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(Times mtfo fttvAintL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1855. Th* Soft >hf*!l l>rmciMcy|Aitl the Administra tion . Hvry day widens the breteh between die .Suit Shell i Democracy ol New York and the Administration. — There ha been Borne doubt heretofore a* l<> the po.i- ; lion of the Soft Shell Dciaceracy on ibe subject of *. slavery. Four or five of their niemhpr* of Congress i voted for the Nebraska-Kansas net, and from the poai* l tion of Ex-Governor Seymor, the recognised Fader ut the Softs, strong hopes were entertained that they ; might bo brought to adopt a bound platform on the sub* j ject of slavery. But the resolutions of their late State j Convention, and the prominent position taken therein by John Van Boren leads us to the conclusion that the j body of the Soft Shell party is abolitionistd, and the sooner they are read out of the Democratic party, the 1 better for the Democracy and the better for the i Uaion. We are very happy to see that the Washington Vn - I ion takes the same view of the course taken by John | Van Buren. In commenting up a late speech of his at 1 Oswego, the Washington Union eays : “It is hardly 1 necessary for ns to comment on these sentiments. They j erect an impassible barrier between Mr. Van Buren and i the Democratic party. They pbee him so nearly on j the same platform with Mr. Seward, that it is not easy ; to deoide whioh is the most hostile to the Democratic j party. He is for keeping Kansas out of the Union at j all hazards, unless she comes iu as a free State. Mr. • Seward is for the same thing as to Kansas, or any other j Territory that may hereafter ask admission. Mr. Van j Buren effectually cuts himself loose from the National j Democratic organization by avowing these sentiments.” i Mr. Van Buren very promptly replies to the editoria’ l of whioh this is an extract, and alter a good deal of! boasting very coolly informs the Washington Union that “every candidate on our (his) State ticket now, ex- i oept one Judge and the Canal Commissioner, was openly and warmly the advocate of Martin Van Buren in 1848. They were proud of it then, and I believe 1 do them no injustice when I add that they have been prouder of it every day since.” He then with characteristic ini’ prudence adds: “Now permit me to ask you one ques tion : does the Washington Union desire our ticket •’ectcd or defeated ?” In reply the Washington Union says: “In reply to lire question whether the Washington Union desires the ticket advocated by Mr. Van Buren to be elected or not, we will tell him frankly that.his declaration that ‘every candidate on our State ticket now, except one judge and the canal coumfisaioner, was openly and warmly tho advocate of Martin Van Buren in 1548,’ and that ‘they were proud of it then, and I believe I do them no injustice when I add that they have been prou der of it every day since’—we say that this declaration makes it a matter of indifference, so far as the interests of the democratic party are concerned, w hether Isis tick et succeeds or not. But, whether it succeeds or not, we are very sure it will not affect the future course of the national democracy.” The reply b not as emphatic as we could wish ; but still if shows that there ia a state of hostility between the administration and the faction led by John Van Buren. We earnestly hope to see au open declaration of war betweeu the parties before very lonjt. The time has come for the Democratic party to out ofl’ the diseased fungi which adhere to it; or speedy death will follow. We have uo doubt the knife will bs applied t the next National Convention. The Union very tartly informs the deluded follows of this little demagogue in another part of the article from which we have quoted ; “If the Democracy of Oswego agree | with Mr. Van Buren, we can salely inform them and him that next year they will not act with the National Democracy. Another Sound Northern 31 aw. VY e find in the Washington Union , 25th lust., a very sound letter from Hon. D. T. Disney, of Ohio.— Our limited space oompells us to exclude it from our columns. After an able review of the slavery txsite merit, ho uses the following striking language : A* I h^ ve Ba;d, upon the question of slavery, the North and the South can never agree What, then,shall be done? iho answer is obviaus and easy. It has heen given. It was given when the Nebraska bill pas;ad. It was given when it was asserted that every people had a right to'gov orn themselves. Deny this principle, and we attack the foundation of our government; assert it, and it leaves noth ing lor the North u;id South to quarrel about in relation to the local laws of the Territories or the States of the Uu* ion. Shail a general principle, so just, so wise, and of the last importance, be assailed in order to accomplish a par ticular object And yet free-soilism has done this in regard to the Nebraska bill. It would override the elementary principles upon which alone our government, all our gov ernments, State and national, rest to accomplish a Geared reeult. But can the cool, reflecting judgment of the people •auction such a course* It is not necessary to add that he is a Northern Democrat. Such sentiments never find utterance in any other party in that section us the Union. Yet they and their party are denounced by a parly at the South. Win the scales never fall from the eyes of our people ? Railroad meeting In Clayton, Alabama. A meeting of the citizens of Barbour county, favorable to the couatruetion of a Railroad from Clayton to some point on the Mobile and Girard Hoad, assembled at Clayton on the 24th iust. A committee of two, from each beat of the county, was appointed to solicit sub* acriptions lor the Road, with instructions to report at a meeting to be held on Saturday the 17th November, at Clayton. There can he no question of theabdilty of the souuty cl Barbour to prepare the mad bed and superstructure ior the irou. They wilt probably look to this place for aid iti the purchase of rails. The i;nreuae trade which this branch road would bring to Cos him bus would seem tc justify teem iu loosing u* us for Assistance, and we have no doubt they will not be disappointed. Hut if thoy want help they must first help themselves. A Musical Prodigy. —There is i Q this vicinity a blind negro boy, only #ij years old, the property of •Tames N. Kelhuiie, of the Vomer Slone, who exhibits ths most wonderful csuaoity for musk* and is able to play almost ay piece, even the most difficult, upon the p.ano forte, after hearing it once or twice. He has never been instructed in music; his knowledge of the Pc;eooe is, lberef?re, iustiuctife. He has the most in tense passion for music and exhibits the greatest emo tion during his performances. We have never seen so wonderful a musical prodigy before. Christmy# Amcsemknt.— Messrs. Harrison fe Me ‘.rehee propose to entertain the public duriug Christmas ‘holidays with a verry au►active gift lottery. The prizes are numerous and valuable, advertisement in ■nether eolornn. Important Letter from Governor Johnson. Wo publish, lo day, the letter of our Governor John- j son to the Mass Meeting of the New York [Hard Shell] | Democracy which assembled in the city un the. 21st mat. It is characterised by ability, of course p*bui i*s I tone and temper are its inoet note worthy features. In this respect it gives the key note of the cliaunt the i Sauthern people mean to sing during the next Presi dential carnival ;it states, iu explicit words, the terms upon which the Southern Democracy will co-operate j with the Northern Democracy, iu all future time 5 and is the first aitempt yet made to carry out the pledgee of the June Convention. It is hardly necessary to say that he will bs backed by the people of Georgia in every posi tion he lias taken upon the subject of slavery. The platform of the Georgia Democracy in their late Con vention was not adopted to obtaiu a local triumph, but as the fixed, settled policy of the party iu all time to come ; and will be made a condition precedent of affil iation with any national party. If the Northern Democ racy shall come up to the Georgia line, we feel quite sure that there will bs no considerable opposition at the South to their candidates for President aud Y ice Pres idem. In commeuting upon this letter the Xeic York Daily News, says : “Gov. Johnson was one of those States Rights De mocrats who bitterly opposed to the last, the Compro mise Measures of 1850. YY’e think we always under stood th* opinions which influenced these Democrats; and under similar circumstances we, for one, would have advised resistance as they did; but the able letter of the Governor explains fully the views under which he and his Democratic friends acted, and a reference to this i sufficient. “The terms upou which the State of Georgia ueeech and j to the Compromise measures, are well known. Th* j ‘Georgia Platform’ was a concession of conflicting opin* j ions ; au agreement to abide by what was considered j present aggression, ou condition that no further offence j be given, The demands made for non action upon the j Federal Government by the resolutions there adopted j are not unreasonable, if those be unheeded—if the | I Freeeuii outrages there aiiuded to be perpetrated—Geor- * i g a has d< dared her determination to secede from the ! j Union. YVo do not doubt, that this, her action, would i be concurred in by a majority of the slaveholding States, j ! It is well to contemplate as coolly as wo can, this eori j dition of things, at the present moment, and the South i | ern statesman who ha 6 deliberately placed it before the I public eve, deserves the thanks of Northern men. “Interference with slavery or the slave trae’e, in the ■ District or elsewhere—refusal to admit new slaveholding j ; States, as such—tho enactment of the Wilmot Proviso, 1 i or the restoration of the Missouri Proviso-—the repeal | of material modification of the Fugitve law—these, or j any one of them, are the terms of secession. These I ! also are the demands of black “Republicanism. ’’ And 1 we say, Northern men though we are, that Georgia, and all the Southern States are, and would he justified j iu seceding, should Congress attempt, by any *f these j Freesoil measures, to place the citizens of these States in the condition of inferiority which the passage of them wonld imply. Georgia is right : the South is right iu I this matter. Gov. Johnson is right. And no? became 1 we aro threatened with secession —not because we would humiliate ourselves so far as to pretend to opin* ‘ ions which we do not hold, even to Rave the Union it* i self—but because the South is right, we, the National ; Demecrats of the North, have been contending against | Freesoilism and Abolitionism in every shape, since the | Van Buren treason of 1847 developed itself--and pro ! pose to continue to contend until our lives or our po j litical connection shrdl terminate, “The ‘purging of the National Democracy’ at Cin* j einnnti may be a matter of moro interest to Southern ; Demoerats than to us, but it cauuot be more a matter | of principle. The true Democracy of New York ‘will ! not hesitate,” for what they have resolved they mean, i and by what they have written, they will abide, i “We invite careful reading of Gov Johnson’s able letter. It contains matter for serious and calm reflection whioh every lover of the Union will do well to im prove. ! Largk Salk or Neoroes. — By*reference to the ad | vertisement of Messrs. Wylly & Montmohiu, euch of I our readers as denire to purchase negroes, will find | where they can buy them ou advantageous terms. Boumi Over,— Mr. Bomar was bound over on Sun day, 28th ult., in a bond of SIOOO, to appear and answer the charge of assault with intent to kill Jefferson Parks, who now iit-s ; n a very precarious condition. News Items. i Seizure 0/ the Bark Amelia. —The bark Amelia, j from New York,laden with arms arid ammunition, was seized at Port au Prince, Hayti, by the United States Commercial Ageut, as having a prohibited cargo ou board. j Excitement at MUtcauhie. —Great excitement was ; produced ut Milwaukie ou the 18th ins: , by the an- I nouncement that Mr. Pfiel, a native of Russia, but for | long a risident citizen of Milwaukie was making pre* paraiiou to burn the dead body of Lis wife. Tho j Sheriff and posse comitatvs interfered and by force i prevented the “outrage” as the papers choose to call it. ! Mr. Pfiel says his wife was a Buddiot, and requeued ! him to burn her body according to the rites of her | country and church. We do not see by what right I the Sheriff interfered. Buining the dead is a custom !of classical antiquity. We cun see nothing in its revival i to shock the sensibilities of community, ‘ Judgment vs. State Road Confirmed. —The Chatta | auoga Gazette of Thursday, 25th, says : “The Supreme Court at Knoxvilla has i-djouruei ; after holding a protracted aud laborious session of sere* I rai weeks. Some very important cases were decided, j oue of MoCiung vs. the W. *fc A. Railroad for damages j received on that Road. The case was taken by Appeal | from the Circuit Court, where judgment had been ! awarded the plaintiff for SIO,OOO damages. The d*- FeisSeu of the Court below **'as affirmed.'* Cotton Receipts at Charleston and Sacanpah— i From the table# published in the Charleston Mercury, j of yesterday, aud the Savannah Republican of to-day, respectively, we learn that tlie receipts of cotton from the tirst of September to the 25th of October, the pree i rut year, were 66,583 in Charleston, aud from the Ist | of September to the 29ih of October, 66,487 in S:’van- j uah. The receipts in the two cities up to the cor res- i ponding dates of last year were 17,031 in Charleston, and 6,905 iu Savaaush. These figures vpeak well for the prospects.— Sav.C'Jur.,27th ult. •1 Natite Itawyer. — Cart. Rogers, a half-breed Chero kee Indian, has commenced an argument before the Court of Claims in the celebrated Cherokee case, in which Cherokees who have become oitiirQs of the I nited States, claim the sum 0f'5170,009 under the proTHsiont of the treaty of 1835. Republic of Sierra Mad re. It is generally believed that Viduari, the lender of the revolutiou oa the Mexican side of the Rio.Grande, contemplates the erection of a Republic out of the States ot Tarnaulipas, Cohahuila, Chihuahua and Nuova Leon. The ehUreli is theouly obstacle/apparently, to his sue* cess. General Garcia lias taken Mat ain eras, but re fuses obedience to Viduari. Saltillo also pronounced against him, hut, over awid by the approach of 600 troops from Monterey, has re-pronounced in his favor. Great confusion prevails ou the frontier, but it is believ ed Viduari will hold the reins of power against all op position. The people seem to be with him. A cor respondent of the N. O. Delta, w riting from the camp of the Revolutionists, rays : The National Guards (a6 ordered) are being organ ized in every city, town, and village, from the Sierra Madre to the Gulf Mexico, and the General-in-Chief i requires them to be in readiness at a moment’s warn- j ing, in ease it should be necessary for the army of the | North to advance on the city of Mexico, and there set- j tie matters to the satisfaction of this frontier, and uo? j I as some few old intriguers and corrupt politician* in ; Mexico may think proper. Vidauri is certainly aware ! of the power he wit-ids at present, as also of, the fact that the success of the revo’utiori is owiug to his own efforts, so gallantly seconded by the people of Northern Mexico as this section of the country is called, j P. S. YVo learn, since the foregoing was written, . that \'idußri has giveu in his adhesion to the plan of i Ayutla. This is doubtless only a temporary expedient, i The Republic of the Sierra Madre is one of the facts of ’ the future. Farther from Mexico— Re-organization of the j Government* The New Orleans papers of the 20ih ult., give full j particulars of tho re-orgauization of the Government el ; Mexico. The Presidency of tho Republic was forced upon Alvarez by the Deputies. This is attributed to ; the open advocacy of Comonfort by the French and Spauishlegation*. Comonfort, however, still retains the confidence of Alvarez and was appointed by him com- { , mander in-ctiicf of tho army, as well as Secretary o war. Viduam has given in hi* adhesion to the new Government, and has sent a communication to Alvarez informing him of the invasion of Mexico by Capt. Calla han, and offers his whole lore© to drive the inva ders across the Rio Grande. He was at San Luis Po tosi at last accounts. The most hopeful sign of a change for the better is the appointment of the venerable Go raW Farias to be chief of the Postal Department. lie has been, through a life of seventy-five years, the firmest and roost consistent Republican in Mexico, A Con stituent Congress has been convoked, and will proceed at once to frame a constitution for the new Republic. The freedom of the press is unlimited and tike papers i generally have assumed a high tone. The American Minister, Gadsden, has acquired general popularity by his course during th* recent irou : bles. He refused to j< in the European legations in the acknowledgment of Carrera, lie was the first to rec ognize Alvarez as chief of the new Republic, making a journey to Cuernavaca for that purpose, and his recep tion by the old hero was most 001 dial. Alvarez is still at Cuernavaca. It is not believed that he will be a candidate for re-election to the Presi* j deucy. It is understood that he will give hie influence to Canton fort. YVe have very little faith in the success of this new experiment in self government by our neighbors.—* There is uo such thing as a people in Mexico, The ] great body of the country people are a mere rabble, composed of Indians and crosses of the Indian and Spaniard, codsiderabiy below our up country negroes in intelligence and manhanhood. Annexation so the ; United States \* the only remedy for the evils of this I distracted country. Key West , its Growth and Shipping. —Our Key \S eel correspondent furnishes the following particulars ii in relation to that enterprising little city:—A census of . this city has just been taken by the State authorities, ! and the population found to be a few short of 3,000. The increase since 1815, has been 100 par cent., and . ; greater than that of any other Southern city. This F j eily is the largest iu the State, and the most onterpris | j ing, without doubt. The amount of shipping owned i here is over 7,0(0 tons, and there are over 1,000 ton# on the stocks. The shipping is engaged in the coasting trade, the wrecking business and the dry salt fisheries . j A few vessels are also employed in catching fish tor the ; Havana market, where they are carried alive, in wells built iu the vessels. This trade is said to hs very profitable. The sum paid at Fluvanna for a counter, or j 4 pound fish, is 50 cents. The smacks carry 7 aod 800 ; counters, this beiug an average load, and can make two ! tripe pvr mouth.— Sav. Rep., oQth ult, 1 If ; Editorial Change. —Rev. G. W. F. Price has re ‘ tired from the chair Editorial of the Auburn Gazette, | and is succeeded by tloseph A. Hollifield, Esq., lately ! of the Montgomery Mail. | Neic Steamship Line Between New York and Mexico. —A Spanish house at Havana has purchased j the fine steamship United States forjths purpose of run | uing her between that port and the Mexican ports on i the Gulf. The Ocean Bird and Si. Lawrence, two j # * fine atviimers, just finishing in New York, are to run j between New Yoik and Havana, in connection with the j United State*. Profitable Business. —The Centra! Railroad reoeiv- j j ed, last week, $65,000 —within a fraction of SII,OOO per j day. The largest week*# business, we believe, ever \ j done upon the road. I j Judge Hopkins Declines. —The Abingdon Demo- I I erst remarks that it “will be a source of gratification ! jto the numerous friends and admirers of the Hon. : -Judge Georgs W. Hopkins, to learn that he declines ; j the very tlaturiug appointment recently tendered him ! ! by President Pierce, as Chief Justice of the District of i j G’-lumbia. ’ Kansas Paper. —The “Kansas Pioneer,” a week!* ! | paper published at Kickapou city, is edited by A. B. j BuzzardK q.. formerly of Darien, in ‘his State. j n Testimonial. —Two silver cups were, last night pre- j 8-uted to Messrs. Barrou and Blair, at the Firemau*s ? Hall. The prompt and gallant courage, by which they won this distinction, rescued from the ihunes at the Orphan Asylum's tire a few weeks ago, two helpless human beings, oarniug thereby tho civic crown which ; the Romans awarded as the highest honor to him who saved the life of a citiz-.n.— Scran nah Journal if (Jour ier t 30 ih ult. i i Emigration to hansas.—The Independence (Mo ) Dis i patch says the tide of emigraMou has again commenced pooling into Kansas from alt Section? of the Union. Tbev seem to be patronizing e v ery line of transportation, from the magnificent steamer down to “WslketVline,* tine fen ol which is slow ba* sute. For the Times and Sentinel. The Usury Laws. Meas-rs. Editors:— lt has been an age since any political economist has been able to urge any other than a selj’-nn swefing argument against the! repeal of these laws. *T ‘he assertion of the proposition maintains, that mon ey, the controlling lever of every other commodity ought, like every other, to enter an open market, and find and fix its own value. £ -> * S I intend to argue these propositions, but intend simply to suggest a plan which may meet the views of re strictioniats as well as tue advocates of total and uncon tiocal repeal. Ist. Let there be a legal rate of interest as now to • which ail contracts shall be subject, when it is not other wise distinctly stipulated as part of the contract. 2d. Let all Banking Institutions and corporations that deal in money, be confined as now to this legai rate ol interest, and iu no case authorized to contract beyond ft. ~3d. Lot any rate of intereßr,Jupon which ’i parties may agree, be recoverable only in the event that such rate is I fixed by written contract. i * 4th. Forfeit the principal as well as the interest in all ■ cases where it is made to appear that a rate ol interest lias j been agreed upon, other than is expressed in the contract. This last provision will drive extortioners from the mo ney market, for few men would hazard putdie odium by written contracts for exhorbitant rates, while many might be willing secretly to accept such rates. Ail such would be deterred by the penalty of forfeiture. If this or some such plan would command the approv al ot our Legislature, it is the opinion of the writer that ! money w’ould be plenty in the money market, and as often 1 below as above the legal rata of interest. FREE TRADE. | The Position of Georgia—Letter from H. V. Johnson. j Executive Chamber, ) Milledoeville, Georgia, Oct. 17, 3 855. if • Gentlemen: I have this day received your invitation i “to attend and address a mass meeting of the National | Democratic party of the City and County of New York, i to be held at the Metropolitan Theatre on Monday even ; iug, the 22d instant, at 7s o’clock, for the purpose of rati- I lying tire proceedings of our [your] late State and County Conventions, and the tickets nominated by them.” I re gret that sofiicia! engagements deny me the honor oi'ae. cepting your invitation ; for there are circumstances con nected with the political condition of our country which would render it exceedingly agreeable to mingle in the interesting scenes of the occasion. As it is, I must bo. permitted to substitute, in. the form of a hasty communica tion, a few of the niauy reflections that arc suggested by the signs of the times. I As the result ot the war with Mexico acquired ex tensive territorial possessions on the Pa fie coast. The Southern States contributed their full proportion of blood and treasure, end consequently thought they woreju-ily entitled to a fair participation in the fruits of the contest. But they were denied it. A Brigadier General of the United States Army, without authority of law, assumed | civil power iir California, and constituting himself Terri torial Executive, proclaimed an election fora Convention. ; and prescribed the time, place and manner ol holding the election. Ile ordered the Convention to form n State, and ; conferred the elective franchise upon every type and shade ; of people who had squatted upon the public domain, to j plunder its golden treasures. There were but few in habitants from the Southern States. They had been de terred from emigiation thither by the Free Soil counsels J which prevailed in Congress. The Convention met, or* gahized a State, with a constitution prohibiting slavery, , ■ and against, the protest of the sLveholding States. Cali -1 fornia was admitted into the Union—the usurpation of the i Brigadier General was ratified —and the South deprived of ail participation in a scope of territory sufficient tor ten I States as large ss Georgia. Was that just ? This was , one of the aggressive features of the “Compromise Meas ures” of 18-30. | I There was another. It was necessary to organize Ter- I ; tutorial Governments for Utah and New Mexico. The ■ latter lies adjaet nt to Texas, a slaveholding State. Lyux • | eyed Free Boilism discovered that fug and dost could be , j thrown over the question of boundary between Texas and | New Mexico. Its fiendish myrmidons insisted that a large portion of the former properly belonged to the latter ; and i therefore forty thousand square miles were carved out of t ; Texas, given to New Mexico, and converted into Free . : Soil. And, as if to add insult to injury, the public treas I I ury was taxed to the tune of $10,000,000, as a bonus to j Texas to bribe her into the arrangement. Was that just ? • | And what were the compensatory features of the Com* . i promise of 1850 ? The South obtained til e enactment of | j the “Fugitive Slave law,” but she has, to a great extent, ( j failed to realize its peaceful and buna fide execution. This | is one. The other consists in the recognition of the prin | ciple, that hereafter the people of the Territories should I determine the question of slavery for themselves, iede | pendently of Congressional intervention. , Well, in 1850 the States were put to the test of ae* quiescence tel non in these “Compromise Measures,” as a final settlement of the slavery agitation. Georgia acted in Sovereign Convention, and for the sake of her devotion ;to tho Union—iu consideration of the memories of the j pat, tiie fruitions of the present, and the hopes of the fu . | tore—she solemnly resolved to acquiesce. Can :he non- I slaveholding States ask her to make further surrender ? | Can it be possible that they will so far forget the claims ! of justice and disregard the sacred guarantees of the Con i stitution, as to require her aud her Southern sisters either ! to submit to degradation, or to resort to the must appall | ing alternatives ? j Yea : Georgia acquiesced, but she did it upon .terms. 1 She put the world upon notice, that she had yielded the ! last inch to the encroaehm* hts of Abolition fanaticism. | The South was then, as now, threatened with the abo’i | tiou of slavery in the Disttict oi Columbia, with the in j hibUion of the inter-state slave-trade, with the extension j of the Wilniot Proviso over the Territories, with the re. | peal of the “Fugitive Si.ve law,” and with the refusal to | admit any,oth r slave-holding State into the Union, Still, i with these^thrents staring her in the face, she acquiesced, * but proudly defied the execution of a siugle one of thorn. I She solemnly announced, “That the State of Georgia, in j the judgment of this Convention,’will and ought to resist, j even (as a last resort) to a disruption o?‘ every tie which : bind* her to the Union, any action of Congress upon the | subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places 1 subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible with tt*s safety, domestic tranquility, the rights and honor o j the slave-holding States ; or any refusal to admit as af : State any Territory hereafter applying, because of the ex j istenee of slavery therein ; or any act prohibiting the iu— j trod action of slaves into the Territories of Utah and New j Mexico ; or any act rejw&iiag or materially modifying the ; laws in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves.” Such was the position she l.*>k in 1850, with all the dignity • | that appertains to her inviolable sovereignty and her uu j sullied honor. It is her position to-uay. re-announced j and re-affirmed, by the action of both political parties, in their rtss* Mivc platforms : and true to her lame, her in ’ tcrests and her rights, if she shall tie put to the test, pain s tu? though it be. she will maintain it “at at! hazards ar.d : ; to the last extremity;*’ Tho last Congress organized Territorial Governments i for Kansas and Nebraska. That act rep fed the Mis i souri restriction, ot which the South has complained for ; i more than thirty \cars. aud applied practically the prineU } • p|e of the Compromise of JBsfff that the people of the 1 I lerritories shou'd determine she question of slavery for • themselves. A large majority in Kansas seem to Lc in ; favor of tolerating slavery, and it is probable that, at ,o . I distant period, they will apply for admission into the Union as a siavelioldiug State. This brings up the paramount question of the day, compared with which all others gink I into insignificance. On. the one hand, the Abolitionists arid Free Boilers threaten the iejection of Kansas as a ■ slave*holding S:ate ; ou the other, Georgia, iu the lead of her Southern confederates, wliu have ccueraliv endorsed her pod lion, stands pledged, if rejected on that account, “to resist even fas a last resortto a disruption of every tie that binds h*3r to the Union.” The question is. how to secure her admission if she so apply, and at the same time preserve the integrity of the Union ? The answer is sample. }oe thing tan be HocurflpJlshed if patr'offMo sltall rise superior to fiction, and passVm be silenced by 1 lhevo.ee of truth, The late jtlections m the Southeru States demonstrate that the great majority of their ptt pfe are williDg to co-operate with and stand by the sound eon 6titutiooal men of the North and West, if they, eschewing all affiliation with Abolitionists and Free Boilers, will re ciprocate with firmness and fidelity. The Union can ht preserved in no other way. Events arc precipitating the crisis. It is well that the North and South should under stand each other, and look the issue full iu the face. I think l can speak for Georgia. She does not intend to submit to the rejection of Kansas “on account of slavery therein.” She loves the Union; she loves her rights and i she earnestly desires to preserve both. But she is im j movably resolved to maintaiu her rights in the Union it : sh* can, out of the Union if she must. .She will not act | rashly nor hastily. She .fee s ;.nd knows that the true tneu 1 of the North can save the Confederacy by maintaining i the constitutional rights of the South if they will come to i the rescue. * To them she appeals—not to their fears by threats, nor to their sympathies by lachrymose supplica tion, but to their sense of justice and patriotism, by the timely announcement of her standiug ultimatum of 1850. There is hope that the appeal will not be m \am. Geor gia remembers with gratitude the iorty-four Northern Democrats who voted ‘or the Kansas-Nebraska biii. She j is gredtly encouraged by the recent demonstrations of • popular sentiment, ns exhibited by the late elections in j Pennsylvania and other nomfclaveholdmg Stabs; w! He j the resolutions adopted by the late Convention of the Na> ! tioual Democratic party of New \ ork, are vvell calculated j to strengthen her confidence. In a word, the beacon light i of hope begins to throw its beams again over the political sea, whose waves seemed to threaten with wreck and ruin the ship of S'ate. I cannot close this communication without inviting special attention to one other view sufgustt and by the result of the late Georgia elections. In a p< puiar government, political parties must needs exist; it is inevitable. In cure, such parties, to be efficient, must not only be national, but to be safe and useful, ihey must be sound —sound in tl eir principles and sound in their component eh ments. Iho Whig party, as a national organization, has passed away, it is succeeded by the Know Nothing brotherhood, which possesses neither nationality nor soundness. Hence it is impotent for good, and tested by its frriis ;s prof fie of evil. Tho Democratic party remains, it is National; it is sound in political creed ; but in its doth position are to be found unsound elements. These are the Abolitionists ami Free Sutlers. They must be exscinded. North and South, let the motto of every true Democrat and conservative man be. utter and eternal non-fellowship with each and all, who wiil not recognize and maintain the rights of the States —restrain the Federal Government within its legiti mate sphere, and adhere to the Constitution according to a true, fair interpretation. Thus purged, the National Democracy wifi preserve the confederacy in its integrity, for tho simple reason that it will not permit in fringement upon the rights of tho States which compote it. It will move on with harmony, “like the music of tho spheres,” and work out the glorious mission assigned it by Providence. Just such a purification of the National partv is expected and required by the Democracy of Geor gia—aye. by a large majority of the people of Georgia.— As evidence oi’ this, I extract the following rest lotions from tjie piatfc nu upon which we entered into the late State canvass: “j ßesolved ly the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That opposition to the principle of the Nebraska bill, in relation to the subject of slavery, is regarded by ; tho people of Georgia as ho'il'oy to the people of the ’ S utb, and that all persons who partake in such opposition ! are unlit to be recognized as component parts of any par j ty or organization not hostile to the Bouilt.” I “That in accordance with the above resolution, while i we aie willing to act iu party association with all sound ! and relisblt nun in t vti v section of the Union, we are i not willing to ;.fii!ihte with any party that shall not reecg ; nize, appiove at Hcairy out the principles aud provisions j of the NYni a-l;a-Kansas ae l ; and that the Democratic ; party ot Georgi.. will cut off’ all party connection with j every man and petty at the Noiili or eisewhere, that dots J not gome up fid-v and i irly n tins iir.e of action.” The tirsi of tin sc resttiiHions was uunnimous'y passed : by both braftehts of our iast and both have ! been affirmed by the pc-opie at ibe ballot box. The South, | in tcU preservation, must make the principle on which 1 they ate based, a test of party affiliafioii. It will be wel j corned by all the sound men of tlv* non-slaveholding ! States, .and drive the Abolitionists and Free Boilers to j their dens. Let the I temoeracy of every section indorse j it, and they will attract to their ranks all true friends of 1 the Constitution and the Union. The South will watU with deep solicitude the reception which it shall meet at ‘ the hands of the Democrats of the North. Nor is it enough that the principles of party affiliation, ; I lrtid down by Georgia, should be recognized in a few eou \ j ventious and county meetings. It must find its way into 1 | the approaching National Democrat id Convention ; and. : I betug sanctioned there, constitute the inviolable bond of : the entire organization. If this shad be done, the na. ’ j tionality of the party wiil be preserved arid the Union ’ j saved ; if not, the former wilt certainly bo destroyed, : and tho latter more than jeopardized. [ i If the National Democracy intend to conform, in £ood i ! faith, to the resolution of she Baltimore platform touching 1 ‘ the subject, they will not hesitate at their next Convention | in Cincinnati, “to come up fully and fairly to the line of | action proposed.” In that resolution they declare that | ‘tbev wiil abide by, and adhere t* a faithful execution of I the acts known as the Conij remise measures.’ One oi ; the principles established by those measures, 3s 1 have ! previously remarked is, that tho people of the Territories, i like those of the States, shall settle for themselves the { question of kiauery, and be admitted into the Union, with jor without it, as they may determine. In the Kansas | Nebraska act tiffs doctrine has received a pr cticai appli ; cation. The repeal of the Missouri Prohibition opens all j the .territory of the Union to *h ingress of the slave | holder, with bis property, tintrammclled by Congressional i intervention, and under its operation Kansas may or may j not become a slay t hold ing State. Hence, the Nath ncl j Democratic Convention of 1852 having indorsed the prin ! ciple, it will be an easy ar.d reasonable duly for the Con vention of iSAG to make that indorsement effectual by ex i scinding from party affiliation “every man and party at | tlic North and elsewhere,?’ who will “not recogn ze. ?p ----. prove and carry it not.” The Democracy of New Fork • will not hesitate, if they are true to the third resolution ot I their State Convention, as .'intended by Mr. J. B. lius j kin. True National Democrats of every faction, will : cheerfully and cordially co-operate upon this line of policy. ; It is due to consistency. It is due to the South. It is ! due to the Union. I beg pardon, g<-n!lenien, for so large a draft upon your patience. Mv zeal has betrayed me into tiresome prolix j ify. I close by expressing the fervent hope that the per i ilv which threaten our Union may bring to the rescue i the conservative patriotism of ali who love it, and save it i from dissolution by upholding and maintaining tho rights ; of the States that compose if.’ I have the honor to t*o. j | Respectfully, your coedipnt serv’t. HERSCHEL V. JOFINBON. M.-jts. Alex. C. Morton, 1.. P. Glover, E. Vi. Clover, Win. Bir.cl iir, John King. Violation es the American. Flag by the Mexican Au thorities at Campeechy. New Orleans, Qct. 23. The brig J. S. Bethiug s , from New was quar antined for seven days on her arrival at Campeaehv, under the pretense that cholera prevailed here. On the night of the 3 ! inst., during the existence of the quarantine, Col. Zelina, a passenger on the brig, was removed by force of arms fr< m the v-.-e.-. !by the orders ot Gen. Ulioa, duting tiie ftb-cpce o} theeaptaiq, conveved on board the .Viexi can war rleatner Oajffea and taken to Sisal. Thence ho made his way to Merida, where be was received with qr*-at joy by the populace. This extraordinary conduct of tho Mexicansdemuui* an explanation. Death of Judge Whipple, of Michigan. Detroit Oct. 25.—The Hon. Charles W. Whipple, jus tice of our Supreme Court, died m tiii.-city this evening. Htou rarcF. for a .Mmie. — "NGUy Bly.” a trotting mare owned by J. L. llataway.of Milwaukie, has been told, to be tiken ea-t, for the sm# of *I2OO. D?.aTk of Jcih.e Morris. —Robert H. Morris. Judge ot the B*i{)crior Court of New Yo>k, diol in New \o,'k city ou Wednesday, 21:h FYa Llperja.—Thirty od6 negroes, in charge of M T Joseph McColi* v, passed through ibfecity yesterdaV even tog eh route lor Liberia. W learn they are from I vorcp eee, and were einanetpHted by a’ widow lady.— Atlanta Rep. Pie. (Jet. 26.