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utaeturera. We come in eiwnjieritiion with none
of thni iiKiittfU. Our iuteresMare mutual and
reciprociT. The profile ot. the Northern Slate*
f are the rivals ot the peop'e of England in manu
htetiring and sUippiag. Both are dependent upon
o* far catfOSJ. V**ir utilit'W’ of tb*’ people of
Great Bnuiu took lattho neirtni t *M k ir support ’
to the cotton crop <H ita J onth*rn ‘Life? of thi*
Uaion. An invas.o** ot o’tr •off. will -h would cut <
of a ringl* crap oi cotton, worn.! ihe pillars
of the F.og!ib throne, and the ery ot “bread or ,
blood ’ would a* onoi* ...otr.J the action of the ‘
•rciTcrnweat, the army, and the nix* ot Great Uris- ;
an in or f-tTOr.
I am aware that the opinion it tiUrUtori) by i
many that the Sbfithi rn State*, in the event of a
dHcijlution of the Union, would he in a wor-e con
dition than they am on, in reference fa the re
copturc of their fugitive slave* ; n u i* -Mid large
number* would eerape, and we would have no pro
tvs* by which we could recover them from any
portion of tic Northern <’uKOJert r. This is
enor. is. *’Ae of * of ihf* two
arcnoop, *bJ the fornoioa oi ne gorernmenu,
tto prvfi* oi ity Nun! ssh C&r.ff4ti4ff ioU no
jtrfci thil it f mrTri .eftftr* <•*•s itlh flifff y
ia the Scair., say m.er* 3 - ?*.*n ir-y raw ar-* in
or Bra. l Mt* i*i !*•- iWiht-vu Slat* - tlltr 1 ul
fM.ty t-itaflf.l Hlingrßl law*
tioo V> tree negroes among them. Th.-v would
nc.i dcrire each a [opoktibn in their midst, and
would to i!iiny to apcr.d money to rid themselves
of N. They would need our eotion, a* they now
do. and would l*nd our trade indispeStsable to
therr prosperity. We should ih*n hate the power
to refukre our own revenue law*, tariff*. Ac.., and
to 4ia-hmisit against them, and in furor of F!i-
I op-'tn cttlH, it we choo*e to *jo so, by impo-ing
etport ddtiat or* muon pureimed hr them, and
ifiport dti'ieS on manufactured arti-les sold by
t'-otn to our f. opir Thi* ther count not endure
and prosper. The ir-ttU would hr- that they aotild,
if requited, ‘hit./ into a treaty with tit to brih
hack our fugitive •lave’*, and deliver them t u <at
the fine, if r would agree to a fa won Me emu
rarmjl iveatv with them, h which thev could
buy our cotton mu act! t toeir good* nixm equal
Term- Wsh other nation*. A iiriilar treaty for he
hke rea-ow, rank) *-• tirade with the English Gov
rrmrM, by sliirli Gao*-la would no longer he ;he
l.itbsi ot litgitiie slates.
Tne sentiment, no duubt, prevails in the noiili
era ciMite*, flat Mr peo*fe Of’ the South would be
:i grew? danger f.oiu their •lave*. inease we should
Attempt u* fc|.,ritr from it.e northern State*, nn-l
so form an independent Government. In-urrectioi.
and revolt ar.* already attempted to be held in K-i
----ror over m. Ido not pretend to deny that north
ern >pie- siuon* ns might be able, occasion allr, m
into *'*tll i.muber- of slaves in diff-rent locuiiue*
to revolt, and ntutder families of innocent women
a r t i Util-iron, which would oblige us promptly to
execute the stave* who should have departed from
t. c path ot duty under the deceptive influence of
abolition incendiaries. ‘Pbese iaMaaewt would,
however, he .-mre. Our slaves are usually under
the eye of their masterw or overseers. Few of
them can read or write. They are not permitted
to travel on our railroads, or other public conrcv
nce, without the consent of those haw’oc thwcon
tro! ot thcro. Tbey have no mail facilities, except
each ae their owner* allow them to have and no
meari of cOtuuiiuur.*itob with each tdher at a dis
tance. TLcv are entirely unarmed and ttn*ki!led
In the use of aria*. A general revolt would there
j..re oc lUipo-sd.te. But the more important fact,
which is weh knowa in emahern *ooietr, is that
B;’-e balks of them are truly and tlevotedlv at
tached to their masters and mistresses and would
el>ed, in jht ir dc-feuce, the last dr* p of their Mood.
Tliev feel and recognize their inferiority • a race,
and their dependence npon their owners for their
protection and ioppuit, whose smile of approtration
consiiiote* their highest enjoyment. They have
xtot been Accustomed to claim or eierri*e political
od tew ot them have any ambition beyond
thetr preaeut comtort and enjoyment. In case of
a plot or conspiracy, *he secret could be cornniuni
cated to hut few, till tome would learn it, who
would immediately communicate it to their masters
and pot them tipon tbeir guard. Thi* woul.l l*ad
to a” inrnedtate aeirttn? and eieeoiion of a few ol
th-ir \V c have therefore btu little cause
ot apjrcla-n*ion irom a rebellion of our slaves.
Jc*t s lw a moment contrast our difficulties with
our laborers, to rase of division, with the diflfrutf
es which the northern people would hive with
Iheir laborers.
Many ol the northern master*, or employer*, if
they prefer the term, are now in possession of large
fortunes which they have accimtilated hy the o*e
n '. strong artn* of white laboret* autAbt’ them,
vl.o rave labortri and toiled and dropped the briny
for week*, and month*, an-1 yevrs, i ■ tbi-tr
service, and have received Irom them in r< tnrn a
n-?feirre. rnmpt ntaiioa, whu h. in health, ha I tardy
coalvied them to support tbr-m*e(ve* in a simple
aitle, donjrcgto their f.imilies int>*f ot the comfort*
,l Lie, and in Hckii*-?* lat otter, left them in desti
fCii-wi, and actual want of the necessaries of life.
1\ hilc fhowe who receive Ihe benefit of the Idior
f>l ufhcri are iivtng in vtaielv ntimioss, amid ea*e
wnei ioxwry, and faring .*ompmuitlv every dy, tna
rty ot the laborer* whose toil bought the*e rom
forte, i.itst *p>-nd thpir dav* in nnple,i*ni dwell
iog*. d<ejt,ie,| to perpetml oMetititv, and denied,
even in *i. ne**, the com for iof III*:, produced Iv
fheir own katd iahor.
f; i: m:.a ar.* ihn*e Sor c-t Mur>lv ijlwwere, who
ar - kept in aatate of inleriory, to those who a*-
e*ir.e cor.tr*'-, over them * They are white men.
y b*!.-.t*o no inl'ctiot race. Thev ate son*
/t treemer*. ar.d tlet haven right to !c free: m*y i
Theo. kft d'.- . t.*;,| (••on r<*voiittionarr *it-s, who ‘
th*Hf blood to sen e liberty to their po*ti*fit
Tnre rucii b*v.* rmliiical rights inherited from
their ioer-uio, which are inalienable. They hare ‘
the titLt to bear 4 nr,* a**d tbon-ands of them
imst I.** w c*e tbent. Ti.ev enn teal and write
a* -I carrerpond with tn-b other trout the wrongs
*wbd m-oa lit* ru.
.*-..ot4*i a acparauvn take place, and the not theta
Iv'wiC!* ..*k* up arm* again -t the j*p©jA** of Ilie South,
i-tid wltciMpt o> In* *tp our yrif**- to in-nnrruon,
‘GO*:ar *M of ttie*i w title norrhern liltorers, who
twvc auflVted jk inne-t, itijo.irF at tltr hands of
diusc who wrung front thr-m the bar*! e.vtnings 1
of Me *e*. of their hrowg, might ft*l at liberty
ts reo i.re ssu#f*. t*ot* for p#*e injitttee. and to
nasert tha p; iu.tp’c recognised in the South, that
me ’-me aristocracy tw not aa ari*f>t*riev of wealth, i
hut ot color and of condor*. While ihVir senc of j
jst*Li Moght prompt them to a*<u*t the South •
wgaioet the of those in the N'orth who j
hve detti. *i eijualitv to thr-m, a well %* to Ihe
people ot’ the >outh.
Atmo* Be the por-r white laborer i re*7eeti-d a*
at; r*|Msl ll** ftwtilv tv treated with kindoe*-.
conaid.-ratia* *„,! respr . t He doe* not belong to
the toec>,antral da*-. The negro is in no eti*e of ‘
th# *•'■' t* |fi niif known ihis. Hi* j
belongs to ihe oul v trwe ari?rtcr*e*, the rare of
vu-,l* meo. He hlaeke no nn<ter'k Ko*vt*. and 1
how* she u*e to no nne save t.od alone, lie re
ceive* hither wages for hi* labor, than doe* the
isborrr of H ny other portion tf the world, and hr
rtucs uj. his children, with the knowledge that
*b-y Uehotg to no inferior rwoae: but that *h” high
-** tm-mopt* of the *oc>>-iv in which he live.*, will. |
it iUr kOfolvu * U good, re*-jo*ci and treat them a ‘
equal*.
I men know, that in tit* evert’ of the abo
rtion of ilaioy, lh.-v tronhl be fres'/r snfferCfs
*h„ tb* sh-t, b. won>d t>e aWe to protect them
ed**-. I *y will, the? fore, never permit the
ol ifie •'wstii to t*r -**t free among them,
eorue ia competition with their labor,
with them and their children as equals—be allowed
*• le9t 'iy in our -oort* against them—ait on jurie*
*;*h them, march to the ballot box by their side*.
participate in lh: choice of their ruler*—claim
roria l conality xriTh thea-and a*h the hands of
their children i marriage. That tin* ultimate *le-
HfTB ot the black Republican party i* to brin*
thi* St*c# €ti tliivifd in th*- •otifhi*rn ?iatp ? ,
and that its triumphs, if submitted u* by us, will
at no eery distant period lead to the consummation
•it these re-alt*, js, I ibink. quite evid.-nt to the
mind of every cool, dipdonate thinker who ha
etamioed this question in the light of all the *m
rounding circumsttnee*.
H the made*-a and folly of ihe people of the
noftbern .states i-L.ili drive n* of the ‘-oulh to a
Reparation from them, tec hare within ourselve*
i* the element* of wealth, power, and national
gr**atne. to an extent pos-ese.*.! proliaMv bv no
eJtrr jcnpV on the face of the earth. With a vat
and fertile tcirilorv. po-*e*e.'d ot every ns.tnral
advantageheeiowed by a kind Providence npon the
n o*t btorril hind, and wflrh almost a complete m*v
r.-qoit of the cotton culture of the world, if we
wer. true to ouraGvc- onr |>ower would be ia vin
cible, and oar prosperity unbounded.
If it ia ancermioed that the Black Repib|ican
rave irmmphe 1 oser n*. I recommend the call of
m L*.nxeot.au of the people <f the Ktatcat an earlv
IW* i ar.*l I wi!l cordially unite with the General
A.**c tW# m u> action, wbicL in their jod-ment
t ar he cecreeary to the protection of the right
ant Ih* p ter ration of the of the people
nr tiroraia. resir.M the further ■yrr.-sio,,, 0 f
eiwutv. ahUh. ffuehed with victory, will he
• -.dent in tb* hoar ol t> tumph
f #r vh# iwnpoe* of p itting thi f-latc iu a defea
***• cand’uon r%*t a* |K*-itd**, and preparing
tut *n rn.crget.vy w.tivh u)u**t W met fooncr or
f*y * ’ that the sum ot* one million and
I**2 ‘ n ‘*’ r, b l tdy appropriated, os military
!*£*£* ’“ 4 °’* l P r<^
’ ,,r r3 **ttg *uch portion ol the
a, may aot u. u the Treaaary, M a*
the public nec'Ssitte* may require its expenditure J
“ Millions for defence and not a cent for tribute,"]
should he the motto of the Southern States.
To every demand for further concession, or com I
promise of our rights, we should reply: “ The
argument i* exhausted,” and we now “standby
our aims.”. JOSEPH E. BROWN. *
Tlet-iin*- tit Bailer.
Saturday, IT it* int , a respectable portion of
the citireo* ofTiflor coitcly, aithout party *li-‘
tinction, met at the t’onrt House in Butler, .hr-’
email Wilcter un i itenaett Stewart presitled by]
choice oi the AS-*-(ithly. The lecretarU-.s were,
John A H irnilton and Thomas R. King—chosen:
in like aianwer. One of the chairmen—Wiicher—.
-iite.i that the purpose of the gathering was to
have a cointuon e*prc>--lon of opinion respecting
the present aspect of our Federal Relations.
Uu motion oi J. H. liobev, a co.Timillpe of fir.-
was appointed to report buwncea. The committee’
—. re <*atJ J. T U*t, W. P. E.twar-t-, J.\
Y C,*, t*. W kiili^r, — * l.*>, after relUinr/
(HUIUed With IItC hilhisine PifFoßl ;
Ah aliHhjii 1. 1 AmJc bf t H full &hi bli toil ** pbiili
via.-*’ it* “pte. •c-t .lr the ibmlh into rctolntlr.i*
Tk**j .i..t io Irf- al *ru*e,| for 1 1*. -,!--tv ol slave
jtiitjH-riy in the l.nion uii.h r ihe uiltniiiiairstiion ot
a Republican President. But we Itelicve it is their
real purpose, under color of devotion to our Com
mon intere-t % to plunge it* into civil war, coinnter-j!
cial distress, and the min of our liberties for their,
own (ier*ona! aggrandizement. In view of this
peril, we, the people of Taylor county, of all par-j
lies, I
I. y?e*r>/, /, That f are opposed to thcseces-j
•ion of our Slate from the I’nion. for any cause ’
now existing.
i. /tV-W*•*></, We einnot countenance ilie crafty
policy of cre.-ttiug a ra<* ihrotigli the land hy the
wild and clamomt* resolves of the “cities and
large towns,”
*>. liioJc.J, Instead of sophisiry anti bluster
we hclieve in a manly rcliauce on the Constitution
and Uwa of our country—sustained, as we think
they are, by Justice, Truth *nd God.
*. /.*. *,tY,.f, We hold il aubecoAting in a con-j
-idcrate people to commit themselves to revolu
(Kmary resolve*- iua*itanct‘ of the ntie.dticf which
is to j*.*tifv rctolutiotiaty sctiwit.
f*. Vi hen our government purposely;
vioiates the Constitution to the end of oppressing
om people, anl no remedy uppeats but an af*|te:il
to ihe law of nature, /Ae* t*e arc rea.lv to counsel,
secession and arms, —bui <*•**’ /v/oee.
J. F. GRAY, j „ . . I
W. P. EDWARDS, - , M ’J' ,nt . v
I. W. MII.I.KR. ) Committee,
J. T. May and .1. iloDey made the following
vixiiMmt p.veor.T.
Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln to
the I'rp'ideitcy ol the 1 nited State- with his avow
ed ptim-iples of ho-tilify to the in-tiititions of the
.'•otuh, ami whose administration, if not repelled,!
would prove injurious, if not fatal, to ihe institu
tion of slavery. Be it therefore—
/.v**W)--.f, That we earnestly recommend the
••resent legislature of Georgia, to pass an act fully
arrying into effect the retaliatory measures rec
oiMueiMled by his Exce’uency, Joseph F.. Blown,
•I. hi- laU- special me.-sage to the legislature.
AV/-/iW, That we cheerfully approve the
cah of a .-staie Convention, to he held at an earl?
•S*V, for the purpose of considering an*! determin
ing the lutnre policy of our State in regard to her
Federal relations, and we hereby agree to cheer
lully and willingly abide the decision of that Con
vention, and ptetlge ourselver to assist in giving
full force and effect to gaid derision, whatever it
■nay he, notwithstanding any private opiuion we
may entertain.
A’rso/'tt/, That we pledge our Jives, our prop
erty and our sacred honor, not only in the defence
of this State, hut also that of any Southern Stale
or Stale* that may deem it just and proper, in
consequence of Federal aggression, to secede from
the I nior, and to defend and protect any such
State or States against any interference hy the
General Government.
4. AW***/, That while we hold that a State
has the right io secede from the I’nion, wo deem
it impolitic io exercise that right at present pre
ferring to light the fiiM haulo for our rights in
the I’nion. j_ *p. MAY.
I rndm —and recommend all the foregoing mi
nority resolutions, except the last, in lieu of that,
I woul.l substitute the following
/f. That we hereby recommend the Con
vention hereafter to be called, to adopt such de
cided measures of redre for p:t*i w rongs, and
lor the protection of our honor and lights in fu
ture, a- in their judgment may be sufficient and
! politic under *-*i-ting circweiatances
J. H IIOLSKY.
Mrs-,**. F.lw r.b, n.,!-:,y, M a y and Miller, ad
.lre- sed If**- meeting.
Milter mov*-d that ti e preamble and resolutions
of Ihe majority committee hr put to vole—all to
gether. Carried.
He now movr-d their adoption. Carried by a
large majority.
, lloL-ey move.J to put the minority resolutionsi
* **ngly. C*arrie*l. lie now moved the adoptiou ofi
the first.
IGjeeted.
Tiieii the second. Cunird. Then the third.—
Rejected. Then the fourth. Carried. Then
Holcy - ?ep.trate resolution, and the la-st. Car
rie<L
tin motion of Edwards,
AVo/ ‘r*/, That thi se pro.-e.-.lings l,e published
i*u the if. *■ yruj h, f’iVcrs and M. </c/-, at Ma
’ •’^ n ; the t at Columbus, and the
: l ah**, at Millrdgcville. Ailjouitied.
JutuuH Wsi.cn:r. Chairman.
I put my name to these proceedings under pro
* te*t again t the preamble to the majority reeoln-
R. STEWART, Ch'iu'd.
T. Ii Kt\*., ) ,
J A. Hi-.ltov, j
Ilrrllua in Hioiror.
<fo .-sat tu day the liih inst., according to a pre
kw* call, a very large, resfe<-l.'thle and intelligent
portion of the citizens of Monroe County met in
the Court Hons*- to uke into couniderution the
political condition of our country, and to counsel
together iu ref* r.-nce to tire election oI Abraham
Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the Presidency
, a>il Vice Presidency of these United States.
The meeting nc organized by calling Col. J. S.
i P'mchard, Hon. Hiram Phioazee, and Hon. David
j Ogletrcc to the chair, and requesting J. K. Rawles
And F. T. PolhiH, K-*jra., to act as Secretaries.
The meeting was bight? entertained by eloquent
and patriotic add re fee* from Lon. if. Phin&zee,
(lan. F. S. Bartow, and Hon. 11. I*. Trippe.
| The Chair, on motion of Don. C. Peeples, ap.
I pointed the following gentlemen, a commiute of
lif'een to report bu..iiie-*s for lle meeting:—C.
i Peeples. R. L. Roddey, !•- C. Phelps, R. P. Trippe,
A. Dob. J. il. Banks, 1.. B. Alexander, FT H.
Walker, J. S. Stephen*, It. McGowan, J. T. Crow
der, A. Middlebrook, B /.Muter, M. Clowcr,
W. A. Hartafieid. Whereupon the following fire
amide and resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
j The people of Monroe count v assembled to con
; suit as to the present political condition of the
■ couutry, and to consider what their rights, inter-
I esi-, and honor demaud in the crisis, do resolve as
| follow
That we cordially approve of what we have un
derstood to he he recommendation of the Joint
Corninitte*- on Federal relation* in the General As
; semMy of the State to wit :
That the present crisis in our national affairs de
, maud* resistance on the part of the State of Geor
| gia, and that we recommend a convention of the
people at an early day to determine the mode,
j measure and trine of re.hvss,
JS. PINCKARD, )
n. PHINA7.EE, Chairmen.
DAVID ttGI.FTRFE, )
i. z. io—.-
rt. point,i, j
A late eitixens meeting in Morgan county nnan
I iiufMi If rckolvc-d that the only ju*t mo*le of ob
< isitting ihe *ovcr>igii will of the people on the ex
citing f-oliiicai questions of the day is through a
Convention. They also pioed unanimously the
follow ing resolution, with the coucurretu-e of the
leading men of all partiea in the county:
/.V**d* */, That in our judgment a Convention
of ilm- -lavrholding Statev fhonld be hehl, with a
view to adopting such course for their action a*
will iiioure concord and harmony among ourwotve*:
and that the Georgia State Convention should ap
point, by bailor, ten suitatdi- rlel*“*li*s to represent
oar Stale in -aid Convention of the Gave holding
State*.
Hm. j, a:. iiu*oii.
The funeral obsequies over the remain* of thi*
aide ami dc uugnihel Bipliat Minister were per
formed iu thi* city on Tuesday, *ayt the Coluinbu*
f.’iiyuirr, of Wednesday last Mr. Dawson diet!
at Tuskegee, Ala., of conaomption, after a linger
ui” decline, and his remains were brought here for
interment, lit haa long been known a* one of the
ablest and moat influential loiuivter* of bit denom
ination in this net-lion of country, and nearly all
•■r people have liateued to hi* eloquent and
* arch *ug pulpit dicour*ea with edification and
i iterest. He was lately on* of the editors of the
%WA II turru. baptist, from which station he had
to reurc on account of hi* declining health.
meeting in Afacon County.
A large portion of the citizens of the county of
Macon irrcsjw?-tivc of party, met in the Court
in Oglethorp-*. <*n the 15th in-’-t.. when, iqion motion
ofK. VT. Allen, Esq., CoL Wm. IF Robinson was
cltosen President, Messrs. M. *1 M* Molen, and Toi*n
A. Hunter, Vico Presidents and Dr. K. E* * edwv.
and Jofm M. Greer Seer* ta'i* ■
The obje. -t of the rr* .-ting was then explained >*y
the ui a -j, ** h r*f -'otue h tigth. in wbutli
he r. vi*‘.rrd the r *t.*hLi.*ti of tb. country, find e.-nn
t.. l b .id and united --1 e-r. upon the part **t th-
Sriith. Fnmiiel it,.11 ni.Tve.l The ap|>ointmem ui a
cott.ouU. e ul lilieth U> r* port business li*r ii,e meet
ing The Chair spp*anted the Allowing: M-. s< u*. F*.
Hall 1 u>. id Well* S. IWI. VC. il \Vdh- P. Har
ris p Wurshnm. J J. Car *>n. A. N*kil. B. tlre.-u. ,
R. William- Win. Kuigkr, W 11 Poitou. U. tt.j
Hill. .hJin Wit-hard, and I F. Butler.
Tile Rev, A, Hol'insin whs ajrpt.inttd 4ap
lain and the rn.vting was organr/ed with pieryet. — I
I’h.- e. .inuiitrei- no-1.- the lot lowing I*-| •*>* t lhr..ugh
Vi*. Fi. ctie.fr ..1 \hrah.*ni I inc..tn r.f lllin. i * r.* j
Pf, :t,|ei,i iii Hu- l T mi. J .ift'l Hiniiib tl lisiu*,
lu, ~i daim :,f Vice Preshleat, *- the nn.il and o*.m- j
j.l . iriompr* ..l 1 1.. M.-.-k H<-|.v.l.!i. .rj *n> ..(.*.L
i-th*- ven t>. nw.,l of u..ii.*n:d di • *>r*l. .*•• is .ternli j
to Ith- Slake Slulpa, or li tin* CiflifiiltTildP f lilt lllF |
State-.” A ] *:uty which obtained! i,s own coni |tvirn- |
is.-in tire CiHistiOUion. to cowtiuui the importation j
of slaves, and now set-* up u law higher titan the]
Constitntiou to alsilisli pr**peity in the slates which j
it sold to as its neighbors —which in IS.9and ls2n
deprived tH of equal <tett lenients in more than one
half tiro Territory acquired from France — which
sr-i?a'*l ujvou Texas limit of liiiny -siv degrees 1 bitty
minutes —which also seized u|x,n all the lerritory
acquired by common conquest from Mexico and tie
jirivwl ‘jjav c* la)or >t’ lli<* oi o]*4irailwg in
the wealthier mines of earth, \ h; of
Calilbrnm —which hut led a -lave Mate with 1h.000.-
OOh rf common funds o sanction a prohibit ion ol
-liiVery in all New Mexico —which claims to abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia —the Fort*.
Arsenal, Pock Yards, and other phux-s cedtil to
tlic Unit cl Siates, to abolish the entire slave
State trade, and thus cul off ihe Northern slave
State- from ih*.ir profits of production, and the
jf. -itli in from their source* of supply ol laloor—t..
forhiit all equality and competition oi selllrau-nt in
cotiuti’ n r**riitorie- by The citizens of Slate Suites
—which reprt -- ail further adinissitiii ot new hiave
State-.-.—*-which has uullifw and the fugitive slave net in
fburtis it Slat. -ot the t t*ion ; has det,.* *1 me ex
tradition o, murderers, marauders, and felons in s..v
oral others —has caused and shielded the murder of
masletso owners in the pm suit of lugitoe slaves
—ta - reins, it u> punish or prevent by Slate author
it v. the spoiiui ion of slave properly; hut ottlhe coa
trarv, has n.adc it a eritiiinal offense iu the eitizetis
of several Stai. s to ol* y the law-ofihc Union lor
the prut*-iion slave proj-rtv l*a-a*lv*.. at. and ne
gro tsptaliiv. at I* l made it the ground ol positive
legislaiiou hostile t*> Southern Fiat s; approves
protection to slave prnjieity on the high seas, fitul
has justified pit any itself as in theea-c of the ft-.H*!*:.
Tliis parl\ Las kept iti our midst omis-ai ies of iuecn
darism t * corrupt our -laves an.l induce them to ty
hellion *md insurrection—has run off millions of
slave pi*i*orty hy a .system of what is called “Under
Grouitd Rail Roads,’’ ami has made its tenure so
precarious in the border States, a.-, nearly to have
ulxilitioni/cti two ol them, vi/: Maryland and \ ,a
sourt : and t- making similar inroads constantly up
on Virginia and Kentucky. It is incessantly scat
tering tirclirands ofiricc-ndiary appeals in our midst.
It lias c-xt. ruled fanaticism into our own boi.i*-'-s—
----has invaded a territory with arms furnished by em
igrant aid societies utider State pair*mage, and by
funds fnruisliod by fcflt ign enemies in Cannda. anil
Great Britain—l.as invad*-U Virginia and shed tLe
blood of In r eiii. c-ns on her own soil—has justified
and exalted to the highest honors of admiinUou
attd rc*|)cct, the horrid murderers, arson* and ra
pine af the raid of John Brown, and lias canonized
the felons themselves, as saints of martyrdom-—ha=
burnt the tow ns and poisoned the cattle, and form
ed the midnight conspiracy for the depopulation of
Northern Texas —has proclaim* and t* the -daws the
horrid motto, “Alarm to ih •, b .-j*—lire to the dwell
ings—|(ot'<>n tu the l.hid .iii*i v\ai* r of slave hold
ers—has pub’i.-hcd its plan for the al*o]iik*u ot slav
ery every when—viz : “To r* v.tu- slaves at aU haz
**r*tM fr.au m*.s*K iatkm- l<) establish presses—to use
tllO VOte an*’ Luliot to r;1 1^*• Uiou. y and nUtltarv
equipments—to form amt discipline armed compa
nies—to ap| al to noit-slav< holders and detach
them from slave holder.-, m the lav - Stairs—to en
courage jum-sdavery emigzanls to the South and
VVet—to seize other property of stare holder*—u
coinja nsatc lor the cost ol running oil'their slaves—
l<, force eniam-ipation by all im ans. . iallv by
limiting, harrassing and frowninc iq>on slavery in
every modi and liirrn • arid finally h\ the ewoutivc
b, Gongre-s —Gy Ibe p.-t.J service, and iu every
way to agitate without erasing, until ih.- Southern
fstaics -hall be abandoned to th. ir late, amt worn j
down, shall be c.tuqt* lied to fntrn a.h r and euun-j
eipate their -laves.
it lc*s repudiated th*‘ decisions of the Supremo I
Court. a--:ols us ir..m the pulpit, ilie press, and!
-ohnol-Mom, — diviabs all sects and r. ligions a*
well :t- parti*-s, denouni-es -lave holders as tie
graded by ihe lowest immoralities, insults them in {
every form, and holds them up to the scorn nt man- i
kind, lifts already under its domitnoit a majority
<*fthe Stale- and the Executive pow<r of the I ii- I
ion; has infected ibe Federal a s well the State I
.ludieiaryq and will *oon hove by the new census, ft i
laigt- majority iiiß.ili hiam h.'s of(’ongr.lt has!
amufttnccd ii-. jrtirposoof ttdal abolition of star* ry !
iu the Fmt, a- well as in the Territories, and ids- ■
lit*-1,-., and otlu-r pla.t - e*-d. *l, and it has proclaim- ’
ed an ■ inepie-dble coitilicl with the K<leral i’n !
-lilution itself. The sentirn. itts which Abraham i
l.uiooiu pOM-lwiineii j-iior to hi- eleetion. are •••tint
(he Govornnicni eauuot endure halt slnve and hall
lice : it is an it re pi esi hie conlUet between opposing
rul emluring lore* -. Tl<- United States must and
will, sooner or later, become a slave-hot*ting nation,
or entirely a free lt>or nation.
Theivtor.-, Re-olved. That the el.v-tj. .nos Abra
ham Lincoln t- the Presidency, “is an open official
avowal” by a popular majority of the North, and a
majority of the eieit.iral votes of the Union, that
tlie post ngr .-.-ioiiH of kite Black Rej.ublienns are
rtyhl—“that they arc to he persisted in with great
er aggravation tor the future’—"that the slave
Slates shall not govern thenwlves in respect to
their own projmriy in theii own limits—but whilst
Territories are to l*e allowed to prohibit slavery in
their limits, the Ki:rfo shall not be (lerutittod to pro
tect it in |v in theirs.”
Boss.lvcd. That the ch-ctiun of said Alaraham
I.tinmlii is u deefnration lhat the ‘lave Status arc to
l.* coen*.“if to submission, and that -n<-!> an agression
it mounts to H*-fta! war ngaint them, and tliat his
;-u*-*x—c-ftil inauguration will give tin |vM-r and
moan- to attain the object in view—that although
tin* said election may bo constitutional in form, its
intcn**itJ and jrtirjv*se io our invasion, and the over
throw of the Constitution.
Kesolvi-d. That the said election of the sail]
Anrnhnm Lincoln to the Prcsitkiicy of the United
Elates uion the platfiinn of princiides upon w licit
he was nominated, asftitrns to t e ."-outhern State-;
an itilerior jioeition in the oonfedomev, degrades
themfr.m their equality with tin* Norliieru States
iu the privileges and la neiits of the Union, ati*l
calls loudly tt]*on them to vindicate their rights, ami
maintain unimpaired tiie Constitution as it vva
tornied nnd transmilt* and to them by- their Fathers.
Re oived. That the contingency has bapjs-ned
when Gcswpia slamls ploilged by tlic action of ln-r
Convention of IS;,0, to resist such Frsloral aggres
sions. wrong-s and outrages-as above et forth, “even
as a last resort lo tl# disruption of every tic that
binds her to the Union.’’
Hi solved. That our Senator and Representative
in the General A°s*-inlJy i>e mpt* etrsl. if they e.ut
ikh “reprovs” the conflict now raging la-tween the
dave-holding ami non-litveholding Stntc-s oftlie Cou
li deraey, u> use means at their command to -r. j.e|
it. ’ and to take all steps that can be lawfully arid
eonstilutioruilly taken, lo resuming the powers dt-le
gatel hy this State to tin- general government • and
to artnirig the jfcople in neti manner as will enable
them to maintain their Independence out ol the Un
ion rather than h*nger .submit to wr..ng and degra
dation in it.
Resolved. That it i the sense of thi-i meeting
that the legisfoftire of this State now in sessiffn
•laaild i-all a Convent i*u of the peojjk- to judge of
the infraction of onr rights and to deb-rminc the
mode and measure of redress, and that as p. ioi citi
zens we ofvHild feel lanind to aeqnios-e in Die action
of such Convention.
R. solvtsl. That when this meeting twßourn it ad
j*Mirn to Saturday next, II o'clock. A. SI., and that
the eitizen be invited to assemble at that time for
Hi* porfiooe nf forming an ns-aneiatkai of ‘ Minute
Men. ‘ to act in any ‘qurrgcncy for onr safety and
prole* f ion.
H*-klv<s|. Tint this prrarable and resolution^‘lv|
sent to fli* Georgia Telegraph for pul.licaiioi!, and;
that all the j|>er* in the S#-c<>iid C*,ngr -' a ional Difi
tra-f, and in ilie cities nf Maeon and Milfcdfcrith ‘
la- reque-t.-d to nopy the same, an*t that a c*,pv tu 1
w-nr to onr Senator ami Representative in tin- leg
trialure with u requctM lhat they lie laid l. fore tin 1
general twttiM}'.
All of which were unanimously adopted. Allot :
which Col. W. A. Hawkins ddre®sed the m*olfng I
in an eloquent tpterft, urging uj<*m them imtnediat. ;
ie-i-*tance and resistance to the death. Cob Sulli- 1
van, Aitarn Robioson an*l ("01. S. Hall also adJrn-s
----cd ilm incciing in ihror of imme<lute oess MjU
Tb i meeting then adjourned to meet Sat unlay at 1 ]
o'clock A. M.
The meeting met according to adjournment, 11
oclock Saturday, when 10 names were received as
Minute Men. who declared ti rresolves r r.dy anti
willing to give their services ta the State ot Georgia
or any other Southern State which mar resist the
abolition reign of Lincoln br Affceasion or otherwise.
WM H. ROBINSON, Pres.
R F CoiTrr, t Cjferaafi
Jno T. Gi.ceb, \
Heeling In Hountoii,
At a nieeting of a large number of the citizen*
of Houston County, on Saturday, the 17th ot No
vember, Col. J. D. Havi;s *as requested to preside,
and J. A. Holtzelaw, to act as Secretary.
John M. triles, T. *g, in a few appropriate remarks
explained the object of the meeting, to take into
consideration our relations to the Government,
and what should be the action of the South in the
event of Lincoln’s eleetion to the Chid Magistra
cy bf ilie United %itf3. For this purpose he mov
ed the appointment of a committee of five, to draft
rpe/rlntion 4 *. The I’hfiir Appointed J. M.
Aviles, i Jr J'Hfersoo, Avner Rum.-im* W. T. Swift
And Dr. Gilbert The rommitte nfter retirio^ > re
prdtf J the lul'oninfi ’
\V.- ti.p .-iiiz.<.-n* of ITouston county, in view of
tl*e election o! Atiral.am Lincoln to the Presidency
ul Ihf ITiiied Struts, feeling the imporiance, ns
Southern men, ol being unbiased hy all party pre
dilection-; ami of t;i lug expression to harmonious
opinions, do cordially unite on the following reso
lutions:
AV-o/ .J, Tlmt by the election of At.rahnm Lin
coln, the torms of the Uoastitulion of the United
Eiaits have been prostituted, by dominant majori
ties of the i.orthern i-hates in order, to elevate to
the Presidency a tnnn who has unmistakably a vow
ed principle* destructive lo the interest, safety,
honor, ami happiness of the Southern States.
y.Vji..’ *-</, That. Abraham I.ineoln having announ
ced his disapprobation of negro*- inferiority, and
hii practical approval and de-ire for the universal
ctpiuhtv and eomuiui ity of political privileges be
tween all other races, and especially between ne
groes and white men in these United States, as
“ the great central idea of our American Institu
tions;” ami having declared as its original Htilhnr
an, “ hrop es-*ible contiiet” Hgainst the domestic
Lively ol ihe Southern States, thereby having as
serted and pronoti .cod an eternal and wicked hos
tility to them on this vital topic.
Thert fote from all these considerations we ought
io apprehend, it is our deliberate conviction, that
t her*’ iu embodied in him a perpetual and implaca
ble enmity, on the issue involved, to the dignity,
the pe.itv, ami all the constitutional guarantees and
safeguards, and even the existence ol the States of
the South.
K ofrrtl. That, as the Southern People, for the
reasons set forth in our fits* and second resolutions
a*- cannot look upon Abraham Lincoln as other
than aloe and urn aa a friend : and furthermore,
viewing consequence-* and judging the pressure of
public grievances in the badness of principles, we
must apprehend from his administration, the most
direful results upon the Southern members of the
I ’nited Slatt-S.
brsotvfd. That, iu consequence of the election
of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the
| Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United
States, and of the avowed nefarious ilesigrs of the
; patty represented by them, we heartily approve of
i the recommendation of the Governor of Georgia to
our Legislature, to call a (Jo vcniion of the people
in or.ler to determine the Lo. t menu* ol protection
arui safety for our State.
ficsolved, That upon the convention of the peo
ple of Georgia which may h held pursuant to the
legislative call, w e respect ft. ”y urge the propriety
of inviting n general convm ion of the Southern
States for consultation and advice respecting the
i best modes ol’ procedure anc action in tin- present
juncture ol their political ail. te.
Resolved, That it is our deliberate sentiment,
that it behooves the* State of Georgia to stand rea
dy with all her rightful prej an* ion, and to defend
herself against the anticipated evils of Lincoln’s
administration and the designs of the RUicL Re
publicans; first by every constitutional means in
her power; and secondly, if need be, by every ex
tra constitutional means irhich God and nature
have placed at her disposal.
That though we have borne long the
calumnies, wrongs, and incursions of the Northorn
factions anti lanatics, nevertheless, we are not pas
fite suhrtii-Zionist-; and though we desire our
difficulties to be settled by our pt *.posed State Con
vention, if possible, without State secession, and
without any beligerent or violent conflict with the
dominant northern majorities, yet, if our said con
vet,lion -hall see proper in its <\U.n, consclmflous,
an.l eJ. liU roßan*, to decree that Georgia, in
o*,ler to pieaiMv*. her fortunes, her honor, and her
iiie, must resume ln*r sovereignty disconnected
ftom the confedera*y ot the United rititos, wo wish
it to lie understood, that we will obov her behest
and be ready with our bodies and our goods to de
fend to tie fast ditch, her integrity ami indepen
dence.
Rn,nltl. That we warmly approve our legisla
live enactments lor appropriations and military or
ganizations, (imply sufficient for t he defence of our
State.
Resolved, That we most earnestly recommend to
our Legi-lature now in session, such Constitutional
enactments as -hall li.v and enlarge a direct and
permanent trade with friendly European and oth
er poweis, Htidas shall mo.it speedily effect the
commercial independence of our State with respect
to the Notth.
Rtsoh.d, That the political circumstances which
now surround it* are surely that all men of all par
ties at the South, ought to <hve-t themselves of all
|*rty prejudices and utipathies,di. U!iH with rauutal
good will, forbearance ami friendship, firmly rejec
ting all ueiiinouy, jealousy anil bitterness; and by
free, patient, candid and onlighf.end consultation
and noble concessions, to harmonize upon some
common ground, so that as an unbroken band of
invincible brothers, we may stand together against
a common danger.
We respectfully and affectionately suggest to our
fellow ciuaeua, that, we banish all passionate cxcitc-
Irom our hearts and deliberation ; that, we avoid
all extreme and unreasonable demands; th.lt we
be willing to listen courteously to the views of those
from whom we differ, and to modify, as far ns wo
can, our own opinions by them ; and in fine, as a
matter of the utmost importance, that our calmest
and must experienced and reliable men he looked
to for counsel and guidance, in this day of our
country’s trial. Let us do nothing wrong, but all
things right, ami God and success will be on our
(tide.
These resolutions were adopted by the meeting.
On motion of Jno. S. Jobson, F-q., the Macon
pa|ier and the Nineteenth Century were requested
lo publish.the proceedings.
The meeting then adjourned.
J. D. IIAVTS, Chairman.
•I. A. llotTZi’f.vw, Secretary.
fnillct Rcg-uri.
The New Yotlt correspondent of the Static rial
Intelligencer, says:
Upon several branches of manufacturing the
panic ha Ppcryb ii disastrously. There is a gen
eral stagnation, and it is estimated that the num
ber ot persons, male ami female, thrown out of
employment is twenty live tit usami. The cloth
ing trade is suffering seriously, many orders from
the South snd West, given before the election,
having been countermanded. One large firm in
Broadway has discharged one thousand hands,
and three hcu.ses in Dey street have likewise dis
charged most of their hands.
No I’ri I‘ii‘itatiox. —It is the duty of every
fr iend of the South nnd of South Carolina, to use
his utmost efforts to restrain that *State from se
cession. The Southern people are far from being
united, and anarchy would be inevitable from the
attempt to precipitate them into revolution.
There is no necessity for secession upon the
election of Lincoln. Let the worst he conceded
to his administration and every step will only tend
to consolidate the South, and when the Georgia
piu>form is violated by the Federal Government
om “wise, moderate, just,’’ old Commonwealth
will move with South Carolina.
In the meantime, if we anticipate evil, prudence
dictates that we should prepare to meet it. Let
each Southern State follow the example of Vir
ginia in her military preparations. Let every
encouragement possible, he given to Southern in
dustry, am) safety—independence will inevitably
follow.
The above is from the Marietta Statesman, a [oi
lier which supported Mr. Ureckenridge.
A Gnu; S-rNr.—Tie Rocky Mountain corre
spun dent of the St. Louis Republican, writing from
Idahoe Territory, n kites the following :
Among the deep defiles of theic mountains, a
small company of men stood around the new made
grave of a dead companion. With loads uncov
ered they ii tened attentively to the words of the
[ireather as lie offered up a prayer. While in the
midst of it, one of the company di covered the
color in the earth at, his feet thrown up to make
room for the remains of the deceased. In a loud
whi pet lie communicated the rather exciting in
telligence to Lis companion. All heatd it, even
the clergyman who, suspending his prayer, opened
his eyes to see his auditory scatter ia every direc
tion to stake off gold claims. Calling in a Ipud
voice to them to stake him off a “claim,” he re
eloaed his eyes, hastily concluded hi.* prayer, and
started oft’ on a run to joio hi* fellows in securing
a claim.
MACON, GEORGI Aj_
Wednesday, November 28, 1860
DAY OF FASTING
This day has been set apart by the Governor na
a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. We
trust that it will bo generally observed as such
throughout the State.
IHE BILL
Legalizing the suspension of the Banks of this
State has passed both branches of the legislature
by large majorities.
The Baltimore, Washington city, Virginia, and
a part of the Tennessee Banks have suspended.
We presume the suspension will be general.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
The Rev. Meeers. Park, Armstrong and Patillo,
who have labored with up for the last two years
with zeal, ability and success, left this week fcr
the Annual Conference which ia now in session at
Augusta. They will be followed by the kind wish-1
e* of our entire community. As there is no ecele- 5
siastical restriction which will prevent the return of.
the Itev. Mr. Evans, the esteemed Presiding Elder
lor this District, we hope he will be continued in
the same field he Ims so efficiently and successfully
labored for the last two years.
MISSIONARY ANNI ERSARY.
The Anniversary of the Methodist Sunday School
was held in this city on last Sabbath afternoon.—
The exercises consisted of addresses and a dia
logue by the pupils, with excellent music from the
school, and appropriate remarks from the worthy ,
and efficient Superintendent, Mr. HauLburry.—
The school is in tpiite a flourishing condition.
FLECTION OF DELEGATES.
We have seen several names suggested in the
different counties as delegates to the proposed
State Convention. We hope the best men of the
country will be chosen. Several communications
appear in our columns to-day oil the subject. For
ourselves, we have thought the most satisfactory
plan would he for each of the three parties in this ,
county at the late Presidential election to present
names of some gentleman, and all parlies
i then unite upon the three thus presented. Let
its, if possible, avoid party dissensions and exeite-
S ment in a matter of so much importance to all.
I ALABAMA.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser of the 20tii
inst., has a table of returns from all the counties
in the State, except two, and the result is as fol
lows: Breckinkidof 45,438; Bell GO,805; Dot'O
ii las 15, 619—making Breckinridge’s majority so
tar, 6,014. The two remaining counties, Barbour
and Ooflee, will probably increase bis majority to
! 7,000.
LOUISIANA.
The X. Orleans pnpers contain complete return
from thirty parishes in Louisiana, in which the
vote stands as follows: Breckinridge 12,76 P; Uni
13,791; Doratas 6,514. They also give reports
; from nine other parishes, which give Breckinridge
a plurality of 1,581 votes, making his plurality it
the State, so far as heard from, 509 votes. Nine
parishes yet remain to be hoard from.
| SUSPENSION OF THE MANUFACTURERS BANK
This Bank closed business on Monday morning,
by suspension of settlements with other P.mk
and specie payments, except to bill holders ol
small amounts. Thpy continue to redeem their
bills in those of other current banks, gold or ril
ver, ns the holders may wish, with laborers and all
people of email means. From the most reliable
information we can obtain, the Bank has ample
means to meet all its liabilities within a reasonable
time given to make its collections. From the pe
euliar pressure of the times, which we all feel and
understand, the want of sales of Cotton, and con
sequently the Bank not receiving its usual pay
ments, has compelled it to a suspension. Our
mercantile community certainly do not class it as a
j “broken Bank,” (and who should be better judges?]
j as all, or nearly all, receive it in sales for all goods,
j and some for old debts.
THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY,
In every respect, is truly appalling. We see
nothing before ns but revolution, unarchv and de-
I solution. We have long been satisfied that unles?
J more kindly and friendly relations can exist be
j tween the North and the South, separation was not
I only a necessity, but a duty. We cannot, and
| .should not dwell together in perpetual turmoil and
: strife. Heretofore In periods of great excitement
! and peril, great and good men have been found
( adequate to the emergency, and by the magnitude
of their influence have calmed the troubled waters
; and given to the Government anew lease of its
i existence. We have now, however, reached a
i point when national destruction seems inevitable.
But we have neither tiie space r.or heart to
, dwell upon the discoursing prospect before us.
We leave the great issues now before the country
to the verdict of the people. Believing that an
effort should be made to secure the cooperative
action of all the Southern States, before the seces
sion of any, we shall continue to urge this policy
upon our readers.
PARADE OF OUR MINUTE MEN.
On Friday night last they had a general pirade
and procession to the number of betweeu six and
seven hundred, with torches, transparencies, Sic.
We have not room to go through with a list of the
mottoes of these transparencies, but they com-
mence “ell. The first was :
“A t:\ttkd SOUTH IS INVINCIBLE”
, That is our doctrine. We fully endorse it. The
time is now upon us to secure a “ United South. ’’
Can this be done without wise councils and united
consultation ? Let the people see to it. The South
can be safe, if our interests are committed to those
who have the wind and forecast to play a great
game of calculation for the benefit of themselves
and their posterity.
Wc have nothing to waste among scattered
fragments ol States and sections, or upon the as
piration of local political demagogues and leaders
of factions, who look only to their own promotion,
and who now have nothing to loose. Wc have a
common cause and a common enemy before us,
and to our wise and discieet men, of what has
consumed all our local parties, should be commit
ted our common interests in this impending crisis.
There must be a *• United South,” whether, within
the next six months, we find ourselves within, or
out, of our ancient Union.
DEATH OF JUDGE HILL
In the J-a Grange Reporter of the ‘23d inst., w e
find the melancholy intelligence of his sudden
death. His brilliant talents called him before the
public in early life, when he became one of our
most prominent men on the political arena, as a
speaker, and, also, as a leading member of the
Legislature. Also, his eminent qualifications ns a J
jurist, soon called him to the Bench, where he held
the ‘‘.scales of Justice” to the satisfaction of all.
The Reporter, in speaking of his death, says :
While making a speech on Saturday last, to a
meeting of onr citizens, ho was stricken with pa
ralysis. His speech whs commenced in a fervent
and eloquent strain, and after proceeding, perhaps,
for half an hour he begs to fail, and in a ehoit
while he became unable to enunciate more than
short sentences connectedly. In lids condition he
sat down, and the audience dispersed while he
seemed oblivious as to what was passing. He was
assisted from tiie Judge’s stand, and lay down—•
soon after which he was removed to the residence
of Mayor Bacon, where he lingered until half past
9 o’clock, on Tuesday night.
The resuit of the Xew J. rey election is three
Douglas men and four Republicans. The three
Douglas men were on the “ Union Ticket,” voted
for by the Bell and Breckinridge men.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF GEORGIA-
The Federal Union, of 21st inst., publishes the
official returns received at the Executive depart* -
ment of the vote for President:
EBECKIXRIDGE TICKET.
Hon. C. J. McDonald, . . 51,893
Hon H, R. Jackson, . . 61,854
Peter Cone, . . . • 61,767
W. M. Slaughter, . . • 61,816
0. C. Gibson, . . . 61,611
H. Buchanan, .... 61,772
L. Tutnlin, .... 51,763
H. Strickland, .... 61,795
W. A. Lofton, . . . 61,821
W. M. Mclntosh, . . . 61,798
notror.AS ticket.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, . . 11,680
Hon. A. It. Wright, . . . 11,568
J. L. Seward, . , . 11,448
B. Y. Martin 11,533
Nathan Rs, ... 11,*138
.Hiram Warner, ... 1 1,559
J. W. Harris, . . . 11,626
JamesP. Simmon?, . . . ll,oil
.T. S. Hook, . . . . 11,59
Julian Cumming-, . . . 11,641
Mil TICKED
IL>n. Wat. Law, . . . 42,85.’
Hon. B. H. Hill, . . . 42, 80S
S. R. Spencer, . . . 42,881
M, Douglas, .... 42,873
L. T. Iloyal, .... 42,783
W. F. Wright, .... 42,763
J. U. Parrott, . . . 42,886
11. T. Bell, .... 42,775
I. E. Dupree, . . . 42,864
L. Lamar, 42,853
The average vote on the Hrfceenripos ticket is
31,809 ; on the Docolks ticket 11,556 ; and on the
Bell ticket 42,532. There are fractions of one
; fifth on the Dololas, and six tenths on the Bell
ticket which we omit.
is a very true and sensible article in j
the New York Journal of Famine re*, which “ in a
nut shell” contains the grievances of the South
against the North and West, and what must be our
remedy. The ultimatum is already decided upon
and enlightened men at the North know and ap
preciate it—the immediate repeal of their nullify
ing laws, with our right in the Territories, or a sev
i erance of the Union. The most conservative man i
rannot expect anything less, although there may
be a difference as to the time and manner of at
cornplishing it, unless our rights are fully conced
ed and guaranteed.
The Journal of Commerce says :
“ There is one thing certain ; the North has got
to act justly towards the South, return the fugitive j
slaves, abolish the personal liberty bills, acknow! j
edge the tight of the South equal to the North in
the Territories, or find the South in one solid com
; pact whole, a separate and independent govern
j ment. The justice of these positions w ill be main
j tained by nearly a majority of the people of the
! North, and will be demanded by the whole of the
Southern people, and they are right,
j The North, the South, the East, the West are to
i some extent necessary to each other ; the South
the most essential to the other two; for the West
!; finds its most important consumers in the New
England manufacturing States. Those manufac
turers must stop, if the South w ill not send them !
their cotton ; and if those manufacturers stop, the
West has lost its best market for its produce : but
the South has a European market for all it can
produce. Not so with either of the other sections.
The separation of these States places the North
and West in just the business situation of the Di
nubian Principalities. Our commerce is mainlv
supported by the SduHi. Why is it necessary for
the North to destroy this prosperity? We send
men like Reward of this State, and IViLson of Mas
sachusetts, who by their endorsement of Helper’s
book, declare over their own signatures that they
will have no social or political intercourse with
the Southern men, and that they only regard them
as “robbers, ruffians and murderers.” Can it be
teat these States can remain together when we
send such men to represent us in the National leg
islature? The North has got to act jastlv towards
the South, or for self-preservation the South will
have a separate government.
THE RIGHT POSITION.
The following excellent resolutions, preceded by
a strong preamble, drawn up by intelligent citizeus
t of all parties, were recently passed unanimously at
* a large meeting in Americas. They breathe the
I right spirit:
j Resolved, Ist. That in the judgment of this meet
j ing, the wisest and best policy would be for the
slave-holding States, all of whom are in equal peril
j with ourselves, to meet in Convention, confer to
: gether, deliberate upon, and settle what measures
j shall be adopted for our mutual safety and protec
i tion. The election for the first time in the history
• of the country, of a President, by a mere sectional
j party, and its avowed ulterior designs, authorise
i the belief, that this can now be effected, without
j halting or hesitancy.
Renoir; J, 2.1. That our Representatives at Mil
leflgeville be instructed to call for a State Conven
tion, to In- elected by the people, to meet and con
! aider what Georgia shall do, in the present posture
of public affairs, and that the action of said Con
, ventinn be referred back to the people for ratifica
j lion or rejection.
j Resolved, 3d. That wrongs done us in the past,
and those which are threatened in the future, re
quire firm and united action for our relief.
Re oleed, 4th. That if any means of satisfactory
security to our rights in the Union can be devised,
we greatly prefer it, if not, it is our duty to go out. ,
Also the following from the county of Oglethorpe (
are of the right stamp : i
Resolved, That wc approve of the suggestion to
: call a Convention of the people of Georgia, to de
j termiue the policy of the State in the present per
j ilous condition of the country,
i R..501ve .7, That we believe the true polio of thr
j southern States, identified as they are in interest, 1
t is union, co-operation, and loncert, of action; aint
’ we, therefore, recommend our L> gisiatu no \in
session, to invite, by appropriate resolution*. II
the other southern States to meet G. orgia in t on
ventioo, at an early day, to take counsel together t
upon the state of the country, and to determine (
upon a line of policy for the maintenance of their
right.- ;
SOUTHERN MEDICAL STUDENTS.
We must express surprise at the statement that
[ there are to be found in northern colleges, at this
time, one solitary southern medical student. We
see it announced, however, that very recently a
large number of southern students in attendance
at the medical schools in New York, held a meet
ing to “define their position.” And what did they
determine on? They resolved tttat when their
States seceded from the Union, they would secede
from the northern medical colleges in New York.
■ — Exchange.
I We have not the slightest respect or sympathy, i
much less admiration, for that class of young pa
triots who thus get themselves in the public prints, j
I Their “position” is self-evident, and needs co de
i finition. If after the developments of northern
, feeling and sentiment for years, they will still for
| sake home institution.’, they should say as little ■
i about it as possible. They certainly attach undue
importance to themselves.
RUNNING TRAINS ON SUNDAY-
Gov. Brown has recommended to the Legislature
the passage of a law prohibiting the running of
trains upon any of the Rail Roads in Georgia on
the Sabbath. The Governor very piouslv and cor
rectly remarks, that, “ Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy, is addressed alike to the legislator
and to the private citizen. The recommendation
of the Governor is a good one, and we trust the
law will be enacted.
So says the Educational Journal, and so said a ‘
large number of our iiifinential fellow-citizens, by
j petition last year, including at least one Rail Road
| President.
WELL PUT
The following questions are well put by the
YuS.enal A median
Do our immediate Recession friends doubt their
Union fellow citizens? Whv should they? Are
they less thoughtful, le.n reliable than themselves? j
They would not vharge it in eurnest for the world j
—they do not believe if. Have they numbers and j
wealth ? So l.s vc the Union men. Have they j
zeal, and are they ardently devoted to the rights I
and interests of the South? Are not Union iuen j
■equally zealous ami devoted in all respects? Can i
) they claim to be more patriotic than the l uiou |
men? Have they ability to bring to the cause of i
their country t So have the Union men. To doubt !
| the pat node devotion of the Union men to the j
i South, is to insult them—and to believe that they j
will surrender any right, or prove recreant to any j
i trust, or desert any interest, is to doubt that pa- j
triotie devotion, and hence to insult theta,
FOR THE FOURS Ar. AND MESSENGER,
Disnxiojf.
Whence comes this alarming cry of disvt,i,, n i , r
union ! Does it come from the Bell men, or the Den
las men, or the Yancey-Breckinridge men Tbe p tll
men, so far as I know, are in favor of utistmet 1 3
Black Republican domination, by wise and
measures. The Douglas men, with some few exreii
tions, are disposed to be conservative and do ooib’
rash.. The Yaneey-Breckiniidge men, who, befn'iep*
election, were so indignant at the charge oi di-u 6
designs, are now open-mouthed and straight out |'or' Ctl
immediate dissolution of the Union. This letrnrk ~*?
plies chiefly to the politicians and those who
about the street corners and bar-rooms in large town
and cities. But how stands it with (he People? Are
they for dissolving this great and glorious Union,
out a single effort to save it ? Not so.--Devoted to
Southern rights,—burning wiih indignation at the j n .
solent aggressions of the Northern States, they litV-
Ihess lore this Union, and will not go om of it at ,<
dictation of South Carolina, or any other State, without
first making ail rtnsouable efforts to pit-strve ii
In this movement, the people—the planters, the me
chanics, the business men are not with (he poliiicj, j
find demagoguei. They did their duly at ihe Uiu
box—voted as became Southern men ; but they ahv-
repelled Ihe charge ol disunion, and now ihev v. !l
stick to it, at least until they can, by consultation’
our Southern sisters, detenniue upon suitable nm-unes
of redress,
Thev (ihe people) well know, that our present iron
b’es are uot the leg lunate fiuiis of a Presidential elec
tion. Toe real cause lies deeper. They trace some
indications of it in the bitter and relentless opposition
of Mr. Breckinridge and Howell Cobb to Ihe promotion
of Stephen A. Dougfeia Again, they find a trace, ir.
the programme of the firs talers announced long in
advance ot the Charleston
Southern heart, and precipitate the Vff on Slates into
revolution*'! i. e. to dissolve the Union merely for the
sake of disunion If they were really indignant at
the aggressions of the ltepublicans. why was there no
demonstration against their tfulliJU ,U,on U nri befoie
the meeting of the Charleston Convention?
And now, when we have entire control ol /*,■/i Ironch
es f Cony,ess, acd the Supremo Court i* unour side,
oui adversaries completely hemmed in, and rendered
harmless and helpless, why this sudden cty ot disu
nion ?
! Depend upon if, people of Georgia, they care but
little for Lincoln’s election. It is only made the pie
text for dissolving the Union.
I If the Democratic party had remained united, and
stuck together at Charleston, as it was tbeir dutv to
have done, until they nominated a candidate, and had
gone into this Congress unitedly, there never would
have b.*en a cause lor this exeiternjot But they clios
to break up the National Democratic Barry and nom
inate and vote for a sectional candidate, and the North
met them in the same spirit, .be North triurapiifd,
as al! intelligent minds foresaw they would, and now
tv- hear ihe cry of disunion.
Nevertheless, whatever may be the faults or failings
■. individuals or parlies, we are ail sorely aggrieved
< y tbe success of our adversaries, and every true tnan
wys now, what be ought to have said years ago, resist,
resist, resist!
Bur in resisting, let ns not lose our discretion. Let
us go calmly to work, select good arid conservative
men for our S'ate Convention-invite a ‘Vugress of
the Southern States, urge them to take common ground
with u>—demand that our enemies shall recede from
their offensive posiiion—do all that we can consistently
; with our rights and dignity to preserve the Union, and
if we cannot maintain our rights inside of tbe Union,
like brave and true nren, protect ourselves out ol it.
BRUTUS.
FOR THE JOCRNAL AND MESSENGER.
The Convention.
Messrs. Editors :—I have observed among the
ever-varying recommendations of the Georgia Tele
graph, a proposition to call a county mass meeting,
to nominate Candidates for the proposed State
Resistance Convention, and that a ticket shall be
nominated by the citizens ro assembled, composed
of our best men, without pledges or respect to their
past party affiliations.
This is all very well. if the editor avd his friends
will stick’ to it ; but I seriously doubt whether the
editor’s plan can be made to work. There is dan
ger of the real people being overreached by the
politicians and demagogues under this plan.
We have too often seen these conventions packed
by designing nten, to have much confidence in them
—for the reason that the people are rather averse
to eonven ions and do dot attend, while idlers and
demogoguea are alway on hand to push the in
terests of theit favorites.
If it be desired that all parties, the whole peo
ple, shall be represented in the convention, let each
ot the late patties, Bell, Breckinridge and Doug
las, present its men, and tiien let the count* adopt
the ticket composed us the names so designated,
aud elect it without opposition.
Tills is the only way to secure harmony. All
men, so far as X know, are in favor oi resistance
—d.rect and positive resistance to Lincoln’s elec
tion, as taken in connexion with previous aggres
sions of tlie Northern estates; but the fine and
measure of this resistance which ought, alone, to
Pe determined, alter due consultation and delibe
ration, by the Convention when it meets. Any
ittempt to forestall its action, by forcing on us a
ticket pledged to immediate and separate action of
the State of Georgia in the great matter of a dis
solution of the Union, will be met as it should be,
with the most determined •pposition.
To avoid this division, ami present a united vote
by the people, is an object much to he desired, but
it cannot be done by the formation of a strictly
party ticket, pledged to immediate dissolution, as
some of the wire-workers are now trying to do.
It is our duty, in this momentous crisis, t pro
ceed deliberately and cautiously, and not allow
ourselves to be forced by rash and inconsiderate
men into a position not sanctioned by the dignity
tnd importance of the occasion. Our true position
is, fit st, to make all reasonable c-fiorts to secure
the co-cperation of all the Southern States. If we
faii in that, it will then become our duty to take
measures in connection with such of those States
as may be willing ro act with us, for our individual
protection.
We want no faltering in this business of resis
tance ; but all parties being agreed on the main
question, wa do want wise and discreet and deter
mined men to represent us, and see to it that we
are placed in no position which we cannot main
tain.
A mistake in the last resort, instead of protect
ing Southern rights, will only involve t/x, with all
‘hat tee hare and hope for, in irretrievable destruc
tion. a Resistance Man.
communication.
The Stsftc (on veil lion,
xsshs. Editors:— We hear constant appeals lor
u iity of action in the alarming crisis in which wc are
now placed. Unity, nnirr, is the cry: but whence
docs it come? I have looked somewhat into this mat
ter, and I find it generally comes from the men who
have biought al! this Vrm’ble upon us. It lmthermore
appears to me that they are very anxious for this unity,
only on the condition, that every body shall unite with
them in tlieir mad schemes for the immediate destine .
tion of the Unitv. If you will cnlv go with them, it
is all light; but first stop and ask for time to consider
—for tune to survey ali tbe ground before we take our
position— for time to try and bring about eo-opeiation
am >ng the southern hitles. and 1 tell yi u they are
, done with you. They cry out immediately, •• Oh, he is
a svbminioni.it —we can’t do any thing with him.”
Like that arch demagogue, Toombs, they acknowledge
• that they have no use for Convemions--they are afraid
jto tiust the people. But I say it is the duty ot the
; people to take these madcaps in hand and teach them
that this Government belongs to the people, and they
j will determine iur themselves-—whether they will
plunge alone into the awful gu.f of disunion, or wait,
until they have lime to consult and counsel w ith our
sister States ot the South who sutler as much and
more than we do—os to what shall be done in the
i present emergency.
For iny own part, I am satisfied that the issue must
be made between tbe immediate disunb nists and those
w ho advocate Southern eo ope/ation, and I suggest that
the moderate and conservative men of the county take
immediate measures to put tlieir Ticket in tbe field, i
atn for resistance, but only in conjunction with the
Southern, or at any rate, all of the “ Cotton States.”
CONSERVATIVE.
FOR IHE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
A UNITS© SOUTH,
Messrs. Editors: — lf the very zealous advocates
of I.incolu’s Administration, who are so clamorous
about the streets and in the newspapers, for a
| united South, are really sincere, why is it that they
; immediately attempt to proscribe every man who
differs with them in the slightest shade of opinion
as to the propriety of separate State secession ?
Why do they extend this proscription even to the
newspapers which refused to support Mr. Breckin
ridge V Is it because the Telegraph and Exami
ner are better organs than the Joury-ai and the
Citizen that the two latter are overlooked in pub
lishing the proceedings of their meetings? or is it
because the Examiner has a larger subscription,
longer identity with tbe city and county—and the
Ttlegraph, greater reliability on the Southern gvea
tion l Not much, if we may judge front the fre
quent expressions we hear about the streets from
the Fire-F.aters themselves. These things are
significant. The people will not tail to perceive
the flimsy disguises whieh cover the real designs of
the Fire-Eaters, who are eager for a united South,
provided, their party be allowed to swallow up all
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