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222 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.”