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THE STANDARD. ”.'■'” ■ • . . I fiOM \ ‘ A. luRKb, ) < ’,\ssV I LL.E, GEO. THURSDAY MORNING : AUGUST 2, 1555. FOR GOVERNOR, HERSCHEL Y. JOHNSON, OF BALDWIN. ‘ FOR CONGRESS. HON. JOHN H. LUMPKIN, OF FI.QTD. FOR SENATOR, HAWKINS F. PRICE, FOR REPRESENTATIVES, ALFRED M. LINN, Z. G. TURNER. FREE B A RBACUE! The democratic party of Gordon county will give a Free Barb: I .cue, AT CALHOUN, ou Friday, August 10th. A number of distin guished speakers are expected, and everybody is invited to come aud hear the truth. 3f~Reniembcr that we furnish the Standard until the first of November, for the very low price of Fifty cents. Circulate the documents. Judge Lumpkin’s Appointments. Williams’ Store, Sanders Town, Aug. S. Fairmount, Gordon county, “ 4. Dalton, Whitfield “ ’ “ 9. Calhoun, Gordon “ “ in. Adairsville, Cass “ “11. Dallas, Paulding county, ou Tuesday, 14th August. Villa Rica, Carroll county, on Wednesday, 15th August. Carrolton, ” ” Thursday 16th August. Cedar Town, Polk county, on Saturday, lSth August. Cave Spring, Floyd county, on Monday, 20th August. We were unable to attend the late Com mencement exercises of the Cassville Female College in this place, for reasons well known to our readers in town. We were, however, prom ised an account of them from the pen of a friend who,sometimes does a little in the literary line, but he has failed to hand it in, and we must apologise for the .omission. Wc shall probably have the report of the Board of Visitors next week. The Democracy cf Gordon--An Error Corrected. In the proceedings of the democratic conven tion in Gordon, published last week, it appears that Col. Dabney was nominated on the third ballot. He was unanimously nominated on the first ballot. We have the most cheering accounts from Gor don. The democracy have a free barbaeue at Calhoun, on Friday the 10th inst. A friend writing to us says: “We shall have a glorious rally of the democracy. Sam is rapidly on the wane in Gordon. Nuinbe's of old whigs refuse to go into the order, and if withdrawals contin ue at their present rate, there will not be a cor poral’s guard of democrats left in it by the first Monday in October next.” New York Day Book. It gives us pleasure to say a good word for this excellent Democratic paper, which has been corning to our sanctum for a week or two past. We havo long known the Day Book as one of the best of the New York weeklies—and probn. bly the only one which h.:s fought boldly and heartily Hr the South arid Southern institutions. It opv lly bold and fearless in its advocacy of the great principles of the National Democratic party, and we most heartily recommend it to Southern Democrats, who wish a safe and relia ble paper from the North. Terms, for the daily, - -fur the weekly, 12 aycar, N .It. Stimson, publisher. Hass Meeting in Cherokee. “L . 1) •■7H',cr?.ry of Cherokee county had an entbus-:', ric nr -s meeting, on Thursday last, at Fields’ Cross IP a Is. There were- about four tJioif. ‘rti persons present. The. Barbaeue was glvrn by the Democrats, but a discussion was Invited. The Know-Nothings were represented by George X. Lester, lw;., of Cumiaiug, For syth county, and James Milner, Esq., of t’ass viile, Tueanf-Know-Nolhlngs ware represented by j Judge.l. 11. Lumpkin, of Koine, the candidate 1 lor Congress in the fifth district; by Ex-Gov. ; Cobb, and John W. 11. Underwood, Ksq., also of Home, Floyd county. The Democratic Ticket for Congress. The Democrats have now made nominations in every district in the State, except two—the seventh and eighth. In the first, the nominee is Hon. James L. Seward, of Thomas; in the second, lion. M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee; in the third, J. M. Smith, Esq., of Upson ; in the fourth, Hon. Hiram Warner, of Meriwether; in the fifth, Hon. John 11. Lumpkin, of Floyd; in the sixth, Hon. Howell Cobb, of Clark. No nomination b'ts yet been been made in the sev enth, but the Convention is culled for an enrly day. Linton Stephens, Esq., will probably be the candidate. In the eighth district, Hon. A, 11. Stephens will be supported by the Demo crats and anti-Kuow Nothings, without opposi tion, we imagine, as the K. N. Convention ad journed without making a nomination. The Know-Nothing Ticket for Con gress. M e notqp that the Know-Nothing Ticket for Congress in this State is now almost complete. In the Ist district they have nominated S. M. Varnadoe, of Liberty; in the second, Willis A. Hawkins, of Sumpter; in the third, Robert I*. Trippe, of Monroe; in the fourth, 11, 11. Hill, of Troup; in the sixth, Young L. U. Harris, of Clark; in the seventh, N. G. Foster, of Morgan. Col. Lewis Tunilin, of this county, is the candi date in the fifth district, and there will probably be no nominat’on. In the eighth, the Conven tion adjourned without making a nomination, wisely concluding not to try to beat Mr. Ste phens. £3?'The Sun (Columbus) is a capital daily. Let it be Remembered, That Garnett Andrews, the candidate of the Know-Nothing Party of Georgia, for Governor, decided, while on the bench, that the oath of a Universalist was not admissable in a court of justice! Let it be Remembered, That Garnett Andrews, the present candidate of the Know-Nothings, in a speech at Milledgeville, in 1850, compared the Southern Rights men of Georgia to Tories ! I.et it be Remembered, That the Know-Noth ing party of Georgia are trying to defeat Govern- 1 | or Johnson, hv circulating what they know to be , base and slanderous reports in relation to the management of the State Road. Let it be Remembered, That they are using in tins district, against the lion. John 11. Lumpkin, the Democratic candidate for Congress, a foul ! misrepresentation, which is as contemptible as the one who gave utterance to it. Let it be Remembered, That the Know-Noth ing Convention which met at Macon on the 27th and 2Sth of June, adopted a resolution which says “ the American party utterly disclaims any intention to prescribe a religions test as a quali fication for office,’’ and that this same Macon Convention ratified and approved the Know- Nothing Platform laid down by the Philadelphia Convention, which excluded a delegation of slave-holding Know-Nothings from the State of Louisiana, because they irere Catholics! L.et it be Remembered, That the Know-Noth ings, at the Philadelphia Convention, said that tin* “Union of these States is the paramount political good, the primary object of patriotic desire,” and that at the Macon Convention they said that the “ Union■ is secondary to the rights which it is designed to perpetuate /” Let it be Remembered, That the Know-Noth ing party cannot be denominated a National party, because nearly every Northern State withdrew from the Philadelphia Convention, and repudiated the platform of the party. Let it be Remembered, That in erery Northern State, whose delegates to the Philadelphia Con vention voted for the majority platform, the Know-Nothing C'uncils are divided, many of them entirely repudiating the action of the Con centum ! L.et it be Remembered, That Kenneth Raynor, a Southern delegate, from the Southern State of North Carolina, to the Philadelphia Convention, and oue who voted for the National platform, upon which the Southern order lias planted it self, siid in a speech before that body, that the “ repeal of the Missouri Compromise was an un called for and unnecessary act, an outrage upon the North, and he would hare seen his right arm wither, and his tongue palsied before he would have voted for it!” L.et it be lima inhered, That there wero but two Southern Senators and but nine Southern Representatives who roted against the Kansas- Nebraska hill, and that both of the Senators, and nearly, f not quite all of the Liepresentatir.es thus voting, are now members of the Know-Nothing party! Let it be Remembered, That the two Senators who voted against the Kansas-Nebraska bill, were John Bell of Tennessee, and Sam Houston of Texas, amt that both of these men are spoken of by the Know-Nothing party for the Presi dencj ! Let it be Remembered, That E. B. Bartlett, President of the Philadelphia K. N. Council, is not a tUn tuck ion, as alleged, but a Massachu setts clergyman—one ot that “ unjust, unrighte ous and damnable?’ class of Yankee Deputy Preachers or lecturers, who ‘ anathematized the President, Congress, the South and Senator Douglass, in the hope of thus defeating the en actment of the Nebraska Bill.’ ” Let it I>e Remembered, “That the Know-Noth ing party at the North is thoroughly abolition ised, and that every Representative elected to the Congress of the United States from the free States by the Know-Nothings, is either an abo litionist or a frec-soilcr; and further, that all of them arc in favor of the repeal of the Nebraska bill and the fugitive slave law.” Let it /*> Liemanbered, That Judge Loring was removed from office by the Know-Nothing Legislature of M assachusetts, because he decided that Burns, a fugitive slave, should be delivered under the fugitive slave law. Let it be Remembered, That this same Know- Nothing Legislature elected to the U. S. Senate, the notorious abolitionist and higher-law man, Henry Wilson, who introduced a bill there for the repeal of the fugitive slave law—and fur ther, that Southern Know-Nothings met in Con vention at Philadelphia with this same Henry Wilson, and tried to construct a platform upon which they could stand with him ! Let it be Remembered, That Northern Know- Nothings arc in f.ivor of proscribing Catholics, j and are at the same time in favor of allowing the rght of suffrage and full civil liberty to free negroes!” l.et it be Remembered, That the negroes in the Northern States vote with the Know-Noth ings, and that K. N. papers in Ohio have lately, complimented them for it, declaring them tube better citizens than foreigners ! Ist it Ik Lianeinhered, That the principles and practical of the Know-Nothings arc oppos ed to every principle of religious liberty, to com mon justice, and to the Constitution of the Uni ted States; that they are dangerous and despot ic, and calculated to subvert the government, and render our glorious republic a scene of an archy, worse than that which characterised the reign of terror in France! . Why did you join the Know-Nothings? Because you were made to believe it was the , popular side! Don’t all say yes, at once! Wc : do not intend, in earnest, to sav that you went into th s dark-lantern concern because you be lieved it would carry everything before it!—oh, no! We know von never would have submit ted to such severe oaths, risked being s unite-hit and have lost so much sleep, these short summer nights, just simply from a desire to be on the popular side. No, you were impelled to these severe and hazardous movements by a patriotic desire to save our beloved country from threat ened destruction by the Catholics and Foreign ers. Yes, the Dope of Rome, with his hulls, al though he is now shorn of all his temporal power, save his being nominal emperor over the i city of Rome, stood staring you in the face, and you feared Catholicism, founded, as we believe, in superstition and ignorance, would soon root | <mt Protestantism, and become the established | religion of the once free and intelligent Ameri ca. Ignorance and superstition has never yet triumphed over intelligence and freedom. Hut wc frequently hear friends of Know Nothingism cautioning its opponents hi beware of their po- j sition, ns they would certainly be overpowered. ’ The argument has been frequently used, and ! that too successfully, we fear, that all who look ed to political preferment, must join the Know- Nothings. All we have to say to those who hove joined it (if there are any) with the belief that it was the popular Bide, is that they will be disappointed, and find themselves after the first day of October in a sickly minority. Periodicals Received. We have on our table, Putnam's Magazine, Oodty's Lady's Booh, and Dickens’ Household ! Words for August, and Blackwood's Magazine) for Juiv. They are all capital issues, but we ‘ are unable to say more now for want of room. OTIt is raining as wc go to press. Why do Democrats Become Know- Nothings t We have frequently enquired of ourselves the reasons or motives that bad induced Democrats to quit their old party and assQciatc with the self-styled American party. In looking for a reason, we just ask it the Democrats have either forsaken their principles or made false pledges to the country ? We think they have done nei ther. The Democratic party have never forsa ken a principle since its organization, under the lead of Thomas Jefferson, down through the administration of Madison, Munroe, Jackson, Polk and Pierce. They have redeemed every pledge made in their National Conventions.— Their position on the national bank, the tariff, the sub-treasury, the veto power, distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and the bankrupt law, have all been carried out and be come the settled policy of the country. What other principle have they pledged themselves to the country to carry out? It is that great Dem ocratic Republican principle that the people of each State and Territory have th<* right to make their own laws, and regulate their internal pol icy as they think best, and that Congress has no power to legislate for them This principle was first established by legislative action in the Compromise of 1850, and the last Baltimore Democratic Convention pledged the party to this truly American doctrine- Have they re deemed that pledge? Look to the passage oi the Nebraska-Kausas bill, containing the pro vision that the people of those Territories should have the right to come into the Union as States, with a Constitution either establishing or pro hibiting slavery, as the citizens thereof might decide. And not only did these Territorial hills con tain this important principle, hut there was an other provision, repealing that unjust restriction known as the Missouri Compromise, which pro hibited slavery from going north of the line of 3G W 30'. This unjust restriction against the South had existed for over thirty years —was repealed by the Democratic party, with the as sistance of a portion of the Southern whigs, and by it the South has obtained the slaye Territory of Kansas. The Democratic part y has proved true to the South upon this question, which is of vital interest, and by its action the South has established slavery upon what was before free territory. Is this a reason for Know-Nothing Democrats to quit tlieir old party ?—wc can sec no other, and from the company they arc in, this is the presumption; because the first sue. cess of their party was the downfall of the sup porters of the Nfcbraska-Kansas hill. Now, we do not intend to* charge the Democrats who have joined the Know-Nothings with being op posed to these hills, but we do say that their hasty withdrawal from the party soon after this great triumph of the South, subjects them to suspicion. But if they really rejoice with ns as they say they do, iip*'u the passage of these bills, in the name of all that is good, why do they denounce their old party and try to defeat it bv that mixed, many colored order, called Know-Nothings ? For one, wo can neither see or imagine a single reason that could influence men of primrple to the course of these Know- Nothing Democrats. They have not, we fear, acted from a devotion to principle, and a patri otic love of country. As the Democratic party h.ss done nothing to drive any of its members a way from it, it must have omitted to do somt th'ng which was for the good of the country. — It is true, the Democrats do not desire to annul or modify the naturalization laws—neither do they desire to proscribe a man because lie be longs to the Catholic Church. This, then, is the offence—let us see if the complaint can have any influence upon an intelligent man: the K. Ns. desire to prevent the poor and ignorant for eigners from emigrating to our shores, and they seek to accomplish this by extending the term of naturalization to a period of twentv-onc years. Such an alteration in our naturalization laws would prevent intelligent foreigners—such men as Gen. Shields and John Mitchell, from select ing America as their home, but upon the igno rant criminals it would have no influence —all thev look to is to obtain bread, and as many of this latter class would come among us were the naturalization laws entirely repealed, as they do under the present law. Their proposition would not remedy the evil they complain of, but would have the effect to confine the immi grants to that class to which they object. Again: they propose, or did sometime ago, to exclude Catholics from office, by refusing to vote for any member of that Church for any of fice. This, the second principle of their faith, has become so unpopular on account of its un constitutional bearing, that the Louisiana K. Ns. have abandoned it, and the Savannah Re publican approves their course. This two idea party has forsaken, or will soon do so, their op position to Catholics, and are preparing to whittle down their op|>osition to foreigners by making distinctions in the classes of immi grants. Since their organization they have been constantly yielding some features in their order, and changing their platform to satisfy the complaints of the people—firsi, they have permitted the existence of their order to Ik* i made known, aud the place of their meetings, j and allowed the members to tell that they be- j longed to it: they soou will forsake tlieir oppo sition to Catholics, make such a distinction be tween immigrants that they will be able to ap pease every class of foreigners, by showing that ; tlieir opposition does not extend to others—so | that soon this great self-styled American party j will he like one of its members told us the other j day that he was, when he awoke of a morning, that it required about half an hour’s deep study to determine what party he belonged to!—and with them in less than one year they will be ut terly unable to tell a single principle of their faith. The Prospect in Cherokee Georgia. A stranger would think, to hear the Know- Nothings talk, that the Democracy of Cherokee Georgia were dying out so fast that there would scarcely be a Corporal’s Guard left on the day of the election. At every meeting of their I Councils, say they, from twenty to fifty are ini -1 tinted into the secret order, nud nearly all are Democrats. Now, we don’t intend to say that these wiseacres are disposed wilfully to mis represent the truth, but wo believe only ns much of such stories ns wc please, and please to be lieve but precious little. It may be that nil of them desire to tell the truth, but we wonder how it happens that their reports arc so con flicting! Our opinion is that the number leav ing the order in this county, at each meeting of their councils, is much larger than that attach ing themselves to it. Wc have a personal knowledge of a large number who have with drawn, and are now bitterly opposed to the concern. One Council—at Alatoona—has been disbanded, for want of members, and we learn that several others in the county are likely to die out soon. Wo have accounts from other counties, quite as flattering to the Democracy, nnd can assure our friends, in the middle and lower counties, that Cherokee Georgia will be at! right on the day of the election. We shall carry this county, by from two hundred to two hundred aud fifty votes-aud the district by a large majority. Gov. Johnson’s vote in this district will be largely increased. The editor of the Atlanta Examiner closes a long account of the late enthusiastic mass meeting in Chero kee county, by the following statements: “ First, we are. and were, before leaving the ground of debate, assured that our cause had triumphed there, and that nttttty had declared an intention to nbanduh the Order, and, thence forth, to battle against it. “Second, a number of oltf political friends, from various portions of the Fifth District, a semblcd together during the evening, and after a careful comparing of notes, authorized the as sertion, through the press, that Gov. Johnson and Judge Lumpkin would defeat their antago nists in that district by a majority of not less than two thousand votes, and that in the Blue llidge Circuit, Col. Brown would beat Judge Irwin at least sixteen hundred rotes. Hopes ate entertained that these majorities will be increased, by the day of the election, as the cause gains ground every day. In Cherokee county, the following ticket for our State Senate and Legislature, has been put out, and will be supported with a zeal not ex celled any where else by the opponents of K. Nothingism: For the Senate: M. J. Camden. For Reps.: Lawson Fields, Lit. Holcombe. This is a strong ticket —one which ought to, and will carry the county by a handsome ina* i jority.” Absolution by the Know-Nothings. Previous to the meeting of the Philadelphia Know-Nothing Convention, each member ot the party had taken an obligation not to reveal the existence of the order, but that body, assuming some supernatural power, has at length permit ted them to make public the fact of their connec tion with it. How a man can be released, bv any human power, from the obligations of an oath, we are unable to see! But this Convention of the Know-Nothings of Philadelphia have in their supremacy absolved and released each of its members from the solemn obligation not to re veal theexistenceoftheorder. This is assuming power never before claimed by any man or body of men ; and yet these same men who can bv a simple resolution permit its members to do that which they had sworn never to do, are loud in condemning the power claimed by Catholic Priests to absolve or forgive the sins of the mem bers of tlieir church: we believe that this power claimed by Catholic Priests is ridiculous, hut not more so than the assumption of the Philadel phia Know-Nothing Convention in releasing its members from the high obligations imposed by a solemn oath. What a Know-Nothing thinks of the nomination of Andrews. A Overby Know-Nothing, writing from Atlanta to the Editors of the Temperance Banner, thus puts it to the Macon Conven tion and its nominee: Messrs Editors —lt is known that the New Party irregularly misrepresented in a recent .. jumped up” convention at Macon, has now imposed upon it, by convention, Garnett Andrews, for Governor. It is for the sensible men of the order to say whether they will submit to this gross deception—this unexpected, unthought of, irregular, unlawful unhallowed, demagogue movemeut! Sir, they will not, in my opin ion, how to such a stupendous, inglorious fraud, such a flagrant outrage upon republi can patriotism! 1 apprehend the several couucils of Geor gia never dreamed of such a movement in the face of the solemn resolutions of the May Convention ; and 1 understand, from a relia ble source, that scores upon scores are with drawing than the order rather thau submit to the intolerable intrigue. In this place, dissatisfaction, division and uncompromising hostility seem to be the set tled risults In Newnan, I understand over 50 have withdrawn from the order. Do n’t be Bamboozled. The withdrawals from know nothing coun cils in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and other southern States, continue on such an alarm.ng scale that some of the couneds have resolved to hold no more meetings until the election is over. In view of this wretched dodge to arrest the ebbing tide, the editoi of the Nashville Union gives the following ad vice to such of the members of the order as desire to assert tlieir independence and to show their freedom of action : -* We hear that, to prevent the stampedo from the know nothing lodges in this State, it has been determined by some of the coun cils to hold no more meetings before the el ection. It is thought that by this trick some withdrawals may be prevented. Not so! Let no man who wishes to withdraw from the conspiracy imagine himself thus caught in a trap from which he cannot be extricated Let him, if he finds such a game attempted to be played, write his withdraw- I al, direct it to the president of his council I through the post office, and then give him self no further trouble, but consider himself out ! If the council will treat him fairly, and give him a chance to withdraw accor ding to the forms prescribed at the time of his initiation, then let him adopt those forms. But if he finds a trick attempted to be play ed off on him, by which he is to be detained a prisoner to the order in spite of himself, then he is absolved from the use of those forms, and has an honest right to freo him self from illegal duress by the se of those means which God aud Nature have put in his hands. .. We repeat, let all those who wish to get out, and who find the trap shut down on them by a failure to hold meetings, write their withdrawals, and consider such acts, when deposited in the post office, dclara- TIOXS or INDKPENDEACE !’’ From Santa Fee. New York, July 25. Advices from Santa Fc,e states that Cap tain Fauntclroy has defeated a body of the ’ Utah Indians, killing 40, and capturing 5. Major Brooks nnd one of the whites were killed. Indian depredathm continue. From Xansas. New Yor k, July 24. Advices from Kansas state the Governor Reeder refuses to recognize the legislature as a legal body. The legislature has adopt ed the Missouri code of laws. A meeting of | the people has been called, and steps will bo taken to ascertain from Washington the de cision of the cabinet relative to the contin uance of Iteedcr in office. From Mexico. • New Orleans, July 23. Tho steamship Orizaba from Mexico, hns arrived at this port, having sailed on the 10th. All was quiet at tho Capital when the Orizaba left. Santa Anna's fathcr-in-law, it is said, has been appointed Minister to the United States in place of Almonte. Santa Anna's family would leave in the war steamer Iturbide. He is reported to be willing to make amica ble concessions to the revolutionists. Secresy and Oaths of the Know Nothingism. The lion. A. IL Stephens has written out for the Chronicle & Sentinel a speech deliv- j cred by him at Appling, on June 11th, on I the occasion of a dinner tendered him by ; the citizens of Cblumbia county. It is a , most powerful argtimeht and effective ap- | peal to his constituents oa the character of j the new secret organization. Mr. Stephens commences by an expression of Confidence in the principles of our Re publican institutions as they were original ly founded. Departure from them with the hope of getting something better, would be an evil hour. These institutions be believ ed weie in danger at the present time: I believe this secret Order of Know Noth ings—with its great head—and affiliated societies all over the country—spreading as a spider's web from Maine to California— throwing out its fatal meshes in every di rection—-concentrating a vast amount of power assuming the attributes of govern ment—-the power to tax and punish without limitation or restriction—the power to settle by a National Council all political matters for the United States, and taking hold of the consciences of men—and swearing them to yield implicit obedience to the mandates of the Central Head, even against their own free will: is the most dangerous and mis chievous organization that has ever yet a risen in this country. It is already an *< Emperium in Emperio *’ A Government within the Government. And when we come to consider the principles upon which its secret operations are based, the mischief and danger to be apprehended from it is infinite ly increased. These principles I consider as in direct warngainst the fundamental prin ciples of the Constitution of the United States, and if carried out. will end in a to tal subversion of some of the great and most vital objects which should bo dear to ever true heated American. Mr. Stephens then proceeds to the analysis and discussion ofthc Constitution of the •• or der.” He quotes at length formula, obliga tions and ritual as it is called on the third degree: for this institution proceeds by de grees. It lias its first degree, its second de gree, and its third degree. The first and sec ond seem to be for the . workers” the third for the office-holders, or office-seekers : for all who hold office with them must be third degree men. The fourth degree, or fourth step in the development of this organiz tion, has not yet been taken, so far as outsiders know. Rut let us examine the first step. It is a leap in the dark to all who take it; or at least it was at first an l would have been to tho present time, if accident had not brought these things to light. The object originally was perfect secresy. Each initiated mem ber is sworn net to communicate even to any candidate for admission anything nbout its ! principles until be is brought to the book tn Bwcar to do, or not to do, something of which he has no information before: without a moment’s thought or reflection upon the pro prietv or impropriety of taking the obliga tion. Now, why this secresy ? Why entice and allure nun ; young men, often : into such a position, where they may take such a solemn obligation instantly and without time to think of it and consider of it: If | freemen cannot he trusted : if their honor cannot be relied on : if an oath must be tak en by them, to bind them to obey y> ur bid ding, as • liege serfs,” are sworn by their haughty lords, why not do jt in public; why be so private and secret about it ? Does it not look ao if the object was to take advan tage of the unwary ? What s the greatest boast as well as glory of an American ? Is it not that he is a freeman, and can and ought to vote as he pleases, according to the j untrammelled dictates of his own judgment ? I Why not allow his judgment to be free un j til the last expiring hour of clec'ion day, if he so pleases? I have seen defences made j in the papers of this secresy feature, and heard some made tho other day upon the ; stump, which, I think, for the honor of the I order, it would have been better if they had never been made. These defences a amounted to this: that such was the ty ranny of old parties that the members of this < new order” were compelled and driven to this course as a matter of necessity.— Does this speak well for the manliness and independent spirit of those men who consti tute the Order, and who sot themselves up ns such Americans as are entitled, above all others, to rule America ? men so abject, in this free country, where every man can do as he pleases, as to have it put forth as a defence for them that they were afraid to avow their sentiments, and were driven in to secresy ! compelled to hide from their fel low men, and made to take an oath not to let it he known that they were ever in coun cil ? Is it so that the party is composed of such men, so weak and frail in spirit, so tim id and chicken-hearted as this defence rep resents them to be ? such craven-hearted miscreants ? Ido not believe it: I think bet ter of them than their defenders do: and well may most of them exclaim, .. save us from : our friends,” if no better defence than this j can be made for them or thesecresy feature. I If that defence bo well founded, a bold set : of Americans there would be to rule Atneri. j ca, wouldn't they be ? Had I represented I the party as composed of such men ns it must be, if this defence be true, I should doubtless hnvo bcencharged with having most outrageously abused then*. The truth is, the defence is only a pretext. For this I expose it and denounce it. In this country no man having in view any good object is afraid to speak his sentiments or avow them: all know it, but the most shameless part of this pretext is the tyranny J of old parties. What party on earth ex cept this and that got up in Romo by Cate line, over presumed to exercise over its mem* lers the tyranny of every sovoignty over his subjects in requiring an oath of fealty and secresy ? I present these views simply for your calm consideration ns intelligent freemen After discussing at length one of the pe culiar oaths of the order, which, in the face of the Constitution, imposes & religious test, Mr. Stephcus proceeds : But I cannot dwell upon this first degree obligation. It would take an hour to ex pose the mischievous consequeuccs that may be expected legitimately to flow from the practical operation of several parts of it. Suoh, for iustanco, as that which swears every member of the party, in these words ; You will, in all political matters, so far as the order is concerned, comply with the will of the majority, though it may conflict with your own personal preference,” &c. And again: ..You will not, nnder any circumstances, expose the name of any member of the order, nor reveal the existence of such an associa tion.” r■- Jfork this lilflgtiage—tinker at)? circum stances.” Suppose public du‘y should de mand of a good citizen, ..unwittingly” drawn into it, to make known, not only the exis tence of .uch an Assrciation, but the vows of its members, would good men, with no objects but good objects, ever want such a protection against exposure and discovery ns is here most solemnly provided? But again. ..That yon will answer an imperative notice issued by the proper authority; obey the command ofthc State Council, President or bis Depnty, while assembled by such notice, and respond to the claim of a sign of a cry of the Order, unless it be physically impossible ” Fellow citizens nnd my friends who are ..Know Nothings.” I do not wish to say any i thing calculated to wound your feelings, but can you imagine anything more incon sistent with that- manliness of character which should characterize freemen, than this obligation—this oath to obey the com mand of the President or his Deputy? Sup pose that command should be to raise ft riot —as was the case in Cincinnati. To scatter -.red papers;” bloody symbols to light up civil war in the land! Ought a freeman then, in advance, to swear that he will obey the command of any man on earth? Did not a ; vow thus inconsiderately taken and much j more inconsiderately kept by Herod, present j the head of John the Baptist on a charger, j nnd may not a similar occurrence happen ; again ? And to respond to the claim of a | sign or cry of the Order unless it be physi j cally impossible! Now what liberty of thought or right of judgment is reserved to a man as a freemen, after taking;, or while under such an obliga tion ? I speak plainly, and I tell you one and all, if I had ever taken it, or if I were now under it. I would not let yonder snn go down before I would throw off this restric tion upon my own right of judgment —this bond upon my own free will, and this l-.eavy yoke upon my independence ns a man— unless it should be ..physically impossible “ I would break the bonds ns Sampson did the . withes ” A freeman's strength lies in his sovereign independence! [A gentleman in the crowd; Mr, Green: interrupted, ami asked Mr. Stephens if he had read the admonitions given in charge, after the obligation taken just referred to by him ] Mr. Stephens; I have read the obligation, and the whole of it. What follows in the ceremony of initiation, I intend to read. What the gentleman calls the admonitions comes after the third degree, I expect. That I will come to after a while, if my -tre igth |to speak so long will permit. This is the ! ceremony which follows initiation into the | first degree. But one word as to the con eluding part of this oath. . Binding yourself in the penalty of ex communication from the order, the forfeit ure of all intercourse with its members, and heing denounced in all the societies of the same, as a wilful traitor to your God and 3’our country.” Now who commissioned yon. or any of you to denounce any man as .. a traitor to his God or his country.” Whence is your au thority derived ? What Star Chamber Court, worse than Spanish Inquisition, ever gave you such power over your fellow citizens? But what follows is in these words: .. The candidates are then invested by the Instructor with everything appertaining to the first degree, with the signs, countersigns and passwords, with the .. sign of recogni tion,” the .. answer,” and the ..grip,” with the means by which public notice of a mee ting is given, the . cry of distress,” and .. sign of caution ;” after which the Presi dent impresses on the initiated the impor tance of secresy, the manner of proceeding n recommending candidates for initiation, and the responsibility of the duties which they have assumed.** A part of this, it is true, may be consider ed admonitory; but the most of it relates to the signs and countersigns, the pass words I and the grip” with the . sign of caution,” I and the *. cry of distress,” all of which the ; new disciple, or neophyte, is given to under stand he is bound to respond to unless it be physically impossible”—and under which if some worthy brother abolitionist at the north should come out here, and be taken up, and be about to be lynched, as lie ought to be, he would confidently expect to be protected, if there were any members of the Order about. For the . cry of distress” must, un der the obligation, be responded to, • • unless it be physically impossible.” Is that the admonition the gentleman wanted read ? [Mr. Green, again inturrupted, and was understood by Mr. S. to say, if he expected to be sustained by the people of Columbia county he bad better make no points with him ] Mr. S., continuing, said:—My object, sir, is to present to the people here the principles of a party which 1 think radical ly wrong, exceedingly mischievous and dan gerous to the Republic. This I shall do, without any reference to the effect it may j have upon my being sustained either by you or by the people of Columbia county, or without any regard to the effect it may have either upon your vote or your influence. I have no soft phrases or honeyed words to ut ter, either to gain your vote or that of oth ers. lamon no mealy-mouthed expedition in addressing the people of this District.— ’fcOtull speak respectfully, but frankly : can didly, but boldly, let the consequences be what they may. I ask no favors and shall shrink from no responsibility.” A man who would flatter the people to get office, would, under different circumstances, lick the dust from the foot of a monarch for the same ob ject. As I would scorn to do the last, I e rjully scorn to the first. So we may just as well understand ourselves and our positions in this particular beforo proceeding further; and so far as my election is concerned, I do , not intend to swerve the sixteenth thou sandth part of a hair's breadth from my j principles and my convictions of duty, to get, any man's vote. lam quite as independent as you are, and I think more so, for I have not sworn to comply with the will of any set of men against my own ; whether you have - or not, is known to yourself. Should I be elected, I shall not only feel grateful for, but gratified at the oontinued confidence of the people of the district. Bat if by the exer cise of their own free will: untrammelled or unshackled: or even under trammels and shackles, voluntarily on their pan assumed and worn, they eignify at the polls a prefer ence for another 1 shall not utter a murmur From that independent spirit with which I Was born, and with which lam tb : sdnysuj. tained, I shall at my quiet home draw, even in defeat, more pleasure, peace and content ment, than success with all its honors could possibly afford, if attended with a conscious ness that they had been acquired by the slightest sacrifice of principle. I have no selfish or venal terms to offer or accept by which I shall ever hold office. Had I been base enough to enter into .. stipulations,” as some have reported, they know Tery well where I could have got it upon much better .. terms” than those I choose to stand upon before you. My terms are those of an inde pendent freeman: unawed by power, unse dneed by flattery, and incorruptibl* by the rewards of office or .the hopes thereof.” If you or your party had the world in a swing, and all its kingdoms at your disposal, a*d were to offer the whole of them to me. as Satan did Christ, on the condition I should bow down and worship at Jour Unholy shrine. I would sp>urn your proffered honors. This I wrote to one who professed to be a fi-ieud. and who presented the temptation of silence. This I say to you : I shall never be s: lent when I believe my country is in dan ger. No, never ‘ If for this you strike me down, strike me down ! Joseph E. Brown, Esq., of Canton, Cherokee. The gentleman is guilty of an unpardon able sin, it seems in the opinion of someof tLe Krow Nothing friends of Judge Irwin. He has dared to yield to the wishes of a Urge number of his political associates, nnd to his own, if Lis enemies will have it so, we care not which, to become a candidate for Judge of the Superior Courts of the Bluo Ridge Circuit, in opposition to the present incumbent! What temerity is this? And ; Low indignantly *s it frownt and upon by parti : zans and fritn -snf Judge Irwin! WLat! op | pose our Judge, our favorite, and our party's great leader when divested of tLc retea of ; office ? And make the Judical contest in | the Blue Ridge Circuit, a political oner— Fie upon it, Joseph E Brown! You and 1 your friends get out of the way,” and su r.nder .ll independence of thought md act on to the Know Nothings and otlie-s of Judge Irwin’s friends ! Bolides, democrats and anti-Know Nothings have nothing to do with tlie office of Judge—all the talent, in dependence and integrity of the learned pro j session of the law in the Blue Ridge Circuit, rest with your political adversaries, and a democratic Judge would be an imposition up on the people ? Besides. Judge Irwin is tn honest man. a good man, and a good judge therefore, come duwn, Mr. Brown, and le* us alone! Now we have a word or two to say to all tliis flummery and gammon in tho mouths and press of the Know Nothings in the B.uo Ridge Circuit. Ag; inst Judge 1: win, as Jmtge. we have not a word in this article to say. But in f'acor of Joseph E Brown’s can didacy nnd election we shall have a litiie now, and much to say ere that event trans pires In Col. Brown's case, it Appears, that the rule of ..what is sauce for the gi-ose, is sauce for the gander.” must not app’y. I! i s n is, that lie is a democrat an l anti-Know i Nothing. Hence, in the Blue Ridge Circuit, ! he is assailed for being a candidate— hi.- r<t p-ibi/ity and honesty, at the same time Ik ‘ls [ admitted—on the ground that, in electing :i ! Judge politics should not bear upon the con test. This, we say, is the argument in the Blue Ridge Circuit It is sauce there fir the Know Nothing. The reason is plain— the democrats and anti Know Nothings arc in the majority in that circu't, and can. whenever they please, which we are sum they will do, elect their candidate. Demo crats, therefore, and anti-Know Nothings m appealed to, not to make the contest a par ty one, and sophistry of every description to sustain their candidate appears, column, af ter column, in the press that su-taius Ju lge Irwin Here, then, •is sauce for the goose,’ (Wc beg pardon of both the candidates for using such terms as •> goose” and .. gamier” —we of course mean nothing disrespectful,) but where is the *• sauce for the gander’ ? Unless the Anti-Know Nothing Democracy of the Blue Ridge Circuit will it otherwise there will no sauce be left in the dish fir them, nor their cand.date. It, the disih will be as clean licked, as ever was a Jid> before. The reader now will mind how odioos it considered in the Blue Ridge Circuit, to mnke party opposition to Judge Irwin.— Democrats aud Anti Kuow Nothings m*> st not do this, in that circuit! Such conduct lis altogether wrong, and hath an evil ten dency ! Well, be it is so if they will b* Tt it so; but what do we hear and see esie where in our State ? Let us look at the fob lowing for a moment, democrates and anti- Kuow Nothings of the Blue Ridge Circuit! ..The KNOW NOTHING PARTY hats nominated D A Yason, of Albany, as candidate for Judge of the South WesterJt Circuit. They have also fixed upon Wilß*| A. Hawkins, Esq., of Americus, as the can didate for Congress from the 2nd Congrf*’ sional District.” Now, here is a party, the Know .VcMi*,’ Party, met for a political purpose, a ty purpose. It nominates its candidate & / Congress—good ! Does it stop here! * so ! It nominates its candidate for JuJp- More <* sauce for the goose.” But none Judge Perkins, the presiding Judge of & 1 circuit. We trust that the Anti Know NothW and democrats es the Bluo Ridge CiK“’ will see to it that they are not trapped i" 1, a false position and seduced by the wp* l1 * try of their adversaries. They can their candidate if they will, and we do not that they will do so. Without anV paragement of Judge Irwin, Joseph , Brown, will administer the law. if f Judge, as much to the people, and as ly in accordance with justice and Judge Irwin, or any other Judge ‘ < : them; with them; of them; aud them. That they will rally around sn ‘ tain him, we have every coufi lence. ta Examiner. E. H. Bartlett, of Kentucky, ** - dent of Philadelphia Coua c | |kl f The name of this worthy is signed . pretermiting’ platform as preside 1 0 J conclave which adopted it. When** ( . announced that Wilson, Garden &