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From the AtiUon Journal if- Messengef.
The Position and Tolloy of the Constitu
tional Union Party of Georgia.
Tbo present Is an eventful crisis In tho his
tory of the Constitutional Union Party. In a
few months it will ho called upon, to take po
sition upon tho Presidential question, and by
Its action to determine tho course of tho
State. It is a forogono conclusion of our po
litical opponents, that the Constitutional
Uulon Tarty 7 Is disorganised and disbanded.
It Is not disorganized—it Is not disbanded—
It is no failure—hut oxlata to-day, ns firm
and ns formidable, iiswhon It'achieved tho
eloetlon of Governor Cobb, by a majority
which has rebuked his opponents, and caused
them, In hot haste, to abnndon overy position
which they bad assumed during tho canvass.
Thoro Is a vitality In tho principles of the
Party which never can ho lust as long as there
is a Constitution and a Union. As yet, noth
ing has occurred to disturb tho harmony, or
to destroy tho Integrity of tho Tarty, and if
Us Ihtnro policy, in regard to the npproach-
ing Presidential oleclion, is shaped by tho
principles it has avowed, we entertain no
doubt of Its triumphant success.
Wo publish to-duy the Preamble and Rcso-
entlon of 1860—
South, can never be recovered, and never
tho Whig and Democratic Conventions failed
to present a tnnn pledged to support the Com
promise, and tho policy of non-intervention
in foreign affairs, tho nucleus around which a
formidable party would ho built up. It would
command tho support of every ono who do-
slrcs to see tliu foreign policy of this govern
ment, which was adopted by Washington, and
which has been Invnrinbly followed by his
successors, still ndherd to—the institution of
property respected—liltmlsm nnd sectional
ism rebuked—slavery agitation banished
from tho hnlls of Congress, nnd harmony re
stored throughout tho borders of our wide
spread Union.
Tho objection to our sehdlng delegates to
Baltimore or PhlMelpliia Is, that those Con- _ .
vcntlons will ho composed of Incongruous I of whom are resol',’?' 1 otl ' ls flna ' rc P'-' a '
would have been yielded but in view of a (Inal
and ^irrevocable settlement of the nlnvcry
question. Under these cireumstanoeswo had
a right to oxpcct good faith from tho North.
Wo had a right to expect that tho law would
havo boon rigidly enforced and permanently
sustained by tho patriotism of tho (Viemts of
tho Union In the Northern States. But how
different is tho fact. Even thoso who profess
to ho tho friends of the compromise are silent
in opposition toits repeal or its violation. No
pressnt tho North ventures more than to coun
sel tolerance for an odious law, until it shall
ho "amended or repealed." In a word, tho
Fugitlvo Slavo law has nover had the sanction
of tho people of tho Freo States, tho majority
because, they
of tho Constitutional Union Party; and be-
causo wo desire to call the attention of our
readers to tho principles embraced in that
Platform, nnd to refresh their recollections ns
to tho views entertained nnd expressed by
. . Its members’were elected upon tho singlo is
sue ofndhorenco to tho Compromise Meas
ures. They mot, nnd ntlcr enhn delibera
tion and consultation ndopted tho Preamble
and Resolutions which tho Constitutional
Unionfarty has recognised as Its Platform.
Tho action of that Convention, by Its dignity,
unanimity, conservatism nnd firmness, jins
felt throughout tho Union, nnd gnvc to Geor
gia promlncnco nnd pro-emincnco among her
sister States of tho South. It was tho expres
sion of tho sober second thought of tho peo
ple of. Georgia, saying to South Carolina,
that they could not take tho Initiative in the
adoption of tho desperate remedy ofscccssion;
and saying substantially to their brethren of
tho North, that an observance of tho Compro
mise, ns a final settlement, was tho condition
upon which thoyncqnlesccd In It. This po-
iltion of the Georgia Convention, so firm, so
dignified, so just nnd so well grounded upon
tho Constitution, was tho first brenk-wntej
tm —•opposed to ttnrimniamri'Bin orPiWffilon and
called forth IVom eminent Statesmen, IVom
Conventions and Legislatures ofothor States,
and from tho public Press, tho highest en
comiums upon (ho wisdom nnd patriotism of
tho men who lmdhssumed it Planting them
selves upon tho Resolutions of tho Georgia
Convention, ns containing an opitomo of their
political fivith, tho Constitutional Union Party,
composed of Whigs and Democrats whoso pa-
trlotlsm was stronger than the tics of party,
and whose devotion to tho Union was more
lasting than tho suggestions of resentment for
acknowledged wrongs, lias controlled tho
.. .. , State, and its influence has been felt through
out tho South In checking nltmlsm and scc-
' Monallsm, and in strengthening tho bonds of
Union. This commanding position, which
the Party still occupies, should not bo aban
doned ; and strongly impressed with this Idea,
wo havo reibrred to tho action of tho Georgia
arcor. Tho
_ JSHjr Into ex
istence is not yet averted. Its organization is
not a useless instrumentality, which has dis
charged its office, and which Is therefore no
longor necessary. Tho Freo Soil element Is
the strongest in tho Union, nnd in order to de
monstrate tho truth of tills stntomont, wo
havo only to await tho tlmowhon a distinct,
issuablo point, between Freo Soil and Slavery
maybe made. Tho formldabicness of tho
Free Soil Party is owing to tho fact, that they
control in the Northern States tho balnnco of
power, nnd that tho two great Parties of tho
North are more anxious to secure tho iinmc-
fllato benefits of tho majority, nnd tho power
In tho several States nnd in tho Union, than
to check the advances ofa faction, when tho
dangers nttendlng its ascendancy are romoto
or unappreciated. If tills Party Dover crush
ed, and tho agitation of the questions connec
ted with slavery termtnntod, It muni Iju by
Union organization—by a party who slinll
adopt, whatovor its nnmo may ho, tho flinda
mentnl Ideas of the Union Party of Georgia,
recognizing no right of secession, no higher
law, nothing but tbo Constitution nnd its
. Compromises.
"What then shall tho Constitutional Union
Tarty of Georgia do 1 But two courses seem
left for it to pursue—one to adopt tho propo
sition oftlio Constitutional Union Party of
Alabama, which will be found in tho Resolu
tions of its Convention, published in another
column of this paper, awl tho other to unite
with one of tho national Parties. Tho pro
position of Alabama is, that the Constltiitioii-
indepondent
j sub
sequent to tho meeting of the Whigs nnd De
mocratic Conventions. It comes to us as the
index of tho sentiment of the Constitutional
(late, identified with us in
elements. The Frec-Sotl Tarty oftlio North,
nnd tho Disunion Tarty of the South, will
mingle together witli Union men in those
Conventions, cloaking their principles nnd
their ulterior objects under tho comprehen
sive and convenient names ofWIiig or Demo
crat, and seeking, by this cottrso, to get out
of (lie minority at homo, nnd to renew nation
al relations with their- parties. Tho Freo-
Soll Tarty lins grown up under tho organiza
tions of the Whig nnd Democratic parties.—
Its support lias been courted by both of them!
until it hasnttnlned tho dignity ofa bnlnncc-
nf-power party, nnd defies them. On account
of Mils political Importance’ of a Northern Ihc-
tion, wo Ibnr that no strong, unequivocal ex
pression ofoplnlon, will ho mndo elthor by
tho Whig or 1 ' Democratic Conventions, upon
TlldIssues p'hleh wdhiust present, if wo lire
truo to our principles. These Issues will bo
blinked orlost In tho nlfinnnnco of old nnd
olisoloto party principles, nnd the statement
ofvnguo nnd unmeaning generalities; nnd
the identity of our party, tngetner with its
principles, will bo swallowed up to mnko a
President. Or, If tho whoio subject of the
compromise, nnd of slavery agitation, Is not
(as wo anticipate it will lio,) thus virtually
Ignored, yet wo cannot foresee to wlint doc
trines wo tuny be forced to subscribe, by en
tering Conventions where Ferc-8ollcrs, Seces
sionists, Abolitionists, Dlsunionists, Interven
tionists and Sectionalism of every kind, will
be admitted to seats. Biiclinroour (bnrs, If
delegates appointed by the Constitutional
Union Pnrty of Georgia nro recolvod by oltlier
tho Whig or Democratic Conventions. But
will they bo received 1 From tho develop
ments which have been mndo thus far, this Is
more than doubtful; nnd If tlioy nro refused
admittance, they will return with tho brand
aC...>taimt»m»mpnn~(inilll, litving sUerffied
tho position of Indopendoncowhich trmPnrty
now occupies; nnd lost tho prestigo of its re
cent victorlos.
Wlint then Is tho trim policy of tho Consti
tutional Union Pnrty of Georgia 1 Wo nn-
swer, let the Convention of tho pnrty, soon to
bo nssoinblcd in Milledgevlllo, answer. That
Convention linsbcnncnllod by tho into Legis
lative Caucus of tho Constitutional Union
Party, and It should bo held. Our safest and
host men should bo selected as doiegntes to
that Convention, and coming iVcsli from tho
pcoplo, thoy will express, by their action, tho
will oftlio masses oftlio Pnrty. Tho third
resolution of tho Legislative Caucus, ml vising
that delegates should bo sent, under proper
instructions, to tho Democratic Convention,
at Baltimore, ivo regard ns tho slmplo expres
sion of tho individual preference of tho gen
tlemen who passed it. Upon tills point, these
tho
In view of this state of things—in vlow of
tho past and In anticipation of tho future, w it
not tho duly of the South to bo prepared for
tho worst.ana toassumoa firm, resolute, nnd
uumistakabio position on tills question 1 It is
admitted by all parties among us that wo nro
in an attitude to make no further concessions to
frcc-soil fanaticism. Georgia in solemn con
vention assembled, has laid down her ultima-
tain to the North. That Convention, wisely
looked to tho future, revived no past issue,
yegrs past, nnd listening o, or reading tho
mode of (procedure of n large number of tho
most successful cultivators, I havo summed
them all up, and prefer tho above to all others
which has cometo my knowledge. Evory
cultivator has his own best way to accomplish
tbo object, and jot, porclianco, nil havo much
toicam from the experience or obsorvatiou of
others.—[Hortlcultuaist.
Palmyra, N. Y., Nov, 1861.
Culture of the Cabbage at the South.
As tho New Yea V has just set In, and gard-
enora and housewives nro beginning to look
aSoutj to sco what to plant, toyiold tho great-
cat amount of nutritious vegetable food, it
may not bo amiss to call their attention to tho
culture of tho Cnbbngo.
This valuable plant is not half appreciated
horo, either In Its value “food, or tho caso
and sliupiiclly of Its culture.
All tiie varieties of Cabbage, Cauliflower,
Collat'd, Broccoli, and Kalo, are derived, by
cultivation, IVom a wild, sea shore plant, in
digenous to Europo.
Tho common Oollard of tho country is so
fiimlllar to all. that it needs but llttla com
ment, Yet tilts, liko ail things, that are com
mon, is susceptible of great Improvement. It
braves with impunity the hot suns of our sum
buthoidlyand emphatically declared tmers, nnd t , 10 frosts of our winters. It Is gen-
d* h * principles Which they demanded y ^ | H l.out transplanting, but If
should be held mvwlabk, and ichek should be
!<- al.UnlMR.PqrW should hold an imlcpond
Converitlonjn WaslilngSon City,“fit a date s
. doubt, that botli on account of tlio high
", soured IVom whence it emanates, nnd its own
Intrinsic merits, it will recclvo from the Geor
gia Convention of tlio Party, soon to bo as
sembled at Milledgevlllo, a calm and deliber
ate consideration. The delegates to the
Washington Convention will bo left freo to
. choose between the candidates presented for
tile Presidency, by the Whig nnd Democratic
conventions; and if neither of theso Conven
tions declare distinctly, anil unequivocally,
tho finality of tho Compromise, as tho basis
of their political organizations, then to
chooso somo ono who will represent, nnd if
elected, will carry out their principles.
: ■ •. There is notliingscctionnl in tlio orgnniza-
' .tion oftlio Constitutional Union Party. That'
party is basod upon two prominent ideas—
tlio observance of tho Constitution, and the
preservation of the Union. There would be
. nothing sectional in the platform of this par-
- (ty, elected by tho Washington Convention.
Northern men did not stand upon it, it
l he because they were sectionalism.—
j is a nationality.,of parte/, and distinct
■ - nationality at principle. Tho prin-
i party, anif not tho .character of the
t iccciv.es, deterraino its na-
j not to ilifer, as a mat-
ort which would
“the Constitution-
gcntlomcn do npt speak ex-cathedra. Toll)
uoaromionurrtno'-THny^musC rfils~gVav
anftfitlAn-ntthA-fulmio wutron of «w **.
referred.
In tho meantime, let our friends, in their
primary meetings, give a full nnd tYeo ex
pression of their viows, and sond delegates to
tho Convention, instructed to carry out thoso
views, nnd let us await its action, with tho
firm conviction that it will preserve tho in
tegrity nnd harmony of the party, and se-
curo to it unauimitynnd concort of action in
tho approaching ennv
Abolition Reviving—How the South should
moot it.
Anti-Slavery Movements.—-Wliilo both
parties are returning to their old platforms,
and tho grnnd battle is to bo once more be
tween old fasliioned whig nnd democratic
principles for the spoils, wo find the anti-slave
ry societies of tho North moving again to re
new the agitation upon the negro question,
uarrtsuu, runups, una mo iaimi abuiuiui
nullificrs of Boston, havo just closed a most
terrific demonstration, which is soon to be fol
lowed up by similar proceedings, at various
points in the North and west. The Cincinnati
Anti-Slavery Society of both sexes, and of all
colors, have issued a call for a grand conven
tion in that city, to bo holdcn on the 27th,
28th, nnd 29th of April next, ‘ to inquire
what can be dono for the three millions of
slaves in these United States;” nnd they de
clare “thatwhilst there is a slavo to bp libe
rated. there shall not bo wanting an abolition
ist to strike tho Ibtters from hi# limbs,”—iV.
y. Herald.
The Herald gives tho programme of other
anti-slavery movements, which would seem to
indicate that tho fbll spirit of aggression and
disorganization is about to receive n new im
pulse, and that even bolder measures than
havo been heretofore contemplated, are about
to-buuUemp^* i., ■ _ .. i,-
We iiucniopca, and (lie signs oftlio times
authorized us to,believe that the danger to our
political union which had been dcvc!6i>ed by
the intense agitation of the slavery question,
during tho last two years, and tho consequent
action of Congress, with the acquiescence of
the conservative people of the country, of all
sections, in thataction, if it hud not disarmed
abolitionism, had at least aroused a healthy
public opinion in the free States, that would
the effect to keep its fanatical advocutcs
within tho bounds of wholesome restraint.
We believed that tho sacrifices which tho
South had made for the sake of the Union,
would be received in the spirit of compromise,
and that,wo would be allowed, for tho future
to rest on tho guaranties of that compromise,
sccuru from furthcraggression or molestation,
but wo havo seen enough of tho movements
and purposes of tlio abolitionists to convince
us that what wo havo surrendered is no guar
anty for what is left to us. Already the cry
of repeal has gone forth throughout tho freo
States, and a formal motion for tho abroga
tion of the Fugitive Slave law now lies upon
tho tables of the Senate. It is but too evi
dent that tho repeal of that law 'is seriously
contemplated. No party at tho North dares
to oppose its ultimate removal from the stat
ute Hook. Leading politicians of both tho
great national parties only counsel its observ-
1 so long as it remains a law,” while the
fjk many instances, have boldly and
defiance.
maintained by our people to the last extremity.
Tho platform laid down by our convention
not only met tho approbation oftlio people of
tlio fitnto ntlargo, but was adonled nromntlr
lo of prospective action by tbo groat
majority of tlio people of tlio other slave
holding States, of all parties. Iudoed, tho ac
tion oftlio Georgia Convention, so just, moder
ate, and wise, received tho approbation of tho
conservative men oftlio North, and exerted a
l>owerful influence, oven a greater influence
than tlio Compromise itself, in calming tlio
turbulence, and allaying tbo apprehension
which pervaded tho country at tlio time.
As an independent press, wo gave our ad
hesion to thoso resolutions, and pledged our
oilbrts to hold tho people of tho State to their
maintenance in every part.
Tho time lias como for re-asserting and
maintaining the position assumed by the
Georgia Convention. Tho time lias como for
rendering tho principles then laid down ef
fective, by making them the basis of tlio po
litical action of iMirtlcs. A Presidential con
test Is at hand. Parties aro mancouvring for
tho ascendency. Now is the time for Georgia
In ted. thfi tinctrily, the patriotism of the North.
Sho has hut to insist upon the recognition of
her principles as expressed in tlio resolutions
of her Convention, as tlio terms upon which
sho will give lior support to any party. V'he
Compromise is final against us. Wo have
declared that it shall be final far us.
Lot all parties among us unite in insisting
upon the recognition of this fliir nnd equitable
principle, without which thoro is no safety
for us under any administration that wo may
aid tn raising to power. Lot tho Union men
nnd tlio Southom rights men, Democrats nnd
Whigs of the Southern States unite upon this
platform, and wo shall bo ablo to place tho
party in power that will rccognizo and main
tain tlio finality of tlio compromise, and thus
give tho death blow to political abolitionism.
Or, if no national party will dnro to go into
Iho contest on that issue—or,' if having mndo
tho issue it should bo vanquished by (lie (Vee-
soilism nnd abolitionism ot the North, then we
Mliull httow iho woroi - ihou ihor© -frlUlnj-uc
longer any cause of division among ourselvos,
ana wo will bo prepared, if need bo, unitedly
to "resist even to the disruption of every tie that
binds us to the Union.—Savannah News.
Raising or How to raise the Finest Straw-
berries.
BY n. 0. PARDEE, PU.MYRA, N. Y.
Tlio following is tho best way that I know,
of cultivating tho strawberry in our favorable
soil:
Select, in the early spring, a rich deep mel
low, gravelly loam, if possible, in rather low
moist ground, with a good exposure to the sun.
Then spado St hill a spado deep, repeatedly,
on Iho first of every month until July, when
tlio ground will have become thoroughly bro
ken up nnd mellow, and also the danger of
the earth packing and becoming hard, will
mainly havo past. After breaking up tlio
ground well on the 1st July, and levelling ofT
tho soil instead of raising it into hods, then
immediately set. out tliQ strawberry plants
two in r. stool, 18 to 24 inches apart. Then
mulch, forthwith, the whole ground, including
the walk, with an inch and a half deep of old
tan hark, sawdust or well rotted mnnuro;
hut I would carefully prevent any barn-yard
manure, or oven ashes, becoming incorporated
in tlio soli previously or at tills time. Next
l would thoroughly water them, and keep
them sufficiently watered to insure a constant
and vigorous growth, which is not a task
well mulched. After this, tho occasional
pulling of a very (few weeds, that find their
way. through the mulching, and a slight coat
ing of leaves and straw on the approach of
winter, is all tho care I would give them, un
til the opening of the following spring, when
I pursue the following process:
On removing the coating on the opening of
spring, I fertilize tho plants with a liberal
sprinkling of a solution of \ lb. each of snl-
phato of pottassium, glaubor salts, and sal
soda, and ono ounce of mariato ammonia, to
b »Uv>i.q ufw.lv., «ml ©uiiMuuc tills Onco
In a week or ten days until they blossom,
when I glvo them puro cold water till they
ripm, when I discontinue all applications, I
do not say my combination of fertilizers can
not be improved, but it proves efficient enough
with me until I learn ofa bettor one.
If not convenient, I do not break up tho
ground until tho 1st July, when I plan out;
nlthough I think it better not to allow the
ground to be occupied the previous part of tlio
season, and to be frequently stirred. I prefer,
all things considered, the 1st to 10th July for
planting out, for the reason tho soil docs not
bake so hard as if set out in spring, and at this
season I can secure tbo largestcrop next June.
If the setting out is delayed till August, I can
only depend on half a crop, and only a quar
ter if delayed till September.
By this plan, it will bo seen, I avoid all
trouble in forking over the ground in the fall
or spring—I do not Audit necessary.
Although so many succeed unsatisfactorily
in raising strawberries, yet I know of no fruit
raised in this climate on which I can, with
sucli confidence, rely fora ccrtalu and regular
largo cyop as by this plan, with good varieties
—only amateurs who wish to raise remarka
bly fine fruit may choose to take so much
pains as the whole process hero laid down in
volves, yet what is worth doing at all, is gen
erally worth doing well.
I will not presumo to say that this plan is
perfbct,.or Is fro best, Other soils aud cli-
furuaco fires. They draw their treasured
from tho mine. Thoy plough tlio earth.—
Blessings on them ! Look to them, young
men, and tako courago ; imitate their exam
ple, catch tho spirit of their energy. Without
llfb, what aro you good for, If It is passed idly
away 1 Wo should ever measure thus lifU’i
employment.
the mu mi.
ROME, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, February 19, 1862.
Death of Mr. 8. 8. Jack.
It is our melancholy duty to announce the
demise of our worthy and estimable associate
and follow-citizen, Mr. S. S. Jack.' Ho died at
bis residence in tills City on Thursday morn
ing last; aftor a few days’ illness, in tlio 62d
year of his ago.
Mr. Jack was long connected With tho news
paper press In Georgia, and was among the first
settlers in Romo; having moved to this pined
in 1836. Quiet and unassuming—devoted to
his family and friends—courteous and kind In
all Ills feelings and nets—an humble and pi
ous member oftlio church, ho lived respected,
nnd died regretted by a largo circle of attach
ed kindred and friends.
it he transplanted deep, and in rich soil, ta
king caro to cut otT tho long tap root, it will
make miite respectable cabbago In the winter
month*..
So \yith the cabbage. Its heading being en
tirely an artificial process, care must be taken
not to let it get hack to its natural stato. For
this reason, it is safer to import our seeds than
to rafso them, as their tendency, in a warm
climate is, to got back to their long leaf.—
Tho early variety seeds nro always import
ed, even in tlio Nprthcrn States. These ore
chiefly valuable hero, ns coming in before tho
garden has begun to yield much for the tablo.
Among tho early Varieties in most reputo,
nro the Early and L(irgo Yoik, Early Batter
sea or Drumhead, Early French Ox-heart,
Early Sugnrloaf. Early Dutch, &c. Theso do
not make ns largo head* ns tho later kinds, but
if grown quick and on good soil, they are
equally as tender and delicious. There aro
many ways ofstnrting the early Cabbage. To
thoso who have tho means at hand, wo would
recommend starting thqm in a moderate hot
bed, and transplanting them into tho opun
ground, as soon ns the weather permits.—
Thoso who cannot do this, may plant them in
the open ground, tho first of next month, and
continuo planting until April. Thoy may bo
planted in dr 11s, thinned out and transplant
ed; thoso not transplanted will head. Keep
tho ground lightand mellow around the plants
by the fVec use of tho hno, and apply all the
soap suds and leached ashes of tlio premises,
around tho plants, during their growth.—
Plants managed in this way, in an ordinary
season, will head linoly, and ho fit for tho ta
blo in April and May. Tho later kinds, a-
mong which the following rank best for this
climate—Lato Bergon, Drumhead, Bruns
wick, Green Glazed, Green Savoy, and Red
Dutch, for pickling—may bo planted any time
after tho first of April: up to tho first of Au
gust. When transplanted, tho soil must be
deep, rich and mellow; and if the stalk is
two feet long, put it into tlio ground up to tho
first leaf; this will cause it to head finely.
There is much difference in the seasons, in
J* Wo nro indebted to Hon. E. C. Ca
bell, for a copy of his interesting speech re
cently delivered in tho House of Representa
tives.
Also to Hon. E. W. Chastain, for public
documents.
bnges. When Iho summer proves excessive
ly dry, transplant and water IVeely, and con
tinue to sow seed, that tho garden may he
stocked with heads for the winter. When the
leaves grow rank, without a disposition to
head, a little help, tying tho loaves up in tho
form ofa head, will he of great service. But
the late cabbago has an enemy greater than
tho sun, to contend with. This is the Green
Cabbage .Worm; it commences its ravages
justboforo tho leaves begin to head, and If he
Is not destroyed, will eat tlio wliolo leaves
into laco >vork, before it can form tho head.
Tho best remedy wo have ever found is, a
freo application of Salt in the soil, and around
tlio growing plants. Where this is not prac
ticable, Chickens cooped among tho cabbage
plants, is some safeguard. Tho Cut Worm is
another great pest to tho young plant, but if
a freo use of gypsum is made on tho cabbage
grounds, tho Cut Worm will not molest tho
plants.
—•*wr-wp ij»«^,»rfWii Baia peroror tno uanoago
is a great feeder, and if manures are well
turned under, quite rank manures may be ap
plied. They also may be fed in their grow
ing stato. They require a great deal of pot
ash. Give it to thorn from the leach tub and
tlio wash barrel. The same culture will also
answer for the Cauliflower aud Broccoli.—
These arc but the flower-heads of cab
bnges, and are considered great delica
cies. Tho Broccoli being hardier than the
Cauliflower, suits our climate best. Treated
in all respects, like lato cabbage, but is pe
rennial. Tlio Siberian is well adapted to our
winters, and makes most spring greens. Tho
seed should bo planted in the full. There arc
varieties of the cabbago, also, which bottom
liko a turnip, but so far as our experience
goes, they are worthless in this climate, the
head being inferior to the common cabbage,
and the bottom not equal to the common tur
nip. Should any ono wish to havo seed from
Hi© cabbago, care must bo taken to liavo them
pure, as tbo collard seeding in tho same
neighborhood, will injure tho heading qual
ities oftlio cabbage. When wo consider the
vast amount of nutritious food that can be
raised on a’ll
lialf acre in the form of cabbages,
wo arc surprised that White Head cabbages
does not oftener grace the tables of tho rich
and the poor, and that those having caro of
slaves, should not provide liberally of cab
bage ami other who.csomo vegetables, for
their summer nnd winter food. In Europe,
it is considered good economy to feed stock
upon head cabbages, tho nutritious value of
them ranking very high. May pot our white
and black population aspire to feed as high
as the hogs of Germany and France.—Soil of
the South.
Energy—What it Does—Lazy Men are
always Below Par.—We love your upright,
energetic men. Full them this way, and
then that wfy, and.tho other, and they only
bend, but never break. Trip them down,
and in a trice thoy are on their feet. Bury
them in tho mud, and in an hour they will bo
out and bright. Thoy aro'not over yawning
away existence, or walking about tho world as
if thoy had como into it with only half their
soul; you cannot keep them down—you can
not destroy th-jm. But fur these, tho^ world
would soon degenerate. Thoy arc tho salt of
the earth. Who but thoy start any noble
project 1 Tlioy bpild our cities, and rear our
Tho Superior Court.
Tho Suporior Court for this County is now
in session. Hon. J. II. Lumpkin, presiding.
Wo learn that thoro is a heavy docket to dis
pose of.
Tho Inferior Court.
Tlio time for holding this Court is tho 3rd
Monday in April.
Now Paper.
Wo havo received a few numbers of a new
paper entitled tho “Gadsden Independent;”
published weekly at Gadsden; Alabama. It
Is quite a respectable looking sheet and will
be quite an acquisition to that new mid flour-
ishing region of country.
Sohools.
It afiords us pleasure to see so many insti
tutions of a high character springing up in
this region of Georgia. Witli a dense popu
lation, and a country of unsurjiassed fertility
and beauty, we look forward witli pleasant
anticipations to the future destiny of this in
teresting section of our State. The attention
of the reader will be attracted to the educa
tional notice oftlio Rev. Mr. Wingfiela in our
paper to-day, who, it will bo seen has opened
a school in a very healthy and interesting
neighborhood, in Cass County.
A Word of Explanation and Dissent.
Whilst we publish witli pleasure the.com
munication of “ A Union Man,” wo must take
tlio liberty to set him right upon a few points,
“ not of law,” but of history.
And first, he is mistaken in supposing the
Compromise measures originated with the
Democracy. The, basis of those great peace
measures was presented by Mr. Clay, the
chairman of tlio committee of thirteen, and
vtvi r/ccu viuivuu us uieir amnor.
Hot was Mr. Webster an idle and passive
spectator whilst those measures were pending
before Congress; and botli in* and Mr. Clay
have been very liberally denounced at tlio
North and at the South for their participation
in their passage. Sido-by-.s;l(le with theso
eminent Statesmen, stood Messrs. Cass, Foot,
Clemens, Dickerson, Douglass, and other pa
triotic democrats, of the Senate, who, In con
junction with kindred spirits of the House,
and the influence of the President* were able
to consummate thoso measures of adjustment.
Tlioy were never viewed as whig or democrat
ic measures, and do not owo tlielr success ex
clusively to either.
Our correspondent is in error upon another
point. Wo uttered no threat in regard to tho
Baltimore Convention whatever. Wo merely
stated tho views of tlio Union In regnrd to
tho qualifications of thoso who take seats in
that Convention—that they “ must ho demo
crats, and represent a democratic constituen
cy;" For outscivcs -wo *fiavc ho' particular
sensitiveness about names. The Courier was
never a Whig or Democratic paper—hut a
Union taper. It expects to maintain firmly,
respectfully and consistently tho principles
it lias always avowed. It cares not a feather
for old names or old issues—and Is only so
licitous for the maintaincncc of tho rights of
tiie South, and the integrity of the Constitu
tion. In regard to tho components of the
Baltimore Convention, wo refer him to Mr.
Chapman's explosive articlo ,in tho Macon
Messenger, and to tho following from tlio
Athens Banner, which he ought to consider
good authority; particularly the latter, which
is no lover of whiggery.
When wo see the indications thronging
upon us that tlio Baltimore Convention will
tako no action confirmatory of tho position
maintained by Georgia, but that* on tho con
trary, the Free-soil and Abolition vote of the
North is to be courted by the party in the
Presidential election—wo are constrained to
proclaim “ltow aro tho mighty falloul”
Correot Views.
Wo publish in another column an article
from tho Savannah Morning News, to which
we invite special attention. The Nows al
though ostensibly neutral, has boon classed
with tho Southern Rights papers of the State.
Whatever may havo been its position and sen
timents heretofore, wo most heartily sub
scribe to its views as presented in the articlo
referred to. Whilst agitation is kept up at
tho North upon the slavery question—whilst
Congress is besieged with their petitions upon
this exciting topic; whilst resolutions are in
troduced into their political conventions de
nunciatory of tho domestic institutions of tho
South, and the compromise is either opeuly
denounced or ignored, or pnssed over sub si-
lentio, wo are gravely called upon to surren
der the only position upon which tho South
can hopo to stand—the Georgia Platform—
nnd scramble back with botlinatc into tlio old
rotten and patched up National parties. For
ono, wo arc prepared for no further conces
sions. Wo will fraternise with no party North
or South who will not contend for the princi
ples of the Georgia platform. To this we
look, and the people look, as tho ark of their
political safety.
The Difference.
Having expressed our willingness to sup
port tho nominees of the Baltimore Conven
tion, should they como forth properly pledged
and ondorsed, It is asked—” Why then oppose
a representation of tho Union Party in that
Convention 1” We will stato our reasons in
few word#. Tho Baltimore Convention is in
tended to bo purely a democratic body—to
he mado up of thoso and thoso only who nro
willing to subscribe to all tho doctrines embo
died in all tho democratic platforms that havo
been erected from tlio year 1844 up to tho
present time-to bo composed of thoso who
arc willing to call themselves democrats, and
who arc known as such; and who further
more, are ready to affirm, (in tho language of
tho Washington Union) that they represent
a democratic constituency. Now 1t is well
known, that tho Union Party of Georgia is
largely composed of wlilgs—say about 8 whigs
to 2 democrats—men of high and nobio bcar-
ing—possessing pride of character and prldo
of opinion, and who liavo warred against de
mocracy from a high sense of duty and patri
otism. Now these men, regarding old issues
os comparatively obsolete aqd unimportant,-
liavo been willing to consign them to forgot-
Afincss. Intent only upon tho preservation
of the integrity of tho Union, they liavo been
and nro still willing to support thoso, whether
whigs or democrats, who wifi sustain tlio Com
promise. But renouncing old )>arty ties and
party names is ono thing, and renouncing po-
Btl.cal principles and honest convictions is
ariotttfr and quite a different thing. Sup
porting men who arc with us, nnd sound up
on vital questions nml issues necessarily in
volves no abandonment of principle or con
sistency-endorsing doctrines at war witli
long cherished opinions does. There aro
thousands of whigs who wifi chccrftill^ sup
port a Union democrat for tho Presidency
who respect their consistency too much to
there nro those who call themselves Union
men who appear dltko oblivious to Its opir
and alms.
» < Li
Ootton Gins.
The attention of tho "planters of upper
Georgia is solicited to tho advertisement ot 1
A. D. King & Co. In another column. From
along and somowhat intimate acquaintance
with Mr. King, us woli as from the testimony
of thoso who havo tried thoir Gitis, wo can'
very cordially and confidently recommend
this establishment to pnbliepatronago. They*
are a most,Worthy, enterprising and reliable
firm, who have, amid tho buffetlngs of water*
and fire, built upa manufUctory which Is qulto'
an Secession to tho country, and which our
citizens should tako great prido and pleasure -
in fostering. Lot us patronize thoso who liver
aud labor among us.
Augusta and Charleston.
Our renders will find several advertise-*
incnts in our paper to-day from Augusta and-
Charleston. Snowdon and Shear wo haver
long known, and can recommend thoir house
with pleasure. Whilst our friends In Savan
nah,'Augusta and Charleston are striving, by
domestic manufactures and direct ; importa-*
tions to rendor tho South Independent of tho’
North, wo bospeak for thorn all a Piping?
hand. Whilst upon this subject, wo tyill say
that the largo nnd increasing circulation of
tlio Courier, will rendor it a desirable medk-
um.of information to thoso of our low eoun-^
try frlonds who doslro tho Cliorokeo frado,
Ooncart.
Wo regret that wo were not able to attendT
tho Juvenile Concert given oh Tuesday night
Inst, under the direction of Mr. Kemmerer.-
Thoso who did attend wore highly gratified,
and surprised by tho prolficiency of his[pupils^
To Correspondents.
An enigma from our Chnttooga friend, and’,
a poetic offu tion from our “ Rockland Bard 11
elm.,go thoir names or renounce thoir old | unavoidably deterrefi to another tvook.
creed, for thoso presented by tho Baltimore ] ) [av r | ng ' q cl | no 4’ 0Hr ]>0 »uton, and glvon*
Convention. Thoy care nothing for old issues rcnson ror our al m , tbi (v0 cnilc , r .
and names, but very properly have somo re- | ort „ givn mori , attontlnn to othcr and moro .
gurd for public opinion.
I pleasing subjects hereafter, nnd sltall bo grat-
This then is the difference. Union men ifM to increase thenumbo'rofour correspond-
can witli great propriety unite in sustaining cnlfJ ‘
those who will sustain tlio compromise—hut
tli'-y could not ns a party unite with either
propriety or consistency in supporting the
old platforms of either of the two national
parties. In n Union Convention old issues,
and old . names would be kept out of view,
and the only question in nominating candi
dates would bc-are they foi the compromise
ns a final settlement of tho slavery agitation 1
For ourselves ns wo have no strong purty af
finities to bind us to either of the old politicul
organizations; no political aspirations to daz
zle or bewilder us—no ulterior ends to accom
plish—satisfied to move-ill a quiet and hum
ble sphere; so the dignity, honor. and s-afel>
oftlio State and the tfouth ar - maintained
we shall be satisfied.
Second No. on Rice Culture wifi, appear*
In our next.
TIUUITE OF RESPECT.
Floyd Division No. 67, 8. of T. * \
Temperance Hall, Feb. 10,1862. $
Brethren: Thtf kind author of our exist
ence has in Ids wise nnd mysterious provi
dence. taken from us our much esteemed, and
belovtjd broth ?r Samuel S. Jack; ona of our
first noblest and-briglitcstornamouts, While
iiwe do not mourn at the decrees, of Provi
dence n this afflicting dispensation,'wo re
gret and mourn the loss of our brother, to-
Mu- divbion, Ids family, nnd the community
in which ho has lived so long nnd universally
admired. .. -
Viertforv b: it Resolved. That by tho death
of Brother Jack, the division has lost one of
, its oldest, mid most admired Sons. .
| 2d. That Brother Jack by Ids’kind anff
| brotherly intercourse with tiie division, wt»
I endeared to each member of the order:
| fid. That while we mourn ids loss, we will
perpetuate Ids memory as a bright examplo,.
! of •* love, purity, and fidelity.
4th. That we tender to the bereaved fami
ly, our sympathy, condolence, nnd kind olfi-
j Ctb ‘ T. J WORD,
ROBT. OBAR,
E. F. STARR.
j fdh. Resolved. That u copy of this prearn-
l ldc and resolutions be furnished to each or
j the city papers for publication, and J^ata
I copy also be fimdsned the family of the do-
| erased under seal of the division,
Par the Courier. ,
The Baltimore Convention.
Mr. Editor:—The Southern Rights party,
was organized in this Stuto by the umalgama-
log.,ther nml looking sight tiot. <,f Whigs m.d Democrats. Under thta
isNoiiiutions. nml KtruirtrlfH. i , . . „■..*•
The Union Party not Sectional.
The attempt to defeat a National Union or
ganization and the assembling,of u National’
Union Convention, to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President, by the cry of
sectionalism, whether made by our friends or
our foes; will doubtless prove entirely abor
tive. Unless we have.greatly mi-apprehend
ed.both its principles and aims, the Union
party wua.und is designed to embrace in its
organisation all. North and South, East, and
West, nyJjo.wm,willing to stand by the Consti
tution and the Union, as it is. it will bu re-
collected, that whilst the compromise mens
wormpeuding, a sectional -party rose up
at the.North and another at the South for the
purpose of defeating those measures, and mak
ing their success the signal for the.overthrow
of tlio Government and the dissolution of the
Union. Tn counteract and defeat their mis
chievous designs the friends of tho Constitu
tion. North and South, of both the old polit
ical parties bafided.
of old issues, and associations, and struggles,
and discarding sectional Interests uud feelings,
> Com.
)
\ now uiul popular party cognomen for the per-
i pose of resisting tlio compromise measures,-
a t,„„l up nobly in defence of tlio country. ! tlinsuofjS,, botli old Bldgs and Democrat*,
This will appear from the following pledgt
which was signed by members of Congress,
of both parties, after the passage of the great
measures of adjustment:
“Tho undersigned Inombors of the Thirty-
first Congress of the United States, believing
that n renewal of sectional controversy upon
the subject of slavery would ho bdth dnnger-
<rtto to tli© Uiiluiiautl'dcsmictivc ut Its object,
and seeing no mode by which such controver
sy can ho avoided, except by a strict adlier-
who'were in fiivor of abiding by tlio compro
mise measures, provided they were carried
out in good faith, acted together for tho pur
pose of defeating those sot on foot by the
Southern Rights party; aud it was not Until
after tho election was ovor for delegated ta»
the State Convention, that wo assumed- the*
name of Constitutional Union party. We*
abandoned* our old party names, both Whlgs<
All Right Again.
Our readers will observe by a very ablo
and dignified article In our paper to-day from
•n tho ocean with tho Macon Messenger, that under the now ed-
once to tiie settlement thereof effected by tiie aml Democrats, and took upon oursolves tho
' J ‘ 1 " new name of Union, as soon as wo found It
necessary to sustain tho principles, that wa
all regarded ns essential to the preservation
of the Union
Tlio Southern llights party, tn tho Guber
natorial election in tlds State, presented to the,
Union pnrty a new issue, viz; tlmt States had
a right to secede from the Union at their own
will mid pleasure, either with or without ade
quate cause. We joined Issuo with them and
tho result was, that wo carried tho election bj
n majority exceeding eighteen thousand vote*..
Tills disastrous defeat caused tho Southern'
Bights party to disband, and with the hope a
increasing their strength, they mndo an effort
at Millcdgovillo in November last, tot
ganizo what they called tho Democratic (
ty in the State of Georgia. It was comp
of thoso who were originally Whigs, us .
as those who were Democrats, and was t
and still is composed of those who, as Soutl
ora Tlights men, favored aud advocated <
resistance to tiie laws of tho land.
Southern Bights party saw that, tbo TJn
pnrty of Georgia were sustaining tho comp
mise measures Hint originated with tho .No
tional Democratic pnrty, and a majority «
that pnrty wore known to bo responsible-f«
their pnssngc in Congress, and that tho ten
deucy of our principles would inevitably I
us to act with tlio National Democratic party.
In view or this, tho Southern Bights' party
throw aside tlielr nnmo nnd resistance princi
ples, declared tliomselves willing to act witl
any pnrty that would nfllrm the eifici
finality of tho compromise measures, an
christened themselves Democrats. The Unlo
members of the Legislature looking over t
wliolo ground, and having an eye-sin
tiie success of tlio principles of the Un
party, have recommended that tho Union J)
ty send delegates to tlio Baltimore' Coutei
tion, with instructions to withdraw, If t 1
principles nre not affirmed. They bcU
that tlio Democratic pnrty who voted for, ■
who are rcsposiblo for tlio passago of t
measures, will bu most likely to nfl
principles on which thoy are .based, ■
sustain them in good faith. And is t
man in this broad laud, that is not prcji
Unit does not entertain tho son
In somo of tho former
pnper, I iinVo iindersU
would be WUlit
compromise nets pnssed last session of Con
gross, do horoliy declare thoir intention to
maintain tiie same settlement inviulutc, and
to resist alt attempts to repeat or alter the nets
aforesaid, unless by tlio general consent of
tho friends of tlio measures, nnd tn remedy
such evils, if any, ns timo and experience
may devclone; and for tiie purpose of making
this resolution otfectlvc, tlioy further declare
that they will not support for tlio office of Pre
sident, or vico President, or of Senator, or of
Bopresentntives in Congress, or as member of
a State Legislature nny' man, of whatovor
party, who is not known to he opposed to tlio
disturbance of tlio settlement aforesaid, and
to tho renewal in any form of agitation upon
tlio subject of slavery.”
llenry Clay, Howell Cobb,
• C. S, Morehead, II. S. Footo,
Hubert L. Ilusc, William Ducr,
William C. Dawson, James Pranks,
Thomas J. Biisk. Alox’r II. Stephens,
Jeremiah Clemens, B. Toombs,
Jdmn Cpopcr, M. P. Gentry, *
Tliontas .G. Pratt, Henry W. Hilliard,
William M. Givln, F. E. McLean,
Saiiiuct A. Eliot, A. G. Watkins,
David Outlaw, II. A. Bullard,
0. II. Williams, T. S. Haymond,
J. Phillips Phanirc, Aril. Sheppard,
A. M. Schcnncrhiirn, Daniel Brock,
John H.-Thurman, James L. Johnson,
I). A. liokee, J. B. Thompson,
George R. Andrews, J M. Anderson,
John B. Kerr,
J. 1>. Caldwell.
Edmund Deberry,
Humphrey Marshall,
Allen F. Owen.
W. P. Mang
Jeremiah Morten,
R. I. Bowie,
E. C. Cabell,
Alexander Evans,
Tiie names appended above, in italics, are
from non-slave holding States j anil associat
ed os thoy are with those from tlio South
and South West, at onco refute conclusively
the chnrgo of sectionalism now so strangely
urged ngainst this great national inovcmont
in defence of the Constitution nnd tho Union.
Acting upon tlio principles embodied in
tliu foregoing pledge—discarding old party
platforms ami issues and names in tlio pres
ence ofa pressing danger which threatened
tiie very existence of our free institutions, the
Union men of the South gavo their support to
those and llioso only who wore willing to
stand by the Compromise. Upon this principle
Mr. Coon was elected Gov. bf Georgia. Not
because lie was a democrat, hut bccauso lie
was a Union man—Upon this principle Mr.
Toombs was elected Senator, not as a whig,
hut as a compromise man. So also of Gov.
Foot, add many others who now fill impor
tant offices. And yet although the ferego-
into ho ion-