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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1856.
(.NUMBER 5
I RISH LINENS and Linen Lawns.
Line
o e t r n.
inen Sheetings and Pillow Linens.
Bienclied and Brown Clothe and Damask, in the j
piece.
. , White and colored Doilees and Napkins.
A liberal contract mil be made xnth those icho Irish to llucabae, Bird’s Eve and other Diapi rs, are to be
|lo I i t i r ;t 1.
Advertise try the year, occupying a specified space
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors or Guardians, are required by law to be
h .d on the First Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of 1 . in the forenoon and 3 in the aftcr-
n ion, at the Court House in the County in which
the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must he given in a public
gazette 4<* day* previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of persona! property must be
given in like manner 1-. days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors ol an eatat*-
rau-d also be published 4 . days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of' Irdinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published for two months.
Citations h r letters of Administration, Onardsan-
ghip, Arc., must be published •!' days—for dismis
sion from Administration, monthly sir months—tor
dismission from Guardianship, 4" days.
itulcs fur foreclosure of Mcitg" “e mast I*® pub
lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost
* " nontfis—for eom-
had at TINSLEY &. NICHOLS’.
Milledgeville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
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4-
CONFECTIONARY
tttill sToor.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform the
: citizens of Mill, dgevillc and vicinity, that he has
on hand, and is constantly receiving fresh sup-
! plies of CONFEi TIONARY, FRUITS, &c..
! Oranges. Lemoii3, Pine Apples Bananas, &e.
Rr.'sins, Figs, Dates, Prunes,&e.
I Preserves. .Tellies, Pickles, Catsup and Sardines,
j Soda Biscuit and Butter Crackers.
} NUTS, of all kinds, for sale in any quantity.
I Fine Havana Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff,
i Dried Beef and Beef Tongues, Bolongna Sausages. !
Ad of which will be sold very low for Cosh.
JOHN CONN.
Milledgeville, April 28, 1856. 49 6m ;
pauers, f«r the fall space of three
polling titles from Executors or Administrators
£gg> DU. R. C. CYPHERS,
STJTLGE02M ITEiBJTIST,
m Executors or Administrators. jt AV ING permanently located in EATONTON,
where bond h«as been f?iven by the deceased, t u? | 0 fl* er3 his professional services to the citizens
full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued accord nip -
to these, the legal requireinents, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
I? ATFS!
Citations on letters of Admini trati<*n. &c.
“ “ dismissory from Admr’on.
*« “ “ ’ Guardianship
Ijcsve to S"ll Land or Negroes
Notice to debtors and creditors
Sales of persnonal p-operty, ten days, 1 sqr
Sale of land or negroes by Executors, &c.
Estrays, two weeks
For a nian advertising his wife (in advance) n <'<■
Letters on business must be Post Paid to entitle
t’p -to ''i att'-ution.
$2 75
4 50
3 00
4 00
3 00
1 50
5 lYi
1 50
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of Putnam and the adjoining counties. He is pre
pared to execut iny work in the line of his Pro
fession. in a neat, durable and satisfactory manner.
He is a graduate of the Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery, and has had several years practi
cal experience.
There have been many lath and important im
provements made in the SciVice of Dentistry—
among the must important nm\ he mentioned A -
i fen’s continuous Gum. He is \repared to put up
| full setts of teeth in this style,paving purchased
! the right of Mr. Allen.
Ft Dr. C. will spend the ;it\t week in each
: month, in Milledgeville.
Prompt attention given t<< \>/sit,ess,
' April In, 1856. " 1
A MARVELLOUS REMEDY!
FOR a MARVELLOI S AGE!
HOLLOWAY’S OINTMENT!
THF. GRAND EXTERN If. REMEDY
Rv the an! «f a microscope, we see millions oflit'le
ope'tit-gs “ii I e »irtaf <■ •»( m.r .
tins iniilin nt. wli*r rubbed
anv orpa.1 or inward l>*r' Di
disorder* of the lever. nfT-elion*
lion ot tie' l.ncgo. Asti.in
its loenns effr-etunllv «'.tr.d
skir
! hiO'uih these
, is earned to
me Kulnevs,
nf the heart, Inflamma
, Goughs and fold* ere 1 >J
Ev.-rv housewife knows
thm salt nas-es freely through none or an al of an* Ihn k
ness. This healing Ointm-nt far more readily pene
trat**# ihrnush any honour pari <»f ih* bv»ne •>•*»>.
curing thi mesi dangerou* niw nrd coinplainis, that can -
not he real bed by other means.
Erysipelas. Sail Rheum A Scorbutic Huai rs.
No reinedv hns ever done so neieli for the cere of dm
eases of ihe skin, whatever form they may assume, as
thi* Ointment. No ease of Salt Khenm, Seit.vey, Store
In ads. Semti.la.or Erysipelas, ran long wuhstai.d ns
i: fliii t.ee. 1 he inventor has travelled over many parts
. ih. globe, visiting die principal li'i.punls. dispensing
this un.tm.nt. giving adviee as le Us ..ppliration and
has Hois been the means of .eaionng eoumles* numbers
to health.
8 rc Legs. Son Breasts. Won* * end Liter*.
Some . 1 the roosl sneiitifie surgeon-ii"w n-K •••Lly
on the use of this w onderful Oit.lni.-m, w .'ten having >•>
rope will. Ihe worst cases ol tores ulre.s,
giaiMlnfcr muMling*, »*nl 'utniTs. Profwnur rj'.»llow:ijr
has l.v coo nmn.1 ofihe A Had G»v> ntmeiii*. dismteh.
e.! to the I. ..pitals of the East, la'g- shipm -M. of tills
Oin’itteni to he used und- r the direction ol die Aledteal
Staff ”i ’tie wor». eases til wounds 1’ will • ur» any
r.’ er’ glandi.liir swelling, stiffness or contraction of :h<
joints, even ot 20 .ears standing.
PILES \SD FISTULAS.
There and other s'miiar distressing eoniniaints can he
effeettially eiireu it ttie Otnimetu tie weli rubbed intwer
the purls nfl-eled, and h> othsrwise following ,itr print-
<*cj i!ir t t!om> around wrli P»»*.
Both the Ointment and Pill* should he
used in the following cases:
Bunions, M -ri oriel eruptions, .Sore* of all kinds
For Pniiadriptna, i\ew
Savannah & Charleston Steamship Liner
CabS>» Passage $20,—Steerage $8.
The well-known first class Steamships
KEYSTONE STATE, Captain Ii. Bardie.
STATE OF GEORGIA, Captain J. J. Gravis,
Will hereafter form a Weekly Line to Philadelphia,
sailing erenj Saturday, alternately, from SAVAN-
; NAH and CHARLESTON as follows:^
The Keystone State will sail from Saaen-ni.li ii.;
: following Saturdays—April 12th and 2fth, May •
Kith and 24th, June 7th and 2ist; Leaving Fhila- |
i delplda the alternate Saturday s. |
The State of Georgia will sail from Charleston the i
following Saturdays—April 5th and l!hh, Mt.y 3d.
I7fh and list, June 11th and 28th; Leaving.T/it7«- |
dclplna the alternate Saturdays. \
In strength, speed and ae< ommodations. trest- ;
ships are fuliy equal to r.nv running on the efcfst
Inland navigation, M0 miles on Delaware Ki wi- :
and Bay: two nights at sea.
For Niagara Polls, the Pal es and Cam j
do—Shortest and Cheapest Haute..
i These Line both connect at Philadelphia with [
1 the Great North Western Bail Road Route through
to Niagara Falls or Buffalo, in 16 hours from Phil-
\ adelpliia. Through Tickets, with the privilege of
' stopping at Rhilad’a, and intermediate points, for
! sale bv the Agents' in Savannah and Charleston,
i Fare to Niagara or Buffalo $28; to Elmira $26:
1 to Canandaigua §27.
| Agents in Philadelphia, Heron & Martin,
j Agent in Savannah, C. A. GREINER.
! Agents in Charleston, T. S. T. G, Bl'DD.
j At ril 2. I8S6. 46 3m.
Dr. McLANE’S
CELEBRATED
VERMIFUGE
LIVER PILLS.
Two of tin best Pre'itritiom of the Ago.
Kheimiat sin.
« lvi|.|.ed hands, Sail Khenm,
( '.dhLiiis. Skin di-easee.
Fis'U a*. ^ orH '' S’ 1 '
Snrt* lh»H8l8,
munago, Sore bead*.
rP,le». Sore tlironta,
tpy >-e'd at tim Mmnierioiies of Profe,
Sprains,
Scab's,
Swelled glands,
Stiff joime,
l'!re .,
Yen> rial sores.
Wound*nl till kind.
r Hoi.lowav.
80 Maiden Lane, Ne.\ York, mid 241 Strand. I.oiiil.ii,,
0 tiy all ri'Sjiectahl- D*ugei*t* and deal, r* of -Medi
ci ..T ihri.ueli. iit ill Untied Stales, and etviliz -d world,
in I ..It., ai 25 ets.. 62i ei» , and SI i m b.
{py~ I her. is a cotundi ratde savine hv taking Ihe Inr-
ger ,.Z“S HCT N. B D rrcii.oie lor he g.mb lie. of (ia-
ji.-til. in every disorder are affixed to each Pol. 13 1>
1 TO LAN j) BUYERS.'
T HE subscriber, desirous nt remov
ing West, offers for sale his PLAN-
®AT1UN, consisting of 86 : acres, two
WL: «r three hundred uf which are oak and
kory, the lialaucc pine land, lyirg
(U (’auip Creek, in Baldwin county, and on the M
Jnd G. Rail Road, 8 miles South WestofMill-
fcgeville, and 4 West of Scottsboro, on the road to
jilne .n. and 2 miles North of Whiting’s Depot,
Ib.nit half cleared and under good tenet-. A goo-
Yarned dwelling and framed out houses, large
^ rnand gin House, nearly new. are on theplai e.
As i am not gifted in puffing, and no one will pur
chase without seeing, come and see! Corn,
"te place,
EVES,
tf.
They are
mended a
Cure-alls,
what the
ports.
The
Dcllirv
L,.*-
Ll.t
ir
not recom-
Universal
imply for
name pur-
i
the
:f di sired.
Mav 27, 1856.
GEORGE LEE'
S5R1SS GOODS.
[ )LAIN, plaid and striped Siiks, in white, black
and colors.
1- jounced Silks, Granadines and Bareges.
Organdi -s. Jaconets and Lawns.
Plain, plaid and striped Granadines, Tissues and |
Bareges. ^ I
Striped and figured Organdies, Jaconets and I
Lawns.
French. Scotch and American Ginghams.
French, English and Auim.mii I’nnts, ;n great I
variety.
Lupin s best black R< bazinesand Alpacas.
Now opening at TI. Sl.EY 2v NICHOLS'.
Mi;ledgi-ville, April w . 18o0.
45 tf
Lace Goods A Embroideries. |
I INITON, Maltese and Thread Lace Collars i
and Sl-eves in Sets.
Swiss and Cambric do do do do
liviss, Cambric and I.aco Collars and Sleeves, at j
all prices.
laltese. Thread and Lisle Laces.
Back, white and colored Lace Veils.
Hu". green and brown Baregu and Tissues for j
Veils.
fain and figured I!..hinets and Silk Illusions,
vi-s, .Lionet and Mull Edgings and Inserting*, j
Swiss Cambric and Dimity Bauds,
feiiii.rnid -rcd Swiss Basque Shapes.
^Liin n Cambric H'kfs. from 1 emits to $50 00. j
Just received at TINSLEY & NICHOLS', i
Milledgeville, April 8, I8.'i(i. 45 if |
white goods.
► LAIN, plaid and striped Swiss Muslin.
‘ “ Jaconet “
‘ “ “ Nainsook “
•toria and Bishop’s Lawn, India Dimity, Bril- j
Hants, Skirting Dimitv, &c Ac., now on hand
TINSLEY & NICHOLS’,
fledgeville, April 8, J854i. 45 tt
/Bain'S and SHuET
(►•GENERAL ASSORTMENT for 0. nta. La
lie* and Children: manufactured by J. Miles
a,expressly for TINSLEY it NICHOLS,
i-ville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
lats! Hats! Hats!
st.les and qualities tor use and
TINSLEY & NICHOLS,
cville, April 8, 1856. 45 tf
Vermifuge, for
Worms from
uiman system, has
a!:o been administered
\vi:h the most satisfactory
results to various animals
subject to Worms.
The Liver Pills, for
the cure cf Liver Com
plaint, all Bilious De
rangements, Sick Head
ache, &c.
Purchasers will please
be particular to ask for
Dr. C. McLane’s Cele
brated Vermifuge and
Liver Pills, prepared by
(y.lcmvvui (dyiboi.
sole proprietors, Pitts
burgh, Pa., and take no
other, as there are various
other preparations
before the public,
porting to be Vermifuge
and Liver Pills. All
others, in comparison
v/ith Dr. McLane’s, are
worthless.
The genuine McLane’s
Vermifuge and Liver
Pills can now be had at
all respectable Drug
Stores.
Fleming erc’S,
CO V t ood St., PiTTSBURon, Pa.
Sole Proprietors.
Fcoril Sc Mead, No. Ill Charles st New D. K-anS
General Wholesale Agents for the Southern
Stare*, to whom all Orders must be addressed.
I Sold by E. J. White; Jus. Horty: Win. L
Whit.- & Co, Milledgeville; Geo. Payne, E. L.
Strohekor, Macon; I Newell, Gordon; Beall i
Chambers. Iwnton; W. H. Burnett, Sparta; Z.
Gray, Sandersville; Long & Durham, Jeff, rson-
ville; N. S Pruden, Eatonton; Hurd A- Hun-
gerf.ird, Monticello; and by ono agent in every
town in tlie State. [ march 25, '56. ly
now
pur-
1 be following touching “Lament” for “Little
Charlie.” a liquid gush from the heart of the authoi
of sweet “Baby Bell,” will awaken pangs of loving
sorrow in many a sad mother's bosom ;—
Lillie Oiuriif.
A Lamest.
O Sunshine, making golden spots
Upon the carpet at my feet—
The shadows ot the coming flowers !
The phantoms of forget-me-nots
And roses red and *weet!—
How can you sc. ui so full ofjov,
And we so sad at heart and sore?—
Angel ol death! again thy wings
Ate folded at j -r door!
We can but yearn through length of days
For something lust, vie fancied ours:
We’ll Uiisstbee, darling, win u the 8p:ing
Ha* touched the world toflowera !
For thou wast iik>- thai dainty month
Which stiews the violets at its feet.
The lile w as slips of golden sun
And saver tern drops braided sweet!
For tliou wa.-t light and thou wast Shade.
And thin.- were sweet capricious ways'—
Now lest in purpie languors, now
No bird in ripe led snmmei days
Was lull:us wild as tliou!
O little Presence! everywhere
We find some touching trace of thee—
A pencil mark upon the wall
That ‘‘naughty iniuds”niadc thoughtlessly:
And broken toys mound ihe house—
Wheie lie has lelt them they have iaiu
Waiting lor little busy hands
That will uot come again,
Will never come again!
Within the shrouded room below -
He li. s a-cmd—and yet we know
It is not Chanie there!
It is not Charlie cold and white,
It is the robe, that, in his flight
He gently cast aside!
Our datiiug lia.h not died!
O rare pale lips! O clouded eyes !
O vio.et eyi s grown diiu !
Ah weli! this little lock ot hair
Is all ot him !
Is nil of him that we can keep
For loving kisses, aud the thought
Of him that Death may teach us more
Than alt our life hath taught!
God, walking over starry spheres,
Did clasp his liny hand.
And led him, through a fall of tears,
Into the My Stic Land !
Angel of death we question not:
Who asks of Heaven, “Why does it rain?”
Auge!! we bless thee, for thy kiss
Hath hushed the lips of pain !
No “Wherefore,"or “To what good end?”
Shall out of doubt and anguish creep
Into our thought. We bow our heads:
Hegireth his Beloved sltrp!
105, Clinton Place, N. Y. T. B. YLDRIC
H.
tl a rift n.
,-i '1 cmperanee Joke.—Jou iiiuris was
a whole smiled, merry fellow, and very
fond of a glass. After living in New
Lprleans for many years, lie came to the
conclusion of visiting an old uncle away
Massachusetts, whom he had not
:n for many years. Now there is a dif-
hmnee between New Orleans and Massa-
cl^Letts in regard to the use of ardent
sp^^, and when Joe arrived there, he
fnwln.il the people run mad about temper-.
ane-4 he felt bad. Thinking with the oid
songthat “keeping the spirit up by pour-
ing 'Be s-piiit down,” was one of the best
ways'*o make time pass he began to feel
indeeikthat he was in a pickle. But on
the morning alter his arrival, the old man
and soils being gone out at work, his aunt
came to him ami said:
‘‘Joe, you have been living in the
South, a .J no doubt are in tlie habit of
taking so ne’biug to drink about eleven
o’clock. -Now, 1 keep some for ‘medical
puiposes,! 'mt let no one know it. as my
husband Wants to be a good example. Joe
promised Verecv, and thinking that he
would im gei more that day, took, as he ex
pressed it a “bu*ter.” Af ter lie walked out
to the stable, who should meet him but
his uncle. “Well Joe,” said be, “I ex-
pect tliat yuntpre accustomed to drinking I
something in l\e» Orleans, but you will j
find u* ail tetr.-jorate here, and for the '
sake of my son*. 1 don’t let them know
that 1 have *m\ brandy about, but 1
just keep a little for rheumatism. Will
you take si.me?”
Joe signified his -eadiness, and took an- ;
other big horn. Then continuing bis walk I
he come to where the boys were mauling i
rails. After conveising a while, one of his
cousins said:
“Joe, I expect you would like to have a
dram, and as the old folks are down on
liquor; »c have some ti U t here to help us
on with the work.”
Out came the bottle, an ,l down they
sat, and, as he says, by ihe time that he
went to dinner he was as tight as he could
be. '
John C. Breckcnridge.— *,11c. Democratic
nominee for the Vice PrAj^ncy is thus
personally sketched by Cincinnati
t om tie real: 1
lie is a tall and gracefully Anned young
man, with delicate features, ,'Y,1 would be !
singularly handsome if his pr.\i,c fine was i
more prominent. Looking ai him side
ways, and his forehead, nose and chin, are
nearly in a straight line. But his eye
beams with intelligence, his nose is hand
some in outline, and the habitual compres
sion of bis lips indicates a resolute will.
On the whole tlieie is a poetic glimmering
about him. And that there is something in
him of this character the fact that he has
purchased an island in Lake Superior for a
summer home would indicate. His man
ner in speaking is proud, defiant, and full
of passion, tempered by educated discre
tion.
Bajitist Publication Society.—The Char
leston News, is pleased to learn through
the kindness of Rev. J. P. ’1 ustin. Corres
ponding Secretary of the Southern Baptist
Publication Society, that twenty-one thous
and two hundred and lift)’ dollars have re
cently been raised to increase the business
resources of the Society in that city. The
aboye amount was collected almo i entirely
in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia, and a large additional sum is
also expected in the course of the year.
—m+mm
Literature—It opens a back door out of
the bustle ofthe busy and idle world into
a delicious garden of moral intellectual
fruits ami flowers, the key of which is de
nied to the rest of mankind. Uur happi
ness on longer lives on charjty, nor bids
fair for a fall, by leaning on that most
precarious and thorny pilloiv, another’s
pleasure, for our repose.—Dr. I vuitg.
What an argument in faver of social
condectnous, is the observation,that by
communicating our grief we have less,
and by communicating our pleasure we
have mure. f Greeville.
Bemtrks at J. Giai-cy Jof Feiiiisuunna-
D'/irercd in the House of Representatives,
May 13, 1856, in reply to the remarks j
made on Saturday. May 10, 1356, by j
the Hon. Henry M. Puller, assaili-g
the political opinions of Mr. Buchanan, I
and i tier leadi’g public men of the De-
mocracy of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Jones rose aDd said:
I gave notice on Saturday that when
the speech of my colleague, (Mr. Fuller,)
should be in print, I should, as a question
of piivilege, ask. the House to indulge
me in a few remarks which I wished to
make i.i eplv to my colleague.
Ihe consent ofthe House was grant
ed. " '■ *
Mr. J. said: Mr Speaker. I was some
what surprised on Saturday last that my
colleague, (Mr. Fuller.) who obtained, as
a question of privilege, the unanimous
consent of the House to make a personal
explanation of bis own position before the •
eountiy on the great leading questions of
the day, should avail himself yf the same ,
privilege to make a covert attack upon the
Democracy of Pennsylvania aud her lead- i
ing men.
Whatever may have been the design of!
my colleague, whether in self-defense or i
otherwise, no man who heard him could
arrive at. any other conclusion than that j
the latter part of his speech was intended i
to place Janies Buchanan of Pennsylva
nia in a false pos tion before the cou.itry.
I name this distinguished gentleman be- ;
cause it well known that he now stands’
prominently before the country, presented
by his own great State as a candidate for
the Presidency.
As far as the position of my colleague .
upon the leading National questions of
the day is concerned, I have nothing to
say. 1 leave that to others. He is not j
a member of ihe Democratic party. It is
not responsible for his acts or opinions,
nor is lie a recognized expounder of its doc-.
nines. Whatever may have been his po-,
sition formerly, or however it may confii.'.t j
with that which beholds at present, it is.a j
matter which does not concern the De
mocracy of the country.
I can understand why my colleague j
should, at this juncture, desire to square ,
him self to this new position as a Notional I
man by invoking tlie noble name of Jas. \
Buchanan. 18ir,it is tin* fashion, in ihe |
new caste of parties in this Hall, to appeal !
to great names as the authors and support-1
ers of great errors. George Washington j
lias been quoted here as a “Kuow-Noth- ’
iiig” by a perversion of one of his military j
orders; Thomas Jefferson has been a intro- \
duced before us as the oiiginal inventor of j
tlie higher law; and we have even been
invited ro a feast composed of obscure and
dusty traditions, at which both Franklin
and Madison have been made to figuie as
modern Abolitionists. May 1 say to my
colleague that this practice is much better
honored in the bleach than in the observ-,
ance?
Nor is it my purpose to allude to any of.
the gentlemen nan ed by my colleague, 1
rn) self included, or to explain their posi-1
turns on these questions, that as matter
which w ill take care of itself. My pur
pose, i3 to address myself entirely to that
portion of his remarks wdiich related to
that distinguished Pennsylvanian, James
1 u lia an. 1
1 an: .eeplv impressed with the idea ,
that it is a work of upererogation tor me
to come to the rescue of the noble and glo-1
rtous stand which the Democracy of Penn- !
sylvania has takeu and maintained fear-j
lessly and bo'dly befoie the country in ev- i
cry crisis where the Constitution or the !
I niou was assailed or endangered. I call j
the attention of the House and the conn- j
try to the fact, that of all the Northern
States there is none which lias confessedly J
been more undeviating in its defense of]
National doctrines than the State which 1 J
have the honor in part to represent I I
say confessedly, because the evidence of j
this is to be found, not only in the tribute I
paid to the regard of Pennsylvania by tlie
sound men of all parts of the Union, blit j
by the unceasing and reckless attacks j
made upon the Democracy of that State j
for their perseverance and fidelity in times j
of trial in resisting the onsets ot fanaticism
by the leaders ot Abolitionism. Pennsyl
vania has always occupied this position,
and, stanuing as it w ere, in the center of
the Union, between the North and the
South, she has been enabled to resist the
advance of Abolitionism, and to protect
with her gigantic energies and imposing ex- j
ample, those institutions w hich are con-j
stuntly imperiled in the course of political
events. The lecord of the Democracy of
Pennsylvania is unanimous. Its acts and
deeds are known throughout the length
and breadth of the ctuintry. 1 should
only mar that record and weaken iis pow
erful force by even attempting to detend
it from assault from any quarter. For its
high position befoie the country, for its
long line of brilliant acts know u and rec
ognized throughout our glorious Union, w e
stand this day more indebted to the tit in,
consistent and fearless course ot James
Buchanan than any other man living.
Nor, Mr. i8peai;er, do 1 deem it neces-
sarv to come to his defense; that is not my
object, lie is understood at this nay, as
I have already stated, to be a prominent
candidate for the Presidency, presented
by his own great State with unpaialelled
unanimity. In forty years of public ser
vice, he lias made a record which 1 em
phatically say here, needs no vindication
at my hands. Upon that record be now-
stands before the country; hut as public
opinion with great propriety, in an excit
ing crisis like the present, is necessarily
drawn to a close and scrutinizing investi
gation of all the acts and opinions ot pub
lic men, even to a misrepresentation ol
these opinions, I deem it necessay here,
and in my place, aud for the last Urn , as
far as I may he able, to settle tins matter,
so far as it relates to Mr Buchanan.
The public life and character of this dis-
tingui rd gentleman is so completely iden
tified w rh the history ot the Democracy
of his native State that it is impossible to
separate them; and 1 could not defend the
one without defending the other. My ob
ject now is, not so much even to otter a
defense of Mr, Buchanan, as it is to ex
pose the elrmactor ot the covert attacks
that may he made upon hi* public life ar t
political position, designed to have an in
jurious effect upon the '•ountiy at this par
ticular crisis. In the other wing of the
Capitol he has been associated with the
ablest intellects of the day in supporting
constitutional principles. Sir, you rec
ollect this as w-ell as 1 do; and I w ill not
consume the time of the House by rehears
ing his record, familiar as it is to the peo
ple ofthe country, hut come at once to the
charge of my colleague, that in 1816 Mr.
Buchanan acted as the chairman of a com
mittee at a me -ting held in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, in which certain resolu
tions were adopted denouncing the Mis
souri Compromise. The resolutions are
as follows:
“Resolved, That the Representatives in
Congress from this district be. and they
are hereby, most earnestly requested te
use their utmost endeavors, as members of
the National Legislature to prevent the
existence of slavery in any of ihe Terri
tories or States which may be erected by
Congress.”
“ hesolved, That, in the opinion of this
meeting, the members of Congress who, at
the last session, sustained the cause ot
justice, humanity and patriotism, in op
posing the introduction of slavery into the
States then endeavored to be formed out
ofthe Missouri Territory, are entitled to
the w’aruiest thanks of every friend of hu
manity.”
If my colleague is as unfortunate in his
allusions to others, as I think I will be
able to show he has been to Mr Buchan
an, the speech which he pronounced• n Sat-
urd&v will not add much to his reputation,
it is somewhat remarkable and unfortu
nate tor my colleague that, in a speech
made to \ indicate his own character from
a charge founded upon a false and spurious
document, he should in the same speech
rake up against Mr. Buchanan a charge
founded upon a document equally false
and spurious.
Now, Sir, I am enabled to state, on un
questioned authority, that the deelaiation
that James Buchanan was chairman ot the
committee which framed those resolutions,
is unfounded and untrue. 1 undertake
here, in my place, to say tothe House and
the country, that Mr. Buchanan did not re
port the resolutions referred to; that he
w as not the chairman of the committee by
which they were reported; and that he
never saw tli :n until they appeared in
print But, suppose he had reported them;
suppose he hail been chairman of the com
mittee which icported them—I appeal to
the Eouili to answer whether tiiis fact
should stand against him with the long
experience of his life before the country?
But, Mr. 18 peak er, this accusation be
longs to the class of idle reports invented,
and now ciiculated, to damage him in the
estimation of the American people. Sir,
all these accusations, whether asserted
anonymously or publicly, are triumphant
ly answered by the record of his public
life.
I do not deem it necessary, Mr. Speak
er, to go into an examination ofthe oilier
allegations of my colleague in reference to
Mr. Buchanan. So much stress seems to
have been laid upon the particular charge
which i have just answered, that 1 thought
i; worthy of this special notice. As to the
rest, I confess iny astonishment that my
colleague should have deemed it necessary
to refer to them.
'1 hey are answered by the fact that
while a member ot Mr. Polk’s Cabinet,
against the opposition of fanaticism, he
proposed to extend the Missouri line to the
Pacific, amid the delight and gratitude of
National men of all parts of the Union.
They ate answered by every vote he
gave in the American Congress on the
question of slaveiy, ar.d by the fact that of
all Northern men he has been among the
most prominent in asserting and defend
ing a strict construction of the Federal
Constitution.
They aie answered by the construction
which he placed upon the compromise
measures ot 1850, in the letter addressed
by him, in November ofthe same year, to
the people of Philadelphia, in which he
declared that the compromise measures
had superseded the Missouri line, or to
use his own language, that that the line
had “passed away,” which construction
led inevitably to the adoption of the prin
ciple of popular sovereignty embodied in
the Kansas Nebraska bill.
They are answ’ered by the national ac-
•ion of his State—a State memorable in
.he history of this question for its fidelity
o the rights of the other States, a record
with which he and his friends are insep
arably identified.
They are answerod by the resolutions
adopted by the last Democratic State Con
vention of Pennsylvania, and accepted
and endorsed by Mr. Buchanan, on Thurs
day, the Sth of May, in the following lan-
guage:
“The duties of the President, whomso
ever lie may he, have been cleat ly and
ably indicated by the admirable resolu
tions of the 1 onvention which you have
iust presented to me, and all of which,
without reference to those merely personal
to myself. I heartily adopt. Indeed, they
met my cordial approbation from the mo
ment when I iii si perused them on the oth
er side oftlie Atlantic. They constitute a
platform, broad, national, and conserva
tive, and one eminently worih\ of tlie De
mocracy ofour great and good old ••'tate.
“These resolutions carried into execu
tion, with an inflexibility and perseverance
precluding all hope of change, and yet in
a kindly spirit, will ere iong. allay the
dangerous excitement which has for some
years prevailed on the subject of domestic
slavery, and again unite all portions ot
jur common country in the ancient bonds
of brotherly affection, under the Hag ofthe
Constitution and tlie Union.”
And 1 now send the resolutions adopted
by the Democracy of Pennsylvania, and
ndnrsed by Mr. Buchanan, to tlie Clerk’s
•.able, and desiie that they may be lead:
Resolved, That in the present distract
ed condition ot parties, in which sectional
a id partial issues bar e been allowed to
attain a dangerous supremacy, we recog
nize in the policy ofthe Democratic party
hat which rests upon the Constitution as its
oasis; and that it is the party which, above
:li others, bus. in the language of the il
lustrious Madison, ever continued “to hold
the Union ofthe States as the basis ot
their peace and happiness; to support the
Constitution, which is the cement ofthe
Union, as well in its limitations as in
its authorities; to respect tlie rights
and authorities reserved to the States
and to the people, as equally incor-
• p irated with, and essential to, the success
‘ of the general system; and to avoid the.
slightest interference with the rights of
conscience or the functions of religion, so
wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction.”
“Resolved, That by the general con
sent of the wise and virtuous of all na
tions, the framers of the Republic of the
United -States exhibited in their individ
ual characters, aud in the result ol their
public deliberations, a degree of virtue
! and a practical statesmanship to which
i the history of the world affords no parallel;
j that in no* part of the Federal compact is
riie wisdom - f our fathers more conspicu-
( ous than in leaving the whole question of
I -laverv to the States in their separate
! capacities; and that in the provision tor the
: re-delivery of fugitives escaped from labor
or service, they demonstrated a sense of
j justice, an appreciation of the value ofthe
j Union, an attachment to its preservation,
| an avoidance of one-sided philanthropy
i and impracticable theories of government,
J which presents a proper example for the
I iruidance and imitation of us, their descen-
i
j uaiits.
Resolved, That we look only to the
Constitution, aud the exposition thereof,
which has been afforded by the practices
ofthe Democratic Administrations lor the
chart of our policy. That these consti
tute, until the fundamental law is chang
ed by methods which itself provides, the
highest law of our obedience as citizens;
and that we utterly discard that particu
lar and exagerated sympathy, the attempt
to carry winch into practice is at the peril
of our dearest interests as a nation and
threatens of evils of tenfold magnitude to
those which it proposes to heal.
“Resolved, That the equality of the
States is the vital element of tLe Consti
tution itself, and that all interference with
the rights of the States by those w ho seek
to disregard the sacred guarantees of the
past, atifl by ail others, should be rebuk
ed with the same spirit that would de
nounce and repudiate all attempts to erect
odious distinctions between those who are
entitled to share the blessings and benefits
of our free institutions.
“Resolved. That the effort to direct the
power ofthe Government by anti-slavery
agitations, under the various names and
phases of Free Soilism* Anti-Nebraskaism,
Fusionism ; »d “Republicanism,” and by
j interfering with the rights of conscience
in establishing a religious test as a quali
fication of office by the seemt oath bound
society of the Know Nothings, is opposed
both to the letter and the spirit ofthe
Constitution, and to the earnest teachings
and practice of its earliest and most honor
ed administrators.
“ Hesolved, That we are now, as ever,
unalterably opposed to the doctrines and
designs of all organizations which con
template the overthrow ofthe civil and
religious rights ot the citizen which, like
equality ofthe States, is a sacred and ina
lienable right, never to be interferred wdth
i by factions parties .and reckless legisla
j tion, without a subversion ofthe primary
i objects of our political system and a repu-
I dition of the guarantees oftlie past and the
; hopes of the future.
“ Rescind, That in the repeal of the act
j know'll as the Missouri Compromise act,
i and the passage ->f the act organizing the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, free
from unconstitutional restrictions, the last
Congress performed a work of patriotic
sacrifice in meeting the demands of sec
tional excitement by unshaken adherence
tothe fundamental law.
“Resolved, That this legislation cannot
he deemed unnecessary', hut that it was
expedient to meet the question, and w'hi«h
could never admit of a more easy settle-
1 ment than at present. 'I hat we recognize
in it the application to the Territories of
the rule of “equal and exact justice to all
men,” of all sections ofthe confederacy,
which was designed by the framers of our
Government, and which was defined as
«>ue of its essential principles by the im
mortal Jefferson.
•‘Resolved, That the Democracy of
Pennsylvania, following the counsel of
some of the wisest statesmen of the North
and South, were ready on more than one
occasion m the past to extend the Missouri
Compromise line to the Pacific, so as to
j make it the basis of a final settlement of
[ the question of slavery in the Territories ;
! but when this proposition was rejected in
■ 1848, on the ground that it involved an
| undue concession to the South by the very
men who now clamor for a restoration of
the Missouri line, there seemed to he but
one wise alternative left, and that was to
refer the whole question of slavery in the
Territories to the people thereof to be
regulated as they may deem proper; and
we, therefore, cheerfully extend our hearty
support to the policy of the Government
as recognized in the Compromise measures
of 1850, and embodied in the laws organiz
ing the Territories of Kansas and Nebras
ka.”
And what other answer is necessary to
the allegation of my colleague? What
other platform does the country desire?
Mr. Speaker, this is Mr. Buchanan’s posi
tion. Upon this impregnable foundation
lie takes his stand. 1 here is no evasion
here; all is frank outspoken, and plain.
Who can he surprised if to such a man the
people, in the present crisis, should look
with confidence and hope? Who will not
rejoice to see patriotic citizens applauding
a public man who stands upon such a
creed? Those gallant spirits heretofore
opposed to us, whose voices we have heard
with such transports of delight in both
branches of Congress, declaring t liemselves
for the principles of the National Demo
cracy, will he no less gratified with the
cieed upon which Mr. Buchanan has taken
his position than will tlie National Demo
crats themselves. And now, Sir, let me
recall to your mind the action of t,lic De
mocratic party in this House, at tlie open
ing oftlie present Congress, on the follow
ing resolution, which I had the honor to
offer on the 3d December, 1S55, and which
was adopted by that caucus by a unanimous
vote:
“Rt solved, That tlie D. mocratic mem
bers of the House of Representatives,
though in a temporary minority in this
body, deem this a fit occasion to tender to
their fellow citizens of the whole Union
their heartfelt congratulations on the tri
umph, in the recent elections in several of
the Northern, Eastern, and Western, a*
well as Southern States, of the principles
oftlie Kansas-Nebraska bill, anil the doc
trines of civil and religious liberty which
have been so violently assailed by a
secret political order known as the Know
Nothirg party; and though in a minority,
we hold it to 1 e onr highest duty to pie-
serve our organization, and continue m r
efforts in the maintenance and deft roe <f
those piii.ciples, and the eonst'ti tituni
right of every section and every class of
citizens against their opponents of every
description, whether the so-called Repub
licans. Know Nothings, or Fusionists. and
to this end we look with confidence to the
support and approbation of all good and
true men—friends of the Constitution and
the Union throughout the country.”
Y ou will observe that the invitation to
the patriotic men of all patties held out
iu this resolution is in exact accordance
with the spirit which now animates tie
Democracy all over the land, and wlihh
was fitly responded to by the Democrat y
of Pennsylvania, when they placed James
Buchanan in nomination for the Presiden
cy. You will observe, also that the con
fidence expressed in the ultimate triumph
of the principles of the Nebraska bill, ki d
the advice that these principles should n-1
be discarded, are in peculiar harmony with
the stern patriotism ot character which
has always controlled Mr. Buchanan in
great questions, and especially in res stirg
the onsets of the enemies ofthe rights of
the States.
Mi . Speaker, we. are on the eve of im
portant events We are in the midst of
an era of investigation; and at such t me
it is natural, it is right, that the records of
our public men should be explored, to s» o
hov. far they may he trusted in the futuie.
We have not boasted oftlie record of Mr.
Buchanan, nor have we introduced it up< n
the country’. The masses know it by heart;
they Lax c studied it carefully, aud tlny
rest upon it, confident that it will stand the
test nf the most intelligent scrutiny.
And while we are thus careful to secure
a standard bearer whose past hisroiy
sliall he one luminous illustration <f
truth defen ded, and of error exp> -
ed, it is proper that we should e\!ei d
t6 those gallant National men, here
tofore in opposition to us, a cheerful wel
come to our ranks. Let us secure the co
operation of these gifted and patriotic men.
let us maintain our hold upon the affections
of the National Democrats, by piesenting
a candidate who, like James Buchanan,
will challenge and command the respect of
all parties, and who stands upon the record
without blemish, and can point to a career
worthy ofthe imitation of every young
man in the laud.
All such accusations as these against
Mr. Buchanan are answered by thirty-six
years of devotion to the Constitution ofthe
United States.
They are answered by the fact that
twenty years ago, in the Senate oftlie
United States, he was among the first
Northern men to resist the inroads “f
Abolitionism.
They nre answered by Ms oppro-itiori to
the circulation of insurrectionary docu
ments through the mails of the United
States among the slaves of the South.
They are answered by the determined
support i f the bill admitting Arkansas in
to the American Union.
They are answered by his eloquent sup
port of the hill admitting Michigan into
the Union. ,
They are answered by his early sup
port of the annexation of Texas.
They are answered by his persevering
support of the Fugitive Slave law.
They are answered by his energetic ef
forts to effect the repeal of the law ot the
State of Pennsylvania, denying to the Fed
eral authorities the use of her prisons for the
detension of fugitive slaves
They are answered by his early and
unyielding opposition to ‘he Wilmot Pro
viso.
They are answered by the assaults
which have been made upon him by North
ern fanatics during more than a quarter of
a century.
They are answered by the encomiums
of ihe true and National men of every sec
tion ot the country, in which he is repeat
edly designated as “distinguished for his
capacity—.listing risked for his high attain
ments—distinguished for his high eloquence,
yet more distinguished still or the pure mor
ality of his life and the stern patriotism of
his character.”
Changing their Tunc.—The Common
wealth, a leading know-nothing o gan in
Kentucky, says in a recent number: “ The
American party has never proscirhed any
one on account of his religion, asaril a ion;
it clearly and succinctly admits tin* right
of all to worship God as they please. It
is true, that, when the American party
was in its infancy and its terms of express
ion 1 ad not acquired that nicety w hich
maturity brings, its members took an
obligation not to vote for a Roman Catho
lic.” 'Ehis evidence of “hacking down,”
in regard to one oftlie essential elements
ofknow-notbingism, has called forth the
following pointed remarks from the Louis
ville Times:
“What a pitiful come-off. The original
of the know-nothing order ‘took an
obligation not to vote for a Roman Catho
lie;’ but, when time brought ‘nicety to its
terms of expression,’ they saw fit to alter
and modify. Y *-s; when the know-nothing
party ascertained beyond a doubt that
such a position could not be maintained in
this country that boasts religious freedom,
its members met in convention, with closed
doors, aud abjured the dangerous and in
tolerant obligation, and in its stead adopt
ed the 5tli clause of their present platform,
which hears about the relation to their
1.1 rl.
negro. The history of such a party won’t
bear rehearsal.”
The Voice of Henry Cl\y—Will you hear
IT, OLD LINE VVuinS J
But if it (the Whig party) is to be mereeJ into
a contemptible Abolition party, and if Abolition
ism ia to be engrafted upon the Whig creed, from
that moment I renounce the party, and cease to be
a Whig. 1 have got yet a step further: If I am alive,
I will give inv humble support to that man fir tl e
Presidency who, to ichattrer party he may belong, is
not contaminated Ly fanaticism, rather than to
one w ho, crying out all the time that he i* a Whig,
maintains doctrines utterly subversive of the con
stitution and the Union.
The North American Bolters.—A dispatch from
New York, dated the 16th, says that the Conven
tion of renegade or Fret-soil Americans, had ulti
mately nominated Mr. Speaker Banks by acckima
illation as their candidate for the office of Presi
dent, and Ex-Gov. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, for
that ot Vice President It would appear however,
that these nominations did not give satisfaction,
and that a cumber of delegates withdrew, and sub
sequently nominated Com. Stockton, of New Jer
sey, for the Presidency, aDd Kenneth Rayncr of
Not tli Carolina, for the Vice Presii ency.
No Perfection—Naaman was a mighty
man but lie was a leper. Every man h; 3
some but ox other in his character—s, ine-
thing that blemishes and diminishes him
—some alloy in his grandeui—some cbmp
to his joy. He may be veiy happy—v ry
good; yet, in something or other not so
good as lie should he, nor so happy as he
should be. Naaman was as great as the
world could make him; and yet, as Bishi p
Hall remarks, the basest slave in !8\r.a
would not have changed skins with him.