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ROME, GEO.
TUESDA T MdRNlNO, JUL Y 24. 1855,
Americas Candidate for Governor.
GARNETT ANDREWS.
OF WILKES.
II ROME (Mil
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
growing stronger every day. What will bo iU
strength in October, or how many will then he
left In the ranks of the opposition according to
the present course of things, let the An ties
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25th 1855.
July
fepMASS MSSETIXG.
The American Party of Cher
okee Ga. will bold a GRAND
MASS MEETING and BAR
BECUE at Cartersville on
Wednesday, Aug. 1st. A large
bomber of Distinguished speak-
era are expected to be present,
order of Committee.
By
Xomr Evesiss, Ji lt 33.
ladrtT'j Letter sf Atccftam
iajozt received. It is poblishetl in the Savan
uh Republican and we will give it to our rca
dart next week.
Rtio tbs First Pans.—Then are several
important political articles on the first page of
ttu paper to which we would call attention.
The one headed for the “Southern Statesman”
and signed “On**'' is particularly interesting,
aad important on aeeoaewt of the evidence it
contains of the means used by the North, se
conded aad supported by the nations of Europe,
to overthrow the cherished institutions of the
Sooth.
jaMHw communication of a “ Looker On’
from YlHanow is. necessarily crowded out this
week, also the one signed “Casa.” We are
vWy happy to receive. communications, will
' carefully examine and publish or not as we
deem best. We weald suggest that short arti
cles are preferred to long ones other eireomstan.
oes being equal, and that they should be writ
ten in sin open; plain aa readable style.
Let Georgius Look, to their Homes.
Hie Northern Abolitionists go toJEnrope and
with Pharisaical hypocrisy express their re-
■ grata that onr constitution tolerates slavery
. and with s^eophantie subserviency promise the
-tyrants aad nabobs they there meet with, that
jjo more stave States shall be admitted into.the
t Union and that tie coutfitution tkall be chan
ged to 04 not to tolerate slavery a* torn a* the
• - North by births and immigration shall acquire
the power to jio .mU- They say, "will yon send
- them n?" AH Europe responds, “yea verily'
we will send the' men;* and they langh in
their sleeve*, with self-gratolatloa to think that
the way is thos-easily opened to rid themselves
' of their criminals, paupers and whole hordes
of lawless malcontents, whom “the fear o’ bon
or iho hangman’s whip,” does not keep in or*
der, bot who require the dreaded presence of
armed men to awe them into submission. Al-
- ready the North has fifty representatives in
Congress on aeeonnt of their foreign population,
and they are making strenaons efforts to have
this number largely increased after tbe next
census, by holding out to immigrants such iy
dueements as, “land for the landless,” “ a bompH
for all,” and others equally pleasing to foreign
paupers and .destructive to tbe best Intergfts
of onr country. • /
In Europe there is a jealous mmcbfulaes*
and Intense anxiety in regard tJtoe “ balance
of power.”—Is this of no real importanco to
this country ? Has the South found it
-to get her constitutional rights and jnstcl^jms,
that she has no reason to apprehend tha| at
tome time an attempt will be made to alter the
constitution? Does not every intelligen^man
know from what has been done and attempted,
in the last few years, that the North will at tbe
* first possible opportunity undertake to strike
the death Mow to oar dearest institution and
toostaaered rights.
Under the present naturalization laws tbe
. comparative strength of the North is rapidly
increasing, the stability, of onr government is
greatly diminished, fanaticism is increased and
with Insolent boldness Is carried forward in its
. mad career. Tbe American Party woold
. change tiie Naturalization laws so as to cripple
this abolition monster and deprive it of its prin
cipal means of growth. The American Party
woold do another thing; it would secure to tbe
Sooth an equal chanee for tbe Territories.
.,. t -.. Ibis is not the esse under existing laws. The
and the Alien having filed bis “inten.
tion,” are plaeed on the same footing, and have
rn equal voice to the formation of the consti
tution. Thera can be no doubt but that tbe
foreigners, (and they at least hold the balance
of power) influenced by education, prejudice
and the dread at competition with slave labor,
will be almost unanimously in favor of free
aeti. So in tbe practical* working of onr terri
torial laws, the character of Iho institution of
sew States will be decided not by American
citizens, bat by the oAconring, tbe seam, an< *
tbo scurf of an overgrown European population.
inierkan Soctiig at Cedar Tawn
Th» meeting of the American party at Cedar
Town on last Saturday, was large, earnest and
attentive. Thera were about six-hundred, per
sons to attendanee, and they listened patiently
to the speaking which continued nearly three
hours. Tbs occasion waa graced by the prat
race df a large number of Ladies, who were out
in all their beauty and loveliness giving aid and
comfort, and. by tbeir ebarmtng smiles, sneour
ag)ng'and stimulating the American party In
the great and glorious work it has undertaken
J. B. Ai.KXAr.nit* Esq..first took the stand, and
in a calm candid, yet earnest speech of about aa
hour and a half to length, chained the attention
of his audience. Ha pointed out tome of the
causes which led to the formation of the Amer
ican party—called the attention to the olaima
set up by the Catholics in the Norinern States |
forthetoshareoftbe oommon school fond,to
be paid to them for the establishment of Catho •
jk schools, for the reason that tiro Bible was
medio the free schools—Showed that under
the policy of tbe old partiee, Foreigners and
Catholics had been courted, and tbeir votes bid
for till.they had an influence altogether greater
ihiua their number or merits would entitle tbsm
to :-r^showcd that President Pierce had giv
en an undue prominence to Catholics and
Foreigners to his appointments qnd had given
ground for suspicion that ha was paying for the
votes which secured his election. He met fairly
and folly the febe chargee made by our oppo
nents, and successfully vindicated the Amerioaa
principles. We have not room for farther al
lusion to this able speech which abounded in
sound argument and substantial reasons for sup
porting the American party.
Col. S. Foueho' of Rome, next took the stand,
and addressed the meeting for an hour and a
half in a strong, clear and forcible speech.
He stated that slavery, was the groat question
now before tbe American people;—that both the
old parties were unsafe and unsound upon this
question, yet the democratic party still keeps
np an alliance with the abolitionists, and even
turns out of office such national democrats
aa Bronson to make room for froeseitera. But
the American party in its recont national con
vention has made a platform upon which an
abolitionist cannot stand; and calls upon all
men of all sections wbo love the constitntien
and their country more than party to join its
ranks. He stated that no other national con
vention, in the last twenty years, had dared to
set Northern fanaticism at defiance and publish
a-pure, unequivocal, national platform;—that
the last democratic platform admitted sneb men
as John Van Bnren and Bbett to stand upon it
He showed that, as a change in the circnmstan*
ces of the-Bonntry has taken place, since the
establishment of onr present naturalization
lair, material alteration in this law is needed to
Suit -our present condition as a nation. He
admitted that there were a few upon whom this
change, necessary for tbe stability of onr
government and her institutions, would bo so*
vere; bat tbo law mnst contemplate the great
mase—the half million a year which land upont
our shores.
He justified his position to the American
Party-and gave, an abundance of satisfactory
reasons for leaving tbe DemocTitl'o Party. - He
exposed the political acts and principles of
Judge Lumpkin, which unfit, him to represen-
tbis district in Congress—and spoke of the
corruption of Johnson in the management of
the State Road. Tbo speech was' a good one,
and will have its Influence with candid thinking
the speaking the whole crowd were in
vited to partake of a collation which the citi
zens had very generonely prepared.
The meeting passed off pleasently, and to a
manner highly satisfactory to the American
Party.
jJ^“Tbe Carncross Troupe will give a Con
cert at the Choice Hotel on Friday night next,
27th tost. To those who delight in humor we
are Asnred that they will bo well entertained.
Ji<dgk Lumpkin ix the Field.—This dis
tinguished leader of the Anti-American party,
and candidate for Congress, is canvassing the
District. As far as we can learn, he makes more
opponent* than friends for himself; meets small
crodmfl an indifferent reception and cold com-
fort^enerally, and departs from his appotot-
m^ts mortified and discouraged. He filled an
appointment at Summerville on the 13th. It
had been advertised by band bills posted to all
jjartoofthe county and strenuous efforts bad
been made to secure tbe attendance of a large
crowd. "The mountain bad labored,” and as
wa are Informed, only 75 or 80 men, claiming
tobaMs friends, were drammed in to hear him
speak.
Chattooga Co. Joly 17,1855.
3fa. Editor:
Some of the members of the Foreign party in
this comity, are very active in circulating a re
port that the American party at Borne Is rapid.
, ly going down. They say the members are lea
ving tbe council with a perfect nub, end at tbe
; present rate of decrease, there will not be two
left by tire first of October. Please ioform>e
whether tilts is so. If is so unlike tbe state of
things here, that we are disposed to question
its truthfulness. In this county there ba* been
but one withdrawal that I know of, A fair tr *-
' : jorityof the voters of tbe county, are already
- members, and the number is rapidly increasing.
_ . Respectfully yours,
X.
'- \ In reply tVXT we would state that tbe For
eigners of Cbnttqogn ere slightly mistaken
True, a few members have withdrawn from the
Order bore, but their places have been supplied
bv nearly trice tbeir number of goocLand true
men; and l to ides',*many; «frtbbse'IH* have
withdrawn, fijrmly feiievS to the principles and
will ydte vrith tbe American party. If our op-
- ponents derive any comfort from tho facte of the
- se, they are welcome to them. The Atncri-
au party in Floyd uow^jiumlers nearly or quite
~ ” loftbetvo
We notice a controversial correspondence bo*
twgpn the Hon. A. H. Stephens aad tbe Rev.
H. H. Tucker, in relation to historical tacts, re
lative to who first advocated free toleration to
matters of religion. It is asserted upon tbe one
side that the credit belongs to Roger Williams,'
wbo was the first to proclaim and establish it;
upon tbe other it is asserted that Williams was
the &nt puliliclt/ to proclaim, but Lord Balti-
raojre .qfis the first to establish and successfully
carry, ont its principles under tbe charter grant
ed to him by tbt crown of England.
While Williams may have been tbe first to
proclaim free toleration, it was done in a very
intolerant manner for which be was banished
from the colony. The charter under which
Lord Baltimore operated contained the most
liberal provision In religions matters than any
previous one granted by tbe crown. Yet, it
should be remembered that that charter was
obtained from a Protestant If we wish to give
dne-credit to tbe promulgators of free toleration
in eecleisicsi matters we must go farther back
tbsa Lord Baltimora’a charter or tbe Proclama
tion °f Roger Williams. Calvin and Luther
stand foremost in straggling for tbe right of
conscience and freedom to the investigation of
Biblical truth—which brought truth and error
in open conflet -that finally rolled book the
cloud of darkness, which then enveloped tbe
world. It waa tbe sentiments then and there
expressed and advocated that produced a refor
mation in the moral, religions and political
world.
From this mighty conflict of tenth and error,
the persecution, religions and political com
menced, which cansed die austere Pilgrims to
land upon the rock of Plymouth. The liberal
sentiments therefore attributable to Roger Wi)
Hams, as being publicly proclaimed, were bor
rowed or obtained from Calvin or Luther. Those
liberal views were continued to be stifled even
by the Pilgrims until tbe fires of tbe Revolution
were fanned into a flame by sneh men aa tbe
elder Adame, J. Witherspoon, Curtis and others.
It was not until then that wo may properly say
that free toleration and liberty of eonoienee
wee established, which was duly incorporated
into the American Constitution.
Where our fathers plaeed it, there let It re.
[For the Courier.}
Messrs. Editors .—His Excellency, Gov.
Johnson, In his speech in Rome on Tuesday, 8d
instant, propounds the following query: "And
now I would ask why my whig friends oan't
•tend on the same platform and vote for me *
Judge Andrews Isa Democrat and so am I;
why not select me f I know good Georgia
Whigs are going to do it.” Feeling my own
otter inability to interest yonr numerous readers,
npon any question, Ifeave waited patiently,* ho
ping that some abler pen would answer this ap
peal more satlsfkotorUy than I can. Z .venture
this In the abeenoe of something bettor, and
hopo, If it he to fortunate aa to " pass muster/
yon will giro it a plaea in your columns.
I stand among the number of those whom
Gov. Johnson is pleased to denominate "my
Whig friend#,”, and shall therefore treat this
question as addressed to myself to common with
all others wbo oeeupy the same positions. It
would naturally be expected of Governor John,
son, In making to unusual a request of hit poll
tical opponents, to offer sound and cogent reasons
why this mongrel coalition should bo formed.
He offers several, and it is those consideration*
which I propose to examine*
First, ha argues that old wbigs should sup
port him because he stands upon the Georgia
Platform of 1850. What say the Southern
Rights Whigs to this ? Thoso who, in their
overweaning anxiety for the honor and righto
of the Sonth in 1850, severed their old party
ties, abandoned their long .cherished ossooiates
and would tain surrender all office and hope of
office into the hands of Johnson and his associ
ates—if they could but secure this -one para*
mount object. He "stood by yon and fonght
shoulder to shoulder” against this very Geor
gia platform, and Howell Cobb, and others of
that "contemptible pack,” that so stank in hia
sensitives os tzilt, and new you must needs tor*
another summerset backwards, with yonr eyes
abut, and light on tbat odious platform In the
very sum of Howell Cobb; and for what all
this display of gynmartica ? Why, forsooth,
that his exoellency may not be compelled to staf
fer the inconveniences of a removal from the
Executive mansion—what else? Bat the Gov
ernor says: "I dont thrust in your face the na
tional Bank and the Tariff:” Oh no! ha is'‘'scru
pulously particular” on that point, bat ho
crams down yonr throat the "detestable platform”
with one band and with tbe other presents to
yournrsal proboeis the ‘Stinking” carrion of
one of that contemptible pack” who "betrayed
the Sonth." Very "clever fellow*” Governor
Johnson, isn’t bo ?
Bat what say the Union Whigs on this point.
Governor Johnson oa tbe Georgia platform with
the coffin regiment piled on top of him. Cobb
and Lumpkin exerting their utmost strength to
get him on his feet again. A fall band of^ tran
quilizers amusing the bystanders with "that
good old tone,” and onr friend the CoL in his
quiet way “giving things a pleasant direction.”
Sorely onr eyes deceive ns. How came John,
son there ? Echo answers how ? Johnson don’t
want to vacate—that’s it. But mind, he "don’t
thrust the Bank” in onr faces. Thank yon Gov
ernor, but yon saddle onr backs with Piereeand
his abolition horde and plaster ns behind with
.‘fire and brimstone” to make ns "tote fair,” and
thus "give things a pleasant direction for yonr
side of the house, bat not for oars. Bat how
canoe Johnson on the Georgia Platform ? Yes*
terday be was in the very centre of tbe furnace,
greedily • devouring the fijry element. Hotest
' of the'hot, ever and anon snuffing^, the' air vrith
his over sensitive nostrils to detect tbo least
odour of that "contemptible pack.” To-day we
"find him on the Georgia platform—exhansted
by the Intense beat of the fire his own hands
had helped to kindle, Cobb holding the tan,
Lumpkin administering the acid restoratives.
Fire-eaters, dough-faces, and Tngaios gather,
around and elevate him to a sitting position.
He looks about him and with tbe coolness of a
encumber, and the impudence of the prinoe of
that hotter furnace, says : I know good Geor
gia wbigs are going to do it”
How sadden and unexpected the transition.
Sorely there was midnight work, and dark lan
terns too, here.
But now for the last and erowning argument.
“Here I am ; yon see I am a proper man and
Jnst at clever afellow at ever you did tee!" “Now
why oot all unite on Johnson ? The Milledge-
ville Convention thought I wae a very clever
fellow.” How bean'ifnl is modesty—it winneth
npon all beholders. It won’t do, Governor;
elever fellows are too plenty in these days of
loaves and fishes. Here is onr friend, Col. Pa
cificator, a "cleverer fellow” dont exist any
where (always excepting yonr Excellency) and
besides he possesses a happy faculty .of giving
thipgs a pleasant direction, that we fear (from
the first) is not yours, and besides all that Col.
P. waits for his friends to tel! ns of these charm
ing qualities.
What darticular claims has Johnson on the
Wbigs of Cherokee ? What whig has received
appointment at his hands ? Is it for the dis
crimination made on the State Road against citi-
zens of Cherokee Geo., and in favor of citizens of
another Stale in the schednlo of freight ? Is it
for the attempt to bribe Col. Tomlin with a fat
contract or the more sneoessfol manner at tbe
Etowab depot? Is it for tbe appointment of
Democratic fire-eaters of acknowledged freedom,
from all good sound sense and business judg
ment to offices of high responsibility on tbat
Road ? Is it for tbe conversion of onr State
Rood into an expensive political machine ?
Yes, ‘‘good Georgia Whigs are going to do
it” bnt not in a way altogether to the taste of
his Excellency. So thinks a
Clay Whig.
Dalton and Gadsden Rail Road.
There is a’warm controversy sprang np between
the Chief Engineer and the Dalton A Gadsden
Rail Road and its President and Secretary
relative to tbe survey and final location of the
same. We regret to see tbat it is of a personal
east. We hope that all these minor points
will be satisfactorily adjnsted. The building
of this road is a Herculean task. Yet if tbe
ability of tbo company is sneh as to justify a
commencement of tbo work with a fair prospect
of a completion of one half of tbe road without
detriment to tbo interest of tbe Stockholders,
we would like to see tbs work go on in good
foith, overy thing being done openly fairly and
squarely. This would arm tbo company with
a moral weapon so as to command tbe respect
of opposition at least. If however tbs means
of tbo company is not eonsamato to the oost
of tbe bnilding of tbo road upon true jnst and
correct estimates it wonld be better that the
enterprise be abandoned for a while. As a
friend of this and all other enterprises which
bss for its objects tbs development of tbo re
sources of the State, thereby making additions
to its congregated wealth, power, and greatness
we wonld advise in tbeir management prudence
and economy in condnotiong tbe affairs of tbe
road.
In tbe mean time wonld it not be well for tbo
•toekbolders and persons interested in the Jack
sonville Branch to bold a meeting and adopt
some measures towards tbs building of the road
from this point. We can not have too many
Rail Roads* It bat been through tbe agency
of these internal improvements that Georgia
mafoand let at not remote tbe ancient land-1 bas arisen from below roedioeracy to her: pros-
worbe. 1 ent commanding position.
Tbit Is an ngs of progress and vfo are favor
able to enterprise. Tbe property bolder# in
Rome and Us immediate vicinity are interested
In this work. Wo wonld like to see both of
these enterprises carried oat to a completion.
They would be rivals for trado and travol which
would act beneficially to the travelling public
and men engaged in business.
[For the Courier.]
Rons, July 14 th 1855.
JOditen Courier :
Gbntlbvbi^—I herewith-eftcioso a
ftortpoem, which, a few days etoee, I embez
zled from tbo eeeritoir of a young gentleman,
disclaiming at onoe any sympathy with the
eeotimmt contained therein.
My young friend, Folio, is characteristically
inconsistent. He Is fey no means nngallant,
nor Insensible to the varied charms of female
aoeioty. Yon will often find him tote-a-teto
with feme one of onr ftrirest damsols, ‘spreading
himself’ most deliriously. Ha is an expert
linguist in "love matters,” and Is considered a
general tavorite amongst the Ladies; in faot/Cbey
prononnee bim "a glorious follow;” and such
indeed ho seems—but when he bas left their
faseinating presenoo, and is no longer snbjeot-
od to thaimmediate influence of their charming
witchorios, his good opinion is forthwith for
feited, and they are the unoonscienco recipi
ents of Me bitterest denunciations. To-day he
swears most emphatically, there is "more truth
than, poetry” in the accompanying lines. - Here
they are:—
WOMAN.
Her virtues have boon often sung,
And (weetest music softly flung,
Aronnd that name.
’Tie said her gentle voice wonld melt,
A sterner heart than e’er hath frit
The tondor flame.
Her Mangel smiles,” like sunbeams, play,
Dispelling darkest night in day;
And heavy eare,
Lik.e biting frost, away is driven,
And in the bine expanse of heaven,
Dissolves in air.
Her “gontlest look,” 'tie said, will fling
A softer tone than Syrens sing,
Around the soul;
And sorrow never more will swell
Tbe heart wherein those glances dwell—
Those “ bright eyes” roll.
Her tsars—oh heaven !—a woman’s tears 1
There’s nothing *neath the sun that wears
So dark a form.;
*Tis said the bravest of tbe bravo,
Would sooner meet a bloody grave
Than “such a storm.”
Ah me ! there’s not a tender thought.
That bas not to her shrine been brought,
And meekly laid,
Where beauty, virtue, lovely grace,
And aU that’s worthy highest praise,
. Are firmly stay’d.
’Tis strange ! yet sadly I confess
Amid sneh won'drons loveliness
I ne’er have met
With one whom I could fondly love;
Or loving, did not early prove,
I could forget.
Admit her beauty—still I ween
It doth like fitfol mirage seem,
It was—'tis gone ;
Foredark deception hath been play’d
And beauty, since fair virtue's fled,
Lives not alone.
Her smiles are false as April sun,
Tbe soft’ning heart hath scarce been won,
When swift appear*
The storm king, with terrific howl;
And liquid lightnings fiercely roll,
Distilling tears.
* Her Voice with artful skill she trains,
.To warble soft, seducing strains,
Entransing those
Who listed to the dulcet sound,
Till meekly they are led aronnd,
; Faith—by tbe hose.
Yonng man, take council, or yonr life
Will waste away in bitter strife,
With dire evil;
Gently—I’m whispering in yonr ears,
Of Woman and her toilet beware,
For the’t a devil.
FOLIO.
[For the Courier]
Georgia « a barrel open at both ends.’*
In view of some projected improvements in
N, Jersey Dr. Franklin said that when they
were completed N. Jersey would be a barrel
open at both ends, sneh as now the condition
of Georgia—Tennessee at one end and the At
lantic at tbe other. It is time that a ping be
put in one of these holes.
It is said that corporations have no sonls.
This is certainly not trae of Georgia as a cor
poration. It seems to have concentrated all
tbe benignity within itself. There is no reason
that a State should be more benevolent than a
person. Yet onr State exceeds even the scrip*
taral requirements. It loves its neighbor more
than itself. When Tennessee and Sonth Car
olina are served, then it meekly thinks of the
wants of its own children. If a man acted in
tMs way in his own affairs, peoplewould call
bim a fool or worse.
So long as there is cotton, or grain, or copper
ore from Tennessee to be sent to the North or
Europe, Georgia produce cannot find its way
tozparket. Who built this Road? who pays
taxes for it ? Tennessee or John Boll or Broth
er Jonathan? No. The people of Georgia
bnilt this Road,, they pay taxes for it and they
have b right to the jnst use of it.
By attempting too much, or by not proportion
ing the effort to the promise, Georgia has mads
herself simply ridiculous, and is made to pay
roundly for the privilege of looking silly: She
advertises herself as a common carrier, tails to
meet her engagements, pays $60,000 to the
Chattanooga speculators, as the penalty of
failure. Are we told of the burning of a bridge ?
what is tbat to a State? Engines conld have
been taken to pieces and box cars also and
brought over tbe river, and this in sufficient
number to take off all tbe freight, for less than
tbe $60,000 and the ridicule would have been
saved.
But if Georgia Is too poor properly to equip
its Road let it say so—let it limit its promises
as a carrier. Let it see that Georgia produce is
taken firtt. Let it carry all tbo freight if it
can, bnt Georgia freight firtt if it cannot carry
alL Why should notour farmers get the first
and the best prices as well as onr neighbors.
Here mnst be discrimination between way and
through freight for the benefit of those below
us. The Road was not built for Cherokee
Georgia alone, bnt we have a right to our share.
While the tariff of freights should be so adjus
ted as not to prohibit Tennessee prodnoo, yet
Georgians shonld have tbe first chanoe at the
market As it is, they ret the last—sometimes
no ehaneo at all. Will Goorgia continno to
stultify hcrsolf by this lmbeoilo poliey ? There
most be a change. But to effect this change,
there must be a change in tbe administration
of affaire. The present administration in all
bat the " plysique” in bad proportion, is very
email. They are man from Gasoony. They
were small before, but this year they have be
come " beautifully less.” If it were not a sub-
juot too serious for jest, in the wide spread em
barrassment which it has oansed, that whilo
bridge business, would make a capital carica
ture, one would have supposed, that the par
ties suffering, were a small trader or an insol
vent company, and not a great State.
If the American party be vi'otorioaa in fcho
coming oleclioa, let it see to it thatthorequired,
change of policy be made. It is said that tbe
meeting of tbo American party in Campbell
took up this subject and acted upon it This ia
well. Let it identify itself with this question
as one of State interest. Let it take eare tbat
a Georgia Road, built by Georgia money, shall
bo of tho greatest benefit to the greatest num
ber of Georgia people. CASS.
The Rev. Hr. Wesley on Romeo Urn.
The following is an extract from a lotter from
Rev. John Wesley, dated “City Road, 1790."
It expresses the vfow tbat It 4s impossible to
make a Roman Catholio anitiseas of a protos-
tant or Republican Government. Mr. Waalsy
bad a greater opportunity of judging at the time
he penned the extract, (tarn we now have, and
his opinion is certainly entitled to great weight,
especially with bis own bra them. Ho says:
"With psrseontion I bars k nothing to do.
pertecuto no man.for his religions principles.
Let there be as boundless * freedom in religion
i as any man can conceive. But this does not
‘ touch tbe point. X will set religion, true or
false, Utterly out of tbe question. Suppose tbe
Bible, if you please, to be a table, and the Koran
to be tho word of God. I consider net whether
tbe ltomish religion be true or false. I -build
nothing on one or the other supposition. There
fore away with an your common place declama
tion about fntolaranoe and persecution for reli
gion! Suppose every word of Pope Pius’ creed
to be truo! Suppose the Council of Trent to bo
Infallible; yet I insist upon it tbat no govern
ment, not Roman Catholic ought to tolerate moo
of Roman Catholic persuasion.
I prove this by a plain argument, (let bim
answeer it that can)—tbat no Roman Catholic
does, or can gives security for his allegiance or
peaceable behavior, I prove it thus: It is a
Roman Catholio maxim, established not by pri
vate men, but public council, that *no faith is to
be kept with heretics.” This has been openly
avowed by the Council ot Constance; but it
was never openly.disclaimcd. Whether private
I tenons avow it or disavow it, it is a fixed aoax-
m of the Chnrch of Romo. But as long as It is
so, nothing can be more plain, than that the
members of the Church can give no reasonable
security to any government for tbeir allegiance
and peaceable behavior. Therefore they ongbt
not to be tolerated by any government, Protes-
onts, Mohomedan, or Pagan.
Again: Those who acknowledge the spirit
ual power of the Pope, can give no security for
tfcoirallegiance to any government; but all
Roman Catholics acknowledge this, and there
fore they can give no severity for their allegi
ance.
Nay, not only the Pope but a priest bas tbe
power to pardon sins! But they that acknow
ledge this cannot possibly give any security for
tbeir allegiance to any government. Oaths are
<ro security at all! For the Preist can pardon
both peijnry and high treason.
Setting then religion aside, it is plain, that
npon principles of reason, no government ought
to tolerate Roman Catholics as citizens."
From the Savannah Republican.
Wby Southern People should Sustain the
American Party*
Tbs number of emigrants who settle in the
Southern States is inconsiderable as compared
with the thousands who cast their lots in tbe
northern. Why thoq should tbe Southern
■(•people sustain the America a party, one of whoso
objects is to arrest the tide of immigration now
pouring upon onr shores from tbe Old World?
Tbo following answer by tbe Louisville Jour-
nal is to the point, and wo commend it to the
seriona consideration of tho people of Geor
gia:
"These people come here almost invariably
I rejndioed against the institntion of slavery.—
t is well known that they hare a great antipa-
■«..
BELL OP EXCOMUXICAXIOX.
The following was also read by Mr. Brooks,
as furnished him by Senor Casali, of New York:
Issued by Pope Benedict VUIth against
William lid, king of Province in France, and
against bis mother, for having seized certain
ecclesiastical property, administered by the
monks of St Giles.
May they never be redeemed from tbe fate of
Judaa, of Ann, Caiapbas, Pilate, and Herod.
May they perish by the cure of tho angels, and
snffer the society of Satan in the loss of their
flesh.
May theybe damned in heaven, in earth, and
in the regions below.
May they suffer the malediction of God, and
of the world.
May they suffer continually in their body,
may tbeir mind become stupified, and meet with
oil bodily pains, and end in peridition.
May they be darned with the darned ones, and
perish with the wicked.
May they be darned with tbe Jews, wbo did
not believe in Christ, and who crucified him.
May they be darned with the Protestants,
heretics, who wish to overthrow the Catholic
Church.
May they be darned with the impious and
sinners, should they not repent, and refuse to
return the property to the monks of St. Giles.
May they bo darned in the four parte of the
world.
Cursed in the East—abandoned in the West—
interdicted in the North—excommunicated in
the South.
May luoy be cursed in the day, excommunica
ted in the night.
May they be darned while standing, excom
municated while Bitting.
May they be darned in eating, exoomunieated
in drinking.
May they be darned in working, excommuni
cated in resting.
May they be cursed in spring, excommunica
ted in Summer.
May they be darned in tbe Autumn, and ex
communicated in the Winter.
Smacking of Treason.
The Pierce administration, says tho New Or-
eabs Creient, and its organ at Washington—the
Union—are catching it on all sides, and doserv-
: edly, too. What makes the matter more inter
esting ts that the severest onslaught) come from
tbe old, well-known and influential democratic
joarnals. A late number of the Dallas (Ala.)
i Gazette, a st-ong democratic paper, in alluding
I to the justification, by tbe Union of the ontrog-
eons condart-of the abolition Governor of Kan-
! stas, Reeder, and bis sustainment in office by
President Fierce, gives utterance to tbe follow
ing frank and significant comments, which we
commend to tbe particular consideration of the
Southern public:
AU of the great men wbo so "faithfully rep
resent tbe conservative sentiment of tbe conn-
thy to settling in any slave-bolding Btate. Wa ; try,” Somehow or other, take particular cars
find considerable bodies of them in some of onr never to do any thing that would advance the
largest southern Cities, bat very few in tbe sg- interest of tbe South. Jnst such met, or onr
rionkurait districts of tbo South. Arriving in support of them, has brought the South to her
this country, already imbued with Strong anti- present condition, and if we do not Insist open
slavery prejudices, they settle almost exclusive- : tbe removal of Gov. Reeder and the appointtnont
ly in the free soil States and readily become of a Southern man, we had better surrender
amalgamated with the abolition taction, giving Kansas without a straggle. As to the Warhing-
to it annually an iannenM increase of numerical , ton Union, it would defend Josh. G id dings or
•Orength. ; Horace Greeley if they wonld support Gen.
—Wekavo Dot mom atfcaod tbetiate from which Piere’s administration, or agree to tbe Demo
te make the calculation, but we have no donbt ■critic ticket.
tbat to this foreign element- alone may be «t- ! A goodly portion of tbe Southern democratic
tributed tbe gain, by the last appointment of press tms Insisted upon the removal of Reeder—
eight members of Congress for tbe North over fetrt fee remains in office! Col. Jeff. Davis, Se-
tbe South. It baa also been remarked, as an ev* cre'tary of war, stated in a public speech inMis-
idence of tbe free soil proclivity of this claw of sissippi, that tbe appointment of Reeder should
citizens, (hat in all cities, neighborhoods and have been revoked tbe day after it was made—
States in which tbe greatest number of foreign- yet Reeder remaing in office! He baa gone back
eta were concentrated, the abolition candidates
for the Presidency in 1848 and 1852 received
their largest vote.
When we reflect that at the present rate of
{migration there is added to tbe free soil
to Kansas aod assumed tbe reins of power; and
is at this very moment, no doubt engaged in
plots with leading abolitionists to injure, and, if
possible, rain tho South.
Yet. thq organs of such an administration—
May they be cursed in the present, and ex
communicated in the time to come.
Strangers will bo allowed to possess them
selves of tbeir property, and may their woman
perish in sin, and their children be destroyed
by the sword.
May be darned every one wbo shall speak,
trade, and have friendly relations with them.
May be excommunicated the priest, who
should administer to them the Sacrament of the
Holy Communion.
May be cursed and excomnnicated, the phys-
cian who shall visit them in their sickness.
May be cursed the grave-digger who shall
bury tbeir bodies.
In one word, may they be darned with all pos
sible corses !
g 'ranslated from Let Preuve* do Yhietorie
ville de Nantes in France.]
Etiquette.
The National Intelligencer bas a correspon
dent wbo produces a series of numbers on this
subject:
1. Before you bow to a lady in tbe street per
mit ber to decide whether yon may do so or not
by at least a look of recognition.
2* “Excuse my gloves ” is an”unneeossnry
apology; for the glove shonld not bo withdrawn
to shake hands.
3. When yonr companion bows to a lady yon
should do the same. When a gentleman bows
to a lady in your company, always bow to bim
in return.
Americanism t». Abolitionism.—We com
mend the following short item, which we clip
from the National Era, the organ of tbe Aboli
tion party in .the Union, to the considaratiOa of
those anti-American editors who are charging
that the Ameriean party is abolitionized in the
North. It seems that those who are deeply in
terested in this point, who are on the ground
and who have better opportunities for knowing
the true state of the ease than those who make
the assertion, of a very different opinion.—
Read:
Neutralizing Anti-Slavery Sentiment.—
A subscriber in Kennebnnk, Maine, who lately
withdrew from the Know Nothings, remarks in
a letter:
"I fear it is doing in this State what it is doing
all over the country, neutralizing the anti-sla
very feeling.”
There is gronnd for fear. Wherever an anti
slavery press bos fallen under the domination of
Know Nothingism, it bas ceased to be radical
and uncompromising. We do not remember a
single exception.
Ho Proscription.
If any thing could sink the Administration
of Mr. Pierce lower than it has been for some
time, it seems to ns that his conduot towards
the American Party wonld do it. A systematic
war is waged against every offioer of the Gov
ernment, high and low, who is suspected of the
crime of being a Know Nothing. The moment
one of the offloiala is found to be friendly to the
Order, off comes his bead. In the estimation
of onr masters at Washington, it has become a
crime, worthy of punishment, to be a native
eitizen. And what makes it still worse, it is
charged that, In some instances, the places
made vacant by this infamous decapitaion have
been filled by foreigners. Such condnct will
open the eyes of tho people, and compel them
to reflect. It is to such an administration tbat
Gov. Johnson and his supporters would bind
tbe freemen of this State. Wbat answer will
bs given to such an attempt? The ftitnre will
lot ns know.
Agricultural Reports.—The editor of a
country paper in Louisiana apologises in his
first number for the want of attention bestowed
on the agricultural department, bnt promises
to lay Before them in future numbers,, the most
approved methods of
Salting pork—coring hams,
Shearing sheep and raising lambs,
Making cotton—oaring hay.
Building fences, et ceteftL,
States a sufficient number of these foreigners to almost every act of which contradicts Re words
entitle them, under the present rate of appoint- and pledget. so far as the Sontb. ia interested—
mont,toftve additional members of Congress have the effrontery to claim for it the gratitude
every year, we may well pause to eonaidertfour . of the Sonth because of services rendered! "Oh
own safety does not demand at onr bands tome ' shame, where is tbyblnsh!”
measure by which to reduce if not prevent this
immense unnatural, and disproportionate In
crease of the voting forces of abolitionism.”
The evils to be apprehended from theprepoB-
deraoee of the North in onr national vermeils
brought about in part by the emigrant vole, are
thus sketched hy tbe Journal
Now read the following estimation of Reeder's
Administration by Col. Jeff Davis, the leading
Southern member of Pierce’s Cabinet, In' hia
speech atVicksbnrg on the 6th nit, as reported
in tbe Yicksbnrg Whig:
_ “In reference to the appointment of Reeder,
If suffered to continue, it will not be long be- : Col. D-vis stated tbat it was not known to the
fore tiie North will, from this sonree alone, Administration when be was appointed that fie
have attained, tbe constitutional mojority to en* was an abolitionist; he was regarded from hie
able it at will to amend tbe constitution itself.— speech as leaning to the other side. He admit-
Itis not improbable that in snt& case resolutions ted however, that ft teas known that Reeder had
like those psesented in Congress by Mr. Adams fallen on tie side of the abolitionists in the eon-
in 1838, proposing tbe abolttion of slavery . test in Kansas.
throughout tbe jurisdiction of the United States,
will be unhesitatingly offered, and tbe ernstitu-
tion correspondingly amended witbont a blush
for tbe heinous injustice of such measures or a
ainglo care for tbe disastrous consequences to
the Union.
We appeal to onr citizens without distinction
of party—adopted as well as native—to consid
er well these facto and their consequences. We
know tbat to Democrats this exclusion of for
eigners has appeared the most objectionable
feature in the American creed, but we believe
"He (Col Davis) has certainly been opposed
to Reeder’s remaining in office, is opposed now,
and tbiuks it probable he bas been removed.—
He ought to have been removed the day after
he was appointed.”
"Oat of their own months we condemn them."
Will be Accept?—We are often asked
whether Judge Andrews will aecept tbe nomi
nation. From letters in onr possession we have
no donbt be will inded, that, ere this be baa
forwarded to tbe committee bis letter of accep*
i
that there is not one among them wbo does not j tance. Friendly to tbe Columbus positien, ho
love bis country : we accord to them a desire to
preserve the Union and protect its institutions,
and we do not think tbat any one of them unless
ntterly blinded and restrained from expressing
his real convictions by being the recipient of tbe
patronage of the inenmbent executive, after a
calm, candid and unprejudiced consideration of
this snbject, will deny that there is danger to
tbe Union, and to onr much-loved constitutional
freedom, from this foreign party.
We call upon them then as good citizens, at
Union-loving men, os trae patriots, to join the
American party, and aid it with their example
and their influence in endeavoring to arrest this
great impending danger, and ere it be too late
to resene tbe constitution and tbe Union from
tbe peril with which it is evidently threaten
ed.”
Let the people rf Georgia ponder well the sug
gestions here made.. It may be bard for one to
sender old political ties, but when tbe safety of
the country demands it, he shonld be equal to
the sacrifice. In a few years more unless the
tide of immigration is cheeked, the Sonth will
be completely at the merey of the North; and
what then will become of our rights, onr prop -
erty and onr firesides ?
Tbe Prtiefil Frfcedoll Administration.
ii is with real regret, that we observe the
augmenting proofs of the betrayal of the South
and the delivery of its interests in Kansas, into
free8oil, abolition hands. We suppose that Mr.
Pierce, after dne consultation, bas decided
that the South can no longer be useful, and
takes an early start to secure the sympathies
of the great anti-slavery party at the North.
This, however, ia no e reuse, no palliation, even,
with honorable men, for his sale of tbe South.
It was to the Sonth he mainly owed hisadvance-
ment, and had he retained but a semblance of
friendship for her institutions, be might have
safely have counted on bet gratitude and
friendship forever. It is fated otherwise, how
ever; Mr. Pierce has taken his lot with the
enemies of slavery, and, as much as we deplore
his recusancy, the South most Ignore him and
defend her institutions.
There is one consolation about this deep
treachery to tbe South: that the exposure is
so complete, in the refusal to try Reeder for his
freesoilism and the “lumping” of him and i
tbe Southern Judges together, on accusations ]
touching private character—in short, the pla. !
cing of Johnson and Elmore in tbe same !
stocks, to be pelted with the same bad eggs
that are thrown at Reeder—together with the
qnasi official declarations by the Union, that
the administration party must “ignore" slavery
—the exposure, we say, is so complete in these
matters, that some respectable administration
papers will not violate their consciences, by i
attempting to defend these acts of baseness.
Onr neighbor, the Montgomery Advertiser, can
not be brought to approaca tbe subject of the
administration’s Reederism. Its grief for the
was unwilling to embarrass it by a hasty decis
ion. Now that that project bss been abandoned
or modified, we presume be will no longer hes
itate. We make this statement to cornet erro
neous impressions being made by onr oppo
nents.—Milledgeville Recorder.
Progress of the Submarine Telegraph.—
Tbe submarine telegraph to connect the Island
of New Foondland with this continent, waa
shipped from London on tbe 28th nit., and may
be expected soon to arrive at its destion. Mr.
Canning, tbe engineer, wbo will superintend
tbe laying of the Mediterranean cabel, was to
sail for America on tbe 6th inst., to oversee the
execution of tbe new enterprise. The line
across Newfoundland to St. Johns is in a state
of great forwardness, some 650 men being em
ployed in pushing it to completion with ail
possible rapidity.
The Massachusetts Nullification Act.—
Tbe National Intelligencer, on the
a Massachusetts gentleman, asserts tbat tbe per- *
zonal liberty act ef the Legislature of that State
will be inoperative, as the Governor, (over whoee
veto it was enacted,) not holering it constitu
tional, will not give the requisite orders to insore
its dne administration.
ROME PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY S-
Apples— Molasses—
Dried, bn.... $2 24'Nails—per lb.
Green,. . - .75c-100,*Nail Rod— .
Bacon—
Hams pr lb
Hog round,
Bagging—
Hemp, lb, .
Gunny, . .
Bale Rope— 124-15c^
Beef— ... . 4-6cf
Oil—Linseed
11-13(Osnaburgs—
10-12( Train,.
Pork—perJjfe.
Potatoes—^
ISc) Sweet. . ;. 75e-8e».
Dish country
northern,
Beeswax— . 20c-25c\Powder—Gun 35c-40e
Blue Sfone— 20c) Blasting, . - 25-35cr
Butter— >Rice—pe? lb. 64c—7o
country, . . 20-25c(Salt—prsack 260-75
Candles— < per bn. 120
Tallow, . . 20c-25c^Shot—prlb. . ll-12ie
Adamantine, 33c-40ciSolb Leather—
Sperm, . . . 50c) Country, lb. 25c-28«
Coffee—-Rio, 14c) Northern, . -28«
Java, .... 164-18c(STEEL-f
Copperas—. 5cr Blistered, lb. 10c-l5o
15c—18c
-10c
33c-25e
Corn—pr bn. 125( German,
Cotton Yarn— 90c-95) Spring,. .
Eggs—prdtz. -8-10) Cast, ...
Feathers—lb. 40wSugar—
Flour—pr lb. 4-44? Crushed, .
Glass—8x10, $24-$3( N. Orleans,
Indigo—pr lb, $14-160(Syrup—
Iron—Sweed, 6£c-7c> N. O. pr gal. 50e-60e
Tallow—lb. 10-12
12J
8c-10c
Georgia, . . —
„ Lard— . . . . 12-14 c/Tka—per lb, 11-15
garotting of Hon. Rush Elhorr, is so sincere Mackerel—bl$17-$18(W%EAT—
tbat it is utterly unable to articulate. In like Madder —lb. . 20c-25e( per bushel,
manner, it is perfectly dumb in regard to tbe Meal—per bn. 100) Wool—lb,
$1-148
25c-5
proposition of the Washington Union to go
into a wholesale business, and to deliver the
entire South," bound hand and foot,” into the
clntches of freesoilism, by meant of the plat-
form which shall “ ignore” slavery!
SPECIAL NOTICES.
"The most confirmed cases of the most distres.
It would, of coarse, have been 'more manly, ’ sing diseases oftentimes arise from indigestion.
All of ns, more or less, are troubled with this
had the Advertiser uttered some faint words
of disapproval, upon the development of this . ... . . , ...
outrage upon the Southern gentlemen (Elmore annoying sytnpton, still as it is a general thing,
and Johnson,) and the intention of Mr. Pierce ! we do not attempt to medicate until something
to sell the South for Northern votes; but when serious intervenes. W <T would, as a public mon-
we remember that peculiar position of the itorwarn a „ ourreaderKgainst the sin ofneg-
Advertiter, it will be seen that it is not so very ° ....
blameworthy after all. For, here is Governor ket, an d at the same time recommend to their
m
Fitzpatrick, a Southern born man, the rela
tivo and friend of ode of tbe gentlemen (El
more,) selected by the administration to be
butchered to appease freesoilism—here is the
Governor thus related to one of tbe gentlemen
whom the Government seeks to dishonor, and
having a deep interest in the institution, which
Mr. Pierce has found it is necessary to ignore—
which means desert-—afhd he, Governor Fitz
patrick, with all his antecedents against such
proceedings, dare not speak above his breath!
notice Dr. Houfland’s German Bif era, tho orig
inal preparation as prepared by Dr. C. M. Jack*
son, No 120 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Wo
have seen cares effected through its influence.”
—Scott's Weekly. See advertisement.
Popularity.—In onr paper of to-day, will
be found the advertisement of W.B Sloan, med
icine dealer, of Chicago. We do not' make a
How could it be expected, then, that a mere practice of recommending patent medicines, bnt
newspaper editor, whose relativee are not auf- ^ eV ^ enC0 that bis will bear recommending is'
ferers by the injustice of the government, and ... . . .. .«
who is merely, « citizen of a section “sold and found in their !ong-contit»ued and nnparalled
delivered,” should make a ftisa about a matter ; popularity. As for Mr. Sloan’s honesty, catf
wbiob distinguished public characters view so Toao t 1 f or that, for ha always pays for adverti-"
calmly and amiably? It is plain, that if those j '■■ ■_ J
whom the State honors with high position dare 81D 8* .
not risk their influence at Washington, by
manly denunciation of wrongs put upon the
South and her tons the party newspapers can
not be expected to do so! Oh, for sueh a man
as Quitman, to hurl back these insults into tbe
face of the New Hampshire freesniler. But
meekness ia the Alabama Senatorial trait.
Alas!—Montgomhry Mail.
A Pretty Conceit.—One of onr correspon*
dents has a bright little girl just learning to
talk, who is destined to be a poetess. Some of
her pretty sayings we have already chronicled.
Here is ths last: A Bobalink came and sang
on a tree near the window. She was much de
lighted, and asked: Wbat makes be sing so
sweet, mother? Do fie eat flowers.—Portland
Transcript.
Wages in Germany.—Clerks in mercantile
housosget from$200 to $600 per year; wages
of a carpenter (per day) in summer, 29 cents
net; in winter 27, cents, net; of a mason (per
day) in snmmer, 29 cents net; in winter 27
cents net; of a blacksmith per day 40 cents, or
5" cento per week and boarded; coopers 48
cents per week and boarded; baker, 40 oents
per week and boarded. House servants—wo-
mon from $1 to $2 40 oents per month; men
at all prices, from $.6 and $8 down to their
board only.
Hon. Wm. R. Smith.—We learn that Mr. Hall,
who was runiug as an independent candidate in
Mr. Smith’s district in Alabama, bas retired
from the field; thus leaving that eminent'be-
fender of American principles the course to him-
solL.
See Sloan’s advertisement in another column.-
ROUE RAIL ROAD.
On and after Monday next, (16 inst) the fol-'
lowing schedule will be observed on this Road:
Mail train daily, Sundays excepted. Leave*
Rome at 94 o’clock, AM; leave Kingston ah
12 o’clock, M. Connecting with np and down
mail trains on Wostern and Atlantic Rail Rond.
Accommodation train-tei-weekly: Leave Home
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at54 o’clock
M. Leave Kingston Tuesdays, Thursdays ancf
Saturdays at 5 o’clock, A M. Connecting with
np and down night express trains on W. A As
Rail Road. M. A. STOVALL,
Office Home Rail Road,) Supt-
* J
Rome, Jnly 12th 1855.
(uly!7)
There are few things which afford us a great
er pleasure than sitting down to write a notice
of the celebrated Hoofland German Bitters, be
cause we are folly conscious wo are conferring
a pubkc benefit, and our heart tells us that by
our notices many have been induced to take
these Bitters, and been rescued from death by
dispepsia, liver complaint, Ac., for the cure
which it is certain. It is prepared and sold on
ly hy Dr C M Jackson, at tho German Medicine
Store, No. 120 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Seq
advertisement..