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From the Macon Journal d' M sscngci»
Mr. Chistain’s Speech.
Mysrs'E iilors .—Among the extraordina
ry and significant Incidents of the day. the
late speech of tbiH$entl«nuinfii Congress.’can
not full to arrest attention. Mr. Chastain U
ono ot the Union members from this Stato. His
speech posses a two-fold interest. First, it is
h\* debut—Ids tnatdch effort in Congress—and
in the next place, it seems o mo, to possess
in a highly aggravated form the clmraennV
ties of what onr M* xlrun neighbors nre ac-
customed to call a Promtnciamcnlo. In plain
English, it is no
Hon. gentleman'
ate declaration
Party. Helms
dard of Secessi
done so in the i
great body of tl
gla will obey tl
hasten t*» deser
regard of nil tin
tions which bin
Constitutional
The speech l
having been pr
and care. Hut
to the mere int
sents. We ave
correspondent
that lt wasa wi
Member, nut tl
faithful dujivci
House.
Ushered totho world in tills portentous man
ner, it was certainly, not the speaker’s fault
if men’s minds wore not duly prepared for
aotno coup d'etat—some tliunder-slroko of
• statimanship Itqforo its close. And sure
enough it came in the last paragraph. There
the dcnoumenl is reached. There the long
tmin artfully concatenated by tbo gentleman
through three mortal newspaper columns
dually explodus—explodes In a monstrous
non-sequitur to tbo whole of tbo proceeding
speech—explodes In a bold, unauthorised as
sumption of the gentleman to speak for the
Union Democrats of Georgia, and to pledge
them tube at the Baltimore Convention, to
participate in its councils, and co operate in
its movements.
Now tlie gentleman very well Knew, nt the
that the Union Democrats of Georgia formed
not a separate and distinct political organiza
tion In the State. Ho very a ell know
that they constituted part and parcel of the
great, triumphant, patriotic, Union Party of
the State.
Ho very .well knew that as part and parcel
' of this party, and in no other character, what
ever. they had fought glorhmsly and suc
cessfully for the .salvation of the country
and to the utter overthrow of its enemies in
the South. And lie also knew that the Union
Democrats of Georgia, after winning these
Victories in compunywith the Union Whigs,
had taken counsel with the Union Whigs ns
totho course whleh the Union Party of Geor
gia should pursue in the approaching Presi
dential election. The result of these coun
sels tvos, that a Convention of -Delegates
from the U idon Party of the whole State,
~~rrtumld'bfl held nt Millydgevlll.. for^hc cx-
• mud by the Part/ in reference to 'tins ques
tion.
, So tho matter stood plainly and distinctly
before the gentlemen’s eyes, at the moment
of 'delivering his speech in Washington.—
And yet he takes it on himself at the close
.of his speech, tu announce ns a settled luet.
•that the Union Democrats would take part in
tho Baltimore Democratic Couvintiou.
As a Union Democrat, 1 enter my protest
against tho authority of the gentlemen to
make tlds declaration. Tho* question, the
wliolo question touching the course to he pur
sued. iu tho Presidential election the Union
Democrats have agreed to consider and solve
in council with their brethren of the Union
Party of the Suite. Tho great Union Conven
tion appointed by Union Democrats and
Union Wldgs to lie held for that purpose, is
near ut hand. Under such circumstances, is
it not treason to the Union Party, for men
' -Wturimm
means of its I
that they will
•awaiting Its d
It does seel
tho Hon. Met:
call tho lust
owes It to bin
to continue ti
tempt and d
one thing I a
.very fa from
sentiments of
die and Lowe
will tind ho In
even in tvgar
"Upper Georg
bound to the
• infinitely stn
those which
association v
some great m
* jour pvincipl
th it We Shall
* : * . 1} 1*1 L|JC sat
•shall be far i
j>le set by Hi
Party, which
erotic Party,
Union in theirfahe zeal for the endangered
South bus now. without requiring a single
safeguard or guaranty or any kind for the
South, thrown itself unconditionally into the
full embrace and brotherhood of that self
same Autiom.1 Democracy, which it so lately
denounced and repudiated as utterly un
sound ami unti ustworthy.on the great South
ern question. Wo will continue to be us wo
liavo been, true to the South, as well us to the
Union. And if the National Democratic Par
ty shall refuse, as it has thus litr d no, to
corao up to tbo standard of wluit wo feel to
be the duty which every national Parly owes
to the South and to the Union why then we
will still stand bv our principles eve i though
BfoL: they should require us to stand aloof from
jj ^ Wn-uill f111-«• **
offourstrenj
until wo huv
strong and si
Put what is
,Jjinisclf todi
this. lie at
bail have, a
of jmli i
b, h to j
tal n in situ is ac-|iiies(vuce in the past for thy
sake of the Union, mid roxistniico to nil fu
ture anti sliivcty agitation and inggti’jsfiin
even at tho hazard of the disruption, of all
the ties that binds us to the Union.
UNION DEMOCRAT.
THTT tl»-' tl~.mli Mi' 0 a-mml sorl ..fa man Mr. Iliillvll Ik who is chairman friend* have been trying to make It up will.
C4||Vt.u tnii s'nii'lh.g by tin |Hnclplc« or I qdmthltb* who called thin Baltimore hint anil osthey tlinnglitt|w bent mfflns «o to
thf Union I’.irty ? n imrty wlnwu •flmdamen- Convontion. It Was expected by some oftlio do, thoy Cdhitnenccd claiming thcmselve* W
Fitc-eaHnp gentlemen of last year that Mr. bo tbo best Union men exposing the so called
Rantoul for t\ie sake of harmony in the party. Whig ticket, and winding up with the neccs-
wottld have modi lied ids opftiions to some c?t- sity of a re-orgnnization of the old paity be
tent. But It Ki ms that Ids Yankee obstinacy coming Into their ranks &c. This propo.il-
i, stronger than tliolr Southern chivalry--for 'tion brought him to taw,’ and lie gave them
lie spoke with the same.boldness tlmt bo did his opinion In short;
last Spring, when he volunteered In the case of
tho rutinvav slave "Sims” who was taken up
in Boston. You probably recollect os well os
your readers, what excitement was produced
bv
lie
lint
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md
id-
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dn
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the
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ado
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are to In.* ca-tf Mjif.fi uh the
From the Augusta Chronicle tf« S'nfinel,
Mr. Rantoul—The Baltimore Convention.
A gentleman from Georgia, sojourning in
Washington who wis present In tne House
of Representatives on the 9tfi Inst., when Mr.
Rantoul entered upon the defence of the con-
liiioti between the Democracy and Frtwollisnt
of Miissneliusetta 1ms favored us with tho
subjoined letter and extract from the speech,
to which we invite the careful consideration
Union men. Mr. Rantoul not only
conlbssos the corrupt bargain hut defends it
upon tbo score of obtaining the spoils. Nor
has be hesitated to inform the country what
nru the opinions of B. F Hnllctt the chair
man of the National Democratic Committee
who called the Baltimore Convention Tlds
Is the same Mr. Hnllctt who presided at a
Convention in Massachusetts to organise and
arrange the coalition.
It is not unfair to judge men by their past
acts. We have seen that Mr. Rantoul and
Mr. Hnllctt both Democrats, liavo entered
•into a eiullthiu «rM» the VruticoUurs of their
Slate to obtain the spoils. Is It unreasonable
to suppose that they will hesitate to do in a
National Convention tlmt which they admit
they . nvc done in a State Convention and
boldly defend in older 1o secure the spoils
which the control ut the administration of the
General Govei uiiicnt secures 1 We think not.
Iu Massachusetts tbo temptation was com-
imratively nothing to what tlie Government
of tho Union presents.
Let tho Union nu n of Georgia reflect upon
these developments ami determine their ac
tion accordingly:
Washington D. C. 10th March 1862.
Mu. Editor;—Tho House yesterday was
the scene of an interesting display on the part
of Ml*. Hubert Rantoul Jr. of Massachusetts.
Tlds gentleman it will he recollected is otto
of the duly appointed delegates to tho Balti
more Convent inti. 1 send you an extract of
Ids speech as it appears iu the Congressional
Globe this morning tlmt the people of your
cu*4u.,tuiu.UuMij. u-lull, sort of men it is that
they are called upon to associate and affiliate
with at Baltimore? He was defending tlie
coalition between the Democrats and Froesoi-
lors of Massachusetts, and amongst other
things, wld:
“ You then ask How did the Democrats co
alesce with the Freesoilers 1 ? Was not there
a broad distinct! u between tlicrni 1 I will
show gentlemen how broad for it is best tlmt
these tilings should be understood. You will
have to understand them by-nud-hy; and
what is the benefit of talking nonsense in hours
together, when we can get at tlie plain facts
we can judge better how to conduct ourselves
tlmn by the impositions palmed off here day
after day iu order to influence tin*country.
I will show gentlemen how far tlie Democratic
party and the Frcesoil party were from each
other nt the time tho coalition was formed.
Tliogcntl man knows very well although the
House may not, that the coalition was formed
in tlie fhll of tho year 1810 and not, for the
fu the full of 1^19 and attempted totuko tho
power.out oftlio hands of tho Whigs hut did
not succeed. It Came very near success hut
it. did not succeed. In 1850 they made a se
cond trial and succeeded. In 1861 they
made a third trial, and succeeded again.—
Three times has this eoalition been in opera
tion; tlie tirst time a failure and tlie last two
times siiccessfnl. Now. before the coalition
was mode of course those Democrats who
entno the nearest to the peculiar opinions of
the Ficcsollers had nodifliculty, and Alt no
repugnance. The repugnance must have
been on tho part of those who were Ihrtbest
from the Freokoilers and I propose to show
where M :;/stood I hold in my hand the reso
lutions reported by the H.m. Benjamin F.
llalielt, September 19ih, 18-19 the week tho
coalition was funned; and gentlemen will see
how far Mr. Ilullrtt and those who thought
with him had to go before they eon Id act witli-
oiif n-pugimtice wtm m»* nvv. wu r ~*,. Tlu ,
following is one of tlie resolutions reported by
Mr. Ilallett:
‘ It.solved. Ti.atwe aro opposed to slavery
in any form and color and in favor of freedom
and rnCKsoit, wherever man lives throughout
(in i's heritage ”
Thill is one of the resolutions here is ano
ther :
• 12 solved. Tlmt wo are opposed to the ex
tension of slavery to free Territories, and iu
favor of the exercise of all constitution and
nccewnvy means to restrict it to tho limits
wit (tin which it does or may exist by tlie lo-
cal law s of the State.”
Now gcutknn n will ask mu, what is the
vote upon these resolutions of Mr. Ilallett'?
It was a very full Democratic convention and
the vote in favor ofthe.se resolutions was a
unanimous one on the 19th of September
1819. (1 utl« nun who write one kind uf reso
lutions tor the newspapers, ui uniinously a-
dopted, circulating them ihYoughoUt the State
qf Mux aclntsctts in u printed tot ni for effect
loal uji.; will wr to another kiudV doetrim
must ' submit to have their two systems
compared. I say here what 1 have said in
Mnssndimvtts. Print them in paiallel col
umns and you will find no difference. If the
griith nil'll wish to make the North all hypo
crites if they wish every man at Uiu North
who entertains sentiments that are not per-
f ctly palatable in high Southern latitudes
should fuLify his own record and pretend to
that 1} hie 11 in his iieart he abhors; if
geiitlenteii desire that why. there isa way to
make some men do that, but there is no way
to make ail m. u do so. The thing is impossi
ble. 1 think too well not only of the people
nfthe freemen of.Massachusetts huM think
tlmnk God I urn able to sav, too well of the
freemen of the United States. I think too well
of iiiinm . nature all over tho world to believe
that a universal system of hypocrisy upon the
MPj.-et of Slavery, or any other subject, is
possible now. or will beat any tut nru day.—
\\.u umy suceoejJ in mukipfr
Mr. Cabell. Will the gentleman permittne
to a'k him a single question 1
An. RuuiouL 1 have not time. Thegeti-
tleruun eausptak after me ihran hour.
Mr. Cabell. I only wish to ask the gentle-
mau if tho persou t;f. whom he is shaking is
the same one who is chuivman of the Demo*
cratic cuniuditee ?
Mr. Rantoul;' It is tho same man—what is
called at tjjq Nopth, «;ihtt«kUi>^Deii»ocrat.—
(Laugntei J
> Jl will h.; wtui not only what sort
kiihOi to is Mr.iiaiiioui is, but also, what
11.. tho ,g*l o» me lnnktrrunnw yprllko
tho little b'y. Ver «eo tho title thof ov the
world Bold a tot of lilns eggs out ov the nlst,
and whin howosabout to be cnel.t at Ills dlv-
tl.rmiglmut the South, by tho trlnl in that uixh trick, ho |.nt» em hack. V.mld ho do
ease. Uantuul wits volunteer counsel in tlie to trustl be tbo holy saints no! And do ye
ease who donmuieed tl.e Fugitive Slave law think I’d trust ye that's got cnel.t wld yer
uneonatllhtiimitfl And this is them,tn that nasty DlsUnl.m tricks, and now is trying to
Si.uihiTu llighia men ale now willlngl to rot hide Vra1 St. Patrick presarvo tnu from do-
in a Bonvi'nllon wlt)i to n.ilttlnato a candidate ing it all at oil!" • '
for tlie Presidency in whose lianda the riglits
of am, Ilium pimple will be safe!
And this Is the man tlo.t Constitutional Un
h.U men are asked to assnei tte and afllliato
with! limy di. such men ns ftantonl and Uni-
iJtt differ from Olddings and Onrrlaun. Y.
Views of Ulr. Douglass.
For tl.u buhellt of tliose ‘Southern Hlghts’
Till C01RIIR.
ROME, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, Maroh'26,1862.
Acknowledgment
We nro indebted to tlie lion W. C. Dawson
men that have been nibbling nt tlie bait ,,f tlds 8lnto. for Ills very aldcand ivolMIm-
thrown out l.y Senator Dmiglasa we copy the C1 ) speecli In the United States Senate, on
following extract A',mi a speech oftlio lieu- t|u> bill granting land to the State of Iowa In
orublc gi i.tleman delivered In the Senate, on aid id - constructing certain Rail Knuds. We
the lath March, I860:—(See Congressional shall endeavor to give iU<> onr traders here-
01,A... Vol. axil page 801).) after. On tlie eve of a great Presidential
Mr. Dmiglasa Un it and there said hi refer- struggle, and antld the general semtnbm for
cnee tu the netlun of Congress upon the ter- popular favor It Is refreshing in flnd. itore and
tot i.il nuesllohi tliere. in tlie councils of tlie Repultlic. men
"IT IS NO VIOLATION OF SOUTHERN who are bold and honest enough to utter their
RIGHTS T(J.PROHIBIT SLAVERY, norof sober convictions tt|toitall questions ittvolv.-
.Nfirtiiuiu t iglits, to leave the people to tleclde j n g ,| lu puhlh-, weal.
the question for hemstdvus. In tills sense, , —<—■
no geographical section of tlie Union Is en- ! New Soap,
titled to titty share of the territories. Tlie We have received Itoin Messrs. Sa.vrle and
Senator from South Carolina will therefore ix- Jones <»f t is place ajar of “NuutteHy’s New
emu mo for expressing the opinion that all of Chemical Soap." for which they "ill please
lib eonmlaints under this head are predicated accept our’thanks. It washes and luthurs
up«)u ono great fundamental error—the error Wt *H and seems to combine all the qualities of
of supposing that Ids i>urticulnr suction lias a a good toilet ns well ns culinary soap. By
right to luivea duo share oftlio territories set some chemical process it is manufactured ut
apart and assigned to it." i a very trifling exitonse. and wo recommend
— —. hnttse-kee|tet'» tn give it it trial nnd use their
Connecticut. I ashes upon their gardens, Messrs. Sa.vrle
The Whig Convention ol'Oonnoctlcut. which * 1M l Jnneagje proprietors for the right of sale
met at New Haven on tho 4th Instant adopted f ur ,|,| s g tll t 0 an ,i F| or |da,
tlie Bniuwlng retailutlona in supimrt of tho See advertisement in another column.
Cnniprutitlse and the Administration: ►—«
'■ Jljtinh ^L Tnatwe realUtm as the cardin-I Franklin College,
at pulley'tif nur laud the great measures ot • Wu i.»———l.uil a neatIv minted catnlognu
Iirntection to American industry, tif internal °f the eiRecm and pnpils of tills Institution
lRR9?Bncnts and Die principle nf aju-t tils- for 1861-62 by which it appears that one
trilmtlun of the public ltinds. whenever the hundred and fifty one students nro nmv in
country is out nr debt as vital to tlie prosper- attendance nnd tlie College quite nourishing
Ityof tho country', and tliatn judicious system j Floyd Hay.
id'discriminating s|hm:IIIo duties inlaying rev- | A fuw j a} . 8 agi) WUBlUV k uv 0ra |4 a ; e , „f nne
emte is demanded pnrtienlnrlynt the present l„„ki„g bay for sale In tho streets of Rome,
time, by the depressed eondition of labor and w)lldl was , a b» am i ,aieked on tho ‘ Home-
enpital. wood" lartu, about threu miles front litis
' fits ilre.4.-Tlmt tho measures passed by ,,| aau it was very handsumely put up, and
Congress It. 185(1 for tho settlement of highly | uu k u( ] a8 giccn a .d teni|itlngns any from thu
exciting sectional questions, were adopted „ yal|kt , 8 Land ... T wo tons of this hay was
upon the principle of mntnal concession and ^ n ,J „, 0 ncr0 vllk , k at 75
compromise, ami tlmt they ought therefore .......
, . , ° , ,. cents per hundred —the prico it now com-
to he maintained inviolate, and curried out in 1 ,, , »,
mauds would yield a cro]> worth $30 per
aero. How much better Is cotton planting
it * Dm iii i. . i \ than tills, with that staplo down toO nnd 7
»ldeiit Fillmore and his dLtinguhdied Cabinet ccn(tJ ^
(he praiso of conducting Ids administration
upon truly national principles, with high
ability integrity and wisdom.”
good faith by all suctions of tlie country
”Resolved,That we gratefully accord to Pro-
Tho Weather, Crops fit.a.
Quite a blighting change in tho woafher
■fflfrfe ftf«'Jy»LJU K .l!L fl , d ,;,r ?
ary meeting stales tlmt the prospers of tho Improved edition of whiter. Wo think pencil-
party in tlio Stato wore represented to ho sat- es nro very generally killed nnd some other
The Union Party.
“But the Courier tells ns that ‘the princi
ples and pledges of tho Union party’ led it to
sup|M)rt forblflcO thoso who are most faithful
to, the Constitution and thu Compromise,
without regard to old u nuts or hsues. Wo
Klmll see in goad time—hut as a commentary
on tills declaration of our friend wo clip the
following from the South Western Georgian.
a ‘Union* paper whoso editor is noticing thu
call of the Central Committee of tho Unlpn
party for a Convention at Mllledgeville:
• ''Wo see there Is a call going tlie rounds
of the papers made by a-curtaln clique who
call themselves the Central Union Commit
tee ’ for a Convention to ho held at Milledgo-
vlllu on thu 22nd of April to tako Into con
sideration tlie sending of Delegates to tlie
Baltimore Convention. Thoy request nil Un
ion, |Mi|)ers to publish the notice. We for ono
slinll do no such tiling for we want nothing to
no with the lialtimorc Convention, in any shape,
or form.” !
The above wo take from tho Tallahassee
Floridianf mid wo would still say to our old
(View! and cotemporary, tlmt his quotation
front the South Western Georgian, docs not in
the least conflict with our position and views.
Like tlmt independent Join uni, with tlie lights
now before ns ‘ ice want nothing to do with
thu Baltimore” or Philadelphia Conventions,
Tito chairman of the committee which called
tho convention at Baltimore, is an open ami
avowed abolitionist—nnd there arc thousands
of Union democrats nnd Southern Rights de
mocrats too. who respect themselves and tho
rights and interests of tho South too much,
to heed a call from such a source. Hence It
Is that a tnovetneiit 1ms been made to hold a
National Union Convention, to ho composed
of eutwerviUivu men North nnd South, who
will plant themselves squarely, and fairly
and ojtcniy. and boldly upon tho Constitution
and the compromise and demand a cessation
of agitation up<m tlie slavory question. Tho
South lias been fretted and angered and en
dangered upon this topic, ever since tho for
mation of the Federal Government, nnd bo
fore she ufliliatcH with any man or set of men
situ should have thu most explicit and reliable
pledges of soundness upon this subject. So
long as tlie names of whig and democrat aro
used as tlie “masked battery" of Northern
ubolitiouism and (ruesuiflsm. behind which
the Constitutional riglits of thu South nro to
bo assailed so long shall wo ceuso to respect
or regard them, llonco it was that wo said,
and still assert tlmt our principles will lead us
to support (urotllcu tliose wlioaru most faith
fill to thu Constitution and Compromise.
Against old fashioned Jueksonian democracy
how nuia word to say; hut from thu mod
ern, mongrel spurious article, made of freesoii
warp nnd secession Ailing which is likely to be
paraded ut Baltimore, we must pray to be de
livered.
But there is lynothcr reason which impels
us to look more favorably upon Mr. Cass nnd
his claims to the Presidency, than we wore
wont to do. Ever since lie stood sido-by-sidc
with Clay, Webster, Dickerson, Dawson
Foote, and others of tho Senate in tho sup
port of tliose great measures which Invol
ved tho salvation of tho Republic, pow
rful coalitions under tlie assumed garb
democracy at the North and at tlie South
lmv,c attempted to shelve him and nil who act
ed with hint. Does not our Florida con tempo
rary know this! Yea more, is lie not an aid
er and an abettor in this secret crusade against
Mr. Cass? Why has lio not rebuked tho De
mocratic Review! Why does he suffer such
language ns the following from a leading dem
ocratic journal in Virg nia to pass unnoticed.
Mr. Ohati&ln.
In another column will ho found a criticism
the speech of this gentleman, taken from
tho Macon Journal and Messenger. Tho ed
itors accompany Its publication with tho fol
lowing temarks:
In our editorial columns, will ho found a
communication signed, “Union Democrat”
upon tho subject of tho late extraordinary
speech of Mr. Chastain, in the House of Hep-
resentatives. The author of tho communi
cation is a gentleman extensively known In
Georgia, who has been honored with high of
fice by tho Democratic Party of the fetat'o.
For Democracy, and for Union Democrats, ho
can Bpeak cz-cathcdra. A disproved of Mr.
Chastain’s speecli, ami a disavowal of his
right to pledge In advance tho support of tho
Union Democrats of Georgia, to the Baltimore
nominee, comes with a greater aplomb, direct
ness nnd forco, from such a source than they
would from us; and wo have therefore cheer
fully yielded our columns to him.”
isfautoiy in the highest degvee.
Hold Him.
At a Democratic meeting in Franklin coun
ty. Missouri, lately Mr. W. V. N. Bay the
piincipul siH-nker amongst other tilings said:
kinds of fruit greatly injured. Wo presume
apples were not sullkiently forward to ho
seriously damaged. Of course many garden
vegetables were destroyed, which by imme
diate replanting limy he replaced. By advi
ces from below, wo learn that tho cold wa. if
In Borrowed Robes.
Wo flnd In tho Savannah Nows of tho 20th
inst..t)io following very singular notice. Wo
hope all friends or humanity will aid Mr. Kel
ly In recovering his lost garments.
Information Wantrd.—What Imsbccomo
of my Coat, Vest and Breastpin loaned to Dr.
A. 8. Wyley, for tho purpose of attending a
Mirty, It being near two weeks since ho left
tis hoarding house, and cannot be found.
Any information will bo thankfully received
by J. KELLY.
Tho pi'inncral, were thu only HaUtan pnrtbto moAftlulUiw tami.ln tlmt Redon
known in ancient or modern times; they hud 0 f t j u . state
As regards t o wheat crop, where it was
not killed by tlie unusual severity of thu win
ter frosts it promises well though the crop
will be short in tlds region. Outs aro leaking
well, aud promise a handsome yield.
done all the good tlmt had been done, and
were now ready to do all tho good to come.—
They killed Calhoun, nullification and disun
ion, upset Clay's omnibus, discovered the
gold mines extended the national boundaries
to the Pacific, kicked Louis Philippe out of
Franco awakened tlie genius of tho mighty
Kossuth aud waved the stars a,ud stripes un-
Firesin Cedar Vt.Uoy.
Wo regret to learn that tlio dwelling and
del* the nose of every tyrant on earl It from the Kitchen of Mrs. West, of Cedar Valley, were
Mosquito King to the Czar ofRussia. - • destroyed by fire, together with nearly all
j their contents, on Sunday morning tlio 11th
A MuVIMi Ovmclnny W O.a.V J ijUSt. Al)Ollt tWO WUok« plCVioltS L. Bill lie,
Robert Rantoul Jr, M. C from Mussnchu- Es'U, IWn*YW oauo .j* 4*u»k.... vuuamma «t ni»
setts and Deh gate elect to the Baltimore screw. . Both tires are supposed tube tho work
Convention said lately in the House, tliut B. of an incendiary.
F. Hnllct the Clmiiman of the National Dc-
mactatie Committee, aud himself were deci
ded Freesnihrs. Also that III 1819, at the
time of tlie first coalition iu Massachusetts,
between the Democrats nnd Freesoiiers this
same Mr. Hallet reported the following Reso
lutions which were unanimously adopted !
•• Resolved, That wo are opposed to slavory
in any form and color itttd in favor of free
dom and FiiKKaon. wherever man lives through
out God $ heritage” .
■ Tlmt U nro nppoMHl to tlio extension of, ,hc " Mlwlr uf 11,0 ul '' « M,Ue " Mm -
slavery to free Territories, and In favor of tho
exercise ofall constitutional and necessary ,
means to restrict it to tho limits within which I
it does or may exist by the’local laws of the 1
State.”
These gentle vender, are tho politicians. ,
Death ut Col. Swain.
We notice in the Albany Patriot the de
cease of Col. Stkphkn Swain foimerly of
Etnuuupl hut more recently of Decatur coun
ty. Hu hud attained his eightieth year,
twenty-six of which lie was a member of, our
State Legislature. Known to many of our
citizens us an honest hut somewhat eccentric
public man his death will he numerously
gretted. Peace to tlio spirit and honor to
Death of an Editor. •
The Charleston Courier comes to us in
mourning at thu decease of one of Its propri
etors Col. W. S KiNp. Tlie Charleston Stan
dard pays t|ie following tribute to his mem-
with whom some of the professed Union Do- i 01 '* r
, n • i . .n. . t "It becomes our painful duty to announce
"I.’cuiti. ill upper 0,‘ingm «uk (a atHllato In thu (K?uU , „ r c „, w . s. Ki.vi.nu of tho pro-
lllo S'tiimlmil'ploimo fulwm ustftliis is’iiot imVteil trifoltre^Wtfrafiy;ffi’t/tc'O'lM-j'rtif’oi
good reason why Suuthom Union mon ' i lsu h'-' rWdunco inthisoity hot wool.
...... ,, , tlie hum's ot one and two o cluck I* M. Col.
sh milln\oldItnj moll nmoull) crowd ns will |; INfi | i;i ,| oonnoctod nitli tho nlllco ol
iiooorluintoitsrcntldo n. Riiltimoro 1 WO do- thu Courier liir nrurly thirty yrnrs »nd provi-
fy tho IVIendt, of tlmt proposition to giro half <* u * hi Ids association as a co-odlttir and Bru-
us goinl a roaMin why they ought to go into j prlctor of Oiat Jmi-tml ho Imd nerved ill tho
D b norurarcapnolucn of printer, compositor nod
tlmt Convention. Tho only reason wo liavo foreinnli. lio was t-ndniivd to a largo civolo
yot'hoard assigned—that of controllim- tho uf friends liy tlio tunny nmidtilo nnd gonor-
—“rants tb'us to hu'an cliildlali and
not wotth nnsnerilig. Only attimtinns proffered both iu a public and pri-
vitin tlmt it
think uf it. Teu Dulvgatia froth Georgiu
half of whom will ho Whigs uro expected tu
uuotrol a hotly uf auroral hundred froo-suilora,
si cossiouista, etcetera t Verily, aotno of our
ft lends Imvo got tlio 'blg-hcad" badly, if they
seriously eutertuhi any such idea.—Maom
Citizen.
A Capital Anecdote.
Tho ‘North Mississippi Union 1 tolls tlio fol-
lowing good story of an Irish Democrat, iu
those diggings:
1 Evet'y one nearly in our own town and
cuumy knows Davy S.. and tlmt Im is anti ul-
ways has bv.ott a mil old tiishiouod Demoor.it,
in fact ho took tu it us natmul us a duck takes
to wutor, and stood up to it tlirouglt thick
and thin as stiff as a shingle and tight as a
burr. When the secessiun wing went olf he
dhl’ntgn not lie, lie was not born in the woods
tu bo sealed by an uwi..as tlio old-saying is,
nor wns lie to ho fouled out of his principles’
therefore ho lifted up Ids voice (nnd some’
times both hands,) :n> behalf of tlio Union.
Siuce, his beaum and chop-tUUcn eld party
rate capacity by bodies us well an individuals,
eloquently »j cuk. The previous interest of
Col. Kino in that journal will revert to bis
family lor whose benefit the same will he con
tinued.”
Congressional Fasti mas.
The dnlnOss and monotony of Congression
al life arc occasionally enlivened it would
seem, by a few displays of .‘•cientilie pugalism
and gouging. RvcenUy the House of Repre
sentatives was entertained by a set-to, be
tween Mr.-Brown, a Mississippi secessionist
and Mr. Wilcox, a Union man from the same
State. Wo believe Secessionism and Union
ism were both floored aud laid under tlie tu-
ble. ,
The Augusta Chronicle dp Sentinel of the
19th inst. says:—
The Hon. A. H. Stephens arrived In this
city yesterday, en route from Washington to
his residence. Wo ore gratilled to leinn from
him tliut Mr. Toombs, when he left on Tues
day, was.’convalescent. So much better,
indeed that his .physician Dr. Anderson
who had beoiV' called to Washington tu sou
him returned with:MiVStephens.
his ear? Simply because lie Is anxious that
that distinguished statesman should he elbow
ed from the track, to givu place to ono more
palatable to tho secessionists. Ho wants Cass
killed hut in such it manner ns to product
no disturbance In the ranks of Modern Dc-
mocracji^hence, all attempts of Constitution
al Union men to prolong Ids existence, are
offensive and troublesome. Tlds is the policy,
aud tlds is tlio feeling of thu,extreme wings of
the party, which" now desecrates the name of
Democracy. In proof of this, wo here give
a paragraph from thu Petersburg (Va.) Dem
ocrat to which wo have already alluded.
••There is some disposition in certain quar
ters to nominate Cass again; I ut tlds were
wontonly to forfeit the support of the South.
It may Ik*, hazardous to speak thus frankly,
but it is time that southern Democrats were
s|M*uk|ug frankly. If they- have a distrust of
a man they should boldly speak it out. and
nut by a ulpable silence lead tlio Baltimore
Convention to the nomination of a candidate
a-hom - «|»«gr- trill OOrSlippOri. UUWI8 L’ftSS
though the nominee of the party would fail
to secure the South for the pemdcratic ticket.
Ho i ns no hold upon the South—they regard
him with suspicion. The South gallantly sup
ported Cass in the last campaign upon *a con
struction of his Nicholson letter, which, on
returning to thu Senate he mud haste to re-
puliut" as unreasonable nnd gratuitous.
Shall we he exposed ti»a like disgrace again?”
The foregoing extract presents tho ti'uo
ground of opposition to Mr. Cass, on tho part
of Southern Democrats. It is not because he
fins changed upon tlio tariff internal im
provements; indeed, upon any of tlie old is
sues, but because he sustained tho compro
mise. For this unpnrdonab’o sin, ho is to bo
cast aside bymodern democracy, and for the
same offence Messrs. Fillmore .and Webster
ate to bo garoted by modern whiggery. In
conclusion we would ask our friend of tlio
Floridian if lio will use Ids best eflbrts to se
cure the-nomination of Mr. Cass, and aid us
in promoting Ids election?
Presidential Can lidates.
public wlmn the ollicy of Chief Magistrate
was viewed as one of surpassing dignity and
honor—when none but those of mature age
and experience, and profound wisdom and sa
gacity. added to eminent pitbllp services, wore
deemed worthy and safe depositories of a
trust so wr g itv and sacred, a i the rule of a
free and mighty people. Of lato, however.
availability supplies the pluce of profound
statesmanship, aud tlio greatest manager and
Intrieguor is the greatest hero and patriot.
Intellectual pigmies and dwarfs arc suddenly
miernscoped into giants of huge proportions,
and bo who has done most for his country,
nnd grown hoary in its service, nnd contribu
ted most largely,to its renown, is rudely thrust
aside, qr made a stepping stone, for some po
litical Tom Thumb. Who can look upon the
swarm of second; third, and even fourth rate
men. whose names have been mentioned in
connection with the office of President and
Vice-President of this Republic, without feel
ing tlmt the times are sadly out of joint. It
is time the people should rise up in their ma
jesty and rending asunder^tho rotten cords
With which designing «clicming politicians
and partlzoii leaders would hind them to their
aspirations take their own cause into their
own hands, and put a speedy nnd effectual
end to tho reign of small potatoo politicians.
g^Thepo was snow and sleet in Charleston
nnd Savannah «»n Friday Inst.
53T A. D. Grossman is the Whig Candidate
for Mayor of New Orleans.
Chilian Olovor.
Wc publish in our paper to-day an Inter
esting article upon the habits and culture of
this plant, written by Governor Brown of
Florida. Tfip package of seed sunt to us by
him, has been sown and distributed among
our friends; and wo doubt not the experi
ment of its culture in this section will prove
succcssftiland useful. In this-latitude tho
great desideratum iu tho cultivation of tho
grasses is, to select those varieties which will
stand onr protracted droughts and scorching
suns. Tlio last two or three years have been
quite unpropitious to getting good stands of
clover, and oven herds-grass, which Is very te
nacious of life, has in some instances died out.
Tho time has at last come, when onr farmors
aro beginning to fool the importance and ne
cessity of grass-culturo, both for summer nnd
winter feeding. As tho population becomes
more dense and tho* “range” for stock more
circumscribed, this feeling will increase.—
It Is therefore of tho greatest importance that
wo obttain those grasses which will not only
supply tho lack of range but aH far as possible
a lack of corn—for no man can “save his ba
con" upon a purely corn diot. Hcnco ho
should have about homo, his clover, rye
hurley and grass , patches ; In which ovory
thing from a fqwl to an ox will thrive most
magnificently, and without which a respecta
ble dairy cannot bo sustained.
Alabama Rail Roads.
T!'u Republican, and the Sunny South, pub
lished at Jacksonville, Alabama are at this
time engaged In a Rail Road discussion with
some of the Montgomery papers. Both of
tlie Jacksonville journals, we are pleased to
see. favor tho construction ol tho Rome and
Jacksonville road, nnd very properly contend
that so far from Injuring Mobilo by diverting
trade to the Atlantic cities, it will probably
benefit that plnce. In reply to a writer upon
thin subject, tho editor ol the Sunny South
uses thu following language:
“But the writer seems to fear tho -conse
quences of a comjMjtitlon between Mobile ami
^tlantte cities*” whence should this fear
bo found in favor of Mobile. Nature has
given her too many advantages, ever to re
ceivo detriment, from too fVeqttont sources of
trade, oven, though tlio same facilities are ex
tended, such trade to other cities, especially
whore, as iu this case, they aro reciprocal.
In many articles of trade, she Is far beyond
the reach of successful competition, from the
eastern cities; in the ono article of groceries,
which is by no mentis a small item, Mobile
will certainly ho ono of the best (if not the
very best) markets in the southern countries;
as well might Georgia object to thu Jackson
ville and Rome rail road, lest Mobile should
take the trado of north west Georgia. But
tho ‘•enlarged and general views of public
policy" spoken of, novor contemplated the
narrow principal, of refusing a connection witli
any of tho great) and profitable enterprises,
of our sister States; and wo hero tako occa
sion to say, tlmt wo believe Mobile is destined
at no very flisuiA i»y moan. ttiimn and
other rail road facilities, to become ono ot tlie
greatest and most flourishing common dal ci
ties in tho Union."
Tho Jacksonville Republican, upon the
same subject says:
“ Whether tho effects of this road on the
trade of the up country will ho such as tlie
Advertiser and Gazette thinks, time and tho
course pursued by the cotton buyers of Selma
aud Mobile, must determine, ltsnys;
‘We venture to predict most confidentially,
and desire it remembered, that if a connection
between Jacksonville, Alabama, and Rome,
Georgia, is effected by rail road before tlio
Guntersvflle road is built tlmt tlio latter will
never be finished. Admitting, however, tlmt
we should be mistaken; where is it probable
tlmt the produce—tlmt the irade—of that
suction would go, after it reached Jackson
ville? To Charleston and Savannah, or to
Mobile ? From Jacksonville, Cotton and all
other products would bo taken to tho two
freight would not ho higher)—whim tlio pvicu
of cotton at tlio Atlantic cities would ho hot
ter liy a half cent per pound than it would bo
In the Gulf, and ivliero Hie charges for selling
it, tvo aro Informed, aro not so heavy as they
arc in Mobilo and New Orleans. In view of
those facts, can any ono doubt for a moment
tlio direction that the entire trade of tlmt ex-
tonsivo and fertile region of country would
taicol Nearly or quite every bnlo of cbtton
raised cost of Montcvnllo would flnd its way
to Charleston or Savannah.'
Tho verification or failure of tho prediction
rotative to the Guntcrsvlllo road will depond
In a great measure on tho action of North Ala
bama. Tho Selma company nro pushing their
road to Gadsden—Imvo had tho other road
surveyed at their, own exponsc, and proposed
to help build it. Thus far the pcoplo of North
Alnbama Imvo declined, though urged to take
stock in tho Tennessee and Coosa road. But
wo Imvo no doubt tlmt by tho time South
Alnbama roaches Gadsden. North Alabama
will bo stretching out her hand 11 meet her.
But wlmt docs {lie Advertiser and Onzctto
propose to do with tho notion growers of our
section oftlio State 1 Does lio irant us • crib
bed, confined,' and compelled to send our
to nnd from Rotnu—if by nigh t, tliolr cheerful
cnm|v flrpa blaV.o all nlong tho.rohd. Our
trado is alreadt lost tb Selma npd Mobilo nnd
nothing but tlio building of tlio Selma rontl
can over get It bnck. Butvmys thA Adverti
ser nnd Gnv.utto tlmt ‘ diversion '—that Romtj
road will carry tho cotton nil to Savoimali and'
Charleston, for, 'certainly the charge for freight
Koutil not be higher, and the price ej cotton in
the Atlantic cities would be better by half a cent
per pound than it would be in ihe (fulf, and
the charges for setting it, wc are informed, are
not so heavy as they are in Mobile and New
Orleans., How would the Advertiser and
Gazette prevent our reaping those ndvnntngesi
Hu would hot, as wc kra led to Infer, leave It
to an honorable coin|iotitlon, which is certain
ly nil Selma and Mobile dcslra. With a rail
way from hero to Seltua, and perhaps ulti
mately to Mobilo, wc can seo no reason why
tho latter placo could not compete with
Charleston, both as to prices; and tlio charges
for Belling. It is a ruinous policy for nny
Stato to attempt to bind up her commorco for
tho benoflt of a favored fow, tiy partial or un
just legislation. For ourselves wo aro for
J (Voo trade nnd sailor’s rights ’ tho world ovor.
Our pooplo have a tlmrtcr aud thoy aro going
to liolp build a road to Romo by way of ‘ di
version,' whether tho Solma and Gadsden
road Is ovor built or not j nnd wo have not
asked for nny asslstnnco from tho Stato yot.
Wo think when both aro compiotcd, that tho
Romo road will boa far moro Important branch
than tho Guiitcrsvlllo road; perhaps not; It
will at least bo a very important feeder, one
tlmt will, throw flvo times' tho travol on tho
Selma road, and convey an iinmenso grocory
trade from upper Georgia nnd East Tcnnesseo
to Mobilo nnd Now Orleans. 1 ’
Wo liavo made these liberal extracts from
Alabama pa;icrs, tlmt our fellow cltizons of
Rome and vicinity may seo tlmt a necessity
is absolutely laid upontlicm to meet, prompt
ly, this Alabama movement; mid secure be
yond contingency, thu speedy completion of
tlio Romo and J icksonvIIIo Rond.
For the Home Courier.
Tho Union Party Betrayed.
Mr Editor—I fully agree with yourcorres-
pondent ‘‘Argus," tlmt Mr. Chastain was not
elected as a Democrat, but as a Union man;
not by Democratic votes but Union rotes;
nml tlmt nuthlng but a profound attachment
to the principles of tho Union Party, could
Imvo over secured to him tho support of thou
sands of Union men or given him n position
which lie is disposed to pervert to the over
throw of our good cause.
Tills self-constituted urgstt oftlio Union par
ty of Georgia, says in speaking of tlio Balti
more Convention—• IFi: shall be there to par
ticipate in your councils and co-operate in your
movements." And by reference to previous’
paragraphs, It would seem Mr. C. lias all along
looked unit labored fur tills cousuuimultbu..
For lie says— i
Entertaining llieso views, advocating these I
principles ami sustained and supported by ,
these evidences nf ifemocratlC approval what. 1
else colild tlio Union Democracy uf Georgia
nnlicipalo time that our Union organization
would by forco’of its own principles, bo ic
eessnrily thrown into association with
same national democracy of the country.
"To that resalt we Iratked ami eohtemplat-^.
ed tile pleasing spectacle in our antreiplliuu j
of seeing out’ ranks swelled with mimhurs of J
tlie lulriotle whlgs oflonr own anil other Slates j
who imd tint only given to tlie.se principles j
their sanction ami approval but had identifl- ]
oil their puli licit! existence with their success-:
and tihtioph. Shall this anticipation ho re-
Now, Mr. Editor, in my simplicity Fluid'
supposed, tho- Union put ty was formed for.
some other purpose than to merge Itself, into-
either the old whig or democratic partlos nt
tlio imiinlloti of jraesollers and abolitionist*,, J
or nt the lieek nnd noduf those who owetheir j
present high position to its organization. In
eimehtsiun I would say, tliut I liavo no-dUpo-
sltlnn to animadvert farther upon this slngu-
lur jjpd mortifying manifesto. Mr. Chastain -i
is evidently moved Upon liy a hidden power, ■
w liieli Ihti people are beginning- to see antf
umlcrstnnil; and lie nml ids bold confederate*
will soon learn tlmt tlio Baltimore conven
tion ha* not yot got a bill of mile of tile Un
ion party of Georgia. A FREEMAN;
The Rabun Gap.
We flml Hie fbllowing letter in the Charles
ton M- rcury nf the 10th hist. It would seem :
tlmt the "Rabun Oap" enterprise Is gaining,
favor witli tlie public.
Cass Colntv, Ga. March 18,1852.
Mzssns. Ei i roas : I uni known to you only _
ns nstibscribcr; wUm llltirel'oro, I^iurpoeu wri
ting, will oply have its own merit* to recommend
it to your notice. The prusent i* a time in
which a question momuntous to tho future
prosperity, not unly of Charleston, but a largo
portion of Buutli C'arolinn, is to bo determin
ed—tlmt question is, whether of not the peo
ple of South Carolina will extend her Rail
road system from Anderson Court IIouso, by
thu Rabun Gap, and connect with the roads
West of tho Bluu Hidgo 1 I have no doubts
but tlmt, with ninny, tlio agitation of this sub
ject at present is leaked upon only *i a
dernier rosort to Indueo.tho cltizons of Au
gusta to consent tlmt tlio South Carolina
Railroad Company should have the privilege
of building a bridge across tho Savannah
River, and a Depot "along side" of th*
Georgia Railroad Depot; but suppose this
wore done, would it then placo Charleston
RA-
in Hie width ol the tracks would make it
ccssury to reload everything nt Augusta.-,
But suppose tlie bridge built, tlio track off
snnio width nml tlio connection eompicte,
tlie Statu Road, tlie only ono passing throU|
tlio-Bine ltidge," cannot do tho busi
-I do not b6jjroyo*'that n double track could,
five years hence, SsHStaii tho freight otiered!
tu the road. To the citizens of Geoigia, I be,
Hove that it would ho a grant benefit, for thi
projected Road to be lnHlt; then thoy rqig]
get their freight takerrj'flew^thoy. cannot
without ruinous delays In many instances. ■ tj
I am a Georgian, * and livo within a few]
miles oftlio State Road, and would, with thj
view just suggested, tnlto stock in tho South]
Carolina Rond. Should tho present Chief
tlio Statu Rond posses nml exorcise all tho e
orgy and fitness ascribed to him, with tho an
plot means placed by Hie Legislature at
command still I am annulled tho Road
not dn tlie business which will lie offered,
would though bo of more ndvantago lp pi
sentlng this subject iu its proper light, to
corjnin by an agent sent for tho purpose,
nninunt of freight now awaiting tl
tion beyond tlte Blue Ridge, than would
number of editorials or “editorial cofreigi,
cotton to Selma or Molliiu, or, perhaps to j unce.” Let tiro pooplo of Charleston',
Montgomery 1 Wo can inform our neighbor suchnnagent and tlie report will be
tlmt nearly all our cotton goes now to tho At- cogent argument. Were I a iitizei "
lantic Cities, if you pass over tho rente by ton. I should ticl hut llttTb soj''
day, during the winter season, you moot ! the ‘ connection" at Augi
^ TOy .| ti an argument,