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COLUMBUS, CLOKCIA.
SATURDAY EVIKIKG. JURE 2, 1855
Congressional Convention* 2d District.
We suggest that the Democratic Ct igiessional Convert
tion o: the Second District be held at Americus, on Wed’
nesday, 11th July next. The Supreme Court will he in
se&fion at that time in Americue. What pay our Demo
cratic cotemporarie* to this suggestion ? ‘1 he time and
place ought to be agreed upon at once. wtwtd.
The Muscogee Ciicular—A Sectional Pty.
The response of the Georgia press to the T* mper
once Hall movement will be road *ith interest in this
section of the State. Vi e shall pub! eh extracts from
the l< ading journals ns tlu-y come in. The hr*', that
comes to hand is ibe Savannah News, an ind. | end< in
paper. The News, in an article headed New South
ern Parly , says :
“ i’ue cU-m vjr.itic p *rty of Georgia having a!g> adopted
the Convinlion plalfotm, the qutttion pr s* nted to the
people is whether it is better to maintain there principles
in a nation and or section and organ’zition. It is adinited by all
that there are so ne men at tbj N nth who are faithful to
tile Cottsti uiion anti the Union. Is it polity, thin, ’or th
South to abandon tlio.-e who h ve battled and are slilj
bailing for constitutional principles, by renouncing all po
lititical association with tlieni ? It is indeed time that tin
tiouth should be thoroughly united in defence of hei
rights, but wl ile she contends for only her just rights,
unler the C institution, may she not look for the co.ope
ration and support of the constitutional men of the
Nord) ?”
The rext in order is the Atlanta Intelligencer , a
Southern Rights Democratic paper, which iu an article
headod The Muscogee Circular , sa>s:
“We confess to the weakness, it it be one, to loving the
South, the safety ol our social condilion, more than we love
any party, any man or set of men. We would, tor this tea
son, accept any subsidies Irom any quarter, at h< me or
abroad, that would likely aid ub in the coming day ol need
[Jut we can see no wi-dom tn incumbeiitig any organize
tion wi:h r emits that bring into a general Southern alliance,
othtr and higher obligatons th n they are willing to as
sume for the came and interests of that alliance.
Can a Know Nothing who e strongest political cha*ac-
Uristic iu his nationality, with the awful sanctions now
tl rown arout and his paity allegiance, be a Southern man to
the death ? Can he, with that thundering oath of the 3d
degree in his throat, swear to stand by Georgia, “even to a
dt. ruptirn of the ties that bind her to this Union?’ lire
thir g is imp< stible, unless his grand lodges and his grea t
g and ir.qui.-itor generals give him a dispensation before t o
act, or unless thry can give absolution irom his oath after
wards. No ;if Democrats and V\ higs proclaim an amnes
ty and rob up their old flags and all fall into the line ot a
sacred band, fogetting the past, forgetting eveiythmg nut
the c’r* adtnl p< rii ol their homes, it is asking a small thing
of a Georgia Know Nothing to demand that he too sho id
make these terms reciptocal, befoie we agree to act with
him.
We say again that all we wish is to see the path of di y
to the SjU h in the present conjuncture, 1 1 fin'y painted ot ,
and we will pursue u if we niu.-t do so by turning our b cks
upon the dearest, political friends we have on eanh. Ur t
Gotmnon sense teaches us that he I a-is of an amalgamittk n
ol ail parties here, for the purpose of resitting the attaiks
upon us fiotn the anti slave States, must be that ol an un
selfish brotherhood that will take an equal chance in all
that is to be endured as well in what may he enjoyed.”
i’ne next in order is the Constitutionalist Repub
lie,a Democratic organ having a larger circulation, pei>
haps, than any otln r Democratic paper in the Slate. —
In an article headed, A Sectional Party, tins paper
says :
“The proceedings of a meeting of thee tizens oi Column
bus in which several leading Know Nothings of tfiat plaie,
take a prominent part, held at Temperance Ilali, on Sat
urday, 26th ult.,have been sent us in a circular; they have
also been published in the Columbus Enquiier. Our co
operation i? a ked in the movement therein proposed—
which, as we understand one of the Resolutions, propOfea
to us to repudiate all fellowship and connection with the
present national organizations. This we respectfully de
cline to do. We shall adhere t > ths National Dem >catic
orga fixation, as one sound in its principles, its aims and
purposes. Upon it, and its action, and upon the conserva
tive influences it will rally to its support at the North where
with to defeat and checkmate Free oilism and Know
Nothing demagogueistn, we base our hopes of its being able,
the South co operating, to preserve the Constitution and
the U.iion. When we give up that hope and abandon that
Northern organization, the National Democracy of the
Noith, that has never abandoned us, and resort to a merely
sectional and Southern organization to defend the South,
we see plainly that it must result in disunion. This result
may commend it to some who participated in that Colum
bus meeting. We have no doubt it did. One at least
among them, the gentleman who moved for the appoint
ment of the committee‘'to draft and report suitable matter
for the consideration of the meeting,” is, avowedly, and
per se a di-unionist. We do not yet despair of the Union.”
The uext in order is the Savannah Republican, u
Whig and, probably, Know Nothing organ. The Re
publican says:
‘•The object of the met ting is most praiseworthy. It
the whole {$ uih could be brought to occupy the same
position, we might then bid di fiance to our enemies
llut can this be doiu- ? Is it practicable, even in Geor
gia? We must be permitted to doubt it. The reve
lations of the past two weeks had us to the unpiea-ant
conclusion, that the people of Georgia were never teally
more devidtd than they are at tins moment. Tin
letwr of Mr. Stephens, the bitter denunciations of tin
American party fey the Johnson press, the proceedings
even of the Democratic meeting in Columbus, held only
a few days before that of which we are now speaking, all
satisfy us that the country is not yet prepared for tin
pod ieal millennium so patriotically urgtd by uur friends
in Columbus.”
The next io order is the Chornicle $• Sentinel, a
Union Repobloan, Whig organ, of large cii dilation,
and supposed, by m.ir.v, tonfUet the s*-ntiii,eß!s ot Mr
Stephens. The Chronicle <J- Sentinel in an artici*
headed National Party - Columbus Meeting, says :
“Lfitle r.i I we imagine, when penning our article ol
yesti iday, urging the importance of organ z : ng a nation
al conservative pany, that we should so soon rect-ivt
such a cordial response to our l*>ng cherished vie as,
the patriotic tnun of Columbus, composed of ail parties
have sent forth to the world in the subjoined proceed
ings of a pubhu nu cling. The readers of this journa 1
need no assurance that this move meets our hearty oo
operation, tad that we hid tin m God spe*d in the g<*><
and patriotic work. We know many of the neiors ii
this scene pctaobolly, have kuuwu some of item iya*,
and intimately, and it ; ffrds us sireete plensute to *•
them engaged in tine woik. because We know tin in to
be good men and true—as devoted and sincere patrio s
as live. They are American patriots of the r’ght stamp,
sincerely and earnestly devoted to the Constitution and
Un on, and their highest purpose is to prt serve b ih in
the r purity—which will secure to every section of this
broad land of liberty equal and stricWjustice, together
with all their rights.*’
The Savannah Republican.
In the daily issue of the Ist inat., the Republican
satisfactorily accounts for the omission of the Dili reso
lution of the Muscogee Democracy in its notice of the
meeting, and makes ample reparation hy inserting it in
full. We, therefore, withdraw the charge that it re
viewed the proceedings “with a set purpose to con
demn.*’
We have a’ready said all that we d*-em necessary to
justify the Democracy of Muscogee in their denuncia
tmn of the Know Nothing Organ’zttion.. There is
nothing in the attack of the Republican upon the
course the Muscogee Democracy felt it their duty to
i pursue, which has not been fully answered in preceding
issues of our* paper. We will not waste time by re
peating ourselves.
We are sorry that the Republican continues to de
fend the oath of the thiid degree of the Order as giv
en by us. “It dots not pleogc the Know Nothings
against a dissolution of the Union,” says the Repub i
can, ‘‘or bind him to maintain it under all eircumstan
ces ; it requires him only to discountenance whatever
is intended to overthrow it or that is calculated to
bring about its subversion ?’’
•JVe are sorry we cannot see the force of thi3 sen
tence. If Georg'a resolves to “disrupt every tie that
binds her to the Union/’ in the language of the fourth
resolution of the Platform, will not such action be in
tended to overthrow the Union? Is not such action
“calculated to bring about its subversion ?”
The concluding portion of the article under review
gives us unalloyed satifaction. Unlike our neighbor of
the Columbus Enquirer, the Savannah Republican
boldly responds to our enquiries and places itself on the
fighting line upon the Kansas question. However,
much we rnry differ with the Republican on minor is
sues, we lock shields with it on this paramount is.-u**,
and hope, when the time cornea, to prove our valor by
our works. The Republican says :
But that we may not be mHunde-stond, we now declare
for the informati >n of the Times, that we. and so far as we
know', the American paity in Georgia, will stand by and
maintain the Georgia P;at'o m in its fit 1 Nay
further, —should the North p event the admc-imi ot Kansas
or any other teiritory into the Union a-a slave State, we
should fed that the time had ar ived when the Noith and
the South, like Abraham and Lot, should take difi* rent
paths, and thu-* believing, we should fed it to be our solemn
duty to advocate a dissolution of the Union.
Spoken like a man, btother Al-xander, and. howev
er much we may d< precate your Know Nothing here
sies, we feel that with such sentiments and purpos* s
as are avowed in the foregoing paragraph, you are nut
far from the kingdom of heaven
The Savannah Republican is mistaken in the suppo
si i'n that it was the purpose of the Muscogee Democ
racy to insult “a large and resp ctable portion of the
people of Georgia, known as the American I arty.”—
Like good Christians they hated th** s n but loved the
sinner; and hoped by an exposure of the hetesits of
the Order, to induce all good and true iru-n to abandon
it.
Want of room prevents us from republishing the et
lire at tide of the Rpub!iran at length, as icquestvd.
The Ba timuie Catholic Council and the Pope
of . oat?,
The pastoral letter of the Aid bishop of BiHirnort*
and the bishops and pi tl m sos the Catholic province of
Baltimore, which incluaes marly half the United Sates
east of the Mississippi river, is chiefly devoted to a learn
ed exposition of the new dogma of the Imimenlale
Conception of the Most Bh-sted Virgin Mary, which
can certainly do no harm
There is, howtver, a secondary branch of this pasto
rial letter which chall uges our special attention. It re
lates to that interesting and important political question
of the t xtent of tile temporal power of the Pope uvei
his flock in the United States. The B.dtimore Arch
bishop and his subordinates expressly and. dare to :lu
faithful upon this subject, “that we have never exacted
of jou, as we ourselves have never made, even to the
highest ecclesiastical authority, any engagements incoii
sistent with thedutus we owe to the country and its
aws. On iVery op(ortune occasion we have avowed
these principles; and evt n in our communications to
the late Pontiff we r> j ettd as a calumny the imputation
that we were, in civil matters, subject to his authority.”
This a surely as emphatic as eojid be dcsir and ; hut, to
it perfectly plain, they further say that “to the
i g neral and S ate governments you owe sdltgiance in
all that regards the civil order ” This is worthy the
successor of the Catholic founders of .Mary
-1 itid and is a point Mane refutation of the charge, so
often made by the Know Nothings, that the Catholic
church lays claim toumporal power and ought, there
fore, to be opposed as a political orginization. in hat
tnony with this dedaration of the Archbishop*. B shops
and Clergy of the province of Baltimore, was that of the
late lamented Bishop England, of Charhston, S. C,
that if the prince of Rome, the Pope, were to declare
war against the United States, he would take up arms
agaist the Pope, With suih assurances from the high
est diguitaries of the church of Rome, with what consis
tency can a portion of our fdlow citizens make war
upon the members of the Catholic church.
Good News from Apalachicola for Columbus, via
Savannah.
We noticed yesteiday the arrival at this port of the i
schooner Ralph Post, from Apalachicola, consigned to
F. J. Ogden, K-q She has on b_>ard an assorted car
go of goods destined to Columbus, ju this State.— Sav
News, 31s/ nit.
Sol. General, Eastern Circuit. Thomas Teifait
Long. Esq., having resigned the office of Solicitor Gt n
eral of the Eistern Circuit, we learn that the vacancy
has been tilled by Guv Johnson, by the appointment
of George Gordon, Esq ,ofth a eity. Mr. Got don b
a genii-man of high character, and no one who know.-
him will and >ubt that hi* tab n:s uni energies will b
laithfully devoted to the discharg- of the rtsponsib *
luties thus imposed upou him. Journal Courier
May 31.
St. Marks Railroad.— The Talla! assee Floridian
states that the Directors of the set. Maras K. R. hav
completed the necessary 7 arrangements for making th
provisions of the general act applicable to their benefli
rhecoairact for the earth works has been given to G* n
R. A. Shine, who has !ft for N. Orh ans with the view
f procuring the requisite labor, and contract* for th
ross tie*. &e., ar* also be ng given out. It :s cxpec
*>d that by the first of December, the entire wdi
oe completed and put in first rate order.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL 0F Tlifc:
STEAMSHIP PACIFIC.
Cotton Advanced.
New York, May 3L
The American steamship Paei c. with Liverpool
•IH J e to the 19 h inst,. has arrived at New V o:k, bring
ing seven days later dates than the America.
Liverpool Cotton Market-
During the w,ck end it.g on the 18th instant, the
cotton nmkt has been buoyant, with an active specu
h live dimand Prices have advanced from 1 8 to
3 16d. The market closed active and firm. The
-ales for the week e* mprise 112,000 hale- - , of which
speculators took 49,1 OU, and exporters 5,000 bale*’.
The following are the official quotations :
Fair Orleans, Old.
Middling Orleans i 1.
F; i Uplands Oil.
Middling Uplands, 51 J.
Provisions —Breadstuff's ate dull and prices un
chaug* and. The prospects of the new crop are good.
Money Market. —Consols have advanced toB9 3-4.
Money was eatie , \
Pclitical I itelligence,
Theseige of Sevastopol, u. the 12th of May, remained
unchanged.
An expedition of 15,000 al ies which embarked for
Kauderck put to sea in the direction of Azuff, had re
>u> n< and without la id mg.
Omer Pachas f .rce had returned to Eupator a.
Large reinforce nei ts to the Allies were expected in
ten day s.
The negotiate is l etween Austria and the Western
Powets were unchanged, but between Prussia and Aus
tria relations were more intimate.
Russia notifies the Gcrrnat States that the Cztr only
holds the firet two guarantees on condition of the neu
trality of Germany.
Russia has also presented its ultimatum to Sweden
which S wet den is inclined to rtject. ✓
The* French Exhibition had opened. The ceremony
w 7 as rather dull Pian >ri, the would be assassin of the
Emperor, was executed.
Th* lanst news from the Crimea states that Conro
bert has r> signed on Recount of ill health, lie ia to te
succeeded by General P His*-ier.
—
Tlie results in Virginia.
One hundred end twn nty two counties heard from.
Wise’s majority in these counties, 10G17. This would
leave v 0 counties to In ar from, which gave President
P erce a sni 41 majority.
The last returns, says the Richmond Enquirer <f
the 29th, indicate the election of L w.s to Congress—
thus completing the return of al! the old members.—
she Senate and House of and legates will e uitinue as
rongly and mneratie, at least, as before. This will se
cere the election of a Democrat to the Senate of the
lli ited Slates. The victory of the Demoer n y s,
therefore, complete in the Old Dominion.’ 1
TO THE EDITORS OF THE TIMES AND SENTINEL
Messrs Editors ; —-L*t me ask you to publish the
law of Massachusetts, and through the tindium of
your columns to a-k tfie people of the State of Geor
gia, if they are not no-v prepa>ed to piss q law, taxing
ihe products of the S a e of Massachusetts in the hands
of the retailers? and also to pass a law refusing the aid
of our Courts in the collection of their debts and in
die protection of their persons and property.
Let not any one d.-ter you from this course by tell
ing you that it is unconstitut utial. The trst law i
dearly not so. The other may be doubtful —but the old
adage to * fight the Devd with fire,” is a good one. The
anti-slav*!) men never enquire whether the law they
wish le unconstitutional. They will pass it and
let the Court determine the Constitutional quistion.—
Fleet your members of the next Legislature fir that
purpose. CIYIS.
NULLIFICATION L\W OF MtS-ACIJ SETTS.
We clip the following svnop-H of the, main provisio ?s of
the nullification law of Massachusetts from the Boston
7 lines :
“Nullification in Massachusetts —The so-called ‘act
to protect the tights and liberties of the people of ALi-sa
chusetts,’ which ha- been reported to the sen ite of that
State, H ot the tankest ouliiti -.anon eh ir.it-ler. it p ovider
th iteveiy alleged fugitive from service shall be entitled t.
tiie*heneiil of the writ oi'habeas cor, us. which may he tsstt
ed by ‘hes preme cc rt. court <t conun >n pleas, and j is
Mce ; or police couit •>} any city or town : ny any couit ol
record, judge of probate, or by any justice ot the peace
even : provided such magistrates are known to he within
five miles ot the place where the i arty is imprisoned. No
person holding any Sta’e office is allowed to issue any
warrant or grant any certificates und< r the fugitive slave
law, under the penalty ot toif iting his office and being
foiever inelig b'e to m,y office of trust or emilument un
der the laws of the Comm mwealth. Shcntis. constable-,
po ice officers, and the volunteer militia, ate forbidden to
aid in any way in ca Tying out the provisions ol trie fugitive
slave law of 185 ) under p nalty of a fine of not less than
81.000, nor more than $2 000 ansd imprisonment in the
8t ite pti-ou tor a term ol from one to two years. A’ y
person w 7 ho shall act a j c nnsel or attorney f r any ciai
mant of an alleged fugit ve shall be deemed to have re
sign- and any comini-sion he may h(>ld from the S ate, and
shall thereafter be incopncita ed Jrom appearing as
counsel or nUorn*y in any of the courts of the State.
No State jail, is to he used as a place fjr the detention oi
an alleged fugitive.”
Drought in ihe West. —The Arkansas rivc-r having
nearly dried up, the Lt ie Rock Gazette says, there is
not, in that place, a barrel of flour, a lushel of rne.il,
or a pound of coffee or sug:ir for sale. Flour would
go iff readily at sls a barrel, and corn meal at $2 a
■i bushel ; sugar and coffee vvouid sell for any price.—
There is the greaUst scarcity of every article of pro
visions or family grncere*.
A Political Hoax.
Bangor, May 23.
The announcement that Samuel C Gaze had been
nominated for governor-of Maine, by the Know Noth*
ngs :n a State Convention is a hoax. No Convention
has yet been held.
Eruption of Mr. Vesuvius — On the m >rning of the
ii*t. May there was a r port ft >m the summit of the
mountain as of a thousand cannon, immediately fellow,
and by a discharge of r<d hot stones.
Democratic Me ling in Stewart County.
In par uanoe to n published call, a Democratic meeting
was held in the Con t House, at Lumpkin, May 29th. On
notion, D. -v y nour Catching was elected to the chai%
tnd John B. Richard-on, Sectary ottha meeting. The
inject of the meeting being exp allied hy the cha r
O i mol on of G J \\ aiker, the meeting p.oee ded to
eie- t delegates to represent the Detnociatic Party of .-tew- 1
rt in the Gubernatorial Convention, to be held nt Mill- I
-dgeville, on the sth lu e next. Messrs. C. J Walker, j
‘aines Graham, Joel F. I ort* r, Janie* P. Lowe and Benj j
day, were elected delegate? t > said Convention.
t >n motion, the meeting adjourned until the rir-t Tuesday I
n July ne v t,at which time the Democrats of the old line I
iot m a-iv manner affiliate 1 with the n j w o geniz uions and •
-ms ot th* dais are specially invited to attend in mas-* to J
take into consideration, rnat'ers of vital importance to the i
-KiitV. Catcui.nuS, Ch’ui.
John B. Richard on. Sec‘y
Fourth District. —l’. J. Morgan, Ee-] . of LiGranrc.da* |
line* the u~e ot his natue a- a candidate to rep •ti • !
t jptrict in Congies# Hi? sympathies and t.ffijini;p ; j
i uQS&yv, are, however, with the Araeiicau Order.
Large and Enthusias io Meeting - Speeches of Messrs
Mepans, Toambi, and I'homis.
An immense cot.con sent our citizens assembled on
Monday evening at the G ty Hall tohear an ad res* from
the Hon. A. 11, Siephene Not with tm,ding the shot tne-s
■ f the notice, h being announced only on that day, by
placards at public places, thcie being no papers issued
Mon lay morning, that Mr. Stephens would addie-e ht
feltow citizens, the pe<>j,le turuetl out, eu mass, to he ir liieii
di*lingui-htd and patriotic Representative. The Half ua
crowded to ulf.cation, and hundiels w?ere standing out
-ide, unable to get m, and clamnrou-for Mr. S epitens to
come out on the steps This being suggested to the.-peaker
hortiv aftet he opened hi-add e.-.-, Mr. .Stephens said fie j
would acquie-ce cheertully in the general wi-h, and pro- 1
ceeden to tho northern portal of the Hall. Here onr citi- j
zens, to the number of two thousand, were comp* lid to j
-tami on the damp ground lor want of a suitable plait” >rm. !
Thanks are due, for Hits advantage, we suppose, to our I
Know Nothing Council, who have thus earned out this I
Know Nothing principle of stiff ng dtseuA-ion We have 1
never se. n an orator Jieak under -uch di-agreeable cKcum
stances, but we have yet to a more patient and atica
tive audience. Mr. Stephens commenced his remarks by
expressing his regret at being compelled to speak in the
dark, for it was always his plea-ure when he spoke, to look
the people in the eye. He said that he had traveled ov. r
more than halt the State, in order to meet the people ol
Agu ta to night.
aiuce his communication to Mr. Thomas had been pub
lished, it ha I been said that the reason of his rc iremetit
from the canvas- in this Di-trict, was his fear of being bea
ten For himself he was afraid of nothing—of nothing’
under nor abov the eartii, but to do wrong, Os that he
was afraid; hut of being beaten, he wonld’iit g ve a fig for
a man who was not willinj to i e beaten in de!> nee of what
he believed to be tight He had come -there then, he said,
iu response to various calls, to announce that he was'agnin
a candidate lor Congress from this Di-trict. Nominated, j
?aid he, not by a two thi ds rule, but here, upon this si tnd, j
I nominate myself tor Congress from the Bdi Congression
al District
Mr. Stephens was here int rrupted by a deep an f onihu
sia-tie shunt of approbalion from the great crowd he was
add essing. tie continued, that this Know Nothing older
had been created, it was said, tor tlie purpose of putting
down demagogues, small men, tricksters, For himself he
was no trickster. ‘Tricksters never walk in open day
1 hey skulk in lading places, and lie warned the people to
beware of leaders who resulted to the daik in order to co.i ,
coct their schemes.
It had Gen said by some who had commented upon his j
letter, but none of whom had had the boldness to come out i
by tho.-e who were shooting at him in tlie da k, that Da
vid and his adherents tonmd a t-ectet organization, and
that Sarnutl Adams and others formed a eecet clique for
the purpose of striking a blow lor American liberty. ‘I it s
object,said he, was revolution, and u*e objects of tue Know
Nothings wa-revolution. It is to oveithrow the Con?fflu
ion of the country; to create a religious te.-t,when the cmi
stitution sad that there should be tio religious test. ‘The
Know Nothings knew that their object was revolution;
hey knew that they had taken an oati) not to suppoit any
eatfiolio for office. 1 hey 7 might deny it, arid explain
away tne denial bv some casuistical, shppe y, Know Noth
ing construction, but there was a monitor Within, wh ch
told them they had taken it.
Mr Stephens continued for sometime in an eFq lent
strain on the sublimity of truth, the foundation ot all Hon
or and integrity among men; a want ol which, as bad as
tbe Know Nothings charged the catholics to be, could not
he pref r ed against them, and then introduced a beautiful
passage of sacred history; “it was afier Judas ha i be
trayed Christ with a kis>, and Pet* r had dented him thiic*-,
that our Lord what is truth?” He called upon all
Know Nothings hut e pecially all Mini-t rsot the Go
al, wno might have joined the order, to repent in s-a-. k
cloth and a.-hes,a *d to go about and preach truni the pui
pit on that text, *.vhat is tiuth!”
He here eloquently appi aled to Know Nothings to burst
asunder th-se oat,is,which t ound.them down a.- with cords,
and anandon this s. pivvaricatiou which they had ad
opted tor the purpo eof violating the Constitutt.m ot tir
country! He pout and so. th glow ng, | atrtoitc and forcible
appeal- in b had ot th*’ print- pies laid down ,n hi- late let
t*-ragutistK ow Nolhmgism He depicted, in masteily
style, the < o rupt ng and dis.ot ous influences to re?u!t to
ocietv from the deceitful, equivocating aid t andnh-nt
practices of Know ivothiugi nr—tlie anti Am-in an— anti
Republican, aid ut manly ct araciei ot st- seen t orgamza
tio.i the danger to t erty.to the peace 4 communities, and
to ?ociai ora* r.of sectei politic, ! c* n lave- plotting in tue
darkness of midnight tor t le advancema .t of pu p i->es not
di closed to the public they soiiglujo govern, and who=e
ights they aimed to ■contioi and dt.-po-e ol iu tins cut .lie—
tuiHinode. lie held lb tt-ech conduct was unwo.thy ot
men and freemen who raid prine pies worthy of succ -s.
Tr .til ru-vei sknlki and hour the light of day and hid i sell
in daik corner-, afraid ol dscu-sio i and investigation, it
was the characteristic ot < rror ands and -ehoo S thus to hide,
and there to work out their bad purpo es Truth was tile
rouiidarion sto.ie otkyvil order—th? ve y life a id
all social ititeg ity. Yet Know No huigism bowd to a
-pell and influence m >repotent than truih, and .eeone.led
me con eieuces ot men to lesoit to eq livocatto t and slip
pery coii-lruction i< deceive the public. But there was a
monitor from on high iu the breast of every honest man,
ih it mast at times whisper to him that this was wrong.
Know Notfitngisin bound its votaries u der the tin and de
gree of its ritual by a solemn oaih to maintain the Union at
all hazards, aga n-t ail edb ts oi factio lists uud oi seees
ioi isis. Bit it nowhere bound its numbers to maintain the
C-oiifct tution ; y* t that Constitution was tlie very life and
oul, ot the Union, it could only have t’eeu ua!e by it,aim
th ought! and the priucipi s itco isecrates. Without i , tfs*-
Cos stitution woul i be valu.-le s or worse tha i valu -less
There was tlie & loktiomsm ol this order m disguise. He
calied o:i Southern men to notice it. He, Mr. Stephens,
tood upon the Georgia platform. ShouiJ Km-as, be re
jected on account of slavery, he w 7 ;-,s for resistance. Send
mm to Congress and he would resist it ther-; if u ‘success
lul, he would leiurii to tlie people and leli them to rcsi-t it
It hui been said th it the toreigneis who came to tu:-
conntiy joi ned the abohtioui ts in liieir crusades u; on our
rglit- it was not so ; lie knew that it was not .-o. The
foreigner.-who came h ue, came with a reverence for the
Constitution. Where did these foreignt rs mostly settle ?
In the No th We t And from the Noith W est came the
be-t friend* of the South, from Indiana, Illinoi, and lowa,
tlie last, die only State which had ue*er bowed to ab.di
tionistn, and now, for the fir t tint**, to ho represented by a
r-e soifer, when K iow Noihingism had spiuug into exia
tence.
Every Know Nothing took an oath, tint he would sup
port i-.o Roman t'atho ic lor office l'lns was striking at
one ot the fund amental principles of the Constitution, which
declares there Miall be no religions t -st. as a qua! fi atiori
tor office He, theref.*r •, who took that oath, took an oath
inconsistent with the support of the Cou-tituioa. it was an
oath in Violation of ihe fetter, a id spirit of mat sacred en
ter a rnnei t.
Upon the exclusion from office, and disfranchisement of
foreign born citizens, the ora.or was no less emphatic and
forciMe in his denunciation ot this featuie of Know Noth
iiigism. Upon the foeial evil?, th** injustice and disastrous
con.-eq ences, threatening sirik-sand olood and civil
war, of making men aliens at hea:t to a government, wTiie.h
thus made w r ar upon t.neir religion, and iet them apart, on
Recount of their nativity as a degraded cla-s, the speaker
was eloquent and convincing, and the ie edited plaudits,
which greeted hint fiorrs the beginning to the clo-e of his
address rising up irom ‘he whole mass, and Irom ev* ry -iie
of this dense assemblage, wrapt in eager, and earnest alien
tion, proved now thoroughly he ha 1 enlisted ths let-hugs
and convinced the judgment of his auditors. U e
could scarcely realize tn such deinen tratious that there
we e, in ail ptobab.lity, hundreds ot Know Nothings among !
them.
Know Noth ngs came away wi:h the scales torn from their
ey. s. convinced of the inise able oefusions which had be
gui ded their leasou and, pat i**tieaiiy r-solved never more j
to ei.ter tiieir midnight councds, and n*ver more io bow i
down to ihe molten calt. which domag >gets and bigots J
had erected ioi their worship.
| In this hurried i-k ten we have not attempted even an
j outline of the wnolo cour.-e ot argument of .Vlr. Stephen#,
‘ or to give a.I the strong points on which he expatiated.—
’ Did time and space permit, it would tie impossible to t a is
| pose to i aper all the strong, common sense, and patriot o
views he presented,.or th *. felicitous rilu-tra ions hy which
he enforced them. Still !e-*s would it be practicable .to give
to the reader an impression of the earnest tone, the impas
sioned manner, ami the patnotic iervor with which Mr.
Stephens appealed to his fellow citizen-to bewaie of die
mad lolly of continuing iii t i Know Nothing organiza
tion. tie stood l.kea Prophet, waning them of the evils
to their countiy, their whole country, bir e-peeially to the
Soutti, that iiui.-t result trom the | rejoin n me 1 1 Know
Nothmgism He paid aju t and el.q lent tribute toih *.-e
true in nos the Norm who hai so i<n,g ami o> patriot c if.
ly sto and by the South in her struggle’ wi h .Vbolitio.iism.
He point and <iur win u w.i- Mat h id voted in Ceng e'-* with
tue fto them delegation, to spare the South from the Wn
mot Proviso; th .t buig* o. idteri *; lty an J deg a latioa,
with which she wa- th eat-ned—that had ie icved her trom
*.ne Missouri compr int! e !e-M< iton, and opened Kansas
t > the influx of he. *i; zen —ami aided h-r in the enact
men! oi tna Fugitive S ave Law. He rsterred by name to
the noble exertion- ol Douglass- and Richa;d-ou, oi I li
nois, f> project the Con-tnutio and the righrs of the South
under it, and who had .-at * u w.th hi n tw * and ys and fW .j
t ighUi w thout rest to recti o ihe passage f the K tnsas
Bid He rtated that these are tie en at the No.t.i tnat !
iSoither < K ow Nothings we e endeavoring to best down
—th <t < i alt t.ie N-Ti'ii r i iiic-it ttierud to G i,g U a sec©
the piss .geo; tnat 811. the e was nor .. aT{ v Nothi g
who had voted lor the re—not on# who was not hoi !
tile io it—;nat of the 41 Norihiiu mea who had voted ior ’
it, 2d had been defeated on accou .t ot thai v.a t , lt ;
tte2lth it were ie t were tue liienu -ot the csoiaui i|, ui
w 7 as oar duty to stand by to e.ieou a'e a J t<• eh. er tm-
Tne danger to our lights was not at tlie Ni riii, ,\ * w ,
wouid be drm to oar ire id • tue e, and iru* to u.u> selves -IT
vVehad friends in eveiy Noiihe n Btatw—patriotic and t U ;
m-n, who won and stand iyu* 4we would stand by ~ r
selves, audj e true to o ir*i4 principle-, i’lieie e;c t, , L .
men even ill .Vlar-achu-i-tis. j heie wero iOd cu.is p t .g
oi Boston Gommoii when ihe Governor recently vitu.d
the bill ty remove Judge Lo ing bom office lor i-sninu :t
wgrra.it to resto e a I gitive slave to hi- owmr. Bui tiui u
was not a K tow Nothing guu among them. Tney weie
fired by the true then of that chaie, who'still lelt me f p Ml
ot ’76 that blazed on Bunker Hill. Tue.e wtre true m n
—national jfireu in New Hrmpsbi.'e, m ConnecticLi, ns
New York, in Lovva, many m illinoi-, and that our. pu!,//
was n>t to join the Know Noming-, who vvvie lignin. ‘-
these men, but to jpiatfd by our Ircluis tin-ie, and .-oon tin v
would tally again, strength. From 21 th.-y \\uuid
swell up to 3J, to 40, to 50, to ldt> in U uiigicss *1 lit.v
wou ri stand t>y us and our rithis, and with us cave the bui
stitution and td'e tiie, couutiy.
Mr. bu-phens cohClutUd by saying that a re\uvvr *,f
hs letter Imd said h.s late leticf vvud prove h.s |oi*i:t i
winding sheet. li the people ot t.be bm O . gr- tsua.al
D Stii l so vvillid it, he was ivt ciy to g.j down to h s no*
litieal grave, in doing so,- llfeie was only one winning**
sh.eet he pre err.d nb *ve all others te be wrapped amu/d
him. T*i:*t was the ConsatiU ou oi lib e..uni; v. Nbxi to
tin*, he desired no bct.cr vviuduig -ii et to be ur.inind
around him than the pr ueipks of tint fetter, and he wisu
ed h s epitaph to be, “Licic fies one who never deccivvd a
trend or be rayed even an.enemy.”
Mr. Stephens beautifully compared the cntr. ncv of IM
j order from the North into tin* buuih to the tutrai.ee
Shan in the form of the subtle serpent into the g.u.au of
E len, with a fie in h s im uih, calupg ou E.e to eat ol Um
fruit, for in that day she shou.d mu suivfy die.
iie concluded amid great cheering.
Buell is an impernct sketch ul this eloquent speech, in
which we have been compedej to p; une away mat y * t its
beauties, and hi anabr.dgtli r< p* i t t<> in pa r the s.utig.h
of its arguments. We were toreibly retioiided, vvln.e Ajr.
Btepheui was speaking of an event tu the nte f the gr*:u
Rom ill orator, to whoa there is ab au fiul a lusiuu m a
recent literary ad.tiess ly the U*u F. fi • i'lcku.s, ~f
s>.>u;h Carolina. It was at the lime when Antliohy n,. s
attempt tig a great chuige m th. form ot the I;. u;
Goverum ut, which es.-apM the üb-ei vw.ton o. tiu* j i,...; t .
tint G.cero came forth Irom Ins reliietu tit to warn iuui
of their dangt r. Unaided atid al use lie p fiuted it out, iu;
they heed and not los warning vb.c-, ail I me desau. t on , i
the R >in in Republic vv'.is thecdtisoque.ice. Let file rc.ukr
make the appl.eation to our ovvu mu s anfi ca\ uais.au->
ces.
Mr. Toombs was then called for and respond, and in a
most ek q tent and itnpr. s-ive speech and in Ins hupphs:
matith r. lie fully eothei'kd in Mr. Bicpfu-us* scutiiiums
.uni ut.ercd a spleiid.d euiogium u, *n the priuopksof
i American liberty, e.vii and religious —upon the iiob.ei.a
lure **l ivligous twleranee uh.cn ebar.ieienze our u.siitu
• ions ami .he v.is.’ pokey ol invilii.g ;o our shor.s tore a
emigration.
y rep ret our spaa.ee \v il n*>? enable us ties inornin*
to give a ski teh <* h s vety 7 tut* resting speeeu.
Mr. Iho uas, ** E her , i* spomled i.* im l calls fur him
in a lev appropti t e r. ill ir;ts, \v!i ell were w’tll received,
alter w h en the in efiug *li.-pe sed m h gh s -n iis, and m
good di del’
8 >me called out for Sam tog* t up, bat Sa:,i f It s * com
pletely dein uisbed lie e u and n>! r,s *, and hi I not u word
to sty. ile had prob.tb y heard ut the Virginia eieC
nous.
The Virginia Election—Very Inte estiug to tha K ow
Idotliiajs.
According to our 1 itest dt spiteh from Washington 1 .
tiiglii, th*-K i *vv Noth.lias in iu.it pul.t eat r* mi* zv**u.-give
P the V.r.in a * laeti* t:—Go.-* rii..!, State < fik t ts. v”. u
pressmen, * Very tiling; Ex ra Bly Smiili. a son ol i
aiid-iialt administration Demoer *i and Know Nothing, be*
ing the o isy p- five suee* >s o the Ain*Ti<*a i Tiek*t.
Ii .’■■ppe ns tint in se/ nty-fiv.* eouuii s \V < •
-it ill iiisaild 111 Jui ity, wh.ell i- pi;t (low n re, our \ V oi. -
mgton comspuudeiit at ],j(k) bd w ih,-’ in j ri v of
Pi roe in di>* sum eouri!!.--, whieh murt. th r*l r.’, h ve
been 7,b‘)tk ‘i he lie jin'ity ol P.ercc ,n tiie,S te via- . vt-r
1.1.0UU I’, then lore, Wise has only lost i.GiltJ ins*v*ir*
>’ 7 five rou iiites, he can afford t > lose ,n th same t .tio in
ihe remaining s.x'y-two counties, ml still b<- ri-eie.l by
10,0(10 illuj *;ity. \\ e are not surpi s-. and, t.icr i*jr< , tliat
the K low Nothings ( f Wa.-hii gi**u gv< n up, no wth -
s and.tig their niter. m—over one’ hundred h*>-a* and dol
larss. it is said—h.z tided ou the result. — iV. Y. Herald
2 sth.
Krcw Nothing- Elscticn Liots
d’ho Loui v.lle (Ky ) Democrat of the 7th inst wa th it
| at the recent election ni that efiy a cio'wd *>l jackals, hy
| enas.and bawdy -house bul.ies look post-os loi.ot the ju i's
i in the hr-t and reeoiid wytos, sweaii* g that t o anti Know
: Nothing,lntriguer or hot,Humid he aiiowid to vote or v
---| eu app.oaeh the polls, ‘i lie Deiiiociat says hollar tin*
j tuty kept ill ir w. rd fa : tl;fudy,;.i.d pr reeds theieupou to
l r jeord 1. o*n ot e liund.ed tu pi e hundred at.d liny inslan
j ces ol violence, by fi-ts, stone-, and ciubs I t ioi- ai-o
1 were tu eiy nred. llud it ndt I teii tor file activity of i fii-
I cers, many would S ave been killed, i !.< -** ire the hist
! fruits ot an * rder that cell’s not only to coi.liol the bail A
j box but individual <q.> nioiis.
; Asa stiii more .-t* iking Must! alien of th? reign <1 Ruf
1 fiat i.-rti lnangiiiaud by them w oid-. r. we make ifie i* h w-
t om card- } übli h and in the New .Ai .liany [ia !
Ledger. 1 heijrst i-from iVlr. Win. M. Weir, wiio led
been riomim.ied lor the office of Mayor. He decfii.es in;
nomination an 1 as.-i.gtis his rea-ons h>. so doing. He -a> -
F.om a conviction ol and love of principle, I am
a Whig. 1 have retired to turn traitor to my party and
* principles by going off mto Know NothiHg.sm or ai.y . th
en lrn 1 haveihoiigfitand yet think, that although /.ir.
Clay # and Mr. Web.ter have dud, the principles which
they loved ant! cherished y*-i live, and vvi:i live lorever
hor this f am (jeii ‘Uiieed a..d a msefi by tfio-e wiio liavo
| heretofore pretended to be Whig- becau-e they belt, veil iu
i the doctrines ol that party lam now and h, ve ever Leu
I anxious loi the defeat ot the Dctnocratic pary; L.t l ;.m
i not Wiiliug to bring a#out that result t y the saei.rice of
( paity and all principle and sub turning in its place * <>-
j fence had b.oodst.ed and a di-iegaul ol ;.!! law. Lock,
i for one nioni*.‘Ut, at the scencsof the J.-i-t October election,
I and their continuation Irom time to t.me ever since. On
J a lull and fair vote ol the city, I believe that 1 could be
• elected, hut owingfothe v.o euce and ontr tge- petpt lr;.!> and
! by a set ot men banded tog. trier hy .-cc:el oalln, t. at a t- 11
I and fair vote cannot be had without a corresponding vi
i lenee on ill j other hand, I will not be a candidate, and
| thereby endanger the p/rsons and lives <d my tiiruds Itl
Ime not be mi-ufiderstood Ido not charge that all who
i belong to the K iow Nothing or* auization are in lav or of
*liiv 7 iug ail tiom the polls w tio do not v.*te with th m
There a e many good men connected with that o.d’r, who
have gone there tor good and pure pu po-e.-; but it doer
strike hie that against, tilts ti ne they ought at iea-t to
begin to see that luey have made a mistake, iinJ th t trie
sooner they get out of it th r better they w.ii be A di-ie
garu of law and the rights of otic r*. l -gi;imate!y spring
from oaih bound secret political societies It ha-'ev* rint ti
so. and will continue to be so; and the veiy cxt-le .te of
such organization-, iu a fr*e countiy like our.-, is danger
ous alike to the peace of -oceiy and i.berty itself.
1 am respectfully, &c.,
WM. M WEIR.
Tiie nett ist'u carJ of M;a tel’C. K* rr It is us fo’-
| low :
Mrs ‘ntTOK—Having been announced a- a candidate
l |’**the office oi_i.ity Auotney a. the :. r*aeiung *-U-e ton
j to be Ini l m thi-city , it is due io my i iend- to-tate hr'efly
i ih-* lesson wuicii now impels nn to request vo i to w h
; draw my name.
1 T rotn wiiattianspiied at the fa-t October d<• ion, as
; well as at.thejrecenl electmn. in the pre-c.t’ mm th, and , 1
t ie mt* rveifi *g p nod, it is upiui e t that the freedom oi
elections i-f r the present at Hu end in this city and dint
i naturalized citizens, especially, cannot * r vent ‘th e ;:i-> !v s
|at the polls for the purpo-e of *xerei ing the r gh: ot -
rag *, except at tht hazard of their | vcs. or at [en t of *:< -
; f.berate and unuiTipd ;*-r.-o al m-n t I .ieed. igi.
| be.n citizen? aie not exempt from hum iiatim’ insult-a: J
| th eat- of viol* n e.
I i ‘ siteii a state ot things, it i 5 rvM-nt that a ca-ididafe
I rmimiig m to one imini .a.vl i> a reer*t .-o*-*-.-r>
wfifeti ha< a io; te • the m-a-nre ot sunou: daig t e p. 1 s
j wit i arm dor desper t- nie i, to intmuda ean i * et* r * ;-
I e;> from approaching, and io and iw away by violence u.li
a- they do not ch *o-e t) permit to Vote, can on!. I**pe !
i Dbtuni hts rights by p epati *g to m et force Ty ?**:c*
f h* -4 1 h iV *- no to do. Ido not de- ire • fi.ee
Kuffi ieritly to run su h ii.-k of involving cither my to
or opponent-* in per-o .ai s; i e m:.: bio- i •* i p-’ e*r
with Jtawuig cisiir* !y Uic e criest i h p* i r ;• h -
or of our co mt.y th a <ho -ober sense .-l” tu * • a>’ * m*y
fpeedi y re-to. e a period mo o aaspivio lof a ;r
picsciou oi the pubbe p eLreiice.
Rceptwi-fiiy,