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[From the Constitutionalist A Republic.!
The Next Governor.
An article in the last Federal Union, recom
mending Col. Henry G. Lamar to the Demo
crats oi'Georgia, as their next candidate for
Governor, prompts us to say a few words oil
the general subject.
We have, from time to time, in the last few
weeks, received communications, some of them
written for publication, in reference to the next
Gubernatorial election. We have, however,
declined opening our columns for the discussion
of the question; thinking it premature, and de
sirous of allowing as much time to elapse as
possible, in order that past acerbities and un
friendly sentiments among Democrats, divided
on the Compiomise question, might die away
and be obliterated forever. Time is the great
physician in all strifes like this, when no prac
tical questions place men in antagonism, and
when a thousand practical questions, and the
political sympathies and convictions of a life
time, counsel them to harmonious action.
In these results wo are not disappointed, so
far as we have been enabled to ascertain the
drift of sentiment among the Democrats. We
are already apprised of many cases where Dem
ocrats who were estranged from each other, no
longer back than last summer, in reference to
the electoral ticket difficulty, are now coming
together cordially, as Democrats, in support of
the general principles of the party, and of Gen.
Pierce’s administration.
Differences of opinion as to the right of State
secession, are not incompatible with co-opera- \
tion and union on well recognized and admitted
principles of Democratic policy. Our country
has prospered under it. Under it, and by rea
son of it, in groat part, have been achieved our
greatness and power as a nation. Yet, in that
vast aggregate of Democrats, which lias made
up democratic sentiment, and established Dem
ocratic legislation over the country, tiiere are all
shades of speculative opinion as to the nature
and structure of our complex system of Govern
ment. Such is the constitution of the human i
mind that, in politics, as in religion, absolute
concordance in large masses, united for com
mon objects, cannot be expected. No two
leaves in the forest are precisely alike. So in
the world of intellect; no two minds receive
impressions and prevent phases identically simi
lar. It is a wise law of our nature, ll is a lead
ing cause of all progress and improvement.
Nothing but the infirmities of human temper
and the pride of opinion exist now, to keep Dem
ocrats anart in Georgia, who have been divided:
and these causes are gradually declining, ft
is now getting to be time—perhaps, we should
say the time has now arrived—when the Demo
crats of Georgia must take steps to consolidate
their strength, and make their parly here worthy
of its principles and past history, and worthy of
the sympathies and alliance of the Democratic
parties as they exist in our sister States of tiie
Union. A State Convention of delegates will
be a fitting commencement of the work; on
which occasion the nomination for Governor
can be made, and the measures initiated lor bis
cordial support and triumphant election.
Os the suggestion of the name ol Col. Henr y
G. Larrar, we have, at present, nothing to say,
but that he is an intelligent and amiable geullo
man, a zealous democrat, and one who, if nom
inated, will receive from us a very cordial and
earnest support. We take occasion, also, now to
state, that the name of Gen. Hugh A Har
alson has been urged in one of the com
munications received by us in terms of warm
admiration. This gentleman, also, whose tal
ents and high character we fully appreciate,
would, in the like event, receive our very cheer
ful support.
In another the name ot Judge Henry R. Jack
son is suggested, and the considerations urged
in behalf of this suggestion, struck us with great !
force, and coincided with views previously eu- j
tertained, and fully expressed by us in letters !
and conversation. We believe the nomination ;
of this patriotic young Democrat, who now
wears the judicial ermine as gracefully as he 1
did the soldier’s sword when our country called j
for volunteers for service against. Mexico, would j
be a well bestowed tribute to merit, and at the !
same time a pledge of mutual amity and confi
donee and restored good feeling between Un
ion and Southern Rights Democrats. The pa
triotic course pursued by Judge Jackson and j
Judge Johnson last summer, which did i
much towards bringing the two wings of!
the party together, first suggested to us the
name of the former, in connection with this
nomination. We have named Judge Johnson
in this connection, as an act of strict his
torical justice, and to say that to him, equally
with Judge Jackson, is praise to be accorded
in this matter. We have not mentioned bis
name to bring it into view for the nomination,
not that we consider hint in any respect less
entitled to it, but because we desire, in placing j
the name of a Union Democrat first before our !
renders, to afford an earnest of the feelings ‘ ‘■
with which we have advocated the re union of I
the Democracy and the spirit in which wo think
every Southern Rights Democrat should meet
the Union Democrats in Convention.
Wo should not omit the names of the Ttou.
Robert M. Charlton, and of the Hon. Thos M.
Forman, in connection with the patriotic efforts
made last summer to bring the dissever
ed wings of nnr party, .lodge Lumpkin, Col.
R. Flournoy, Judge Warner, Col. Chastain and
the lion. Charles Murphy, will be kindly re
membered in this matter. \A e could extend
this list much further, but the names of those
most conspicuous in the good work will readily
occur to the mind of the reader. Both those
that tendered and those that accepted the Olive
branch under which Southern Rights and Union
Democrats marched together to victory last
November, should be remembered with equal
kindness by every well wisher of the party.
Wo would be unfoignedly gratified to add to
this list the name of his Excellency, Governor
Cobb: but we regret to say we have not the evi
dence that he gave his influence and good wish
es to the Democratic ticket which cast the vote
of Georgia for Gen. Pierce. His sympathies, if
not his secret exertions, were strongly suspect
ed to be in favor of the Tugato ticket. The
®Hbrts and the votes ol most of bis personal and
political friends whom it was generally presum
ed be could influence, were openly given to that
ticket.
M e should be very happy to be mistaken in
these, impressions, as to the course of Gov. Cobh
in tin's matter. If we have judged him wrong
ly, or misconstrued bis course and bis motives,
we shall be most happy to make the amende,
for we utterly disclaim personal hostility or un
kind feeling towards that gentleman. It gave
us no pleasure to see him in past days pursue a
course by which lie jeoparded that influence
and popularity that his talents legitimately en
titled him to, and which he once unquestionably
and deservedly possessed in the Democratic
party of Georgia,
Distressing— The Cassviile Standard savs
On Monday night last, one of the houses ‘of
•lesse Windsor, of this county, was destroyed
by fire, and m itoneothis son's, who was burnt
to death.
The lad. some 12 or 14 years old. having res
cued two of his younger brothers, rushed in
amid the flames, thinking that a third brother
was left but was overpowered and neverrefon
ed.
A merchant of this city has just executed an
order fora sma l lot of sugar to go to Decatur,
DeKalb county, Georgia. This town is located
on the radroad six miles beyond Atlanta, being
near the conveyance of the Charleston, h'avam
liah and other roads, the sugar is intended for
a merenant at Decatur and was purchased in
this market as an experiment Should it prove
evil S mr tory, . l . We may look for ~ rade <o some
extent from that quarter.
Small Pox Scene in Oglethorpe.
It appears that the small pox is not, in Ogle
thorpe, but in the vicinity. The following ex
tract from a letter, dated in that place and pub
lished in the Macon Messenger, contains a
graphic account of a small pox scene :
For several weeks the Mayor and Aldermen
have employed guards near the infected dwell
ings, to prevent all ingress and egress. Sup
ples, in the mean time, were duly furnished the
prisoners. One of them, who had been two
moths rotting, as he called it, shut out from so
ciety, and desperate for liberty and fresh air,
broke through the cordon , and appeared in our
streets a few days ago- He was a ghastly spec
tacle. His friends gave a wide margin to hi
perambulatioas, and"civilities were exchanged as
a distance. The fugitive considered himself in
noxious, and therefore claimed his area of free
dom. Anothsr Small Pox culprit, encouraged
by this example, sallied forth his scars more ver
dant and odorous. The guard ordered him to |
keep within proper limits ; hut the ratio ot ad- i
vance by one party, was the retreat ot the j
other, and thus the insurrection began.
All Herringville was in a blaze of excitement; j
all of Oglethorpe was appalled at the outrage. — j
Our worthy and splendid. Col. Sorrel, dashed
into the rebellious province, to maintain the su
premacy of law and order : hut the chiet insur
gent swore that he would go out, at very hazard,
and hunt with his neighbors.
On Saturday, a meeting of citizens was held
at the Council Chamber, to devise some remedy j
j for the novel occasion. Resolutions were adop j
ted sustaining the action ol Mayor and Alder- j
men, and requesting them to call on the Colon- ;
el of the Regiment for a force, not exceeding |
fifty men, with arms in hand, to prevent all in
fected persons from leaving their premises, and
others from going in. The requisted was
promptly made, and as promptly answered by-
Cos!. Horne, who asked for volunteers One
general shout, “Set me down, set me down,”
; rang through the house, The drum boat, fire-
I locks appeared, and old charges shot oft to make
room for fresh ones. The sentinels forthwith
took their stations—camp-fiies illuminated the
vicinity of danger at night, and exposed to view
tiie gallant citizen-warrior as he paced within
his lines, anticipating the happy time when he
could cry, “All is well.” The lepers of Jerusa
lem have always been confined within a certain
district of the city, and are we not entitled to
equal protection from a more terrible malady ?
The two cities resemble each other in former
glory and present decay. Both have been de
populated ; yet as the Jews still look for a res
toration of their beloved city, to its more than
ancient splendor, so we “behold as through a
glass darkly,” a huge pile of cotton bales at
Brunswick, o r some other terminus of a Railroad.
At all events, what is good for Jerusalem, as a
sanotary regulation, i= not less applicable to
Oglethorpe.
Now, Mr. Editor, you have the fads. We are
cut off from the world. Heaven alone knows
when we shall be received into cordial fellow
ship again. You outsiders look upon us all, by-
Oglethorpe, as so many lepers, dangerous of
conduct, i admit the plausibility of the suspi
cion, hut not its justice*. We, of the city proper
have been cautious to avoid the position : and
from general vaccination, and by (hod’s bless
ing, we hope to he released from quaruautine in
thirty days, if not sooner.
From the New York Times.
Runaway Marriages.
The Legislature of our State every winter at
tempts some tinkering of our laws respecting
Marriage, hut generally succeeds in doing very
little mischief. We urge no action at all on
the subject; hut, whenever any change shall
hereafter be made in these laws, we ask that a
| provision he inserted for the discouragement
j and repression of Runaway Marriages,
j The popular notions on this subject, fomented
i by the yellow-covered literature of the day are
j exceedingly lax and mistaken. The young Miss
| who elopes from the parental roof te marry
j some adventurer who was probably unknown
j to her last year, is often represented as a girl of
i rare spirit, who does a remarkably clever and
| admirable thing.
; We hold, on the contrary, that in a great
majority of cases, her elopements is unwise,
j giddy, ungrateful, immodest, and evinces a las
i civious appetite and reckless disposition. Why
should she desert and distress those who have
loved, nurtured and cherished her through all
her past years, to throw herself into the arms
of a comparative stranger, who has done noth
ing for her, and whose protestations of affection
have yet to undergo the first trial ? It is even
wav unworthy of pure and gentle maidenhood
to do so.
We can imagine but one excuse for her el
opement—namely, the efforts of parents or
guardians to coeree her into marrying some [
one she does not love. To avoid such a fate, ‘
she is justified in running away : for no parent j
has or ever had a right to constrain a daughter .
to marry against her will. But where the pa- j
rents are willing to wait, the daughter should I
also consent to wait, until her choice is assen- !
ted to or she attains her Jegal majority. Tucn
if she chooses to marry in opposition to her pa
rents’wishes, let their quit her home openlv,
frankly, in broad daylight, and in such manner
as shall kindly but utterly preclude any pretence
that her act is clandestine or ill-considered.—
No one should lie persuaded or coerced to mar
ry where she does not Jove; but to wait a year
or two for the assent of those who have all her
life done what they could for her welfare, no
daughter should esteem a hardship.
There is some truth to be told about the ‘com
mon run’ of masculine prowlers by night about
garden walls and under bed-room windows, in
quest of opportunities to pour seducing flatteries
into the eat sos simple misses ; but we have not
time to toll it now. Asa general rule, they are j
licentious, good-for-nothing adventurers, who ’
would much rather marry a !t- i t -g than work j
j for it, and who speculate on the chances of j
‘bringing the old folks round’ after a year or
two. A true man would not advise, much less
uge, the woman be loved to take a step which
must inevitably lessen the respect felt for her,
and violate the trust reposed in her by those
who bad loved and cherished her all Iter days.
The marriage of girls of fourteen to seventeen
years is a very prevalent cause of personal and
transmitted evil and suffering. Prematurely
taxed with the care and nourishment of children
their constitutions give way, and at thirty they
are already on the downhill of life. Eighteen is
the youngest age at which any one should mar
ry , twenty to twentv-three in much better.
Goon Nature]) B i<iij;i.ors.— Here are Fan
ny Fern’s ideas in relation to a good-natured
j bachelor. A pleasant picture, and for which
j all the clever members of the “rusty brother
j hood” should he thankful :
j “He lifts all the little school-girls over the
tnod-paddles, and kisses them when he lands I
j them ou the other : ide. Admires iittle babies f
’ without regard to the shape of their noses, or
the strength of their lungs. Squeezes himself
into an infinitesimal fragment, in the corner of
an omnibus, to make room for that troublesome
individual, one—more J Vacates bis seat any
number of times at a crowded lecture, for dis
tressed looking single lades. Orders stupid cab
drivers off the only dry crossing, to save a pret
ty pair of feet from immersion, and don’t forget
to look the other way when their owner gethers
up the skirts of her dress to trip across. Is just
as civil to a shop-girt as if she where a Dutchess ;
pays regularly for his newspaper, lends his um
brella and goes home with a wet bever ; lias a
clear conscience, a good digestion, and believes
the women to he all angels with their wings
folded up. Here’s hoping matrimony may nev
er undeceive him!” •
St was going South.—There have been
more speculators and larger quantities of ne- ;
“■roes going south and west this season, than we j
have ever known before. Almost passen
ger train that lias arrived here for the past week
is loaded more or less with slaves—most of !
whom are from Virginia. We suppose the in
crease is caused from two reasons. First, he- :
cause the average price of cotton creates a j
greater demand for slaves ; and secondly, be
cause speculators make a better profit in con- j
sequence of the great demand. —Latirange j
Reporter.
trm) Sentinel
columbus^gforgia”
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1853. j
A General Summary and Review.
j Out* readers of course will excuse us if in this issue
I of our paper webring up our rear of news which has
| lagged behind during the storm and rain and accidents
| of the last few days.
The subject of most interest now is the distribution ;
of the spoils by the new administration. All that we |
have learned on this head will be found in one place i
under a neat caption of its own. Hope deferred ma- !
keth the heart sick ; and we crowd all the names of the j
fortunate competitors for honor and office in a small j
place, so that those who are interested may find them j
I quick. And to save our own neighbors the trouble of .
j search we will now announce that the Post Master for j
| Columbus has not been selected.
| The report of the small pox in Oglethorpe and else* ;
i where in South-western Georgia ami in Russell county
in Alabama, has produced quite a panic from Savannah
to Montgomery : nor is this alarm unfounded. The pa
pers report that one case has broken out in Albany, Geo.,
and the disease is spreading in Russell county, Ala.
The Lawyers in that county have very properly notified
the public that there will be uo Circuit court at Craw
ford this spring, and advise their clients to remain at
home. The commissioners appointed to guard the
health of the community, have placed Mr. Bass’ resi
dence in Russell county under quarantine, and forewarn
all persons not to approach the neighborhood, or else
they will be subjected to the heaviest penalties of the
law.
The continued prevalence of this disease in Ogle
thorpe has scared all the hands but one out of the of
fice of the Democrat, published in that city, and the
paper comes to us “half made up.” It this loathsome
disease should happen to visit our goodly city, of which
we presume there is no probability, since a guard has
been stationed at the bridge to prevent the approach of
suspected persons, we will be fortunately relieved from
the disagreeable necessity imposed upon the Democrat ,
as we have at least one printer who has seen the Ele
phant.
The prevalence of the d ; sens-.* at Oglethorpe is doing
1 our merchants serious damage. The great body of
their spring goods were shipped via Savannah to Ogle
-1 j thorpe, where many of them were landed several weeks
1 1 ago, but a fatal stampede has taken place among the
wagoners and none of them can he persuaded for love
or money to go after them.
The Griffin papers emphatically deny that there is
a ease of small pox in that city.
The whirlwind, which did so much damage to this
city on Thursday last, passed a few miles north of
Chunnenuggee, and swept every thing before it. lUs
breadth however was not over fifty yards. \\ e can
not hear wh it has become of the monster.
The weather is still unsettled. Sunday was a glo
rious spring morning, an unclouded sun shed its en
livening beams over the fair face of nature, and the air
was as bland as a young maiden’s smile. Monday was a
helpmeet for Sunday and promised the near approach
of spring ; but clouds overcast the evening sky and the
day closed with the falling of a flood ot waters, which
continued to descend the live long night.
A correspondent of the Federal Inion has suggested
Henry G. Lamar, of Bibb, as the most suitable candi
date of the Democratic Party, for Governor of Georgia.
In making the selection we presume the party will be
careful to select some citizen upon whom all the mem
j bers of the party can unite and at once and forever .
break down the miserable attempt to perpetuate* the
Union organization. We will cordially support any
nominee who recognizes the great conservative prinei* j
pies of state rights and state rerftedies There are two
classes of persons to whom vve have a mortal aversion.
The first arc spoilsmen—men who attach themselves to :
a party for the sake of the loaves and fishes, and are
ready to quit it as soon as some body else’s claims are
preferred to their own, and begin to make signs to the
enemy. They are the Arnolds of polii ics, and are trusted
only to betray. The other class are old Federalists,
who, under the covering of the lamb, are ravening
wolves. They deny the sovereignty of the states and
are not prepared to uphold the honor of the state,
when lust of power, or pelf, may drive the Federal Gov
ernment into a breach of her constitutional rights.
Henry R. Jackson, Hugh A. Haralson or Hen
ry G. Lamar would be quite acceptable to us. \\ e
want only sound men who have the nerve to meet the j
I future.
The Hon. Solomon Foot, Senator from Vermont, and
! President of the Brunswick Rail road, has arrived in
■ Georgia. We do not admire Yankee polities, but
! Yankee Presidents of Rail roads are well enough, pro- ,
! vided they have plenty of cash, the characteristic ener
gy of New England, and the wisdom of Solomon—Foot.
Col. Benton has published 1 is letter on the Pacific-
Rail road. It has not yet come to band. We learn
however that the old gentleman is opposed to the :
southern route. Since the north has acquired the pre
ponderance in the electoral college, all of Gol. Benton’s
views have strangely approximated to the North Pole. |
He is no doubt fully satisfied that, though the northern
passage may not be the shortest round the world, it is
the nigh cut to the Presidency. A wicked friend sug
gests that this fey tendency may be explained by his j
desire to get thoroughly cooled before lie takes up bis i
final abode in the warmer regions to which he will be ]
transported in the future. We can’t say whether this is
the true explanation.
The spiritual rappers are largely on the increase.
The delusion has taken hold of some very prominent
politicians at Washington city. The congressmen of the
United States are said to be fond of “spirits,” and of
i late have been much given to “rapping"—each other—
| it is not to be wondered at therefore that they should 1
1 he “spiritual rappers.” Two very distinguished South j
j Carolina politicians, whose characters in these respects j
; are very well established, have both become converts to j
! the delusion.
A word to Post Masters.
We scarcely receive a mail that does not contain
some letter complaining of the irregularity of the mails.
A valued subscriber at Magdalena, Geo., writes us. that
the Post master at that office says one half of the pa
pers due there never come to hand, and very properly
concludes by saying, “something wrong —subscribers
will dropoff.”
Another informs us that while he lived at Florence.
Geo., he received all his papers regularly, but since he
removed to Lannahaasee, Geo-, lie lias not received
| “near ad his papers.”
| Now, we use the greatest caution in mailing our j
\ papers regularly to every subscriber, and vve are sure j
| 2io fault attaches to os. We are equally sure that the |
j great body of Post masters attempt to discharge their j
duties faithfully and punctually, but it is evident j
that there is a careless Post master some where in j
South western Georgia, who neglects his duties, in i- j
tates our subscribers by his negligence or mistakes, j
and indicts a pecuniary loss and much troubl* upon us. j
If he will inform us who lie is, we will double bis salary,
if he will promise to do his duty in future, provided, the
President does not turn him out of office. And he will
pardon us for saying that a man who neglects the duties
of an office which he voluntarily accepts, is dishonest
and ought not to be trusted by his neighbors.
Madame liostwick.
We are pleased to learn that Madame Bostwick
and iroupe arrived in our city on Saturday evening last,
after a most fatiguing trip from Montgomery, and will
certainly give her first and only grand concert in this
city ou Monday night next at Temperance Hall. Our
citizens have anticipated her arrival with much anxiety
and we promise her an overflowing house.
Mrs. Host wick’s Concert.
This renown Canfatricc will give one of her sup
concerts in this city, on Monday night, 48th inst.; at
Temperance Hall. Herjsuccess in New Orleans, Mobile
and Montgomery has been unprecedented. The New
Orleans Picayune gives the following flattering notice
of her last concert in that city :
Mas. Bostwick’s Lasr Concert.—The third and
last of Mrs. Bostvviuk’s concerts in this city was givenjlast
evening at Armory Hall, and was much better attend
ed anti by a larger and more appreciative audience than
either of the previous concerts. Mrs. Bostwick made
j a decidedly favorable impression here on her first ap
: pearance, increased it the second evening, and succeeded
|so perfectly last evening that, we believe a number of
| additionr.l concerts would beh rgoly patronized.
Mrs. Bostwick possesses one of the sweetest and most
flute-like voices we have ever heard* Its range is more
; contracted than Jenny Lind’s, but with that range—and
she never oversteps it it is equal to any vocalist’s who has j
ever visited this city. She sings with taste and feeling, j
and with an ease and gracefulness that adds interest to ■
the melody and enchains the entire audience. The j
“Gipsy Song,” from Meyerbeer’s “Camp of Silesia,” j
as sung by her last night, was exquisite. The Scotch j
ballad, “’Twas within a mile of Edinboro’ Town,” was I
one of the most beautifbi little things we have ever lis
! tened to, and was loud encored ; so, too, was “Home,
| Sweet Home,” with which the performances closed*
We commend her to our Mobile friends as a finished
’ artist and delightful vocalist.
Congressional Election in Alabama.
Some short time ago there was much talk in the j
• Second congressional district in Alabama of a conven- |
| tion to nominate a candidate for Congress. Hilliard, j
; Chilton and Moss were recommended as the most sui- j
I table men for the office ; but 3j.be claim of Macon coun- j
• tv, “the banner whig counly in the State,” to the |
! Congressman for the next four years, was very generally j
: conceded. Os late we have noticed that a dead silence |
|is observed on all hands. Even the babbling Journal j
iis silent. What is the matter, gentlemen ? Are you ]
j scared ? lias the sight of the honest lace and strong •
I arm of your late representative curbed the freedom of j
| your tongues and disconcerted your schemes ? Speak !
out, gentlemen, and let us know whether you are to have
a convention ? Is Mr. Hilliard tired of staying at
home and taking the chances for a Foreign appoint
i ment, now that the democrats are in power ? Or is the
vaulting ambition of Mr. Mess too elastic to bo longer
compressed ? And more particularly, what has James
Abercrombie, “the honest old farmer of Russel,” done
in his congressional career to forfeit the confidence of
j his party ? It is true, that ho refused to support
I General Scott for the Presidency, and thus rebuked
the profligacy of the whig party, which by his nomi
nation, indicated a willingness to sail under any flag,
provided, they could thereby retain power and share
| among themselves the rich spoils of governmental pat
ronage. Is this his sin ? Then are all person* who
voted the Webster ticket to be proscribed ? Or will
the vengence of the “trace men* of Alabama be appeas
ed by the sacrifice of the “Big Captain ?”
We are very happy to learn that Captain Abercrom
bie has returned home in good health and spirits, aud
is in good condition for another race. Now, if we are
under the necessity of being represented in Congress
by a Union whig, we candidly acknowledge that we
would prefer an old farmer like the “Captain,” who is
identified with the district and has no ulterior designs
to accomplish by his congressional career, than by a
mere politician, who looks to the Federal Government
for office, and changes his sails with every wind that
blows from the North to be sure to keep his little bark
; upon the tack of preferment.
If a convention is called, however, and Captain Aber*
| crombie allows his name to go before it, he wi'l commit
: political suicide. We know somewhat about the 5d
| congressional district, and how it has been managed
for some years past. The Circuit Courts are now in ses
; sion, and we venture that some sly representative of
Montgdfhery is now on the pad attending every court,
j calling whig meetings, directing the appointment of
delegates to the convention, prejudicing the mind* of
the people against Captain Abercrombie, and the re
-1 suit will be that if a convention is called and he lets his
name go before it, he will hardly get a vote out of Rus
sell county.
Henry ll* Jackson.
Since writing our article on the Gubernatorial Elec
tion in Georgia, we have been asked whether Judge
J ackson recognises the right of the States to resist un
i constitutional legislation on the part of the Federal Gov
ernment. We arc sorry we cannot answer the question
by the record. We presume he does, and on that sup-
I position expressed our willingness to support him for
Governor. If ho denies this fundamental doctrine of
the Democratic Party, an impassable gulf separates us
from him : and notwithstanding our high appreciation
of his character as a man, and a soldier, and ouradmira
j tion of his talents, we would deeply regret to see him
nominated for any office above that of a constable.
We received on Wednesday last, and published in
our Friday’s issue, an elaborate article from the Cnn
•*•titutionalist <s* Republic on this subject. We con*
1 cur in the main with the views therein set forth. The !
Editor lays more stress, however, upon the fact rfco- j
| operation in the re-organization of the Democratic Party I
than we do. We look first to tiie principles of men,
rather than their practice. A wily politician may co- |
operate with the party, because no other avenue is open
ed for the advancement of his interests; and when he i
, is elevated to high office, he may use the first opportu
nity to betray his country and bis party, in this era of j
good feeling, we are in danger of taking men on trust. !
We hope the southern people will keep an eye to this j
matter, and neither nominate nor elect any man to office j
whose principles are* at all questionable.
Female Physicians.
We well remember our astonishment when it was !
announced some years ago in the public prints that the !
degree of M; D. had been conferred upon Miss Eliza- j
betji Blackwell by one of the first Medical Colleges ’
in the United Suites, and have eagarly awaited the
developments of the future in respect to her character.
The step taken by her was novel and unprecedented,
and indicated either an uncommon toughness or total
want of character* It did not necessarily imply that
she waa a \ irago or a Bloomer, for every person at
all familiar with the vicissitudes and necessities of te- j
male life, must long ago have felt the need of an educated j
nurse, especially at that interesting period when she I
perils her own existence to give life to another. Oar
; sympathies were therefore warmly enlisted in Miss
| Blackwell’s favor, and we cordially wished her suc
| cess* Wo have not been able to ascertain particularly
what her social position is, nor what reception she has
met with her in profession. We presume however that
both are favorable, as we find on our table a neat little
I work called Laws of Life, of which she is the author,
and published by Putnam.
The subjects treated of in this book are of immense j
importance to wives and mothers, and the object of |
this article is to bring it to their notice and urge upon !
them the propriety of reading it. Perhaps they might !
find the subjects discussed, more ably handled in stan- j
dard medical works, but they would be repelled from i
the perusal by the jargon of technicalities which learn
ed men are 100 prone to use* The style of this little
book is a purling stream of flowery sweets; and is so j
j simple and perspicuous that the most unlearned can j
| readily apprehend the meaning of the writer. Besides j
| the accomplished authoress goes into the sick chain- j
I b er * the nursery, where the little olive plants are being j
j trained, and cosily sits sometimes besides the blazing j
i hearth, and reveals secrets to her fair readers eonnec- |
ted with themselves, their children and society, which
most of them would give the world to have known af- j
ter the sad effects of their ignoranoe have developed :
themselves in the ruin of their own health and the ir- !
reparable injury of their children.
The book is for sale at J. W, Pease’s Book store j
in this city, at a very moderate price.
Spireia Prnnifolia.
\\ e are indebted to Mr. Charles A. Peabodv for a
sprig of this beautiful flowering shrub, than which noth
ing can be more superb. It is a bush of from five to
ten feet in height, with a bushy top; and every limb is
cowered with minute snow white flowers, as double as
the most doubled rose. It blossoms early in March,
and tills fact will commend it to the notice of Florists.
It is a native of China and was lately introduced into
Europe by Mr, Fortune, the celebrated English tra
veller.
Shade Trees.
Every storm prostrates some of our choicest shade
trees, and tho late hurricane cumbered our streets with
their trunks and branches. In a sandy soil like ours,
a tree which does not soud roots perpendicularly into
the earth, ought never to be planted. The China and
the Mulberry are of quick growth and highly ornamen
tal, but their lateral roots will not sustain their wide
spreading branches and bushy tops. We hope, there
fore, to see them entirely superseded in our streets by
the Elm and Live-Oak. The latter are of slow growth,
but planted ultimately with the elm, they would add
much to the beauty of our city, without detracting from
the shade, and in ten years we would have permanent
shade trees which nothing could uproot but a hurricane.
There is some difficulty in procuring* elm trees, but
the following extract from the Charleston Mercury pro
vides a remedy. We hope Mr. Peabody or some other
enterprising citizen will adopt the suggestions contained
I in it:
There is one obstacle in the way, and that is the diffi
j culty ot procuring a supply oi Elms, the most beautiful
j ami durable for street shades. They have now become
i scarce, and are taken from the forests, in some instances
| twenty miles from the city.
But that is a difficulty which may easily be obviated by
j nursery culture. The object of this communication is to
j lay before the public a few suggestions on that subject.
Tiie Elm produces and ripens the seed in the spring
before the leaves put out, which are frequently destroyed
by frost. There is now an abundant crop on the trees,
which will be ripe in a few days, and will be drifting about
the street pavements where they may be gathered by the
; bushel.
To make a nursery, the ground should be well pulver
j j/.ed and made rich, and the seeds sown in drills three teet
I apart. With very little culture, a juarter of an acre thus
: prepared and owsed, will produce in one season twenty
| thousand plants from two to three feet high, for they will
i come up as thick as wheat, aud grow thriftily nearly as
I close as they can stand together. I speak now trom expe
| rience, for I planted a nursery last spring in a village more
j than a hundred miles from Charleston, and have now
| many thousands of young trees, now ready to transplant,
; to be cultivated and reared into trees.
When one year old the scions should be taken up and
j planted in a field six feet apart every way, and plowed as
| corn. The first year after transplanting they will not ma
| terially interfere with the growth of vegetables on the
j same ground.
j An acre planted six feet apart will contain 1,445 trees,
j The first year after transplanting they will be from 8 to 10
feet high ; the second year many will he large enough to
plant in the streets : the third year nearly if not all will
be ready for sale. A tree thus grown by cultivation will
be worth as much as three or four taken in a wild state
from the forests. The cultivation by the plow cuts oft'the
lateral roots, by which means the tree is made to produce
a boll of thickly matted fibrous roots, <fcean be taken up 6c
replanted without manuring it, as is usually when a tree
is taken from the forest. If such trees could at all times
be procured in the vicinity of Charleston, it would greatly
accelerate the now growing taste lor shade trees, and our
city would be an annual customer for thousands for many
years to come, at 50 cents, a rich harvest to the grower ;
at 25 cents a better crop than any thing now planted.
Steamer Gaston This Steamer broke her piston on
the 16th inst., when off St. John's bar. It was
blowing a gale at the time, and the anchor was cast
outside the bar during the night. Next morning tho
U. S. Steamer T. Corwin came to her relief and tow
ed her into St. John’s harbor. The Gaston was with
in 100 yards of the breaKers when the relief vessel
reached her. The Steamer Jasper will take the place
j of the Gaston.
The State Register.
This Union whig paper published in Montgomery,
Ala., has been discontinued for want of patronage. It is
ominous of the fate of the defunct Union whig party
which Sandford, Holbey, et id omnegenus, are at
j tempting to re-jnvenato in Georgia. The Register
save :
We and o not deny that it the publication of the paper had
been either profitable to ourselves, or called for hv the
state of parties in Alabama, we would have kept it going.
But it has never been to us a source of profit; and we
conceive that our politics don't suit parties existing in
Alabama at the present time. It is not our purpose here
to discuss the why and wherefore of our nearly isolated
political position. Suffice it that there has been a “seat
teration” in some quarter, and that tiie Union banner,
which we upheld even to the “last extremity,” no longer
waves over a victorious, or even a strong and united party,
in the South.
A Passenger Depot at Last. —We are much rejoic
ed to learn, Bays the Atlanta Intelligencer, that the
officers of the respective Railroads terminating here,
have finally come to an agreement, and commenced ar
i tangements for the erection of a joint passenger depot
n tins city. The building is to be three hundred feet
in length by eighty feet in width, affording sufficient
room to accommodate, at the same time, four different
passenger trains, one for each road, with the necessa
ry offices for eacli company. The work, we un
derstand, is to be commenced immediately.
Messrs. Editors : The Small Pox exists in Columbus,
Ga., and the adjacent county. Would it not be wise
for our City Council to secure the vieeination of all our
citizens—-white and black—as a matter of
Prevention .’
Montgomery Journal March S3 th.
This report is entirely unfounded. There is not
and has not been a ease of Small Pox in this city or
; county for years past. We hope the Journal will con
j tradict the report upon the authority of the Editors of
| this paper. The disease is prevalent in particular !o-
I ealilies in Russell county, A!a. Will the Editors in-
I form tiie public who “Prevention” is ? we would like to
mark him.
Mrs. Bostwick’s Farewell Concert.
The perfect success of Mrs. Bostwick at her last i
| concert at Odd Fellows’ Hall, when she removed j
; every lingering doubt that rosy have previously res
i ted on tho mind of any one present, with regard to
i her real scientific acquirements and the excellence
l of her remarkable natural gifts, is a gurantee that
j the entertainment at the Mechanics’ Institute this
! evening, will be attended by one of the most dis
i criminating and brilliant audiences ever assembled
!in a concert room in this city. Without the pres
tige of a European reputation, and with no stronger
claim upon the public notice than the approbation
sue had received in New York, and during her re
cent Western tour, this gifted American lady was,
i on her arrival in New Orleans, as utter a stranger
to its musical circles, as if it had been her original
; debut in professional life. Her performances, hotv
j ever, at her first and second concerts, stamped her
as an arlist of extraordinary merit ; but it was only
subsequently that our musical pubiie cordially con
firmed the previous verdict of criticism, and with
one exception, she now stands in public estimation
as second to no singer who has ever appeared in our
ity: The piece she is to perform this evening are
well adapted for the full display of the purity, rich
! ness, compass and flexibility ofher exquisite voice. !
: The programme will be found in an other column.- I
N. O, Com. Bulletin.
Western & Atlantic Rail Road-
We are indebted to Mr. E. B. Walker for the fol
lowing statement of the business of the Western and
Atlantic Rail Road, during the month of February
compared with the same month last year Exchange j
Paper.
INCOME FOR FEBRUARY, 1833.
Up Freight from Georgia Railroad 7,132 58
Down “ to “ “ 16 018 Rfi
Up “ from M. Sc W. R. R .1 794 ill
Down “ to * “ 7 716 71
Local Freight gyg gj
Passage Sales ’.]]0’,214 95
Mail service 1,166 66
■948,781 68
INCOME FOR FEBRUARY, 1852.
From Fretghts 62
Passengers 7751 40
Mail service i_ooo 00
928,382 02
Total Increase over February, 1852 $20,339 66
E. B. WALKER, Bookkeeper. 1
One Hundred Miles per Hocr.—“A Maine Yan
kee” announces, through the National Intelligencer
the invention of a form of road and improved locomotive
which, he says, will safely transport the mails and
passengers at the late of one hundred miles per hour.
Gov. Foote, of Mississippi, ha* issued his proclamation
for the election of five members of Congress from the
State at large.
Homicide.
Ciiar.vick L. Newberry was shot by Lewis Jar
mcian on Saturday night. The ball took effect in the
left breast and produced instant death. Mr. Jarnigan
lias surrendered himself to the authorities. Th” diffi
culty originated in too free a use ofliquor-
Deaths 011 the Rail Road.
We learn that two Irishmen—-names not ascertain
ed—were killed on Friday evening last by tiie falling in
an of embankment on tiie South Western Branch Road
below Butler. They were hands engaged on the Road.
Distinguished Arrivals. —W r e notice among the ar
rivals at our hotels last evening, the names of Mr. Glid
don, of “Egyptian Mummy” celebrity, and Mr. Thack
eray, the well known novelist aud lecturer. Os tiie
latter, we learn, and are pleased to announce, that lie
will deliver a course of four lectures before tho “Young
Men’s Literary Association,” of this city. The sub
:eota of his discourses and their order will be as follows :
Ist. “Swift;” 2nd. “Congreve and Addison;” 3d.
“Steele and the Times of Queen Anne:” 4 th. “Prior,
Gay and Pope.’’— Sar. News.
Cicero Mehaff y, formerly a mail carrier on tile route
from Atlanta to Carrollton, was arraigned for embezzle
ment, and pleading guilty, waß sentenced to ten years
in the Penitentiary.
Small Pox In Albany.
We learn from the Albany Patriot that but one
case of Smell Pox lias occurred in that place, and that
the most stringent measures have been adopted to pro
vent the disease from spreading.
The Mormons.—Schism lias already begun to work
among the Mormons. A party calling itself the New
Church, has sprung up and separated from the original
Mormon Society. The New Church has appointed
seven rulers, answering to the branches of tile golden
candlestick, and the authority descends from one to the
other, so that it can never cease while one is left.
Col. Henry G. Lamar is recommended by a writer in
the Milledgeville Federal Union, as tiie Democratic
candidate for Governor.
The Blue Ridge Rul Road.—The city council of
Charleston has subscribed 500,000 dollars to the Blue
Ridge Railroad to secure its charter.
Trowbridge, formerly a telegraph eletk at Louisville,
has been sentenced to three years’ confinement in the
penitentiary for forgery.
John A. Campbell, of Mobile lias been appointed
-Judge of tiie Supreme Court of the United States.
William E. Gouge, the well known and able writer
on banks and paper money, lias been appointed a clerk
in the Treasury Department.— Phil. Ledger.
The Gouge family have been in the Treasury De
partment for a long time.— Sac. Journal.
The following additional nominations wore sent to the
Senate on Wednesday by tiie President:
Theodore S. Fay, Minister to Switzerland.
John Randolph Clay, Minister to Peru.
Gen. Joseph Lane, Governor of Oregon.
Dr. Samuel D. Heap, U. S. Consul at Tunis.
Adair, Collector at Astoria.
It is currently believed that Nathaniel Hawthorne,
the novelist, will be Consul to Liverpool ; that Auguste
Belmont will be Charge to Naples or Sardinia ; and that
Governor Seymour, of Connecticut, will bo Minister to
Mexico.
A Mormon paper published at Liverpool, professes to
1 circulate 23,000 copies.
It is said that 95 ships were announced to sail from
L'-ndon, this month, for Australia.
A young lady, with §IO,OOO, advertises in the New
; York Tribune for a “Presbyterian or Dutch Reformed
I Husband.”
j Yearly sales of Clysters in New York amount to
: five millions of dollars; two thirds come from Virginia.
A prohibitory Liquor f <aw went into operation in
Vermont on the Bth inst.
Subscription books were openad on the Ist inst., at
Memphis, for tiie Arkansas Central Rail Road between
that city and Little Rock.
j There are in Cincinnati, 59 ‘'spiritual eirelcs*’ regu
j larly organized, and 310 mediums.
The Hungarians in lowa. —A letter from the
Hungarians of New Buda, contradicts the report of
their intended removal to Texas- Ujhazy, alone,
having sold his land to a German Emigrant Society
leaves in the Spring, with his family, for San An
tonio, in the neighborhood of which piaee he has
purchased some hundreds of acres of land. The
Hungarians have elected Joseph Majthenyi, former
ly member and secretary of the Upper House of
Hungary, their chairman, in place of Ujhazy.
Pacific Railroad.
| Col. Benton has published his letter to thepeo
| pie of Missouri on tho subject of a National High
; way from the Mississippi river to the Pacific, [t
advocates the Central route, for which Col. Fremont
has long expressed a preference, and which has “re
mained unoticed for three years, while the Southern
(Memphis) rouse has monopolized attention and
acquired an engrossing prominence.”
Col. Beuton is in favor of reserving a tract a
mile wide for all sons of roads, rail and macadamised
and a plain old English road and two tnaigins one
hundred feet wide for independent and rival tele
graph lines. He thinks the U. State should build
the road and the fixtures, and let out the use ot it
foi terms of 7 and 10 years.
He says all the railways lrom the
to the Atlantic must converge in St. Louis and go
thence to San Francisco.
Oongressiona I.
On Monday the President laid the Senate
a communication from the Postmaster Genera! in
relation to the contract for carrying the mails from
Vera Cruz to San Francisco.
The Senate considered the resolution of Mr. Clay
ton, calling upon the President of the United States
for copies of certain papers relating to the Clayton
and Bulwer treaty.
Mr. Mason replied to the declaration of Mr. Clay
ton, that the Belize is in Mexico, in the State of
Yucatan, and insisting that Ihe British settlements
are in Central America. He further said that British j
aggressions on this Continent had gone far enough, j
Mr. Clayton replied, saying that Honduras itself j
does not claim the Belize ; and further defended j
his course in making tho Clayton Bulwer treaty. !
Opinions of the Press.
7he Soil of the Smith —This excellent journal
for March, t-ornes to us ladea with rich fruits from, ;
the garden ot agricultural knowledge and practice, j
It is an admirable, and we think, necessary 7 imple - i
merit for our farmers to have on the plantation.—
Brice only Sl,oO.—La rensville Herald.
The Soil of the Se.u'h. —This a publication we
cannot to# strongly recommend. It has now- reach
ed its third volume, and is decidedlythe most useful,
delightful and attractive journal devoted to Agricul
ture, Horticulture, and the general planting interes
ts, published in the South. We have no hesitation !
in saying that ‘‘every Southern man who cultivates ;
a plantation, works a farm or garden, or prunes a
tree or a flower, will find the Soil oftfhe South an !
nvaluable companion:— Democratic Advocate. 1
The Soil of th- South. — This truly valuable agricul
tural paper, published in Columbus Geo., has lately
increased in size from UJ 32 pages, lnu* giving its
subscribers a greater amount of info-mati m, at the
same rates as belorc it is edited by Messrs.
Cuambers & Peabody, and the valuable informa
tion it contains in all departments ot agricultuie,,
renders it well worthy the faithful and continued
patronage of every southern farmer.— Spirit of the
South.
The Disposition of Foreign Missions, Ac.
Washington, March 14.
Mr. Belmont, tiie Austrian Consul of New York is a
candidate for tiie Chargcship at Naples, and is baekea
up by many of the leading men throughout tho Union,
but tiie indications arc that the office is destined for
Gov, Seymour, of Connecticut.
Gen. Shields has been a candidate for the office of
Minister to Spain, which iic desired on account of his
health, but it is understood that Senator Soule will re
ceive the appointment. Gen. Shields will probably get
some other foreign appointment.
Mr. Marshall, of California, lias a good chance of
being appointed Commissioner to China.
Ex-Secretary Buchanan for England, and Hon. John
A. Dix, for France, are still spoken of.
Thomas N. Carr, formerly Consul at Tangier, is a
candidate for that consulate.
To-day, in reply to a gentleman who asked him how
he liked the air of Washington, Gen. Pierce said, “I
don’t know, for 1 have not had the opportunity of get
ting a breath of fresh air. Have not even time to
shave which was evident by looking at the President’s
face.
At the Cabinet eounoils held on Saturday evening
aud to-day, the Mosquito affair was anxiously discoursed.
I cannot furnish you with the details, but 1 have reason
to belive there will be no wank of pluck. Gen. Pierce
lias declared that his administration will, at all events,
be an effective one. The government received a tel
egraphic message on Saturday- from New Orleans in
reference to this affair. M. J.
Jeremiah Colburn itas been appointed Assistant Ap
praiser at Boston.
It is rumored that Gideon G. M e-scott will have the
Post Office at Philadelphia.
\V. 11. Farrar, of Boston, has a good prospect ot
lo ng appointed Vttorney General of Oregon.
The withdrawal of Carttc*r leaves but three competitors
for the offieo of Commissioner of Patents, viz.: 11. Bur
dan, of Chicago, Deßcw, of New Orleans, and C. L.
Woodbury, of Boston. The first named of the three
has the best chance.
From Illinois there is but one applicant for each office,
the Delegation having agreed upon a list whicli was de
posited in the several departments having the disposa
ble offiee.
Mr. Marcy has loid the Clerks in the State Depart
ment that none will be removed who faithfully discharge
their duties —at which Democrats complain.
South-Carolina Appointments.
Washington, March 17.
The President will send inis the U. S. Senate, this,
Thursday morning, the following nominations, for con
firmation, relative to South-Carolina, viz. : The Hon.
W, F. Colcock, for Collector of the port of Charleston,
and Thomas Evans, for United States District Attorney.
Zeb. Davis, Esq., has resigned the offiee of Timber
Agent for North Alabama ; and Nathaniel Davis, Esq.,
who was the bearer of tile Electoral Vote of Alabama
to Washington has been appointed by President Fillmore,
as bis successor. So says a letter writer to the Tus
cumbia Enquirer.
Appointments Confirmed.
Baltimore, March 18.
Thomas Evans, Esq., has been confirmed by tho U.
S. Senate as IT. S. District Attorney for Charleston :
and J. D. B. Deßow, Esq., editor of Deßow’s Reriew,
as Superintendent of the Census, vice Kennedy. Mr.
Deßow entered upon his duties on Friday.
Vppointments Confirmed.
Charleston, March JS.
J. C. Toulman, Postmaster at Mobile.
Gen. Lane, Governor of Oregon.
Thomas Campbell, of Illinois, George W. Thomson,
of Virginia, and Alpheus Welch, of Michigan, Commis
sioners to settle land titles in California, with numbers
of California officers, and ail Boston officers.
The following nominations will be sent to the Senate
to-morrow:
Robert B. Campbell, ofTexas, Commissioner of Mexi
can Boundary.
Mr. Baldwin, Collector of Key West.
Ferdinand Morino, Marshal of Florida. George S.
Hawkins, Collector of Apalachicola.
Jack Hays, Surveyor General of California,
Washington, Match 17.
3 he Senate has confirmed the appointment of Loren
P. M aldo, as Commissioner of Pensions.
COMMUNICATIONS.
FOR THE TIMES &. SENTINEL.
Liquor Traffic.
Messrs. Editors Allow me the use of your columns
to make a few remarks on the movements now being
made for the “restriction of tliG liquor traffic” The
i friends of this movement greatly desire two things. Ist.
To be understood and not misrepresented either Gnorant
ly or of design. 2d. That those opposed, in ail fairness,
meet the issues made ; and do not seek to foreo issuer
whic-li the convention at Atlanta did not make, nor
could have been induced to make.
Tlio convention did not direct that the Legislature
bo petitioned “to pass a law authorizing a majority of
tile people of any county to determine whether
spirits shall bo retailed in that oounty, with this
advantage infavor of the restriction, if the ma
jority of the county should lie opposed to the li
cense, then there can be none granted in the
county, but if tile majority of the county should be
m favor of the license, then a majority of any district
may prohibit it in that district.” As there are seve
ral errors in the quotation above, which I find, are be
ing entertained in various places, allow me to correct
them.
The difference is not noticed between license and
rctad, which the convention observed. It is the retail
and not the question of license at all, that is submitted
to the county vote. The convention prays that the xcholc
trail, c be restricted by a license, that no one be allow
ed to sell in any quantity without license; such licens
oniy to be granted upon evidence that a majority of the
legal voters in the district, where it is to be sold de-
Sire It sold in that district. Thus the question of license
or no license is with the district-that is, sale or no
sole of It at all, m that district. As the sale in anv wav
w governed by license, so the extent of the license to
whole sale down to a quart, or to retail by the half
pint, will be governed by the county vote_if the coun
ty votes for retail, then all the licenses granted in that
! Co , un '>’ ‘ V,U f? lve Ilulhori ty to sell by retail, as well as
wholesale. If the county votes no retail, then the li
censes granted m that county will gi ve authority only
| to sell by what is now known as the wholesale ‘traffic
which comes down to a quart. The county then shall
determine whether liquor shall be sold by retail or not
within its bounds ; the district shall determine whether
it be sold at all or not in its bounds-all license granted
by districts to be oontroled by the county'vote for or
tionailT’ ‘ 1 ! ‘ OPe 1 ” nderstood ) an ' J the conven
ed ST ° f Z r ki " 3 ° PPOaen,S sre ver .v"niueh concern
the St”’ 0 , not aSU f ° r “ pr ° hibit ory law throughout
hit we did” T? 8 lhC HghtS ° f 3,1 a!ike ’
Gn of i u mme ‘° make the iBSUe ‘he elec
hon of the members to the Legislature. It always
looks suspicious when an enemy seeks to direct your
~"h H d >OU to fight.
oLont i ‘° ‘ ake °“ r ° Wn Portions, and our
opponents must excuse us if wo refuse their voluntary
councils. \\ e have taken our ground and mean to
maintain it, no feint of the enemy shall divert us, wo
Jo not intend to stack arms till the victory is complete
fontfil ft! lSbel ' eVC<i the “‘ iMle foble looking”
bantling Os the convention, will be found harder “to be
killed than ,f we had taken the advice alluded to, and
Un is the reason why it is given. It is found very dif
fioult I presume to hit the “little creature” with the ar
tillery of the demagogue, ‘ f lhc rights of the dear pee