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she IDffkli) times & Sentinel.
BY LOMAX & ELLIS. J
Volume XIII.
THE TIME^^SENTINEL.
TENKENT LOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS,
EDITORS AND PPOPRIETORS.
THB THI-WEEKLY TIMES &, SENTINEL
|g published KVERY IYF.DXFSDA rand FRIDAYMORX
IXO and SATURDAY F.VEXIXO.
THE WEEKLY TIMES <fc SENTINEL
Is published ere-rv TUESDAY MORXIXO.
Office n Randolph Street, opposite the Post Office.
TEHMS:
TRI-WKHKLY, Fits Dollars per annum, in advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum, in advance,
nr Advertisements conspicuously inserted :it One Dollar
per square, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every sub
sequent insertion.
Liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertisements.
Muscogee Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday In April next, at the
market house, in the city of Columbus, between the usual
hours of sale, the following property to-wit :
Water Lot number eleven (owned and occupied by the Howard
Manufacturing Company, meets and bounds as set forth by the
deed from the Water Lot Company to Van Leonard for the How
ard Manufacturing Company,) together with the factory building
thereon, with all the machinery aud tackle thereto belonging;
also, the store room and offices on sstid lot, fronting on Front
street; also, the large brick building on the corner of Front and
Bryant streets, and the tenement next thereto, fronting on Bryant
street, together with the ground thereto belonging; being one
hundred feet by one hundred and forty-eight feet of lot qumber
forty seven, and thirty seven feet by forty nine feet off of lot num
ber forty eight ; all lying aud being in the county of Muscogee,
and levied on as the property of the Howard .Manufacturing
Company to satisfy sundry fl fas in my hands ; one in favor of
Robert Mitchell, from Muscogee Inferior Court: one from the
Superior Court of Muscogee in favor of John Warren, and other
fl fas in my hands against said Company.
Also, a lot of dry goods, consisting of calicos, silk, inuslin, luce?,
ready made clothing, bonnets, hats, shoes, blankets, &c , levied
on as the property of E. &. B. Mendheim, to satisfy aft fa from
Muscogee Superior Court in favor of Binswanger Ac Eger, and
other fl fas in my hands against Emil Mendheim and Benjamin
Mendheim.
Also, & lot of dry goods, consisting of muslins, laces, silk, cali
co, Acc., levied on as the property of Francis Goulding, to satisfy
a distress warrant in favor of John B. Strupper, against said
Goulding.
Also, one and a half shares of the capital stock of the Muscogee
Railroad company, levied on as the property 6 of Lively Ac Clapp,
to satisfy a fi fa from Muscogee Superior Court in favor of John
Banks against Li velj Ac Clapp.
Also, a negro boy named George, about eighteen or nineteen
years old, levied on as the property of Marcus Johnson to satisfy
a llfa from Pike Superior Court in favor of Bradford T. Chapman
against said Johnson.
Also, one horse and buggy, two inules, and a two horse wagon,
a yoke ol oxen and cart, all levied on as the property of Daniel I).
Ridenhour to satisfy a ti fa from Muscogee .Superior Court in favor
of George W. Lee, against said Ridenhour ; property pointed
out by said defendant.
Also, the following negroes: Caroline a woman about twenty
five years eld, and Lodiska a girl about twelve years old, and the
life estate of Richard W. Fox to Coffee, a man about fifty five
years old, and Clarisa a woman about fifty years old; all levied
on as the property of Richard W. Fox. to satisfy a fl fa fropi
Muscogee Superior Court in favor of John Banks; and other fi
fas In my hands against said Fox.
MORTGAGE SALE.
Also, at the same place, will be told, on the fir*t Tuesday in
May 7i eit, the following property, to-wit :
John a man about forty years old, Agnes a woman about forty
three years old, Cornelius a man about twenty one years old,
Catherine a girl about twelve years old, Daniel about ten and
Charlotte a girl about five years old; all levied on as the propet
ty of Silas McGrady to satisfy’ a mortgage fl fa from Muscogee Su
perior Court in favor of William A. Redd against said JMcGrady.
A. .S. RUTHERFORD, Sheriff.
Columbus, March 4—tds
Seaborn Jonew, j
vs. | Bill for Dis
•soßcut Fikld, The Southern Life Insu- I covery, Relief,
ranch an Trust Company, The Pikenix / Acc., in Muscogee
Bane, William Douoiierty,George Har- * Superior Court.
graves, John Banks and Philip T. Schley, j
It appearing to the Court that the defendants, George Field
and the Southern Life Insurance and Trust Company, are not
within the jurisdiction of this Court—Field being a citizen
aud resident of New York, and the Southern Life Insurance and
Trust Company being a body corporate established by the Terri
tory *f Florida.
It is, on motion of complainant, ordered that the said Field und
the said Southern Life In. and Trust Cos. plead, answer or demur
to said BUI, not demurring alone, on or before the first day of the
next Term: Ami it is further ordered that the above order be
published by the Clerk of this Court, once a m#nth for four
months, before the next Term of this Court, in one of the public
Gazettes of the city of Columbus, Georgia.
A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee Superior Court
at November Term, 1852, thll 10th day of January, 1853.
JOHN R. STURGIS, Clerk,
Jan. H, 18M 1 _ni4m
GEORGIA, \ Court of Ordinary, October Term, 1852.
Muscogee county. S RULE JY/ SI.
WHEREAS, Edward Broughton, Administrator es the estate
of Lewis Lockey, deceased, having applied for letters ©I dis
mission. It is ordered by the court that all persons concerned,
shew cause, if anv they have, why the said Edward Breughton,
administrator as aforesaid, should not be dismissed at the next
May Term of said court.
A true extract from the minutes afraid court, Oct 9th, 1852.
Oct 12—mOm JOHffi 1 JOHNSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, ) Court of Ordinary, October Term. 1852.
Muscogee county , \ R ULF. AT SI.
WHEREAS, John Forsyth, Administrator oft he estate of John
Forsyth, deceased, having applied for letters of dismission,
t is ordered by the court that all persons concerned, shew cause,
f any they have, why said administrator should not be dismissed
at the next May term of said court.
A true transcript from the minutes of said court, Oct 9th, 1852.
Oct 12—m6m JOHN JOHNSON, ordinary.
GEORGIA, ) Court of Ordinary,
Talbot county, $ February Teim, 1853.
RULE XI SI.
WHEREAS, William F. Robertson applies by petition for
letters of dismission as the administrator of Barney Wilson,
late of Talbot county, deceased.
Be it ordered, That all persons concerned, be and appear at
the September term of this court next ensuing, then and there
to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
A true extract from the minutes Ofs&ld ceurt, 24th Feb., 1853.
March I—9w6in MARION BETIIUNE, Ordlnary.
Reuben Simmons )
vs. x Mortgage, Acc—September Terra, 1852.
John C. Silvky, > . . _
ORESENT the Hon. William Taylor, Judge ot the Superior
I Court. It appearing to the court by the petition of Reuben
Simmons, that on the 39th of June, 1845, John C. Silvey made
and delivered to said Reuben Sllvey his certain note, bearing the
date and year aforesaid whereby tho said John C. Silvey prom
ised to pay by the 2d of December next, after the date of said
note, the said Reuben Simmons, seven hundred and fifty dollars
for lot el land numbet four hundred iu the twenty sixth district
or Early county, And that afterwards, on the same day and year
aforesaid, the said John C. Silvey the better to secure the pay
ment of Buid note exeented and delivered to said Reuben Sim
mons, his deed of mortgage, whereby the said John C. Silvtyron
veved to the said Reuben Simmons lot of land number four hun
dred iu the twenty sixth district of said county of Early, coutain
iug two hundred and fifty acres, more or less—conditioned that
if said John C. Silvey should pay off and discharge suid note, or
cause the same to be done according to the tenor and effect there
of, that then the said deed of mortgage and said note shodld be
come and be null and void to all intents and purposes. And it
further appearing, that said note remains unpaid. It is, therefore,
ordered—That the said John C. Silvey do pay into Court by the
first day of next term thereof, the principal, interest and cost, due
ou said note, or shew cause, to the contrary, if any he has. That
on the failure of said John C. Silvey so to do, the equity of re
demption in and to said mortgaged premises be forever therafter
barred aud foreclosed. Aud it is further ordered—That this rule
be published iu Times once a month for four
months, or a copy thereof served on the said John C. Silvey or his
agent or attorney at least three months previous to the next term
of said Court.
Rrubrn Simmons, ) Superior Court, Sept Term, 1852.
John > Rule Nisi to foreclose Mortgage.
IT appearing to the Court that the defendant resides without
the limits of this county. It, therefore, on motion of PPffs.
Counsel—That service be perfected by publication of this order,
once a month for four months in the Columbus Times, a public
gazette. S. STAFFORD, Pl’ffs. AlPny.
A true extract from the minutes of Eary Superior Court, at Sep
tember term. 1852.
Wec 7—404 m THOS B. ANDREWS, CPk
p eorgia, Randolph county—Wheieas, Samuel A.
V_T Grier, administrator de bonis non on the estate of John H.
Weaver, late ol said county, deceased, has petitioned for letters
ol dismission from said administration.
These are, therefore, to 2lte, admonish and require all persons
concerned to file their objections, if any they have, on or before
the September term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, to
be holaen on the first Monday of September next, otherwise'said
administrator will be then and there dismissed.
Given under my hand at office this 22d day of February, 1853
March I—9wfira O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
Georgia) Randolph county.—Whereas, Allan L.
Jenks applies to me for letters of Guardianship for the per
son and property of Frances Rigsby, orphan of Enoch Rigsby, ;
late of said county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and “admonish all concerned, to
shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted, otherwise they will be granted at the next April term of
this court. Given trader my band at office March Ist. 1853.
Mirti 4-11- O. P. BEALL, < rdlnary.
Gteorgla, Randolph county.—Whereas, John,Cd
t lier applies t me fur letters “>f administration, cum testimen
to annexo, on the estate of John Frith, late of said county, dec’d.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
creditors and kindred of said deceased to appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, If any they
have, why said letters should’ not be granted.
Given under my hand at office the 22d day of February, 1853.
March I—9w7t O. P. BEALL,Ordinary.
Georgia, Early county.— -Whereas, John Thompson
applies to me tor letters of administration with the will an
nexed, upon the estate of Robert Thompson, late of said county,
deceased.
Those are to notify all persons concerned, to be and appear at
my office within the’time prescribed by law, and .shew cause, if
anyAhey have, why said letters should not be granted said ap
pliofnt.
Given under my hand at office this February 24, 1853.
Jifarch I—9w7t S. S. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
/'T corgi a, Early count y.-~ Whereas, Joseph Gritnslev,
UT administrator with the Will annexed,, upon the estate of
Sarah Grimsley, late of said'counfy deceased, makes application
to me for letters of dismission from the farther administration of
said estate. All persons concerned are hereby notified to be and
appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, and
shew.eause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted said applicant.
Given under my hand at office, this February* the 24th, 1853.
March I—9w6m 8. 8, STAFFORD, Ordinary.
ATotlce to debtor** anti credit ora.— All persons
IX holding demands against the estate ot Oliver H. P. Daniel,
late of Talbot cminty, deceased, are hereby not ified to present
them for payment, duly authenticated, within the time prescribed
, by law ; and those indebted to said deceased, are requested to
make immediate payment or the same.
March l--9wtit JOSEPH BROWN, AdmV.
Georgia, Early county.—All persons are desired to
take notice, that letters of Administration will We granted
the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, on the estate of
the late Nathaniel G. Bartlett, unless objections be filed by the
first Monday in April next.
Feb 23—9w7t 8. S. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale —Agreeably to an order of the
Ordinary of Early county, will be sold on the first Tuesday
iu April next, in the town of Dublin, Laurens county, lot of land
number eighty-nine, in the first district of Laurens county. Fold
as the propei ty of the late Alfred Renfroe, of Early county, and
or the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms
on day of sale. THOS. B. ANDREWS, AdmV.
February 23—Gw tds
GEORGIA, ) Court of Ordinary* for said county,
Early county. $ January Term, 1853.
OWEN W. SHACKELFORD. Guardian of the minor heirs of
James Foster and Asa Travis, deceased, having applied to
the Court for letters of dismission from the guardianship of said
minors; It is hereby ordered. That all persons concerned, be
and appear at the March term of said Court, and cause shew, (if
any they have) whv said applicant should not be dismissed from
said guardianships’ A true extract from the minutes of said court,
January 15th, 1853.
January 25—4w6t B.S. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
(Georgia, Randolph county.—Whereas, Daniel A.
T Newsom, applies to me for letters of Guardianship for the
persons and property of William Newsom andGlaucus Newsom,
minors unu orphans of John Newsom,late of said county, dec and.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred of said orphans to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any they can, why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office. February Bth,
Feb. 15—7w7t ‘ u. p. BKAI.L, ordinary.
eorgla, Randolph county.—Whereas. Henry L.
VJT Tavlor and Moriah L. Taylor apply to me for letters ol ad
ministration on the estate of William Taylor, late ot said county,
deceased. .... , .
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred aiui creditors of said deceased, to b. u and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, it any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under ray hand at office, this the 22d day of Jan., 1858.
Jan. 29—5w6t ’ G. P. BEALL, Ordinary.^
CN corgi a. Randolpli county—Whereas, John Peter-
T son applies to me for letters of administration on the estate
of Archibald Peterson, late of said county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred am! creditors©!said deceased, to be and appear at my of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 1 1th day of January, 1853. j
January IS-3wst Q- P. BEALL, Ordinary
("1 eorgln. Early county.—Whereas, Jesse Collier j
Jf makes application to me for letters of Guardianship of the
persons aud property of Martha, John and \\ iUiam Travis, minor
heirs of Asa Travis, deceased : and of Shepperd and Mali sea
Foster, minors of JaneJFoster, deceased :
These are to noUfr all persons concerned, to shew cause, if any .
they have, why jdfu letters should not be granted said applicant,
at the March term, next, of tiie Court of Ordinary for said county. j
Given under my hand at office this January 15th. 1853.
January2s—4wot 8, 8. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
rt eorgia, Randolpli county—Whereas. Thomas j
T Corain,administrator of the estate of Joseph William?, de- j
ceased, applies to me for letters of dismission.- These are, there- ;
fore, to cite and admonish all and singular the parties interested,
to show cause, if any they have, within the time prescribed by
law. why said letters should not be granted. Given under my
hand at office the 21st day of sept ’52.
Sept2B—39wfun O P BEALL Ordinary. |
G 1 eorgia, Randolpli county—Whereas, Thomas W
I* Garner, administrator on the estate of William L Morgan, ;
deceased, appdes to me for letters of dismission therefrom. These
are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the parties j
nterested, to show cause, if any they have, within the time pre- I
scribed by law, why said letters should not be granted. Given
under mv hand at office sept IGth, ’52.
Sci * 28 —39w6m O P BEALL, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale of Notes, Accounts, *fcc
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April next, hi the mar
ket house, in the city of Columbus, between the legal hours of
Sheriffs sale, the outstanding accounts, notes and due bills of
Peabody &■ Cos., claimed by administrator of Augustus Peabody,
deceased, as the exclusive property of his intestate, warranty in j
every respect expressly excluded. Sold by order of Court of Or
dinary for Muscogee county, as debts insolvent and of doubtfuj
collection, ferms of sale cash.
WM. N. NELSON, AdmV.
AUGUSTUS PEABODY, dec’d. !
.4/arch 2—twitAcvvtds Per R. Watson Dknton, Attorney.
Administrator** Sale—Agreeable to an order of the j
court of Ordinary ot Early county, will be sold on the first ,
Tuesday in April next, before thvcourt house door in Blakely, a 1
likely negro boy named Wesley, about fourteen years old, ot light <
complexion, belonging to the estate of Dr. John Hill, deceased, i
Sold to make a division of said estate.
Jan. 29—tds WILLIAM HILL, AdmV.
Notice to Debtors andiCVrctlitors—All persons in- j
debted to the estate of Johnffrt. Walker, deceased, are re- j
quested to come forward and make payment, and these holding j
claims against said estate are requested to present them duly an j
thenticated to me. JAS. 8. WALKER, Adm r. j
January s—2w7t ‘ J
\Totlce to Debtors and Creditors.—All persons
iX indebted to the estate ot John Newsom, deceased, late of
Randolph county, are requested to make immediate payment ;
and those having demand- against said estate, are requested to
present them duly authenticated to me.
Feb. 15 —7wt>t DANIEL A. NEWSOM, AdmV.
TWO months after date, I shall apply to the
Court of Ordinary of Randolph county, for leave to sell the
lands belonging to Stephen Weatherby, late ol said county, dec’d
Feb. 15—7w2m MARTIN POLLOCK, AdmV.
TWO months after date, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary ofßandolpli county, for leave
to sell the negroes belonging to the estate of George W. Moye,
deceased, late of said county.
January 25—4w2m WM. A. MOYE, AdmV.
npWO months after date, 1 shall apply to the
JL Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sell a |
negro belonging to the minors of .Sol• Graves, deceased. j
January 18—3w2in B. GRAVES,Guardian.
rpWO months after date application will be
1 made to the Court of Ordinary of Ea.ly county, for leave to j
sell the lands belonging to the estate of Epsey Dyson, deceased j
January 29—2 m _ ABNER DY-ON, AdmV.
npWO months after date, we shall apply to
_1 the Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sell a
town lot in Covington, Newton county, as the property of Sol.
Graves, deceased. L. A. GONEKK,) * ,
B. GRAVES,
January 18—2 m with the Will annexed.
TWO months after date 1 shall apply to the
Court of Ordinary of Randolph county, for to sell the
and belonging to Henry Sandlin, deceased.
Feb. 8- 6w2m JESSE SANDLIN, AdmV. |
NOTICE.
I hereby warn all persons against trading for a note which I
made to one R. F. Morris : the consideration thereof having j
failed, 1 do not intend to cash the same unless compelled by law. :
The following is in substance a copy of said note :
“By the first day of January next, 1 promise to pay R. F. Mor- j
ris of order, the sum of eight hundred and ten dollar?, for value j
received, with interest from date, this February 12,1853.
(Signed) Matthew J. Lewis.
Blakely. March I—9w2t1 —9w2t M. J. LEWIS, i
NOTICE.
A lL persons are hereby notified, that I claim to own the west !
xjl half of sectiort.flve, lo’wnship fourteen, range twenty seven,
a Creek Indian reservation, certified and approved to me; and
the approved contract for which having been lost or mislaid,
1 shall proceed, on the first Monday in April next, at the office of
the Hon. Alfred Iverson, in this city, to take testimony as to the
loss of said contract, in order to establish a copy thereof agreea
bly to the regulations of the General Land Office, and to apply
for a patent in my name, JAMES KIVLIN.
Columbus, Ga., February lfir—Bwft
NOTICE,
ALL persons are hereby notified, that as sole heirs at law of
the late James 8. Calhoun, to own the east part of
section two, township nineteen and range twenty-eight in Cham
bers county, Alabama, the same being a Creek Indian reserva
tion, certified and approved to M. W. Perry & Cos., the approved
contract for which has been lost or mislaid so that it cannot, after
diligent search and enquiry, be found.
Having contracted to sell said land, we .shall proceed, on the
first Monday in April next, at the office ot lion Aared Iverson, in
Columbus,’Georgia, to examine testimony as to the loss of said
paper, with the view to establish a copy thereof, agreeably to
the regulations of the General Land Office, and that we shall then
and there cause the same to be assigned to the purchaser by lhe
said Iverson. Attorney in fact for said M. W. Perry &. Cos., inor
der that a patent may issue to said purchaser.
WM. E. LOVE,
Columbus, Feb. 10—8\v0! C'ARoLINF. L<*YF.
NOTICE.
VLL persons interested, are hereby notified that .1 claim to he
the owner of section thirty four, township twenty and range
tweqty eight, Alabama, the approved Creek Indian contracts, toi
which have been lost, and that on the first Monday in April next,
at the office of the Hon. Alfred Iverson, in the city of Columbus,
Georgia, 1 will proceed to examine evidence, as to the existence
find loss of the said original contracts lor the two parts otsuid
“section, with the view of establishing copies and applying to
■ the General Land Office for patents.
, February Ifi—-Bwf>i H. F. IRWIN.
United States Mail Line.
From Columbus, to Chunnenuggee, and Union
Springs, Ala., Via Lamiagtou, Sand Fort, Uchee,
Creek Stand, Hernando, lCnon, and Stewart’s
Mills.
g. THE undersigned is now prepared to carry
pitoci.trprtt rm thia tir.o- be therefore hopes to
be favored with a good share of the public patronage. This line
1 intersects, at Chunnenuggee, the line to Montgomery, via Tu
” kegee, Ala.; also, the one to Eufaula, via Clayton, Ala.
f SCHEDULE:
L Leave Odumbus Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 7A.
arrive at Chunnenuggee next days, at noon.
Leave Chunnenuggee Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and
Mondays at 3 o'clock a. in., and arrive at Columbus Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 8 p.m.
A. IIAYGOOD, Contractor.
Stage Office at “Oglethorpe House.”
f Connecting with the mail train of cars on Muscogee Railroad
1 £>r Macon, Savannah and Charleston, and all intermediate points,
f Relative distances from this route: Warrior Stand is four
I miles from Hernando ; Five Points is seven miles from Enon ;
1 Ridgely is two mile&-fr.©.ra -Chuiinenuggee ; Aberfoil is eighj
‘ miles from Chunnenuggee; and Missouri, Pike county, is eigh
teen miles from Chunnenuggee. Carriages reserved and ready
at any trip for the aae of families. T. C, PRIDGEN, Agent.
Jan. if, 1853. 1 12m
“the union or THE states and the sovereignty of the states. 11
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING,’ MARCH 15, 1853.
Good Morning.
“Oh, I am so happy !” a little girl said,
As she sprung, like a lark, from a low trundle bed ;
“Tis morning—bright morning ! Good morning, papa !
Oh give me a kiss forgood morning, mama!
Only just look at my pretty canary,
Chirping his sweet “Good morning to Mary,’
The sun is peeping straight into my eyes ;
Good morning to you, Mr. Sun, tor you rise
Early to wake my birdie and me,
And make.ns happy as happy ean be.”
“Happy you may be, my dear little girl,”
As the mother struck softly a clustering curl;
“Happy you can be—but think of the One
Who wakened this morning both you and the sun.”
The little girl turned her bright eyes with a nod ;
“Ala, may I say, then. Good morning to God?”
“Yes, little darling one, surely you may,
Kneel as you kneei every morning to pray.”
Mary knelt solemnly down, with her eyes
Looking up earnestly, into tie skies.
And twolittle hands that were folded together,
Softly she laid on the lap of her mother,
“Good morning, dear lather in Heaven,” she said,
“I thank thee for watching my snug little bed ; #• ■
For taking good care of me all the dark night,
And waking me up with the beautihd liglK ‘
Oh,keep me from naughtiness all the longevity,
Dear Father who taught little children to pray !”
An angel looked down in the sunshine and smil’d,
But she saw not the angel, that beautiful child 1
LETTER FROM JAMES HAMILTON.
To Ihe Kili tor* of the New Haven Register t
Yale ('olle<jk, Fclj. ■d&JHftß.
While casually llflviffcs of this
month’s “Palladium,” of your city, my attention
was arrested hy the following article, copied
from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican :
Uncle ‘rum's Cabin Vindicated. —AVill those who insist
that the pictures in Uncle are overdrawn,
read the following, dipt front the*l’aulding (Ga.) Clarion,
and then tavor us with their opinions ?
[“The entire article is too long for insertion here, but in
substance is as follows : A few weeks since, a man by the
name of Clarke, of Clark County, Georgia, assaulted his
negro woman, and afterwards in the most barbarous man
ner commenced pitching his knile at her, point foremost,
covering her with about fifty bleeding punctures. The
same day,he whipped his wife, most cruelly gashed her all
over the head with his knife, and cut off her eyebrows
On the succeeding day, he wound up the atrocious drama
by shooting to the death a man slave. Clarke was subse
quently arrested and committed to prison tor murder.”]
It is not mv intention, sit, to review Mrs.
Stowe’s book, nor show in what particulars she
has overdrawn her “pictures,” The book has
had an unprecedented circulation, and the ‘au
thoress, her admirers, and proselytes, will doubt
less continue for a time yet, to enjoy its suc
cess—well aware, as I am, that, in the present
stiite of the public mind, no objections, however
well supported by facts or arguments, can cor
rect the wrong she has done, or arrest her own
convictions, hedged in as she is by a family of
pulpits, and beguiled by the adulations which !
daily reach her woman’s ear.
What I have to do with at present, is to notice
the means resorted to hy a large portion of the
press, to persuade the pubUc that die work is no
fiction. In this connection, 1 wish to call your
attrition to die condition of the anti-Slavery
sentimelTt, and the agencies now operating to
wards its increase.
The article above quoted, is conspicuously
inserted in the Palladium of the 3d inst., with
out a single qualifying remark ; thus leaving
the direct impression upon the reader’s mind,
that the Editor himself requires no more conclu
sive evidence to vindicate the most nefarious
chapter in Mrs. Stowe’s book. To any candid
mind, 1 need not argue the absurdity of such a
conclusion—the facts stated proving, at most,
that iu the Southern States, as in every quar
ter of the world, there exist cruel and atrocious
characters. Rut the remarks prefixed by the
b'pringfield Republican to the Clarion’s details,
and endorsed hy the Palladium, indicate a deep
er and darker purpose than this—a purpose
which could only emanate front a mind lost to
all the power of truth, and governed by the pu
rest malevolence ; evincing, as it does, the most
reckless zeal in the vindication of a book, which
represents such crimes as of daily occurrence,
and as committed with impunity under the sanc
tion of Southern society.
Lotus suppose that we have not read Mrs.
Stowe’s hook, and our acquaintance with its
contents to he gathered from the comments of
such presses as the Republican. Now, having
read the Clarion’s details, as given by these
presses, to what conclusions do we come (
plainly these : —That Southern slave owners not
oidy torture and murder their slaves, but most |
inhumanly maltreat and abuse their wives ; and [
that the hook in question contains such implies- i
tions. Now the authoress, as reckless a pert as \
she wields, durst not introduce a scourged wife
into her motley groups. Her friends, however,
hy supplying the omitted character in their ap
plication of the transaction before us, hut afford
an illustration of the illogical relation her im
plications bear to the facts upon which they pro
fess to he tounded. The bare circumstances
of their seizing upon a transaction so unsuitable
for their purpose, shows most clearly to what a
strait the friends of the book are driven for facts,
to give coloring to its pretensions.
1 have already shown what the facts in the
case really prove, and what they are made to
prove according to the applied reasoning of the
Springfield Republican. Now, I desire to show
what they fail to prove, and what they positive
ly disprove. First, they fail to prove that the
torturing and killing of negro slaves are at all
frequent; secondly, they disprove that the com
mission of such crimes is countenanced by slave
holding communities; and, thirdly, they disprove
most emphatically, that the murderer of his slave
escapes the penalties of the law—all of which is
directly or indirectly implied in Mrs. Stowe’s
hook. 1 have cited this case in all its hearings,
in order to show how reprehensible in the esti
mation of all just persons ought those to be held,
who, iu their mad endeavors to vindicate the
most wicked fiction of the age, seize upon an
occasional and isolated ctime with which to
stigmatize whole communities. ’
Rut still further: the effects of Mrs. Stowe’s
hook, and the course that is pursued by its vin
dicators, are becoming more and more apparent
daily—not only iu the growing tendencies oi
abuse towards the south, on tiie part of the
north, hut, in addition to this internal discord,
they are breeding foreign animosity against our
whole country, and affoidiug the jealous subjects
of the more jealous monarchies of the old world
a plausible pretext for interference in our do
mestic concerns. Oughts head, I need hut refer
to the “aid and comfort” which these factionists
have received, and are still receiving, from all
classes abroad: comprising the vilest fanatic
festering in his self corruption ; the member of
parliament, whose hired mendancity is only
equal to his purchaser’s perfidy ; and of late,
their efforts have been encouragingly smiled
upon by the courtly Dame. In London and
Paris, Uncle Tomitudes nightly bring down
“tears of applause.” Italy, Spain and Germany,
and other European States, through Mrs. Stowe’s
labors, are commissioned to revile the American
Republic as the foulest tyranny on earth. To
Mrs. Stowe, and let me, an ene
my to your designs, offer mv testimony to the
prosperity of your cause. You have succeeded
in engendering a hostility between the North
and South, which, if ever allayed, can only he
through a course of long years spent in more
just legislation, and evincing more fraternal
sympathy than have characterized the last twen
ty. You have strong allies abroad, who will af
ford you the most abundant means with which
to prosecute your unholy’ designs. You are
sowing the u-ind: beware ! lest you reap the.
whirlwind !
Now, sir, allow me to ask you—than whom 1
believe no one is a firmer patriot, and more sin
cerely desire the welfare of the whole country--
how long tli ■> state of affairs is to continue ?
Perhaps you may reply’, as a well-meaning and
patriotic friend of mine does, hy pointing to the
results of the recent Presidential Election. Let
us see how far facts secure the repose you would
have me indulge. To bring about that result,
the most antagonistic interests were harmonized ;
the most hostile factions were united ; and the
most diverse influences were brought to hear.
How these antagonisms were harmonized i who
or wha! these hostile factions were? and w/uit
influences were brought to bear ! are all ques
tions hut little essential to my purpose. To sug
gest, however, the ephemeral character of this
fraternization, and what sort of harmon y char
acterized the various fractions and divisions, 1
need hut refer you to two of the leading North
ern journals, which labored—l will not say to
gether—to secure the election of President
Pierce, viz.: the New York Herald, and New
York Evening Post. The courses pursued hy
clearly 7 show that the question of
Slavery had little or no direct bearing upon tho
issue. So far from that result proving the pan
acea for Abolition eruptions in the body politic,
which is so frequently commended, 1 think it
perfectly apparent that the Abolition party is
stronger tit this hour, and working with more
determined energy, titan ever heretofore. To j
ascertain the true state of the case, let us com- !
pare the opinions and sentiments of the great j
body of the northern people “20 years since, i
with those of the present. To do this concise
ly, 1 will quote from a speech delivered by Mr
Calhoun in the Senate in 1837. Referring to a
former argument with Mr. Webster, he spoke
as follows; “I then predicted that (the incendi
ary spirit of Abolitionism) would commence as
it has, with the fanatical portion of society ; and
that they would begin their operations on the
weak, the ignorant, the young, and the thought
less, and would gradually extend upward till
they became strong enough to obtain political
control, when he (Mr, Webster) and others
holding the highest stations in society, would,
however reluctant, be compelled to yield to their
doctrines, or be driven into obscurity.” How
rapidly this prediction of the profound Carolin
ian has continued to fulfil, from the very mo
ment of its utterance, the history of the period
too truly confirms.
Will any one pretend that the Abolition par
ty is still a miserable and contemptible faction l
Sir, this party, which, at its inception had but
one head, has grown to he a Hydra! The Gar
rison school, which vour respectable Free Soil
er affects to scorn,'and has even the effrontery
to denounce, is hut a fretting and frothing up
per current, supported upon tho strong bosom of
a deeper and darker flow! Were not this the
(act, it would have expended itself long since,
and our country would now he in the enjoyment
of that quiet and harmony so necessary for the j
promotion of social, political, and religious ad
vancement.
The distinction between the various anti-
Slavery cliques can hardly be called a difference.
If there he a difference, it is in the degree, not
in kind. The Garrison school—the Liberty
party—the Free Soil party—the Free Soil Deni
corat —the Free Soil Whig—all go, inmy onion,
to makeup the Abolition party proper—that par
ty whose final end and aim is the extinction of
Slvery. A piebald concern, I admit—yet, all its
parts and divisions form one great whole, and
tend to one great end, differing nothing as to
that end, hut only as to the means of attaining it.
In its multiform character consists its great pow
er. Representing every grade in society, its
strength has continued to augment hy accessions
from all classes—of late years enlisting in its
cause much of the religion, the literature, and
learning of your section. Os your leading reli
giousjournals, how many refrain from denounc
ing, in the most tin measured terms, “our
peculiar institution,” and those who coun
tenance it ? How many Sabbaths elapse, but
that your most influential preachers thunder
their denunciations against the “accursed sys
tem?” Iu jour popular literature, Mrs. Stowe's
hook is hut too conclusive proof of the care
ful and assiduous culture the anti-Slavery
sentiment has received. Many of you most
eminent Doctors of Divinity, and of Law,
have brought to bear their critical acumen and
power of place, against the “unjust and unright
eous system.” Amid all these hostile influences,
how effective a conservatism exists ? I know,
and rejoice in the knowledge, that there are
those whose nationality of principle has not, as
yet, been blighted by? the mildew of faction—
who battle nohlv for the rights of tho States,
and a right construction of the Constitution—
but, it must be apparent to all, that these are a
hopeless minority. Divest them of the strength
which party organizations aud combinations
give, and they are powerless. These have lif
ted and are still lifting their patriotic voices
against the inroads of faction, and in denunci
ation of the treasonable doctrine of a “higher
law but their words
“No more avail than breath against the wind
Blown stifling back on him that breathes it lorth.”
1 shall now, sir, close this communication, by
considering another agency to which I have but
hinted- an agency more powerful than at first
sight might appearand with whose assiduous em
ployment in this unholy crusade, I am satisfied
the country at large is but imperfectly acquain
ted and which, indeed may not he fully apprecia
ted by many, even of the North. This agency
is your College. Notwithstanding the efforts
put forth by your clergy, your literati,your daily
press, your quarterlies, and monthlies, to bring
odium upon the South and her institutions, it lias
generally been thought that a healthy, national
conservatism existed in your institutions of learn
ing. The Southron, believing that they afforded
facilities superior, in some respects, to those of
his own section, and, besides, wishing by obser
vation and travel to expand his son’s mind, lias
patronized your schools and colleges, not dream
ing that these too have become infested with the
prevalent hostility to his section. Now, what
are the facts ? Since the enactment of the
“Fugitive Slave Law,” reports'from several of
the more prominent colleges and universities in
New England have been published, purporting
to give expression of their views upon this law—
and invariably in opposition to it. To hut one
College in New England has of late been accor
ded the honor of being national. Yale, alone,
has enjoyed tiiis reputation ; and the scores of
Southern names upon her catalogue show how
general has been, and is yet this belie! through
the Southern States. Rut does Yale foster that
sound, national conservatism, for which her au
thorities have the credit ? No one has heard
of public gatherings of students here is denoun
ce er, cathedra, Slavery and the Fugitive Slave
Law It'is true, the suhjecthas been discussed at
times hut always on occasions, and under such
circumstances, as to implicate, in no respect,
the opinions of the Faculty. But within the last
few months, Y’ale has caught the infection, and
I now raises her official hue and cry against Sla
very, as an “unjust institution,” and and does
reverence to the supremacy of tho “higher law”
—not, indeed, through public channels, but
through the professional chair, she seeks to in
still into the mind of the youth entrusted to her
care, a destetntion for the institution of Slavery,
a contempt for those who sustain it, and a hos
tility to the Constitution which sanctions it. For
the truth of these statements, 1 submit the fol
lowing facts.
At the conclusion of the reading of “disputes,” ,
a few weeks since, before the President of the
College, hy members of the Senior Class, iipog
the subject of the acquisition of Cuba, (all of!
the disputants save one having taken strong ne- j
gative grounds, and chiefly because of the in- j
crease of slaves and slave-territory,) the Presi- j
dent expressed himself, in substance, as follows:
“1 have several objections to urge against the
measure ; ’’ and, after citing ou>- treaty obliga
tions with Spam, and other considerations not j
necessary here to repeat, he continued, “hut
waiving all these objections, and supposing the j
Cubans, by their own acts, to have established j
an independent government—to he possessed
of full powers to dispose of themselves—never
theless, should they desire to be incorporated
into our Confederacy, I should oppose the meas
ure so long as it involved the necessity of bring
ing us more slaves. There is,” said he iu con
clusion, “a deep seated conviction on this sub
ject of slavery throughout a large class, who
have hitherto, for the sake of peace, acquiesced
in legislative enactments; but who, if they are
to he forced further against their convictions,
will spring an agitation such as this country
has never experienced. For my own part, (said
he,) rather than Cuba, with her slaves, should
he annexed to this country, 1 should oppose
the measure—even to the dissolution of the
Union ?” Said a Professor, not long since, to a
New England student, during a conversation
which happened to turn upon Mrs. Stowe’s hook
—“I have lived in Georgia, as a teacher, and
can bear witness to its truthfulness from my
own observation.” Again, in a series of lec
tures, now in course of delivery before the Sen
ior Class, by the President—upon the “Origin of
Rights : and the Duties ofStates”—lie has taken
especial pains to dwell upon the “injustice of
Slavery.” and our obligations to a “higher law.”
In order to bring the subject before the great
bod y of tho students, he has within the last
week, in connection with a Professor in the
Law Department, given as the question for a
prize debate before one of the Societies
“Ought the Fugitive Slave Law to he Obeyed?”
He has also taken occasion to congratulate j
himself upon the inefficiency of this law ; and \
to express his indifference as to the time when
the final crash nitty come, which shall determine !
whether or not this is to be a free govern
ment.
In what, now consists Yale’s farther claims to
nationality—of which her friends, everywhere,
have so long boasted? What cord of sympathy |
or interest is left to hind her hundreds of South- j
ern alumni, who have looked back with pleasure j
and pride to their College days, and who have !
annually travelled weary miles to pay their tri
hute of love aud veneration to Alma Mater ?
The Society, which they formed thirty years
since, for the cultivation ofmutual friendship aud
to enjoy the advantages of debate freed from
the angry contentions which slavery disputes ‘
would beget in the other Societies, is dissolved;
and the Southern student, at this epoch ofhos- !
tility to this section, is thrown out to fight his
way in weekly broils—or submissively listen to j
the most hostile denunciations against the iu-- j
stitution under which he was horn. Such has of
late been the state of feeling* that a proposition
has been mooted hy a number of Southern j
students, to withdraw in a body. The alumnus, !
of a few years back, can hardly appreciate the |
full force of the present state of things. The in !
dignant curse, in response to the insulting jeer, j
has, in too great a degree, taken the place of j
the cheerful song and laugh-provoking jest.— !
Men retire from the lecture room—some, indig
nant and enraged—some, with painful surprise j
ask : “What can the President mean by the I
course he is pursuing?’’—others, elated with the
sanction of such higlqauthority, unscrupulously
re-echo the doctrines there promulgated.
A word more and 1 have done. This com- j
munication has been prompted by no mere de- j
sire to assail any one—least of all, those under I
whose direction 1 have pursued a course of stu- j
dy for the four years nearly past. Tho uniform i
courtesy which, as an individual, I have invaria- j
bly received, will remain a source of pleasant re- |
flection—aud I shall continue to do honor to the j
“Genius of Yale”—as she was in former years- i
I gladly acknowledge, that among her present \
governors, there are some patriotic and national |
minds ; but these exceptions, as high a regard |
as they inspire me with, I cannot allow to swerve !
me from the performance of a duty which 1 feel i
I owe to the public at large, and especially to
my section. Connected with every section of
the Union by hundreds of Alumni—among the
best educated men in tho country—tiiis college
has wielded a powerful influence over the Na
tional will—and, sending forth a hundred giad
uates annually, imbued with the teachings hire
received, it becomes a query of no trivial import
—whether tiiis influence shall be exerted for \
good or evil ?
The base attacks which have, of late, been
so repeatedly made upon the South and her in
stitutions, under the sanction of an acquiescing
public, have been so glaringly malicious and un
justifiable, that I have been led into a careful
and lengthy investigation of the Abolition sen
titnent—embracing its origin, growth and pres
ent power. We have seen it at one period a
mean and contemptible faction ; derided and
despised by ail respectable persons—while now,
it marshals its seditious hosts alike iu the haunts
of faction, and at the heads of our first institu
tions. Religion, literature, learning—all arc i
•nlisted in its ranks.
It is not for me, sir, to pursue the subject far
ther. I leave the future to the guidance of the
wise men of our laud—to the men of determi
ned purpose and patriotic virtue—earnestly de
siring the perpetuity of our Union and Consti
tution, yet fully convinced, to adopt the explic
it language of the immortal Calhoun, that they j
can, and ought to he perpetuated, only on the 1
condition that they fulfil the great object for
which they were created, the liberty and pro
tection of these Stales.
JAMES HAMILTON.
INAUGURAL ADDRF.SS
OF
PRESIDENT PIERCE.
March 4, 1853.
My Countrymen: It is a relief to feel that
no heart but my own can know the personal re
gret and hitter sorrow over which I have been
borne to a position so suitable for others, rather
than desirable for myself.
The circumstances under which 1 have been
called, for a limited period, to preside over the
destinies of the Republic, fill me with a profound
sense of responsibility, hut with nothing like
shrinking apprehension. I repair to the post as
signed me, not as to one sought, but in obedi
ence to the unsolicited expression of your will,
answerable only for a fearless, faithful, and dil
gent exercise of mv best powers. I ought to
be. and am, truly grateful for the rare inauifes
-1 talion of the nation’s confidence; but tiiis, so far
j from lightening my obligations, only adds to
’ their weight. Aon have summoned me in my
j weakness ; you must sustain me by your strength.
| VV hell looking tor the fulfilment of reasonable
! requirements, you will not he unmindful of the
| great changes which have occurred, even with
i iu the last quarter of a century, and the conse
; quent augmentation and complexity of duties
imposed, in the administration both of your
home and foreign affairs.
H hetlier the elements ofinherent force iu the
Republic have kept pace with its unparalleled
progression in territory, population, and wealth,
has been the subject of earnest thought and dis
cussion, on both sides of the ocean. Less
than sixty-four years ago, the Father of his
Country made “the” then “recent accession of
tiie important State of North Carolina to the
Constitution of the United States,” one of the
subjects of his special congratulation. At that
moment, however, when the agitation conse
quent upon the revolutionary struggle had hard
ly subsided, when we were just emerging from
the weaknessand embarrasments of the Confed
eration, there was an evident consciousness of
vigor, equal to the great mission so wisely and
bravely fulfilled hy our fathers. It was not a
presumptuous assurance,hut a calm faith, spring
ing from a clear view of the sources of power,
in a government constituted like ours. I tis no
paradox to say that, although comparatively
weak, the new horn nation was intrinsically
strong. Inconsiderable in population and ap
parent resources, it was upheld by a broad and
intelligent comprehension of rights and an all
pervading purpose to maintain them, stronger
than armaments. It came from the furnace of
the Revolution, tempered to the necessities of
the times. The thoughts of the men of that day
were as practical as their sentiments were patri
otic. They wasted no portion of their energies
upon idle and delusive speculations, hut with a
firm and fearless step advanced beyond the gov
ernmental land-marks, which had hitherto cir
cumscribed the limits of human freedom, and
planted their standard where it lias stood against
dangers, which have threatened from abroad,
and internal agitation, which has at times fear
fully menaced at home. They approved them
selves equal to tho solution of tho great problem,
to understand which their minds had been illu
minated by the dawning lights of the Revolu
tion. The object sought was not a thing dream
ed of: it was a thing realized. They had exhib
ited not only the power to achieve, hut what
till history affirms to he so much more unusual,
the capacity to maintain. The oppressed
throughout the world, from that day to the
present, have turned their eyes hitherward, not
to find those lights extinguished, or to fear lest
they should wane, but to he constantly cheered
hy their steady and increasing radiance
In this our country has, in my judgment, thus
far fulfilled its highest duty to suffering humanity
It has spoken, aud will continue to speak, not j
only by its words, hut by its acts, the language of j
sympathy, encouragement, and hope, to those !
who earnestly listen to tones which pronounce
for the largest rational liberty. But, after all,
the most animating encouragement and potent
appeal for freedom will be its own history, its
trials, and its triumphs. Pre-eminently, the
power of our advocacy reposes in our example;
hut no example, he it remembered, can be pow
erful for lasting good, whatever apparent ad
vantages -may he gained, which is not based
upon eternal principles ofi ight and justice Our
fathers decided for themselves, botn upon the
hour to declare and the hour to strike. They
were their own judges of the ciicumstances un
der which it became them to pledge to each oth
er “their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honor,’ for the acquisition of the priceless inheri
tance transmitted to us. The energy with which
that great conflict was opened, and under the
guidance of a manifest and beneficent Provi
dence, the uncomplaining endurance with which
it was prosecuted to its consumation, were only’
surpassed hy the wisdom and patriotic spirit of
concession which characterized all the counsels
of the early fathers.
One of the most impressive evidences of that
wisdom is to he found in the fact, that the actual
working of our system has dispelled a degree of
solicitude, which at the outset, disturbed hold
hearts and far-reaching intellects. The appre
hension of dangers from extended territory,
multiplied States, accumulated wealth, and aug
mented population, has proved*to lie unfounded.
The stars upon your banner have become near
ly three-fold their original number, your densely
populated possessions skirt the shores of the
two great oceaus, and yet this vast inciease of
people and territory has not only shown itself
compatible with tiie harmonious action of the
States and the Federal Government in their re
spective constitutional spheres, but has afforded
an additional guarantee of the strength and in
j tegrity of both.
With an experience thus suggestive and j
cheering, the policy of my Administration will
not lie controlled hy any timid forebodings of
evil from expansion. Indeed, it is not to he dis
i guised that our attitude as a nation, and our po
sition on the globe, render the acquisition of
certain possessions, not within our jurisdiction,
eminently important for our protection, if not,
in tiie future, essential for the preservation of
the rights of commerce and the peace of the
world. Should they he obtained, it will he
through no grasping spirit, hut with a view to ob
vious national interest and security, and in a
manner entirely consistent with the strictest
! observance of national faith. We have nothing
! in our history or position to invite aggression,
we have every thing to beckon us to the culti
vation of relations of peace und amity with all
nations. Purposes, therefore, at once just and
pacific, will he significantly marked in the con
duct of our foreign affairs. I intend that my
Administration shall leave no blot upon our fair
record, and trust 1 may safely give the assurance
that no act within the legitimate scope of my
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• constitutional control will he tolerated, on the
part of any portion of our citizens, which cannot
challenge a ready justification before the tribu
nal of the civilized world. An administration
would be unworthy of confidence at home, or
respect abroad, should it cease to be influenced
hy the conviction, that no apparent advantage
can he purchased at a price so dear as that of
national wrong or dishonor. It is not your
privilege, as a nation, to speak of a distant past.
The striking incidents of your history, replete
with instruction, and furnishing abundant
grounds for hopeful confidence, are comprised
in a period comparatively brief. But if your
past is limited, your future is boundless. Its ob
ligations throng the unexplored pathway of ad
vancement, and will be limitless as duration.
Hence, a sound and comprehensive policy
should embrace not less the distant future than
the urgent present.
rile great objects of our pursuit, as a people, are
best to bo attained by peace, are entirely con
sistent with the tranquility and interests of the
rest of mankind. With the neighboring nations
upon our continent, we should cultivate kindly
and fraternal relations. We can desire nothing
in regard to them so much as to see them con
solidate their strength and pursue the paths of
prosperity and happiness. If, in the course of
their growth, we should open new channels of
trade, aud create additional facilities for friend
ly intercourse, the benefits realized will be equal
and mutual. Os the complicated European
systems of national polity we have heretofore
been independent. From their wars, their tu
mults and anxieties, we have been happily, al
most entirely exempt. Whilst these are confi
ned to the nations which gave them existence,
and within their legitimate jurisdiction, they
cannot affect us, except as they appeal to our
sympathies iu the cause of human freedom and
universal advancement. Rut the vast interests
of commerce are common to all mankind, and
the advantages of trade and international inter
course must always present a noble field for the
moral influence of a great people.
With these views firmly and honestly carried
out, we have a right to expect, and shall under
ail circumstances require, prompt reciprocity.—
The rights which belong to us as a nation are
not alone to he regarded, hut those which per
tain to every citizen in his individual capacity,
at home mid abroad, must be sacredly maintain
ed. So long as lie can discern every star in its
place upon that ensign, without wealth to pur
chase for him preferment, or title to secure for
him place, it will he his privilege, and must be
his acknowledged right, to stand unabashed even
in thejpresenceof princes with a proud conscious
ness that lie is himself one of a nation of sover
eigns, and that ho cannot, in legitimate pursuit,
wander so Car from home that the agent whom
he shall leave behind in the place which I now
occupy will not see that no rude hand of power
or tyrannical passion is laid upon him with im
punity. He must realize that upon every sea
and on every soil, where our enterprise tnay
rightfully seek the protection ofour flag, Ameri
can citizenship is an inviolable panoply, for the
security of American rights. And, in this con
nexion, it can hardly he necessary to reaffirm a
principle which should now be regarded as
fundamental. The rights, security, and repose
of this Confederacy reject the idea of interfer
ence or colonization on this side of the ocean by
any foreign power beyond present jurisdiction
as utterly inadmissible.
The opportunities of observation, furnished
hy my brief experience as a soldier, confirmed
in my own mind the opinion, entertained and
acted upon hy others from the formation of the
Government, that tiie maintenance of large
standing armies in our country would be not
only dangerous, hut unnecessary. They also
illustrated the importance, I might well say the
absolute necessity, of the military science and
practical skill furnished, in such an eminent de
gree, by the institution, which has made your
•army what it is, under the discipline and instruc
tion of officers not more distinguished for their
solid attainments, gallantry, and devotion to the
public service, than for unobtrusive bearing and
high moral tone. The army, as organized, must
he the nucleus around which, in every time of
need, the strength of your military power, the
sure bulwark of your defence—a national mili
tia—may he readily formed into a well-discip
lined and efficient organization. And the skill
and self-devotion of the navy assure you that you
may take the performance of the past as a pledge
for the future, and may confidently expect that
the flag, which lias waved its untarnished folds
over every sea, will still float in undiminished
honor. Rut these, like many other subjects,
will he appropriately brought, at a future time,
to the attention of the co-ordinate branches of
the Government, to which I shall always look
with profound respect, and with trustful confi
dence that they will accord to me the aid and
support which I shall so much need, and which
their experience and wisdom will readily sug-
R est -
In the administration of domestic affairs, you
expect a devoted integrity in the public service,
and ail observance of rigid economy in all de
partments, so marked as never justly to he ques
tioned. If this reasonable expectation be not
realized, I frankly confess that one of your
leading hopes is doomed to disappointment, and
that my efforts, in a very important particular,
must result in a humiliating failure. Officers
can be properly regarded only in the light of
aids for the accomplishment of these objects, and
as occupancy can confer no prerogative, nor im
portunate desire for preferment any claim, the
public interest imperatively demands that they
be considered with sole reference to the duties
to he performed. Good citizens may well claim
the protection of good laws and the benign in
fluence of good government ; hut a claim for
office is what the jieople of a republic should
never recognise. No reasonable man of any
party will expect the administration to be so
regal dless of its responsibility, and of the obvious
elements of success, as to retain persons,known
j to be under the influence of political hostility
and partisan prejudice, in positions which will
require, not only severe labor, but cordial co
operation. Having no implied engagements to
ratify, no rewards to bestow, no resentments to
remember, and no personal wishes to consult,
in selections for official station, 1 shall fulfil this
difficult and delicate trust, admitting no motive
as worthy either of my character or position,
which does not contemplate an efficient dischar
ge of duty and the best interests of my country.
I acknowledge my obligations to the masses of
my countrymen, and to them alone. Higher
objects than personal aggrandizement gave di
rection and energy to their exertions in the late
canvass, and they shall not be disappointed.—
They require at my hands dilligence, integrity,
and capacity, wherever there tire duties to he
jierforriied. Without these qualities in their pub
lic servants, more stringent laws, for the pre
vention or punishment of fraud, negligence and
peculation, will he vain. With them, they will
he unnecessary.
But these are not the only points to which
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