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this last movement is, that if it did not
originate with, yet it is now so generally
and zealously favored bv so many of
thos* men at the North who have ex
pended so much of their misguided phi
lanthropy in Ik half of our slaves. They
have been endeavoring for years to ele
vate the African to an equality socially
and politically with th*e white man; and
now they arc moving heaven and earth
to degrade the white man to a condition
lower than that held by the negro in the
South. The Massachusetts “Kn ow -
Nothing” Legislature passed a bill lately
to amend their Constitution, so as to ex
clude from the polls in that State, here
after, all naturalized citizens from what
ever nation they may come; and yet
they will allow a runaway negro slave
from the South the same right to vote
that, they give to their own native born :
sons! They thus exhibit the strange j
paradox of warring against their own ■
race —their own blood —even their own 1
“ k’th and kin,” it may be; while they ‘
aro vainly and fanatically endeavoring,
to reverse the order of nature, by making J
the black man equal to the white. Shall
sve second them in any such movement ? ‘
Shall we even countenance them so far;
as to bear the same name—to say noth-1
ing of the small pledges, passwords, signs;
and symbols ? Shall we aliiliate and
unite ourselves under the same banner, !
with men whose acts show them to be
governed by such principles, and to be j
bent upon such a purpose ? This is a |
question for Southern men to consider, j
Others may do it if they choose, but, I j
tell you, I never shall; that you may setj
down as a “ fixed fact” —one of the fix j
edest of the fixed. I am not at all as- j
tonished at the rapid spread of this new ;
sentiment at the North, or rather new !
wav of giving embodiment and life to
an old sentiment, long cherished by a ;
large class of the Northern people, not- j
withstanding the paradox. It is true, i
“ Know-Nothingism” did not originate,!
as I understand its origin, with the class j
I allude to. It commenced with the la- 1
borers and men dependant upon capital!
for work and employment. It sprang J
front the antagonism of their interests to ;
foreigners seeking like employments, who j
were under bidding them in the amount |
of wages. But many capitalists of that
section, the men who hold the land and ;
property in their own hands, wishing to ;
dispense with laborers and employees , ’
whose votes at the polls are equal to j
their own, seized upon this new way of!
effecting their old, long-cherished desire.’
And the more eagerly as they saw that (
many of the very men whom they have I
ever dreaded as the insuperable obstacle;
between them and their purpose, had j
become the willing, though unconscious;
instruments of carrying that purpose out, j
which, from the beginning, was a desire j
to have a votingless population to do the |
work, and perform all the labor, both in ;
city, town and country, which capital!
may require. And as certainly as such |
a law shall be passed, so far from its j
checking immigration,there will be whole :
cargoes of people from other countries
brought over, and literally bought up in
foreign ports —to be brought over in
American ships to'supply the market for j
labor throughout all the free States of ;
the Union. The African Slave Trade, if;
re-opened, would not exhibit a worse !
spectacle in trafficing in human flesh, J
than those most deluded men of the North ;
who started this thing, and who are now :
aiding to accomplish the end, may find j
they have but kindled a flame to con- j
surge themselves. The whole sub stra-\
turn of Northern society will soon be j
tilled up with a class who can work, and :
w ho, though white, cannot vote. This j
is what the would-be Lords of that see-j
ttou have been wanting for a long time, j
It is a scheme with many of them to get
whiteslaves instead of bbtek ones. No
American laborer , or man seeking em
ployment there, who has a vote , need to
expect to he retained long when his place
can be more cheaply filled by a foreign
er, who has none. This will be the!
practical working of the proposed rofor- i
tuatiun. This is the philosophy of the!
thing. It a blow at ttio ballot box.— j
5: is a/i insidious attack upon general I
suffrage. In a liue with this policy, the i
“ Know-Nothing” Governor of Cunncc- ’
tieut has already recommended the pas-j
sage of a law denying the right of voting
to all who cannot read and write. And |
hence, the great efforts which arc now |
being made throughout the North, to
influence the elections, not only these,
but in spending their money in the pub
lication of books and tracts, written by
“no body knows w ho,” and scattered i
broadcast throughout the Sout h e r n
States, to influence elections here by ap
pealing to the worst passions and strong
est prejudices of our nature, not omitting
those even which bad aud wicked men
can evoke uuder the sacred hut prostitu
te! name o t religion.
Unfortunately for the country, many
evils which ul! good men regret and de
plore exist at this time, which have a
direct tendency, wonderfully to aid and
move forward this ill omened crusade.—
Those relate to the appointment of so
many foreigners—wholly unfit, not only
to mituMrofa# at home,but to represent;
our eoii&Uy, a# Ministers abroad. Aud
to the great fraud* and gross abuses
which at pficaeu.t attend, the administra
tion of our naturalization laws—these arc
the evils felt by the whole country, and !
they ought to be corrected —not by a j
proscription uti all foreigners, without re- j
gard to iudivulwd merit*—but in the!
first place, by so amending the uaturali-1
z&tiou laws, as effectually to check and ‘
prevent these fraud* and abuses ; ami
iu the second place by holding to strict;
accountability at tho poll* in our clec- j
tiou, all those public fupotjouaries, who, j
cither with paitizan views or from what
ever motive, thus improperly confer of
fice, whet her high or low, upon undc
.rerviiig foreigners, to the exclusion of
justice horn citizens, better qualified to
£ll them. Another ovil now felt, and j
vhicb ought to be remedied, is the flood
ing, it jp said, of some of the cities with
paupers criminals from other coun
tries. ought all to be uncondi
tionally excluded and prohibited from
coming us —there is no reason 1
ytir we -lionld. be. feeders of other
nations’ paupers, or either the keepers or
executioners ot their felons —these evils
can and ought, to be remedied without
resort ing to an indiscriminate onslaught
upon all who by industry, enterprise and
merit may choose to better their condi
tion iu abandoning the respective dynas
ties of the old world in which they may
have chanced to have been born, and by
uniting their energies with ours may feel
a pride in advancing the prosperity, de
velopment and progress of a common
country not much less dear to them than
to us. Against those who thus worthi
ly come, w ho quit the misruled Empires
ot their “ fatherland,” whose hearts have
been fired with the love of our ideas and
our institutions even in distant climes, I
would not close the door of admission;
hut tb all such as our fathers did at first,
so I would continue most freely and
generously to extend a welcome hand—
we have fro:, such a class nothing to
fear. When in battle or in the walks
of evil life, did any such ever prove!
traitor or recreant to the flag or cause
of his country ? On w hat occasion have
any such ever proven untrue or disloyal
to the Constitution ?
I will not say that no foreigner has
ever been untrue to the Constitution;
hut as a clans, they certainly have not
proven themselves so to be. Indeed, I
know hut one class erf the people in the
United States at this time that J look up
on as dangerous to the country. That
class are neither foreigners or Catholics
—they are those native Ix/rn traitors at
the. North who aro disloyal to the Con
stitution of that country which gave
them birth, and under whose beneficent
instiaitir-us they have l>ccn reared and
nurtured. Many of them are “ Know
Nothings.” This class of men at the
North, or which the Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Connecticut “Know
Nothing” Legislatures arc but samples,
I consider as our worst enemies, ind
to put them down, I will join, as politi
cal allies now and forever, all true patri
ots at the North and South whether
native or adopted, Jew or Gentiles.
What otir Georgia friends, whether
W liig, or Democrats, who have gone in
to this “ New Order,” are really after, or
wl at thee intend to do. I cannot imag
ine. Thnpcofthem whom I know have
assured me that their object is reform
both in our State and Federal Adminis
trations— to put better arid truer men in
the place 3 ot thoso who now wield au
thority—that they have no sympathies
as party men or ort her wise with the class
l speak of at the North—that they are
for sustaining the Union platform of our
•State of 1850, and that the mask of se
crecy will soon be removed when all will
le made public. If these tie their ob
jeets, and also to cheek the frauds and
correct the abuses in the existing natur
alization laws, which 1 have mentioned,
without the indiscriminate proscription
of any class of citizens on account of
their birth place or religion, then they
will have my co-operation, as I have told
them in every projter and legitimate way,
to effect such a reformation. Not as a
secretly initiated co-wotker in the daric
for any purpose, but as an open and bold
advocate of truth in the light of daw—
But will they do as they say ? Will
they throw otf the mask i That is the
question. Is it possible that they will
continue in political party fellowship with
their “ worthy brethren” of Massachu
retts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and
the entire Nor:h ? Every one of whom
elected to the next Congress is our dead
ly foe ! Do they intend to continue their
alliance with these open enemies of our
institutions aud the Constitution of the
country under the totally misnamed as
sociation of the “ American Party,” the
very principle upon which it is based be
.ng ant : -American throughout?
True Americanism, as I have learned
if, is like true Christianity—disciples in
neither are confined to any nation, clime
or soil w hatsoever. Americanism is not
the product of the soil; it springs not
from the land or the ground, it is not of
the earth, or earthly; ks look upward,
and on ward and out ward ; its life and
soul are those grand ideas of government
widen characterize our institutions and
distinguish us from all other people;
and there is no two feature-, in our sys
tem which so signally distinguish us from
h!1 other nations, as free toleration of re- j
ligion and the doctrine of expatriation ‘
—the right of a man to throw off his al
legiance to any and every other State.—
Prince, or Potentate whatsoever, and by
naturalization to be incorporated .as cit
izens into our body politic. Both these
principles are specially provided for and
firmly established in our Constitution.—
But these American ideas which were
proclaimed iu 1780 by our “ sires of 78,”
arc by their ‘ nous” at this day derided
and scoffed at. We are now* told that
“naturalization” is a “humbug” and
that is an “ impossibility.” So did not
our fathers think. This “ humbug” and
impossibility they planted in the Consti
tution ; and a vindication of tho same
principle was one of the causes of our
second war of independence. England
held that “naturalization” wa an im
possible thing. She claimed tho allegi
ance of subjects born within her realm,
notwithstanding tlwy had become citi*
zens of this liepublio bv our Constitu
tion and laws. She not only claimed
the right to search our ships upon the
high Reas, and take from them all such
who might be found in them. It was
in pursuit .f this doctrine of her’s —of
the right of search for our “ nnturallza
turn citizens—that the Chesapeake was
fired into, which was the immediate
catißc of tho war of 1812. Let no man
then, barely because lie was born in A-
Uierica, pt'eMiine to be imbued with real
and true “ Americanism,’’ who either
ignores, the direct and positive oblija
tions of the Constitution, or ignore* this,
one of its most striking characteristic*.
As well might any unbelieving sinner
claim to I#! one of tho faithful—oue of
tho elect even—barely because he was
born somewhere within the limits of
Christendom. And juut as well might
the Jacobins, who “decreed God. out of
his UnivorßO,” have dubbed theii* clffb a
“ Christum Association,” because they
wore born on Christam soil. Tho genur
inc de*ciplo of “true Americanism, like
the genuine followers of the Cross, are
those whose hearts are warmed and fired
—purified, elevated and ennobled—--
by doctrines and precepts which char
acterize their respective systems. It is
for his reason that Ti Kamsehatkian, a
Briton, a Jew, or a’Hindoo, can be as
good a Christian as any one born on
“ Calvary’s brow,” or where lhe“ Sermon
on the Mount” was preached ! And for
the same reason an Irishman, a French
man, German, or Russian, can he as
thoroughly “American” as if lie had
been born within tire walls of the old In
dependence Hall itself. Which was the
“ true American party,” Arnold or Ham
ilton ? The, one was a native the other
was an adopted son. Bu; to return. —
What do our Georgia friends intend to
do? Is it not time that they had shown
their hand ? I>o they intend to aban
don the Georgia platform, and . o over
“ horse, foot and dragoons” into the a
political alliance with Trumbull. Lhti
kee, Wilson & Cos.? Is this the course
marked out by themselves |\* any of Tie
ualiant. old Whigs of the 7th and B>li
Congressional Districts? I trust imf,. hope
not. But if they do not intend thus to
commit themselves, is it not time to take
a reckoning and see whither they are
drifting? When the “blind lead the
blind” where is the hope of safety? 1
have boon cited to the resolution w hich,
it is said, the late Know Nothing Con
vention passed in Macon.
This, it, seems, is the only thing that t lie
600 delegates could bring forth after a
two days’“labor”—and of it we may
well say, “ Monies parturient et ridie-u
----lus mu# nascitu *”—“The mountains
have been in labor and a ridiculous mouse
is born.” It simply affirms most meekly
and submissively, what no man South
of Mason and Dixon’s line for the last
thirty-five years would have ventured to
deny, without justly subjecting himself
to the charge of incivism — that is, tlia l,
“ Congress has no constitutional power to
intervene by exeluding anew State ap
plying for admision into the Union, up
on the ground that the constitution of
such State recognizes slavery.” This is
the whole life and soul of if, unless w r e ex
cept the score? blade of Joab which ii j
bears towards Kansas and Nebraska,
concealed under a garb.
It is well known to all who are in
formed that in the organic law of these
territories the right of voting? while tln-v
remain territories, was given to all who
had filed a declaration of intention to
become citizens. This was in strict com
pliance with the usual practice of the
Government in organizing Territories;
and under this provision that class of
persons are now entitled to vote. Kan
sas, in two elections under this law, has
shown that an overwhelming majority
of her people are in favor of slavery, not
withstanding the Executive influence of
the Freesoil Governor (Reed r) whom
Mr. Pierce sent out there to prevent it,
but whom the people have lately driv
en, as they ought to have done,from the
country. Now then, when Kansas ap
plies for admission as u Slave S' an*, as
she doubtless will, Southern “ Know-
Nothing,” under this Resolution, can u
uite with his “ worthy brethren” at the
North, in votmg against, it, upon the
ground that some have voted for a Con
stitution recognizing slavery who had
not been “ naturalized,” but had only de
clared their intention. For this resolu
tion in its very heart and core, declares
that the right to establish slave institu
tions “in the organization of the State
Government, belongs to the native and
naturalized citizens,” excluding those
who have only declared their intention.
A more insidious attack was never made
upon the principles of the Kansas and
Nebraska bill. And is this to be the
plank on which Northern and Southern
“Know-Nothings” are to stand in the
rejection of Kansas t But to the other
and ma : n objection to the resolution,
why did it stop with a simple denial of
the power of Congress to rej.-ct a State
on account of slavery, particularly w hen
it had opened the doc for the rejection
of Kansas on other grounds by the wav
o {pretext? Why did it not plant its. If
upon the principles of the Georgia R -s
olutions of 18A0, and say w hat ought
to lie done in case of the rejection of a
Stale ly Congress because of slav.-rv ?
So far from this it does not even affirm
that such rejection bv their “worthy
brethren” of the North would he stiffi
e.ietit cause for severing their party affil
iation with them for it!
Again I would sav not. only to the old
Whigs of the 7th and Bth Congression
al Districts, but to all true Georgians,
whether Whigs or Democrats, Union
men or Fire Eaters, whither are you drift
ing? Will you not pause ami reflect.?
Are we about to witness in this insane
cry against Foreigners and Catholics a
fulfilment, of the ancient Latin Proverb,
“ Quern. Deus vulfperdere prius disnen
tat f “ Whom the Gods intend to de
stroy they first, make mad ?” The times
are indeed portentious of evil. The po
litical horizon is shrouded in darkm
No man knows whom lie meets,
be he friend or foe, except tiros** who
have the dim glare of the covered light
which their secret signs impart. Ami
how long this will be a protection even
to them, is *y no means certain. They
have already made truth and voraeity
almost a byword and a reproach.—
When truth loses caste with any people
—is no longer considered as a virtue
and its daily and hourly violation aro
looked upon with no concern bu’ a jeer
or a laugh, it requires very little forecast
to see what will very soon l*e the e.liar
actor of that people. But, sir, come
what rnsv, I shall pursue that eourse
which a sense of dul y demands of me,
while I hope for the best, l shall be pre
pared for the worst; and if the “ worst
comes to the worst,” as it may, I shall,
in common with my fellow citizens, bear
with patience tnv part, of tho common
ills. They will affect me quite as little
as any other citizen, for I have but little
at stake ; and so far hh my public posi
tion aud character are concerned, I shall
enjoy that consolation which is to bo
derived from a precept taught me in ear
ly life,, and which I shall “ever cherish
and treasure, whatever fortune betide
me :
j “ But if, on life's uncertain main,
| Mishap shall mar thy sail,
! If, faithful, Jirm and true in vain,
j Woe, want and exile thou sustain,
Spend not a sigh on fortune changed/’
I Yours most respectful Iv,
j ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
Col. Tuof. W. Thomas, Elbertnii, Ga.
THE STANDARD.
CASSVILI-.E, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING:
MAY %i, 1855.
IdF We are authorized to announce the name
of Col. JosErn E. Brown, as a candidate for
the office of Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit, at
the election on tbe first Monday in October
next. may 17- tde* ,
Mr. Stephens’ Letter.
We publish in to day’s paper, the Letter
of the Hon Alexander H Stephens, giv
ing, at length, his views of the new order,
called Know Nothings.
The secret feature in the order, which is
opposed by so many well di posed pet sons,
among us, is pointed out by Mr Stephens
as peculiarly objectionable. The principles
winch the order are said to entertain-, are
denounced as anti ** American throughout,'’
- they are opposed .. in a double aspect,
both as a basis of party organization, and
upon their merits as questions of public pol
icy ”
The alliance of Know Nothingisrn south,
with Know Nothingisrn north, is regarded
as an objection insuperable to Southern
men. The . worthy brethren"’ north, have
arrayed themselves iu deadly hostility to the
Constitution and he South And the late
Legislatures of Massachusetts. New Hamp
shire and Connecticut, aro cited as worthy
examples of northern Know Nothingisrn—
winle every member whom that order has f
- to the next Congress is declared to be
our deadly foe.
The famous Resolution of the *. Macon
Council ‘—that *. Montes parturient et re
diculus nuts nascitur' —..The mountains
have been in labor and a ridiculous mouse
is born"—is characterized as an insiduous
attack upon the principles of the Nebraska
and Kansas bill
The letter is a lengthy one and Mr. Ste
phens passes before him, in review, the
various questions which are said to he w'tli
in the range of this new order's secret
objects and aims, and he discusses them not
as a partizan, but as a statesman and a pa
triot. This production of Mr. Stephens we
doubt not. will be extensively read, and we
sincerely bpe it may be so. Will the peo
ple for once lay down party and party feel
ing, and listen to a son of Georgia plead tbe
cause of his country ? Copies of this issue
will be sent to a number of persons who nre
not subscribers.
Democratic District Meetings.
.< Eternal vigilance is the price of liber
ty; ” end now when a secret political order
exists in our very, midst., ought we not to be
especially vigilant? What do they want:
What will they have ? If there is anything
wrong anywhere, it ought to lie discussed—
the people ought to be informed.
We-have been requested to insert the fol
lowing notices:
.2*Sy- The Democratic party of the Cass
ville District are requested to meet at the
Court House, on the Ist Friday in June next,
(Justice's Court day) to appoint ten delegate
to tho County Convention to be held at this
place on the first Tuesday in July next
MANY CITIZENS.
The Democratic party of the Ffth
District arc requested to meet at the Court
•ground in that District, on tho 4th Saturday
in May. inst., to appoint ten delegates to
the County Convention to bo held iu Cassville
on the Ist Tuesday in July next.
MANY CITIZENS.
.rSO- The Democratic party of the Gth
District are requested to meet at tho Court
ground in that District on the 3d Saturday
in June next, to appoint ten delegates to the
County Convention to be held in C .Seville on
the Ist Tuesday in July next.
MANY CITIZENS.
To the Friends of Prohibition in Cass
County.
We, the undersigned, having partially
canvassed the county, nnd conversed with
many of the most influential friends of this
measure, and having weighed carefullythe
causes which have been brought to bear up
on this subject, our minds have been brought
to the following conclusions :
That the present is an unpropitious time
for bringing tho issue fairly before the peo
pie, without which we regard success ns
being out of the question ; but on the other
hand could tho issue be separated from the
issues of a political nature, wo arc satisfied
the good sense of the people would carry it
triumphantly The prtseut state of, feelings
which exist between tho two contending
political parties, are suoli ns forbids nnd
preeludes most other cnusiderati6us, nnd we
think such as nre now meritorious Such
being the fact, wo tiru fully of opinion that
the cause which Prohibitionists seek to pro
mote, may and will be more advanced by a
withdrawal of the Prohibition ticket from
the canvass Such being the fact, wu hope
it will not bo taken mums by our friends
that wu Bbould advise a withdrawal of the
ticket, upon proper arrangements being
made to that effect.
The friends of Prohibition are therefore
respectfully requested to meet at Cassville
on the 4th Monday inst., (May 28th,) for
the purpose of considering und acting upon
the uhove suggestions
GEORGE W TUMLIN,
EL 1811A KING.
Adairsville, May 10th, 1856
Democratic Meeting in Gilmer.
Ellijay, Tuesday, May 16, 1856.
A large portion of the Democratic party
-of Gilmer county having met in the Court
House at Ellijay, on motion of Joseph M.
Patterson, Esq , Larkin Stephens. Esq . was
called to the chair, nnd It B. Perry, Esq ,
appointed Secretary.
The meeting having been called to order,
J. M. Patterson, Esq., offered the following
! preamble and resolutions :
The Democratic party of Gilmer comity,
in Conformity with general usage, being as
sembled in primary meeting, for the purpose
of appointing delegates to, represent them in
the Gubernatorial and Congressional Con
i ventions, avail themselves of this occasion to
i re-affirm their ancient and time-honored
! principles, therefore
| Resolved, That we cherish an ardent and
immovable attachment to the great princi
ples of the Democratic party of the Union,
and are firmly persuaded that upon their
successful maintenance depends the future
glory, honor aud prosperity of our country,
and the hopes of the true friends of liberty
throughout the civilized world
2 That a recurrence to our early history
reminds us that our forefathers left the
eastern continent aud settled this western |
hemisphere for the purpose of enjoying civil I
and religious liberty, and that among those j
chiefly considered was liberty of conscience; j
and also that mvr revolutionary heroes who 1
fought for and won the high privileges we {
enjoy, engrafted upon our organic law- the !
constitution—our great charter of rights— j
the inestimable principle of-religious toler j
ation r which we understand to be the right |
of a free people to worship God according to j
the dictates of their own consciences. We j
say, therefore, preserve the constitution ot j
our happy country nnd our free institutions, j
that they may continue to be the shield of j
our rights, and at oaee the envy nnd the \
admiration of the world.
3. That, entertaining these view, we de
clare unhesitatingly our opposition to all
secret, political organisations—to ail oath
bound poWtisnl associations; believing as we
do that ours is a government of opinion,
judgement aud consent, nnd of an enlight
ened, free and public opinion, public judge
ment and free consent. And that it is not a
government of opinion formed in the night,
in a dark aud secret conclave, or of a judge
ment formed by a secret cabal, bound
together by oaths thafc cause the blood to
run chill through the veins. Nor is it a
government that can be forced upon the pub
lie by sec-rot sworn political associations,
held together alone Ly the eohesive bond- of
public plunder.
4 That error of opinion may be tolerated
so hag as reason is le!L free to combat it;
but when our opponents hold their meetings
in private, and know their opinions them
selves alone, we nre left to divine their
objects, nnd as we nre taught that we shall
judge of the tree by its fruits, aud lo*>k:nn
to that source for the evidence upon which
we are to form our judgement, w- find noth
ing among the acts ol the Know Nothings
j that commends them to us, hut- inowli to
* condemn. They have declared the.r undv
i ing hostility to the Democratic party that.
party under whose bright anti happy influ
I euce our common country has attained- to a
point of grandeur nnd glory which caused
tlio crowned heads of Europe to grow giddy
on their thrones, they have declared their
opposition to the rights of the Sontli. to the
faithful execution of the Fugitive slave law
and the admission of.such new-States into
the Union as recognize slavery- in their con
stitutions ; they have beat down two of the
firmest friends of the South at the North
they have overthrown Shields- sf Minims,
who shed the blood nearest his heart upon
the battlefields ol Mexico, in defence of the
American flag: and Dodge, ot lowa, an un
wavering friend of the South, nnd supplied
their places witti Trumbull and liar lan,
who hold the most abolition doctrines, hos
tile to every right and sentiment of Southern
men.
5 That we are in favor of a judicious sys
tem of internal improvement by the Stato,
and believe that it may advance its best in
tereat to direct a portion of the capital now
vested in the Western & Atlantic Rail
road toother portions of Georgia, and among
those entitled to the fostering care of the
State, we think our section of country is in
the front rank
6. That we most oordially approve of the
course of our fearless and independent Rep
resentative in Congress, Hon E W Chastain,
in protecting our national treasury, and in
resisting the insults offered to the American
flag by Spauisli officials in the Island of
Cuba ; that we are in favor of tbe annexa
tion of Cuba upon just and honorable terms,
believing as we do that the best interests of
the country require it.
7. That we appoint Joseph Pickett and
William Kelley delegates to the Gubernato
rial Convention, with full power to choose
their own alternates, should they be unable
to attend.
8. That we appoint Joseph M. Patterson,
Samuel M. Rawlston nnd William Guess, j
delegates to the Congressional Convention, i
with like powers; and we hereby instruct i
them to act as *n their judgement is for the
best interests of the country and the Demo
crat ie party
Adopted unanimously. On motion,
Rtsolved. That the proceedings be pub
lished m the Cassvillc Standard
The meeting was ably addressed by Hon. I
E. W. Chastain and Col J. W. II Under- ,
wood, in vindication of the time-honored
principles of the Democratic party.
The time having arrived for the convening
of the Court, the meeting adjourned, sine
die LARKIN STEPHENS, Cli n, j
11 B Perry, Secretary.
Another Anti-Know Nothing Letter.
Wo are credibly informed, says the Savan
nah Georgian, that Mr Toombs has in pre
paration nnd will soon publish t loiter giv
ing his views on the secret proscriptive or
der, It i9 said that they nearly coincide
with those of Mr. Stephens
Mont FiLuucsTßßtNO. —A despatch has
boon received in New York, from Washing
ton, saying that the State Department, hud
information of a flllibustering expedition or
ganizing in the former city, to proceed *-
gainst Peru, under Echmiquo. Arrests are
expected.
Justice Wayne, of tho United Btates Su
preme Court, arrived, in. Washington City on
the 8d inst.
Front the Macon Telegraph.
A Know-Nothing Letter.
The subjoined Letter from a Dclegrte to
tbe late Know Nothing Convention, may
throw a little light upon their secret policy
Noth withstanding his wnrniug to Jo,’’ his
epistle has fallen .into the hands of the un
initiated,” and it has been sent to us for the
purpose of publication. We understand that
it was found in the street, nod inasmuch as
it was not directed on the back, we hope
that it may arrive at its proper destination
through this channel of con mmiication
There is uo doubt but that the letter fur
i nishee some true information. Judge An
drews was spoken of, for the purpose of
flattering a lew Democrats id the Convention, ;
but it is folly to suppose that the nominee
will be any other than a down right, blue
light Whig. As for Andrews, he can hardly
lay claim to the appellation of Democrat.
He has not bee .. in line” for sevnrnl years,
and was classed with the opposition in the
last Gubernatorial Campaign. Bat for all
♦hat, he will not be the man. For a time,
they will talk of him for the purpose of en- \
trapping more Democrats, bu 4 eveßttlally he -
will be whistled doww the wind. Fishy I
Democrat ns he is, ho must make room for j
an unadulterated Whig As for Mr. Ste •
pliens, they will not probably run any oppo f
sition True, he i9 opposed to the Order, j
and denounces it in strong terms lfnt what |
of that f Is lie not a Whig ? Is he not op- j
posed to Democrats t And is not this enough ;
to entitle him to Know-Nothing support i j
This is the difference—let a Democrat oppose I
this Order and they try to str ke him down, j
but Mr Stephens, an old Whig leader, can j
do so with perfect impunity. We rather !
think that the Know Nothing Democrats !
will make wry faces over the dose, but they !
will have to swallow it or leave the Order, i
But to the letter :•
MacoW, Geo., May 4th, IS7W3
Dear Jo: You asked me to write to you
from this place, the proceedings of the Con
vemioir of our Order. I will do so, but I
have nothing very cheering to communicate,
I regret to say.
The contest was warm between the advo
cates of Judge Andrews and Judge Dawson.
The friends of the former, urged that in
principle aud practice he is ns good a Whig
as any one. ad tho Order being composed
main'y of Whigs, the great object is to rope
in as many Democrats ns possible, and Judge
Andrews having been an old line Democrat,
that effect could be best accomplished by his
nomination. And ns they charge tLnt our
Order is Whig, nnd its results to euure the
benefit of that party, the nomination of a
Whig would go to prove the charge, and keep
Democrats out of our ranks nnd make such
i as have already been entrapped lukewarm,
! if they should not quit.
The friends of Judge Dawson replied that
i the argument would be irresistable if
; Whig party was secure to us But the posi
i tion of Mr. Stephens had held a considerable
I portion of the Whigs in abeyance And if
. we outraged his feelings by putting a Demo
; crat in nomination, it would he resented by
J him and his friends as an insult to the W'hig
! patty, and we should have their opposition
i to encounter, which would he destruction to
our prospects. They urged farther that
seven tenths’ of the Older are Whigs, and
the great object is to secure the Whig party
certain, as well ns to hold’ on to the few
Democrats we have, and thus attain power
to carry the State
It was urged that in the end Democrats
would see where we are carrying them nnd
quit us In answer it was said pride of con
sistency would hold on enough to -give us
power. Some may quit; that vte look for.
but a sufficient number would remain to an
swer otir purpose.
Adi these discussions were of course among
Whigs out of doors, but they were ttie basis
of action of the Convention afterwards In
Convention Democrats sermid rather to lead
Poor dupes ! I could not but. feel sorry for
them as everything had been pre arranged
and fore ordained by \Vhig6 in private. Aud
they were playing the ridiculous part to
those who knew the roper, of carrying out
the purposes of those from whoso cotmstls
they had been carefully excluded But as
Mrs. Gamps’ friend said, .aech is life
One half the world are mouse meu and the
other cat men. and „ the cats will play ami
after slay” has grown into a nursery prov
erb.
A great deal of feeling was aroused on the
proposition to appease Mr. Stephens by mak
ing no opposition to his election to Congress
from his District’ Democrats fired at this,
and said if he was to be dealt with in that
manucr, why did not they treat Democratic
candidates for Congress in the same way ?
Tho proposition was withdrawn. It will be
ruin to us, if Stephens is opposed, and how
we can avoid it l am unable to see, without
arousing the party prejudices of Democrats
aud causing a stampede. It is a delicate
business to manage when we agiin assemble
in August, and must be effected at any haz
aid.
There were many among us, who gave ,
trouble, by urging the propriotv of dispens
ing witti the principles of secrecy in the
Order; and 1 must confess that some of their i
arguments appealed to my own sense of mo- •
rulity. It was urged that the principle of
secrecy, forced us to so many evasions nnd !
prevarications in our dealings with the out- i
siders, that the example was calculated to I
make us a nation of liars nnd jesuits My
blood, 1 own to you, has tingled in my veins,
at my own departure from truth in mauy
cases, and 1 have heard other delegates ou j
the way here, give so many false answers,
to questions about their destination, that I j
have lelt a loathing for the secret principle,
I heard a half dozen from the up-country
sny they wore on their way to Baker, who
had no idea of going there, nnd who after- J
wards thought it a fine joke to fool” people j
in that way. But as a man aud a Christian,
it is a serious matter.
We had 180 Lodges represented oither iu
person or by proxy. But on summing up
tho aggregate, the number did not coinc up
to our expectations We have just 17,678
members iu all the Lodges, and as this num
ber does not authorize us to hope to oarry
the State by ourselves, wo concluded for this
ns well as for some other substantial reasons,
that I will explain more fully when we meet,
to make no nomination now; but to „ wait
for the wagon,” and trust to tbe chapter of
accidents until our next Convention in Au
gust, by which time we may make eome
arrangement with Stephens and ran Overby
off tbe track.
Our Convention was well attended k
respectable set of men. It i 8 tru e t V 7 *
had no such Whigs as Berrien, U *
kins, Hull, Toombs and Stephens; l.
had Lewis Zachry, Nathan C Barnett
hua Hill and Ciucinnattus Peeples ’ J<>B ‘
There were no such Democrats , unon
as McDonald, Cobb, Warner, Wofford in?
yer, Colquitt, Ward, Chnppel or Gard?
but theu we had Jacob It. Davis and Ed,??
Wingfield. ar,}
Yours, very truly, * * t
r. 8. I need not tell you to be particeV
j tl,at Oiis does not fall into the hands of ti
j uninitiated.
! The Camel Shi? -The US. store
*.Supply,” which is fitting up at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard for a voyage to tho Modi terra,?
an, and to- return to the United States W j tl ,
thirty camels, for service on the Western
plains, baa been taken from the Dry Dock ,f
ter being newly coppered, and trill probh; y
sail for her destination aboot the 20th | nst
As prepared! for the receptiow of these. .Shir
of the Desert, ’ she presents a- siagaM-n
----pea ranee. The planking of the utai/r deck
has been removed, and a .r trunk.” orakind
of low house, has been construe ed longitu
dinally along the deck, to nffored light „„„
veutillations ®nl space for the bumps of the
antls Instead ofciltting the beam*
the latter serve to divide the sp„ce i DtO
stalls. Each animal is thus off, red a SUlH ]j
window, aud every necessary comfort lor
liis passage to the .* New World. ’- j UUr 0 f
Com.
About a hogshead of acorns of the cork oak
Lave heed introduced from the south of F.n
rope by the U 8. Patent Office, and dittrib
uted in the middle and southern States tor
experiment, or to test their adaptation to the
climate. This tree, in its native countw
where it is an evergreen, usually pro to ,
height of twenty or thirty feet, but in Ei
land there arc specimens which exceed ti’
feet in height, with a diameter of more v n
three feet. The substance familiarly
to us as cork, is the epidcxnis or ou'er hoik
aud sometimes grows two or three metes
thick Should the experiment succeed, it
will be a subject of great national impor
tance that plantations should be established
in various parts of the country for the pur
pose of growing this useful substance. pur
ticularly in the event of a war between this
country and Europe, in consequence of which
the supply would be cut off
Gold Mints tx Arkansas.—Tlie “, r
saw (Mo.) Democrat publishes accounts of *
great excitement prevailing at Springfield.
Mo., on account of intelligence'having been
received of the discovery of gold .it the IW
of the Cuchita mountain, on a stream cull'd
tlic Red Fork of the Arkansas river It is
said that £5,000 worth of gold had lieeu
; panned out” by two persons In a few dm
without anything to dig with The excit
tnent in the northwest counties of Arkansas
was 3aid to be very great and from 2 000 in
3.000 persons had already started t,.r the I
gold region
The pay of the French soldier i> ue vlit ‘
p<;r day Out of that nmn fieent et • wmwtt
he must provide liiinsclt w.th thread ro -
les, &c ,to keep his uniform in rep ii.-. 1 i 1
he-must replace ail thing* lost vr sev j
while in his possession, from thr a mix s:<i* |
He is furnished with one pur of p. ut o!•-n I
and one pair of shoes per year, md one omt I
every two years On leaving service at tl* I
end of the seven years, the gun, sabre sr.-i I
coat arc taken from him. and whatever is I
left he is entitled to.
j Our President gets $'25,000 a year Tin
| English Queen $2 000,0ti0. The lew old ret
olutiotiary pe: sioners yet remaining among*
i \>. get from 8 to S2O a month, Ih-cus<> th.y
j fought for and won our liberty and ndi p-n
j ilenco Her Royal Highness, ti e Lucb<-ro-l
! Kent gets $150,000 because sh. is tin n t
cr of the Queen ; and the Duel., ss ot CiUivft
ter SOO,OOO per year, for being the Queers
aunt
Cholera Stampede.*- A letter in t
St. Louis Republican, from Kiinsis dati'd
: May 9th. states that the citizens, frighten
I ed by the ravages of the cluder.-i in iliecn*
i of Kansas and W* st Port, were leaving th
places as rapidly as possible, and sets.-us
i in the country and different towns n the’
I oinity.
A man u.-uned Dean was accidentallyfb
j by- his brother not far from Macon on Sstur
i day morning It appears that the two wrn
out ou a turkey hunt together, in which they
; made use of the usual doebit* of •• mockiP?
One, attracted by the mocking of theotker.
anil believing it to proceed from the game if
which tl.ey were in search, fired and kil !t “
his brother upon the .“pot.
Rather Wintry —The Albany A
Argus ol Wednesday 9th inst . learns from*
gentleman who came from Clarksville. A*
hary county. N Y , the day b foie ‘l l * l
, there arc snow drifts in that neighhorl>" l!
eight feet deep.
i
1 Arkest or Baker—Tin Mrn Kßrß
; A* is York , May 16 —The Grape shut > ■
:iu pursuit of Baker, who murdered Pool- 1
IN. Y , has returned with him She art w ‘
at Puluios soveuteeu days before the arn'ti I
of Baker.
It is said that seventy babies have been ft
tereil for Barnum sShow Hue not sptuifi' 11 |
! Some of the great showmans efforts h’Y'|
: the low prices in N Y.. in the way ol ob' l " 11 |
; ing material, are said to he altogether I* 1 * |
liar aud worthy of hiiusellY
Arrest or Col Kinney.—Col
has been arrested in Philadelphia, and l' el *|
to bail in $4 000 lor fitting out an uni** 18 I
i expedition It is stated hi had a vessel re* |
jdy to sail, containing arms uud aniuuit' 1 " 1 ■
and throe hundred men.
The Boston Traveller states that at flr'lt 1 ’ 1
on Mass., ou Friday, extra beef cattle ;r ‘“ S
as high as sll per hundred ou tbe hoot-’ I
highest price known of late years. lbi’F 1 1
oes now charged for beef ate nearly do ul ' c B
the price two years since
A Goon Investment —The Buffalo
rier says that fifty thousand dollars wort j ■
stock of the Niagara Falls Suspension B rl r I
Company was sold a few days since atl r ■
mium of 60 per oent.
Orr for Russia.- Drs Wm
and Wm. R. Thrall left Columbus. oh'’ j
tho 11th inßt , with the iutention ol v * ei ||
Russia and entering the service ot the 11 S
ror as surgeons.
CLXRCAL.--Rev. Dr. Barry, Roman |
o’.ic Vicar General of Savannah. G a ■ M
been appointed Bishoo of. that Diocese. I
Bishop Reynolds, deceased.