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A still greater saving may be effected by
letting the public printing to tiie lowest bid- i
der under sealed proposals, to be opened and
the contract awarded, on a specified day, by
the Executive. I therefore recommend the
adoption of this plan of selecting the public
printer. Fidelity and despatch may be se
cured by responsible b ndsmen and the
•ontinuanco of the powers of the Executive
over the subject with which lie is clothe 1 by
the existing laws,
Mr. Cnapman received on account of print
ing the laws and journals the following
sums, to-wit:
As an advance, by legislative
authority, 80.000 00
Under Executive Warrant, 11.000.00
Freight on journals properly
chargeable to him, 100.Cl’
Paid J. M. Cooper & Cos., to lift
lien for binding laws, 1,137 00
Amount in the aggregate to $18,237 00
For the work performed by him, accord
ing to nn estimate made by George P,ingland
and William Barnes, practical printers, at
the request of the Executive, he was entitled
to receive $13,749 80, showing an over pay
ment of $4,487 20. The estimate is based
on what he would have been entitled to, ac
cording to the rates of compensation fixed
by the law prior to the act of IGih of Feb
ruary, 1854. lie should be held down t >
those rates, on account of his failure to per
form the work according to contract, a faith
ful compliance with which on ! y, entitled
him to the increased compensation provided
for by that act. If however he should be
considered'as deserving, under the circum
stances, the rates of compensation provided
for by that act, be would then be entitled to
receive for the work done by him the sum of
$10,172.00, which deducted from the $lB,
237 00, which ho actually received, shows
an over payment still of $2 005.00. For the
one or the other of these amounts of over
payment, according as the Legislature shall
hold him to the rates of compensation of the
old or the new law, his securities are re
sponsible to the State. Under this view of
the subject, it is respectfully submitted to
the General Assembly to determine whether,
under the circumstances, they will direct
suit to be brought upon the bond of the State
printer.
[concluded xtrr week ]
Democratic and Anti-Enow ITothing
Mass Meeting in Hillcdgeville.
lielow we give the proceedings of a Dem
ocratic Anti Know Nothing Miss Meeting,
held in Milledgeville on tlie Bth inst..—
which we copy from an Extra from the Fed
eral Union office. The Resolutions pince the
Democracy of Georgia in the front rank of j
her sister States, upon the quest ons of the |
day, and although some mnj’ think that
they are rather fiery, yet upon a careful :
perusal it will be seen that they demand ;
nothing but our rights, under the Constiiu !
tior. And while the Democracy of Georgia t
will demand nothing at the hands of Congress i
but her rights secured by the Constitution, \
they will submit to no violation of that sa
cred compact. We commend these Resolutions |
to our readers : j
Pursuant to a call, the Democratic and ;
Anti -Know Nothing party assembled in Mass j
Meeting at the Capitol, on Thursday even
ing, the Bth inst.
On motion of lion. Robert McMillan, Hon. ;
Howell Cobb was called to preside over the
deliberations of the meeting. Gov. Cobb,
on taking the chair, bristly alluded to tin*
object of the meeting, and with his accus
tomed eloquence, made reference to the past
nml future of our great party, and paid a
just tribute to the soundness and Nationali
ty of its Principles.
Messrs. Ramsay, of Harris, and Nelms, of
Elbert, were appointed Secretaries.
Hon. Alfred Iverson moved for the ap
pointment of a committee of 21, to report
business for the action of the meeting. The
Chair appointed the following gentlemen as
that committee:
Iverson of Muscogee, Toombs of Wilkes,
Stephens es Taliaferro, H. \\’nrti*r of Meri
wether, Seward of Thomas, Ilillycr of Wal
ton, Wright of Floyd, Bailcv of Butts, Lin
ton Stephens, I. T. Irvin of Wilkes 11 G.
Lamar of Bibb, Dabney of Gordon, Mcln
tosh of Elbert, Hutchins of Gwinnett, Law
ton of Dougherty, Seri von of Chatham, l L.
Harris of Baldwin, McGuire of Floyd, Phil
lips of Habersham, and Patterson, of Jeff r
son.
The committee, after retiring a few min
utes, returned through their Clia'rman the
following Resolutions, which were read and
sustained by Judge Iverson with his usual
ability and eloquence:
Ist, Resolved, That as a portion of the
Democratic aud Anti Know Nothing party
of Georgia, we declare, in the language of
the Georgia Convention of 1860, .. That we
hold the Americau Union secondary in im
portance only to the rights and principles it
was designed to perpetuate; ” that past asso
ciations, present fruition, aud future pros
pects, w.ll bind us to it so long as it contin
des to be the safeguard of those rights aud
pr'uoip’es.
2d, That wo hereby declare our full and
unqualified adhesion to the following Reso
lution of the Georgia Convention of 18>U,
and our unalterable determination to main
tain it in its letter and spirit, viz:—l;h
Resolution, Georgia Platform: n That the
State of Georgia, in the judgment of this
Convention, will and ought to resist even (as
a last resort) to a disruption of every tie
which binds her to the Union, any action of
Congress upon the subject of Slavery in the
District of Columbia, or in places subject to
the jurisdiction of Congress, incouipat b o
with the safety, domestic tranquility, the
rights and honor of the slttveliold'ng States ;
or any act suppressing the slave trade be
tween the slaveholding States; or any i'of list. 1
to admit up a Slate any Territory herontyei
applying, because of the existence of slavery
therein, or any act prohibiting the introduc
tion of slaves into tlie Territories of Utah
and New Mexico; or uny act icpeaiing or
materially modifying the laws in force for
the recovery of fugitive slaves.”
ffd, That we approve and endorse the ac
tion of our last Congress in the passage of
the Nebraska-Kansas act, and the principles
therein established, nu 1 in conformity with
those principles the people of Kansas, have
the right, when the number of their popula
tion justifies it, to form a Republican State
Constitution, with or without slavery , ns
they may determine, and be admitted into
the Wuiou upon an equal footing with the
other States; and that her rejection by Con
gress, on account of slavery, would be a just
cause for the disruption of all the ties that
bind the State of Georgia to the Union.
4th, That wo adopt and approve the fol
lowing Resolution passed unanimously by
the last Legislature of Georgia : Resolv
ed by the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, That opposition to the principles of
the Nebraska Bill, in relation to the subject
of slavery, is regarded by the people of
Georgia as hostility to the people of the
South, nud that all persons who partake of
such opposition are unfit to be recognized as
component parts of any .party or organiza
tion not hostile to the South.' 1
5.1i, That in accordance with the above
Resolution, whilst we are willing to act in
party association with all sound and relia
ble men in every section of the Union, we
are rot willing to affiliate with any party
that shall not recognize, approve and carry
out. the principles and professions of the Ne
braska Kansas act. and that the Democratic
and Anti-Know Nothing party of Georgia,
; ought to cut off all party connection with
every man and party at the North, or else
; where, that does not come up fully and fairly
to ihis line of action.
i titli. That those sound and reliable Deino
! crats at the North, who have patriotically
tong! t for the Nebraska Kansas act, and
the maintainance of the Fugitive slave law,
against the combined forces of Know-Noth
; iiigism and Abolitionism, (which seek their
repeal,) and who stand pledged to support
ihe admission of Kansas into the Union as a
i slave State, should she ask it, merit the
heartfelt sympathies, thanks and encourage
ment of all Southern men, in their patriotic
position.
7rh, That in the ranks of the Democratic
1 party of the North, alone have been found
those patriotic men, who have stood by the
rights ot the South, and. judging the future
by the past, that party only contains the
elements of soundness upon the slavery
question, upon which a national party can
be constructed with which the South can
consistently co operate.
Bih. That it is expedient and proper that
. the Democratic and And Know Nothing
party of Georgia, be represented in the Na
tional Convention of the Democratic party,
which is to meet in Ciuciunatti next spring,
1 for the purpose of nominating candidates for
| President and Vice President; that the De
mocratic ami Anti Know Nothing members
of the L’ vislature, together with such other
| incur ers of the party as may be chosen to
! attend, from their respective counties, be
and they tire hereby requested to meet at
j same convenient time during the present ses
sion, and select twenty delegates to said
I Convention fer this State.
9iii, That our delegates to said Conven
tion. ought, in cur opinion, to be instructed
by those who shall appoint them, to insist
upon the adoption of a platform of principles
sis the basis of a national organization, prior
to the nomination of candidates, and that ,
said platform shall, amongst other things,
include in substance, the following proposi
tions : Ist, The recognition and adoption of
the principles established in the Nebraska
Kansas act: 21, That neither the Missouri
Compromise, nor any other anti-slavery re
striction, shall hereafter be extended over
any Territory of the United States : 3d, The
prompt and faithful execution of the Fugi
tive slave law, ami ils permanent continuance
upon the Statute book.
10th, That no man ought to he held and
considered a member of the national Demo
cratic party, who does not recognize, approve
and adopt the foregoing propositions, and
that the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing
parly of this State, through its said delega
tion, ought not to affiliate or act in said
Convention with any delegate or delegates,
who shall disapprove and vote against the
sa me.
11 ih. That if said propositions shall not
in substance be incorporated in the platform
adopted by said Convention, the delegates
from Georgia ought, in the opinion of this
meeting, to withdraw from the Convention,
and take no farther part in the nominations
or other proceedings of the same; and that
our delegates ought to bo instructed so to
act.
Idili.That the Democratic and Anti-Know
Nothing party of this State, ought, and will
support the nominees of said Convention for
President and Vice-President, provided the
platform adopted by the said Convention be
in accordance with tiie spirit and intent of
the foregoing propositions, and the nominees
thereof, bo pledged, if elected, to carry out
the same in good faith in the administration
of the government, an 1 in appointments to
office under the administration.
Rbli. That we sympathize with the friends
of the slavery cause, in Kansas, in their
manly efforts to maintain their rights and
the lights and interests of the Southern peo
ple. and that we rejoice at their recent vie.
lories over the paid adventurers and jesuiti
eal hords of northern Abolitionism-: that the
deep interest felt and taken by the people of
Missouri in the settlement of Kansas and
the decision us the slavery question in it, is
both natural and proper, and that it is their
right and duty to extend to their Southern
brethren in that Teriitory every legitimate
and honorable sympathy and support.
11th, That we are uncompromisingly op
pose 1 to the political organization commonly’
called tlu* Know Nothing order, or American
party, having no sympathy with tlioir secrc
sy. tlieiz oaths, their unconstitutional de
signs, their veligious intolerance aud their
political proscription.
10th, That wc hail with delight the late
signal triumph in Virginia, l’eunsylvania,
Maine and oilier States including Georgia,
of tlie Democratic party, and of the patriotic
v Vhigs. who co operated in achieving these
res'lltsover the Know Notliiugorganization,
us conclusive evidence, that in the great
practical questions involved in that contest,
Southern men may honorably and success
fully combine, without regard to past polit
ical distinctions, to save the Constitution
from desecration, and the youth from being
prostrated before the power of Northern fa
naticism and misrule.
lffili, That the Democratic and Anti Know
I Nothing party in all our sister States, and
especially of the Southern States, urere
■pectfu ly ami earnestly requested to tuko
the foregoing Resolutions into their curly
! consideration, and co operate witli us in the
polity and objects intended to bo thereby
secured.
j The Resolutions wero unauimously adopt
ed. After addresues from lion. Alfred Iver-
son and Hon. Robert Toombs, the meeting
adjourned. HOWELL COBB, Ch'n.
L. A. Nelms, J. N. Ramsey, Secretaries,
TIIE STANDAIID.
WOFFORD, BENNETT & SMITH,
EDITORS.
CASSVI LLE, GEO;
THURSDAY MORNING:
NOVEMBER 15, 1855.
>IESS!iS - EDITORS:—
You will please announce
my name as a candidate
for re-election to the office ofOrdinary,
at the election to be held oil the first
Monday in January next,
THOMAS A. WORD.
Oct. 1, 1855. 34 tde*
Take Special Notice. —We request our
subscribers, living in the vicinity of Cass
ville, and who wish to pay their subscrip
tion in advance, to bring us bushels of
Corn, for which the market price will be
paid, and placed to their credit on our
books. We want some 60 or 70 bushels,
and by doing this it will be an accommoda
tion to ns, and an easy way for you to pay
: your subscriptions. Bring us, say 1 barrel,
each, and we will give as above stated.—
’ C--11 at the Standard Office.
Nov/ is the Time!
Those of our subscribers i ‘bis vicin
ity desiring to pay their subscriptions
for the ensuing year in Wood, v.ill con
fer a favor on the “ Printers” by sending
a few loads forthwith. Remember!-
stove wood is the kind we’re after.
DEMOCRATIC
Anti-Knot?/ Hotliing
Fur Sheriff',
JOSEPH BOGLE-
For Clerk of Superior Court,
JAMES WOFFORD.
For Clerk of Inferior Court,
JOHN F. MILHOLLEN.
For Ordinary,
J. W. WAITS.
For Tax Receiver,
D. H. TEAT.
For Tax Collector,
JOHN C. AYCOCK.
For Coroner,
IUCITARD GAINES.
2£*T Judge Airniuu llaiue, and the
Editors of the Federal Union, will please
accept our thanks for documents sent us.
V7i
Erratum.
In setting up the type of the noth c
of the Baptist Convention to assemble
in Cedar Town, on Saturday before the
3d Sunday in May next, in our last is
sue, we overlooked the word 4 Cherokee,’
vye should have su'd ‘ Cherokee Georg’a
Baptist Convention.’ Those who have
copied it in their papers will please cor
rect as above.
The Governor’s Message.
From the great length of this docu
ment, we find it out of our power to
publish it, entire, in this week’s paper.
We will give the remainder next week.
J£Aj~ See the Inaugural Address, to be
found in another column.
Death of EevER. A. Milner.
We regret to learn that this truly good
man ami useful citizen of our county,
fell a victi to tli >. dread monster, 1 >calh,
ut his residence in Oavtersville, on ‘Tues
day evening last, of Typhoid Fever.—
Mr. M. was an exemplary member of the
Presbyterian Church, which he evinced
to the world in his orderly, upright walk
and strict adherence to the precepts taught
in the Holy Oracles, lie has been I’m
many years a successful Minister of the
Gospel—loved and esteemed by all around
him. He bore the peaceful fruits of right
eousness while in life, and lias been sum
moned away beyond the skies to reap
the rich harvest resulting from his labor
in the <rood cause in which lie was on-
O
listed.
it-rTlt, seems to bo current cliftt in
certain circles in Europe, that during
the session of our next, Congress the U*
niou between the North and South will
be dissolved, and that England is to take
under her protection the Southern States.
Louisiana Election News. -The Amer
icans luivo elected their Congressman in the
first district. Taylor democrat is elected in
in the second district. Davidson, democrat,
is olected in the third district. No returns
received from the fourth district.
Read, and Act.
The attention of our renders is called to
the advertisement, iff another column
of Messrs. Sloan & Oatman, Dealers in j
all kinds of Marble Work, Atlanta, Gn,,
who are spoken of in the highest terms
of commendation —both as gentlemen \
of firm reliance and easy to trade with,
We recommend them to all persons
wishing to supply themselves with any
thing in their line.
We also recommend Messrs A. & J.
L. Hill, of this place, to the favorable
consideration of the citizens of Cassville
and vicinity. They have on hand a fine
stock of Groceries and Confectionaries
which they oiler just rtf; lit ; blit don’t
let us judge for you, go and judge for
yourselves, lie will not charge any thing
for showing them to you, and neither
you nor he will bo injured by the trans
action.
Persons wishing to invest a small a
mount profitably, we refer to the adver
tisement of the Cosmopolitan Art Asso
ciation, to be found in another column.
Those who are fond of reading and
dealing in Literary and works of fiction,
may find something suited their taste
by reading the advertisements of Messrs
J. Bradford ifc Brother and M ason Bro
thers, publishers of “Rose Clark,” a
work ot fiction, by the world renowned
authoress, Fanny Fern.
Our County Ticket.
The Democratic party of Cass have
recommended to the people of the coun
ty, the gentlemen whose names arc
placed at our mast head for their suffra
ges on the first Monday in January next.
Os the gentleman who compose this tick
et it is unnecessary for us to speak, most
of them have beer, long known to our
’ citizens, ar.d all of them are men of in
tegrity and honesty—well qualified to
discharge the duties of the offices for
which they are running. It is true at
! the last October elect’on we were beaten
! about one hundred and twenty votes, and
:in order to succeed we must overcome
| that majority- Ibis we can do, if our
i candidates, aided by our leading men,
: will use proper energy and industry.—
A change of seventy votes will £tive us
the victory ; but, in truth, there is no
change necessary, the people if left to
act according to their own free will are
with us, and the only thing necessary to
our success is, that our friends see to it,
that men who believe with us are not
overpersuaded to vote against our ticket.
! Lot our candidates remember that noth
| ing valuable is gained but bv labor, and
| that in the election in January next,
| much depends upon their personal exer
; tiows. And to our friends throughout
j the country we would urge the impor
tance and necessity of unceasing labor
for the success of our party; let it be
remembered that upon the result of the
| election in January next, will greatly
depend the poli'ica! cast off our country
j for years to come. We have the best
organized party that ever existed in
iGeoigia to fight ; they are well drilled
and under perfect command, their lead
ers can bid them work, and they obey.
But the K N organization is too tyranical
to suit the republicans of this country,
i and wo have reasons to believe that
many who have, up to this time, acted
with them from a desire to be consistent,
j will now assert their independence by
voting for the Democratic ticket in Jan
uary next. Many good and true Demo
crats have been deceived and ovevper
! suaded to join the Know Nothings, and
from a false notion of consistency, acted
with them in the last election even a
gainst their better judgment, such men
will leave them to a defeat which their
! organization and hidden designs will
I. ” °
justly bring upon them.
Easy Times.
Every body wants easy limes —every
j body wants tlie credit system abolished,
or at least reduced from the present sys
j tern inlo which it has fallen. Why is it
not done ? Why don’t some person
make a start ? It would be a very easy
matter to change the present manner of
doing business to one that would pav
i b . *
better. If, instead of putting cr from
j _ -'ii
lime to time the payment ot small ac
Counts until they grow to be large ones,
they were paid at maturity, it would bo
found to work a great deal better for
both the debtor and creditor.
It is a much easier thing to pay a
small debt than a large one. Why then
wait for the debt to become larger. If
the farmer would only sell his produce
! as fast, as it is ready for market, and not
i wait for long prices, lie could be ready
to pay his account, with the blacksmith,
shoemaker, Ac., who could pay the mer
chant, who, In turn, could pay their
debts, thus keeping the'money in eircti
-1 lation, and bv this moans wo could have
that great easy times. It
, only wants a little effort to get the thing
started, and every body would soon sec
the beauty of it. Why then delay it
. longer ?
! Are you, reader , willing to make the
| effort? If you don’t find it profitable,
I stop it. Try it—prove it for yourslf.—
Begin by paying the printer, then tho
i merchant, smith, shoemaker, and so on,
and if any body owes you anything,
collect it. Never go in debt more than
you are able to pay at any time, and see
if you are not soon enjoying e-a-s*y
times.
COininUnicated for tlio Stand
ard.
MILLEbGEVILLE, Ga., Nov. 0.
Messrs. Jjennclt & Smith !
Sirs : Thinking that that It might bo
of interest to you, and not knowing
whether the information lias been other
wise communicated, I herewith give you
a statement of the vote for Solicitor Gen
eral so far as I have obtained it.
On yesterday an election for Attorney
General of the Middle. Circuit came off,
and on the 4th ballot a Mr. McLaws, of
Augusta, was elected. On to-day the
election was continued, for the Chatta
hoochee Circuit, on the 3d bah a Mr.
Cooper received 84 votes, Oliver 139,
Hamilton 17—Oliver elected. Chero
kee Circuit next, Capt. W. T. Wofford
received 59 votes, J. C. Long-street, of
Calhoun, 126, (elected, Ist bah) Shrop
shire 31, Hanks, of Spring Place 13,
Moore, of Dalton 4, Spray berry, of Ring
gold 5, Gordon l,Camp 1.
I am sorry to say that our friend the
Captain, was defeated.
A Mr. Ilartiidge was elected for the
East Circuit, a Mr. Lyon was elected
for the Flint Circuit, Blue Ridge Circuit
Fielder received 82 voies, Phillips of
Marietta 124, Camp 33, Walker 1,
Phillips elected Ist bah A Mr. Mun
fort elected for the Macon Circuit, Dan
iel, of Madison, for Northern Circuit.—
Western: Thurmond, of Jackson ; Oc
mulgee: W. A. Lofton, of Jasper; South
ern : Sheftall, of Laurens; S. Western:
John W. Evans; Attorney General of
Mobile Circuit: Win, R. McLaws, Rich.
The Know Nothings claim that thev
made all the m;-. going elections, which
I doubt, not is true to some extent, but
still they have gained nothing, for all of
them are good and true Democrats, and
are well qualified to fiil the offices to
which they were elected. The Demo
crats are to have a meeting to-night to
nominate for State House officers and
the remaining Sol. Genl. yet to be elect
ed. I can’t ray what will be done.—
Iverson and Toombs made speeches last
night at a Democratic meeting, at which
resolutions were adopted, predicated ut -
i on the -I'.ii Resolution ot the Georgia
; Convention of 1850.
Your friend, truly, JT.
From the Atlanta Examiner, we see
that the nomination for State House of
j fleers was held on Friday night lash
■ which resulted as follows : For Secre
: tarv of State, the present inciimbet, Mr.
E. P. Waikius, on second ballot ; for
Comptroller, Peterson Tweatt, of Mus
cogee, on second ballot; for Surveyor,
T. A. Greene, Esq., of Floyd, on third
ballot. While this was going on in the
: Senate, the Know Nothings held a nreet
ing in the other end of the Capitol, but
for what purpose,save to hear a rail} ing
speech or two, was not ascertained.
Since the above was in type, we
Beam from the Federal Union that they
were all elected —and also, John B.
jTrippe, of Putnam, v.ho was elected
I State Treasurer. All the officers elect
are Democrats and Anti-Know Nothings.
The following Bills were offered in
Senate on the Bth inst:
By Mr. Cone, of Greene, A Bill to fix
tiie dignity, and prescribe the order in
which debts due by deceased persons
should be paid.
By Mr. Miller, of Richmond : A Bill
amendatory of the constitution provid
ing for the permanent location of the
Supreme Court, and its annua! meeting.
By Mr. Peeples, of Claik: A 1 ill to
; incorporate a Bank in the tow nos A
: thens.
By Mr. Dabney, of Gordon : To re
peal the proviso of au act entitled “an
act, t<> define the liability of endorsers of
1 promisory notes, Ac.
j House of Representatives 10th inst.
By Mr. Lawton, of Chatham, A Bill
to increase the salaries of the judges of
I of the Supreme court to $4,000.
Bv Mr. Jones, of Low ndes, — to form
i
anew judicial circuit out ot the counties
of Ware, Clinch, Ac., to be called the
Brunswick circuit.
Bv Mr. Jones, of Muscogee,—to im
prove the law of evidence, so as to al
low parties in interest, to testify, Ac.
Bv Mr. Crook, of Chattooga,—to ap
! propriate SBOO to each of the eighteen
new counties of this State, for academic
purposes, to be used at the court houses
of stiid counties.
Bv Mr. Richards, of Carroll, —to form
anew county out of parts ot Carroll,
; Paulding and Campbell.
By Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, —to | io
vide for garnishment in certain cases,
and for o'i,< r purposes. The object of
tho bill if to idemnify persons who are
! prevented from reclaiming their fugitive
slaves at tho North.
By Mr. Pickett, of Gilmer, —to appvo
propriato the earnings of the Wastern
A Atlantic Railroad, to the support of a
general system of education.
By Mr. Johnson, of Carroll, —to form
anew county out of portions ot Polk
i and Carroll. !
Startling Development! Trea
eon in Kansas.
There is no question tiow agitated by
the people of this vast Republic of more
vital inteiest to the South, than the
Kansas qiiestioni What, may we ask,
have we at stake involved in this great
anti important movement ? Much , >ve
may answer—our interest and rights
are involved-—our constitutional rights,
are made the subject of unceasing out
rage and violence by these incendiary
abolitionists and freesoilers of the North.
Dare the South ever think of receiving
justice and enjoying civil and religious
liberty, those principles so dear to every
patriotic American citizen, while these
spirits of pandamonium and fluids to true 1
Republicanism are. at work, night and
day, in their under-ground cells—coun
eiliug together as to the best modus op
crandi to succeed in undoing what the
South has tor years laboured to accom
plish, without respect for the laws of our
hand and the constitution of our country.
There is not one drop of honest and pa
triotic blood circulating their veins—
nay verily, they are mote than cowards,
cowardice is a trulv commendable virtue
when compared with the principles and
actions of those black-hearted, foitl
moutli abolitionists and freesoilers of the
North. Not satisfied with attending to
matters that concern them at home, thev
must continually be meddling with the
affairs ot Southern people—inteirupiing
their peace and quietude by keeping up
an unceasing wat fare in the National
Councils of our would-be happy country.
Scarcely two years have elapsed since
our representatives in Congress, assisted
by the true and conservative men of the
North, after a long and heated contest,
defeated these conspirators in their hell
ish designes, they arc again pieparing
to renew the unjust contest at the next
session of Congress, the result of which,
time can only unfold ; hut there is one
thing certain, if Southern slaveholders
do not bestir themselves to livelv action
in the important movement now pend
ing between freesoilers and slaveholders,
(t ho Kansas movement) they will yet
triumph in the acquisition of the territo
ry of Kansas as a free State, over the
heads of Southern people, amt w hat has
been done for the vindication of the
rights of the South against the intrusive
attacks of northern fanatics, will but rc
i main an ensign of the defeat of true re
publican rights and liberty, to be hand
ed down to our posterity, but t<> augment
! their misery and wretchedness for all
; time to come. \\ ho. w ith an American
j bosom with a patriotic heart beneath
1 its surface, throbbing with pride ami
1 ambition, can look upon tins appalling
picture, and turn aside, in anguish ot
spirit, and bow submissively at the feet
and kiss the hand that smites them !
How lung, oh ! how long must we sub
mit to such intrusion from the hands of
; our direst enemies? Let the South ar
: ray herself in bi ter hostility, and say lo
j them thus far shall you come and no far
! Bier. And if we will hut back our reso
; Infions with our arms, and say like our
noble Wise, of Virginia, fight if we must ,
| they probably w ill understand us, and
I act accordingly.
The follow ing-article taken from an
extra, w ill give von a faint idea of the
j schemes they have resorted to for the
purpose of defeating the South in the
admission of the territory of Kansas:
From St. Joseph Cycle Extra, October 23.
To the people of Missouri: —A secret
j civic military organization exists isi our
i neighboring territory, formed to war
upon our institutions, and to militate
against our lives, our interests and our
hopes. A Mr. P. Laugldiu, a Kentuck
ian, and a member of the secret society,
with danger to his life, has made the
| following expose, which we give in his
own words :
* There are arms accumulated in abnn-
I dance in Lawrence and in the territory
furnished by an organization in Boston
; which has also forwarded SIOO,OOO in
cash, to be used for the pupose of making
; Kansas free state. Thus noithern secret
| society is prepared to resort to violence
I to carry out its purpose, says the Union
is a farce, and the confederacy not
worth preserving. A house built at Law
renco bv the Emigrant Aid Society in
Massachusetts and the principle hotel of
the place, is a fortress in itself, with port
holes and all the requisites for offensive
and defensive warfare.
“ A box marked dry goods, and
directed to Dr. Robinson, agent of (lie
Emigrant Aid Society, was opened in my
presence, of war. 4'he leading men ot
this secret Northern society are direct ing
and governing the popular mind with a
view to war. Tin y proclaim that slave
ry shall not. exist in Kansas, and boast of j
having run off three negroes from Mis- !
suri and sent them to C anada.
‘ The object ot the society, as openlv
promulgated to the members, is to war
upon tho institutions of the South.—
They declare equality, so far as the ‘
color is concerned. The society is
organized on a military basis, and draws
on religion as the spur and tho incentive j
to action. According tho constitution, .
the members are bound to muster, iu
fact oath bound, whenever called upon for
active service. I was introduced to the
Executive Committee by Gov. Reader
and recommended by him as a worthy
member, and left it only when I found I
could not commune with it without be*
ing guilty of treason.
‘ A resolution was offered on Cth of
September to the following effects ; That
every reliable freesoiler be provided with
a rifle, a brace cf pistols and a sabre, to
come when called upon by his superior
officer. Hint he sholud go and use his
arms for the rescue of anv one coming
I under the jurisdiction of the present law#
of the territory. For the truth of the
above I am willing to vouch on oath.
P. Lauouux.’
From the above if will be- observed that
the crisis lias at last reached its height in
Kansas. The open resistance to the laws
is meditated by Northern dr-unionists
llow long will pro-slavery men submit
to a secret organization whose basis is
treason to the government, the constitu
tion and the Unit n ?
Let us meet and consider the sul j. c 4,
and see what should be done in the exi
gency. The North is making prepara
’ tions which must be opposed bv the
South in her full strength and in her di
rest mood. Something must be dune,
for the truth of the above is beyond cav
il or dispute ; in fact we have in our pos
session the constitution of the secret or
der. Mr. I .aughlin is known to us, hav
ing had business with the office time
ami again, and we know that he is sin
cere. Let no one be lukewarm when
the emergency is is at hand.
I
For the Standard.
Messrs. Bennett cf Smith :
Permit me to inform my friends tliro’
your paper, that, owing to the pressum
nature of my private business, lam
I compelled to decline the nomination for
Tax Collector, tendered to me bv the
j Democratic party of this county. I
hope that the party will select some oth
er person to fiil the place tendered to
me, and I now pledge my v. aim support
: to the entiie ticket.
■ Truly yours, 1). F. BISIIOP.
MESSRS. BENNETT A SMITH:
A> Mr. Bishop, the nominee of the
; Democratic party of this county fur Tax
I Cu! lector, has declined running, we
would -uggi-st the name of JOHN 0.
A’l COCK, as a suitable pcr-oii to fill
the vacancy caused by hi- refus.!. \Ye
do this as we were liKinln rs < f the C> ti
veil!ion, and know that Mr. Avcock was
prominent, before that body, but las
t name was withdrawn by Ids friends.
W. S. Thomas, And Mo Ever,
E. Mooke, J as. S. Ryals,
it. J. Bauth h.omew.
KO.t ‘IIU-; sTAXDAIiD.
“ Principles—Not Men.”
i ssrs. Editors :
Notu ithstanding tlie candidates of the
Democratic party were defeated in the
. 1
i recent election in this eounty, we have
I not a doubt that there is a considerable
| majority of the voters of Cass county
who are opposed to the American party,
but many, owing to the fact that they
were opposed to Gov. Johnson on account
:of his management of the W. it A. K.
If., permitted themselves, while under a
; temporary excitement, to vote for the
candidates of the American party, —aiul
against the principles they had ever behl
dear, and still believe to be correct. We
are very much deceived if these who
; acted in this manner, have not since re
gretted their course, and will hereafter
act with the Democratic party.
There ate many persons in this coun
ty with whom we have conversed recent
ly, and they are generally of that class
( who either hold office themselves, or
who have friends in office whom they
i wish to continue in that position, who
since tliev think that their party is in a
minority in this county, urge the pro
priety of not making a candidate’s P Ol1 ’
tics a test in voting for county officers.
In this we are decidedly of a dffierent
opinion, and much prefer putting K ' n
, of our own politics in office — more espe
cially when wc have candidates for ah
the county offices, who if not better, an
at least as well qualified to discharge
the duties of the various offices for which
they are candidates, ns are the canffi*
’ dates of our opponents.
DEMOCRAT.
Cass county, Xov., !Sos.
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England and the United State.
, Tito Washington correspondent ot the
[York Courier Sf Enquirer, hus telegri F
ed the following dispatch to that journal:
Washington, Wednesday L v £•
Important dispatches from London lt®' ;
been received, Mr. Buchanan transmits 6’
the final answer of tho British governs!*® 1
on tho Central American negotiation l ’ uf
ultimatum is rejected nnd correspondence’
closed. Both Governments are released ‘fo®
the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty. Great !>>’
ain retaining her colouies and protector# j
and wo withdrawing from our ntiti ncn ®* 9-
tiou clauso, Assurances, however, ol p cat
ful views aro exchanged. j.
Mr Buckhanan is still acting, ‘ u
pects to leave for the United States #
the 10th of this month.
Reinforcements have been sent to
Smith in Texas, with instructions topr
incursions into Mexico.