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Merriwelher County- A friend residing
(„ (tie above county. under dste of 14th ins',
g.nds u* the following:
“The public mind, in our country, is very,
tranquil at this time, on political matters.
There is not a doubt, however, to lie enter
tained for a moment but that Mr. Johnson s
nomination is highly acceptable with all our
friends. Merriwither Co. will give him a
respectable majority. VV e have no candi-
dates, as yet, for the Legislature. It is
supposed the retail traffic question in ar
dent spirits, somewhat in the way of some,
and causes something like a tender-footed
ness.
In our county, the railroad spirit is gain
ing ground. 840,000 are already subscri
bed for the purpose <>t building a railroad
from Greenville to Gratitville. At this time,
the prospects are indeed flattering for the
completion of the enterprise. Again, our
crops of corn are much improving, since the
commencement of the recent showers. I
think our county will make a support.
The cotton plant is -mall but abounds
with sq«iare§. At this lune, it is growing
too fast, and has recently become too full of
sap. There is no certain calculation, as yet,
to be made, with reference to the final re
sult of the cotton crop.”—Constitutionalist Sf
Republ ic.
The Smallest Steam Engine in the World-
—Mr. Benjamin J. Warner, the London
watch manufacturer, has sent to this country,
for exhibition at the World’s Fair, the
working models for two steam engines.
We infer from notices of them in some of
the London papers, that they will be the
most cut ions specimens of minute workmen-
ship exhibited in the Crystal Palace. The
smallest one, an oscillating cylinder engine,
stands upon an English four penny piece,
(size of a half a dime,) with room to spare!
The cylinder is but one sixth of an inch in
diameter, the length of stioke three eights,
and diameter of the piston is that of a:; or
dinary needle. The other is a beam engine,
composed of more than two hundred pieces.
The length of the stand is three and a quar
ter inches, length of beam two and a quar
ter inches, diameter of cylinder three-
eighths of an inch, and the length of stroke
seven eighths of an inch. Both of these en
gines are screwed together with the deli
cacy and precision of the wo;k of a watch.
English and American Merchants—The
London correspondent of the Saturday
Times instituted the following comparison
between the Merchant Princes of the Old
World and the New:
‘‘Mr. Vanderbilt’s steam yac't. at South
ampton. has rather astonished John Bull.
The idea of 8100,000 being expended on a
pleasure yacht puzzles honest John, who
does not reckon because he has not heard of
the chances of said vessel being well sold
jn Europe. Every one praises the‘‘craft,”
however which really must be a splendid
affair, Mr. V. is commonly called ‘‘Com
modore” Vanderbilt, and here, (where no
man assumes a title to where he really has
no claim—where a bather is not “Profes
sor” of soap suds) ninety-nine out of every
hundred people believe that “Commodore”
Vanderbilt bolds a bona fide rank in the
United Stales Navy equivalent < from
the ‘‘regardless of expense” manner in
which he works it to that of Lord High ad
miral of England!) Our met chant pi inces
beat yours in wealth, (there are five men
in Manchester who are worth c£15,000 -
000.) but they hoard, so by landed estates
out of which by and-by their beiis, if not
themselves, will rise totherank of the nobility.
I confess that 1 much prefei the American
mode of enjoyment of life.”
THE PRESIDENTS JOURNEY.
At Trenton station thousands were congregated
on the arrival of the Ira n. The President and hi-
suite were escorted to the Tretnont House, near the
depot, where it rtmaiued while the civic and milita
ry and procession w as formed under the command of
Gen. Hamilton. On their way they were warmly
greeted. The Pre-ident rode on hors/bark. accom
panied bv General Hamilton After them came the
military. 6remen. and civic societ.es on foot the cab
inei Philad-lphia committee, and municipal author,
ties i.i carriage. The cortege moved along State and
Green stree's to tile court-house. I lie I residml
accepted, and kindly returned his thanks lor bouquets
presented him by ladies, a great number of whom
were present
Hun. H. W. Green (chief jus'i-e of the 8tate)
then ro»e and said:
Mr. President, in the mine and behalf of die citi
zens of Trenton. I hid you an affectionate welcome
to to - urcity We welcome you. sir. as the honor
ed Chief Magistrate of our glorious and happy peo
ple—as the head of ao administration under whose
auspices hitherto our country has pursued, and as.
we tri st. in future will pursue her onward course to
glory and to greatness, unsullied hy stain, untainted
byditlionor. [Applause] We welcome you, Mr
Presideut, and your constitutional advi-eis a: ibis
time w ith great pleasure, hound as you are on a mi-
sion not prompted by ambition, nor love of power,
nor In a desire to extend our territory, blit solely up
on a mission of peace and good will, to promote an
object whose only aim i- to elevate our common hu
manity , and to bind together in closer bonds the com- j
inon brotherhood of man. As citizens of one of ihe .
smallest States of the confederacy, it is with peculiar;
the President wn* officially welcomed by Mayor Gil- j
pin in a brief address, to which he responded as fol- ;
lows: _ I
Mr Mayor and Citizens of Philadelphia: It grieves
me that I am physically so unable to respond to this
most hearty and touching welcome. Mir, my heart
is lull of gratitude to yon. and full ol gratitude to all
this people, who have placed you in the position
which y ou occupy. I did think that I bad tried in my
dav to do some little lor the cause of my country; but
such a day as this makes a man's heart overrun with
gratiti.de to a people like the inhabitants ol tbe City
i f Philadelphia. I have been much surprised—aye Sir
liiled with tbe profotinde-t awe—at I lie manner in
which you have received me. Philadelphia is a city
j of sone mark If your mountains and your valleys
I did not teem with the elements ol comlorl to your
I population: if your cit.zens. in all lime, had unt been
j foremost whenever die country has wauled llieir aid;
if your institutions of learning were not among your
proudest monuments,—the single fact in which you
have adverted. Sir. that from hence was proclaimed
Ihe Declaration of Independence, would pul Phila
delphn an i Pennsylvania upon a preeminence which,
in the providence of God. no other city or Slate can
ever enjoy. [Applause.] Sir. 1 feel os you do, that
we must how—we can hardly do anything else but
bow before these recollections and associations. I
feel how inadequate is language, Sir. and yon also
J feel it. when you come to speak of dial period; lan-
; guage don’t reach it. blit our hearts honor it in all its
I depth power and fullness, I hope. These men. ir
vote onr common hit- ' nf whom you have -poken-who planned here the
institutions of a tree (jovermuenl—let us rememher.
w ere no holiday parlies; they were no scheming phil-
anihropi-l-; they were no visionary siatemen They
dehbeia'ed amid die difficulties that surrounded them.
D ensure that we we come yon. Mr. President as a , , .. , . , . , r
1, ‘ . ., . ... I and here ihev meditated amid die clamor of arms
President from the State ol New Hampshire. \\ e ' 1,lu , ■? : , . . ,
1 ' ...... 'r ibon >b ihev had been environed with peace and in
regard your elevation to the pre-idency from one of 1 , , , L 1
the smaller Slates of the Union as a pledge that the
American people are not willing that the rights or
i claims of the smaller members of the confederacy
should suffer at the hands of the administration
[Applause.] A« a people jealous of our rights, we
have been disposed to feel, and we still leel. Mr
i President, that ihe danger which was so clearly
seen and so jealously guarded by those sages in conn- 1
i cil who formed the constitution of these United !
States has not entirely pas-ed away. There was. we
■ humbly suggest, sir, dinger then; there is danger j
: fill that amid the conflicts lor power, amid these
constant struggles, from the almost inevitable ten- j
dencies of human nature, and not from any disposi- j
tion wantonly lo trench upon the rights of the weak
er, the rights of the few. may he lorgotten, and the |
claims of justice disregarded. Sir, we regard, there
fore. not only yi ur election, hut the previous course ,
of y our administration, as a strong pledge to the pen- I
pie of these United States that the rights of the fee- j
bier and the smaller States will always have at your j
hands and by your influence a just share ill tile pat- ;
ronnge of the general government. [Applause]
We speak not from love of office, but we speak as j
lovers of the Union. We speak not from a desire i
of patronage. We simply say that sm h a course j
may be taken as will ceal ar.d cement the fraternal -
hrotheihood ofall the Stales,
i But. Mr. President, a-citizens of the city of Tren
ton, we greet you with particular pleasure, because, <
as Chief Magistrate ol this Union, you have honored [
with your confidence one (alluding to Mr Vroomj
; whom New Jersey delights lo honor [Great ap
plause.] Be assured, sir. by his neighbors and his j
friends—by those who have known him best and j
and longest—that that confidence has not been mis
placed. Be assured of it. sir; for we know that, as
in times past, he has been, in heart and in life, a Jer- i
seyman. devoted tollie honor and interssts of his na
tive State, so he is in heart, and in life an American
citizen, pledged to ihe welfare of the Union, and we
1 know that in his hands her inteiesls will be safe.
[Applause.]
i As American citizens. Mr. President we welcome
you You have been elected Chief Magistrate by
the voice of a united people Nat only your word, J
hut vour honored lineage and pa-t hie. have given us
: the surest guarantee that your best efforts will be
devoted to the interests of the American people. As
a people, we are peculiarly jealous of our honor.
In New Jersey it is our pride and our glory that our
' State has never faltered in her devotion to those prin-
; riples winch she was not the Iasi to proclaim, nor
Ihe slowest to seal with her blood. It is our pride
andglorv that no finger can point to a lute in our
, history which records an act of wrong and injustice
- to the aboriginal inhabitants of our soil It is nor
pride and our glory that no finger can point to a line
in our history by which any act of our people—I
mean hy any united act ol our people—one stone in
the American labric has been touched—by which
one alone in the arch, or one stone in the pillar of
this Union, has ever been shaven, or ever been touch
ed bv the sacraligious hand of New Jersey. [Ap
plause] It is true, we have abolished involuntary
servitude upon our own soil, It is known lo the
world that we favor it not; but we raise no fractrici-
dal hand against our brother!-; we raise no war a-
gainsl the South, nor do we assume to interfere with
her rights or her institutions. [Great applause ]
West ind hy the Union as it is. and we stand by the
consli ution as a whole.
Actuated by these principles, impelled by these j
feelings, standing upon soil watered by the blood of
absolute security; and they solved the great problem,
I which w as a terror to despots and an inspiration to
| patriots, as though the issue did not involve the ques*
i non f their lives. Sir, here stood—and as I say it
! now. they come before its cow—here, I say, stood
I Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin, and Roger Sher-
; man. ami also, perhaps—for this is the first lime I
i have been here—in this very room stood the dannt-
i iess John Hancock as he received fre in those men.
' not only the a-sertion of nur rights, but the Charter
I of our liberties Can we do anything, but bow in a
■ place like this? It is not in my power to speak to
| yon at length. You have said very properly, per-
i haps, that it is not your province—itcertainlv is not
: mine—to disturb the deep current of feeling which
cour-es the hearts and minds nf those around me.
But ti is not only your city, it is your State, also,
that is of some mark . In a peculiar sense are your
resources of wealth and power reposed in her own
bosom. She is an empire in herself. Why, the de
velopment of the uses of iron and coal so promiiieii-
tly shice 1S1G the foundation of British wealth and
power, would of itself constitute a never-failing
of prosperity to you. But. Sir it is not that on which
you have mainly relied It is on your agriculture
How rich you are, not only in the means ofproduc
tion.but above all in the men who produce [ Ap
plause]
Su: I would not here forget that remarkable Ger
man population.an distinguished for their thrill, their
industry, their integrity, their devotion to civil and
' religious liberty: and i think yon must all rejoice, that
w herever lhat race go and are spread, they look to
Pennsylvania in some respects as their second father
■ land.
Sir: It is not chiefly, perhaps, or not on much on
account of your commanding politics' influence in
. point of votes that this nation has designated you as
. the Keystone of the Arch It is because ofyour
geographical position. Yon are neither a Southern,
a Northern.an Eastern, nora Western State, and I
should perhaps no! much exaggerate iff were to say
| that you are all combined. [Applause] Your riv
ers, on ibis side of the ridge, empty themselves into
the beautiful bay below yon On the west, they
I swell the flood of the Ohio, and finally wash the
shores of Louisiana. Sir, let me say to you that pa
triotic men lliroiignoiit this entire country. Northand
South look to you and will always do so, not simply
as the keystone of the arch, but as the great central
self sustaining link the chain which binds this Union
into one lia-monions whole, and which holding it
steadily and firmly to its moorings, will enable it to
ride over every storm. (Enthusiastic applause )
Noble men of Philadelphia and Pennyslvania.— noble
for your fidelity to the duties imposed upon you by
the obligations of your Constitution—lei me say here
you are not only triply armed but are now. and have
been triply bound.—here was the Declaration of In
dependence proclaimed, here the articles of confed
eration were promulgated, and here finally the Con-
s'itulion for which you have so nobly stood was adop
ted. (Cheers.) I could wish for yon no higher hotr
1 or. and. for my country, no higher peace and secu
rity than that great and noble devotion which you
have thus far so honorably upheld and maintained.
The speech was listened to with profound interest,
and at its close three f.earty cheers were given
The Prospects.— We are informed from
various sections lliat the prospects of the
crops are brightening. The tains which
have fallen within ihe last two weeks has
brought them out astonishingly, indeed if continued cheering J
the seasons continue as favorable as they j President Pierce responded as follows:
the Ainerican revolution, bribing as we do. air York Courier and Enquirer a commentary upon
,l,c ** . ho<' nl ilo. o/li4.in^tr<ifinn tti ifu tinnnmtmnnfj tun
From the Washington Union, loth inst.
THE PRESIDENT’S APPOINTMENTS AND
THE WHIG PRESS.
A few days since we cited alleng/h from the New
the
once vocal with the banner cry of liberty, we. as cit
j izens of Trenton, as Jerseyinen. as American citi
zens. bid you welcome to our State. [Great and
have been for ten or a dozen days past, our
county will nearly if not quite make enough
to supply the wants of her people. We
have been informed by several farmers, that
corn which was absolutely yellow half way
up the s’alk, and looked two weeks since as
if it was lifeless and dying, now presents
an entirely different appearance, the yellow
has disappeared and the stalk looks as green
and flourishing as could he desired. The cot
ton too. seems to he doing finely, with good
seasons ail may yet turn out well.
[ Sanderscille Georgian.
A Rew invention—One of the handsom
est slicks of Pine limber ever seen in De-
tr»it was found in Mapecr county lately.
It was ninety feet 1 ng, three feet and six
inches in diameter at the butt, and but 1G
inches at the top end, and straight as an ar
row. Whiles number of citizens were in
specting it, one of them observed it would
be a grand thing to dress and send it to the
World's Fair, as a specimen of Michigan
timber. To which a wag replied that it
would stand no chance down there, as a
Yankee had invented a machine for melting
saw dust and running it into timber of any
desired size.
ir. and fellow citizens of the city of Trenton and
I of the Slate of New Jersey, 1 am deeply touched by
I this warm and generous reception. 1 tender to
! you, sir, and through you to those for whom you
| have spoken here today, my grateful ac'.nowledge-
' ments. It is delightful to meet you. fellow-citizens.
I find in it an unanticipated joy. It is pleasing lo
I gee not only the fathers, but the mothers, the wives,
t Ihe daughters, and the sons of New Jersey ail here.
; | Applause ]
i Sir I thank you for your reference to my lineage.
My father passed some time in your State during
policy of the administration in its appointments and in
dicated the principle upon which that policy is based.
We have taken the ground that the Democratic par
ty united at Baltimore in a common declaration nfna-
j tinnal democratic doctrines, and in a consequent abju
ration of past errors incompatible with that declara-
: tion. We have maintained that all democrats who
enteied into this union in good faith, and in an avow
ed willingness to support the national principles on
which it was founded as a liar to any renewal oftli"
tg< •tional agitation, were to be considered as a part of
he national democracy so long as they should remain
faithful to the pledge thus given. We have denied
that any appointments given to such men can with
any propriety nr truth be alleged to he given to free-
; soilers or disunionists Thecorrcctness of this stale-
' inent we do not understand the Courierand Enquirer
or. indeed any other national whig paper—to cen-
that period when there was such sacrafices andsuf- test, Indeed, they cannot contest it. except nn
fering« for the cause of liberty as rio country bad sumption which would proscribe as Iree-soilers .Mr.
ever seen before. New Jersey may be in some
sense said to have been the battle-field of the revolu
tion. and in a peculiar sense the street through w hich
we came to this hall is consecrated ground [Ap
plause.]
Sir. one hardly knows which most to admire in
Fillmore and Mr. Webster and all the national whies
who followed them. It is not denied that both of
these whig statesman—now deemed .by the Conner
worthy nf all trust and honor—once stood firm an the
Buffilo Platform. The Conner honors them he-
cause they gave up that Platform, and in good faith
your State—her advancement and progress in her adopted another and a better creed upon tbe section-
agricultural interests, her great internal works of a l issues. This—just this—is v\ hat those democrats
improvement, her almost boundless resouices in who hadr nee been wrong on the sectional questions
mineral, or her great educational advantages. But, did al Baltimore in 1852. Now if this does not ab-
sir. yon have said truly that their is another charac- I g0 |ve the democrats who thus united from the acew-a-
teristic. another matter connected with New Jersey j tion of free soilism or disunionisin. we shall be glad to
which is higher than all; and that is the sterling patri- j navetlie Courier explain to us what it is that absolved
olism of her citizens [Applause?] 'Mr Fillmore from his Erie letter, or Mr. Webster
Sir it was not till last evening that I concluded to from his adoption of the “free-soil thunder in ld-H.
allow’myself the great gratification ot making a short Admitting tins view ol the matter, the Conner must
hall in vour beautiful city. As I before remarked. I concede that the principle on which toe President s
rcioice that it has been in my power to do so. And appointments have been made is a sound one or el»o
' one P ;lr ' of,he »frangement with your very polite it must show that the Pres,dent has appointed men io
' and considerate committee was—what I am sure office who repudiate the Baltimore 1 lalform. Let
i V our citizen* will be kind enough to ratify—that I i this be shown in any single case, and we sha! admit
1 might come to Trenton to hear, and see, and enjoy, that a case for remova has an-en. But until such a
j but not to make a speech. | case '■* *l.owm a regard lor itsown character should
i prevent the Courier from averring itself, or Iroin per-
I When the boat reached Delaware, Mayor Alder- t m j(u n g anonymous correspondents to aver in its col-
| dice handed the guest over to the Pliiladephia Com- umns, that the President has proscribed national dem-
mittee. with a few appropriate remarks. , ocrat! j „ r appointed free soilers and disunionists to of-
The President was received by George M Dallas fj ce
Royal Domestic Matters.—The English
papers are remarkable f«»r chronicling every
item relating to Queen Victoria, which they
can get hold of. The following, from a
late uumber of the Inverness (Scotch)
Courier, reveals a piece of inflormation
“highly important” to the lacteal professors
of that neighhor-hood:—
"Mrs. Mackintosh, who was appointed
wet nutse to her Majesty, has returned to
the North. It appears that her milk was
too rich for the infant Prince, so much so,
that her own child was also nursed by her
for some time, in order to reduce the quan
tity. Mis. M. left Osborne amid the regrets
of the whole establishment, expressed in
the strongest terms, and accompained by
substantial proofs of the Queen’s accustom
ed liberality. Her majesty presented her
with a large and valuable gold brooch, an
ample wardrobe of clothes, and a cheque | j zeni G f Philadelphia. [Cheers.] During the few
j in a beautiful address, in winch he highly approved
of the countenance shown to the industry of the coun-
i try by the President leaving the Capital to be preseut
i at the opening of the Crystal Palace.
President Pierce replied:
I receive with the deepest emotion, this expression
through you, on the part of the citizens of Philadel
phia. I rejoice to hear you say. Sir, tha‘ “ :,u
1 one accord that I am welcomed among you
that my reception is to be the reception not of me,
as an individual, but of me as the public’s servant;
and while I recognize that relation. Sir, 1 also recog
nize another, and shall always—that I am their rep
resentative, the representative of their interests and
iheirlionor. I intend. Sir, lhat neither shall suffer
B. K. R
No Mystery in its Quirk Action in Slopping Pain
anil Removing Causes—If you are suffering pain,
RADWAY S READY RELIEF will instantly stop
the most severe paroxisms. If Cramps, it instantly
. . . , ■ a- allays irritation, and imparts to every part of the svs-
phta. I rejoice^to hear, yo« ^ y, , I know tein heat and health; it produces an equal circulation
of Mood, and infuses health and strength into the
weak, disabled, lame, disease-eeten limb and joint. If
sick-headache or Neuralgia, if Diarrhuia or Klieutna-
•ism afflict you, it will instantly stop the pain, and by
taking it internally will cleanse and sweeten the
Stomach, give strength and vita ity to the nerves, ren-
_ Prowithe Southern Bonner, ,
l$DGE JOHNSON ON UNIVERSAL
SUFFRAGE.
As a spirited discussion seems to he going on re-
lative to Mr Jenkins’ views on the principle of
Universal Suffrage as evidenced by a vote of his j
given in ihe Legislature in Id4'J, we suppose it
would not be nninterestirg to our readers to know ;
something of Judge Johnson's opinion on that point
We tnerefore republish frnin ihe files of the Banner, •
an extract from a speech delivered by him. before j
ihe “AUumui Society” in this place, in August, j
|r'4‘2. a Imle prior lo Air. Jenkins’ famous vote.
Il will be perceived lhat Judge Jolieson at ihit |
time fully received and defended me great Democrat
ic docliinc of an equal right of all citizens to a voice j
in llte Government under which they are to live;
“Another characteristic ol American institutions, i-
that they are decidedly pomilar and have their basis ;
in public opinion. The relation-hip . f the lederal ]
and Slate <Jovernments is so adjusted, dial die exis- j
teiice of both depends upon popular support. All
power emenales front and resides in the people ;
Hence, the obvious necessity lor the Government |
to pursue such acouise ol policy, as to impress ev- ;
ery citizen with the indentity between liis own and
Ins country’s interest. Each must fee! that he can
promote his own.only by promoting the public good
These piopositions grow out of the very structure of
our Republic; and they aie too axiomatic lo require j
demonstration. And they naturally suggest the im
portance of n strict adherence to onr Con-titiition.
hy our tillers, and the cultivation ol an ardent at
tachment to the Union of the Slates by all: a senti
ment impressively enforced hy all the prominent in- 1
eiden's of onr past history. Every man ought to '
feel, that to Ihe extent of Ins influence, he is morally, j
and politically responsible lor the nsult ol our great |
experiment at self Government Sueh a feeling I
would lead to reflection, caution, prudence: to exam- j
| inatron into the extent, bearing and obligations of :
i duty.
“Butli iw are such sentiments and feelings to be .
i inculcated? It cannot be accomplished in any other
manner, so efficiently and directly, as hy ari unreslric- j
led exercise of the elective franchise, a right which !
most of the States have granted, subject to such con- ■
ditions and qualifications as are deemed necessary lor :
' self protection. This brings every man directly in !
1 contact with bis moral and political obligations, and ,
furnishes him with a tangible standard by which he j
may measure the extent of his high responsibilities, j
And if the moral sense be enlightened, and the judge- j
inent informed, the patriot can have none other than .
solemn reflections, in casting his vote. It is an act |
which must tell for “weal or woe” upon the desti
nies of his country, which limy operate upon the in
| terestsof unb rn millions, an I decide qm-timss which
: involve the hopes and happiness i f the world,
j “A d besides, the right of universal suffrage
brings every citizen into a species of copartnership
alliance with Ihe whole political mass, associated lor
l purposes of Government. To use a business ex
| pression. it “give- him an interest in the c uicern ”
and inspires him with a consciousness of bis own im
portance. L»“t him have a voice in the elevation of
those who are to enact the laws by which he is to be
governed, and ihe title to his home-lead is to be reg
ulated, and the lowliest Yeoman, while he toils lor
his daily bread. and the swot of industry drops from his
manly brow, is nappy in tire thought that he is a free
man His affections cluster with idolatrous devotion
around the Government of his choice, and if necessa
ry for its delence, he will freely pour out liis blond,
j as a libation upon its altars. A man miniated with
j the spirit of liberty, cannot love a Government which
I makes him a “lavp. and holds him as a mere machine
j in its operations, bound to render obedience to laws
which lie has no voice in enacting, lie either sicks
into the lethargy of a barely animated mass of organ
ized matter, or roused to fury, by die convulsions of
desperation, he i« willing to perish in the wreck of
his country's overthrow.*
“It is universally admitted, that the products ofag-
ri-ullure from the basis of every odier branch of in
dustry.—And then fore any act of government which
will tend to diminish its profits, must be injurious to
the country.— Hence, the necessity for security ol ti
; tie to property, and an eqatil distribution of the bur
dens of government.—What can be imagined, more
fatal to the interest of agriculture, than such a course
of legis'ation as would endanger landed assurances?
Or disturb the tenure or anv species ol property, nr
render one branch ol industry tributary to another?
Would it not ce«tainly lead to popular complaint and
dissatisfaction: and if pressed in. to estrangement of
feeling from the government? Woidd it not cut off
the hope of accumulation? the incentive to improve
ment. and the sdmnles to activity and enterprise?
In his history of the colonies. Haezzard mentions an
instance of one of the colonists, who. in writing to a
relative in England, congratulates the settlers.*?//'/?
they are. free holders, and lhat no rent day disturbs them
notr. From which, we infer that the colonists had
already began to feel the pride of being lords of the
soil which they filled. Already had it quickened ifie
lion spirit of freedom, and kindled the fires which
finally melted off the chain of Briti-h oppression, and
consumed bke chaff the mercenary tax-gatherers of
a selfish and grasping parliament.
The applicability of these observations might he
exemplified by reference to the events of our own
time9. We might trace it in the popular convulsions
of Rhode Island, in the movements ofwildand ieh nt
less fana'icisii), inthe levelling fooleries of agirariani-m
arid in the loud and extensive clamor or protective-
duties. But for prudential considerations. 1 will turn
from these topics and offer an illustration from a page
! of Irish history. I never think of Ireland, hut the
; thoughts suggest a compliment l<> her generous hos
pitality. her pataiotism, and lo r glowing genius —
From the time of the invasion of Henry II. in the
year I l. r >9 to 1794. a gloomy period of more than GOO
j years, Catholic Ireland groaned under the proscrip
tive policy of England, which denied her citizers the
exercise of her elective franchise. And even then.
Iheir haughty mistress deigned in pass an act, which
allowed them to vote, only for members of parliament
and corporations, without taking the oa'hs of allegi-
i arice and supremacy. In 1793 a general rebellion a-
. rose, which scarcely remitted in ils lurv. till |f?-J9—
! Then, and not fill then, did Ihe clamor for reform be
come sufficiently imperative to force the parliament
of England lo pass the act ofCalholic emancipation.
Then.and not till then,were Catholics permitted tosii in
both houses oftlie national Ipgislatiire.and hold allcivil
and military officers under Ihe crown. Again, in 1170
Henry the II by the exercise oftlie most arbitrary
power, divi ed nearly the whole of Ireland between
ten men. whose names are odiously interwoven w nil
the incidents of her snbseqiiethislnry t 'Eliis act of
unfixed oppression, divested the inhabitants ofa title
, interest in the soil, and gave rise lo the present des
picable system cf absenteeism,which for nearly seven
; hundred years has bowed llieirspirits and entailed up
on them the most abject poverty and w retchedness.
It hes rendered their industry and labor tributary in
English pride and extravagance IIeAilless and selfish
absentees, fatten and pamper and luxuriate upon the
hard earnings of Hibernia's oppressed and toil worn
sons of penury. But. if permitted to have exereised
the elective franchise, could the Irish people have
been thus stripped ul the utle to tin- inch of laud which
they cultivated, and which yielded them their daily-
bread? Could they have been thus bound in the iron
j letters of poverty, dependence and ignorance?—
Would they manifest their present disaffection to their
| national government/ Who can read the story of
llieir w rongs, and not be roused to the sentiments of
indignation! Britain may boast ol her collossal fabric
of monarchy—ofher freedom and her [lower—of her
wisdom and ofher virtuetaye. aril she may send over
her emissaries to enlighten us upon the principles of
| human rights, and philanthropy, hut liea.-en knows
! there is a wide field for her commiseration at home.
! And the cries of oppressed Ireland, stamp with die
signet of hypocrisy. all her sickly demonstration of
i solicitude for humanity and justice. But,thank find!
the day of retribution is hand The thunder of O Con-
nel’s voice, has awoke the lion of liberty from his
! bed of chains' the time comes apace, when this
I restless, impatient and goaded kingdom of the British
empire, will vindicate its rightsand redress ils wrongs.
■ Now if there be anything in the aspect of our present
affairs, which remind us of the value of the elective
franchise aiid of security of title lo property, any
Stales Rights and United Slates’ Rights.
■ aRsa
JSpiM
in my keeping: I am obliged to you also, Sir.for j .‘flu!"Hr * r °" e ! ,hin * ,hat wh "P er *,‘ he .necesity_of equality in the
pressing vour approbation of this short absence ' "owed attacks of pain. Railway’. Ready Relief is | gove „,ment, let us he
from the peculiar field of my duty. It was a matter HH. J*"'".” ! 0,her " w “ and 0,her
of extreme doubt with me what I ought lo do. but l
am now satisfied that I came lo the right conclusion,
because I have the approbation of the intelligent cit-
for a hutidted pounds — all of this being ex- ; moments that we have been upon this storied Dela
elusive of traveling expens S ” > with tbe shore, of Pennsylvania on the one
Drowned.—The Augusta Constitutional
ist of yesterday says: We regret to learn
that a young lad about 11 or 12 years of age
by the name ofGeoree Sibley, the youngest .
son of the late Amory Sibley, was drowned j J™* “L^oITibouJhtTa.TnV^rpeXpTa 8
yesterday aflernoott in Savannah litver. | bout sixty miles above, the most remarkable move
ware,
hand and New-Jersey on the other, is it not with you
as it is with uie, impossible to bring your minds to
dwell on the present, and the hopes of the future?
My thoughts are involuntarily back turned upon that
great and noble past which your Stale and your citi
zens bore a part in. I do not suppose that there are
From what we can learn, in company with
a youth of about his own age, he attempted
to cross the river in a canoe, which ran
on a slump, and young Sibley was thrown
overboard and drowned. His body was
in the water about three quarters of an hour
before it was recovered, and notwithstand
ing every means used to restore him, they
proved ineffectual. This should be another
warning to parents to keep their children
•way from the river.
Killed by a Snake Bite.— We regret to
learn that a son of Mr. John Cox, a lad of
15 years, was bitten by a rattle snake on
Thursday evening last, and died of it on
Friday morning. The snake had so struck
his fangs into the boy that he was unable to
loose himself. on d was separated by a gens
tie man m the field, and killed. The snake
.as some six feet long.—Sandersville Geor
gia*.
ment of (he whole Revolution occurred. In a mo
ment of such darkness, when the cloudsclosed around
! our fathers, (fiat army crosspd the Delaware in win-
j ter to a march, leaving their blood upon every foot
track of their way. and changed the future aspect of
our expectations When upon all these things I dwell
at thi- moment, with an unusual degiee nf feeling. I
remember the cherished memories of the Revolu
tion—the sacrifices which were made for our liber
ties, Ihe privauons and toil« and trials. Stir, which
purchased that glorious Union of which you have
spoken, will make it dear to us all, as long as we may
live. [Applause] And. Sir. we hope to transmit
to our children, not the mere belief, but the convic
tion that however great any Slate in this Union may
je, it is nothing out of this Union. [Cheers] Ev
ery word I say, Mr. Dallas, is a sort of knife ill my
lungs. 1 thank you heartily, and 1 feel a degree nf
pride and gratification in seeing Mr Rush, Mr Iu-
gersoll,and these gentlemen, who have contributed
so much to the honor and fame of our country, much
more. Sir, than it will be in nty power to express. I
thank the City of Philadelphia for the reception
which she proposes to give me, and thank her es
pecially for the way and through tbe men whom she
proposes to introduce.
On the procession reaching Independence flail,
inert or useless, dangerous or poisonous, enters ils
composition. It will always relieve pain, and cure its
cause.
N B.—The sick will please hear in mind that we
prepar-i three different remedies, R K R Relief, how
ever quick it slops pain, will not cure all diseases.—
All acute pains arising from diseased action, Nervous
ness. Languid Circulation, Weakness, Sfr. . it wiil
quickly cure. But for diseases arising from bail blood,
RADWAY S RENOVATING RESOLVENT
Is a Quick. Pleasant, and Radical Cure
It renovates the whole system, and makes the blood
pure, rich and healthy. It resolves away from Ihe
solids all diseased deposits It cores of sores, salt
rheuoie humors, Scrofula, Syphilis, Cancers, Ulcers,
Tumors, Rickets. Ac. Price of Resolvent, .$1 pr bottle
R R R. No 3.
RADWAY’B REGULATORS
insure to all who use them a regular action on the
bowels, and a healthy digesting. They cure Cos
tiveness, Liver Complaint, &c. Price 25 cents.
[XT’ For sale hy F.. J. WHITE. Agt. Milledgeville,
Clark. Conly & Co., Gordon; Little, Riley & Cul
ver. Sparta. 7—3t
1’OlSINING.
Thousands of parents who use Vermifuge composed of
Castor oil, Calomel, &c-, are not aware that while they
appear to benefit the patient, they are actually laying the
foundations for a series ofdi«eases,such as salivation, loss
of sight, w enkness of limbs, &c
In anotlier column will befound the advertisement of
Hobeneack’s Medicines, to which we ask Ihe euention
of all directly interested in llieir ovvu as well as their
Chiloren'i health. In Liver OinplainU, and all disors
ders arising from those of a hillious type, shonld make
use of the only genuine medicine, Hohensack's Liver
Pills.
‘‘Be not deceived,” but ask for Hobenaack’a Worm
Syrup and Liver pills, and obsorve that each has tha sig
nature of tha Proprietor, J. N. Hobanauak, aa nano else
art genuine
admonished by the history of
men.
*In thinking and speaking about the elective fran
chise. we are prone to become excited oil the propo-
; silion ol universal equality, and t» view it as a matter
of abstract right. This is all well enough : lor it is
I compatible with the fundamental maxim of our gov-
| eminent, lhat man is capable of sclf-gorcrnment. And
I il is upon this ground mainly, that the doctrine of uni-
| < ersal suffrage lias prevailed in the United Stales
| But to my mind the moral influence which accom
panies and springs out of the exercise of the right,
is by far a stronger argument in its favor than any
reasoning that could be based upon the abstract prin
ciple which it invovles. Il is the very best mode
to make man a good citizen; because it gives him a
direct interest in the affairs of the government. It
involves him in its destiny, whether favorable or un
favorable Hence the obligations of duty. the extent
of his influence, and the result of his actions are all
brought to hear upon bis judgment and moral sense.
It is the surest method of fixing liis affections upon
the Government. Hewilllove this, because it treats
hint with the respect of a freeman, and invests him
with the dignity of a counsellor, whose voice is to be
consulted in every act of Government.
tViz. Earl Stronghow, Fitzstephen. Cog-in. Broee
De Lacy, DeCourcy, De Burke, Claire,[Grandison,
and Le Poir.
A bad leg of several Years standing cured by Hol
loway’s Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Turpin Prowse,
Richmond Cottage. Widcoine. Bath, has nindedeclar-
a'lon to the following effect:—That he had been suf
fering for more than five years with an ulcerated leg,
covered with fourteen wounds, and that he had been
a patient at the United Hospital, at Bath, for three or
four years, and that he had also used the sulphur bath,
every other day for six months, and all to uo purpose
but that he is now perfectly cured after every other
means had failed, and by th« use of Hclloway’s Oiut-
mentand pills. Mr. Ktog. Chemist, Bath, will vouch
the truth of this eitraurdiuary case.
* " ris tlie Star -Spangled Banner,ob, lone may it w avr
) »*rtl'.e Land of?'ip Free and the Home ol the Brave.’
j ftp gral
MILLEDGEVILLE, July -25, 1S5S.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HON Iff V JOHNSON.
OK BALDWIN COL’NTY-
FOH COAfBRESS
1st Dirt. JAMES L SEWARD, nf Thomas.
2d “ A H. COLQUITT, of Biker.
3d •• DAVID J. It \ILEY, of Butts.
4th *• W B. \\ . DENT, of Coweta,
oth “ E W. CHASTAIN, of Gilmer.
DEMOCRATIO NOMIN ATU >NS.
Washington county, for the Senate. S li Crefion,
for the House, Al. K. Boatright. R. A. Robinson.
Monroe county, for the Senate, Z E Harman, for
the House. W C. Redding-. J. 3. Pirtckard
Uitntpaigii Paper.
We will send the Federal Union to Cam
paign Subscribers upon the follow ing terms:
Single copy, 6 mufilhs, - . - - SI
Six copies 6 " - - - 5
Persons wishing the paper only through the
Campaign, will receive it until the lot 11 of
November at 50 cents. Two or more names
should accompany each order, also the cash.
Ourselves nuti our Cause,
It is no less a subject of gratification than
of extreme delicacy to allude to ourselves,
under the present circumstances. And we
ao so at the present time, mote fur the pur
pose of manifesting our high appreciation of
the good will of out friends, than for aught
else.
We are gratified to hear from almost, ev
ery section, the generous sympathy and en
couragement which our fr.ends have been
pleased to bestow upon our efforts in behalf
of out'Cause and our candidate. And what
ever amount of zeal and ability we may be a -
bleto btingfo bea r at this important crisis in
the history of the democratic party of Geor
gia, e.e feel confident will be all ihe more
cheerfully and heartby exerted, supported
as we are, by the confidence and generous
sympathy of our dem jciatic friends through
out Georgia.
If greater encouragement were needed,
to incite to greater exetlion, it could be
found in the ill-temper and abuse which ate
ever associated with the mention of our
name in the columns of the Whig papers of
Georgia.
By one, we are told that our effusions are
puerile — by another, that we misrepresent
facts-, hy a third, that we had better cease
praising certain men as our praise will prove
then death. Such, we exhort to keep cool.
We know that you are disinterested friends,
who, no doubt, have at heatt our success.—
Bc^ admonished, that we, w hile we thank
you for your friendly admonitions, pre
fer to pursue our line of policy however it
may conflict with yours.
To such of our Whig friends as poorly ap-
pteciate our efforts, we can only reply, tbete
is no room for such improvement as you
would suggest. To those who charge us
with rn'siepresentatinn.as did the Journal &
Messenger, we defy them or him,with all of
his truthful propensities, to point to one sin
gle instance where we have misrepresented
Mr. Jenkins or the principles of the party
whose candidate he is. Instance, neighbor,
instance.
'i'hc stpiM’oaehitiu; Lc^islalni’P.
We have a word or two to say to our
friends upon this subject, to which we in
vite their special attention. More impor
tant questions will be agitated inthe ap
proaching Legi>lature than have for years
engaged its attention during one session.
The Tax law, the Sale of the State Road,
the abolition of the Supreme Couit, the
Congressional District question, and many
others of equal importance. There ate im
portant elections to he made by that body
which concern evety true Democrat in
Georgia. For it is very material whether
the man upon whom is conferred the high
post of State honor and emolument, be one
who sympathies with the people—a Dem-
octal—or one who seeks power and [dace
that he may prove how little he esteems his
constituents, and how irresponsible lie is
for his official acts. A United Slates Sena
tor will he elected by the next Legislature.
Ate the Democracy of Georgia willing to
-ee Mr. Dawson re-elected. If they ate
not, we exhort them, in every county, to he
tip and doing. The Whigs are wide awake
— with the assistance of their old ally,Hum
bug, they are endeavoring to en'ei the De
mocratic camp and seduce the unwary.
They must be watched, closely watched.
Let, then, our Democratic friends cultivate
a spirit of haimony and concession—let
them properly appreciate the importance of
securing a good Democratic majority in the
next Legislature And to accomplislr this
result, our friends have but to do t wn things,
and success is inevitable : Reconcile con
flicting interests, and nominate your strong
est men. Do this and the Whigs with all
their deception and artful appliances, will
he circumvented and Georgia, Democratic
Georgia, be redeemed, regenerated, disen
thralled.
A Democratic pr inciple vindicated.
The Journal !y Messenger, with a flourish
of trumpets, asks, how it is that Mr. John
son was nominated by “a unanimous ballot”
as the Whig candidate fur Congress in the
2d District, while Mr. Colquitt and Mr.
Clarke contended so earnestly for the nom
ination as the Democratic candidate in the
same District We will answer. Your
party ft iends were too ‘unanimously’ glad to
catch a Democratic sucker in a \\ big net to
let the opportunity pass. But more par
ticularly, fur this reason—and it will he
seen iu every action of a Whig Convention
or county meeting. The Whig Party, fol
lowing in the footsteps of their illustrious
patterns over the water, can do nothing
without a head to dictate and direct. As
Toombs did in the late Convention, so does
some lesser Toombs, specially appointed,
in every county meeting and assembly of
the Whig Party. Where there is but one
voice the action of a meeting must necessa
rily be unanimons. Democracy recognises
no master—evety Democrat stands on a
fooling ->f equality. Democrats dare to
speak their sentiments, and act them out,
without the fear, constantly before their
eyes, of some Bear or Lion or Bull Dog of
the Party, who,with distended jaws, threat
ens utter demolition to the first murmur of
discuutent. This i9 the beauty of Democ-
I racy—the principle lies at the foundation
of our confederated Republic—and there
j it will ever stand, despite the scorn and en-
I vv of the Monarchist of Europe, anil the
contempt of tbe Conservative. Republican
; citizen, properly qualification Party of the
j Union or of Georgia,
How are the mighty fallen.
A few weeks back the VV bigs came into
the field mounted upon their war steeds and
prepared fur battle. They warned us to be
I on out guaid, and to fortify our position,
as they intended to attack u«, and “to catry
the war into Africa.” Well, they have
marie their onset, been tepulsed, and have
retired in confusion. They mistook the mag
magnamity and forbearance oftlie Democra
cy fur cowardice. They insulted the com
mon sense of the whole mass oftlie people of
the Stale, by nominating a man fur Govern-
! or who had"voted fot a law to deprive eve-
i ry man in Augusta, of the right of suffrage
that did not own a S1UOO of real estate They
i knew their candidate was obnoxious to this
i charge, but still they challenged us to
ratic 8nd inconsistent course of that political
tumbler, Mr. Toombs. See how he has
jumped from point to point, boxed the com
pass, and carried with him the unsuspecting
and confiding. Now, the champion of Dis
union, now the tame submissionist, now the
advocate of a Sectional Patty — now the
trumpeter of the name and fame of President
Pierce, the next moment, the foaminu
snarling political Hyena, biting at the vi
tals of the man he bad just oppressed with
his flattery. This is the man who seeks to
pull by the nose tbe Whigs of Georgia, anil
the man who aspires to lead the van of Dem
ocracy against their chosen chief.
Mr. Toombs is bold—we like him Ur
that—he does not cover his light under a
bushel—he denounces the President open-
| pmve it on him. We took them at their j jy — am j ca ]| s ,, n Democrats to go with
word, and have proved, not only that tiieii
: candidate advocated, and voted for the law;
■ but that he believed in the principle, of said
law,ami was opposed to its repeal, triuce this
we hear no move taunts from whigs about the
bursting of the Algerine bubble,or about our
dropping it like a hot potatoe. I lie Alge
rine law has become a bombshell, instead
of a bubble. This Algerine Jenkins po-
him. The response, we opine, will not
prove equal to the desiie.
Tlic Algei itie Law—Us worst
feature yet.
The odious Law, which Mr. Jenkins and
his thousand dollar backers in the city of
Augusta, endeavored to fasten on the poori r
population of said city, is just beginning tu
I a toe has become too hot for even Whigs be understood and apprecia’ed by the peo-
to hold, and they now say they ate willing j pie of Georgia.
to let it rest? No doubt they are willing j Last week we gave proof from the record
to let it rest, but they cannot he accommo-; that Mr. Jenkins did vote for the Algerine
! dated. They have conjured up a ghost | Law, in the Legislature of 1841, and that
that will not down at their bidding. The as an individual he was opposed to its re-
people of Georgia have r right to know peal. That is to say, he was w illing to
what kind of a mart these Whigs are trying waive liis own personal opinions, and vote to
to impose upon them for a Governor, and repeal it, provided- the people or Richmond
no efforts of the Whig press can prevent it. | would re-elect him. As a man, howrev-
They cannot hide the deep dyed Federal- ; or _ f, e must say he approved the principle.
ism of iheir candidate by any cloak they ,,f the Law, and would conscientiously de-
can throw over him. They cannot change fend and maintain it at evety huzatd. And,
his nature hy changing their patty name f>r this reason, and no other, lie was defoat-
The man that is opposed to allowing a poor e j a t :he polls when the election f>r mein-
man the privilege of voting for liis rulers, hers of the Legislature came off, We have,
is a tyiant in principle, call him what you a9ve ( seen no defence of Mr. Jenkins’ ap»
please. The Whig press already feel that p r o V al of the principle of the Algerine Law.
iris a vain effort to try to induce the great The Chronicle if Sentinel attempted an exp.-
mass of the people to vote for Mr. Jenkins. 9 jtjnn of the whole affair; which exposition
There is an impassable gulf betwixt him nn |y established tbe charge sought to
and the common people. They have no 9 „hstantiated, viz: lhat Mr. Jenkins did
principle, interest, or sympathies, in com- v ,f P f nr the law. The exposition of the
mon to bring them together. Let the De- Chronicle Sentinel was so overwhelming
mocratic press of Georgia do its duty, and j n Jt 9 support of the charge against Mr.
place the political character of Mr. Jenkins J el) hins. that the Whig papers, supporting
fairly before the people, ami there i3 no yj r J en kins for Governor, did not dare
danger. The people of Georgia will not CO p V j n their own columns. The Re-
vote for their enemy if they know it; and p U hjican ignored it. that is, refused to pub-
that man must he their enemy who would ,| )e J ourn al Sf Messenger and the
deprive them of the right of suffrage. Recorder did the same. What are the peo
ple of Georgia to think ofa Party Press,
Crawling through an Anger Hole- that having just denied a charge against its
Every one who has read the Whig papers candidate for Governor, when the exposi-
in Georgia this Summer, must have noticed i; (>n of the charge appears in the paper puh-
a pitiful trick hy which several of them at- lished at the very door of the candidate, do
tempted to impose upon their readets and even as an act of courtesy, copy the
the public generally. They have evidently pretended vindication ! The fact is, these
endeavored to create the impression that Whig papers have dropped the subject, as
tbe Courier published at Rome, and the they would a hot potatoe. They have burnt
Constitutional Union published at Marietta, their fingers with it, and beg not to be
were two Democratic Papers, that had re- troubled with it more.
fused to support the Democratic nominees, But he Journal Sf Messenger threatened
and gone over to the support of Jenkins to “carry the war into Africa" on this sub*
and whiggery. Hundreds in Georgia that j ec t let it come; and if come it wiil not,
were unacquainted with the facts were im- then we shall take it up and consummate
posed upon hy this contemptible trick, and the original intention of its putative apolo-
r.ewspapers in other States have been de- gists.
ceived, and have published as a fact, that The worst feature of this Law is, that it
two Democratic papers in Georgia had re- was clandestinely gotten up. Where is your
fused m support the Democratic Candi- counter petition, say the Whig apologists
dates. This shallow device of the enemy of Mr. Jenkins'? Where is it? We answer,
was exposed by outselves and several of there was no time to get up a counter peti-
our Democratic Contemporaries. We prov- t ion. A gentleman from Augusta has in-
ed that the two papers mentioned had nev- formed us lhat he knew nothing of it, until
er been Democratic but violent Whig pa- it was settled upon tbe citizens of Augusta,
pers;thatthe Democrats had never expected an( ] that but very few citizens knew more
any help from them, and that in supporting than he did about it. He was one of the
the whig nominees they had only acted in disfranchised, and was as indignant as the
llieir vocation. The Chronicle & Sentinel poorest man in the city. We say, then,
is very much nettled at being caught in that the worst feature of the Algerine Law
such a mean trick and endeavors to get ; 3( that it was gotten up clandestinely. It
out by saying, “We stated distinctly was a dark matter, and had its origin in se-
that the Ed tors of these papers have al- cre t. The counter petition was presented
ways been consistent Democrats. This we a t the polls—attd in tones lhat fell heavily
repeat without the fear of contradiction on the ears of those who conceived, as well
from any source” This is a very poor come a9 those who pet fected, that most odious
off, or come out rather. We cannot now “Higher Law.”
lay ol, r bands upon that number of the
Chronicle & Senrinel which contains the an- Tlie Journal Sc Messenger-
nouncement of those two important allies to The last copy of this consistent and soli-
Whiggery. We w ill for the present let tary defender of Algerine higner-Iawistn, in
the Organ of Algerine Whiggery have the person of Mr. Jenkins, devoted us much
full benefit of his explanation. Did he as a half column to ourselves; in which the
make such a great fuss over two individu- editor expresses no very exalted opinion of
a Is? Did he think it worth publishing to the tbe merits of the Federal Union. VVesre
world that two men whom nobody knew, spoken ot as a‘‘Pop Gun Thunuerer.^ Our
would support Mr. Jenkins! Did he wish to articles are characterized as ‘ squibs,^ lit
he so understood? If we put such a con l ? e > weak, harmless, innocent things. No
struction upon his first article, we mu9t de- doubt our neighbor ovet tbe liver felt eleva-
fend his veracity at the expense of his intel led when he poised his Paxhain gun upon
lent. But this explanation of the Chroni- bis lusty shoulders, and showered down the
cle & Sentinel bears the impress of folly and abnye terrific and devastating fire upon our
selfcontradiction uponitsface. Wouldmen devoted heads. V\ e can, in imagination,
whit “have always been consistent Demo- soe him, puffed up to the extent of his ca-
crats’take charge of two violent Whig papers pacilies—levelling his blunderbuss, and re-
that depended upon Whig patronage for tiring from his labors, conscious of having
support? Would consistent Democrats sup- kicked up a dust, if he had done no more
port every Whig Candidate and oppose ev- serious execution. ^
ery Democrat in the field? This surely We of course, regret that our “squibs
must be anew species of Democrats known should have produced one effect upon our
orly to the microscopic Editor of the Macon contemporary. VV e have never in-
Chronicle & Sentinel, who, when he is cor- tended, hy any article addressed to him, or
tiered, can creep out of a smaller rat hole even indirectly concerning him, to have dts-
than any other man of his proportions in armed him of that courtesy and dignity
Georgia* which he aspires to propagate so universal-
ly in theory. Something more than mere
The enemies of the Administration. .. gqu jb 8 ” j s necessary to cause an editor so
The Whig papers in Georgia believed, j ar IO f or <r P t the amenities due a political
or professed to believe, that the Democracy opponent, as to answer his argument with
| could be divided enough, by assailing the 8Uc h pop gun thunder as "squibs,” &c.
appointments of President Pierce, to give \y e would suggest to the Journal Sf Mes-
tbe Whigs power in the State, and elect sm g er< that it confine ils attention to its
Mr. Jenkins, lhat was the idea of Mr. neighbor, the Telegraph, as the pressure
i Toombs. He billet ly assailed the admiuis- upon it from that direction ;s grievous,
tration ot President Pierce, f*r appointing particularly as in so doing it can mainfamat
a few men to unimportant local stations, least its sell respect, if not its position.
who had been, in times past, acting with
men in the North, who, like Webster and <*ci». W. B Woltord-
i Fillmore and Truman Smith, and Tom We copy the following editorial article
Corwin wete opposed to slavery extension. ; from the Mountain Signal of the 15th tnst.
These appointments, the would be ^e-eat- j Gen. If’m B IPofford — Much speculation, and mapjr
er, Hon. Robt. Toombs, took great excep
tion to, as if be had not been all the while,
and is yet, the confidential friend and po
litical associate of just such men. And it is
a fact tbat ihe YVhig papers and Whig
speakers have been fuming and fussing for
months about the appointment of Mr. Dix
enquiries are made, as to who Gen. Woffotd wiil
support for Governor, the lion H. V. Johnson, or
the Hon C. J. Jenkins. There was a time when
such doubts in the minds ofhis friends, as well as liis
enemieshad grounds to exist It iswell known lhat in
the year l&ol? there appeared an article in the Fed-
erl Union, making, as he and Ins friends considered,
an uncalled for attack upon his political character,
which was well calculated to offend not only the
as Minister to France, a thing which has Gen’I. but his personal friends, who are numerous.
»"< Hs-rf •<»*« t»e-
P en - . i We entertained that opinion ourselves, and we know
But we assett, and we appeal to the judg- j that such wa- the opinion of Gen. Wofford. 4V»
merit and candor of honest men if it be not were gratified in learning lliatsucn suspicion was un
true, lhat the men to whom Mr. Toombs * 0,,ntkd ’ We have seen Gen Wofford, and upon
and the Whigs of Georgia take exception,
as public officers, have not been and con
tinue to be, better supporters of the Com
promise and the cessation of the slavery ag
itation, 'ban Mr. Toombs himself and his
political associates. Gen. Pierce, in all his
appointments, made it a sine qua non that
every man who accepted office under him
should subscribe to the Platform of 1S52,
tbe doctrines of the Inaugural address, and
the maintenance of the settlement of the
slavery question. And if, lo day, it should
be made manifest to us that any man, or
men who have been appointed to office un
der President Pierce at the North, were
doing one half as much as Mr. Toombs and
his friends to re-open the slavery agitation,
and disturb the now tranquil waters of sec
tional feeling, we would say put him out
—down with the agitator and fanatic.
To the honest peace-loving Democrats
and Whigs of Georgia we say, mark the er-
tliis subject we were gratified to find him in possess
ion of evidence conclusive to his nnnd. W , [ ar ®
therefore authorized in stating that Gen. W offer
will vote for and exercise his influence in behalfofthe
Hon. 11. V. Johnson, tha Democratic nominee. Sus-
cess to his efforts!.
In connection with the above, we are
authorized by the former editor of this pa
per. to state that the article that appeared
in the Federal Union in 1850, of which
Gen. Wofford complains, was published
against the advice, and contrary to the wish
es of Judge Johnson.
[Q* VVe refer the Readers ol 'the Federal Union
lo the pamphlets ol Dr. Win. H. Bliss & Co^. the
proprietors of Jacob's Choltra. Dysentery, and Diar-
rhtea Cordial to be had of their agents iu this city
The old and established mode of treating bowel dis
eases with Calomel, is there clearly shown t® be no
only useless but injurious. We would advise n
only a careful perusal ofthe pamphlet, but also a in a
of the medicine. It is a southern preparation and be^
ter and stronger certified to ^ J*.
remedy, than any preparetma new* Uie p«w
lie.