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From the Daily Pennsylvanian.
INTER E c TING CORK ESI 'ON DENCE.
MR. BUCHANAN AND THE COMMITTEE OF THF.
UF.MOCKATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The following important and interesting corres
pondence between Mr. Buchanan and the Commit
tee of the late D ‘inocratic National Convention,
appointed formally to advise him of his nomina
tion a j the Democratic candidate tor the Presiden
cy, will be read with deep gratification by all pa
triotic men. The distinguished gentlemen who re
presented the Convention on the Committee, dis
charged their duty gracefully and eloquently, and
•ve predict- that the reply of Mr. Buchanan will
stond and confirm the almost univ ersal confidence
which Ins nomination inspired in the popular
heart.
Surround id as we are with the jarring elements
of faction and fanaticism, urgent and eager to
combine, n : for the sake of tile country, but in
order that tlr y may to more successfully divide
and lac -rate the Cnion, such an exhibition as that
furnish *d in Mr. Buchanan’s letter accepting the
Democratic nomination for Preside"> . assumes a
aural dignity, and conveys P political lesson, ren
der'd all tht. more impressive b 'cause standing out
ia su.ii marked contrast to the 1 -w and grovelling
policy of our adversaries. He comprehends the
whole American people, considers their relations
each to tie.' other, and applies to all their rights
aril their interest the test of the Federal Consti-
tai Ion, and the patriotic pledge to stand hv every
immunity that sacred instrument li»* guaranteed,
at every hazard and every sacrifice. His oppo
nents and our onpouen-'s rely upon other means of
3UCGOS1 Thi v invoke mo half of the I nion
eustaiu them in a war upon th - other half They
1, iv« cast aside theidea of th - whol mntry, aud
only a portion of ti. They are the re
present gives not m rely of factioussud fragments,
but look forward to the day when the countiy may
itself ho torn into fragments and factions, in order
(hat it may fall mi u -resisting prey to i*.- foreign
m i-l 1 iinnstii f" s.
Wo refrain extended com nent upon tlio .-aim
and explicit response <>f Mr. Buchanan to the letter
of the Committee. Ilis countrymen will not fail
to receive it as the voice of a patriot whose whole
ambition is to serve his country faithfully and
•.veil; to build h r up to greater greatness; to wi
den and deepen the foundations of ii r nationality,
and to fortify her for that peaceful expansion
w Inch i.s sure to answer to the efforts of an en.ight-
ened progress. A candidate animat id by such
purposes cannot seek office by base compliances.
He addiesses his fellow men in the language of
right reason, lie speaks out his opinions without
f ar. and lie proudly leaves the issue with those ill
whose hands the Constitution has placed it.
Lancaster. June 12th, lH.Yfi.
Sir:—The National Convention of the Demo
cratic party, wbl-'b ass milled at Cincinnati on the
first M m 1. y in June, un tnimousiv nominated you
as a candidate for the office of President ol the l..
States.
We have been directed by tin* Convention to
convey to you this intelligence, and to request
yea, in their name, to except the nomination for
tiie exalted irti-t which the Chief Magistracy of tin
Union imposes.
The Com mtion, founding th ir a- ion it; on the
time honored principles of the 1 • iinocratie pa.ty,
have announced their views in relation to the chief
questions which engage the public mind; aud
while adhering to the truths of the past, have man
ifested the policy of the present in a series of res
olutions, to which we invoke your attention.
The Convention feel assured, in tend, ring to
you this signal proof of the respect and esteem of
your countrymen, that they truly refloct ihe opin
ion which the people of tiie United Spates entertain
of your eminent character and distinguished pub
lic services. They cherish a profound conviction
that your elevation to tiie first office in the Repub
lic will give a morai guarantee to the country that
th • true priiieip!- s of the Constitution will he as
serted and maintained : tliai the public tranquili
ty iviil he* stabiisiied; that the tumults of lac.ion
will he stilled ; that our domestic industry will
flourish, that our foreign affairs will he conduct
ed with such wisdom and firmness as to assure the
j'-osp rity of the people at lion: while the inter
ests and honor of our country arc wisely hut in
flexibly maintained in our intercourse with other
nations, and, especially, that your public experi
ence and iliu coulideuce of your countrymen, " ill
enable you to give effect o Democratic principles,
so as to render indissoluble the strong bonds ol
mutual interest and national glory which unite
our confederacy aud secure the prosperity ci our
people.
While we offer to the country our sincere con
gratulations upon the loriunate auspices ot the fu
ture, we tender to you, personally, the assurances
of the respect and esteem of
Your fellow citizens,
John E. W i»n,
W. A. Richardson,
Haprv Hibbard.
W. 3. Lawrence,
A. G. Brown,
Jso. L. Manning,
John Fohsvth,
W. Preston,
J. Randolph Tccker,
IlOUAlTO SEl’MtOll.
Hon. James Bcciianak.
Wheatland, near Lancaster, )
June 16th, ISoti. $
Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of yonreommunication of the 1 -itli ins .,
infor : ! g me officially of my nomination by the
Democratic National Convention recent.y held at
Cincinnati, as the Democratic candidate for the
office of President of the United States. I shall
not attempt t > express the grateful feelings which
1 entertain tov. arils my Democratic fellow-citizens
for having deemed me worthy of this—the high
cst political honor on -arth—an honor such as the
people of no other country have the power to be
stow. Deeply sensible of tin- vast and varied res
ponsibility attached to the station, especially at
the present crisis of our affairs. 1 have carefully re-
frai-oel from seeking the nomination either by
word or deed. Now that it has been offerred by
the Democratic party, I accept it with diffidence
in rnv own ..bibties, but with an humble trus’, that
in the event of my election, I may he enabled to
discharge my duty in such a manner as to allay
domestic strife, preserve peace and friendship with
foreio-u nations, and promote the best interests ot
the Republic.
In accepting the nomination I need scarcely say
that 1 accept in the same spirit the resolutions
constituting tue platform of principles erected b>
the Convention. To this platform I intend, to
confine myself throughout the canvass, believing
that I hare no right, as tiie candidate of the Dem
ocratic party, by answering interrogatories, to pre
sent new and different issues before the people,
s It will noflie expected that in this answer, I
should specially refer to tin subject of each of the
resolutions; and I shail therefore confine myself
to C’o two topics now most prominently before the
people.
And in th ■ first place, I cordially concur m the
s ntim nts expressed by the convention on the
subject of religious lib r y. No party founded on
religions or political intolerance towards one class
of American citizens, whether boru in our own or
a foreign Dud, can long continue to exist in this
country. We are all equal before God and the
Constitution; and the dark spirit of despotism and
bigotry which would create odious distinctions
among "*ir tellow citizens, will be spe-’dil^ rebuked
by afre. and enlightened public opinion.
The agiLation on the question of domestic slave
ry lias to“ long distracted and divided the people
of ibis Union, and alienated their affections from
This agitation lias assumed many
ry, because acknowledged power and stability al
ways command respect among nations, and are
among the host securities against aggression and
in favor of the maintenance of honoR.o.e peace.
May we not hope that it is the ini.-sion ot the
Democratic party, now the only surviving eonsei-
vativ* pa ty in the country, ere long to overthrow
Fillmore in a fix.
Millard F'llmovo that, very estimable gentleman
of the portly presence and the excedingly hand
some face—that cross between John l!u!' and the
Apollo Belviderc— has excepted the nlominarion for
the Presidency tendered him by the residuum ol
Know-Nothing conservatism—the Rump Psrli-
all sectional parties aud restore the peace, friend- i men: of Philadelphia—the hut-end ofapaity the
disjecta membra of which are scattered over the
country in amusing confusion.
Mr. Fillmore lias been traveling of late—visit
ing many countries for th- improvement ot Ins
niind, and gathering arguments in favor of Sam
from all the sources which he considered most
available in political warfare, lie dined and wined
with the Pope to prove his adiier.'Uico to the “Path
etic Test.” and shared the hospitalities of Ireiand
—responded to the cheer of the people of Killarm v,
ringing out over tlte glorious <■ d lakes—greeting
1 -,n as an American,and, therefore, as an honored
Kin ,-t, that he might appreciate tin- proscriptive
policy of his party to the full, bam is a cliff rent
man abroad and at home. His prototype. Mr.
Slick, of Siickville, was very modest and well-be
haved in London, though lie was a ‘roaring buffaio
in the United States.
Mr. Fillmore received the news of his nomina-
nouiiuation of the Ccnvemiun be ratified by i tion in Venice—and the coincidence to the histori-
peopie, aud that ail the power and influence, | cal studenf must appear strange indeed, \euice,
possessed by the Executive, shall ] the fair city—the beautiful Bride of the Adriatic—
be- c-xerted, in a firm but conciliatory spirit, during j the dream of poets—lu winch the genius of Shaks-
the single term 1 shall remain in office, to restore | poare, Otway and Byron dwelt in its highest and
. . 1 r 1 most sublime moments—every sea-sprent street
of which is instinct with story and haunted by
romance—fell in lu ruin and ignominy through
cret societies! The theatre of tiie
f j action of the Council of Ten was before Mr. F i 11-
inures eyes: the Lion's mouth was gaping still:
and round every enameled palace a thousand
memories of fraud and wrong and murder were
ship and mutual confidence which prevailed in the
good old time, among the different members otthe
confederacy. I.s character is strictly national,
and it therefore asserts no principle lor tiie guid
ance of the Federal Constitution which is not
adopted ninl sustained by its members in < ach and
every State. For this reason it is everywhere the
[ same determined foe of all geographical pa- ties.
I so much and so justly d -aided I", the 1 atlier ot
j his Country. From its very nature it must con-j
| tinue to exist so long as there is a constitution and
I a Union to preserve. A conviction of these truths
i lias induced many of the purest, the ablest, and
j most independent of our former opponents, who
| have differed from us in times gone by upon old
| and extinct party issues, to come into our ranks
I and devote themselves with us to the cause of the
j < 'onsiitution and the Union. I’ndei these circum-
i stances. I most cheerfully pledge myself, should
th
th
constitutionally possessed by ibe Executive, slum
betnocratic Meeting in McIntosh.
Darien,.Tune *21.
At a large and respectable mectii g< f the Demo
cratic party, held this day at the Court house in
the city of Darien, for the purpose of expressing
the approbation of the Democratic -arty of this
w.creel instrument was framed, and by which the
Dir ted States Government, mainly through its
charity to the poor European emigrant and his
conscience, has become unparalleled in national
renown. ., , . . .
Resolved, That whilst we would advocate stnn-
.. . . L ..It . U.r. **.of thiT fll’l*
pledge ourseives to
elect it.
County of the proceedings of t he late Cincinnati j ^ '*7wSS and his 'e-un-
sm-li as the wisdom of Was
a fourth ! patriots approverl-we do not ^si^ an extension
of time for live naturalization ot the foreigner,
but would have him, under the law, fairly and im
partially admitted to the inestimable privileges ol
an American citizen. ,
Resolved. That every attempt at any form ot
tvrannv over the mind of main either positi'cy
by a “Church Establishment,- or negatively by
odious discriminations against eit zer ( atho.ics,, in
F all other persons should meet with tiie
most uncompromising hostility from patriots ot
all parties. . . ,
Res,died. That in hereby ratifying tae final pro-
the sam • harmony among the sis" r States which
! prevailed before this apple ot discord, in the form
j of siavery agitation, bad been cast into their midst,
j Let the members of the family abstain from inter- j tlie agency of
i meddling with the exclusive domestic concerns of
i each oilier, and cordially unite, on the basis ol per-
-. et equality among thcins- lvrs. in promoting the
„reat national objects ol common interest to all,
! and ilie good work will be instantly accomplished. : mournfully flitting. And yet there Mr. Fillmore
regard to our forci-T. police, to which vou received the news of his noiii'mtion by a secret
Jr . . ” 1 • • • • * ... _„.1 A k: A I r n.r»
Convention and to appoint delegates to th
vection to be held in Milledgeviile on
of next month.
The Honorable Charles .Spalding was called to
the chair, and Captain Wm. T. Thorpe appointed
Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained by tire
Chair, on which Captain P de LeCnartier moved
hat the Chair appoint a Committee of five to draft
Resolutions suitable to the occasion. I lie Chair
itt compliance thereto appointed Jacob Roken- favor
hr ugh, P d'- LeChartier. R. Cogdeil, I. M. Aiken
and A Lefils, Esq’s. The said Committee,
patter a short absence reported the following
preamble and resolutions:
The Committee to whom was referred the pre
paration of resolutions, expressive of the opinions
of the 1 temocrae-y of McIntosh County in relation
to the approaching Presidential election beg leave i
to report, that they have anxiously awaited the |
action of the late Cincinnati Convention aud have
watched its proceedings in a spirit ot hope, not
altogether received with apprehension—of Hope
that a platform of principles might be laid down
which would pledge the great Democratic party
I to the maintainance of the doctrine of State rights
| of a strict construction ot the Constitution and a j
i scrupulous fulfillment of their engagements among j
! the several States—but of apprehension, also, lest | . _
j ad -position might be manifested, to compromise i ter, YY m. C. Cook. YY . M. loi.-i
1 with error, rather than boldly enunciate the truth, i F>
use all honorable mean; to j
2nd,'"That it is with proud satisfaction, we take |
,r Mnr.,1 ..won the Cincinnati Platform, and a-
Premiums Offered by the Medical College of tiie
State of South Carolina.
T , nr omote scientific attainments, and excite
T i„ the youth of the C.dh-g-.two mem-
we v. ill stand Us fate) and we j e'leh' or au equivalent, for any of the fob
States
all, (Siioum sm.ii Y r -
will then, even in death request that our pol. teal
coffins shall be made of the p.ank. " hc 1
engraved upon them Monroe doctrine
* N we "seud'tiie f'dlowiag d.! : dnrti-ui of tins al
the Convention to he held in Milledgeviile, ot the
fuurtli proximo, to wit: J C - Hary.x, G. 1 - .
I house, V- H. Walker. J. M Davts. Dr. A- J cun
fov. Jonathan M Clendon, J I'er.son, R ^ :
! Matthews, E. Auit.nan, A. 1 • Moran, O. »
ter, James Locket, W. C. < len eland, . at' ^
C M. Lucas, James E, Bryce, John W Dent, •
a—i: u quit'
society, and made up hi
an foreknow ledge to pies- J place was unfortunate i
advance, t.* regulate the! murmurs of tbc Adriatic
In
have referred in your
impossible for any limn
ciiue positive rtih
conduct of n future administration iu all the e.\i
gencies which may ar se in our various aud evet
changingrcDtions w ith foreign powers. I’he Fed
eral Government uinst of necessity exe
sou.id discretion in dealing with interi:
questions as they may occur; but tins under the
stri't responsibility which the Executive must al
ways fee.i to the people of tiie l uited Jjiates anil
the judgment of posterity. You wilt thretor-ex
cuse tin-for not entering into particulars; whilst
1 heartily concur with you in the general S'-ntt-
tiieiit, that our foreign affairs ought to be conduct
ed with such wisdom aud firmness as to assure the
prosperity of the people at home, v hilst the inter
ests and honor of our country are wisely but infle:
ibly maintained abroad. Out foreign policy o> go
ever to be based upon the principles of doin' 1 tu
tu-o to all nations, and requiring justice from .t- m
in return; and from this principle I shall i. r
depart.
.Should I be placed in the Executive Chair, I
j shall use my beat exertions to cultivate peace and
friendship with all nations, beijevicg this to he
out highest policy a s *v«-il as our most imperative
duty , but at the same time, I shall never forget
that in oas • tin* necessity should arise, which 1
do not appr- henil, our national rights and national
, honor must he preserved :.t all hazards and at any
sacrifice.
Firmly convinced that a special 1’rovidonce gov
erns the affairs of nations, let us humbly implore
his continued bless.i g upon our country, and that
he may avert from us the punishment we justly
desetve for bring discontented and ungrateful
whilst enjoying privileges above all nations, un
der such a Constitution and sue!: a Union as has
never been vouchsafed to any other people.
Yours, very tespec.fully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. John F- Ward, \V. A. Richardson, Harry
Flibbard, W. B Lawrence, A. G. Brown, John
I Manning, John Forsvth, V- . I'reston, J. Ran
dolph Tucker, and Horatio Seymour, Commit
tee, .It.
Speech of Mr. Preston of Ky., in ffic Democratic
National fmiveution.
Mr. Preston, of Kentucky, being called for,
spoke as follows:—Mr. President, I
deeply
mind to accept it! The
s the action. 'Ihe very
might have warned him
own enlarged experience
the policy,if hi
was not sufficient.
Rome, Kiilainev, Venice—the solemn centre of
sc a 1 .'inch nt heroism and modern thought, the hcanti-
,oiial ! tin resting-place of the graceful spirits of the Cel
tic I\aee, the ruined home of conspiracy and dark
lanterns, fascinating even in iu. ruins—S"ch were
the places selected by Mr. Fillmore, tor the
study of Know-N. thingism,and the necessary pre
paration for preaching its evangel to the world.
Mr. Fillmore will regret in due time having eon- j Pemtsvivf
ni'Cted his respectable name with the descending
career of a party which has subsided even beneath
flic importance of a faction. He ought to see that
:h" l’r.-sidential tight will be between Black Re-
.ilricaiii.-m and State Rights, and not on differen-
f nationalitv or religion.
The Golden Call of Mariposa.
Tnc uorAuniion of lly. Fremont—the famous
pos.-e-.-or. f he V,.Killy 1 lorse which lc sold to Bar-
num has positively made The Daily Times frantic;
h t us hope that it wili not se!i the \\ oolly Heads to
some political Barnntn. In its issue of he IDth it
openly appeals to the Oa.ifomiati argnmentam ad
hominum, and thus jingles th money bags ot Mar;
posa in the face of the public :
It is also needless to say that the opposition ele
ments. now happily combined by the action of
the Philadelphia Convention, have everything to
gain, and die prospect of the largest, wealth where
with to pay, in the campaign we have entered
upon. To those whom such sordid inducements are
alone efficacious they have the whole resources of
federal patronage to offer.
Now, like the doctor, who, w hen told by a friend
‘•he was devilish ugly,” replied, “that at all events
he admired the others candtdidness, we must ad
mire tiie openness of the confession as above re
cord- d. IVe are glad to find that they reiv more on
the money than tiie merits of their candidate. That
there tnav be no mistake about the bribery to be
practiced", the Times reiterates the power of corrup
tion in another part ot the same at tide.
Without deliberately holding out any such bait
mercenary aid. the opposition will, in spite ot
itself, attract a formidable vote of this not very
r spt .-table description. Sinn- the days when the
influence of Gen. Jackson ceased to be omnipotent,
the value of this little secret has been repeatedly de
monstrated.
Even The Herald in its editorial of the saute day
sings the same tune, as our readers can see by tiie
following extract:
T he Fremont cause will doubtless have plenty of
money, books, pkamphhts, pictorials, songs, tians-
pareuccs, and agitation in every shape m d lotm;
and they will futhermore liav • the stimulus a
clean sweep of the plunder. On the other hand,
wliiie there is nothing of enthusiasm in the name
or history of Mr. Buchanan, it is very uncertain
whether he w ill have even half-a-dozen good offices
to give away.
Unfortunate Mr. Buchanan! Too poor to bribe,
you can oniy rely on your past services to your
countrv, and your undoubted titu.-ss tor your office.
We now see why The Herald iias abandoned the
Democratic candidate!
We would not. however, advise the Horse party
to overestimate the value of “the little secret, as
they term it TImre are many among the “North
Americans” who though willing to work tor
Banks, prefer Buchanan to Fremont. W liile they
respect the chaiaeterof the latter for adventure
and success, they are two patriotic to place in the
hands of a mere man of physical action the tangl
ed web of a public policy, which will require the
greatest wisdom and administrative ta.ents to
unravel. Mr. Fr montis a first-rate explorer, but
lie is not a statesman.—A". 1. .Vies.
i f,
innot but feel
ensibie at ihe honor which this Conven
tion has conferred upon me by its call. The great
democracy of the Union has this day assembled
here and announced tle-ir principles to the count
ry, and, as representatives of these principles,
have nominated Jaui'.s Buchanan of I'eunsylva*
uia, and J Breck'-nridge of Kentucky, for
President and Vice President of these i uated
Slates. The exultation with which these nomina
tions have been received, proves how deep and !
,-»nio«t arc the intentions of the democracy, in the
approaching contest, to vindicate their views and
achieve a victory. I heard the announcement
which proclaimed" the veteran statesman of Penn
sylvania as the candidate of the democratic party,
ring through this hall amidst applause of the thirty-
one States,Who hailed: it as an auspicious omen
of victory, but when the name of an oid comrade
in other lands and a bosom friend, was added for
! the second office, then the deepest gratification
j filled my heart. He is endeared to us by many
! cherished memories,and who can hut regard with
; heartfelt pride this evidence of the appreciation of
! his countryman.
j Perhaps Mr. President. Kentucky has usurped
| more than her share of the honors in Convention
j James Buchanan was a son ot her early adoption.
He was, for a time, a citizen of the State, and
however short was the period of his citizenship,
itis subsequent renown causes us to treasure the
recollection with h-oiest pride. The other nom
inee is a native of the State—a grandson of that
John Breckenridge who introduced the memora
ble resolution of i/Ofl, which yet constitutes the
foundation ot the States rights creed, i he purity
j of his life and the energy of intellect command
the respect and < onfidence of our people of this gen-
i eration. With such a ticket, Kentucky will
iiiovi forward with the same gontrosity ot impulse
for the redemption of the country that maikcd her
i struggles for tiie statesman ol Ashland. Ihe
uews of his nomination, which is now being trans
mitted by telegraph to lter-peoplc, will be received
i with acclamations of joy and triumph.
But, why do I stand here? Why is it necessary
| for me to respond to the call of the Convention;
, me, who, but a short time since, belonged to the
old, honored organization, the adversary ot the
: democratic party, on great questions of public
; policy? I find that organization dissolved, aud
; myself and thousands ol others driven, for tiie
I maintenance of our constitutional rights, into the
I ranks of our former opponents. The last two
; years have witnessed the dissolution of the v. hig
! party, and the uprising of a deluge of fan? ".cal
I factions which threatened to overw helm the equal
, rigli.s of the States, tin; constitution of th- country,
I and the prosperity of the people. I am one of
those two or three hundred thousand old whigs
who, disclaiming the shallow heresies avid pro-
: sorptive t--nets of th. miscalled American party,
! eschew all duplicity, abjure all compromise, and
rath r choose to stand in honorable alliance with our
■ former opponents in d -fence ot that constitution
which makesrs one peeplc. than to take thesens.'-
less and absurd oaths ofttie wretch d Know Nothing
i Older. During this time the democrats have j vk . j)nty for lort y. five years. His uprig
men u .. p.-t.i . con-istent character, both in public aud
proven themselves equal to their
tion; but it 13 now our enviable fortune to aid in
the ba.tlc and share in tiie glory of victory.
Not the acquisition of Louisiana, with her fertile
plains—not the annexation of Texas, which ex
tended the empire still further southward—not
the planting of our standard on the turrets of Mexi
co, or the struggles that won the golden shores of
California, will equal in moment or importance
that great contest upon w liicli w e now enter, for
the preservation of our internal tranquility, the
maintenance of our laws, the restoration of con
cord and the perpetuation of the grand political
each other. „
form* since its commencement, but it now seems to
he directed chieflyrto twritorre.; «d jndjgg , b t0 us by 0 ur revolutionary
from its present Jiar.icte , •• r 7, fathers. For the defence ot those principles, the
KSispidlj approaching nnality. . . , . . , . . ..
The recent legislation of Congress respecting do
mestic slavery, derived as it has been front the
original aud pure fountain of legitimate political
power, the will of the majority, promises ere long
to allay the dangerous excitement. The legisla
tion is founded upon principles, as ancient as free
government itself, au.l in accordance with them,
has simply declared that the people of a Territory,
like tho ie cf a State, shail decide for themselves,
whether slavery shall or shnii not exist within
their limits.
Tfie Nebraska-Kansas act does no more than
give the force of law to this elementary principle
of self-government; declaring it to he “the true
intent and meaning of this act not to legislate
slavery into any terrritory or State, nor to exclude
it therefrom : but to leave tiie people thereof per
fectly free to form aud regulate their domestic iu-
.tlitutions in tiieir own way, subject only to the
Uonstitution of the United States. I his princi
ple will surely n t he controverted by any indi
vidual of any party professing devotion to popular
government. Besides, how vain and . illusory
would auy other principle prove in practice in re
gard. to the territories! This is apparent from the
fact admitted by all, that after a territory shall
have enter'd the Union and become a State, no
Constitutional power would then exist which could
prevent it from either abolishing or establishing
slavery, as the case may be, according to its sover
eign will and pleasure
Most happy would it be for the country if this
long agitation were at an end. During its whole
progress it has produced no practical good to any
human being, whilst it lias be n the source of
great and dangerous evils. It iias alienated and
estranged one portion of the Union from the other
and has eveu seriously threatened its very exist
ence To my personal knowledge, it has pro
duced 'he impression among foreign nations, ihnt
our n-reat and glorions confederacy is m constant
danger of dissolution. This does us serious iuju-
deinocratic party stnnd in battle array, against all
adv Tsaries. defiant in their patriotism, energetic
in the virtue and conscious purity of rheir motives
that they will maintain them with impregnable
strength against the assault of every adv ersary of
true republicanism. In that battle no less than
two hundred thousand i artiest and most devoted
adherents to the old whig party will be found
standing shoulder to shoulder with them, animated
by no hope but for the public welfare, forgetful of
the past and determined by a bold and fearless
alliance to win the victory in the approaching
presidential contest > » factions divide us—and
standing here in Cincinnati, and looking to the
s'ore of my native Kentucky, I can say with
t-utli, no geographical line, no mountain, no river
severs our party. ,
Under these views, Mr. President, I, as one of
the old whigs—and there arc thousands of others
—embark in this campaign. We came in uncon
nected with any traditional glories of democracy,
v.i bout any of its achievements, emblazoned on
our shields; hut we came determined to ride deep
into the camps of the foes that beleager us, aud
to win our spurs upon the field.
A If'ooty Horse President — A correspondent of
one of tlie. morning pup'rs from Counoticut
savs:—
I was very much surprised to see that a person
named Fremont was thought of as President of the
United States. Is not this a joke get up to trick
us country folks! The only Fremont vve ever
heard of down here is the man Barnum hired to
catch his wooly horse in the mountains. Now, it
this man Fremont is put up fur President we ought
to make F’red. Douglas Vice-President, so as to
l ave a wooly horse President and a wooly head
Vice-President. But is there such a man as Fre
mont? ,
A good idea; the wooly horse aud wooly head
ought to fuse, by all means.
[From the Intelligencer at Lancaster.]
A Stale Falsehood Revived.
The Independent Ming "t this city (.l Know Noth
ing, Black Republican, Nigger Worshipping jour
nal has already commenced the work ui delama-
Li. ’i and falsehood for which its unprincipled edi
tor and owners have such a wonderful proclivity.
T his does not surprise us in the least—inth-cd, we
should have been disappoint'd had that paper
pursued any other course. The- editoi is only
laboring in Ids true vocation—doing the dirty
work of his unscrupulous masters.
Amongst other iaisclioods against Mr. Buchanan
retailed in its columns, is the olt refuted one about
the ‘ drop of biood.” The v, titer knows this to be
falsi —for it was pronounced such by a number of i Djoac
our most respectable citizens, ot al! parties, at the
rime tin- charge was first started. And this fact
.lie writer for the Independent Whig was cog
nizant of. But lie says he has living lestiiuoiiy
.o , rove the charge. Weil, then, why does he
not produce his testimony? We are aware that
there is an old man in tins city, whose character
to. veracity is so bad, and whose conduct is so
despicable ti.at no one acquainted wi'h him would
believe him on oath, much less his mere naked
asseveration. This man, we presume, is the
authority upon whom the Independent Wing relies
to prove the villanious lalsehood. But let that
paper produce its man, and we pledge ouis. tves to
produce a: least twenty of our mostrespeetabie eiti-
z-ns who will prove the story a downright lie—a
base unmitigated lalsehood from beginning to
end.
Mr. Buchanan lias resid' d in this city aud its
His upright and
private
life, is well known to almost every mail, woman
and child of this community. The people of this
county have time and again honor, d him with
th- ir suffrages, and it is a remarkable tact that tie
iias never yet been beat- li at a popular election
before the people of Lancaster county. It is,
therefore, all futile for a strolling Yankee nutmeg
adventurer, tike the editor ol the Independent
Whig, to attempt to injure Mr. Buchanan at his
own home. The tie in question has been repeated
so often by a reckless and unprincipled opposition,
as to have lost all novelty ami interest. Nobody
believes a word of it. Mr. B’s. enemies will have
to get up some other story—concoct some new
falsehood—if they hope to deceive any portion
of the people. ^ ^
Sure enough, the “F’illmore American National
Club” of New York, at the regular meeting on
Saturday evening last, adopted a series ot resolu
tions, absolving themselves from al! further
connection with th*- Fillmore and Denel
son party, and enlisted under the Black Republican
Fremont and Dayton banner. The resolutions
were adopted with but one dissenting voice.
Mr. Van Ripper, the President of the Club, was
a member of the Philadelphia Convention which
nominated Mr. Fillmore, and quite an enthusiastic
member of the “Order.” But the Club considered
themselves and party cast away or shipwrecked,
and
“Were mad for land, and thus their course they
rau,
Though right ahead the roaring breakers lay:
A reef between them also now began
To show its boiling surf and bounding spray,
But finding noplace for their landing better
They ran the bant ashore.'’
j where truths might be unpalatable,
i Your Committee are happy to state, that their
j hope has been realized to its utmost exn tit,
] anil thei. apprehensions utterly dissipated. Our
j principles and the standard bearers who have
been selected to uphold them, alike invite discus
sion and challenge criticism. YT.nr Committee
ask leave therefore,"tfo -offer the following resolu
tions for your acceptance.
Resolved, That the principles . nunciated I v the
Democratic party in Convention in Cincinnati are
in our opinion just and true: that they embody tbe
theory of Governin' tit, which has ever been sus
tained by our mos. distinguished Southern states
men, and" hold oi»t the best hope of perpetuating the
Fed' r il Union.
Resolved. That the Hen. James Buchanan ot
as been too long in public life to
j require any endorsement. As the favorite son ot
the keystone Stale, as the most experienced ot
our living statesmen, and as a true state rights
j man, lie is equally acceptable to the Democracy ot
Georgia.
J Resolved, That tiie past career ef the Honorable
| John C. Breckenridge o! Kentucky is full of prom
ise and that his merit is only equalled by his
modesty.
) Rescind, That we respectfully and earnestly
j ask our fellow citizens, who may have differed
I with us heretofore to examine carefully t >e ptin-
I eip - promulgated by the Cincinnati Convciiti*n,
xatnine on the other hand the principles
' vowed by the dominant jiarty in the house of
j . cpresentatives and then ti consider whether in
I justice to ■ lu ir Country and their families they
lean engage in any party manoeuvre, which may
I lead to the settlement of the Prcsidentin. question,
by the present demoralized and unpatriotic House
of Representatives.
Resulted. That we entinue t-> have au abiding
faith in the administration of President Pierce, and
in the wisdom, talent and persevering zeal "t his
Cabinet. President Pierce has fully carried out
his inaugural address, unhesitatingly and prompt
ly, and in retiring from office will receive the
gratitude of the people, wishing his private life as
satisfactory to him, as his public otic has been
serviceable and honorable to bis countiy.
Resolved, That, we consider the ron-tifution of
our Country as the fundamental law i.f ihe land,
the highest law of our obedience as Ci /. ns. The
pillar of cloud in the day, instructing mir Repre
sentatives in the duty required of tin m. which
they have sworn to perform.—No higher law al
lowed there—and the l nion as the pillar ot tire in
the night, giving light to the Masses, dispelling the
dark clouds that threaten our Country, po.tiling
out. to them the pathway of our destiny. traced
out by the hand of Providence.
Rcsolred. That we view with much satisfaction,
the result of the late elections, in a number of the
j States—showing a considerable increase of Demo
cratic strength where that party was lately on the
wane. The best evidence, that our Democratic
friends have nobly struggled and done good work
in the cause. Press on faithful friends and worthy |
Patriots, Access awaits you.
Resolved, That as Democrats, belonging to the
great family of the Country, we will i>e untiring
in our efforts to promote the general interest and
success of tiie party. Along pull,a strong pull
and a puli together, has never tailed to ensure suc
cess, trv it now, and the result will be as hereto
fore.—Which resolutions after being read were
unanimously adopted.
On motion of Captain P de I.'iCliartif i' and J.
M. Flarris, Esq’s, and seconded by John M. McIn
tosh Esq., the Chairman. Hon. Cbns. Spalding,
and Win. Thorpe were uam ed ns Delegates to
represent this county at the Convention to he
held in Milledgeviile on the fourth of July
next, which was unanimously agreed to.
And it was further propos< d that the said nam
ed doll gates or either of them, be hereby authoris
ed iu the event of a vacancy, either to fill the
same, or cast ilie vote ot the County, which was
also agreed to.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published in the Federal Union and the Suv.
j New s and Georgian & Journal.
Oil motion of Captain A. Ia fils the thanks
I of this meeting were tendered to the Honorable
j Chairman and his Secretary by unanniimms con
sent and the Meeting adjourned.
CHAS. SPALDING, Chairman.
Wm. T. Thorpe, Secretary.
ceedings of the Convention at Cincinnati, we feel
assured we stand upon safe ground for the Sonth,
and if Buchanan and Breckenridge are elected,
the same ground, under the illumination ot tlu-ir
genius and patriotism, is broad enough for every
section of our common country and a happy per-
petuitv of tfic Union.
Respired, Thntthe following p»ntletn«i be i*p-
pointed delegates to the Democratic Convention to
be held at Milledgeviile on the 4th of July next,
to-wit: Dnnoan J. Davis, John "N . Heard; 1M •
S. Gunn. Wellborn J. Bush. C. H. Davis. Autnony
Hutch ! ns. M. T Alexander, Lncien Stan infer.
Thomas Speight, jun., Joel L. Porter, Allen Gary
Dr. Y' T. Urquliart, Janies Wellborn, Thomas Ml-
Cook, YV. M. Porter and Jeremiah
that
.sent
Fral
Slocnmb, Leroy W. Hi -ks."aud Daniel .,
4th, That the co-operation of all \s ryoetm iy
„ t.„ r,.n st-iml nuon our 1 lattorni, an
On motion of .Tunics B. Brown, resolved,
copies of the proceedings of this meeting ho
to the ( olumVms Times & Sentinel and the F -
Union for publication.
On motion the meeting then adjonrned.
j. S. MEANS, Pres’dt.
W. M. Porter, Sec’y.
K T'ui original'Treatise upon any subject in patli-
oiotr.v J-* fl'^rfginal* Treatise is "fibre,1-fur a pro-
lie almve.subjects which will coin mend
literary, scientific, or practical ap-
tue wants of society, or the relief of
Meeting of tbe Democratic Party of Effingham
County.
A large and enthusiastic, meeting of the I )emn-
cratic party of Effingham county was this day held
in the Court House, to select Delegates to thoap-
liing Democratic Convention, to be held in
j Milledgeviile on the 4th day of July next.
On motion of Dr. I’. M. Stotcsbuiy, Hon. E.
■ Newton was called to the CInnr, and Win. O. Da-
J vis requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman, in a few and appropriate re
marks, explained the object ot the meeting.
On motion o. \V. O. Davis, the Chairman ap-
I pointed Dr. P. M. Stotesbury. B Govenstine, S.
j Keller, S. Wilson and P. S. Staunton, Delegates
j to said Convention.
! On motion of W. O. Davis, the Chairman ap-
! pointed a committee of three, consisting of Dr.
p. M. Stotesbury, W. O. Davis and S. W ilson, to
report matter fur the consideration of the meeting;
v.iicli Committee, after a short absence, returned
and reported the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted;
Resolved, That we endorse, with cordiality the
nomination of the Hon. James Buchanan "1 Penn
sylvania, tor President, aud the Hon. John U.
Bivckeinidge, of Kentucky, for Vice President.
In them we iiave candidates worthy of the coiifi
deuce and the suffrage of every t rue American o!
this Union. We recognize in them men of purity
and statesmen of wise aud comprehensive views,
and pledge ourselves to use all honorable means
to secure the election of the tick'■ t.
Ilesolred, That our sincere, cordial and hearty
acknowledgements are due, and are hereby ten
dered, to the Georgia Delegation for (he fidelity
with which they discharged the duties of their
trust.
Oil motion of W. O. Davis, these proceedings
re ordered to be published in the Federal Union
and Savannah Georgian & Journal.
Dr. P. M. Stotesbury, one of the Delegates ap
pointed, being present, addressed the meeting in
a plain and practical speech; after which, on motion
of .Major Porter, the meeting adjourned.
B. NEWTON, Chairman.
YY’. 0. Davis, Secretary.
Democratic Meeting in Putnam.
Eatoston, June 24th. F-Yt)
A large meeting of the Democratic Party of
Pntii'iinaecordipg lojuviious notice was held at
tin-Cmtrt House, The meeting was organised by
calling R. R. DeJarnatte to tiie Chair and request
ing E.^N. Macon to act as Secretary. The object
ot the meeting being explained by the Chair, after
a few brief but very pertiurnt remarks by Col.
Junius Wingfield, a committee was appointed to
nominate delegates to 4th July Convention in Mil-
ledgeville, and to draft suitable resolutions rntifv-
ing~the nomination at the late Cincinnati Con
vention.
The committee retired, and after consultation
reported the following names as delegates, which
were elected, to-wit: James C. Denham, Y\ in. A.
Reid, i). H. I*. Cunant, Zaeliariah Edmondson,
Wm. M Vaughn, Wiley B. Jordan, Janies A. Da
vis. Jesse M. Edwards, I>r. Jno. K. Godkin, Irby
H. Scott, Leroy C. Dennis.
And the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the action of the recent Con
vention Assembled at Cincinnati, both as to the
resolutions adopted, and the nominations made,
meets our hearty approbation, and that we will
do all in our pouer to elect the ticket so nom
inated.
R' solved, That we cordially invite our fellow-
citizens ot this county who have heretofore differ
ed with ns in political action, to unite with us upor
the platform of principles adopted at the late Cin
cinnati Convention to secure to the South and the
Union, peace, quiet and continued prosperity.
On motion it was resolved, that the above pro
ceedings be published in the Federal Union.
After a very appropriate speech from Col. J. A.
Turner the meeting adjourned.
R. R. DeJARNATTE, Ch’n.
E. N. Macon, Sec’y.
Democratic Meeting iu Crawford.
Knoxville, June 21st, lfi.Yti.
The Democratic Party of Crawford met, to day,
for the purpose of ratifying the nomination ot Jas.
Buchanan for President, and John C. Breoken-
rid'-e lor V ice President, and to nominate dele-
gut ts to the Milledgeviile Convention. The meet
ing was organized by calling G 1*. Culverliouse
to the chair, and appointing Charles G. I’e ivers.
and L roy 11. Thurmon Si cretarif s. 'ihe Chair
man hav ing stated the object of the meeting, nr
on motion appointed George, R. Hunter, Jatnj
J. Ray and James E. Bryce, a committee to rep
busitn -s for the meeting, and to sutrgest tj
names of delegates.
The committee reported the following pream
and resolutions. ,
The National Democratic Party, lately,
cinnati, erected a Platform", and non.tt _ j ean-
did.'tes for President and Vice President, /it is
proper for us a portion of the people, to eximiine
tin- Platform and consider the qualification! and
fitness of the candidates. After a carefullexam-
ination of the Platform, we cordially ap;«ive its
superstructure and base. It's superstructure is
admirably suit' d t« the exigency of the times, the
principles of our Government, fully nifcet every
question now distracting the political, I and rests
upon the pillars of State Rights, pnrqf American
ism (the Monroe doctrine) Democratic, Republi
canism, and a strict construction of tbe Constitu
tion. A strict construction of this lxitiorm must
and will secure to every section equal rights. We
especially approve the Kansas Ncfiraska Plank.
Fidelity to this plank will give pea/e and quiet to
tin pf'ple of the Union, and exiinpt Congress
from the biitei and angry disfinssSius to which it
lias so long been subject. It has removed the
odious invidious distinction ot ill Missouri com
promise, whereby, the Southern man with his
property i.s excluded Irani the terntoriea, (the com
mon property ot all) north ot tin'; wliiie the
Northern man has equal rigldfs in all territory
.south of it, and mor<—he hail to exclude slavery
therefrom, if he could get tjfie majority in the
formation of the constitution to agree with him.
The Nebraska Kansas principles guarantees to ad
s- ctious, equal rights to rend ve to the territories,
with every species of property, and to dctenuine
the question of slavery, a* well as others, when
the people form a State (.'(institution. It has de
nied to Congress the rigid to legislate upon the
question, and has adopted, by irresistible infer
ence, tlic right ot the South to b- let alone. '1 bis is
all we have ever claimed/ The Platform is v orthy
of the nation; and the Candidates are worthy of
the Platform. /
James Buchanan of /Pennsylvania, tin- eminent
statesman, and the iireiligent and skillful diplo
matist, and John CJBreck.-nridge of Kentucky,
are the proper guardians of such a Platform. As
Americans, as suntItem men, w e arc proud of the
man, w hose fame iias extended to Europe aud won
the cstieui and coAitidcnce of tin- most powerful
statesmen of the m<-e—,uch is James Buchanan.
YVe foci assured tint lie is the luminary .destined,
to dispel the dark/m ss that threatens to overpower
our happy land., Whether we view him as a
Sena;or, Seci etar of State, or Minister we behold
tiie same liouestf upright, intelligent and conserv-
tle has peculiar claims upon
has uniformly been one of her
i. When Arkansas applied for
fas her triend; when Texas applii d
solicited, who can stand upon our - . ,.„ en
.support its candidates, whatever may h.i'c been
I their former political opinions or associ* ton •
1 5th, Tiiat we heartily endorse I resid 1
I administration, and unequivocally a*] - .
lures and oo icy, and cheerfully auniit th.it ttie
: South is under a debt of gratitude to him.
Gth, That the chairman appoint a commit!,
five, to call a general ratification meet.ng,
j such time as it may deem most ' ,r
j purpose. Under this resolution, t 1 < '•
1 pointed James J. Ray, Geo. B. \
Matthews, Jacob txiwe and 1 • ‘ ‘. j
: which,upon motion, was added the Chan man and
j ob' 1 Hunter delivered a short and appropriate
address in favor of the preamble and rc8 “ ',’
: which, upon .notion were unanimously adopted.
| Resolved, That the proceedings he published m
; Georgia Telegraph aud F’edeml Uiiniu.
On motion the meeting adjonrned sine ate-
' G- P- (JULVERHOL !»E, Chairman.
Leroy II- Ihlrmon, j Secretaries.
I Chai.esG. Beavers, y
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IX DOOLY.
Vienna, June Hkh ltrofi.
I In accordance with a previous notice, a large
; portion of the IVmocratic party of Dooly couutj ,
j assembled iu the Court House t.ns day, to appoint
I delegates to the Conren.ion to be hc-le in Mil
lediroville on the 4th at July next.
On motion, James D Lester, hr., was called to
the chair, and Robert B. Davis requested to act as
*' (tiMimtion of Col. Elijah Butts, a committee of
six. was appointed,, to submit suitable matter for
■ the consideration u/ihe meeting; and to nominate
1 a suitable delega./m to attend the Democratic
j Convention on t’/4th of July next.
’I he cF-tir the'/appointi-d as that Committee,
Col. Elijah Bn § Hon. Benj. B. Hamilton. I on.
John H. To vie/ Hon. Eduard J. hold.-. Map,
John C. Moujter and diaries H. F.verett, who
through their,/iainnau submitted the following |
resolutions: . ,
we hail with pleasure the recent
itself for
plications to
sufferin''' humanity- or . . .
- If Without the oportmiiry of being practical in
„q’ its bearings, the production slmnld commend
\ie\i by being suggestive, and nh- ly to prove
^Golnn'uincations will he classified as above, and
•i irefc-eiicc given to the otdet in which th<y
s and ti.ou.di decided merit m etthtr mil com
mand’ a corresponding consideration.
The usual conditions to prevent undue partie.nty
_.:n be,,-served, and the adjudication will be com
mitted to three professional gentleman of o«r eom-
unitv, who may be selected by Henry R-Frost,
\i I) Prof, of Mat- Medica, in the Medical College
of the’State of .South Carolina. The successlul
candidate will be declared upon the coimneiiceincnt
day of the College, aud the premium then and
there awarded.
UPpN SURGERY,
Ilv another Prof, ssor of the College, a premium
0 f*Hj,; will, with sinii.ar motives ami condi
tions, he awarded for the best, Treatise upon a Sur-
vital subject. . . .
A!i iinjunctions designed to compete for tins prize,
besides containing a tan sumiiiaiy ot the existing
iutonuatioii on the Mibject, should, cs far as pos-
sible, he supported by orignai observations on ex
periments. _ „ ...
Communications to be addressed to L. tedoingc,
M. D., Professor of-Sorgeiy in th Medical College
of the Suite of South Carolina, and should boar a
motto, wi ll a sealed letter enclosing the author’s
Editors of newspapers and journalists favor
able to the above will be pleased to give inser
tion. < <| n
The Indian IVar in Florida.
We find in the Ptlaika (Fla.) Democrat the fol
lowing brief account of military movements against
the Indians in F’lorida:
Capt. Tayior, of the U. S. Army, who is m com
mand near the Big Cypress, was .n our tow n a tew
days since. He is of the opinion that the main
body of the Indians are yet in the Big Cypress
Swamp, and some other localities in the Indian
Territory; that there are few, it any Indians, ii"W
iu the Gulf Hammock. -e says that the Indians
have been hotly pressed, and that it is probable
i hey have not planted any provision crop this year.
Thai Capt. Sparkman's ami one or two other com
panies of our State troops, have rendered hard ser
vice. 11 recommends employing in the service a
Resolved, T»t, we hail with pleasure the recent ; ^Negro tlogs . tllat ti.is "way the Indian
n.iminaf.nsTt U incinuati of '• I Emilies could be pursued and captured—mid the
John C. Bcofckenndge as eam-i latcs for I res. a-tii zonsequenc-, cxp.ditously tennmat-
aud Vice Hw-ideiit of the United States, and here- "; ir - 1,1
’ ’ “^rsalves to give them our hearty sup- I ‘ *
and Vici
by pied
port
Usolred, Tliiff the. _ eminent talents, StmuM 'that tbe columns of
From Major DeShiel, who has just returned from
; rniance ot official duty in that quarter, tl o
sterling honesty, of Mr. Buchanan I
rienee ana
abiding coni
! elected! d ir present embroiled
affairs wpu he como ised; a solemn secono thou
j w ill JB- over the people of the recreant states, j
‘ ConJEfitional requirements wili be fulfilled ami
1 jbe qM-iiitrv continue on in its brilliant course ol
! prvJifyity and happiness.
Rcf dccd, That, it must be obvious to our fedow- 1
.... . .... . soldiers operating upon tbe Big Cypress are sui-
sVite of liolitical ! faring greatly trom sickness, and that one com-
It, aKti ; ! p.nny having a sick list not long since ofstxty has
been ordered to be replaced. It is an evidence o.
the difference in health between this region, infest
ed bv the indians, and the eastern coast, where
Fort Daials and F’ort Capron are situated, that this
company when ordered from F’ort Dallas reported
for duty to a man. The two columns, the one
tion -»f the Big Cypress, though constantly ap
proaching - ach other, had ict met, % nnd as usual,
it has been worse than i-lle to track the Indians in
the swamp. Near the northern extremtiy of tl is
We thereforer- spectfully invite them re s ^,p Lake Ochcehobee, which is about 160
miles in circumference, which presents constant
barrier to movement, and it is doubted whether
the most advisable step to be taken in further op-
erations airainst the Indians, is not to build a boat
and secure the advantages of transportation by
steam.
a°u P rSe n r j ^on rim upper, aud the other upon thejower por-
.date in the South, besides the nominees ot j
Democratic Party, can but result in the cn-
co/iiwim-ut ol the ”■ ack 1, -puolican- of t.ie
With.
perate with us in the support ot our
fltes. and show an undivided front, .os the best
(lieans of quieting the present, unprecedented
ff'lark and threatening attitude ot our political a.-
■ The committee further reported the following,
as suitable gentlemen to represent the Democracy
of Dooly in the approaching convention. Mar
shall dcGraft'enried, Levi Wslcoxson, Cob S. 1.
Jones, James D. Lester Sr. and John C. Royals.
Which report was unanimously adopted,
j Ou motion of Maj. Mounger, the delegates were
I empowered to appoint alternates in case any
| vacancy in the delegation should occur.
I On motion
ish tbe Federal
with the proceedings
to publish the same.
On motion of Hon. B .B. Hamilton, the meeting
i then adjourned.
JAMES D. LESTER, Sr. President.
Robert B. Davis, Secretary.
Interesting from Washington
IVashingtoii June 21.—General Persifer Smith
arrived last evening, having been sent for by the
President. He had an intei vi* w with the Presi
dent to d iv. Orders have been issued, and he
will proceed as early as possible to Kansas to take
the Secretary was requestedto turn- charge of the 1 nited States forces there. His order3
al Union, and “Georgia Telegraph” j ; ,re imperative: in fact he is clothed with full pow-
f this meeting, wilii request | cr to pul down all insurrection, come from what
; quarter it may. This policy has been de -med
I advisable in order to take tile Kansas etnlroglio
j out of tin- halls of Congress and give peace ami
1 quiet in tbe country. General Smith is a cool-
! headed man, and is considered one of the best
! officers of the army. This will do away with
i Crittenden’s and all other propositions.
Private letters received here by the America’s
mail from England state that very lift e excitement
Am 1.—Scene L
Time, Midnight—A Street ill Slaunton-Sam holding I
nn to a lamp post, and occasionally soliloquizing
Well!
this me?
Mr. Fillmore Hill Xot Decline—The New Y'oik
Express has the authority of a letter train Millard
Fillmore for saying that under w circumstances trill
he decline the nomination tendered hint. It was made
bv his friends, received without asking, and ac
knowledged without counting the consequences of
success or defeat. Mr. Filniore writes that noth
ing but the wish of those who gave him the nomi
nation will prompt him to withdraw his name.—
The following is an extract from the letter:
“In reference to the efforts winch have been used to
drive m- from my course, they wholly mistake niy
character. It is true I did nut desire the nomina
tion; but my name lias been placed before the pub
lic liy my fii -nds, and there it will remain, regard
less of all consequences, unles they shall desire its
withdrawal.
Democratic Meeting in Early.
At a meeting of the Democratic party held at
Blakely, on Saturday the 21st of June, on motion
of ilr. F. T. Cullens, Captain J. S. Means was
caned to the Chair, and YV. M. Porter. Esq-, re
quested to aet as Secretary.
Maj. YV. C. Cook explained the object of the
meeting to be the appointment of delegates to
represent the county of Early in the Democratic
Convention to be held at Milledgeviile on the 4th
of July next. ,
On motion of Mr. Cullens, a Committee of live
was appointed by the Chair, to report matter for
the action of the meeting. The eommittee consist
ed ot the following named gentlemen: h. 1 • Cul-
lens, YV. C. Cook, Jas. B. Brown, Duncan J.
Davis and Dr. G. YV Holmes.
After retiring a few moments, the committee
return* d and reported through their Chairman the
following resolutions, which were unanimous!'
Ui solved. That in the nomination of James Buch
anan and John C. Breckenridge, the Democratic
party iiave silenced the puerile cant of its jtrelet*
cnee for mediocre talent over eminent services
and acknowledged ability. .
Resolved, Tiiat tiie endorsements of the Resolu
tions at Cincinnati by the said noiniii-■> s is aguai-
antv for the political faith of the latter; and that
that faith is eminently conservative whilst it aids
in a proper expansion of the Union without detn- 1
ment to any portion thereof, maintaining a relig
ious observance ot all the compromises ot the
Constitution, as well as of the spirit in which that
alive statesmai
the South. I iq
steadlast. friei
admission he l
for anti' xatidfi, he stood by her. YY'hen the YY il-
most Provist/ was sprung, in anticipation of tiie
acquisition fit Mexican Territory, lie opposed it
with all l'.is/po'.vr. Territory "as acquired, the
Abolitionists lost’tiie YY'iluiot Proviso! foiled, but
not conquered, they then assumed the position,
that tiie acquired territory was free by virtue of
the prior Mexican Law. Buchanan at this crisis,
as a friend to every section proposed to extend the
Missouri line to the Pacific. '1 he proposition was
rejected with disdain, by the North. F’rom this
denial 'of justice to the Sonth, as many great
statesmen, both North and South, believed, a
train <Sf events was put in motion, which deliver
ed to tiie country, the compromise measures of
165 t. Again, Buchanan couid see that the South
as Well as the North had rights, anil laying aside
tho'partiality, which most men have for their own
section, even against right, lie came out the bold
defender of tiie F’ugitive Slave Law. His action
upon this subject and occasion will endear him
tlio more to the South; because just at that time,
Millard F'iilmore, the great conservative who
knew no North, no Sonth, no East, no YVest, as
his friends said, and who now, lias the confidence
of manv southern men, when lie came to this part
of tbe compromise, paused, and doubting its con
stitutionality refused his assent, until ids objec
tions were swept away, and his reasoning over
come, by the powerful argument, of Attorney Gen-
eural Crittenden. And now when tiie Black Re
publicans demand tins repeal of ttie Nebraska
Kansas principle of permitting the people in the
territories to govern themselves, and demand the
restoration of the Missouri Compromise, Mr.
Buchanan opposes and stands fast, by the South.
And while Mr. F'iilmore plants himself upon a
l'iatfonn in which he pledges himself to maintain
the Kansas Nebraska act until repealed, and so of
the fugitive slave law, Mr. Buchanan pledges
himself to both as great Constitutional Principles.
and are therefore, irrepealable and conclusive in
their ou tare. He was the first to insist thntthe
compromise measures of 165it superceeded the
Missouri compromise, and gave back to tlio South
the equal rights in all the territories of which she
had been robbed; the first to insist that the compro
mise measures of l -5 restored to the people of the
territories the right of regelating their own uoim s ;c
relations.
F'rom the foregoing the following resolutions
naturally arise:
Resolretl 1st, That the Cincinnati Convention,
in putting in nomination James Buchanan of Pa.
for President aud John C- Breck'-nridge of Ky.
for Y’iee President, has tendered a ticket, that
Georgians should be proud to support; and we
same Sant I used to be? Some of the learned o;d
line YVhigs say that I aint nobody at all, just a
kind of idear, a sort ot a thing they call a inythe.
—1‘tn not dizzy, not drunk jm-t dizzy, from turn
ing me round too often. YY ill they in u-r stop
turning me round and mounting me on new plat
forms? 1 can t ket p the run of ’em: my head’s in
a " liirl. If I let go this post I shall fall down in
the street, and be run over by a cart or carried to
tin- watehouse.— YY hc-re’s my tail? Gone, clear
gone! YY’liat will Boris say? Boris who loved
and cherished that tail YVliy, lust winter 1 was
running all into tad, and ihe Richmond folks
made a platform just to fit the tail alone. And
non I have no more tail than Tom O’Slianter s
mare. 1 have been abducted like Morgan; I
have been engaged, swapped off, by them proud
old line YVhigs. This aint Sain! ’Taint nobody!
1 low them cnrsecUlanips wink at me. i hey make
game of me. YY’ell! one fellow’s gone out.— There
goes anotln r! I’ts late. I ought to be iu bed.
Fillmore! I don't like him and his proud YY higs,
—They cut off my tail. 1 believe they will soon
make me an Irish Catholic. Yes, that s to 1
next platform.—The scarlet prostitutes of Baby
lon, the Pope, and the Devil! I’m coming to that,
and had as well begin to practice my_ part. I'll
feed ou sonr-krout and drink Irish whiskey—and
wind up with til ■ part of tlm Native American
I born and raised in Jarmany. If F'iilmore wont
suit, that fellow " itli the long name will. 1 aui
I mazing! v pleased with him, Andrew Jackson Don-
| elson! That aint his name! That's just my wit!
It’s Andrew Jackson, after his old father, as the
Dutchmen say. But as tliev say in the play, “To
be, that's the question ” Am I Ham? or just asort
of a dream or idea? Or am I nothing? YY'ell I’ll
try like the boys used to do nt the academy. “I
think til- - lore', 1 am.” YY’ell 1 can't think. Nev
er was much given to iu my life. But what with
turning round aud, and standing on new high
platforms, aud drinking an extra julip or two. I’m
dizzy aud drunk. 1 can’t think at all. “I think,
therefore I am.” 1 can’t think, therefore I am
not! Not Sam, nor a dream, nor an idear—not
nothing! So I’ll lay down here and go to sleep,
it was Sancho Panza who invented sleep. 1 wish
lie was on the ticket with me and Jackm-s, instead
of that proud fellow F’iilmore, with his furrin
quality airs and high notions. He had as much
experience in government ns Fillmore, and heap
more manners and sense. I wonder after lie was
tossed ou the blanket, if he was dizzy and drunk
as I am. They served him light bad, but his
blanket, wan’t half as hard and high as my plat
forms. 1 wish 1 had it here, for this mountain air
feels chilly.
[Lies doini and snores—curtain falls ']
[Richmond Inquirer.
Highly Complimentary.—Some of the Know
Nothing and Republican papers, such as the
Philadelphia Kars, Harrisburg Tit graph, Ac..
have already waded through the dust and rub
bish of more than forty years, to discover a speech
Mr. Buchanan made when quite a young man—
isolated and garbled passages ot which they now
produce to his prejudice. That statesman must
produce an enviable record whose opponents are
driven to such a ridiculous extremity to assail his
present position. Nothing could he more compli
mentary, in our humble judgment. YY'liy don t
they iuve.-tigate his legislative and diplomatic
career? He served two sessions in the State L g-
islature, ton years in Congress, ten in the U. 8.
Senate, four as Secretary of State, and five as
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Courts of St. Pet
ersburg and London. YVhy don’t they examine
that record of more than thirty years to find some
flaw in his public diameter? If they can find any
thing wrong, anything anti-democratic or unpat
riotic in ltis public history, let them out with it.—
ills friends court the most thorough and search
ing investigation of his whole public life —Intelli-
| gencer, Lancaster.
Hnlloiray’s Ointment and Pills, the most effectual
remedy for Old Wounds and Ulcers.— The won-
dertul cures daily effected by these celebrated
remedies have established them with the citizens
of the l nion, as two of the finest preparations ever
made known, and it is an astonishing fact,, that
they will heal and cure old wounds and ulcers of
long standing,oven after every other treatment lias
been resorted to ineffectually. All cutaneous erup
tions readily yield to their mighty power; and tor
the cure of Asthma, they are invaluable.
Senator Hamlin, of Maine, has formally taken
leave of the Democratic party YY’e give our
friends joy at the riddance. Mr. 11. lias always
bpen at heart a Free Suiter, and gave the Demo
cratic party more, 'rouble than he was worth.
If it is me, is it the - " a ’ produced there because of the recognition by
the I'nited States of Nicaragua, or the dismisa! of
Crompton. They also state that our Minister will
not receive his passports, and that there is no
danger of a rupture between the two governments.
This is corroborated by despatches at the State
Department.
The despatch concerning a Southern meeting to
organize a “eoninn rcial association” is calculated to
create an erroneous impression. There -has been
no meeting of Southern-rs on the subject. A Mr.
YY'li te, a Northern gentleman, who is here, has
been nr* ssirg some project of the kind on a few
members of Congress, but no action whatever has
been taken in regard to it.
On Monday both houses of Congress will be oc
cupied with the Palmetto State. Judge Evans
has the floor in tiie Senate in reply to Mr. YY'il-
KOU.
Colonel Richardson leaves in a few days to en
gage in his gubernatorial canvass in Illinois. lie
will soon resign his seat in Congress.
•‘Opposition ”—The political faction have drop-
my ! ped party names; because they have abused and
rained every name assumed by their lead'-rs.—
Now they rally as the “opposition.” And “op
position” to who and what? Opposition to the
followers and disciples of ‘Washington, his asso
ciates and imitators; to the friends of the Constitu
tion and tiie Union, and some of the ablest and
purest patriots and statesmen who have ever
Don- adorned America. Opposition to those measures
which have blessed our country, and which the
mass of the people now approve. Opposition to
true American principles, viz: ‘Man is capable of
self government—popular soveregntv—let tbe peo
ple rub—allow the people of Kansas and other
Territories, to establish their own domestic institu
tions. and when they have required population,
and Iiave framed “a republican form of govern
ment,” admit them into the Union, without a why
or wherefore. The opposition are bogus Ameri
cans, Black Republicans, Hindoos, ultra-abolition
ists, and rabid disr.nionists. Such are their ele
ments! Such the “opposition” in ihe presidential
campaign. Let them rave and fret, to ther heart's
content. They will fail us heretofore. Their
“illustrious predecessors” were beaten every pres
idential campaign—excepting when floated in on
the sea of hard cider, aud when the hero of the
“cursed Mexican war” was chosen by anti-slavery
men. because be was a very great sir.veholdei!”—
Their manuveres show them up in life-like col
ors.
Kentucky Democracy.—The Democracy of Lex-
ingt-n, Ky., iieid a great Ratification meeting on
YY ednesday evening of last week, the proceedings
of which till a large space in the columns of tlio
Lexington Statesman it was one tiie largest meet
ings ever held in that city, and the enthusiasm waa»
unbounded. It was addn s.-e.d by several vent le
mon trom other Stan s, who happened to be pass
ing through, from the Convention, and by several
ofiheir own citizens. The gallant Breckenridge
(who resides in that place.) was sent for by a com
mittee, and app-'ared In t m- the meeting, w hen tie
was greeted w ith a deaft nittg w* Iconic. He spoke
to them, for some time, in commendation of Mr.
Buchauan, ins long political services, and tried
national principles—and all that he said of the dis
tinguished Pennsylvanian, the Northern Democra
cy v til endorse as applicable to tlio gallant youn<-
Kentuckian himsult The meeting was also acT-
dressed by Col. Sims, of Bourbon Comity, (an oid
Idle ( lay "big,) who gave in bis adhesion to tho
nominees, and would devote himself to their suc
cess. It is the opinion of well informed gentle
men, that Kentucky will give Buchanan and
Breckenridge a large majority
Intt resting to Property Lessors and Lessees.—The
decision of the Supreme Court some few weeks
since, in the case of of J. O Kartells vs. his credi
tors, possesses very general interest from the prin
ciple involved in it. Three of the five J udges con
stituting in such case the Court, decided that
where an unexpired lease of property is sold at
auction the purchaser’s bid i.s aetualy a preninm
over and above the original contract price of
tue rent, which price tiie purchaser assumes
the payment of in addition to his bid. In
the case decided,* tho Sheriff offered for sala
the unexpired lease of the City Hotel for
seven and a 1-tlf months. C'ol. Shatter, the lesseo
oftli.- Hotel, bid four hundred dollars per month,
being thesum for wliieh it was appraised, and it was
knocked down to him tri this price. The original
rent per month was twelve hundred and fifty' dol
lars, and the Cram says t hat this bid must be added
to the sum, making thereat to the bidder .«150
per month.—iV. O. Bulletin