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jSun&ag UtaiJing* |
“ A SERMON,
Delivered in the Dap Hit Church of Augusta, Ga
on the Fourth Sabbath in September, by the j
Bar. B. W. Whu-dhs, of Charleston. , S. C. j
Jcbbuias 17: 9. The heart la deceitful above I
all thin?* and desperately wicked—who can
know Us
The prophet here addresses the Jews, and I
tells them in tho midst of their evictions to I
trust in God and not in man. “Cursed be the I
man that trusteth in man. and maketh flesh his
arm, and whose heart departeih from tho Lord,
for he shall be like the heath in the desert, and
shall not see when good comelh, but shall in* I
habit tho parched places in the wilderness, in a I
■alt land and not inhabited. Blessod is the man
that trusteth in the Lord and whose hope the
Lord is, for he shall bo as tree planted by the
waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the
river, and shall not soe when heat cometh, bui ]
her leaf shall be green “ and shall not be care
ful in the year of drought, neither shall cease
from yielding fruit. “ We may think that wc
trust God, and be deceived. This may hav*
been the case with tho Jews. The prophet says,
that there is danger of it, for “ tho heart is de
decitful above all things, and desperately wiclt
ed,” and in order to give force to the truth, ht
asks “ who can know it 7” Similar to this is
the language of the Psalmist, “who can under
stand his errors ? ” “ Out of the heart,” say*
the Redeemer, proceed evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, thefts, blasphemies.’’ “ The carnai
mind,’ says the apostle Paul “ is enmity againei
God, is not subject to the law of God, neithsi
indeed can be.”
When Goi made man, he “ made him up
right.” In his heart, was'the love of holines*
but by the enirance of sin into our world, man
lo3t me image of his Maaer; sin turned th.
curreat of his affections and destroyed hit
relish for spiritual enjoyment. Man has sinc«
defied tho Being, by whom he is sustained, anu
trampled on the goodness of his best friend.
It is no proof against the truth of the text,
that some do not know that their hearts are de
ceitfut. Behold the drunkard. He does no
know that he is a miserabio man ; he talks o
hisproperty, when be may not possess a farthing;
he talks ot his strength, when ho may be pro*
trate on the ground; he ta’ks of his wisdom
when he may be the laughing slock of the com
munity. Tho fact that ne thinks all is right, doe»
not prove it to bo so, and we pity him ms more
because he docs not know his situation.
Sec too the maniac. He may see around hin
every proof that he is a prisoner, and yet ho can
talk of liDeity. in the same way but bound b)
n far stronger delusion than that by which lh<
drunkaid, or maniac is bound, may, the sinner bi
bound, tie knows not that hit heart is deceit
ful, but as ignorance in the drunkard or manias
does not prove either right, neither does th<
sinner’s ignorance prove that he has a goou
heart.
Tnere is a world of mystery without us: many
are the mysteries around us; but there is a link
world within, full of as great mysteries as thi
world without. This little world is the heart
Self knowledge is a most important kind c.
knowledge, bu: very few acquire it. We cat
more easily find out the character of our neigh
bors than ourown, because there is a greater dis
position in men to examine their neighbors, ac
tions, than the actions, they themselves commit
'Know thyself' was the saying of one ofthi sovei
wise men of Greece. The study ot our owi
characters, is as much neglected now, as it wi
nrinre, Is not apt to know much about wha
takes place at home. So ho who is not much
with himself, is not apt to know, what is gom t
on within.
Though, however, there is not as much eel
examination as liu-rc shoull bo, yet Christian;
who examine themselves more than the im
penitent do, and consequently know more o.
their hearts, will tell us that they are otci
filled with astonishment. Such strange thought*
pass through thoir minds, and such strangi
temptations present themselves, that eacti
thinks, '•surely no heart is like my heart." They
sometimes f;el their weakness and pray to Uoi,
lor strength and when they receive it, they ar*
tempted to bol.va themselves bright Christian*
and then cotnce in self righteousness, and then
they forget the God in wnoin they should trus
and alt is darkness and coldness again. Tht
poet well expresses tho laneuago of tho chris
tian a s he looks within
“ What crowds of evil thoughts
What vile a flee'ions there,
Distrust, presumption, artful guile
Pride, envy, slavisn toar.”
What need for each to pray. “ Search me, O
God and try my ways! ”
Ist. Tho deceitfulness of the heart, in the
disposition of mankind, io hide or palliate men
sins, and ;ho total Ignorance which men often
manifest with regard to their own characters.
It is often the case, that after an action is
committed, ‘thiy do not ask, if they are tight,
but are endeavoring to justify themselves ir.
their cause. This they are apt to do, as soon a*
an act is performed,even though before it was per
formed they did not take Ume to ask “is it
righlV ’ How apt are men to regard sin as *
tnjl'l Whenever, my impenitent friends, you are
tempted thus to regard it, remember yon are
showing tho mass of deceitfulness which is
written, for God’s word declares that “ it Is an
evil thing and a bitter” to sin against Him
After God's word has settled it, every excuse I
brought forward, is only an additional proof ot I
the deceitfulness of the heart.
We remark, that though wo are apt to excuse I
only ourselves, yet it is sometimes the case, 1
when we do soe our sins and know our faults, I
we may be led to regard with lavor, our nei«h- ]
bor who is guilty of tho same acts asourselvet. |
We know that if one man is detected in a crime, I
and anothor defends him, we aro very apt I
to suppose that he too is guilty. I
Wc are generally, however, apt to think our |
sins less heinous than the sins oi others. Sell I
interest warps our judgment, and according to I
a plain illustration “ though a man may have I
the best eyes in the world, he cannot see am I
way but the way he turns them, and it is ac east I
to shut the eyes of the mind, as those of the I
body.” The Jews refused to take tho money, |
which Judas laid at their feet, giving as a reason, I
that it was the price of blood, and yet it was the I
blood they themselves had shed.
It is owing to the deceitfulness of the heart, |
that the impenitent hear the warnings of the I
Go3pei, and do not regard them as having refer
ence to themsolvec. They are very apt to say I
“ this concerns this or that or the other neigh I
bor” but seldom will they say “ this concerns |
MJ 91
Tne influence of aelf is universally acknowl- I
edged. Though we may suppose that there I
is no intention, to make an erroneous statement, I
and to produce a wrong impression, yet we I
know that it is natural for each man to think, I
Au cause is just. It is a very true saying, that I
thers are two ways to tell a story.”
1 he Saviour who knew the heart, shows to us I
?* U J r , P .T, l^n^ 88t ?w tl 'M dis P osilion * I™ his excel- j
lent sermon on the Mount, he says—“judge not I
that ye be not judged, for with that judgment jre I
judge, ye shall be judged, and with wbat mcas
ure ye mete.it ehafl be measured to you again
And why heholdest thou the mote that is in tht I
brother’s, and considerest not the beam that is in I
thine own eye. Or how wilt th*u say to thi j
brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thirn I
eye, and behold a beam is in thine own eyo I
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam oui I
of thine eye and then thou shall see clear I
ly to'Cast out the mote out of thine brother’s I
eye. in this passage, as is generally known, I
there is a difference between the words ‘motef and
•beam ,’ Mote is a very smiil rartic.e ° f “**}ter
Beam is something exceedingly The object
of the Saviour is to show to us, that we are very
apt to reprove others, not only for committing
the same sins which we commit, but for com
mitting sins less heinous-or m other words so
great is the deceitfulness of the heart, that the
greatest offender is apt to reprove the less. The
one*who is nearly blind is talking to his neigh
bor about his blindness, when his neighbor is
only a H ule blind, lo all such we can say—
“physician heal thyself.”
4ih. We see the deceitfulness of the heart in
the disposition of men to compare their actions
with the actions of others. They forget that
their conduct is to be measured and tried by the
word of God, and not by the actions of theii
neighbors. Converse with one on tho subject ot
religion, and he will tell us, that he is not as bad
as this or that or the other acquaintance. Talk
to another about his actions, and you hear the
answer, “I am sure this is not as bad as what my
| neighbor docs,” as if the fact that a neighbor does
worse, will excuse him.
Similar to this is another error. Men compare
one sin, with another sin. Talk to some about
what they do on the Sabbath, or about using
what you may consider sinful language, and they
reply “if we never do worse than this, wo are
I sure there is no danger.”
Now does the fact that we have not done the
I worst, prove that we are innocent ?*By no means.
Our actions are to be examined by the Bible, and
I it is not by comparing them with each other,
I ihat we are to know how sinful they are. At the
I jreatdayof account, the question will not be,
I '•how do you stand, compared with your neigh
I bor, and now does one action stand compared
I with another?” The question will be—“how is
I >ur character and our situation as tested by re
I vealed truth ?” Remember impenitent hearers,
I “every one of us must give account of hiraselt
I io God, and to our own master we stand or fall.”
sih. We see the deceittulness of the heart in
I the disposition of men to make excuses to ne-
I fleet religion. .... . .
1 How various these excuses. Like thos? mvi
I >ed to the supper. One says, I have bought fivt
I yoke of oxan, and most go to prove them
I \nother says, I have bought a piece and must
I teeds go and see it. Another says, i have mar-
I ried a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
I The excuses of the impenitent arc often di-
I -ectly opposed to each other. One tclis us, ht
I aan convert himself at any time, consequently,
I we need notpresa upon him the claims ot religion
I Another says, he cannot convert himself, he must
I hcretore wait for God to convert him.
One tells us tie has no time ; another tells ut
I hat he has time enough before him. But as ont
I ias observed, “there is really but one reason foi
| he neglect of religion, men have no heart lor tht
I work. They have no inclination to seek aftei
I iod. Their hearts are averso to the holy dutict
I de requires.”
6th. We see iho deceitfulness of .the heart, in
I he carelesness of men ab out the firmness o
( their hopes.
( Some are so careless that they rest satisfied
I with merely hearing the Gospel. “But not tht
I tearers of the worJ, but the doers shall bj justi-
I ied before God. Be ye doers of the word, sayt
I n apostle, and not hearers only, deceiving yout
I >wn selves ; for if any be a hearer of the wore
I mi not a djer, he is like unto a man beholding
I vis natural lace in a glass, for he beholdeth him
I <elf and goeth his way, and straightway forgei
I eth what manner of man he was. But who-
I .oever looketn into the perfect law of liberty
I md continueth therein, ho being not aforgettu
I tearer, but a doer of the word, this man shall bt
I -leased in his deed.” As each man nan men
I ;asily recall the image of his neighbor’s coun-
I enanco than his own, so the forgetful hearei
I nay more epsiiy see hi 3 neighbor’s duty than hi:
I »wn, when he hears, not for the purpose of prac
I icing whs the hears.
if a man buys a piece of ground, he is vert
J t pt to be suro that he has good titles to th*
1 -ame. It he is about to make a change of rcii
I lance, he is very apt to suppose that the chang*
[ *ill oe lor the better. If men make a con’raci
I if any kind, they see toil, that it.is an advanta
| ;eous contract. This they do in matters pertain
I ng to a life of thirty or forty years, but O, thi
I teccitfulitess of the heart 1 in matters pertaining
I .o a life that never ends . they are careless an<
I remiss. They do not stop to ask the question—
“ What aro my sins beyond the grave,
How stands the dark account ?”
I Few “examine” themselves to “see whet’no'
I they bo in the truth - ” Like a merchant afraid
I '.o examine iiis books, lest he find his suspicion*
I oo tiue, so tha sinner is atraid to look to hi*
1 r —«■—- —in mo it-xi. niter
I teremiah says the “heart is deceitful abovo at,
I hings, and desperately wicked,” he aska—“who
I :ankaow it 7” Who is there thit knows tht
•xtent of deceitfulness and wickedness tha
I twelis within the heart ?
I Ifit was not for -.he influence of sell, which ?n-
I iuonce proves the deceitfulness of the heart,
I mere would not be the same necessity that then
Is, for courts of justice In the world—for ea'ct
I man would feel disposed to follow the golden rul*
1 • all things wltatsovcr, yo would that men
I should do to you, doyo even so to them.”
I 2nd. We see the deceitfuhiess of the heart,
I n the fact, that men arc ied to commit thosi
I hings against which they may have professed
n l really miy have felt tho greatest abhor-
I now.
I oacl could give commandment that all the
I oaune tellers should be driven from tho land
I yet tho time at length arrived, when ho even
I consulted one about tho affairs of his kingdom.
I ,I*«ter could say, “ though I die with thee, yet
I arid 1 not forsake tlue, and though ail men be
I aflendod, y.-t wiil not J,” yet Poter, startled as he
I was, at the idea of denying his mastor, eotdd so
I ar forgot him, as with oaths and curses, to say
I ‘I know not of whom ye speak.”
It is very liksly that Joseph’s brethren, when
1 at their fathcr’a hoaso would have shuddered at
I ihe thought of taking the life oi their brother, but
I they could afterwards say, “ come let us slay
I nim, and we snail see what will become of hi*
I lreams.” It ia very likely, too, that J udas when
I oecoming ad.sciple, would have shuddered at the
I thought of betraying the Saviour, yet tho time
I hi como when he could say to the priest—
I ‘ what will ye give that I deliver him ud to
I you?”
We have no reason to believe that David’s nat-
I ’ural disposition was cruel, yet he could go so
I .y.*? tra y* * 10 devise means for the death oi
I Uriah.
dome lint as, too, the liberal man may forget the
I aind promptings of his bosom, and neglect to
I relievo the distressed.
W e sometimes hear persons expressing sur-
I yristt at tho conduct of an acquaintance. The
very fact that they are surprised, shows that they
I look for something different from this acquain-
I tance. What he nas done ia not of his usual
way of acting, or why tho surprise ? We set.
therefore, that we may, through the deceitfulness
I jf the heart, be led to do those thingß, of which w
ire not in the general guilty, for which we havs
I bad the greatest abhorrence.
3rd. We sec the deceitfulness of the human I
I heart, in the fact that men often pass censure
I >n others, when they themselves are as guilty
as any.
We seejjthis in the conduct of the Jews in
| the time of the Saviour, for they said “ if we
lad lived in the days of our fathers, we wouio
not have been partakers with them in the blood
jf the prophets yet at that very time they de
signed to take the life of Jesus. We see it also
b the conduct of David in the prssence of Na
than.
•• The Lord sent Nathan unto Davi J. And
ae came unto him, and said unto him, there were
two men in one city; the one rich, and the other
poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks,
<ind herds, but the poor man had nothing save
jm Utile ewe-lamb, which he had bought and
aounshed up ; and it grew up together with
dim, and with his children, it did eat of his own
meat, and drank of hia own cup, and lay in his
oosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And
»here came a traveller unto the rich man, and he
spared to take of his own flock and of his own
nerd, to dress for the wayfaring man that war
come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb
j and drespeJ il for *he man that was come to
1 him. Ihe object of Nathan in the delivery oi
his parable, was to convince David of Art sin, but
oehold—“David’s armer ia kindled against the
*nan and he says t j Nathan'—as the Lord liveth,
the man that done thi3 thing shall surely die
and shall restore the lamb four told, because he
did this thing, and because he had no pity.”
“ He who had lived a whole year, ’ says a
writer “in the unrepented commission of one
of the blackest crimes, and who to secure to
aimself the object for which he had committed {
it, perpetrated another almost more hei ious,
could in an instant denounce death on the irnag
i inary offender for a fault comparatively trifl.ng.
««Seeing he saw not. and hearing he heard not.''
He immediately saw the wickedness and barbari
ty of the rich man’s proceedings, and his heart was
in a moment fired with indignation at the
thought of it. The vehemence of his resent
ment even overstepped the limits of his natural
justice, in decreeing a punishment disproportion
ed to the crime, while he remained dead to his
own delinquency. The Apostle Paul, in his
Epistle to the Romans, uses the following lan
guage : “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O
man, whosoever thou art that judgest another,
for wherein thou judgest another, thou con
deinnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest the
same things. And thinkest thou this, O, man,
that judgest them which do such things, and
doest the same, that thou ahalt eecapo the judg
ment of God 7”
History has shown that there is no wicked
ness so great, but that some have been found
prepared to commit it. Continually are awful
disclosures brought to light, —continually does
the press give us account of crimes which we
could not believe any mortal could commit, if it
were not that they were substantiated by indis
putable evidence. If anyjman, strictly moral,
supposes he has by nature abetter heart than his
neighbor, he should remember that it is owing
entirely to the interposition of a higher power,
that his life is not marked with crime, not to any
better natural principle within.
Peter did not know what a treacherous heart
ho had, until he wa9 left to himself.
David did not know how far from God he could
wander, when unsustained by God’s grace.
Paul regarded him self as kept by divine pow
»t. “R v ih« prrnce of God” is his language, “1
am what I am.”
Some may shudder at the vices enumerated
in Paul’s epistle to the Romans, but those sre
the natural lruits of the heart of man, and in the
very characters brought to otir view, we can see
what we naturally are, and of what crimes we
should be guilty, with our fallen, unaanctified
natures.
“There Is none righteous, no not one. There
is none that understandeth, there is none that
seeketh alter God. They are gone out of the
way. They are together become unprofitable,
'here is none that doeth good, no not one ; their
'hroat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues
they have used deceit; the poison of asps is un
der their lips —whose mouth is full of cursin'
and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood.
Destruction and misery arein their ways, and
the way of peace have they not known. There
is no fear of God before their eyes.”
This is matt’s.eharacter in the sight of that
God that stretches the heart and trieth the veins
of the children of men. Look at this sad pic
ture, and see in it your own depravity.
Often is it the case, that this deceitfulness of
the heart manifests itself even in death. When
Louis 15th was on his death bed, experiencing
the miserable tortures of disease brought on by
nis excesses, he solaced himself with the foi
lowing reflections —1 have been a great sinner,
doubtless, but I have ever observed the festival
of Lent, with scrupulous exactness. I have
caused more than one hundred thousand mass
es to be said for the repose of unhappy souls
[ have respected the clergy and punished the
authors of all impious works, so that I flattei
myself that i have not been a very bad Christian.
Alas, alas, for mankind! They have in life
’urned away from the Gospel hope, ana
in death, knowing nothing of its supports, they
find it necessary to look for all the good deeds to
which they think they have a claim, and art
sometimes deceived with the fatal error, that be
cause they have done some good, all is well
They forget that one sin is cl sufficient weigh'
to sink the soul to eternal destruction. How
:hen can they be saved without the atoning blood
>1 tbo Lainb 1 This, and this alone, can be their
plea before God.
Improvement.
If the heart be deceitful we see that men can
Ijo easily mistaken with regard to ths riatons ot
natives of their actions We may scorn to com
nit certain actions, from our very souls wc maj
le estthem. So far, so right. If we examim
>ur motives, we may detest these actions, not
iccause sinful in the sight of God, but becaust
unpopular among men. Perhaps if wc find ou
jur real motives, wc may do many things, be
cause honorable belore men, and not becaust
.■leasing to God. There are many things which
3o l deles's, which many detest who arc no
professors of religion, such as ialsehood anc
theft. There are many things with which Goj
is pleased, with which a'.so man is pleased, such
io liberality and honesty. Now, it may be the
>pinion ol the world, and not tho word of God
.h=u ■tfid'kiffti
of God, if «i wore not for the lear of losing Hit
opinion of th ;se around us. The qucatioi,
should bo, “do we hate it because God hates it,
or do we hate it because man hates it?” There
>s room for much deception here Our heart*
may lead us astray, and we may think wc lovt
Jod, and it may be we only respect man. Anu
this is proved t orn the fact, that though we d*
tome things which are pleasing to God, we leave
ithers undone. Wc may refrain from immorali
ty, and U’ore is a good reason for it—it is unpop
ular j but though lepentanco and failh are as
itrongly commanded as is morality, we neglect
these duties. If we can prove that in one cast
we do not ca e for God, it should make ua.'suspec
our hearts, forin other cases we may not care
'vr Him, even though we may do what 110 com
mands.
i, me heart is deceitful and desperately wicked,
ct us not trust it. “He that trustethin his own
neart is a fool,” says the wise man. “1 nevei
trusted God, but I found Him faithful,” was the
experience of a good man “I never trusted my
own heart, but I found it false.”
None ol us would trust an individual of bad '
character, did we think there was the least proba- j
oility of his deceiving us. We should be
careful how we acted towards him. How foolish,
thciefore, to trust our hearts, when God’s word
assures us, that they will certainty deceive us.
Far better for us to trust our worst human
foe, than our hearts, for man can only kill the
body.
For better for us to trust ourselves in the
jaws of the lion, or the ferocious tiger. Far bet
ter let us look for safety in the fangs of the vipsr I
than place ourselves under the guidance of hearts I
so wretched, so deceitful, so wicked.
“For of all the foes we meet,
None so oft mislead our feet j
None betray us into sin,
Like the foe that dwells withir.”
If the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked I
we should ask God for new hearts. We do not I
ask for too much at his hands, we ask for what ]
He has promised. His language is—“anew 1
heart also will I give you, and a new spirit wiil 1 I
put within you, and I will tako away the stony I
heart out of your flesh and give you an heart ol I
If only thepure in heart shall see God I
—if “without holiness no man can see the Lord ” I
how groat the necessity for assistance from on I
nigh I What need for each impenitent mortal to I
pray, (“Create within mex clean heart O God, and I
renew a right spirit within me!”‘ “Can th; I
Ethiopian cleanse his skin, and the Leopard his I
spots 7 then may ye do good, that are accustom- I
ed to do evil.”
Do any feel the plague of a sinful heart? Be I
thankiul to God that He has caused it, but do I
not despair. You may ask—is there no hope 1 I
can iny polluted nature be cleansed ?—can my I
sin-sick soul be cured? “Is there no balm in I
Gl'ead—is there no physician there 7” Yes I
—there is a balm, there is a physician. God will |
meet you at the mercy seat and accept of you for I
Jesus’ sake.
“Hisloveexcecds your highest thoughts,
lie pard ins like a God ;
Ho will forgivo your numerous faults,
Through the Redeemer’s blood.”
If the hoart be deceitful and desperately wick- I
ed, how inconceivably great mnst be the delu- I
don of those, who think that they have good I
hearts. It is not every one to whom the Saviour I
can say, as he did to Nathaniel—“behold an Is- I
raelitc, indeed, in whom there is no guile.” It I
the impenitent have theso good hearts, that they I
rpeak of, why do we not eee it more plainly ex I
amplified by their lives of holiness and devoted- I
ness to God 7 “Keep thy heart with all dilll I
gcnce, for out of it are the issues of liie.” If I
they dtltiigently keep or watch their hearts, we I
should certainly boo better actions than we daily I
see. As from a good tree we have good fruit so I
from a good heart we ought to have a good life I
The heart being deceitful, thero is no wonder (
that awakened sinners, see so much within them I
that is shocking to their thoughts. Many oi I
tnem supposed that they had good hearts, bu I
when God to themselves, “ themselves dis- I 1
plays,” it it enough to trouble them, for their I
hearts appear as ““cages of unclean birds” and I '
“nests ot iniquity.” I <
If the heart be deceitful, and desperately wick* I <
eJ, how necessary at once to be free from its de J j
lusion9. As with every revolving year the tree I t
is more strongly incased by an additional cover 1 I
ing, so the longer we carry about us the deceit- I
ful heart, are we more securely bound by its de |
lusions, more and more chained by its wick- I
edness. “Take heed lest there be in any of I
you an evil heart of unbelief in departing I
from the living God.” I •
My hearers there is danger in delay. Stay a I ;
little longer, and you may be willing to be de- I
coived. Stay a little longer, upon the plains of I |
Sodom, and your hearts may be forever steeled I
against the messages of love Contlnne to cn- I
courage the temptations of the wicked one, and I |
the suggestions oi a deceitful heart, and Goc j
may say— “ho is joined to his idols let him I
alone.” I 1
One season after another of religious enjoyment I
In the church of Christ may pass, but bring you I
no comfort and no hope. A« in the sight of God I
—as in view of a bed of death —as in view oi I
the judgment 6eat, I address you—“choose ye I
Mi* day who ye will serve. To morrow , it may I
be too late to choose, and the next Sabbath’* I
sun may rite upon your grave. I
■ClinmitU anft Sentinel
~A VQTJST A, OA'
SUNDAY MORNING, ....OCT 5, 1851.
SAMVEL BAH.NKTT, Associate Editor. I
Constitutional Union Nomination. I
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON. HOWELL COBB
For Representative from Btlx District • I
HON. ROBERT TOOMBS.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
First Dibt. —CHARLES H. HOPKINS, I
of Mclntosh.
Second District. —J AMES JO lINSON, I
of Museoges.
Third D;st. —ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL, I
of Bibb.
Fourth District. —CHARLES MURPHY I
of DeKalb. I
Fifth Distri«t.— E. \V. CHAST A I N, I
of Gilmer.
Sixth District. —J UNIUB 111 LLYER, 1
of Wa'lon.
Seventh District. —A. 11. STEPHENS I
of Taliaferro.
Eishth District. — ROBERT TOOMBS I
of Wilkes.
For Senator from Richmond and Co- I
lumbla.
ANDREW J. MILLER.
For Re ressatatlve* from Rlelxmond i
JOHN MILLEDGE.
ALEXANDER C. WALKER.
REMOVAL.
BP The ofli:eof tho Chronicle & Bk*
tinkl has been removed to the store lately e<
tupiedby Mr. J. A Vax Wiskle, south sidt
of Broad-street, and next door above the car
riage shop of Mr. lloadley.
Outside*
O* First Page of Daily, an account of the late
Fair of the New York Agricuiturai Society.
£3 Oa Fourth Page —several Miscellaneous ar
ticles.
The Election.
Voters or Georgia—good and true Union j
Me*— you are called on to cast your
on Monday next. Remember the intetests ol
Georgia, of tho South, and of your belovet
Union, —its very existence— are involved in
the issue. Do not indulge a feeling of security
or that your vote will make no difference.—
I Vote! vote early, and see that your friends volt
| 3®f» of Mr. W. Ernknfutsch and Mr. T.
I Joxxs, uniting their schoools.
The Remedy.
| Ox this distressing subject, the Southern
I Rights press has been silent since the election
I of November last—save a little harmless indui
I genco in discussing the abstract right of peace
J iblc secession. This abstract, peaceable
I amusement has had great charms for them
I The bare idea of peaceable secession make*
I their mouths water. The anticipation is so
I ieligh’.ful tlat they cannot help dwelling some-
I what in detail upon tho glorious character and
I qualities of the right. We should as soon
I trust an epicure with the smoli of rich viands,
1 or a toper with the fumes of wine, as most ol
j these “Union m»n,” with a chance at seces
I aion.
The columns ofour weekly contain the views
I of Gov. McDovald, and some of his organ*
I as to what the people of Georgia ought to have
I done last fall. Theae model “Union men’’
I consider that they deserve well of their country
I and are now aiming to tarn out of office the
I spurious Union men who constructed tho Geor-
I gi& Platform.
I We have been endeavoring for some time
I past to get the present views of the Constitn-
I tionalist on the subject of our remedy, bnt
I hare been unfortunate. Our want of success
I prompts us to point out the remedy, {or rather
I remedies,) it once advocated—and inquire
I whether it adhere* to them atiil. We have no
I idea that it does—for it is not in the habit of
I aiheriug to its opinions, upon these subjects—
| but we will give the old for lack of the new.
I Not doubting that it has, after its usual habits,
I abandoned its old and stale opinions, we will
I take great pleasure in inserting its present rem-
I edy, whenever it shall think proper to apeak
I out. Tha great difficulty of solving them,
I doubtless furnishes the reason why our questions
I have not been answered, and the Constitntion-
I alist is not playing * mum,” but is now engaged
working away the problem, and we ahall have
the solution when at is obtained. We shall be
vn the look out for it.
Tbs remedies it has advocated, are so nupie
rous—and wiihai eo incongruous—that we
scarcely know witii which to begin, We will
start with the mild remedy of “unconditional
eubmisaion”— nnioilting, but still unconditional.
BEISEDY MO. I.
To take “Ths best tho South can get.”
“It is not in itself a de'ireWe adjustment for the
South. 11 has very objectionable features, an] to
the eye of e Souiheru man four, if any, that are
comsly. But it ie the beat the South can get, and it
eillbe by a close vote that aha gets it, if at all.
“There is no eul&jient potency in Southern votes
in Lon grass to get a better compromise. Thero is
no sufficient moral force in the Southern Convention 1
movement to extort a better compromise. There is
no feasible mode that -we s«e of to prevent measures
mil more weakening to Southern influences in the i
confederacy, and destructive of Southern riehtu il I
this compromise ia drfaated. There is a inode, but l
tha South esnnot be esuted upon it. That mode Is .
x union of all parties—a Southern Convention, eu»-
tamed by tte vo.ee of the Southern people,’with .
authority to say to the If«rth, ‘The South demand*
, D STios ( or iNDEFaHnaiMH-choose Gi. e the ‘
Aouth equal rights i« th. Union or she will take 1
sere of herself, out or ths Union.” The South
could not be rallied to this point, and cannot be aow, a
sad ths North seea it. If tha former therefore r»- f
ject the compromise, she must aspect to put up with
terms which are still more palpably a mockery ol
her rights.”
REMEDY HO 2.
A Southern Confederacy,
“Between the Cur Compromise ran and the
Nashvilu Comybmtiom party, must be the future
itruggle in Georgia.”— Constitutionalist, Aug. 2d,
iB6O,
“The condition and prospects of tbe South and bei
proper policy.”
* • • * *
“6th. That Southern policy should be directed to
prepare the slaveholding States for the contingency
which will be forced upon her by tbe continual en
;roachm*uta of tbe anti-slavery majority, of havinp
to sustain tboir rights by a separate Confrbbraov
op ilavrhoibimo Si ate s.” — Constitutionalist ,
Sept, nth, 1650.
“The Nashville Convention ”
• • • • •
“The next we shall quota contains a specific re*
commendation, which we shall sustaia with what
eeble aid ws can bring to the cause. The proprie
ty of such a Convention is already, to our view,
abundantly manifest, and we cannot doubt will be
come still mors ao in the aaxt few months. “Fana
deism has no sapping place,” and it ia openly de
clared by Northern Preo Soilism, that tbe late mea
sures of Congress are only an additional step gained
in the onward march of anti-slavery :
Resolved , That in view of the aggression* and
outrages inflicted upon tbe South, and those threat
ened and impending, wa recommend that each of tbe
southern States, in the mode she may adopt, do appoint
Jelegates to a General Convention of all of the as
sailed States, to be he’d at ——— on ■ “day ol
—. clothed with full authority to deliberate and
ict, with all ths sovereign power of the people, with
he view of arresting further aggression and restor
ing tbe Constitutional right* of the South—if posai
jle—AM* ir MOT, TMBM T# PROVIBR FOR THS BAFB
vyakbispipembrnce #r THS south in ths last
assort, — Constitutionalist, Aon. 26th, 1860.
REMEDY no. 3.
Secession rather than unconditional submis-
I eion.
“In reply to tbe question propounded to us, we
I reely state, that as between unconditional bubmis
I iioN and sbosssion, we would be for tbe litter. We
I tre, however, cot prepared to say that the issue i*
I narrowed down to this alternative, nor that we ad-
I /ocute secession as the only redress for the wrong*
I nflicted upon os. The Convention of the people o
I Georgia, scon to assemble, may devise an effectual
I mode and measure of redress," short of secession.
I We hope it will, and believe it can be done. But we
I repeat, epeakiug for ourself alone, as an humble citi-
I ten of Georgia, we are lor sscassiOM in preference
I o submission.” — Constitutionalist, October i 9th,
I iB6O.
REMEDY KO. 4.
I Secession, First choice.—“ The Georgia
I Convention. Secession tho Rsnoedy.”
I i« If the action of Congress make* il imperative on
I the Governor, under the instruction cf the Legisla-
I „ re) to call the convention, our own first choice
I wilt'be for secession and our vote* and effjru will be
I readily given to effeet that end. We need not here
I epeat our reasons. They have been given in every
I aumher of this piper for inonih3.”
I “vVegotben for eeceasion—quietly if let alone,
I forcibly, if made necessary.” .
“Georgia has said to aboli.ion— ll do this thing i)
I you dare." If abolition does it, shall Georgia be
I Kistained by her son*, or abandoned to humiliating
I lefeat and di grace I We stand by Georgia. Who
I -peaks next 7 —Columbus Times, 7th inst. — Con -
I dilution alist, September 11th, 1651.
The la*t extract, on the 19th of October, wa9,
I after 5 weeks, tardily repudiated by tho Editor,
I ta adopted during his absence.
REMEDY *O. 5.
I Non-Intercourse.
I Under the above caption, the Conslitotional-
I Ist advocates Non-Intercourse —to bs rendered
I efficient, both by private associations and by
I State Legislation.
I Such were soma of tha remedies which the
I Cons itutienalist at various times proposed
I We should be gratified to have information as
I o its present position in relation to our lerne-
I ly. It haa advocated the Missouri Corapro-
I nise—the Ciayton Compromise—and the
I Clay Compromise. The first named it ha»
I ittacks Tha intermediate one it hae ceased to
| ipeak of—but as it holds Utah and New Meii*
I so (oat to us, we presume it would now divap-
I prove of it If so, it has been for aid against
I itch of the three proposed Compromises
At remedies, it has advocated non inter-
I course— Secession rather than submission to
I the Compromise —nod a Southern Coefedsr
*of. The latter wis its favorite method. Which
of theso doesit favor now 1 Or does it favor
any one of them 7 Or does it favor Submis
sion 7 Having spread before our readers the
riews it entertained ia times past, we are
equally ready to spread before thorn its retrac
ion of those views, and its present transient
impressions.
Americas Goods.—Under all tbe circum
stances of uncertain and inadequate protection
the progress of American invention still goes on
in some of the most important branches of
manufacturing industry. The New York
Journal of Commerce has the following do
tica of some of the new products of th* Ame
rican Mill Company of Rockville, Connecticut «
wh tse agents in Baltimore are Messrs. W. F
& A. Murdoch.
“Among tbe new thiogs offered this week
are ssveral designs by tbe American Mills,’
R ockviile, Ct., Mr. Kingsbury, the manager
of the mill, has recently returned from a trip
to Europe, but his new designs are not copies
of English goods. John Bud might, however,
be proud to own them We refer to several
new designs in clouded mottles or mixtures,
both plain and striped, which, in felt, coloring
and finish, are superior to the same class ol
imported. They are offered at $1 50.
Fire.—On Sunday night at 3 o'clock A. M.
our citixens were disturbed by the cry offira ;
the house of itfr. Charles Noesaon in the
occupancy of Mr. Pettis, was discovered to. be
on fire and for want of any thing to combat tha
devouring element, it was together with all the
out buildings, soon reduced to a heap of ashes.
The loss of the owner will be moderate, as
we understand, the premises were insured
Mr Pettis has sustained the loss of bedding and
furniture to a considerable amount.
Another consideration is offered for speedy
action in procuring agencies with which to
contend and conquer the destroyer.—Atlanta
Intel, 2nd.
Frost.—Wa have had light Irost for three
mornings back, net enough, as we hope and
believe, to do mueh injury to the crops, and the
weather again is moderating.—Atlanta Intel,
2nd just.
Philadelphia, Oct. I—Hon. Anson V.
Parson. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas,
resigned this morning. A farther hearing was
had to day before Commissioner Ingraham,
ia the case cf Samuel Williams, negro, charg
ed with treason in giving information to par
lies at Christiana, of the movements of the U.
8. officers, and aivising resistance. Williams
is a Methodist local preacher of this city.
The citizeos of Norfolk have confirmed bv*
a large majority vote a resolution ot the City
Council an relation to the subscription by the
Corporation of a sum not exoeeding $200,000
to the stock of such railroads io Virginia and i
North Carolina as wiil tend to promote the 1
interests of that city, provided a sa isfaotory I
connee ion oan be made with tbe Seaboard 1
and Roanoke Railroad.
. Bmtoii, October Ist.—The Canada arrived
South ° ° thW WM •* nl (
Explosion op tux Steamboat Brilliant.—
The steamboat Brilliant, Capt. IlartA,left her
wharf at the head of Conti street, on Satur
day evening, at 5 o'clock, for Bayou Sara and
the intermodule landing*, and bad prodfeeded
up the river a« far aa Bayou Goula, yesterday
morning, about 8 o’clock, when she exploded
hersecond starboard boiler, which carried away
her main cabin and state •rooms, as far aft as
the ladies’cabin, and everything forward of
the boilers, making a complete wreck of the
•oat above the bull. Capt. Hart stated he had
from 80 to 100 deck hands and firemen on
board at the time the explosion took place.
Alter the accident, he could not find more
than about twen’y-five The number of
passengers on board he could not ascertain,
bat thinks the loss must be very great.
The following are the names of the persons
killed and scalded, as near as could bo ascer
tained :
Jas. Fullerton, mate, lost.
J. A Cotton, first clerk, badly sealded.
8 G. Cole, assistant cterk, badly scalded.
J Carnes, second clerk, slightly scalded.
Mr. False, second pilot, badly scalded.
Roht Doyle, firatengineer, bad'y scalded*
Mr. McCarty, second engineer, slightly scald.
*d
Several firamen and cabin boys were s ightly,
and others badly scalded. Cap:..Hart was in
ihe wash-room when the boiler exploded, and
was uot injured. The above were all the
names we could learn, from the officers of the
Montgomery.—l\T. O. Dul/'tin
Georgia State Fair—lnvitation.
Macon, Seft. 5, 1951.
Mkssrs. Editors j—Ti e Krecutire Committee
now in session, have adopted a resolution, ordering
a superb Tent, to he pitched upon the Show Grounds
expressly for Editors, and the Editors of every pa
per—from Maryland to Texas —are invited, and
also the Editors of the Agricultural and Horticul
tural Journals in the Union. The President of the
United States, the Cabinet, Gsns., Scott and
Twiggs, the Governors of all the Southern States,
the Hon. H. Clay, Wm. O. Butler and many other
distinguished men, are also invited.
Prom the correspondence of the Secretarv, with
distinguished men all over the country and from the
splended preparations making here, and also from
;he indications throughout the entire South, there
will bs exhibited hereon the 29th, 30th an J 3latof
October next, such an array of Art Skill, Taste,
Beauty and Chivalry, as has never been collected
atone place in the Union.
Yours Truly, CHAS. A. PiCABODV.
U'uns Courier.
Wx take great plea* tra in giving place to
the following Prospectus of the next volume
of the Rjiik Codrier, a journal conducted
with great propriety and decided ability :
Ora Naw Volumb.— The next nnmber will com
mence a now volume of the “Roat* Cooaias. 1
The liberal and growing patronage which has been
attended to our paptr. together with the increasing
wants of our young and thriving City, have induced
the undersigned to make arrangements for us will
further improvement. Materials have been ordered
for this purpose, and in a few weeks we hope to pre
sent the Courier in a more attractive garb.
It is unnecessary to sav, that it will continue, as
ever, the steadfast and aeaious advocate tnU sup
po ter of the csufb of Constitutional Union, and the
principles set forth in the address and resolutions
adopted by the Georgia State Conven ion in Decern
her last. As the termination of the present contest,
however, it is devoutly to be hoped, w.ll for a sea
son at lea's!, give quietude and repose to the public
mind upon politico 1 subjects, it is our intention to
make the Courier more largely Commercial an 1
Agricultural in its character. We shall take es
pecial pains and pleasure in making it interesting
end useful to the Farmers and Planters of Cherokee
Georgia, and North Alabama ; and have the promise
already es contribution! from several of our most
scientific and successful Agricultutiste, in this and
other counties.
As we are now in Telegraphic correspondence
i with the gteat marts of trade and commerce through
out thi Union, we intend to mike such arrangements
,s will enable us to furnish our patrons in Cherokee
' Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee with the very
late 11 ewe of the Suite of the markets and such
•ther intelligence as may bo important, and inte
resting.
! As us circulation is already large, and steadily
increasing, the “Rome Courier,’ will beadesirable
advertising medium to all dealers .n those cities
, ..... » u k . , j . iuigo share of the trade in
• upper Georgia and North Alabama.
, In conclusion, we would sav, that ss we shall
«p re no pains to givo to the public a creditable Jour
ml, we trust that our eff >r:s will be ruet by a cor
responding patronage. J. Knowles {Sc Co,
Oar. 1, 1851.
If our eotemporaries of th) Georgia press will give
the above an insertion, we shall bs happy to recipro
, sat* the kindnees.
Firk.—About 3 o’clock yos.erday morning,
just is our paper was going to press, a fire
broke out in Mr. 11. R. Box’s ha store in
Broughton-street. Tne sngines were prompt
ly on the ground and put out the fire before it
extended to any other pretnieer. We un ,’er
staud Mr. B. has an insurance on his stock ,
but we «uul J not learn the amount, and it can
hardly cover his great loss, as his s ock which
wa- not burned is almost ruiood by being wet
The second floor was occupied by Mr Jama
Stratton, and his stock of gas fixtures were
considerably injured; bat we learn that hie
loss is covered by an insurance in the Howard
Insurance Company of New York. The build
ing was owned by Isaac Cohen, Esq.
Mr. Box has au insurance of s’,ooo in the
offices of the Southern Mutual, and the Co*
lumbia Insurance Companies. We regretto
learn that Mr. Box lost all his books, and from
some circumstance, he is led to believe that
nis store was broken open and the fire inten
lionally kindled. No lights were lit on the
previous evening, and there had been no fire
in the store for a week.— Saw. Rep., iih inst
NOTICE.
FOR SALB on Commission, (to remtin in, or
near the City,) with warranty as to titles aad
soundness, a prime mulatto MAN about thirty yoirs
old, and very likely. He is active and intelligent,
a first rate ostler and carriage driver, hotelj waiter,
and an experienced band in a grocery store.
°5 A. WILSON.
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