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to (J.f wfth the fuhiect *■;’ 51.., i and
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• very existence of the FederalUni n 1< >•
upap the quiet exereme of ex isive* junsdic-1
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of tkaiefKDth sectioei of. the new fAonstitution
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Jiibit the igtrcrtlu£rion.of slaves figsm any Sjate
i a. a member of thi j Confcdef
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Here tefnd that wjiat Southern meri*ieni~
>#d to the Qm ’♦ * 1 *ths T gjte tSt ate s, th< y,
’(tbe'jamc men,) have usurped for the Con
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of the Southern ConfedeYney. Now iT the did
•ongress had nd power <?ver the subject of*Sla
very, •neithgr hes the new * What,
have we escaped tlyj yoke afi Northern *Alk
tioniSm, to he enslaved ‘by. Southern ustfrßers
an<f terrorists % It’ tire S fth mCengi •-. has
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tin* right to prolnbit the slave .trade bbtfreeji.
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Southern slave States, where is the 1 I'sov-*
, ereignty.ajjd independence of the. States t
Has not ®dch §tate the fight to. regulata its,
owh affairs within.and .without? It certajnly
has unless where itsurrenders up .certain of
t hose-rights. for pur] ees of ja*g r\eraJ goverfk';
meut; and are we now to learn that the new
• Confederation hj stronger and tnorer binding
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upen the'States thaw the oM T Have we ap*
proached somear to a consolidated forrf, o*fgov
ern men tr Verily, th*e Montgomery Congress*
wiir yet prestto the people* of *the SottfV that*
there wae’no such* thing as the “riqht < f s ces-*
■ turn** from the l nited. States* upon the.gcounds
of State sovereign ty*and independence.*.* Have]
they brought us out of fjgyj t to perish in 4be
%’iltU'rrt<?ss ? They brought us yut of the.* old
.government as fre'e wind ifldopeudeat States;
but they .yoke us in the* hardest of the new
government is.dep'enflent provinces. Let* t^e
• people look to their liberties. • Their attention
will he du'tuttod to tlie warlike atitude of the
North, until Jthey*have ratified a Southern Cos
atatition.which fhem of their libert •
saps the .very fouftdatiou of tit;rte •sovereignty.
Jleppve us of Vmr State spvercfgnty and a mili
tary*jJesp.otisnfc will be . ffiaugurdt and over .ous
heads, wl*icli nothing ri ins of short *>f
a*devastating civ*l war* and then, perhaps only
to establish another .If the? peefide of‘these
. Stales art wise* they will defend thein* sove
reignty.it ev< ryjhazard and.t >the vc ty last mo
m&nt* no ji nth r from wit p■ • i7; * • “afaii -sf .n
eoifies. As Jons *ts we i;.*j mA:; h-nr states
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wo Shull be comparatively strfc —we can afford
la engage in a tiecersary wtir. ard no people
are mure patriotiaand brave iirdefense oflheir
’ rights; Jbut*we willJbe uiftdef no oldigatipn to
march in the arqieiaiid attheXcifl df *anv otbet
whether that power he called u She < bn-
StaU t ’%>f .*!/,/• rica” or any otfier for
midable appellation of*Southern usuft>atidn.
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Sec !Ultfertiseifieuts.
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* • TO OOKKEMPW.WE.TTS.
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Poor ‘‘Pailantbi ts it on all sides;—
he lias ii.i fact ‘-gc/t bis foot fn it” —‘ sawed, off
at tht> kaiees,” a*nd we - i* no. elyince but
for4he in.V. One or two phili
* res against him ar *4ll, on ha id and
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left fosHki to do abw i> to retfteat —capitulate
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f\pon the b<gt t. rms poss ..
tesf he finds it iini ’s=>.’ le to mail.tain.* Sv-*
era< otbej t’et'il'*’ *e ini *atl are *o
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vowded oyt, sojue of will find a
, hereafter. * .
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. . DKAl’*, WOpOS.
l>iic of ghe oldesband most res; eetable <*iti~
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. zens df Tl'honigs County ;i unao tl. \ itchell,
•lieu on tin* 2_M in.--;., * a_e of 7 rears.—•’
. Ile.had been an itnri. * . r several years, and
only rec?nfTy j’i‘tunu.l >:n ‘ihgucssee, whese
he hgti*been jm hope of improving hisjiealth.
••Mr. Mitebell lived a 1 niverstdist tj within *a
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few days of^hWdeath wleji lie was converted
to tLe orthod*>sc*faith*, and t joy of”
hifC*family renounced UjSivars . *\ 1 embra**
cod tlue Christianty # A few hours .afte* Li#
death he was followed to eternity ami the erave*
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by aa fid or siste:-*. Mrs. Aan* Blackshear, a lady
like hijjiseJf,J*uuentc 1 for sto w air virtue*
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thk ndver fail to give their poss r g *hdbie
in our gfftfctiwns. , ° .
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• • .• AMrilKlt DEATH.
to press* we that Col.
V illiam 11. lleAiields, another of our most
valuable citytens, died cgi Monday Vuorning
the -.,*tii his ragidence ucar Huncvm
vSle. Col.*Rej Ruids was a gentleman of reg*-
ular habits, rigid consistency agd high aceom
plishirents. Ilis death b i . to the
couwty, ahd will be lamented *by*hundreds who
knew him in'life. ° .
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• Our worthy Post Mast r, Al r . H A[ ,
(Miastain, is Agent for Dr. M. L. Byres ‘ Gift
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and Employment Enterprise.”
The paAages art neatiy put up and coftffn
Six Sheets Commercial Note Pat er, Six Sheets
. alies’ Note Paper, Six* B iff “Envelopes. Six*
White Envelopes—tfll { frfumed. Also, One
feittd Hu HoMw, Chu Am fn i fFcryt of
Making M eg, and a Gift *of .Jew ud to
be worth more than the p/iee of the entire
Package, which is only yts. *
Those who wish to iuve't may be aecotnmo
uaied by calling o on Mr. Chaatain at the Post
.Office? * ° o 0
•Ttn:.\ AND NOW.. O
When'the Southern States 1-
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the (ju< stion*with us ill the South .was, how
’'hall we*avoid war ? Now the question start is
thus: How* shall we ■, , on taarf How
we and * change. At first it was at*
least, the leaders*were n qfcaure, .the people of
tjh*e S ith *. Oid suffer themselves to be k*l kv
to a warwi;h the North, hence,*they were told,
niysc< de.and wo guarantee .you against all
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selves, and immediately, after, the .cry jabose,
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*7. it * ‘ it ’ .’ 0 Prepart for the ‘contest
fall into yanks every one of joi£tsl}oW. your L
patriotism, your ‘willingness to 4ifl fur* your •
tountrjr, amk prose to the world that* Auicyican.*
bio 1 still flows in you* veins*” Ac..*Ac., &*c.
p aee&B imppss fgr ife to ke*ep up*‘with
yaovevs in 41 , S it] era* political me**]
tapiorphosis. We sca*eely have time intake
siiles with tlnsm og*ant subjectv’before we find
fiicm pi&ving in ‘another direction, 4heinselv.es,
’em ilishini tlieir late positions aiid *com'
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yelling; u to defend* principles asrainst I
vejy. parties who put them .in our poss
io*n. If tKcreforu our.re^ders we are c*ap' s ;
tious or contrary, let them te%r with*us
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ire; we will get right before the*show clbs
cs, and*the turtiulent watery will find their jiro.
per level. * We do not mean to ie*on any party
si*;*'; we*Tncaß to defend the rights of
pU as fay as we know them, *and we shaU
.fore .uuqouuter ‘all aggressors, na matter from
Vrhat party they come, nor how honfst* an*l ffi
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voral tln;j- have been. . • .
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I.IBOR.SIvnVfoW-, * *.
We caH special attention to thef advertise,
’meat i.fl airutlier column of Col. S. B. Spencer,
who is.noir offering* Uis •unequalled £orn and
Cottoji* to'tlie public* The value of
this*plow is attested by many *of the most re
spectable plairte*rs*in Thomas county, and wc
are fully convinced ?hat it fs tin; very bcst*tliat,
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has ever been ill produced* in this country. To
arrive at*this it is only necessary
give it h brief eairtninatioi;. We do ot sec
how any planter, from to the-weak
taiest, can afi’ord*to do \fithout it after becom’-
ing acquainted with jt operation. —
should the poor man, op the stave pf the
rich.man, tie compelled to labor so long, when
he haS a machine that'yfill do*the same labor
in obo'tbi.iti the CimoJ Letfarmerß*look to
their interests.
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• ELECTION EAR iI t.3()K UKiUEBAIi,’ ’
.Elsewhere fve * announce* two gentlemen as
(lavididates -lor Majqr General \>f the.l3th # Divi
•siou, Georgia Militia, * election rt bq. held o*n
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the Ijd of April a next.- . Our fallow
aei;'zen, Mr..Jolin W. *Hr Mitchell, who* has
consented tv run*at the ear; .t solicitation of
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mane of l*is IVicnds, is well knOwn throughviut
• j lifinas ‘ueuntv as a cenlleman bf the highest
respectability, aqd jtfpseSsed 6f every* quttlifi
catioik for the office. As'such we recoipmewd
!uu* to t?ie votc‘rs.of all tile otle r countiea com
'posing this Division, and ask for him >gene
rous consideration. Tlufy cannot lecta*iftan
Letter situided aifd qualified*taperfewm tfic im
portant duties of the office*.* . .
THE AEIV
This fjueition seem* to be eliciting a good
deal of attention af pvcseflt, ayd rnaity Jiave
become alarmed at the arm%*inccmeut that
twotUy-four jmr cent is /wbe tnc tariff of lhe #
Confederate States. • .This stsgtement, Jiftwe7er,*
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■we belitve is without foundation in fact. Tho
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Sav’annab Republican sdjrs w tlfe present taijffef
the (iouftderafce States is merely a re-eiTaet^ient
6f States, pnfler which we .have
.1h:?u living for Bomb years-past*”. This is cor*
root according to our undcfstati(Jing of tfie mat-,
ter, and we have only to cqpgratulate those who
were alarmed afctl\e twenty-soup per cent aw
ndUnemnent, upon theif gaming a ‘still* higher
tariff—that of the pld system. .
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’ GC9RGU ®T SITM CONfEIfTIM. * \
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The*Delegates of the Convention from 4he
V.tl counties in tfiis State, Ire hereby notifi
.ed to meet in alio city of. Savannah, * on Thurs
day the 7*th of March/ . . •
* ’ •. # Geo. *W. Oawforo, President*
Bel-Air* Ga., feb. 21,186 V * .’. *
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WHO ABE TO HATrt l AfSE NKW CO.A.
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Before the now Constitutioh .lately adopted
by the Southern Congress aT Montgonffir, can*,
•gointo operation as the laW of the land, it must be ,
ratifi.ed.by the people off all the States who ar*‘
to be g iverned rt.- it*. ‘‘The peopl; ratify* by a !
eoqvefittoft of delegates firom the several conn- ;
ties.oi’ flic States. Now*there is already suh
a eoitxentibn of delegates appointed in*c-
State tlidt has seceded? adjourned over to awnit
the progress # *of evits, ShaU*the ratification
£>f th.e Cpnstirution *lrt submitted to these con-*
ventiuss?. Wesay.it should not for°sev£ral
r<va?ons* First, because thqy were not appoint
ed sos that and their ratification woubi
be illegal aijd* uTibiriding ynless tfieif actioif
ondlv, beeau>’ the rtinvertion now i existence
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did*, without any authority from theif sove
fi?igns, the people, actually appoint and give
authority t. > the proum!gator.v ol"* the Constitu
tion the}- now propose to rafify T . If tljey had
any such authority from the* people let thegi
produce ft. Tke.y failed to do so wheTi the.ir
rights igcre contested in the convention
l ied, and a review of tltte contest over their
election, as well as the object announced by the
Gotemor in calling the convention will convict
tlienPbf usur-ftfition. Now if this be true° -are
they the proper persons to ratify the nfew Con*
stituWon? If not they ought to resign and a
new election be held for that*express purpose.
No .truly unselfi.-h man, having the good of
the country at heart, could object to this course,
and having the confidence of his people would {
act fear ths result. 0
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a rn iM i: so:: the
Oljects of charity can be un ihi plenty
everywhere and at all tiiycs —‘‘the rt-r ye babe
always witlfyou"—but # we Jo not afaays kow
the real <needy or trulv deserving and often be^
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<jurchant*e£ upon ftiuisorthy an i nnde?er %
ving objects. Inhere is now ft Thonftsvilte a
child of afflietjoir, wbh is not*ot no*i ► any
of these ebaroes —Mr. Thomas Fayette Jef
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fries, a native*of Richmond County, Virgin
la, an invalid fioin rhemuaii*m. yho is entiriv
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helpless, arid has*not.walked sjneo 184 <. But
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Mr. Jeffries is no*menuicant, an 1 <J< - i*>t sMic
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r it charity. He has an honest occupation, an<k
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.by. it tries to support himself; he only solicits
public jfiArmagh Ik* has with him sw <vi lit’
; tie books, albof a moral yharaefer, which he
oScr.-i sos saje at* fair prices *“Ten.* Years in
Bed,” ‘;TJje Jn valid's Offering, or yelpless
Mar. oft Win s,” “The Book hf Sunshine, or
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the Bright Side of Everything.”. •These were
Written by Him during days of affliction m.d
> soliftude, tne latter just out. *liesides these, Ite :
I has'several other interesting books €or. sale. — •
’ Mr. J. is always at home at Davis’.Hotel, and ;
k worthy of a (fall from the curiyus as woit as
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; charitable*. . Isis locomoLen’is made t>y an*in*
I geniowsly constructed chair, Jjy which* Jie gats
over'the .floor almost as readily cs if he had
; the use of*his low*r.extremities. lie is twicer-*
| 1 ul, sociable and talkative. Put some changp
‘•in your pocket and call and see* him. *You \vill
no£*think you have spent* yotflr time or your
money without a quid pro quo.
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Tltlt*l{jr<lKT or SECESStoV. •
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We should* likg to know *why tjio doctriife 1
of*the fight ©f Secession* - *has been ignqrcd in
the newCousritutiou. ..Every, man int[fat Con-*
grcss*we suppose.profesScs* to bld'eye in-it. It .
is ft groat political principle, a great principle ;
(J right, a’ great* security against wrong, and k;
ouglkt to be clea.lv and distiyctlv settled* *For
‘ourself, we shall not be satisfied with any (viv
stitpfion In* which it is not distinctly*.settled.—.
We aantfio controversy’*about ’it, in the fu
ture. Lei us know what is to ho our rights.—,
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Now is the timc.to settle tho quhstiqn. — Col
umfpis Conner Stone.
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. The * u righi of /Secession” was settled by the
act <jf the Southern Slate* when they withdrew
’from*the Federal Union, and would our cotem
porary have it. settled aver ngajn ? Ren Hill
says*it wa*s tin? everlasting business, of Settling
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and.u’A.-ettling.the slavery question that mined
the oftuirtry. ana whall this “ Secession’ ques
tion be to the new government .wljat tlri slpVe
qwsticwi was to fiie old ? We very pjuch ftar*
it is flu* rock upon which we*sn?yet*to be final
ly wrecked. . Having*been hastily inaugurated,
h*eavn*pnly knows when It will end.* Our pue
>sent atitude thoroughly alienates us irptn* the.
Xtilth, we'are growing*distant from the bouder
States, ami if we disagree among oflraelves, it.
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will work? out our final ruin. State Sevcseign
ty was *qftr hobby .upon •which *we rod*: ouf of
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’tire old Government, rnd will ba otfr fiobby
upon which to ride'out of any other,'whenever
wc*‘become the least qjssafisfied Wilh its oj ;ra?
tion. Where Jbcnjs our safety ? Can ft be
in that State Sovereignty £ It. fs impossjltlfl
that so m&ny States, geographically situated as
they'arc, with so many own flic*: ft g interests
,can ever agist liaramvniously as separate and in
dependent Sovereignties.* Yet.it asems inmost
(ii‘3cult task tv unite .them under any* prnia-
Government .This Xeachof? us a very*im
p'ortaiit lesson, which, however, w'o may ljuve j
learneif too late, it teaches us that we sh< ui 1 1
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no? destroy one uutii we have *ii 1 j
a firiti and sure* foundation for another..”We j
should. also be # ’consistent and not be obliged to 1
incorporate in tlw? new, principles weftitterly ab
horred and denounced in the ol*l government;
for then our motives, na, our patriotism, will at
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once be suspected, and thus loosing the confix
denca of those we assumed ty be ;ble*to ppvern,
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we Shall most assuredly fail and bring upon
ourselves the ridicule and contempt of afi the
civilized tforid. . *
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! I\ROWM A* i> TIBS - ; ALIAIVt PAT.
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Wc went: no less surprised than Amused when
ovc? the Albany I’afrioC of the 22d,
inst., our eye fell upon flu? following article by
the editor of that paper: ‘Who would'have
thought tlfe Pgtriol could ever find cause of
comptaint'against t]je immaculate Gov. Erorjn ?
Really, neighbor you astonishes. We are now*
most with tho prodftgous
1 magnitiftlc of our Governor’s error. ’ Rut has
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; the PaTriot jst now found out that southwes
i tern Georgia shares no part.of the “spoils of
# the State L* Has 4 not yet learned'that our
Governor's southern boundary of is h
| line draftjfti from the*Chattahoochee'ko Albany,
thence up # thc South western and down the’Cen
tral ItaiTroad to Savannah* where he performs *
, his geat naval exploits ? The whole State of
Georgia lies north of that line in the compre-
Jiensivo view of .the public officials of the
; Staff, and all it/ big bugs who ccwnuioniv rer*
dezvows at the Capkol. W are sojry th3
ihot has sounded its.horn to let them know we
are here, for we were thinking, of course, 0 in
our isolated po-irion, to escape the Geosgia
: is about to have with the followers pf Lincoln.
But*to the article
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• Gov, Brown i What have we done?
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We woftld like* to know of Gw. Frown what
have we, the people of South-western
done? If we are not mistaken, it was in this
portion of the State that the greatest,victories
were achieved for Southern right*, southern in
t’ >;> xts, and southern honor. Then, 0 why is it
that now since the battle has been fought and
victory achieved, that we, who were the fore
most in the contest, are denied not only to par
ticipate in the spoils, but are even denied a
•share of the honors.
Has.our Governor forgotten that to the wire \
grass he is indebted for the position he now en
joys—has he forgotten that it is proper “to’
render unto Caesar the things that are Cm
| ar’s ?” We think so. But we do not wish to
1 be understood os presenting th> Haims of any
one for the consideration of h:s Excelh nay.
Our people arejible—■ -s. well able to live in ‘
perfi independence of all offices widun so |
gift of bim who o seenis to be looking alone with
a T A ey&single to future p >litieal preferment.—
This article is interned respectfully # to inf
Ili- k'.xe* >ney that our pi .>jje who ftalliJd’al
m -• to a man iu support of him, fcavp sepn .that
ip all his accept!y to office, south
western < td*orgia k: * a um
Ytei slv.ukl remember Mr-**Brown, th'at kils-
I- • fa\u re, and you should not lgt your
self or so* deceived as to think for a. moment,
because we*h;we always 4 roved *?rue to ypu in
ttfties gone by, shat now Nve are forPed to do so
still? South-western Georgia ha^ever been the
banner section as regards• Southern rights.—
Gov. Brown was elected by its majorities, yet
recently seventy Appointments* have beeft
made by him? and not & name is seen ppon ftle
•Jist fftom*tlie*secttoij mfist, entitled and desej v-*
ing*.. yet th^ 1 njot neglected of the entire State
A-frOm tbaf section from wliiefi ‘'aiosli* always*
expected, and the lca.-i favors shown. But*
enough.* * He hare sjJblccn* * *
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[gOMMUMCATKD.] , *
. .. Tbomas County, Feb.*2s, JB6l.
Mr.*£ditor: I perceive that ••Philo” i* out’
again* with the olive branch • instead of the*
“hickwy/‘a’nd disposed to*benefit *no part of
hii race but those erfiploycfd in the “are docen
di,” \fho luvU* wjthout doubt, in*'their yoifth
better than ‘‘Philo*,’’ and who, I
think, will no?, with am?h fquanimi,ty, receive
his suggestions in {.heir.advanced*age.. 1 am*
glad, however, to see .hi in strongly, in favor
of home government. Truly Philo’is very bg
pev< lent, or wry* much ibihe'dark, if lie sup
poses .everybody to-be Ilka JiiinsqUy wkp ad
capable of managing people wall.ijt homo.—
flow many fathers doc* *hc suppose are thffl-e
who look iiilo the is children's books to know
whatthey.are doing or htwv tliey*arc studying,
thinking tk’at this parental duty stgctlybelortgs
t r the. mothers ? Does he think that evfry pa-.
reu£ : fully .understands haw to cultivate ibo
mind? -Hoos he .not know that there are sorfle
who govern according i.5 their rather
th;m their reason, gratifying thcwiiinw apd fo|-*
lies of their children, until, from parental vac
illation, th’e’children become the heads of tho
fanwly ? But ITiilo Would a*lvise us “to l<*t
the • trcless pass, that they will be the suffer- ’
ers later iu lil’o” strange pfijjosopliy,
yet in full accordance*with tlieilmes. when flic
cr< dit system is so popullr, and. when mart fs
.gujded by*his sympathies rather'than, reason,
*and it leads mtstili.to conclude.that i'iiilo is
secting’.pppularity.* ily fancied he could clbak
himself with a'good name, tape anew, yet pop’
ulgr subject, inaugurate n, new system of gov-’
eminent, (inconsistent *\vith* butnan and Divine
law,) set up a republican school by'and by, sell
bjs wooden hams to a* grjSedy* public, pocket
the pelf, and walk off, exulting ocr the'success
of his shrewdness and invention. *ln ancient
time!?.*lit'roes frere sj-l tu wear the skip oi 4 a
‘leopard, as an outw.vru lliow of their niany vir
tues; the Primitive Christians'wore a white
guivient in token of t.he parity of tTieir jauffeb
•* ;in more modern Aimes the white garb of
lias Uoen assumed by the hypocrite,
ivhilain our cfay selfishness deuorafes itself
again with the skin ofth® leopard, .80. that its
Q igns caimot be discovered amid* the galaxy”
‘of lari pretension*, pejee, love, benevolence,
Yc.’ .Home goverintierut should boh miniature
of the c'u i!, and school, guvernmant.should be
an iilipiiivcnJiif. on The home. As no govern—
ment lias existed? without rewards and* punisf -
Aent^wc‘assume th t no g • rnnjent.'can east
•without them, and.as no government can exist
without them. w<4 conclude that,theV arfi espe
(Lent,.just and right; if right, it becomes the
fluty b'oUi of parent.ftrid feachors ta admiuister
them. A£ ti itcher, who vj’ill not do his duty
in this respect, ought 4o bf an # outcastT.from so*
tiety, and an object “of as niiicli abhorenpe.as
ifn unjuv-t judge: while the teacher whu fully
’dischat *• *his duty to• students,* restifcining,
•seprinianding and cofree ting tire Wayward* and
‘the negligent, encouraging the yimid wid perse-*
vering, the obedient and fuccessl'nl,
apdvforgiving pemten? ddinquents? wiliscarce
•]y eveu fail to be appreciated in bin efforts by
everybody but his eaciuies, deeg designing, and
their dupes. . .* * •
Wishing all.iioj;cst leachere full measures of*
prosperity, I rpsnain your frignd SaU
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piiILAVyiIROPV.
Jfr. Editor : I see in tlie Enterprise ft)f the
6th inst. an article aveV ,1 e signature of “Phi
fiißthropist,” aimed at. that class of men,’clept
school teachers, in wliioii the writer, after say-*
ing that Statesman, preachers, an®, professional
men geflerally, rwe ardently seeking to discharge
’the duties of .their several avocations, say.s that
those emplfty’ed in tftie*cuitivation of the youth
ful mind exert* themselves *the
beyond the narrow snhere of their own
“nurseries.” .••True,” says*he, “there is a vast
improvement goin” on*in thiS most important
profession.” ‘“That nlen of mflrked ability
may be fewnd here and *thcrc in th country,
while jye invariably find men of tfie firs#grade
of .talent and ‘attainment? in*, charge* of eveuv
tou-n and city school.” “Yet,” says he, “we
rarely ever realize Cur ‘beau ideal’ of y teach
er.* And ‘Why, forsooth? “Rciftau;*',*’ says
he, “there is too jjiuoh pedantry aqd too much
tyranny” in the ranks of the professiou.for an
enlightened and republican Government.*—
“The erudite expects to inspire l<fve by the use
of'the hickory, jelics on his own dcuuenstra
, tions, and abrogates to*hiyiself tire power es di
recting the studies.and oontroUing the actions
of the freeborn cemmitted to his care.”
Os a piece with th® above are tho directions
continually thrown out by the oracle of the
Nft’w York. LeTlger,and “varyms other jftipers of
that ilk. But it is high time that m?n of sense
shoufd ct’ase tonrjtice such twaddle. I
like to know who is to control the actions
of the freeborn if Abe teacher dqps not. —
And if they are to be .controlled, / would
be jrlad for somebody to* suggest some Oth
er way than by the use of ttte. hickory,
so muclio dreaded by Ahese tender-hearted
Philanthropists. Having had some expe
rience in that line of business, both as a pupil
and as a teacher, and having tried various oth
er sChenj,es with signal failure, I very much de
sire to know some otl\pr mode of proceeding*
which shall be successful, not only in “inspiring
love,” as Mr. Philanthropist says, but in inspi
ring the more useful °and practical lessons of
science. 0 With my present light on the sub
ject, I still think the man who Diants a Ijirch
tree docs much for posterity. Some people let
their children grow up yrithout the cruel tor
tures of the rod, but the world in after life does
not find, them so easily borne with. Some men,
if their children do not curse them to their face,
thiuk they are faultless, and • suppose teachers
should indulge them as much at school. Such
men are very apt to think their.neighbors’ ehil
dren Reserve the !•. Tory often* but their
own, oh'no# they arc the best ot ?hc good.
ThisJkifl l of simple, ibjish s intim mtality lias
been tUe cause of filling our sell >ol lnui.es with ,
by >ks which teach nothin". .so clearly as the ,
awl'll sin of robbing a'hird's nest, or tlio equal
ly atrocious crime* of vshtpjiing our bi *
“ekorn” a> one philanthropist of school j
savs, •‘we find*guiltv of a skin not colored like
oqr owib. * But, sir, the *t.rutlk is, aye,
and girls too* f&r.thal matter, must i<o restrain’* 1
ed from doingevil and encouraged to do right.
And until tllb mind is matured and ,
.reasoh has full supy, do punishment will avail
for life stubborn will but tlfat whieh is called (
brute force. Solomon used to he considered a
wise man, bat the present tgtt.is getting far
.ahead of that*s*ern government which (*ontrols
by the rod. • To the more observing, however,
ft seem.* that Wit? truths announced bvthc wise
•nan” are still apparent, and that they who*
>“spartf the rod” still “spoil ?*e child.”. Thpy.
think thafyou nun. us well dispense with “a 1
4>ridle for th<y hotel and a whip for tin? asS,”*as
“a rod for the fool’s back.” OtD J’.'* LD.
February 10, 1801. •• . •
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Feb* 2d, 18151.
dir TJifitor: As* “Comftioa Sense” .is .not
the indivi Inal “Philanthropist” evidently sup
poses him to be, hut-only* a chance combatant
in tlle'field* who mereiy entered.the,lists in de-*
fence of certain “anti<jhats,<3 notions” contain
ed. in the Bible, a.ndyn the time .honored ’sys
tems of tiie past, and in oppositi&n to tlio in
novations th;;t Reformers, *o ca&d, are ‘daily
introducing tUhong us in various ways, it is per
haps necessary to speak once more, in Order
that tlic sujipu *J*parfy nuJ/ not be considered
by Ills silence as “utterly'aonfoiyidcJ* an I put
to Shame ” *. * * . * .
* Let the opinions of “Philanthropist” go for
‘what they are worth. .It is unnetassart to
coinbat so plain .? fallacy s —one vshicn w hope,
for the sake of the children themselves, *will
never gain ground. As* for. the unfortunate
jH</o(jor/4us, \v<j ifiways.tlioughv tJicir pnifcssioe
and position peculiarly trying and full.*of diffi
culties, and if to these me terrors qf ill* law
be added* * “ifngels and •liiii.Aters ot‘*gvac®
.dcfend’ns” from.occupying su<;h a pi*itin.-*-
Even'the parent?’ love and patie.mje are sorely
tried by \he of ?hilTlren v and it ;s*
not .surprising that a teacher who lias tlie
.charge of o many, of various dispositions abd
characters, s,houl;i feci the need of more than*
ordinary wisnon*and forbearance. lint, wheth
er as tiie head of the family or school, in either
c;e,*wii('4'e necessity demands ot <lu*y requires
the wholesome discipline, of .the s rod ,” it
sliounl unhesitatingly hi? apjdietk, even if’ th>
heart pleads to ?he Sontrary. Sure ofaetingcon-.
sistfcqtly w.qii the opinions t>f the’wisc and good,
the dictates of c.Uncnmee and the law of * God,
I Would wisji, with•“ Philanthropist.,” to avoid
any reinaj'll calculated to wound, end il’ there
! is*to be? any farther discussion of trains so evr
dent, l sh.tll leave ii, to gt.her parties, .this ting
still for my own guidance to
. * . ‘Common Sens£.
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• * . p: i.’'*:•! in icatf. n. ]
*. .1/V. jpditor: In my character of : ‘ * -
i or,” i Tumble sip and down the streets, through
the suburbs ana all around your *tqwn, peeping
into every place, and of .course I observe all
i that is going on v, he rover I.a in found. Sume
[ times on the edge of the piazaa at th**
Post Qitice. Now I was at this latter [dace the
other day, quit My : tfrsuing my v : >n,
I saw something that, to.tne, seemed, very im
pertinent. Two gentlemen were in earnest ton
versatjon;wlten adimiiiutive idividuul, both in
stutare and mental calibre, with foreign accent.
inade.boM to joia t heir company and enquire into
the sytyeCt of conversation... Both looked at him
.with a mixture of contempt and reproof gx
pressed in tlwir faces” btft answered his enqui
ries. ‘Upon this Wie Imperturbable f’elloT, not
at all abashed, coolly took up the thread of dis
ofiurse, monopolized and eiliilijsttld the subject,
and actually imposed upon them a full his
of his owh exploits and experience.* Ilia ;Pu
ditors seemed very much out of patience with
such audacious lln pertinence bp? said nothing. 1
Dy you think, Mr, Editor, that 1, “Ot'crv*
erf would havtf steod that ‘l If you do,* sir,
you a;e* vety much mistaken. I. would have
taught that, follow something .of American
nlanners and customs, anti somcof tic rules #>f
decorum observed in this country, I 'in* resj ecta'
ble coippany. Such people thirfk they knoy
more than an I,’ 1 ,’ body <U* think themsolve-*
w e
more inqwtiyit tharf anybody else, and have
got no better sense than to think somebody
sir<is to hear their opinions. S’liej always’
know**alfbout other.people’s* btfsinrs# as wt 11
as their own, volunteer to post you, il’ you ivHl
hcar,nd all tney charge you is to u ke>p it to
yourself” When they go to church flrcy pay
smirked attention to tiie seitnon, contribute
quarters ifn* Jtulvei to tl?c support of the Min
istry* ad rofruf n home higlily pleased with
thtfir moral and religious principles. • •
31 one anon. • OBSERVER. .
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•• * , [COMMUNICATED.] 0
Mistur E<iitnr: °I sec chat evry body’s t'i
tin for the papers an says I to miself, Jack, tri
your ban, ole fel, there’s ®o telm the luck uvu
stump suckin cal^—puaby the editor’ll se the
merrifs uv it an publi.'h°yer o poduckshun. So’
I took mi pen fn my han, sot down*to the iable
an bergun.thinkin whatfto rifc. Bus to .sav<*l
mi life I coodint git things fixt up to mi
fur I wanted to maik a hansum debu in mi first
appcrance on the publigk stage. All the sub
jeeks was abmit in “the papers, an .with
so muc*i edutashun that J dident knoas I cood
mOke cm eny better., Aj’last I gotAo reflcctin
on the produckshuns uv ‘“Sain” “Coinon Sence”
an “Filanthropist,” an thinks 1 to miself an
idee has struck me. Jle pick rite into that fel
ler “Filanthropist bekose its the*order uv the
da, an as liese kinder ifackin out alrcdy iIS *git
the best uv the site. Then says Ito miself its
ndfc ritedur three t3 be agin one, es the felle? is
on the rong sid* uv the subjeck. > An I argudu
the subjeck in tliis wa: iSpose now ‘‘Filan
throgist wuz rasfcd up from to h&ue
e*u-y thin J’he axed fur, hd things as lie din’nt
axfur, an never had his wooshes dysobayde—
keurse he “was tfcc “young master” of all
the survants, rid the hoses to warter jvhen he
•was told not too, chunked the chickens fVith
corn cobs outer the hoss trotfgh, crippled the
°pig s whcn°he got cm hemed up in the j3m uv
the sense, fout the naybers boys when he got
the chance, went a fisiiin in the creak when he
wanted too, an all sich doins, without eny res
tranin enfluence bein exercized by his parrents.
Cood sich a spilt feller go to skoole an sta there
a hole da without gitten licked cler outen his
boots ? lax the question arid pawzc fur repli.
Ive got sum experience in this skoole bisiness,
an I reckon I was about as mindful a feller as
! ever got hickra birnt twice evry .da.
This bein the kase, it fullers that when
“Filanthropist” went to skool* he get
j-a piled onto him about rite, an not bein uced
to siTh he cood’nt stand it, and uv kourse ipiit
skoole before his time was out This sort uv ra-
V.in lias put him agin tlfb liiekra bein useef in
skool. ?m as its nftteral that be so, liocf
blaimes l ira fur ritin agin it k *\s fur mi part
thinks Ito miself, ile not go agin him, fur tlio.
’feller s got th t/ug};it, Inn.,- onto the
and.sticks to hi# pinkftutty'wdil eppaiderim—
’No, *ur, 1 flint got the l’elins to'go agin a fellojr
bekawzc onperence.has naterally preduji.-t his .
.mine sy k lucd.kiiD to* rite for the puWiek
*’oi; the rong uv the subjeck. * * .
An BOW, Mistqr Editing axAo your fermivhun ,
‘l will klose t fiCs konwuanxcashun, ta
rite agin \>hcil doot\’ culls me to the*p<?r%ishion.
. r * • Jack..
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• [w)MM UN IC ATED,] • • .
Mr. Editor*. As yo* and 1 areTild frienjl.-*,
I*4J.. uglit f v. V kgive*you a sb.yrt aee.mnt* of
,my first trip on the •Albany find tiult Hoad,
from Mo. IS Seward*- depot, tg Sav&miah and
[hack.. W went out to the Dehot Sunday •ve
iling in order tdgbe there at 1 ‘• oclock, A. M.,
! ofl*3*londav, the tihie.tlie*caVs leave lor Savan
nah. “ 1 .surprised to fiiicf many t*! the
train hands in the bagagff gar plotfm/ cards
and using ]irHuie lauguage, m.ore to show'tho*
perfection<]heyThad attained m*the aJft |han
from any ill trill, as they all seerfed in a good
humor, which sl;ows. the of a .bad
hull if. 1 have hoTtrd that c:lrd-[daying and .
•horse-rffeing and other ljkc arnusemejits were
very common*4>ut w*?. But really, never ex
pected to ce suyh a sight in i'hounc* County
on a Sunday. The train and in fat*
nearly all the laborers/dre Irish.or Irish de
cent.* A fine, h'ealtiiy, good-licarted set of fell
blows, always cea !y* to do you.*a*favor ii’ they
e*n. In fact I Jon’t .know how we* should
manage eur railroads wilhout them. * • .
AVe were off at the ajigoinTed hour. The
tlondifftor, Mr. V , was-.yn round t0.e01,-
leci the passengers* fare. He is “a*fine looking
young gentleman of French extraction, ’ a per-*
fbtft*gen*lonian in every sense of the ,w®rd in .
fact he is <d! that a railrofrd conductor thovty be\
The Engineer, rye \Cere.tuU.: was one *of the?
best on*tJic road, anil alter taking the ride we
i hyd po ltaison to douht.it in* flic least. •Tic.
manner in wllich he conducted us thrlntgh jnet
the unqualifi 1 ap; all on bSard.
! * It is very amusing to. one has rnA'cr*
traveled uiueh., to see the’Hack and Olnwibus
! drisers, men and boys, all striving to £ec who
i shall give yotl a ridp—chattering like a • parcel,
i ©f black birds*for*thpir favorite hqtels.
T. fouird SavanimlFa much large;- }*!a?e tl*an
.1 eipeett and, and doing t th'isT time. a*vcrv large
. business. * . . . •
j* The Vessels and steamboats .line the‘river
Ji;r morq than a mile, and tiie drays and wheel
I carriages are*running from daybreak*uutil nine
I o’clock at nigh?, Ske a ♦warm pf beds m the
! month of*May. • •*.
! The whistles of the steamboats and railroad
.engine;? ary hlowtpi at ajl times of the night,
so that oige unacquainted with the noise finds it
difficult to'sleoji. * ...
The stre 1- are lighted with g&s, and*the
shops all open and the drays running until, nine*
o’clock at.njght. The streets are thronged day.
and night with people of all sorts. The labor-*
Ji, and tliey are getfernlly in
dustrious Sud well behaved. *
*1 he? market 8s ccrfainly one <#f the best in
. the* world. Tlgey have every thing tlmf apian
; can want of the nicest-, both ip kind and'qual
i ity,and i'; rich abundance. Everybody looked.,
contented awl bappjj—not one word'of dispute
©r u'rangling to be heard auywher*e. * *
There are -♦me of’tUe fincst*busimjss houses
j orvßay *treSt Ipver saw, and they arc doing
•an unusually large bushmss this se?s*n.
The large liT*- 1 buildings i’or private * resident
•ci -*. .the puolic Re erves, th*e Pvlaski and Green*
I -Monument ?md tliv* Jfulusui Monument, t;*geth
j er w’itii the Park ynd Fqunt, conspire* to make
; Bull stri < t jne of the m Ist ” iq• th‘- •’
f city. I would give more to sp.eud one hour ii\.
; the month of* May in fhatJtrcet than to see all
i the ciycuses jind theatres in NcV York.
I only spent* one.day in the city, apd of
■ course saw but little compared to rhe whole.
> T'ci'vuary 18, 186 k. .. # A
T!ic
L Washington, Feb. li3.—Tlfe Cabinet met* in
extra
President Buchanau* Liftcalu. and
•\\ . it. Ssward, Tiad # a ] rivate conference at the
I White House during thbsessioh of the Cabi
nct. It wag• understood that the coufeiejice*
. • • “ ht< ning’Ljnoala as
Ito the true J „
Radical iiejiublicans.consider fheir cause*al
moi*t*hopek?ss. • • * * * *
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. .A Sell alien 4 u Pic tv T o>". *
.A trbmcndous sensation was created iit New
1 uric on Wednesjlay by tjic appeara?ice* pf a
bogus newspaper called the Extra Press, viitji
the following flaming head lio.es over *the*mat- *
: ter printe*d: . . * * * .
i * *“i I’M.i National Crisis—Attack on J\yt*Buni
-1 Bombarded by Major Ander
son —Retreat of..tTio Ilebejs, \gitli One Iluii".
dred and l Kjlled ynd F(?ty IVoun
dell—'i’he floating Battery a lqiilure —Col.
Wayne Woupded—Major Anderson •Victorious
, —Charlopton to be Bloek'adc*! —Y irgiuia for
1 nion—Ceorgia Assisting Nqrtti
.j lief ty Msjor Anderson—The‘Peace Conven
tion—New } ork State Militia —Martial* Law
rat the.Sonth. —Oppression in Mississippi.”**
Tfee polieePoized six hundred copies of it, •
which, they found in a policy office in*
street, liiddMi away in a ihirk roflm. The offi
cers firstascizcd upoivtho.se in jiossession of *he
newsboys, ?jio said they lv.id bee o n supplied
with them at the late of two dollars per hun*
Jred. Som# six hundred wer# sent off lo
Brooklyn before the‘ police made the siyzure.
—Rechmontf ( 1 a.) Jdisjpitch, Eelf.* 15* .
9 £ — ♦ • *
* JclFcißioii Oaji*. • • *
‘Jefferson Davis, whn has just been chosen
President of the Southern Confederacy,, was
horn Jui*e 2, 1808, in wliat is now Todd couu-’
ty, Kentucky. While yet an itjCant, his fythtr
| Samuel a Revolutionary soldicrjn Geor
gia, removed to and settled in \1 jj- *
kinson countj. Jefferson Davis was sent st
the usual age to College, Ky!,
froifi which he was transferred in 1823 to tb
Military Academy at West Point, wßich °he
left in 1828 with the Brevet appointment of
Second Lieutenant. • He was in the army about
seven years, aryl distinguished himself,in active
serviee on the Western frontiers in tht .Black
Hawk and other Indian 0 wars. With the rank
°of I irst Lieutenant of Dragoons; he resigned
out ot the army in 1835. lie then returned to ;
.Mississippi, and became a cotton planter .in
! arre.n county, where lie lived in retirement
until about 1844, when lie first took an active
I P ar t in politics as a Democrat.^— Charleston
’ Courier.