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Btthls Staff |rrss,
BY
' E. C. & A. M. BOWL AMD.
J.U. STFELE, Associate Political Editor.
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH E- BROWN,
OF CHEROKEE.
for congress,
THIRD DISTRICT OF GEORGIA,
Col. A. JI. Speer,
OF 8188 COUNTY.
[t'OK THE STATE PRESS.]
Amerims, July 18th, 1859.
Messrs Editors : —I have recently attended
twu negro barbecues, which are becoming al
most univer al am ng on.- planters in this por
tion of the State, once a year; ami as these
barbecues are getting to be important occa
sions, often furnishing items of interest for the
Press, and as you were not represented a
either ‘of them, it occurred to me that you
would like to have n short report of them, that
your reader’ in upper Georgia might see how
we do thing? down here.
flare you, Me Editors, ever attended
one of these barbecues ? If not, you have no
idea how much happier the slaves in this re
gion are than the p orer classes of our North
ern cities, notwithstanding the philanthropists
of the North lose sight of their condition, to
sympathize with the well fed and well clothed
negroes at the South. It is true that candor
obliges me to say that there are still a few
slaveholders who do not provide for the com
fort of their negroes as well as they might, but
these are exceptions to the general rule, and
every year is bringing about a change in this
particular, and many who were once indiffer
ent about the condition of their slaves, are
now providing more carefully ler their tempo
ral welfare, as well as their religious instruc
tion.
But I am about to write a lecture on morals,
instead of telling you about the barbecues.—
The first I attended was at the plantation of
my friend G. W , but I dare not write
the balance, for the “Gen’l” is a modest man,
and would not like to see his name in the pa
pers ; and although it is twenty miles below
Americus, we reached there by nine o’clock.—
After refreshing ourselves with a glass of iced
lemonade, nicely prepared by Mrs. li, we
mounted our horses to look at the crop, and I
will here say, at the risk of being charged
with bragging a little fcr the “Gen’l,” that he
has the best plantation I have seen in this
country (I will not say much about his im
provements, but will leave it for friends F. and
A. to describe them) and the finest crop of
cotton I ever saw at this season of the year.—
The weed is large, and well fruited, promising
a large yield. His corn crop is pretty good,
though not as fine, he tells me, as it was last
year.
Upon our return from our ride over the farm,
we were allowed a few minutes to rest, and
then invited to as nice a barbecue as heart
could wish ; and when I say “barbecue,” I
mean every thing good— and I am sure that
Mrs. 15., who was present, had good reason to
believe I enjoyed it. It was a source of no
less enjoyment to see the negroes partake of
this abundant feast, prepared for their especial
benefit. I shall not soon forget how happy
they were on this occasion, koking back upon
it, as I expect to do, with pleasant recollec
tions. .
Last Saturday, in company with several la
dies and gentlemen, I attended another one of
those feasts of fat things, called a “negro bar
becue,” and am not at nil inclined to change
my former opinion, that it means “everything
goodand if you could have seen one of your
brethren of the Press, upon my right, as he
appropriated the ham and cabbage, the barbe
cued meats, the chicken pie, the vegetables and
cakes—but I will not attempt to mention all—
you would have concluded that a negro barbe
cue was made up of the best luxuries of the
land, and that Editors are particularly fond of
them.
After the negroes had all dined, with a flow
of spirits that indicated how much they enjoy
ed it, we had, very unexpectedly to me. a
eouple of Black Republican speeches, one
from a very important personage, whom they
loudly called “Simon,” and who belongs to the
proprietor of the place, Mr. A. A ; I am
afraid to mention his name, for he is like my
friend, the “Gen’l,” a little sensitive about
such things. Suffice it to say, he has a nick
plantation,‘and a very fine crop. Unlike the
Black Republicans of the North, Simon did
not indulge in a bitter tirade against Southern
slaveholders, but congratulated his master and
mistress that a kind Provieeace had smiled
upon their labors, and that their prospects
were bright for an abundant harvest. lie said,
“I have just taken a trip of twenty miles, but
saw no crop a? good as ours, nor as clear of
grass, and I thank God that he has enabled us
to conquer Gineral Green, so we can brag a
little.”
The other speaker was a black mechanic,
who apologised that he was called out “unpre
pared but he made us a speech, notwith
standing, expressing gratitude that the plant
ers had before them such flattering prospects,
but giving evidence of a little selfishness mix
ed up with it. by saying, “It will enable them
the better to pay the mechanics for their work,”
feeling, no doubt, his importance as a member
of that particular class.
We then had a song, in which Simon took
the Lead, the others joining in: and they all
sung with the spirit, if not with the under
standing. At the close of the song, we left
them to enjoy themselves in their own way,
and returned to the house, where we spent a
very pleasant afternoon with the ladies, re
turning in the evening to town, all glad that
we went to the “negro barbecue.”
G. J. J.
Mr. Tex Brokck's Loiterer.—We learn by
the City of Washington, that Mr. Ten Broeck’s
Loi'erer. the two year old by Stockwell, for
which he not long ago gave $2,500, lias
won his SI,OOO match against Mr, Robin,
son's Appollo. The race was something less
than a half a mile in distance ; and though the
•slils were six to four on Appollo, Ix»iterer
bf a length and a half. The win
ning horse was ridden by Mr. Ten Broeck's
favorite jockey, Fordham, and the match took
place at Newmarket on the sth July. What
ever may be said of Mr. Ten Broeek’s fortunes
w ith his American stable no one can deny
that he is a most suecewfnl match-maker, and
therefore proving something for the American
iniud.—Porter's Spirit.
Hus Got* Two.—-Henry Sloan. •ecui.d
mate of the l ark E A. Rawlins, tried. eon
led and sentenced to three year*’ imprison
lueM iu the pi'imentiary at Washington. D.
< .. and one thousand dollars hue, for man
■laugliUl up-u the high seas. Imsde gi»<d Ills
recall* h.. IM , U r county jail l M t Friday
uight. Ihe JaU win the morning found th*
.. I» ami trap door* ojeu-WiJ fl.en. lie
has lied eufficieM time wn< r Lie trial end eon
• I t.ou U> *t«< hM I*. ape from hi* l*u U*>«
■f .UtOMMUMiI UdhehM»o«MrM4d«..H.-
FROM OUR DAILY OF TUESDAY, JULY 26
—— —__
. The Sickles Letter.
There is a demoralizing influence iu the
publication of the letter of the wretched and
contemptible Sickles, in reference to the recon
ciliation with his abandoned wife, that induces
j us to let it pass, as something loathsome to
the sight. The tragedy at Washington, we
long since thought, occupied too much of pub
lic attention. The late occurrence which has
brought forth this apologetic letter, leaves no
room for doubt that all sympathy for Sickles 1
and his wife has been entirely misplaced. The
“world is wide enough” for them both, let
them tread its thorny paths, in all the future,
unnoticed and unknown. -
Hon. J. W. H. Underwood.
In the late Rome “Southerner and Adver
tiser,” a letter appears from this gentleman,
I accepting the nomination recently made at
j Calhoun, by the I 'emo ■; ati< Convention, which
j assembled there to nominate a < mididate .to
| represent the Filth District <>t our State in the
I next Congress. The letter is well w ritten.—
| It approves of the resolutions adopted by the
j State Convention at Milledgeville, in refer
ence to Mr. Buehnnan, ami of the action of the
Convention at Calhoun, ratifying the nomina
tion of Governor “ro vn. He nb.r repudiates
Senator Dougins’ course on the Kansas Le
compton Bill, and Mr. IJnehr.nan’s tariff poli
-1 cy. The letter closes ns follows :
“ If the Constitution i-; strictly adhered to,
in my judgment, the iigiits of all sections can
,i be maintained and protected. I shall not be
one ot those that will submit to aggression up
on onr rights; and no matter how wildly the
storms of lolly may howl, or how fiercely the
■ lightnings ot fanaticism fl ish, 1 shall stand
firmly by the South, my native land.”
We are gratified at this nomination, and have
not a doubt that this gallant standard-bearer
of the Democracy of the Fifth District, will
i be elected by an overwhelming majority.
The Second and Eighth Congres-
SIGNAL DISTRICTS.
The nomination of a candidate for Govern
or was postpou d by the late “Opposi’ n”
Convention, held in ties city, ostensibly on
’ two grounds. First, when called upon to
1 so, by a delegate from I’p-un, no one could
name a man who would accept the nomina
tion; and second, bee.utse the nomination of
a candidate would, as was stated in the Con
vention, by the same delegate, materially in
terfere with arrangements then progressing,
' by which the Second ami Eighth Cotigressioii
! al Districts would be wrested from the Democ
racy. By the time the Convention convenes
at Atlanta, those arrangements, so said the
1 delegate, would be perfected, and then, the
1 man being found willing to take the race, he
would be nominated.
Democrats of the Second and Eighth Dis
tricts, do you liearthat thunder? Are you
to be sold to the enemy? Never! But
I w hence this hope of the “ Opposition/”— tins
forlorn hope? As well might these modern
political regenerators, who, in four years have
created three new parties, calculate upon elect
ing a Governor, which we know they do not,
as to hope to defeat Crawford in the Second,
or whoever may be nominated to-day, in the
Eighth District, by its invincible Democracy.
I The seed sown in the last named District by
' its late able and patriotic Representative, will
1 live and produce fruit sweet to our taste, so
long ns that spirit prevails, which animates the
Democracy to stand by the Constitution, and
the rights of the citizen, and the South. Nor
do we. nor can we, mistrust the Democracy of
the Second District. Led by the gallant Craw
ford, the Democracy then will prove invinci
ble, let the “ Opposition" get together all the
f ends, and fragments, and discontents they
may.' It is idle, nay redicnlous, to talk thus,
1 gentlemen of the “ Opposition'' of those two
; Democratic Districts. If your nomination of
' a candidate for Governor, depends upon the
' arrangements you propose to make, yon will
get credit f r being more credulous when you
I make it than tbs followers of ■■.Soin" were, when
they thought in ISo.’i, that the office lit Gov.
■ ernor had very nearly overtaken Judge Ar.
' | drews, though he had run ahead of it for twen
Pity years, or when, iu 1857, Ben. Hill was your
candidate.
———
Mirabeau B. Lamr.
i The Rome “Courier it Enquirer,'' in refer
s ring to the return of thia patriotic and dis
’ tinguished gentleman from his mi. -i n abroad,
1 imputes to him, in a short paragraph, ineffici
i ency, and appears to rejoice that another will
r I proceed to supply his place, at his late mis
t sion. Whatever affects the reputation of the
! able aud gallant gentleman so flippantly refer
i red to by our R me cotemporary, must be a
I matter of interest to his old friends in Middle
i Georgia, and ought to he to the whole South.
I The former know him well, and fully appreci-
I ate his worth as a man, his gallantry as a sol-
• dier, his chivalrous seuso.of honor, and his in
tegrity as an official. The latter know, or
- ought to know him. as one of the gallant de
f fenders of T exas from Mexican oppression,
1 and one of the earliest Presidents of that Re
i public previous to its annexation as a State
into this confederacy. A purer, nobler gen
tleman never lived. A truer Southern man.
we have yet to see. With these trails of charac-
■ ter, no wonder that he has not made a popular
• representative at the Republic to w hich he was
assigned, with the trailing, speculating, eon
tract-making free sailers who have over-run all
Central and South America, and who tailed to
interest General Lamar in th dr nefarious
■ schemes. Hence, the press of New York has
teemed with abuse and with misrepresentation
’of this gallant patriot. Wall Street capital
ists engaged in the wildest schemes of adven
. : ture, by which they strove to dupe this govern
ment and enrich themselves, sat to work their
I hired scribblers to misrepresent and embarrass
, I General Lamar. He was incorruptible, and
‘ they soon found that out. He was neither to
‘ be flattered, nor to be driven : and as a last
resort to get rid of an honest man, and a high
toned repri tentative of our government abroad,
tlie Wall Street hounds were let loose upon him,
j and outside of the State Department at Wash
-1 ington, an opinion manufactured, which, we
regret to see, is indulged in by our Rome co- I
temporary. He does not know Mirabeau B. ■
Lamar, or the short paragraph which has ap
peared in his paper, we are confident, would
uot have found a place there. The fame of no
man is more dear to thousands in our State,
than is that of this noble gentleman. When
we fail to defend it, muy our lust line be
written !
The Quickest Foot Rico on Rc
CORD.
Two remarkable loot races <-.-ime oil' on the
Empire Trotting Course, in Troy. New York
on the lUtb. Two liiduins, mimed Smith mid
Beuuett. matched themnelvt- to mn l<m miles
within thirteen hours. During the morn li
the atmosphere was very sultry, am! the met
cury, at in u’che k, stood at 9' degn s in the
shaile. Nolliu itiistamlmg bth| lv started
io Die race ami run to the tl-ih mile, whtu
Beuuett gave uul, luavmg hi- rI»;.J to uu
p!»b Uie tent aluiie. The first Ml tuile* »ei»
run by smith iu 7 hours 24 isei oiid* if. - ->ii
tmued th* rare u> th* diet m ■ . ulieu hi* leet
b*M»m< so *l* ulle<l Goal la a»• ah, .. ttnelile
Im walk, aud h* *aie up lie r»< (Im.
<K*upia<i Mm th m tl>< <4 m » «•
Hun . an* th* qii . sl, tor t .4.. *, IHI
, MM*d
Senator Iverson’s Speecn. I
The Charleston Mercury, one of the ablest
political papers at the South, publishes the re
cent speech of Senator Iverson, at Griffin, and
comment? a? follows upon it;
“ The d iligent readers of our columns can
not fail of having been struck with the change
of tone, manifested by many indications,
throughout the South, ’within’ the last two
years. The progre-s of abolitionism has been
so ateady anti aacoeasful—sectionalism iia- be
come so uuivei al and so rampant th- ughout
the North that the necessity of southern in
dependence is becoming a strong and general
conviction throughout the South. The intelli
gent observer cannot but perceive signs innu
merable of a wide-spread and deep-settled im
pression t! ot the a\ < of this Union arc num
bored, and that the organization of a Southern
: Confederai y is a matter only of time. The
voice wh • .i comes to-day from one of the high
places of tieorgia is pitched on a key which,
hewever in discord with the low notes of in
triguing aspirants, will meet with popular ap
plause. The speech of Senator Iverson, of
which we publish a portion to-day, is not only
a p tworful and effective document, but it is an
effort that mu i add coissidcr.iblv to the repu
tation and influence oCthe speaker throughout
th> Sai'h. lie is no Federal aspirant—no
parly wire-puller—no Uuion-suver. He speaks
the words of truth and solierness. We com
mend a careful perusal of his views to aH win
take an interest in politics.”
Fir ? in Jacksonville, Fla.
A letter addressed to the Savannah Repub
lican dated the 21st inst., contains tiio follow
ing account of a destructive fire in Jackson
ville, Florida, on Tuesday last:
Our city has been visited by another de
i struct! ve conflagration. On Tuesday morning
! last, about 1 o'clock, our citizens were arons
j ed from their slumbers by the cry of “fire!
111 >•! ' it was found to proceed from a small
shed between the kitchen and stable, in the
; .-ear of the dueiliim-limise formerly owned by
! Dr. ilollaml, but at present, occupied by Dr.
lb.lines S , qhe flames soon cominnnieat
ul ui ii the risideiice of Mr. Win. Grothe,
wiiich was soon destroyed by the devouring
dement, t rout thence the flames soon spread
both to the west and math, and the Custom
House, the Bullington House (Hotel.) the pi i
evidence of Cript. Paul B. Conova, the
i,v • ilice of Messrs. S inder-on & Forward.
1 the •!v. i-lli g liou-e oi Col. J. P. Sanderson, a
building ow ned by Col. >S. Buffington, known
as the " Cahiortiia House-,” the Buffington
| House Livery Stable, aud some other small
buildings adjoining, were all consumed. The
total loss is estimated at §2i>,ooil, on which
there u.-is an itisurunce of $5,400; §5,000 i ti
the Br.fnngt.ni Hotel, uud §4OO oil the resi
dence f Mr. Grothe —both in the Southern
Mutual, Athens, Gn.”
The Last of Earth’
The Paris co; respondent us the Traveler has
the following:
Kever envy any man ’ All have their bur
dens : and Ho “that tompereth the wind to the
shorn lamb/* hath endowed habit with the
power of alleviating the heaviest loads. The
other day there was a splendid funeral in this
street, a few doors below the Come in which I
live. All the hideous pageantry which in
creases the h> rrors of death were assembled.
The er w I was numerous. The luxurious
mansion < f the great hanker was one great
funeral chamber. The banker is a mil
lion of dollar*. His average income is a hun
dred and sweaty-thou and dollars. He is the
head of a joint->tock banking company, which
enables him t dispose of ten millions of dol
lars at bis plea-ure. He is one of the lions ot
•’Change.” Don’t y-u -envy him? O no:
don’t envy him : he has his sorrows as well as
anybody; for it wa only six months ago the
undertaker laid his third son, then nineteen,
in the grave : the other day his second son was
carried away by the same sombre trad- snmn
to the graveyard though the boy was one and
twenty. His olde*’. daughter is a hunch-back,
and is io declining health. His second daugh
ter is bed ridden with consumption, and will
surprise the doctors ii she outlives the year.—
The hanker hinisrdf is blind fr in over-labor:
he has been known t.-> pass twenty days with
out u:i Ire >‘ng and sleeping in a bed : all his
re; < -e being a few li urs of feverish slumber
siui ched tr. li corroding cares—a respite pas
sed on a s faO don't envy the rich banker,
thougli li ; s i-oflTer overflow vith gobi: for it
avails little to him; and though, as I grant
you, the re.- .mant chime of coin, tossed about
as so much tra h in his cash office sounds mu
sically to the ear. and the oft heard passing
bell and the dort r’s tread common in that
house as the res .nance of gold, destroy effects,
except the painful contrast between the empti
ness of human vanity and ambition ’. So envy
no man I
Yot x ; Man. Pav Attention. —Don’t be a
loafer—don’t call yourself a loafer—don’t keep
loafer.v’ cumpauy —don’t hang about loafing
laces. Better Work hard for nothing and
ooard yourself, than sit around day after day
■ r stan«l around corners with your hands in
; ur pilots. Better fir your own mind—
better for your own health—better for your
« wn pr Bu-lie about if you moan to
have anything to bustle about for. Many a
poor physVia.i has obtained a real patient by
riding hard to attend an imaginary one. A
<.hire of blank paper, tied with red tape, car
ried under a lawyer’s arm, may procure him
Lis first case and make his fortune. Such is
the world : to him that hath shall I 8 given.—
Quit dr ml ng and complaining, keep busy, and ,
mind y nir chances.
The It idim< n 1 r s:t\g that during the
hot wesuiier the ladies of that city do all their
shipping iu carriages, and require the dry
goods clerks an I salesmen to exhibit their
goods at the tar iage doors, thereby saving
to themselves the exertion of alighting and en
tering the stores. It pronounces this conduct
of the ladies barbarous.
Balloons in War.—The London Times has
the following:
The Emperor of Austria makes up his mind
to do a remarkably fine piece of Louis Quar
torze strategy. He executes a fine piece of old |
fashioned deception, crossing the Mincio with
his whole force and then re-crossing it with
his two hundred thousand men, and fixing the
contemplated surprise of the enemy at 9 o’clock
in the morning. The Emperor of the French,
representing the juvenile irregular school, rc
fuse* to be surprised. Having recourse to a
new-fangled expedient which no trustworthy
veteran who can count his seventy years would
condeM end to ik<•. ho semis up a man in a bal
loon ; ai •! at the expense of a few yards
silk and a few square feet of gas, is told the i
exact position of all those mass?s which art
drawn tip «i si i.-utifi ally out of Ids sight, with ,
the intention of surprising him at the comfort
able lei- ire hour of nine A. M. The man of
his time —the clever, active, shrewd, nothing
contenting adventurer ot the nineteenth ccntu- '
ry. by dint of this -mUI contrivance, becomes
ma t« rof the podlioi). lie knows what’s go
ing t ■ h ipp n and where his enemy i«. itnd
h<» * many he i«, and w bile the In-uvv. M?lf coin-'
pl cent \u»trian i« rhti< kliiig at thu formal
MHpi th •! is l < «»Hie off UA. M.. be at
tM< k» st da< iueuk. rl.o<M»e» hi* own time and
|hdiit ailui k. aud r« main* ma»U-r us th#field, |
Ih# Minnie rirt<- pfv«vnr#d India England,
th# r rf* I eaun m w>m M Hit*-*»v!h» air! Msg* fit#
fur t .v | •u< Ii; Hi4«l I • tit# arm. com*
bi«e l « the uiur’i HdtroM return
r (h# f trfi« h on# K that Hbdfeffh.ti
■ -* ■ th hiv j. a*>d I hat Na|* j >t arti 111
U Mow V* (ur# \«< «nta. Ibe l#»##s to ua all
Quick and Desperate Duel.—A man named
Jack Mixon rode up in front of a coffee house, ■
kept by another man named Melton, in Amite
City. La., on Friday week, for the purpose, as
h ■ said, of killing somebody ; nor did he ,are
’ milch who. In the same moment the two men
I raised their guns ; Mixon sitting on his hors*.
‘ and Melton .standing on the ground, about 20
ji aids off, Eaeh discharged lioth barrels of his
gun. Mixon’s first shot was harmless. Mel
ton's first shot ( with bird shot barrel) sent sev- ,
eral of the shot into Mixon’s left side, to the I
front, ncur his left breast. Melton’s second .
i shut missed. Mixon’s second fire sent a buck
I shot into the forehead of Melton. As may
[ well be imagined, the people nround, in the
highest excitement, rushed in after the quick
and desperate duel.
Mixon was not supposed to be seriously hurt. I
The small shot did not seem to ha\e m -re ti an I
penetrated his skill. Mi lton was found t<> be i
mortally wounded, and in a short time died.—
Then arose high excitement among the people I
in the town. Melton bad teen universally |
liked as a quiet, peaceable man. Mixon, win )
had been arrested and confined, was taken from |
his confinement and drag cd off by an infuri :
I ate mob, to be hung to the nearest tree. Ihe
rope was already r>im<l his neck, mid short i
would have been his shrift, had not some of ,
the more co >l-mindel and law-abiding of the I
party interfered and stooped the proceedings.
Mixon was taken back to jail, and there, next <
lay. he died.
The small bird-shot wounds were not sup- I
posed to have caused bis death. The rumor '
was that while the frenzied mob had him, |
hey beat him over the head, and that from ■
blows over the head lie died.
Another Mixon, having heard of his broth- i
r's death, came charging into town, wanting j
to kill somebiHlv, but he was at once seized i
•ind disarmed by the crowd, without iimltie
violence, and prevented from doing any harm.
Spread Eagle-ism.
Ilie Baliim >re Ihdriot teuelies upon the
American pr. pens! y in the following slylc:
“Somebody ought to interfere in behalf of
his unfortunate bird. For now mure than a
half century he has been incessantly persecu
ed by village orators, lecturers, performers at
unior exhibitions, and by politicians in (and
mt of I Congress. Travelers who have visited
Switzerland will recollect that nt Geneva (o'
which eanton the eagle is the heraldic emblem)
ne is maintained at the public expense in a
cage, but which visitors are not allowed to
worry. We, who have also chosen him to re
present onr “boast of heraldry and pomp of i
p iwer” treat him, or allow him to be treated I
in a different manner. He is compelled to do '
all manner of things which no bird—even an
eagle—ever did before. He is set up “on the
top of the snowy Sierra” and “on the inacces- ;
sible peaks of the Rocky Mountains,” and I
thence made to descry the “distant shores :
lashed by the Atlantic surges or laved by the I
placid swell of the Pacific.” With “his head i
in the Nortn ami his tail in the Si mb,'' he*
made to “flap his bread wings over a free and I
enlightened nation.” It itfunusual, however, 1
fur his tormentors to Login their worrying’ so •
early in the season as ba’ been done this year, i
Ordinarily it is the custom (although there is
no game law on the subject) to delay these
shots until the F urth of July, when the big
zuii of the village is brought out and let offal
him in an oration.”
Terriui.e Acciui xt. —A young man named j
Weister met with a terrible accident in a ;
shingle factory at Union, Erie county. Pa., re
cently. He was sitting close by a whirling
shaft, over which ran a leather band, which
was loosened for the purpose of mending.—
His right arm was run through the band and
he was in the act of mending it when it caught
last to the revolving shaft, and in an instant
he terrible catastrophe was wrought. He |
was whirled twice around the shaft, when his
arm gave way from bis body, and he was
thrown sixteen feet on to a pile of shavings,
knocking down a scantling post which stood
in the way. The mutilation was awful; his
urn . shoulder blade, about half of his collar
bone, and even some of the cords of his neck
nimiiug up into the structure of his head
were torn away. And. wonderful to relate,
he still live’!
The Kansas Convention.
St. Louis, July lll.—The bill of rights be
fore the Kansas Convention pr >videa that no
distinction shall be made between alien citi
zens relative to the possession of property. —
Vo shivery shall be allowed in the State, and
a decided majority were in favor of instruct
ing the Supreme Judges to disregard the fu
gitive slave law.
The bill also includes a homestead provision
embracing 160 acres and improvements to the
umount of §2.000.
“What did you give that blood-mare of
yours the other day when she had ti e bot<.' ’
. skid a Wall street broker of a friend from
Long Island. “A pint of spirits of turpiny
t me." “Good morning”—“morning;” and
toy seperated. Two days alter, the same
parties met on the street. "Say, look o' here.
I gave my mare n pint of turpingtime, and by
Jove, it killed her.” “So it did mine,” was
the reply. “Good morning'’morning.”—
And ay they departed.
BY TLvuEGRALH.
ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
Sales of the week 107,000 bales—advance
1 4 to ;j-8.
Consols 95 1-2 to 95 5-8.
Hank lutes reduced 2 1-2.
A touching story is related of a Zouave, w ho
had picked up a wounded Austrian and was
carrying him out of the tnelee. As he was
trudging along with the man upon his back,
he felt something cold upon his back, and cau
tiously looking around perceived tbut the poor
fellow, with a pair of scissors which he
contrived to draw from his pocket, was cutting
off a lock of his preserver’s hair to keep as a
memento.
The Wobi.d.—Oh! you that dote upon the
world, for victory do you fight.
Y our hopes can be crowned with no greater
reward than the world can give: and w hat is
the world but a brittle thing full of dangers,
wherein we travel from lesser to greater per
ils? Oh! let all her vain, light and momen
tary glory perish with herself, and let u.- be
conversant with mure eternal things. Alas!
this world is miserable: life is short, and
death is sure.—<S7. Augustine.
The I’ricb of a Kiss.—A correspondent
of the Memphis Avalanche, writing from
Hardeman county, f irnishes the following an- ' '
swi r t» the question pr qxiundeil. we believe, j
in the columns of the Nashville Union :
“1 noticed. I believe, in the Avala die some ,
time ago, you reported a <-u»e that was before
one of your courts tor an attempt, on the part 11
of one of the Sons of Juda*, to ki«s one of ■
Eve's fair lepresi illative, uml fur this little i
risk of romance the .Imlge ch i,.d hint Un
dollars. Y"<l ask, if an attempt to kiss Is '
worth fen dollar*, abut 1* a real kUs wort!. ' 11
A r'-e Im* j'lst lieen d<wi<li <l in tlie < ’irc'iit 1
<’i>utt at Putdy, that w ill aolve your question, i
Mr. A. kiw-ed Mrs, on the cheek : Mr. A. ,
ph **l guilty . iilid hiilg Walker < Uirgad the
mJor 'ii.ute “J»!».” tilt» d. L' .r-f r ft.
If a ki-a ••■ t>w i lack !■ worth ts ly d< > “«r», •
wluit i> « k>*. from t, r<«y ip* of rune fair •
h*» wultbf U In. t'44. uii f“
Ah, lb r • 'h* l uh, firn i.u d ar, .
•west pi.tty, sU*« lipp. <1 U 4* M*«ir th*
H.s* Urtboimutu* t*y* sb* think* it we-ld I
b* •uru»—■ ’ftftunf *
FROM OUR DAILY OF WEDNESDAY. JULY ST.
Public Meeting.
We have been requested to state that a pub
lic meeting will be held in this city, nt the
i Council Chamber, to-morrow, (Saturday) Ju
ly 39, at 11 o'clock, A. M.. the object of which
is, to appoint delegates to the Convention soon
to be held in Atlanta, where the contemplated
Hail Hoads of the State, and the question of
State Aid arc to be considered. I
The African Slave Trade.
In the language of Mr. Jones, a delegate in
the late Opjiosition convention, “without say
ing anything pro or con as to the propriety of
reviving" the African Slave Trade, we go on
to remark that his resolution demanding a
"repeal of all laws on the subject, and that it
be left to the States whore the constitution left
it, was received with no favor by thatconven
-1 tion, mid voted to lie on the table. Not only was
his d me, but the constitutionality of those
1 laws was openly and boldly advocated, just
| as we were wont to hear in days past, tho con.
I litutionality of the Jfks'j ri Restriction advo
: nted. But wh-if is more remarkable still, in
I that convention. Mr. Jones appeared to be sol-
I itary and alone ; hfs allies, — and we know that
I there were many professing to be so on the
u irning that the convention assembled—hav
; ing fled at the first fire. Not a voice was heard
n his support. Not a man rose to advocate
his proposition to leave the question, or policy,
1 'o the States, where the constitution left it ’.—
! A question so vital to the South, must not be
■ubinitted to her decision, or resolve, but must
be left to that majority in the North and "West
whose deadly hatred to Southern slavery will
end, we doubt not, in a disruption of this Con
federacy ! And yet, these Oppositionists af
oot to talk of the existence of slavery prior to
■he adoption of the Federal constitution, and
of its existence independent of that instrument!
What, however, so vit Uy affectsthisinstitu
*ion, either fir weal or for woe: we care not
| which position be assumed ; whether to advo
cate the revival of the African Slave Trade, or
to oppose it: must not be left to the States,
where the constitution left it. but to Congress!
Southern men reject its keeping ! Let us sup-
I p i-e. tor instance, in some future day, that
I the Northern free-soil, abolition majority,
j should, from motives of interest, reverse their
position, and advocate a reriral of the trade,
and that the South should lie opposed to it—
; what then would be the condition of the South ?
According to the action of the late Opposition
| convention, neither Georgia, nor Alabama,
nor Mississippi, could protect herself. In such
an event, instead of the supply being less than,
or equal to the demand, as the States them
selves would regulate, they would be overrun
by the cupidity and avarice of the Nor'jh, un
til both negroes and land would be worthless.
The trade, however, regulated by the States in
terested, would furnish a supply only equal to
the demand, and would be productive of good
and not evil. This is the true policy, and
i right of the slave States; as it should also be,
1 to determine whether the African Slave Trade
should bo revived, or remain as it is. The re
itrictions placed upon it by Congressional en
actments, are both unjust and unwise ; it
•■I add be left to the States, and although tho
ttppin.icn convention ignored the proposition,
we are satisfied it will not be ignored by the
iieople of the South.
This is a subject of momentous impo-rt to
he South. According to the doctrine laid
lowu by those who advocate the constiti xtion
ility of the congressional restrictions now laid
upon the African Slave Trade, the South is
at the mercy of the anti-slavery majority of
the North, so long as that majority is opposed
to the trade; and will be in a still worse con
dition should the majority reverse its position,
and continue to deny the right of the States,
j in which slavery exists, to regulate the trade
lor themselves. Think of this, voters of Geor
i ria. when you are called upon to connect your-
I elves with the "Opposition Party” of your
Statel
Governor Brown'
A letter from the Comptroller General of
■nr State, addressed to tin Editor of the Citi
en in this place, on the subject of the pay
ments made by the State Road into the Treas
ury. will be found in our paper to-day. It ex
plodes the charge, that the payments made in
the Treasury by the State Road are subse
(Uently withdrawn to pay outstanding debts,
I and in a manner, we trust, that will silence it
hiring the canvass. Governor Brown, with
the Treasurer and Comptroller of our State;
■is well as the Superintendent of the State
I lad and its Treasurer and Auditor; would
have more daring than we ever knew any of
ficials in Georgia to possess, were they to at
einpt to palm oft’ upon the people a fraud so
as the one referred to by Mr. Thweatt in
bis letter. Me are confident, however, that
civ intelligent men in our State are, or have
been, deceived by it, and we trust none will
i‘ in the future. The payments made into
he Treasury, are what Governor Brown re
presents them to lie:—the monthly profits of
i lie Stalo It >ad, after meeting all its liabilities.
The m nthly profits, averaging some $35,000
yer month during the present y?ar, and a little
! .s in I<>B, when once deposited in theTreas
i i y, are not subject to the warrant of the Gov
e: n r, but under some appropriation act passed
1 y the Legislature, and it is therefore preposter
us to suppose that the State Road can pay them
into the Treasury, and the Governor draw them
out at his pleasure. But we will not waste
words in controverting so silly a charge—one
which can only operate to bring before the
people the efficiency and honesty of our present
aide and patriotic Executive, than whom Geor
gia has never known a Chief Magistrate more
devoted to the interests of the State and
people.
Paying Pretty Pear for a Joke.—Quite
an interesting scene occurred yesterday, on
the street, and subsequently at one of the Re
corders’ offices, arising out of a joke which a
city wag played too successfully on himself.—
The aforesaid wag had made his arrangements
to spend the Fourth over the lake, and byway
■ f getting the sinews of war, had drawn a
check of two hundred and fifty dollars from
link. all in small bills. Passing down one of
the streets below Canal street, he slightly
dropped his roll of bills on the side-walk by
way of a “lark,” unobserved by a negro who
was some distance from him. As the negro
approached the tempting pile he made a grab
r it, thinking his fortune was made, but our ,
wag was too nimble for Sambo, and by a dex
terous move he pitched the negro head over
*. ° I
heclfl, and picked up his money. When he
did Ro he started and ran like ft good fellow—
by the way. as he thought, of carrying out his
juke. Here, to hiw as ton in Inn ent. the tables j
bet-aiiie turned, f»r the negro, m he got to his i j
loci, criedout “murder, robbery/' “stop thief/'
Ac. Tiiih soon gathered a crowd, and to i
a■ Hhineut of our waggish friend he was (
purMued l<\ all sorts of parties, white, black
*1 gray, and arrested. In vain did he pro*
U**t hi» inn<M ence and endeavor to explain the
' ••; it wa» .ill <d use ; he had gotten him* .
* 4 o.to a lion <4 the city ahvre nose m
ti e «rowd knew him. ami win dragged to ths
aukUßs I • ba bad t*> re* i |
in» n utihi his trMasd*. hearing of his niohap, I «
eiii !•« hi 1 rud’iuily aUwlHsl Up oottiiuit* , J
<!• ts ttoat tha wiaaie thing was B | «
>i *. ii«. b»**»ekwr, reiAtaiosd lung enough it* i I
iiwi » to his f-ss-ag* <>*ai tbs Uka. X I k
0 Mu. '1
Demooratio Convention Eighth
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Thu. Convention assembled nt Augusta on
yesterday. Its proceedings were marked- with
great unanimity, as we see from the Augusta
papers, that John J. Jones, Esq. of the coun
ty of Burke, was nominated by acclamation.
No other name appears to have been presented
for the nomination. This is one of the Con
gressional Districts which the Opposition lead
ers of the convention that recently met in this
city, and which has been adjourned over to
Atlanta, propose to rescue from the Democra
cy. “Trot out your nag,” gentlemen, and try!
We are confident, “to try" is the best you can
do, and the sooner you begin, the better for
the Democracy of that District.
From the Semi-Weekly Cititan.
Our Correspondence.
Comptroller General’s Office, (
Milledgeville, July 19, ’59. j
Dr. Andrews, Editor Georgia Citizen:
Dear Sir: —ln your weekly paper of the
iota inst., while alluding to Governor Brown
and the Western <fc Atlantic Railroad, you use
the following language:
“For aught we know, he (Gov, B.) may
monthly put $36,000 into tho State Treasury
and as often take it out to pay some indebted
ness of this Road, merely to make a show
of doing something until after the electionl”
die.
I do not know that I would trouble you with
this notice of your remark, had I not seen this
idea suggested before. But, supposing per
haps, some good meaning persons, in their dis
gust of others, and for the want of a proper
knowledge ot the Constitution of Georgia, and
the laws governing the Treasury, may have
some such erroneous and absurd ideas, and be
lieving that youwill take pleasure in giving cor
rect and reliable information in your paper, I
have concluded to address you this communi
cation, not doubting but that you will take
pleasure in publishing it.
Let me, therefore, say to you, that after the
Railroad, or any other money is paid into the
Treasury, by the Constitution of the State, (see
art. 1, sec. 24,) and the Acts of the Legislature,
the Governor has no more control over it than
you or any other citizen, except to draw his
warrants for money expressly appropriated by
the Legislature. The last Legislature however
authorized him to make some arrangement (if
he could,) with some oneof theßanksof Savan
nah or Augusta, to secure the interest on the
SIOO,OOO Common School Fund, and to effect
ns good arrangement as possible, and author
ized him to have the deposites of the State
tranferred (if necessary) to such Bank agree
ing to his terms. But, with this exception,
the Governor can only draw money from the
Treasury after it has been appropriated by the
Legislature and his warrant then is not legal
ly good at the Treasury, unless “ approved"
and endorsed by the Comptroller General.
When money is paid into the Treasury, the
Treasurer gives his certificate for the same—
the certificate is brought to me, and for it I
give the holder my receipt. I then charge
the Treasurer with the amount, and keep
his certificate as my voucher for the charge.—
All these vouchers or certificates can be
seen by any one at any moment, and at the
end of the year, after having been examined
by the Finance Committee, and the Treasurer
has accounted for the money received on them,
they are sealed up and cannot be opened again,
except by order of the Legislature. For the
safe keeping and proper disbursement of the
money received by the Treasurer, he gives a
bond of $200,000. and I give a bond of $20,000
for the faithful performance of my duties.—
Should a Governor, therefore, by error, or
without autborithy of law, draw a warrant on
the Treasury for money, and Z were to approve
it, and the Treasurer were to pay it, the law
does not hold the Governor responsible, but
the bonds of both the Treasurer and Comptrol
ler are responsible to the State for the same.—
So you will perceive that it is altogether a
mistaken idea about the powers of the Gov
ernor over the Treasury; He cannot touch
a dollar in the Treasury unless the law ex
pressly gives him authority ; and if the Comp
troller General refuses to approve his warrant,
he cannot legally draw any money from the
Treasury; and even if it be “ approved,”
should the Treasurer differ from the Governor
and Comptroller as to the construction of the
law, and refuses to pay, he cannot even then
draw any at all, except, perhaps by a manda
mus. It is a much easier matter to ]>ay money
into the State Treasury than to draw it out, as
many will tell you that have had experience in
both instances.
Let me, therefore, my dear sir, assure you
that you and others need not be at all alarm
ed about the Railroad money. It has all been
paid in, as published, without any draw backs
whatever from the Road, and m only subject
to an appropriation by the Legislature. Gov.
Brown is too honest and conscientious to think
of attempting to meddle with it improperly in
any way. And, as the Treasurer and myself
desire to discharge our duties faithfully, and
have the approbation of our triends and the
people of Georgia, and as we do not desire to
be injured ourselves, or permit our securities
to be injured by any act of ours, we are always
very careful to examine the law very closely,
so as not to pay out any money whatever from
the Treasury unless it is expressly authorized
by law. Consequently, as we cannot find any
law authorizing this Railroad money to go
back to the Road, or pay any of its debts, af
ter it gets into the State Treasury, you and
others may rest assured “it cannot get back
there!''
While upon this subject, and to show you
and others that Gov. Brown and Dr. Lewis
have been prudent in their payments into the
State Treasury, and have not the remotest
idea of at any time paying less into the State
Treasury than at the present, (unless some un
forseen or great calamity should come upon
the Road or the State,) 1 herewith give you a
statement from my books of the monthly pay
ments of the Road since March, 1858, at which
time it commenced paying into the State
Treasury under Gov. Brown’s administration.
It will be seen that there has been a gradual
increase at different times:
Payments into the State Treasury as the net
earnings of the Western <t Atlantic Rail
road, from March 1858, to June 1859, both
months included:
March, 1858, $20,000 Nov’r, 1858, $25,000
April, “ 22,000 Dec’r, “ 25,000
May, “ 25,000 Jan’y, 1859, 81,000
June, “ 25,000 Feb’y, “ 38,000
July, “ 25.000 March, “ 35,000
August, “ 33,000 April, “ 36,1X10
Sept’r, “ 25,000 May, “ 36,000
Oct’r, “ 25,000 June, “ 36,000
$457,000
Thus you will perceive that the next pay
ment of $36,000, ami perhaps mure, to be made
in a few days, will make nearly a half million
paid into tlie State Treasury from the State
Road for the past seventeen months. But I
think 1 have said enough.
Very ree|>ecttully,
Your ob’t Servant,
PETERSON TIIWEATT,
Comp. Gen.
The Washington Slates thinks, that the
Democratic State ticket of Kentucky will be
el.i ud by eight thousand majority, and that a
D-iuocreUc legislature will ba elected, winch .
will secure a Demiwratu Senator in lien of,
Mr. Crittenden. Vme Preetdewl Breckinridge .
is a read al ala, and will no doebt be nhiuee.~ i ,
Im Coigreemaia are to bn ale sled ’ I
Frhm the Brunswick H.r.lil Extra, July 22d, 1R59
Glynn Superior Court.
MR. STYLES ACQUITTED.
Glynn Superior Court commenced its ~es
sinn on Monday the 11th inst., Judge Cochran
presiding.
The case of the State vs. Carey W. Styles,
for killing J. W. Moore, at the Academy, on
the night of the 24th December 185”, was set
down for Thursday. The Solicitor, W. 11.
Dasher, Esq., was assisted by Gardner & Gard
ner, of Brunswick, Gov. Johnson, of Jetfersun.
and Judge Hansell, of Thomasville.
For the defense were J. L. A B. F. Harris
and L. C. Roll, of Brunswick, F. S. Bartow,
of Savannah, A. R. Wright, of Louisville, and
T. T. Long, of Fernandina.
A Jury of more than ordinary intelligence
and conscientiousness was impanueled by Fri
day noon, and the ease opened by Solicitor
Dasher in a short speech on the part of the
State.
The introductory speech for the defense was
by J. L. Harris, Esq. The ground of defense
assumed was justifiable homicide.
A large number of witnesses were subpie
nad and tho examination continued till 11
o'clock on Wednesday. On the close of the
testimony, Gov. Johnson stated to the Court
and Jury that when the ease was commenced
die Counsel for the prosecution beliexed it to
be, from the representations made to them,
and what evidence they had examined—what
the indictment charged—one of murder ; but
being satisfied that such a case had not been
made out by the testimony introduced, the
prosecution would only ask for a voluntary
manslaughter. Judge Hansell then addressed
the Jury in a speech of about an hour and a
half, for the prosecution. He was followed by
Messrs. Wright and Bartow, for the defense, in
able speeches of about two hours each. Gov.
Johnson, for the prosecution, closed the argu
ment in a courteous and able speech,—to the
doctrine of which, however, we materially dis
sent, —of about an hour and a half. We did
not hear the charge of Judge Cochran, but
understand that it was satisfactory to all par
ties. The Jury retired about 11 o’clock Wed
nesday night, and determining upon their ver
dict in a short time, informed Judge Cochran
of the fact, and, late as it was, he returned in
to Court to receive their verdict of— ‘ ‘Not
Guilty.”
From the New Bedford Standard of Thursday, 21st.
Seizure of the ship Atlantic as a Suspected
Slaver—Great Excitement
x The ship Atlantic, which has been fitting at
this port since her arrival here on the 10th of
3 > June, for a pretended whaling voyage, but
le which has been suspected of not being exactly
ie in that line of business, was this morning ta
i' ken in charge by United States officers, upon
information lodged in the United States District
Court in Boston, by parties residing in New
e York. Th# process was placed in the hands
of Deputy Marshal Freeman, Jr., who has the
I matter in charge.
e The Atlantic which has been in the stream
P for several days, finishing loading and taking
" in water, cleared yesterday afternoon and was
0 to proceed to sea this morning, having waited
6 as it has been said for some passengers who
d were bound to Fayal, where the ship was to
>r touch. Iler officers and crew were all on board.
>, But this morning an officer was placed on
b board from the U. S. Revenue Cutter Camp
e bell, which came round from Newport, she hav
e ing been in this vicinity for several days.
a The Atlantic is a ship of 699 tons, was built
0 in 1836, and is owned by her commander, Capt.
- Francis J. Silva, a Portuguese, but a natural
r ized citizen of the United States, having pur
n chased her of Capt. J. S. C. Maciel, master
« and owner of the ship Comoro, brought to this
» port from Boston and now fitting for a whaler
t from New London, but has lately been engag
'- ed in the merchant service out of New York.
- Capt. Silva was formerly master of slfip Gov.
a Troup, of this port.
We understand that parties have been on
It the look out for the past ten days, and in con-
- stant communication with the authorities else-
- where, and that the seizure is made not whol
:, ly on account of the manner of outfit, 4c., hut
e upon the circumstances not known to the pub
" lie.
r There are many rumors in circulation about
e the streets in relation to the matter, but we do
1 not think best to give them publicity, as the
- affair will undergo a legal investigation.
f The ship is of a larger burthen than vessels
» generally employed in the whaling service, and
i cleared with but twenty-three men, while she
was supplied with seven whale boats—the de
i ficiency in men, however, could be supplied at
- the Western Islands. She has no first officer,
i which might also be supplied in the same way.
t The second officer, we are told, was shipped
t with the understanding that he was to be the
third when at sea. There are but three try ,
: pots on board, and one of these is cracked.
i She is not coppered in the usual manner of
f whalers, being coppered on the skin, whereas
I they are coppered on a sheeting, and besides
> she is only coppered low down, and as she now
i lies the metal is two feet under water. This
i also may have been done as a matter of econo
r my.
The lower hold is said to be stowed with
casks full of fresh water, whereas whalers gen
erally fill casks in the lower hold with salt
water.
The Atlantic has on board 1,100 bushels of
corn to be disposed of at Fayal, and provisions
shipped by Portuguese to their frieuds resid
ing at the Islands, and a very large mail for ,
whalers expected to touch at the Islands. She
had nineteen Portuguese passengers engaged 1
The affair has created a great excitement in
this city to-day. The wharves have been vis- '
ited by large numbers inquiring for partielars 1
in relation to tlie matter, and the subject is one
of general conversation throughout the city.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
P. S.—Our reporter bae just returned from
a visit to the ship and the cutter, which now
lie in the stream. He gleaned the following
additional intelligence: Information concern-
ing both the Atlantic and Comoro, has been in
the possession of Marshal Rvnders, of the
Southern District of New York, lie was in
formed that the sum of $20,000 had been sent
from a house in Havana to the house of Amedes,
Ambreges & Co., of Pearl street. New York,
for the purchase of two ships for the slave
trade.
Marshal Ryndcrs despatched Deputy Mar
shal Lorenzo De Angelis, who discovered the
purchase of the ships Atlantic and Comoro,
and has been watching their outfit. Amedes
has been in New Bedford, it is presumed, as
he was on board the Fall River boat on Satur
day night. Mr. De Angelis joined the cutter
Campbell on Tuesday, and set sail to intercept
the vessels.
Had the cutter been fully manned, she was
to have taken the Atlantic, and then Inv off for
the Comoro, but a« it was they we-e obliged to
take the Atlantic this morning, and Lieut. It.
11. Travers was put in charge of her.
The Atlantic will have to lie discharged, in
order to search her, awl this will he done at
once.
Unia -
Th# Editor of ths Bainbridge fleoryian was 1
attacked on Friday week by a young lawyer
named J, Ji. Thomas, who |»«oche<l him <>n
the head with something hard, whereat the
editor shut Thon.as ours through th* shift
sleeve, once through the eoat lad six! again
somewhere la that iiurghhurhood whereat
Thomas. so the editor say a, leerjied out of the
teeoait story window. and left wit* hto east
tail eiuvermg la Uk Weeat. —'
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nomination.
Wo lenrn that in ?. . ..
the “Oppo-it' Ci jo ( .
assembled ■ ! ;q
trict of this .State in the .
nomination, we pi •• • n.e. i. , ;i ..: t (
rangemeiits that i . t.. t .
the nominal >•; G a . ; M
by the “sq ■ . .. . . .
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sional Dlstncts fr ■>■’■•;:.'"ll!:..
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loose
News.
“The Hom .Ua. Bell has wrtttenMdspo.
litical friends in .1 ,
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: ifion" w i I
enthusi »n!” S. ; ‘
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per in Geori-hi.
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and it may h. •
they : . .
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taken n lie v . .
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hfe own, anil the ■
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lennossee, indeed ! As,., ;i
poFift'on” claim (, ; : a. , . ; nv other it
siblething. TnT
wcr-". ■■
to meet a new enHny) distasjcftil t > thousand
oftlu ' Amei
not a doubt t! 'ir a . will be even
more signal, t!ir,. 1 <55, v, hen J .';r (
Bell’s prop!, eki of t :„. SI!CCI . SS „ f
party, wore fWml in ev,Knew WM
peralmost.f m to (_• iruin. Tliedd
man is in hi? <!i t.
Seward’s lilaiiitcsto.
" Our >;> -. ~ i, ar of tm.
tagonistic M. t. .- a eooiiiit between slave
labor and lice !.i'
This is the d er i upon which the issue is
based which the “.b v”—William 11. s e «..
l ard—<
parties ot* tnc Noit bi.l'liv presents to the
country. False as is tho sentiment, it will
novertheles.. delu : ■ th. people of the N •];,
ami bring ah ."i '• ? - . : :>.d conflict wl.ieli
in all probability . . opt this Union. The
Southern mind shot I con- fitly dir. :ej
Ito the issue. :■ ; : ' ' il '. ■ti l from it. i-
I sues of minor im; .irr.-uice should be set aside.
Jin order to meet thi« one, which in magnitude
land its results a t • institution of slavery
I in the South, fhr outstrips i ierv other one.-
| The South mu-. . >’ I - .-iel.t of it. Seward
land his host of Bine'. Il • inhTnn allies, are
prepared for the w ■•. Nor must we under-
I rate his strength. Ft-e nmt wa but the to ;
Ito lead the it. t ou.-.r. S ward has bided hii
J time; has sii-. ' u1 I: enuse; an.l will
1 soon be in t! .■ '. if - ly i < the leader oi
I he Black Republi, . ■. ibi ces, but leadings* ai-
I lies, the “ <>opod . " o' the North and
I West. Pein - nth and e-p - Sal-
ly of Georgia, gird 11 J our tu'mor '.'or the con
| tiict! Stand firm to iiweive the charge of
' I your mortal ! E- : deluded by the
' | syren voice of tin- • • >. tion” whonremak-
■ ing a vain effort to divide the South, in this,
her hour of trial. V. ,ch for tho great Issue,
and be prepare! to m. t it like men and patri
ots! Be UhH ft >re Ist, |,’-enured either for
victory nr d. - ,r. Il !no former come, well:
' if the latter, in another e'-nledei acy of States,
the South will prot. t h r*..df and her institu
tions to the latest •.-nei-.-ition.
Protection c/ 31.. very iu the
TERRII URIES.
TiieNcwllii: o.i.mci-atic Standard”
is one of th ' p lit i-al journals, no
rarely found in tn - States. Upon
this question < f vi a! in: -re-: to the South
protection of -ii.very in ’lie Territories—some
of our 8 'Utherii - ; ai- may iearn a good i’s’
I son from it. l-htbi-i" to dodge it have been more
trequeui than ■ I ■in piper.* j übii*h
cd in Southern S-a-e.. The sophistry of
I Stephen A. 1‘ u. . ■ .... i. ned to. t«
: conceal the a 1 ’ ..im .. . 1 this right hr
I Southern men. W< :r rold Hint pniet-eallvi
cannot be main...' rd in the Terri - r:c<—that
in theory nl me. ' i- .I—that T.-rritorial
■
ments by and tin-- 11 v. hich the slave stealer
may be punishe ’ - all of which, when sifted,
means simply this: fl:.; the p wer of the G-v
--eminent falls sir . f th-, d. gn of its foun
ders, when, in the (<*ittiti -n. S uthern da-
I very wns girnra: 1 protection. Al! flu-.
I positions arc false. Congress holds the pc
! and where a Terri: Legislature fail* ’
■ protect slavery, appr. pi-iati-.ins may be with-
| held, which will - l-.i. .: the Ten-itor- t-
its senses. It ci. . , dire : the moyemi •
lof the Army, : >.d by ree of arms niaiii' .ir
i this right. Ifitci ; then the Goverafaent
is a failure, and in? .1 er -Is nld be i:.-iin:
more a ind I of the Scut
the safety of our insti ...i ita . ami the
ness of cur p.- ; .
But let us turn i: in t-..- the view which
New Hampshire Standard tiki b of :Li- o . •
tion. It say- :
“Some ot the nir.e I dent s-ratic press
are awaking to t- - , .uc.i-r- their pre- . :
condition and a. . mg ti.e true d. ■ •
trine with re,::. . .. 1 ..f the slaw-
holder in the Te White denying that
Congress can :.. . .-y .: . y
Ido concede tha J. u : y ot the I’l.i ■;
| should protect it. 1. N. H. Patriot has
i arrived nearly . ...
“But, supp .set . . , ... . and other Courts
I of the union ]
' very Ml the 1 with ut
protection.' <->■. i. Cm s. ess anil the Ex. e-
I utive exert ti.ci.- p .... p> edit? 1-tt
not ju-t as : : r '
gres.s and the E
tect slavery, i* te ' '■ Umoiilbw
can these gentlin' u. inguish between th--
several depar:m> .. ... B . .-lemment of tic'
.Union'.' V» e ... ■ ■ t '■ tlo-.-eiuv ...
plish,-' h -k and see what ibey
can do in Unit dlls'-
“ No; then s n i < i I I r log! a!
- position tlni. c.m i. i that Congress
! and tie i .
, ns con*!;.;.
' Territories, as in Judn mry. No discriinina-
, lion CM
pitiful nn .
It betray* th . . :!.e by p... risy.
’ of those Who do
unworrby the i . i.. <
true dem-.-.ru:.
, ‘‘Let noattimp : ..........
tioual du'y n im . nn
' to another. But. I- ‘a- me nil < I tie r
riglill'i'l i-
perform them. tSu a .md the lai quits'
of true pauiots. • <: . ami fioie-t
men. It will d■! n lmi;ei . . .
and those wh fl . n.:
sneak out of the | ■ ' ininm-c f a duty ly
some eonieuipiil'ii si.iti ~r »u . : u It i<
unworthy of bon ... ... a io l e guilty •:
I such ooudui t.
W m.u »uch ... < num
ted ill'Ull •< -. A “'
I hope that ' all is i 1 , at.a us, l
jto SM that they a; , ■ o-■' your..'..
I and iu a > i. -->••-1 ■
v/ . . 1.-
tbb Great Ji* pu . . .<•
k e is
ben, uva
ft4r ’V* | o. . \
l Ub »u j.
arc but Cr« i o
vrru ar« r. .