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j-ao-’d OUR DAILY 0? SATURDAY, JUNE 11.
'If?” Mb. L. 11. Powers, Agent of Harn
,Jen’s Express in this city, has obliged us with |
a number of late and interesting papers. 1
Periodicals. (
■ Am. the Yeah Round.’’—We have reeciv- s
from the publishers, J. M. Emerson & Co.,
■ - Park Row, New York, several numbers of (
~n excellent weekly Journal having the above
singular title. It has succeeded the ‘’House- ,
hold Words,” and is conducted by Charles
pa krxs, whose name is sufficient voucher for (
j»g literary superiority. Price 5 cents per (
number, or 52.50 per year.
S i riiF.ttN Literary Messenger.—This val- ]
M ble monthly periodical for June, is also on
cur table. It is a publication of great merit,
and well deserves to be encouraged, especially ’
l,v the peeple of the South. It is edited with
ability 1?y John R. Thompson, one of the most 1
distingilshed of Southern writers. Macfarland,
I' rguson & Co., Proprietors, Richmond, Vo. 1
Subscription S 3 per annum.
We have also received the June number of I
‘The American Cotton Planter and Soil of 1
the South,” a Southern Rural Magazine, pub
i died monthly in Montgomery, Ala., by Dr. 1
B. Ci.ovd. Subscription, one dollar a year 1
in advance. t
The Democratic State Convert- '
tion, ‘
Will meet in Milledgeville, on Wednesday
next ths lath inst., to nominate a candidate for '
Governor. An attempt may possibly be made 1
by a few faetionists to prevent Gov. Brown’s
re-noinination, but the effort will result in an '
utter failure. He is destined, if he lives, to be 1
re-nominated and triumphantly re-elected in
spite of all opposition. There is, in f aC f „ r eat I
doubt whether there will be an opposition can- J
didate. No on. cunless ho be ambitious of de- {
feat, will be simple enough to run against a
man who has, like Gov. Brown, by his wise and
honed administration of the State Government,
established himself so firmly in the affection
and respect of the people of Georgia.
Latest from Europe.
COTTON AND CONSOLS ADVANCED. £
We learn by n telegraphic dispatch received f
jnst before going to press, that a European c
steamer has arrived with Liverpool .dates to f
June Ist.
She reports sales of Cotton for three days at
28,000 bales.
The market had improved from l-16dto 1
1-Rd.
Consols had considerably advanced.
General news unimportant.
Dreadful Steamboat Explosion.
Savannah, June 10.—Last night about 8 1
o'clock the steamer John G. Lawton exploded :
her boilers about twenty miles above the city I
on the Savannah river. Capt. Keebler, John
S. Montmollin, of this city, a man bv the name
of Gates, of Barnwell. S. 0., the pilot and as- <
instant engineer, were killed. There are eight
killed and missing, a numbar of others were 1
scalded and otherwise injured, and some of t
them fatally. 1
The steamer Excel was in sight at the time <
of the accident, and promptly rendered assist- 1
ance. She took off the killed and wounded, t
and brought them to this city. The boat is a
total loss, and was sinking when the Excel (
left. • 1
ftdy* The following are the resolutions which '
were unanimously adapted by the Democratic
Congressional Convention of the 4th District
which assembled nt Newnan on the 7th inst.,
and nominated the Hon. L. J. Gartrell for Con- ’
1
gress:
Ist. Resolved. That this Convention adheres
with unchanging faith to the principles of the 1
Democratic party as enunciated in the Cincin
nati platform. 1
2d. Resolved. That we reaffirm our unalter- ,
able determination to stand firmly upon the ,
Georgia Platform, nnd insisting upon a strict
construction of the Federal Constitution, will ,
demand at all times and at every hazard the
full measure of rights to which the South is (
•1 titled, without further concession or com
promise.
3d. Resolved, That the Democratic party,
now as ever, advocate retrenchment and re
form, and, in the language of the Cincinnati
Platform, hold “ that it is the duty of every
branch of the Government to enforce and prac
tice the most rigid economy in conducting our
public affairs.”
John Cobb, Jr.
We learn that Judge Bull this morning pass
ed sentence of death upon this unfortunate in
dividual. He is to be hung on Friday, the Bth
day of July, proximo. Wc did not hear the
sentence pronounced, but learn that it was most
f. -Tingly delivered, and that Cobb seemed to
be less' by it than most others who
heard it.
The trial of Jones, the other accomplice of
( r i kett. has I con postponed until the regular
term in October. — Atlant' American.
Eioi’FMF.nt.—Wc are reliably informed th: t
a Mrs. Holroyd, wife of Mr. William Ilolroyd,
a veil l-i. v.-n nnd worthy engineer on the
' rgia Railroad, eloped from Atlanta last
M a lay night, with a Mr. Tomlinson, salesman
in il.o dry goods store of Mr. Myers, taking
in cash, being the earnings of Mr. Hol
r- ■ 1, saved bv years of industry and economy.
[Aug/iula Dispatch.
I'on’t Vse a Check Rein.—The New Eng
land Farmer, speaking on the subject, says:
’ Any person whose attention Ims been called
t • subject and who still persists in the use
■' light check rein, ought to have his own
L* pla >din a similar position to that to
li be has cruelly subjected the horse. If
1 re the Grand Sultan, every man who tor
nt, his horse with a check rein, should hold
1“ arm at right angles with his body. for an
Ivor at a time, OBM in twenty-four hour*, as
’ us lie ouUuued the check rein. The
*.*■< <>f draw ing in the beads of horses by
»i>« * f this pernicious strap, is especially
Tin* luitf, in endeavoring to expend
, b, i.e.sjs the free, natural use of his
10.4 10 k. The crumping p<»ition now
• ► I i» alike si-sere ami injurious U» horses,
any Imsim-ss, and s boo bl lx eased off
. '■ is st fine play.
* | 11?
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
VOLUMK 11.
Foreign Miscellany.
The Spanish Government has given orders
for the supply of tents fur the army of 3d,iHX)
men.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has replied
to the hop growers that he cannot remit the in
stalment of the duty payable in May.
The mercantile letters from Germany state
that business of all kinds continues in sus
pense, owing to the general political excite
ment.
The Malta correspondent of the Herald says
that the Austrian Lloyds Company have ob
tained permission to place eleven of their
steamers in tlie quarantine harbor of that is
land.
Letters from Liege state that the English
Government is entering into contracts with dif
ferent manufacturers for the supply of 200,000
rilles, w hich will cost about 10,000,000 francs.
Baron Gros, the French Embassador to Chi
na, has been recalled, and the necessity fur the
whole of the French fleet at home has compel
led the Emperor to recall his ships from the
East.
A Munich letter states that, at the last per
formance of the “Testament des Grossen Kur
fursten,” every passage applicable to the pre
sent situation of affairs, as showing a desire to
aid Austria, was loudly applauded by the au
dience and even by the King himself.
The Augsburg Gazette calls on the German
ladies to give up purchasing any French arti
cles of millinery. “We must nut,” it says,
“let German money pass from our pockets in
to those of the French and enable them to make
war on us.”
The commandant of the fortress of Zara has
published a notice declaring all the fortified
points of Dalmatia in a state of war and all
flags neutral except those of France and Sar
dinia.
It has been resolved at Vienna to station an
army of 60,000 men in Gallicia. Austria has
already placed all her contingents to the gar
risons of the federal fortresses on a full war
footing.
The commandant of Allessandria, Count Gi
annetti, has issued a notification ordering all
strangers who have not a special permission or
do not belong to the allied armies to quit the
town within twenty-four hours.
No fewer than 80of the crow of the Triton
(Austrian vessel) are missing. The explosion
took place in the powder magazine, and the
vessel was almost blown to pieces. The Arch
duke Fedinq d Maximillian was at Ragusa on
tne 12th instant, and went to the hospital to
visit the wounded men.
A few days ago an anvil block, intended for an
itntnenkA hammer to be used in the making of
Sir William Armstrong’s guns, was cast at the
foundry of Me-srs. Morrisson A: Co.. ttn«ehurn.
Newcastle-on-Tyne. When finished, it will
weigh 21} tons. It was cast in one run, the
quantity of metal melted for it being 23 tons.
The Austrian Governor of Venice has pub
lished a notification that from the firing of the
evening gun until the firing of the morning,
no vessel of any kind shall be allowed to enter
or leave that port: and that persons violating ,
the regulation shall be arrested and punished
according to military law.
The Colomlx) Examiner notices the success
of the pearl fishery at Aripo. The oysters were
selling at £6 to £f> 10s. per thousand, and mo
ney was abundant. Bates, the chief of the
European divers, was under water for three
hours. The operations of the European di
vers are expected to produce very beneficia
results, both in the discovery of new banks and
in determining the age of the oysters.
The Wit of a Michievous Belle.
Hon. Henry Stnart Foote, late Senator in
Congress from Mississippi, and afterwards a
shining light in California, is attracting con
siderable attention in the South at this time.
It seems he isendeavoring to look young again,
and has donned a brown wig nnd dyed his
beard and moustache. Last winter the Ex-
Governor was figuring about the parlors of the
St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, in a flow
ing wig of dark brown locks, and enormous
beard and moustache of the deepest jet, which
would have done honor to a Grenadier of the
French Imperial Guard. As he passed the
large mirrors he never failed to cast an admir
ing look at his own reflection, and not only
smiled at himself, but was the cause of laugh
ter in others who beheld him. One evening
he joined a group of gentlemen who surround
ed i» young and charming belle, and soon ad
dressed some remarks to her. She returned a
look of surprise as if she did not kn *w him. —
“ Why Miss ,” said our venerable friend,
“you don't seem to know me." “Ob, yes,
said she apologetically, “ there is something
quite familiar to me iu your voice, but really
I can't recollect your name.” “My name,
yiiss ,is Foote." “Ah. now 1 understand
it. I once knew a Gov. Foote, of Mississippi,
but did not know that he had a son as young
as you arc!" “Thank you Miss 1 owe you
one,” said the orator as be turned away, tor
his self-possession was not proof against the
wit of the mischievous belle.
The Botts and TVise Affair. —The Wheel
ing Times says : “We learn from a gentleman
from Richmond, Saturday morning, that the
B itts and Wise affair is yet in abeyance. It
appears that, when B ise s abusive article in
relation to Hon. John M. Botts first appeared,
voting Botts determined to go and shoot M ise
iu his own office, lie was dissuaded from this
course by more discreet friends, and wrote the
card in relation to Wise, which has since been
published. It was understood, it is said, that
1 in the ev<*nt of a challenge, Botts w uld have
’ chosen rifles at a short distance *. and B ise,
, th' ugh a good shot, is not familiar with a rifle,
and determined not to carry the matter farther.
It is also said that lion. John M. Botts intends
1 to sue Wise for slander, and thus, wo presume,
i will end this unpleasant affair.
A coroner, in Arkansas, after empun
| eling his* jury, suid: 1 Now, g< ntkiin-n, you
, are to determine whether the deceased came
r to hie death by ac< id'-me, by incntence, or
by the hand of the imcudiary." The verdul
L wm that. "The de«*-as«l came to bis death
by awidenoe iu the shape of a bowie knife.'
Democratic Meet'ng of Thomas
County.
Pursuant to a call, a large and respectable
portion of the Democratic citizens of Thomas
county convened at the Courthouse iu Thom
asville, on Wednesday, the Sth inst., and was
organized, on motion of A. I’. Wright, by call
ing Perry Bowen, Esq., to the Chair, and re
questing Wm. Ci ine to act as Secretary.
Mr. Wright having stated tlie object of the
meeting, made a motion that a committee of
live be appointed to prepare business for its
action.
The Chair appointed Dr. Turner. M . G.
Ponder, John G. Lindsey, A. P. Wright and
C. J. Harris.
While the Committee was absent, on motion,
Col. James L. Seward was called out, who
made a short, pertinent and impressive address
to the audience. He reviewed the positions
and principles of parties from 1850, defining
his own position and the position of the Dem
ocratic party at the present day.
The committee then reported the following
preamble and tesoluti.ns, through A. P.
Wright, their Chairman:
Resolved. That the Democratic party of
.Thomas county cordially endorses the adminis
tration of the lion. Joseph E. Brown, and
would recommend to our Delegates his re-nom
ination to the high position ho now occupies.
Resolved, That the manner in which the
lion. Janies L. Sev. ard, our immediate Repre
sentative in Congress, has discharged his du
ties, meets the uuqualifii d approbation of the
Democratic party of Theinas county, and we
would rec .mmemi his re-nomination, if his
name goes before the B areslxtro Convention.
Resolved, That the Democratic party of
Thomas county meet in the Court House in
Thomasville, on the first Friday in September
next, to present suitable names before the
county for the Legislature.
Resolved, That any one of the Delegates
present at cither one of the Conventions be
requested to cast the whole vote of the coun
tv.
We would suggest, as suitable delegates to
the Gubernatorial Convention, the names of
Hon. Jas. L. Seward, George W. Bi own, Al
len Hagin, Col. A. B. Lawton. Maj. E. R.
Young, Jonathan G. Miller, Coer N. Powell.
We would suggest, as suitable Delegates to
the Waresboro Convention. lion. J. C. Brown
ing, C. J. Harris, Wade F. Sanford, John C.
Mather, John Hurst, sen.. J. IT. Whaley, James
P. Turner, 11. IT. Tooke. J. 0. Ross.
On motion, the preamble and resolutions
were unanimously received and adopted by
the meeting.
On motion. Resolved, That these proceed
ings be published in the Wire Grass Reporter,
Telegraph and State Press. Federal I nion, Ar
gus, Albany Patriot nnd Georgia Watchman.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
PERRY BOWEN, Chairman.
Wm. Cline, Secretary.
General Fofeign News.
The steamship A/i-i<-a with Liverpool dates
to May 28tli, brings the following items of for
eign intelligence:
There had been a popular uprising in Par
ma in favor of Sardinia.
The Austrians profess entire satisfaction with
"the result of the battle of Montebello. Gen
Gyttlai says there were less than 290 Austrains
killed, 718 wounded, and 283 missing. He
says the French and Sardinians numbered 40,-
000, but abstained from pursuit. Count Sta
dion, of the Austrian army was wounded in
the engagement.
There was a vague rumor to the effect that
GostscliekofT had resigned liis place in the Rus
sian Ministry, because the Emperor refused to
I carry ont his engagements.
The war excitement was high in the south
ern part of Germany.
Kossuth was expected at Genoa, and was
said to have a plan for the revolt of Hungary,
which is approved by Napoleon and the King
of Sardinia.
Further ty the A rag"
St. Johns, June B.—The weekly cotton re
port from Liverpool has not been received.
At Liverpool Breadstuffs were quiet but
steady. Provisions were firm but quiet.
At London the bullion in the Bank of Eng
land had increased £212.000. Consols closed
at 92}.
The political news is unimportant.
Garribaldi was at Como, and volunteers were
joining him.
Portugal had declared her neutrality.
[third dispatch.]
Baring & Brothers in their London circular,
report the sugar market heavy at from 6d to Is
decline. Tea firm. Spirits of Turpentine
heavy and declining.
The three per cents, on the Paris Bourse ad
vanced ] per cent on Friday.
The London Tinies says there was a report
that Monsieur Berrcdilly (7) was about to leave
Paris on an extra irdinary commission to the .
German Confederation. This tends to strength
l cn tiie supp sitiofi of a possible compromise,
. at no distant day, by Prussian agency.
, Several Colonels in Swiss Regiments are
compromised in a conspiracy against the Crown
Prince. This is pre timed to refer to a con
spiracy against Francis 11. who recently as
sumed the reins of government, at the death of
1 the King of Naples.
The French tn ms at Alessandria on the 29th
t * 1 U’ •
Mav were in perfect health. The harvest tn
1 that region had commenced, and the army is
’ abundantly supplied; and the soldiers are in
*1• « • *
high spirits.
* Gen. Garribaldi, had entered Como amidst
s bell ringings, and a general illumimition in
1 honor of the event.
I All the steamers on the lake of Cuino are in
" possession of Garribaldi.
’ The Austrians made a rapid retreat from
’ Lueano on the 28th May. and were pursued by
" Garribaldi. They appear to be withdrawing
s towards Mihm.
’■ Another dispatch says, that after a furious
fight Garribaldi, entered <'oiuo, and the com
bat wn?,renewed nt ('nm»rl da.
The Austrians . gain gave wav and retreat
“ rd.
e An Austrian war «t<*aH»er lind MMirioiiaded
r Cattn-dda on lake M. . ' but without iiiuili
t
II A dispai. h from Berlin on haturJay, says;
| “Adv lues frutu llori-iice uunoume that Rus-
OFFICE IN RALSTON'S BUILDING, THIRD STREET.
MACON. GEORG lA. J I'NE 118 9.
sia, Prussia. England, and Turkey, have n<
recognized the j r< visional government of Tus
cany.” <
The Paris of 28th May, says, the Aus-
trians on yesterday re-entered L* mbardy.—
The same paper says that Englund is endeav
oring to renew diplomatic relations with Na
ples, but only on the e**. ibn that France
does the same.
Lord John Bi ssell on Wathington.—Tin
first volume of “The Life and Times of Charle-
James Fox." by Lord John Russell, has just
appeared in England. The London papers sax
his lordship lias dealt with his sabject in n
fragmentary, almost incnliercnt manner. His
first volume is a commentary, and little more.
As a commentary, however it is charucterist
ic, and the concluding passage, is perhaps, the
most characteristic of all:
“ Before taking leave of the American war.
a tew words may be allowed on a topic where
there can be little difference of opinion.—
George Washington, without the genius of Julius
Ctesar or Napoleon Bonaparte, has a fur purer
fame, as his ambition was a higher and holier
nature. Instead of seeking to raise his own
name or seize supreme power, he devoted bis
whole talents, military and civil, to the estab
lishment of the itidepi ndcnce and perprtuitv
ot the liberties of his own country. In mod
ern history no man has done such great things
without the soil of selfishness or the stain of a
grovelling ambition. Ciesar, Cromwell, Na
poleon, attain.d a high elevation; but the
love of dominion was the spin* that drove them
on. John Hampden, William Russell. Alger
non Sydney may have had motives as pure
and nn ambition its unstained ; but they fell.
To George 'Washington, nearly alone in mod
ern times, has it been given to accomplish a
wonderful revolution, ntid yet to remain to all
future time the theme of a people's gratitude
and an example of virtuous and beneficient of
power."
fetT’ Joe Phillips was an awful story teller.
When a stranger came to his tavern, if he ap
peared at all credulous, old Joe vtonld talk a
long yarn to some of bis village acquaintances,
but talk at the stranger. A short time since,
a stranger came into his bar room with rod,
line, and other fishing paraphernalia, when
Joe seized a friend, and started him by the
following question—
“ Did you hear about that big fish Col. P.
caught to-day in the river?”
(Stranger pricking up his ears.) “ No."
said friend.
“ Biggest sturgeon ever caught anywhere,
continued Joe.
“ You don’t say,” said friend.
“ Yes.” said Joe, " when I came away he
hadn't caught all of him though he bad six
feet of him a-Jtore 1”
■*Gracious,” said friend how much did tie
weigli ?”
“Three hundred pounds,” said Joe, with
decision. “ And he ma le nine barrels of
oil!”
“Nine barrels of oil," inquired the stranger
advancing, “did you say nine barrel?”
“Yes,” said Joe, fiercely, “ I said nine bar
rels—is anything strange, sir?”
“Oh, no—beg pardon.” said stranger mus
ingly, “ only I was thinking it a little singular
that you could extract twenty-seven hundred
pounds of oil from three hundred pounds ot ;
fish!” and gathering up his fishing utensils
left. Joe hasn't told a story since.
A Mysteriovs Outrage.—We h"ard the
outlines of a somewhat singular case, a por
tion of the circumstances transpiring in our
own city, and therefore its relation may be of j
interest to our readers here as well as else
where.
Some ten or twelve years ago, a nuin came
to Columbus and engaged himself as a work
man in one of our cotton factories ; tired of
that occupation nnd having laid up a little
fund, he established a small retail grocery, but
subsequently became the proprietor of a lar
ger one, doing a fair business on Bread street,
having accounts at Bank. &c., joining the
church, marrying a respectable white lady,
and exercising the rights of a citizen twelve
years, by voting at county and State elections.
He finally closed out his concern, and sud
denly left for New Orleans, where it is said he
had it intimated that a former triend was wait
ing to see him. Wishing to avoid an occur
rence of this sort, he left for wester,l Texas,
while his friend went home to the eastern por
tion of that State. Fate and travel, however,
brought the parties t gether, and th. friend i
claimed our former fellow-citizen as Zu* runa
way tlace, had him arrested accordingly, and
now holds him as his buna fide property!
There are citizens now living here, who say
they knew the father of this man, in Warren
county, and that both father and “on were free :
white men, and citizens of this State. '1 he
whole affair tints assumes an air of inexplica
■ blc mystery. — Columbus Fnquirer.
Col. Fremont's Axfairs. —Wc learn from
the California papers of May 9th. that Col. J.
C. Freemont has brought suit against Sheriff
Crippen for the sum <1 $25,000 damages sus
tained through the failure of the sheriff to put
; him in possession of the “Josephine vein.
' The Mariposa Star alleges that the writ in
question was properly served and the parties
placed in pettcaable possession, Col Tremont
avowing his satistaction with the service; but
that the restoration did not have the effect an
-1 ticipated by the parties, as it did not materi
ally interfere with the operation of the Merced
company.
A Fish Story.—A gentleman who has been
spending a few days 011 the Cibolo, Texas,
sends the following to the San Antonia Herald
us authentic :
"A few evenings since a lad set a line out
in the creek to catch a catfish; next morning
lie visited his line, when, wonderful to relate,
there was an eel and tw o largo catfish on it,
one weighing 25 and the other 23 pounds.—
! This fish problem was thus solved : It seems
I lie eel was first hung on the hook, then cattish
No. 1 coming along swallowed the eel, who
i wouldn't stay sw allowed, ami slipped through
I Mr. Cat's gills, stringing him on the line; then
i eMtieb No. 2 came along and likewise swal
lowed the eel, ». ho again < M*:q>i I Jonah-isin
I by slipping through Ilia gills—doing honor to
the slippery n putatioll of his rve. This is u
true story, and can be testified to by reaponsi
. 1 ble witiiewea.
FBJM oua DAILY 0? MONDAY JUNE 13.
A Bold Assertion.
Brother Gaskill, of the Atlanta Intelliijin
rer, in his paper of yesterday, in the course of
a short article on independent journalism,
mnkes the following bold assertion :
“God himself, is In mid by certain imt.iufa
ble liws which be could not break if he would,
nnd would not if he c< uld.”
Tins latter part of the propo iti >n may be
admitted, but how can you can call Gnd an
Omnipotent Being if he has not the jioirer to
beeak his ow n laws if he chnoees to do so ?
Answer me that, Mas'er Brook.
The Chatham Artillery.
The special train with the above gallant
company, Cnpt.' Ci.aghorn commanding, is
■ Ine at the .Macon Depot, this evening at 7.53
o'clock, where they will be received hymn*
Military companies and welcomed t*> our city.
The different Companies will then participate
in a supper, and our guests will leave at 9:15
I*. M.. They have the best wishes of our cit
izens for a pleasant trip—all of us hoping they
will make a longer stay with ns on their return.
The Savannah liepublican of this morning
says:
“The train will be under the direction of.
Mr. Cuyler. the President of the Central li 'il
ruad Company, ami Mi*. Adams, the Superin
tendent. The guests consist of the Chatham
Artillery, several membersof onr city govern
ment, and a portion of the editorial corps.—
The Governor jnd S’ate House office-. the
Mayors of Charleston, Angnsta. Macon. Co!
ttntbus, and Atlanta, together with the Pre i
dentaan ' Superintendents of the principal Car •
nlina and Georgia roads, are invited, and a p<>r ’
tion of them at least are expected to take the ■
train at the most convenient points.”
Judge Campbell on the Slave
TRADE.
We devote a large portion of onr space to
day to an extract from the charge to the Grand
Jury by lion. John A. Camtiiei.l. Associate
Justice of the 1". S. Supremo Court. It givc
a minute history of the laws touching the Af
rican slave trade and a cleat* statement of the
penalties attached to their violation. As tin*
expediency of re-opening the trade is now
greatly agitating the Southern tnir.d, it be
hooves every citizen to make himself well in
formed on the subject. We would recom
mend to al! an attentive reading of Judge
Campbell’s remarks, which display great re
search and are written out in his usual plain
and forcible style. His emine t p siti. nat d
acknowledged legal ability entitle his opinion*
to respectful consideration.
Grape Culture at the South.
An observing mind will every day discover
resources at the South wltit li now lie dormant
or are almost totally neglected. For instance,
many “wise-aeres” would laugh ns to scorn
were we to assert that the old t. l hill- o’
Georgia are almost, if not entirely, as well
adapted to the successful cultivation of flu
Grape as tlie “sunny Land of France.” B '
it those who are incredulous about it wen
favored, as » e w ere a few days ago, w ith an
inspection of the vineyard of Mr. O. F. Adams.
in East Macon, we venture to say all tlieii
doubts on the subject would be speedily re
moved.
Mr. Adams ; s a novice in this branch of ag
riculture, and is merely trying an experiment
on a small tract of ground—perhaps, too, nei
ther his location nor the cliarneter of the soil
are indiciously selected , but notwithstanding
these disailvantages, his enterprise lias been
crowned with highly gratifying results. M <
found his ground# in the neatest order, witl
well-arranged arbors sustaining vines of the
most approved species, such as the Catawba
the Warrenton, the Blue Favorite and others
—all filled with rich, full clusters promising
an abundant yield thin summer although none
of the vines were planted before March. 1858.
and nothing was anticipated from them tin
present season. All Imil to the Grape! and
tnnv we soon see the dav when its pure, in
noxious wine shall siipnlnnt the vile snirlfn ns
compounds which madden the brains and ib*
moralize the characters of so many of onr
people: for it is a not. rious fact that when
the grape lias been cultivated, intoxication is
rare, nnd hence those who are trying to intro
duce it here are entitled to a meed of praise as
public benefactors.
Bnt it is not our intention to preach
a temperance lecture—onr principle object
was to commend to onr readers the “Blue
Favorite” grape, so named from its color, and
the/iiror it has won from all who have tried
it. Onr good opinion of it, based upon pre
vious reading and observation, is confirmed bv
what we saw of it in Mr. Adam's yard, where
it appears in a very flourishing condition, and
wc presume he will have ninny cuttings to
I spare in time for planting next Fall and the
ensuing Spring.
It is to be hoped our planters will give some
attention in this matter, nnd inorder that they
may be duly po-ted. we propose publishing, as
I soon as our space will admit, an interesting ar
ticle from a Southern Agricultural Magazine
giving instructions concerning the grape cul
ture and particularly recommending the lll"e
Favorite.
The Know Nothing Opposition
PARTY.
Ln-t week we published a manifesto from the
“ American Executive Committee of Geor. i‘
disbandinirthc Know .VoVo’/i*/party and sound
ing the bitule call for organizing an 01
party. But this change don't suit all the
bretheren. For example the Foutliern Fnter
prixe, a bitter opponent of Democracy, re
marks as follows:
“We are opposed to changing onr name
for the “ opposition” or atty thing else; and
though the "opposition” party may sweep the
country in its uprising, w hen the victory is
gained it will be witlioMt policy, and without
name, an objectless multitude u hose factions
will disgrace its action and organize a new
spoils party.”
How* very harmonious! Our opponents
have lieen having great fun nbont the harmo
ny in the Democratii* party, bnt now, to u-« a
vulgarism, they w ill have to •• hiiurli the other
side of their months.” Some ot them want to
hold n Convention, and others <|o not—some
want to change their name, nnd others npp<
it- some pmi*e Gov. Brow s, mid others cur e
bitt -in a word they have all "agreed to dis
agree."
Smok** that in jour pipe, ye Dark l.autern.
Know Nothing, opposition, Anti-Administra
tion, Great American Party!
■ Extract from Judge Campboll’s
Charge to the Grand Jury of the I'. S. Die
hid Court, now in S'ssioi: in Munlioiaery,
Ala.
*
"The criitinal law.*- of thel’nitedstate are to
be looked for, exclusively, in the acts of Cou
’ gress. No act of an individual is a crime
1 against the United States until Congress bnve
; declared it to be such, ntisi have appointed the
I tribunals to take cognizance ot it.
The authority of Congress is derived from
i the Constitution, nnd the penal laws <*f the
I United States are, in general, devoted to pro
tecting the exi tenco of the g'ovcrnincnt, in
maintaining its officers in the pertornuiuee ot
the functions with which they have been in
vested mid in compelling the citizens of the
Unite*! States to perform their duties m:d to
respect those rights which the Government
was established to maintain. The Cm -tifu
tion having limited the Government to tie
exercis * of enumerat' d powers, so the crimi
nal code has dei ■i iiilHat.u bounds, mid does
not embrace all the rights or intere t», that in
otlu r countries are placed under the pr* Section
of the penal code. **♦»"[ ,] o 1,4
consider it. necessary to advert to all (he e;:-
aetmenfa of die criminal code, for it ’■ Lot
likely that eases have arisen in this distru t to
awaken yottr speui.-tl intention to them, hut
have men ly referred to them to shoe the
wide scope in which the laws of the I’nltel
States exert mt influence, nnd what mmhty in
terests they embrace. The laws that end race
the ordinary nll’itirs of society mid effect the
< aily intere-ts of the community mid rcgfit.ie
order among individuals in the Stnti —mid th t
0 neerii life, liberty, property, nnd rcprttntio .
w ithin its limits, depend upon State legisimi* n
I and administration. The two g.wirnm.nts
thus form parts of one system, and in tin it*
i spheres and the limits to which each i< sub
initted tire entitled to the loyal support of pa
triotic ci.izens.
* ♦ * V *
I shall call your attention particularly to tlie
laws of the United States, relative to th * sup
pression of the African Slave Trude, birai'i* I
■ ave In ell informed that bodies of Mricmis. d
legrlly imported, have been brought to this
district, mid to this city, and have been held
here, mil offered for sale here. Thai number
of persons have seen them, mid yet no m*:*est
lias been made of any 1 I the parties openly
concerned. I cannot account tor it unless,
perhaps, the acts of Congress have m t bin
fully no Jerstood . witiiil: this disten t. The
| .ets or Congress on this subject form three di
tiiict classes of offenders, which are intimate!
rehit.-d. Ihe first, class is composed of tin*
crew or slip's company (.fan Am<*r:can vissel.
ot* Americans on board of it foreign vessi 1 w ho
nrt actually etitpb*• ed in abducting from a
country negroes or mulnttoes. with the pur
pose of selling or otherwise disposing of them
•|S.laves. TlMuMnclionmav be mail * by foreeor
by fr.illd n d cireutnvei.ti. n, mid]e' her made i
i>qn:illy criminal. The c.rew o'r ahip's o i.ipu-
iy, who lint] be s.> <Ol c-ri ed. on conviction.
1 r • to be adjudged pirates, ami -idler death.—
The landing <>( it crew, or ship’s company,
from n vessel, upon the sen const o' mu .''late,
to seize ami carry away it- peaceful iidiabi
runts, with :*. view to -. !! I . tn * *,, >!av< ty
in nil ages has bcm deemed to Le a pirutie.il
It was a common ami abherent form of pi
racy in those age.*, in which the selling of cap
ices was a usage of war. and slavery was] a*.v
fu] in every part of the world. Since slave:.'
has liecjinie limited to a particular race, and
the “ale of captives illegal mid contrary to the
usages of war. pirm y Bn- usually been restrict
ed by enaetmeiit, to ca-es i f murder n d rob
l>ery at sea, or by tin* landing of a -I ip’s com
mtny from a sea-going v< sc! to commit th
acts of robber' mol murder. There is mnph
evidence to slmw that the Afliean slave tind,
was odious to the b habitants of the British
Colonies in America, before the revob turn. —
The (’onere-s ot the United Colonies iu 1774
expressed their antipathy to it. The Cong e--
>f r,'7t’i. composed entirely of deb antes Iron,
slaveholding communities, in asv: .<s<.f ic'c-
utions plainly indicating that the dec s’ve net ;
of the Declaration of Independence was Hem j
at hand, resolvetl, "That m> more slaves be
imported within any o! these colonics. ’ The '
States, in forming the Constitution, withlnld
from Congress for twenty years, ‘he power to
abolish the trade witlrn tln.se "then existing.”
Bnt within those twenty years, every State,
except otie. abolished the trade within its lim
its. Congress had pow er to legislate over the
trade in Amerieiut vessels, or by Amerwmi
citizens in foreign vessels elsewhere than in
the exi-ting Mates, mid this power was cxi*r
eised bv the acts of Congress <>t‘ 1774 and IM ! 3.
I'lie Mississippi territory, including th? coun
try between the Chattahoochee mid the M s
si-sippi rivers, and coii»eqnently this entire
judicial district, was organized in 1798, and in
the organic act. this trade was prohibited, mid
the imported Airmails were required tv be set
free.
Georgia, in the same year, as a part of her
bill of rights, prohibited the trade in Africans,
while she mantaiiied the rights of masters in
the slaves then held in the State. Georgia, at
hat time c ait-ed all the Mississippi territory.
Thus >n the first acts by w.tieh th ; s territory
became subject t > a municipal organization, it
was delivered from the African slave trade—
and in 1804, the c.iuutry westofthe Mississip
pi to the Rocky Mountains, was placed iu the
ante condition by the act organizing the pro
vince of Louisiana, under a territorial govern
ment.
In Di'comlyor, ISO 6, President Jefferson, in
anticipation of the periini when the power of
Congress became plenary, addressed Cotigicss
as f Hows: " I c iigratulate you, fellow citi
zens, on the approach of tlie period at which
von may interpose your authority constitution
ally, to withdraw the citizens of the I tilted
S ates fr in all further participation in th ('
violations of human rights which have been so
l.,ng continued on the unoffending inhabitants
of Africa, and which the m *r*'li*y, the re, “e.-
ti.m. mid the best interests of oiu* country have
been hmg eager t > proscribe. Although n•>
law you may pass can take’prohibitory ef
fect till the day of the year ISItS. yot the.ii,-
j tervening peri, d is not too long to tr vent by
timely notice, expeditions which cannot be
completed before that 'lay.” Congress re-pond
ed. with cordiality, to tl'.c recommendation of
the President
The Senate then sat with closed loi rs, and
' reports of its proceedings upon this subject
' have not come to us. But the proceedir.<;s of
the Huts'' o Representatives me full "f inte
rest. Ono of the members of lie, rgia. a suites
man of ability, who afterwards filled th high
est juidcial and executive offices oi ti.c S'.ati—■
Gov. Early —wa placed at the head of a com
mittee to report a suitable measure. In the
course of the debate.* G, >. Early said. "1 be
lieve it is the view of every nicmber of the com
mittee. mid all parts of the nati to put an
. end to this traffic; and I am persuaded I shall
be Iwlieved bv the c *mmitme when I a-snre
1 theta that, framing this bill, 1 had my eye on
I the provisions whieh 1 thought Would l>c Lest
eiil. iiln'c l to effect this dcsirabla object."—
Georgia, as early as 17” J , had in. -*rp rate I in
to her Sia:c constitution a prolr’ :i in of the
trade, which remains in hcrconstilulioii nt this
I time.
Mr. Mwon, of North Carolina, whowusthou
tie* Spe iker of tin* House. *a"! : "I beliei, . on
' thi* stifi'Ci *, flu* 0 is hut cue opinion, which is
t.. effectually prohibit the im|airi»tii.n ot slave*
m* . the 1.1 •••<! Th: .etitiim id |' r-
va*le» the breast of event member ul liw c »►
muiiitr. The great olyect is to preient im
' purtation. Perhaps I may lie under the influ-
TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. '
ISTUMBER 34.
en o ol local prejudice, but there is no State of I
lb ' I uion more opposed to th " importflijjib of
■laves than the State of Xorth Ca -uhra. 1’
was proposed by horten years ago, so to amend
the Constitution as to give’Ccngie-: the power
of prohibiting the importation of slaves. I
believe the proposition pased by an iu>ani
n> us vote.”
In the course of the debate if was stated that
lie trail" was t ilorn'od in a ,i r ,| P St:::<-
atthat time, ibe Ilodse el Representatives
passed the a-t of 1807 with only five dissent
ing votes, and two of the dissents were from
New England.
Subsequently, the oppo ition to the trade in
■i.i>'*d in intensity throughout the world.—
I rcaiies h.fve been made auioig all the Chis:
tian States foi it abolition. 1 lie i„v . I ,! -
i nited State- have been made more stringent,
mid the public cobscienee sanctioned the rigor
of the laws. E,,r more than fifty years has the
pr. Libitum of the trade been absolute.
Thc.se acts of Congress having placed the
nations within the pale of international law,
so tar as to exclude them from lawless and pi
atieiil incursions with the view to make them
capjives gud to sell them at a distance from
their country, as slaves, it followed, as a mea- 1
sure of course, that the enactments of that au- ;
thoritv would be correspondent to the enormi- j
ty and magnitude of the crime. The acts and
consequences that commonly attend a slave
trading voyage are marker! with the circum- 1
stam os of atrocity and guilt that attend other 1
piratical voyages. The persons ftl Afri
are vi "lently and fraudulently seized and borne
away from their own country ; they are put in '
manacles, and confined to tiie lower decks oi a j
sea vc cl; are so closely packed that this liv- I 1
in” corps are deprived of the powers of ’ . -
motion, and forced to inhale the feetid atmos
re of a ba lly ventillated room—sometimes,
li an insufficient supply of food audvaler
; cr’nies against human life, committed in
the prosecution of such voyages, first aroused 1
ho moral souse of Christendom to its enormity. '
If these acts are committed against persons t
whom the laws of our c mntry have so far ta- ,
Iron under their protection, as to say they shall
not be done, 1 cannot roe any abuse of lan- 1
gunge, nor any excess of constitutional power, 1
nor any wrong done to the public conscience, ;
to brand the persons concerned a pirates, u: I
to denounce the sentence of death Upon there
sub ject to our jurisdiction who »m.y be guilty
of them. <
This crime of piracy is committed orc - i
summated on the seas, by the crew of n .on
going vc sei, but for the prosecution and sue- '
.c is of the voyage there must be acts, piece- '
lent ami subsequent, committed by other per
sons. c .-operating wit’" them, 'i ! fit t< u
<>f them may be called accessories before the ,
fact, to the crime of piracy.
They are tho nia-tcrs, owners, factors or '
per-oii--. who, lured by the prospects of sliar- '
in.- in the criminal profits of piracy, contribute ‘
to equip, loan, tit or otherwise provide the <
vessel and cargo for the voyage. ’t hese are 1 ,
punish'd by the forfeiture oi their vessel ami I
the earn, and by heavy fines and long imp: ( ■
om- ■nt upon their conviction. The vt■ ■ci j i
m.'v be seized in any stage of the prepare’i- n. ; ;
and during any period of the voyage. The j ,
guilty intention being uianifi 'ted in any form i j
being n sufficient consummation of tho olK.ace. | ‘
National vessels are constantly maintained, to [ ■
prevent, the success of such entcrpi i.- . : 1i :
the President is clu rucd to prevent their -ail- ]
iug I om the port ot the United States.
It is hardly possible that the piratic.: l , voy
age could have its ii option or termination 1
within this District, and I have noticed tin . <
offences to display more eonspiem r ly the (
crime ofthose who are ranged within the third ,
class of offenders, described i't tho acts oi Con
gress and who may be called accessories alter 1
the tact. <
This class is the one with which yon are con-1 ]
reined. It is composed of time ■ who hold, j
mu eh,-ise, su’d, or ill. ) o.se q/j such persons as
linn ’nave been imported contrary to law, or ; '
> ho nr ’ mid 07.z",' in the commission of the of- : 1
tlnci". To understand tho import of tle.se <
words, son will bear in mind that such persons (
are not mid cannot bo lawfully made slaves in
the United States. Every act of mastcrdoin '
< r on m r-hip over them is in plain vi -ialion of
stat to law, and those who aid or abet such i <
acts set at defiance law. raid to that extent the 1 ,
constitutional authority that has made the
law.
Hut besides the invasion of rights the laws ’
have declared and protected, the consequauce i
of this crime is to stimulate into activity
the more malignant and daring criminals. I
u hose offence is described in the sections of
the law already noticed.
If there were no persons to hold, purchase :
sell, or dispose of these Africans, there would l
be no masters, owners or factors to fit, equip, I
load, prepare, or send away vessels with tin• ■
means and appliances needful for the commis
sion of the piracy, nor could a ship’s company i
be found who would engage in the piratical ■
work. Hence the penalty for the violation of j
this portion of the act is commensurate with
the extent of the mischief superinduced by the >
commission of the etime.
The pecuniary penalty is not less than one
thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, ■
with imprisonment for not less than three nor
more than seven years for every violation of :
this portion of the law—that is, for the hold- '
iug, buying, selling, or disposing of, or aiding
or abetting therein, of any Africans as slaves,
who may have been imported contrary to the
provisions of the act.
Besides the provisions of the law. that prop
erly fall under the cognizance of the Grand I
Jury, there are remedies, which are somewhat I
■of a civil nature, that relate to tho acts last:
i imsidered. and which it is proi>er to notice, to
; have a lull conception of tlieir scope and ob- !
' jeet.
Whenever information is lodged with the ,
: District Attorney that Africans have been im .
j ported contrary to law. and that they are held
I nitbin his district, it is made bis duty to (He :
im information in the Circuit or District Court. I
■ to ascertain the validity of such holding.
The burden of the proof is imposed upon the ;
' defendant to show that the importatiiH) was
| made more than tire years before the coin- I
miiii eiiient of the suit, or that his title la nth- i
i erwise exchuled from the operation of these
' art -.
In the event that his title is not sustained. :
the Court is authorized to r< ~uire tin- delivery ,
I of the Africans to be held subject to the order |
ot the Exe< utive Department.
You will thus be nib" to appreciate the < ’
■ act condition of the person who may illy'.ail. i
import into the United States African”, io be
| held as slaves, or who may purchas ■•, .-e’l, or ’
I otherwise dispose of them, or who aid Or a'- t
those persons who may be thus engaged. lie i
I stands in the presence ot his acquaintance” an I >
j bis countrymen an accessory alter the fact, to
acts of piracy, and in close relation to a bai.il
who have been concerned in planningaremofe
i and distant voyage to seize the persons whom
the law* of liis country protect, and havo se- 1
levied the piratical ship's i inp.my W pvi lorm i
the net, and have receive.l from them the \ e- j
t'ms of the adventure, and smuggled t! in in
to the country.
Ever- act of masterdom or ownership, or 1
i their part, is done in vuduljoii ot tho laws of i
his country, mid may bring him Uivfwmitnu
ju t ee of its tribunal'.
He enn acquire tm title tl .d he can transfer!
to gnother. or which his ch!!.lren, or ( ’lierl
I heirs, can lawftnly receive from lnm. Ihe arts
of t’ mgie." appropriate* liny doUars,toiH" ;.a d
from the ticii-ury, to any Informer forever) |
African be will resctietly *al 1 pro. ectiUon fioi.i ,
unhiwt’ul custody’; nml npproprlntrt Ouc-I ..t I
of the jM"ctini.<u*) peiiaitic* Urtlirted iqmn him .
tor the bu«s4it of ibe same person.
Thus, lie n.ii-t hold these pi taon* cliUMle* ,
* t'mely, or be dc|em!<"iit mi the tm bcuruuu." oi t
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1 nil acquainted with his condition, to elude de
tection.
The inquiry ari--cs, what, motive can there
be for any man to place himself in such a con
dition, supposing that he is willing to throw
off all moral and legal restraints, and to incur;
the condemnation of society ? The only ground
of lioi-.o ] have known suggested is, that in
this Southern community a Jury cannot bo
found who will co-operate in the enforcement
of the laws.
I am certain that those who Itave had the
imagination to conceive of such degradation
in our community, or who have placed tho
Uigma that such an opinion includes upon it,
are very incompetent Judges on the subject.—
1 I .re i no con ■ unity p. re interested in tho
■ ■■vriice <>f the laws, and whose education,
habits and principles inculcate more loyalty to
them.
The commission of the Grand Jury is des
cribi'd in their oath of olii"-. They arc to make
diligent inquiry. In their origin, the Grand
Jury were rather witnesses than judges, and
tlieir aim was to inform the Court of breach
es of law that hud come under their knowl
edge or was within their information. This
primitive character of your body is still main
tain. 1, and yon. are required to communicate
to each other whatever will aid in the promo
tion of your inquiries. Your inquiries should
be exact, your presentments true. No person
should be presented whom you have not sufli
-1 cient evidence to believe is guilty. * * *
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! The Rights of the South in tho
TERRITORIES.
A gentleman in this city has furnished us
for publication the follow iug letter from a
distinguished lawyer of Virginia, giving his
views, and quoting the opinion of Chief Jus
tice Take ,-, relative to the constitutional rights
oi’ tho :’i in tire Territories. Tho writer
tithes the true p... :!i< :i ; his letter is well writ
ten. and de' ervcv a cvrcml roadinc-. We quote
as follows:
“ The v! w I have b, en urging is fully sus
tained by the opinion of Chief Justice Taney,
delivered in the Federal Court in Richmond
the ot'.cr 1 y. That opinion lias been publish-
4in the Richmond papers. The view is this,
that wc arc n-4 only entitled to protection of
■lave pr.v.hi -h, l y tho extension of the
Federal (' iislitulion < ver the territory, tho
citizen of U S'nlli is invited to carry there,
/..a, but beyond that,
equally entitle'.’ t > protection in the new State ;
«o that, it is equa’ly umbmiable, in and under
the provisi. i.s 1 f the federal constitution, enti
protet tion in the terii
t.'rial c..r.iiiiion, that he is there exempt from
, interference r’.,..l:’fully with bis property by
any S null: rity attempted to be applied
and enfi r cd I'.gi.'nst him, cither in a clause in
the State c urfituticn or Ly an act of the State
Loei'latnre. In ot’ ■ "words, all emancipation
acts, by I prtmtions or State Icgis-
I.'gh.n, ] :■.!■, J.’y vi late the federal constitution
which 1 the‘ supreme law of the vvliolecuui:-
t try v.nri ■ ■ the jur’ I’.. t'on of the government
f the Union. The p«".v has been hitherto
< x'Te’scd in the State.; which were slave and
are new free, cn dc.im of right to expel slavc
-1 ry in virbv 1 f the provision (Sth amendment)
" f the 1 ie al (' n-t'tut’ . which allows that
! private prop "ty may be taken for public use
for in- 1 iii'ienrati. u. But that claim is not
.u;i. din truth and r':4it—i : not justified l>y
that provision. The ptovision cAntcmplates
I only a taking of |>rivate property to lie actually
i employed for the benefit of t'rc ffarernment, and
I not for ary supposed good of society, to be judg
ed of and determined on by tho majority, it is
1 only withal, and i. r ,tax<l person's that
.■ laves can 1 ■ yr- od ini > the public service in
the right strength of that provision. Whereas
the free--..iler proposes to expel slavery from
the territory, n t as n property, but as persons
! to lie made free for their upposed benefit. In
the op'r.icn of Chief Justice Taney, in tho ease
■ "f Amy, a slave, tried under the act of Con
gress imposing penalties on ji-rsons for robbing
the U. S. Mail, in itea! !:>” of that clatue in
1 tho sth amendment, ho says '• “ It deals with a
■dace ns property only, and not nsa person,” die.
. And so it is that the view I have been urging
<-ver since the Kn- - ' Hiil ] u-tC'l. an I whit.-’'
it was pending in Congress, is fully and al
most in my very words sustained by theopin
| ion of the Chief Justice of tho United States.—
i Sec the nppl cation. It is nilttiittcd by my view
■ of tho subject, that an independent, isolated
State, as Texas was. might by the rule of the
. majority, expel la very or any other property,
ami any elans of pere-n*', bccftnW such State
is independent and unshorn < f any portion of
her sovereignty. But it is not so with a State
in tho Union, or with a territory becoming a
I State. The people in either capacity of an old
I or an ineoming State, is not to all intents
: and purposes an independent sovereign State,
i To many intents and purposes it has parted
with its -tor' i”iu\—as in i ’te'.gi relations—
the y ever to declare war - to coin money—
j r.u.l many other thin the people of a State
1 have domed thomsolves the power to do, by
| accepting the forleml eon: titution as their su
preme law, in eoiiliict with which they may
rat do any thing. One of these things, is, that
they cannot take private property, creept, (un
der that clause of the sth Amendment) for pub-
I lie 11: e. •’ to be employed for the benefit of
the g v rnm "lit,” (says Chief Justice Taney.)
5 > it is that neither inhabimnts in the territo
rial condition, nor u yer.nte in the territory
‘ emcr ng into tho enpucn’ies of a Stale, t übjcct
I e.u-h to the foih oil cor.-tiliiti' n, van interfere
I w itii Tie righ's 1 i'n slave! ’"ler without his in
dividual c<"no nt, without invading his rights
i ve»lol in him and If - posterity bv their coimti
, rution, :■ > i ng as it remains unaltered, and if
| it is I’itercd. the South may ti.aurightfully ni.d
for s.-ii’-ikteiwe. i.a y and should, alter this
I ei.utbdenicv. If tills view is right, which I
; have «<> long urged, and the Chief Justice has
i now mstuine I by his opinion, it ia the riglit
and duty of the South to resist tho ndmiaaion
i of anv new Slate wh< se constitution proposes
| to expel slavery presently or prospectively.—
I You may pub!’ <h this ;i you chnot o.
Vi ur- truly,
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