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estimate the immense value of your National 1 n:ou, to ,
your collective and individual happiness. V •. should
cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to
it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it, as
the palladium of your political safety and prosperity,
watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety, dis
countenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion
that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly
frowning upon the dawning of every attempt to alienate
any portion of our country from the rest, or to enleeble
the ties which now bind together the various parts.’*
Let these words of paternal advice and warning from
the greatest man that ever Jived sink deep into your
hearts. Cherish them, and teach your children to rev
erence them, as you cherish and reverence the memory
of Washington himself. The Union of these States is
the great oonse'vator of that liberty so dear to the Ame
rican heart. Without it, our greatness as a nation would
diHappenr, and our boasted self government prove a sig
nal failure. The very name of Liberty, and the hopes of
struggling Freedom throughout the world must perish in
the wreck offthis Union. Devote yourselves, then, to its
maintenance, a3 our fathers did to the cause of indepen
dence ; consecrating to its support, as you lmve sworn to
do, your lives, your fortunes, and your sacred honors.
Brothers : Recalling to your minds the solemti obliga
tions which you have severally taken in this and the preeoJ
iug degrees, l now pronounce you entitled to all the privi*
leges of membership in tins organization, and take pleasure
in informing you that you are now members of the Order
of the American Union.
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND COUNCIL.
/ PRESIDENT,
.TAMES W. BARKER, of New York, N. Y.
VJCP. PRESIDENT,
W. W. WILLIAMSON, of Alexandria, Va.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY,
C. D. DESHLER, of New Brunswick, N. J.
RECORDING SECRETARY,
JAMES M. STEPHENS, of Baltimore, Md.
TREASURER,
HENRY CRANE, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
INSIDE SENTINEL,
JOHN P. HILTON, of Washington, D. C.
(Limes mtfr
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1855.
FOR GOVERNOR.
lIRSISCIIIIBi .94)11 \SOX.
% A;, A FOR CONGRESS*
Ist District—James L. Seward, of Thomas.
2d* <# 9L J• Crawford, of Tluscogee,
3d. 44 James M. Smith, of Upson.
4th 44 Hiram Warner, of iUeri wet her.
sth 44 Jno. 11. Lumpkin, of jFloyd.
Oth 44 Howell Cobh, of Clarke.
Communications Crowded Out.
We have on hand over sixty pages of correspondence
from hkhly esteemed party friends from every part of
the second distriot, and from several points in the State.
It gives us pain to exclude so many capital articles
but there is no help for it. We have no other alterna
tive, unless we exclude all editora! matter, news items,
and miscellany, than to exclude the larger part of our
correspondence, unless our friends will concentrate their
ideas, and curtail their communications. Until the
canvass closes, we have determined as a general rule,
to reject all communications over two pages long. We
hope our friends will take notice and govern themselves
accordingly*
Circulate the Documents-*Know Nolhiiigisiii
Revealed.
We have on hand several Tracts for the Times
which we will sell low for cash,
1. Tract of 20 pages containing A. 11. biepheos’
speeches at Augusta and Sparta, Wm. Moseley’s letter,
the vote upon the Nebraska-Kansas Bill, the Democrat
ic Platform, tfcc.: $3 per hundred.
2. Traot of eight pages containing the Constitution
and By Laws, oaths, grips, pass words, et cetera, of the
Order of Know Nothingism ; $5 a hundred.
KNOW NOTHINGISM UN VAILED.
The Powers Conferred upon the Grand <oim
eil—Who are Members of the Grand Council t
We comply with our promise and publish to day
the “Constitution of the National Council of the United
States of North America the “Constitution for the
government of Subordinate Councils and the obliga
tions; grips, pass-words and other paraphernalia of that
most mischievous and dangerous oligarchy, commonly
called Know Nothingism.
The exposure first appeared in the Richmond En
quirers of the 10th July inst., accompanied by the as*,
surance that it was taken from official Know Nothing
documents. They’ contain the work of the order, as
amended and improved by the Grand Council which
met at Cinoinuatti in November last, and of which two
of our townsmen were members. The additions made
at the Philadelphia Grand Council, undeistood to relate
principally to passwords and such like ininuta.*, have
not come to hand.
We feel no reluctance in giving currency to this ex
posure, as the order professes to have abolished secrecy !
The first point of interest is the power of the Hi and
Council. “Its jurisdiction and power extend to all
the States, Districts, and Territories of the United
States of North America.” (Art. 1.) “It has power
to decide all matters appertaining to National politics.'*
(Article 3. sec. 5.) “It has power to adopt any and
• very measure it may deem necessary to secure the
success of the organization, not inconsistent with the
Constitution (of the order.) (Art, 3. sec. 5.) It lias
power to “levy a tax upon the State, District, or Ter
ritorial Councils for the support of the National Coun
cil, to ho paid in suoh manner and at such times
as the National Council shall determine/’ (Art. 7.
sec. 2.) The Constitutions and By-Laws of State,
District and Territorial Councils have to be submitted
to the Grand Council for examination •, must conform
to the Constitution of the Grand Council ; and those of
Districts and Territories have to be approved bv the
Grand Council before they are valid. (Rules and
Regulations. Rule 1.) and (Vote G. Special Voting.)
It has power to nominate candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States, and in a Council
for this purpose each State is entitled to cast the same
number of votes as they shall have members iu both
Houses of Congress. (The abolition branch of the
concern would have decidedly the advantage.) (Art. 3,
seo. 4.) It furthermore has power to determine upon
a mode of puuishment in case of direliction of duty on
the part of its members and officers. (Art. 3. see. 5.)
Hero then is a body organized, outside of the con
stitution, with power to levy taxes, nominate candidates
for the highest offices, decides all measures appertain
ing to National polities, punish delinquent members,
and adopt any and every measure it may deem neces
sary to ensure success, with affiliated bodies in even
county in every Distriot, Territory and State in the
Union, with a membership embracing several millions
of people all cf whom are sworn by the most solemn
oaths to give a blind obedience to its decrees and for
ever to conceal from the people the actings and doings
of the body. Is it not a fearful organization to take
power out of the hands of the people and concentrate
it in hands of a few ? Ought such a club to be tolo
rated by a free people? Can a member who is under
its control and subjeot to its dictation be a freeman ?
Let the people answer.
But who are members of this Grand Council ? We
answer first; “none but native born Protestant citi
zens (Art. 2. i) second ; none hut members of the
Third or Union degree. See artice G, sec. 3, by which
it provided that “all officers and delegates of this
Council, and of all State, District, Territorial and Sub
ordinate Councils, must he invested with all the de
grees of this order” This settles the question.
It is a very common opinion among members of the
lower degrees of the order that there are very few
persons in Georgia who are members of the Union de
gree, and they take some credit to them-elves for hav
ing refused* to take the degree. Well, admit for the
sake of the argument that this is true. What then ?
Your rulers, the officers and delegates of the Grand
Council, ar6 all Union degree men. Are you not
then bound to follow their lead ns long as you remain
members of the order ? llow then do you claim any
credit for having refused the Union degree ? You aro
the tail of the concern—the Union degree men are the
head of it, and give the law to you.
But is it certain that there are not many Third de
gree members even in Georgia ? Lei us see. Look at
article 6, sec. 3. It is there provided that all delegates
to a State Council, and all officers of a Subordinate
Council must be invested with all the degrees of the
order. If the Stato and Subordinate Counoils of Geor
gia have violated this fundamental law of the organiza
tion, they have laid themselves liable to “the mode of
punishment** the Grand Council may seo proper to in
flict “for a dereliction of duty.” See also, article 1, sec.
1, of the “Constitution for the Government of Subordi
nate Councils,” by which it is provided that “each Sub
ordinate Council hIibII be composed of not less than 13
members, all of whom shall have received all the de
grees of the order, ’’ and tell us, aro there no Third or
Union degree members of the order ? If wo are cor
rectly informed, there are two Subordinate Councils of
the order, and there ought to be at least 26 members
of the Union degree iu tho county of Muscogee, anti
we verily believe there are a great many more. Yet
the American party tulks about the 4th Resolution of
the Georgia Platform ! Why the whole machine was
constructed with set purpose to defeat the objects ol
that Platform and to kill off all politicians who, in any
event, looked to a dissolution of the Union, as we will 1
show when we come to criticise the obligations imposed
in the Third degree. This, however, we will do in
another article.
The question most important to consider now, is this :
Are irresponsible and unknown men, fit persons to
be intrusted with the immense power conferred by the
Constitution of the Grand Council upon the officers and
delegates to that body ? Who they are is know’n to
but a few. It was the object of the order to keep their
names eternally secret from all hut the initiated ; but
some leaky vessel let the secret out, and at the last
Grand Council they made a merit out of necessity and
allowed the names of the delegates to be published.—
Well who were they ? We know but a few. The
Grand President was James W. Barker, of New York,
whose boast it was that ho was as much of a Freesoiler
as William 11. Seward. Governor Gardner and Sena
tor Wilson, of Mass., were also leading members, both
of whom are avowed abolitionists. Ex-Governor .John
ston, of Pa., the deadly opponent of the Nebraska-
Kansas act, was another. Thomas 11. Ford, of Ohio
is another, and lie is now a candidate for high office on
the abolition ticket. But say the Southern Know
Nothings, these men were driven out of the Grand
Council. We do not so understand it. They voluntari
ly left the Philadelphia Convention, but are they there
by excluded from the order ? That is the question.—
Who can answer it? Ex-Governor Johu&ton and
James \V. Barker, however, did not secede. They are
still “worthy brethren,” and will, in ail probability, j
come back to the next Grand Council. But passing by
this point—it is a sore one we know—and coming down
South, who do we see there high in the confidence of
the order? Kenneth Rayner, of N. C,, and Geo. N.
Stewart, of Ala., and Albert Pike, of Ark. The two
first denounced the Nebraska-Kansas act as an outrage
upon the North aud the # last proposed to ignore the
question of slavery in order to preserve fellowship be
tween the slave holder aud the abolitionists. Are they
fit to be trusted with tho immense power conferred
upon the Grand Council \
The Oaths ol the Three Degrees.
We now come to a more interesting portion of the
Ritual. A careful consideration of the solemn oaths
taken by the members of the order will more fully un
vail the secrets of this detestable organization than all
their Platforms and addresses. Tue Kernel of Know
Nothingism is the obligations imposed in the several
degrees. Let us consider them in their order.
First Degree Council—Obligation.— The mem
bers of this degree swear Ist, not to vote, nor give their
influence to any man, for any office, unless he he an
American born citizen, and not to him if he he a Ro
man Catholic: 2d, in all political matters, to obey the
will of the majority of the Councils, though it may con- 1
flict with their personal preference, provided it is not j
unconstitutional : 3d, to obey an imperative notice issued
by the proper authority : 4th, to obey the President of
the Council or his deputy when thus assembled : “>th,
to respond to a sign or a cry of distress of the order,
unless it bo physically impossible to do so: 6th, to ac- j
knowledge the State and National Councils as the ml- j
ing authority and the supreme tribunal of the order :
and all this they swear to do and perform under penal- j
ty of excommunication, the forfeiture of all intercourse
with the members of the order, and being denounced from !
Maine to f California, in all the societies as a willful traitor j
to their God and country. Wo have not overstated
the obligation. Turn to the obligation of the First I).*- j
gree Council and you will see that we have copied tin
very language of tho oath.
We now see how much truth there is in tin* Plat
form and addresses of the order as to their good will to |
naturalized foreigners and their pretended regard for
religious toleration. No Know Nothing can vote for
either a foreign born citizen or a Catholic without in
curring the moral guilt of perjury. Yet they affect to !
be “very good friends” of naturalized citizens 1 and
would not for the world deprive them of any “vested
right!’’
P.ut, bail ns this is, there are still other fea
tures of the obligation quite as odious. The members
of the order are compelled by their oaths to yield ini
plicit obedience to the will of the majority of tite order
in all political matters; and therefore to support the
nominations of the party for all ofiiees, no matter how
unworthy they may be, nor bow odious may be their
political principles
AVe have heretofore denounced Know Nothing
isrff ts the “old caucus system organized.’’ It is
worse than this: It is an organized despotism to
which the membership swear obedience. They are
sworn to answer an “imperative notice” aud to obey the
command ol the President aud liis deputy when as
sembled by such notice, and to respond to a sign or a
cry of distress, given by any member of the order, we
suppose, unless it be physically impossible. Wo can
now understand the result of all the election riots which
disgraced the Northern cities during the past twelve
mouths and the singular fact that Sam always came oil’
conqueror. The President or his deputy have sworn
bands who are compelled to do his bidding. Is this
tolerable in a free country ? Cannot any one see to
what dreadful uses a bad and turbulent man may put
this fearful power ? By scattering peices of red paper
through the city, or some other cabalistic device, he
can assemble the whole brotherhood at one point and
they are bound to come “prepared to meet danger
that is, as we understand it, “armed to the teeth,” and
when so assembled they are sworn “to obey tile Presi
dent or his deputy.” Such sworn bands may be tole
rated in savage communities, but are utterly indefensi
ble in civilized societies, and if they are continued, will
force the whole community to go to the polls and other
political gatherings loaded dowu with pistols and bowie
knives.
Second Deoiieb Council — Oulioation. —The mem
bers of this degree swear, Ist, to conform in nil things
to all the rules and regulations of the order, if they do
not conflict with the constitution of the United States,
or of the State in which they reside : 2d, to attend to
all signs, if possible, under all circumstances, that may
be sent or thrown to them by the members of the or
der : 3d, to support for all political offices, members of
the order, in preference to other persons : 4th, to turn
out Catholics and foreigners from fllice, and* in no case
to appoint either of these classes of citizen to any office :
sth, to keep this and all other obligations taken in the
order inviolate through life. The only peculiarity in
this obligation is, that when two men aro running for a
political office, whether nominated or not, the Know
Nothing is bound to stand up to his brother Know
Nothing no matter how big a fool lie may he or how
great a rascal, or what are his political sentiment is
and that this they swear to do through life. A pretty
tough pledge for a freeman to make who loves Ids
country and desires to see the posts of honor filled by
capable and honest men. This probably will account i
for the fact that Southern Rights Democrats, who are
Know Nothings, are such violent advocates for tho
election of Garnett Andrews, who is the submissionist
of submissionists and regards the Union of the Stutes
the only security for onr peculiar institutions.
Third Degree Council — Obligation. —The ob- i
jeet of this degree, in the language of the charge, is ,
‘“permanent, enduring and fraternal union andto i
this end, the members of this degree aro sworn Ist to
declare their devotion to the Union of these States ; to
uphold maintain aud defend it; to discourage and dis
countenance any and every attempt, coming from any ,
and every quarter, designed or calculated to destroy or
subvert it, or to weaken its bonds ; 2d to vote for no
m3ti for any political office who is in favor of a dissolu- <
tion of the Union and to remove hom office all disun
ionists: 3d, to vote for and support, for all political
offices, Third or Union degree members of the order,
in preference to all others : 4th to keep th;*s and all
other obligations they have taken ever sacred and in
violate.
The 3d point in this obligation may explain to some
of young friends, who were ambitious of Congressional
honors, the reason why their claims were so uncere
moniously passed over by the late Americus Know
Nothing Convention. They were not members of the
Union degree; they were known to4m honestly pledged
to the bloody fourth Sf the Georgia Platform, by which
the State of Georgia is bound to seek the overthrow ol
the Union. Why, my dear friends, there is no earthly
chance f-*r you to get any office from the Know Noth
ings, if it is sought after by a member of the Third or
Union degree. The fact that he is a member of that
degree and you are not, is sufficient to overslaugh you,
no matte j how eminent you may be in point of talent
and character ; and how deficient he may be in both.
We especially 0091 mend the 3d point in this degree to
i those persons who have joined the order with the hope
of gening office—there are, we are sorry to believe,
many such in this city—and are only members of the
first and second degree Councils. There is no more
chance for you than there is for a bob-tail cow in fly
time. The big dags of the Union degree are bound to
get all the bones. You doot believe us ? Well, wait
until next December and then we would like to hear
from you. “It was not so at the last election.” \ ery
true,but this Union degree was not then in existence:
it has been adopted since.
This degree shows that that declaration in the Phila
dclphia Platform—“the union of these States is tin*
paramount political good”—was no unmeaning formula,
but the real belief and feeling of the order, and places
in the most ridiculous light those articles in the Macon
Platform adopting the Georgia Platform and expresses
sympathy with the Columbus Movement. Are they
not sworn to “discourage and discountenance any and
every attempt, coming from any and every quarter ,
(the State of Georgia, for instance.) designed or calcu
lated to destroy or subvert the Union, or 10 weaken its |
bonds.” How then can they do otherwise than “dis
courage and discountenance*’ the State of Georgia, if
she shall, upon the happening of either of the four events
mentioned in the 4th resolution of the Georgia Plat
form, resist them “even, as a last resort, to a disruption
of every tie that binds the State of Georgia to the
Union.” Are they not pledged to vote against every
man who, iu good faith, stands upon the Georgia Plat
j form, and to turn them out of power if they have an
opportunity? Read the obligation of the Third degree,
and you will seo that we do not overstate the obliga
tions and duties of members of the Third degree.—
We are, therefore,'-justified in denouncing Know
Nothingism as a cheat and a fraud upon the people of
Georgia. However honest the members of the lower
degrees may be in their purpose to stand by ihe Geor
gia Platform, their ruling authority, their supreme tri
bunal, their Presidents, officers and delegates to both
State and National Councils, if they are faithful to their
obligations ns Know Nothings, are against the Platform
of Georgia and will bo bound to resist even her sovereign
power, if she shall find it necessary to carry out the
solemn resolves of the State Convention of ISSO.
The Message at (Jov. KV* <!.*; .
We were agreeably surprised on the perusal ol Governor
Reeder’s Message. He meets the slavery i-sue in Kansas
in a much fitter spirit than we anticipated.—
He recognizes the right of the Legislature of Kan
sas, decidedly Southern be it remembered, “to pro- j
hibit, tolerate or regulate slavery in the Tertitory,” but I
thinks the proper occasion “for the decision of that pecu- ‘
liar question,” is when the Convention assembles to adopt •
j the Constitution. Hear .what lie says.
EXTIRACT FROM GOVERNOR K1.1.D1 R’s MESSAGE.
| There are many specific subjects of legislation, some ol
| which are expressly referred to von by the bill organizing our
j Territory, and others springing from the necessities of our
• community. Prominent among them is the question whe
j ther we shall build our government upon the basis of free
or slave labor. Claiming as we dp the same capacity for
i self government as our follow citizens of the States, with
! a far greater, it not an exclusive interest in the institutions
and laws which are to exist among us—compelled alone
to bear their burdens, aud entitled alone to claim their hen
| efits—wisdom, justice and fairness would dictate, that those
1 laws and institutions inside of the Constitution of the Uni*
| led States should be moulded by ourselves, stimulated by
the absorbing interest we must lee I in them, rather than by
; the representatives or citizens of other States, who arc m>
| more competent to the ta.-k than we—who have no Make
I with us in their results, and who would most indignantly
| repel any oiler of reciprocity from 11s in assisting to man
| age their affairs. The piovnion of our Territorial organ
! ic act secures us this right, and is founded in the tine doc
trines of republicanism, It maybe exercised in various
j degrees and in various ways, and whenever it is called in
i to action it cannot legitimately be attended with that ex
citement which iaineident to the agitation of the slavery
question iu the direction of an attack upon Constitutional
rights. An agitation of that kind, such .as we have seen
industrim-ly prosecuted in tlse past history of our country
by the destructive spirit of abolitionism, can never be pro
ductive ol aught but evil, and is calculated in an emiment
degree to obscure the glories of the past, to evoke the foul
est spirit of discord among the citizens of our common
country, and also to mar our brilliant future, if not to en
danger the existence of our cherished Union. A want of
fidelity to the solemn compacts of the Constitution, and an
attack upon the rights of the States, which are guaranteed
by it, can have no justification or excuse. This view of!
I the case, however,is not to be confounded with the dis- !
I mission and settlement of tho slavery question in our tetri- j
| lory, in its bearings upon the formation of our institutions. I
That has been referred tons as an open question by the !
! legitimate action of the nation,and here it is not only the j
privilege hut the duty of every man to speak his opinion.- j
freely, and enforce them peaceably and fairly. Advocate
and opponent stand 011 the same side,and must naturally
concede to each other the identical measure of right which
they claim lor themselves. Freedom of opinion and free *
dom of discussion without licentousness are of the very
essence of republicanism, and at all times are peculiarly
to be respected here. The permanent character and high
authority of a State Constitution, and the tact of its sub
mission to a direct vote of the people of the Territory, in
dicate that event a* a signal occasion for the decision of
that peculiar question. In the meantime, however, a Ter
ritorial Legislature may undoubtedly act upon the question
to a limited and partial extent, and may temporarily pro
hibit, tolerate or regulate slavery in the Territory, and in
an absolute or modified form with all the force and efleet
of any other legislative act binding until repealed by the
same power that enacted it.
More Withdrawals from the Know Nothings.
Motgomery County, Ala.—The Advertiser tj* Ga s
zettc of the 24th inst., contains the card of F. M. T.
Tankersley and 28 others, who have withdrawn from
the Council at Butler’s Springs, Montgomery county,
Ala. They say they “believe the American or Know
Nothing party is a political fraud.” They ought to
know.
Autauga County, Ala, —The Autaugian contains
the card of Charles FI. Fathom and 8 other citizens of
Autauga, renouncing all connection with the Know
Nothing party. They sav their politics are Democrat
ic, and they cannot, therefore, consistently act with the
Know Nothing party in aiding to defeat the Democ
racy. Sensible.
Macon County, Ala.—.V highly respectable corres
pondent of the Montgomery Advertiser, who has left
the order, says 125 out of I GO members have withdrawn
from the Know Nothing Council at Auburn, Ala. lie
says lie and his friends joined the order from the best,
motives, but found it “a den of demagogues without the
courage to work openly.’’ A good hit, and true of the
order generally, we learn from ex-members.
A Little Nearer Home. —The Advocate of the
South says twenty-nine persons quit the order at Buena
Vista, Marion county, Ga., on Saturday the 21st inst.
What makes this defection the more galling, is the fact
that it was publicly announced at the Court House just
one week before, that there would he a meeting of the
order on that day to initiate fifty new members. They
initiated o/ic, says the Advocate , and lost twenty-nine.
We are satisfied with the results of that meeting,—
Twenty or thirty more are expected to quit at the next
mooting.
And Still a Little Nearer. —We are informed
that more than a dozen members of the order in Mus
cogee county have already retired and that many more
wiil follow suit. They are, however, so heartily asham
ed of having joined the order that tve fear they will not
publish their cards.
“Pul ntme but Natives on Gtfrirtl.*’-
This is a favorite battle cry of the Know Nothings.
It is part of a sentence, garbled frpm a general order
issued by General Washington, .Inly 17th, 1775, at
Cambridge Headquarters. The whole sentence i9 in
these words.
“The General lias great reason and is highly displeas
ed with tite negligence and inattention of those officers
who have placed as sentinels at the outposts met) with
whose characters they are not acquainted. lie, there
to* e, orders that, for the future, no man shall be ap
pointed to these important stations who ‘l3 not a native
of this country, or has a wife or family in it to ip hom
he is known to he attached ; the order is to be a stand
ing one’* &0. Force’s American Archives, vcl. 2,
p. 16 l.
General Washington, therefore, in express terms or
ders his officers to place foreigners “as sentinels at the
out posts,” who have wives or families in the country
to whom they are known to be attached. He was not,
therefore, a Know Nothing, for it is their sworn duty
to proscribe all foreigners, uo matter whether they have
a wife or a family in the country or not —uo matter
whe.lver they are attached to them or not. To be
Washingtonians, tiny mast swear never to vote for a
foreigner, “unless he has a wife or a family in the
country to whom they are attached,” and this would
include pretty near all the foreign born citizens, for the
most of them have both wives and families, and large
ones at that. With this addenda, there’ would be no
cause for quarrel between us and the Know Nothings
as to this part of their creed. Can the new order find
where W ashington ever said, “put none but Protestants
on guard ?” Its a bad rule that wont work both
\va>s.
Jetitoison and the Naturalization Laws,
A preposterous attempt is now being made by the
Know Nothings to prove that Thomas Jefferson, the
author of the Declaration of Independence, and of the
j act of religious liberty, favored the proscriptive views of
that intolerant order. Now here is a fact that Know
Nothings cannot gainsay. Under the federal adminis
tration of old John Adams, the naturalization laws were
changed so as to require a foreigner to reside 14 years ;
in the United States instead of 5 years, as was the case j
under Washington’s administration, before he could be j
naturalized. No sooner did Mr. Jefferson beat down !
the Federalists than ’he advised a repeal of Adams’ j
layv and a substitution of Washingtons’ law ; and it was i
done. The laws no-.v in force on tho subject of natu
ralization were passed by Jefferson and the republicans
of 1801. These laws the Know Nothings now Seek to
repeal. Why the truth is, Jefferson was the most
violent enemy of the Know Nothings of his day. Hear
him denounce that Royal Know Nothing, George
the III:
“lie has endeavored to prevent the population of
these States; for that purpose, obstructing the laws
for the naturalization of foreigners ; refusing to pass
others to eucourage their migration hither.” Dec.
lud.
“lie has refused to pass other laws for the accomoda
tion of large districts of people, unless those people
would relinquish ihe right of representation in the
| legislatures ; a right inestimable to them, and torinida
| tie to tyrants only.” Dec. Ind.
j f “ a * s * =*
! The Congressional Canvass in the Second Dis
trict, Alabama.
j As tho election progresses in the second Congress
| ional district, very singular developments are being
j made of that mysterious order commonly called Know
I Nothings. It is understood from the “cards” of the
parties interested, that there were two branches of the
order in tho second district, one composed principally
of Whigs, and the other composed principally of Demo- j
crate. The Whig concern was stigmatized as tho i
“Warehouse’* branch. Tho Democratic branch bore j
the euphonious title of the “Tan-yard'* branch. They .
took their names from their respective places of meet- j
ing, we presume.
Col. Eli S. Shorter, the candidate of the anti-Know |
Nothings for Congress, gives the following account of j
ihe rise; progress and dissolution of the “Tan-yard”
branch of the concern and of his connection with it:
La.-i winter, the opposition introduced into this County
their Know Nothing Lodges, and commenced their work
to break down the State Eights party. Gentlemen were
refilled admission because of their friendship for me. Some
ol our party who had joined the Order m the county, and
understood the movement of our political enemies, thought
it best to organize Lodges of their own in sell defence.—
They did so in tlii. and in other counties. In Baibour
they soon obtained the cot.trolling power.
Without at.y solicitation on my part, a political friend I
called at my office in the day time, and advised me of the j
condition o! things, and having first assured me that there j
was no obligation required ol those who became members, j
that any State Rights man inii.ht not consistently lake 1
assumed an obligation of secrecy merely , which I never
have violated and never will. 1 did not register my name
in their Council, but I co-operated actively with my party
friends in all their movements. As the society then stood,
it was nothing more than a secret political club. It had no
platform of principles. 1 never myself assumed, nor did
those State Rights men (about fifteen hundred in number)
who were associated with me in the several counties as
sume any oath to proscribe a man on account o f his Reu
nion ; or his birth p are : or to rote according to Ihe will
oj a majority ; or to stand, l-y the L ilian as the paramount
political, good. \
‘ft Here, as well as at other places, both of the political
parties had their own Lodges in opposition to each other.
In Kufaula, at our last municipal election, the opposing
Lodges had th.-ir separate tickets lor ‘Town Counoilincn,
and those with whom I acted, placed upon their’s a natu
ralized Scotchman. We elected all our men over a bitter
opposition from the other side, and the naturalized citizen
alluded to is now the intendant of our town! 1 saw no
objection in acting with any party or societies without any |
fixed political principles, provided we could control and di-
I rect them to the building up and strengthening tho great \
• .Southern Rights pally. Subsequent changes were made
j hi the Order, which our party could not and would not en
j dorse.
j ‘1 hen again, the Philadelphia platform was adopted,
j which is at war with every principle of State Rights, pro
j scriptive in the extreme, and should it triumph in the South,
: will result in delivering us over to our Northern enemies,
hound hand and loot.
| Our Lodges have, been disbanded, and we now oppose,
j the established principles of that party, i have lought
j them throughout the District.
In confirmation of his statement that he and his
“Tan yard” friends refused to take the obligations of
Ist, 2I and 3d degrees of the new Ritual adopted at
Cincinnati, ho publishes the following card :
Clayt n t , Ala., July 17, 1855
The undersigned hereby certify that we were present with
Col. K. S. Shorter when the Ist, 2j, and 3d degrees of the
new work or Ritual was read over in onr presence, and the
pass-words, signs, and grips, were given by a gentleman,
(a political friend) limn an adj lining county, who staled
that since the woik had been refused to the Southern
Eights clubs in Barbour t and as lie wanted his friends [
here to understand what was going on, l.e would himself
give it;to our friends, though he had obtained it irregularly,
and informally.
When it was read over, Col. Shorter and ourselves dis
tinctly stated that we never could and never would take
lhe obligations of such degrees. They were given to us as
above Stated without our assuming either obligation.
M. B. WELLBORN,
P. P. McttAE.
We think Col. Shorter made a blunder in having
any thing to do with the Know Nothings, it is a very
common practice, however, to “fight the devil with
tire,” and certainly lie lias done nothing to shake the
confidence of his party friends in his devotion to South
ern Rights ; indeed his zeal for the success of his politi
cal principles led him into the concern. lie has cer
tainly repaired all the damage he has done by quitting
the order and bringing out 15u0 with him. II is op
ponent is the candidate of the Know Nothings and en
dorses their proscriptive and anti-republican principles.
His defeat is thedefi at of the order. This can only be
done by voting for Shorter; who, upon all the great
issues before the country, is as sound a* any man in
the State, and lias talents enough to make a figure in
the House of Representative?.
Know Nothings Leaving.
Crawford County, Ga.— On the 21st July, inst.,
nine gentlemen withdrew from Council No. 120, loca
ted in Crawford County, Oa. Their names aud card
are published in the Georgia Tel*graph of tho 24th.
“Duty, principle and patriotism,” they say, “dictate
this course.’’ They have seen Sam.
Lundfrdale County, —lvghty persons have
recently withdrawn from the Know Nothing Council, in
the town of Centre Star, Lunderdale County, Ala. —
The names are published in the North Alabamian and
among them are some of the most respectable citizens
in North Alabama. #
Fine Watermelons. —We are indebted to John
B. Betbune, Esq., of this vicinity for the largest, and
sweetest water-melons we have tasted this seasoH.
Bituminous Coal. —We were shown by Mr. John
W. Howard, who is agent fur the sale of the article, a
fine specimen of coal, obtained near Selina, Ala. It is
said to be a good article and can be furnished at sl2 50
per ton.
The Montgomery Him I ami tho Indiana
The Editor of the Mail recently published an article
congratulating the people upon tiny fact that
nearly every paper in the State of Indiana was advocating
the Know Nothing party. Before the Mail crows again
oyer this favorable--omen we hope it will digest ihe follow
ing Resolutions adopted unanimously by the Indiana State
Convention of the Know Nothings and Abolitionists of
Indiana. We copy from the Cincihnalif'nlurnbian:
“Whereas, we, the freemen of Indiana, without respect
to pafiy, and actuated by a common devotion to our re
public and a common reverence for its founders, have as
sembled ourselves together in coinmemorlaion of the pas
sage of the ordinance of July 13, 1787, consecrating the
northwest territory to freedom ; and whereas, the unani
mous adoption of said ordinance by the representatives of
all the States in the Union at that date clearly evinces
that opposition to the.extension of slavery, to the extent
of constitutional power, was the fixed policy of our fathers;
and whereas we regard the recent repeal of the eighth
section of the ‘Missouri Compromise’ as a gross and wan
ton violation of tin* faith of the Union plighted to a solemn
compact restricting the extension of slavery; there
fore,
“ Resolved\ That we'are uncompromisingly opposed to
the extension of slavery; and, further that we utterly re
pudiate the platform of principles adopted by the self styled
! Fniocratic Convention, on the 24th day of May 1 st, en
dorsing and approving the Kansas-Nebraska iniquity.
Resolved, That we wid waive all former party predi
lection, ami in concert, by all lawful means, seek to place
every bra fifth of the federal governments in the hands oi
men who will assort the rights of freedom, restore the
Missouri Compromise, and refuse under all circumstances
to tolerate the extension of slavery.
U R ‘solved, Tiiat both experience and the unmistakable
manifestations of a just public sentiment demand a change
of the Constitution ami laws of this State, so as to limit
the elective franchise ’to such poisons only as are actual
eit'/. -ns of the United State-*, either by birth or by a fuli
and final conformity with the laws on the subject of nat
uralization.
Mr. Watts on the Nebraska Bill.—As the cor
rectness of the statement, of our correspondent “R,” as
to the position of Mr. Watts on the Nebraska bill, has
been questioned by a correspondent in tho Columbus
Enquirer , we transfer to our columns the following
paragraph from the Montgomery Mail, a Watts paper
par excellence. It sustains the statement of our cor
| respondent. The correspondent of the Mail, iu giving
! an account of Mr. Walts’ speech at Mount Meigs,
j S3) S ;
i “Mr. Walts explained his position on the Nebraska
| and Kansas bill, and said be would have voted for it as
| the issue was up : but was very severe in his remarks
in reference to those Southern gentlemen who sat by
and saw, without an efleort to prevent the outrage, the
rights of the South bartered away by the eoncessi n in
the bill, of the unwise, unjust, dangerous if not fatal
piiucipks of ‘Squatter Sovereignty.’ ”
Kighl for Once.
We rip from Judge Andrew’s platform, says the At
lanta 1 niellignice 1 j this lath ;
“It has been objected that the sound portion ofthe Ameri- |
can Party, North, is too insignificant in numbers to he re
lied on for support. If not already so, from present indica
tions, it may, by the time Kansas applies for admisiion, be
more numerous than thj sound Democracy North. But it
matters not whether it may be ten or thirty ; one vote may
decide the question upon which the fate of millions may
depend.”
Now here is the first symptom of saying or any
thing that looks like common sense that we have seen
in a Know Nothing platform. Judge Andrews, we
always heard was a prudent man, and we believed it till
he agreed to run as a Know Nothing Candidate, lie
is coming round however, and in this census which he
here gives ofthe strength of his party North, 110 acts
with characteristic caution. Ono vote “may decide the
question,” and by the time Kansas applies for admission
Judge Andrews* party may have that one vote in a
free State—but he would not dare to say over his own
i hand, that lie had that one now .
ICuow Nothing Nominee for Representative of Ist
District
j Not having heard anything about the meeting of a
| Know Nothing Convention, we were much surprised
{ to find in the Hindoo organ of this morning, the name
i of one Mr. S. M. Vernadoe announced as the Knew
Nothing candidate for Congress. We are really happy
to find that our Know Nothing friends were so fqitunate
as to find someone who would accept their nomination,
after a long search.
Wo hope we shall not be deemed impertinent if we
ask when, where and how was Mr. Vernadoe nomina
ted ? And on the same terms we shall further venture
to ask, as the Know Nothing organ of this place once
I did in reference to James K. Polk, who is S. M. Vor- j
i nadoe ? We hope to have his biography .11 the next
j issue of the Republican.
In the meantime we are unfortunately condemned to
remain in perfect ignorance of the mysterious act by
which Mr. S. M. Vernadoe became the Hindoo nomi
nee. We recollect a lecture read in the democracy not
long since by our Know Nothing contemporary on the
subject of elevating small men, etc. We hope the
Hindoos are not imitating the Democracy. What has
become f Col. Hopkins, the self nominated candidate ?
—&*av. Geo. 22 d.
A Caution to Renegades. —The renegade Demo
crats running on the Know Nothing ticket in this Sate
can find hut little eomfoit in the result of the Virginia
I election. There the old Whigs, with scarcely an ex-
I oeption, made tho best run. Flournoy, a Whig of the
’ same school, is btaten by but a few votes over
| 10,000, while Patton, for Attorney General, the Presi
dent of the Democratic State Convention of 1848, is
beaten by Boeock more than 12,000, and Beale, a for
mer Democratic Congressman,is largely over 11,000 be
hind McComas for Lieutenant Governor. The same
remark applies to the Congressional Districts. Na
thaniel C. Claiborne, denominated the “Invincible Nat,”
former Democratic member of the House of Delegates
from Franklin county, who ran against Boeock with
the strongest hope and expectation of success, is beat
en only a little more than 1,700, bis vote falling some
700 behind Flournoy’s. Dr. Ligon, the Democrat
brought out to deleat Powell in the Albemarle District,
falls considerably behind the vote of his ticket. With
a single exception, we believe, the same may be said of
the “Democratic” candidates on tho Know Nothing
ticket throughout the Commonwealth. Tl.e managers
| placed their names at the head of it before the election.
) but the people brought them down to the tail of the
lowest ticket at the polls. These facts are commended
to the consideration of Messrs. Shortridge, Percy
Walker, aud other “Democrats” on the K. N. ticket in
this State.— Mont. Ado.
Pulaski County. —A writer in the Georgia Herald
says, our information as to the state of parties in Pulaski
is inaccurate ; and that there are two Councils of Know
Nothings in Pulaski, numbering some three hundred
members. He admits, however, that “a number of old
Tie Democrats have withdrawn from the order.’’
The Wild Hunt after Office.—The Spirit of the
South relates the following in illustration ofthe foregoing
caption :
“It has been left for the county of Barbour, to furnish
the most signal and striking illustration of Know
Nothing consistency, in the person of its editorial ex
pounder. The last number ofthe i Truc Whig ,’ an
nounced 11. 11. Goode, Esq., is editor, as an American
candidate for the legislature : declaring at the same time
his inability to canvass the county, he doubtless expected
like Mr. Jacob Broom to sit in his office and be elec
ted. After a brilliant run of about five days, it wfts
discovered, that Mr. Goode had not been a citizen ol the
county long enough to be eligible, and that this patri
otic effort of our neighbor to save the State was alto
gether premature. ‘Lo ! and behold,’ in his anxiety to
put down even naturalized foreigners who are constitu
tionally eligible, he became a candidate of the Ameri
can party before being ‘naturalized’ himself.”
German Association at Kictunoml.
Dreadful Casualty. —We are deeply pained to an
nounce that Mr. John Martin met with a most serious
accident on Saturday morning. As ho was above the
Court House descending the hill towards Montgomery
Hall in a buggy, his horse took fright and running
away, came into collision with a fence, a pointed plank
from which enered his abdomen inflicting a wound of
dangerous and frightful severity, causing the entrails
to protrude. After lingering during the day in great
pain, Mr. Martin died about six o’clock, P. M. This
sad occurrence has oast a dark shadow over the entire
community, by whom Mr. Martin was highly and de
servedly esteemed.— Mont. Adv, July 23 d,
Tho Advertiser Gazette , July 20th, says : Some
of our cotemporaries, of tho Know Nothing press, ap
pear to be acting on the presumption that “a* misrepre
sentation well stuck to is as good as the truth.”. They
persist in the assertion that there is a Gorman Demo
cratic Association in actual and active existence in
Richmond, Virginia, the object of which is the aboli
tion of all our present laws, and indeed of all laws both
human and divine. This story was started at an early
stage of the late canvass in Yirgiuia, and the refutation
of it was so complete and overwhelming, that the paper
in which it first appeared (the Whig ) ceased to speak
of it; the worthy editor, being doubtless, convinced that
he had been misinformed.
The origin of the whole fabrication was explained in
a letter written by a respectable German citizen of Rich
mond, and published ffi the papers of that city. The
letter runs thus—
“A Social Democratic. Club with such a platform does
not exist in the city of Richmond, except in the lively im
agination of the Whig. Lt is true, indeed, that about four
years ago a certain Dr. 8. came Irom Cincinnati, (a city
whieli olten successfully vies with other cities ofthe
North in the invention of isms.) to preach in Richmond
the doctrines contained in tiiat basis; but it is equally as
true that hi.- mission, thanks to the sound sense of our Ger
man population, proved to lie an entire failure, and that he
lelt Richmond in disgust and despair at the little success
ol his labors.
“The Whig, if it had choosen, might have known that
very well, as at that time it published, at the instance ot
several Germans, who were indignat at these new fnngled
doctrines, a correct translation ot that very platform, which
now, so Lite, and without any provocation, arouses its just
indignation.
“ We do not know but that there are now one or two of
that emissary’s disciples still lingering in this city ; but to
hold the entire German population of the city responsible
for them, is not fair or just.”
Such is the origin of the story. The attempt of Know
Nothingism to cut a garment, big enough to hide their
own deformities, out of this cast off German rag smaller
than the palm of a man’s hand, is supremely ridiculous.
The Charleston Mercury EndoisesJjliie Georgia
Democracy.
The Charleston Mercury is justly regarded as an
unflinching and incorruptible advocate of Southern
Rights. Where it leads, Southern Rights men need
not fear to follow. It never lias and never will ad- j
vocate submission to wrong. Hear then what the Mer
cury says about the Georgia Democracy :
[From the Charleston Mercury.]
“The Enquirer will do well to remember the posi
tion taken by the Legislature of Georgia at its last ses
sion, and re-asserted b/ the recent Democratic Con
vention of that State. It is as follows ;
“Resolved, by the General Assembly ofthe State of
Geargia, That opposition to the principles ol the Nebraska !
Bill in relation to the subject of slavery is regarged, by the
people of Georgia, as ho--tility to the people ol the South,
and that all persons who partake in such opposition are un
lit to be recognized as component pai ls of any organization
not hostile to the South ”
sth. Resolved, That in accordance with the above Reso
lutions, whilst we are willing to act in party association
with all sound and reliable men in every section ofthe Un-
I ion, we are not willing to affiliate with any party thatshall
not recognise, approve and carry out the principles and
provisions of the Nebraska-Kansas act, —and that the
Democratic Party of Georgia will cut ofl'all party connec
tion with every man and party at the North or elsewhere,
that doos not come up fully and fairly to this line of action.”
“This is tho true Southern platform. It scorns all
doubling or subterfuge, and confronts Abolition on the
very points it is now agitating throughout the North.
Georgia will not stand alone iu her high and worthy
attitude. Her platform has already gained the sup
port of the Democrats of Mississippi and Louisiana ;
and will, doubtless, bo the watchword of the Hue and
patriotic all over tho South. Let not Northern Demo
crats, then, indulge the hope, which the Enquirer
seems to hold out, that she will be content with any*
thing but a square and manly meeting ofthe practical
issues which Abolition is forcing upon us.*’
Hear Him.
There is also a minor, though we have not heard it,
that Judge Warner lias declined running in the 4th
District, in order that J. L. Stephens Esq., may take
his place.— Col % Enquirer.
OVr neighbor lias a medium of intelligence which is
certainly a valuable one for news gatherers. Will he ;
please inform the public how this rumor which he “has j
not heard” reached him. Perhaps he has seen the spir- j
its lately.
George Law a Foreigner. —The Lynchburg Re- j
publican publishes a document which must throw the
supporters of George Law’s pretensions to the l’rtsi- j
deney all aback. The editors have been furnished with :
a certified copy of the said George Law’s naturalization i
papers, from the original now in the County Court of
Baltimore. State of Maryland. From these documents
it appears that George Law was born in Ireland, and
naturalized in ISOS. With all their holy horror of
foreigners and Gat holies, it seems they would like to
charter an Irish ship to encounter the political tempest
of 185 G. They would willingly commit their party
fortunes to George Law. Well, perhaps they would
find that vessel as well suited to the Salt River trade
as any other.
Presentation Sword. —As a testimonial of esteem*
the young friendsj and associates of Ist Lieutenant Al
fred Iverson, of the new Regiment of Cavalry, pre
sented to him a fine cavalry sword. The polished
weapon cau be seen at the office of the Perry
House.
Kansas. —A bill lias been introduced into the Kansas
Legislature, providing a remedy for the abduction
slaves. It was read twice, and will pass.
From Washington.
W a suing ton, July 20, 1855.
Judge Gilchrist, ofthe Court of Claims, is prostrated
by severe diarrbou 4 . Th**re has, consequently, been 110
session of the Court of Claims to-day.
General Echenique, ex-President of Peru, has arrived
here.
Gar. Reeder's Prospects Brightening—The Commis
sioner. of Patents —Executive Clemency, Etc.
Washington, duly 21,1855.
I understand that the administration are now in pds*
session of documents which arriv.d here yesterday, that
places Gov. Reeder in a highly satisfactory position, and
that he will not be removed. It is said that Reeder lias
Commissioner Manypenuy in close qnarters, and demands
his removal.
As I intimated some time since. Mr. Mason, Commis
sioner of Patents, will resume his duties in Dec. next, his
resignation not having been accepted.
The Court of Claims adjourned to-day till the 17th of
Oct. The Judges will remain here a few days for the 1
purpose of adjusting the rules, and belore separating will ,
announce the Commissioners for taking testimoney iu the
various States.— N. Y. Herald.
Washington, July 24, 1855.
Various contradictory rumors and speculations are afloat
concerning the Administration’s course toward Governor
Reeder. 1 assert with confidence that it is not Correct
that any conclusion has been arrived at for his retention in
ollice.
A Fiendish Outrage.
A train thrown off the. track of the New York Central
Railroad—SeoeralcPersons Injured.
Syracuse, July 20, 1855.
The night express train going west, on the Central
Railroad, ran off the track at 12 o’clock last night about
three miles west of this place, owing to some villians hav
ing misplaced a rail. Mr. Deyo, of Springfield, Mass.,
had a shoulder broken ; Henry Stearns, the conductor,
was badly cut aud bruised about the head and face ; Mr.
Harrison, the engineer, had an*arm broken ; and a num
ber of others were more or less bruised, aud none se
riously.
The President of the New York Central Railroad offers
a reward of $5,000 for the apprehension and conviction
<*f the perpetrators of this outrage. The cars were not
much broken, and the track was sufficiently in order this
morning to admit of the trains running as usual.
Explosion of a Locomotive and Loss of Life.
W hite River Junction, Vt., July 20,1855.
I On the Vermont Central Railroad last night, when near
Milton, the engine of a passenger train exploded and was
completely demolished. Among the ruins the dead bodies
of the engineer and fireman and Mr. Brush, thecondue
: tor, were discovered, lt is not known it any more
were lost.
Destructive Storm in Cheraw.
Ciikraw, S. C., Ju|y 91, *1855.
A severe storm occurred here last night, and the
lightning struck a hqnse, which was burnt down with
several others. Messrs. McNair, Lynch and Morgan are
the principal sufferers. Several houses were also blown
d ovvn - .. m
Resumption of Payment.
New Orleans, July 21.
Messrs. Fellowes & Cos., of this city, have resumed pay
ment, und will continue their .business.
Political Meeting at Greenwood Academy,
Harris roiin'y, Ga.
On Saturday the 21st inst.; a and respectable
portion of tho citizens of the Huh District of Hari s
County, assembled at Greenwood Academy, near f iY>v
Factory. On motion of Stephen L. Haoks E-q , Flynn
Hargett was called to the Cliair, and A. B. ’Seals was
requested to act as Secretary.. Complimentary to the
Know Nothings present, Mr..Sylvester.NarramSre \vaj
called to the stand tu assist in the deliberations of tho
meeting, and J, M. Moon Iwj., was chosen ass-Kant
Secretary.
The meeting having been called to order. Col. James
N. Ramsey, of Hamilton, opened the discussion on ihe
part of the Anti-Know Nothing Party, ai;d enebairud
the attention of the audience one hour and ft half, in
advocacy of the principles of the Democratic IVviiy.
Col. Ramsey’s dibit was a brilliant one, in which he
fully sustained the enviable reputation ho I as hitherto
accfuired as a forcible, popular, public speaker. We
would be pleased to comment upon the speech of our
eloquent friend, but our space will not permit os.
Col. 1). P. Hill, the Know Nothing candidate for
State Senate, next took the stand, by invitation of the
Committee of arrangements, and made a l-tigthy speech
in advocacy of the principles of the so*called, Ameri-
Party. Col. Ilill is a tolerably fair speaker, and
possesses some ingenuity, llis remarks were well i
ceived by bis adherents.
In tho. aftei noon, James Hamilton, Bsq., of Colum
bus, occupied the stand one hour. Mr.-. Hamilton- re
viewed the principles of the Democratic Party ; made
a strong Southern Anti-lvnow Nothing speech, which
was listened to with attention by all present. Did our
space allow us, wo would give a synopsis of this brilliant
eflbrt, but suffice it to say, that it was just such a speech
as the known talent and growing .reputation of our ac
complished young friend had prepared us to e xpect from
him. The Democracy may saf- ly trust him on any mis
sion. Mr. Hamilton is not only a ripe scholar for one
of his age, but is deeply versed in the politics of tho
day, and bids fair to arrive at distinction in bis profes
sion.
Dr. Bedell, from Hamilton, made a few appropriate
remarks, against Know Nothingism, after which Mr.
Hudson, the candidate for the lower House, gave ns a
pretty plain, sensible talk upon the excellencies (?) of
Know Nothingism. Mr. 11. is a clever man, but tve
would be pleased to see Col. Mobley a visitor in his
stead. r l he latter gentleman responded lo the call of his
friends and made some capital hits in a fiue speech o
half an hour’s length.
! Col. Hill closed the discussion, and toon night closed
in the day, which had been entirely consumed in delib
erating upon affairs of State.
Let the Democracy of Harris stand firm, and onr
friends and allies will yet reach the go.nl first. We
return our thanks to the Know Nothings for their po
lite attention and decorum during the discussion. We
shall be happy to join with them in discussion, aud
hope that a like friendly feeling may continue to exist
in a personal point of view, between two Parties so
widely at variance upon the great questions which
agitate tho country.
FLYNN HARGETT, Chairman.
A. B. Seals, Sec’y.
[For the Times & Sentinel ]
Glciinvillc Female College* Arc.
Messrs. Editors: —l presume, that you and many of your
readers-have visited the beautiful and fiotnLhing village of
Glennville, which for the intelligence, refinement and hos
pitality ot its inhabitants, is, iu my humble opinion, unsur
passed by any village in south eastern Alabama.
Thinking it might not be uninteresting to you. and them
to hear something of the late Commencement Exercises
of Glennville Female College, I have concluded to send
you a short communication which you can publish if you
think proper. The exercises commenced on the 6th inst.
The examination was well attended, and the citizens a:
visfors manifested a considerable degree of interest in it; ;■ :
i appeared highly gratified with the progress made by the
j students in the various branches taught in the instituti-.
! The President, Rev. D. S. Douglass, Prof. Dobbins, M,
j Douglass, Mrs. Pollock, and Mi s Jonesand the Board <t
i Examiners, seemed to use every exertion to test each
! pupil’s acquaintance with the various studies in whichsha
I bad been engaged and every one will bear witness that the
| result was most flattering, both to the teacher* and eru
! dents. The classes in the preparatory department, gave
j evidence in their examination, that they had been carefully
■ instructed and had been disciplined properly, as their an
swers were correct and their behaviour unexceptionable.
Os the Classes more advanced, i would be glad to speak
of as I leel they deserve,and would like to refer particularly
1 to the Compositions, but I find it impossible without exten
ding this communication to 100 great a length, and I pre
sume, also, tiiat you will be furnished by the Board of Ex
aminers with their report for publication. Suffice it to say,
therefore, the young ladies all did well, and came up, m
every department, to the highest expectations of their pa
rents and friend.-, and reflected great credit on the Faculty.
On Sabbath, 15th, tiie Commencement Sermon was
preached hy the Rev. Mr. Hummel, >f Tur-kegee.. Ihe
College Chapel was welf filled, and the vast assemblage
was entertained for more than an hour with one ofthe
most splendid discourses to which it lias ever been my good
fortune to listen. After reading that beautiful and instruc
tive chapter, Job xxviii, showing “There is a knowledge of
natural things, but wisdom is an excellent gift of God,” he
preached from that equally beautiful ami instructive chap
ter. Proverbs IX. We must leave it to the imagination <>t
those who did not hear the discoruse, to picture for'them
selves, the exquisite beauty ol u sermon delivered upon
such splendid and appropriate passages of scripture, by
one whose heart seems to have been filled with the deepest
piety ; a gentleman highly educated, well trained in elo
cution, and possessing a brilliant imagination. The live
coal tiiat “touched Isaab’s hallowed lips with tire,” seemed
to touch his. ’Twere presumption in me to endeavor to do
justice to die eflbrt, without giving it entire.
011 Monday and Tuesday the examination was coutinu
tinued. On Tuesday night the Concert came off, which
was truly a fine affair. The chapel was decorated with
great taste and was well lighted, which, with the Jarge
number of young ladies in the musical class, presented a
most brilliant appearance. The music was fine and the
young ladies generally acquitted themselves handsomely.
Airs. Dougla-s, the lady of die President, under whose
j management is this entire department, exhibited fine taste
in the selection of pieces for the occasion, and the perfect
executions both vocal, and instrumental, of her pupils, at
test her excellence as an instructress. Wednc day being
Commencement day, the largest crowd of visitors tiiat has
ever honored Glennville with their presence, wro in atu n
dence, (at least as lam informed.) From an early hour in
the morning the carriages were arriving from every diree
tion, and even up to the hour of beginning the exercises, the
cry was “still they come;’’ and oh, could you have been
there to have feasted your eyes on the beautiful forms and
laces that were continually streaming into that chapel!
Georgia was well represented, and, of course, her delegation
was duly appreciated. The young gentlemen were, as
Charles Lamb would say, “all smiles aud shirt collars;” but
jesting aside, Ihe young men, visitors and residents, did the
agreeable to perfection, and in true gallantry could not have
been excelled. This being the first regular year of this in
stitution, there were but two graduate-. They were young
ladies tiiat had been considerably advanced in other school*,
and were prepared here for the honor conferred. Both the
young ladies, in tiieir examination, appeared conversant
with the different branches usually studied in our best fe
male colleges, and will rank with any tiiat have graduated
in similar institutions. “Their compositions, Mias Roque
more’s, “Fanaticism, its causes and cure,” Miss Burnetts,
“The destiny of America,” were well written and well
read ; the sentiments were truly Southern, yet conservative,
though taking bold groundin defence of Southern Rights.—
Thcsnbjects were treated with that peculiar delicacy of senti
ment and sweetness of expression which characterizes the
cultivated female mind. The President’s address upon de
livering the diplomas, was touchingly beautiful and appro
priate ; it was tilled with good advice, and lessons of prac
tical wisdom.
1 come now to speak of the address delivered by Mr.
Wm. If. Chambers, formerly of yoth* city, on tho com
mencement day, and tn speaking of it, 1 am impressed with
the responsibility which devolves on any one who under
takes to speak of the merits of an address of this kind.—
Almost every one would anticipate me ; they would ex
pect to hear the most unbounded eulogy ; in this, I would
not disappoint them, were l able to do so. I will not at
tempt to eulogize or criticise his speech, but, in a word’