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J. B*. It. stirttitp’, V
Attorney At law,
QL ITMAK. BKOOfcS tO., GA.
Will practice irfxlie Counties of the Southern Circuit,
and flowc-e, Cliuce, V are and Echols of the lluTs\vick
, Circuit. ® ® m *dec 17 ts
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A’ AT LAW, %
0 QUITMAN, BROOKS CO , GA.®
„ Will practice fn ThoSuxs, Lowndes, Brooks #nd J>erri.
>e Counties. tf •
J. It. Alcxiuitldr,
Attorney at law,
mli 2-3-ts 9 GA.
I# St.
Attorney at law,
@ GA.
WfTl practice the counties of*the Brunswick Circuit,
and in Lowndes .Rid Berrien Countiu* ot tlie Soflthern
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Joint M. U.VSOII, \ #
Attorney at law,
• GA. .
Office next noor to Dr. Bruce’s. rffli 18 ts °
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® Eugene I Hines,
Attorney at law,
je 26-ts ® THOM4SVILLE, GA. *
L. C. Bryan, • * *
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
mh 10 TIIOMASVILLE, GA.
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m E, €. Morgan,
AT TORN Elf AT LAW,
NASHVILLE, BERRIEN CO., C v V.
Will practice in die Counties of the Southern Circuit;
and the Counties of DoSlv, Worth and Dougherty o o* the
aeon; iind Cottle Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick
Circuit. *'Address a? Flat Creek Post Office, Ga.
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El. T. Peeples,
Attorney <at law, @
Nashville, berrien£o., qa?
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smiiuoi E 5. Spencer,
ATTORNEY. AT JiAW, •
9 ® ® “TIIOMASVILLE, GA.
AN ill give his,Entire atteivßon to the Practice Law
in the Counties of the Southern Circuit.
Office ouihe secoud floor of Donald Brick
building. * ® ® mh 18 ts
®A. V. McCardel,
JUSTICE OF THE PEAdE- ®
Office at the Courthouse , I'homasrille, Ga.
• All business entrusted to him will be att Aded to prompt
ly and with dispatch. mh 2o ly
• cams ft 11. Remington „
YuSTICE-OF THE PEACE.
Office Opposite the Cost Office, ThomcrsviUc.
Collections of an kinds takeft on® liberal terms, either
in Justice’sgSuperior or Ilfferior Courts. mh 18 ts
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LROJST WORKS,
ADJOINING THE PASSENGER DEPOT, * 0
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Manufacturers i>fr
Steam Engines and Rollers,
31ill and Ciin Gearing,
• and Pans, ®
Syrup Rollers,
Slfaflinar and Pulley. ,
AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY MADE T@
-ifrder at short Jiotice.
# E. REMINGTON A SON,
jan 14fy ® Agents. Thoinasville, Ga.
f Joto W orlt _
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ft lfi PRINTING, from a Visiting Card ?o
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C Editor A Proprietor.
AN ft DENTAL tlAßbs.
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Hiuce X Reed,
Having formed a c© in
the practice Medicine, offer their services to the
public. * • a *•
.., I if'flffice. the one occupied by Bruce for many years.
They have opined a HOSPITAL for the opnvemenee
of those owninir slaves #vquiring Surai *1 Ittwt •
white persons, not able to pay, utjll be treated gratis.
Accommodations comfortable. . °
o • R J. BRrC*E, JF D. •
June 24, 1860 : J. R. M. REED, ft. D.
B>r. \. G. XlcOonald,
IN TENfIERINt; Hit# PROFESSIONAL SI-:R VICES
. to the people of°Ti. aasville and v**nity. would in
form them that lie has been practicing medicine ill Jeffer
son C o.tv Florida, for y vesirs. during which time lie
has met am? treated most of she diseases which occur in *
this latitude.
OFFICE, on the side street, near th% office formerly
occupied by C. J. Harris.
RESIDENCE, the house formerly occupied by E. E. #
Anderson.
Thomasvlle, Januiry i. 18G3. B ts
t • llf. Ja. J. OIiVCI’OS, .*•
Fractitkinef o°f Medicine and 3 Surgery,
jan 1 Glasgow, Thomas Cos., G% ly
B>r. S. S. idatns,
Hereby informs his emends ani> tiie
public, thatghe will continue the practice of ,mli
-1 ciue at the old stand and respectfully tenders his services
to the public. ( ° o
Thoumsville, April 2, ♦ ts
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[EtFOR.M PRACTICE.]
Dr. I*. S. Ifotvcr. ,
OFFERS IIIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 3 TO
otiie citizens of Thomasvilie and vicinity. 0
CSllls *t all bours, promtplv attended. _ mh 18 ts
Hr. Bramlofi.
HAS REMOVEf) TO TUB OFFICE FORMERLY
occupied by John Miller, Esq., as a Law* Office.
Calls promptlv uttendetb
157” Special aWentkm will be given to Surgery and
Surgical Diseases. • ••
Thomasville, January 15,15 V). ts ®’
R. & BL O. Arnold,
Eejpdeflt Dentists. Th#tnasviUe, Ga.
WE ft AYE TfPE PRACTICAL ADVANTAGE ao|’
T T fifteen years experience in every _ , °
branch of the proftssion. *
TV*- eagiefer to many wh f have had the
benctitdot our operations itftliiS County for
the past six years. * 9
\\ e have every facility for doing the best *
• * Plate-Work, . .
NOW KNOWN, WHICTt IS DENOMINATED
Gum Work,
, on riatina Plate, wliidi is*iiupervious to any of the acids, 0
even in a ooncentratea fcumi. ®
s Aetli filled wgh pu*e gold in a superior manner.
l’ationts favoring us with tlreir confidence igay rely <
upon our iJtiitoi® exertions to perfbrni every operation in
as pertjpct a mannnar as possible. *ih BJ ts •
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. Fi%. tt. |3. Jc 11. A. Eaton, o
VfTOULf) IJIFORWTHE CITI
* T izens of®Thomasville ——- __ •
ant# vicinity, that they are „ \ A 7
fitting up their ‘ AAV. *(. % *
.llCdical :i;itl Dcnln! ■- ’ %x: J'J J t
OFFICES eJe-,’- Fic
i * xkaV^Y
“Inf: Dental koom is so ‘A
arrange-.! aseiot t<* bo moles < •• ! -*-• .
ti dby any busifle ?of the / j*> ‘*? V,’ o
AT iical Office, and wijl be \ ‘
Strictly PiSjnic • **
for and Gentlemen wishing Dental Operations.
*And our O patrotiin MEDICINE Tiiay be assured that
no second prescription to the sinne palitnt will be ad
ministered by a#y other than
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AS IIE IIAS iiO COPARTNER IN MEDICINE
and*/!is Drusrs are and moA-ec'h/ Labeled q
OFFICIs second door east of tae oue Formerly occupi
ed by Bruce &. Et ros. • mh 10 ts •
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* * New Drug Store.
TAB. r*. St. BOWER lias opened S Drug Store at
L.* the sti®i:!fortnefljj occupied I’AL.MER vV BRO.,
opposite k. ReiftinguaTs, aiufis prepared to furnish
Drugs, Alc(licins, I’tTfutitcrj jdßks,
. ° FANCY.SOAP3,
allpon fair terms, to those wdio may favor him with a call.
To his Reform friends lie Would say, that he has on haud 0
a fresh and iXlTable assortment of ’* • f
RAV *A LT T r
■D U Xih INI Xim -j JAu Ii i jO,
affil will be glad to supply them with such articles as
thfty ma\r®eed. * ® * .
. ; ALSO,
Kerosine, Fine Cigars Fine Aledieinal
j Brandies and Wines, l*;p* constantly on han€ and for
B p *./ . * my 28-t s j
Ila*isvs ati/1 ilcdiciiiss, .
a i!arge an ft wellfseleq#
” ted sAek of Drugs and Medicines,fMiemicijls of all
i kinds.
Glass® Putty, Varnish. Brushes. Dye
Stulls, Patent* Medicines, Garden Seeds. Tonet Articles,
PeiTumerv,* Ac. Kerosiife Oil and JJuiqcs;
Caifiphene, Bumihg Fluid and laxmps. •• q.,
EDWARD O SEIXAS, Druggist.
* Thomasville, May 21,1859. ® ts
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. Apothecary's * Hall. ‘
rplIE SUBSCRIBER. HAVING* TAKEN A STORE,
1 In ThontpKon*? New IS rit It
invites the attention W the public to his com
plete and well selected stock of *
i . Drugs, •
Medicines, * * *
Chemicals, ® , •’
Paints, Q -* • m
Oils,
( Dye-Stuffs, • **
Perfumery, *
Spices,* • .
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9 Segars, ‘ ® •
* Fine Brandis,
• ® Wines, G
• •• Porter,
•• 0 Ale,
• •** ToiletoSoaps,
n * Potash,
• , ** .• &C., &c.
ALL Or WHICH WfLL I3F? SOLD ON REASONA
ABLE TERMS. *
’ given personally to the preparation o£
Physician’* Prescript ions.
* * All MEDICINES warranted genuine.
• n. o McDonald, m. and.
Thontasville, Ga.. June 6, 1860. ts
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Saddle and Harness Manufactory.
\ U EARGE AND.COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
Harness “and Saddles, •
Bridles, q e
Leather,
Kept constantly on hafid
*ma for sale, at the Manu- 1
factory #f o McGIASHAN &. KITTLE.
Harness and Saddle REPAIRING promptly at
tended to. ~ „
Thomasville, Jan. 21, 1860. # ly
‘ BooSsV BooSs! ~V.
A.CHOICE LOT OF BOOKS. FROM THE BEiST
Authors, irestore and for side, to which the attention
of Ladies ftnd Gentlemen is invited* ®
PREMIUMS •
awarded to the purchasers of sevAal Books in the lot.
“ o N. G. McDCEs T ALD.
Thorgasville, 6, 1860. e jf
Soda “Water.
This delightful beverage, in its per
fection —with choice. Syrups —cool and sparkling —
commeu<?ed ©rawing to-day for Mie season, at the store
of the undersigned. e ,®.
rr ICE keptoon hand constantly, and for &ale*bv
• May 1,1860 0 JOHN o S^ARK
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TIIOMASYILLft, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1860.
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• 9 From the London Morning Chroniefe , 21 st July.]
‘/he
* Tojhe Edi Tor iff the Morning CtmoniSe
!• Sir : —Aser wliat occurred at the first meet
ini’ of the Statistical Congress, 1 withdrew itfi
tnediaftdy from that body, intending to offer no
reasons here for my course, because, from what
I saw, J judged |hafc they would not“be worth
tfie paper which they utfght be written. I
reserved them, therefore, for my own Govern
ment. After waiting avfhile to see what com
ments the papers would make upon the opening
scenes of the Congress, I commenced my dis
patch to my Government; but a friend, in
who.Ne opinions I have great confidence* said he
► thought I ought to address the people here in
vindication of myself. Upon this intimation
(tor it was rather au that counsel) I
■ sat down, and, a thousand doubts and
interruptions, wrote the subjoined communica
tion. I was just bringing it to a close for the
1 press yesterday, (Thursday)® when I received
the information that, at the 0 opening® of the„
meeting on tins day previous, Lord Brougham
had explained his remarks at Phe finA meeting,
as 1 \yould see ft) a paper referred to, and the
information came with the request that I woidd
return to the Congress. 1 read the explanation
in that papeWnd two,pthers. They only differ
,in their reports of it, o but they all concur in
making his lordship disavow ariy intention to
show any disrespect to American Minister
or the United States; and they nijxkt him s;x§’
that he merely meant to nutkte ah interesting
or a statistical fact, viz : that there was a negro :
in the assembly.
Now, L found inyself i.i a very ticklish pre
dicament. It was not his lordship’s remarks 9o
much as the they met with by all n*y
assticfutes 8f tlie Congress, tTiat determined me a
if, N> ‘
to leave it. The signs were infallible thatbn
that body I could not be received as an equal,
either m country or in character, while the ne
egro \v;r* reaeived Ayth open arms. They under
sold h*s lordship as* I did. All tlie papers
undfl'stooiif him in tlie same way, and some of
th£m <rlory in the exposure of the 0 American
•Minister, and proniiso themselves tk rich trpat
whejj the President shall discover in what con
t tempt his Ministers held here. All tfiis re
mains precisely as it did® before his lordship’s
°Of course, therefore, 1 cannot
return to tl*em. They would receive me cour-
teously no digibt—possibly, now, with plaudits;
but e why ? g Not c lronk personal respect to or
my country, Uut to avoid schism in thegsocioly
—to preserve its popularity. I an* only three
years removed from an Kn (L dattf
from the birth of my Government) aftd I l):fve 0
too mucfi English spirit in me to thrust myself
itito any company upon charity.
Ilad tl*c Delegates received his lordship’s re
marks ffitli a ®ilßnt Smile (ill-timed as they
were and Dr. Delany’s response o in the®ame
o wai, I never slioul'tl have left the Congress. —
But *he plaudits came like 4l tempest of hail
upon my half-Englfth spiiit. Nothing, then,
in Plie piece nceds'qualification but what refers
to his olordship’s intentions. Learning these
°l‘rom his dwn lips, I sat down to correct ft in all
that imputed to him, directly or° impliedly,
wron#j[ intentions twid wrong feelings; but 1
found that they were eo (fl'teu intermingled with
sentiments Void against thu pt*Ricipal, bgt gootj
oagainst tlie leading spirits of Europe and the
Congress, and so essential to tlie harmogv and
, grapimatieal constructions, that if 1 undertook 1
to collect generally, t should hardly lcavtfit
printable or readable. And yet the piece lflust
now appear; for .if not, it will go forth to all
Europe tlgit the Dniteck States Delegate took
offence, pro slavery like, at an old man’s play
ful remark, Pwft the Congress, at its beginning,
oand that neither explanations nor entreaties
coUd bring him back® 0
w 9
® 1 nave type nor patience to re model
it, mu®h less re write it. 1 ailt called&away to
ll ay ; 1 should have been oft’ from Lteidon be
forai In my dilemma I have%on©luded to pub
lish thf piecQojust as ®I wrote it; not now a®,
faillw representing bis lordship, but exactly
representing my understanding of him when I
; left the Congress, and the reasons. lam at the
•bjtr now,and I am to be judged of by the rea
sooablcncss of n.iy interpretations, and of my
conduct founded on I <heg fi is lordship,
in my situation, to ifidulge me
in this. In rctui-p I beg the reader to treat as
revoked, anti utterly tfull aufl void, every refer
ence to his lordship that is in the slightest de
urce inconsigient with nis explanations. lam
not very far bcliitM him in years; I h|ve long
been his debtor, and I esteem him almost rev
erentially ; and if he is not debtor for his Ju
dicial Reform Bill to my native £tate, there is
the most jemarkable coincidence betwe&i the.
two systems that eveY occured sigee the world
began. 11®he is, he ought to esteem uft for
my*State's sake. Be tjiis £ as o jt may, we affe too
old to quarrfil.
• A. B. Longstreet.
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. TO TIIE PUBLIC.
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before I tcrminate°my first and last visit to
Europe, I deem it due to my country and my
self to learS behind me a word ofcomment
upon°a most remarkable incident pf that visit.
It may be of some service to the people on
both sides of the Atlantic. England owes to
i my country much respett—to my native State
a ifttlee 1 came hither as a Delegate (and, by
accident, Phe only® delegate,) from the United
States to the International Statistical Congress, <
now in session at this place. The appointment
was made by request of the authorities of this
country. lam a native of the of Geor
gia, the birthplace of two gallant Tattnalls; the
gne Veil lyiown to me, the other well knowft
O to EnglanH/ lie ftas that lfumane and chival
rous C’omniodoreewho, at the p'feril of, his com
mission and lus life, rescued the captain and
crew of Hope’s sinking ship from a watery
grave He has received much praise
r „for the deed, hut not quite all that is due to
him, for in yielding to nis generous impulses
he forgotethat his no less gallant brother was
borne from*the battlefield at Point iLter severe
ly wounded by British muskets. What is done
in*war should be, but is no* friways, forgotten
in peace. The Commodore's conduct was ap
proved by bis Government, that Government
which Mr. Dallas represents at tfie Court of Ss.
1 James* 0 ° • ©
L The Statistical Congress convened a prelimi-
nary meeting was held to appoint ‘officers and
arrange thetirderof business. All foreign
delegates were declared to be Vice Presidents,
and they took their seats on the
the presiding officer. Mr. Dallas, a complimen
tary visitor, took his seat to the right of the
chair; Lord Brougham to tfie left. All things
beings now in readiness for she opening of th§
regular meeting, his Iloyal Highness,
Albert, appeared, took the chair, and opened
the meeting gdmiralde address which
has been published,xnd which carries the
est commendation upon its face. g ® As soon as lie*
had concluded*, and the long resounding plaudits
ceased, Lord Brougham rose, and after a few re
marks strdfigly and deservedly complimentary
of tli£ address,.jand alter calling on all present
to testify their approval of it by holding up
tl*ir he o turned to the Atnerican.Min
ister® and addressing him across the table of
his Iloyal Highness, said : “ I call the attention
§f Mr. Dallas to the fact, that there is a ncyro
present; awd I hope he will feel no scruples on
tlfcit account.” This° appeal to the Amcjycan
Nlinistep wits received with general applause by
the house. The colored gentleman rose and
said, 1, 1 thank his Royal Highness and your
lordshy), and have only to say that 1 am a man.”
And Phis was received with loud applause!
Now if the lord’s address to the Ameri
can Minister was meantafor pleasantry, 1 must
be permitted to say that tlie time, tlie subject
and tjie place were exceedingly unpropitiofls to
such salliiis. If it was meant for sarcasm, it
was equally unfortunate in conception and de*
livdry. If it was meant for insult, it was mer ,
cilo%rly cruel to his lordship’s heart, refinement
qiuid dignity, and moral sense. I could readily
have foynd an apology for it in his lordshshig’s
; lottks and wrinkles, if it a had not been so trium
phantly applauded. The European delegates
understood *it-Mhe colored gentleman under
stood it; and, from the response of the dirt tei®,
we can collect unerringly ifs import. It was
meant as a boastful comparison of his lordship’s
country with the Minister’s. It was meant as
a cutting refleckmn upon that country, 0 where
negroes are not admitted to the councils of
white men. This ?s thft very least and best that
can be made of it, and the dignity of the Ameri
can Minister’s character and office, his entire
disconnection with)slavery personally, and his
peculiar position in the assembly, were no pro
tection to his this humiliating as
sault; nay, he is selected as the vehicle of it
before the assembled wisdom of Europe? who
signify openjy their approbation of it. All the
ctty papers L have seen differ in their report of
this matter, but they all soften c its rugged fea
tuers somewhat. ‘li*i ‘l imes is the most correct,
*b*ut a fault in milking Lord Brougham preface
his temarks to Mr. Dallas with, “ 1 hope my
Mr. Dallas, will forgivtfme for reminding
him,’* Ac., and in making Dr. Delany (the co|pr
cd gentleman) say to Lord Brougham, “ who is
always a most ftntliiiehingj'nend of the negro.”
If one or the other of these remarks was made,
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[ did not hear it; the Doctor would hardly have
used the last.
•
( Now, I take leaye to say that a Britqp was]
the last man on earth who should cast con
temptuous reflections upon the United States,’
and the delegates the last men on earth svho
should have couutenanoed them. Not one of
them, not a man on all the broad surface of
Eurgpe, can assail that country without assail
’ ingsotne near home-born friend of his owh lan
gu;ige and blood, or some kinsman by short lin
eage fropi a common ancestry. She Spreads
herself opt from the Atlantic the l’inytic,
from IheHiulf to the Lakes, and, through all
her length and breadth, she is one vast asylum
for the poor, the oppressed, the down-trodden,
the persecuted ftf the world. Her sons are a
multitudinous brotherhood of all Climes, reli
gions and fbugucs,diving together in harmony,
peace and equality, so far as these can possibly
prevail within her borders. Say what you ipay,
think as yog may, sneer as you may at heitAjie
culiar institution,” she is, after all, the good
Sarmaritan of nations. Do a people cry and
wastejiom famine ? She loads her ships with 1
supplies, and lays them at the sufferers’ doors
without money and Do an op
pressed, people strike for liberty ? You will
find some of her sons under their flag. . Does a
wife’s cry come across the water for help, to
find a noble, long fnissing husband ? She fits
i/iit her ships, her volunteers® man them, they
search nearly to the Pole, learn the husband’s
lute, disburden the wife’s heart from suspense,®
and then lie down and die from the exposure
and toils of the search. Does she find a nation’s
sloop-of-war aflept, still sound hut unmanned ?
She puts her in decent trim and sends her to
her owner, in charge of hoi - own men, and at
her own**, expense. ‘‘Bear with me.” If “I
tan become a fool in glorifying, ye have com
pelled me, for I ought to have been commended
to you.” ;
Such a nation is not to be taunted, certainly
not Jjy Great Britain. Her slavery is a herit
age, not a creature of her own begetting. It
was forced on her against her wishes, her pray
ers, and her protestations—screwed down upon
her, pressed into her, until it has become so
completely incorporated with the very being
that it is now impossible to eradicate it. The
term “ slave property” is borrowed, it is not of
her coinage. In all her slave States there are
not ten men living (until very recently, not
one?) who ever.made a slave of a freeman,
counting the Hottentot a freeman. Their syi
then, is notin making slaves but in not resto
ring them to liberty, in courtesy to the sensibil
ities®of those who made them fnr us. Before
they make this exaction of us they surely ought
to have the magnanimity of Judas, and lay the
pricq at our feet.
[Judge Longstreet next glances at the im
mense loss and disaster, which immediate ernan
cipation of the slaves in the Southern States
would entail, showing that nine millions, at
least, would certainly be ruined by it ( the
slaves and their masters,) as the first fruits of
the measure ; and hundreds of thousands, if
not millions more, in the free States and King
doms, . e , all who are dependent upon Cotton,
llice and oTobacco in any way for a living, as
its ultimate fruits.]
Whatever his lordship did not intend by the
remark-!j-and I am ready to believe that he did
not intend to wound —he certainly did intend
to to the Minister’s notice that England
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made no distinctions between men on account
of their color. And herein his lorifship |vas
lamentably Unfortunate, for tbe whole scene
showed that not only he, but all hisapplauders, S
made a marked distinction between colors.—
M ould not his lordship have had more respect
for the feelings whjjte man, than to have
made him the object of special notice, and such
a notice to men gathered from all quarters of
the world ? Would his lordship’s discourtesy I
to a white man have been applauded*as it was
by gentlemgn of refinement and delicacy?—
True, it hit Dr. Delany’s sensibilities exactly in
the right place, for lie returned thanks for |.t;
but the chances arc a thousand to one that it
would have enkindled b,is indignation.®“What,”
he was®likely to have said, a boast es the
nobility of England, that I am admitted to a
801x1311100” white men?” 11 is thanksgiving,
too, was applauded, a thing not fxactly in keep
ing with'our ordinary dealings with white men.
And when he proclaimed the indubitable fact
“that lie was a man,” again he was applauded.
If any other man had arisen in the assembly,
and said the selfsame thing, he would have
ben laughed at, not applauded.
Again, his lordship pointed himoutas“a
negro”—that was the word^—not as some of
the gazettes have ,it, “a colored peison,” or
“colored gentleman;” the Times has it right.
Now, if lnvliad fedt %due regard for the Doc
tors rank, wofald he not have softened his de
signation, as the papers have kindly dune Tor
him? lam told the Doctor is a member of the
Geographical Society, and a delegate from Cana
da. ®lf so, I demand, by all the canons of
why lie was not calfed to the stand as
one of the Vice Presidents, and placed right
betweeij Mr. Da Mas and myself? Here would
have been a scenic representation of thrilling
moral effect, more eloquent of Old England’s
love of freedom and contempt of mastery than
all lip-coffipliinents of all her put togeth
er. Or if that scat was too leftv for the Doctor,
why was he not placed between Lord Brougham
andilie Chair? ll&d 1 seen him there, verily
my own heart would have swelled with tv com
pliment to noble Old England, which no lips
♦ould have fitly uttered. Where was the Doc
si
lor at the Prince's reception? I did not) 5 see
him there. To vvliat section docs he belong?
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I do not find him allotted to either. To how
many 6f the entertainments has lie been invi
ted.
Now,* in all this I detect a lurking feeling
ever and anon peeping out, which convinces
me that the colored man is yet far, very far be
low the white man in public estimation, even
in Europe; and, until this is conquered, let not
the European assume to lecture the American
upon his duty to the slave or upon tiic equality
of the wees. Why, if°the thing fs° fated to us,
like death, can any man ot cAmmon humanity
and generosity take pleasure in throwing it in
his te#th ? Slavery is either a blessing or a
curse. If a blessing, why disturb us in the
enjoyment of it ? You Englishmen t>ught to
plumb yourselves upon it, for it is your bene
faction. II a curse®you should not embitter
it. We regard it as a blessing: why disenchant
us of the fusion ? You say “itis a great tin.”
I doubt it. as I find it, and shall ever doubt,
whifp Paul’s'Epistle to Philemon is universaly
acknowledged an inspired epistle. But sup
pose it a siy,; has God commissioned you to re
form it ? Ana do you think you evgr will re
form it by eternullyesprinkiing vitriol upon the
master ? As for your contempt, We wouldi
Bather not have it to be sure ; but if you will
bg content with that w# will live in pgace forev
er, for°it is an article in equal store on both
sides. If you cannot condescend to our coeipa
ny, we Vill not complain at giving a place to
Dr. Delany, and we can beautify you vfith four
millions precisely such. But in inter
course with us do not® for your own sakes, for-®
get all the lilies of delicacy, benevolence and
humanity, for every adult.of us can stand up
and say, “gl am a man !” Farwelfto thee Lon
don, fora short tim#! One more brief at
°thy wonders, and then forever. Anoth
er visit to Liverpool; I like her better than
London, because she loves my people bett<r.—
“Interest I” “Cotton!” It may be so, but
I am grateful for love of any kind in England.
Never in all my lftng, king life did my heart
strings knit around a fair one so quickly and
so closely as they did round a lady in London,
who approached me and said, “>Mr. Longstreet,
I must get acquainted with you. I love your
country, I have several kinsmen there.” That’s
natural, that’s woman-like. It is for a man to
draw favors Jrcmsa country and curse her. —
God bless her! And God bless the family in
which she said u. As Abraham, Isaac and Ja
cob, slaveholders, are in Heaven, I hope to get
there too. May I meet them all there ! But,
whitHfer am I wandering ! Liverpool, another
look at Liverpool, another benefice to the En
glish Cunard line, and then farwell to Europe
forever and forever!
@ A. B. LfftfGSTRFFT.
P. S. I forgot many kind
|iens that f have received from distinguished
personages. I declined them all, not indiffer
ently nor disrespectfully, but because they were
obviously given ffl to me as a member of the Con
gress, which I was not when th<?y reached ma*
and® never shall be.
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The Equilibrium of Nature.
• Sam Slick says : Y~es, yes, natur balances all
things admirably, and has put the sexes and
every individual of each, on a par. Them that
have more than their share of one thing com
monly have less .of another. When there is a
great strength there ain’t apt to be much gump- j
tion. A handsome man in a general way aint
much of a man.
A beautiful bird seldom sings. Them that
have genius have no common sense. A fellow
with one idea grows rich, while he who calls
him a fool dies poor. The world is like a meat
pie; the upper crust is rich, and dry, and puf
fy ; the lower crust is heavy, doughy underdone;
the middle is not bad generally; but the small
est part of all, is that which flavors the whole
Keep it before the people,
That William L. Yancey voted for the Or
egon bill with the Wilmot proviso attached to
it; and that John Bell voted against the bill to
abolish the Slave Trade in the District of Co
lumbia; and that he has on all occasions voted
against the Wilmot proviso. i
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The Druses.
Who are tliefe ’murderous people?—is in
every body’s mouth, about this time.
j@ The latest and best authorities trace them to
the Eastern confines of Syria. They are Arabs
and settled in Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, with
in the hist nine hundred years. 9 *,
“ Syria, - ’ says the reliable Dr. Thompson’
who wrote from a twenty-five years’ residence
and travel in that country, “ has always been
oursed with a multiplicity of tribes and reli
gions, which have split up the Country into
small principalities and conflicting classes—
fruitful parent of cj,yil war,"anarchy and confu
sion.” To give some idea of the populations
of SyriS, the Doctor enumerates them as fob*
lows: * , .
Moslems 800,0001
Kurds 50,000 *
Nu|airiyeh, 150,000
® Nowaf, 20,000
Druses I°oo,ooo
Jews 25,000
Maronitesf. 200.000“
Gre&s 150,000
©Armenians.® 35,000
Papal Off-hoots w ®. 80,000
The Moslems are the ruling race over all the
country, except in Lebanon, and they are di
vided into two sects, the Sumnites and the
Slites. The total population is thus estimated
at 1,(310,000, exclusive, however, of the noma
dic Arabs whose number is set down by the
best authorities atfhalf a millioiM
The Lebanon region contains 400,000 inhab
itants, living in Some 0000 town§, villages, and
hamlets. Zahleli, just destroyed, was the larg
est town, amd contained 11,000 people. The’
other towns which lyive fallen before the
sword of the Druses are Deir el Kamar, 7000 y
Ilaslwija, 6000,- r *nd liushaira 2,500. The en
tire population live in towns and villages, ami
go out in the fields to cultivate them,
and This is no homogenous community of peo
ples in Syria. Every tribe lives apart, and:
hate each other with a hearty hate. The two
Moslem sects excommunicate each othfer—hate
the Druse, and all these three detest the Nusa
iriyeh. The Maronites love nobody, and no
body loves them. The Greeks®deepise
Catholics, and all sects look dow%with contempt
on the Jews.®
Except th<f Jews and the Bedouin Arabs no*
tribe can trace back its origin to any ancient
nfee. The Moslems are a mixed race, derived
from the people of the Greek empire at the
time of the fcrusad s. ®ln the nominally Chris
tain sects, there is the<#ame blending oS races,
and a large infusion of European Wood, during
the time of the Crusades. Dr. Thompson;
tiiinks that the Maroniies are the descendants
of the ancient systems, but the Nusairiyeh say,
they
Cananites.” But this theory does not comport
with that of Dr. Alexander H. Stephens, of
Georgia, for they are not blackt
The Meteweljes, a class of dirty Arabs, who
joined the Druses in their late crusade against
the Ghristains, are much like the Jews,
and claim to have come from Persia. There is
a large infusion of Egyptayi blood in the Mos
lems from Carmel southward. Dr. Thompson
thinks that their peculiarities are to be traced
back to the old Philistines, who, according to
Ims theory, came from Egypt, and not from Cy
prusfas he commonly thought! He findsotrnces
in Lebanon of the originaPPhoenicians-®
In fine, the people of Syria answer complete
i ly to the prophecies respecting them—they are
“ a people divided, meted oyt %nd trodden’
down.”
These facts will the ferocity of llie
Druses and the sympathy of the Moslenfs with
them. Amr their antipathy to all other races
will continue, so long as Moslem authority con
tinues in that ill-fated land. W hen Mfehoinet
Ali declaim! himself independent of ihe Porte r
and%ubjugated Syria to his yoke, all was peace
in jhat land ; and had he been left in posses
sion by the European pewers, his dynasty would
have made a homogenous people, out of those
divided tribes, long ere this. It is to be hoped
that France and England <*vill make ha6te to
bring light out Os the present darkness. Theiy
joint word can put an end forever to the dis
graceful civil war now prevailing in Syria.
How Mn tVcbitrr .Settled the Northeast Bona
g ® | dary ({uention.
We have never heard a more beautiful inci
dent in the life of Mr. Webster, than that
which he related to a friend of ours. It was
in eflect this : “When Lord Ashburton and
myself,” said that great o man, “sat down at op
posite sides of the table, entirely alone, as both
had desired to consider the Northeastern boun
dary difficulty, I said to his Lordship at my
outset, ‘My Lord, I wish to propose to you a£
the commencement of this discussion, this sim
ple resolution, to be adopted before we go fur
ther, namely, that the question at issue between
*your country and mine shall be settled amica
bly, and that the° enemies of the institutions
and religion of both shall not be allowed the
delight of seeing both doing their utmost'!*)
destroy each other.” With the deepest emo
tion, Lord Ashburton replied: “I heartily
accept the resolution,” and at the same time
grasped ML Webster’s hand across the table.
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• # Jfegro Jurymen.
They are rapidly progressing towards “the
largest liberty” in Massachusetts. The board
of Alderman of Worcestor, in that State, have
placed upon the jury list for the 18 present year
the names of two negro barbers, William H.
Jennings and Francis A. Clough, the negroes
hold offices and sit on juries; and white men
who cannot stomach negro equality will, ap
parently, have to emigrate from that State ere
long. Adopted citizens are made to stand back
two years from the polls, and negroes invited
up. Black Republicanism is in full bloom.
Ex-PreaMenl Pierce and Ex-PmUshM
Fewlcr.
The Baltimore American states that Mr.
Fowler arrived at Havanna under the assumed
name of Post. He stated that he had but
$2,800, the sum which was handed him by
his friends, but that he had received a letter
from ex-Prcsident Pierce, authorizing him to
draw on him for SSOO, and asking to know his
wants in future. Mr. Fowler thinks that the
whole §175,000 which he owes the Depart
ment, will be raised by hist friends and
over.
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