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FILLMORE’S RECORD I
The record of MillardFn lmore.the Know I on his s<mt,K ‘ ni t0 'ir, ■“ I8&4
tiiP„ ls .n r vT.T 1 T_ b « LOLIS\ 1LLL JOURNAL is
Nothing candidate for the Presidency.
AVe will now snm up hiifiy the record.
I. quote from a speech delivered hy him
I 111 I XOlilfcVl 1 lf»~ llV OVO Vi us C.nitL..Mi| toll! IQ J ^^4
our authority.
i He said:
The Journals of Congress show that Mr. Fill- j Fntf'Kc Slave Law had some provisions
flora supported bv bis VOTES petitions- l P U '1; ‘ 1 L * dlmore] had some oiuectiuns.
1st. To declare slaves FREE, who had gone to ' th ' «/ Us bung passed at aU.-
.-a with the consent of their masters, and to „rn. " 1,6,1 th « ol1 ! ca ! iu “ ,0 . n,e fn T the tw ® hoU3es - 1
s.-a with the consent of their masters, and to pro
tect them in their freedom.
examined it in the midst of hurry, confusion and
difficulties, and a doubt came up in my mind
whether ii was nor unconstitutional as deny
ing THE RIGHT I»r HABEAS CORPUS To THE FU
GITIVE si. Avi . which doubt I submitted to the At
torney General, [Mr. Crittenden] and un being as
..and by him that the law was not a violation of
the Constitution, I therefore give mv sanction to
the bill.” J
ih lice, according to Mr. Fillmore’s own candid
limbi a, though the wfeofe people ~of the District Kdf he Shte? T U ‘* e ° ?•’ his !! 11
—I.o^.,u„.i .n F: , J _ i e.. ! 1 ,u ‘ ’ " L doubted tile constitutionality et tin
measure he was opposed to it because it did not
2d. To repeal ahl laws and constitutional pro
visions by which the r ederal GovemmeEt is bound
•to united the institution of slavery.
•Id. Against the admission of any new State into
th i t.ton whose Constitution at a.!; tolerates
slavery.
4 tli. Against tiie annexation of Texas solely on
tii • ground that slavery existed in that country.
fciit To abolish slavery in the District of Col-
-cherished the institution, are! never petitioned for
its abolition.
6th. \W To PROHIBIT the buying ate! selling
•of slaves in th -District and other Territories of
the Union.
/th He supported by his vote petitions to Con
gress to repeal the act of the territory of Florida,
to prevent migration of free n eg roe 3 to the terri
tory.
•th. He VOTED in favor of petitions TO N \T-
URAL1ZE and MALL AMERICAN CITIZENS
of NEGROES from EVERY QUARTER OF
THE EARTH!
6th. He voted in favor of petitions to receive
NEGRO ambassadors from the black republic of
Havti.
.such was the course of Milhrd Fillmhre in
Congress.
THE ERIF. ANTI-SLAVERY LETTER.
In perfect consistency wi,h the foregoing Con
gressional record. is the celebrated anti-slavery let-
t-.-randr-ssedin 1338 to the Erie Abolition Society.
The pith ot this letter is contained in the first
portions of it, and because the balance has not
been usually publish d, the partizmn of Mr. Fill
more have charged that it was “garbled ” That
no such charge may now be made, the ENTIRE
DOChMuNl is here inserted, as copied from ihe
Washington Republic ol September, *351, the con-
}• I nitial organ of Mr. Klim-ire-during his entire
Presidential term:
Buffalo, Oct. 17, 133-h
° |r: —Your communication of the 15th inst. as
chairman of a committee appointed by “the Anti-
slavery Society or the county of Erie,” has just
come to hand. You solicit my answer to the fol
lowing interrogatories:
‘Tirst. Do you believe that petitions to Oou-
Vress. on the subject of slavery and the slave
trade, ought to be received, read, and respectfully
considered i>y the representatives of the people ?
Second. Are you opposed to the annexation of
Texas to the Union, under any circumstances, so
long as slaves are held therein?
1 bird. Are you in favor of Congress exercising
All Hie constitutional power it possesses to aboli.-u
the internal slave trade between the States ?
fourth. Are you in favor of immediate legisla
tion for the abolition ol slavery in the District of
Columbia ?”
I am much engaged, and have no time to enter
into an argument, or to explain, at full length, my
reasons for my opinions. I SHALL THERE
FORE CONTENT MYSELF, FOR THE PRES
ENT. BY ANSWERING ALL YOUR INTER
ROGATORIES IN THE AF IRMATIVE, AND
LEAVE FOR SOME FUTURE OCCASION A
MORE EXTENDED DISCUSSION OF THE
SUBJECT. I would, however, take this occa-
t on to say that in thus frankly giving my opin
ion, I would not desire to have it understood in
the nature of a pledge.
At the same time I seek no disguise, but freely’
give my sentiments on any subject of interest to
those for whose suffrages 1 am a candidate, I am
opposed to giving any pledges that shall deprive
me Hereafter of ail discretionary power. My own
ch-ira'-ter must be the guarantee for the general
correctness of iny.legislative deportment. On ev
ery important subject, I am b >und to deliberate be
fore I act, and especially as a legislator, to possess
myseif of all the information, and to listen to ev-
ery argument that can be adduced by my asso-
dates, before I give a final vote. If I* stand
pledged to a, particular course of action. I cease to
be a responsible agent, but I become a mere ma-
eh no. Should subsequent events show, beyond
a.l doubt, that the course I bad been pledg 1 to
pursue was ruinous to uiy constituents and dis-
gia-eful to myseif, I have ho alternative, uo oppor
tunity fur r- pi-nUnce. and there is no power to ab-
solv- me f, >m my obligation. Hence the impro
priety-, not to say absurdity, iu my views, of giv-
a pledge.
aware that you have not asked my
pledge, and J believe I know your sound judg
meiit and g<rod s-nse too well to think you desire
any such tiling. It was. however, to prevent any
misrepresentation on the part of others, that I
have felt it my duty to say thus much on the sub
ject-
I am, respectfully, vnur most ob’t serv’t,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
Wm. Mills. Esq., Chairman.
It is not pretended by the warmest advocates of
the Know Nothing candidal" lor the Presidency,
th.it his opinions as expressed in this letter and
acted upon in Congress underwent any moditica-
ti'-n down to the day of his nomination for the
Vice Presidency in 1848.
OFFUSITION TO TEXAS ANNEXATION.
Iti 1843, he was an ardent opposer of Texas an
nexation.
At a mass meeting in she State of New York, in
1844, Mr Fillmore made a speech from a booth
reared under a banner on which were painted, in
ridicule. Gen. Jackson and James K. Polk, fA/ lat
ter mounted by a negro ! who carried a small flag
boating the name of Texas
HI3 COURSE IN 1847.
In 1343, he n uueu 1.1 to et of his uarty in N.
York. th. basis o f ivh.is. organization consisted of
the following resolution:
Unsolved, i oai while the Whig feeemen of New’
dork represented Ih this convention will faithfully
.adhere to a J the compromises ot the constitution,
and jeaiously maintain all the reserved rights of
the States, they declare—since the crisis lias ar
rived when the question must be met—tlieir un
compromising hostility to the extension of slavery in
to any territory note free which way be hereafter ac
q lured by any section of the Gocemm at ofonr Union
provide a jury trial (as proposed by Giddily
The Brooks an! Sumner Affirir iotheHoase.
As was to have been exis-cted, the discussion of
the Simmer and Brooks affair in the House gave
rise to a very angry debate between the Black
Republicans, who desire *0 make political capita'
ol the Massachushetts Senator's cranium, and
tnose who hold it responsible for the slanders and
alius-' uttered by lii.s tongue. Mr. Campbell, of
Ohio, gave notice on Friday that be would move
the previous question on Monday, with a view In
force a vote on the majority report, which calls Ru
tile expulsion of Mr. Brooks; it is to lie hoped
therefore that the debate which is .ifi-uhir. d to
excite much personal ill feeling, wiil riot be pro
longed. The indications are 1 ha> Mr. Cobb wiil
bo sustained in the position taken iic him in Ids
minority report, which is that ini bfca.-li of te ■
privilege of tIn: House, nor any offence has be, .
committed ot which rim, body eon take eurni
once,— Should tills matter be d.sp. sed of.and *,!
Senate Kansas bill lie passed i>\ tie- House. :!«•- n •-
Co.) to the absconding s'avil-und .miVsigm-d Tt '™* 1 . ° f ! he . , . {l . avl ’ ii d‘ , " b iC!ln
be
terribly diminished, a-<1 their plan
ie 1#tint eainp-iii -n would beseiiouslv
To prevent smlia cata lioplie to tii d.
•ours- they will tight haul. As a-pc. I
ouse, we give the fo.
proeecdi'igs:
vvlien assured by Mr. Crittend, 11 that “ityvas not
i a violation of die constitution.” .Ttrim J. Uritten-
, den, then, and not Millard Fillmore, is eutiiled to
: tin-credit of the -ls-e nt of the Executive for sign-
! i«}T the Fugitive Slave Law.
I TESTIMONY OF ANDREW J. IlONF.LSON.
j To prove wiiat vs- here assert, we will imroduce
1 as a witness Mr. Fillmore’s associate on the Kuov.-
j Nothing ticket—no less a pcisonage than Andrew
1 J. Donelson i
In I80I, Donelson, through the columns of the
Washington Union, said:
“As to the assertion that the administration (of
Fillmore) is cutith d to Ihe credit of standing up to
the measures of the compromise in good faith, it is j
'* to require denial, and too preposterous j cation of Massaciiusetts, hut imp!»r> ii every 1
n. bt*r who loved peace, quiet and order to join a
too ridiculou.
j to demand satisfaction
oulri
III,- U :
ranged
party, of.
men of ihe debate in the <;
lev. ing r pm t of I’iiursda-, s
i hi- consideration of the report • f the commit
tee relative lo Brooks's assatil: on Mr Sumner was
resumed
Mr. Coiuins (nigger worshipper) of Alassi-ci.ii-
s tts, said he hud heard note, ms of condemna
tion of the assault which did injus.i'. e 10 th. per
petrator It. contemplating the repor* et theem.,-
mitteeand the issue involved, all local, political,
and personal feelings sink into insignificance. I ,•
asked not sympathy for Mr. .Sumner, nor a vin-li-
ni
Every free white citizei
j who is not an infant, idiot or lunatic, or woefully
j forgetful, kn wvs ilmt it is ntteily and entirely wi Ii
j out foundation. All the measures of the compro-
I mise, except the fugitive slave law, weie seit-en-
acting. As to THAT LAW, Mr. Fillmore was
UNWILLING I.. PERMIT it to BECOME A
LAW before he CONSULTED Mr. Crittenden on
the subject—A Fact WHICH THE Republic (his
organ) mentioned at the time, in order to
justify Mr. Fili.m.irk iiufore his northern
HIGHER LAW FRIENDS, FOR NOT RETURNING
THE HILL WITH Ills OBJECTIONS."
JUDGE CONKLIN’S TESTIMONY.
Judge Conklin, of New York, a friend of Millard
Fillmore, and iris Minisier to Mexico, in a laic
speech, made the following apology for him for
j signing the fugitive slave law :
“Of this gentleman I have to say a few words,
i that are alike due to him and to myself. The
I friendly relations that have long subsisted between
I ns: the high opinion I cntertawi of his patriotism,
integrity and talents; the confidence he saw fit. to
repose in me, and the great personal kindness I
| received at his hands while he filled the Presiden-
! tinl office, all conspire to render it pair.fit! to ir.e to
1 withhold my support from him; and had he been
brought forward under other auspices, as I cher-
! islied a vague hope he would be, if would have a!'-
! forded me a corresponding degree of satisfaction
I to yield him that support.
1 a n aware of the persistent, and I doubt not,
S to some extent, successful industry with w hich for
Hu
man and roll back the tide of ruffian viol,
which was becoming prominent, proval. lit and «i-
roganr.
Mr. Brooks rose to speak, but Mr. W.ikeman
and others objected. The fi.st named said Ids
object merely was to ask that order be pres - veil.
The prevalent confusion prevented him from heal
ing every word.
T he Speaker said that he should endeavor to
preserv order.
Mr. Cumins, resuming, said, when he saw two
members of Congress standing at tlie side of Mr.
Brooks, ns accomplices, lie was reminded of a re
mark of the gentleman from Mississippi, who, in
alluding to the scenes at that time, transpiring nu
this floor, said he was almost ready to exclaim, in
the language of Ferdinand, “All hej. is loose, the
devils an here.”
The murderous blow which felled Stunner fell
not on Massachusetts more than any other State.
The slave power having failed to sustain itself in
ineffectual conflict, resorted to brute force, and
with a bludgeon beat Freedom ovci the head The
slave power has trampled the constitution in the
dtist. There is a very little more for the gentle
man from Georgia, (Mr. Cobh) to do than draw
marginal black line., aroud it. and write the word
j “Expunge’’across its face. In his remarks, Mr.
| Cumins allu led to the mission to South Carolina
! ofSamuel Hoar
| Mr. Aikens, (dem.) of South Carolina, inter
rupted, pronouncing on his own responsibility, one
j years be bns been exhibited by those who had I of Mr Comins statements false.
I formed a different estimate of his character, in an j This produced some confusion.
! attitude that, if 1 had believed it to be just, would j Mr. Letcher, (deni.) of Va. rose to a question of
have rendered it inconsistent in me, holding the order, that w hat may have occurred in Sou'll:
principles 1 do relative to shivery, to favor bis ele- Carolina had nothing to do with the issue pr.ntl-
evation to the Presidency under any circumstan
ces. But in imp .ting to him a willingness to ex
tend and fortify slavery, law persuaded that Ids as
sailants hare done him injustice. 1 believe, on the
contrary, that In- still holds slavery in the abstract,
a.- lie is known formerly to have done, in as great
abhorrence as they do. The evidence constantly
citcd to justify this charge is the fact of his having
affixed his signature to the fugitive slave bill.
Tins alternative was to interpose his veto. But no
one had a right to expect him to do this, for he had
no right himself to do it. Either from doubt about
its constitutionality, or from deference to the opin
ion of those who questioned it, he did appoint the
usual precaution of submitting the bill to the ex
amination of the Attorney General and asking his
opinion of its constitutionality, i’o have vetoed it
under the very extraordinary circumstanees of the
ease, would have been, to say the least, a palpable
violation of the constitution. No enlightened man
who understands the subject can doubt this, and
110 such man can have been sincere, in casting cen
sure upon Mr Fillmore for adopting th opposite
alternative.”
mg.
Mr. Houston, (democrat) of Alabama, likewise
interposed, saying that the remarks of Mr. Cumins
were irrelevant.
Mr. Giddings (nigger worshipper) of Ohio,
, arnestly called him to order.
The Speaker defined the right of members in de
lta te. not to interrupt. Mr. Comins.
Mr Letcher did not insist on his point of or
der.
Mr. Comins resumed, expressing bis amazement
at the stern stolidity of the Seriate concerning their
privileges and dignity, at w hich a deadly blew
was aimed. In conclusion be referred in com
mendation to the remarks of James Watson Webb,
that the outrage merited death on the spot, to be
administered by any one present. Could the
friends of Mr. Brooks object to his expulsion fiotn
the House?
Air. Cobb, (dem.) ofGa. said he had Imped no
disposition would have be-n evinced to avoid ihe
issue furnished by that assault, which was incon
sequence of Mr Sumner’s anti-slavery speech or
sentiments, not founded in truth nor supported by
TESTIMONY OP ANOTHER FRIEND. evidence. Let the question be met faiiiy. 1 0
The N-.w Albany Tribune, the leading Fillmore { testimony showed that Ihe as.- rfit w..s made 1
organ in Indiana, says. i consequence of a personal insult oiler, d - ■ >
“Mr Fillmore gave his official sanction to the • friend and kinsman of Brooks, and the indignU
fugitive slave bill because we (the free sailers) j east on the State which Brooks in part o pres.-,- ■
could not have sot other lairs on which our hearts ! i d. It was so stated by Mr. Sumner as the ri -
were set, that we have got, had not that law been \ son given by Mr. Brocks at In t me the assa 1
passed also, and because in doing so he was but 1 was made. As to drawing black lines mound 1I1
carrying out one of the great principles f the
party who elected him—that the personal opinions
of the Executive on mere questions of policy,
ought never to be brought in conflict with the will
of the people’s representatives, by an arbitrary ex
ercise of the veto pouter."
Nqiiii'ler Sovcreisnty.
.Some public speakers, of the Know
Nothing Order, find very grave objections
to a few words in .Mr. Buchanan's letter,
which seem to be favor in of Squatter
Sovereignty.
The substantive portion of the seventh
plank of the Philadelphia Know Nothing
platform, upon which Mr. Fillmore is very
comfortably seated, is in tke following
words:
“VII. The recognition of the native horn
and naturalized citizens of the United
.States, permanently residing in any Ter
ritory thereof, to frame their Constitution
and laws, and to regulate t heir domestic ana
social affairs in -(heir own mode, subject only
to the provisions of the Federal Constitu
tion,” &e &c
When this section of the platform was
passed several members of the Council
A Fillmore paper, speaking afterwards of this objected to it because it recognized Squat
resolution and the result, said:
“On the strength mainly of that resolve—of its
rejection by ih Democracy and its hearty adop
tion by the Whigs—the State went Whig in the
elec-ion that followed by some 3«,000 majority.
MILLARD FILLMORE HEADED the WHIG
TICKET.”
ter Sovereignty’.” Mr. D. B. Booth, of
Connecticut, on the 26th February, enter
ed his solemn protest against this section, in
which he said, “Connecticnt never has and
never will consent to the recognition of a
principle so odious and repugnant to her
.,'iuiess issued in support of the resolution ! sensihiltxcs, as that of squatter sovereignty
and of M . Fillmore, was furious in its denuucia
tion of slave extension—saying that:
*' f ti- flag of our victorious legions is to be d -s-
er-rated from it- h -ly character of liberty md
emancipation, INTO AN ERRAND OF BOND
AGE AND SLAVERY.”
“We protest . i no name of the rights of man
and of liO'-ny. against the further extension of sta ee
ry iu Xorlh America."
During the canvass of 1847, at Rochester, in the
State of New York, Mr. Fillmore made a speech in
Minerva Hall, against “THE AGGRESSIONS of
THE SLAVE ROWER. ’ The greater part of
the speech was upon the encroachments of slave
ry : upon the monopoly which the southern oligar
chy, a nest of 2r>il,Ui)() slaveholders, had enjoyed in
ail the offices of trust in the Union; how many
I’residents from the South, how few from the
North. He commented on the same disproportion
of judges, foreign ministers, speakers of the House,
members of the cabinet, Xc., with ungracious
flings at what he alledged to be southern arrogance
and injustice.
1113 REFUSAL TO QUALIFY OR EXPLAIN SATIS
FACTORILY.
The Erie Letter am. the Record of Mr. Fillmore
were paraded against him throughout the country
in 1 -13,wb, u he was the whig candidate for the \ ice
Presidency, and not until then did he in tho least
endeavor to qualify or explain his ultra Abolition
doctuucs. I11 a letter to Gayle of Alabama, lie
only qualified lu» strong opinion- with regard to
the interna, slave ra.Je by ri ferring to ihe case of
Prigg against Pennsylvania, in which the Su
preme Court had held a-ain-t him. But he re
fused to explain or qualify bis opinions with res
pect to tiie abolition ot slavery in the District of
Columbia—abolition petitions—exclusion of slave
ry from the territories, &c. &c.
Mr. Fillmore s career has been trac- d down to
the year 1848. His warm -st admirers in the South
have n-*ver been able to find a vote castor a word
uitered by him. previous to that date, which indi
cates any other than tb- most inveterate hatred of
♦he South aud her institutions. In Congress and
out of Congress, as we have shown, he was a faith
ful ally and helpmate of John Q Adams. Slade,
Giddings; Seward and other noted abolition agita
tors.
In 1843, he was elected Vico President, and by
the death of Gen. Taylor he became President, and
this brings us to
HIS PRESIDENTIAL record.
The fugitive Slave Dill.—This was the only
measure of the well known acts of 1850, which was
claimed to be for The benefit of the Southern
States. It was a mere constitutional measure, to
which they were entitled irrespective of any other
law, but Ids partizaus contenu that he is entitled
to much credit for signing it.
WIIV HE SIGNED THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
We will let him explain for himself, and then
tho reader can decide whether he is entitled to
credit for the act.
■as is apparent to me in the seventh sec
tion of the declaration of principles adop
ted.”
Gov Johnson, of Penn., very specially
repudiated the squatter sovereignty of the
seventh section of the Know Nothing
platform.
It seems to be the intention of those
who are “intensely” interested in this
matter, to direct attention from the weak
points of their own platform by trying to
attract attention in another quarter.
“Stephen ARNOLD!” “Et tu Brule?”
One of the Speakers at the Know-no
thing State Convention spoke of the author
of the Kansas-Nebraska Act—as “Stephen
Arnold"—“this Arnold—this Little Giant
way out in the West there—what’s his
name?” “Douglas, Douglas,” said the
meeting, ill a guffaw of merriment, and
with demonstrations of delight at the hit!
Yes! in the heart of the Empire State of
the South, iu this insidious, indirect and
unmanly way, the noble Douglas was
branded as a traitor to Ins country, by a
party which one year ago resolved that
the enemies of the Kansas-Nebraska bill
were the enemies of the Constitution and
the South! Yes, the man of all others who
has shown the most indomitable courage
and constancy in confronting Ahlitionisui
upon its own soil—the man who, in 185J,
breasted the whole storm of anti-Slavery
fury—the man who, with an almost peei-
less moral courage, dared tell his own fcitate
she was wrong, and answer back face to
face the angry scoffs, jeers aud menaces
of his own fellow-citizens with such a ma
jestic bearing of conscious rectitude—with
such solidity and strength of reason and
argument, that she has recalled and revers
ed her judgment; the man who, more than
all others, has planted the Democracy of
this countrj’ upon true Constitutional
ground, so that it is now the sole remaining
party link between the two sections of this
Confederacy—yes, this man was jeered at
by a State Convention of Georgia as a sec
ond Arnold. We have no words which
can add force and sigificance to the mere
fact!—Geo Telegraph.
constitution, as recommend' d by Mr Comii b *
who was prepared for the damnable -’evil oi l t
do it. It was no part ot his duty, and theinx .1
tion met nc response in his heart.
Mr. Comins said he alluded to the slave pow
er
Mr Cobb, continuing, remarked, that he taisi-d
bis voice in behalf of the Constitution, planted
himself on its provisions and called on gentle
men to enforce them. He then argued that this
was not such a question as justifii d tin-jurisdiction
of the House. The constitution protected mem
bers only so far as was necessary for legisitave pur
poses. beyond this they were on a ievei wirii tin ir
humblest constituents, and responsible for libels
they might utter. With regard to Edmonson ami
Keitt, whom a majority of the committee pioposed
to censure, they were guilty of no disorderly be
havior within the province of the House to pun
ish—neither was principal nor accessor to the suit.
Because they took no steps to prevent tiie perpe
tration of the act, to inform Mr. Sumner of his
danger—the committee say their neglect is repre
hensible. thus in effect proposing to punish a man
who r -ceiving a confidential communication, fails
to become a public- informer.
Mr. Pennington, (nigger worshipper) of N. J-,
remarked; if Mr. Orr yesterday’ insinuated wiiat
was not broadly asserted, that the object was
to make political capital, it was utterly unfound
ed, in so far as he wan concerned; and, therefore,
he gave it a fiat denial. He argued in support of
the principles advanced by the report of tint com
mittee, saying that it imputed to Brooks no mur
derous purpose, but in the eyes of the law the
weapon used was a murderous one, and vveilded in
a murderous manner.
Mr. Foster (K. N.) of Ga.. said in- had no person
al acquaintance with either Mr. Sumner nr
Brooks, and hence could argue the subject dii-pas-
siunately. Ho contended that it was as clear to
him as the sun in heaven that the house under the
constitution bad nojuisrdiction in the premises.—
He condemned the inflammatory appeals resorted
to in this case.
Without action, the House adjourned.
“Thousands of Hup potters."—The lle-
puhlica.n says that Squatter So\ereigiity
is “losing thousands of supporters to the
Demotatic candidate.” Is not that run
ning up the figures rather high? We con
fess that before we can fully credit it, we
must have a little evidence of tlie fact.
Will not then our neighbor mention a few
Southern Democrats, in full standing with
the Democratic party, at the time of liie
meeting of the Cincinnati Convention, who
now refuse to support Mr. Buchanan. If
‘here are “thousands” surely a dozen or
so may be named. Mind you, we don't
mean any of those who have seen “Bam ”
It it is too much to ask a dozen of these,
“thousands,” let us have half a dozen, or
if that be unreasonable tiro or three. We
are yet to bear, (save through the Itepuhli-
can) of a single one. While of men hither
to opposed to Democracy scores aud hun
dreds are now rallying under Mr. Buch
anan’s banner, lint 011c Southern Democrat
within the range of our observation or
reading, has deserted it.
The “thousands” then whom lie is losing
are such as lie never had.—Sue. (ieorgian.
How a Baby Changed Hands.—On Saturday af
ternoon a well loaded siage was trundling down
Broadway, aud among the passengers wa a w. K
dressed female with an interi sting infant in tiei
■ nils, both of whom attracted much attention.
At stre -t the lady pulled the strap, and w ith a
most winning smile and sweetest ucc.enis request
ed a gentleman who sat next her to hold the child
while she alighted. With gallant alacrity the gent
r -plied, at the same time bestowing a caress anil
kindly word-to the child- The lady reached tho
pavement, w hen, as if for her especial benefit, the
driver closed the door, whipped up his horses, and
drove off, leaving the discomfilted gent in posses
sion of the babe. The lady with astonishing
alacrity and wonderful absence of mind, was otiser’ -
ed to vanish down a by street. The passengers 111-
dul"ed ill a plenty of fun at the gent's expens .-,
but°he announced his intention to adopt the child
—if the lady should forget to seek for it. Of
course it was an oversight on her part.
Old Line Whigs for Buehanar.
Tiie Old Line Whigs who in tin West are rush
ing to the support of Buchanan, may be reckoned
by scores and hundreds—column after column in
tin- successive issues ot the Cincinnati Enquirer,
is devoted to tii • record of these change:.. From
that pap- r’s last Saturday’s summary, we copy the
following:
'"Ben Bond, who was United States Marshal in
Illinois under general Taylor, and a Scott elector
in 18.',/. now places th.- Democratic ieket at
the head of the paper he edits, the Carlyle Calu.-
met.
“Alonzo Cushing, Esq , a distinguished lawyer
of Gnlipolis, Ohio, has announced ins intention of
supporting the democratic ticket bis fail, iu pre
ference to the opposition. Colonel C. lias hereto
fore b -en an eminent Whig and an effective leg s-
la'iir His acquisition is a valuable-gain to our
• -nks. a- h ■ is certain not to remain i-b • during
the campaign.”
An io.va paper, in giving the proceedings o! a
Democratic meeting in VauBuren county, iu tha
W'sntNGTON, July 11.
Senate.—The Senate proceeded to the consid
eration of private lulls.
Tin-joint resolution for the benefit of Mrs Susan
Decatur, widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur,
was passed, it gives a pension ot •>'<">!’ a month for
five years.
Thirteen private bills were passed, after which
the Senate adjourned over until Monday.
HOUSE.—Mr. Oliv er, of Missouri, from the mi
nority of the Kansas investigating committe,
made a report in which he says that th- resolution
on w hit-lithe committee was made w as simply to
collect evidence and r port it to the House, lie had
no expectation beyond this being done. He nr
raigns tho report of the in-tjori'y as being nUogeili-
er esparto, remarking that many of the statements
are made without a fact from the testimony to sup
port them.
!!■> aiso slates that the evidence shows that Mr.
Whitfield was duly elecled a delegate to Congress
in November of 1354, aud w hile the testimony is
conflicting, and directly contradictory in sonic
10 inn t in lfui.-ui,
ce for the D -m > ras
Mirgan County all
is mi'll -nri’ig or rt■
ami a.-e do ng- y mn in sol
y in this coolest.”
Hight —Tael- war atremen-
.- J, iimcrac. at Mooiesvillt-
thous-
Licko-
• >n Saturday last. It is usriman-d tha'torn
and people were present. Mode, lianu rs
ry inis’ s. irhcai shears and ot! er 1 inulcms w ere
cair.ed iu the long prn;-i-sion Inc enthusiasm
of the. people was unbounded. The 11:1111 s of sixty
national Whigs, who have never heretofor- acted
w ith the Democracy were shown to (hasp akers of
‘he occasion. Od .Morgan is cerain for democrat-
majorities in Oc'obc r and November.
i !ie Lancaster (Penn ) luiciligcncr.rs.ty*lhn.l the
American Press and Republic-.an Old ime 4\ lug
paper in that city, lias hu.stcd tin- tiag and - spous
ed tu- cause ot Buchanan olid B < k nvidg .
The recent democratic me- ting in S o'.- County,
Kentucky, was addressed by Francis Troutman, of j
Bourbon County; Jane-s B. B ek. of L-\ii-gtmi;
George I’ Hodge, ofNew pi r-. and Th anas u I’or j
ter, oi' Versail-s. al Old ii: ■ Wi-jgs.
The late Dein.i re.ti .at’!', .ton m-vting in they are clearly chargeable to the revolutionary
Kal.un izoti, Michigan, wa-add ;s l oy th- II011 i movements of those who got up the Topeka Con-
F. J. Littlejohn, of Allegany C011 .ty late Whig j stitution and h ive pledged themselves to resist the
candidate for Governor of Michigan, and also by | laws at all hazards.
die Hon. Stephen Vickery , a dis’Migaished «>h! line | The House then resumed the report on the Sum-
Con y, of
Michigan,
■ for
I'a.i.tw, one of tiie
•mi Old line Whig.
riizette, announcing
Juchaua 1 and Brock-
Whig. Antlimiv
early pioneers of
writes a letter to
his determination to
onridge.
R S. Blackwell, a Scull Whig elector in Chi
cago, 111,., iii 18.H 1, has w ritten a strong Buchanan
letter to the Rock Island Argus, in which, af er
stating that ii^fiad always acted with the Whig
party, and that none of the platforms of the various
organizations suited him, says:
“ Yet, between several evils, I must choose the
least. The race is evidently to be narrowed down
to a contest between Mr. Buchanan aud Col. Fre
mont. The rest of t he candidates may li regarded
a/ scrub nags, who will probably he withdrawn
before the day arrives for the struggle. The two
prominent candidates are democrats, and have
acted with the Democratic party heretofore. If a
Democrat is to be elected; I confess I prefer an
unadulterated one—un original— toaseceder; upon
a single issue. The Democratic party, as at pres
ent organized, I conceive to be more cons, . votive
and national in their faith than the newly organiz
ed party, with Col. Fremont ai its head. 1 he
latter is too radical to suit, iny view s of loyalty to
the Union, the Constitution, and the ordinary laws
ner assault.
Mr. Allison contended that this subject involv
ed not only the rights of an individual but of the
people. It was not merely a private quarrel. The
sanctity of the Senate chamber has been invaded
and its priviiig-s violated by a n emuer of the
House, which body, however unpleasant, should
punish the offender.
Mr. liocock said that there was no case on the
record showing the explosion of a member for an
assault and battery. H i urg; d that the case pend
ing did not warrant the interposition of the House
—no such -‘disorderly behavior,” for w hieh the
Constitution provides punishment having been
committed.
Mi-Simmons argued not only that the House
had the powi-rin the case, but tbatitis the duty of
the Utilise to exercise it.
Mr. Winslow regretted that undue importance
had been given to this matter, and said that the
facts, as developed, showed it to be a mere person
al controversy. He did not think the House iiad
authority to expel Mr. Brooks, the House hav
ing hut a limited power, and could only punish
for “disorderly b havior” committed iu open ses
sion.
Mr. Edie did not agree that this was a mere per
sonal matter, and spoke of atterupls having been
f the Consti-
of the land. The Constitution is a platform l
enough for all who stand upon it: and it is the duty ! made to explain away the language
of every citizen to voti for that man for rise chi f: tution.
executive officer of this nation who h believes j Mr. Giddings said Mr. Brooks had satisfied the
will lend his influence to the preservation of the ' law relative to the assault and battery, but had not
the Union, am’ a faithful and confident: u execu- | answered for the great crime committed against
tion ot its constitution and laws. That man, in 1 the Cons itution.
in v humble judgment, is Jarn -s Buchanan ”
The H011 E. B Webb, Whig candidate for Gov
ernor of Illinois in '852, has written a Nebraska-
D inocratie letter to a friend, which lias been
published, the last paragraph which reads as
follows:
‘Mv friend, ‘romeoutfroui among fmm.’ If yon
won’t coine out, not only 1 will not help yon, but
whenever there is a air blow to be struck and I
can strike it, I will strike against the “R -pubii
can” party and its i—on-s.”
The Rock Island (III.) Argus also publishes a
letter fi urn James Chapman, a lending Whig in
Illinois, announcing his intention to support the
Democratic candidate, as the only national ticket
in the field.
Mr. Campbell gave notice that ho shall, on to
morrow, move the previousquestion, with the view
of having a vote taken on Monday.
Tho House then adjourned.
The War of the Coats.
Just at the moment when England and the
I United .States had got into the happiest imaginable
! humor with each oth.-r for settling ail their diffi-
j cnlties, a new trouble breaks out." The insult of-
| fared to the crimping Minister of England, and ihe
; xploits of Gen. Wa.k-r shrink in:o i-.significance
j win-ii compared with the horrible crimes of a cer-
I tain saffron waistcoat, a black neckcloth and a
frock coat.
These criminals actually stalked into the ante
chamber of royalty in company with Mr. Dallas,
’PITTM’*. tv t T A TUT? upnM V IP ii P I’ I *‘ad it not been tor a valiant master ot cere-
t meet I'AIS BA l t ttna CL MU l. j lm>I1 j es who arrested their further progress, these
Th British and North American Mail steamer j substitutes for the primeval fig le .vcs, might
f-i-ja, Capt. Harrison, from Live pool aft-*rno.>n have entered into tbc presence of the British
A Democratic exchange says that “the names
of six of the Presidents of the United States
ended in N—nearly one half—and that the next N
will unquestionably be BUCHANAN.”
f -To. day the li-fllt of June, arrival at this port
on Friday. July 1 I. The Africa brings repo ts to
rii- dose liftin' markets of hr day ol'sai-ing, Sat
urday, 28th of June.
The ship Unicorn, which sail' d from Liverpool.
May 5, for Boston, M i>s with .1 cargo of salt,
bricks and iron, h -came leaky and was abandon
ed in lal. ;«> N . Ion. 5'' W . the ('ant-iin ami crew
having been tak*-n off by ill - ship Jane E Walsh,
from Havana, and lauded nr Falmouth.
American matters have again been in every
body’s mouth. The exciting e.iu-e was a rontre
temps that happened at the Queen’s I vee. Di
vested of the outrageous exaggeration of the Brit-
-h presses, the facts are simply these, that Mr
Dallas, accompanied by a triend, went to the
Queen’s levee; the frii nd's costume was not iu ac
cordance with the regulations, and both g- ntle
men, Mr Dallas and friend, reiu nedt" the em
bassy in Harley street. Out of this tr flngitui-
d- nt th> Loudon Times comocti d 1 storv at vari
ance with truth in every particular, and made it
the occasion of all outpouring of vulgar black
guardism against 'meri'-v \ 'in rii-aus goner-
rally As is usual -a lo o the m s give-/the key
note, th-minor presses look up t'i( cry. and for
at least two days Mr Dallas labored under the
imputation of having put a studied a(T out upon
the Queen. Of course an immense deal of pa
triotic wrath was unnecessarily wasted on his
h ad.
The affair mad- considerable noise as may be seen
from the following editorials:
From the London Times.
When will Americans learn manners? Who
shall teach our translantic cousins how to behave?
Here is one of them who tried on Wednesday, in
defiance even of an etiquette modified to suit his
• ountryrnen, to parade his republican person be
fore. the Queen at her levee, in a frock coat, black
neckcloth and yellow waistcoat. The thing it
self was trivial, but the object was unmistakable,
lie wished to have it to boast that he had com
pelled the Queen to forego the usages of her Court
in his especial behoof. He tried to accomplish
this national feat under the wing of Mr. Dallas,
who, when appealed to, supported his country
man and left the palace in a pet. Well, after all,
we suppose Iler Majesty will continue to hold le-
V es in spite of Mr. Dallas’s displcasm-p. It is
scarcely worthwhile to confute the absurd preten
sions of people who, with the most irrituibe touch
iness as regards themselves, combine the greatest
disregard of all decorum toward others. The
Queen of England says to her subjects and to
I strangers who visit her in her own liotiss, “lam
happy to see you all on State occasions, but if you
come yon will find me gorgeously ariaycd to do
von honor; return the compliment Hu n, and come
| in your best.” Siie tells her guests, in fact, as
i hundreds of Indies and gentlemen in this country
1 are in the habit of telling tlieir friends: “This is
j a ‘full dress party,” thereby implying that al! who
do not choose to observe the rule had bettter stay
away.
What should we ihiuk of a f dlow in private life
who. after accepting an invitation to a set dinner,
at which everybody else wore full dresses, present-
« 1 himself in a shooting jacket and shepherd's
plaid trousers? In all probability-should such a
portent appear on the horizon of a gentleman's
hall, it would never rise to tlie upper regions of
the drawing-room, for the butler would infallibly
show him the door. Now, this is what the Queen’s
master of the ceremonies very properly did in the
use of an American who, in a frock coat, yellow
vos’and black neckcloth, chose to present himself
».t Her Majesty's levee yeasterday. He knew the
usage of the Court, but lie preferred to withhold
from theQiici-n and h r august company the com
pliment. which evi ry gent?-man w.u.'d have rend
• red Our American cousins must really learn
lie good old proverb about “doing at. Rome as
rln-y do at Rome ” and, though they may live at
" ' -O' iii the enjoyment of all liberty or license of
-Ir-ss or undress, they must, when they visit (lies'-
'.'■1:01.unities, either disguise them.-. Ives and tlieir
lepulilican prejudices in decent a*: re on occasions
ol state .solemnity, or fen go rile great 1 st delight
on w hich a true r publican van i’-ast his -ager
yes—the sight ofu live Onecn on her throne.
Known.ilhing Meeting.—lion. James Johnson, of
Columbus, addressed the Know iiofhuigs in this
itv, 011 last Saturday night At present, we have
only space to say. that he deiimir -ed in tot-' the
Kansas-Nebraska bill, and tier' pe.v of the Missou
ri Compromise. This is certainly a very novel
position at the South, and one savors strongly of
what Mr. McDuffie stigmatized as “treason iu the
tainted air.”—Teiegraph.
Mistrial in the Herbert Case.—Washington,
.Inly 15.—The jury in the Herbert trial were un
able to agree u^Wn a verdict. The panel stood five
for conviction and seven for acquittal. Another
trial was expected to commence to-murrow.
Queen Tiie Roman rods never outraged Bo td-
n - a as this Y ankee yellow vest and black choker
were ready to affront Victoria. Great is the wrath
ot the i lines and 11 the royal English journals
over tins personal insult to their dumpy littio
Queen. *
Fortunately the saffron vest did not enter the
presence, or it might have brought a premature
j fee to the pocket oi Dr. Locock. As i: is, nothing
short ot the Order of the Garter and a peerage
may b - expected by the noble Master of Cere
monies, or Usher of the Black Rod, who excluded
that saffron vest and its accompanying abomina
tions.
YVe hardly see how war can now possibly be
avoided. Bright, Cobden, and tiie manufacturers
will hardly dare to stem the current of popular in
dignation against a race of barbarians whose MI11-
ister accompanied a yellow vest and black neck
doth almost to the doors of the royal drawing-
room. The demolition of Boston, New Y ork and
Philadelphia, would hardly atone for the dishon
or sought to be dune by this saffron waistcoat, to
say nothing of the black frock coat and the black
cliok r:
We hope Mi. Dallas will hasten to make his
peat-; perhaps if he offers to surrender these ob
noxious articles of dress, and allows them to he
stuffed wirii stiaw, and carried through Cheapside
like a Guy, and then burned, our dries maybe
saved from sack and conflagration. Unfortunate
ly. the reporters of the London papers have not
favored the world with the name of the individual
who was ceased iu these villainous dry good: hut
whether it was Smith or Brown, makes but little
difference iu this lank enormity.
Commander J. E. Bchem-k, U. S. N., lias ad
dressed a letter oil the subject of Coi. Fremont’s
exploits in ('alil’oinia. He says:
“I am prepared to prove that so far from his
(Fremont) being entitled to any credit for his
participation in the conquest of California, his
having failed to co-operate heartily aud efficiently
with Commodore Steckton, so fat from his assist
ing in tiie conquest, embarrassed him (Stockton)
in iiis operations, and rendered th victory less
complete than it would have been had we received
from Fri mont that assistance we had a right to ex
pect—mounted,arm- d and equipp d as he was. I
am further prepared to prove that in every en
gagement and very route of the enemv uliicli
took place in California, Fremont was invariably
too lata lo take part; and to sum up ail, I assert
that during the whole of his service in California,
he was uev, r within hearing distance of the ene
my’s guns. The cause of his inefficiency I will
not. here discuss.”
The Brooks and Sumner Affair.—Washington,
July 14.—In the House of Representative to-day
the consideration of the Brooks ease was resumed.
A resolution repiobating the assault on Mr. Sum
ner, aud also the use of language in debate person
ally offensive to members '-i' Congress or any State,
was rejected by a vote of 125 ay s, to 74 nays.
Mr. Cobb’s resolution, declaring that the House
was without jurisdiction in the case of Mr.
Brooks, was lost by a vote of 66 ayes,.to 145
nays.
The resolution r ported by the majority commit
tee, demanding the explusion of Mr. Brooks, was
then put to vote. The vote stood, ays 12J to
nay* J5. There not being a vote two thirds in
favor of rile resolution, necessary by tiie rules of
the house, to expel a member, the resolution to
expel was lost.
Mr. Brooks addressed the House, announcing
that he hud sent bis r- signal ion as a number of
that body, to the Governor of South Carolina, after
which he retired from the hail.
Latex from Nicaragua and Central America—Wal
ker Elected President—New Yoik July 14.—Tho
steamship Orizaba from San Juan do Nicaragua on
ti c i7tli 11 st.. has arrived at this port. Walker
was elected President of Nicaragua by an over
whelming majuriiy on the 24th uh. There was
but little opposition, the common people looking
upon him as tic ir deliverer from the oppression and
injustice of the native rulers.
A large silver mine has been discovered in Cen
tral America. The Orizaba's new from California
is fifteen days’ later, but contains nothing of im
portance.
Holloman's Pills, a most famous Remedy for the
Cure of Nervousness and General Debility.—Jas
per M’Cann, of Long Island, N'-w Y'ork, was with
out doubt a severe sufferer from nervous and gene
ra! debility, the least thing provoked his irritabili
ty, put him in a passion, and laid him up; this was
caused by the bad state of the fluids, and though
he tried many n inedies for this complaint, he was
not benefited. At length ho had recourse to Hol
loway’s Pills, which quickly performed tlieir part,
by removing the injurous fluids from the system,
aud after five weeks perseverance, restored him to
the blessings of health.
•• I
Ssald Ricliis. find United ’Mates' Rights.
•Ue, says: j points relative to tin-, election of March. 1^57, fur
^ "No' only the Old-lino Democracy are niitlmsi ] members »f the Legistature: yet from the whole it
j .-i-’ie’ bir ill; ir li iiuis are stivng'.h nod by I clearly appears that the anti-slavery pariy was in
| ’ar-ri* numbers of Old line Wings, who have j minority in fourteen out of eighteen election d.is-
j "ii'-alv espuii-ed th- cause of ihe country against j triers.
Thai aggregate votes cast for tlieir candidates
through,on rile Territory, as they appear fiom the
books, was short of eighteen, while by tho census
taken in the Territory before ihere were two thous
and and five legal voters, without alovvance for-
emigratioii of bona-fide settlers after the census
and before tiie eh-c'ion. He suites that there is
no evidence that any force or violence was u3»-d to
prevent any man from voting iu the entire Terri
tory, and there is no evidence of a single assault
and battery about voting on that day—no evidence
of assaiiii-g in the slightest degree the correctness
ol 'Guv. Reeder’s judgment in awarding certificates
of election to the members of the Legislature.—
That Legislature was a proper law-making body,
and therefore its laws wore valid as far as con
sistent with the constitution of the United States
and the organic act; and Mr. Whitfield being duly
elected in pursuance of law thus passsed, is en
titled to his seat.
Mr. Oliver reviews at great length tho existing
j troubles iu Kansas, saying from the evidence that
*Tis the Star Spangled banner, oh, long may it wave,
O’errlic Land of the Free, and the Home ol the Brave,’
ROLui'TO'-.. MSBL'T & BYRNES, st-if Primers.
TfiOsd;>v Morning. July 22. H55(i.
FOR 1 RESIDENT:
JAMES BUCHANAN
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
' FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,
OF K UNTUCKY.
fk* Y#bbj Slen of the Cotinfrv.
We would advise every young man. before he
takes his position in politic-, to examine vveli the
principles, the practices, and the future prosppptg
of the different parties, ft is generally admitted
on all hands, that the old Whig party has 1-een
disbanded, and the individuals composing that
proud and powerful organization, are m>w a i ipj_
orty to take position with that party which they
may consider most congenial to their principles, and
most conducive to the vvellfare of the country. Of
the Black Republican party, it is hardly uecessaiy
to say any tiling in Georgia. It is not to he pre .
snraed that any young man at the South will con
nect himself with a party that is the open and
avowed enemy of Southern institutions and South-
eni rights There thou remains but tv, o parti -s
which the young men of the South can take posi
tion—the Know Nothing and the Democratic pa -
ties; and >vc ask, can any young man of intel! -
gone- and forecast hesitate which of ibese two to
•choose ? The Know Nothing party is the off-print,
of spleen an ,j prejudice, got up by unprincipled
men, against our naturalized and Catholic follow
citizens; and although many honest m-n m-.y
have joined it from pure motives, yet it is now
known that the main object of the leaders wa, to
compel others to vote for them for office. s UP |, #
party cannot long exist in our enlightened com-
inanity, and when it goes down, it will leave „
mark, a stigma, a taint, nnon the leaders of ;his
illiberal and bigoted combination, like that which
now rests upon the Jesuits and the French Jar,.
bins. I (Kin the skirts ot the Democratic party
tharc is no taint; its past history is honorable, anil
its future prospects are glorious. Around the dr*,
titties of that party cluster all the hopes of tho
friends of constitutional liberty, not only in Amer
ica, but throughout the world. The Democratic
party of tha United States is the centre of all the
hopes of the friends of liberal principles, and it is
also their only defence against the encroachments
ol tyranny, bigotry and fanaticism. YVho would
not be a member of such a glorious party ? Wfijq
young man, with patriotic blood coursing in ha
veins, would not desire to become one of this re-
sistiess column, whoso destiny is onward and up.
ward! The Democracy can say to every patriot
what Moses said to llobab, “Come with us and
we will do thee good.” TLose young men'who
attach themselves to the Democratic party, em
bark in a strong, well-tried ship, with experienced
j officers, s illful pilots, and a sober, well-discip
lined crew. Those who attach themselves to
Know Nothingism, or any of the other isms, em
bark in a rotten hulk, without chart or compass,
ballast or rudder, with self-conceited, ignorant
officers, drunken pilots, and a mutinous crow.
The r.-suit of a voyage commenced under such
auspices, can hardly be prosperous We say to
the young man of Georgia, examine for yourselves.
Study the history of both parties, and choose for
yourselves. But choose wisely, for rest assured,
your usefulness, your happiness, and your politi
cal destiny will depend greatly upon the choico
you now make.
A. J. E>oue'xo:s 71 r. i>arhunnn.
The Know Nothings, many of whom are Feder
alists to this day, (the Editor of the Chronicle
and S inline! for example) manifest a peculiar
on the present contest for the Presidency. They can ! pleasure iu charging Mr. Buchanan with having
bo had at $3,110 per hundred. Wo advise our i h <*<?n * Federalist thirty or forty years ago. P> r-
friends w ho desire to fortify themselves with the j Gaps we could attempt no more conclusive reply
truth, for the successful vindication of our great j ? 0 this stale charge, than by adducing the testi-
party, its principles.and its candidates to arm them- j monv of one who has now their highest coufi’
selves with this Extra Sheet from the Constitu- j d^nce ANDREW Jackson donelson. In 1m!,
tionalist office. Send in your orders at once to | Hr. Donelsou was a great admirer of Mr. Buclia::-
Mr. Gardner, Augusta Ga. j an, knew him as well as any man, and repelled
with much effect, with tongue and pen the as
saults made upon him by Ids enemies. But ire
will let Mr. D.melsou speak for himself. Hi re is
PituSlDuN UAL ELECTORS.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
YVM. H. STILES, of Chatham.
IVERSON L. HARRIS, of Baldwin.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
1st—Titos. M. Form 'X, of Glynn.
2nd.—Samuel Hall, of Macon.
3rd—J. N. Ramsay, of Harris.
4th.—L. J. Garlrell, of Fulton.
5th —J. W. Lewis, of Cass.
6th.—J. 1’ Simmons, of Gwinnett.
7th.—Thos. P. Saffoi.d, of Morgan.
Pth.—Titos. W. Thomas, of Elbert.
“? ilo not desire tj maintain myself at home, unless
/can do it with a due regard to the. rights and safely
of the people of the South."—Buchanan in 1337.
All admit that the people of that Territory, when
assembled, in Convention to frame, a State Constitu
tion, possess the sole, the exclusive power to determine
whether slavery shall or shall not exist within its lim
its, and the tide if population now flowing into it ful
ly justifies the belief fiat California will be admitted
as a State into the Union during the next Congress.
—Buchanan in is 18.
“From my soul / respect the laboring man," says
James Buchanan.
The older lgrow, the more inclined I am to be. wiiat
i called a States' llig.ts man.—James Buchanan's
speech on the admission of Arkansas, in 1836.
I fully endorse the resolutions, and may further
say that I am what is called a State Rights Democrat.
—John C. Breckeniidge in response to his nomina
tion for the Vice Presidency.
f >orii 'lu ll In for I tic t' .i m)>:i ( "u.
The Editor of the Constitutionalist,Augusta Ga.
will publish this week a sheet of tho size of the
Tri-B'eelJy Constitutionalist, containing a large
number of the most important documents bearing
“OnrlieNi Friend.”
The Richmond Whig says Fillmore is our best J
friend. If lie is, says the Enquirer, then is the !
South under mortgage to the devil.
If he is the South’s “best friend,” God save us
from its enemies.
Who is In- ?
We hope our friends in Macon will let us know
the name of the Kuow Nothing orator that, in the
late Macon Convention, compared Judge Doug
lass to B -n'-dict Arnold. Let us have his name
by all means. Every man in Georgia should know
the name of the man that could be guilty of such
meanness.
lion- Strange!
The Savannah Republican ot the loth inst., lias
a long article made up principally of extracts from
tiie Courier A: Enqu.rer aud other northern papers,
all proving orint- ud' d to prove,that Mr. Fillmore’s
friends at the North are friendly to the Kansas
Nebraska bill. Whilst the Republican is engag 'd
iu this labor of love, the Recorder of this place
comes out flat footed against the Kansas bill, and
we hear that Jamas Johnson one of the Fillmore
Electors iu Georgia, hi a public speech, openly de
nounced the Nebraska bill, and worst of all we are
assured that one of the speakers at the Know
Nothing Convention in Macon, called Judge
D nights, Stephen Arnold, intimating that tlie
great champion of the Nebraska bill was a traitor,
and for ihat choice specimen of Know Nothing
wit, was applauded by the Fillinoreites there pres
ent. li would seoiu then that according to the
Courier A: Enquirer. Mr. Fillmore's northern sup
porters are better Nebraska men than those in
Georgia. One renegade is worse than ten Turks.
“CiqiiuUiT Sovereignly is n!so Ui‘pn4ialeit.”
The R*-corder of Tuesday last, says, “Squatter
Sovereignty is also repudiated ” by the Macon
Know-Nothing Convention. Then how d d you
swallow Fillmore ? How did you get that Lock-
port speech of Fillmore’s down ? We gave you
last week au extract from that speech, in the very
language which you have asserted to be Squatter
Sovereignty. It is known to the country that the
Cincinnati Convention repudiated the doctrine;
and it is also known that Mr. Buchanan endorsed
the platform of that Convention in its totality,
thereby repudiating the doctrine himself. But it
was not known how Fillmore stood on that doc
trine, until bis Lockport speech. We now dial"
letige the R' eord -r to show wherein Fillmore’s as
sertion of the doctrine differs from their construc
tion, as published about five or six weeks ago.
Wh' n they do this, they may hope to reconcile the
difference between tlieir candidate and their Macon
platform.
what ha wrote in 1351.
“What if Mr. Buchanan, in Ihe early part of his
life, was a member of the Federal party, and fol
lowed the false lights of the men who are even
yet the oracles for a large portion of the whig par
ty? Are they to be rewarded for persevering
to the bitter end, and seeking, at this moment, to
reinstate the primitive doctrines of the Federal
party? And is Mr. Buchanan to be scandaliz.-d
because he had the courage a quarter of a century
ago to acknowledge his conviction that tnose doc
trines were unwise and dangerous, and couid not
lie maintained without destroying the republican
principle? By what code of justice—rrligimis.
moral, or political—docs the special organ find
that it is more meritorious to persevere in wrong
than to acknowledge the conviction of error, and
to Uo what is proper and commendable aft rwaids
as tiie votary of truth? Does the special org;m
desire us to republish the numerous evidences af
forded by the recent speeches of the President's
cabinet, almost deifying Alexander Hamilton, the
great prototype of Whiggery, in order that tho
people may see that the real issue of the parties,
stripped of all the disguise which is thrown
around it by the momentary passion aud errors of
individuals, is exactly what it was at the dose of
Gen. Washington’s administration, when the
Hamiltonian school, in love with British prece
dents, brought forth the alien and s> dition laws,
and tii" republican school, appealing to the com
mon sense of the country, reinstated the consti
tution as a compact between equal States, and put
down the dangerous doctrine that, under the guise
of the term ire. the people aud general welfare, ns us
ed in the preamble of the constitution, the federal
government acquired a f^wer to do whatever tho
discretion ot Congress might decide to be best lor
the common good? If this is the expectation of
the special organ, we are ready to gratify it: but
w - trust that in doing so it wiil not blame us for
the pain resulting to one who undertakes to "kick
against tin pricks."
X%~ ii j* ia it t
There are no other two men in the United States
that have done so much, and risked so much for
the benefit of the South as Judge Douglas aud
Franklin Pierce, and yet there are no other men
for whom Southern Know Nothings entertain such
bitter, unrelenting hatred. The question is fre
quently asked, why do these Georgia Know No
things hate these men with a hatred that exceeds
all bounds. Is it from that innate principle of envy
and hate which depraved beings feel forthe great
ami good ? or is it because the conduct of these
two men lias given the lie direct to all their sweep
ing charges against the Northern Democracy? It
would r ally seem that when men joined a Know
Nothing lodge, they not only gave up the privi
lege of telling the truth when and where they
pleased; the privilege of voting for whom they
plen-ed, and the privilege of worshipping God as
they pleased, but they also give up all those noble
faculties of the soul which inspire love, gratitude
and admiration towards those wlu> have been our
benefactors in time of need.
lien. J.-inirt Johnson.
We hear that this gentleman made a sjiecch in
Macon last week, that took the wind out of Fill-
niorc'w sails on the Missouri Compromise sensa
tion. Wo were told in Macon, last Wednesday,
that he even advocated ihe restoration of the line.
We are not at nil surprised at this. A few weeks
will find the Georgia Know Nothings cheek by
jowl with the Black Republicans, on the subject
of restoring the Missouri Compromise line. Whv
don’t they take. Fremont,aud be consistent. Fi 1 !-
more may be whitewashed from morning to night,
but in principle and in thcconsequeno.es that must
arise from enforcing their views, Fremont and
Fillmore will perfectly harmonise.
“But the special organ, instead of manfully ac-
knowledguing the error which has been commit
ted by its party in the countenance it has given
to political anli-Slaeery organization—an error not
denied nor even concealed by the President, or any
one of Ins cabinet ministers, in the various speeches
which they have addressed to the Abolition districts
f New York—imagines that it is its office to neu
tralize the force of of such a fact bv reviving the
stale charge of federalism against Mr Buchanan,
who is one, amongst some eight or ten of the
prominent men in the Democratic party, that may
lie brought before a national convention, whose
duty it w:ll be to put some one of them in nomina-
ti"n tor the Presidency. This gentleman has
iriends who will doubtless in due season make a
more detailed vindication of las character than wo
have done iu tins hasty article. YY’iiat we have
said is not a defence of Mr. Buchanan as a candi
date for the Presidency, but of a member of the
party in whosi service lie lias acquired the high
respect tit his fellow citizens, aud lias proved that he
possesses the eminent ability and patriotism which
juslifie I the confidence given to him by the State which
he so long represented in the Senate of th- United
States, and ajterwards by President Polk who mice
him the first place in his cabinet.
“We do not kuow that Mr. Buchanan evi r de
livered the speech which is attributed to him; but,
if he did, we do not perceive how a party which
still entertains tin- opinions it avowed can profit
by them either as the ground of personal accusa
tion orof party reproach to the Democracy. That
these opinions were groundless is proved bv the
testimony which the more mature life aud expe
rience of Mr. B. has afforded. Every one knows
that they are just such as had been taught and are
still entertained by all the opponents of such men
as Messrs Jefferson. Madison, and Jackson. They
were as natural to the school of Federalism as
Abolitionism is to that portion of YYhiggerv whit h
( . I claimed its disciples as children, as Mr. Coi win
didin the canvass of General Taylor, and
Messrs Seward and his British allies are now daily
doing in New York and other Northern portions
of our Union."
These are the honest sentiments of a man, before
disappointed ambition bad embittered the source
of the pure waters ot Truth. It is a fact ofi.o
little significance, that the very man the Know-
Nothings have now honored with their coniid uco
and esteem, is, of all other men in this Union, the
last man to commend Fillmore and condemn Buch
anan. Mr. Donelson is, at once, a living witness
ot Fillmore’s unsoundness, and Buchanan s trust-
worihiuess. lie cannot praise the first and con-
d-'inn the latter, without leaving the inference on
the public mind, that he is a w illful calumniator
utterly destitute of principle, and an enemy to
Truth.
Noft Soap nnd Water.
A Know Nothing Journal in upper Georgia says
that ail of the soft soap that the Democrats have
used upon the Know Nothings has been wasted.
Perhaps so, but if the Democrats had used a quan
tity of soft water with the soft soap, we are sure
that it would have been beneficial to some of tho
Kuow Nothings.