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These arc ordinary cases —while
Mich inventions at tire telegraph, the
planing iiiacliine, and India tubber
patents are worth millions each.
Examiner I.at e's report describes
liew electrical inventions. Among
these is an whaling appn-
Tntns, bv wliieh the whale is literally
■"'shocked to death.” Another is an
■electric-magnetic alarm, whiyh lings
hells and displays signal* in case of
lire and burglars. Another isati elec
tric clock, wli'ch wakes you up, tells
von what time it is, and lights R *ia*np
for-you at any hour you plea so.
There is a "sound gatherer .’’ a 'sort
of huge ear tr'nmpet, to oc placed in
front of a locomotive, bringing to tlie
'engineer’s ears all the noise ahead ;
perfectly distinct, not'wMmtaiuling the
lutise of ‘the train.
There is an invention "that picks tip
pins from a confused heap, films them
around with their heads ftp, airiSticks
them in papers in regular rows.
Another goes through the whole
process id cigar making, taking leaves
and turning out finished e girs.
•One machine cuts cheese ; another
scWiirs knives and forks, another rocks
the cradle : and seven or eight takes
Vli. washing and ironing.
There is a 'pailor chair patented tint
cannot he tipped hack on two legs,
and a railway chair that can he tipped
back in anv position without any legs
** ill. ' <
1 . Another patent is for a machine
that counts passengers in an'omnibus
and takes their fare. IN hen : a very
fat gentleman gets in, it coVnits two
and charges double.
There are a variety of gtttis paten
ted that loads themselves a fishing
line that adjusts its own bait, and a
Tat trap that throws away the rat, and
then baits itself and stands in the cor
ner for another.
There is a inin'liiiK', also, by winch
a man prints, instead id writes, iris
thoughts. It IS played Tike a piano
forte. And speaking of pianos, it is
estimated that nine thousand arc made
every year in the IT.l T . States, giving
constant employment to I.—ooo per
sons and costa g over S-,000,000.
: TEE ADDRESS.
OF THE IT."!TK GK'HUJIA.
The pcopfo t't Or »rsi:i Ravin* (Evolved
their poTilicail
•ef the U-.iYa*d Stales ol Ametiesi, present
to herconfcdev.itf-K. anil the world, the causes
which have h-1 to the H<r the
hwst ten years, \re have had nuuieroiis and sr
lious causes ot tv.mj-laint against many of our
non-slavoholding c* nfederate* States in reler
f-n-r to the subject «>f African hla very. They
have endeavored to weaken oivr security—to
•disturb our dome-lD? peace and IranqnihU"
and persistently refused to comply with then
express Constitutional obligations to us, in rc
fcrcncc to that property, and by the use ol
their power in the Federal Ciovernmeiit, liav*
striven to deprive us <•! our equal enjoyment ot
the common Territories nf the Re] « lie. This
hostile policy ot our confederates lms been pur
sued with evt y «iremnstanoe ot aggravation
wliieh could or- »»!»-•<,• lIj«* passions and « - :.« itr the
hatred of our 7a .pie. and lias placed the two
sections of tin• Fnion, tor many years past, in
tiio condition of virtual civil war. Uur peo
ple still att.e • and to the I’nion from h:d it,
And nation.d traditions, and aversion to
n'liangi't b iped th«t time, reason, and argu
ment, would biinuc. if not re Ircss, at least ex
emption from further insults, iojuri* s, an 1
dangers, Recent wonts have tidlv dissipated
All such hopes, and demonstrated tin." necessity
of separation. Our northern confederates,
after a lull and calm hearing of all the facts !
after fair warning of our fixed purpose not to
Mibmit to tb'- rule <>f the authors of all their
wrongs and injui ies. have, by a larjje majority
committed the Government of the I ailed
Ktrttr# into their hands. The people <•! Geor
gia. after an equally, full and fair, and delibe
rate hearing of tin* ease, have (!••> ! iV» and, with
erpial firmin'v . ti, .t tin-; shall not rule over
them. A bri»-f hhLn «*f the process,
and policy nf «nt i-slawry, and »'f the political
organization into v lir-v hands tin* Adminis
tration of the IVdoral Uovirmmnt has l <-en
committed,.v.ill folly justify the pronounced
verdict of the po. .pic of Georgia. The party
of Mr. Lincoln, called tin- Republican party,
under its prcseiit name and is of
recent origin. It is admitted to be an anti*
slavery party, while it.attracts to itself, by its
creed, the scattered advocates of exploded ]>»>-
Ijti-il h« r -sic.- : of condemn* and theories in polit
cal economy ; tic* advocates of commercial re
strictions, o» protection, of special privileges,
nf watte and corruption in the administration
pf government anti-slavery is it s mission and
jU purp**6o. Py anti-slavery it is made a
power In the State The question of slavery
was the greatest difficulty in the wav "f the
formation of tlie ('oustitution While tlie
iuil.M>nliiinti"U. sii'l tlie political and social ine
quality of tie African race, were conceded by
all, it was pl .iidy appnrent that slavery would
wen disappear from what are. tlie uon-slavc-
Ijolding States of tlie original thirteen. The.
opposition t" slavery was tlu-u, as now, gene
ral' in those S Htes, and the Cnuztitution
qiaijewijh direct reference to that fact.
V-uta.lirtivi t \l«ilff)oii party was no! forme/
in the ladled Staff s for more than half a '
tury after the Government went into opera
tion. The main reason was, that rhe North,
even if united, could not control ho 111 brain-li
es of the Legislature during any portion of
that time. Therefore, such an organization
must have resulted, either in utter failure, or
tlie total overthrow of the Government. The
material prosperity nf the North was greatly
ijrpeiiilvgt on the Federal Government- tiiat
i,.f the South not at all. In tlie first years of
the lieptihlic, the navigating, commercial,
and manufacturing interests ofthe North, be
gan to seek profit mill aggrandizement, at the
expense of ihe agricultural interests. Even
the owners of fishing smacks sought and ob
tained bounties for pursuing their own busi
ness, which yet continue, and over half a mil
lion of dollars arc now paid them annually
out of the Treasury. The navigating inter
ests begged for protection against foreign ship
builders, and against competition in the coast
ing trade; Congress granted both requests,
and by prohibitory acts gave an absolute mo
nopoly of the business to each of these inter
ests, which they enjoy without diminution to
this day. Not content with these great and
unjust advantages, they have sought to throw
the legitimate burthens of their business, as
much as possible, upon the public, lliet
Law -i.v.-'-.U ! h, throwing *!- mils of light
houses, buoys, and the maintenance of their
seamen, upon the Treasury ; and the Govern
ment now pays over two millions annually for
the support of these objects. There interests,
in connection with the commercial and manu
facturing clashes, have also succeeded, by
means of subventions to mail steamers, tnd
the reduction of postage, in relieving their bu
sdnehs from the payment of about seven mil
lions of dollars annually, and throw ing it upon
the public treasury, under nano* of postal
deficiency. The manufa*wring interest en
tered into the same struggle ICarly, and has
clamored steadily for Government Iv.unfies
and special favors. This interest was confined
mainly to the Eastern and middle non-sbtve
liolding States. tVielding those great States,
it held great power and influence, and its de
mands were in full prof tort ion to its power.
'Hie manufacturers and miners wisely based
their demands upon special facts and reasons,
rather than upon general principles, .and there
by nullif.i *1 much of the opposition of the op
posing h i*•Test*-. They pleaded in their favor
the infamy of their business in this country,
the seam v of labor and capital, the hostile
h gislati* nos otic r countries towards them,
the great i.-M-ei-sity of ther fabrics in time of
war. and tin'necessity of high duties to pay
the debt incurred incur war f«*r independence.
These reasons prevuibd. and they received,
formally years, enormous bounties by the gen
eral acquiescence of the whole country. Flit
when these reasons (Vas. and. they \vcTC fio less
clamorous for flovt rninent protection, but
tlieiv*diamwere liecdntl. The country
then put the principle of protection upon trial,
and concerned it. After having enjoyed pro
tection to the extent of from fifteen to two
hundred per cent, upon their entire business
for about thirty years, the act of 1840 was
passed. It avoided sudden change, but the
principle was settled, and free trade, low du
ties, and economy in public expenditures was
the verdict of the American public. 'Hie
South and the Northwestern States sustained
tnis policy. There was but small hope of its
reversal upon the direct issue none at-all ; all
these classes saw this, and sett it, and east
about for new allies. I'he anti-slavery senti
ment of the North offered the best chance for
success. An anti-slavery party must necessa
rily look to the North alone for support, but
a united North was now strong enough to
control the Government in all its departments,
and a sectional party was therefore determined
upon. Time, and issues upon slavery, were
necessary to its completion and final triumph.
The feeling of anti-slavery, which, it was well
known, was very general among the people ol
the North, had been long dormant or passive.
]t needed only a question to arouse it into ag-
V.rcssive activity. Tills question was before
us. We had acquired a large Tonilory by suc
< essful war with Mexico, t'ongrcss had to go
vern it. How, in relation to slavery, was the
question then demanding solution. This state
of facts gave form and shape to the anti-s’a
very svhtiment throughout the North ; and
the conflict began. Northern onti-slavcry
men, of all parties, asserted the right to ex
clude sin very from tjns Territory by Congres
sional legislation, and demand* 1 tlie prompt
and efficient exercise of this power to that end.
Phis insulting and unconstitutional demand
was met with great moderation and firmness
by the South. We had shed our blood and
payed our money fci # its acquisition -wc de
mandi’d adivisi -n of it, on the line of the Mis
| sonri restriction. « 1 all eon ;1 partii'ii’-atioii in
the whole of it.
These propositions were refused. The agi
tation became general, and the public danger
great. The Cause of the South was impregna
! 1 ilc. The price of the. acquisition was the
blood and treasure of both sections---of all—-
; and therefore, it belonged to all upon tie 1 prin
ciples of equality and justice, dhe Coiistitu
| tion delegates no power to Congress to exclude
| either party from its free enjoyment. There
fore, our right was goofl under the Constitn
,ti m. Our rights were further fortified by the
I practice of tfie government from earlier and
1 Letter days. Slavery was forbidden in the
| country Northwest of the Ohio liver, by wlmt
‘is called the ordinance of 17*7. That ordi
nance was adopted under the old confedera
i tion, and by the assent of Virginia, who owned
! and ceded the country, and t case
; must stand cn its own special circumstances.
The Government M’ the ljnite«l States <*l aimed
territory by virtue of the* treaty < f 17Sd with
Great Ilritain acquired territory by cessions
from Georgia and North Carolina—by treaty
from France, and by treaty from Spain. These
acquisitions largely extended t-lie original lim
its of the Itepublic. In all these acquisitions
the policy of the Government was uniform. It
opened them to tin* settlement of all the citi
zens of all of the States of the I’niuu. They
emigrated thither with their property of every
kind lin* lading slaves,)—all were equally pro
tected by public nut!toiity in their persons
and property, until the inhabitants became
sufficiently numerous, and otherwise capable
lof hearing the burthens and performing tile
duties of self-government; when they were
admitted into the Fnion upon equal termr*
with the other states, with whatever republi
can Constitution they might adopt for them
selves.
Fader this equally just and beneficent poli
cy, law and order, stability and progress,
power and prosperity, marked every stop of
the progress of these new communities, until
they entered as great and prosperous com
monwealths into the shlerhoud of American
States.
In 1820, the North • •id* «vnr*xl to overturn
this wise ‘ind successful policy, and demanded
that tlie State of Missouri should not be ad
mitted into the Guinn unless she first prohibit
ed slavery within her limits by her Constitu
tion. After a Litter and protracted struggle,
the North was defeated in her special object;
but her policy and position led to theadoption
ot a section in the law for the admission of
Missouri', prohibiting slavery in all that por
tion of the territory acquired from France, ly
ing North of oGdcg. SO min. North latitude,
and outside of Missouri. The venerable Mad
ison at thg,.time of its adoption, declared it
unconstitutional. Mr. Jefferson condemned
. the restriction, and foresaw- its consequences,
and predicted that it would result in the dis-
I solution of the Union. This prediction is now
history. The Noith demanded the applica
tion of the principle of the prohibition of sla
-1 very to all of the country acquired from Mcx
| ico, and all other parts of tlie public domain,
then, and in all future time. It was the an
nouncement of her purpose to appropriate to
herself a!l the public domain then owned, and
thereafter to bo acquired, by the United
States. The claim itself was less arrogant and
insulting than the reasons with which she
supported it, that reason was her fixed pur
pose, to limit, restrain and finally to abolish
; slavery in the Stale where it exists. The
•South, w it! LTP'.'d uii.'uimif ;• . <!••• !.!•<••! >:<r
pwrpoAc to resist the principle of prohibition
to the last extremity. This particular ques
tion, in connection with astries of questions,
affecting the same subject, was finally dis
posed ofbv tlfd defeat of prohibitory legisla
tion - Tlie Presidential election of 18G2 re
sulted in she *total overthrow- of the advocates
of restriction and their party friends. Imme
diately after this result, the anti-slavery j*or
tion of the defeated party resolved to unite all
the elements in the North opposed to slavery
and to stake their future 'poUticaA fortunes
upon their hostility to slavery everywhere.
This is the party to wliorn flic people of the
North have committed your government.
They mired their standard in 187*6, and,' were
barely defeated. They entered the Presiden
tial contest again in 1866, and succeeded.
Tlie prohibition of slavery in tlie Territories,
hostility to it everywhere, the equality of the
white and black rotes, disregard of all Consti
tutional guarantees in its favor were boldly
'proclaimed by its leaders and applauded by
its followers. With these principles on their
banner, and these utterances on their lips, the
majority of the people of the North demand
that wc shall receive them as our rulers. The
prohibition of slavery in the Territories is the
cardinal principle of this organization.
For forty years, this question has been con
sidered and debated in the halls of Congress,
before tlie people, by the press, and before the
tribunals of justice. The majority of ttfn pco
pic of tlie North, in 1 St?o, decided it, ift their
own t'nvor. We refuse to submit to that
judgment, and in vindication of r refusal,
we offer tlie f onstituion of our country, and
point to tlie total absence of any express pow
er to exclude us— we offer tlie practice of our
Government for the first thirty years of its ex
istence in complete refutation of the position
Unit any such potver is either necessary or prop
er to the 'execution of any other power in rela
tion to the Territories. We offer the judg
ment of a large minority of tlie people of the
North f amounting to 'mote than one-third,
who united with tlie unanimous will of the
South, against this usurpation; ami fmanly,
wo offer the jud|fcient of the Supreme Court
of the United States, the Ugliest judicial tri
hunal of our country, in our favor. This evi
dence ought to lie conclusive, that we have
ncVer £urrcndc'i'cd this right; the conduct of
our adversaries is as if w chad surrendered it—
;t is time to resume it. The faithless con
duit of our adversaries is not confined to such
acts as might aggrandise themselves in their
section of the Union ; they are content, if they
can only injure us. ThcConststution declares
that persons charged with crimes in one
State, and fleeing to another, shall be deliv
ered up on the demand of the Executive au
thority of the State from which they may flee,
to he tried in the jurisdiction where the
crime Was committed.
It would appear difficult to employ lang
uage freer from ambiguity; Vet for above
jwenty years, the non-slavelmlding States,
generally, have wholly refused to deliver up
to us persons charged with crimes affecting
g ’ive property ; our confederal.s. with Funic
faith, shield and give sanoLm.iy to nil crimin
als. who seek to deprive us of this property,
or who use it to destroy nS. This clause of
the Constitution rei|uires them to surrender
fugitives from labor- 'J bis provision, and the
one last refcir. and to. were our 'main induce
ments for ei nil-derating with the mi tlicrn
States. Without tb in. it :> lestoi ic :;!V trie,
that Me -Ik n’-l !■ Q-. rc’ceti-l the f en-titr.-
't.ion. In the faerfh T ANARUS, ' V c{ ife I'l jllH'W 1 .
(■, ugre s has pas a. lav io jive full vigi r
and elficienev to this i: :port-nt provision.
This art depended to a eotisMer.-Ule degree
upon tie local magistrates et the several
States for its cflirlenry. 'i he lion-slaveltold
[ ing States generally repealed ail laws inlcnd
! e<l to aid the. execution of that cot. and im
posed penalties up! 11 the sc eiliceps wln-se
lova.lv to the I'onstitctioii, s lid (heir oaths,
might induce them to discharge their duty.
| Congress then passed the a. t of i- 'ft. pro
viding for the complete rve. nlicn ot lids duty
I,v Federal officers. Tub law. which their
own had faifii rendered absolutely indispensi
ble for the protection of Oonstilutional rights,
was instantly met with ferocious refilings,
and all conceivable inodes of hostility. The
Supreme Court unanimously, and their own
local courts, with equal unanimity, (with tlie
single and solitary exception of the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin.) 'sustained As Constitu
tionality in all of its provisions. Yet it stands
to-day a dead letter, for all practical purposes,
in every non-slaveliolding State in the Union.
We have their covenant; lmt tlie unfortun
ate claimant, even accompanied by a Federal
officer, with the mandate- of Iho highest judi
cial authority in li is hands, is everywhere met
with fraud, forces, mid with legislative enact
ments, to elude, to resist, .to defeat him.
Claimants are murdered with impunity; offi
cers of the law are beaten by frantic mobs,
instigated by inflamatory appeals from per
sons holding the highest public employments
in their States, supported by legislation in
conflict with tlie clearest provisions of the
Constitution, and even the ordinary principles
of humanity. Ifi several of otir confederate
States, a citizen cannot travel the highway,
with 11is servant, who may voluntarily accom
pany him, without being declared by law a
felon, and being subjected to infamous pun
ishments. .It is difficult to perceive how we
could suffer inure by the hostility that! by the
fraternity of such brethren.
The public laws of civilized nations require
every State so restrain its citizens or subjects
from committing acts injurious to tlie peace
and safety of any other—States attempting to
insurrection, or to lessen the security, or dis
turb the tranquility of their neighbors, and
our Constitution wisely gives Congress tlie
power to punish all offences against the laws
of nations. Those are sound and just princi
ples, Which have received the approbation of
just men in all countries and in all centuries ;
but they are wholy disregarded by ihe people
of the northern States, and the Federal Gov
ernment is impotent to maintain them. For
twenty years past, tlie Abolitionists and their
allies in the northern States have been en
gaged in constant efforts to subvert our insti
tutions, and to excite insurrections and. ser
vile war amongst us. They have sent emis
saries amongst tm for the aernmplishinont of
their purposes. Some of these efforts have
received the public sanction of n majority of
the leading men of the Kcpublican party in
the national councils—the same men who are
now proposed as our rulers. These offorts
have, in one instance, led to the actual in
vasion of one ofthe slavehoiding Staffs, and
those of the murderers and incendiaries who
escaped public justice by flight have found
fraternal protection among our northern con
federates. These are the men who say the
Union shall be preserved.
Such arc the opinions, ami such arc the
Ir i. tiecs, i lli< llepuhli' iiii party wl 1 v<
been called, by vctog to UuiinisU:
the Federal i>.vert* t r tbc Const it*-
tier, if the l luted We know their
tf-achcry —we Kit* shallow pretences f
under which they disregard its plainest!
obligations. U vvt ftbirm to them it will la
our fault, and u,r thtiffi «n»e people of j
Georgia In v* ever l. Cn wjlUn „ tc stand by j
this bargain thtaljitract. They havenevdr
’ ' ■' Hs v eKig ations—they !
nc ” r' , v'.rr.meft^Bj, e y have struggled to ,
maintain tlic-^^^K, Tights of themselves
and the h rfed v! ,,i.. r -t...
Constitution. know the value of
parchmeet hands; and,
therefore, they rSfc to commit tin ir own to j
the rulers whom|W North offer us. Why > .
nocause, by principle and polhiy, |
they bare outlaw^three thousand millions |
of our 'operty common Territories of i
tin- Union—put itAlcr the lafi ofthe Re- j
public in the Stutft, j,ere it exists—and Ol.t
of tlie protection M- cdcral law everywhere- j
liecatise they to thieves atid
incendiaries who W;] it to Ulc whole'extent j
ot their power, inftte of their most solemn j
obligations and jwnanls —because their j
avowed purpose subvert our society, and j
suiiject us not the loss of our property,
but. the dost ourselves, our wives,
and our children, W\ the desolation of our
heftnes, our alters,our firesides. To avoid
these evils, \ve rc^B e the powers which our
fattore ,* Government of the
new.
safeguards foV oTr vbeVtV, ‘(jq'uality, security,
and tranquility.
Ten thousand copies of the address were
ordered to l>c printed, and the Clerks were
directed to pla&4t on the journals.
Editorial Conrsp&idcnccqf the True Pnnourat.
Mu.um;xviLi.E, Jan. 18G1.
The Convention was called to order this
morning -at 11 o’el *ek. Prayer was offered by
the Rev. Mr. Adai.us of this city.
Mr. Purch pres»*ntcd .the credentials of Hon.
Thos. W. White, t'oniiuissioner from the
State, of MTssissijqii. which wfre read, together
with the Ordinance of Secession of that Shite.
Mr. Stephens, of Taliaferro, a reso
lYitiofl, that the commission of Mr. White and
the accompanying papers, iih ako those pre
sented by the commissi*.ners from the States
of South Carol in. ill ml Alabama, be published
in an appendix to. the journal of the conven
tion. IT
The resolution agreed to.
On motion of Alexander, of Upson, a
| committee conslfllii*' of Messrs. Alexander,
| Reynolds and Simmons, c f Pickens, were ap
pointed to.wait on Mr. White and ascertain at
what time it wouM suit bis pleasure to com**
muifk'atc with th * convention.
The President presented to the convention
the fol 1 o'winir resolatioYis. p irpor\ing 'to havc
j been transmitte*' from tbc Governor of Ten
nessee. He stated that bo could hot vouch
f.»r their authenticity, as no letter of explana
tion accompanied them —tlml bo would sub
mit to the convcution% what action should be
taken upon them. They were ordered to l*c
read, which was dene, amid loud applause—
;".d ■ n mot:‘o:i, vere biid oh ihe (Able for the
! these :it.
“.Lint Rcsoluli-ns adopt''d by the I.crrisla
tr.re of Tcnne^fc.”
l»esoil'cl his !,.:*• iicrvl .l.m.A/// af t.'n' Sfalf of
General Assembly lies
' ! ■ c iffi
recently : *’oj toil 1 y the Bt:itc .of Ne w Vt'irk.
tendering t: c i npl nmnev t » t! e I' ere’ent of
! the United States In bo used in coercing cer
tain sovereign States of I lie South, in obe
dience to the Geicral GnvtTCmeht.
/iVe/iv//, Jbat ibis ti’cneval Assembly re
< • :v«"S the a’didi of the Let islature « f N* v.
A <*ik as the imli nlion of a pinj»ose, upon the
part of tlie pcophi < f that State, to flirtlier
o-mplicate exist na- difficulties, l y forcing the
people of tlie Si itli t«» the extremity of suh
.mission or resist 111*0, and so regarding it. the
: Governor <>f Ihe Stall' of Tennesscv. 1 , iis hereby
j requested t<» infi rm -the Executive of tbc State
; of Now York, that it is the. opinion of this
Gehi'ral Asseinh v. that whenever the autlior
ities of that State bhail send armed forces to
the South, for jie purpose indicated in said re
solutions, the jK-opio of Tennessee, uniting
with their l>retivfc:il ofthe South, iviil, as one
: man. resist such invasion of the soil of tl*'
South, at all hasirds and to Ibfc lffst cxtVeini
ty a
W. C. WniTtiiofisk,
Speaker oft House of Representatives.
Taz. W. Newman,
Speaker of the Senate.
Adopted Jan. 18, 18oi.
Mr. Whiteii/ad offered a resolution that
when tlie Convention adjourns, it shall ad
journ to re-assciahle at Savannah, at the call
of the President. Laid over under the rule.
Mr. Penning from the Committee on Rela
tions with Slave States, presented the follow
ing tesolutions, three hundied copies of which
were ordered to he printed ;
“ Resolved , Thit in the opinion of this Con
vention, no State ought to he admitted into
the new Confederacy to be formed at Montgo
mery, unless such State shall tolerate the ex
istence of slavery as ohe of itn own domestic
instittiiiohs an’d shall permit an ihtcr-Stale
traffic in its citfeens, and that
should any any time, abolish the in
stitution witbiiUfs limits, such State shall ip
so facto, cease tome a member of said Confede
racy. ’ ’
Mr. Aiidcrsohyfrom the Committee on Com
mercial and Podal Arrangements, substituted
| the following risolutions :
ll'fin-ras. The policy of direct trade between
I the States of the South and foreign nations,
assumes mote ihan ordinary importance, in
1 view ofthe wbieli the seceding Slates
must bear to the world. Therefore,
Bo it rescind, That this convention is forci
bly impressed with (be necessity, to the fu
ture welfare and honor of the South, of direct
trade with European hat foils, from some port
or ports upon the Atlantic coast, at the South,
under the dominion of the Southcrii Confede
racy.
Itesolved, Th£»our members to the Southern
Congress, to be held at Montgomery, are here
by earnestly requested to bring this subject
forward, atari SLriy day, before that assembly,
and to urge thMadoption of efficient measures
to accomplish Afo great measure of Southern
Independence.’^
Mr. Nisbetpresented a resolution instruct
ing the Committee on foreign affairs, to nomi
nate to the Convention on to-morrow at 12
o’clock, ni., sit!table commissioners from the
State of Georgia, to certain slave States.
Mr. llocxl offered a substitute, prepared in
conformity to directions from the Committee,
which was accepted by Mr. Nisbet.
Mr. Kenarf-moved to strike out “ Del;:-
ur, Fending the r' lisi.l.ration of which
a motion to lay the resolution ou the table for
the present, prevailed.
Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on the Con
stitution and laws, reported the following or
dinances, 300 copies of each of which were or
dered th be printed.
AN ORDINANCE. F
To aWlish the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States for the District of Georgia,
and to establish other Courts in Men thereof.
, and to continue in force certain judgements
and executions.
Tlie people of Georgia, in Convention as- i
eeml.led, herehv ifeclhre and ordain that the i
; Circuit and District Courts of Ihe late United j
| States, for the State of Georgia, he and the |
| same are hereby re-established as Courts o* j
, the independent State of Georgia, with the;
, same jurisdiction and powers as they had un
; tier the laws 'of the United States, except so i
I far as "Ihe slime are modified by the Ordinances ;
! of this Convention.
2. The commissions qf all the judges and;
I Officers of said Courts arc hereby terminated,
i and the Governor of this State is hereby au- ■
! thorized to appoint and commission Judges
| and Officers of said Courts to hold their com 1
| mission until the further act km of this Coli
| vention.
3. The causes now pending in said Courts
civil and criminal, are continued without prej
udice in the Courts hereby established, and
the judgments and decrees heretofore ren
dered therein, and the executions issued there-J
iin, shall loose no right, lick, or validity by j
I tba of. this ordinance or the ordi
nace of seCe sion, hut shall continue Yu force
ns if the said Courts remained in'existclfcc.
AN ORDINANCE.
To adojit and continue in force the laws of
the late United States in the State of Geor
gia, except as therein accepted.
The people of Georgia in convention assem
bled do declare and ordain as follows :
1. That such and so much of the haws of
the late United States as are not inconsistent
with the ordinance of secession, and the other
ordinances of this Convention, and as are appli
cable and adapted <0 'our present condition
and necessities, be and tlie same arc hereby
adopted and continued in force in this State,
saving and excepting however, the laws on
tlie subjects following, to wit. the army,
bounty lands, cadets, census, coasting trade,
treason, fisheries, lands, the navy, pension's,
printing, public money, timber, treasury and
the war department.
i 2. That in all cases in which remedies are
i provided in civil cases, or punishments are
1 prescribed, in criminal cases, both by the laws
| of the said United Fffites and by the existing
I laws of this State, then and in all such cases
the laws of this State shall take precedence to,
and be administered before the said laws of
the United States.
AN ORDINANCE. .
To define and declare what,shall lie treason
and misprison of treason in the State of
! Georgia ; and also certain felonies.
I The people of Geoigia in Convention as
; seinhloii, do iiercbv declare and ordain. Unit
! if an v person or persons owing allegiance to
j the State of Georgia, shall levy war against
! said State, or shall adhere to her enemies,
i giving tin in aid and comfort, within the said
State, or elsewhere, or shall in the name o*
| the late Unite 1 States of Ann-, id. or any i.iii-
I or f ,reign power seize or attempt to seize and
d||M po.'re; sioii against the dig la w 1 will of
Fr iM State of anv f'u t. ari -un!. mint, or other
1 Mltwmig within til" teiKiV.ri.A li.uVt,. ,*r cal
! State, trini ihall 1-e thereof convicted on con
: session, ifi iqtcn Court, or on the testimony ot
j two witnesses to the overt act ofthe treasoft
i whcrcot lie i r they shall he adfulgo l guilty
j of treason against the State of thftlr£*.a, and
i shall suffer death.
! A person bVivingkiicuvicdgeoftiiocohimis
! sion of any of "the truasonablo nets aforesaid,
| mid conceals or fails to disclose the same, as
, soon as may be. to tlie Governor of said State,
; or some cam of the Judges thereof, shall he
\ guilty of misprison of treat* n. and on coiivic-
I tion shall be punished by imprisonment and
labor in tlie penitentiary not less, than five
; nor longer than —years.
j Any citizen of tlie State of ticotgia, where
j ever resident, who shall, without the permis
j sion of said State, directly or indirectly, com
hiciiee or carry on an.V verbal or written cor
respondence or intercoui'Sfc with any foreign
government or aiiy officer or agent tlicrcof,
with an,intent to iiifltience the measures or
conduct of such government adversely to the
existence or interest of said State, in violation
to any disputes or Controversies with said
i State, or to defeat the measure of the govern
[ mciil of said State ; or if any such person, not
! duly authorized, shall counsel advise, aid or
assist, iii any such correspondence such citi
zen of Georgia shall be guilty of a felony, and
on conviction shall be punished by imprison
ment in tlie penitentiary, not less than one
nor more than three years, and by a fine not
exceeding five thousand dollars,
AN ORDINANCE.
Concerning citizenship.
#Vo the people of the State Georgia, in
Convention assembled, do declare, and ordain
and it is hereby declared and ordained,
1. Every person who, at the date of tlie or
dinance of secession was residing in tlie State,
ntid tVas limit by birth, residence, or naturali
zaticn, a, citizen ‘of tills State, and shall con
tinue a citizen oflOils Stiff'- nnlw\ (' !'• Tt p-n
residence shall lie establiShit by such' person,
with the intention of expatriation.
2. So also shall Continue every free white
person, who after the vote aforesaid may ho_
1)01*11 within the territory of this State, dr miiy
he Torn outside Os that territory of a father
who then was a citizen of this State.
3. So also every person, ii citizen of anyone
of the States now confederated under the
natse of the United States of Ameiicd, who
within twelve months after the Vote rjf or
dinance of secession slntll come to fesidc iff
tliin State with the intention of remaining,
upon such persons taking the oath of allegi
ance to this State below provided.
4. So also every free white: persofa ivho shall
lie engaged in the actual service; military or
naval of the State; and shall take an oath of
his intention to continue in such service for
at least three motiths unless sooner discharged
honorably, and also the oaths shall bo admin
istered by some commissioned Officers of the
service in which the applicant for citizenship
; may be engaged, superior ill rank to the np
j plicant, and thereupon certificate of the citi
zenship of the applicant shall be signed by
the officer and delivered to the applicant.
o. Also, every person not a citizen of any of
tlie States above mentioned, at the date afore
said, who may come to reside in this State,
with the intention of remaining, and may be
naturalized according to the naturalizat on laws
of this State. Until they may be altered or
I repealed, the naturalization laws ofthe United
'St lb-*, ncvoinm?''* ifc-l the special condition of
the State, arc hereby made the laws of this ,
State, except that instead Os the oaths requir- ;
ed by those laws, in the final act. the oath of
allegiance to this State and of adjuration be-1
low provided, slial! be taken.
-*«. Jh all cases, tlie citizenship of a man j
shall extend to liis wife, preseut or future,
whenever she shall have a resdence in the
State, end shall extend, also, to each of liis
children that, under the age of 18 years, may
have residence in the'State. In like manner,
the citizenship of a woman shall extend to
each of her children that, under the age of
18 years. SiayJiaVc a residence in the State,
provided that in no case shall citizenship ex
tend to any person who is not a "free white per
son.
7. That the oath of allegiance to this State i
shall be in the following form, to wit : “I do 1
swear (or affinn)that I will be faithful, and
true allegiance bear ttlie State of Georgia, so
long as I may continue a citizen thereof.”
7. The oitli of abjuration shall he in the
following form to wit : “I do swear (affirm)
tiiat I do renounce and forever abjure an alle
giance and fidelity to every Prince, Potentate,
State or Sovereignty whatever, except the
State of Georgia.”
AN ORDINANCE.
Tn relation to Oaths heretofore required of
Public Officers and Attorneys at I .aw.
Tlie people of Georgia, in Convention assem
bled, declare and ordain, that tlie oath here
| toforc required to be administered' to Public
j Officers and Attorneys and Solicitors at Law to
support tiie Constitution of the Unitcdßtates.
shall discontinued. I l t$
The ordinance in relation to the oaths cf
officers &c. , was read the second time, and
passed vnrmimnuslp.
Mr. Poe offered a resolution authorizing the
Secretary, to have taken photographic copies
of the Ordinance of Secession and signature!;,
which was agreed to. This is a well merited
; favor Mr. Lamar, to whom, and liis courteous
: and gentlemanly assistant, Major Steele, I afii
indebted for many kindnesses. I wish him
abundant remuneration in the effort to furnish
■ ex#|ftteiii s to every household iff Georgia.
1 (fflPscnator and Representatives in the Con-'
I gross of the late United States were on ’motion
I of Mr. llull, admitted to scats within the
Hall.
Ou motion of Mr. Stephens, of Taliaferro, the
Governor was directed to have published, all
the ordinance's which have passed, or may
pass, unless otherwise directed.
A resolution was adopted authorizing Major
H. J. G. Williams, of Baldwin, who rendered
the comyhittec essential service, who ctir rossed
the ordinance, in procuring the parchment!,
and to having inscribed upm it. "Engrossed
bV )i. j. G. Wliianis. of Baldwin."
The follow ing ordinance was takeft tip and
passed :
AS* 'OTtl)iS r ANCE.
To resume jurisdiction over those paces within
the limits of Georgia, over which jurisdic
tion lias been heretofore ceded to the late Uni
ted States of America, and to provide for com
pensation to the said United States for the
improvements erected thereon.
The pV-eple of Georgia in C\ hv'cVition assem
bled, do hereby declafo aVul ordain. That the
cessiotis hvfftofoi'i: iliade by the General As
sembly of this State granting jurisdiction to
the lass United Shite* of America over specifi
ed portions nf the Tonitovy within tlie pres
ent. limits of Ihe State of Georgia, be and the
same arc hereby revoked and withdrawn, and
t r-'ll s»i4,>,!i.'tka> «n,l sovereigntj» ever the
s.’/uVe, are i re’ v resumed by the said Flatr.
llr.il/ttrttrr oii.U.Mvf, That the buildings,
maciiini rv. fortifierti'-ns or other improvement
creeled on the land so heretofore ceded to tlie
said Unit' and States, or other proper v fciind
therein, shall he held by this State, subject to
accounted for in any future adjustment of the
claims between this Stale and the said United
Staff's-.
The Convention then went into secret ses
sion. W.
Wednesday, FeU’y Gth, 1861.
R. C. ROBBINS, Editor.
*
The address of the jieoplc of Oeor
ffiit, setting forth the reason ft if a sep
aration from tlie Fed oral Unioii, aldj T
perfoims that duty, and in a snccihct
mannef pi Vos the origin, progress,
and final triumph of the Abolition par
ty, in ('lectins' their chief inag'istrate
ojHike fith of November last. It Jr a
sUPSrisr review of the want of faith
on the part of our Northern brethren in
the performance of a plain constitu
tional ditty, Mr. Toomiis is the au
thor of it, and wc presume from the
tone of some of the Northern presses,
and tiie amount of vituperation in
which they have horn indnl<rin<r for
some months, past towards this dis
tinguished gentleman, that they must
have, 1 and ill' now fi-i-1 tin, force of ftlic
facts, and the logic, wliieh lie brings
to bear against them.
In speaking of tlie fugitive slave
law, tlie address proceeds thus :
‘‘Thislaw, wliieh their Own had faith ren
dered indispensable, for the protection of
Constitutiohal rights, Was instantly met with
ferocious reviliiigs, and all Conceivable modes
of hostility.”
True, and immediately sprang into
e||(jj.teiu'o that book which was read
the ivorl 1 oVer, Entitled 11 t'nele Finn’s
Cabin;” ptirfintting to give, although in
the ffarb of fiction; a trtithful picture
of tlie “pectiliar ihStUiition.” Not
content with giving this Book; which
tended to inflame tlie already embit
tered minds of the Northern people
against their Southerfl br'fcthteli H le
git iinate Circulation, it was drfftria
tized, and placed Upon the stage,
wherfc tor nearly two hundred conse
cutive nigl ts in the city of New York,
its appearance was greeted by an im
mense audience, and its thrilling
scenes ofimaginary woes, wept over by
sympathising, and tend r hearted wo
man, who no doubt returned from each
rehearsal, more and more determined,
that it was her duty, as also that ■ l'
her Father. Brothers and Friends, to
root out if posible, this Evil from the
land.
Over the seas it went, followed by
its authoress, and both met with such
a reception from many quarters as is
seldom accorded either to American
books, or their authors. Emboldened
by this first success, the authoress es
sayed her l'.aVfd on another work, enti
tled "Dred, a tale ofthe Dismal Swamp’
which rn eomparisoil with the Ist fell
stale born from tlie press. These
with many others, (all bad) were the
fruits of the passage of this law so es
! sential to the security and safety of
Southern property, and Bo just anil
proper in itself.
This Address will no read with in
terest hv all our people.
Atte.vtio'x Farmers. —The season for
planting is rapidly approaching, and
ore long the Cotton and the grain must
be in the ground. A portion of the
week just passed has been quite pro
pitious for Farm Work, and We no
ticed that our FarAVers were taking
advantage of it, to accomplish as much
as possible. Another portion has been
i'q.uito as iu>pmpiti(%us, Jnyng, a, gteatU
Ideal of the time unfit for outdoor
work, on account of hard and con
stant rains. Tn this connection, we
bog leave to call the attention of our
readers to the tact, that Messrs. -John
son & Fv.niis, Nrt. it, 0. IF R., are the
authorised Agent'S for tlie sale of
‘Fhoenix Guano,” “imported front
McKean’s Island, South Pacific ocoffin."
t)n jingo sth, of a descriptive and
ecrtincatiVig pamphlet, which, is now
before us, we find that the importers
of this Guano have opened their entire
Stock, consisting of several thousand
tons, to the eminent, and reliable Pro
fessor Jones, “ Chemist to the Cotton
I Planter’s Convention, and Professor of
| Medical Chemistry In the Medical Col-
1 1 lege or Georgia a*. Augusta.” Analy
ses have been made by Professor
[ Jones, Professor Charles U. Shephard,
of Charleston, S C., ind Professor J.
1 Darby, of Alabama, all of which are
v'ery flattering as to the merits 'of tliift
fertilizer The barrels analyzed by
. these gentlti.. ?n were selected b.y Pro
fessor Jones, and not by the owner*.
' | These Professors arc gentlemen id the
j first standing as chemists-, and are s i
j refroghized,. The certificates of those
. | who hsiVc tißG'il it, an: I'fcin amongst
• j the best jfliVhters of the Ktate-, id el
>; speak-in the highest terms of its fi-r
--'jtilizing qualities. We are informed
1 that it is sold in iis natural state, but
! has no miri? tumps. Albssrs. Johnson
. & Evans, propo-mto sb'!| at Soennnnh ,
J>nee*~ 11 ayit.gv- ),*,»! freight a'ditet!
■ ffh'cli will make it $43 per ton, <h li-
I ! vrred at No. ll C. K. R. cash, or ?is,
I I on time withoiit iiiteres" till November
. next, v- ilVh latter gives the (flanferan
• ojifiol tunity of making the motley i t
- 11 fore paying ibr the fertilizer; By pur
; chiiSihg iVoiff them planters can save
the commissions which they pay to
their com. merchants, when ordered
through them, and they will also be
patronizing', enterprising and Worthy
uitiffen?. tis our own cuunty, and the
convenience of the matter should bo
some inducement; Ifytm arU Heeding
anything of this kind, (and we know
many of you do) give them a trial
they are gentlemen ami will do you
right:
II iih this number; commences the
2nd Vol. of the Louisville Garette.
ft a i.v ! Rain*. —A great deiii of rain
lias fallen during tlie past wcek-Fears
are entertained of a freshet in Aligns*
ta. If as much rain has fallen in the
np country, as below, iVe presume the
Savannah will be high; but we hope
our Augiislit people may sustain no
damage.
Col. A. It. Wright of Richmond las
been appointed Ooiumissidnbf to the
State of .Maryland. We rejoice at
this evidence of appreciation of the
Col’s talents; ’ ) tt
Our Volunteer Company is getting
along finely- -sfi names having been
enrolled, and we hear of many who
will shortly apply for admission. The
militia ivili soott iic reofficered, and re
organized, so that *.ve fitly to 3-011, that
now, before the Coifipatly gets too
large, is the time to Volunteer. You
tvill be compelled to pcifttriti fnilitary
Hty, and it is much fitufe pleasant lo
do so, in it well organised Wfijl drilled
Volunteer Company; than as a militia
man
sty reference to our especial notice
column it will be seen that Maj. Win.
IF Battey is a candidate fur Col. and
llios. N. Bulbil!, Esq!-, for Maj of this
Battalion. Elofitioil the 14th. day of
the present ItiUilth;
Congress, does not seem to be the
centre of attraction now as formerly.
State conventions and Southern Con
gresses scent to be the order of the
day. These are attracting the atten
tion of the people, both North and
S'luth.