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From the Republic.
HON. HOWELL COBB.
This distinguished gentleman arrived in
Macon on Monday evening last, and is now,
with his family, a "guest at the residence of
John B. Lamar, Esq. He appears to be
iu excellent health and spirits, and to have
been bat little damaged by the arduous du
ties of the session, which closed on the 4th
iust. It has been his lot to be the best
abused, and most highly complimented man
of his lime. It was indeed a singular coin
cident that while the very presses which
aided to place him in position were vilify
ing and abusing him at home, the House of
Representatives at,
compliment ever bestowed upon one of its
presiding officers. We see it noted in
some of the Northern papers, accompan
ied with expressions of deep regret, that
the national councils are likely to lose his
valuable services. If such should be the
case, we trust that tire nation's loss may bo
Georgia’s gain. The times are sadly out
of joint, and we need at home, as well as
abroad, the guidance of seise, sagacious and
conservative leaders.
\\ e copy the above from the Macon
Journal & Messenger of the 19th inst., a
few words of which we have italicised.
We have no desire to place the Journal &.
Messenger and Mr-Cobb iu an exceedingly
awkward and unpleasant predicament be-
the country. But the course of that paper,
in its bitter attacks upon Southern Rights
men. and the extreme harshness of some of
Mr. Cobh’s ternarks as reported by it, justi
fy the publication of the following.—
It wa9 pub'ished to the country, by the
Journal &Messenger, shortly after Mr.
Cobb’s election to the 'Speakership of the
House of Representatives.
'Mr. Cobb and the Freesoilers.—It
would seem as if Mr. Cobb were resolved
to carry out hisfreesoil propensities in the
appointment of the several committees.—
The complete list w ill be found in another
column. The following summary will
show that he has given the fanatics a promi
nence altogether disproportionate ; to their
numbers'
Does our Macon contemporary place its
self among those by whom Mr. Cobb was
‘best abused]’ Was it at that time ‘cil/ify-
ing and abusing him at homeV He may
be wise and sagacious, but what has made
him so conservative in the eyes of the
Journal & Messenger? If it was his sup
port of the ‘compromise,’ we re-pectfully
ask of the Journal if Messenger to point, if
it can, to a single gain which it conferred
upon the South.
We turn now for a moment to the
Chronicle k Sentinel, from whose issue of
the 22d inst., we copy the following:
Mr. Cobb’s Vindication.— We are pleas
ed to give place, from the Journal & Mes»
senger, to the authorized statement of the
Hon. Howell Cobb, in reply to the base
calumny put forth by the New-York Tri
bune, and so eagerly caught up and repea
ted by its allies, tho disanionists of tho
South. Where Mr. Cobb is known, no
such vindication was uecessary; for no im
partial or honest man, who knows Howell
Cobb, whatever his political prejudices,
would hesitate to pronounce such a charge,
from whatever source, a base and infamous
calumny.
We will take occasion to say that wc
did not for a moment believe the charge
that Mr. C.had mutilated tho journals of
the House. We copy the above merely to
show how the Chronicle & Sentinel is now
lavishing its praise upon him. That paper,
as we showed some days ago, attacked the
purity of his motives in his appointment of
the House committees, and charged him
with infidelity to the South.
The Savannah Republican also tried to
stick him Under the fifth rib. The Savan
nah Georgian of a recent date, alluding to
its attack, showed off the Republican after
the following fashion:
‘He (Mr. Cobb) was a traitor to the
South, and dishonest as a politician. Else
what meaneth this? ‘He (Mr. Cobb) voted
away our rights for a mess of pottage,' and
this—‘It is enough for the Whigs of Geor
gia to know that Cobb has * betrayed our
rights' * * * ‘ Whigs at least can
never votefor Mr. Cobb.’
On another occasion the Republican thus
spoke:
‘Why Mr. Cobb (as Speaker) should
have put three freesoilers on these three
committees we will not pretend now to ex
plain. The people of Geotgia * * *
will doubtless see the honesty of Mr. Cobb’s
motives iu all this matter, and reward him
accordingly.’
The italics and capitals nre our.’
This if* the showing which the Savannah
Georgian made of the Savannah Republi
can. Other papers, now of the Constitus
tional Union party, attacked Mr. Cobb in
the same way.
We ask if it is possible for a man to be
more severely attacked than Mr. Cobb was
by these papers. Even his honor was as
sailed.
When Mr. Cobb, in his late speech, was
applying the term infamous (according to
the Journal’s report) to acts of the people of
South Carolina, in defence of their rights,
honor and interests, and was defending his
course, it would not have been amiss in
him to have vindicated himself against the
fierce assaults of the papers to which we have
alluded. It would have been more becom
ing in him to have defended his assailed
honor, than to have assailed- the people of
South Carolina for defending theirs. We
may take occasion to refer again to that
speech of Mr. Cobb’s at Macon.
Mr. Cobb, the prey and the intended vie*
tim of those papers, at the time referred to,
is now the object of their adulation. If he
did not fall in the first instance, it was not
because the poisoned arrows were| not
aimed at him with a deathful intent. Par
tisan papers, which lust for victory and
spoils, can gnash their teeth at one moment
and smile the next. But a discriminating
people will know how much confidence to
repose in their words of censure or praise.
Mr. Cobb was then to be bunted down, and
is now to be sustained, forthe same rea
son, the success of party and the enjoy
ment of the loaf and the fish.
If Mr. Cobb can be be satisfied with en
comiums now, from those who struck him
so deep about two years since, it is his bus
iness not oura. We re!er to the subject to
expose their inconsistency and to shield the
Southern Rights party from their combined
efforts to destroy its usefulness.
I From the Savannah Georgian.
THE DEMOCRACY OF VIRGINIA.
We copy below from the Richmond En
quirer a glowing account of the proceed
ings of the Democratic Convention lately
held in Richmond for the nomination of a
member oi Congress. It is perhaps gener
ally known, that there was in tho Richmond
district, some difference of opinion among
Democrats in relation to the Compromise.
While a large majority, we believe, went
with Mr. .Seddon, their Congressional
Representative in his determined and un
faltering opposition to the scheme others
were disposed to favor it—among the lat-
lor -rVUitSnihli fiave the (Compromise Dem-
j ocrats of Virginia pursued? Have they
i quit their own party and gone over to the
j Whigs as Mr. Cobh is endeavoring to
:_j ■*-- class in Geotgia to
From tho New York Herald. 18th ult.
THE RECENT ELECTION IN OHIO AND |
NEW HAMPSHIRE—PREVALENCE OF
ANTISLAVERY SENTIMEET.
The abolition whig papers of the North
are rejoicing over the election of Judge
Wade, a free soil whig, as U. States Sena
tor from Ohio, for six years, and over the
whig gain in Congress and in the legisla
ture by the recent election in New Hamp
shire, with the indication that a majority of
the people of that State are opposed to the
Fugitive Slave law. The abolition organ
in this city, the Tribune, appears to be ex
cessively delighted at these results,and looks
_ r .. ......i u luiiitiuunB at nealthy vigor m
the body politic.
We take a diffeient viow of the results of
these elections, and of the indications of the-
public mind in the North and West, which
they exhibit. We can see nothing in them
but the germans of disaster and ruin to the
American republic, the seeds of civil war,
anarchy, and insurrection, among tire peo
ple, in the distance. If the whig paity of
the North identify itself with anti-slavery
sentiments, and with opposition to the
Fugitive Slave law, a measure which was
not only called for under the circumstan
ces in which the country was placed, but
direct obedience to the constitution, it is
Front the Savannah Georgian.
THE NE-XT PRESIDENCY.
The Washington Republic, of March 19th, has a
long admonitory article addressed to the Whig party
in relation to the neat Presidency. We have looked
through it to see what the Great Central Organ of
From the Constitutionalist:
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR GOVER
NOR-DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN
PUTNAM.
We invite the attention of our readers in old Put
nam to the call for a Democratic Meeting on the
induce the same
do] Far from it. They have met in
Convention with their political biethren;
and forgetting the past, they have united
with them, in nominating, without a dissen
ting voice, their late delegato to Congress.
I We cannot too highly extol the course of
1 tho Virginia Democracy in this respect.—
j The enthusiasm with which the Enquirer
j goes into Mr. Seddon's support is worthy of
t all commendation,
j Wo only wan in Georgia a manifestation I eesy to perceive that they will go furthe.
I of something of the same spirit of forbear- alu | , est until they will desire to ^esr
i ance and forgetfulness of the past, and we . j ovvn atl( ] trample the constitution under
} will see the party with a very few excep
tions, as firmly united in opposition to
■ Whiggery as ever it was.—If there be any
, Democrats among us, who have in time
( past supported the Wilmot Proviso, as we
t believe has been charged in certain Whig
! presses, they will bo likely to go into the
j Whig ranks. Advocates of tho Proviso
will not find many congenial spirits in the
| Democratic party. We think the Whig
! camp a much more appropriate place for
I them—if there be any who have sustained
i that abominable heresy. The Republican,
! we think, formerly said there were certain
j Georgia politicians who had suppported
the Proviso. If there be any such we shall
i not wonder to find them among the friends
‘ of Fillmore.
Mr Seddon re-nominated for Congress—Mr.
Douglass’ Speech—Perfect harmony and
enthusiasm.
foot, in order to reach slavery in the South
ern States. Fanaticism is never satisfied
until it annihilates everything, or is anni
hilated itself. When tno New England
abolitionists embarked iu tho anti-slavery
agitation, they, did not dare go to the
lengths which now characterize their pro
ceedings, nor did they assail the church and
the State, nor tear the Bible and the con
stitution to pieces before their audiences,
as they have done for the last few years.
Free soilism is nothing but a shade of the
abolitionism of the present Garrison school
of fanatics, anti unless it be checked in
season, will end in the same way. As long
as abolitionism w as confined to the New
England fanatics, it was perfectly harmless
and baldly wortl^r of a thought. The freaks
which they committed before the world
were only matters of amusement to tho pub
lic, and the actors were heartily laughed at.
Bttt the case is far different now. Within a
Whiggery says about the National Convention of rhe ' Tuesday in April, (next Tuesday,) to appoint
‘■Constitutional Union Party” to which our Georgia ' delegates to a Convention to nominate a candidate
Whigs propose sending delegates. What does the ) f ur Governor.
reader suppose to have been our surprise at finding | IVe regret the notice, by inadvertence, did not
, not even mention made ofsach a party; uruch less 1 g e j j t ,| 0 our weekly issue yesterday. But as it ap*
I anything said about its Convention? With the Re-| peared in the last Federal Union, which circulates
public it is the "W hig party” md the “Whig Nation- : hir^cly in Putnam, we presume the notice has al-
I al Convention” all the time We find not a word J rea( Jy been extensively spread, and that a large and
j said in favor of the Union;” inless it is the Union of j influential meeting will he assembled. We are
I die Whig party. The Satonul Intelligencer and pleased to see calls for similar Democratic meelings
\ Washington Union are equaty silent in relation to | | n other couutiers. The work is about to be entered
j the great ITninn party. Is it'fcol strange that, if such ! upon with spirit, and wo anticipate tiial the ap-
| n thing is in being, it should escape all notice from pronciiiug Gubernatorial canvass will be one of the
; these great political presses? We select at randmn ! mjniated and interesting that has ever occnr-
a paragraph from the Republic, from which it would re( i i n Georgia. There is much in the circnmstan-
i seem that the editor had really forgotten, or had nev- ! ces „f ij, e case to inspire the highest and holiest ener-
| er heard of. the proposition for a Constitutional l n- gj PS ot all the fiiends of Democratic principles, of all
■ ion party with its proposed Convention for the nom- j tjtate Rights men under whatever paity name* they
] illation of a Constit ilional Union candidate for the 1 have hitherto acted. The march of Federalism and
next Presidency, it will bn seen that it is ‘‘Whig Consolidation, has of late been rapidly onward,and
success,” and the “Whig Parti/’’ and the “Whig j j t coniines advancing with fearful 8liides. Its pro-
Natinnal ConrenLon," that engross the Republic s ! gress mn»l be checked, nr the Southern Slates will
attention: [.soon feel the power ofanti-slavery acting through
the Federal Government for the destruction of the in
stitution of slavery.
Never was there a time calling more imperiously
vi'-ws or aspirations of any candidate. We”have j for a determined rally ofthe friends of State Rights
j no personal predilections or prejudices that wo are j and of Strict Construction. Never were the pritt-
; not ready to sacrifice to the expressed will of a tna- | ciples of Jeffersonian Republicanism, as set forth by
I iority of the Whig party. We desire only to re- j the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutionol ‘9S and'99'
main iu a position in common with our Whig brelh- : more in danger. In the Southern Slates, these
| ren throughout the country, from which we shall be principles were once recognized as’orthodox by nl*
best able to work together to promote the advance- ! parties. They are now openly derided by influential
! merit of that Presidential candidate whom the Whigs j politicians of the Whig party and their new Deino-
j may select in National Convention. And we think cratic allies in Georgia, because those principles have
! that this end tuny bo most surely attained by the prac- ; become unpopular at the North, and their advocacy
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States Right and Unite* ^tntea’ Right*.
“For our own part, we have no wish but for Whig
success. We hive no desire, directly or indirectly,
to espouse the cause or to promote or discourage the
, tice of a little abstinence and self denial in discussing
I the claims and merits ol individuals. Wo can in-
! sure success only by postponing tho Candidates to
! the Cause.
i most careful men of the South as to the titter iimt
ity of faither attempts at a genuine compromise
have assumed a new and portentous weight. It may,
within a very brief period, turn out that the seces
sionists of South Carolina, basing themselves upon
the farseeing instincts of Mr. Calhoun, have gone
more truly to the mark in their estimate of the ac
tual condition of this country, than those who. do- ,
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We spent some hour, yesterday in the Democrat' j f ew years past, designing and cunning no-
ic Convention lor this district assembled at the Ex' | , itici ' ans have been | aboritiZ to el ,„ ra ft abo-
chanze to nominate a candidate lor Congress. It is
with pleasure and pride that we declare that in no
political deliberation did we ever pass a more satis
factory and agreeable t.me. The full proceedings
.ball appear to-morrow—iu the meantime we can on
ly announce the general result, viz: that James A.
Seddon, Esq, was renominated by un tuimous accla
mation. The Convention was large and most res
pectable—every county in the district was well rep
resented—the deliberations were conducted with en
tire harmony and good feeling—eloquent pledges of
fidelity to the cause, and nothing but the cause, and
in favor of the nomination of Mr. Seddon, were made
by Mr. J. L. Gordon, of Louisa, Dr. E. L. Nelson,
of Hanover, Messrs. Wm. Old, Jr., of Powhattan,
John 11. Young and N. F. Bowe, of Henrico. Jas.
II. Cox of Chesterfield, and Wm. Wallace of Rich
mond City. The Convention was admirably presi
ded over by our friend Dr. Crump, of Powhattan—
whom were glad to find as vigorous, ardent and en
thusiastic as ever—assisted by Thomas Ritchie, jr.,
and John Lynch, ns Secretaries.
A committee, consisting of Messrs. J. II. Cox, J.
L. Gordon, and J. B. Young, was appointed to no
tify Mr Seddon of his unanimous nomination, and
request ins acceptance of the tendered honor. Dur-
litionism on the whig party, to make it one
j of the principles of that political organiza
tion. They have succeeded to such an ex
tent as to throw the whole country into con
fusion, to engender hostility between differ
ent sections of the republic, and at one tiino
the demon spirit which they aroused, para
lyzed the government of the countiy, and
was nigh destroying this noble fabric, and
with it the hopes of the advocates of free
government, throughout the land. Seward,
Weed, Greely and their co-workers, are
still laboring in the same field ol fanaticism,
| and under the cloak of humanity and phi-
i lanlhropy, are endeavoring to make wider
and deeper the breach now existing be-
j tween the Noith and the South, and to pre-
j cipitate on both sections the evils of civil
| war and bloodshed. They do not now go
so far as the Garrison See. do., but almost as
ing the retirement of the committee, Senator Doug- fur as they did when they first commenced. ' life nf the country they created, were not aware of Lns vet taken nlacc Our
las °f Illinois who was accidentally present, was l°ud- Who can tell where they will Stop? Ac- the true character and nature of slavery, and of the xyj • ranks mavobtain
y called for from all quarters. Ho modestly ac- ,. . - J f - ‘ , 1 duty of patriot* and Christian, in connection with it? l [\ e U = ^a^k!, mj > r ' , . btain l
j ly called for from all quarters. Ho modestly ac-
| know lodged the compliment, ascended the rostrum
, and delivered a deeply interesting speech, replete
j with sound sentiments and breathing the most fer-
j vent devotion to the noble principles of the Demo-
j cratic party. Touching briefly on the vexed ques-
I tion of tho day, he strongly and eloquently dwelt on
I tho happy omen of the Democratic party every
where. a. developed on tin. occasion by the unani
mous re nomination of Mr. Seddon, whose talents
! and character lie eulogised in high terms. The event
| of this day he justly regarded as a most important in
dication of the future enthusiastic rally of the Demo
cratic party for its principle* and its cause. He re
joiced that no test had been made on the adjustment
question—that by-gones were by gones—and that
they will stop!
cording to the experiettce of their predeces
sors, and the rules which guided them, they
will, before many years, meet at the same
point, and one party will be as loud as tho
other in advocating the destruction of the
constitution. When they will have gone
so far, the ultimate result will not be far off
Entertaining these views, therefore, the
spread of anti-slavery sentiment in certain
sections of the United States, as developed
by the recent elections in Ohio and New
Hampshire, presents a topick of melanchol-
such a wise and judicious and conciliatory course was ly reflection. It is needless to argue that the
the bright precursor of a glorious triumph of the old j propagation of this feeling—the conversion
issue, ofthe Republican party. In the course of hi. of the whi into an abolition party—the
remarks. Judge Douglas announced the emphatic q .. *-<*
, opinion that the fugitive slave law. which was in di- success of the unconstitutional and attros
rect accordance with the letter of the Constitution, cious doctrines entertained and promulga-
. would be faithfully carried out by the Northern Dam- ted on every occasion bv Seward, Weed
ocracy and tiiat the abolition fanalirs, who had nIioivd , , r » » «• • »• ••
themselves false to God an I man, would be yet pros- 8,1,1 "'hers, of the abolition-whig clique in
1 trated, by public sentiment. Senator Douglas' the North, will evidently produce a disso-
speech was received with unmingled approbation— j Iution of the Union, and entail upon the
, and, on motion of Col. John Rtiiherford. the nnani- country a H lbe horrors of insurrection, scr-
mous thanks of the conveiiuon were tendered him J 0 ,
; for his able and interesting remarks- He then mixed j war, anarchy, and bloodshed. Such a
with the assemblage and received the cordial greet- I calamity may not occur in five, ten, fifteen,
j ings ofthe nnterrified, the whole souled Democrats or twenty years, but tho tendency of abo-
of the District.
; After some refreshment by the company, Mr.
Seddon was introduced and warmly received. He
J spoke for some time, arid we never knew him to
sp*ak better or more satisfactory. We shall not at-
I tempt eveu a meagre outline of his address. Here-
pealed tha personal considerations which made him
I averse to public life, but declared that he could not
i fail to he moved by the very high compliment which
had been rendered him. and iie could not decline to
| make the sacrifice, by accepting the post tendered
i him at the hands ofsach a constituency. He dwelt
j briefly on the stirring scenes in Congress, where be
had done what he had done what he honestly and
| sincerely believed to he his duty—and he was
| still convinced that he had pursued the course
| properly demanded by the considerations of duty to
the South and to Virginia He should continue to
i follow the honest convictions of his duty. Mr. S.
' sternly repelled the stigma of “disunionist,” and
j charged home upon our opponents, who are making
' new issues under the guise of no party, tfcc , that they
I wars the real disunionists in pursuing a course, the
I tendency of which was to produce division at the
South. He complimented the accomplished Sena
tor from Illinois, whom he had not the pleasure of
i hearing on this occasion, referred to the beneficent
wisdom of the measures of Democratic policy, now
, made triumphant by experience—and invoked every
Democrat in the district to come to his aid, in vindi
cating the success uf our noble cause. His remarks
were received with warm approbation. In this re-
nomination of Mr. Seddon we see a result which
has Iona been expected. The unanimous and en-
( thusiastic action of yesterday fully comes up to ‘.lie
! wishes we threw out yesterday,
j Whatever doubts may have been pntertained, the
universal satisfaction and enthusiasm, developed yes-
J terday. gaves the strongest ground for confidence,
that the Convention Imve selected “an invincible
i candidate.” A similar beliefseemed to prevail with
every delegate present, and it is in the hands ol them
selves, and the duty of every Dcmocralin the Dis
trict. to work zealously and see that the good work
is accomplished. From the peculiar circumstances
ofthe case, we feel like Mr. Young of Henrico,
when he said that he. never could believe that John
Minor Botts could beat James A. Seddon!
The whole action yesterday is a bright harbinger
of Democratic Union and success throughout Virgin
ia at the next election. In every district and county
the noble example set here of forgetting by-gones and
rallying on old principles, will be followed up—and
we sincerely believe, with the most cheering results.
It is a fact not a little singular, that we have'now in
the fieid, (with the exception of the Wheeling Dis
trict ) exactly the same candidate as two years ago,
when the Democrats elected fourteen and a half mem
bers of Congress. Shall not the Wheeling District
be again carried and shall we not witness the same
cheering result.
Destruction of the Bible Panorama.—Wo
regret to learn that by the burning of the
Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, on
Tuesday, the beautiful Panorama of the
Bible, belonging to Mr. J. Insco Williams,
aud lately exhibited at the Law Buildings
in this city, was totally destroyed by fire,
and was uninsured. Two weeke ago ha
refused $20,000 for it. The Assembly
Buildings cost 350,000. and were insured
for 830, 000. It was occupied by a large
number of persons, who suffered serious
loss. The entire loss by the fire was about
380,000.—Baltimore dipper.
Important from the Sandwich Islands—
the French at Honolulu.—Our marine re-
j porter heard yesterday, on board the Sarah
| Lavinia, from Lahaina, that the commatt-
j dcr of the French frigate Serieuse, at Hon-
! olulu, had demanded from the Government
'ofthe Hawaiin Islands, the payment of
| 825,000, as commutation for customs col-
■ lected.ns the French authorities aver, con-
| trary to treaty stipulations, This the king,
j Kameh imeha, refuses to pay, and declares
that he throws himself under the protection
of the governments of Great Britian and the
United States. The French commander
thereupon landed his men, and marched
litionism, and the increase of anti-slavery
sentiment in the North, will, as surely as
the sun rises ill the east, end in such a la
mentable state of things as we have attempt
ed to describe, unless it is checked. The
history of every age and of every country,
shows that when the demon of fanaticism is
once let loose, it knows no bounds. Its ap-
|H-tite canndf be appeared and what it
would at first shudder at doing, it will grasp
at, and will in tho end stop at nothing that
stands in its way. Religion, government,
morality—everything will in turn be attack
ed and destroyed. Under the name of so
cialism, it is now .undermining, in the Unit
ed States, all that men hold dear. The rise
and progress of that destructiveism is as cu-
rious as it is alarming. With both it and
abolition fanaticism eating at the vitals ol
our political and social fabric, it is lime for
good men to pause and reflect <m the desti
ny that awaits us.
At a Democratic supper at Washington,
the probabilities of South Carolina seced
ing from tho Union being under discussion,
one of the party, celebrated as a shrewd
politician in the country, offered tho fol
lowing sentiment; ‘'The best commissioners
to South Caroiinia—Tire Union of tho
Union and the Press,—The election of
Douglass and Hunter, President and Vico
President ofthe United States.” The toast
was drank three times three, with the wild
est enthusiasm. Among those present, were
tho editors of the Southern Press. Fisher and
DeLeon, also Major Donelson, the new’ ed
itor of the Union.
them through the town, which act he re
peats daily. He has prevented several 1 hope of being able to make a more distinct
An Artist’s Dream.—Powers, the sculp
tor, who is a native of Woodstock, Vt, in a
late letter to his cousin, Dr. Thomas E.
Powers, of that place, narrates a youthful
dream of his own—which probably sugges
ted his world-renowned statue of the
Gieek Slave. Referring in his letter to the
fact that the statue had been exhibited in his
native town, he says that its exhibition there
almost fully realizes an oft-repeated dream
which occured to him many times, and for
years, commenceing when ho was a child,
residing on tlw hanks of the Yuebec, and
that it followed him after his removal to
Ohio, and until the time he commenced
modelling his statuary. He says that he
caw in his dreams, across the Green
Mountain stream mentioned, and from his
fathors house, a white female figure, exceed
ingly beautiful, standing on a pillar or pe
destal. It did not seem to possess life, and
his boyish fancy was perplexed with the
radiant vision, as he had never seen any
thing like it, and had no idea of a statue.—
He often attempted to approach it in the
Hawaiian vessels from proceeding to sea,
but does not disturb the commerce of other
nations. Thisis the substance of our infor
mation.—Alta California.
observation, but tba water was deep, and
the current rapid, and he was never able to
procure a nearer view than was offered
him from the West bank of the river.
Aaron Burr.—A correspondent furnishes •
the Providence Journal, with the following
authentic vetsion of an anecdote which we
copied lately:
While Mr. Burchard was preaching one
of his hottest sermons, (at the old Chatham
street chapel, New York,) he raised his
eyes towards the door jus-t at the moment
Col. Aaron Burr entered, and exclaimed,
“There is the grey-headed sinner, I shall
appear in judgment against him.” Burr
walked down the aisle with that bold, firm
military step so peculiarly his own, until he
reached the centre. With a low bow he ad
dressed the minister thus: ‘‘Mr. Preacher, I
have been a lawyer in this city for near half
a century, and of all the rascals it has ever
been my lot to deal with, none surpasses
that class of criminals who turn State’s evi
dence.” The above may be relied C*n as
correct.
"Boy, who do you belong to?” said a gon-
tleman on board of a steamer, to a jiegro
leaning on the guards. ‘‘I did b’lot ig to
Massa William, sir, when I camo aboa.rd;—
but he’s down in de cabin playin’ pokerr wid
de caplin, aud I don’t knowfwho 1 b’lutng to
now.”
* **Tis the Star Span;;Ic«i FUnner,oh, long may it wave,
OVrthe Lnntl ofthe Free «nd the Home ofthe Brave.”
idlLLEDCEVIIXK, APRIL 1- 1*31*
05* T ho Editor is temporarily absent
from his post. We make this mention that
correspondents may know the cause of in
attention to their favors.
would prove a barrier to political success at the-
hands ofthe Northern masses.
Our advices from ail quarters, ol the State ar«
cheering.
The coalition ofToombs, Stephens. Cobb fo Co.,
which aims at a disorganization of the Democratic-
party for the two fold purpose of bringing Whiss
into power iu Georgia, and of elevating, and aus-
tuiuing certain Democratic leaders in power, will
prove a failure* The Democrats will not consent to
ho transferred, bound hand and foot like sheep in
the shambles, over to the Whig partv.
VVe hope the example of Putnam, of Wilkinson, of
Gordon, anjofother counties will he rapidly follow
ed up. and that in June next the old Democratic and
Southern Rights masses will be brought by the del
egate* in Convention, harmoniously together, to set
From the Day Book.
The eleciion of Hamilton Fish to the United States
Senaie, making the fourth active and avowed aboli
tionist in that body, is calculated to give a new di
rection to public opinion among the judicious and
patriotic classes at the North as well as the South,
and to push on some moststartling result*. For one
we candidly confess that sine - this result has been
brought about by the open coalition ol the ab
olitionist wliigs and the abolitionist democrats.
against the constitutional portions of each of _ _
hese parties, the deeply settled ami earnest- i forth those wel 1 - tried principles which have ever
ly entertained opinions of many of the best and 1 been congenial to Republican Georgia, and to se
lect a standard hearer who will carry their flag tr'o
uinpliaritlv through tho coming campaign in defiacce
of the combined forces of Federal Whiggery ami
renegade Democrat*.
From the Pennsylvanian.
MR. WEBSTER.
Tho manner in which tho Democratic
laded by their hope* and traditions in favot of ttie press has treated Mr. Webster, since the
Union, have closed their eves to the imminence of accusalion 0 f M r . Allen, of his own State,
tne danger by which it is threatened. I he htinmia- . .. » , . . XT . tT • , .
ling spectacle of (lie slavering over and swallowing publicly made in the National legislature*
of the national administration by the abolitionist fac- —an accusation so nearly affecting bis per
ilous ot the North, as tho Boa Consirietor slioies gmial honor—may be quoted as in healthy
Z^r ll0 ' V9 J^ Tic,i, V: ,d ,he presence of contrast with the course always J.etetoforo
tour anti-slavery and anti constitution mesibers in the , . J . .
] Seuate of the United State* are well calculated to pursued by the W lug pi es.s against the em-
i make public opinion at the North pause in its career inent men of the Democratic party. Al
and see to what events aro inevitably tending. His- though the contradiction is by no means as
lory does not record a more incredible infatuation ol , i • i
'the sacrifice of a great and universal good to an ah- ample and as particular as the charge, xve
Stract caprice of principle, than would be the disrup- have yet seen lew Democratic papers that
tion of this glorious Union, carefully fashioned and use the fact to damage Mr. Webster,
well considered in all it* elements by the pure*! pa- None that we have seenVies hack to res
trioL-’ and the widest Fuses that have over lived, to tho . , . , »• c . *. ,
mere vague theoretical hostility to the name of Have- rnirK * Public of the. direful excitement
ry inherently existing among the masses of the pop- that was raised against the Hon.. C. J. In-
| nlation of the North, who front the verv necessities get soli of this city, when he, a Democrat,
of the case know nothing of the absolute condition made an a j mo3l s j m il ar charge, C r to quote
and constitution of slavery, nor of us practical oner- . - . .J 3 . , .
tion upon the parties most immediately concerned 1,1 Confirmation or it) justificatlC'n Ot him,
' inif. Do the people of the North, who are being the statement of Mr. Allen. Thisis not an
led blindfold aod dagger in hand to strike, at the sig- exception to the general conduct of tho
nal of demagmiges ami traitor*, to the vitals of their i\ • ,i , , f
i .i it . i , i IJemocraitc press, in the treatment ot po-
country—do they believe that Washington and Ad- .. . 1 ’ , 1
am* and Frar.klin and Hancock, aud all the great litical opponents; though the in: .tan.ee uti-
■ and glorious spirits that new watch from Heaven the. der notice is one ofthe mostmatked that
adve rsaries o.
t les, ton from
Wasnot'iliewho'le^suhject'tl'ioroughiyVntriaborious- this circumstance which they could prac-
ly discussed vviih an amount of talent, of self-sacrifi- tice upon hereafter with ereat credit to
c.ng devotion to the general welfare ofthe human themselves. Whether it is expected that
race, expended upon it that never yet was equalled in p, .... , 1
any other assembly of men on ea>«h? And does it Democratic statesmen are to be m ore pure
remain for a few miserable demagoges and spoils than Whigs, the reader cannot fail to bo
, hunting politicians at this late day, and in the face of stiuck with the remark of a paper now ba
the complete fulfillment ‘of all the anticipations and f ore U9 _ tbe National Era, of Was hington,
prophet! s of the founders of the Republic, to reo- r , ... , ? ,
pen ihi* subject, whose permanent and nncondltional one of the most violent opponen' sot tho
settlement was the solemn condition ofthe original Democratic party—that if Mr. I luchanan
bond of Union, and to teach us anew our duties as had been charged with that which has been
patnot* and America",? In* not credible that such „ , • Mr. Webster, it wt mid have
should bo the case. It is not credible that a great ° ° r> u • . . . - . .
and enlightened people should pause midway in their covered All. I oik 9 administration with
unparalleled career of prosperity and greatness.and more dishonor than that which be fel Gen-
deliberatcly destroy the foundations upon which all e ral Taylor’s on account ofthe Galphin
■ that prosperity and all that greatness rests. Yet the trons-ietinn
| conviction, repelled day after day and year after ‘ "
year, is steadily forcing itself more and more power- | KOSSUTH.
I fully and intrusively upon our attention, aud we -vt • _ -n _ ' t , ,
seem to see. in this lamentable tergiversation on the , Th ' 3 na ™ e . Wl11 g^ce any document
part of the legislators of the great state of New York, With which it is connected. 1 ho citizen
a sign of coming evil more pregnant with alarm than of a free country will never cease to sysn
anv that has yet broken upon the horizon. pathize with those generous spi rits who
It would not he snprizing to ns if the events of f . , ,° . j c ' c -v.
the last few months should have the effect to recall have risked their lives in defence of the
j the minds of the entire South from the costly com- principles of liberty. Poor as he? is—a
promise to which, for the sake of the Union, they prisoner in a foreign land, with not a par-
have just submitted. to their original position; nor M G f power to benefit any human being,
should we be surprised to near in the next Coneross . ir * . .. J c ,
from the representatives of other states than South Kossuth at this moment oti*e til tile
Carolina—from Georgia, from North Carolina, from brightest names of Europe. It is his vir
Alabama, from Texas and the great southwest—the tue, his chivalry, his devotion to Ills COUli
bold and final declaration of a disposition pcaceah y and her indepcndence-it is Hie head
. lo separate from their northern allies, who seem de- J
, trrmined, by every insulting art and manifestation, that devised and the hand that at tempter’
! to drive them to the alternative of secession or de- to execute a plan forthe emmeip. xtion o;
grading submission. We have again and again ex- Hungary—that appeal for sympathy and
pressed our deliberate opinion that it was the setiled ° . . rl , • ,
i purpose ofthe abolitionists of the North to bring support to every American bosom.,
j about, by any and every means, this exact state of Mr. Jefferson once pronounced* l» hl3
' things; and, unless political omens assume a new eloquent inaugural address, that this fovor-
j and very favorable aspect between now and next e J country was destined to be “the asylum
i December, let no( the world be surprised to learn J , , • »» a i * t
| how soon and how completely they have succeed- oppressed humanity. And tc> whom
' ed. should she sooner stretch her hospitable
, „ , , . ! hand—whom take to her bosom—to whom
Try.ug the Other End of the hod; or. Turning the. shouId „ he m „ re readUy open the vast ro-
| TabUs on a Praclwtl doktr. The “Minnesota source3 of lho benefits which a grcaious
! »•»
] tin, No. 2.and one of the severest practical jokers j to men like Kossuth.
1 that ever ran upon the river v or that ever ran saws It is with great pleasure, therefore,, that
I upon greeuhorns. The past season, a* one of hi* we have read the documents in this m»rn~
instruments of waggery, he took along a couple of , • i - u _ .
reed* (Indian flutes.) one of which was charged Wg B Union, winch were communicaltd to
j with flour, *o that when the flute was blown, a per- I the Senate on 1 uesdav last. 1 he narrative
fectclond of flour was discharged into the face and of Mr. Brown, our dtagoman in Constmli-
eyes ol the person blowing it. Whenever M —— noplo, now abiding in this city, is as >scid
found any passenger, priest.or layman, it was all the . , .• . . . , i,
same to him. who manifested an interest in these In- a,ld Rank, yet delicate a statement of all
dian curiosities, he would produce the two dutea.ond j the circumstances connected with the lm-
retainining the one that wa* not loaded with flour, I prisonmeut and delivery of Kossuth, and
would hand over the other to the verdant enquirer; hb , con J uct 0 f ,l, e Turkish governnaent.
and would then commence playing that plaintive, I ... , ..
monotonous Dacota tune, wilh a variation of two as coulo well be embraced in the same corn-
notes, which is so familiar to the ears of every re*i pas*. The letter of the Secretary of State
dent of St. Paul. Thus decoyed, the possessor ol j j s imbued with the best qualities of his
the other flute was certain to follow N s example. min(] j j c , eloquent, argumentative
and at the very first toot, to blow a cloud of flour into . * , * . • o
his own face, from the barrel of the flute, which i* ! a '*d we trust adapted to its purpose. W e
played like a rlarionel; and thus produce in the crowd , hope to see Kossuth on our shores. Re-
around an outburst of merriment at his own ex- ceived lje will be with all the generous
Pe Oo 'the last trip of th« Franklin, but a few weeks outpourings of the American cha.acter,.
since, M had his Indian flutes along, as usual; j and enabled, we trust, to enjoy someie-
and one of the passengers, who was up lo sriuT. de- j pose aud many blessings, after tho ardous •
termined to turn tho laugh for once upon the old , slruE „| es c f t h e bailie field and bis irksome
wag himself; so he took M's decoy flute away to the 1 , °' 3 . • . • , T ir / rr •
cook room and charged it well wilh finely pulverized detention ill Kutayish. II ash. Lnirm.
charcoal, and returned it, without M’s knowledge,
to Us place in the office, with the other flute, and af
ter dinner said in M’s hearing, that it would be pleas
ant have some music.”
“Certainly,” says M ; “did you ever see the
flutes that the Sioux hands up the river play upon."
“ No.” replied the stranger, “I never did Do tell
me if they have flu leaf”
| This was enough for M. His face, luminous as
the snn behind a crimson cloud, was radiant with an
ticipated fun, lie brought out the two flutes, aod
handed to the enquirer the one loaded with flout.
A whole crowd, the most of whom understood
the flour trick, several of them haring been tliem-
, selves victimized, gathered around to see the sport,
j “La, me!” said the enquirer, “1 should not—w hy
i I heaven't the least idea—why how do you (try-
! ing to finger the holes) blow the darned things any
j way?”
“Oh, simple, very simple.” replied M ; this
instrument is used by the Indian lover, in serenading
his dusky sweetheart. Ail he attempts is a plaintive
melancholy, pathetic air, to touch the heart of his
mistress. The notes are very simple.” (Here he
went into a lengthy disquisition on Indian music,
customs and habits) “The air is simply this.”
(blows and fills his own face with powdered charcoal,
the whole crowd laughing and roaring, and fairly
tumbling down with excessive mirth:)
M stood for a moment begrimed as an
Ethiopian, and then dropping the flute upon the floor
exclaimed—
“Caught in my own trap, by !”
After that they had plenty of ronsicon'.he Frank
lin.; for that M mil have, but no more Indian
flu tee!
Par ties iu Georgia.
Parties, unless they arc based upon prin
ciple; political combinations, unless their
object is the maintenance of cettain theories
of government or of cettain measures in
its administration, are little better than fac
tions and do not merit the countenance and
support of the virtuous and patriotic in any
community. Parties whose only motive,
and whose only principle of cohesion, are
the eleciion of this or that man to office, and
tho acquisition and genet al distribution of
the spoils consequent thereupon, are neces
sarily corrupting in their influences, and
should bo met with the indignant frowns of
all the friends of virtue, of all lovers of their
country. In Georgia, parties have ever ex*
isted, but for the most part they have been
organized and sustained, with special refer
ence to the particular measures, concerning
which they have been at issue. This has
especially been the case for the hist ten
years. The vvhig9 were identified with lh#ir
Northern allies, who were the uncompro
mising advocates of those federal measures,
a national back, protective tariff, internal
imp iivements, &c., &c. Whether at heart,
Georgia whigs were or were not in favor of
these moasurt’s, to sustain their affiliation,
and maintain the harmony of their national
patty, they were compelled, not only to
rvvink at, but to give them at least a quasi
] support. They therefore, with Webster
| and Clny and their followers, forgetting all
i their old State right notions, became latitu-
ditmus in their construction of the consti
tution—consolidationists—federalists. Some
mt>Te devoted to principle, and less facile,
occasionally abandoned them and allied
themselves with the democratic party, who
have adhered to the old republican land
marks, and stand now as that party has ev-
' er stood, upon the platform constructed by
j Jefferson mid Madison. The issues then
' between whigs and demociats are clearly
| marked, definite and indisputable. They
j were issues involving principle—all that is
j glorious in republicanism—al! that is fear-
! ful in federalism. But the whigs of Geor~
j gia now tel! us, old party lines are broken
j down—that we are all whig.*, all democrats.
It is admitted their lines are broken down;
I that whiggery has been weighed in the
| scales and found wanting; that it has been
repudiated. But not so with democracy.—
j Its temple still stands erect. Its principles,
the more they are tested, the more brilliant
and valuable they appear. Its disciples, as
they have been since the days of Jefferson,
may be sneered at, and ridiculed; they may
for a time bo discomfited, but they will tally
and eventually triumph. Truth is mighty
and will prevail.
Will it be said because the whigs have
doffed their old name and assumed that of
•‘Union,” that they have at the same time
abandoned their’ancient principles? If this
be so, men who have for years past called
themselves conservatives and prated so lib
erally and loudly about the excellence of
j their principles, ought to give some evis
! dence of the genuineness of their repentance
j before they are permitted to minister at the
new altars which they have erected. But
what evidence is there that these Union
: whigs are not whigs still? Have they repu-
] dialed Webster and his principles, or Clay
I and his principles, or Fillmore and his prin-
1 ciples? They may n <w as Union men make
' great professions of regatd for democrats,
I and democratic principles. The federalists
| in 1S24, under the name of National Re
publicans, did the same thing, and by their
deception made John Quincy Adams, a re
publican iiefoie and a federalist after the
election, President of the United States.—
Let Geotgia take warning of the past. But
say these Union men, the Union is in dan
ger, and whigs and democrats alike forget
ting tho past, should rally to its defence.—
From whom is the Union in danger? A
“Uniou Convention,” as it is called, has
built a platform for Georgia. Democrats
and Southern Rights men have all acquiesc
ed in it, and the Union 19 in no more dan
ger from them than it is from Union men.
Why then should old party lines bo broken
down? Why should democrats who for
years have fought manfully for their princi
ples, at this eventful crisis, abandon them!
Was it nothing, that with Polk they placed
iht; vessel of government on the republican
track? Forgetful of the triumphs of the
past, will any now swell the ranks of dis
comfited whiggery, to enable it hereafter to
triumph over the very ptinciples for which
they (lave hitherto contended?
The great fundamental principles, for
which democrats in Geotgia have ever con
tended, are now in greater jeopardy than
they have ever been. Hitherto their most
bitter opponents have been at the North.—
j But now tho rights of the States are ques
tioned, and assailed in our own borders.—
It is high time for all true hearted and gen
uine republicans among us, to rally to a
common standard. Let them come to the
rescue—the rights of the States, the rights
of the South and the Union, will all be safe.
The republican press of the State, we are
gratified to see, with commendable zeal,
are sustaining the Convention proposed to
be held in this City on the 2d Mrfnday in
June. Let every county be fully represent
ed by its ab'est and most prudent men.—
Let a bold and decided effort be made, and
the day will yet be far distant when Geor
gia will be bitched ort to tho fedetal car.
RcpnbllcitR principles in Jeopardy.
In several recent articles in ibis journal
we have endeavored to impress upon the
minds of our readers, the absolute necessi
ty, in this critical juncture in the affairs of
the South, of maintaining and rigidly en
forcing the olil republican creed—that creed
tho very essence of which is, that the puri
ty of tho Constitution, the perpetuity 0 f
the Union, and the liberty they were
designed to secure, mainly to depend up.
on the several States firmly discharging their
legitimate duties—repelling aggressions
upon their rights, and keeping in check the
encroachments of the federal government
This was the great principle contended for,
anti which triumphed in ISOl), which was
embraced in the Virginia and Kentucky R e -
solutions, and which constitutes the begin-
ning, the middle and the end of the teach
ings of Jefferson and Madison, aud which
since their day have received tho universal
sanction of all genuine republicans.
Upon this subject, at this day, when con
solidation is progressing wilh strides hither
to unprecedented, and when all that is val
uable iu the teachings of our republican fa-
thers seems in dangpr of being forgotten or
obliterated, tho public press, in our estima
tion, cannot be too vigilant and zealous
What is the Uuion party that is striving m
collect its forces? Like the Union party of
1S32 does it tecognize the old republican
doctrines; the tights of theStates? It is a p?. r .
ty with but one idea—the Union—and for
ought that appears—the Uuion with or
without the constitution. As it has avowed
no other principle of cohesion, its future
acts can be judged of only by the men who
compose it. Who are they? Abroad, they
ate such men as Fillmore, Webster and
Clay; home, in Georgia, they are whigs, led
on by their old leaders. And who and what
are whigs? Are they republicans? .Tn<D rd
by their acts, their tariffs, &c.. &o„ they a®
latitudinalians--are consolidationists. They
are men sustaining the identical views and
supporting the identical measures, against
which, republicans have over been waning.
If they, if the Unionists of the present day
triumph, federalism triumphs with them
and tho rights of the States, all that dernoc-
cracy has ever contended for, must be
crushed. It is in this view, that we raise
our warning voice, that wo sound the alarm,
and that we summon all thinking men all
who love the republican principle* of their
fathers to come to the rescue.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.— We call
attention to the advertisement of this ar
ticle now in our paper, and at this season
ofthe year when colds and coughs are so
prevalent, the information it contains
will not be found unwelcome. The emi
nent names, lent to recommend it, are con
clusive proof of its value. In addition to
these we have been favored with tho peru
sal of letters from many distinguished in
dividuals as well as humble sufferers who
acknowledge their indebtedness to this
valuable medicine forthe recovery of their
health from painful and dangerous diseases.
It is at once safe and pleasant to take, and
is certainly very powerful to cure. Those
afflicted with coughs, colds, asthma, bron
chitis, hoarseness, or indeed any of the
' various affections of the lungs, will do well
I to try the Cherry Pectoral, and will have
uo cause to regret the experiment.
Democracy—Wliat is it?
One of the letter writers to the late Ma
con jubilee, 9ays, that he entered upon life
a Clark man, then became a Union man, was
subsequently a democrat and is now a Union
man again, and from this pedigree deducos
the conclusion, that he has not only been
consistent, but all thetime a Jeffersonian Re
publican. It is unquestionably true, that
when a Clark-man.a Union man in 1832,and
a democrat, ho did occupy the Republican
platform. But is it true, that as a Union man
in 1S51 he is on that platform? What evi*
denco has he of it? Have Messrs. Toombs
and Stephens, have the whigs of Georgia,
the great mass of whom are Union men, and
constitute the bone and sinew of the Union
party, abjured their old sentiments and all
of a sudden become democrats? If they
have, where is the preof of it? Will they
not be the rulers iu this new parly, if it
shall ever be organized? In other words, i*
the Union party any thing else than the oM
whig party, under another name? How then
can a Union man of 1832 and a democrat,
be consistent, and be a Union man in 1851?
A word to Union Democrats-
Wo have endeavored to explain to our
Democratic friends, who have affiliated with
the Fillmore Whigs of Georgia, the tricke
ry and shallow devices which have beea
seized upon to entrap them. If there was
wanting any other evdence to convince
them that the whole scheme of a “Union
Party” in Georgia, is a piece of Whig cun
ning and deception, we have only to refer
to the manner in which Mr. Fillmore, un
der the advisement ofToombs, Stephens
and Dawson, has disposed of his patronage
in his late appointments. Who is Y. P.
King, the newly selected Charge to New
Grenada? Who is Allen F. Owen, and T.
Butler King, the former Consul, to Haven-
na, the latter, Collector for the Port of San
Francisco? All estimable men—but wliigs
of the purest water. It is well known that
two of these positions are highly lucrative.
Now, why did not Union Democrats, who
have given in their adherence to the Union
Party, come in for a share of these honors
and emoluments? The reason is evident.—
1’hough whiggery in this State is apparent-
le lifeless, its old fi>xy leaders are awake,
and are using every effort to reinstate the
fortunes of the fallen party. Under a false
issue they are seeking to obtain power,
which when acquired, the assumed alius
will be abandoned, and the true character of
the party he manifest. They are pulling
the wool over the eyes of the unsuspecting,
in the fond anticipation of reaping a glori
ous victory over the shoulders of the Demo
cratic Party. It remains to be seen wheth
er any considerable portion of tho Democ
racy will suffer themselves to be gulled by
such ashallowand contemptiblecontrivance.
These appointments of Mr. Fillmore
may bo propet ly regarded as a foretaste of
what may be expected should the whig par
ty succeed in foisting Howell Cobb upon
the people of Georgia as their Executive, a
preparatory step to a Federal office, the
Vice Presidency, under Mr. Fillmore. W’e
call upon the old Democracy of Georgia, to
rally to the support of their ancient faith.—
Their time-honored principles are in dan
ger—treason is in the camp, and the condi
tions of tho bargain agreed upon: Consol;*
dation is the end and aim of these baokiupt
federalists. This Government they deem
far too restricted for the proper function of
its duties. Hence a splendid government,
with a patronage unlimited, and a defensive
arm strong enough to crush a dozen sot*
ereign States, must bo established, and P<-
mocrats, forsooth, are appealed to foraid and
comfort in this unholy purpose! The friend*
of State Rights and Democratic govern
ment, must never sleep while the machin 1 '
tion* of Federal leaders are hatching' 11
their midst. If democrats, under a f*l-®
uotion of the Union being in danger, st' 1 '
persist in keeping up divisions, when e v '
ery cause for their existence has died
away—if they still prefer the society ofth« , J
old enemies to the brotherhood of their oM
friends, we must accopl the alternative, » n
fight all the more etrenously for the
ten ance of our old creed, since some of |U
friends have seen proper ti disown it-
It has been his lot to be the best abused, and oK '* t
highly complimented man of his time.
The above is the language of the J°* r
nal Sf Messenger, in reference to Hon. Ho' r
ell Cobb. And who did it, pray? TbeJc ur '
nal Sf Messenger did it.
\TT Hear Him -The He rner, N. Y . Whig
“We wiH—the* whig party will—raise a °d
raised the slavery question. Ife hold it as one of *
first principles of the whig party THAT IT .
CONTINUE TO AGITATE THE SLAVE*
QUESTION.”