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practicable. The Rubicon is pnssed—tho
Union is already dissolved. * * * *
ll is the fear of our inability to resist, or
our.iove and value of tho union that .-.makes
us doubt and hesitate, or is
From the Atlanta RepublLan.
NASHVILLE CONVENTION-
A* tho President of the Nashvillo Conven
tion is the candidate of one of tho parties of
this State for Governor, it is proper that we
should solve, if possible, th mystery of his
position. Wo say mystery, because he
claims to be a friend of tho Union, whl.e lua
acts and doctrines speak the contrary.
Wo nre inclined to think that the only rea
son why there is any difficulty in understand
ing his position, is tho fact that he holds
doctrines, and aims at ends which he
the people of Georgia deprecate o the last
degree, and has determined to hold htmsolf
out as a Union tmtu while ho labors forso-
C? Leuis then look at such facts as are fur
nished us ntid see what they provo.
In the first place, he called the Nashville
Convention together to do its work. Lot us
Use what it diet and said. It resolved that
the powers delegated to the Federal Gov
ernment may be resumed by the States
whenever it may seem to them proper and
necessary. .This looks like claiming the
right of secession to say the least ol t. It
also resolved that rdl the evils anticipated by
the South and which occasioned this Con-
venlion,“Aacc been realized. I his looks like . „ | I
il'was time to exercise the rijjht ol secession. nre |j|. e t| 10 ensnared bird under the influence
It resolved that the people ol tho slavcholu- 0 f tho serpent’s oye. Unless we break the
„ .je ’ measure of
insult and injury under which;; we suffer not
yet full ? Of the ViSIue of the’Union 1 shall
speak herealter. If there is any one who
thinks that the measure of our injuries and
insults is not fttll, I willnot ro'nson with' him
but leave him to wait fur that last kick vthicl)
the witty Sydney Smith has said will make
even the kicked resist. I will now speak of
our ability to resist by secession, should* it
be opposed. If Virginia shall lead, I have
not tho least apprehension that any blood
will be spilt. In that case, I tako it to be
morally certain that, at least, North Caroli
na, Tennessee, South Carolina. Georgia,
Alabama, Louisiana, Florida,_ Mississippi
and Texas will immediately unUq with her,
and in a little time, every other slave hold
ing State will join them, except perhaps
Delaware, because it will be their interest to
do so. * • • * * *
“Of wlmt value, then, is this Union to the
Snutho.n Stales ? is it not a fit and danger
ous instrument, while we live under it, to
destroy us ? Is it not seen that the abolition
ists believe, and that it is thought abroad,
that the object isalready accomplished ? We
a$ possible, and out of the Union when we ore
left no other alternative.”
NOMINATIONS Or TI1S
CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY.
For Governor.
HON. HOWELL COBB.
ing States ho recommended not to go into
Convention or give countenance to any Con
vention, ’t hose object may be to t.omma o
candidates for President and Vico 1 residont
of the United States until our rights are so-
cured—(What rights ?~How secured ?-)
This looks like beginning to «"<*»«. th 1
right of socssion from the other Slates. It
also Resolved, and earnestly recommended
to the slavoholding States • -o meet In Lon-
gross or Convention” to he composed of
“double the number of their Senators nnd
Representatives in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, for the purpose of re 31 """? "
possible, the rights of the South, and if
not, to provide for their future safety and
INDEPENDENCE.” This looks like
carrying owl the right of secession.
This right of secession was also reiterated
hv the fire eaters Convention which nomi
nated him for Governor, and has been made
tho test question so far as they are concern
ed—So much fur tho resolving pnrt
But it has been laid down as the best in
terpretation to tho meaning of deliberative
bodies, that the speeches and debates of the
members should ho relied on. lor this pur
pose, we shall make a few brief quotations
front the speech of
LANG DON CI1EVE9,
Who said :
It is unnecessary to enumerate more of
the atrocities which nre exhibited by this
act of ledgerdemain, flhe admission of Cali
fornia) for it would bo a gross abuse of the
language we speak, to call it a regular net
of an established government of modern civ
ilized times. But the magic is as clumsy os
it is wicked. It can deceive no one. it nns
neither' semblance nor reality. It would
disgrace tho wand of Prosporo.
The hideous features, however, of his po
litical deformity are nothing when compar
ed with thb dangerous spirit which abides
within it and the motive which governs it.—
They are no less than the entire nnd speedy
nbolition of slavery. Now let any man con
template the character and extent of this
proposition. Language fails to portray it.
None but a Northern fanatic, or a torpid
Southron, can hear it uttered without n feel-
ing of horror. Some idea of it may be gain*
ed by recalling the sufferings, the massa
cres and tho banishment, in poverty and mis
ery, of Ihe white proprietors of Hayti, and
the present rule of his sable majesty, the
emperor Faustin the First. The beautiful
and prolific South and South-west is to be
desolated, its while inhabitants massrered,
or flying from their bodes .in beggary and
misery, unsheltered Irom the pilliless storm,
and without the comforts or the subsistence
of life. The country possessed by some
emperor hearing and-exulting in the eupho-
ueous title of, perhaps, Cully the Frst.
Such, or worso if worse be possible, will
be the inevitable—not probable, but inevita
ble— efforts, of our “glorious Union” in the
hands ol “les amis des noirs,” an ominous
name qf whiejt the very sound would seem
to affright tho southern mind Irom its pro
priety if it were not absolutely torpid * *
You are absolutely powerless. Np tyrant
has over existed whose power to do evil was
su great, whose disposition to do good so
small. A popular tyranny of fanatics nnd
low-minded politicians, a tyranny much the
worse because it is many headed. A popular
tyranny (even when composed of less foul
elements; is mote debasing than the tyranny
of a. monarch, in its appetites more inap-
J leasable and gross and in its duration more
listing. It never dies. The gloomy ex
panse of time which it covers is never irrad-
icated by a Trojan or an Atoninus. There
is nn eternal duration of its vicious qualities
audits rapacious reign.” Good God! Is
the proud Southron to bow in submission to
such a government! Where is tho race of
our great men ? But under the influence of
the benumbing government which is callod
our “glorious Union,” yon have ceased to
produce great men. Whore are the Jeffer-
sons, the Madisons, the Henrys nnd the
George Masons of Virginia; the Rutledges
an I the Pinckneys of South Carolina; tho
James Jacksons and the Wm. II. Crawfords
of Georgia? Gone! gone nnd none to take
their place';—none to rouse us to manly re
sistance resistance against 1 he injustice aud
the tyranny under which we suffer. No !
It cannot be. There are such men, if the
people will call them forth. The people
must lake the subject into their own hands.—
They must no longer look to their national
politicians who have inhaled the pestilential
1 . •'/» iir.JL' Thmr niiivt tnrnw nff
charm we nre gene—wo are victims. We
hnve, if wo decisively use it, tho power to
dissipate this charm. If we declare our in
dependence, we nresal'e. If wo delay it, we
increase our danger—and porhups seal inevi
lalily a disastrous and ignotninuus fate. *
Instead of wishing the perpetuity _ of any
government over such vast boundaries, the
rational lover of liberty should wish for its
speedy dissolution, as dangerous to all just
and fiee rulo. Is not all this exemplified in
our own case? lu nine months, in one ses
sion Congress by a great coup d’etat, our con
stitution has been completely and forever
subverted. Instead of a well balanced gov
ernment, all power is invested in one section
of the country which is in bitter hostility
with the other. And this is tho glorious
union which we are to support, for whose
eternal duration we are to pray, and before
which the once proud Southron is to bow
down. He ought to perish rather!_ * *
“Lot the South continuo to agitato the
subject by all orderly means and at all proper
times, incessenlly, actively, zenlously, fear
lessly, with a long pull nnd a strong pull,
nnd the country will be regenerated disen
thralled and saved. * * * *
“Above nil, lot tho people beware, of the
insidious, jesuitucle cry of the Union, the
glorious union.” What have wo left in the
Union but (ask masters ?
We might go on and multiply extracts
from the speeches nnd debates of thnt Con
vention, made while Mr. McDonald was in
the Chair—all going to show what they
wore aiming at, hut we need not pursue the
subject further nt the present. The dny is
past when any one can be deceived who on
iy reads and investigates fot himself.
air of Washington, They must throw off
national party names, whose little factious
I politics have been put^hqve their country’s
I cause There must he neither democrats
nor whigs: .hut we must all be Southern
men." VVe should have if possible, nothing
B do with the General Government. * *
. “I have said they have made the appropri-
•tion of this territory an instrument to ftbol-
■ the constitut'd). There is no doubt that
have abolished the constitution. The
iw may remain, but the spirit lias left it.
feted mass, generating disease
It stinks in the nostrils.
ing that we shall he -roused,
act like freemen, and know-
wrongs, shall be pre-
pne and redress the.
Where ii Judge McDonald 1
When Mr. Cobb entered upon the Second
District, the diBunionists held out the idea,
that if he wuuld only permit discussion
Judge McDonald would demolish him in t
trice. Every where Mr. Cobb went, he
openly proclaimed his unwillingness to meet
his opponent.
The moment it was known thnt discus
sion was invited, Judge McDonald slipped
off to the Woodville Meeting, where he de
clared that it was “beneath tho dignity of a
candidate fur Governor to make speeches
and canvass the State,” or words to that cf-
tect. This is indeed a shallow plea for the
Magnus Apollo pftho Nashville Convention.
Beneath the dignity ot a candidate, indeed
to meet and address tho people. Such nn
excuse would only be made by one who is
conscious of the weakness of his cause, nnd
who desires to conceal his own opinions.—
Judge McDonald seems willing to write
studied letters, where ho can weigh every
word, and guard every expression; but he
cautiously avoids every thing like a frank
and open avowal of sentiment, and thinks it
beneath his dignity to face the people in open
debate. Not so with Mr. Cobb. He meets
every issue, and answers every question, ns
a boid and honest freeman ought to answer.
He stands up before tho people and pro
claims his sentiments fearlessly nnd frankly
Where is Judge McDonald ? Why does he
not con.e forth like a champion of truth mid
meet his adversary ? Again, we say, where
is Judge MacDonald ?—Jour. Mess.
“Won’t Debate”
The render will not fail to note the an
noi'Dcemeut tnado by Mr, Cobb, in his
speech at Thomnsville, that he had invited
Gov. McDonald to discuss tho questions
now agitating the public mind before the
people. Not only aid McDonaid decline
to go before the people himself to meet
Conn, hut he also declined fo select from the
whole Stale some one who should represent
him in a discussion. The reason is very ap
parent— it would not nnswer to advocate the
same principles in every section; if so, the
game ot deceiving the peple wotild be
promptly exposed, and all hope of duping
confiding constituency blasted.
The Disunion organs liavs sought lo make
lome cupitul out of the fact that Mr. Cobb
would not permit interlopers to discuss with
him at his own appointments. If they are
so desirous to have him met before the peo
ple, why dutliey not require their own can
didates to doit? He is a lawyer of over
thirty years standing at the bar, accustomed
tu public speaking, and can hnve no excuse
on that score. The truth is,"ho and they,
fear un exposure of their purposes and the
indignation of the people. Hence he “wont
" " Sen. *
For Congress.
COL. E. W. CHASTAIN,
Of Gilmer.
For Senator.
COL. JOSEPH WATTERS.
For Representative.
WILLIAM T. PRICE.
AGENTS FOR TUB COVU1BII.
Dan’l Htx, Summerville.
Judge Wooten, Dirt Town.
J. T. Finley, Chattoogavillo.
APPOINTMENTS OF COD CHASTAIN*
Thursday,
Saturday,
Tuesday,
Thursday,
Saturday,
Monday,
Wednesday
Friday,
Tuesday,
31st
2d
5th
7th
9th
Ilth
13th
15th
19th
July,
Aug.
Floyd Springs,
Van Wert,
Marietta,
Cassville,
Summerville,
LaFayette,
Trenton,
Ringgold,
Canton,
We send the present number of the
COURIER to some of our friends who are
not subscribers, with the hope that they will
become so. if any one should receive it who
will not permit its weekly visits, they will re
turn it.
Will every Union man in this Senatorial ^
District, at least, act as an agent, nnd assist
us in increasing our subscription list.
nbiteon Thursday, this
gentleman, in order to render the Union cause odi
ous, stated that tho Syraouso abolition convention,
nnd Fed. Douglass opposed the doctrine of consti
tutional secession. This is a mistake, ns will ap
pear by the resolution passed nt that convention
whleh. wo append below. Wo noticed that Mr.
Stiles fell Into the same error la hla speech ln f thls
city. Dy reference tiuhVprooeciilngso) tiio Syra
cuse convention, tliose gentleman will-find that up
on this subject tliey 'ure la-very'dark, company and
had better get out of It ns soon as possiblo. . Hero
fa tha resolution i
"Resolved, Thnt odious us are the governing prln-
Iplcsof South Carolina, wo cannot withhold from
her tho prnlso justly due to her consistent nminluln-
unoo of the great cardinal doctrine ol tho right of
secession by tho single State—n doctrine vital to lib
erty, nnd tho only safeguard of the soveral sovereign
ties from tho tyranny ofa grasping centralization.”
Bains-
Within tlte last fow days wo hnvo been favored
with several very refreshing showors, which have
cooled tho nttnosphero and grently revived vegeta
tion. Mucli of the corn, however, is past recovery,
aud ininnny instances will bo n total failuro.
County Nomination.
It will be seen by reference to the proceedings of
meeting of delegates from this county, that our
old and well tried fellow citizen, W. T. PRICE,
Esq., 1ms been selected by tha Union Parly tn re
present this county In tho lowor branch of tho Le
gislature. Tills is nn excellent arrangement, nnd
so, (hr ns wo hnve learned, gives universal satisfac
tion. Wo understand Mr. Prloo will accept the
nomination- Wo now linve our nominations com
plete, let ovary friend ofiho Union but do his duty,
and a glorious victory awaits us.
Curtins.
In ourpnpor to-day will bo found two very Inter
esting articles from tho Charleston Courier over the
above signature. Recent developments nt Charles
ton und In other sections of tho Stnto, lend us to be
lieve thnt should Georgia nntl Mississippi glvolargo
majorities in favor oftho Union, South Cnroliim
will not seocdc. A meeting wns lately held ill
Charleston, composed ofn large majority oftho ol
dest nnd most influential citizens or thnt oity,which
took decided ground against separate State action,
Wo sincerely trust, thnt this noble old common,
wenllh, mny yet be saved to herself nnd the confed-
The Prospect before us.
For tho lost few weolts we have ondea'
obtain accurate information in relation
mmfi of the General Government upon the rights
The District Convention-
Tlib Convention or Deiegntes from the different
militia districts In Floyd, Chattooga nnd Gordon
oonntics, which metnt Floyd Springe on Thursday
Inst, lor tlte purposeofiiomlnnUngn Senatorial cult-
Jldato for tho district, comprising those counties
wns unusually largo, nnd composed of men ot tho
highest respectability nnd Intelligence. Their de
liberations were conducted with tho utmost Unrmo-
nynnd good feeling and although ench county hnd
IU iavorlte, like good republicans, nil wore willing
to submit to the voice of the majority. Only three
wo believe, were before Ihe convention fortho train
inntlon. Judge Wooten, of Chattooga, Dr. Dab.
nt of Gordon, nnd Col Jos. Wattirs, of Floyd
nil good men nnd true. Tito pnlm wns flnnlly yield,
ed to old Floyd, nnd Colonel Wnttors wns nomina
ted by acclamation.
As Isgonorally known, Col. Wnttors wns former
ly nn Influential member of tho old domoerntlo pnr-
ty, nnd nn ardent admirer nnd supporter of tlte prin
ciples tn it ght in tho old Jeffersonian nnd Jackson
school of politicians. Whan, however, n fow numbs
since, the ultraist oftho Nashville Convention,spir
ited on by McDonald, Rhett, & Co., prosentednn
ultimatum, which raised n now and perilous issue
boforc tho country, involving the very existence or
the Constitution nnd tho Union, Col. Watters like
tons of thousands of others, whigs nnd democrats,
without surrendering his principles, but losing
night of the old pnrly platform's nnd linos, rushed to
the resouo ol tiro country, nnd ever since, lias nobly
dulondcd it ngalnst tho ossnulls of abolitionists n-
brond nnd djlunlonlstn nt home. A member of tlte
Stnto Convention which met at Millodgoyllle last
winter lx- cordially approved its proceedings nnd
1ms ever sinco firmly stood npor. its conservative
nnd noble plntform. As one of our oldest nnd most
entorpristng citizeus; ns a man whoso Integrity in
privatoandpubllo life Is above suspicion, ho Is
now presented to our follow citizens and will doubt
less receive their cordial support.
Mr. Chastain and the Southerner.
Tito Inst Southerner in commenting upon tlte dis
cussion botweoa Mes trs. Stllos and Chastain In this
ciiy, states that the nttnek of tho latter upon the for-
mor, “ wns entirely poisonal nnd unprovoked.”—
This Is incorrect. Mr. Stiles spolto first, nnd ehnr
ged upon Mr. Chnsttiin that ho had changed his
position nnd vlowo—that ho wns onco n firo-entor,
nnd further intimated thnt ho lmd been bought up,
Ho oIbo, rather discourteously, ns wo thought, un
dertook to instruct Mr. Chastain wlmt ho should
sny; and particularly warned him not to deal in
“dog-stories." If, therefore, Mr. Chastain rebuked
his ofllciousness by relating n few nneodoteB to illus
trate tho ridiculous position of ills opponent, nnd
completely turned the tables upon tho lato minist-
to Austria, Mr. Stiles nnd his friends should not
complain. We nro sorry that personalities were
Introduced into tho discussion at nil, nnd wot
prisod thnt Mr. Stiles selected that undignified modu
ofnttaek. IIo mny hnvo thought, however, tlmt ns
Col, Chastain wns but a " rude mountaineer,'’ ho
could billy be reached in this way. Before the enn-
debate*”—Citron, fy
Beautiful Sentiment.
Tlte following extract is from an address
by John A. Bryan, Esq., Assistant Postmas
ter General: “A mother’s love! How
thrilling the sound! The angel spirit that
watched over our infant years and cheered
us with her smiles ! 0! how faithfully does
memory cling to the fast fading mementoes of
a parent’s home to remind us of the sweet
counsels of a mother’s tongue! And oh, how
indistinclively do we hang over the scenes of
our boyhood, by the recollections of that
waking eye, that never closed while a single
wave of misfortune or danger sighed around
her child! Like the lone star of the heavens
id .the deep solitude of nature’s night, she
'*" L - presiding divinity of the family man-
i hope, when all around her is over-
i'bhly
voss terminates, however, ho may learn titnt there
somo little intelligence in the mo .retains ns well
upon the sea-bonrd. It is due to the ostensible edi
tor oftlm Southerner to say, thnt for tho Inst few
weeks halms boon too much indisposed to super
vise tho columns of that paper; that ho was not
the meeting nnd therefore should not be held re
sponsible 18r tho misrepresentation to which we
ljnve alluded. - Webelieve it to bo Ills desire, ns we
kuowt-Tt IS our own, to koep out of tho present oan-
vnss, nil olfensive oersonnlitics, which can subsorve
no good purpose, but ore calculated to creato social
discord aud ill-feeling.
Since writing tlte foregoing wo hnve received
comniunlcntibn on litis subject signed “ Gunteb,
which will be found in another column of our pa
per
ftJ-Wo wore most favorably impressed wtth,the
nppenrnnce anddeportmot t oftho vast multitude
that assembled at Floyd Springs on ThursdnylnsL
Wo saw no dissipation, no drunkenness, and hoard
no profanity or angry words. This speaks fnvora-
bly for tlte manners nnd morals ot thut interesting
portion of our county, which is rapidly Ailing up
willi a substnntinl nnd enterprising population.—
With fine mineral water, beautiful scenery, good
lands, C hurches nnd Acudemios, Floyd Springs
are destined to tiecomo a point of great attraction
Union Mealing
The meeting at Floyd Springs on Thurs
day Inst, wus nil that tho friends of our good
cause could have desired ; certain'y more
than we anticipated. At an onrly hour the
people were seen pouring in from Gordon,
Chattooga nnd every part of Floyd ; some
on foot, some on horsc-bsck, others in carts
and waggons aud carriages. At 11 o’clock
A. M. tho discussion wns opened by Col
Chastain, who, in n plain and forcible speech
of one hour, defined his position, and nbly
vindicated his character and cause from the
aspersions of his enemies. His address
throughout, was listened to with profound
attention, and evidently made a very line
impression upon the vast concourse present
At its close, nn invitation was extended to
any one who might desire to reply. Col
Spullock as the champion of Messts. Mc
Donald nnd Stiles, attempted jt response.—
Having never had the pleasure of hearing
hint before, we were not prepared to decide
upon his effort on this occasion. VVe were
informed, however, that his friends consid
ered it a failute. He was evidently greatly
embarrassed, as well he might he before
crowd almost unanimously against him. He
reminded us very forcibly of a man flounder
ing and struggling in a bottomless bog ; and
his cries lo the old democrats for help were in
deed most piteous. One of them standing
by us, remarked, “I used lo support Spul
lock, but he is wrong now.” VVe regret ox
ceedingly that Mr. S. has torn himself loose
from the good old democratic faith and
joined himself to the secession follies of
Rhett, McDonaid, & Co. He is too clever
a man to immolate himBelf upon such dan
gcrous fallacies.
At the conclusion of his address the peo
tile adjourned lo the Spring and partook of
a liberal nnd excellent barbacue, served up
in BRADSHAW’S best style. After which
they again assembled at the stand, and were
addressed by Col. Chisoaim of Paulding
partly in reply to Col. Spullock nnd also in
vindication of the principles and aims of the
Union Party. It wns on the whole one of
his best efforts und produced a fine effect up
on the audience. We understand the de
bate was continued by Judge Spullock nnd
W. T Wofford Esq. but we were compelled
•fq retire before its conclusion. A friend in
forms us that Mr. Wofford made a capital
speech, which wns received with the great
est applause.
Tlte utmost good feeling and enthusiasm
characterised the deliberations and discus
sions of this meeting throughout. We for
got to mention that the occasion was graced
by quite u number of ladies from Floyd and
tlte adjoining counties. With their approv
ing smile our cause must triumph.
In conclusion, we would soy, that “Wolf
skin” is sound to the core, and in Octo
her next will show to the world that they are
prepared to stand nobly up to the defence
ot the Constitution and the Union.
literary Changes
The Itcv. G. F. Pierce, D. D. hna resigned the
Presidency of Emory College, and Dr Alex. Means,
has been elected to All the vacancy.
Dr. W. II. Ellison, has resigned the Presiden
of the Wesleyan Female College at Mitcon, and
Prof. E. H. Mters elected in his place. Tha Rev.
W. R. Branham, will All the|chalr vacated by Profea-
8or Myers.
Death or Judce Allen.—We regret to learn
that this gentleman died in our City on Sunday
morning last, Irom an appoplocdo attack, after lin
gering some ten or twelve days in a state ol insen
sibility.
Essrs.
ps tl
e con
isunl qi
ill bo moi
crop ol the latter, unless some unforseen disaster
should occur. The prospect then Is,
keep up nnrt'cottbti koep dowm That pr<
of every description will l-o high end cottons ol ov-
ery description will bo low. Thnt wo ere to Imvo
added to. thojast, another year ol great.scarcity, and
in somo Insttneos, orsufferlng, there can he little
doubt. It is true, there nre hero nnd there, in nl-
tnost evory county, green spots, ami a prospeot of
average provision crops; bat wlmt nro they com
pared with tho widespread rain whleh tetohea
from tlte fertile vallios of Kentucky and Tennessee,
tho rioli prariec of Arkansas and Texas 1 It is this
present and prospective scarcity of oorn which has
on used tire farmers very generally, nnd very pro
perly too, to hold on to tboir wheat. Indeed, from
the partial failure of their provision crops last year*
many hnvu boon compelled lo feed their horses dur
ing the summer upon.lhls valuable grain- .Strange
as it may seem, thousands of bushels 01 co n, oats,
&c., linve been imported into Floyd .county from
Tennessee during the last few months; und corn is
now selling, wlton it cun be lmd ntnll, for ono dol
lar nnd one dollar and ten cents perbmlie! inour
city. Now if cotton wasselllng nt lOnml I5cenlr/>r
there was a reasonable expectation that it would
rench that mark, the prospeuts of tlte planter and
merchant would be less gloomy; but with die price
of this great stapler ranging from four to seven Cents,
nnd tho present promise of more titan nn average
every otto must pereeive that wo nre on Util
eve of u Annnclul pressure If not revulsion
Lest wlntor, whon cotton was up t.i- 19 nnd 14
cents, millions of dollars were expended for lands
nnd negroes at high prices; some wero purchased
for cash, others upon Credit. TUeso lands nnd ne
groes hnvo generally boon devoted to the onltura of
cotton; nnd n largo surplus ol this grant ample, It IV
couAdontly believed, will be sent to market this
yonr. There wore on the 11th of July Inst, In the
Liverpool mnrkct, 01)5,0S0 bolus, egninst 401*,590
ltulos at the samo period lust year This yuor tho
Arst now cotton found Its way to market on tho 25th
of July; last year it was seventeen days Inter. So
nays tho New Orlenns Bulletin. Willi some 700,
000 bales then of tlte old crop now on hand h. Liv
erpool, with 225,000 at the principal ports in this
country, in uddition to wlmt is on ship board, und
going fnrwnrd, It eon hardly bo expected thnt tlte
price of cotton will upprucinto during the next Id
months. This exhibit nnd these remarks nre mude-
wlth no desire to excite unnecessary apprehensions
and furkodmgs of coming evils, bm simply to put
our ftiunds upon their gtmrd, lost by improvidence
nnd Imprudence, they increase their embarrass
ments. Now is tho timo for evory mnn to gather
up nnd husband his rcsourocs—to prepare for a long
and perhaps slot my night.
den voted fo .the South, end declaring It to bo an Immanent ol op
to the grow- pretsion. Nc^t, the Union was passing away,'and la
tho' Spall? declare<Pif wo would anbiitli tu fhe post vie wouk
The Dubious Party.
The following anecdo’e which we take from the
Augusta Chronicle is Sentinel, beautifully illustrates
the character of the Secession Party of Georgia. In
company with Union Democrats, they are Democrats;
if they meet a disunion Whig they ore seres.-lonisls.
To-day they discard old putty lines and Issues, to.
morrow they try to restore them. Fortunately the
people understand their game, and will defeat the?r
purposes!
There lived a Tew miles apart, in n certain
country, two friendly neighbors, between
whose houses tbero was n grocery. One of
the neighbors was the owner of a litter of
fine Berkshire pigs, one of v hich he hnd pro
mised to send his friend. Accordingly, one
morning he put the pig in a basket, covered
it with a cloth to keep Ihe little gtunler in
and otdered n negro to enrry it. The negro
got os far as the aforesaid grocery, ail sale,
hut stopping to get a drink, he set his basket
down at the door as lie went in, and when
he was out of sight, some rude frequenters
of the “lick,” took the pig out, replaced it
with a pup, and covered the basket .again
carefully, so that tlte negro’s suspicion wqg
not aroused. He took up the basket on com
ing out, und marching off, was soon at. the
neighbor’s house. Here, to the astonishment
of the negro, when the bnsket was uncovered,
the pup was revealed. The neighbor became
angry nt being thus sported with, nnd the
negro protested thnt his mnster should not
be blnmcd, “for,” suid he, “dut pup was a
pig when mnssn put um in dar.” This over
the negro turned homeward again, with the
pup in his basket. On teaching the aforesaid
grocery ho stopped as before fur another
drink, nnd this lime, while he wns in, taking
the “critter,” thept/p was taken nut nnd the
pig put back. When he reached home lie
met his mnster in the yard, and informed him
that his neighbor suid “Ac didn't want his
'and he
would
unit to any thing, He said the South was lied
innd and foot, and we were only "hewers of wool
ind drawers of water” for the North. Me then ?■•
tontshed ail present, by endorsing the resolution! of
the Georgia Convention. As it was settled by the
State, ns good Stale Rights men, they (tho Southern
Rights Partry) of coase mast submit. ' No farther
egressions would be tolerated. Thdre was no party
'Was, that parly he would repudiate. The term “gloi
rious Union," coming from a Southern Rights man
was to- him totally incomprehensible. IIo asserted
that tho compromise was aggressive and ought not to
be submitted to with impunity. There was now but
one real issue before the people, nnd that wee the
rlglit of Secession. Snell are, Mr. Editor, a few of
the sayings of the Hon. Wm. H. Stiles. Now has be
not brought homo tho completest "Austrian Bend”
ever introduced amongns. The Ladies hi my school
boy days, had a graceful forward inclination of the
body, which they called the "Grecian Bend,” but some
Tenneaaeans came along here with somo humped
back hoga which they called Rnsaia hogs, and the boyr
changed the name of that Important bend to Rnstiit-
The Lathis applied the bend to their bodies, but' the
Governor,s Squire hits applied it to his politics.
Now, Sir, a few words about Charley and we nro
done. 'Ho was glad to see the people of Chattooga;.
Was not In the hnklt of making political speeches;
but there were false reports ofrenlated about him. If
was reported, he understood, that he was a disunion-
ist, which wns not so. Georg!, had settled the ques
tion for herself, and he endorsed her action. He en-
dorsed the reeolutions passed by tho Georgia Conven
tion. He had been to Nashville to a Convention.—
The resolutions pnssed by that convention were more
conservative than those ndopted by the Georgia Con
vention. He took strong ground In favor of tho Nash
ville Convention. Ho closed; having degraded the
dignity of u candidate for Governor so far os to make n
short speech, lie and Mr. Stilea both maintained *
that the South had been degraded; and Mr. S. said
that if we submitted to it wo would submit to any
thing. Now, Mr. Editor,by what name ought such
a party to be called I If they, refuse to bear being
culled disnnlonlsts we hod bctlercall them Factiontsta.
Now, aa to their bucccbs. It was glorious! If I
were Chastain and Cobb, I would pay them to go
round with Crouk all tlte time. 1 should want Crook
to go nlong; for there are plenty of men that will op.
pose an> thing he advocates, and the mare warmly he
urges It, the farther they get from it. I hnve heard
of many who were wavering before, who are now con-
ft mod, nnd declare the Is,nr to be clearly anion or
disunion. Not one convert have they made In thin
county, but on tho contrary, hnve driven many off.
Some of the tire-eaten nre laying, I understand, that
they will not support Stiles if he endorsea the resoln-
lions of the Georgln Convention, which he did pub
licly nnd privately here—privately without tiny quali
fication whatever. This he will not deny, and if nny
mnn require it, we stand prepared to prove it, and
would like to hnve nn opportunity.
Well, one more thing and I have done. After Mc
Donald was through, 1 some of tho Union men cried
out for Mr. Newton. Mr. Crook, always vejty. offi
cious, bounced up and tnndn n very labored anjnm^fl
against allowing Mr. Newton a showing, but Ajr.
Spullock said let him go on, and you know, ol courie,
,f ).c mid so, no one could object. Mr. Newton roeu
anti, I tell yon, ho did great exeaminn in a very abort
timo. They treated him very badly, but lie wore
Mr, S., the Governor. Spullock nnd all of them out.
Spullock tniule tlu weakest Utile reply you ever
henrd ; coming after snch a olenr logical speech as
Mr. Newton gave, it seemed Ilka Mr. Spullock did not
.ayhis right speech. I reckon he hnd forgotten hla
other better one, beginning "You might acareo expect
one of nty age,” It.c. I hope these gen'lemen will
pay us another visit, for tills one has accomplished
much for us.
Tell, "Uncle Joe” he owes Newton n great deal,
nml If Newton U our candidate for ihe Lower Houle,
and In- chti pay the debt he must do so.
Thu mnil hurries me. You may hear from m»
again. Yoms, ito. CHATTOOGA'
he wns pig tvhen you put him in dnr, but lie
wns pup when Ignt to nabor’s house.” “Open
thnt basket,” commanded the mnster. The
negro done ns bid, and behold! thore was
the pig. “Don’t you see that it is n pigf'
asked the inaslor, “Yes, mnssn,” answered
the bewildered negro, “I see he pig now, but
he wns pup over nt nnbor’s house; he can be
pup or pig, jes ns he plonse.”
Good News from Gordon.
We understand thnt nn election wqs held in Gor
don county on Mondny last, for n Justice of the Infe
rior Court, vice M. Duke, Esq , resigned. The great
Southern Rights parly, for S or 10 days preyious, had
been secretly at work with energy worthy a more im
portant issue, to spring n party race. Our friends hav
ing discovered their obje.-t a few days before the elec-
tion, rallied the Union forces and succeeded in defvnt-
ing tho fire-eating candidate, by a majority of some
175 votes. This is a glorious beginning for Gordon
and we hove no doubt from the representations of our
friends in that county, that she will give a largely in
cr?naed mojorily for tlte Uni -n ticket over the No
vember election.
An esteemed correspondent informs us that had the
Union party made the same exertions the fire-eaters
did, Dr. Rainey’s mojorily would have readied 250 or
300. If the lower part of the State mid the bellano'.'
of Cherokee will do as well as our noble little sister
county, there enn be no doubt of Cobb’s election by 15
<20,000.
For tho Courier.
McDonald and stiles in chattooga.
THEIR SUCCESS, icc.
Mr. Editor-.—The "double” Ex-Governor and
his distinguished sntelitc have paid ub a visit, ftted
their guns and left us in the smoke. Mr. Stiles was
introduced first, who seemed to be quite glad of nn
opportunity to explain his sentiments upon the qucB.
tlons now agitating the country. He had been .to-
Austria—had been in several of tho Governments of the.
Old Wqrld, (ffoh’t recollect how many) but-ours wi
jhaireatest Gnvcrnmcht he had atcunaa.
For tku Courier.
Mr Editor.—1 desire a brief space in
your paper to notice the political discussions
-which came off ip this place on the 23d ult.|
betw een Col Chastain and Mr. Stiles, the
onion and disunion candidates for representa
tive of this District in Congress. I say, to
notice the discussion, but I should nerhapa
sny, tlte,notice ulrendy tnken of the discus
sion by our worthy Southern rights, disunion
Editor of tlie Southerner. For I should hava
been willing to let the Candidates speak
for themselves, and abide by the impressiona
they might make as to who the man for Con
gress should be, had not the Editor of that
immaculole disunion,-secession! Southern
rights.-Rhett,-McDonald Nashville con-
vention-'sheet, took it into his head lo mis
represent the Union Candidate, and the im
pression he made on the occasion* Having
always regarded the Editor of that paper as
a most perfect gentleman, nnd as a man of
truth, I can attribute these misrepresenta
tions to nothing but his overweening anxiety-
lo build up his pnrty in the district, and thb
chagrin which he mutt evidently have felt
at having the celebrated Mr. Stiles compleTit-
|y "done up” and “laid upon the shelf” at
the very first onset by what he terms at
“round bellied, sleek dapper little fellow who-
jins the greatest aversion imaginable to thinks
ing.’’ . .
Notv every oue having knowledge of the-
feeling that existed before, and that which
exists since this speaking, knows that the-
impression Col. Chastain made in this place-
exceeded the most sanguine expectations of
his friends : and to my knowledge, that
speech of his turned more than a dozen in-
his favor who before were doubtful.
And further every one there present
knows that Col Chastain’s attack on Mr.
Stiles was not intirely "personal and unpro~
vnked” but that personnleies were commenc
ed by Mr. Stiles in his opening speech.-
And fhrther they know that he eould and t
nbly nnd satisfactorily discuss the question!
presented by Mr. Stiles—and that his f
speech so far from conlaining nothing .
vnpid nnd pointless anecdote was froughlj
from beginning to end with good sense *•“*
sound 1 argument-mid that while .
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