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front the SonthftB Democrat.
IT WONT TAKE.
Reesnt titfficshor.-very conclusively demonstrate,
that the ••chapi**' "I' foliien” bundled together at Mil-
ledzevilleoti the 22J ultimo, by the renowned vete
ran of the •masked battery.’ to delude I’nion Dcin-
ne auinlo the support of the nominee of the anony-
tuoan. alias whig convention. will wholly Ciil to ac
complish the design. Union Democrats have been
courted and flattered more lavishly than i ‘ city belle”
of sixteen, with the hope of inducing them to sell
themselves to the whig party, and to assist in proino
ting whig aspirants to otfi-e. over the heads of some
ol lhe ablest and bes! men of their ow n party Hut
•it is no go the thing wont take.’ The democratic
party is again re-mined, and they will take warning
from the past, and suffer the enemy no longer to sow
the seads of discord in our ranks. From the inmin
tain to the sea-board, the voices of Union and South
ern Rights Democats are heard in unison and hnr
many. in advocacy of the principle* of the Baltimore
Democratic platform, in support of President Pierce s
adminstration upon the principles set forth in his fa
mous, popular Inaugural Address In perfect con
cord may also be Irenrd die voices of many noti.e and
patiiotic spirits who in davs ol yore, did valiant ser
vice in the whig ranks, hut whose pa'notisin triumph
ed over panv alignments, when Win H Seward
succeeded die gallant "Harry of the tV e*l, in the com
mand.
A late writer in the Journal & Messenger, in per
fect keeping with the laclies of die party, attempted
to cozen the (Ion. A H Chappell hack into the so
called re organized"Union Parly’’ which the whig
members of that party had so unceremoniously bro
ken up. The writer assumes diat lhe Union party
lias been re-organized, and 'lliat Col Chappell will
resume his proper po-iiion in it ’—and with lhe
view, no douhl, to en'ice him in'o lhe delicate
meshes woven by the renowned Hamilcar, suggests
the name ol Col. Chappell as a suitable candidate to
oppose Col Bailey for Congress in the third die
Inct To which Col. Chappell makes the following
reply, which, if it is nut a bomb shell in the camp of
insane whiggery. we are at a loss to conceive what
bombshells tre made off Col. Chappell knows full
wed by irkcm the 'Unii n Party" was broken up. and
in the language of one of the norc editors of the
Southern Recorder, he remembers -the indecent
haste" with which it was done It was the whig*
and not the Union Democrats, who broke up the Un
ion party—and Col- Chappell slit red as largely in
their abuse a* any other living man. These fads are
fresh in his memory, and they w ill be remembered
by every union democrat who has one spark of self-
respect remaining in his bosom.
The leti-r speaks fur itself, we bespeak for it a
careful perusal bv every democrat, and especially
every union ilcmucrit. It is a document aprupo ct
opportur.is.
From the journal & .Messenger.
Messrs. Editors:—In your pape- of last week. I
observe an ar.icle under the signature of-Bibb' w hich
demands some notice from me. in order that there
may be no misapprehension as to my political posi
tion; for I deem it incumbent on every man. in such a
country as ours to see to it, that, lie i« rightly un
derstood in reference to the relation in which he
stands to the party divisions whxh exist among his
fellow citizens.
■Bibb.’assumes that the Union parly of Georgia
has been re organized, and taking it as a matter of
course that I'will resume my proper position in it,’
and does me the honor of suggesiiug me as ilia can
didate for Congress of that party in this District.
Here, at the very outset. I am obliged to say that
‘Bibb’ and myself do not agree a« to lhe foci which lie
a-sumes to exist. It is not my opinion that the Un
ion party of Georgia has been rev ived and reorgani
zed. It is well known that whilst certain political
events, were in progress last year. I regarded them
as the death-knell of the Union party. It is also
known that I greatly deprecated those events, and
struggled hard against them. They nevertheless,
happened, and their effect ill totally breaking up and
dissolving the Union party, was one of iho-e palpa
ble things about which it »as impossible for a dount
to be entertained by any body. Nor do I think that
any considerable number of persons can be found
agreeing with ‘Bibb,’in the opinion that the Union
party of Georgia, which was thus broken up last year,
has been revived and reorganized, and is again in
the field to do battle as of yore. At allcvpnfs. such
is not iny opinion. The parly now in the field, and
to which Bibb’ evidently adheres, and with which he
would have me to act. does not even announce it
self to the world as the Union party. The omission
to do so in the proceeuiugs of the late Gubernatorial
Convention at Milledgeville. is certainly a very sig
nificant circumstance. It plainly argues that the
opinion of that Convention in regard to thp fact of
the re-organization of the Union party, is quite dif
ferent from the opinion entertained by - Bibb.'
But it is not the name, nr the want ol a name, of
the party to which‘Bibb’alludes that creates the in
superable obstacle to my acting with it. 1 am a friend
and supporter of the present Democratic Adminis
(ration of the General Government. I contributed
niy vote to the bringing of that Administration into
power, I have confidence in the great nr.tii nal parly
by which that Administration was brought into pow
er. Of course, I cannot consi-tently with my views
and convictions on national politics, take position in
the ranks of a party in Georgia, which is inevitably
destined, as I think, to be an Opposition parly—a par
ty antagonistic to Gen 1’ierce’s Administration, and
to the National Democracy. The Northern Dem
ocratic party has. in mv opinion, from the
davs of Jefferson down to the present hour
heon ch tr.» :<eoy. • 1 i-itie inou by frien illness
and justice to the South They stood by us in a
thousand trials; they have fought, and either conquer
ed or fallen for us ill a thousand hard political h t-
tles. Yes' and they were, as a body with us in that
la«t and greatest battle of all. the h ittle upon the Com-
promise questions growing out of the acquisition of
New Mexi o and California 1 cannot bring myself
0 turn my hack on such a Northern party, and on an
Adininistiation which I concurred w ith in electing,
until it shall manifest a spirit and a conduct signally
discordant with the general tone ol its past history and
character. My devotion to the South led rue in 1844,
when representing the State in Congress, to cast off
all political connection with the Northern Whigs,
because I saw and knew for myself, that as a mass,
they were intensely leavened, thoroughly penetrated
with hostility to the South. From that period I have
been led by the same devotion to the South, to advo
cate the policy of acting with and sustaining the
Northern Democra'ic parly, because I saw and
knew for myself, that that parly was, as a body,
thoroughly imbued with just feeling and a friendly
bias towardsthe South, and acted habitually under
the influence o( such feelings
Under these circumstances, and entertaining these
convictions, il is. of course, impossible for me to iden
tity myself wilh any party in Georgia, under whose
banner I would inevitably, as I belie'e, so >n find my-
selfin a position of alliance with lhe National Whig
Party, and ol hostility to that National Democratic
parly, to wliich 1 have long been auached, which I
havejust helped to catry. into power, and in which
1 still have confidence, although some things have
transpired in appointments to office bv the Presi
dent, which I could have wished had been other
wise.
Neverthless, being an optimist in politics, (if I may
borrow a phrase from that great stateman, Mr. Hu-
chanan;) I shall continue to support Gen. Pierce’s
Adtninistrainm. and to act with the party by which it
is supported, until something shall occur (which
Heaven fotbid) making gu-h a course no longer the
best winch a Southern man can pursue.
Your obedient servant,
A. H CHAPPELL.
From the Washington Union.
THE NEW YORK EVENING POST AND
THF. BUFFALO REPUBLIC.
The democratic party has suffered more from its
associations for a few years pa-t than Irom its open
enemies. One of the great object of the compro
mise, which was effected in the Baltimore Conven
tion in 1652, was that for the future lhe party might
be relieved from all connection with those quasi
democrats who claimed fellowship with us. but who
were constaally furnishing material to our enemies
with which to assail us The New York Evening
Poat and the Buffalo Republic belong to that class
of hangers-on to the democratic parly who sail un
der democratic colors, but who are in reality the
worst enemies of the party They are abolitionists
in fact, and yet, claiming to be democrats, they have
furnished the main grounds upon which the whigs
have kept up their warfare. We detra it our duty
to our parly to repudiate all sympathy i r connection
with them, and, as far as our influence goes, to
denounce them as as abolitionists sailing under dem
ocratic colors. They have never stood upon the
creed adopted by the party at Baltimore in 1852—
they do not not recognise that creed at the teat of
democracy—and for that reason h is an utter perver
sion of language and a slander upon our party, to
call them democrats —They do not deserve the res-
pect doe to open and avowed abolition journals; for
whilst their abolitionism is their characteristic, they
prove themselves dishonest in professing io belong to
a party which they know repudiates all sympathy or
fellowship with abolitionism.
We have been induced to make these remarks in
view of the late course of the Post and Repnhlic in
regard to the rumored interference of Great Britain
in converting Unba into a black government. Our
views on this subject have not had reference to the
simple question of the emancipation by Spain of the
Slaves m Cuba,but they have looked to the policy of
Great Britain in eventually filling the island with
free blacks, and converting it into a black government
in furtherance of her scheme of breaking up our con
federacy through the agency ol the abolition agita
tion. We have looked at it as an effort on the
pert of Great Britain, through her pretended philan-
m *! le 8 P»'». <n the first place, subservi-
h>vin. P ° !fdestroying our government; and
U»ii« S „rr* :€e ?f d ,n tntredacing into Cuba a dodu-
,he " *“ herself of n
of bun 'e»ny, to become vinuaU^the owner
•f the Island; and in this point of view, we have de
clared that the administration cannot be too vigilant
in watching the movement. We have not assumed
to sneak hv authority on this subject, nor do «e sup
pose any authority could be necessary in a case which
wasalre idy so Fully and di-tirirtty covered by the for
eign policy of lhe administration as avowed in the
inaugural The Post and Republic place their op
posiiion to these views distinctly on a* olition ground-
arid for this rea-on we deem any further notice of
their positions to be unnecessary- We wash our
hands ofall further association or connection with
these journals, and we treat them as standing as
cleailv without the pale of the democratic parly as
the New YorkJTrihune or the National Era.
From the Constitutionalist & Republic.
MI3STA1 EM ENT CORRECTED.
The unfair tricks and deceptions which the Whigs
will practice this summer, to defeat the Democrats,
will probably surpass all their pievious achievement-
in that line It is a despearate case for them, and
they will struggle desperately to save them-elre*
from the annihilating effects that defeat must bring
upon them. As on a fair trial of strength the Dem
ocracy of the Sta'e can greatly outnumber them,
they seek to make up the deficiency by sowing dis
sension. distrust, and doubt among lhn?c whose prin
ciples they rannot overthrow, Tee report :n emula
tion that Co! McMillan will not support Judge John
son, is one ofllie weak devices of the enemy. We
publish a letter to day which nails it to the counter.
It is in reply to one written Col M. appri-ing
him oi'the report. Other reports, alike unfounded,
will follow in quick succession, and will in turn tie
conlradicted The originators will, however, have
accomplished their objects if they succeed in produ
cing the impression that the Democratic nominee i-
noi heartily sustained by the Democracy ol thp State.
But the whigs may easily find hi the assault that they
might have spent their time to more advantage m
looking after the secret heart-burnings among the
8cott Whigs and the tertium quids of their own
family
Clarksville, July 5. 1852.
Mg Dear Sir—Your favor of the 30th tilt, i- if<is
moment received II is a little* strange, (if any thing
can be strange in the-e days.) that iny support of
Judge Johnson, should be doubted in any quarter
; You know, that he was my first choice, before the
i Convention met, and that in the* Convention he re
ceived my warm and zealous support; this, on ac
count ofhis undoubted and well proven abilities, his
long, aide and valuable services in the advocacy and
maintenance of republican principles, his purity of
1 clmrarter as a man—and t)ecaii-e I believed luin to
1 be the first choice of a very large majority of the en
tire Democratic pariy.
Yes. Sir. I will support Judge Johnson, and if
need he. advocate his claims to the suffrages of the
whole people, upon evpry stump and mountain tup.
, in this section of Georgia. In advoea ing lhe claims
of such a man, one feel-an iinreservedness, a free
dom Irom embarrassment, and consciousness of right,
that makes the task a pleasing duty.
It is true, had I believed, that the nomination of
any of the other gentle men w hose names were he
fore the Convention, would have given more harmo
ny to the Democratic party, that man would have re
ceived my unqualified support. There was not a
name pre.-euled lo lhe Covnention; thal I would not
support with a hearty good will, which the future
will prove should occasion require. They are all
' men of line talents, and have high claims upon the
Democratic parly.
I -ee some of the Whig presses are asking, who
i- Herschel V. Johnson? In 1844. they asked who is
Jiim-s K Polk? The people answered them at the
ballot box. On the first Monday in October next,
the people of Georgia, will answer w ho Herschel V.
Johnson is—and in November, w ill tell them, he is
Govern: r of Georgia. Herschel V Johnson’s histo
ry is no legend oi'duiibtfnl disputation—it lingers not
alone ill tile bosom of his friends—every tongue ill
the country can give an utterance—and I doubt not
will do so. to the vindication ol his fine abilities and
spo'less reputation—and to the interest and advan
lage of the whole country.
How admirably does the course of our editors con
trast with that of the Whies. The latter can send
forih nothing hut abuse, detraction and vilification of
our candidate, uh'de the former with a fairness and
candor, both praiseworthy and right, admit all the
amiable qualities of the Whig candidate, as a man;
and attack alone, his principles and policy, and that
ofhis parly—which have been so often rebuked and
repudiated by the people.
This is not only right upon principle, but it gives a
weight to, and inspires a just confidence m the Dem
ocratic press, which the people will find out is nut
misplaced.
V ery truly yonrs. &c..
ROBERT Me MI LI AN.
States Rights and United State*’ Rights.
1 *r Un t •
•«t Banner,on, long inay tl wav#*
* Freenati
>rthe Brave-
ffOernl Wwlwju
MILLEDGEVILLE, Inly 19. 1853.
FOR GOVERNOR-
HON II V JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN COUNTY
FOR C4NI6B£9§
1-tDisl. JAMES L SEWARD, of Thomas.
2d “ A II. GOLQDITT. of B .ker.
3d •• DAVID J BWLF.Y. of Butts.
4th •• W IL VV. DENT, of Coweta-
5th •• E. VV. CHASTAIN, of Gilmer.
From the Washington Union, 7ih inst.
POLITICS IN GEORGIA.
The political contest in Georgia is attended by '
Rome novel and interesting features. The democrat
ic candidate for governor. Mr Johnson, is the nom- j
mee of a regular democratic conveniion. whilst his op
ponent. Mr. Jenkins, conies forward at the call of a |
convention which seems not to have been willing to
be regarded or designated as whigs It is not exac
tly certain what name the members of this parly will 1
finally adopt, hut il does seem certain thal they are :
determined no longer to fight utidrrthe whig banner. ■
Their candidate was the associate on the VVeb-ter
ticket in the late presidential contest for the vice pres- '
idency; but as the head of the ticket died before the
election, the oilier end of it was not very formidable ;
in the race He is regarded on all hands as a genlle-
man of talents and of good character, and his devo
tion lo the whig parly was never questioned until
he discovered that its affiliation with abolitionism
was loo open and notorious to suit his taste. He;
then onlisted under the Union banner, but seems to '
have taken an early occasion to return to his first '
love On the IstofJuly Ji-52, he cm his connexion !
with the Union party; and look his position again as !
a whig, in a letter ol tha' date, from which we make
the following extract, which we would suppose w ill be
interesting to the democrats of Georgia at this lime: j
• I should be very sorry, nevertheless, to see the con- !
stitutinnal Union party cn masse vote for the demo- j
cratic nominee. Certain events which followed the ,
April convention of that party were well calculated
to impair its stability and efficiency, and therefore to .
excite both regret and apprehension while there re- !
mamed in prospert a probable necessity for its con- t
tinned distinct organization But now that both the '
national parties have fully recognised and adopted
the platform of that party. I think it would he not
only consistent with its past course, hut prnmotive of ,
the end of its formation, to dissolve it The end is '
expressed in a few words: Acquiescence in the com- j
promise measures—Faithful execution of the fugitive- ;
slave law—cessation from the slavery agitati on ;
coalition of the constitutional Union party with eitli- ’
er of the national parties would involve a condem- j
nation of tne other, having reference to the end a- |
hove stated; and that, ton, in the teeth of a recent :
pledge ol'eo operation in its promotion. This would
be not only inconsistent with the position of the U-
nion party, but in the last degree prejudicial to sou'll- |
ern interest. Under existing circumstances I would i
not a-k my democraticUniun friends to abandon their !
former allies, t or am I at ail disposed to separate j
from mine There is no reason to suppose that they .
have conceived a new attachment to the whig party, i
and upon the closest self examination. Ido not perceive ,
that I am at all democratized. I see no reason why
we should r.ot now separate in entire good feeling. 1
having learned, during our brief association the iin- ]
porlant lesson of iiiiitual respect and toleration and j
ready at all times hereafter to reorganize for the de
fence of our State institutions, or of our federal Uni- '
on. whenever and however imperilled.”
Mr. Jenkins waadecidedly in a dilemma when he ;
wrote this letter—neither w hig, democrat, nor Uni
on man.' This would seem to he about the position
whirh he would be disposed to occupy at present.
He is willing, however, to he governor of Georgia,
and trust to the future for the name of the party to
which he may owe his election. Although he whs
not democratized enough to vote for General Pierce,
by his association with Union democrats we suppose
he indulges the hope that the "Union democrats have
become tchigized enough to vote for him fo, gover
nor. It would strike us that the rule ought to work
• both ways; and if we are not deceived in our observa-
, lions as to the spirit which animates lhe democracy
j of Georgia, he will find his democratic supporters
, like "angels' visits few and far between.’’ Our par
ty must guard itself against all such insidious attempts
to -divide and conquer,’’ or our late splendid victory
will turn to - ashes on our lips.” We know of no
better name than that of democrat, and we are sure
that there are no better principles than those of the
j democracy. IVe sincerely hope our Georgia friends
will cling to both with a zeal and devotion which will
prjve as fatal to whiggery in disguise as it has done
to whiggery when openly avowed The reason of
; the leaders o( this new nameless parly for their op-
' position to the presen' administration is too Iranspar.
j ent to deceive the patriotic Union democrats of Geor-
1 gia. The President has appointed firce-soilers arid
; secessionists to office! say they. It is wonderful that
I this ohj c icn did not occur tc Mr.Jenktn pnd|hi^ • up-
I ulous friends when they ran up the flag of Mr. Web
1 ster in 1852, with all his quondam free-aniliem But
I Mr. Webster was a whig—General Pierce is a detn-
jocrat: there lies the rub.
I __ Democrats —Among the prominent men of the
. State whom citizen Toombs may have counted on
I to sustain his platform and his candidate, but who
j will be found in the ranks with democrats, and sus-
■ laining our noble President and his democratic ad-
I ministration, are to be found Chappell, and Miller,
, and Wright, and Wofford, and Milledge, and Rice,
and Milner, and Underwood, and many mure who
will have nothing to do any longer with the juggling
and shuffling that disgrace the Union-Republican
Conaervative-Guberualorial-Whig conglomeration—
Marietta Advocate.
It is said that the grave of James Madi
son twice President of the United States,
cannot now he recognised.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATItlNS.
Washington county, for the Senate. S B. Craffon,
for the Home, M. E. Boatright. R A Robinson,
Monroe county, for the Seriate, Z E Harman, for
the, tloo-e. W. C Redding .1 S. Pinckard.
Ca-iiptii^o IkipiT.
We will send the Federal Union to Cam
paign Subscribers upon the follow ing terms:
Single copy, G months, - - - SI
Six copies G “ - - - 5
Persons wishing the paper only through the
Campaign, will receive it until the loihof
November at 50 cents. Two or more names
should accompany eaclt order, also the cash.
Tiic cosntneiit iry of the Journal *
messenger on I tie Algerine JLa tv aud
Mr. Miller’s letter.
This famous Algerine Law is a very sore
subject with our opponents. As soon as
Mi. Jenkins was nominated they became
exceedingly sensitive on that point. And
well they might,fot it isa death blow to every
reasonable hope of electing M r. Jet-kins, and
tin’ only of electing him, hut it will fie sure
to cttisf: the future political prospects of any
man that attempts to defend that measure.
That law- contains one of the very worst
features of Federal Whiggery. If carried
into general operational would deprive more
I ban one half of our citizens of the dearest
righ'sofa freeman. Ifcarried into genet al
operation, it would deprive evety man that
was not worth one thousand dollars, in teal
estate, of the privilege of voting for his til
lers, or of being eligible to office himself.
Many of out opponents pretend to look tip-
on this as a small affair. To them 't may ap-
pearso. Many of the federal Whigs may
think with Mr. Jenkins, that men who have
tint landed property to the amount of one
thousand dollars, have no right to vote or to
run for any office; but we do not think so;
neither do the democracy of Georgia think
so. This act of disfranchisement is a foul
blot upon Mr. Jenkins’s political character,
which all the w aters <<f the Savannah River
cannot wash out. The wav the Whigs have
tried to evade, to dodge, and to plaster over
this charge, has been di-graceful to the par
ty, and to Mr Jenkins himself. They know
he voted for the law, they know that he
brought it forward in the lower house.—
They know lhat the people of Richmond
county held him responsinle for it, and yet
because the yeas and nays weie not called,
and the names of the menibets that vo
ted for the law are not found on the journals,
they endeavor to dodge the responsibility.
There is one exception, the Chronicle &
Sentinel, we believe, admits that he voted
for it, anil ditl so because he bettered it to be
right. The last Journal & Messenger gives
the Telegraph some advice, hut we should
think it might he well for the author of that
article to swallow some ofhis own medicine
before attempting to administer it toothers.
The editor of the Journal & Messenger
says he has been absent from home, and he
probably is not the author of the imprudent
article to which we refer, but this w riter
says Mr. Miller acted under ins'ruclioim
from his constituents. We have nothing to
do witli Mr. Miller in this affair, it is with
Mr. Jenkins we are dealing, and the writer
in the Journal & Messenger admits that the
petition was signed by only 89 names.—
Does becall this instructions from a city like-
Augusta which contains several hundred vo
lets. Is the petition of 89 men sufficient to
justify Mr. Jenkins in taking a* ay the
rights of hundreds of freemen? Whig {ta
pers and Mr. Miller also contend that, be
cause it was confined to the city of Augusta
that we in oilier parts of the State have noth
ing to do with it. We admit we have noth
ing to do with the law, and if Mr. Jenkins
had confined his aspitatious to representing
Augusta, we should not have said anything
on the subject. But when he aspires to rule
Georgia, it is quite a different thing. The
man that believes that such a law is right
and proper fot the citizens of Richmond,
would b-i likely to think it was tight and
proper for the whole State, and might with
pertect consistency believe, if the people af
ter knowing his connection with the Alge
rine Law, should vote for him for their Gov
ernor, that they too Itelieved the law was
just and proper, and from this circumstance
he 'night readily conclude that a majority
of the people ofGeorgia wanted such a law
for the whole State.and recommend it to the
Legislature. This would certainly he a
far more logical conclusion, than to say be-
case 89 men signed a petition to take away
the Rights of many hundreds, thal he believ
ed the hundreds wanted such a law, and
this is the excuse which Mr. Millet makes
for him for advocating the A’gerine Law.
This Wiiterfor the Journal & Messenger
makes sevet al bold assertions, notone of
which is substantiated by the testimony.—
He says, “ We have shown that it w as a dem
ocratic measure.” Hehas shown no such
thing, anti we defy him to make such a
showing,because it is not true. The Algerine
Law was a Federal Whig concern from
the hegining to end, and it was gotten up in
the strong Federal county ofRichmnnd. It
was sent to the Whig members of that coun
ty tii cat r y it through the Legislature. It is
customaiy for the Legislature to leave all
laws of a stiictly local character to the mem
bers of the county to be effected, to manage
them as they choose. The Legislature let
Mr. Miller and Mr. Jenkins manage the af
fairs of Richmond,and they did manage this,
and they alone are responsible for it,
sc far as the Legislature is concerned.
The Scribe of the Journal & Messenger
says he has convicted the Telegraph ttf “ig
norance or wilful misrepresentation.'' This
bold charge is made without a particle of
proof to sustain it. Mr. Millet’s testimony
confirms a part of the statement of the Tel
egraph. He savs.speaking of Mr. Jenkins,
“He supposed thst the measure was desired
by our constituents and acted accordingly.”
Weil Mr. Miller,how did he act7 how would
a representative act when he supposed a
measure was desired by his constituents]
Why support it of course: well,sir, why did
you not tell us so in plain words and not
dodge the main question, as you would a
bomb shell. The fact is, Mr Miller has vol
untarily forced himself upon the stand, well
knowing thst he was an incompetent wit- j
j ties-*, as he was a partner in the transaction,
| and cannot be allowed to testify for himself !
jot partner; and when on the stand he has /
' not told the w hole truth, but only so much of \
lit as he thought would benefit t he delendan’;
' and worst of bM he did not wait to he cross-
I examined. His testimony was ex parte and
| given under a veiy strong bias. We should j
have desired much to have a-ked hint a lew !
| questions when he wa« on the stand, but it j
| seems he considered lum«elf bound to give ;
j testimony only on one side. But Mr Miller’s j
testimony.such as it is.pmvcsouly that he was i
as deep in the mud, as Mr. Jenkins was in
the mite, ’i he whole charge yt t stands in 1
full force against Mr Jenkins, and it will i
stand,unless these fast Whig witnesses shali (
be able to swear tiuth out of Georgia. This j
act of disfranchi-ing men because they I
were not worth one thousand dollars in real
estate, will forever stick t<> Mr. Jenkins, like
binning pitch. It is tlie* damned spot that i
will rt"l out at the bidding of W big scribblers, j
Mr. Jenkins would have acted much more j
in character with his f inner reputation, if |
! he hail at once come out and acknowledged j
the whole of his connection with this law ;
but he has suffered his friends and spokes-j
men to dodge and equivocate and place him |
in a false position, until every man in the
State can see that they are afraid to take the !
responsibility. This respon-ibility we
kn >w is a heavy one, but they will he foie- !
ed to heat it, for if they do not assume it
themselves, it will he thrown upon them.— :
Every man that attempts to justify Mr Jen- j
kins for his agency in this aff’iir, endorses i
the principles of the law. The people of
Augusta who have felt the effects of the law,
know where the responsibility lies better j
than the Journal & Mes-enger or the South
ern Recorder. They have fixed the blarne j
upon Mr Jenkins, and the people of Genr-
will aflfiim their verdict. That verdict will '
show to (Re world that the Democracy of
Gtorgia will never endorse the principles of a
man. that lias hern instrument a! in depriving i
citizens of the p>irilege of rofinz, merely be- !
cause they did not happen to own one thou- \
sand dollars worth of real < slate.
The Ss»ill hen* Bectmler,-Hs incon
sistency anil artful (lodging. j
We shall endeavor to convict the South- I
ern Recorder of the grossest inconsistency
and political tergiversation, and to a candid
public w’e h ave the decision, "guilty or not j
guilty.”
It is well known ofall men who have
taken the pains to acquaint themselves of
th-r fact, that the Siuthern Recorder, for I
the la-t six months, h is been waging an j
unrea-ing war upon the “National Whig
Cteeil" and national Parties, by attacking ;
both them and the men who aJhete to 1
am) defend them. For a steady and zeal- j
hits support of the “National Whig creed” !
Col. Ivenan of Baldwin, has been lectured,
in no amiable spirit or choice terms, by Mr.
Knowles of the Recorder. This acrimoni- ,
ons spirit of prosciiption of Col. K. by the j
Recorder, has been evinced ujito this mo- '
rrient. Now, to show bow little principle i
was involved in this hostility to a IVhig.
who dared to show up the twistings and in
consistencies of the Rreoider, at a meeting
of the “Whigs of Baldwin” to nominate
delegates to the Gubernatorial and Con- j
gtes-iotial Conventions, which met in this
city a few weeks ago.it was resolved by
Mr, Knowles, be it remembered, that we !
“adhere to the National Whig creed.” Mr.
Knowles introduced the Resolutions, and
knew fully the extent to which lie was com
mitted by them - After this concession to
the “ Whigs of Baldwin.” do we find the col
umns of the Recorder practicing the open
professions of the Editm? No; indeed! He
ignores “the National Whig creed”—joins
Toombs in bis crusade against that very j
creed, and declares national Panics cor- \
rupt. Such, reader, is rhe-true position of j
the Southern Reeoider in respect to the Na- I
tional Whig cieed.
But let us exhibit the dodging of the ;
Recorder in a more ohjectional point of view. ,
After Mr. Knowles had committed himself j
arid the Rreoider to the support of the “Na
tional WJiig creed,” he eedeav >rs ol course
to prove that there is nothing in thal creed
to which exception might lie taken. How
does he (hi it. He places in parallel cob j
umns the Platform ol the W big Convention j
at Baltimore, and the Inaugural of Ptesi- |
dent Pierce; and remarks how very similar
they are—no difference, no maletial differ- j
ence, whatever.
To the eye of the close ohset ver, there is j
manifestly a blank left by the Editors of the
Recorder—something apptat.s to he want
ing which has Seen always regarded as
part and patcel of the Whig creed. With- j
out this distinguishing characteristic, the
Whig creed would lie but a weak solution j
of Democratic Piinciples. Has the Editors i
of the Recorder suppRKSSKii a pait of the
Whig creed, to suit the exigencies of their j
own inconsistent and un'enable position? j
It is even so. The only Resolution which i
at all conflicts with Pierce’s Inaugural is
supptcssrd in the Recorder's pat al lei col- !
umns. It is as follows:
6. The Constitution vpsta in Congress the power |
to open an4 repair harbors an<l it is expedient that .
Congress should exercise its power to remove oh-
sirnciions from navigable rivers, u-henevrr such iin
prurements are necessary for the common defence, and
lor the protection and facility of commerce with for
eign nations, or among the States, which improve
ments being in every instance, national and general
in their character.
We hold the Recorder to a “strict ac
countability” for suppressing the truth.
The object is too palpable to be mistaken, j
To impose on a too credulous public mind, I
is riot considered a duty, much less a neres- '
sity, of an honest and enlightened Press. If ;
the Southern Recorder is not ashamed of \
holding Whig principles anti heating the :
Whig colors, let it say so. I fit cannot con- 1
sistenily maintain either, by all means, let :
it say so. No man can serve two masters, - 1
or profess opposite and antagonistic politi ■
cal piinciples, at one and the same time,
without subjecting himself to the charge of i
insincerity and inconsistency.
Gen. Wofford’s Position.
j Some of our Whig friends have appear'
j ed anxious to know the whereabouts ol this
j veteran Democrat. The last A'hens Ban
ner furnishes the information. That paper
: says:
i We have just been shewn s letter from Gen. Wnf-
. ford, to a gentleman in this place, in which he says:
| I shall take iny position in the Democratic rank-, and
support Judge Johnson ” We hope there will be
no further misunderstanding as to his po-itinn.
We also learn from a private letter ad*
dressed us by a frien l in Htbei-ham coun
ty, that Gen. Wofford is an out and out
Johnson man. Both he and Judge Hillyer
his opponent, are friends of Pierce, and
Johnson men. We could not in justice to
onr principles and our friends.take sides for
either against the other. Both are old and
staunch Democrats, and either will repre
sent the mountain Democracy with fidelity
and unbounded zeal, and the Sta'e with
credit.
From the letter alluded to above, we ate
rejoiced to hear thal our prospects are high
ly encouraging; the nomination of Judge
Johnson, says the writer, is well received
here, and our friends are in high spirits.
The President's appointments.
Because President. Ptetco has seen prop
er to appoint several gentlemen to office who
they say have heretofore been recognised as
members of the Free Soil Party, Mr.
Toombs anti his Webstet friends have kick
ed up quite a muss, and denounced Mr.
Pietce as unworthy the confidence of South
ern men. I hink of it, people of Geoigia,
Robt. Toombs, the tight hand man of the
Taylor dynasty, under which the league
between FreeSoilism and the treasury rob
bers was cemented — Toombs, the confiden
tial friend of Tom Corwin and Daniel Web-
s'er, lecturing Mr. P ietce (or appointments
objectionable to the South! Oh, sagacious
Toombs!
But let us look a little into the manner of
Mr. Pierce’s nomination, and a better un-
der-ianding can be formed of the merits of
his official appointments. Gen Pierce was
the nominee of no clique, no faction of the
Democratic [tatty—of no section. The
whole convention spontaneously fixed upon
him as the “nomination most fit to he made.”
The woik was the off’-pruigof the moment.
There u as no bat gain and sale— no pledges,
no promises of lewatd. Geo Pierce was
under no obligations to any man or set of
men for the nomination. He was not in-
debte I to Cass, or Buchanan, or Douglass,
or Marcv for the honor. Rather,he got the
nomination in spile of their influence. Com
ing into the executive chair of the nation,lie
looked upon every man who voted for him
as a fiietid of the democratic party and its
national creed. In selecting suitable per
sons to fill offices under the government,the
inquiry naturally suggested to his mind was
this: Is he honest? is he capable, does he
support the principles upon which I ita/e
jn-.t triumphed, and upon which l intend to
administer the affairs of the government] —
having decided the inquiry in the atliima
live, he did not go hack to the state of pai-.
ties prior to the pe>iod of his election ami
take Ca-a men or Buchanan men into favor
and repudiate Douglass men or Van Bitten
men. He owed his election to the whole
partv, and in dispensing his official favors he
could not have offended the national senti
ment except by the appoi .'ment of some
min or men who had voted tor his dead an
(agonist or for General Scott. It would
have pleased whiggery had Pi evident Pierce
made Cass men the-recipients of his bounty,
to 'he exclusion of Buchanan ami Douglass
men. That was the hope of the Whig par
ty; upon that rock they built all expecta
tion of maintaining the Whig organization
But their expectations were blasted. Con
trary to their hopes, President Pierce gave
office to Cass men. Buchanan men and
Douglass men—to Hunkers ami Barnburn
ers. to Union and Southern Rights Demo
crats. When any of these appuin'ees re
fuse to stand upon the principles of the In
augural they will not stand in the places as
signed them. No distinction wa« marie be
tween one democrat and another. In pursuing
this course the President secured the support
and confidence of the whole [tarty. He of
fended nobody hut whigs. And as Whigs
are the loudest in denouncing the adminis
tration forits appointments, democrats ought
to feel greatly encouraged. As for ourselves,
we regard it as a healthy sign. If the Whigs
were the flatterers of the President, and the
noises? atui most fulsome adulators, instead
of the snarling and growling discontents
they ate, we should feel alarmed for thejte-
curity of our principles and the permanet ce
of our power. We congratulate the friends
of the President and the Democracy of the
whole Union.on the restless and dissati-fied
state of the Whig party in Gemgia. Let us
but succeed in placing them in a similar at
titude toward the Execut ve ol Georgia, and
our word for it Whiggery is a seal
ed book in this State, for the next four
years.
A ISiilicnltms Explanation.
The Southern Recorder endeavored to ex
plain the inconsistency which vve charged
upon it, i f first giving the Convention the
title of the "Union Convention,” end chang
ing it a few minutes afterwatd, by saying
it was done to please a “single individual.”
We know not whether it meant by the em
phasis ori the word single, to indicate that
the gentleman who did the wmk of revision
lived in single blessedness, or (the more ra
tional conclu-ion, pet haps.) thal one man,and
hut one man haJ the power to etase so im-
poitantan e>ror, as the name of a political
convention,from the published record of the
proceedings. Your explanation, gentlemen,
is not satisfac ory to u-, because it places
you in the u' enviable position of men who
knew not your hu-iness as publishers, or
liily liveted cowards who bow and do obei-
sence at the nod and beck of a "single indi
vidual;” and on neither horn of this dilemma
would we he pleased to [dace you. A bel
ter reason neighbor—we (eel for your un
easiness.
Abuse of President Pierce.
'Die same papers and the same party in
Georgia which bespattered Franklin Pietce
with the coaisest abuse, pending the Presi
dentiai contest, are s’ ill engaged in denounc
ing him and hisadministration, notwithstand
ing he was the choice of the people <d Geor
gia by an overwhelming majority. The
Chronicle SySent.inel the organ of the “illustri
ous Jenkins.” and the Websterian Conser
vatives, spoke of General Pierce,<m the 271 h
day of dept, last, as “the mere spawn and
creatuieofthe most debaseddemagogueism:”
very nice terms, certainly, from the would
he fountain of all the political decency and
refinement in the State. This paper con
tinues its defamation of President Pietce,
and almost in the same breath, calls upon
Union Democrats anil Whigs to vote for its
candidate, the “illustrious Jenkins,” for
Governor. How can any friend of Presi
dent Pierce in Georgia associate himself with
that party which is opposing and denouncing
hisadministration. How can any Democrat
associate himself with the Chronicle & Sen
tinel. Jenkins, Toombs and Stephens—the
instruments by which the Ghost of Webster
was exhumed and placed upon a pedestal
by the side of Mr Jenkins, to he worshipped
by Southern men as a God! They tell you
that President Pierce h >s appointed Ftee
Soilers to office. Did Jenkins or Toombs
or Stephens object lo Taylor’s and Fill
more’s Free Soil appointment-? no, indeed!
They were marvellously proper and fit to be.
made, all of them. What hypocrisy, what
unblushing brazen faced impudence,in the-e
men to call in question the appointments
of any Pies'dent.
The Southern Recorder, a sheet that-val
ues the co-operation of Uni >u Democrats
next to the priviliges oftheeleclivefranchise,
thus speaks of President Pietce in the issue of
last Tuesday.
The CaMville Standard enquires—"Did Mr. Jen
kins and his friends support Mr. Pierce?” No. thank
Heaven, he commuted no such lolly, and thousands
who did, (the editor included) will regret it ns long as
they live, if we do uol greatly mistake the signs ot the
times.
And you, gentlemen of the Recorder, are
begging Union Democrats to aid yon in
“linking Georgia to the car uf nation
al” Whiggery, in the same voice that you
denounce the man for whom their votes
were cast, and for whom they still entertain
the profoundest respect, personally, the
platform, but now when he is running f or
Governor and stands very much in ntTd 0 f
Democratic votes, he has again tallied .. n
to the Union platform. Mr. Jenkins and
his advocates will do well to avoid Rrou .
most exalted esteem as a statesman, and the
warmest affection as a democrat.
Disgui-e it as you may, the contest in
Georgia is narrowed down to Pierce Dem
ocrncy and Webster W higgerv. The Whigs
are rallying on one side, the Denioc’ats on j merit, and reason, as much as possible, Ibr
lhe other. Every man who votes for Jen Iverily his political life will not bear tnves.
j kins is against the Democratic pa.ty. and f ligation. VVe shall from time to time pub-
' will he recognized as a Whig. There is no ! li-h. lor the amusement of our readers, the
! escape from the toils of whiggery when the self conceited, dogmatic, effusions *■> |[, e
! old dragon once gets his victim securely j Chronicle & Sentinel, l ecau-e we presume
bound in his meshes. But if the eye is j they are the sentiments ol Mr. Jenkins, dis-
'kept steadily fixed on the great principles tiiboted for the In nefit of all those who put
of the Democratic party, the decept ve atts : their trust in Jenkins. Let none of the
i of the old enemy ate powerless as t lie gossa- j Jenkins Federalists vainly imagine that the
Algerine law is al! of the ammunition that
we have for this campaign. That of itself
would he sufficient to keep every true de
mocrat in Georgia fro n vo'ing for Jenkii
mer’s attenuated thread.
Hlr. Jenkins :in«l lhe Whit; Party.
IhtA a slnmgi r desire than erer before to adhere
to the National Ithig Parly, and gire to their nom
inees my feeble s- ppoit—Jenkins’ Utter to the Re-I but we have many more doses, which we
pub'ican. j shall administer from time to time, and -,ve
In July 1852. just a year ago, after the j verily believe that thousands of hottest
meeting of the Whig National Convention, i whig-, when they know his strong Federal
Mr. C J. Jenkins published a letter, from j propensities, will carefully avoid ihe fearful
which the above extract is taken. It will responsibility of voting for him for Gov-
be remembered, that at the time of the w ri- j ernor.
ting of this letter, it was well known to,
and admitted by. Southern Whigs in Coti
gre-s, that the whig party at the. Noith was
tin ler the direction of Wm H Seward; that
it was a sectional organization, unworthy
the confidence of Soi r'heru men. Toombs I
The Algerine Lair aud the
Southern Recorder.
W»* had supposed that very lew men in
Geoigia did not know that Charles J. Jen
kins voted for the Algerine Law. The
men. i oorntis i , ,, , r , ... ,
„_;,i p , , , Southern tit carder ol la-t I uesday expresies
said -o. Stephens, (jentrv, arid others sanl .. „ , - . . . '
so: Yet Mr. Jenkins was not of that npin- ; 1,8 >S’>'' ra " ce ” f ^ ,n ,hli w,se :
ion. True, he could not support Gen. i EXPLODED.
Scott, because he was a me-e soldier, hav- Oi.r oppurren., were cm.min* very largely ripen
. u i • J * ie Algerinp bubble.—f<«r the runner must l>«ar hi
log a na-ry.^ai rrttrary temper an Itrrpert niind that Democracy lives on hobbles, anil keepi
I ous self w ill &c. But ho was “satisfied fai anil kickin': al that. The Macon Telegraph war
I with the Flat firm.'' and felt 'a stronger de- i particularly ilelighteil over it- repast of thin air. and
! sire than erer before to adhere to the. No. waa 1'»'» wi " H .v »rd wordy atom, poor
j ' j men, a«*h cakes »»»d corn*doo»ers»; all banished by Mr.
! tional Whig Forty " At the very lime ! Jenkins to Algeria. Bn: ala-! «ln-! it turn* out il.at
I when Toombs and Stephens were telegraph- ; Mr. Jenkins’ name can nowhere be associated wiih
! ing their whig friends in Georgia to cut ! ,h « P»«»?e of the offensive act. a- is> shown by nr-
titles in on paper today Irom itie Macon Messen
ger. But will nnr opponents, now that the misrep-
loo.se from the whole concern, be it remem
beret! that dir. Jenkins was more than ever resentatinn ha» been nailed to the counter, make the
brfoie in favor of sustaining the National
Whig Party We put it to candid Demo-
ctats end Whigs, where is the consistency.
amend honorable and retract the fabrication. We
shall see.
I)oe« the Recorder deny that Mr. Jen-
where the honesty in Mr. Jenkins’ endorse- kins adv icated the passage of this Law?
ment of the Res dution of the late Toombs Suppose the yeas and nays were n it taken
Convention which is as follows. ! " n pas-age. does that relieve Mr. Jen-
Resolved. That in the opinion of this Conven-i k . ins fr ” m li '« P usili ” n barged upon him,
linn, boili the Whijf and I>tinocra , ic partiep of lhe viz I «»f having supported the bill in lhe
United States have been faithless to their oft repeat- j Legislature? Dare the Recorder say that
jd pledges of econ.1)V in me expenditure of the J erikilig ( | i( [ |ll>t advocate the enact-
I public money, and thm we view with great alarm and r » r x r i i> i
j disapprobation irie panic!, unequal and unjust ap- *d sue!) a haw. : the Recorder
i propriation of the public lands to interna! improve- ? t pnd t he pe<>p'e fo Georgia know that
ment.- in particular States, and ofa local character. Mr. Jenkins advocated the Law in the Leg-
and of the public money to wild, reckless and ei • > . , _ • i-... j , i
r * , -’ . . ■ , ji i-Ialure, because he behaved it to be wise
gantic schemes ol internal improvement, intended ’
tor tin promotion of particular interests rather than and just. 1 hey also know that Mr. Jen-
the general benefit of those who bear the bnrtheD of kins tefused to recant, or to change his
Taxation i views on that subject, and for this teasnn
Mr. Jenkins had publicly intimated, but be was defeated before the people of Rich-
a few months ago, tha! lie had a stronger round for the Legislature at the next ensu-
confidence than evet before in the sound- ing election for members of the Legisla-
ness of the National Whig Party. Mr. jure
Jenk ins is not a man to say one thing to- The Recorder surpasses its Whig con-
day and recant il to-morrow. He speaks temparories — they have admitted that Mr.
| his sentiments “after the closest self exam- Jenkins did suppoit the Law. TheChrnn-
| ination. ’ anti e-tcems it the highest honor icle & Sentinel says it was a just ami equi-
j to he known as a man of decision and firm- table La v. While all the Whig papers ad
| ness. Either Mr. Jenkins did not speak mit that Mr. Jenkins did favor the law they
; his settled convictions when he applauded attempt to excuse him by saving that a
| the National Whig Pa'ty last year, or else Democratic Legislature passed it and a
j has subscribed to a Resolution of the Democra'ic Governor signed it This was
| C- nventioii which nominated him for Gov- a [,, ca | | a w. The City of Augusta was the
which virtually contradicted the ln>n- only party concerned. The Legislature in
deference to the wishes of the Richmond
members passed the law. Gov. McDonald
signed it as every Governor does mere lo
cal laws that are Constitutional, having no
beating on the general interests, and I'eel-
est convictions of his heart. Let him take
which hoin of the dilemma he chooses.
The Eiiroiiiele dk Sentinel on the
Algerine law.
Since writing the comments on the Al-
, . - . . < j- . ines of the people,
genrieiaw which will be found in another T . • 1 1 , , ,
. • i l Mr.lenkinssiipporteiltne measure because
part nt tins paper, we have received the , , ,. . . * 1 , . , ... ,
he believed it to lie [ust and equitable—he
part ot tins pape
Chronicle & Sentinel of the I3th inst.,
which contains theeditor’s statement of the
circumstances attending the pa-sage of the
Algerine law. It, throws no new light on
the subject except on two points. When
Mr. Jenkins came before the people of
Richmond county the next year, for a new
election, it seems he thought it wa- necessa
ry to make an explanation through the
; newspapers, of his conduct in relation to
j this infamous law. The Editor corule-
fcends only to give a pan of this explana
tion. in answer to the interrogatory wheth-
I er if elected he would vote to repeal the
j law. Mr. Jenkins says in substance, if the
advocates and opponents of the measure
should unite in asking for a repeal, he
would vote fi r it, hut adds immediately his
own sentiment>:
advocated the principle involved, and re
fused to recant, as did Mr. Miller, who
came hack to the Legislature and had the
Law repealed.
Mr. Jenkins knows he supported the Al
gerine Law—a law which required of ev
ery man in the city of Augusta, a property
qualification of one thousand Dollars, lie-
fore he could he entitled to vote for Alder
men of the City of Augusta. He will not
deny it. The Recorder dare not deny it.
We challenge the Recorder—we put that
paper on the stand, and demand a reply
lo this question. Did not Chatles J. Jen
kins urge the passage of the so-called Al
gerine Law?
Their name is Legion.
The Whigs of Georgia, have at !a=t found
But it i- proper that I should advert to the other a name that exactly suits them. The (113-
nliertiarive. As an individual I uu.-t frankly say c „ vpry wns fj rst ma ,j e by the Columbus En-
that I urn opD'»seil lo th»* rpwpai of me act. i>otmn» • ic ,, ,
has occurred to change the op'riiou 2 entertained quirer. ■« we must tell our name the
when I voted for it. ~ Enquirer, here it is, “Oar name is Legion.”
From this it will he seen that Mr. Jen- The Southern Recorder and several other
kins had not changed his mind since voting Whig papers answer in response, our name
for it, he was then and still remained in fa- ** Legion, anil our name is Legion is echoed
vor of the law. It seems that the people from one end of Georgia to the other. M'e
of Richmond who know Mr Jerikir s well, have for sometime had strong suspicions of
even then feareJ that he would use that origin >«f the present Whig party. We
Algerine law “as an entering wedge" to knew that for some reason or other, they
the limitation of the tight of suffrage in S'ate were a-hameJ of their ancestors and their
elections.” In answer to that Mr. Jenkins name. But now since they have openly pro-
says : claimed their origin,we hope hereafter
I have never contemplated such a movement, and ,he y wil1 "otdeny their relations. Those
without a change of opinion, can never propose or whose anxious to know the early history
vote for such a measure. 0 f ( b e party, and the character of their an-
1 he Editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel cestors, will find a very graphic and concise
thinks that this should be satisfactory and account of both, in the 5th chap, of Mark,
add--: and in the Sth chap, of Luke. It will there
To those who question it, we will not do him the in- be seen, that “Legion,” was the name ol a
ju-tice to addre-s >tilier ari argument or remon very numerous anil a very mrscheviousywty
tllr "” re ' _ of derils that infested “the country of the
I o those who have confided their judg- ; Gadurene3 which is over against Gallilee.”
ment and their conscience to the keeping It is strange how long certain traits of char-
id Mr Jenkins this may be sufficient, but to a cter will run in families. Eighteen hun-
those ft eemen ofGeorgia who choose to think ( |red years ago the party called Legion, was
and act for themselves it will he far Irom ; n many respects very much like theirtle--
satisfactory; hut we would advise the Chron- j scendants of the present day. Those un-
icle & Sentinel to stand fast by his position, 1 fortunate men who were formerly under the
a mere dogmatic assertion will do much bet | influence of this party, left the company uf
ter for Mr. Jenkins than argument. ^ our &ane men. and delighted to hang about th®
subject will not hear argument, the mo- : Toombs Sometimes thev became in-ane,
ment you descend from your stilts and cm- i frothed at the mouth, and exposed
descend to reason^ with hre people^Mr. Jen- j themselves in a very ridiculous manner.
Those who were at the last Whig Con
vention must have seen things very similar.
kins is lost The people of Richmond
wete not sati-fied with Mr. Jenkins’ dog
matic assertion. M r. Jenkins &ays ‘without
a change of opinion he would not attempt
We might itace the resemblance much far
ther; but we think we have already shown
to limit the right of suffrage in the tMatp. suc h a striking similaiity between the an*
If the Chronicle & Sentinel would only i anf [ modern partv, that every one will
condescend to reason and argument we recognize the relationship. We will only
could easily convince him that Mr. Jen- \ a( H a t this time, that the party called Le
kim is very liable to change his opinion-, \ gion ruined every man that remained under
we could show him that Mr. Jenkins /.as j their control, even the hogs could not long
changed his opinion very suddenly when survive their alliance; and in a fit of despair
he thought it would 6uil his inieiest. Mr. | drowned themselves in the Sea rather that*
Jenkins at first wasin favor of the Nash endure their society.
ville Convention ; he expected great ben
efit to the South from thal Convention, and j Tlte Southern fleruld-
voted, if we mistake not, to send Chatles J I Fiiend Christy, we regret very much to
McDonald and others to that Convention; j differ with you, for we have in times goto
this was when the Nashville. Convention by, taken sweet counsel together, [editorial*
I was popular, but as soon as he thought that
i some political catntal could be made by
i abusing that Convention, he turned
’ about and abused it, and the very men upon
' whose shoulders he had laid the burden,he
j vilhfied, and would not touch the burden
i with one of his fingers. Mr. Jenkins then
! joined the Union party, and rode that sen-
! salioti as long as he thought it would pay;
| but the moment that he thought there was
1 a chance to make more out of Whiggety
than Unionism he had "a stremge desire than
erer before to adhere to the National H hig
Party." Yet with all that strong desire,
he would uot vote lor Scott and Graham,
but was willing to be nominated as Vice
President, and run ou the ticket with Dan
iel Webster; then be rallied off the Unim
ly, we mean,] and even now there is
Republican citizen, or Union Conservative
Whig, tor whose opinion we have a mote
profound regard, but you made a great mis
take when yon said we had dropped the Al
gerine Law like a hot potatne. We have
hut just began to throw thal hot potatoe, and
the Jenkins Jugglers will get it in their face
and eyes before the campaign is over
take care that you do not burn your mouth
ifyou attempt to swallow that same hot po-
taioe. We are sorry to see you in such bail
company, you are used to better society.
Cant you escape, even now? remember the
fate of poor Pray. We should rejoice
know tha.i the Legion bad been cast out of
you, and that you were again clothed » n “
in your right mind.