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From the Charleston Mercury.
Buchanan «n Slavery.
XV r con!<3 multiply. from the record.-, of Congress,
proofs in support of the position taken in our last
article, that Mr. Buchanan, both by his votes and
ppifcbes, was over ready to put down agitation,
and to respect the rights of the .South in reference
to slavery in the District of Columbia. Through
out the year 1838. we find him steadily voting
against the petitions, and denouncing agitation;
an-! when, in spiff* of this policy. Abolition still cb-
trn itsl itself in Congress, in 1837, Mr. Buchanan
:r..„ ; side by side with Mr Calhoun, voting to lay
the question of reception on the table. His record
is certainly clear on that point.
It lias baen said,and in South Carolina, that Mr.
Be-it.mail was “a Frcesoiler.” This startling al
legation is made < n the strength o: certain expres-
saois used by Mr. Buchanan in his speech on
Texas. We shall hereafter consider that speech;
menu while, we invite oor renders earlier proofs
upon the subject.
In March. 1 ?3G. Arkansas applied for admission
From. the London Times, June 17.
1 ■ er Majesty’s Ministers, considering that the
Government of the Caited States had an undoubt
ed right to dismiss Mr. Cramp! on and the three
Consuls, if they had reasons of their own tor do
ing so, have discreetly availed themselves of the
same liberty not to dismiss Mr. Dailas. The
American Government, after long deliberation,
has adopted a half-measure, and ns far as a posi
tive act could he qualified by any amount of ver-
j bal assurances and invitations they have qualified
j their dismissal of Mr. Brampton. They have dis-
J missed the Minister, and expressed themselves en-
! tirely satisfied with the explanations of the Gov-
i eminent which sent him out, which cave him the
; instructions thjjt led to the pr*“-. nt unhappy result.
which sent their directions to him throughout, and
i which declined to recall him when requested to do
I so. It would be vain to say that we ean take
l these assurances in .a Simple and natural sons*'.—
j It is not to be supposed that the American Gov-
j eminent does entirely acquit us of blame in this
( affair, or see a distinct line between the Govera-
into the Union, and Mr. Buclrmcn presented the jand the conduct of the diplomatic agent —
petition and reported the bill He stated that “he j * or tn<? purposes of conciliation or diplomacy it af-
bid been requested by the D degates from Arkan- t “ 013 to consider our Govern:-- :it blameless ofthe
excesses charged on its Minister. What isacoti-
eqnested by the Delegates
s.is to take ch* r gu-of the application ot that Tc-ri-
tory to b * admitted into tin* Union,run! that he
hi j ci.e -.fully taken upon himself the performance
oC this *uty. His own constituents in Philadel
phia re..- ■ mstraff-d against tin* admission of Arkan
sas, with slavery in her Constitution. But Mr.
cession to peace, even in a diplomatic guise and
with a look of insincerity, is an important element
of the crie s on which our Government has just
b "en ealii d to act. Could they with propriety
send hack the American Minister, when tire Amer-
Bncbanan remained firm to his pcskion. and in a ican Government bsd brought themselves to aver
spe*“ch delivered in the .Senate,on the 4th of April, that they had on this point uo quarrel w ith our
led';. sa;d—“lie considered the compromise which Government, but only just cause for offence with
had br- i made when Missouri was admitted into it*’ agent? Ccu!<l they with propriety susp nd
tb3 Union, as having settled the question of ska- diplomatic intercourse with a government which
very in the new South-western States.” Was this expressed a strong desire to < ontinuc it, not with
the language of a frecsoiler 1 Arkansas was the
fir.*:’ s.avc State which had applied for admission
into the Union daring Mr. Buchanan’s career, and
on this occasion we find him not euly voting for,
hut advocating that measure, audio opposition to
the remonstrances of tin* people of Pennsylvania.
In December, 1837, Mr. Calhoun submitted, in
♦ he Senate, certain resolutions, which, after con-
1‘rab.e. debate ar.d some modification, were
adopted in the following form:
L Resolved, That, iii the adoption of the Fede
ral Constitution, the States adopting the same act
ed. severally, as free, independent, and sovereign
Sta.es ; and that each, for itself, by its own volun
tary a*>v-nf, entered the Union with the view to its
increased security against all dangers, domestic as
well as foreign, and the more perfect and secure
enjoytnent of its advantages, natural, political and
social.
“• Resolred, That in delegating a portion of their
powers to be exercised by the Federal Govern
ment, the States retained, severally, the exclusive
and sole right over their own domestic institutions
and police to the full extent to which those pow
ers were not thus delegated, and are alone respon
sible tor them; and that any intermeddling of any
one or more States, or a combination of their citi
zens. with the domestic institutions and police of
the others, on any ground, political, inoial or reli
gious, or under any pretext whatever, with the
view to their alteration or subversion, is not war
ranted by the Constitution, tending to endanger
the domestic peace and tranquility of tie* States
interfered with, subversive of the objects tor v. hieli
the Constitution was formed, and, by necessary
consequence, tending to weaken aud'destroy the
Union itself.
3 Resolved, That the Government was institu
ted and adopted by the several States of this Un
ion as a common agent, in order to carry into * f-
f-at the powers which they bad delegated by the
Constitution for their mutual security and pros
perity; and that in fulfillment of this high and sa
cred tiust, this Government is hound so to exercise
its powers, as not to interfere with the stability
and security of the domestic institutions of the
States that compose this Union : and that it is the
s deinu duty of the Government to resist, to the ex-
t utof ils constitutional power, all attempts by
one portion of the Union to use it as an instrument
to attack the domestic institutions of another, or
to weaken or destroy such institutions.
*1. Resolved, That domestic slavery, as it exists
in the Southern and Western States of this Union,
composes an important part of their domestic in
stitutions, inherited from their ancestors, and ex
isting at the adoption of the Constitution, by
which it is recognised as constituting an impor
tant element in the apportionment of powers
among the States, and that no change of opinion
or feeling on the part of the other States of the
Union in relation to it, can justify tlieiu or their
citizens in open and systematic attacks thereon,
with the view to its overthrow ; and that all such
attacks are in manifest violation of the mutual and
solemn pledge to protect and defend each other,
given by the States respectively, on entering into
the constitutional compact which formed the Un
ion. and as such are a manifest breach of faith, and
a violation ot the most solemn obligations.
5. Resolved, That the interference by any of the
citizens of any of the States, with a view to the
abolition of slavery in tins District, is endanger
ing the rights and security of the people of the
District, and that any act or measure of ('ougress
designed to abolish slavery iu this District, would
be a violation of the faith implied in the cession
by the States of Virginia and Maryland, a just
cause of ala m to the people of the slaveholding
States, and have a direct and inevitable tendency
to disturb and endanger the Union.
And Resol red. That any attempt of Congress to
abolish slavery in any Territory of the United
States in which it exists, would create serious al
arm and just apprehension in the States sustain
ing that domestic institution, would be a violation
of good faith towards the inhabitants of any such
Territory who have been permitted to settle with,
and hold slaves therein, because the people of any
such Territory have not asked for the abolition of
slavery therein, and because when any such Ter
ritory shall be admitted into the Union as a State,
the people thereof shall be entitled to decide that
question exclusively for themselves.
During the discussion, Mr.Buchanan said;
“On this exciting question J desire to do noth
ing, as a member of this body, which can in the
slightest degree, interfere with the constitutional
rights of the r.iaveholdiag States. My f;
standing alleged provocation to the contrary? At
all events, could they not, without loss of honor,
accept the overtures of pence made to soften a
painful but inevitable act of offence? Undoubted
ly the American government has carefully so put
the matter that our dismissal ot its minister would
be more than a retaliation. It w ould he returning
the blow, and giving r. deaf ear to the mild ton s
i that explained it. Wo were at liberty either to in
I terpret the hand by the voice, or the voice by the
' hand. Government h is taken the former alterna
j tive It is, after all. the safer course. At this
moment it seems hardly the course that might
’ have been expected from a Mate that had jus! con
cluded an honorable peace, after a sanguinary war
with the greatest military Power in the world.—
; But even with that Power three short years ago
we were parlying >n a way that gave li tie indiv.a-
j tion of what was to follow. We held ourselves
j then the more free to ac ; as we might think right,
j because we knew* ourse lves v.*e were prepared for
the worst* Doubtless a full confidence in the
courage and resolution of the country has contri
buted to the pacific choice of our Government It
rightly judges that we can afford to yield, if we can
do s>* without positive dishonor.
In both Houses it will be observed the expla
nations of Her Majesty’s Ministers are limited to
the more immediate question pressed upon them
by the dismissal of our Minister That is the first
thing to he cousid: red,—whether or not w e shall
continue diplomatic relations with the United
Mates through the medium «f the gentleman now
representing that Government at. our Court 1 —
Neither Lord Clarendon nor Lord Palmerston says
a word on the subject of Central America, really at
the bottom ot the whole affair. They make no al
lusion to Mr. Marcy’s refusal irf arbrifatfon on the
sense of the treaty, and offer of a reference to a
scientific authority: on some questions of fact laird
Palmerston, indeed asssures us t’ at nothing more
is intended by the slight addition to our naval
lore* in that part of the world than to protect
British property and sulgects, and to prevent need
less collision. We shall not therefore, go into that
matt) r, except just so much ns to express our con
viction that, had not the United Stales’ Govern
ment come to tht conclusion that it was expedient
to get rid of the Ciavton-Biilwer Treaty in one
way or another and clear the fields for political
operations we should never heard a syllable of the
recruiting question. It is evident that the United
States’ Government is not very pressing for an im
mediate solution of the Central American difficul
ty. considering that just now things are going on
favorably for its interests. r i lie recruiting ques
tion. however had ripened to a recrifieal maturity,
and could not be postponed. In ibis emergency
the American President has perhaps, taken the
mildest course that remained, short of giving it up
altogether. No doubt, he could hardly have done
that without damaging himself and his friends verv
considerably with his people; and of course it is
not to be expected that an American President
should make a marty r of himself for the peace ot
ihe world, still less for any consideration to the
feelings of England.
In saying that the United States’ Government
has adopted a half measure, and that our govern
ment has met it more than halfway,—in admitting
that both sides had a right lo do w hat they have
done—the one without giving offence, the other
without loss of honor,—we donot for one moment
blink the fact that the result, so far, is anything
but flattering to the pride of this country. If
there are any people in the United States capable
of gratification at the fact, we certainly have been
touched in our honor, and we submit with as much
grace as we can to what all feel an insult. We
have no disposition -to slur over that fact, for we are
not without hope that the British people will he
rather less liable to this species of annoyance for
the future. We do not think the people of Eng
land will henceforth sit by so quietly while proceed
ings to which they have th giavest objection, and
liegctations of winch they have uttered distrust,
arc going on, nobody know s how, under the shield,
of the Royal prerogative. The honor of England
can badly be said to be in its own keeping, when
month after month its representatives ask, and ask
in vain, what has been done, v. hat complaints have
been received from oilier Governments, what
answers have been sent, what is the present state
of the quarrel, and what its probable conclusion
Througiiout tin; whole of this recruiting affair, and
the correspondence arising out of it, the British
public has only known the steps takenjhy its own
Government when the American Government
had alre ady acted upon them. We adhere to our
j opinions, that the American Government has not
„ *, as a
public man, is as deeply staked upon the preserva- j acted with common generosity in this affair, am t.liai
ri in of these rights as that of any other individual in its pretence ot l.esti nwjcstas. or offence against its
the country. I have long since taken my stand,
and from it I shall not be driven. / ilu not desire
to maintain myself nt home, unless I ran do it irith a
due regard to the rights and the safety of the people of
the South. I am prepared, therefore, to adopt any
just measure, within the pale of the Constitution,
to settle this dangerous question, and to afford the
grearest security to the slaveholding Mates.”
It will be observed that these resolutions as
sert:
1. The rights and sovereignty of the States, and
the duty of the Government to protect them
“again-t all dangers, domestic as well as foreign.”
•J They condemn any interference whatever, by
the citizens of one section, with the domestic in
stitutions of the .South, as subversive of the Con
stitution.
3. They condemn any legislation by Congress
which,interferes w it li the Biability of the domestic
institutions of the South, and binds it to resist all
attempts at its being used by one section of the
Union against the other.
4. They recognise domestic slavery as an essen
tial element of the social organization of the South,
and any assault upon it as a violation of ,aith be
tween the sections.
5. They condemn any attempt to interfere with
slavery in the District of Columbia.
C. They recognise the right of the people of a
Territory, when forming a .Stale Constitution, to
deride the question of slavery for themselves.
For all and each of these high constitutional
propositions, Mr. Buchanan voted. When the sec- j
ond resolution came up, Mr. Morris moved that
the words “moral and religious” be stricken out,
and Mr. Buchanan voted for the motion, because
‘ he thought the resolution teas quite as strung iritli
the modification ns without it.” But he subsequent
ly voted for the resolution containing these words.
territorial sovereignty, is simply got up for the oc
casion. Nevertheless the common sense cf this
country would not have allowed Mr. Crumpton to
go on, week after week, plunging deeper into a
difficulty, at tin very moment when there was noth
ing the American Coverntment so earnestly want
ed for Central American purposes. Ofien and
often indeed lias the British people been plunged
into war or forced to humiliation before they knew
what it was ail about, and by men w hose names
had hardly reached them. We caunct but think
that the time is going by for this sort of work. At
least, if England makes no effort to stop it after
the present affair, it deserves the consequences.
The Southern Pacific Pailway.—’l'lie
Galveston News, of the 18th inst, savs:
Col. A. B. Gray lias just arrived in our
city from a reconnissance of the upper
country, from Slireverport towards the
Colorado of Texas, with a view to a more
full understanding of the (Southern Pacific
Railway. Col. Gray has heretofore es
tablished the entire practicability of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad through
Texas. His present exploration is of the
upper country of Texas towards the Color
ado. Tie has fixed the latitudes of the
crossings of the Sabine, the Trinity and
the Brazos rivers, with reference to the
parallel of 32 degrees north latitude, hav
ing previously fixed the crossings of the
Peacos and the Rio Grande. He has ob
tained good observations, for determining
the latitude and longitude ol the crossings
But Mr. Buchanan not only voted against any j 0 f the Sabine ,the Neelies, the Trinity and
interference whatever with the domestic instil..- Brazos tlie ri vers, with reference to the par-
tions of the ronth, but the third resolution, as of- 1 . . , ., , . r . . . f
fered by Mr. Calhoun, declared it to be the duty of | el of 3- deg. J le, lias alsi i fixed the posit ions
the Federal Government to strengthen and uphold I of the county towns ofMarshall, Tyler, Cor-
them, and tor this also Mr. Buchanan voted. Wc j sicana and Hillsborough, the countv sites
’teiJSS;”".l"' 1 ' h ” r*"" 4 f ' ,dlk '
,,, , ! Road shall pass. Other matters of inter-
Lead Mines.—We are informed that, jest will be furnished in Col. Gray’s re-
within a few days past, an agent of a New- port which w n. soon he published.
York Company, has visited our town, for j U°l. ^ray informs us the. whole
the purpose of negotiation for a certain j c< juntry from Maishall to I oit Graham, ti
Lead Mine, said to be sfrongly impreg- i distance of near tlnee bundled miles, is
Mr. Breckenrldge’s Letter of Acceptance.
June 13,1836.
Sirt The National Convention of the Demo-
crane party which recently assembled in Cincin
nati. unanimously nominated you ns a candi
date for the office of Vice President of the Unit 1
Slates.
You have already informally accepted the uonf-
natiou, but we deem it appropriate, under instruc
tions of the Convention.to communicate the infor
mation officially in their name. We also solicit
your attention to the resolutions adopted by that
assembly as expressive of the views and policy of
the Democratic party in relation to tin* important
public questions involved in the approaching Pres
idential election.
The Convention have - aviated \ our name with
that of an eminent and experienced statesman, un
der tiie conviction iliat. although your j.tiDi5* ca
reer has been brief, yet that has commanded the
confidence not only of yc-ur party, hut the coun
try, and that your talents and patriotism will es
sentially aid in illustrating the principles and in
firmly establishing the wise and generous policy of
the Democratic party. --
We tender to you personally our sincere con
gratulations upon this distinguished pr< **f of the
public esteem, and remain, with assurances of pro
found respect,
Your fellow-citizens,
J-ntx E. Ward,
W. A. RiCHAfttivrjx,
Harry Hibbard,
W. B. Lawrence,
A G. Brown - ,
Jn*». L Manning,
John Forsyth.
J Randolph Titckeb,
Horatio Seymour,
W. Preston.
Hon. Jno. C. Breckenridge.
Lexington, Ky., June 23, 185C
Gentlemen: T have received your letter of the
13th in-t., giving me official information of luy
nomination by the Democratic National Conven
tion fur the office of Vice President of the United
Slates. I lccl profoundly grateful to the Democ
racy for this distinction, so far above my merits
and expectations, and accept the nomination,
w ith the ph dge that if it should result in impos
ing on me any public duties, 1 shall exert what
ever power I possess to discharge them w ith fidel
ity.
The convention wisely selected for the first
place in tin* government an eminent statesman,
w hose character and public services furnish a guar
antee that his administrarion will command con
fidence at home and respect abroad.
The platform adopted by the convention has my
cordial approval. I regard it as the only basis on
w hi eh the Union can be preserved in its original
spirit. Adopted, as it was, by the unanimous
vmes of the delegates from all the States, it show s
.hat amidst the distractions of the times there re
mains one united and powerful organization whose
common principles extend over every foot ot terri
tory covered by the Federal Constitution. After
the recent repented and deplorable failures of oili
er parties to present to tlie country a national or
ganization, w c may justly congratulate the Stares
upon the unanimity which marked the proceedings
of the Democratic convention, and the patriot may
point to the fact, as a pledge of constitutional un
ion, that the dch-gates from Maine and Texas,
from .South Carolina and California, were as tho
roughly united upon every question of principle
as those from the neighboring sou; bum States).:'
of Tennessee and Kentucky, ortlu.se from the
neighboring non hern States of Wisconsin and
Michigan.
'i his community of sentiment, this feeling of
brotherhood, giv> s hope of perpetual Union, it
has been the happy fortune of the Democratic par
ty, by adh. ring to the Constitution, which w..s
made to protect us all, to avoid the geographical
and sectional issue against which Washington
solemnly warned his countn men. and we have
every reason to believe that it is yet cquai to the
high duty which now* devolves on it of preserving
the Constitution, and maintaining the rights of
every portion of the confed racy. If the unsound
elements which troubled it for a time have sought
Cong* nial associations elsewhere, the loss has be en
more than supplied by accessions from ihe flower
of the old Whig party; and thus rc-inforeed, it will
be the destiny of the Democracy, tinder the lead
of their distinguished chief, to maintain the high
position of our country h fore the world—to pre-
s'-rve ihe equality of every class ot citizens—to
protect the perfect liber,y of conscience—and to
| secure the peace of the Uniou, rendering equal
justice to every party.
With sincere ni know h*ilg> mi nts for tlie friend
ly personal sentiments contained in your let ter, !
am, respectfully, your friend and obedient ser
vant, * * John C. Breckenridge.
Messrs. Ward, Richardson, Hibbard, Lawrence,
Biown, Manning, Forsyth, Tuck) r, Seymour
and I’reston.
The Mew Kansas Bill of Mr. Toombs Passed—Kan
sas to be a Slave Slate.
After a continuous session of twenty hours,
mulling from Wednesday noon, tlnougL the after
noon and the night, and closing at about nine o -
clock jiiursdav morning, 1 lit* new Kansas bill orig
inally introduced in o tlie Senate by Mr. Toombs,
! of Geoigta, and adopt) d by the Committee on Ter-
• ritori- s, wi.s passed by a vote of thirty-tlnee for
[ the bill,to twelve against it.
Kansas is to be a slave state. That was, we
presume, on the part ol Mr. Douglas, the intent
of ti e division of the Nebraska Territory, and
the object of the Kausas-Nebraska bill. It is the
particular put pose ol this bill; and if passed by
tiie House Representatives, it will accomplish tin*
work.
Assuming, that with the aid of the Fillmore
men in the House this bill will soon become a law
j of the land, we have no hesitation in deoariugit
| equivalent to the admission of Kansas as a slave
j Mate, ’lit)* I'tcsid) nt is to appoint tlie eotumis-
| sioners to carry out this iaw, and to superintend its
I cxeeut.on; and after all tin* prescribed piviimimt-
j lies shall have been fulfilled, the settlers of Kan-
| sas, under tlie limitations set down, are to vote
| upon the question of a new* constitution—siavi rv
j or no slavery. The eream of the bill is in tlie ex-
) ciitive authority of Mr. Fierce, and in the limi
tations defined. The “bord.-r ruffians,” by and
with the advice and consent of the administra
tion, have ex jo-11, d the bulk of abolition and free
.Mate settlers by fire and sword; tlie T erritory is
in the occupation of the pro-slavery squatters, in
cluding, doubtless, many valuable land claims,
town sites, &.C. conquered from the Northern emi
grants colonics, and held by the ancient feudal
tenure, that—
He shall get who has the power,
And he shall keep who can.
The Northern abolition and free soil squatters
thus driven off’, impoverished and dispossessed,
w ill hardly d. sin* to try their unfortunate pilgrim
age to Kansas over again; hut ii they should de
sire it, they can hardly be mustered hack fiito
Kansas in sufficient numbers to outvote, on the
day appointed, the convenient Missourians, w ito
have only a three month's so-jotuu to undergo in
the Territory to rescue the golden prize.
Hence our conviction that the passage of this
bill is equivalent to the admission of Kansas, in
so many words, as a slaveholding State; and we
repeat that, taking the late House vote upon the
“Free State hilt” as the test, we think this bill
can be passed. From many years of close obser
vation of the doings of Congress, we can safely
assert that where a measure of sncli vast impor
tance as this may require an additional vote or
tw o to pass it, they can be secured. We may re
fer to the tarriff bill of 1842, the tariff bill of i84(i,
tlie Texas annexation resolutions, some vital
points m tiie compromise measures of 185b, and
to some of the close and critical votes upon the
Kausas-Nebraska bill. These examples, and many
others, hear us out in the conclusion that upon
almost any great measure before Congress requir
ing one, two, or three, or half a dozen additional
votes to squeeze it through, they can be picked
up, and often w here least expected.—N. Y. Her
ald (Bloch Republican.)
nated too with Silver. This mine, we are
informed lies in McMinu County, Tcnn.,
near the East Tenn. and, Ga. Rail Road,
and is owned by citizens of this, Cass Co.
Ga. The ore of this Mine is said to he
very rich and of course will bring in the
Ith.ino. Well, we are glad of it, for if
others have plenty of the needful, perhaps
**■' too may catch a little as it circulates.
[Cassville Standard.
line Flout.—The New York Journal of Com-
mcn- of Thursday says: Flour from new w heat
has mado its appearance to-day, being two days
earlier that; for either of the last five years. It was
ground from Georgia wheat by Messrs. Hccker &
Brother of the Croton Mills, in this city, and was
offered on’Change nt #10 per bid. Tlie wheat
(50 bushels) was sold on Tuesday at $2 jier
bushel.
rapidly improving. The lands are every-
] where worth from $2 50 to S3 per acre,
j During this whole distance, he was rarely
out of s;ght of corn or wheat fields, and
never stopped at night without having
abundance of milk, eggs and chickens.
Col. Gray is now proceeding direct to
AY ashington City, to report to the Com
pany.
A Beautiful Sentiment from Mr Buchanan—We
find the following beauti'ui and eloquent sentiment
itia speech of Mr. Buchanan, delivered iu the
House ot Representatives iu 1822. How perfectly
lias it beer, illustrated by his subsequent public
career? “If / know myself I am « politician neither
of the Hast, nor of the lies/, of the North, nor the
South—/ then fore shall jureter aroid any expressions,
the direct tend' ncy of which must be to create sectional
divisions, and at length disunion, that worst of alt
political calamities ”
Distinguished Visiters*.
A special train arrived at Martinsbtirg on Tues
day evening lust from Baltimore, with a number
of railroad tourists, among whom the following
gentlemen were observed : IJen George Bancroft,
ol New York, the cali brated American historian
pud statesman; I’rofessor Jos-pit Henry,Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington: Brautz
Mayer, Esq., author and ex-MinisU-r to Mexico;
Mi*. Widi utiach, artist, from ITussia; In if. Moflit,
the chemist; Rev. Dr. Morris, of Baltimore, natu
ralist; Bctij. 11. Latrobe, Esq , Chief Engineer of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Mr. lSoilman,
Master of Road, and a number of others w hose
name we did not learn.
We understand that these gentlemen arc ma
king a full :md extended trip over the line of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, to observe aud to
note the natural, historical, and scientific features
of theroute. They were accompanied from the
Washington Junction by our townsman, the Hon.
C J. Faulkm-r, under whose auspices they visited
and examined the Government armories at Har
per’s Ferry. The company were the guests of Mr.
Faulkner during their stay at Martinsbmg. The
tourists left here the next day for the West, and
will no doubt continue to enjoy a delightful irip.
The special train in which the party travels is in
the charge of Capt Rawlins, a prince among rail
road conductors, who will give them a safe aud
pleasant trip, and. if desirable to learn something
ot railroad speed, has the daring to “put them
through.”— I'irginian Republican.
Letter from Hod. Asbnry Hull.
Athens, June 26, 1856,
Editors of the Southern Banner :
I am very well aware that my political position
is of no importance to the public, but since, in
your last issue you have announced that I had
signified my intention to support the nominees of
i hi Cincinnati Convention, a decent respect for
■ the opinions of many with whom 1 have hereto
fore acted, but from whom I may now differ, as
well as justice to ntyself, might seem to make it
propertiiat I should confirm that announcement
with my own signature.
I have been, as you know, a uniform supporter
if tiie Whig tneu and Whig principles, liince
that party has been disbanded, aud for tlie two
last yeats, 1 have been au inactive, bur. not a care
less spectator of passing political events; and am
now a private citizen, with no expectation and
less desire of ever again seeking public office;
only desirous of performing that duly which de
volves on a private citizen, of so casting my vote,
as may best conduce to the perpetuity of tiie Un
ion, and the welfare of tiie Southern portion there
of, where, from choice as well as necessity, it is
my lot to live.
I, for a long time, resisted the allegation that
'he northern wing of one of the national parties
»v;:s more reliable for the South titan tlie other, but
ri cert: events anil indication ■ have fi iced upon me
the conviction that if we receive justice at me
bauds of either party, it is, aud wiii be the L'em-
’ ocrattc.
j For Mr. Fillmore I entertain tiie highest re-
! spect, and eight years ago, when au Elector for
1 the 6th Congressional District, cast n \ vote fot
him tor Vico President with great confidence—
which confidence I now feel was justifi d by his
unexceptionable administration of the g- virn-
ment; and I now say, if Mr. Fillmore cuu.d come
into office, backed aud supported by sue!) a party
as will vote for him in Georgia, It bolt, d hare th*.*
same confidence that lie w ould adntinistei the gov
ernment justly. But of his i ieetioti at all, and
espi cially by such a party and support as i have
alluded to. 1 see no prospect.
The coutest in the coming presidential eh ction
must, it appears to me, lie nan owed dow n be
tween tin* Black Republicans and tlie Demociats
In that condition ot allaits, cau any aoutheni man
hesitate ! I cannot.
The Cincinnati Convention lias nominated for
tlie presidency, in my judgment, one of tne wisest,
mosrexpciiene.il and safest men in their patty:
one in whom tiie country lias cniifidcnc ; aud
their nomination for the Vice Presidency w ill com
pare much to its advantage with tlie numim e ot
the American pat ty, both as to their present posi
tion and antecedents.
The principles avowed by the Democratic party
are ci rtainiv to my mind, more favorable to the
great interest which we {Southerners regard of the
most importance to our well being, than the prin
ciples of the party or parlies antagonistic, and
therefore with the lights before me, and disregard
ing party ties and prejudic* s. 1 think I shall best
discharge my duty in voting for Buchanan and
Breckenridge.
I do not herein attempt to recite the events and
indications, or educe the argottm-nts w hich have
brought me to the conclusion at which 1 have ar
rived. They are as public and as accessible to
others as myself.
Yours, respectfully,
ASBURY HULL.
From tlie Detroit Advertiser.
Raising the Safe from the i’acilic.
A submarine diver from Buffalo has at last suc-
[ ceeded in raising the safe of the American Express
' Company w hich was lost when the Atlantic was
i sunk off'Long Point in Je52. It will be rccollect-
j eil iliat this steamer was instantly sunk by coi-
1 fission with a propeller, and that a large number ot
j passengers were iost. The divt r was prelected by
; copper armor, and w as under water forty minutes,
| during which time lie had some strange adven-
; tines. Tlie upper deck of the steamer lies
, one hundred and sixty feet below water, and farbe-
j low* where then* is any current or motion. Every-
| thing therefore is exactly as it first w ent dow n.
When tlie diver nllighted upon tlie deck he was
saluted by a beautiful lady, whose clothing w as
well artanged, and her hair elegantly dressed.
As he approached iter, the motion of the water
caused au oscillation ol the head, as if gracefully
bow ing to him. Mie w as standing erect, with one
hand grasping the rigging. Around lay the bodies
of several others, as if sleeping. Children hold
ing their friends by tlie hands, and mothers with
their babes in tbcirarms. were there. In tlie cabin
tIn furniture was still untouched by decay, and to
all appearance hail just been arranged by some
careful ami tasteful baud.
Iu tlie office lie found the safe, and was enabled
to move it w ith ease, and took it upon deck, w here
tiie grappling irons were fasten d on, and tlie
prize brought Safely to the light. Upon opening
tiie safe it displayed its contents in t. pet feet state
of preservation. • here was In the sate ijS5,ffnO in
gold, ?f3,5:th in bills of the Government Bank, and
a barge amount ofbiils on other banks, amount
ing in all to about #36,000. The papers were un
injured, except that they smelt very strongly of
decayed human bodies, as if it had laid so many
years in a coffin with their owner. Ot course, ail
this money go, s to persons interested in this won
derful adventure.
The Detroit tree Press says—“The new bills,
we are told, are compaaitively* uninjured by th* ir
long imprisonment and exposure to dampness,
but the old ones are quite injured and defaced,
whether so much as to prevent their identification
and redemption, w e have not learned. There are
several thousand dollars on the explodi d Govern
ment stock Bank of Ann Harbor included in the
amount recovered
Burhanaii mid Filliiifire.
Tlie Know-Nothing presses are care
lessly engaged in the wicked fabrication of
tiie most monstrous and unfounded charges
against Mr. Ruclian.-iii—till of which have
been thoroughly refuted. They play at
a dangerous game and necessarily provoke
an investigation into the record of their
own candidate, Fillmore.—YYliat they
charge upon Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Fillmore
has actually done. The official records, as
cited with conclusive power by our cor-
respeondent, “Bridge City,” demonstrate
that during Mr. Fillmore’s career in Gon-
| gross, whenever the question of slavery
was involved, lit* uniformly voted against
tiie South—that he stood, upon every such
occasion with Giddings, Slade and Adams
—that lie voted in favor of potions asking
that slavery be abolished in the District of
| Columbia and the 'Territory, and that no
new Territory tolerating slavery he admit
ted into the Union—that he voted against
a resolution affirming the unconstitutiona
lity ofany law by Congress prohibiting the
internal slave trade between the States—
that he opposed tlie annexation of 'Texas
because of the existence of slavery there—
that in 1847 lie denounced, in a speech at
Rochester, N. Y., “the aggressions of the
slave power”—that in the same year he
was run for Comptrollers New York as
the nominee of the Whig Convention which
declared by one of their resolutions, “their
uncompromising hostility to the extension
of slavery into Territory now free, or
which may hereafter be acquired by any
action of the government ofthe Union”—
that tie lias never disavowed any of these
opinions, except in relation to tlie internal
slave trade in a letter to 31 r. James Brooks,
and in that, falsified the truth of history—
the lie never began to he conservative until
lie became a candidate for Vice President,
and that lie has never yet done, one thing
from which any man can conclude that
lie entertains any other feelings towards
the South than those he. originally express
ed—that he is opposed to the repeal ofthe
Missouri Compromise, or was, up to the
time of Mr. Kennedy’s letter, and that
“knowing no South,” lie is not entitled to
receive Southern votes. And while all
this is made manifest by Mr. Fillmore’s
votes, we defy the production of a single
vote ever given by Mr. Buchanan in Con
gress adverse to the South
[ llichmond Enquirer.
Literally observed.—The American Organ., pub
lished at Washington, came out with a Hatning
article just bi fore the recent Municipal eleclions
in that city, which contained the follow ing b* ii-
tunce:
“Americans, to your posts! Anil let us give
this Whig-Democratio-Foreign-Koinan-Apostaie
-Fusion party such a route, on the first Monday in
Julie, as will keep their lulls tolling for a twelce.uiunth
IN MEMORY OF THEIR DEAD!”
Till* appeal was responded to. Rowdyism
armed itself for the contiiot, and on the day of the
erection, signalized the event with the shedding ot
blood and tlie sacrifice of life. The bells did toD
in memory of the dead, but it failed to give the
mob its victory in the result.
Hards and Softs.
We learn from very good authority, that the
Hards have determined to change the time for the
meeting of their Convention to nominate Presiden
tial Electors to the day a ready fixed by the Softs,
so that the action ofthe two Conventions may he
simultaneous and harmonious. The plan of hold
ing two conventions is wrong; but they were called
in the. first instance to be held on different days,
w hich would have made harmony of action diffi
cult. The Hards, in receding tren: their deter
mination to name a different day from the Softs,
have done ail they could to correct the error they
in the first instance made in re fusing to call only a
single Convention. Had they agreed to the pro
position made to them to merge the two parties into
one by having but one Com i ll!ion, a mat) rial step
would have been talo n in the right direction.—
Better counsels, however, have .rineo prevail) d, as
is shown in the piv’imireai v imivenn iit now in.-.ire,
looking to complete harmony of action on the as
semblage of the two Conventions. One Ehvtoi.-.l
ticket, will doubtless he assented to, and we hope
one organization All outsiders—by whirl: we
mean those who look merely to ti e good of the
country without being or. didates tor office—are
urgent for a complete union between the two sec
tions, so that the great national battle to be fought
in November may be entered upon with the im
mense advnutagi w hich hiinuoi v would impart.—
The difficulties interposed in the way of adjust
ment come from office seekers, and those wire
look steadily to the sj<ciks. 'I ire wish to enjoy the
w hide patronage oftire govi ri ment.and to exclude
o’ in rs from a share in it, has hail a great cbal too
niuch to do with the separation tha; now exists.—
If ever there was a time when considerations of
this character should have no weight, it is now,
wh**n tin-whole patriotism ofthe country requires
an opportunity to express itself in the election in
the fullest niauni r. Those who think too much
of personal considerations in the contest soon to
take plat e, must lose the confide nee and respect of
•Jamts Buchanan, v.ho received his nomination
w ithout a single p- rsonal effort of Ins ow it, and as
tin- unbiassi i! offering of the Cincinnati Cmivi n-
tion. '1 hat Convention strongly urged upon the
Hards and Softs that they should unite: and we
must say ttint ihe Hards have shown less willing
ness to carry out the recommendation than the
Softs. The influence of enemies has been felt in
producing this disagreement. l ire instruments
upon whom th**y work, should he known nmire-
mrembered. New York, if a harmonious spirit
shall be exhibited, will have, part ofthe honor of
electing Mr. Buchanan. Those who stand in the
wav i f union, will have credit for depriving the
State of the position she would, in that event, so
gloriously have earned.
The persons who control the organization of
parties are generally so unfit for the duty, that
they disgust respectable men with the work, and
expel them from all connection w ith public affairs.
The iutelligi nt and patriotic Whigs of the country,
should they mix themselves with the Democratic
force, would give it what it wants,—a more conser
vative character. We know from much observa-
I tion. that every man of character and means in
the ranks of the. Democracy, has infinitely more
weight and influence in deciding its policy, than a
hundred rogues. All parti) s have many points of
resemblance, and particularly in this respect, that
low and mean men have been elevated to places of
control in both. They should he displaced by the
| power of public opinion, and several parties
j turned over into the hands of those w ho w ill nian-
! age them for patriotic objects. If respectable men
j shall be sent to the Conventions to be held at
Sy racuse on the 3Uth of July, an important step
will be taken in this direction. An electoiial
ticket should be composed of the highest names
which the party can select. The selection of such
a ticket is eminently due to the noble staff stnar.
put forth by the Democracy for the votes ofthe
State. It can scarcely he formed of tlie proper
material, if the two Conventions to meet on that
day, shall represent those who are mainly bent on
securing office and the spoils. —Journal of Com
merce.
The Liberty of' Speech and of the Press.
The following paragraph is taken from the
speech of Senator Butler, in answer to Mr. Sum-
tier. There is in it a great deal of political phil
osophy:
“The liberty of the speech anil of the press is the
great conservative element of a repuhlie. it is to
the political what tire is to tin* material world—a
subservient and affluent minister, when under tin*
control of prudence and intelligence; hut, when
unchecked and unregulated, a consuming fire,
withering and blasting everything aloiu** its
pathway of ruin. Render freedom of speech tribu
tary in rite proprieties, decencies and restraints
of social lif.*, and you may crow n it with all the
ministries and supremacies ot intelleet and liberty;
but release it from them, aud it becomes a blind
and maddened giant of evil, t) aring down the bttl-
warks of social order, and desecrating the very
sanctuary of republican liberty. What would veu
think of a reckless man who should set fin* to*his
own house, or should go about claiming the priv
ilege of throwing his fire wherever he could among
the most combustible materials, and say lie
has tiie light to do so on the giound that he
was a iVi euuin, and cou d do as he pleased.
“Away with such liberty! Liberty that is
worth anything must be in the harness of the law.
Liberty of speech and ofthe press must have two
restraints. Tlie liist is the highest, w hich will
go\ iu a class of men who cannot violate it—the
obligations of honor, decency and justice. Anoth
er restiaiut upon licentiousness is that a man
may speak mid publish w hat he pleases with a
knowledge lie is amenable to the tribunals of the
aw for what he has done. Congress cannot pass
any statute to say that man shall not write against
religion, or against the governnn nt. or against in
dividuals. Neither can Congress pass a law, nor
can any State pass a law. depriving the. tribunal*
of tin country of the right of saying whether you
ha\e gone beyond the limits of liberty, and having
used your power, under that name, with reckless-
j in ss. w ith a licentious indifference to tlie feelings
: of individuals, and the consequence upon socii tv.
| i do not wish to live in any community where it
is otherwise. The press is losing its pow er, and
it ought to do it; tor it is now beginning to be an
engine of private revenge and individual expres
sion. instead of being a responsible organ of pub
lic opinion.”
Buchanan and Breckenidgc.
I The Washington correspondent of the Puritan
Recorder writes thus of the democratic cand-
-didates:—
“Jam s Buchanan seems to be their chosen
man, a bachelor of 65, not mixed up with the
modern strifes, long the candidate of Pennsylva
nia. lately pushed forward with determined res
olution, and with signal success. He lias good
habits, a clear head, firmness of mind, large ex
perience, and a high and impartial spirit. He is
a Presbyterian, diuiominationally, and a regular
church-goer*, kind to ministers, mu a firm believ
er in the necessity of religion as the conservative
element in the prosperity of the republic. John
C. Breckenridge is a young man, of a noted Pres
byterian family of Kentucky; the grand-son of a
former attorney general of the United States, and
the rrephew of three Presbyterian ministers; a
n;emb-r of tlie last Congress of Clay’s district,
voted for by many whig*. IK* lias hereby obtain
ed the constitutional age (35) for the office of vice
president to which he has been nominated. He
is no office-seeker, but a man of excellent dignity;
strong domestic attachments, and habits, and
sound abilities. He would even adorn tlie presi
dential chair. It is a good sign, amid all the
tineateuing ones of the times, that a great excited
political convention should so cordially select
two such men for the first offices in the nation.
Calumny will find little to feed on in the character
of these men.”
Black Republican Objections to Mr. Buchanan.—
The New Y ork Tribune is cutting away at our
nominees in its usual ferocious style. It says:
As to Mr. Buchanan, lie has riot only pledged
himself to the slavery exteusionists, but his spe
cial friends are* of that color. Why, the. most in
fluential and confidential of them is Air. Forney,
one ofthe foremost in forcing the Kansas Nebras
ka bill through Congress bv means of Executive
patronage and influence. Next, there is .Slidell, of
Louisiana, who voted for that bill, and did his
utmost to secure its passage. And then there
is Douglas, readiest of all opposing candidates to
withdraw in liuehanan’s behalf at Cincinnati, and
the loudest advocate of his election. Associated
with Mr. B on the ticket, as Vice President, is
John C. Breckenridge, one of tiie most vehement
and untiring supporters of the Nebraska bill in
the last House, where he made himself conspicu
ous iu bullying members into its support. Need
we goon with the list? Is it not plain that tiie
election of Buchanan, so for from righting the
wrongs committed by the Democratic party
through Pierce and Ids colleagues, will oulv give
that party a new agent to continue the satire atro
cious policy?
Tlie little squad of one-horse politicaus and edi
tors iu the South who support Mr. Fillmore, will
be attempting to make the southern people believe
Mr. Buchanan is himself a Black Republican be
fore the campaign closes. Mark it.
Ilollntcnt/s Ointment and Pills, certain Remedies
for Bail Legs and Old Wounds.—Alfred Gosiet,
aged 27, was for nine years afflicted with an awful
ly bad leg, there were; several wounds in it, which
defied all tiie doctors’ skill and ingenuity to heal.
He tried a variety of remedies, but was not bene-
fitted by the same. At last he was pursuaded to
have recourse to Holoway's Ointment and Pills,
these remedies quickly effected a very favorable
change, and by continuing them unremittingly for
three mouths, his leg was completely cured aud
his general health thoroughly established.
That Flag.
“Tho’ many and bright are the stars that appear
In the flag by our country unfurl’d;
Andthe stripes that are swelling in majesty there,
Like rainbows adorning the world;
Their light is unsullied, as those in the sky,
By a deed that our fathers have done,
Aud they are legu< d in as true and holy a tie
In that motto “.man y is one,”
Reader, in looking at tlie flag of our countn-,
beating upon it tiie tame of “Fremont,” did it ever
occur to you that it waves over but half tiie Union?
Immagine yourseif looking dow n from some majes
tic mountain upon the American Union, and be
holding the flag of your country bearing the name
off ‘Fremont,” flyimr w ith evil portent over sixteen
states and disappearing entirely from the hands of
their fifteen sisters! The stars upon that flag w ere
leagued together, “many in one,” by the fathers of
(he republic. Now fifteen of their number are to
shoot from its streaming folds like meteors to tin-
ear.it! Such is to be the direful fate of our count) v
if t iie flag of Fremont is sustained l>v tlie north.—
Wliere isihe patriot? where is tiie lover of his coun
try where is the lever of freedom throughout tire
w orld;’ I low nuts! he contemplate tin’s fratricidal
assault nj on cur sacred Union? How must he
regard tins fearful attempt to produce au eternal
aiieniatioti among tlie states of America? Will he
not cry shame! shame upon the fracticides whose
work of dissolution is the beginning ofthe end?—
wilt he not trample tlieii torn, despoiled, and pirat
ical flag in the dust? Will he not raily round the
standard hearer of tire democracy, who sets his face
as flint against all sectional conflicts? V* ill he not
rally round that other flag, which waves over eve
ry state in the Union? Yi s. lie will. Ihe traitors
of the coun try with the short quick breath of alarm
will soon learn that the noble flag of James Bu
chanan
“Shall yet terrific burn.
Till danger's troubled night depart
And the stars of peace return.’'
There are those now supporting John C. Fre
mont fur the Presidency who are willing to drive
an entire section into an act of secession, for the
sake cf obtaining a iittle brief authority over
what would he left. But will they be permitted
to do it? Is not a single star upon tlie American
i-n-ign of more value than the promotion of a
thousand Fremonts, or tlie aggrandisements of mil
lions of his satellites? We ask the patriot to pon
der and reflect. We ask him to decide this ques
tion, and to govern himself with a due regard for
his country, his whole country, and nothing but
his country. Should lie do so he will rally to the
support of Buchanan and Breckenridge, with a
zreal that will know no abatement till the work is
done.— Belfast Free Press.
Extension of the Southwestern Railroad,
A special meeting of the Board of Directors of
tlie Southwestern Railroad Company—present,
R. R. Cuvier, President, arid YVtn. A. Black. John
W. Anderson, W.n. S. Holt. T. M. Furiow, Robert
A. Smith, Directors—the following resolutions
wen- read and unanimously passed:
Resolved, That the President be, and he is here
by, requested and instructed to cause a survey to
be made, forthwith, for the extension of the Rail
road of this c tnpany from Americas to Cuthbcrt,
Randolph County, and a survey, also, from .Sumter
t'itv to ( uthbert
State Rights, and United States' Rights.
—:
’ f is the Star Spnugled Bitiuer, oh, Ion* may it nave,
O’er the Laud ofthe Free, andthe Home ofthe Brave.*
BOITrilTOY. MS BET Sfc BYiiYES. 8r ar: I‘n inti ks.
Tups u* v Aloniinir. July 15, U15(>.
FOIL PRESIDENT :
JAMES BUCHANAN,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR YICeTr ESI DENT :
JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE,
OF K I’NTl'f t* Y.
~PRKS1 i)ENiiAL - ]!LECTOK(S.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
WM. K. STILES, of Chatham.
IVERSON L. HARRIS, of Baldwin.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
1st.—Tiios. M. For.amn, of Glynn.
2nd.—Samlel Hall, of Maeou.
3rd.—J. N. Ramsay, of Harris.
4th.—L. J. Gartrell, of Fulton,
fith.—.1. W. Lewis, of Cass.
6th.—J. I*. Simmons, of Gwinnett.
7lh.— I tios. IV S.UToi.d; of Morgan.
8th.—Tiios. W. Thomas, of Elbert.
“Ido not desire to maintain myself at home, nnbss
I - in do it with a due regard to the rights nod safety
oj the people of the South."—Bu-hanau in 1837.
.Ul admit that the people of that Territory, ich a
assembled in Convention to frame a State Constitu
tion. possess the sole, the exdusire jwnrer to determine
whether slavery shall or shall not exist within its lim
its, and the tide of population now flowing into it ful
ly justifies Ihe belief that California tefll he adnitlctl
as a State into the L'nioa during the next Congress.
—Buchanan In 1848.
“From my soul / respect the laboring man)' say*
James Buchanan.
The older l grow, the more inclined l am to be what
Resolved, That, if a satisfactory arrangement ! j called a Stales’ Rights man —James Buchanan’s
ran he made for the transfer 1 v the Georgia and j speech on the admission of Arkansas, in 1836.
Florida Railroad Company of their Road from, I fully endorse the resolutions, and may fnrihe
Americas to Sumter City to this Company so as to SOi . / a „hat is called a State. Rights Democrat
make the same part and parcel of the Southwes
tern Railroad, then the extension will be made
trout Sumter City to Cuthbert—otherwise, from
Americus to Cuthbert.
Resolved. That so soon as the survey and loca
tion can be made tw enty miles of the extension to
he placed under contract, to be paid—one-half in
cash and one-haif in the stock of the Southwestern
R. R. Company—such stock to come in on the
same terms with the now existing stock, so soon
as the said twenty mill s of extension shall be open
ed for transportation and travel.
Resolved, That this Company, by the proceeding
undertaking, contributing at least Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars towards the further developc-
ment of South-western Georgia, by actually build
ing, ofitself, unaided by the people, their Road to
within a distance of twenty miles from Cuthbert
and forty from Ettfaula, and within less than forty
from Fort Game:—feels that the people of all these
places and ofthe country tributary to them, re
spectively, should unite themselves to the South
western Railroad, and, through that Road, connect
and identify themselves with Maeou and Savannah
—with the Seat of Government, tho mountain
country of Georgia, aud the General Rail Road
system ofthe Union.
Iff solved, That the preceding resolutions be
communicated by the President to the meeting
which hits been called to be held at Cuthbert on the
appproaching anniversary of American Indepen
dence.
Ttuo extract from tlie Minutes.
Jno. T. Boifeuillet, Sec’y.
her
say that I i
—John C. Breckenridge in response to his nom ina
tion for the Vice Presidi n'-v.
I.nmiio 4 ouuiy.
I A friend sending us a subscriber from Laurens
| (which is the fifth received in a month front that
county) says the Federal Cnion is getting popular
in old Laurens. Tlie time was, when this paper
would not have been permitted to enter the coun
ty—now, from 12 to 15 copies go into it weekly—
and the cry is, still they come! We thank our
friends in Laurens for their kind assistance They
are few, but true spirits. From two Democratic
votes, tiiov advanced to fifty—and now* claim i.uo
hundred for “Buck aud Brock.” Fight on tho
good fight—the end is riot yet.
Frriiiaut’s l!*»l Exp'orntion.
Fremont's hast exploration will be to the head
waters of Salt River: and it is said that he has en
gaged the s -rvices of Millard Fillmore as an as
sistant It is our opinion, they wiii travel a til
de higher up, than any oth -r navigator up that
saline stream has ever gone.
Tlie firs! G.-in Irion Tcnncssrc.
The city- of Memphis has just elected Thomas
Carroll. Democrat, Mayor, by 33d majority. Last
year the K. N’s carried tin* city by 200 majority.
Tennessee is safe for “Buck and Brock" by teu
thousand majority.
From the Louisville Courier, June 1*3.
Dixon and Powell,
We publish to-day from the pen of an able cor
respondent an account of the recent addresses of
Hon. Archie Dixon and ex-Gov. Powell on the
political issues of the day. It is rather a singular
commentary upon the mutabilities of temporal .af
fairs, and especially politics, that two of the most
distinguished aud eloquent of Kentucky’s sons,
w ho only five years since battled against each
other in a contest for the highest office in the State, J
are now* canvassing together, the friends and ad- j
vacates of the same great principles
not wonder. Old issues upon which they were di- j pe rnnc e and Know-Nothingism. YVe are loath to
vid. d have measurably passed .tv,ay and new and j ^j. that Mr . Overby has given his sanction to
dangerous heresies having arisen, threatening the
vitality ofthe Union and the perpetuity of our lib
erties, it is but an act of patriotism thus to consort I
in a common cause against oppression and in behalf [ Fillmore in t irginia honors going a
ofthe right.
We are glad that Messrs. Dixon and Powell have |
Vision of Fillraorrinm and Prohibition.
The Macon Convention selected ns one of the
Fillmore Alternate Electors, B. TI Overby—the
anti-liquor candidate for Governor, last Fall.
What does that, mean? Are the Fillnioreites so
hard pushed for votes, that they must throw a sop
to the Cerberus of the Anti-liquor party? We do
the Temperance men the justice to acquit them of
But we do all implication in the disreputable alliance ofTem-
I this use of his name.
enlisted in the canvass. They possess not only
great personal popularity, hut are about the most
effective stump speakers in Kentucky. Wherever
they appear they will carrry great weight with
brggi tag.
Ton of the regularly nominated Fillmore elec*
j tors in the State of Virginia, have re-signed thus
early in the canvass. Five more remain. These
five are onlv holding on for fear there will not be
them. There are indeed, none of the Kuow-Noth- j enough of Sam’s nten left in Virginia to admin-
itig rank and tiie who dare confront them iu public j v;r on ffis estate—without the will. Georgia may
debate. Their names are pillars of strength—their , - , , ... .
. .I..-) ; ,t i,,,,.., 1 be more fortunate. It e honor ot being a pi csiden-
eloquence that ot burning words—their characters I *~ «
arc above reproach. ! tial elector on anybody’s ticket, will satisfy the
Tin* battle in Kentucky has now fairly begun, ; small fry in tlie ranks of tho Samites of Georgia,
and we feel certain that the. issue under no contin- \\q, ] 10 p 0 they will bear their honors meekly.
gency is doubtful. It will be imposs’ble fur Ken
tuckians to throw away their votes upon a forlorn
candidate; and beingassured, as they will he by the
I cent* of this week, of the desperate determina-
| tion of the Northern anti-slavery forces to unite
i upon one man, they can no longer hesitate to
1 select the candidate of that party indubitably sound
I it pot; the vexed ou stiou of slavery, and not only
sound, but strong in all sections.
“Grand Scheme of Emigration.:’’
The “Brewers” should to “Malta” go,
, The **B tobies” all to “Scicily,”
I Tiie “Quakers” to the “Friendly Isles,”
The “Furriers ’ to “Chilly.”
I The little snarling, carolling “ babes”
That, break our nightly rest,
] Should he packed off to “Baby-Ion,”
To “Lapland” or to “Breast.”
From “Spit”-!iead Cooks go o’er to “Greece,”
And while the “Miser” waits
I His passage to the “Guinea” coast,
“Spendthrifts” are in the “Straits.”
“Spinsters” should to the “Needles” go,
“Wine-bibbers” to “Burgundy,”
“Gourmands,’ should lunch at “Sandwich Isles,”
“Wags" at the “Bay” of *‘Fun”-dy—
“Bachelors” flee to the “United States,”
“Maids” to the “Isle of Man,”
Let “Gardners” goto “Botany Bay,”
And “Shoe-blacks” to “Japan.”
Tims emigrate—and mis-plaeedmen
Will then no longer vex us,
And all who ain’t provided for,
Had better go to Texas.
Fillmore's prospects in Georgia.—From every
part of the State wo have cheering accounts of the
prospects of the Democratic cause. Thinking
men—men who have a stake in the institutions of
the South, seeing no hope for the preservation of
our l ights, except in t he triumph of tho Democratic
party, aii* daily sundering the ties which hound
them to the American jmrty, ami declaring their
intention to vote for Buchanan ami Breckenridge.
In addition to tiie distinguished names already no
ticed by us in a pre vious issue, we have been in
formed that Col. Simpson Fotuhe. Lewis Tuntlin,
E 1). Chisholm, Ilon.C. B. Wellborn, all leading
men of the American l’arty of thoir respective
counties will voff fur Buchanan and Breckenridge,
and even Judge Cone and N. ti. Foster, are said to
have proclivities in that direction. It events con
tinue to transpire as for tlie last two weeks, Fill
more won't have a corporal’s guard left in Georgia.
I He can claim but three counties certain for hint iu
tour State, viz: Greene, Troup and Upson, and
| ex vn these we deem doubtful.—Empire State.
Murder.—William Baker, of this county, was
found dead in a Swamp about a mile aud half from
1 town, ou Thursday last—his brains beaten out.
The story xve hear is, that tho deceased, iu com
pany with others, started out on Monday to hunt
runaways—that the party separated for better
search, aud Baker was heard no more of, until
i found as narrated. ’1 lie current opinion is that he
) was murdered by runaways.— Telegraph, June Sth
An Kxcair for iiiniiiii; Fillmore.
The Fillmore men, xvhen confronted with tho
foil}*, nay, danger of dividing the South in tlie
coming contest, excuse themselves by saying, that
if Fillmore and donelson are not run at. the South,
their friends at tho North will hack out and go
ov**r to Fremont, and thus make certain for Fre
mont some States that are doubtful, and which
might otherwise vote for Fillmore or Buchanan.
If it should so turn out, well—if not, not. Suppose
one or two States at the South, should vote for
Fillmore and donelson, and the election of Presi
dent go to the House, and Fremont, like Banks,
should succeed before that body, xx hat will the
Southern Fillmore men have to say then? They
might as well, in that event, make their own coffins
and go quietly to rest, xvith the most positive as
surance that a day of political resurrection to them
xvould never conte.
7!r. Fillmore an<l the reprnl ofthe .tli.x-;ciri
restriction.
Iii Mr. J. I’. Kennedy’s somewhat famous letter,
xve were told how deeply Mr. F. regretted the re
peal ofthe Missouri restriction—xve have now. in
Mr. Fillmore’s oxvu xvords, taken from his lato
speech at Albany N. Y'. the continuation of tho
position of Mr. Fillmore, assigned him hv his con
fidential friend Mr. J. I\ Kennedy. From that
speech xve make the following extract.
“This repeal seems to have hc.ru a Pandora’s
box, out of xx hieli has issued all tlie political evils
that now afflict the country, scarcely leaving a
hope behind.”
Mr. Fillmore regards tin* obliteration of the odi
ous Missouri restriction as the "Pandora’s box,
out of which has issued all the political evils that
noxv afflict the country.” Now, this is rite man
the Southern Know Nothings are endeavoring to-
plaoe in the Executive chair of the nation! What
more does Fremont, or Gret.-ly, or any ofthe Black
Republicans say? They all condemn tho legisla-
tfii-u which took tho restriction off the territory-
above 36 deg. 30 minutes. Hoxv does Mr. Fillmore
propose to restore tbe country to its condition, prior
to the repeal of the Missouri restriction? Does
any Southern Knoxv Nothing pretend to say that
Mr. Fillmore will not do all in his poxx er to restore
the Missouri Compromise line, and thus abate the
“political evils” xx hieli he says were the result of
that legislation? If all these “evils issued out of
that legislation, w ho doubts that Mr. trillinore
xvould give his sanction Lo a bill to restore the
Missouri restriction? Mr. F. does uot. conceal his
intention; aud xvoe to that Southern man who gives
his vote to aid in the restoration of that unjust and
odious restriction. In the day that that policy i»
triumphant, far better xvould be the fate of such
a Southern man if a mill-stone were tied about his
nock, and his body sunk in the ocean.