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1 ' TION.
\ P f GEORGE 11. llUSTER, E«j.,of Knox-1
■ e (l.'jrgi<*, delivered at Ike late Southern Commer-1
■ c>'irenfio» held at Montgomery, Alabama, on]
,*>/,*« of the llcrivalrf the Afriean Stave Trade. \
[Reported by P. Kean ]
Mu.ntoomert, Ala., May lSth, l»5fl.
n. pending question being on the report of Mr.
.yj, of South t’arolina, favoring the re-opening of
ti'rican slave trade,
j[ r- Hunter said; Mr. President, I rise not for the
of making a speech, but I rise for the pur-
.1 of expressing, with as much brevity as possible,
: rrtsona which will induce me to vote against the
report as well as the substitute offered, by
j'V.incey. In order to do this, and that the subject
, Se distinctly understood, it becomes necessary
,joe to advert to tha history of the legislation of
. t r< f» upon Ibis subject.
j gentlemen who preceded me have already re-
r . ,i m that article in the Constitution which' pro-
,d that Cnngreaa. prior to 180S, should not pass
' liw prohibiting the slavetrade The gentleman
I 1 ',, rddressed the House last (Mr. Harper, of Ala ,)
' rrt .j to the debates which took place iu the Con-
■ .,n upon the subject of the slave trade, the re-
of which was the embodiment in the Constitution
gihs article prohibiting the passage of any law by
c„, wtss to stop the African slave trade. The gen-
S from Alabama (Mr. Yancey) insists that that
" j, „ direct recognition of the constitutionality
,.; s ve trade. Laying down thatyosition to be
light be able to vote
uestion when called up
id Knoxville Conventic
e find there 1 We fin
ate from Virginia repor
immittce, a resolution,
ihdraw tin
nier-t iiidingly upon this
i to .do so. We come to
held in 1857, and what do
Mr. James Lyons a dele-
ig back from the business
king that Congress shall
ram tbq, coast of Africa
which tbo government bound itself to keep there.
Now-; sir, what.was the actio.) of the Convention up
on that resolution. We find by looking at the pro
ceedings that upon the passage of the resolution Mr.
Snead, a delegate from Tennessee in the Convention
and recently a member of Congress from the State,
proposed to amend it by declaring that it was “ex
pedientthat was the extent of the amendment, and
the question came up upon the adoption of the amend
ment. I should have said that bis amendment also
deolari d that if was. “inexpedient and contrary to
■the settled policy ol this country . to repeal the laws
prohibiting the African slave trade." This amend
ment was adopted, as alsr, the original resolution
in reference to the recommendation to Congress to
withdraw the squadron from the coast of Africa*
What next! We find on asubsrquent day daring
that Couvention that Mr. Fpratt, Irom South Caroli
na, introduced a resolution requesting that a com-
mitee be appointed for tile purpose of obtaining in
formation upon the subject ot the African Slave
trade, and rcjiortiugthe results.of thlilr rCseacIi to
this Convention. The r< solution was strongly op
posed,' but was subsequently carried by a small ma
jority. This is the history of the action of the Com
mercial conventions upon this subject.
And now we come to the report whieh the gentle
man baa made under that resolution. The report up
on your table which has been presented to this Con
tbs stave ir.»uu. 1**7* r:,7 ■” rr Motion, is a report which I acknowledge, is drawn
.. he assumes that all subsequent legislation on I „p with no small degree of ability. In it there are
of Congress, ns, for instance, the law pawed , wrt propo.itiuns laid down.
* - lonking that trade • misderocwior, »nu jnat j Mr. aoUer, of Alabama——The gentleman from
in 18io making it piracy, were unconstitution-1 Georgia, has fallen into an error which seems to pre-
I will not d» Mr.'Yancey the Injustice tossy, that I »sil throughput the Convention. Ido not understand
iv-umcd that'position before the Convention. 11 that report to be the report of the committee. It is
• , v ,. not thu plwiOJ© of ^ personal iiPQniiuitftnco I but tho report of wontiamon ntm st tn
Nihilist gentleman, but I know him well by repo- tllL . convention.
, I;,® I s« 00< l b ? b,m in ,lle conflict of 1850. I lol- ,. H , _.
;_,i i s gallant load on that occasion—I have the
I* 1 ’" intnlliifnnor. o,„l BS - 1 am OWare
i -t respect for his patriotism, inte.lligenco and
" Viiiees. mid I shall not. iff can, misrepresent what
’our, ive to be his position.
I umlerdood him to say, not that subsequent legis-
on the subject of the slave trade was uneonsti-
,»l in loiter, but that the laws passed to prohibit /
.^ve trade, were contrary to the spirit of the *
j .iitution. inasmuch as they discriminated unjust- TH ’“’
- gainst tho South.
\y t ,,iu coino to tho next notion taken by the fed-
r .; <-ovtrmnent on this subject We find that the
„Vp takeu by it is embodied in the treaty of
6 ! Vi. which was concluded at the close of the war
jjjj-j. That war, as you know, grew out of the
. .iii nf search claimed by the British government,
Lfd with a view of preventing all future difficulties
- » i that point, tho federal government hound itself
w ,n legitimate efforts tor the suppression of the
African slave trade. This took place in 18M. Hero,
was a recognition by the federal government
II•he illegality of this traffic. Hero was a solemn
-iirtnlee inserted in that treaty by which our gov-
and people were hound in good faith not to
|„ that truffle . and wliat bnt a conviction of
i ' niiconstitutibnnlity ol that trade couid_ hare in
fo,reed our government to such a concession 7
But, sir, we advance a step further. _ The treaty
vo concluded; this article was inserted in the treat)’;
tsl then came the legislation of V819-’20, by which
. African slave trade was declared to bo piracy.—
Sin is that all 7 No, sir. From 1814, at tho time OT
i 'conclusion of the treaty of Ghent, down to 1820,
tail subsequently, the government of these l.mted
Slates, ill good faith, kept a squadron on the coast of
Africa, in connection with the British government,
n slop the African slave trade. This squadron was
kf].i there for the purpose of carrying out the treaty
of .-11. mid of enforcing the legislation of 1813- 20.—
Brant Hritain, to her credit be it said, had also acted
a good faith from that period down to 1842, when
the Ashburton treaty was concluded. This plighted
null on l he part of the federal government was ob-
orved: a fleet was kept upon the African coast sue-
Mifally to suppress this slave trade; but we find in
vhen-tno North-Eastern boundary question
to agitating the Union, when the horizon was cov
ed with dark and. ominous signs of war—wo find
toniel Webster, who was then Secretary of State uti-
r fvler. and Lord Ashburton, on tho part of the
irti.li government—concluding a treaty in the citv
: Washington. And what do we find in that treaty i
-A distinct recognition upon tho part of ourgovern-
itiit of the nnluwfuluess of this traffic. You find
i,t this government bound itself to keep a squad-
•>a upon the coast for five years, and as much loug-
t: the contracting parties may choose to do so.
La treaty received the sanction of the Senate of the
Ciia d States; and Mr. Calhoun himself, in the Sen-
i:t, during a diseuxssion upon the subject, admitted
ft- propriety and the justice of that clause iu the
trwlv. lie said, “ho was happy to find that a treaty
i . ooiicludi-d, by which this traffic would, in tuture,
1- lupprvssed.' 1 I can thus invoke tlm authority fit
!>. Lalhiiun.tban whom higher authority could not
k'mvikcd, against the authority of the report of the
r-iii.siao from South Carolina, (Mr. Sprait.) I say,
tut in the discussion upon thi* question Mr. C. dis-
i.nctly n-cqgniaed the justice ol that article in the
;v»iy; nud from that time the government of the
Viiiit-d Suites bus kept a squadron upon the coast of
.Utica, fur the purpose of putting down this trade.
in 1855 the quintuple treaty was concluded, to
viiih m.r Government was attempted to bo made s
party bv England and France, for the purpose of a
. pl'iag more stringent measures upon this que-tion.
But Mr. Cass was opposed to any conecjimi on the
fsrt ol this Government with that treaty ; and Ids op-
. • ; n prevailed But it is enough for my purpose
:'know that in 1848, when this clause was inserted
:ih»t treaty, the Federal Government.in pursuance
itrt-of, m nt a squadron to the Coast of Africa, for
th« [lurjune of enforcing tb« treaty, and preventing
lit African slave trade
I Ms. then, is partly the history Of the legislation
ly li t-Guv, rim ent of the l nited States in relation
'. theinpprrsshiB of the African slave trade; and
fa in this it will be seen that the policy of qurGov-
UMmt lias been nniformly directed against this
'■ . and exercised for tho purpose of suppressing
: is trad-,; a .id now, for the first tirre or ratherat
U eit-eiiiig of the Convention at Savannah; this
>-tiun has been Irought forward to influence a.
• in die policy of our Government,
la le.'«6, a resolution was passed at the Savannah
C.;.vemion,directing that a petition be aent to Con-
Ft«. aaklng a repeal of the laws passed to suppress
tin-Slave trade, upon the grounds advanced here by
1: *e«ntl«nen favoring thereport. Froml606down
' * law, nearly half a century, the legislation of Con-
; o upon this subject has been uniformly directed
■• lie suppression of this trade, and” never till 1856
*m »ny attempt made to change the policy of tins
(■“vemment In that regard. Then, for the first time,
»« a movement set on foot to influence Congress to
r 'r?«! these prohibitory laws. Well, sir. what was
■it result of the action on tho part of the Convention
h Sxvannah ? Mr. Orr, the distinguished gentle*.
-m from S. Carolina, now Speaker of the United
v -n* House of Bepresentatives. in consequence of
“* action of that Convention, introduced a reaolu-
’•-■i in ihe Bouse at the Congress before last, which
■ Lvc now before me. The language of that reso-
-We must take it as it is presented to
» of the fact that it comes before the
Convention in a very doubtful shape. The gentle
man from Virginia (Mr. Pryor,) who was a member
of that committee, dissented from it; so did the gen
tleman from Alabama (Mr. Yencev,) who was a-
notber member of the committee. 'But, sir, for th»
“fiwolved. That It is inexpedient, unwise, and con*
-uy to the settled policy of the United States to ro-
i T dthe laws prohibiting tbo African slave trade.’
Nil is the precise language of the resolution In*
: iuetd bv Air. Orr in the Congress of the United
of lisfi. What waethe action of Congress
»that resolution 1 There was tho State of South
’-uclina, represented by ono of her most distiuguielt-
r «|>ri-sii|itativea, declaring by resolution, to the
~ >t emphatic form, that it was “inexpedient, un-
' Cato contrary to the settled policy oftlie United
>: -i« io repeal the existing law* upon the subject
*Yt’AlricaiiT»tave trade.” Just tho very reverse
4 the resolution 'Which the gentleman trom Ala-
' *«. (Mr. Yancey.) has laid npon your table. He
:, bs Uriio with the resolution of the gentleman from
' nil Carolina, (Mr. Spratt.) He says that it is
«i*«, expwllent and politic lhaf Congress should
*»1 these laws.” Upon tho vote taken upon the
, t , !l Ntlun intrudneed by Mr. Orr In- the Ilouse of
'Jiyseutatives, consisting of two hundred and odd
*a.it*ni, there were to bo found but eight gentlemen
‘via iiKiuvli to come out and avow themselves in
,?.'“-itlon to that resolution. Who wore they!
tad the gallant Brooks, now no more, were
•*« only member* from South Carolioa who came
'■-t and voted against the resolution; while the rc-
®*“uler of tlie delegation from that State voted m
f at the resolution. Tbeso are the facts as given
‘‘seri-rird. ’
did Alabamaro on that question T Tho only
F*»i>tr»of the Alabama delegation found arrayed
'»"piH.>i,ion to that resolution, was Shorter, and
•jilit-r gi-nlleman, whose name 1 do not recollect:
.. ’ ,,| i. sir, this resolution was offered, a^d this ac-
i« n,T **had by Uoo^rcMin coiim-!|uenco # of tno^c-'
■'p “I thn Sod I hem Commercial Convention «tSs-
iv®** 1 in 1856. It sprung directly out of it, but
has emphatically declan i by g iircidve
Y' , |w n Ibis subject, that the legislation now exist-
1:1 ( ftard to the slave trade, is n“t to he cluing-
■•'- m that it will adhere to the policy adopted by
’fii ii"V 1,meDt from 1808 to tho present time, to
"Shave an unequivocal condemnation mi the
i^" " r b'e popular branch of tbo government of the
i # * UrB which this Couventioh is now attempting
True, that action is not binding on the
(Vm- CDIlon ■ hut it is conclusive as to the policy of
* r N*' oud may be regarded as very high author-
.O.'.? 1 ?* 1 «uy action that may be taken here upon
C„m* c ". toe n °w to tho action of these Commercial
cjeuuooa upon this qnmtlon. 1 have already rw-
mhjlVljh^tociplentn' lim , i- i‘ “t Savan
"fthulv 1 have til- record of lb* prm .-cnin^a
IlLJbonveation, tmd have Uken lb- trouble since
.J i*? here to look ' ‘— * ■ —
There are two prominent lead'mg ideas contained
In this report, which 1 shall refer to as briefly as pos
sible. What are these two leading ideas ? The first
is. that it wonld bo beiitficial to the African race, the
barbarians who inhabit the interior of Africa, if the
slave trade was re-opened, and they imported into the
United States, and brought in contact with the civ
ilized slave of the South. Who disputes this? No
body, I presume. There is no question as to this,
and I shall not enter into any controversy with the
Chairman of the Committee on this point. But is
that a legitimate question for the consideration of
tbia Convention ? Why is it that we indulge to such
aiitbropy, thesickly sentimentality in regard to slave
ry, which prevails there. And yet, the gentleman
who presents this report, as well as Us friends, would
have the people of the slavehojding States be guUty
of the same thing. They would convert us into pro
pagandists ofnegrocivilization. The endaudobject
of this report, and the ground taken in it, is, that it
would ameliorate the condition oftbe barbarians who
inhabit the interior of Africa, to import them into the
United States, and bring them, in contact with the
more civilized of that race among us. I thought that
this Convention had assembled here for a different
purpose than that contemplated by this report. I
was silly enough to believe, before I left home: that
subjects pertaining to the development bf Southern
agwriculture, Southern, manufactures, and Southern
comerce, would occupy tho attention of this Con
vention. I thought these were the subjeots to be
discussed here, and like others, I must confess, my
surprise was considerable when 1 saw a labored ef
fort made here to change the whole end and purpose
ofthis Convention, and by the adoption of this report
to convert the people of these States into a set of pro
pagandists of negro .civilization. [Applause] If 1 un
derstand the legitimate objects ot this Convention,
this is not one of them. If I understand the mission
npon which wo came here, we came here for tio such
purpose as this. If I understand the mission tip -n
nbich we came, it is to promote objects far different
from that under discussion, as the very title of the
Convention itself wonld imply. I shall not, there-
lore, waste (lie lime of this assembly by discussing
an abstract question which no body contradicts and
which no body disputes. But enough of this.
‘-t.'ite*. and to this number you would have to add
ten millionstd establish this equilibrium which seems
so much the object of the gentleman. How is that
to lie done ? When would it. when could it be done?
Why, sir. nt the close of the Bevo!ation«ry war.
when our federal Constitution was adopted, we had
hut three hundred thousand stives in the United
States, and in fifty-six years the number has only in
’crensedtoabnntthreeandhalf millions The young
est person who hears me to night, would not live to
seo the day if Ihe prohibitory law was repealed,
when even three and a half millions would be im
ported into the United States Thu scheme, sir, is
perfectly Utopian. Ten miliions'of slaves. Imported
from the coast of Africa, to restore the balance o
power, to npake the houib equal to the North ! My
only astonishment is that the genileman who drew
up this report should have ever offered it for the con
sideratiou- of a Convention like this. That is the
proposition that you subscribe to if you vote for thi-
report. I si.all not consume the time of this Con
vention in arguing this proposition further. It is
only necessary to present it in its true light before
this Convention, to secure for it ihe condemnation
which it merits.
But, sir, I pass on to tho consideration of other
points. I have demonstrated that the main ideas iu
this report are perfectly untenable ; and I come uow
to oonsider briefly some of the views that have been
presented to tile Convention by the distinguished
gentleman from Alabama. (Mr. I ancey ) I say here
that I listened with the utmost attention to that gen
tleman ; and if 1 could subscribe to his position, it
would afford me much pleasure to go with him in
support oi his proposition. But before 1 proceed to
cousider his position. 1 beg leave to m .ke this re
mark: Y’ou haVe upon your table, resolutions re
ported by the committee, of which the gentleman
from South Carolina is chairman. The first of these
I subscribe to cheerfully, affirming, as it does, the
principle that slavery is right iu the abstract, that it is
right whether viewed to a mural or religious aspect
The second resolution proposes that the Africau
slave trade be re-opened, and that it is tin policy of
this government to re-open it. Now let us look to the
histoiy of these measures.
When the gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr.
Spratt,) preseuted his report, a discussion sprang up;
views were elicited; and there was a strong expres
sion of opinion against the resolution. Then came
forward the proposition of the gentleman from Ala
bama, (Mr. Yancey,) conceding that the resolutions
could not be sustained, that they were in fact im
practicable iu consequence of the legislation of Con
gress to whieh I have referred, and treaties on the
subject of the African slave trade concluded by our
f o vernment with the government of Great Britain.
(e says that these resolutions could not be sustain
ed.—Wliat, then, does he do to relieve the merer of
these resolutions from the dilemma in which he is
placed ? He comes forward with a'proposition, set
ting forth that it is the policy of thisgovernmeutto
re-open the African slave trade; but that resolution^
yon will observe, is oautionsly and ingeniously wor
ded. What does that resolution propose ? Why.it
simply proposes to Tepeal the existing laws upon the
subject of the Africau slave trade, leaving that trade
denunciation of the North, because of their conduct „ . ... Lm.„_,
towards tho South? ItU ^n..rfttMrWMphU; thStM
mlimentiuity in regard to slave- .. ...... a v i.-._ i.:.
tbe position which I understood him to take in his
speech. He proposes to repeal these laws, and leave
the trade where these laws found it. Let ns cousid
er the question in that point of view.
Mr. Yancey.—There is, jierbaps, a slight difference
between us, according to your understanding of my
position. I do not propose, simply, the repeal of
these laws. My position in argument was, not ,to
leave the trade where the passage of these laws
found it; but my argument was, that simply repeal
ing the laws would not open, or establish the trade;
but that would be a question to be decided by the
law of (jeniaud and supply. There may not be that
distinction between what the gentleman couceives
my position to be, and what I conceive it to be. I
expressed the idea, that whether it should be opened
or uot, would be a question for consideration here
after, either for the estate Legislatures which would
have control over it, or the law of trade which would
> govern it without a statute law.
Mr. Hunter.—That is a distinction without a differ
ence. Now, there is no prohibition iu the Constitu
tion against the slave trade; and according to the
authority of one of the ablest jurists,- one of the ablest
exponents of international law, there is nothing iu
the law of nati ns which prohibits the African slave
trade. Oue ol the ablest jurists that ever eat in a
British Court, laws down the doctrine, that there is
no international law prohibiting tbo African slave
trade. Then, there beiug no prohibition in the Fed
eral Woustitutiou against trade, none iu the law of
nations, if tbb acts of Congress upoc this subject are
repealed—1 mean the act of 1808, declaring it amis-
. , , « I demeanor, and the act of 1819. declaring it piracy—if
IV bat is the next proposition ? I shall proceed as I U|ege j g> „ ( ar(] repealed, what is the <etate ot this
rapid!v "» possible, as 1 do not wish to consume the I tra( j u ? j t standi precisely where it stood before
time of the Convention. Look through this report. . .. h £ j -
I have analy zed it very closely and stripped it of Ihe ,h « P**"**.®* “““
drapery of words in which It is clothed. _ I cometo
the main object of this report; and what is it ? Ac
cording to the best judgment that lean form, it is to
restore, what is called iu this report, the lost political
power of the South. In other words, it is to equalize
the political tiower oftbe South with that ot the
North—to restore the balance of power between ihu
North and the South. Why do I say this ? The re
port sets out by declaring that there is a vast inequal
ity between the North and the South, that the pop u
lation of the North ezeeeda by six millions the popu
lation oftbe slaveholding Mates, and, as a conse
quence the Northern States ImVetbe ascendancy iu
the government, and we should devise some scheme
bv which the political power ot the South may be
* , . ..L i:.i * i«. 4.1... V.vMl. *ri.
1 admire the great caution with which the gentle
man from Alboma came up to this subject. He did
not take the ground in bis resolution, that it was po
litic and expedient that this trade should be re-open-
ed. The gentleman knew that it was opposeu to the
policy of the Federal Government, lie knew- that
the popular branch of oucGoverumeut h. d placed
the seal of its reprobation upon this trade, by reluaiug
to re-open it. The gentleman knew that public sen
tiineut was opposed to it, uud he therefore took this
g.ouud; but he does what is equivalent to a propusi
lion iu favor of re-opeuiug the trade- He proposes
a repeal of this law, which will have the effeet of
re-opeuiug the trade, while he does uot commit him
self to a direct proposition to re-open it. Sir, Ihe
effect of the gentleiiiau’a prop.-sitiou will be re-
made to equal the political power ot the North. Hiatts (be Slave trade, whatever may be said to ill,
the chief objectot the repert. disguise it as you will. ^ u , T hu8 much upon ibai branch ol the sub
VVelJ. I Cntilesa that I subscribe lieanily to the seiiti
incuts and concur wiih the position laid down in the
report, that the North has the advantage of us. in coo
Sequence ot her larger population. Itut. then, sir.
does the plau proposed by the report', restore the
equilibrium ? Is it a practical plan-such a plan as
should meet with the concurrence of rtiis Convention!
How is it proposed to effect this ol ject 7 How is that
lost power as it is Called—I don't cousider it lost be
cause we never bad it—bow is it to be restored ? The
argument with reference to this, in the report is,
first, that you must increase tbe slave labor of the
Mouth.—Well, sir, the honorable gentleman from Al
abama (Mr. Yancey) has demanded that the propo
sition cannot be maintained. Slave labor irthe great
want of the South! How so ? Where is there a de
ficiency ? Goto Maryland; is there a deficiency of
slave labor there 7 Are there not more slaves tho.-e
than could be profitably employed T Go to Virgiij-
ia, and is it not (he same case there t Go to North
Carolina, and do vou not find tbe same state of things
existing there ? 'Go to South Carolina, and the same
remark will be found to apply to that State.as well as
to all tbe Southern States, except a few cotton grow
ing States. It is not true, in point of fact, that there
is a want of slave labor to the South. This report
lays down the proposition that South Carolina is im-
outrary. .
ject. 1 now come to consider the position which the
gentleman assumes upon these law*.'
*lt 1 could subscribe to Ihe proposition, that these
laws discriminated u justly agaiuat'iheSouth, I would
go with him. because 1 tigot under the bauner of
sou'hern rights: and nil the sympathies ut my nature
lead me to support of any measure which wilt have
the effect, directly, or indirectly, of relieving the
South from a stulu of vassalage iu whieh she lia«
been placed to the North.
Iu the dark and perilous day of 1850, when the fed
eral government had dismembered a portion of our
territory—I mean Ual.fornia—when that monstrous
wrong was inflicted upon the South ; when a federal
officer, with the federal bay met iu his hand, wrested
Ualforuia from the South -, when foreigners—aliens
to us in feeling, in' sentimeut and in blood—under
the direction of this federal officer, had seized upon
and dismembered this slave territory; which had
been won by the valor and arms of the Southern peo
ple ; when that moustrous wrong w_as inflicted upon
the South, my voice was for disunion; and, in con
nection with other gentlemeq from the South, in the
Nashville Convention, I then and there advocated
the line of 36 30.U3 the ultima thule—the poiut be
yond which the South would not go. Then, sir, I
maintained the sentiments which the gentleman.
poveri*ed for,want of Slave tobor.. There are many (Mr Y ancey.) expressed on that occasion. 1 then
other States ruined owing to an excess of slave lanor, fcjt t ^ a t the Unload n which wethen lived, was not
because their lauds are improverished by tillage.’
Is uot this a fact, sir ? The gentleman who drew
up this report says, that in the neighborhood of
Charleston, lands that formerly sold for $60 an acre,
will not now sell for $6, owing to the want of Have
labor; and be say»,from tbe same cause land Is cheap
in South Carolina; but extravagantly high in. New
England.—Why is it so high in N. England? Take a
tuna of one or two acres, and plant it with Irish po
tatoes or onions, and it will yield more profit than five,
ttn or fifteen acres in the Cotton growing States 7
And why 7 Because there ere paying consumers
there who create such * demand for the produce
of these two acres, that the demand is enormons-
But not so in the slave States There is not that de
mand here, for the products that are gro *n upou the
land that there is there. We have no markets for
our products here. T he raw material is sent across
the ocean and sold there subject to enormous deduc
tions for freight and other charges; .
•The report goes on to say, that, the great want of
tbe South is population. Just as it contends that the
want of labor is tbe groat want. But it is not worth
while to argne that. I venture to assert that the ma
jority here who have good experience in the matter,
will agree with me say in saying that there is no such
want in the Southern States, except in a few States
bodering upon the Gulf.
But it is said that there Is a want of population, and
thatia the chief Idea, after all. Well, how is that
want to bo supplied 7 Let us look at the reasoning
upon this subject. I admit that if the South had more
population, it would have more influence and power
in the government. -I admit all this, but the question
is. how it is to be supplied 7 By the importation from
Dahomey or the coast of Guinea, of these hordes ot
barbarians who roam over the African deserts T
These savsires are to h* fransfored from their native
wild& to these Southern States, and this is the class
that is to supply tbe great want of population-at
which we complain. How does tho white papviinvu
of the North compare with that of the South 1 Inc
white population of the North is estimated at ten mil
lions ana that at tho Smith at eix milli‘>ns. Neglt
is proposed to equalize and make the white pnpula-
tion of the South < qual under the federal basi*. with
the white population of the North, by tbe Importa
tion of African slaves. Under the federal basis, live
ill only to thri-t
this caleu]
tb that of the no
Five miUii
lillimis of i
s represented
of ihe North,
» ”i .Uric.iiis
• and a half mi
t,flection oftlo
of Mr dry an
aid be
id. r tho federal
ipaUtionofthe
would hT.ve to
Vo have got nt
is in the Lailed
11 the Co
the In aty ol Washiugto
it el’K a I* -Ol- h IU. ’ll, lllllliu.eau I-.OIJ .o’- u-ni;
““ihvertd for, and against the question, that I i atnondmeut, adopted as It
•nt of tin
til \\ (ill'll tins wi
i origiuully offered
1.
roliua,
irti -le
a Union of the Constitution. I then felt as the gen
tlemin uow feels, that that Union had been,i issolv
ed by this moustrous wrong that had been iuflicted
by the North upou the tiontb. I then felt not only
that the Uuion was not a Union of the Constitution,
but I felt that the Constitution was a fetid mass, that
stunk in ttie nostrils of every Southern freeman.
1 felt then, as the gentleman now feels, that the
govsrnmeut of this Union, was not the government
that we had received at the hands of the patriots of
the Kevoludon—Washingson, Jefferson and Madison
but that it was a government of popular tyranny.
a government controlled by Seward and Bale and
Giddiugs and that detestable brood of Northeni fa
natics that have been hatched to the slime bf aboli
tion ; and that government tuus controlled I regard
ed as more tyrannuical. odious and despotic tli in that
of a monarchy, because it was many headed more
unappeasable, more furious In its appetites, more
lasting in its duration anddepotism which was to have
no end; and the dry expanse ol tlmf which it covered
was not lit up by a CiEsar.aCroinwellorn Bonaparte,
(bond applause.) ,
This was the feeling which I then entertained.—
But, sir, we fought the battle of the South in that
Convention. Wo laid the line of 36-30. The South
ern rightsparty called upon the Southern people to
stand by them, to run the line through California, and
to insist upon their rights in all the territories South
of 36-30. What was the result 7 Wo went before
the people upon this issue; we called upon them and
endeavored to excite their patriotism and rally them
to die support of Southern rights, and what was the
con equence 7 A failure; and from that day to this
there has been a settled conviction on my mind, that
no matter how flagrant the legislation by thegoveru-
munt with reference to the Mmlb may he. the people
will submit. And they will submit to the settlemeut
of thiaKansas question. _ /•
But, 1 come back to the point that I left just now,
and 1 repeat if 1 could satisfy my own mind of the
correctness of the opinion laid down by tho gentle
man from Alabama (Mr. Vancey) that these lawa a-
-aiiist tbe slave tiade discriminated against the
Janitli. I, for nee, would go with him and demand a
repeal ol liiem. . ,
11;.. ^entI m in from Alabama, {Mr. Hilliard.)
demonstrated; that the acts of Congress, prohibitory
of the slave tnuie ire not unconstitutional, nia col-
Mr. Yancey, says they areunc institutional.
I.,-." th«rr nnerate nneimally/ Now, in wli.il does
Inequality is a term that
•eference to tile subject
unequal7 Do tlmy ope
rate in favor oftbe North, and against the South. -
ll tla-% do thi”. would I).. mi- qual in thi-:r operation.
Hut how is it'.' Is there any inequality a.* between
Hi,, (v.rth and tbe South Murk you. these laws are
"i-m-ral la" s. They prohibit all persons trom enga
ging in tbe African slave trade—not the citizens ot
Uie'Southeru States alone. The penalties ol these
laws are ..of directed exclusively against tile citizens
ol Ihe Southern States, but against nil die uoii-siui c
i.uldin - .state?, as well a. ttie slavehoiding States
That p'oiitiou beiug true, in what, 1 a»k, does the
•quality cc
: undersea
inequality consist? At the time of the passage of
these laws, tbe New England States were engaged tn
this tratlii- It was carri ;J oil in New England ships
The South was not engaged in it. Then theprnhtbi
tion and tbe penalties were levelled against New
England as well ns against the Southern people.
What was the object of these acts 7 As 1 under
stand them, it was to discriminate iu favor of the
slaveholding States, and how? Because they secur
ed to them a monopoly iu the traffic ot slaves.—*
Prior to that time, this traffic had been carried on by
New England ships and people. After the passage
of these acts, a monopoly in tbe raising and Selling
of slaves was secured to the people of the botithern
States and they were passed tor the protertmuot the
Southern Slaveholder aud not against him. (Ap-
pl Let us look at the effect ot these acts. They, were
passed in 1609 and 1819 ’20. What has been the ef
fect of these discriminating laws upon South ru in
dustry and Souther* prosperity t 55 by. no country
upon the face of the cart" has prospered to (he same
extent that the Southern people have. Liid.r ihe
opsrsllon of these laws, slave labor has advanced
the prosperity of these people be\ ond that ot any
other people on earth within the some length of time.
They hive protected the inJustiy of ibe slave labor
oftbe South, and not discriminated against It. as the
gentleman contends ; mid they constitute now Hie
great security of the South, so lar as slave labor is
concerned. (Applause)
These are the view's which I entertain upon this
subject, and these are the views which have brought
me to the conclusion to vote against the original re
port aud resolutions, as well as the substitute which
has been offered by the gentleman from Alabama,
(Mr. Yancey.) . , , ,
Matters collateral to this question have been drag
ged into discussion, and wtiich do not legitimately
belonged to the question under consideration. 1
refer to the Kansas d fliculty. The honorable gen
tleman from Alabama (Mr. Yancey.) has indirectly
dodged this question. He has hadthe p r udence and
the wisdom to make no issue upon it, and for tbe
cantion which he thus exhits. I cannot help expres
sing my entire admiration. Bnt, he refers, however,
iu a tone of dissatisfaction, to the passage ot this
Kansas bill, and cites it as another evidence of the
injustice and oppression of the North with reference
to the South. 1 will only say, that the Kansas con
ference is a measure of the present national Demn-
cratio Adminstration, and will. I apprehend, receive
the sanction of the Democratic President. It is an
act of our own Senators aud Representatives in Con
gress ; and, for one, witii the lights now before me,
1 am uot disposed to attack them forthe coupe which
they have thought proper to pursue in this matter.
(Applause.) Who brought the present Administra
tion iuto power? The national Democratic party,
of which we of the South are component parts. We
elected them to office; and it is not to be supposed
proved a Pandora's box to the democratic par
ty. Witii the advent of Mr. Bncbanan the
controversy liad ripened into the most delicate
and alarming sectional quarrel that human in
genuity could invent. But he saw that a de
cisive policy and a resolute purpose would
alone meet the exigences of the ease, and his
policy and his purpose were quickly defined.
After five months of incessant agitation in Con
gress, of cross purposes and factious opposi
tion, wcat last fiud the President's policy sub
stantially triumphant, and this whole Kansas
business transferred and confined to the people
of Kansas, witii whom it properly belongs.—
And the most remarkable thing in all this
Congressional agitation of the Lecompton con
stitution is the fact, that in some shape or oth
er that constitution has the recorded votes in |
its favor of every man, of every party and
every faction, with scarcely .a solitary excep
tion in either house.
Titis much for the Kansas question. It
threatened a four years war of sections and
factions, tlie destruction of the administration
and all concerned ; hut it is now so quiet that
we scarcely hear anything more of it thi n of
the Northern-Eastern boundary or t'.eOiepm
dispute. And it is to Mr. Buchanan'sreeaute
purpose to have this thing settled that the
country is indebted for this pacification. We
see that it works like a charm, and wc all feel
that the trouble is over, t
The Central American entanglement inheri
ted by Mr. Buc lanan was as complicated as
the late Rusian war. What with (’layton Bul-
wer treaties apd Monroe doctrines, and Brit
ish interpretations and violations thereof. Grey-
town bombardments, Walker filiibustering
governments, .Mosquito protectorates. Hondu
ras coiouie8. wriggling steamship Transit mo
nopolies. and conflicting local authorities, it
was difficult to conjecture where to begin to
settle these Central American complications;
but Mr. Buchanan began at once tvith the fili
busters, and having put them out of the way,
the coast was clear. The doctrine of non in-
teivention being thus faithfully applied, the
field was opened for a fair understanding with
each of the Central American States and with
that they occupying tbo high position they do, would I || f ore - p 0 w er8 concerned, perfectly con-
the rights of local sovereignty
I, for ooe, shall subscribe to the bill, and support and the obligations of international law.—
tbe national Democratic party, so long ns they give | Thus much for the Central American imbrog-
*' Ho. It is substantially, settled, and by a pro
cess as sinple as that of Columbus with the
egg.
But the most remarkable fact in connection
with this Mormon questiou, this Kansas diffi
culty, and this Central American web of en
tanglements, is the fact that, iu tlie work of
their solution, Mr. Buchanan has had to con
tend wjth the most disorganized, demoralized
and factious Congress iu the history of tlie
country. With a decided party majority iu
both houses, aud with a violent opposition
patty arrayed against him, the successes
of the administration upon the Kansas
question, the Mormon question. Central Ameri
can affairs, and other important questions, are
due to the incidental support of opposition
members. Thus the Deficiency bill, which
was at first defeated in the House by demo
cratic votes,was finally passed by opposition
votes; thus the original Army bill was defeat
ed in the Senate by the opposition of Mr.
Toombs, and other sectional democratic dis-
orgauizers, while Mr. Seward was among its
most active supporters; aud thus the modified
Volunteer bill of Mr. Quitman was passed iu
the House My opposition votes. Thus; by
democratic malcontents, the Kansas squabble
would still have been upon the carpet but for
the intervention of some opposition members
in behalf of peace. Titus too, but forthe con
victions of right and justice, which had their
weight with the opposition, the administration
perhaps would have been rebuked for failing
to support the expelled General Walker as the
rightful dictator of Nicaragua.
We may, therefore, well regard the great
achievements of the administration thus tar as
very remarkable, inasmuch as they are due,
not to the discipline, harmony ami unity of the
democratic majority of Cougrcss, bur to the
sense of right and justice which has governed,
upon the measure and lhaf a sufficient, opposi
tion balance of power to carry them against
the factious deserters from the administration.
Here, then, we perceive what may be accom
plished by a Nett and resolute President, gov
erned by principles of justice and right, in
spite of a rebellious, disorderly and intractable
party majority in Congress. Upon wise and
needful measures of legislation..where his own I
such proofs of fidelity to the South us their course
upon ttiis measure exhibits. (Applause) I shall
stand by that party at this dark hour, when Douglas
and liis allies have deserted it, and gone over to the
enemy. (Applause.) I shall not desert this glorious
party, and our noble Democratic President, in this
hour of trial, but shall stand by them and sustain
them in the settlement of this question; and I venture
the prediction, that Southern Democrats, who have
thus far witheld their support from the Admiustra
tion, upon this Kansas question, will ultimately ap
prove its action, and come zealously to its support
(Applause.) And although there may be in this bill
some features that are objectionable to the South,
yet, I venture the predic-ion. that as a whole, the
cenrse of Ihe Administration, and of the Democratic
Senators and members in Congress, will be sustained
by a large majority of the Southern people. (Ap
plause.) The Democratic party, as the gentleman
i Mr Yancey) has properly said, is tho only ligament
which preserves this Union, and binds the North and
South together, 1 say, then. wlnlo there may be ob
jectionable features iu this Katisas conference bill,
1 will, nevertheless, sustain it as a measure of the
great party, which is tbe only wall, the only bulwark,
of the South; aud I feql assured, that \ irgiuta, as
well as the other Southern states, will sustain it. from
that consideration alone, if for no other. They sus
tained the California compromise, which was fir
more obnoxious to them ; and they will sustain this,
too, or I mistake much tbe tone of Southern seuti
meut. (Applause.)
I thank the-Couvontion for the attentive manner
in which it has listened to these remarks -. aud I trust
it will be its pleasure to reject both of the reports
submitted.
ed.
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Domestic Goods ot every description.
Head Dresses, Gloves, Hosiery, Cor
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tion on former PRICES.
may 25 » » .
WOOD’S
GSIgEMMIRfl ©AlLiLEiST 8 8
Presents greater attractions than
ever!
HUNDREDS OF PICTURES
ffl’3f-3fi2S3tV : 2®‘S-8
THE PHOTOGRAPHS
Taken at his Gallery, surpass any thing ever offered
to the public, both as regards
quality ix n *1 Price.
By sending a common Daguerreotype you can
obtain a
for a very small sum and as natural as lite. Call and
aud see them—they speak for themselves.
MR. BEKUFF,
a a is ay a is a* a a a a
la atilt the Atiiat nt this Catlery.
AHSlOTt'ffSS
Taken in superior style and at very low prices.
Macon, May 25.1858. tf
^ [From the Home Journal.]
Catechism lor the Eng;
Before I trust my fate to thee.
Or place my hand iu thine,
Before I let thy future give,
Color and form to miue—
Before 1 peril all for thee.
Question tnyf soul to-night for me.
1 break all slighter bonds, nor feel
Oue shadow of regret;
Is there one link within tho past ~
That holds thy spirit yet ?
Or is thy faith iis fair and free
As that ubicli 1 can pledge to thee ?
Look deeper still. If thou canst feel
Within thy inmost soul,
That thou hast kept a portion back,
While I h ive asked the whole,
L~t no false pity spare the Slow
But iu true pity tell me so?
Is there within thy heart a need
That mine cioiiot fulfill ?
One chord that any other hand
Could belter wake or still ?
Speak iniw, 1, st at gnme future day
My wnele life wither aud decay.
(tlr. Bui'hanan's Administration—
Its Successes—Its Enemies aud its
Supporters iu Cougrrcss.
With the closing of the present session of
Congress we can begin to comprehend what
has been accomplished within the first sixteen
months of Mr. Buchanan’s administration.—
Its practical results within this interval are
greater, better, more comprehensive, and more
decisive than all the work done by poor Pierce
and Fillmore put together. Theseresuitsem
brace the practical settlement of the Mormon
question, the Kansas question, and the virtual
settlement, not only of our Anglo-Central
American embarrassments, but also of the right
of search in reference to the African slave
trade. The Mormon difficulty, the Kansas en
tanglement. and the Central American imbrog
lio, were among the legacies transferred to Mr.
Buchanan by Pierce and Fillmore ; and it was
generally conceded iu the outset, that if Mr.
Buchanan could bring these formidable and
complicated troubles to a definite solution du-
ring'his term of office he would be remarkably
fortunate.
The real origin of the Mormon trouble was
the appointment ofBrigh tm Y'oung as Gover
nor of the Territory of Utah by Mr. Fillmore.
This was equivalent to the official recognition,
of Mormon sovereignty. Mormon polygamy,
and all attendant abominations by tho federal
government. But this grave mistake of Mr.
Fillmore might have been readily corrected
by his immediate successor, in the dismissal of
Young and his Mormon subordinates in tbe
Territorial executive government, and in the
substitution of discreet and competent men.
Mr. Pierce, however, had too many other irons
in the fire; and, with the failure of a little
army movement to Great Salt Lake, Brigham
Young was quietly left the absolute dictator of
the Territory. Thus encouraged and stiinula- - f -,t,_
,.t **\f° i • i were an eye witness to some ot tlie pannin
ted, the abominations or Monnondorn npeued J • •-
GrEQRG-IA
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above ROOFING for several SOUTHERN
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HOOFING or SELL RIGHTS
to use the same.
This roofing is adapted to new or old BUILDINGS
steep or flat roofs and can be put over Plank or
ol(l leaky shingles.Tin or Iron Roofs - it costs
about half the price and is much better
than Tin—is not affected by heat or
cold and is impervious to wa
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Jcc. It is warranted to give entire satisfaction. F oi
rapidly, so that when Mr. Buchanan entered
the White House he immediately saw that noth
ing would be competent to abate this Mormon
nuisance but a new corps of executive Territo
rial officers, under an escort of a strong de
tachment of tlie army. In this connection our
readers are familiar with tlie events which have
followed tlie active policy at once* adopted by
tlie administration ; and we may now congrat
ulate them, iu consequence of this decisive
line of action, upon the early’ evacuation of
tlie United States by the whole .Mormon com
munity’.
Thus much for the Mormon difficulty, plan
ted by Mr. Fillmore and stimulated by the
feeble wishy-washy poltey of poor Pierce into
a monstrous, cruel, abhorrent, fanatical and
rebellious despotism. It vanishes at the touch
of a determined and decisive administration.
The Kansas question was a still mote formi
dable and difficult thing to deal with. Intro
duced as a Presidential experiment by Mr.
Douglas, and greedily suapped up by poor
Pierce, that Kansas Nebraska bill had indeed
jan!9 tf
party ...ay tail, the right minded and patriotic further ^formation apply m
ot' tbe opposition camps will come to the res
cue. Thus Mr. Buchanan has dine well, be
cause his measures have been fair, just, need
ful aud proper; and thus, upou tbe important
work of tbe regulation of the fiuaneial embar
rassments of the government and the country,
we have no doubt lie will be amply sustained
in the general policy of relief and reform which
he has foreshadowed. This will be the great
work of his administration ; but from the cool
ness, prudence, courage and decision of char- |
actrr which he has exhibited, w.e feel assured |
that he will neither shrink from tlie task, nor
enter upon it without mature deliberation.—
N. Y. Herald.
Sea 3nfri.iT Caught.—A marine monster
of formidable dimensions was exhibited at No.
93 Wall street for a short time on Saturday
morning, having been caught early the same
day. by Joseph Crary, while fishing off pier I
No. 1 East River, with a hook and line. It
was of the viper tribe, 94 feet long, and 12 in-1
cbes in circumference, iu the largest part, cov
ered with brilliant diamond-shaped spots, inyel- |
low and black, and very handsome when first
caught.
skilled in the art of stuffing, and when thus
preserved will be returned to Wall street. If:
not tbe veritable Sea Serpent of which so |
many talcs are told, it must have been oue of i
his lineal decendauts. Mr. Curran, to whom |
it belongs, says he has seen the same kind of rep- j
tile on the coast of Florida, but of smaller di
mensions.—iY. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Gold Discovkuv.—Our former predictions j
are being verified. A quartz, or according to j
the gold diggers’ phrase, pocket mine, lias re-1
cently been opened by Messrs. Findley. Nix, |
& Co., on lot one thousand and forty-eight,
twelfth district, first section, that exceeds any
thing of tlie kind since the days of the intru
sion. We visited the mine several times, and
EMAN A ROBERTS, or
A. P. CHERRY
Macon, Ga.
Patent Wire Braced Grain
CRADLES,
c AND 4i FIGURE? and warranted Blades: SIL
,p. , , I .OverSTEEL BYTHES, SNATHES, sickles,
I he creature was sent ofi to a person ; GRA?S hqOKS ; STRAW RAKES, f r sale by
N. WEED. Macon, Ga.
which was uo less pleasing than astonishing
from five to thirty pennyweights of the shining
metal at each successive panful of the slate anti
traced quartz was tlie result. \\ e have not
been out to the mine for several days, but we
learn that it is not so good ,ts at first, but pros
pects still flattering. We learn that the vein
has been prosecuted to tlie depth of forty or
fifty feet. ,This discovery itas had a wonder
ful invigorating effect upon our mining.com
munity. \ uu can scarcely turn your eye any
direction but wliat you can see some individual
armed with a pick, shovel and pail. The con
sequence has been si veral discoveries but none
so valuable as the oue described.’—Dahloncga
Signal, June 12.
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher was in atten
dance at the church of his son, in Brooklyn.—
Some one in an address, said that the father
must feel like Simeon ot old, ready to "de
part,” in view of wliat he now saw. The Doc
tor started to i is feet, and said that, so fai
horn it, he never wanted to live iu all his lite
as he did now.
—
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W lieat Fans.
G IjANT'S Patent Fan Mills, all sizes ;
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Mackerel and Shad.
NE HUNDRED pac
o
Dailv expected by
a pi 13
Mackerel,
Pickled Shad,
15. A W. A. ROSS.
sale uy
may 4—tf
Bacon,
on nnnLBS. A No. I. Tennessee Bacon, well
DU.UUU cured and trimmed, in store aud fur
■ BEARDEN fc GAINES.
NEW DKl'G STORE.
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H AS just-received and is now opening a fresh
stock of
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ChnnirnlK,
Paiqjs, Oil*,
P-erfnrocry,
Pli
.TI «*«l ic i r* PH ,
VviNtrn menu*,
|*nl« ill tlrdi-
rriiticnl
Prrpnrnlioiif. At.
My Dross have been selected with strict refer
ence to their purity and quality : they are tresn and
may he* fully filled nn.
Order- Faithfully Kxccnf«*d ^
Physicians' Prescriptions ami Kamil} Mcdi-
oines put up with neathess and accuracy, at all hours
»f the day or night.
rgr A large lot of Arlilirinl Trrlfc just received
DECLINE IN DRY GOODS.
great reduction in prices.
BOSTICK & KEIN
TTAVING lieeit ex -eedlnqly sucoessful this Spring
o ill the sale of their .Merchandize, having sold ,t
it ETA1L, bv far more than an house ever sold be-
>„•<■ in Maeon ol RICH.
FANCY DRY GOODS
in one season, would now oiler to their t lULNOb
AND PATRONS
Extraordinary Bargains
FROM Tlll-i DATE TILL FIRST SEPTEMBER;
Tho following are our reasons, why we CAN AND
5VILL SELL lower than any Other house, viz :
Every body knows tlmt we' have no eld dilapidated
Goods to work off on our customers. Our t*toc-k is
FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL,
And our concern lms been represented
THREE TIMES TH S SPRING IN NEW YORK.
by one of ihe BEST and nm-t TASTEFUL b; yers,
(and the best posted according to trie N > w Y uric
Jl. relmnts) that visits the Northern Market
OURDRESS GOODS
are direct from the
auction sales,
Vnd our c-TAPLE GOODS fresh from the .Manufac
turers,
Bought principally for Cash.
We have been so tlironged with customers during
tlie entire season, that tie have not had time to
take an' EXACT INVENTllHY ot OUR
STOCK but will say that OUtt’S is
complete and
decidedly attractive.
OUR THIRD AND LA-T STUCK if this Season
just opened. THE LADIES INFORM Us is the ,
RICHEST and CHEAPEST
,n the ci:y. and from the way they' ‘pitch into them,
we cannot doubt but wliat they speak correctly.
Again—We have already sold more Goods than
re expected to sell this Spring and Summer, and as
we intend preparing for an #
Enormous trade this Fall,
ft is necessary that we should rusticate some litt.e
during the warm weather to be qualified tor that
work. Consequently our prices will be inane so
VERY LOW,
that we hope to sell almost out by (he !st of July, so
as to enable us to visit our friends, and obtain a lew
reeks’ respite from husina**.
\^e have elegant five striped, double Skirt-and three
FLOUNCED ROBES
of every quality, just received, and many
other styles of Dress Goods, at
Per Cent.
below ordinary prices. OUIVS is the HOUSE for
BARGAINS.
In fact, if you want to get taiove than the worth of
j^ncy, coil soon tm &
New Spring Goods.
\ f as. AUDOUIN is now receiving a BRIL- _>«
VI LI ANT ASSORTMENT OF SPRING StoJ
,ND SUMMER J
G O O U S,
'onsisdne «’f Fine French Crape and Straw BGN-
v ICTS, Hair and Droid BONN KTft, 11 ATS and
LiTSii all the new,-St and most improved ; s ?jr?<’*,
„, j, f,,r Ladies' and M,s-es\ Infant-' and Buys Hats,
Embroideries. Mourning Sets.' Dre.-s Trimmings,
lair Brrids of every variety.. Fancy IL.tr I'mabn-
,1 Wreaths. Head Drosses of every style, and bans.
klso t a foil assortment ot Corsets, hxtelision, vv ave,
te*d, Spring and
SU:eleton Sltirts.
Also, a general assortment of FANl( V A KIT
LES, sll of which she offers LOW h OR LASH.—
Ladies are espm tally invib-d to .-all an 1 examine
elsewhere. 1 Irtnkiul
citts h tdmre of patron-
uro espc-—-„
ier Goods before purch:
or past favors, she still
COMMENCEMENT.
w
7TLI. bo Uken at FCCH’S FINE ART GAL
LERY. for a short time if wanted b.v the doz. t
Superior Photographs,
FOK ONLY 50 CENTS APIECE.
Now is your time; yon enngive all of yonr friends
igood likeness at a less ef.-t by a hundred per cent.
; Inin If you go elsewhere, and wo wilt warrant every
Picture us good as can bo had at any Gallery m the
state. COLORED PHO'l OQKaHHS life *i*e»till
taken at KEAaONABLL PRICES.
Ambrotypes, Melaneotypes, &c.,
put up iu neat cases for ONE DuLLAK and up-
Our motto is to do a large business at smaii prn-
rits. So give us a call and m*»- it we don t please }ou.
Rooms in TRIANGULAR BLOCK. jm.e 8
ICE ! ICE ! ! ICE ! ! !
MACON ICE COMPANY.
D DF.MPSEY, J-., Third-Street, Macon, Ga .
.Agent of M Rowell A Co, Savannah, grateful
lor past patronage, begs leave to inform tlie citizens
of Macon and surrounding country, that he is pre
pared to furnish Ice in any quantity during thosea-
son, at the following prices, viz :
Ice by the Block, lj cents per pound, cost price
for Blanket.
Ice by the Hlid. 1J cents per pound, cost price for
Hhd. ' . ■
Ico by tho Bbl. 1J cents per pound, cost price for
Bill.
Ice bv the small quantities. 2 cent.- perpound.
Messrs. Fow. il A Go., being for three years tho
only wholesale dealets in Geo-gia-lsa guarantee that
we can be relied upon for a jolt supply at at. ttn.f i,
and a superior article, as we nouse our own Ice
North. , . . _ ..
Orders from the Country addressed to D Dempsey.
Jr , Agent. Macon, will be faithfully intended to.
The public may rest assured that liiere will be no
increase on above rates during the season. 55'e ask
lor a share of public patronage and shall endeavor
to merit it.
V. Dempsey, Jr., also offers a fresh and choice sup-
ir , £Yi3CLily Groceries
Fruits, Fish in .-eason, Pickled Meats, Ham, Bacon,
Lard. Fine Butter and t amily Supplies in general—
constantly renewed. »s good as can be furnished in
•hi* market aud at tlie must reasonable prices Cali
and see. 1>. DEMPSEY, Jr.,
may 25 lm -
New bteam baw Mill.
H AYING started a Steam Saw Alii 1 in Houston
(Jocmty, about seven miles from Perry, near the
r ads'ending from Perrv to Macon, we flatter our
selves, that we can furnish as good if not better Lum
ber than any other Mill, having the best of Pine
fimber, and good Sawyers.
\\ e will till Bills from Macon, Fort valley. Perry
and tbe surrounding country, upon as good terms as
..ther Mills, or the times wi'l admit ot. Those who
want Lumber will, no douht, find it to their interest
(Agio us their bills, as w« intend to give satisfao-
tion it possible-
Add-ess Peirv» Houston county, Ga.
AUO.tss i eiry, JOUX THOMAS, and
JOHN A. i HOMAS.
june 15-tt
Ihe Journal & Messenger copy tz.
