States do not like sla
very; I know they are opposed to an extension of
slavery. I neither seek to change their opinion,
nor to prevent its free expression. But just at this
point let me ask, have the people of the free
man’s uteywirrr, wtrowgn congressional itrWvu, ,
prevent the extension of slavery in the Territories.
This question is one, not of uegrophilisin, but of
constitutional right, and political expediency. It
is not to be fairly decided by mere impulse of feel
ing, but its decision rests on the constitutional
sanctions under which we live, and upon which the
States and people of this country have established
their political relations to each other. It is not a
question of ethics or of philanthropy ; but one of
political rights and power only. Now, I ask niv
countrymen of the free States if this question has
not been heard and decided often enough to be
considered settled? It was decided in 1852, by
the Whig and Democratic parties voluntarily adopt
ing, in national conventions, resolutions to stand
by the principles of the compromise of 1850.
Southern men seem to have thought they were
again deciding this question when they voted for
the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854. Northern mCn
who voted for that act were willing to regard it as
a judicial question, llow far the right to carry a
slave into a Territory extends, has been since ju
dicially decided by the highest constitutional tri
bunal we have.
We are told that the Dred Scott case has been
misinterpreted ; that this point was not before the
court; what the “slaveholding judge” said was
mere obiter dicta ; and finally, that the political
power of Congress cannot be controlled by a co
ordinate department of the Government. But
these exceptions to the decision will not avail. The
Supreme court is a constitutional tribunal, to Inst
as long as the Government of the United States ;
and it has pronounced its opinion on the point in
question, not onlv unmistakably as a court, but
with such force in the separate opinions of its
members, both from free and slave States, that
there is no longer any doubt of the views of the
tribunal. It is the supreme law until that decision
shall be reversed.
The American party placed its dictum also on
record through its national council against the
continuance of this agitation. How can a point be
settled if this has not been settled? I present the
action of Conyress, whereby this asserted power
was repudiated and its exercise refused. I present
the action of the people through national conven
tions, endorsing, accepting, and guarantying this
congressional decision, and pledging the country
to stand by and sustain it. I might cite a later
case, in which men of all parties came together to
vote for the Crittenden-Montgoruerv amendment—
a bill drawn upon the principles of the legislation
of 1850, which commanded the majority of this
House at the last session. After so many and so
often-repeated declarations of tribunals, courts,
Congress and people, what must we think of the
pertinacity which now seriously proposes “to fight
our battles o'er again ?” I respectfully submit to
the people of the free States that it is an overdralt
upon their prejudices, which should be protested
by their patriotism and intelligence.
It is nothing more nor less than an effort to alo
litionize the Republican party ; for it places in their
mouths new dogmas of the most radical stamp,
which far surpass anything that party has here
tofore professed as cardinal. Sir, we were told,
two years since, at least by the Americans who
were then acting with the Republican party, but
claiming to be Americans, that the mission of the
Republican party would be ended when the destiny
of Kansas should be settled; that it originated in,
and was limited to, opposition to the introduction
of slavery into Kansas. This was its only purpose.
Because the people of the free States were indig
nant at the repeal of the Missouri compromise act
of 1820, they then determined that slavery should
not make an advantage from a proceeding which
they deemed aggressive and marked by bad faith.
Now the detiny of Kansas is settled; the Repub
lican organization has no further mission to per
form, consistently with the design in which it was
originated. Men have now an opportunity to bait
and to take new observations. At this point of
time and opportunity I address myself to the
Americans of the free States particularly, under the
hope that they will seriously consider their duty
and that they will now choose definitely between
the conservatism of Americanism and the radical
ism and abstractions of an abolitionized Republi
can organization.
Heretofore, I have understood their position
and the tendencies which controlled them. I could
casilv comprehend that a man, professing all the
material tenets of the American doctrine, at the
same time felt all the opposition to the repeal of
the Missouri compromise, which was so general a
sentiment among the people of the free States. I
can see how such a man, adhering to the Ameri
can cause, thought there was no inconsistency in
maintaining the other proposition likewise. I can
understand how he became committed to a cur
rent, whose velocity be could not resist and whose
direction he could not control, until he stood be
fore the countrv apparently so Republieanizod that
the light of his Americanism shone as a farthing
candle only, compared with the intensity Os his
republicanism. But, sir, the vote of Kansas on
the Lecompton constitution has settled all doubt as
to the will of the Kansas people. Hereafter no
partv, and no considerable body of any party, out
of Kansas, will seek to interfere in the disposition
of the slavery question by Kansas. The will of the
Kansas people will be carried out, and Kansas will
I come into the Union, as a State, under such con-
stitution as shall express the voice and command
the acquiescence of the people who are to live un
der it. That contest is closed ; even the distin
guished Senator from New York announces that it
is closed ; the leading Democrats of the South re
cognize it as closed. I hope I may be pardoned
for an expression of my own thankfulness that it
has been so settled as to vindicate the great prin
ciple* ot non-intervention and popular sovereignty,
which were canonized by the legislation of 1850.
In this exigency what should become of the Re
publican organization ? If the avoidance of slave
ry extension to Kansas, because that would have
been violative of the provisions of the Missouri
Compromise act, was tho sole cause of the origin
of that organizatiou, shall it cease when its real
mission has been fulfilled ? Or shall it erect new
altars before which its members shall be called to
worship ? adopt new banners, which its masses
shall be required to follow ? The latter course is
palpably the determination of those with whom
the gentlemen from Maine and Ohio act. And
that determination on tbeir part is a summons to
all the Americans of the free States, conservative
men of the free_Stales, to choose now between a
political array guided by these leaders, upon mere
abstractions to radical sectional purposes, and to
ultimate overwhelming defeat, and that moderate
practical school of politics which seeks harmony
between the different sections of the Republic, hy
recognizing the rights of all sections, and by work
ing for the general good, with patriotic zeal that
comprehends the interest of each part of the
country as the greatest good of the whole.
The theory of the Senator from New York may
be summed up thus :
1. Slaveholding States are oligarchies, and, as
such, are not consistent with that republican equal
tv which should exist between men who live under
democratic institutions.
2. Slaveholders, being oligarchists, prefer an
aristocracy to a democracy ; and their efforts in
the history of the Government of the United
States, proving them to be aggressive, cites all
who love democracy rather than oligarchy and
aristocracy, to present an opposition to slavehold
ers.
3. History and example prove that there must
be homogeneousness of labor in a country govern
ed under one political system ; therefore, tee must
ultimately all be free, or all be slaves ; and this
fact being accepted as axiomatic, the corollary
from it is, that all free people in the free States
should unite in one effort to put down slavehold
ers in this Government, or, at least, to assume con
trol of its policy iiud future destiny, regardless of
the views, interests, or wishes of slaveholders.
4. There being no sentence in the English lan
guage, it would be politic to employ exactly the
result to llow from the practice upon the foregoing
political views and purposes, we had best rest the
new organization on the general principle, “ all
men are created equal, and are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable rights, amongst
which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi
ness..’ This will be like Napoleon, who “ assum
ed the empire to protect the liberties of France.”
Now, I respectfully submit to the people of the
free States that these propositions disclose an in
tent to practice, under a vague generality, upon a
theory of absolute hostility to slavery as it exists
in our country, which is at war with the compro
mises of the Constitution, the character and origi
nal basis of the Government of the United States,
and which can by possibility prove successful only
upon a dismemberment of the Union, and the ruin
of that political edifice which was constructed by
our forefathers for the benefit of their posterity.
I need not multiply words to exhibit the charac
ter and purpose of this school of politics. It is
exposed as plain and undisguised abolitionism by
the very statement of its own dogmas. It is the
abolition element of the Republican party seeking
to lead and control that organization to its own
purposes, under its name, to revive and pursue a
theory heretofore repelled and repudiated by the
good sense and patriotism of the people of the
free States.
The answer to this whole theory may be briefly
summed up thus : our forefathers, inhabiting the
British Colonies in America, by common effort,
achieved independence and formed a Confedera
tion. In most of the colonies w’hich then com
bined, slavery was an existing fact. In the subse
quent establishment of the Government under the
Constitution of the- United States, this fact was
left “where it was found, to be controlled by the
separate municipalities in which it existed ; no
further note being taken of it in the Constitution
than the provision touching the extradition of fu
gitives from service, the power to repress the slave
trade, and the representation accorded to three
fifths ot the colored population. This last provis
ion was a compromise made by slaveholders with
statesmen from the North, who insisted upon the
representation of the whole of that population. —
The explanaton of this effort on their part is found
iu the single fact that representation and direct
•taxation were established as co-relativcs by our
Constitution ; and the northern statesmen of that
day were solicitous to expose as large a surface oi
their neighbors as possible to the burden of main
taining the Government. The practice of sup
porting Government by a tariff of duties on im
ports shut off the slave population from a direct
taxation upon their value, and left in operation
only their political representation ; a result which,
examined alone, seems to leave no corresponding
equivalent to the North, but w hich has in fact se
cured fortune and power to that section, through
the encouragement given to mechanical and manu
facturing industry which has found its permanent
home in the midst of the North, under the well
directed energy of that people.
When gentlemen from the free States at this day
characterise the institutions of the slave States as
oligarchic or aristocratic, will they answer if they
are more so now than they were when the Con
federation existed, or when the Constitution was
adopted ? And if, finding fault with these fea
tures, they would make them cause for a crusade
against slaveholders, will they not admit that their
position invokes a censure upon those men who in
the ancient times entered into those constitutional
obligations with these oligarchies that established
the very relations which exist to-day ? How can
those relations be changed without disunion, or
usurpation of power within the Union ? If these
men will avow disunion as their purpose, the pa
triotism of the people of Maine even, will soon
dispose of their theory and of them. If they will
avow usurpation of power contrary to constitu
tional obligation, will not the people whom they
address spurn their counsels and maintain their
own plighted faith to brethren and countrymen ?
There is no concession in the Constitution by
which these gentlemenror their constituents can
legitimately interfere with the institutions of a
State w hicli are republican in form, or in any man
ner control a State in the adoption of a given sys
tem of domestic labor. They declare that they
do not seek to interfere with slavery in States
where it exists—that there they would extend to it
all the protection secured by the Constitution.—
They aver that they only seek to prevent its ex
tension to Territories. The argument already ad
verted to proves that this proposition is itself a
suggested usurpation of power not conferred on
Congress. I have already cited to this point the
results of several contests —contests in which these
very leaders were actually and actively engaged,
and in which they were defeated. Their theory has
been rejected not only because it recommends
usurpation, but it has been condemned by men
w ho refuse it on grounds of general political expe
diency.
There is another consideration bearing on the
view of my subject which of itself should secure
the rejection of this theory, and which exposes it
as a mere abstraction seized on by politicians fatally
bent upon mischief. Our country has extended
from east to west until its boundaries in that di
rection rest upon the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The States of California and Oregon have deter
mined against the inti oduction of slavery into their
borders. Minnesota has rejected it. Kansas has
also substantially settled the question for herself.
Texas has already determined future by the
voice of her people, and the resolut.ons of annex
ation. The Indians own and occupy the region
between Kansas and Texas. Utah und New Mexico
were created by the actoflßs<>. In the case of
‘Utah, I well remember the Wilmot proviso was
offered to the ‘ i'l as an amendment, and received
only some forty-eight notes. I cite this fact to
show that, after the passage of the New Mexico bill,
in 1850, with the guarantees it contains, there was
but an inconsiderable number of Representatives
here, even from the free States, who continued to
urge the power of Congress which the gentlemen
claim, and the expediency of its application to
Utah. In the free States, who that ever prole sed
ihat ardent love of the Union which should distin
guish a genuine American, will to day or hereafter
pull down and tear away the principles which were
I established in 1860, and which constitute the chief
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glory of that conservative Administratio * w hich*
under theauspicicesof Fillmore, Clay and Webster,
assisted by the the patriotism of Dicfcinsi n and
other Democrats, gave peace to a distract* and and
divided country.
I have adverted to the political s’atus of the
Pacific slope, that of Texas, Minnesota, Kansas,
and the Indian Territory, and to the guarantees to
New Mexico rnd Utah contained in the act- - l a so,
to bring before the popular mind the fact t, it they
cover inch of territory within the boundary
of the Union except that inconsiderable section
i embraced by the Gadsden purchase, known as tho
Mesilla valley. Having no*further power of con
tinental expansion in an eastern or western direc
tion, let us look to the north and south. Passing
the present cordon of free States, we find the
whole north in the hands of Powers quite able to
hold their possessions, and a climate, too, entirely
uninviting to the establishment of slavery. Any
professed expectation of its spread thither will be
condemned by ordinary intelligence as entirely
apocryphal. Looking to the south, we find a peo
ple of a different race from onr own involved in an
archy and civil wars, and unable to respond to any
national obligation. We find a climate and pro
ductions where slavery might be advantageously
employed in the development a>f the’ resources of
the land. Should it be the fate of our country to
he compelled to absorb a portion of Mexico, or even
the whole of it, there is no probability of its being
done at any early dav. When it is done, shall wo
be told by the people of the free States that they
stand on guard to prevent the States in that direc
tion from introducing eflawry, if the people inhab
iting them may desire to do so*? Why, even these
advocates of the theory of the Senator from New
York do not pretend to control the action of
States.’ and whenever any part of Mexico enters
our system, it will be absorbed by States. The
idea of a protectorate over a part of a State wdiich
the President has advanced, implying, as it does,
paralysis to the administrative functions of tho
State,will'never obtain. But, if those States como
into our Union, it will only happen when they
eotne as Texas did, with institutions already or
ganized. upon the character of which no question
can arise here. x
Looking, then, at our present condition and our
capacity of future expansion, I respectfully submit
that there is no excuse for the renewal of slavery
agitation. This country needs no legislation about
slaverv. The power of Congress requires no asser
tion on this distracting theme ; because the guaran
tees of existing law are already applied to every
foot of ground within the present Boundaries of
the Union. Where will these Republican leaders
find territory on which to make tangible applica
tion of their pecular dogmas? If any such place
exists, I appeal to the Democratic party, which now
holds the power both in this and at the other wing
of the Capitol, to bring forward bills at once to es
tablish territorial governments therein, consistently
with the principles which have been decided here
tofore in this forum, and in the judicial department
of the Government, principles upon the preserva
tion of which alone I do honestly believe the har
mony of the American Union can be preserved.
T wish that the sluices of possible future agitation
may be closed, and that the bitter waters of sec
tionalism mav be staved forever.
Mr. Chairman, I have nothing further to add, in
order to attest my steadfast opposition to the dog
mas asserted by those to whom I have been re
plying ; nothing w-hich could point out more clearly
than what I have said the broad and salient fact
that there can be no coalition between the politi
cians of that school and men who think as I do.
When the gentleman from Maine abandons his
obnoxious abstractions and sectional view, and *-hull
Irp rpudv to march upon a platform of broad, I tlioo
loving, ami practical statesmanship, that shall dis
card neerophili*m, and exhaust its benevolence
and its wisdom in some effort to restore tho coun
try to prosperity and to serve the interests of C e
white men who inhabit it, we may con :.::e ; but
on his idea, resistan e will last while I live.
The gentleman gave me to understand that if
we could not stand by the Republican pr'.ncipl. sas
he expounded them, Maine and New 1 ork and
other Ftntes would go into the possession * r the
Democratic partr. Fir, I have long suspected there
was but a single point of difference between Re
publicans like the gentleman from Maine, and the
Democrats. He confirms rnv suppo iricn by the
declaration that, if an opposition cannot be framed
upon the ideas announced in his speech touching
slaverv, we mav expect an exodus of his whole
tribe to the Democratic party. This means, I sup
pose, that on this question of the power of Con
gress over slavery alone, they differ; or, at least,
if the Republicans cannot win power on their own
basis, thev consider the Democratic party their
next best chance. I cannot contradict the gentle
man, nor dissuade him from his inclinations. I
can only sav to him that not even such a misfor
tune as a painful separation from him can produce
a modification of my principles: and when he ar
rives in the Democratic camp, I can only wish the
lenders of that organization much jov of the ac
quisition of anew patch to their political quilt,
which already exhibits nearly every color of the
rainbow.
The gentleman from Maine denounces an oppo
sition to Democracy based upon any other theory
than his own, as “ a contrivance which would go
to pieces immediately on being launched by the
American people.” He proposes, more sensibly, I
suppose, to administer the Government of this
country upon the single principle he has announc
ed, being the first sentence of the Declaration of
Independence, aceompained by a running commen
tary upon the wickedness of African slavery.—
When the American people install an Administra
tion upon his idea, there will he very little chance
of its failure by a quarrel over the spoils; for there
will be none to administer; more likely au oppor
tunity of “ lashing southern men into the Union,”
as has been promised among the interesting exer
cises of such au occasion.
Mr. Chairman, I think that I do not estimate
improperly the great volume of American senti
ment. I have seen the political storm blowing
with fearful violence before to-day. I have seen
the gentleman from Maine, and others of his peculiar
school, marshaling their hosts to the struggle over
these same issues, and I have seen them fall back,
beaten, discomfited, and overwhelmed. They nev
er fail to claim everything; they seldom win any
thing by their own unaided force. In the elec
tions which transpired last fall, they claim the re
turn of a large Republican strength ; whereas, I
understand the fact to be, that a large proportion
of the returns belong to the exertion of more con
servative men, and will come here to represent
more conservative and practical principles than
those enunciated by the members from Maine and
Ohio. It will remain for the opening of the next
Congress to determine the extent to which the
Republicanism of the gentlemen will exert a pow
er. I predict that it will never repeat the success
which once it achieved in this Hall, by reason of the
course pursued then bv the Democratic leaders. I
cannot bring myself to the belief that the party to
which the gentleman would yield the lead of the
Opposition, numbers more real strength to-day,
than when it supported Mr. Hale for the Presiden-
cv.
’To exhibit this fact, no more is wanting than
that the Americans and conservative men of the
free States, who do not intend to be led into an
other sectional contest, and who do not desire to
roll this stone of Sysiphus forever, shall take their
proper position, renew their devotion to piiuciiilea
which demand adoption for the good of their coun
try and refuse hereafter, candy and steadily, to
fuse with any and every species of radical stn.
The first thing to be doue—the first step to be
taken—must be taken bv the people at hoim.—
They should meet in primary assemblies, confer
freely with each other, sift and examinine the pro
posed bases for future action, select each man for
himself, the principles of administration he is ‘-ill- •
in l ’ to espouse, and then stand by tnese t~> the. c •;.
If a conservative national ticket can be formed
which w ill represent tlie ideas that succeeded in
1 s:SO in quieting the agitation of that rear, and
which were so well received by the whole country
last year, because they were built upon the si.mc
sound and national basis, then there will be room
to hope for tbe return of this country, from its
present awful condition, to an et a of well regulated
prosper.lv —but on the basis of tbe gentleman from
Maine and the Senator from New York, there is no
reason to hope ; and, indeed, it is creditable to the
good sense of the country that theie is no room
for hope.
Why. sir, it is shocking to hear a sectional con
test for the Presidency deliberately planned, and
proposed in this Hall ? What must be the hallu
cination which conceives that the American people
will, in cold blood, divide themselves by a section
al line upon a sectional question, having nothing
practical in its issue, and no foot of ground in the
Republic on which an application can be made of
tbe result ? Uis a mere abstract dogma; a dead