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J. KNOWLES and S. BOSE,
RIM TORS AND PROPRIETORS.
* * TOUCHING APPEAL * •
Let thoe who pnt tiippanily of disunion, read
the following thrilling appeal It Is from an Ad
dress recently delivered at Huntsville, Ala., by
the Hon. Jure Clemens. He says :
1 have so recently read the opinions of Gen.
Jackson in your hearing that I pass them over
tor the present. Indeed, it is hardly worth while
to addnce authority against the right of secession,
since, when conceded, it amounts to nothing more
tmn a right of self-destruction. It is at best the
poor right of sel#-murder-*-:ttended by all the
consequence* of that tinparrlnnable sin—grief and
shame and wretchedness to tliose who are most
dear to *, and who are best entitled to our pro
tecting care.
If secession could be peaceably effected—if the
Northern and Sou the in States could be by com
mon conent divided in'o two separate confedera
rits-4f not one drop of blood was shed, nor one
blade of grass destroyed in making the chauge,
it would trill bring unnumbered evils in its train.
There would be a standing army to be maintained
of not lets than 50,0u0 men, at a cost of
(OO fa.to per annum. A navy must be built up,
i .riff the money for that purpose dragged from the
l-wukcts of the people. There would be a long
line of frontier extending from the Atlantic ocean
to the western limit of Missouri, and from the
northern boundary of that Slate to the Rio
fraud*, which it would be necessary to stud with
niflitary piwts, and every mile of which would re
quire to be scoured by armed patrol*, for the
uonble purpose of enforcing the revenue laws and
prerantiog the escape of fugitive thvea. Every
harbor along the raat extent of sea coast, from
Delaware Bar to the mouth of the Hit) Gran Je,
would require an appropriation **f million* sot its
fortification The people would be ground down
by taxes, and demoralized by the constant pres
ence of troop* among them who acknowledged no
,e*rraints but tboae of military law. Incessant
qnsrrel* would grow up between you and your
Northern neighbors, and bloody wars would deso
late yoor frontiers, if they did not spread deal rue
lion through*, at every portion of yoor territory.
But, fellow -citizens, it is idle to talk of a sepa
ration of thin confederacy either peaceably or for
cibly. It in bound together by links too strong
tor human hands to break. You may create dis
turbance*—you may cut each oilier’* throats—its
turning fields may belaid waste, and its flourishiu-*
town# given up u> the dames, but the Union, in
some form, will endure forever. You may con
vert ft Ruo a grand consolidated despotism, but
you cannot dissever its parts. Ido not believe
that in the event of a civil war, the North can
conquer the South, or the South can conquer the
the North. What I fear is, that aome military
leaders will conquer i>oih—that weaned and im
poverished by exactions, and sickened by car
nage, the people will gladly welcome any change
which promises exemptions from such evils, and
give up the little liberty that is left them in lie
hope of repose. In any event you will .-till form
a part of toe same government—you will still be
long to the same country. In that respect jour
destiny is fixed. The dream ol a Southern con
federacy is the wildest vision that ever troubled
the brain of a moonstruck enthusiast—“ a dream
ltcrruiHcd by bloodv conilct* •!*•. row -****l
-and a vile dependence on foreign power.”
A reparation into two confederacies is an im
possibility as long as the Mississippi flows from the
North to the South, and a civil conflict once begun
ctn Lave but one termination. In the language
of Gen. Jackson, “ the victory of tho injured
would not secure to them the blessings of liberty ;
it would avenge their wrongs, but they would
themselves share in the common ruin.”
Believing this to be the condition to which you
nv-it be reduced by internecine war, I implore
you to pause, and cousider well before you allow
yourselves to be plunged into it. It is easy enough
to talk of laying down our lives upon the battle
field, for a punctilio, and allow me to add in no
spirit of vain boasting, that I know of nothing
which would be easier than to carry such & resolu
tion into effect, if we had ourselves alone to con
sider—if there were no considerations appealing
to our judgments, or affections, but such as relate
to ou( personal safety. But you and I are not in
that condition. There are others tor whose well
being we are bound to provide. If fraternal strife
does come, I shall endeavor to meet my share of
its dangers and responsibilities as firmly as the
mo.n fiery spirit among you. I will agree to
make every plain a battle-field, and every planta
tion a breast-work, and when all else has failed, I
will as cheerfully lay down my life upon the List
spot which is sacred to freedom. But I have no
love for such scenes, and no desire to become an
actor in them. I hold it to be the dutj of a good
cilizuu to look well at the consequences, before
plunging into revolution, either under the influence
of his own passions, or at the dictation of ambi
tious leaders. Conceding his full right to stake his
ow n life upon the desperate game, it is -till cer
tain that be has no right to trifle with the Uvea
and happiness of others. We have a ready ref
uge trow tyranny, but in tlie meantime what is to
become of that portion of our race to whom we
wr>- indebted for so many joys, aud to whom we
arc bound by so many ties ? What is to become
of the wife who sheds a haio around yoor fireside
these gentle and tender girls who are scattered
Uke lovely flowers through this assembly—or of
the litile ouee you have left at home in the sweet
cuyov meat of secure and peaceful sleep I They
are debarred by nature, and the customs of socie
ty, trow taking part in the fierce conflicts,
“ Where life !• low, sr freedom won.’*’
Ai.l when we have gone down to bloody, though
it may be honored graves, they will remain to be
come ll* victims, or the slaves of our murderers.
Ami wroug, then in asking you to be ceitain
that -ome intolerable grievance exists, for which
there is no other honorable redress, before becom
ing a party to dismtion * Lay vonr hands upon
your hearts, and tell me, if you can, what that
grievance is. What wrong arc you suffering ?
What oppression weighs upon yon ? The sun
which will rise to-morrow from behind yonder
mountains, in its long journey will shine upon no
land so happy, and so blessed as ours. It wilt
travel ou from continent to continent, sometimes
in joy, and sometimes in sorrow—looking down
upon the chained captive in one place—upon the
lordly proprietor in another —upon the widow’s
anguish in another, and the lover’s raptures in
another ; bat nowhere else will its beams be glad
dened by the presence of universal peace ; of
universal plenty ; and of universal freedom.—
Why then should you wish k> destroy the govern
ment under which, and by which, all this has been
secured ? What desire can you have to substitute
for that splendid aud glorious picture, a landscape
whose water* are tears, whose vegetation has
been blasted by fire, and whom- inhabitants have
been thinned out by the sword ?
Fxicttton or Rrr. Mi:. Bcazt.—The editor of
the Houston Telegraph ha* received a letter from
Otis G. Welch, Esq., of Denton, giiiug the partic
ulate of the execution of the Rev. Mr. Bubv, the
nan to whom the Daily letter addressed. lie
was trrested near Cwaavillc, Bear county, Mo., by
the fajeuevtlle Arkansas tgiUnec Committe-e and
■ent back on the overland stage to Sherman, aud
Iruta thence taken to Fort Worth, where he was
hung ou the saute tree on which Crawford met his
fate. The letter says that, on being shown the
Bailey letter, he confessed that he lost it, and that
it was lost while getting oats from a tuck near
where it was found. He refused to make any fur
ther diaeUtoures, saying that he knew they were
determined to hang him any way.
Death of Speaker Irvin.
The sad intelligence which we receired last
Hahnley of the death of Hon. I. T. Irvin speaker
of the (Georgia House of Jtcpreaanuuvea, is con
tinned. Away from home and family aud friends,
he has met a cruel death by drowning, having
jumped overboard of the boat whose boners hud
exploded. It is supposed that he must have been
sealed by the explosion, or otherwise Injured, and
that this prevented his usual coolness.
Mr. Irvia was a lawyer and planter, about forty
y**T af age, highly reaper table and beloved ra all
the riitiimi of Hfc. He was a man of fine talents
and ot upright character. For ten rears past he
Occupied a prominent place hi the political con
tests of Georgia, and last November was elected
Speaker of the House ot Representatives, which
position he tilted
midst of his usefulness, and with brightest proa
peets of the future, he has suddenly been removed,
leaving a dark void in the midst of his family,’
friends, sndjneighbors. Few better wren had
in Georgia than Isaiah T. Irvht. —CkranieU and
• *. ‘ •
How* u* roaru.sk.ia.—The Richmond Wkf
••y- that 1 aneey boldly proclaimed in his speech
at Bn h mood, \ irgiaia, that all the foreigners is
thL- country were Abakikmieta. What aay oor
Germ m and Irish IsAow-ciiixaus to Uus? Will
they follow the lead of soeh a man, who lianoaocrs
I * ra a- Abolitionists * We cannot believe they
Will. ”
# t . on. .National intelligencer of the Bth.
• I be Prlace of \t ale*
Took his departure on Saturday morning at near
tlx- *p|*>tnted hour of 10 o'clock, and after an af
fectionate leave-taking at the Executive Mansion
of the I’resident. Miss Lane, and the nephews of
toe President, and the warm reciprocal expression
by the parties of tbe kindest sentiments for each
other and their respective countries.
At the place of embarkation at the arsenal, there
were present all the members of the Cabinet and
other jK-r-ons of distinction, besides a numerous
attendance of citizens. A salute was fired in hon
or of the royal personage from the arsenal and
another from the navy yard, and soon after his
arrival and embarkation on I oard the Harriet
I.a no the steamer sped her way smoothly and rap
idly down the stream, with tbe British ensign at
the fore and. the American at the peak. At half
past one uVlock a sumptuous luncheon was served
on the quarter-deck, of which the Prince and his
party partook. *
The Harriet Lane came to anchor in front of
Aquia creek at three o’clock, when, bidding adieu
to CapL Fauuce and tbe officers of the steamer
and thanking them for their polite attention. Lord
Renfrew and party were rowed ashore in the cut
ters’s boats. Governor Floyd received them on
their landing and welcomed them to the State of
Virginia. A special train of three cat* was in
readiness, decorated with the Flags of England
4 iid America. I,ord Renfrew and bis suite then
took leave of Messrs. Floyd, Thompson, and Black,
and the other gentlemen who had accompanied
them thus tar on their journey, aud having taken
their places In the cara, the distinguished visitors
were soon on their way to the capital of Virginia.
The day could not have been more beautiful,
aud no more favorable occasion could not have
I tee ij furnished the royal travelers to become ac
quainted with the majesty of the Potomac river
and the beauty of it* scenery.
. More than once during the voyage down the
Potomac Lord Renfrew remarked what pleasure
Li-t “fa? in Washington had afforded him, and how
agreeably lie would remember his visit to the
President. He bear* with him the cordial good
wishes of those who have associated with him du
ring his btief stay among us, and from whom he
has won goldeu opinions by his amiable disposition
and graceful manners.
We learn that the party, at a boat six o’clock in
the evening, arrived at the Fair Grounds, two
miles distant from Richmond, where they were re
ceived by the Mayor and a committee previously
appointed for that purpose, and conveyed to tbe
city in barouches. They were then conducted to
the Exchange Hotel, where they were greeted by
a large assemblage of tbe people. Yesterday they
attended church io the morning, and in tbe after
noon visited some of the most prominent places in
the eity and vicinity.
A RnciWAT Patv.—The new* from Oregon is
that the Breckinridge and Lane members of the
.''enate ran away from their seats and struck for the
woods to prevent the election of two United States
Senators. The Breckinridge party is certainly a
runaway party. The Breckinridge delegates ran
away from the Charleston and Baltimore Couven
tious, tbe Breckinridge State Senators of Oregon
ran away from tbe election of U. S. Senators, Mr.
Breckiuridge and all his electors aud editors in
Keutucky and Tennessee run away from tbe Nor
folk quotiona, and th* mass of tbe Breckinridge
party ia the South gives notice that they will run
away front the Union if tbe Prdsidential election
doesn’t result to suit them.— Lou. Journal.
lhn lil.l. I’mn'O 1),. J.n.ol'. ilaiuMe
lon, editor of the Southern Confederacy, published
at Atlanta, Ga., arrived iu this city at one o’clock
to-day. lie is just from Chicago. He exhibited to
us in Douglas <*e* hambrriting, the following fist
of appointments, at which time and place Douglas
will address tbe peoplo:
Memphis. Tenn., Wednesday, October 24.
Huntsville Ala., Thursday, Oct. 26.
Nashville, Ten a., Friday, Oct. 26.
l’hlUnoo(j, Tf-nii., iMlur.iaj, Dot *7.
Kingston, Ga., Monday, Oct. 29.
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday Oct. 30.
Macon Ga., Wednesday Oct. 31.
Columbus, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 1,
Montgomery, Ala., Friday, Nov. 2.
.Selma, Ala., Saturday, Nov. 3. *
Mobile, Ala., Monday, Nov. 5.
[Chattanooga Gazette, 9th.
Tuf. Apprehended Caisia.—We find the follow
ing paragraphs in an exchange :
The Central Bank of Montgomery, Ala., has de
termined not to discount any more paper until af
ter the election. The Mail says that fears of a
depreciation of property, in case Lincoln should be
elected, has led to this course.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Georgia Air Line railroad, recently held in Atlanta,
Ga., the following resolution was adopted :
Hr solved, That in view of the unsettled state of
public affairs, and the depression in the financial
condition of the country consequent thereon, that
the progress of the Georgia Air-Line railroad be sus
pended until the next meeting of this board and
that this board now adjourn ‘to meet at this place
on Tuesday, the 27th day of November next, at
ten o’clock, a. m.
Cosrtrsiox or a Northerner.— A correspon
dent of the New York Herald travelling in Georgia,
transmits the following :
Returning from a brief and searching visit to the
interior plan tatioos, your correspondent has arrived
at these conclusions :
1. That the Northern people labor under the
grossest ignorance in regard to the relations of
roaster and slave on the plantations.
2. That intense excitement existain all the iso
lated districts in regard to the movements of the
Abolitionists at the North.
3. That the agricultural population is rife for
revolution and separation.
4. That if Lincoln is elected, men can he found
ready to go to Washington, and, by force, prevent
his inauguration. And,
5. That there already exists an armed league,
pledged to this and other purposes hostile to Lin
coln's government.
Tuf. Pro rosin Fusion m Virginia a Faiiar*:.
The Douglas Men. tend a Messenger to JJreckin
ridge.—The Richmond (Va.) Whig says :
The Breckinridge and Douglas Committees were
in ession in this city on Friday and Saturday, and
after coquetting with each other for two whole
day*, came to the conclusion that a fusion be
tween the two wings was utterly impracticable.—
Hie proposed fusion scheme, therefore, has prov
ed to be a terrible failure.
From wbat we bear, the Douglas men obtained
a decisive advantage over the Breckinridge men,
throwing all the onus ot disorganization and fac
tiousness on the latter. Proposition after propo
sition for a reconciliation between the two wings
was made by the Douglas men, and declined by
the Breckinridge men.
We understand, also, that the Douglas Commit
tee have dispatched a messenger to Kentucky,
who carries with him a request to Mr. Breckinridge
to an-wer the Norfolk questions. This is a splen
did diplomatic movement ou the part of the Doug
las men, and will result, in any event, in adding
thousands of votes to (he Douglas party.
We hear, also, that the Committee waited on
Governor Letcher in a body, and that the Gover
nor addressed them in a vigorous and earnest
speech, declaring that his sympathies were entire
ly with them, and that he felt the deepest possible
interest in the success of Douglas and the Douglas
cause. • *
A literary journal remarks that in political ar
ticles! and speeches at the present time there Is a
fearful predominance of metaphors drawn from
“ bayonets” and “ hemp.” The amount of stab
inivg and hanging (by pen and tongue) is horrihle
to contemplate. Thus at a meeting at Knoxville,
Tennessee, between Parson Brownlow and Mr.
Yancey, the former said :
When tbe Secessionists go to Washington to
dethrone Lincoln, I am for seizing a bayonet and
forming an army to resist such an attack, and they
shall walk over my dead body on their way,”
To which Mr. Yancey valorously replied :
“ If my State resists I shall go with her, and if
1 meet tbia gentleman (pointing to Mr. Brownlowi
marshalled with bis bayonet to oppose us, I’ll
plunge my bayonet to the hilt through and through
his heart and feel no compunctions for the act, and
thank my God my country has been freed from
such a foe.’’ ,
“ Bacon! Bacor ! Bacon !"—The South is told
to -uomit to the leprous rale of abolition, becaufce,
otheiwtee, boron will be high ! Gen. Marion lived
in swamps aud fed on potatoes, for months, daring
the revolution. MV require plenty of bacon at
low figures ! How are long coHards in the mar
ket *— itontgomery Mail.
We think It would be well for the Mail to
change its diet. It has evidently been feeding
upon horse-radish and cayenne-pepper long enough.
We tna* upon the move conservative diet of po
tatoes and coHards, bio politics will improve, as
well as hi- general health. He is now evidently a
dyspeptic.
MACON, GEORGIA :
Wednesday, October 17, 1860.
■—l —— iTTi — 1 ■ irll *
Constitutional Cnlon Ticket.
FOR I*HFSIIKNT,
JOHN JiKLL,
OF TRNNRfifffr*.
FOB VIOE-ll FA I DEBIT,
KI)\VA nl> KV K H ETT,
OF MAiSACHWETTS.
PLATFORM:
“ Tlie ( on*! i tut ion of the Country, the
Fnlou of the State* uiixl the I'nt'orrcnient
of the Lnu,>
ELECTORAL TICKET.
ROR THE STATE AT LA ROE !
\t IL, LI AVI LAW, of f’liitihnni.
M. If. It I LI., of Troup.
A I.TERN ATCS :
MINES HOLT, of .Vliiht-ogee.
CiAK N ETT AN UU t. US, of Wilkes.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Samuel B. Spencer, of Thomas, F.lector.
Edward B. Way, of Liberty, Ist. Alternate.
Dr. T. A. raisons, of Johnson, 2nd. Alternate.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Marcellus Douglas, of Kandol|>h, F.lector.
W. H. Robinson, of Macon, Ist. Alternate.
P. J. Slroticr, of Dougherty, 2nd. Alternate.
THIRD DISTRICT.
L. T. Doyal, of Spalding, Elector.
John T. Stephens, of Monroe, Ist. Alternate.
Charles Goode, ot Houston, 2nd. Alternate.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
W. F. Wright, ol Coweta, Elector.
W. C. Mabry, oflleard, Ist. Alternate.
John M. F.dge, of Campbell, 2nd Alternate.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Josiali R. Parrot, of Cass, Elector.
Thos. <l! Mcl aibnd, of Walker, Ist. Alternate.
RichM W. Jones, of Whitfield, 2nd. Alternate.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
11. P. Bell, ot Forsyth, Elector.
McDaniel, of Walton, Ist. Alternate.
‘S. J. Winn, bf Gwinnett, 2nd. Alternate.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Dr. I. E. Dupree, of Twiggs, Elector.
B. T. Harris, of Hancock, Ist. Alternate.
M. W. Lewis, of Greene, 2nd. Alternate.
EIGHT DISTRICT.
LaFayette Lamar, of Lincoln, Elector.
John K. Jackson, of Richmond, Ist. Alternate.
Daniel E. Roberts, of Scriven, 2nd. Alternate.
COTTON VI AItK FT .
Cot'on stills comes in freely, and, we ate glad
to learn, sells. We quote 8 and lOg as extremes.
WEATHER, HEALTH, BUSINESS, Ac.
After a long season of unusually warm and op
pressive weather, we arc at last relieved by cool,
bracing air and frosty mornings. The drought,
however, continues, and wells aud springs are very
low, where they have not failed altogether.
Tbe health of Macon, has been remarkablv good,
and although tlie fall trade opened rather tardily,
our streets now present quite an auimated aspect.
There is some talk about hard times; but in pass
Ing up Mulberry street, about noon, and looking
at the crowds which throng the stores and shops
on that street —and wc presume the same is true
of other central Streets of trade—tho observer
will see that the ladies of Macon still “ have some
thing nice to wear.” or ir they ,m., i..
them look at our advertising columns—where the
names of appreciative merchants can always be
found, and they will obserre that the gentlemen
as well as the ladies have still something where
withal to be clothed. In fact, as Cotton comes
in briskly, we look for bright aud prosperous times.
Every heart, at least, should be thankful for the
health and prosperity which Heaven still continues
unto us.
WHAT WILL GEORGIA DO 1
In the event of Lincoln’s eleotion, the question
is asked—What will Georgia do ? Some of the
Breckinridge papers and leaders, we observe, ad
vocate immediate disunion. The success of the
black republicans will, undoubtedly precipitate
this fearful issue upon us, aud whilst we shall in
dulge ia no feeliag of bitterness towards those
who advocate immediate disruption—for the South
will have great provocation—we shall urgo the ut
most deliberation in meeting an issue so momen.
tous. As the people— all the people —are vitally
interested in this question, it should be submitted
for their decision. Any action in advance of such
decision would be improper and indiscreet. They
should not,the v will not be “ precipitated into re
volution” against their own free will.
COTTON PLANTERS 1 FAIR.
We publish to-day the urraugenieuis for this Ex
hibition, which promises to be large and attractive.
We are requested to say that the Committee ap
pointed to make collections will soon call upon
our citizens for contributions, and hope to find
them ready to respond.
REMOVALS.
Mr. Bostick is again “at home,” in his new and
elegant Store on Mulberry Street, where he has a
very large and attractive stock of Fancy and
Staple Goods, which we know he will be glad to
get out of his way in time for his Spring invoices.
Look in upon him.
We forgot last week to direct attention to Mr.
Peters’ notice of removal to the same Street.—
See Advertisements.
NEW MUBIC
Mr. Burke has placed upon our table two pieces
of Music—one entitled the Columbian* Waltz ,
composed by IT. Loehr, Professor of Music in the
Academy for the Blind, aud Instructor in Mr.
Branham’s School, in this city. Also, Garibaldi's
Quick Step , by the same composer. For sale at
the Methodist Depository.
Diksmorf’s Railroad akd Steam Navigation
Glide, has just come to hand. It contains much
valuable information, especially to the travrder.—
Price 25 cents. Address Pinsmore & Cos., No.
9, Ppruce street, Now York.
A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT.
There is some apprehension that one or more
States will seee<le in the event of Lincoln’s elec
tion ; and the question is asked will they be co
erced back again, by Federal power * Now whilst
we deprecate aud oppose disunion and secession,
so long as the free States are suffered to nulify
with impunity, the fugitive slave law, it would be
a somewhat dangerous experiment for them to at
tempt forcibly to retain a seceding slave State.—
Massachusetts, Vermont, New York and other free
States are pretty examples of loyalty, certainly.—
They should say as little as possible about South
rn rebels and traitors.
THE ELECTION.
Thus far the majority for Curtin in Pennsylvania
is 82,024. The Congressmen elected are divided
thus: Republicans, 20 ; Democrats s—a5 —a gain for
the Democrats of 2. The new Legislature will
probably stand as follows:
Senate —People’s 24 Democratic 9
House —People’s C 7 Democratic 83
Joint Ballot. .......91 42
Ohio gives the Repaldienn* about 18,000 majori
ty, the same as given to Dennison for Governor
last year. The Democrats hold their own every
where. The new Congressional delegation will
stand 12 Republicans and 9 Democrats—a Demo
cratic gain of 3.
Indiana has been carried by the Republicans by
upwards of 15,000 majority. The Republicans
have elected 7 and the Democrats 4 Congressmen.
The Legislature is largely Republican.
The Republicans have secured two new Senators
in the place* of Messrs. Fitch and Bigler, by these
results. * 1
A SUGGESTION
That the continued agitation of the slavery I
question by public discussions, is rendering our •
servile population more or less restive, Is generally ,
admitted. At the fast Presidential contest, many
believed that the election of Fremont would give :
them freedom. Our reader* have not forgotten ‘
the painful incidents which occurred in Tennessee
subsequent, to that struggle- H hether any or
what agencies may be now at work to infuse iuto
this simple minded and credulous people a spirit of
revolt, we know not. But wo counsel the exer
cise ot such vigilance and preparation as are oou
•ixtent with prudence and humanity, between this
and the first of December next. An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure. There is no
occasion for alarm- —there is for precaution.
Since writing the above, the Milledgeville papers
have come to band, containing a report from Muj.
Gen. J. W. A. Sandford, to Gov. Brown, in regard
to the proper measures to be adopted to place the
State in a condition of safety and defence. It
embodies the views of one of our oldest Generals
as well as most patriotic citizens. We regret that
this able document came to hand too late for the
present issue. It shall appear next week.
LET US BE HOPEFUL.
Tho election returns from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and Indiana seem to have produced quite a panic
in certain quarters. They certainly are not very
promising ; still they might be worse. Besides,
in Pennsylvania, local interest and local issues
aided to swell the majority of Curtin. He was not
strictly speaking a black republican candidate—
but the People’s. We have some faint hope tha*
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, will be
carried by the Union ticket. But suppose Lincoln
should carry them all and be elected ? What
then ? We have still tho Senate, anti perhaps the
Hon.se—as there are democratic gains of Con
gressmen in Pennsylvania and Ohio. We still
have also the Supreme Court. So that Lincoln
will be powerless for evil if elected.
Let us then not prematurely give up the ship.—
We trust our Government under a good Provi
dence, will still live. That “ the everlasting ne
gro” will be permitted to quit politics, and, unmo
lested, to cultivate cotton ; and his northern
friends mind their own business and spin their
own yarns. Drive the negro from politics and
then we may hope to have peace. Let us be hope
ful
IN BAD TASTE
We learn from the Nashville Gazette of Friday
last.that “ pursuant to notification there was at
12 o’clock last night in the vicinity of the Gazette
Building, a meeting of those citizens of Davidson
county, who, prompted by a patriotic disposition
to serve their country 1 at all hazards aud to the
last extremity,’ are willing publicly or privately
to avow their readiness to accept office under the
Hon. Abe Lincoln, in case of the election of that
ugly and illustrious gentleman to the Clucl Mag
istracy of the American Confederacy. T'ie at
tendance, as indicated above, was large, but, we
regret to say, that owing to the shortness of the
notification, together with a foolish fear enter
tained by some that Mr. L. might not possibly be
the ‘coming man,” the crowd present was not cn
tirely so voluminous as the friends of the m ove
ment had reason to anticipate. This, though, was
not a serious damper upon the glory of the occa
sion. There were present enough of brave men
with strong arms and patriotic hearts to indicate
the spirit actuating those who, spurning the indo
lence of habit and thought eugendered by domes
tic retirement, are willing to join most lustily in
‘ tlie wild hunt after office.’”
We consider the nbove in very bad taste, to say
the least of it, and can answer no good purpose,
whilst it may embolden the friends of Lincoln.
UNION TRIUMPH.
Our triends in Spalding achieved, on Wednesday
last, a glorious triumph. Mr. B. W. Ferrill (Bell
man j was elected over Mr. Roberts, a very popu
lar and worthy Breckinridge-man by 18 majority.
The ‘Union says :
This result was no doubt entirely unexpected by
the Breckinridgers, who have been accustomed to
boast of their large gains in Spalding because, ss
they said, all the prominent leaders of the opposi
tion had gone over to them. Indeed, Spalding
county has been considered by them as the Gibral
ter of Breckinridge Democracy. Here was the
seat of one of their Southern leagues, and they
made calculations of larger gains here than any
where else iu the State. As they are defeated in
Spalding, what confidence can they have of suc
cess anywhere? The truth is, the Breckinridge
movement is a bubble which has bursted, and the
honest, reflecting portion of the people, who de
sire a united South to defeat Lincoln if jmasihle,
ought to turn right about, and vote for John Bell,
the only candidate that stands the ghost of a
chance to defeat him. The vote iu Spalding last
year was Brown f>ls, Akin 44f* ; hut in that elec
tion there were some fOor 70 votes polled by non
residents of this county.
Spalding it will be remembered, is the home of
Cols. Gibson and Doyal, tho Breckinridge and
Bell Electors.
COBB IN BAD ODOR.
Those who went to Marietta last week expecting
to sec Gen. Lane, it seems, were somewhat disap
pointed. The Confederacy says:
And what made the Marietta swindle more out
rageous, the people were not only deceived by the
non-appearance of Joe L&ue, and bored to death
by the stale harrangues of Cobb and Miller, but
they were invited to partake of a tainted barbecue.
The Marietta meat was like the speakers and the
dogmas they enunciated —tainted, sickening to the
smell, and disgusting to the stomach.
No palliative, and no anodyne, could control the
eructations occasioned by the Cobb-Lane barbe
cue.
The people were nauseated before they met at
Marietta, and the sight of Cobb, ami the smell of
tainted beef has completed the work.
Prospects BrlgMteultig.
We receive dally says the Athens Watehrndn
the most encouraging letters from our friends in
various sections of our own and other States. We
have lately r- 1 cived several letters from Towns,
and other mountain counties, containing assuran
ces of larg Bell gains. In Dawson, Lumpkin,
Union and Towns, as well as Hall, Jackson and
other immediate counties, the good work goes
bravely on. The Union people of this District
are not yet prepared to aid Billy Yancey in
“ preciptating the cotton States Into a revolution!”
The Mentor Mass Meeting. —The Bulletin ,
of Tuesday, says the Bell and Everett demonstra
tion in that city, on the first day, was a “ splen
did success,” the crowd far outnumbering the an
ticipations of the most sanguine. Thousands upon
thousands filled the streets, and a more enthusias
tic body of men were never assembled in the Un
ion. Speeches were made, on Monday, by Judge
Sharkie, [of Miss., Hon. Mr. Nelson, and A. J.
Donelsun, of Tennessee, Mr. Crockett, of Arkan
sas, a grandson ot the famous “ Davy,” and
others.
Homicide.
On Tuesday evening the 9tb iusk, savs the
A meric us Georgian, a couple of pistol shots each,
were exchanged between Maj. William Black, of
Ellaville, and James Humphries, formerly a resi
dent, we believe, In tbe same community. Hum
phries had for some time been threatening the life
of Black, and a peace warrant was at the time in
tbe hands of the Sheriff for his arrest.
There is a difference of opinion as to which fired
first. Humphries receiver! a shot in the lower part
of the abdomen, of which he died in about 24
hours.
The whole current of public sentiment justifies
the killing as cleatly in self defence.
The body of the Hon. I. T. Irvin lias been buried,
for the present, in Texas, uear the scene of the
disaster, by which he lost his life.
TROUBLE AHEAD.
Last winter, the Fire-Eating Legislature of Ala
bama pased what was known as the “Military
Bill,” providing for taxing the people two hundred
thousand dollar t to buy arms ami a munition to be
under llie control of the Fire-Eating Governor of
the State. It also provided for a Stair Flag, to
t ike the place of the glofioiii Stars and Stripes.—-
The Bill, says the t'hatlanooga “Gazette,” pledged
Alabama to go out ot the Union, if a Black Repub
lican was elected, without wuiiMig lor any overt
act of hid Administration. And, tearing to trust
the people to decide fur tlu-maelve 3 what should be
their course in the event of 1 ineoln’s election, they
gave the Governor power to appoint two coininia
diouerd from each county in the State, with power
to art. The tax gatherers of Alabama are now
collecting this tax n that State. And a portion of
the citizens of Madisou county, Alabama, have as
sembled together and solemnly resolved to resist
ita collection. Here arc their resolutions :
Resolved, That wo are freeman, abhor the Mili
tary Law passed by our last Legislature, and now,
in this public manner, denounce the law r.s uncon
stitutional, and subversive of our liberties as free
men.
liesolved, ‘lnd, That we will resist the collection
of this Military Tax by all lawful means, let it be
attempted to be enforced in any manner or sha|>o.
Remlwd, Mi/, That we recommend to all citizens
ami freemen of the State of Alabama to do as we
have done—take a bold and legal stand against the
enforcement of this Military Law.
Resolved , 4th, That when onr State requires our
property and lives in defence of what we may oon
uonsider her honor and the safety of her citizens
and their property, we will freely give both—but
we are not willing to surrender our property, liberty
and lives to an unconstitutional and intolerant act
of our Legislature.
OF COURSE.
It is reported that the Black Republican Lin
colniteri are forming a strong force in Washington
City, and that quite a number of clerks iu the de
partments at Washington, have enrolled their
names in the organization ; and the correspondent
of the New York Htrald says: “The numbers
who have subscribed their names amount 10 sever
al hundred, embracing many of the clerks and
employees of the Government, and even officers
of high rank.”
Thus it will be seen that Lincoln will Hod no
difficulty iu filling Federal offices.
SOUND DOCTRINE-
A writer in the last Christian Index, who at
tended the Middle Cherokee Association, says:
“ Dr. Lewis preached a good sermon, introductory
to the business, about the wheat and tares growing
together. It was the pure coin in my estimation.
He showed how differently God acted in His ad
ministration from what he—Lewis—would act if
he had the power. For instance, he would kill all
lazy men first thing, then the whiskey-sellers, and
nine-tenths of the Doctors, perhaps as many law
yers, but host of all, he would have houses built,
and furnished witli looms and wheels, and he would
take all snuff-rubbers and ehewers, and idle women
and put them to spining and weaving. Wish eve
rybody could have heard that or just such a
sermon.”
Is It True !
The Charleston Mercury, says the National In
teliigenrer, one of the most approved among the
Democratic journals supporting Mr. Breckinridge
as the nominee ot the Richmond Convention, con
tains in its number of the 4th inst., the following
appreciation of the condition into which the coun
try and the South has been brought under ten
years of Democratic rule :
“ The result is that after ten more years of pa
tient endurance, since 1800, of Northern aggres
sion and insolence, the North has become sectlon
alized to rule the South. Protection by thefSen&te
of the United States is gone. Protection by
national parties is gone. Protection by the Con
stitution of the United Stares is a farce. Consti
tution, parties, right*, are all swallowed up in tbe
sateless maw ot sectional greed and power. A
sectional despotism is now the necessary Govern
ment of the United States.”
We have no disposition to contest the accuracy
of these statements, but, assuming their truth, we
would like to know the considerations in virtue of
which the Mercury would persuade the people of
the South to retain in power a party which, ac
cording to the admissions of our contemporary,
has brought our public affairs to such a pass that
henceforth a “ sectional despotism is the necessary
Government of the United States.” To our minds
any such advice would seem to be like that given
to a patient, who was known to be suffering from
the effects of some patent nostrum, if he should be
blandly requested to repeat and double the dose.
Your First \ ote.
In voting, says the Huutsville “ Independent,”
as in every coucern of life, it is important to start
right. The young man who casts hia vote for
truth and right principle, has something to look
on with pride and pleasure. This Fall many of
us will support by suffrage, a man for the impor
tant office of chief of the Republic. The question
then arises, who shall it Ire ? And while we
neither dictate or advise, we ask every young man
to consider well the issue before him. Refuse to
listen to clap-trap from any side, and weigh every
party, its men and principles, with an eye to the
welfare of your country. Many a man refers to
the time when he cast his first vote for Jefferson
and J ackaou as the proudest event of hie life ; so
jt will be with all young men who give their first
vote for the people’s candidates—John Bell and
Edward Everett. Through the vista of future
time it will be an incident to look back on with
gratification, that you may have aided to elect the
champions of the rights of the people.
Great Union Meeting in Texas.— There was a
tremendous Union meeting in Austin, Texas, on
the 2‘2d lilt, We learn from the Intelligencer that
people flocked to it from several of the surrounding
counties, and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed.—
Gen. Houston, though suffering from illness, made
a long and able speech. lie advocated a union of
conservative men there and all over the Union, to
defeat Sectionalism, and declared his determination
to support the Union ticket, now before the people
of Texas. lie exposed the designs and sophistries
of the Secession party, and while admitting that
many who were supporting it were not disunion
ists, showed that the whole disunion party of the
South was supporting it. Col. MoAdoo and Judge
Williams also addressed the meeting. The Intel
ligencer says ;
AH the speakers endorsed and advocated the
Union Electoral ticket, and we believe that hun
dreds who had come doubling as to what course
they should pursue, went home determined to work
zealously in the same cause. The Mass meeting
was a complete success, and if followed up in diL
ferent parts of the State, a brilliant victory will
crown the efforts of the Union men iu November
next.
Will Move Awat! —Hundreds of our best
planters will remove, if Alabama determines to
submit. They will sell out at what they can get,
rather than hold negro property subject to the
coutrol of abolitionists. The land will le made
desolate by submission.
But will the women, of the South submitt Will
they not shame any husbands or sons or brothers,
who wish to submit to free negro rule, in the per
sons of Lincoln and Hamlin, (the latter • part
negro !)— Montgomery Mail.
Whither will they go ?
fry Senator Mason made a speech to the peo
ple of Hampshire county, Virginia, a few day ago,
and thus states his position:
“ In the close of his speech, Senator Mason de
clared that if Liucolu should be elected he should
take hit teat at a Senator to xuj.port anti defend the
Constitution, the rightt and integrity of hit State
—when they could no longer be maintained, he
should render back to her the high trust reposed
in him by Virginia, trusting to her wisdom and
in that exigency to do the lest.”
DUTY OF GOOD CITIZENS.
Since the 9tirring times of 1844, says the Bal
timore American, there has not been so general an |
awakening of public sentiment as now. In every
part of tbe Union tbe people are thoroughly aroused.
Os the lour parties contending tor tbe highest prize
of the government, it would be difficult to tell
which displays the most activity. Political excite
ment usurps the hour, and wili continue to do so
untill after the great day of battle in November
neit. But a few weeks remain in which to mar
shal the forces sot the field. Whatsoever remains
to be done, must be done at once. Time is Hying,
and the momentous isaue cannot be. postponed.
But while the people are excited to an unusual
pitch, there are still hundreds and thousand of our
beet ebizens who look on with apathy. They are
not indifferent to the fate of their country, nor are
they altogether careless abont the success of the
party to which they nominally belong. They are
men of influence and position, who have learnt
to despise the artful and unscrupulous politicians
of the day,and hence have eschewed politics entire
ly. Intending to cast their votes for the men they
think most likely to control the destinies of the
Republic for good, they are content to stay at
home and take no active part in the fervent scenes
around them.
To these gentlemen we dpsire to address a few
words of admonition and rebuke which come front 1
an authority whose opinions rank second to those
of no other statesman that ever lived. Edmund
Rurke, in his “Thoughts on the Cause of the Pres
ent Discontents,” says: *■ It is not enough that a
man means well to his country ; it is not enough
that in hia single person he never did an evil act,
but always voted according to his conscience, and
even harungued against every design which he ap
prehended to be prejudicial to the interests of his
country. This innoxious and ineffectual character
that seems formed upon a plan of apology and
diaculpation, falls miserably short of the murk of
puplic duty. That duty demands and requires
that what is right should not only be made known,
lot made prevalent —that what is evil should not
only be detected, but defeated. When a man omits
to put himself in a situation of doing his duty w ith
effect, it is an omission that frustrates tbe purposes
of his trust almost as much as if he had formally
betrayed it. It is surely no very rational account
of a man’s life that he has always voted right; but
has taken special care to act in such a manner that
his endeavors could not possibly be productive of
any consequence.”
I do not wonder that the behavior of many par
ties should have made persons of tender and scru
pulous virtue somewhat out of hnmor with all sorts
of connection in politics. I admit that people in
such confederacies” (parties) “ frequently acquire
a narrow, bigoted and proscriptive spirit; that
they are apt to sink the idea of the general
good in circumscribed and partial interest of party
success. But where duty renders a critical situa
tion a necessary one, it is our business to keep free
from the evils attendant upon it, and not fly from
the situation itself. If a fortress is 9eated in an
unwholesome air, an officer of the garrison is ob
liged to be attentive to his health, but he mast not
desert his station.”
• ••••**
“ For my part, I find it impossible to conceive
that any one believes in bis own politics or thinks
them to be of any weight, who refuses to adopt
the means of having them reduced into practice.
It is the business of the speculative philosopher to
mark the proper ends of government. It is the
business of the politician, who is the philosopher
in action, to fiod out proper means towards these
ends, and to employ them with effect. Therefore
every honorable connection will avow it is their
first prupose to pursne every just method to put
the men who hold their opinions into such condi
tion as may enable them to carry their common
plana into execution with all the power and au
thority of tbe state. As this power attached to
certain situations, it is their duty to contend for
those situations. * * * A generous
contention for power, on manly and honorable
maxims, will easily be distinguished from tbe mean
and interested struggle for place and emolument.
The eery style of such person* will serve to dis
criminate them from those numberless imposters
who have deluded the ignorant with professions
incompatible with human practice.” * *
“ I remember an old scholaptic aphorism which
says 4 that the man who lives wholly detached from
‘others must be either au angel or a devil.’ When
I see in any of these detached gentelmen of our
times the angelic purity, power and beneficence, I
shall admit them to be angels. In the meantime,
we are born only to be men. We shall do enough
i( we prove ourselves to be good ones. It is there
fore our business carefully to cultivate in our
minds, to rear to the most perfect vigor and
maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling
that belongs to our nature. To bring the disposi
tions that are lovely in private life into the service
and conduct of the commonwealth : so to be pat
riots as not to forget that we are gentlemen. To
cultivate friendships and to incur enmities. To
have both strong, bat both selected—in the one to
be placable, in the other immovable. To model
our principles to our duties and our situation. To
be fully persuaded that all virtue whi;h is impracti
cable is spurious; and rather to run the risk of
fa/liny into faults in a coarse which lead * us to
art with effect and energy, than to loiter out our
days without blame ond without use. * *
He trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his
watch, as well as he that goes over to the cnentv.”
We make no apology for this long quotation,
and we leave it without comment. We ask for it
ouly a careful reading by that numerous body of
Union men who, under whatever plea, have hither
to refused to take an active citizen’s part in the
great and important struggle going on around
them.
We conclude this article with the simple remark
that the Federal Union cannot be maintained aud
perpetuated by force. If not contrary to the ge
nius of our government the idea is certainly repug
nant to the spirit of our people, who are for the
largest liberty to the largest number. When the
States can only be kept together by coercive mea
sures, it will be well for them peaceably to sepa
rate. Upon this subject we adopt the language of
Mr. Everett, who says, in his letter of acceptance:
“ The suggestion that the Union ran be main
tained by the numerical predominance and milita
ry prowess of one section, exerted to coerce the
other into submission, is, in my judgment, as self
contradictory as it is dangerous. It comes ioaded
with the death-smell from fields wet with brothers’
blood. If the vital principles of all republican
government ‘is the consent of the governed,’ much
more does a onion of coequal sovereign States re
quire, as its basis, the harmony of its members
and their voluntary co-operation in its organic
functions.”
The South nml the Klectloia of I.lnroln—
A sober word tor the North.
A correspondent of the New York Herald has
recently made a visit to the Hon. Alexander H.
Stepheus, and conversed with him freely upon the
probable results of Lincoln's election, at the
South. Mr. Stephen’s answer to the direct qu-'s
tion ; What course would be pursued at the South
on the happening of such an event ? is given as
follows :
“Mr. Stephens—Undoubtedly an attempt at se
cession and revolution. 1 have viewed with pain
ful apprehension the approaching crisis for years
past. Fifteen years experience in Congress has
qualified me to become somewhat intimately ac
quainted with the temper and feelings of otjr peo
ple ; and lain satisfied beyond a doubt that, in
the event of Lincoln’s election, there will be at
least an attempt at revolution. There will be
blood spilt—some may be hung ; but that tho at
tempt will be made, lam certain. I cannot fore
tell the end, but l hold revolution and civil war to
be inevitable. The demagogues have raised a
whirlwind, they cannot control nor stand before,
and as much as I deplore the event I cannot close
my eyes to its consequences.”
Land in the Market. —ln looking over our ex
changes our attention has been attracted by the
large quantity of land offered for sale. To us it
seems that an unusually large quantity is put upon
the market. What does it mean ? Is farming and
planting becoming so very unprofitable in South
Carolina? Or is it the same restless spirit of emi
gration that has already deprived the old State ol
so much of her best material ? Where, in times
not very far back, were living tens and twenties
of families in all of the enjoyments of rural sim
plicity, you now see deserted homesteads which
have passed into the possession of some wealthy
planter. Thus has the tide of emigration set in
upon the State, and borne off njauy of her popula
tion.—Xeieberry Uonservatisi.
The above well represents a portion of Gaorgia,
and does not present a very encouraging picture.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Since our friends have seen fit to interrogate us,
we would like to ask them a question or two.
1. Do you endorse Mr Bell's speech in favor
of the abolition of slavery in the District of Co
lumbia ?
‘2. Do you endorse Mr. Hill’s letter tp Col.
Dodlev ?
8. What course would you adviee the South to
pursue in case of Lincoln's election?
4. Would vou regard the citizens of a sover
eign State which may secede, as rebels?
As the Examiner reaches us just before going
to press we had neither time nor space in our last
issue for a satisfactory reply to the foregoing
questions which appeared in that paper of the 9th
In reply to the first question propounded by our
courteous contemporary, we will observe, that so
high is our estimate of Mr. Bell’s sagacity as a
Statesman, that though we have not now the
speech alluded to before us, we doubt not it waa
appropriate to the occasion. Upon this subject the
National Intelligencer well observes :
“The same fastidious gentlemen who are now
arraigning Mr. Bell for the observations he offered
on the bill providing for the suppression of the
slave trade in the District of Columbia, (hut against
which he voted from considerations of public duty,
inspired by a regard for the sensibilities of the
South,) find it convenient to forger that in the
year 1852, they zealously supported for the Vice
1 residency ot the l uited States, a distinguished
| Democrat who had held language on this topic
j such as would have been likened to misprison of
treason in anybody but a Democrat. We allude
to the Hon. Wm. U. King, of Alabama, who, in
the debate on the Compromise measures of 1860,
zealously advocated the passage of the bill pro
hibiting the slave trade in this District.”
And here we will add as art appropriate reply to
the 2nd enquiry of our neighbor—that we feel no
more bound by the declarations of Mr. Bell or any
other member of our party, upon this or any other
subject than he does by those uttered by Mr. King,
dead, or Gen. Lane, living. The opinions of dis-1
tinguished men should be treated with respectfu
consideration, but they are binding upon none hu*
their authors—not always long respected even by
them.
To the 3rd interrogatory, our friends will find
a response in the Messenger of the 26th ult., as
follows :
“ In view of the present aspect of the country we
believe it to be the imperative duty of the Consti
tutional Union men—ami tliey are found in all
parties—of Christian men and patriots, to discour
age and discountenance all undue party excitement
and bitterness, and band together, if possible, to
secure the defeat of Lincoln—or failing to do this,
to restrain his administration within strictly Con
stitutional limits or eject it from power.
This, it is true, might involve the country in
temporary civil strife—but it would be a lawful
struggle for the supremacy and perpetuity of the
Government which we received from our patriot
fathers, aa a priceless legacy to descend to us aud
our children —a struggle in the Union for the Un
ion and the Constitution.
Whilst we believe the election of the Union
ticket will best conserve and perpetuate good gov
ernment, by allaying sectionalism, we have no
quarrel with our fellow-citizens who honestly differ
from us in sentimeut and feeling.”
This is the language we used before the late
ominous elections in Pennsylvania and other States
We have now no desire to recall it.
In reply to the 4th and last enquiry, we will say,
that we might deem the term rebel too harsh to
apply to the citizens of a State which seceded
from tbe Confederacy under continued and aggra
vated provocations. Still, as all compacts are con
sidered reciprocally binding, it is not easy to see
how the Federal Government could regard seces
sion in any other light than revolution —unless ac
quiesced in bv the other States. It is evident that
the framers of the Constitution intended that in
strument should be of perpetual and binding obli
gation upon all the parties to the compact. Upon
the doctrine of secession, Mr. Jefferson says:
“But if on a temporary superiority of the one
party the other is to resort to a secession from the
Union, no federal government can ever exist. If
to rid ourselves of the present rule of Massachu
setts and Connecticut we break the Union, will
the evil stop there ? Are we not men still to the
South Os that, with all the passions of men ? Im
mediately we shall seo a Pennsylvania and a Vir
ginia party arise in the residuary confederacy and
the public mind will be distracted with the same
party spirit. ******
If we reduce our Union to Virginia and North
Carolina, immediately the conflict will be estab
lished between the representatives of these two
States, and they will end by breaking into their
simple uni ts.”
Political Itrms,
The question between those of the Democracy
who advocate and those who reject the “ inter
vention” of Congress for the protection of slave
property in the Territories was thus stated by the
Hon. Roger A. Pryor on the l‘2th of April, 1859 •
“ The interventionists demand action of Con
gress with an absolute conviction that if Congress
interpose at all it will exert its power to defeat
the very object they contemplate. The non-in
tervent ioniata, with an equal regard for the rights
of the South, but with an infinitely more practical
purpose, decline to invoke tho aid of their dead
liest adversary, and appeal for protection to the
impartial action of the Judiciary. They do not
acknowledge the need of Federal legislation, but
deem their rights secure under cover of the Con
stitution. They do not abuse themselves by sup
plication to an insolent abolition majority in Con
gress, but calmly and confidently rely on the legal
sufficiency of their right and the unbiased integri
ty of the courts. ♦
“ Which is the wiser policy ? Nay, which is
the prouder position ?”
The Oktibbeha (M iss.) Advertiser, having rp
nounced the support of Breckinridge aud Lane,
will hereafter advocate the election of Bell and
Everett.
The Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer, in recitiDg
the names of the distinguished Democrats who in
183” voted for what was called the “ Force Bill,”
(among whom were James K. Polk, afterwards De
mocratic President of the United States, and R.
M. Johnson am] Geo. M. Dallas, subsequently De
mocratic Vice Presidents of the United States,)
remarks upon the changeiul character or short
memories of the self-styled “ Democracy
The “ Force Bill,” it will be remembered, was
passed in the Senate of the United States with but
one vote against it, that of John Tyler, of Vir
ginia. It passed the House by a vote of three to
one.
The law was framed in response to Gen. Jack
son’s special message of January 16, 1838, whet}
he communicated to Congress copies of the Ordi
nance of South Carolina, reviewed the laws of the
State pas-sed to enforce it, and invoked the Repre
sentatives of the People solemnly to proclaim
“ that the Constitution aud the Laws are supreme
and the Union indissoluble.”
Among others who voted for the “ Force bill”
was the Hon. William C. Rives, then a Democratic
member of the House of Representatives, aud it
was in allusion to this vote that the lion. Wm.
Smith, at present a Democratic member of Com
gress from Virginia, spoke in the Legislature of
that State, of which he was a Democratic mem
ber, as follows :
“ Sir, I have listened with pain to the bitter de
nunciation of Mr. Rives for that portion of his
public conduct which, in nty judgment, will in its
history constitute its brightest page. And 1, if no
other persou will, will undertake briefly his vindi
cation. Sir, he is denounced for his support of
the Proclamation. He never approved its abstrac
tions, but he cordially and heartily approved its
noble and patriotic object, the preservation of our
glorious Union. He is assailed for his support of
ihe Force bill. What is that bill ? A bill simply
to enable the Executive to see that the laws be
faithfully executed— general in its provisions and
indispensable to maintain the Constitution.’
At a political meeting held a few days ago in
the county of Sussex, Va., Mr. Lamb, the Breck
inridge elector who propounded to Mr. Douglas
the “ Norfolk questions,” stated that he had for
warded the same interrogatories to Mr. Dree kt l
ridge, aud that the only response received was a
copy of Mr. B.’a recent speech, sent under the
Vi©e Preoidout’s frank.