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9 S’ 7 c / /<•' / / / S- -CJ i bought on, msbet& baknes, Fnoiishers and Proprietors. .1 i*«. II. VIHttivT TE it U ». TEE FESEXIAX. UNXOK, Is published Weekly, in the Darien Rank Ruilding, At 00 per Annum, payable in advance, % 2 JO if not paid within three months, and *3 00 it' not paid before the end of the year. RAT EM OF ADVKRTIHIMV, Per square of tin In lines. One insertion $1 0", and Fi fty Cents for each sub sequent continuance. Those sent without a specification of the number of insertions, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they do not exceed one square - - - $10 l)i ■H■-!- 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 w 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 » pi 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.