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ELECTORAL T IC K ET.
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I bail. AV11.1.1 AVI I. A \V. of OiHtliuiu? ®
Hon. BimjAVIIVT ll.Tlll. of Troupe.
• FOR THE DISTRICTS. *
• Ist District®— SAMl'Efc I* WRaof ThoAas.*
tM Dis’rict —MAR* ELLIS DOUGLAS, of Randolph®
3d District—-L. T.-.DOYAL, of Sptilding.
4th District —bV. !•. WUIDtIT. of Coweta. °
sth LR.-ti-ict—JOSiAH U PARROT, .if tW _
6th\f>istrict —H. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
7th District — DUPREE. <•; Tw -s, *
Bth HLstrict —LaFAIbEWK LAMAIt. of Lincoln.
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HIS PRO SLAVERY#AND TffiRRITORMI! PLAT
FORM, AS LAID DOWN BY HIMSELF IN
Tin: UNIT I*l >*S'i Al i# SENATE ON
a .THE 6ffll OF aJULY, 1850.
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0 ® W'iltkol Proviso Justly Ol >’.clous.*
propi sition ij,li jii.i; • tion t<> apply the Wilmot
to New >f.i i-; IyV *± “.vto, and giyng
rise t much excitement at the South.” ® *
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m 6 FRANK SECOND# (
The Flog ofi tit’ V ‘ ‘ Fn-'. r’ . Prop, rty in.
o ® v every foot of our Territory, •
® “ Constitntiiln. propuioi ioore, the (lag of the En-
protects the citizen tiie enjeyment of Jiis l All -of
property of •very description?rccogiM2ed ascueh iifany
of on every sea. and every Territory of tl#‘
Union. The soundness of the general doctrine held on
this |(hink cannot well (j.,. questioned or disprov
ed; amPif the questi.in related to a as
Oregon was when the came in possession
of in slave- would !.e entitled t > # t!;e protee
-0 tion of the Laws Sud Con.-titution of the Pniied States.
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„ “ Wlmtffver the jc>ait nal doctors. ftheXortn iqav say.
the clauses in the Constitution relating n. the importation
of persolfs certain limitations, and lixing thV- h;tis
taxes and in I onji *-.*l •ilirin,
<lo®amoimt to an eruition of slavery.”
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H ank ffHinu.
llvhnanity and 9? njuirc the of the
<Vtreomf Slave Laifbr.
Htmanity to the Bharo, not less than justice to the
master, recommends tffc policy of diffusion and cxtcnsifln
into any new territory adapt*! to hff condition: •lie
reasons are obvious to be niffunderstood !iy the
iutidleft. Itrfs not a principle of humanity%hat(dictated
tßh ffrincigle of th* North.” • •
• a “tlank fourth. .
t ‘'john*BeU , oft Tie. O'* . s,‘f ■/.<•<•■/■ /♦;.’/.< by Shfrr^g.
• • ‘*The North would know hov\"*to f excusl tin* restless
ness of*their Southern brethren, and feel no*ufPprise tin®
they eboulif be around for some guarantee —some-
additional protection to th(jrpeculiai*cQ(idition jityi iiisti ‘
tutions.® As to myself. I -halt hold on to the Gwnstitution
until l see jjiat it jio loimei*interpQ#eß a barrier te abso
lute aggrefision. iam identified with this so much abuß-<
ed institution, by my represent itio* in the cham
ber, in associarton, character, am* the tnbunal <g t
public intent.” a
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full notices of the (Constitutional Union, and I)ero
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cratic, Held
and Tuesthiveof last we A, *zut tfie* reader will find
equally gqpd some iuterestiig communication® ol>
editor fr?m quarters ip idiis daisiie. p
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We*are authoifzethhy a friend to staltJtliat
• Jolfn R® Alexander, Esq., ot* Tii6niasville, ad
o the citizens of Thomas coftnty, dti tli<*political^
issqgs of the (toy, at the Co-.,-(house, on •Ue first j
Tuesday in September nejf. Alfare ivitcd to at
ien°d hrxesptcfiwe of patty. m
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• 6 Rryrsia litizei^l^nary.
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. lVe see the spirited *dit<ft- the Georgia Citizcif.
pqjt(lis|jed is issuing a Daily. W 1 arc glad
te*note Rids evidqpae of prosperity, and tliuje *
o citizens who wish to see the cause of \iell an® Ev
j erett ably advocated ^ subscribe.
Aaldreft Dr. L. F. Andrews, Macon, Ga. #
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# „ Q Col. Samuel IS. Spencer. • , ‘
This gentleman, udi* is a trident ?>f our towif,
was nominated bv tlie*late Tni-ui Convention at M?l
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fty Elector of the Firs* Congressional
district. He wiy canvass as many counties
y he can_con?is*ent with the <fi-eharone of liis'dutH*,.
as Solicitor tit? Southern *JufiTcil
•uit. ]ftw<srs of and special*
talent for puby,c speaking, we take octasicfti to sat,
arc°o£,„no mean ogder, uiqj whoever vgatflres to en
counter hint in de!)atc fiad hotter c<niewith the best
preparation hjs catis<i.will allow. o lVc|>it him agaiast
Wjitiniwry, Seceder or Dftnoerat, in tht rankVof
the enemies’camp; ami we expect to see aninter
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csting fight all round the ring. „ • •
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The Edinburgh Review, for Juir.
by L. Scotj_ Ac A’<a, 54 Gold Street, New
B fork. Price atfliui|
Che present number contains an unusual variety
of articles—no less twelve—on the subjects of
the most striking interest in the literary and politi
cal world. Our readers cannot be too often renftnd
’ cd of the practice of tfiis and the othenslea.hiig re- ‘
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views or^ giving pnbnpt attention to tj[io topics of the
day. ana by tlitßr deliberation and research curftt- 1
ing tdie hasty impulse*of the moment.. The mere
titles of Sie principal articles in 4 his lfumber of the
Edinburgh are sufficiently attractive, and need no
comment lrom us to “indicate their scope or pusport.
It is enough to say that they art* aR •ulrjects on
which information by a competent, authority is very
acceptable; and if r.nv twie wishes to make® further
regearch lie will genially Ifnd numerous indications
8f autlufbities by reference to which he may verify
or correct tfie statements ams Arguments of the re- :
viewer. The tifles referred to arenas follows: £heva-
Tier on the probable FaU in®the Value oPGold: La
test Geological Discoveries; The Patrimony of St.
Teterfc Mrs. Grote's Memoir of Ary Scheffer ;®Prince
on Russia and Serf Emancipation;
Correspondence of Humboldt and Varnhagen von
Ease; Cardinal Mai's Edflion*of the Vatißan Cosd C x. I
be as well to rlmark ihat this numberacom
rfences a volume; and though each is perfect in
itself, and subscriptions may be made at any time,
yet there i* propric.y°and convenience
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I'he Major says, “that is a pretty hard ,k>b
Jaiciys left foi*us. mtije than Use will etefbe able to
.accomplish himself—‘to clip wings, destroy the
thunder, and demolish thj plaifiym, candidates and
party altogether,’ • of the Wire Grass Reporter—and
we suspect you are more half
atoany rite it requires mere ability than w$ can mo
destly arrogate But mark the prediction!
vrfaht we shall lack # in finishing this # bigo “job’^ # the
people will do on the ides of neSt Novetnber o greatly
to yoorrfiisppmfiture. and tl:attvll he gh?ry enough
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l>v R. M. Johns’ \.ft ® in flie Uifl
• 0 Vcrsitvof Georgia. _ • *
‘Ye Regret to see tins genlleqjan’s resignation of
post iy our Cnhar ity. WeoHriys'ilid re
gard him, during the term of hi% incumbencv, as # the
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i rignt nian # ii? th* right place; ana we would have
heett the l-**t ..no t.ft drag liftn aril’from the privacy
of his official duties before the public ga°ze. bad h%‘
’ liot viftuntarily courted notice by appearing before
the public Au:t:..r. We are glad that he hjs*
done so.® He has done nothing thereby®unworthy of
a by bn th°and education. This little book
ol # l,is, winch a friend Ras put intofttflr liftnds, 1
ill set tle, as iufsisled*as rip admirable guide -
1 q the young student in searching out
andjieautie- of Engli.-Ji literature, it wAI, we hope*
• liis at an early period of Jlfe, when im
pressions are to be lasting, awgy from the
veUow-covercd disgrace the boudoirs of j
young gijls at boarding schools, arftl the private j
shelves of their filly young beaux, to work* of ster
ling merij in our toiftgue. These tye the great sour
ces at which our living writftrs*and such as
any remarkiftfie power, light their hrinps, anftl
there is no reason why the generality of people may
not be as fearnei} a#they, when learning is equally j
! L '’*' a P fur all. 4 Hence we regard wit complacency ■
| the feeblest effort made to editfate the public taste !
arftriil; so #<>rrect its manifold and sad defects; to,
teacu it a salutary neglect of meretricicftis orna
•i.ent and of tawjry gew-gaws, to change Its adtui- ,
ration of the glittering into admiration for yie truly
beautiful; in a w!,rd, to tear it away, with as much^
ftvcl- as Lad# Macßethejvoubl liayejorn the babe 1
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from hewbosonit yjt with more love, from false mo
dels and turn it towards models that will endure
throughout all,centuries anti all climes? And if we |
* are not greatly deceived, a miglgy stride in the
South is now gftijig bft tonwhli this consummatian ;
of things? The type passtyl, even so lov#*dowti
as thylatiyTil(‘* when ft was considered to be a peo
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pie’s whole duty to drain swayips and marshes, fell.’
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forests, fence and till lands,cut ditclfes, mate money,
j buy niggers and i#ulc% in fine teftexhaust the etny--
! gies of lire upon its nccessitftts. The useful is al- i
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sjvav# in plaeg, and we stand applaud *it as
much as anybody; but, thep, theA comes always!
a time in history of civilization, wlfen somethiijg
else is in place also; comforts, ftnd
material prosperity, are noftonger the barren plants
ft they ap{jeajto be in the garden *of* but !
springing up alonj thg # by-wif/s, th*e liedgcs, and
lanes oft a generous society, they bftgiu to luxuriate
•and spread out into tftie bloonutof aesthetic cul
ture. It is then tfcat. t!ie # season of fruition sets in;
that tfie whole land smiles the gfttyllv prospect
I of everywtKye; genius antL
art vie tftluy- in prodnefng those line cre
ations of b(guyy which the world *vill not willingly
lef dy># and thyt over ffel§s*ripe with gofden har
vests, and white, the rniyftc snow of cytton,
* there come#, nfinglftd witji the sounif of the !axe and
’ hamniar, and ylie*busy hum of •industrj', the yoi?e
T o| and eloquence, heightening
j the htstre of those gi’eat t%uths virtue and religion
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j which make an anchor bot h sure and steadfast/eft - a
j Rational faith. Thfs is no exageyaticyi; “and if*if
j were, would be Jpt*fi to believe so. The signs ill a lie
1 literary horizon do not so indicate. The South ha#
already a liteftituye of Vhitdf slie may well be proud,
♦its J tier authors, if are not equal in Humber,
3L‘t in point of substantial* mftrit, arc# superior to
j those of riie North; iftnking w'ftli the tliinkers
j of*ttie world upon questions of mortals,
! politics, bistory, ]aw 9 ,* government, and religion,
wliich°consVfute at orwc tby foundatiiyi and super
structure of every valuable social organization; and
never flying oft’ into efyebetty wotions, and®thoso
j vague Accessesrationalisfic which spring
ftp out of the hfit-bed of Abolitionist# ft) thß enias*
eiflalion of a healtfcy tonp of public sentiment? Tlie*
time wjs,.ip4leed, the only literafthre we ltad
of any note consisted in some oconsional essays la
i mentiug tlie want ftf a litcifttlure ; but that time,
thaftk God, like a, dark nigkt, has gone tqjwn the j
sky, and the un is*now beaming us in the
broad effulgence of ftlay. • • •
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, ** .STATE COtfVEN.TIOITS. 6
lnsiiuj Doiijjlas i on million. *
Staunton,
iaet # here yesterdtiv, and they have delegates from
eij*ht£ counties. Thclndications are that they®will
nominftte a ftnyglit sail and out Douglas electoral*
ticket. * • • ••<
1 • Sauntolf, !*/•,• Aug. 17,11, if.®—Wiere are no indi
• cations on theipart of tloe Douglas men, in tiic®con
j v£ntioiV,to any propositions froia the*Breck
inridge Thff convent ion adopted 4'esdlu
lions re affirming the fi iykmp e .oj* plat
form, and resolutions denouniliyj't he present Federal
Administration. No elector chosen yet.
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\fginin nrfrkinftdgc Convention.
Charlottesvillep 1 a., ,-ftig. 17.—The
Democratic convention mefyesterday aPtliis place..
Almost every county ii*the State largely repre
sented. A committe%*wa.s appointed to confer \Vith
the Douglas coiy.'ention, in session at Staunton. *
A resolution was intnlftuced to instruct the clot*
tors to either of the other candidates if it
shoubfbe netAsnry, to defeat Lificoln. The coif-’
petition re-affinqgd the majosty platform or Charles*,
ton resolution®* with the exception of those in rela
tion to a Pacific railway, and the adquisition of Cu
ba. There has been no choice of electors.
Prnnsylvnnwin Dougins Convention,
0 Jlfrnsbtirg, Fa.. August %7.- The Douglas in
vention met The attendance of delegates
“at; small. They recommended a fusion with the
•15re?kinridge wing, but • nominated g straight out
Douglas eleetoral ticket,. • ®
Dougins Convention In .Tlnrylnud.
F I unore, Md. . Aug. 1 <. —The Douglas Democratic
convention met in this city on yesterday, and nomi-
a Sraight out Douglas and Johnson electoral
! Every county in t b.QgState was representecW 1
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% Bril nnl Everett Funion.
Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 17. P. M.—The union of the
Bell and Douglas electoral ticket is now complete in
Now Y@rk. Bell obtains ten of the electors.
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m iTJore Fcnioii Reported.
Washington, ftVug. 17, P. M.—lt is reported here
to-nights that a fusion has baken placg in New York
between the Bell and Breckinridge parties, on the
State ticket. Particulars at% not given.
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Ihdinnn Bell riniPl! verett Convention.
d r Aug. bell and Ever
ett Cftmvemion met and nominated a full
and Everett ticket. They repudiated fusion
with any partyu ,
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Won't Ton Fuse f
As the Louisville Journal pointedly remaift<3,°the
oßichmond Enquire? and othgr papers ot the same
cfti-®! alternately denounce the Douglas men as every-®
thing vile and base and mischievous, and then beg I
them to # to a union, a a coaliflog, a
lusioj. JVhat theywsny to the Douglas men is eub
ostanually this : lou area nothing, fac
tiousse* seeking no other object titan to disturb j
the Imon dbd deprive us of our rights—won’t you !
use ou are base traitors to the country, pursift
• mg.Aort cut to all the ends of Abolitio^ism-wont
j l '” V , , 0U aie ei y‘tled to no respect under
but to be repelled and kicked bv
!•!!£? ha ! HP approach—-wort"^ySu
fuse. 9 \ ourotaction is foul and accursed reptile— 1
whose poisonous head should be crushed bv every ‘
horfest man’s boot heel— # wonl you fuse? It is :
possible that the Douglas party, thus pathetically
appealed to, can refuse to fuse ! *
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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The Oppaiilira State Conv<-ntia—Grral En
thuki&m_Brn. Hill—Bob. Tripp*.
Millrdgevllle Ga., Aijg. 13. 9 p. M. o |
The Opposition Stale Convention which assembled 1
here this morning for the purpose of nominating]
electors, adjourned at a late hour this cven*ig after
• transacting its buine*s in tb|mt pgrfeet harmony
and exhibiting such enthusiasm as we have never
• be! ’ore witnessed in Georgia % any eamMdate for
the Pr#riUehcy or any*other ofice? *AII here agree. ‘
“ e belies e, that it was the largest convention ever®
I die Id in the State, Aid we confess thy our own ex
j Pectations were greatly exceeded! The old Repre- i
sefttative hall in the capitol was Uterally’ overflowed
with dejegates alone; oom could not be found for
seats enough, and whole were obliged to
stabd upon feet—filling up the aisle, the door-#:
ways and wherever e% room could be found to stand.
Nearly five hunSred delegates were present front
: eighty odd <*>unties of the State, iu the best spirits
we have ever seen a set of men anywhere. Ventral
Sanford theeCJfairman of flie State executive coin
• m ' ttee made the l’reskfety of the Convention
against a motion to put somebody; else in the chair
sand lie acknowledged the hono*r in* a and*ap
propriate address. Tlffe proceedings of the body
will be found el seif here in this issue and we need
| make no further allusion to them here, than call the
attention readers to Af
tei the principal hiyiiyess was and before
the Convention adjourned tjje IJOII. B. 11. llill was.’
1 iutro'liwed, amid the most deafening applause, who (
; took the%tgnd and spoke for two hours as no ofiier
man in Georgia, aifti jjprhaps in tlie w hole South,
could^ speak, lie was indelicate htalWi, and was
obliged to f#vor himself as much “as possible; hut
we assurethe reader that “ Our Ben#, ” tongue
had lost none of that eloquence and power with
w hich it pijt to fiijfhbthe “ unterrified ” o in 1856,
when lie rearmed the State Road mauagefnent, van
qufi>hed “ little Aleck “ and wrote the deathgwarraift
of the K bilt in Georo ia! e never have “vyit
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nessed before, so much hearty, so;il stiring applause, :
fgivento any speaker. Ben. nroceedefl straightfor
ward to thoVark, step fit step to tl*‘ climax, cut- ;
l| ting to the core and leaviifn- his enemies destitute of
artoor, stripped of flieir mailtfil coals, stricken Irom
their high plßees, exposed to ridicule and,indigna
tion ul utterly ca* down with shame and infamy.
His speech was yf the stafcayi%n and patrfbt,
full of fire* comprefiensiveyind truthftil. Ben. is one
id’ tlie candftlates for elector for the •State at large,
and while we rejoice to know, that lie we
Icel projjfi of his abilities and efficient of his (
ce|9. Judge Law, that ol*i veteran 6f Safhnnal), is*
*yhc other elector for the*State and every member of
mention of his name. • A better not have
been aelgeted in the Statl- every true Bell and Eve
rett man in Georgia will feel greatly*
The Hon. Robert#!’. Triple followed Ben. in a shoft
speech, full bT tluw zTa!, eloquence and patriotism
which thoscowho have heard iym, know him to be*
capable of uttering, lie is 3 man of trtfe griff hold
ifnd* fearless, and a fofmicf#ble antagonist to,the
most powerfulytf his enemies. This convention nAy*
well betaken an evidence <yf*tlie enthusiasm for
Bell and Everett <in Gcorgm, and the indicatidh pre
sages a glorious victory fyr them in Nwcmher. A\*e
ncvcrffelt So confident of vjetory before, *nd if otyi
readers will notise the late ejections iif Narth*Caro-
Rentueky-, Missouri and Arkansas have re
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,suited i|y tlie highest degree favorable to ottr candi
dates ’,803’ will he able in to appreciate <
Air Kentucky gave the Opposition candi
date over 25000 majority, the largest ever given in<,
That State to any man in either party, and When we
remember that Kentucky’ is*Uie home of*Mr. Breck- |
jnridjre, we cao discern tfte*signs 0? the times, and
clUcuiate on liis Tjvenvhcimktg defeat. in*November.
Missouri went tu*- the Ofipositio* of cv a Dem-
O O °
ocratit? majority of fonneiy campaigns, and our op
ponents lost over 10,000 votes io North Carolina,— ,
Arc nflt Uiesc gioripus indications ?* We think they
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g Boujjlas Coitvcnlion.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Aug. 14, 1 BGO.
The Douglas Convention met here to-day tyul
nominated their elect o?t ticket for the State. About
one hundred ;?#d jeventy five delegates ■were present
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from over fifty counties. They were The most enthu
siastic small body of men we have ever seen.® They
‘seemed determined to makeup in zeal ntftl enthusi
asm wjjat they packed.ioi members, and a great deal
of stamping, slappingaof libels, sefeaming'asid wav*
of hats &c., &c., was agreed upon and executed
to perfection. Their convention wwfvery respect
able, howeveif embracing many mensof liigh stifnd-i
influence and rtfloility. * ‘JJiey arc gain
ing grountMhroughout the Stsfte, and news reaches
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t*s here from eve#y quarter tdiat the Breckinridge
men are tubing over to the support of the “ littl#
’ giant#’ - B We have -been thinking tilit there was no
cause for the Opposition to fight, and that they had
only to slandestill lik? qf old, raise the battle
cry am? sec their enemies destroy one another;
but lik%theseven “lean kiie ” of Pharao, the Done
lasitcs are swallow up the Breckinridge
]%rt;f, bodily, and wc beginatow to tliftik ourbaitery
must be br ought to licar.uponjhe devouring
or Expect Soon to onslaught upon us.—
return to tlie nominated tin®
strongesPticket the party had*in tjie State, and one
we confess, which will® have great weight with the
vifrers. Gov. Jolinson vais present and° made a
speeiii in the evening, greatly strengthening
his followers, by assuring them thfit he hadfhipped
for the ®vo}age,%nd that lie might he borne down
and overwhelmed by numbers, but cSuld not be con
quered. lie was determined to fight the tyttle®for
Stephen A. Douglas, and take the consfcquendtes.—
The Governor, was not Wanting in vira, # ze al or con
fident of success; but in neither so strong as he
was in 18oG against the “ A p-a-r-t-*'.’°
A resoluti&n was offered in the convention censuring
the Adminstration was qujckly tabled; we
bought it wguld have passed, inasmuch as it ’ con
tained no more thaif what every Douglas speaker
utters against the Administration 0 fron t the stump.
Another was offered pledging the Douglas party to
©vote for the next man most likely to beat Lincoln, in
case their own candidate stood no chance but it was
■blso andjery properly tabled. The invention Was
! harmonious aVid adjournetl in good spirits
Jhe rqpder r*iust excuse” us for not giving now the,
1 substance of the speeches delivered in this as well
asjn the Opposition convention and % minute ac
count of the proceedings—it wßuld take up more
room than we have to spare, and Lesiues, we expect
to refer do them more fully hereafter as o’ecasion,re
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Milledgevirle” Ga., °Aug. 14 ISSO.
Got intj> an omnibus this morning, with twenty
•five or tlgrt> others, went up and down half a dozen
,red hills—stepped in froift of a large building—was,
i invited in—accepted invitation, walked in and
j found ourself in the State LuDatic Asylum. Just as
! we expected—always we were crazy.
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Thought it a fine Icjusy —elegantly kc^it —well vetui
: lated—high, hn ad and fnlleof splendid rooms per
fectly clean—hung round with pictures attracting
not the slightest attention from the three hundred
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crazy folks walking about, the establishment, with
every p,’-ib'■•variety of*exprcs?ion of countenance,
’ each pursuing his own thoughts, riding klscwm hob*
bv, recounting to tlie attentive visitor, his own tri
"CO.®'’ ®o 1
umplis, his deeds of valor, his tale of woe, &e., <kc.,
eacl^believing everybody cra/y but himself. Find
■ ing 0 t wo Other “knights of the quill” in the place. <
, w*e three wandered from the crowd and visiting the
j extreme cells in one of tlie wings of the building ‘
J were locked up among tlie-Lunatics, agd listened
with great admiration to the eloquent address of an
! old lady, who deemeik it her duty to welcome us t#
; our future home. Gentlemen of such good appear
ance, she said, must he men of distinction and al
though she cncWrely regretted the necessity of our
incarceration, yet, slie trusteS we would soon be
convinced of the peculiar fitness of this place®for
. 0 .... • r *|
men 111 our condition, however respectihle our stand
ing and family connections. A\*b thanked her for fter
Wood opinion and sought the# doorway, which we
found securely bolted mgainst egress; hut*the%ood
J.'r. the able and Vorthy Pln-sTciau in charge,
1 discovering ourdmpvisonmciit and co
condition, hastened to our relief. We thanked him
for nottfaking us, like the old lady, to be crazy
enough for the usylujn, jumped the omnibgsand
returned to the Having ascertained that the
fGoveru?r wouhf no? sjieaft to the Douglasites gntil
I evening, jvent to the Peniteutiifl-y’—*- another place
dreaded—perhaps, because*! cotemporary
prophesied ave would get there some day. AVent a'd
around among tlie work shops® tin ough the tan yard,
hrieft yard, Dining hall, prison house and many oth
er places— all the workmen wearing striped
| shirts and breeches, marked, Rzy looking fellows— k |
lounging, fitting, standing, gazing poking about
as if their only was to pass (# (Tie time some ]
how for wliicli they were condemned to the en
closure. They do® not half wotlt, and we do not
wonder . that the State is obliged to make constant !
appropriations for the support ol'ahe prison. Regu- i
and order are maintained in tlie institution
and we think these about the only merits of its pres- I
m
cut keepers. If the rascally convicts arc not made to i
labor, ®tany of them no bgtter for
*th<?re they can live without work? and<lie desire to
* * •
avoid working induces many of them to steal. The
oifly ohjectfon fliey could have to* such is
tlie fact that they’ are not allowed to communicate
withwlie*World. They have plenty to eat and com
fortahle*slecping apjtrftncnts, and many’ such rascals
‘ask very little else in the Penitentiary of it.
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* * Macox Ga., Augjlo. 1860.
0 6 *
Le<t }! illedgevilleslast evening 6b o’clock—cars ■
iotyled down Tvitlt delegate®, of the # Douglas and Bell
parties, tlfe latter iemalbing over at Millcdgeville
dayionge’- to s%p tlie fun ft ilanv left u? at Gordon,
hut we ltatFenougli to run aground Before reaching#
flie depot at Macon, and the engine droped a car
us *and proceeded. We were uot far from
the city however —jot out,shouldered our kuap-aclt*,
and walked up. A largefcr?)wd had assembled at the
a O a
Browtf liousw-jjma A- F. of, Newman# elector
for the Bit iTi strict, on tliu Opposition ticket, ngiunt
► the piazza and i >pitcl]inf into ” Jiis oppo
nents lifte if “ tlfbusand of brick.” We heard him
a short lime but could not Nb£a very polish
ed speaker, some vim—large man-#good looking-®-
well educated—ought to be graceful—strong Bell
asd Everett man—good worker—#ands liigh # and
intcPthe campaign with all his midit. He was
tremendously applauded.* Several other gentlemen
were called out an 9 the was kept up°un#
til midnight^the band was*hrought *it, and the Op-
seemed t# lftivc poslbSsWh of*the city.
A\ e leave here 80-day o’clock P. M. for Knoxville
a
Tennessee, shall he b§ck very soon, reinv'fgoratcd
and fresh’ the labors of the campaign. The
weather*very much like FaU, cloudy, windy —brief
fhoweA—cool. ®
• _ _*-*_* 0 •
9 * Atlanta Ga., Aug* 16, 1860. •
Arrived here hist —saw a pla-card going ;
round announcing that -V. H. ll.’Dawson of Alabama,
foijpierlyf of Savannah, would make a Bell and Eve
rett speech at the Atheneum at o’clock —went to
hear him*— a large nudiAce assembled®—Mr. Dawson
0 9
i#mc forward and spoke about t\go lufurs and, we
nvvei p knew an audience togiay better attentionjo
an address so lengthy. Tlie speaker took up the re
c Ads of the various candidates “log the Presidency,
their respective Bud the charge; against
each, auj handled them frith telling A’eet. £le°is
an’ablcf vinTliSator ofc Bell and Everett, thoroughly
posted on theaiolitics of tfle day and whoever comes
>iu c>i)itlict with his views will find him a willing able
and determined antagonist. IVe have often
of Mr. Uawfon’s speaking abilities.while he was a
Georgian, but. never heard Inin on politics Jxefore;
we were fully refaid for our attendance at the Athe
neum last night,and #lid not worn!A at the deafening
applaule lie received on some occasions,find the death
sly stillness which pervaded his aadiunct on others.
Sometimes lie was really eloquent, frequently amu
sing, and alf the time interesting. It has been re- j
by some democrats im tffs First District that
since the removal of Mr. Dawson to Alabama, he
had gone over to Democracy. We are happy to be
able silence witli the assurance that not on
ly is lie firm in his faith to the Constitution*and the 1
J #
Union; but has been made chairman # of the Opposi- |
fion State executive committee of Alabama, iyid is |
doing noble work xAerever tliobattle is liotcst.— 1
iflav lie be successful and liaveotlie gratification of
# <§)
seeftig his noble cand>dateadniinistering the go\v T
ernmenVof an impregnable Union # ®
The Opposition are enthusiastic here, like we
founcktliemjn oilier parts of tlie State, and add great
er t* the nfany indications of th| triumph of the
Constitutional Union candidate for the Presidency.
* ®
® Marietta, Ga., Aug. 17, 18G0.
D
Arrived here in time for dinner—got a very good
one at the Marietta house—walked out afterwards—
_ ®
took a view o£jtne city—fine locality—verjeelevated
and delightful—beaiHiful groves of luxuriant foliage
everywhere—best place in the State to spend the
.summer. Bell and Everett ahead here as well as
could Joe ascertained by a traveler, as at all the other
towns visited—heard a’good many Bell men talking,
but two Breckinridge men©and one of them from old
Laurens. The democrats get demolished everywhere 0
they raise their voices. Old .Joe Lan&'expected here
every day—his friends already sending letters to him
at this place —would like to remain over*to hear him,
but cannot —will go into the mountains to-morrow.
A great deal of news fioajing^about —New York
Herald turned over to Bell and Everett—this is true.
has got right oneg in his life and if no
body offers him pay, will do good service.—
Wonder if the democrats won’t charge upon us coa
bt^ 011 with the Black Republicans? If they do, tell
them that the Herald was for Breckinridge before it <
I turned over to Bell, for we suppose they did not
i bnow that. Every voter in Glascock county goes
J for Douglas—about two hundred and fifty in all—
old democrats, every one of them. That is bad pews
V ,
! for Breckinridge. Bennett of the Herald soys there
is no possible chance for him in the North,and aban
dons the sinking ship. Tell the Wire Grass Report
er to go over as quickly as possible, or it will be left
on the weak side—if it can’t find a hollow tree let it
go over to Douglas, for there is no more chances for \
the State printing: Brown has .appointed JeSkins
o to the STipreme Coj.irt,mal?es no war upon Bell men,
and the indications are that the printing will next
time fall into the hands of Know .A othings. AA hat
times we have fallen upon. The Union is in awful
danger of being destroyed because the democrats
khave lost the foliesiye power of public plunder.—
Yancey is making desperate Struggles to resurrect
it : u a Southern Confederacy, but he lifts waded in
beyond his depth, and got completely swapped.—
Gtffngto Baltimore, after resolving at Charleston not
to go there, revealed his sincerity, his
caliber and dug his grave ;# white bis petition for
protection of “property” in the territories, instead of
slavery, after his great Charleston demonstration in
(jjtvor of Southern rights, laid him ont as cold as a
wedge, llis own State, (Alabama) has been giving
Bell and Everett minorities in democratic counties.
STATE COJiSTITUTIoVUi Bo\ CON
VENTION. m ®
® MiLI.EDGEVILLE, Aug. 13, 18G0*
The Convention was order at half past 10
qflock, by Gen. Jobs W. A. Sanford, of IStldwin,
wlio proposed that Dr. Ira E. Dupree, of Twiggs,
; be called to the chair for the purpose of temporary
| organization. ® © ©
Col. Joseph A. n. Lee, of Muscogtffc, moved, ns a
substitute, that Gen. John W. A. Sanford be chosen
by acclamation, the the Conventions
The motion Jieing put was unnnanously agreed to.
AA'hewutpou, Gen. Sanford ascended the stand and
accepted'*the position assigned him in a neat and
spoiled speech, which was received with enthusi
! asm.
On motion of C.®W. Ilancocf, of Sumter, C. R.
Ilanlciter, of Pulton, F. J. of Oglethorpe.
’ and John W. Thofhas of Randolph, were requested
to act as Secretaries. ®
Un motion of lion, llincs Holt, Col.
; ‘Anderson W. Redoing, of Chattahoochee, and l!§n.
Seaton Araiftlurtd, of Baldwin, weremppoiutdl Vico
Presidents. ®
The roll of counties was tailed, and four hundred
and sixty-six delegAes enrolled tlnSr names, repre
senting eijjjity-seven countfes. rj
® On motion of Cincinnatus Peoples, Ess., of Mon
roe, it was ‘ * ® ®
Resolved, That the delegates®present from each
Congressional District, be recpiested to nominate an
and first and second alternate Elector fr
their respective districts, and that they report such
names at 3 #clock, P. M. b
m Resolved, That Convention will, at 3 o'clock,
“proceed to appoint two Efcctors and two Alternate
Electors for the Stat&at large.
Otr motion of Col. g\. 11. Kenan, of Baldwin, lift.-
following were a [fainted a com
mitted to present to this Convention the nantdl of
suitable persons to serve as Electors fof* the State at
larg£.- Eii*st District, J. R. Sneed; Second district,
liines Holt; Tlg’rd District, L. F. AV. Andrews,®
Fourth*District. R. A. T.®Eidley; Fiffli tlistfict. B.
11. Conytws; Sixth District, J. ®r®oup Lumpkin;
Seventh Distrfot, A. 11. Kenan: Eightlr DfsirieL Z.
IE Clark. #
ynomotign, she Convention toolfe a recess until 3
o°clock thii%aftcrnoon. 0
• ~ •
• m 3 o’clock, P. M. 6
The President resume'! tlx* chair and dfillccP tfte’
rCtnvctation to ordeT agreeably to adjournment.
jOn m#tion or A. T. Akertuan, ®f Elbert, it was
Resolved, That tliis Convention cordially ratifies
the nominations made ltd - the National Convention of
the Constitutional Lnion Party®of John Bell, of Tcn-
Vsscc, for President, and Edward Evcrett,®>f Mas
sachusetts for A’ice President, and we rfbomnicud
*tliem|o the voters of Georgia as men of tried capa
city and integrity, and as jpen wlio are loyal to iliqj
Constitution and tjie Union, and wlio, it’ elected,
will, in their respective* spheres of official digy,
fajthf'utiy enforJb the laws. •
The resolution wa% with great 0 cntli* 4-i
----asm ;*nf three cheers for the nomination given oti its
adoption. •• , b m
The following nominations for ElectorsAttid Alter
nates were reported by the several couuffittees *nd
unanimously adopted: °
• ELECTOR AL®TICKE T. • 9
, • TH§ STATE AT LAUGHS.
AYni. Law, of Chatham, 1 ,
* 15 11. Hill, of Titupe, } Electors.
IMiietgHolg of Muscogee, 1% .
Garnett Andrews, of Wilkes, / AUCUia,es
t'Oß THE DISTRICTS. @
Jst Dist.—Samuel B.Spencer, ®f Elctor.
° 0 Edw. B. Way, of Libert}’, Ist Alternate.
T. A.*Parsons, of Johnson, 2d Alternate. and
2J Dist.- —Marcellfts Douglas, of Randolph, Elector*
j o * W. 11. of Macon, Ist Alternate.
L 0 ° P. J. Strozier, of Dougherty, 2d .Oternate.
3U Dist.—L. T. Doyal, of Spalding, Elector.
9 J- T.‘•Stephens, of Monroe, Ist Alternate.
| • diaries Goode, of Houston 2d # Vlternate.
Ith Dist.— V. F. Wright of Coweta, Elector. m
W. C. Maln-y, of Heard, Ist Alternate.#
John M. Edge, of Campbell, 2d Alternate.
| sth Dist.— l’ayot, of Cass, Factor.
T. G. M-garland, of Walker, Ist Alternate.
IE Wr Jones, of VWiyfielß, 2d Alternate,
iitli Dist.—ll. P. Isell#of Forsyth, Lift tor.
° * M'Daniel, of AAalten, Ist Alternate.
S. J. Winn, of Gwinnett, 2d Alternate.
7th Dist.—Dr. I. E. of Twiggs, #
Harris, of IlHncock, Ist Alternate.
51. 11. Lewis, of Greeny 14J Alternate.
Bth Dist.—LaFayette Lamar, of Lincoln, Idector. ®
® J- K.Johnson, of Richmond,lst Alternate.
D.-ui 1 E. Roberts of Scriven, 2d Alternate.
[Hon. B. In Hill was to the Contention
and addressed them in his usual forcible and elo
quent manner for about two hours. II speech jras
received with great enthusiasm. lie was followed
by Hon. Robert P. Trippe, in an energetic an3 itble
speech.]
On motion of Mr. Lewis, of Greene,
Resolved, I hat the present Executive Committee
•f the Constitutional Union Party be continued in
their offi<is, and that said committee informs the Sec
tors appointed by this Convention of their afipoiut
mcnL and request their acceptance.
On motion of Col. C. R. Banleiter, of Fulton, ®
Resolved, That this Convention earnestly recom- j
-mend the formation of “Union” or “Bell and Ever-®’
ett ! Clubs in each county, and that each county I
Club forthwith appoint an active, energetic ennvifts- j
er for the purpose of aiding the Electors and Alter- j
nates in their respective counties.
©On motion of Col Lee, of Muscogee,
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be j
and they are hereby tendered to its President and
other o|ficers, for the acceptable manner in o wliich
they have discharged their respective duties.
Resolved, Thai tlie proceedings of this Convention
be signed by its officers, and published in all the
; Journals in the State friendly to its objects.
On motion of Col. Kenan, at o], P. M., the Con
| vention adjourned sine die. 0
“JOHN W. A. SANFOrD, President. “
C. R. llam.eiter, 5
F. J. Robinson, > Secretaries. o
J. W. Thomas, )
* * •
° American Politic*.
°Thc present canvass opens with precedents which
fearfully illustrate the demoralization of American
politics and the downward tendency of American
institutions. The chief magistrate of this great Re- j
public, in disregard of the example of his illustrious
predecessors, descends from his high dignity and
draggles his robes of office in the sewer of party poli
tics—vociferates to the noisy rabble in the streets
of the Federal metropolis, the sophisms of the dem
agogue and the gibberish of the harlequin.
Turning away from this mortifying spectacle, we
find o Messrs. Douglas, Lane, and Johnson, entering
the canvas? as competitors for the highest offices in
1 the Government. Secretary Cobb aslo leaves his ap
; propriate duties,*to swell the tide of a popular and
1 pernicious party excitement, which can have no oth
er effect than to” alienate those who should at this
, time be of°one heart and one mind.
And what is to come of all this? Will not the
! people pause and canvass well this question, before
| they entrust their political fortunes with those who
j would make them and their politics merchandize ?
Journal <j- Mess.
Douglas lilcrloial Ticlifl.
° o For the Stale at Large.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro; Thomas P,
Saffbld, of Morgan, Alternate.
Hon. Augustus li. Wright, of £ass; James Gard
ner, of Richmond, Alternate. *
©
For the Districts.
o First—James L. Sewifird. of Thomas; AVillfhm B.
Gaußlen. of Jfiberty, and J. 1L AY right, of Johnson,
Alternates.
Second—B. A. Martin, of Muscogee: AYilliam B.
Guerry, of Sumter, and Thaddeus Oliver, Alter
nates.
Third —11. Bass, of Bibb; Jatk Brown, of Talbot,
and Thomas Carter, Alternates.
I m Fourth—Hiram \Vaier, of Alerriwetlier; A. AA’.
Sims, of FultAi, and A. J. Smith, of Coweta, Alter
nates. ©
Filth—J. AA’atkins Ilarrisgof @ Cass ; J. M. Jack
son, of W hitfield, and J. N. Crawford, of Cass, Al
-1 ternates.
Sixth—.L P. Simmons, of Gwinnett ; E. M. John
son, of lI iTI, and Robert AAliite, ot Jackson,"’Alter
nates.
Seventh—James S. Cook, of AYashingfcon; Thos.
F. Jones, of Newton, and David It. Adams, of Put
nam, Alternates. ®
Eighth—Julian Cianming, of Richmond; L. A.”
Nelms, of si&rrfn, and AV. B. Hobby, of Lincoln’
Alternates. ® ®
® ® _—
I*oii)[liiii Executive Couiiniitce. •
Ist District— E. A. Soulhrd, of Chatham.
o!® *’ ® B. Guerry, of Sumter.
■’'l S. AN. d-irncy, of Monroe.
l | l ’E A. Stewart, of Fulton.
odi Jolm M. Jackson, of Whitfield.
® 6th “ ® Albon Chase, of Clarke.
( ,l1 “ D. It. Ada As, or Putnam.
“ ‘Ernes Gardner, of Richmond.
;
hnt the I>rcd Mcott Cnse Decided.
page oHo, it is stated that the Supreme Court of the
United States decided in the Dn#t Scott Case ai fol
lows: ® @®
E “The thus acquired, is acquired “by
f the people of ilie United States on their common
and equal benefit, through their agent and trustees,
the Federal Government. Congress can exercise no
power over the rights of person property of a
citizen ®n the which is prohibited byvthe
: Constitution. The Government and the citizen, when
i ever the Territory is open to settlemant, both enter
it with their respective rights defined and limited by
the Constitution. @
2. “Congress lias no right to prohibit the citizens
of any<fi:irticu!ar State or States, from taking up
their home there while it permits citizcnsgf other
States to do so. Nor lias it a right to give privileges
to oneedass of citizens which it refuses to another.
The Territory is acquired for their equal and common
and if open to any, it must beSbpen to all
upon equal and th? jame terms.
3. “ citizen lias ft ligliPto take with him
into thetik rritory any article of property which the
Constitution of the United States recognised as pro
perty.
®° j). ®‘Tlie Constitulion of the United Slates recog
nizes slaves a- property, and pledges the Federal
Government to protect it. And Congress cannot
icfercise tftorc authority jiroperty of that
description than it may constitutionally exercise over
property of any kind. 4
5. “The acfl Congress, prohibiting
a citizen of the JJnited 1 ® taking with hun his
slaves when lie removed to the question
to resale, is exercise of authority over private
property which is not warranted by the Constituttoiu
“and the removal of the plaintiff’ by his owneroto that
# Territory gave him no title to freedom. T ‘ ‘i
6. “AYhileit remains a Territory Congress may
ovciyt within the scope of its constitutional
powers in relation to citizens of the United States,
and may Territorial government, and the
iform of this local government must be regulated by
the of Congress; but with flowers not ex
deeding fliosc wJiich Congrct® itfc-lf by the Constitu
tion is authorized to exercise over. citizens of the
United States in respect to their tight of persons or
rights of property.’’
■ -• ♦ ®
Th:i fwi j.ft zidiji jj; IvolcsCaota in ihr
( ® in States.
The reckless Southern radical disorganizes of the
demou'aSc party at Charleston have achieved more
they bargained®lu* i# the revolutionary disso
lution of tlieS national organizatSm. They have
not only prostiaited the Northern democracy, but
they have prempitate% a political reaction in the
which promises, even during this extraordi
nay campaign, to work out a greafepolilical revolu
tion in that section.
From the divisions %mong the democracy in A'ir
ginia, apparently without remedy, from the aston
ishing forward movemei® of the new constitutional
Union party in North Carolina, from the crushing
defeat* *f the Breckinridge democracy in late
Kentucky election, from the irreparable split in the
democratic camp in Missouri, it is now highly pru-
Sbable, if not moraSy certain, that Bell and Everett,
in November® will carry Delaware, Maryland, A’ir
ginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Missouri,. # n
string of conservative States representing'*
sixty-nKie electoral votes, or a majority of eighteen
%f the whole electoral vote of the South. ®
, * * 9 * 4 *® * * * ®
9 This new const it iSional party already
‘’achieved a formidable Sjilgtiient in theSgoutlu—a lodg
ment which makes it a powerful party for the fu
ture, Svhateverjnay be the result of the Presidential
election.® As this impor®int fact will more and ytorc
impress upon the independent conservative
classes of financial, commercial :yid
ufacturigg, tjje more these late Southern elections,
.•ye investigated, there is still g prospect of a North
ern conservative reaction which may spoil the calcu
lations of the republican party. The fact is estab
liiffied thafAlie South is not, at all hazards, a unit
against the North, but that she is still ready to join
hands with the North upon great Unioft
Tiiis should, and perhaps will, operate in our con- ,
servaAive Northern commercial and manufacturing
States to bring about a powerful reaction against
the rer.ubiican candidate? ufton the broad national
basis of th®Bell and Everett movement. —Ketc You\
Herald. ® *
————.—— •
a Kqnatter Sovcrcign-Xhc Quca
tiou Nrllh il ISrroml Dii-pulr.
Tlie foliotving qxerwlieluiing fact is brought out in
a publication made by R. R. Collier, Esq , in the
JJefcersburgh (\ T a.) Intetligfhcer, of Tuesday last. It
places Mr. Brcckenridge’s views on Territorial or
Squatter Sovereignty, beyond a question. \Ve quote
as follows from the letter of Mr. Collier.
* On the lGth January, 1850, when Mr. Breeken
ridge waaa member of the Kentucky’ Legislature,
from Fayette county, lie introduced certain resolu
tions, one of which was in these words : ■
“ Resofved, By the General Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Kentucky, that the question of slave
ry in the Territories being who/y local and domestic
belongs alone, to the people- who inhabit them.”
“Truly, ‘• comment is unnecessary.” Here is the
distinct, definite and unconditional avowal that sla
very is “local” —just what Seward, Sunnier ami *
i Giddings say! that it3 regulation belongs wholly* ter
the people of the Territory, and that they are not
to be restrained in the exercise of the power to reg
ulate it, until they come to form their state govern
ment. What Free Soiler has ever gone further than
this?— Sav. Republican.
IViint Ko" r A. Irjor Says.
In a speech at Charlottesville, \ T a., a few days ago,
Mr. Pryor said:
| 0 “The National Democratic party had no longer an
existence, that it was perfectly impotent, and en
veloped by corruption. He spoke in the highest
J terms of the old Whig party and its leaders, and
said be would cordially vote for Bell and Everett if
be thought there was any prospect of their success.”
Not long ago, when editing a Democratic paper in
AA'asbington city, lie said:
“From the byways and the highways of tlie gov
ernment, the rottenness of corruption'sends forth an
insufferable stench. AVhy are the people so patient? .
AYhy slumbers .the indignation of the Democracy?’ l
AY hen Democratic editors and leaders can talk thus
of those in authority, it is time the- people should
begin to think . AA hen so ardent a partizan as Mr.
Pryor can point out such an extent of “corruption,”
that its ‘‘rottenness sends forth an insufferablo
stench, ’ and declare that hefis ready to “cordially
vote for Bell and Everett,” those having Country at
heart, and holding it paramount, should rally around ,
the candidates of the Constitutional Union Party—
the only national party—and the only party which
can defeat the Black Republican party. •