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J. KNOWLRS and 8. ROBE,
editors and proprif.tsr9.
lUiul Qnarier*. M i*i*. C.M.
• MiUedgariii*. Oct. Ist, i!cO.
s*r:—l deeper regret that l base to report the
Division under ray command as being in a 3iae of
complete disorganization , iu Regiment*. Battal
ion* and Companies unofficered, and their strength,'<
consequently, unknown. Incompatible as may be
this state of things with a becoming military spirit,
I am narertheleas tally pertoaUed that the feeling*
which Lara caused this resalt are not confined to
any particular cause or district, but that they are
of universal preralence and will he found to exist
in equal force in avert Ditiaion throughout the
State. For many tears, there has been a con
stantly increasing spirit of repugnance and opposi
tion oa the part ot the people to the pertarinam-e
of militia duty, until this feeling has at length be
come sufficiently strong, virtually, to subvert fhc
institution itself, and to dispense with its service as
a useless requirement and an unnecessary imposi
tion. Such being the decision of popular opinion,
it may be safely assumed that our present system
has failed in its design of Securing mtlitaru efieien
cy, and that it ought not to be relied on in its pres
ent inoperative condition as a mean* of protection,
either in suppressing domestic insurrection or re
pelling foreign invasion. No one can seriously
contemplate this fact without being fully impress
ed with the conviction that some scheme ought to
to he devised which would, iu iu results, operate
as a guaranty that an adequate and available force
would always he in readioeas to meet any etner
g -ucy, however great or sudden. Asa people, we
{assess abundantly all the elements requisite for j
forming not only a yuM, bat an unsurpassed sol
diery. Our men are distinguished lor hue physical
Urvelopiueut, great activity and capacity of en
durance, for resolute determination and great per
sonal gallantry ; yet these high soldierly qualities
can never be rendered fully effective without mili
tary skill and discipline. I can suggest no plan
so likely to secure this great desideratum as the
organization of Volunteer Companies. We have
already several admirable corps of this description.
We need, however, at least twice or tbrire their
present number. and, iu tny opinion, our Legisla
ture should, by its liberal patronage, if not by it*
munificence, offer inducements .-mtheient for their
immediate formation. The force which would be
thus raised by its fostering care, whiUt it would
probably amount to ten thousand, would never be
less thau five thousand well-armed, well-disciplined,
me?, always prepared and ready to ma-ch at a
moment's warning wherever duty might demand
their presence. These companies would be chief! v
composed of persons residing in or near our vil
lages and cities, where, in general, the convenient
proximity of railroads would enable them to be
rapidly concentrated at any convenient render
vou.-. The value and importance of such a body
of men, dispersed and living in different parts of
the State, can scarcely be over estimated as a
Miron> cf imparting and diffusing through the coun
try that kind of knowledge in which we are at
preseu; so badly deficient and which would be so
incalculably important in our hour of trial. Hav
ing thus very briedy pointed out a mode which, if
adopted, would in a great measure obviate our
present defenceless attitude, I leave to others the
task of adjusting its details and fashioning its ulti
mate organisation.
I sin fully sensible that the system which I have
submitted to your consideration oan he carried in
to operation only by legislative enactment. Its
success will necessarily involve the expenditure of
money, and this will create a necessity of taxation.
Taxation, I am equally sensible, is sn execrsbte
sound to the can ot most men. it is the wailing
cry of the demagogue, and ever a ready argument
is his mouth against all public acts of policy need
tag the aid of money ; yet the amount neceasary
to be raiaed by this process, is infiuitely less than
dust in the balance, compared with toe frightful
loss and ruin which might ensue in consequence
of the unfortunate want of the protective means
which this amount would furnish. Tbe question
very properly arises in reference to the character
mod extent of this tax and the manner in which it
shall be raised. I would very respectfully suggest
that an annual tax of ont dollar be imposed upon
all persona subject to do militia duty under our
E resent law. ThU should be tbe maximum rate
ivied upon all whose property did not reach the
value of fire thousand dollars, and its payment
annually should exempt them from all further
military requisition, except in case of war. Upon
mil other venoms, whatsoever, whose property ex
ceeded this amount, I would assess the very mi
nute sum of fist cents upon each additional thous
and dollars of their property, hone, 1 am sure,
will be found so niggardly parsimonious or so
basely unpatriotic as to object to this small. Very
small, pittance, exacted for the protection of him
•elf, his property, his all,—or be so monstrously
unjust to others, as not to concede the equitable
principle, that those who have the most, exposed
to danger, should contribute most to its defence,
bo people possessing our great wealth and re
itources, have ever had so little cause to complain
of the weight of public burthens; none, certainly,
have, in a military point of view, contributed teas
in the shape cither of personal services or money
to their general security. From the sources which
I have indicated a specific military fund would
be raised, abundantly sufficient for all proper ob
jects of expenditure, except the purchase of prop
er arm- sod accoutrements. Fpon this subject,
my feeling* prompt me to go very far, and I can
not but think in a right direction. I would not
appropriate a solitary cent of the nett proceeds of
our Railroad, to any purpose whatever—educa
tional, or what not—until we had established with
in our borders all needful foundries, armories,
magazine* —not, indeed, until we had within our
selves al: the fit means and appliances for self-de
fence and war—thus placing ourselves in an inde
pendent, self-relying, defiant condition, neither
fearing commotion within, nor dreading invasion
without. True, there may be no threatening dan
ger near, nor present war; but we hear in the dis
tance of rumors of war—and who shall say, in the
present distempered, frenzied state of public feel
ing, it will not come * A long period of unbroken
prosperity and public repose has rendered us over
confident and careless of our situation. So terri
ble calamity lias yet awakened us to a sense of our
insecurity. There may be the cry of peace when
there is no peace. Let us not deceive ourselves
upon this subject. Looking wisely upon the mad- !
ness of the hour, we shauld be prepared for the
worst. AH the elements of civil strife and commo
tion are in fearful activity, and setannly admonish
us to look well to our con dr lion. The time is at
band when we should arouse ourselves from our
•pathetic indifference upon a subject so vitally
important. In my opinion, the Legislature, into
wboae bauds are confided tbe safety and well-being
of our people, should not hesitate a moment to
•cqoit themselves of the grave responsibility of
their high trust, by boldly and fearlessly enacting
such measures aa win leave us nothmg to fear from
any poaaibis contingency.
With high regard, your ob’d’t sev’t,
J. W. A. SANFORD, Maj. Gen.
His Exc’y Jobwh E. Brown,
Commander iu Chief, Milledgeville, Ga.
Th* American papers give a different vantioo of
lb* negro difficulty which occurred in that uiciuity
hum the one we copied from the Telegraph. The
Georgian any*
The fact* are About these • Hr. Andrew Baas
was returning to hie home early Sunder morning,
where be bad bean setting up with a nick chfld.—
He beard a noise in the basbea at the road aide
and saw a negro come into the road before bun,
baring dropped a bundle juet before emerging from
the burbee. The negro aatd the bundle wa* cloth
ing. I'pon inspection, it turned out to be a about*
der of meal. Mr. Bas* turned back u> bring the
boy to town, but bad not proceeded far before the
boy threw him down and choked him until be lost
conacionsneae. Messrs. Wheeler and Heard, being
near by, and bearing the noise, came up
enough to prerent the death of Baas by strangu
lation. At their approach the boy ran off, but was
subsequently taken and lodged in jail. His case
baa been continued to the next term of the Conrt;
but thoye baa been no great excitemeut, m the
“Telegraph” was informed, and no danger of
Lynch Law.
About the case of eonie negro stabbing a white
man in Americua, we bare beard nothing.
Daring Mr. \ancey i ii speech in Faneuil Hall,
aays the J ramiitr, U, question being asked:
. “ How about popular aorereignty T Mr. Yancey
•aid it was the veriest nonsenm-, and that Douglas
etood in nobody's way. A voice imraedUtelycall
ed for three cheers for Douglas, and a majority of
the audience gare them with stirring effect. Three
cheers for Lincoln was called for, and the response
showed that there was a good force of Republic
ana in the Hall. Mr. Yancey, nowise disconcerted,
at once proposed three cheers for the Constitution
and the Union, which of course almost everybody
present, Douglas men, Bell men. Republicans anil
Breckinridge men united in giving, following it op
with prolonged applause.
We call the attention of the Telegraph to the
that Hr, \ ancey now stands *ipftn the “mean
ingless” Union rUtlbtm.
Middle t.eortrta Kail road Meeting.
W< are indebted to the courtesy of Col. John
B. Walker for the following abstract of the pro
ceedings of the Middle Georgia Railroad Conven
tion
A meeting of the friends of the Middle Georgia
Railroad was held ut lnd.an Springs, on the 16th
inst., B. F. Ward, of Butts, in the chair, and J.
Bovnton, of Butts, acting a Secretary.
The following tft the amount of stock subscribed
Morgan county, - $R2,000
Jasper
Butts “ * • * ‘ 1*5,100
Spalding “ . . ‘L SOO
$*61,800
Dr. F.. E. Joues, of Morgan, was elected Presi
dent of the Road, and the lolloWing gentlemen
Directors; N. O. FoslerfOf Morgan, T. J. Smith,
11. S. Glover, 4. \V. Burney, id Jasper, ft F. Ward,
J. W. M. Card, of Butts, John Andrews, Henry
M<wiro, of Spalding.
The President and Direcforf were authorized to
have the present charter amended, so as to go ts
Grtlliu and fUrnestille.
Stockholders are allowed to work out subscrip
tion apd one fourth cash, and three-fourths
stock. • * . -
The present commissioners are to go on taking
subscriptions for SISO,IMX> more, and then turn ail
the tK>oks oVer to the President and Directors.
The President was requested to call a meeting of
the stockholders after the charter is amended, to
accept or reject the same; and if it is deetued ne
cessarv, alter and change the present organization.
The President aud Directors are to meet in Mon
ticello, on Friday of Jasper Court.
Great enthusiasm and harmony prevailed among
(be stockholders. — Visitor.
L.- ( - 4
Southern Democrats ns Everett. —Hon. John
J. Peitua, the present Democratic “fire-earing"’
Governor ot Mississippi, in his inaugural address,
January 1, I*6o, thus bore testimony to Mr. Eve
retts devotion to the Constitution. He said,
speaking of the dire calamities like to result from
the success of the Black Republicans :
“Can Ve rely on the counsels of the trite and
patrtotu; uun of the North to avert this greatest of
all calamities? Their Websters, Everetts, and
Fillmores have in vain in past years perstuuled
them to respect our rights andobef the requirements
of the Qonslittdion*
Here it is admitted that Mr. Everett, in the try
ing crises of sectional agitation, has been with
the South, aud done his duty.
Again John C. Breckinridge, in his famous
speech at Frankfort, Ky., testified- as follows:
•‘There i another element at the North, not
large, but noble and true. It consists or the Scat
tered cohorts of the old Whig party, of ute.n like
Everett, Choate, and their associates, whose con
servatism, culture and patriotism rebelled against
the Republican Alliance.”
Such was the manner in which distinguished
Southern Democratic leaders spoke of Mr. F.ve
tett w hen he was no candidate, and they felt at
liberty to speak out their true sentiments about
him. Can Democrats, with such testimony before
them, believe that he cannot be trusted in the
Vice Presidency ?—Richmond Whig.
A Southern Plmuler.
A southern planter, who has been indulging in
disunion notions, took an inventory of his house
hold and plantation stock in trade, and the follow
ing is the result, as communicated to tbe X. Y.
Journal of Commerce :
“ 2 have been a planter for a good many years,
and I was considerably startled at the rcsnlt of an
investigation in my own family. On examination
of my expenditures, one year with an other, I
find that nearly thfourths of my income has
either directly or indirectly, found its way Into
the tuudi of northern men : and I believe this to
also true of a majority of the producing classes
here.
1 am aroused in the morning by the hell of a
clock hailing from Connecticut. Leaving a bed
which, with all its paraphernalia, is of northern
origin, 1 thrust ray feet into a pair of Massachu
setts shoes and, as I join my family at the table,
everything that meets my eye, except the faces
so dear to me, is all, all northern.
My coffee, which has paid toll to a northern im
porter, been parched over an Albany stove,
ground in a mill from Meriden, Conn., poured
from a Yankee urn into a Yankee cup, sweetened
with sugar refined In New York, stirred with a
spoon of like origin—used to lie drank without
one emotion other than { leasing.
To church or to school a northern bell invites
us. Iu our devotions or our dances a northern
organ or a northeru fiddle lends ifs inspiring
strains.
Whether we. ride or walk, sit or sleep, we do
all, my Horthcrn friends, through your kind as
sistance.
I take a look at my sour visage in a northern
mirrof, stamp my loot on a northern carpet, and
rush out of a house which was constructed with
northern tools, fitted with northern doors, sash,
blinds, glass, Ac., painted with northern paint, fur
nished aud adorned throughout, from cellar to
attic, with tbe work of northern hands. I mount
a northern raddle and I ride over a farm which is
cultivated with northern implements, by negroes
clad in cloth made in Massachusetts, from mate
rials furnished anywhere from Vermont to Ohio.
My cotton, prepared for market by northern
gin and press, enveloped in bagging which has
paid tribute to a Boston Indiaman, is hauled by a
northern engine to the eea-port, whence it is
snipped iu a nortftern vessel to its ultimate point
of destination, paying, in its transport, commis
sion, brokerage, insurance, exchanges, and a boat
of other charges.
it is a great pity that southern planters, and
merchants of the South have not been “ startled”
by these facts at an earlier day.
Tue Mixl'tx Men.—We find the following ac
count of tbe rise and progress of this order lq
South Carolina, in the Mercury of Monday:
The Mini te Men.—We are glad to see the peo
ple of our State everywhere preparing for the cri
sis which is at hand. As an “offset to the “ Wide-
Awakes of the North, “ Minute Men” are organi
zing in all the principal districts of South Carolina.
Their object is to form an armed body of men,
and to join in with their fellow-citizens, now form
ing in thia and our sister States as “ Minute Men,”
whose duty is to arm, equip aud drill, and be ready
for any emergency that may arise in the present)
perilous position of the Southern State*. In Ker
shaw, Abbeville and Richland Districts the organi
zation is already complete and powerful, embrac
ing the flower of the youth, and led on bv the most
influential citizens. The badge adopted is a blue
rosette —two aad a half inches in diameter, with a
military button in the centre, to be worn upon the
side of the haL Let the important work go bravely
on, and let every son of Carolina prepare to mount
the blue cockade.
Threats against Uni os men at the North. —
The Boston Courier says:—The fate which awaits
those of us who are on the Union side, in case the
Republican party succeeds, may be realized by s
passage in Senator Wilson's speech, at South Fra
ming hum, on Thursday. We quote from the re
port. The Republican party, according to him,
proposes what he calls—
“ A peaceful revolution. They were to put the
goTcrnmetit for all time on the aide of freedom,
and those who dare to array themselves against
this government should be held as traitors, and die 1
the death of traitors.”
In another part of the same speech we find the
same gentleman expressing the above idea *rith
even more emphasis: He says:
“ The Republican party is to take popsosF/cm of
the government aud when possession was taker i
he trusted that the party will be true to the prr n
ciples professed when out of power. Thie /,„* er
he United, treat.l bt erertieed till no man im. the
continent thosUd hold property in another mar
Gore TO ms Rfst.— Mr. John Smith, on* Q f 0 „ r
oldest and best citizens, died at his reside nce {„
thtseifyon Saturday morning the 6th ism t x r
Smith was a native of Connecticut, caaatt to Geor
gia when but 19 years old, and lor a lot , g t j nie .
lived in Green county. He was a man © , remurk
able integrity of charactcrand nnswervioi r honesty
of unabating industry aud constancy e J pur uose
and one why Hy his own personal ei*r , y had car
ried out, in his own ioiet and unobtrur j Te nwuner
more good purposes than almost an s Olia ij T j DC ’
“ e 7 * **•” ®W ***““?* dowr to t he grave
“S 1* f bock of e oar “ fo*y W Urn the harvest.”
“Mark the perfect man and brj* [<] the upright
for the end of that manta peace. .Jtmmc Courts.
Hr. lancey and the n iu emS wale ,.
Tbe New York correspond. mt ol * the Charleston
• onrier says Mr. Yancey w> forw .ally introduced
to the Prince ol Wales, by Collect! Jr Schell. The
correspondent adds: ‘
th f jr~l_orat°c -was presented to the
° f e * ib * **l ‘•vitienb’y had u
mutual wish—“ May we t Met s^aia
MACON, GEORGIA^;
Wednesday, October 24, 1860,
I—l. ntiaasra. ■■
Constitution#! Union Tifket.
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FOR RsllirNT,
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<rV M ASS A t.’ll 1 1 SFT’i'8.
A V 1 o K M :
“TkH ii,iluitlnH of t n.-Country, tbe
I ii lon Ml Ibe Nifties ■> ml tb- ft utorcement
ol the LUxes.**
electoral ticket.-
FOR V 4 STATE XT LAROE :
WILLIAM LAW, of ( htiikiMHi.
It. ftl. HILL, i ‘ft'roup.
ALTERNATES:
■ ■IM S HOLT* oi Afttureogre. _
GARNETT ANDREWS, of Wilkes.
FIRST DISTRICT.
Samuel B. Spencer, of Thomas, Elector.
Edward B. Way, of Liberty, lsf. Alternate.
Dr. T. A. Parsons, of Johnson, 2nd. Alternate.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Marcellos Douglas, of Randolph, Fleeter.
W. H. Robinson, of Macon, Ist. Alternate.
P. J. Strozier, of Dougherty, 2nd. Alternate.
THIRD DISTRICT.
L. T. Doyal, of Spalding, Elector.
John T. Stephens, of Monroe, Ist. Alternate.
Charles Goode, ol Houston, 2nd. Alternate.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
W. F. Wright, of Coweta, Elector.
W. C. Mabry, of Heard, Ist. Alternate.
John M. Edge, of Campbell, 2nd Alternate.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Josiah R. Parrot, of Cass, Elector.
Thos. G. McFarland, of Walker, Ist. Alternate.
Kich’d. W. Jones, of Whitfield, 2nd. Alternate.
SIXTH DISTRICT. .
11. P. Bell, of Forsyth, Elector.
McDaniel, of Walton, Ist. Alternate.
S. J. Winn, of Gwinnett, 2nd. Alternate.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Dr. I. E. Dupree, oßTwiggs, Elector.
B. T. Harris, of Hancock, Ist. Alternate.
M. \V. 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 M Xlt 1C FT.
There is a good demand. We quote 2 @ lof.
A good deal coming in.
GRAND LODGE F. A M OF THE STATE OF GEOR
GIA-
The Annual Communication of thia Grand Lodge
will convene in this city on Wednesday of next
week—the Slst inst. A full attendance is antici
pated.
NEW HOTEL.
By reference to our advertising columns, it will
be seen that Mr. J. 0. Goddam: has opened anew
Hotel in our city. The occasion was marked by a
very aumptuous dinner served up on Monday last,
which was earnestly discussed by an agreeable and
appreciative company, who gave expression to
their good wishes to the host by an appropriate
sentiment.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
We do not deem it necessary to direct attention
to the advertisement of Mr. Burke, which speaks
for itself, ne has on hand one of the largest
stocks of religious and other books found iu the
South.
Other advertisements will readily attract the
eye of the reader.
NEW YORK FILES.
We are again under obligations to the courteous
Agent of Harndcu’a Express, Mr. McDonald,
for late New York papers. They are, mainly filled
with accounts of the triumphal progress of tho
l’rince of Wales, who, ere this, is en route for his
own green Isle. The cordiality and enthusiasm
which has everywhere greeted him in this country,
will doubtless be reverted to with pleasure in coni,
ing years, and may have a very salutary influence
upon bis reign should he ever reach the British
throne.
COL. DOYAL.
We bad the pleasure of meeting this gentleman
in our city a few days since. He has canvassed a
large portion of the State, and gives us encourag
ing accounts of the progress of our cause. The
zeal and ability with which he has prosecuted the
canvass, entitles him to the gratitude of Union men
all over the State.
NEW BOOKS
■French, German, Spanish, Latin and Italian Lan
guages, without a Master. liy A. 11. Montxitm.
.Philadelphia : T. B. Peterson L Brothers.
From a hasty examination of tbe volume bear
ing the above title we are rather favorably im
pressed. There are thousands who have neither
tbe time nor means to devote to a regular colle
giate education, but nevertheless acquire witli great
facility a fair knowledge of science by mere self
instruction. Indeed, our most practical men are
self-taught as well as self-made. To those who
have ouly time to take a short cut to the classics,
the above work is commended.
From the same enterprising Publishers we have
received a handsome volume, entitled Camille :
or, the Camelia Lady: Translated from the French
of Alknaxdkk Dumas, the Younger.
Also, The Mother -inej.aw: By Mrs. Emma D. H
N. South worth.
These last named works are noticed favorably
hy the press. We have not had time to read them,.
For sale at Richards, in this city.
Kecepliou of Judge lfouglns at
ITlaron, Ua.
The Committee appointed to make arrangements*
for the reception of Judge Douglas, announce the
following programme, viz:
On his arrival at 7 o’clock, A. M., the 31st inst.,
Le will be honored by a salute.
At the hour of 11 o’clock, A. M., Judge Douglas
Fill receive all citizens who call.upou him, at th*
Lanier House.
At 2 o'clock, P. M., he will addresn the people
at the Ra ilroad Passenger Depot.
Citizens of all parties are cordialiyjinvitcd. The
ladies especially aro requested to honor the occa
sion with their presence.
By order of the Committee.
JAMES A. MSBET, Chairman.
Macon, Ga., Oct. loth, lbdo.
Hon. John Beil Going to Sr rax.—As Messrs.
Breckinridge aDd Douglas have taken the stump )
Mr. Bell’s friends, says the Nashville Bamur have
concluded to make an appointment for him. He
will address bis fellow-citizens of all {lai ties, from
tbe east portico of the Capitol, at Washington
City, on the Ath day of March fieri, at 1 o'clock
p.vt. All are invited to attend.
Another Ciln-lloaae Hurtled.
We are pained to learn, says the Mimr*t*nth
Century, that the Gin-House belonging to Rev.
Samuel J. H. Sistrmik, in this county, three miles
west of Perry, was consumed by fire, with near Bft
bales of cotton, on tbe night of Tuesday the ltilb
inst. It is thought to have resulted entirely from
accident or carlessness of the servants.
Elected to Congress. —Among tlie Democratic
members of Congress just elected in Indiana, Is
the Hon. D. W. Voorhees, whose great speech in
behalf of Cook, condemned and executed in Char
lestown, Va., gave him a national reputation as
one of the moat brilliant outers of the present day.
TRY IT-
Whilst many devotees oi tho Union fear that
without Diviue interposition disruption must ine
vitably come, and perhaps speedily, they admit
that it will bo no remedv for the evils ol whirh we
now so .justly complain—that it m y *t on embold
en aggression and aggravate our perils. May it
not then be wejl to enquire, if there ia no other
remedy ? Some time, ago we suggested that ail
commercial intercourse between the North and the
South should, as far as practicable, be discontin
ued until aggressiou ceased. That we should with
hold from them our great staples, and exclude their
fabrics from our markets. If tho cotton States
would sell nothing to the Elates north of Mason
and Dixon's Line, and purchase nothing from them
for the next twelve months, they would precipitate
such a conflict upon the black republican States, as
Seward & Cos. could not repress. The credulous but
fanatical masses, clamorous for labor and bread,
would turn from the South, to their corrupt and
selfish leaders and rend them in pieces. There are
poods enough now on hand at the South to supply
all necessary wants for twelve moDths, in connec
tion with those which we get from Europe or might
manufacture at home. Let the north try the ex
periment of getting along without the South for
one year, and if sire does not tire of the irrepres
sible conflict, we shall be deceived. This is a con
stitutional and peaceful remedy. Let us try it.
PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT.
Since preparing the article ia regard to the
Union movement in Atlanta, we learn that at the
great mass meeting last week at Newnan, after n
patriotic and conciliatory speech from lion. B. H.
Hill, V. A. Gakill, Esq. (late editor of the Atlanta
Intelligencer, and also chairman of the Breckin
ridge Executive Committee of Fulton county)
offered resolutions endorsing the proposition of a
union of all parties in Georgia in support of acorn
moil Electoral Ticket, and recommending to the
Executive Committees of the three parties in Geor
gia to meet in conveution at once and arrange
such a ticket, with the understanding that the
Electors east the vote of the State “ in such man
ner as shall most effectually defeat the election of
Lincoln and H.-unlin.” Mr. Gaskill advocated the
resolutions with great power and eloquence. Col.
R. W. Sims, President ol the Fulton county Doug
las Club, seconded the resolutions, pledging his
party and Judge Douglas to the support of the
movement. “The resolutions,” says the American ,
“ were then put, and by a rising vote, each man
raising his hat, were adopted with but two dissent
ing votes.” It says that about three thousand
men, of all parties, voted upon the proposition.
The honest and patriotic oourse of Mr. Gaskill
and other Breckinridge men should meet with
the warm approval of every lover of the Union.
EXCOMMUNICATED.
In another article, we have noticed with com
mendation, the proceedings of a public meeting in
Atlanta and the proposition for a Union Electoral
Ticket. The patriotic course of Mr. Gaskill, es
pecially, deserves commendation. Little did we
suppose that it would be so speedily followed up
by harsh and proscriptive action from his party.—
Will tlie Breckinridge men of Georgia sanction
the following penal action of their Fulton breth
ren ?
Nmlliik of the Exrrutir* Commuter
Atlanta, Get. 18th, 1800.
At meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Breckinridge and Lane party for the County of
l'ulton, held on Thursday morning the 18th inst.,
Jared I. Whitaker, Esq. was called to the chair,
and W. S. Bassford was requested to act as Secre
tary.
The following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Whereas, V. A. Gaskill, having forfeited all con
fidence of this Executive Committee, by his politi
cal course iu the present Presidential canvass, by
his public and private political tergiversations,
Therefore
Resolved, That V. A. Gatskill be expelled from
this Executive Committee, and that he is no longer
worthy of our political fellowship.
Resolved, That Judge Jared I. Whitaker be
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published iu the Democratic papers of tho city
of Atlanta.
JARED I. WHITAKER, Ch’m.
W. S. BASSFORD, Seo.
AN APPEAL FOR UNION.
It may be remembered that we published a week
or two since, from an intelligent and patriotic cor
respondent, an o irncst appeal for an Union Elec
toral Ticket in Georgia, upon which the whole
people might unite. We were fearful at the time,
that owing to the lateness of the movement, and
from other causes, the plan would not succeed.
We observe, however, that it meets with favor
from liven of ail parties, though some of the Breck
inridge papers and leaders violently oppose it, as
was to be expected. The Atlanta American re
sponds with an able appeal. Messrs. Hill, Doyal
and others arc openly out for it.
At a public meeting in Atlanta, on Wednesday
night last, after an eloquent speech and appeal
from Hon. B. IL Hill —as we learn from the Ame
rican'—
Col. C. L. llanleiter offered the following reso
lution, which was read twice:
Resolved by the Citizens of Atlanta, composing
this Meeting, That the Executive Committees of
the several parties having Electoral Tickets for
President and Vice-President in Georgia, be and
they are hereby respectfully and earnestly request
ed to meet at un early day, at some central and
convenient point, and form an Electoral Ticket out
of the three Tickets now before the people of
Georgia, to be voted for by tbe whole people, irre
spective of party; or, if that be found impractica
ble, that they pledge their candidates, if successful,
to cast the vote of our College for that candidate
for the Presidency—whether Bell, Breckinridge or
Douglas —who may be most likely to defeat the
election of our common enemy —Abraham Lincoln.
Capt. A. M. Wallace objected to the resolution
and denounced it as a trick. The friends of Breck
inridge were confident ol carrying the State over
both Bell aud Douglus, and he warned his friends
of what they would lose by agreeing to the reso
lution, or, as he termed it, taking part in this game
of “two pluck one.” He offered the following (we
give the substance only) as a substitute lor the
original resolution :
Rtttohcd, That the proposition to fuse be refer
red to the County Executive Committee of tbe
several parties, ami that they report upon the
same at a meeting to he held in this place on Sat
urday night next.
The substitute win seconded by Col. TANARUS, C. How
ard, who, however, expressed himself in favor of
fusion on a proper basis.
He wus followed by V. A. flaskill, Esq., Chair
man of tho Breckinridge party of Fnltou County,
in an enthusiastic and patriotic speech, hi which
he accepted und endorsed, lor himself, the propo
sition of Mr. Hill, pledged his hearty co-operation,
and that, if his paity would not unite on the plan
proposed, with the other two, be would leave his
party aud go with the others. It is needless to
say that this short speech was received with tre
mendous applause.
Col. K. W. Sims, President of the Little Giant
Club for Fulton County, also made a short speech
of the same tone and teuor of Mr. Gaskill s, which
was followed bv loud and prolonged cheering.
Hon. W. Ezzard, who had occupied the Chair as
President of the Beil and Everett Club, (and who
was, on motion of Col. J. M. Calhoun, called to
preside soon alter the motiou was offered,) dow
pox the motion ou Capt. Wallace’s motion, which
wa.v rejected by an overwhelming majority. Alter
whk"h, the main resolution was put and carried
nearly unanimously, amid almost uncontrollable
enthusiasm and heartfelt rejoicing So the ball is
set in motion—LET ALL TIIPL MEN HELP TO
ROLL IT ONI
Thus has this patriotic ball been put in motion.
It wiß require the greatest promptitude of action,
to give it success. Let the friends of tho Uaion
and Oonstitution lor once throw off their allegiance
to party and unite to save the country. In the
foregoing proposition there is nothing to which
any liberal minded man can object., and a fearful
responsibility will rest upon those who attempt to
defeat tjus patriotic movement.
MEETING OF COMMITTEES.
The Southern Recorder ul yesterday contains a
Inline Bom Gen. .Sanford, Cbalc man of the State
Executive Committee of the Union Paitv of Geor
gin, invltlng,*in apprnpinte terms, the various
State Executive Com urate**! ti> meet at MJledg*-
ville next, to Arrange at TViftn tie.-’- j
toral TH’ket. The August* Chronicle and Sentinel
of the same date, contain! ft letter from Mr. Jas.
Gardner, a member of the Douglas Executive Com
niittee, who says:
My suggestion is, that the members of the Execu
tive Committees f the three parties in Georgia,
meet at Atlanta neat Monday, the SiGtli inst., and
there agree upon one electoral ticket, and present
it to the people for their unanimotvs approval—the
electors to tie empowered to oast the ten votes of
Georgia in the way most effectual to defeat Lincoln
whether they be given to Mr Bell, Mr. Breckin
ridge, or Judge Douglas.
1 further suggpHt that the electors on the three
tickets now before the people, be aLo there to
unite in consultation.
Those who cannot attend in person, can agnify
their views in writing to their associates, and
thus may be obtained as full an expression of sen
timent, on the proposed union of parties, aa the
exigency will allow.
Dr. Burn, another it ember of tho Douglas Com.
rnittee, also publishes a letter approving of this
patriotic movement. In order that there may be
no confusion—for it is too late to change either
proposition —we hope as many members of each
Executive Committee as possible will be at Mil
ledgeville on Saturday next, and then, if necessa
ry, Adjourn to Atlanta or Macon —where there will
be a large crowd to hear Judge Douglas—and
there consummate the arrangement. There is no
time tor delay. Os course, the conflict between
the propositions of Messrs. Sanford and Gardner,
in regard to time and place, wa9 unintentional.
The whole can be arranged by the time Judge
Douglas speaks in this city, and tickets be prepar
ed and sent all over the State, at once.
SENATOR IVERSON,
In a letter which we find in the Columbus Times
of Monday, says: W I do not hesitate to say that
in my opinion, any Southern man who would ac
cept office from a Republican President, elected
upon the platform of the Republican party of
avowed hostility to Southern slavery, would be no
better than a Black Republican, and ought to be
condemned and ostracised by universal public sen
timent, and whilst I hold a seat in the Senate of
the U. S. I will vote against the confirmation of
every Southern man, who will be rotten enough
and “base enough to accept office from Lincoln.—
If this declaration will aid the cause of Douglaa or
Bell here or elsewhere, their friends are welcome
to make the most of it.”
The above is candid and honest. The people
now kdow the position of the Breckinridge leaders
in Georgia. Our two Senators are for all forms of
resistance to Lincoln though constitutionally elec
ted, and though he may administer the Govern
ment constitutionally. Will the people endorse
this position of their Senators at the ballot-box to
day two weeks?
LATE PEACHES.
Mr. Gray, of Monroe county, has presented us
with a very good sample of late peaches—cling
stones. Perhaps, Middle Georgia has the longest
peach seasou of any portion of the world—extend
ing from the middle of Juno to the first of No
vember.
THE UNION MOVEMENT,
In our State, seems to favor by men
of all parties We believe It Is sanctioned by eve
ry Bell and Douglas paper in the State. Also by
the Augusta Dispatch, Newnan it lade, and perhaps
other BrechinriJge papers. Most of them and also
the leader* of that party, oppose it. We hope the
people will bo too strong for the leaders once, and
rush to the rescue of the Union.
SOUTHERN BIGHTS.
Mr. Jcrrv Walter*, n wealthy planter and influ
ential citizen of our county, appeared before ns
this dressed in an entire dorm-tie suit. His
cap, coat, paute, and entire clothing were manu
factured in this State, from Georgia cotton, his
shoos were of Georgia leather, and made in this
city, and his dress entire was warm, substantial,
neat and cheap. We admire hi* example, and we
think it time tbat the people of the South should
follow it. Let us learn to live within ourselvep,
and we will then be independent of the balance of
mankind. —Albany Patriot.
That is a move in the right direction, Mr. Patri
ot. Let others do likewise and the most salutary
change would follow.
AN APPEAL TO THB RIGHT SOURCE-
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier sends
the following communication, to which we invite
the attention of readers:
It is respectfully suggested, in view of the pre
sent political differences, that the Executives of
the Southern States and of others who may desire
to join, do appoint a day, and (he same day of the
week and month , for humiliation and prayer to Al
mighty God to guide the Councils of said States,
and to aid and direct the people of the same, un
der any and all circumstances arising from those
differences.
And that the Executives of the several States nam
ed, do recommended to the people of the same to
observe the appointed day, by assembling in prayer
according to their various denominations, at about
the same hour of the day, so as that but one voice
should go up to the Throne of Him that sits in
judgment over the earth, and holds the destinies of
nations in His hands.
Senator Crittenden on Union Against Lin
coln. —Senator John J. Crittenden emphatically
expresses the views of most of the members of the
old Whig party, when he says that if he lived in a
State which could not be carried for Bell, he would
unhesitatingly vote for another national candidate,
if he could thereby more effectually perform his
duty as a true Union man.
Such should be the governing motive with all
Union men in a crisis like the present.
Ready to Standby their Candidate. —The fol
lowing spirited and timely hint appears in the
Montgomery Confederacy , in answer to the inter
rogatory specified below :
The editor of the Mail, in his characteristic
reoklessneia, has wished to know, if Judge Doug
las would have the audacity to speak in Montgom
ery. We can only tell our cotemporary that
Judge Douglas is an American freeman—has
fought more battles for the South than any man
in the Union, ami that he will not only have the
audacity to speak, but hit friend . will have the
bohhic** to rhaxtisr any crazy fanatic that would
teen dare interruiU Umi.
The fair.
We are informed says the Atlanta Confederacy,
by the Executive Committee that ample arrange
ments are being made to put the Grounds in good
order, and that a very large attendance is expected.
Doubtless the unpropituous season just passed
will impair, to some extent, the Agricultural Exhi
bition that might have been reasonably anticipated,
but the Committee are of opinion, from the infor
mation received, which can be relied on, that the
Fair for the approaching session will compare fa
vorably with any that preceded it. Our friends
abroad are, therefore, assured that the enterprising
gentlemen composing the committee of Arrange
ments will do all that can be done to make it in
teresting, and, therefore, invite all to come.
Adams Express and tuk State Fair.— The At
lanta Intelligencer says : The public have long
been under all kinds of obligations to this popular
company. There can hardly be a project.conceived
for the benefit of a town or an institution into
which they do not enter with a liberality worthy
of the highest praise. Mr. Hulburt, the efficient
manager of the establishment here, called upon us
yesterday, and told us that the Adams Company,
and Hamden’s also, had decided to bring all ar
ticles for exhibition, Ac., to the State Fair next
week, to Atlanta, and back again free of charge.
All honors to such patriotic liberality.
You may depend upon it that he is a good man
whoso intimate friends are all good.
VERY TRUE-
The South complains, and justly too, nays the
Athens (Tenu.j Post, tbat the Fugitive Slave Law
i not always executed faithfully. But why is it
not executed? It is the sworn duty of the Presi
dent or the United States to see that the laws are
all execfited. That’s what he is elected for. The
troops, army and navy, necessary, are at his
deposal to sustain and enforce the laws. Why
then is the Fugitive Flave I.aw not tipiJly enforced ?
Simply because the President of the United States
is President ot a forty, and not of the people,
and a faithful execution of the laws in ret tain cases
might interfere with party interests and jeopar
dire party success. The fault is not in the inade
quacy of the laws, but in a want of nerve and
firmness in the Executive officer, and in fact that
part*t has become the great one-idea with the
men who have had control of the government for
the last twenty years. When the people turn them
out and jrut In Statesmen, all cause of complaint
will cease.”
Our Tennessee friend is correct, as was admira
bly illustrated in the cftlm and temperate, but nat
ional and decided administration of Mr. Fillmore.
We doubt whether the fugitive slave-law will be
worse executed under Lincoln, should he unfortu
nately be elected, than it is now. Indeed, it is
now a dead letter.
Peter J. Strozier, Esq.
This gentleman made a Bell and Everett speech
in Thomosville last Saturday, says the Thoraasville
Enterprise, and warmly defended them against the
unjust charges of Democratic demagogues. He
handled his opponents roughly, but fairly, and
hurled a multitude of hot shot into their ranks.—
Mr. Strozier had been doing much valuable service in
the good cause, during the campagn, and his speech
here closed his labors, which commenced in, and
extended through, the Second District. In his
defense of Edward Everett, Mr. Strozier presented
one fact not generally known among the people,
and we take this occasion to bring it to their no
tice. It is well known through the animosity of
the Democratic press, that the Georgia Legislature,
in 1842, passed resolutions censuring John Mc-
Pherson Berrien, Georgia’s uoblc statesman, for
voting in the Senate of the United States in con
firmation of the appointment of Edward Everett
Minister to England. This was done by a Demo
cratic Legislature, and Mr. Berrien was a Wing. —
Iu the succeeding Legislature, 1848, the Whigs
gained the ascendency. The issue was made di
rectly upon the censure of Mr. Berrien, when the
following resolution was offered and adopted :
“ Resolved, That, we and our constituents, ap
prove the course of the Hon. John M. Berrien, in
the Senate of the United States, and cherish an
honest pride in hi* enlightened patriotism and dis
tinguished ability.”
This is a triumphant vindication of Mr. Berrien’s
course in voting for Edward Everett, and ought to
be sufficient to silence the most malignant and cla
morous among even the Breckinridge democrat*.
Religion and Slavery.
Religion does not profess to make a man free
from infirmities in this life; at least the attainments
it claims to make possible to men do not include
infalible wisdom. If it did, and if its professions
were always genuine, we would never hear of an
uncalled for discussion of the slavery question on
the floors of religious conventions.
A week or too ago a member of the, 41 Annual
Convention of the Episcopal Church for the Diocese
of New York” offered a preamble and a set of res
olutions denouncing the slave trade a* a traffic in
violation of the laws ot God and the statutes of the
Republic.” The proposition was laid on the table
by the unanimous vote of the Convention, and, so
far as the acts ot that body are concerned, there
the matter ended. But the secular press took up
the cudgels and bavo been diligently hammering
at t’no poor old wornout and threadbare subject
ever since. There has been more written about
“ piracy” in New York within a week than has
been writton all over the earth for a year previous,
ly. The slave trade is prohibited by the laws of
the land, and there is not a particle of dispute up
ou that portion of the subject. Those who engage
iu it know precisely the risks they incur aud never
pretend to deny that they deliberately set the laws
at defiance. And as the discussion could do no
possible good, but was certain to do immense evil,
we cannot too heartily commend the prompt ac
tion of the religious assembly in refusing to con
sider the question.
Mr. Y'ahcey at Boston. —The Post in speaks
glowing terms of the speech of Mr. Yancey, in
Faueuil Hall, and says “ there has not been such
an exhibition of oratory for a long time, if ever,”
in the “ Cradle of Liberty.”
The Courier says of the speech :
“It is enough to say that Mr. Yancey’s speech
was worthy of the famous hall in which it was
spoken. He was eloquent, logical, patriotic and
patient under the taunts which were poured in up
on hitn. The speech will be remembered a long
time by all who heard it. Whether we agree or
not with Mr. Yancey, we are glad that he has
given us an address which will set our people
thinking. When the men of Massachusetts begin
to reason, we shall see day breaking.”
University of the South —laying of the Cor
ner-Stone.—The Corner-Stone of the University
of the South was laid at University Place, on the
Cumberland Moutain, on Wednesday, in the pres
ence of 5,000 persons. Bishops from nine Soutn
ern States were in attendance, with a large numoer
of the Clergy from a distance. A number of our
fellow-citiacus, comprising some of onr most influ
ential merchants, were also in attendance. The
oration of Col. J. S. Preston, of South Carolina,
whs one of the most impressive ever delivered.—
Nashville Banner.
Models of Eloquence. —We have rarely seen
more perfectly unexceptionable speeches than those
which passed between Mayor Wood and the Prince
of Wales, upon the reception of the latter at Cas
tle Garden :
Mayor \Voo<l. —Your Royal Highness : As Chief
Magistrate of the City, 1 welcome you here, and
believe that in so doing I represent the entire po
pulation, without exception.
The Prince, of Wales. —lt affords me & very
great pleasure to accept the weloorne, and I have
no doubt that it will be worthy of the great City
of New York.
The Governor of Arkansas, Elias N. Conway
has issued a proclamation to the militia of the
State, directing them “ to prepare for trouble and
danger.” In this remaikable document Governor
Conway expresses the singular belief that the peril
of the South comes, not from the North, but from
the machinations of Great Britain. Ho says:
It it mi/ ojnnton that the British Cover nine nt it
the real author and . nthyator <>j the mischitjt and
outrages jh rpetrated against the static States , and
that H is the duty of our Federal Government, and
of the patriotic people of the United States, to
hold the British Government responsible lor dis
turbing the domestic tranquillity of the United
Stales.
Ex-President Fillmore was on a visit, last
week, to his old friend, Hon. William Scott, of
Scottsburg,Livingston county, Massachusetts. They
visited the Dansville Seminary, and Mr. Fillmore,
after being introduced to Prof. Seagcr, made an
interesting address to the students. Forty-six
years ago Mr. Fillmore was a brother apprentice
with Mr. S. at the wool carding business, and he
had not stopped in town from that time.
Mr. Crittenden. —A writer in the Augusta Dis
patch (Breckinridge paper) proposes that the elec
toral votes of the Anti-Republican party through
out the country be cast for Mr. Crittenden, as a
means of reconciling all parties.
President Buchanan has agreed to furnish Bon
ner, of the Ledger, a sketch of the life and char
acter of William Lowndes, if not before, sooq after
the 4th March next.
MKKEsPUNDLVCE OF TIE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
Nkw York, Oct. 12th, 1880.
Jfirts re. Editor* :—The Union Ticket is com.
plete. The State Committee of the Breckinridge
party have withdrawn their separate ticket and
their electors have resigned. There remains now
but one opposition ticket, and the energies of all
parlies opposed to Republicanism will be exerted
upon that. The pressure of public opinion has
brought about thi* arrangement. And it is a chr* f .
ing evidence of heaithfulness in the body politic
when the intelligence and patriotism of the masses
can thus effectually, and without revolution, stay
j l he mad ambition of politicians. The demonstra
tion in this city Monday night, the Bth inst., f t , r
the purpose of ratifying the Union Electoral Tick
et prepared by the honorable Committee of Fif.
teen, was every way worthy of the occasion. The
meeting was a success beyond cavil. The over
whelming crowds that aurrounded the Cooper In
stitute and blocked up the adjacent streets, were
wild with enthusiasm. An impromptu procession
during the evening, of the Associations— compa
nics of Minute-men and Union Leagues—that
were uniformed and equipped with torches and
lanterns, has established beforehand the certain
success of the grand demonstration to take place
on the 22d inst.
So far from being dispirited by the news from
Pennsylvania (which has seemed to craze the Re
publicans of this city with unexpected joy) the
sentiment among conservative men has the directly
opposite character of hope. For we feel now that
all depends on New York, and nerved by the glo
rious recollections of the past and the grand crisis
of the present, the old Empire State is going to
make a good fight and prove her claim to be the
Empire State. We shall go out of this city with
a majority of fifty thousand, that it will be impos
sible to get over throughout the Bute. The Ex
press of last evening say* with great pith : “ The
Empire State is here, not there. The Empire is
in our hands, not theirs. The policy of this go
vernment is shaped by New York, not by Pennsyl
vania. We dictate laws to, not receive laws from
Pennsylvania.” In another place the same jour
nal hirs tne nail on the head thus : “ The Penn
sylvania and Indiana results are not 4 public opin
ion,’ but the results of a disorganised, conflicting
Democracy in those States. * * * * The
Democracy there have become men’s men, and
censed to be Democratic or Democrats, and hence
the defeat.”
Mr. Yancey made a powerful speech at the
Cooper Institute night before last, in which by
irrefragable statistics he demonstrated the shal
lowness of Seward’s recent misrepresentations at
the West. Mr. Y. endorsed and advocated the
fusion movement in this State. His calmness
in address, together with his gentlemanly bearing,
won him great favor with those who heard him.—
In view of his radical antecedents and particularly
his plan of ** precipitating the cotton States into a
revolation,” very few in this region are however,
willing to trust him.
Before closing this letter I cannot forbear a
brief mention of the excitement which the advent
of the Prince has stirred up among us republi
cans. His Royal Highness arrived here yesterday,
and all new York turned out to greet him wel
come. Broadway was packed with men, women
and children, and the window* and roofs along the
rout* were alive with faces. I never had a good
idea of a crowd till yesterday. The most excellent
order however, prevailed, and no single reported
case of disturbance ha* mot my observation. The
Prince was cheered constantly, and hi* extreme
good-nature in acknowledging the republican
compliment by constantly raising his chapeau, has
made him already a pet with New Yorkers. The
.Military made a fine display, and the Seventh
Regiment (National Guard) ns usual bore off the
honor*. 1 caught a glimpse of the Prince again
this morning, as he came out of the University,
surrounded with hundreds of enthusiastic men
and women. The Duke of Newcastle, Mentor to
the young Telemachus in his travels, impresses
me most of all the suite.
To-night the grand Bail takes place, and to
morrow night the firemen have a torch-light pro
cession. CRACKER.
New York, Oct. itxtb, 1860.
The canvass is progressing with great activity,
and New York will not disappoint the hopes of
the friends of the Union. We are greatly encour
aged by the reports from the interior, which indi
cate a failing off of thousands in the Republican
vote of several counties. Our friends are at work
throughout the State, and seem to realize the re
sponsibility now resting upon New York. A gen
tleman from Tompkins county assured the Young
Men’s National Club at it* regular meeting last
night, that the Republieau majority in that county
would be reduced from six thousand to fifteen
hundred, while iu the adjacent county of Steuben,
there would be certainly a reduction of two thou
sand.
If we can thus diminish the Republican majori
ties in the western part of the State, where Re
publicanism has its strong holds, it will enable us
the more easily to overcome their total vote by our
admitted majorities in the eastern counties.
The political circles of the city are just now
a gug w > th the anticipated success of the grand
Uuion torch light procession of neit Tuesday, tha
23d inst. It U expected to surpass in brilliancy,
as it moat undoubtedly will in numbers, any politi
cal demonstration ever made in this city.
The Ninth ward alone will turn out from fifteen
hundred to two thousand men. The Third Divis
ion, comprising company A of the New York Min
ute Men of the Union, escorting the various com
panies from Boston, Albany, Philadelphia and New
Jersey, will be a splendid feature in the procession,
A delegation of our Minute Men, from company
A, went to Boston to participate in the grand de
monstration in that city, on Wednesday evening,
17th inst., and have returned this morning with
glowing accounts of the enthusiasm of that pa
rade.
We are alive to the emergencies of the times,and
you may rest satisfied that not a stone will be left
unturned to defeat our common enemy in Novem
ber. CRACKER.
Sorrn Carolina Defences. —The Charleston
Mercury publishes an elaborate tabular statement
showing how an improvement in the manner of
drawing conscripts or volunteers could be made
in cas9 of necessity. By it each district is re
quired to furnish a number of select militia. In
explaining the paper the Mercury says : M Under
the system proposed, it is believed that this select
militia would be to the rest of our militia, should
their services be needed, what a regular army is in
any country to the rest of the force which a war
may call into the field.”
Pennsylvania Politics.
The Reguler Democratic State Committee, of
which Mr. Welsh is Chairman, met at Reading
Pa , on Friday last, and adopted the following re
solution :
Resolved, 1 bat this Committee do hereby re
scind its action at Philadelphia on the 2d of July,
and Cresson on the fth of August, and that *
recoin meud to the Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania to stand by the electoral ticket made by ths
Democratic Sute Convention at Reading on the
Ist of March.
Amendments, recommending a conference with
the BelFEverett party, and the Douglas party were
rejected.
The spirit manifested by the Breckinridge ®
of Pennsylvania is in keeping with that of some
the papers and leaders of the same par l .’ * n
State. Rule or ruin, appears to be their po-.ey.
Let the people now it.