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THE COUNT RYM a
fURyWQLD, GA., APRIL if, 1865.
A Nomination fit to be Made.—
Verily, the proscriptive party of Geor
gia is consistent. The know noth
ings, beaten into shreds from the
stump, and by the press, upon the is
sue tendered by them of religious in
tolerance, in their resolutions, pretend
to abate some of that bigotry which
got up a warfare against Roman Cath
olics. But at the same time they
thus put out false colors upon their
platform, their recent nomination for
governor, if report be true concern
ing their candidate, shows them to be
fhe same intolerant, and bigoted sect
that they were in the beginning. A
common report has long been abroad
in the land, that Judge Andrews de
cided, upon one occasion, that tho
oath of any one belonging to the do**
nomination of Christians, called Uni-
versalists, was net admissible in a
court of justice.
The Georgia Citizen, having taken-
occasion, several weeks ago, to speak
of Judge Andrews as a proper man
for governor of this state, although
the same paper, when Judgo A. was
first spoken of in this connection,
brought up this foolish decision against
him, an Alabama Universalist paper
thus alludes to the subject:
‘Judge Andrews.—From tlio light
beforo us, wo have no hesitation in
saying that the Hon. Garnett An
drews, of Wilkes, is now the most
acceptable candidate for the office of
governor which ‘Sam’ can offer to the
hopes, aua wishes of bis friends.
Judge A. is a well known and capa
ble gentleman, a uniou democrat in
politics, an upright, and incorruptible
judge, and a man of great practical
experience. Should he be the nomi
nee of the Ameracan party, the op
position would find it no holiday pas
time to keep him out of the chair ot
state.'—Georgia Citizen.
•From the light before us, we have
qo hesitancy in saying that Garnett
Andrews is not the proper man for
the office of governor. A judgo who
could set aside the testimony of an
honorablo and intelligent Universalist,
because he could not believe in end
less torments, as did Judge Andrews,
in Georgia, should not bo counter
nanced for any office whatever. He
proved himself recreant to the consti
tution of tho United States, and to
the trust reposed in him. His course
wab highly ceusured by all lovers of
fair play, aud equal rights, and the
just indignation which he then arous
ed has not yet subsided. We are, in
fact, greatly surprised that L. F W,
Andrews, the editor of the Citizen,
an ex-Universalist minister, should
seek to fondle around such a charac
ter. Does ho wish to truckle to, and
curry fa\or with a man who
would not allow him to testify in
court ? Can he encourage, or sustain
such a man ? Wo hope the Univer-
salists of Georgia will ponder these
things.
We trust the editor of the Citizen
did not wish to give the impression
that Judge Andrews is a relative of
his (which he is not) in suggesting
the nomination.'—Notasulga {Ala.)
Herald.
Dr. Andrews, of the Citizen, now
endeavors to explain away the con
duct of Judge Andrews, in making
the decision spoken of, although the
Doctor has, even this year, condemned
the decision, and brought it up as a
reason why the present know nothing
candidate should not be nominated.
Tbd Citizen says, now, that ‘from a
careful examination of the circum
stances’ under which Judge A.’s de
cision was made, it has concluded
that the Judge ‘acted conscientious
ly, and consistently with his oath as
a judge of the court.' Dr. Andrews
involves himself in a dilemma from
which it is not easy to escape. If it
is only within a short time past that
he lias given tho circumstances of the
intolerant decision a careful examina
tion, how did he feel justified in con
demning tho decision in years past,
and even this year ? But if he had
examined the circumstances carefully
enough to condemn the decision, why
close his batteries, just at this partic
ular juncture ? Is liis desire for the
success of his candidate mere dear to
him than the exercise of his religious
rights ?
Judgo Andrews, and Doctor An
drews both, will find that the people
of Georgia will proscribe the Judge’s
pioscriptive spirit. The day is past
when a man must bo driven from a
court of justice, or to the stake of the
martyr, because he docs not believe
in tho generally received religious
opinions of tho country. Religious
liberty is the corner-stone of the
American government; take that
away, and the whole superstructure
falls. Tho know nothing party in
Georgia proscribes Catholics; its can
didate for governor proscribes Uni-
versaiians. A know nothing pam
phlet has recently been put out in
New Jersey, recommending the pro
scription of Methodists. Whose turn
is it next'] Wo caution the people
of Georgia, against the insidious at
tacks which are being made upon
| their liberties, by these know nothings.
Now-, every man, under his own vine,
and fig tree, may worship God accor
ding to the> dictates of Via own con
science, and none dare make him
afraid. How long will this be so, if
the modern Jacobins have their way?
How long before Catholics must be
sent to the stake, Universalians die
by the guillotine, or the blood of
Methodists flow forth to fatten the
land ?— Anti-Jacobin. — Savannah
Georgian, 1855.
Your Country !—“ When you are
asked to fight for ‘your country,’ do
you comprehend the full meting of
the sacred appeal embraced in tho
term ] What is your country ? We
answer in the words of an old French
officer, which we find in a volume of
Emile Souveslre, entitled ‘An Attic
Philosopher in Paris.’
‘Perhaps you have never thought
what your country moans,’ continued
he, placing his hand on my shoulder :
‘it is all that surrounds you, all that
has brought you up, and fed you, all
that you have loved ! This country
that you see, these houses, these trees,
those girls who go along there laugh
ing—this is your country ! The laws
which protect you, the bread which
pays for .your work, the words you
interchange with others, the joy, and
grief which come to yau from the
men, and things among which you
live—this is your country ! Tho lit
tle room where you used to soeyour
mother, the remembrances she has
left you, the earth where she rests—
this is your country ! You see it,
you breathe it, every where ! Think
to yourself of youi rights, and your
wants, your past and your present
blessings: write them all under a sin
gle name—and that name will bo
your country !’ ”
“ There are in the prisoners’ camp,
in Elmira, N. Y,, at the present time,
1,611 rebel prisoners who make pro
fession of religion. They have come
from twelve different states—Virginia
and North Carolina furnishing the
largest number ; 542 are Methodists,
547 Baptists, 110 are Presbyterians,
242 Catholics, and tho remainder are
distributed among the less prominent
religious denominations.”
“A hundred black walnut coffins re
cently arrived at San Francisco. They
had been shipped from Boston, at first,
to the Isle of France, and there being
no sale for them, they were sent to
Melbourne, and from there thoy were
brought to California.”
