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one was the Bank, and one was the Tariff and
(other was Internal Improvements. That Is
to say, them was tho principles wo had to
flglitngin. Them was tho Whig principles;
and tho Democratic principle was to fight
again tho threo Whigprincl;dcs, And as long
ns wo stuck to that wo beat, and got tho offi
ces. But thoscionco of politics lias advanced
a good deal in these latter years, since thcGin-
crnl’s time, snd so many new principles aro
crowded in, belter skelter, that we get kind
of confused and mixed up. I don’t think they
do any good. Somo or those new principles,
stead of holding us together, seem to bo pret
ty likely to blow us apart Ilka gunpowder.
But tho good old Jackson principles work
'(other nay; they hold us together liko wax,
and givo us tho offices. Tlicrofbrc I think we
may safely say wo go agin tho Bnnk, wo go
ngln tho tariff, and wo go agin Internal Im
provements. And I think our Delegate to
Baltimore should be Instructed to stand on
that platform.
Bill Johnson. Imovothatue amend that
platform by adding that wo go agin slavery.
Solomon Jones. I move, Mr. Chairman, that
wo amend it by adding, that wo go agin abo
lition.
Sargent Joel. I move that we amend it by
adding that wo go agin Russia.
Chairman. Shall wo put tho question on
tho platform with tho three amendments add-
<cd to it.
Deacon Snow. Mr. Chairman, if theso A-
- icendmcms aro added. 1 think (hero's n num
ber of other amendments that ought to bo add
ed besidos, particularly tho neutrality doc
trines of Washington. Therefore I move that
we adjourn this meeting for one week, and
that tho whoio subject bo referred to a com
mittee to be appointed by the Chairman and
that they report to tho next meutingn Demo
cratic platform containing all the sopnd slmon
pure Democratic principles.
[Deacon Snow's motion was put and carried
and the Convention adjourned ]
Mote, from Maior Jack Downing to Mr.
Dales ana Seaton.—My dear old friends, I've
corrcctified tho minutes of Secretary Stiles,
and send it to you to publish, toletuur Demo
cratic breathren nil over tho country know
that wo’vo mado a rally hero to try to save
tho party, (which you know we thought awhile
ago was dead.Jand so fur wu’ve met with very
jcncoui aging,success.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
Smothor Bettor from Mr. Stephens,
Hie non: n:n. mcpn CT .^-uunh..aiai<. .has
addressed the following letter to the editors of
tho Washington Southern Press, lu reply to
tholr strictures upon his recent letter in re
gard to the future course of the Union party;
Washington, D. C., Feb. 25,1862.
Messrs. Fisher ip Dc Leon: I notice in your
editorial of this morning, tho comments on a
letter of mine lately published In tho Chroni
cle It Sentinel, of Augusta. Oa.:
* " This brings us to a statu of tilings, cn
whloh wo beg the Southern public men and
people to.pauso and ponder. Towards the
oloso of tho struggle on tho • compromise In
Congress, it was well ascertained that there
were enough of Northern men who would
hava voted for 80.30, rather than pass no bill.
But what was tho insuperable clltiiculty 1—
Why, tlmt a number ofSouthern men had at
•ready yielded to the Compromise; and It was
those who were for breaking up tho Union,
because they did not got wlint they charged
me with being "a traitor" to the Interests of
tlioso I represented, fbr asking J Was It, or
is it a “retreat" to say to the South that they
were and are bound in honorto say nothing of
patriotism, to abide by that action of their
government which was in confirmlty with the
dumauds of a largo majority of her own pco-
plo 1
You will allow mo tossy, very rcspcatfhlly,
that I did not "admit," In tho letter to which
you alludo, that "tho question was not set
tled." I said and repeat, that the crisis that
called into existence the new organisation In
Georgia based upon ttio priuelpluofmaintain-
ingtlio settlement which has buon mado, has
not passed by—thatthasamo elements wliloli
then produced sftch agitation in the country,
still exist and which can only bo arrested by a
national organisation, npon tho principles of
that formed in Georgia. And do not the in
dications of tho times fully warrant tills asser
tion 1—Do we not see.men of the South, who,
twelve months ago, were doing all In tholr
power to render tho government odious and
hateful in tho estimation of tho people, now
uniting witli those of the North, whose allies
hul denounced tho Union as " a league with
death” and "covenant with hell f
Tho preservation of tin Union, upon tho
principles of the Constitution, should hn tho
choicest object of a patriot. Butlfthatcom-
blnatlon, which is now forming, shall bo suc
cessful and the government shall Ikll into tho
hands of those who were so recently bent up
on itsdestriicllon, whathopo will the future
present 1 Should not "good men and true"
tn nil sections of tho country, and without re
gard to past party distinctions, who are In
thvor of tho ' settlement," which lias been
made unite and keep the Union with its des
tinies In the hands of its friends Instead of
permitting it by the foulest of all coalitions to
be seized by ils enemies 7 It was for this ob
ject the new organization in Georgia was
formed i And to the principles of that organ-
ration the pcoplo ofthls country must como
sooner or later, if that bright future of pcaco,
quiet pros|icrity and progress is in store for
us which every true friend of his country
should devoutly desire.
Yours mlist respectfully,
ALEXANDER 11. STEPHENS.
Extemporaneous Addition to Mr. Webster’s
Address.
Referring to tho discourse delivered by Mr.
-Wnlister Iq-forc tlm New York | Historical Bo-
clcty. the Conmcrcial A7i>eriiS?**UHWmi*l'
when tlie Inst page of this learned, eloquent
and felicitous address IVIlfrnm Ids hand, Mr.
Webster stood silent for a momont as if hesi
tating whether he should say more. There
were evident expressions of desire and ex
pectation that ha would go on, and ho con
tinued :
But gentlemen. I will not take my Icavo of
you In a tone of despondency. Wo may trust
Hint Heaven will not forsake usso long as we
do not forsake otirsolves. We must strengthen
ourselves and gird up our loins with now reso
lution ; we mustcotinsol each other, and, vow
ing to sustain each other In the support of the
Constitution, prepare to meet nuinlhlly and
unitedly whatever fate may liavu In store - (in
us. Aro we of this generation so derelict 1
llavo wo so llttto oftbo blond of our revolu
tionary fathers coursing through our veins
-seen that If it was rejected, and bettor terms
their sectiounl opinions may be, must unite
Ibr Its preservation. Thoy must forget the
things which aro behind, and act like a band
of brothers. They must forget the past, the
little bickerings and trifling disagreements
which have hitherto separated them. They
must look forward only to tho future, anl
unlta tholr efibrta to preservo tho boon be
queathed to the world by those great men,
their ancestors; they must glnl up their loins
to the work. I givo my confidence, my
countenance, my Influence, heart and hand
to all those good and wise mon who are wil
ling to stand by the Constitution,.and to ac
quiesce In tho menus necessary to maintain
its priceless provisions, without rctbrcnco to
tho past or pledge Ihrtho thture.
I will quarrel with no man about past dlf-
ferenecs. I will object to tho co-operation of
no man. We stand here now upon-a broad
constitutional basis, and let us act In that
spirit of union which actuated our ancestors
when thoy framed the Institutions wo must
concentrate our cflbrts to preservo. But I do
not carry my toleration so fkras to Justify In
tho slightest degreo any defeution from tho
principles of tho Union. Tho great point at
stake is its preservation. I cannot hesitate a
moment on this question, nor act well and
harmoniously with tlioso who do. Other
questions—questions of policy—aro subordi
nate : tills is paramount. Evury man who Is
attached to the Union should came out bold
ly. and say so, without conditions and liy-
liothescs, and lfs, and ands.andbuta. [Laugh
ter.] What says Cicero: "Doniquo Inscrlptum
sit, pntros conscript), in fronta cujusquo clvis,
quod do haa ro sontlat." Lot ovory man
bear inscribed on his forehead what bo is,
and what ho means to do In that matter.
There aro persons weak enough, foolish
enough to think, to believe, and to say, that if
tho Constitution which holds theso States to
gether should bo broken up, there would bo
lound other new and better chains to bind
them. This is rash I This Is rash 1 I no
more bullovo, looking at the thirty-one States
which compose tills Union, covering so vast a
country, embracing so mnny climates, so many
mountains, so mnny rivers—I no more bulleve
if tliis^Union is dissolved—held together as it
now is by tho Constitution—that it can bo
ever re-formed on any basis, than I believe
Hint if. by tho flat of Almighty power, tho law
<of gravitation should be abolished, and tho
orbs which conqiosc tho univeno should rush
Into ililmltabto space, Jostling against each
othor. that tlioy could bu brought back and
readjusted Into tmrmony by a now principle
of attraction. [Applnuso.]
Gentlemen, I hardly know if It would bo an
aggravation or an alleviation of fato. We
can die no lingering death ; wo cannot fall
victims to war, pestilenco, or fhmino ; an
earthquake alone can throw down tho pillars
of our Stato and bury us In eternal political
ru|n and tho darkness of everlasting night.—
Such may bo tho fato ofthls country, butmny
I never llvo to soo tho day. May I not sur
vive to hear any apocnlyptlo angel crying
through tho heavens, Bpesen, epesen Amerike
he megalc kaiegenetokatoiketerion daimonion,
kai phulake pantos pneumatos akatharlou.
Gentlemen, a most auspicious omen salutes
and cheers us tills day. Tills day is tho annt
versaryoftho Birth ofWashlngton.
Washington’s birthday Is relcbmtod from
one end of tills land to the othor. Tho whole
shall bo with them to the glorious end.—Co
lumbus Enquirer.
THU (JimillR.
ROME, OEORUIA.
Thursday Morning - , March 11,1853.
To Our Patrons.
Wo aro unwilling to boro our worthy pat
rons with duns, more frequently, than our ne
cessities imparetivuly demand; and they will
bear us witness tliatslnce our association with
tho “Courier," tholr serenity has been rarely
disturbed by us, In obtruding upon them
these unwelcome guests. We trnst thoy will
sco tho propriety of rendering unto the Prin
ter hit smnll duo as early as possible. The
agents announced In our paper, and Post Mas
ters, and nono others, are authorised to re-
olpt for the Courier.
Up’Sevoral communications omitted for
want of room.
1^‘Tho reader is referred to the advertise
ment of Dr. B. B. Pearce, & Co. They liavo
avory large and well assorted stock of Drugs.
A Voice from Dade.
Tho proceedings of a Union meeting recent
ly held in Dade county, will be found in our
paper to-day, and bo read with interest and
pleasure. Breathing the pure and bracing
atmosphere which Ihns tho glorious " Look
out," wo shall always expect to find Dade on
tho sound and conservative side of every great
question.
Illustrated Family Friend.
This is tho title of ono of the largest and
most elegant weekly Journals that comes to
our news table. Its articles, original and se
lected, are of a useful character, and with ap
propriate illustrations, aro well calculated to ! 1110 City of Millodgoville, and passed tho fol-
prise, and urges the iuqiortanco of prompt,
united and energetic action.
Francis A. Kirby, Esqr., moved that tho
proceedings of this meeting bo published in
tho Rome Courier and Southerner, and also
an adjournment until the first Tuesday in
April; both of which motions prevailed.
Owing to the fact that the charter requires
two weeks notice to bo given lu the gazettes of
Romo previous to ojiening books of subscrip
tion for stock in tho abovo mentionod Rail
Road—it was doemod expedient to any fur
ther action until tho first Tuesday in noxt
month, by which poriod the requisition will
have been complted with.
wm. McDonald.
Summerville, Da.. March 2nd 1852.
Trenton, Daok County, Ga., )
March, 1st, 1852. )
According to previous notlco a respectable
nnmbar of the Constitutional Union party of
Dado County met In tho Court House,fur the
purpose of appointing delegates to the Union
Convention, to bo held ut tho Capitol, at such
time os the State Central Committee may de
signate. to tako into consideration tho noxt
Presidential election.
Tho meeting was organized by calling Maj.
Leroy Sutton and Zccharlah O’Neal, Esqrs. to
tho chair, and requesting Bcqjamln M. Wood,
to act as Secretary.
On motion, Col. Robert n. Tatum was call
ed upon to explain tho object of the meeting,
which ho did in an appropriate and satisfac
tory manner.
Col. Robert H. Tatum, then offered tho fol
lowing Preamble and Resolutions, and aftor
making a few pertinent remarks In support of
them, thoy wore unanimously adopted by tho
meeting, to wit:
Whereas, tho Union members of tho Leg
islature of tho Stato of Goorgia, lately mot in
arrest and Interest tho mind of the youthful
reader particularly. As a Southern enter
prise, as well os from its intrinsic mer
its, tho Family Friond should bo sustained.
Pflco two dollars por annum in advance.
Messrs. S. A. Gooman and J. J. Lyons edi
tors, Columbia, 8. 0.
Rail Road Meeting.
In another column will be found tho pro
ceedings of a Rail Road meeting held in
Summerville, Chattooga Couuty. Tho route
of this contemplated Road will pass through j ^-by7hi» mnMInft’^io’duiw Ushaifbo,
lowing Resolutions, to wit:
1st. Resolved, That it is the fixed deter
mination of thu Constitutional Union Party,
as has been heretofore frequently announced,
to unite with that national party only, whi"h
will adopt as a part of its creed, tho princi
ples set forth in the resolutions of tho into
Georgia and Mississippi conventions.
2nd. Resolved, That in order to poribet tho
policy, and to carry out tho well settled prin
ciples of tho Constitutional Union party, a
State Central Committee of Seven be appoin-
*nmo of tho finest valllcs of land in Chore-1 at tho proper timo, to call a convention com-
«t‘0 Georgia, and must greatly cnhanco its | posed of d iublo tho numbor of Rcprcsonta-
valuo, and increase tho prosperity and wealth
of tho country generally.
Southom Right! Meeting.
Tho Southern Rights party of this county
held a meeting on the 4th Inst, and appointed
delegates to the convention to be hold at Mil-
ledgevlllo on the 81st Inst. The following
gentlemen wore selected: Col. J. W. M. Ber
rien, (Clay Whig) W. Johnson and J. W Dodd,
Southern Rights Democrats.
tives from each county, to assemble at tho
Capitol, at such time as said committee may
designate, to take into consideration tho nuxt
Presidential election.
8rd. Resolved, That regarding, as wo do,
tho National Democratic party as more likely
than any other National party, to adopt tho
principles of the Constitutional Union organi
zation, wo beliovo it tho truo policy of tho
Convention which may assemble at tho Cap
itol, to send delegates to tho next Baltimore
Democratic Convention, with such instructions
as it may bo thought advisable and proper to
give: Provided no Intervening evonts shall
tho Southern men who had yielded. North
ern mon conld not vote for 80.80, without
prostrating tho very Southern men with whom
they were on the best terms. And now, since,
os Mr. Stephens admits, the question Is not
yet settled, and will linvo yet to bo settled,
wo bcsooch all Southern men to beware of
again committing tho mistake of standing in
the way of tho acknowledgment of tho rights
oftheir own section."
To this I ask the privilege of presenting a -
word in reply. Yon say that it was well as
certained, before the passage of those measures
in tho last Congress which have been dcnornl-
mated tho Compromiso, that there were e-
mough Northern men who would have voted
for 86.80, rather than pass no bill. Now, will
you inform tho country who those Northern
men were. A fiict then so well ascertained,
can certainly bo stated now.
Again, Will you Inform iho country wbnt
you mean by "voting for 80.801" Do you
onean tho extension of tho provisions of the
.Missouri Compromiso, by which slavery was
■forever prohibited North of that line, leaving
■tho pcoplo South of it to do ns they ploaso up
on tho subject of slavery 1 If so, was It not
xnuch better for tho South and much more
consistent with the great rejmblienn princi
ple upon which our government rests, to lot
tho peoplo do as thoy pleased over tho whole
territory, tip to 42 deg. north iatitudo, just as
S tho Utah and Now Mexican bills, which pass
ed, provido, then to liavo tho people restricted
ill any portion of tho territory 1
As tho "Compromiso” as you call it. now
stands, the people, so far as the action of tho
government Is concerned, liavo the privilege
of doing as they pleaso upon the Subject of
African slavery—as we’l nortli of 80.30, as
south of It. Do you mean to say that it would
have been juster to tho South, or more re
publican in principle, for Congress to have re
stricted tills privilege to the lino of 80.801
One question more. Do you mean to say
Hint it was well ascertained that there wore
enough Northern men who were ready to vote
for tho recognition and protection of slavery
south of 36.30, provided it wortsforcccr exclu
ded north of that lino 1 ' If so. will you bo kind
enough to give tho names of those Northern
mcn1
For myself I can say that If ony such well
ascertained fact existed, I know nothing of it.
If there was a single Southern mun In tho
Houso, of which I was a member, who was in
favor of recognizing and prohibiting by law
tho right to hold slaves in any of these terri
tories, it was unknown to mo then and now,
and I should liko you to nunie any such one,
and give the country tho cvldencu of your as
sertion, by any vofe or public act that will sus
tain it. Tho events of that period
fresh in tho recollection of all to bo forgutton.
And task you, if it was not a well ascertained
fact then, ami long before thutiin ovorwlielm-
ig uiajurity of the South denied tlie power of
;ress to legislate upon the subject ufsluv
territories, either for ur against it 1
c doctrine of Mr. Calhoun, the
tho South, in tills controversy!
rtaiuod” fact that upon
to the Missouri
-eat," as you say in
II Is it not i
hitterl;
upon us If wo show ourselves unworthy to bo
tho descendants of those great and Illustrious
mon who fought for tholr liberty, and secured
it to tholr posterity by the Constitution.
Now, gentlemen, exigencies will nrlso tn tho
history of nntlons when competition and ri
valry, disputes and contentions are powerful
Exigencies nriso In which great men and good
men ofnll parties, and all shades of political
sontlmont, aro called upon to roconsedcr tholr
opinions, to readjust tholr positions, and to
bring themselves togethor, If thoy can In tho
spirit of harmony. Such a stato of things, in
my opinion, has happened in our day. An
exigency has arison. Wohavo a great and
wiso Constitution. Wo have grown, flourish
ed, and prospered undor It with n degreo of
rapidity unequalled in tho history of tho
world. Founded on the basis of equal civil
rights, its provisions secure porlbct equality
and freed,mi to nit , nil —In, lire nnrln It am
equal—all cqjoylng tho same privileges. In
n case like ours. It is to bo presumed that ail
tlio wiso and good men of the nation liavo tho
same ond in view—though they may wish to
tako dllll-rent means to obtain that end—tho
preservation and protection of tho ConsUtu-
tlon and Government.
If then, they havo tho snmo object In view,
thoy must pursue a conciliating courso, and -
each bo willing to surrender somewhat to
canli other, to secure tho harmony of tho
wliolo I Tills gonornl object then, being tho
preservation of tho Constitution, tho only ef
ficient menns to accomplish this end is tho
union of all its friends. [Applause.] Ttio
Constitution lias cncmios. secret and profess
ed ; but they cannot disguise tho fact that It
secures us many benefits. These enemies aro
unlike In character; but tho; ail have somo
fait tn find. 8nme of them are enthusiasts,
hotheaded, self-sufficient, and headstrong.—
Thoy fancy that they can mnkoout for them
selves a better path than that laid down (hr
thorn. Plueton, tho qon of Apollo, thought
ho could find n better courso across tho
honvens for tho sun;
"Thus Plimtononoc amidstthoetornaiplains,
Leaped on his father's cnrnndsclzcd tho reins,
Far from his course impelled the glowing sun,
'Till nature’s laws to wild disorder run. 1
Other enomies thoro ore, more cool, and
with more calculation. These have a doeper
and tnoro traitorous purpnso; thoy havo
spoken of forcible resistance to tho provisions
of tlie Constitution ; thoy now speak of seces
sion I Let me say. gentlemen, secession fl-om
us is accession elsewhere. IIo who renounces
tho protection of tho stars and stvipos. shel
ters himself under thi shadow of another ting,
you may rest assured - of that. [Sensation
ami applause.] Theso malcontents find it
easy to inflame men's passions; thoy lay all
misfortunes of individual men of individual
Slates of sections and communities—all want
of prosperity to tho Union. Tho co-opcmtion
of wlmt are now called antagonist principles
is made serviceable in tho endeavors to over
throw the Constitution. Extremes moot and
concert togethor. Somo there ore who, In
their own words profess to hato tho Constitu
tion because it tolerates in tho Southern
States tho Institutions existing there ; sdnio
because it does not more energetically sustain
the i-ecnlinr Institution.”
Both parties are willing to overthrow tho
Constitution and concert their measures ac
cordingly to accomplish their ends. Now; to
lose malcontents.
groves, tho vales, and tho rivers, about their
praises and resound with his (kmc. All the
good, whetiicr learned or unlearned, high or
low. rich or poor, feel this day that there la
ono treasure common tn them all, and that Is
the (lime of Washington. Thoy ail recount
ills deeds, ponder over his principles and
tcacljings. and rosolvo to bo more and more
gnldod by them in tho frituro. To tho old
and the young to all born in this land, and to
all whoso profbrcncos have led them to make
in tho homo of their adoption. Washington
is an exhiliratlng theme. Americans are
proud of his character; all oxilcs from .foreign
shores are eager to participate tn admiration
of him; nud it is truo that ho is this day here,
everywhere, all over tho world, more an ob
ject of regard than on any former day sinco
his birth. [Cheers.]
Gentlemen, by his example and undor tho
guidance uf bis precepts, will 1V6 and uitr
children uphold thu Constitution. Under bis
military leadership our fathers conquered
their ancient enemies, and under the out
spread banner of ills political and constitu
tional principles will wo conquer now. To
that standard wo shall adhere, and uphold 'it
through ovll report and good report. Wo
will sustain it, and meet death itsoif if It
como; we will even encounter anil defbnt er
ror, by day and by night, in light or in dark
ness—thick darkness—If it come, till
"Danger's troubled nlght.is o'er
And tho star of yeaco.return,"
Letter from the Hon. A. H. Stophens.
On thu outside of our paper will bo found
the entire letter of this gentlemen, a portion
of which wo published last week. It breathes
throughout a proper spirit, and is suggestive
of Important reflections to every thinking
man. Tako it up and carufhlly peruso it, and
then answer to yourselves if he is not right in
all his vlows. Is not tluT course which lie so
distinctly mavksout tho only ono of sathty,
and can tlie friends of constitutional freedom
go far astray by travelling with him on tho
journey before us 1 A man of sngraclty and
deep penetration into thu motives and moan
ing of others, cannot bo mistaken vory much
ns to tliuir ultimate aims anil Intentions.—
Such a man is Alexander II. Stephens, and
mingling daily with tho wire-pullers in tho
contest for thu Presidency ho has ovory op
portunity of understanding wlint is best for
tho peoplu, whoso distinguished Representa
tive he is. Wo are not particularly informed
as to tho vlows of tho other Representatives
from tills Stato, but think wo may dafely af
firm that thoy d ffur in no osscntial points
from Mr. Stephens. Somo ono or two of them
may venture to suggest tho propriety of yield
ing to the dictation of tho Baltimore Conven
tion, but their feeblo voices wo feel assured,
will be drowned and hushed by the almost
universal auclaim and condemnation of the in
telligent voters of Georgia.
The trial before us Is ono offearlhl weight,
and no old party ponies will bo permitted to
drag the car of safety into the bogs and quick
sands of -Abolitionism and frec-soilism. The
licoplc are awaking to their true interests as
connected wlUi this matter, and they intend
to hold in their own hands the power that
will secure tho rights of the South under the
constitution of tlie country. As long as they
do this then there is no danger. The way is
now 0|>en before them, and we have faith
enough in their patriotism and love of coun-
™ *" ™ wall 1
Affecting Appeal.
"To frco-soll democrats we liavo said, Come
and commune, as In tho days of Jefferson and
Jackson, with those who agree with you In j authorize a different course,
the great principles of government, and do
not |iermlt a mistaken philanthropy to keep
you any longer in a false position as to tho
constitutional rights of tho South. To thu
ultra men in the South, who sup|iosud that
tlie constitution had lost its vitality, and who
the oppressed to take judgment IntcTtliefr own
hands In tho Inst resort, wo havo addressed
tho language of furbearanco. and invoked a
r 'consideration of those maxims which guid
ed tho fathers of democracy In othor days."
Tho abovo vory pathotlc and touching ex
hortation or tho Washington Union, tho great
central organ uf Universal Democracy, can
not fall to reach and melt tho frozen sensibil
ities or tho most obdurate and incorrigible
froo-sollor. Prefaced by a little more judi
cious "billing and cooing," tho "ultra mod in
tho South" will doubtless bo prepared to
meet tho covoted embraco, and revelling in
tho spoils of office, for a timo, alike forgot
“Federal oppression and robbery," and "South
ern Rights and Honor." Oh temporal Oh
mores!
And whereas, tho Union party of tho Stato
of Alabama at its lata convention passed the
following resolutions, to wit -
6th. Resolved, That an opoch has com
-tnmiced.which .renntrcs ua.ta forgot nasttm.
tllticai differences, to minister no iongor to
sectional discord, to contemplate in all its
grandeur, an undivided and harmonious Un
ion, and that actuated by tills spirit, wo ac
quiesce in iho late Compromiso adjustment,
as a definitive settlement of the slavery ques
tion, and will insist on its being adhered to In
good fkith
6th. Resolved, That wo think it inexpedi
ent to appoint delegates to represent us in ei
ther tho Democratic or Whig National Con
ventions to nominate candidates for President
and Vico President of tho United States, and
that this convention recommend to tho friends
of tho Compromise measures of tho late Con
gress, tho propriety of holding in tho City of
Washington, on tho second Monday in Juno
next, a National Union Convention, irrespec
tive of old party organizations, for tho pur
pose of nominating candidates for Prusldunt
and Vico Prcsidcntof tho United States pledg
ed to the support and mnlataluuucu of tlioso
measures, as a final adjustment.”
Therefore Resolved, That this mooting will
now appoint two delegates to represent tho
Convention of the Union Forty.
Tho Central Committee, to whom was confi
ded tho duty of designating tho timo most
convenient tor the mooting of Delegates from
the Constitutional Union party In C invention
at Milludgevillu, for tho purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of sending dele
gates to tho Baltimore Presidential nomina
tion—respectfully suggest tho 22d of April, os
tho day upon which the Convention shall as-
somblo—and wo recommend to the Union
party in each and ovory county in tho Stato
tho propriety of holding county meetings for
tho purpose of sending Delegates to the samo.
Union papers will pleaso publish.
Very respectfully,
James A. Meriwether,
J. W. SANronn,
Em H. Baxter,
A. H. Kenan,
Robert Collins,
Wm. McKinley, ,
L. Stephens,
Central Oommittoo.
From the Charloston Standard,
- Tho Universal Vordiot.
It is universally admitted that the contem
plated Railroad from Anderson to Knoxvillo
and Chattanooga, is tho most Important enter
prise that can now bo proposed Ibr our adop
tion. Thu Marietta Advocate, whilst scorning
to regret tho necessity fbr our movement, says
Chat iuston is compelled by the sternest neces
sity to build it. A continuous route to the
valley of tho Mississippi is absolutely indis
pensable to hor merchants.
The Atlanta Intelligencer too, whtoh seems
to bo fully allvo to the importance of this
movement, thus speaks of it:
It is estimated that the distance to bo tra
versed by a Railroad from Andorran to Knox
ville, by way of the Rabun Gap, js less than
ono hundred and forty miles, and recent in
vestigations liavo shown that tho routo is en
tirely practicable. If, therefore, a Railroad is
constructed between these points, it will open
a channel of communication between Knox
ville, Tenn., and Charleston, 8. C., shorter by
about a hundred miles than the present route
via Atlanta and Augusta. With this saving
in distanco, together with tho strong induce
ments which Charleston can hold out for the
Western trado, It Is plain enough to see the
direction tho bulk of this commerco would
naturally take. * ♦ * *
"Let Charloston tap tlie East Tenncssco
valley by tho proposed route through the Ra
bun Gap, and nine-tenths of the immunso trade
of that fertile section will be hers, besidos the
through trade from other lines of Railroads
converging in that direction, that would bo
thrown upon this road.”
Theso and numerous extracts which might
bo made from other papers, all confirm our
opinion of the importance to Charleston, of the
proposed enterprise. Wo confidently believe
that the citizens of our city and State are de
termined to press It to an early comploUon.
Our Georgia friends are mistaken in supposing
that a connection, at Augusta, would stop or
evdu delay it. Tho road to Knoxville must
be built in any case. The branch to Chatta
nooga would bo rendered unnecessary by a
free passago at Augusta. As this branch is
the only Road which could seriously Injure
tho Gcorgiu and the State Railroads, we Hope
that thu necessity for building it may be re
moved. But If we thought that the Road to
Knoxvillo could bo a.moniunt delayed by any
connection, howovor, tree, between tho South
Carolina aud Georgia Railroads, we would lie
truly Jenny to hear of such connection. It
would bu the sale of a birthright fbr a mess of
pottago.
Melancholy Affair,
A difficulty occurred at this place on Mon
day last, says the Edgefield Advertiser, be
tween Mr. Eldred Glover and Dr. Samuels,
which resulted in the formor being shot Giro’.
Ho died on tho next day.
In tho course of tho fight, Mr. Ebenczer
Chamberlin, father-in-law, of Mr. Glover, Constitutional Union party of tho county of
also received a severe wound in tho forehead, | Dado in the Convention to bo held nt the
inflicted, it is supposed, by a blew from the Capitol, at sucli time as tho State Central
pistol, M. C. is thought to he doing well, and
it is hoped that he will speedily recover.
Dr. Samuels, as we understand delivered
himself up, and it is supposed will bo admit
ted to ball. We pronounce no opinion as to
tho character and complexion of tho diffi
culty.
Washington. Feb. 26th
Mr. Clay's health is improving; ho is ablo
to rido out.
In the Senate, Mr. Rhett gave notice that
ho would ask leave to-morrow to vindicate
himself against the personal attacks of Cass
ond Clemens, in their speeches on the Com
promiso, delivered during his absence. The
Senate elected a special Committco on the
decisions of tho Mexican claims board. Tho
Houso voted on tho amendments to the bounty
land bill.
Rail Road Meeting.
In accordance with previous appointment
the citizens of Chattooga assembled to-day at
tho court houso in this villago, with a view
to the consideration of the contemplated Rail
Road from Ringgold, Ga., to Gadsden Ala
bama.
Wm. MeConnoll, I sq., was called to tho
chair; J. T. Wootten and J. T. .Taylor were
chosen Secretaries.
By motion of Rev. A. T. Lockridgo, Fran
cis A. Kilby was appointed to read tho char
ter granted by the Legislature of this Stato,
for the construction of a Rail Road passing
from the Alabama line, through the counties
of Chattooga. and Walker, intersecting tho
Western and -Atlantic Rail Rond at or near
Ringgold.
The charter having been read by Mr. Kirby,
Dr. W. W. Bruce was unanimously requested
to deliver his views in regard to the important
work under consideration, who responded
briefly and ably.
E. L. Rosser, Esq., was called to tho floor,
and proceeded promptly to urge upon his tal
low citizens the great importance of the Road.
. Dr. John K. Moore having been previously
solicited, delivered a short, though forciblo
address.
• By motion of Dr. W. IV. Bruco, a commu
nication from James Price, Esq., to this con-
ition was read b:
Committee may dsslgnute.
Resolved. That from the vory latum of our
Government, and from tho nature ol our rep
resentative character, the people have a right
to demand and to know the principles aud
the measures which shall govern and be sus
tained by every candidate for office.
Resolved, That our Government is a repre
sentative Democracy—yet all power is in the
hands of tho People; and their representa
tives are but their agents, bound by their
will, responsible to them, and removable at
their will.
Resolved, That wo approvo of, and adopt
tho fifth andsixth resolutions of the late Ala
bama Union Convention; that oqr delegates
to tho'Milledgevllle Convention be Instructed
to consider them as tho.will of this meeting.
On motion, the chair appointed Capt. John
McKnig, Dr. A. J. Humphreys, Pearce A. Ta
tum, Amos Wcddel and W. K. Courtney, Esq.
and William Cartwright, as a committee to
select two suitable persons as delegates to
represent tho Union party of this county in
tho Millcdgevilie convention.
Tho committee aftor retiring for a taw min
utes reported tho names of-Col. Robert H
Tatum and Dr. A. J. Humphreys, whon they
were unanimously chosen as delegates.
On motion of Capt, John McKaig,
Resolved, That the proceedings ofthls meet
ing be forwarded to tho Rome Courier for
publication, with a request that tho Union
papers in tho State copy.
Resolved, That tho thanks of this meeting
be tendered to the presiding officers for the
ablo and dignified manner in which they have
conducted the business of the mooting. On
motion the meeting adjourned sinejtie,
LEROY SUTTON. ' »
ZA0HARIAH O’NEAL, j Ch “•
B. M. Wood, Sec'y,
Stage Accident.—On Monday morning
last, as the Talladega stage was descending
the hill near the Penitentiary, some of the
breeching gave way, precipitating the stage
upon tho horses, which caused them to start,
and before they could be checked tho stage
upset, injuring soveral passengers that were
in it, and materially damaging the stage.—
We learn that Mr, * ' ' - -
How the South Joga on.
A planter in Mississippi, who has no great
horror of paper resolutions, etc., writes to tho
editor of DcBow’s Review a letter in regard
to the true malady which afflicts the South.
We give an extract, which, unfurtuuately, has
more truth than poetry in it:
" Let tlie cotton planters, for three years
dare tn mako their own corn, pork, beef, mut
ton and wool, and they will sco cotton at a
certain price of 12 cents, and see good corn-
houses, frill barns, fine postures, thrift, and all
else indicative of prosperity. In lieu of which,
what did you see In your lust summer’s tour 1
Did you see any little 12 by 0 log cribs, cov
ered with four tact boards 1 And fodder
stacks with tho Mississippi mud 1 A pasture
for calves, without grass or wterl Sheep,
with the onu-halfofeachwithoutwooll Fen
cos, as If tho rails had fhllcn from abovo, and
happened to light upon each other 1 Men,
riding with rope bridle rains 1 It boots It not
what I am, whether tho ono thing or the oth
er. Are these tliii gs true or false 7 Has the
age 6f fhlso prophets and bad counsellori
passed 1"
Dr. A. II. Wilder. Springfield, Mass., fhllod
some time since and went to California, leav
ing Ills wifo and fhimly to earn their daily
bread for tho time. A taw days sinco, the
several creditors of tho bankrupt mot at the
residence of their debtor’s wife, in compliance
with hor invitation, when each found under
his plate the amount of his claim. Tho hus
band had takon this method of paying his
liabilities out of the first of his earnings on the
Pacific.
Hongaxy.
The Rev. Dr. Baird, a finished scholar and
traveller, who has traversed Europe sovoral
times overduring the last ten years, and has
studied various Governments, habits of tho
people, dfcc., is now delivering a Courso of
Lectures nt Nowark upon tho present condl
Hon of tho Continent. He says that
" Hungary is rich in vegetable and mineral
wealth, andhas great natural advantages,
great deal of wine is made there. Tlioy have
begun to cultivate tobacco. More than half
tho pcoplo are Protestants of the Lutheran
and German Reformed Churches. Tho Con
stitution of Hungary is noariy as old as tho
Charter of England, and was given to tho
people by King Andrew, and most of tho
peasants know it by liaart. Hungary became
annexed to Austria by intermarriage in the
royal fhmllies, but was never conquered. It
had its own Diet, in which tho debates were
carried on in Latin. The Austrians oppres
sed tho pcoplo in many ways, so that thoy
several times rebelled before thoir laststruggle,
Gorgoy might have overruled Austria before
the Russians reached him, had he acted
promptly, and defeated both of those nations.
The greatest blunder Kossuth ever made was
that of giving up the command to Gore-ay
The former, he said, did morq fo causs the
people to revolt than (Sy other matt, and ono
thing in his fa.7 0 r, not generally known, Is that
the Jews, almost to a man, were In fhvor of
'uira while some o/ - the freest nations ofEuropo
oppress them. Kossuth desired to make thorn
equal with the others part of the population.
Tk- 1
all were educated, thbjr might become free a
great deal sooner, but there is no doubt that
both Hungary and PoUlM will become free
In a taw years.”
Mr: CnARLEs L. Brace, In a recent lecture
on Hungary, thus doses in allUstoh to Caslmlr
Battliyanyl's recently-published letter;
" Battliyanyl's opinion of Kossuth's lack of
modesty, in' setting himself up to be tho dic
tator of the country,' in not' appearing beforo
the world in the simple character of a private
citizen,' and ' not receiving tho usetal advtco
and assistance they would have oflbred him,'
may be taken for what It is worth.
“ Howovor, I will say—and possibly tho
opinion of a recent traveller In Hungary is
quite os vnluablo. in regard to tho sentiments
of the people, as that of one oftier b anished no
bles—that In ail tho real senses of tho word,
Kossuth is Dictator—Governor—Leader of tht
Hungarian nation,
“It is his words and his thoughts which
still thrill through the peoplo, and which still
Inspire Bauer and Burger, peasant and citizen,
with tho hopo and tho deathless rosolvo to ho
free, He is looked upon as the embodiment—
tho representative of Hungary and her prin'cl-
ples. It is his voice alono which could arouse
the land into a struggle for freedom.
Every Hungarian ofany observation knows
that the only hope of his country, for years to
come, rests In Kossuth.
“ There aro fbw, I think, oven in this coun
try, aware of tholmmenso widespread organi
zation which Kossuth, almost by himself, ef-
fbetod In a year, to copo with tho power of
Austria. He has, It is truo, tho genius and
Ideality of a master-orator, the enthnstasm and
heroism of a noble mind, but perhaps still
longer than these traits are remembered, It
will be recorded of him in history that, almost
In a day, with practical, thorough talent, a-
gainst many difficulties, he organized and c-
quipped and armed a whole nation for a gi-
ganUe struggle.”
Louis Napoleon and the Absolutist Monarch*
of Europe.
The London correspondent of the National
Intelligencer, in a late letter, remarks that
Louis Napoleon has put the absolutist mom-
archson tho Continent upon the qui rive.—
He says:
King Ferdinand of Naples remembers:
Murat, and does not know how soon tfio crown:
may bo claimed for his son. Austria knows,
that Napoleon was King of Italy; and, fearing;
thatthe nephew may hivo a hankering after -
tho same title, has become quite civil to Eng
land, and even polite to Sardinia. Prussia,
also Intends asking the Chambers fur a grant
for tho increase of tho army. * »
The King and Government of Naples drendl
tho restoration of the French Empire worse-
than either Lord l’almeston or the French.
Republic. Every post brings a hint of com
ing events, all of which point to Plzzo - , tho
grave of Murat. Tho memory of that dash
ing soldier king Bos - still'a strong party in.
Naples, Tho restored Bourbons have dono-
littlo to induce the Neapolitans to-target tho-
popular rule of tho 'bravest oftbo bravo,' al
though a long peace has been highly fhvor- -
qblu to domestic prosperity. What 1s now
called quiet in Naples and Sicily, is nothing,
more than handcuffed rebellion. * *
Thera is a very prevalent impression tliati
the Austrian Government has considerable-
misgivings os to its taiure relations wltls<
Franco. An Austrian paper says:
‘It is of great importance to Austria to-
maintain Sardinia as an intervening power— -
to sco tho passes# of the Alpsin the hands of -
Sardinia rather than her ownjor thosojof France,
and, in case of need, to givo the Turin Cabinet
support againt tho Elysoe.'
This is a great change: indeed and Is lull of
Impbrt."
Found Dead.—At Jackson’s Grocery tor
Marion connty, a man named Ford Thompson,
Cause—Rum I
Look not thou upon the wipe when it is red',
when it giveth his color in the cup, when it
■roveth itselfsrlght.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and - ,
stlngcth like an 0dcr.
t%e Eric Railroad met with a serious acci
dent on 17th ult. The trains was thrown off'
tho track Into the Delaware river. Four per
sons drowned and soveral Injured.
The inhabitants of Panama are preparing to>
move to Navy Bay, in anticipation of thhu
steamers running there.
Garden Walks.
In England it is a matter of great Import
ance to prevent weeds or gross growing on
gravel walks, for such Is the dampness of tho
climate, that mosses and weeds of several sorts
fasten upon and completely overrun them.
The keeping of such -walks clear it measura
bly important also in this country. It has-
been found there, according to the Gardener's
Chronicle, that gas tar is absolutely fhtal to-
vegetable growth, and a coating of it spread
over a walk, keeps it clear as long as tho tar.-
remains. - To apply it In the best manner;,
have tho walks made and rolled haid, then,
puton the tar with a brush, and as it Is offens
ive to the eye and olfhctorlcs, cover it with a.
thin coat of gravel, which becomes incorpora
ted with it, and forms a hard, dry, i
bared walk.—Prairie Farmer.
Farmers.
Adam was a farmer while yet In Paradise,
and after his ikll was commanded to cam bis
bread with the sweatof his hraw.
Job, the honest, upright and obedient, was,.
a farmor, and his stem endurance has passcdl
into proverbs.
St. Luke was a fhrmor, and divides with
Promcthius.tho honor of subjecting tho ox
tar the use of man.
Socrates was a fhrmor, and yet wedded to.
bis calling, and glory of his immortal philos
ophy.
Cincinnatus was a fhrmor and the noblest.'.
Roman of them all.
Burns was a farmer, and tho muse found!
him at the plow, and filled him with poetry, -
Washington was a farmer, and retired from
tho highest earthly station, to enjoy the quiet,
of rural lita and present to tho world a spec
tacle of human greatness.
To those names may bo added a host of :
others who sought peace and repose in tho
cultivation of their mother earth; the enthu
siastic Lafayette, the steadfhst Pickering, tho
scholastic Jefferson, the fiery Randolph, all
teund an El Dorado of consolation from iite'a ,
cares and troubles, in tho green and ve:
lawns that surround their homesteads.
|gy Why Is it easier to bo a cleq
than a physiclanl Because It
preach than to practice.
'I have t