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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-
