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[From the N. 0. Picayune, 23d in*/.]
den. Lope* and hia Follower*.
The Delta oflast evening publishes the follow
ing letter from Adjutant Satnford, which ex
plains p*rlially the manner in which onr unfor.
tnnate countrymen met their untimely fate:
Havana, Ang. 16, 1851.
Dear Huling: —W* arrived on the Island of
Cuba after the most, horrible passage you can con
ceive of, cooped on board with 400 or 500 men.
We arrived on Sunday last, I believe—dates I
have s!mo: t ftigotten. The next morning, Lo
pez, with Gen. Paraguay and all the comanding
officers, left us— (1 mean Crittenden and his bat
talion) W o he-' rd nothing more of him for two
days, v. hen Crittenden despatched a note. He
then requested we fcl ould join him at a little
town sonic six or eight miles off, leaving us in
the meantime to take care of all the baggage,Ac.
We started for him on Wednesday morning,
at 2 o'c'ock, A M , and had proceeded only three
miles, when \v L were attacked by 500 Spanish
soldiers. In the ;'vt charge I received a very
severe wound in the knee. We repulsed them,
however. The; made another charge, ana
completely routei We spent two days and
nights the most mi-, -üble you can imagine, in
the ci aparel, without anything to eat or drink.
We made the best of our way to the sea shore,
and found some boats with which we pul to sea.
Spent a night upon the ocean, and next day,
about 12 o’clock, ware taken prisoners by the
Habanero, weretirought to Havana last night
and condemned to die this morning. We shall
all be shot in an hour.
Good bye, and God bless you. I sen dthe Ma
sonic medal enclosed in this, belonging to my
father. Convey it to my sister, Mrs. P n,
and tell her of my fate. Once more. God bless
you. Stanford.
From this and from a comparison with the
official reports of the Spanish officers, we are en
abled to construct a more connected and proba
ble narrative of the events which led to tne un
happy catastrophe than has yet besn given.
Gen. Lopez, on landing near Bahia Honda, with
the main body of hi* forces, consisting of about
300 men, advanced towards Las Pazas, a small
town a few miles in the interior, leaving Col.
Crittenden and his command, 114 strong, in
charge of the baggage. Thatmight or the next
day, the steamer Pizarro landed 700 Spanish
troops at Bahia Honda, and these advancing
towards the place rtf Lopez's landing, cut off
Crittenden's men from their companions. On
the second night alferwards, this party deter
mined to attempt to form a junction with Lopez,
but on the road were attacked by an overwhel
ming body of troop*, and after a short struggle
were on the second charge routed and distiersed.
After wandering about in the thickets, fifty of
them got together and made their way to the
sea shore, where they seized four small boats and
endeavored to make their escape, when they
were captured, as has been related in the official
report of Admiral Bustilles There are still sixty
four of this command to be accounted for. of
these, forty were surprised and shot at a small
farm house. A Spanish lieutenant reports that
on the 14th he came ujxm twenty “pirates’’ guar- I
ding an equal number of wounded comrades, All |
of whom were immediately put to death. The
remaining twenty-four, or such of them as had
not been killed in battle, probably continued to
wander in the vicinity until, we are forced to
believe, they .Uso were taken and slaughtered.
The other )>arty, under Lopez, it seems, received
the attack of the Spaniards, in a farm house at
Las rotas, and bout them off with severe loss, at
least so it is to be supposed, since the Spanish
official reports statu that they desisted from the
assault in order to itceive reinforcements. Wheth
er any subsequent lighting took place at this
point we do not know; at all events, Lopez held
his own for two days —till, on the 15th, he left
for the interior, and was not molested oil his
march by Gen. Etina; all of which we learn from
the Spanish official accounts. This was the state
of affairs on the 15th, the date of our last advices
from the scene of action, thnrugh Gen. Eanna’s
despatch, dated at 3:30 on that day. If Gen.
Lopez reached the mountains in safety, he will
discover soon wether he has relied with too much
confidence on the assistance of the native inhabi
tants.
Tho Letter*.
Letter* written by the victims at Havana to
theirfriendsin this city have been received in
many instances, and sotne of them have been
shown us. Tliefolio'' ing, addressed by Capt. Vic
tor Ker to his brother Robert Ker, ot this city, has
been handed to us for publication with the request
of Mr. Robert Ker to contradict the report that
any letter has been received by their mother from
his brother Victor:
My Dear Brcthir Robert —Adieu! Jam to be
shot in an hour: there is no remedy for it. This
will be handed to you by niy friend, Mr. Costa,
who has been kind enough to take charge of it.
Adieu! Robert. I die as a man and as an Ameri
can should die. Kiss your dear wife, my good
mother, sisteis and brothers, and believe me ever
your brother.
(Signed! Victor Kek.
August i 6, IS-»l—C>i o'clock.
Two other letters have been shown us, but
without the liberty to publish in full. Both
complain of having been deceived in the expec
tation of Creole assistance on landing, and one
speaks of being deserted by Gen. Lopez, and
speaks with harshness of his abandonment of
uwm.
Our own inference from the statements, and
such other circumstances as we can connect with
them, leads us to the impression that this party
got separated from the main body of the troops,
retreated to the seaside and attempted to escape
in boats, when they were captured; and that they
had resentments age inst Gen. Lopez for this
“abandonment/ 1
One letter expresses the opinion that all the
account* of rising in originated or “were
trumped up in the United States.” This is
rather too sweeping a generalization from two
or three days' experience at Bahia Honda, remote
from the places at which these risings were re
ported: and we happen to know that whatever
their character may turn out to be, the reports
did come from Cuba. But this testimony, under
sueh circumstances, only increase* the anxiety
to know what has been, in fact, the reception of
these men in Cuba, on which so much uncer
tainty hangs.
Wa»hin?ton Papers.
\Ve have rarely seer, so much truth make its
appearance in the opposing Washington organs,
the Union and the Republic, as has lately seen
exhibited by them. Each is attempting to show
that the party of the other in the North, is rotten
on the subject of slavery; and for ail that we can
see, each has made out a very strong ease.—And
yet for Southern men to think of dissolving con
nection with such parties is sectional and horri
ble! In New York the pretended conservative
whies have completely surrendered to Seward
andnis abolition gang, while in Ohio the Dem
ocratic Convention, lately held, dared not en
dorse the late Compromise—even injurious as it j
was to the slave .States. The little remaining
sense of justice towards the South, in Northern
minds, is, doubtless, among Democrats—but it is
too limited in its prevalence to constitute any I
substantial basis of hope for better things in fu
ture.—Savannah Georgian.
AUGUSTA, GA.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29.
For Governor.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
For Congress—Eighth District,
ROBERT McMILLAN, of Elbert.
THE LARGEST cipLATION IN THE STATE.
'• fa 1 1,1 —•
Appointments of OoL McMillan.
Col. McMillan will address his fellow-citizens
At Augusta, Tuesday, Sept. 2nd.
At Judge Neal’s Mills, Warren co., Thursday,
Sept. 4th.
Public Barbacue.
A Public Barbacuewill be given, in or near
this city, to Col. Robert McMillan, the Southern
Rights candidate for Congress, in this district, on
Tuesday next, 2nd day of September, at the La
fayette Race Course.
Hon. Charles J. McDonald, Hon. J. M. Ber- ,
rien, Hon. Charles Dougherty, Hon. J. H.
Hammond, Hon. Hershell V. Johnson, Judge
Colquitt, L. J. Gartrell, Esq., Col. Billups, J. W.
Harris, Eaq., and others have been invited to he
present on the occasion. The Barbacue will be
free to all. Every one is invited to attend.—
Come one 1 Come all!
A. H. McLAWS,
ROBERT A. WHYTE,
WM. E. DEARING,
ALEX. DEAS,
TURNER CLANTON,
T. W. FLEMING,
H. D. GREENWOOD,
Committee of Arrangements.
N. B. Col. McMillan is expected to address
the citizens ol Augusta, at 8 o’clock, on the eve
ning of the same day, at the City Hall.
There will be a Barbacue and Free Dis
cussion at Dearing, on the Georgia Railroad, on
Friday, Sept. sth, on which occasion Col. Mc-
Millan will address the people.
Frss Boil boasts sinot the Compromise.
The Constitutional Union papers teem with
laudations of the Compromise, as a final and glori
ous settlement of the difficulty between the North
and the South. Since the passage of the series
of measures, which have been misnamed a Com
promise, most of the Northern papers have boast
ed, that while the people of that section are
unanimous against the further extension of
slavery, the signs of the times are favorable,
even in the South. They speak in terms of praise
of the liberal minded men of tht South who are
either open in their advocacy of free soil, or in
different upon the subject. Would to God there
were no reasons for the boast. Our beloved sec
tion has heretofore, exhibited a stainless faith in
the maintenance of its rights and institutions.—
Is it so now f Is the light of Southern faith
pure and undimmed by infidelity and treachery f
What strange and extraordinary light shoots oc
casionally, athwart the dark prospect that sur
rounds us. Men of the South, you must arouse
and speak for yourselves, and it will require an
exercise of sublime energy to undo and finally
resist the mischief which has been done. You
are told by some Southern papets to keep quiet,
forbear and conciliate. The North is not prac
tising those truly useful virtues. In her legis
latures, conventions, religious assemblies, prima
ry meetings, and indeed, in every channel of pub
lic influence and action, the people there are call
ed upounrt’cr to falter in opposing us. The en
tire North is in ablaze of opposition to the great
institution ot the South, and yet we are told to
fold our arms, to have confidence in a returning
sense of justice! Who would he so weak and
foolish as to stand still upon the beach, with a
wild sea raging around his feet, and each succes
sive tide growing higher and more furious than
the one which preceded it ? No, we must be lip
and doing. We have to awe the faithless in our
midst, as well as our opponents beyond the slave
ry line. Oh! for the light of other days. Now
is the time for it to burn brighter than ever. Now
is the time for the South to be united as a band
of brothers.
It is true that none but the abolitionists pro
per, charge us with being kidnappers and robbers,
but all in the free States, deny that our institu
tion is sanctioned by the law of God, or any just
law of man, and hence, condemn it upon princi
ple. They deny us our constitutional right to
go into the common territory of the States, with
our slaves, if we see proper to do so. Hence the
necessity for action. Opposition to slavery at
the North has become a religious fanaticism. —
The love and worship of a common God and Sa
viour, have not been strong enough in the holi
ness of their ties, to prevent a part of the North
ern church from opening its battery of bigotry
upon the Southern church. The latter has been
compelled to seek repose and an undisturbed
worship, in a total separation from the former.
What kind of a picture is this to be held up be
fore the chiristain and civilized world. First,
we have felt the force of their artillery of reli
gious madness, and now we are experiencing
that of a political phrenzy, not less, if not more
dangerous, and still, we must be as mild as a moon
beam, and conciliating as a iamb in the clutches
of a wolf.
When we go to God’s holy inspiration, we
find enough to convince every mind, not blinded
with prejudice, that slavery and religion are not
inconsistent with each other. Ham was con
demned to servitude, and slavery was instituted
by Heaven itself. “ Blessed be the Lord God
of Slum and Canaan shall be his servant.”—
Abraham was a chosen servant of God. The
Loid said: “He that is born in thy house, and
he thatis bought with thy money must needs be
circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your
flesh for an everlasting covenant.” We are told
in tbs same chapter, (the 17th of Gen.) that the
circumcision of Abraham and Ishmael, and
11 those bought icith money of the stranger/’ took
place on the same day. How frequently the ex
pressions occur "man servants and maid servants''
in the old Scripture. Hired servants are spoken
of and those bought trith money.
Slaves were recognized at property. In the
21st chapter of Exodus is found, “ If a man
smite his servant or his maid with a rod, and he
die under his hand, he shall surely be punished,’’
but u if he continue a day or two he shall not be
punished, for he it hit money;’ The children of
j Isreal were told 11 of the heathen round about
i you shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaidt , and
they shall be your possession, and ye shall take
! them as on inheritance for your children after you
j to inherit them for a possession, they shall be
i your bondmen for ever.". We could fill a col-
I iimn. with similar extracts from the old Scrip-
I ture. We shall very briefly continue the sub-
I ject in our next, and will show, that the exis
tance and legality of slavery was fully recog
nized by Christ and his Apostles.
We refer to these Scriptural proofs fonfltwo
reasons; first, to make them familiar tefpose
who may not have thought upon the subject;
and second, to satisfy others, even at thmfouth,
that the abolitionists and opponents of slavery
are wrong in denouncing it a* abhorred ts God
and criminal in man. Do anti-slavery men pos
sess a higher and purer morality than Christ and
his Ajiostles ? Some of them are crazy enough
to think so, but they are blinded by the deep de
lusions which beset them. We sincerely de
sire and hope to see them disenchanted, before
they wake up amkl the falling fragments of aonce
“ glorious Union.” '
The Chronicle’s Noddle Set for Wit
“He cannot therefore plead them in bar or ar-
I rest of judgment, and his only escape is, being
then a young man—he ‘ nuiy have ” been amm
baby. Well, tlierc is no resisting such a pica, and
Mr. Smytiik is of course, entitled to all its ben#
fits. We congratulate him upon his escape and
his triumphant defence of his own consistency,
and the “reckless assertions" of the Constitution
alitt,in relation to the position of the Union party
’ of Georgia, and the South, on the Proclamation
•of Gen. Jackson. Long live the “Baby Act. 1 ’
We copy the above paragraph from the Chroni
i cle & Sentinel of Wednesday. The Chronicle
1 dont often tap its head lor wit, and when it does,
as in the above case, it only exposes itself to ri
dicule. There is no true wit without truth for
its foundation, and as there was no ‘‘baby act” to
sustain the Chronicle, it must rub its noddle and
try again. Tins ion UK <jt rtOWUrtgtlT nutting.
The Chronicle depends upon the thickness of its
trull, not its contents. In butting at us, (even
supposing we entertained opinions, when ‘a
young man” that we do not now,) it butts at
Mr. Toombt , and many others, who were nulli
fieri and States Rights advocates, when young men
but are now consolidationists. The Chronicle may
butt an, and butt every body if it wants to, but'
we shall protest against its butting being mistak
en for wit. We beg our readers not to under
stand us to allude to them iu thi9 protest. What
we say is intended for noddles like that of the
Chronicle.
To Mr. Smijthe : —Come, the public has waited
some time, lor “ the letter” you wrote in 1834,
or thereabouts, to some editor in Georgia, in
which you stated that you believed “ in the right
of secession.” Come let us have 11 the letter.
You have got Mr. Cobb's, and it is nothing but
fair we should have yours.
Another States Rights Man.
This we also take from the Chronicle of Wed
nesday. “ Another States Rights man” would be
a proper person to hold up a target for the Chroni
cle to butt at. Both of them appear to go it blind.
We never said that we wrote a letter in 1831. in
which we avowed a belief in the right of seces
sion. We said that we wrote an article tor a pub
lic journal, in which we made that statement.—
“ Another States Rights man” reminds us of the
ass with a lion’s skin on him. We only allude
to hit pretending to be a States Rights man ! He
may be a very smart fellow, for ought we know,
but he is not a very accurate or observing one,
to call upon us for a letter when we expressly
stated that we had written an article for a news
paper, which was published. Perhaps this States
I Rights man was confused, or bewildered by the
: noise of the “ masked batteryor it may be that
j that letter of Mr. CM’* has crowded the cracks
of his head titt he has become a monomaniac on
letters.
We liave not got Mr. Cobb’s letter. We have
[ a letter of his, but not the letter. If ice had writ.
I ten a letter , we could save our honor, upon this
! call, and refuse to produce it until Mr. Cobb
] produced hit.
You are unfortunate Mr. “Another States
Rights man” in alluding to letters. You have
■ only exposed youself and Mr. Cobb. Load up
! your popgun again, appeal to Mars, and fire.—
! What a pity it is that this is not the season for
china berries, but you can chow up some paper
wads. They may do as well. Your only hope
now consists in playing the part of a perfect dare
devil. In that way alone, can you get the war-
God to come to your aid.
Georgia Home Gazette.
We have heretofore only alluded very briefly
to the proposed publication in this city, by Maj.
Robt. A. Whyte, of a new literary and family
■ journal, to be called the Georgia Home Gazette.
Our time aud space permits us now, only to re
fer to it in a few words. Os Mr. Whyte's quali
fications for the task which will be imposed upon
; him, we have already expressed our opinion.
| He is a gentleman of varied intellectual accom
! plishments. and a ready, instructive and elegant
writer.
We have no doubt that he will be well sus-
I tained by contributions from the pens of Southern
! literati. Our State and section are flooded with
i journals, magazines and reviews, of Northern and
foreign origin. Why should this be the case
when we have talents and enterprize in our
midst sufficient to supply our people with ample
I and excellent intellectual aliment.
It is discreditable to Georgia, and the whole
South, that efforts heretofore made to supply the
want, at home, have been so inadequately sustain
ed. We want a Southern Literature. Nature, di
mate, scenery, leisare, every tiling conspires to
foster genius in the South. Nothing is wanted
but the encouraging patronage of our people.
Augusta is as suitable a place as exists in this
section, for the establishment of such a paper as
the Home Gazette it intended to be. We learn
from Major Whyte that his journal will not be
hypercritical in ite reviews,' tone, or character.—
His object is rather to present to his reader that
which is useful, than beautiful Hit journal will
bede voted more to the amusement and instruction
of the family circle than the gratification of the
sentimentality of those who are fond of romance
for its excitement, and literature for its tinsel.
Mr. Whyte’s character as an amiable and
moral gentleman, in addition to his fine tSlents
and scholastic attainments, is a guarantee to the
public that his paper, as a family journal, can be
received and read without the slightest fear of j
its pages being tainted with any thing objection- |
able to the moral taste.
Born, raised and educated in the South, her in
stitutions and interest* will ever receive Mr.
Whyte’s ardent support, as far as it can be ren
dered consistently with his avowed neutrality in
his journal, as to politics.
We can only say, in conclusion, that he has
our best wishes for success in his enterprize, and
we trust the good will of the public generally
will be manifested lor it by his speedy attain
ment of a large and lucrative subscription list
and ample advertising patronage.
We learn that the first number will be issued
about the middle of th* ensuing month. For
terms, see the Prospectus in another column.
The Cuban Advice*.
The advices received from Cuba, via Havana)
are very contradictory, and the next intelligence
from that quarter is looked for with much anx
iety. In the New Orleans Picayune of the 23d
inst. we find the following, under date of Havana,
August 17, which is as late as any received.
August 17.—The news brought this moment,
say 8,30, by the steamer Almendares, from the
scene of warfare, is to the effect that Gen. Enna
has fallen into the hands of Lopez. The Almen
dares brings eighty-two wounded Spanish troops,
and of the number taken prisoners by Lopez’s
paity he has had the humanity not to shoot one.
The World’s Pair.
We learn that the panoramic view of the !
World's Fair, now on exhibition in our city, has
given general satisfaction to all visiters, and will
Continue open this and to-morrow evening’s.—
Those who have not as yet paid a visit to Con- j
cert Hall, should do so. i
[communicated.] . I
MARIETTA, Aug. 24th, 1851.
Messrs. Editors: —l have thought it would be
somewhat interesting, both to yourselves and
your readers, to hear from the discussion that
came off here on yesterday, between the Hon.
Howell Cobb and Gov. McDonald.
Os course you will hear that Cobb has utterly
demolished and used up the old war horse of the
Southern Rights party. But have you ever heard
of a discussion between any two gentlemen yet
but what our so-called Union friends claim to
have used up our men ! But it is a little against
their claims of triumph that there is a constant
change going on in favor of Southern Rights and
McDonald. Although Gov. McD. has constant
ly, since he was first apprised of the wishes of
the party that he should be their candidate, de
clined to stump it over the State; nevertheless,
when Mr. Cobb came to his own county, and in
vited him to discuss the principles of the respec
tive parties, he at once accepted the invitation,
and I do not think his opponents will be very
desirous, or manifest quite so much anxiety to
get him on the stump again.
Mr. Cobb opened in a speech of about an hour i
and a half, in which he labored prodigiously to ,
prove that the Compromise waa “Air, liberal
and just,” and that he, with the other members
of the Georgia delegation in Congress, did all they 1
were instructed to do when they kept the Wil- |
mot Proviso from being engrafted on the teirito
rial measures. Ha ranted loud and long about
the glorious Union and the horrors of disunion.
Alter conoluding, Gov. McDonald came for
ward amid the warm greetings of his friends, j
and after adverting to the fact that he had, from the
outset, said to his friends that they must not ex- !
pect him to canvass the State on the stump, yet
whan his opponent came to his own county and
presented him with an opportunity to discuss
with him the questions of the day, he should not
decline so favorable an opportunity to put to rest
the charge, made by his opponents, that he was
afraid to trust his principles to the test of public
discussion with his opponent on the stump. He
then proceeded to attack the positions of Mr. C.,
first remarking that resistance to the Compro
mise measures was not in the issue; that they
had been disposed of by the Georgia Convention;
but as he was charged with being a disunionist,
because he had* said they were unjust and viola
tive of the constitutional rights of the South, add
as his opponent had worked so hard to prove the
opposite, he would ask the pardon of the people
for saying a few words on what he deemed dead j
issues. Upon the Texas Boundary, he got the :
Ex-Speaker completely cornered. In reference l
to California, he showed that by trick and strat- ,
agem, the South had been most unjustly defraud- ,
ed by the legislation oi Congress, and that the ;
Hon. Speaker and his colleagues had most sig
nally failed in their duty to their constituents, in
not resisting that as much as they would the
Wilmot Proviso; and that the people expected
them to look to and guard their rights, without
having to instruct them, whether the assault
came in one form or another.
He then glanced at the other measures, tearing
down the props upon which his opponent rested
their justness. Next he came to the real issues
in this canvass, viz: the right of secession, which
Mr. Cobb barely touched at the conclusion of his
opening speech. Upon this subject, Governor
McDonald was unanswerable. He completely
annihilated the absurdities put forth on the aide
of consolidation. His speech was replete with
sound argument and cool and dispamionate ap
peals to the reason of his hear**. While he
claimed and most clearly proved the right of a
State to secede peaceably from the Union, he in
dignantly repelled the charge that he was now
or had ever been in favor of the exercise of the
right for any thing in the past, and showed most
clearly that a man was not necessarily a disu
nionist because he could not approve of the Com
promise, or because he believed in the right of
secession; and he reaffirmed his former declara
tion that the decision of the people, through their
convention, should not be disturbed; but that we
must hold all parties up to the maintainance of
the Constitution for the future, if we expected to
maintain the Union ; for. without we maintain
ed the Constitution inviolate, the Union could
not be preserved. He occupied some two hours.
Mr. Cobb came forward in reply, and without
even attempting to answer the arguments of
Gov. McD., he let out in a strain of empty de
clamation about the Union—claiming to have
Madison, Jackson, and everybody else but the
Southern Rights party with him. After occu- i
pying considerable time in that way, he attempt- |
ed to define his position in reference to secession.
We thought he was going to come up to the
scratch; but he soon began to mystify. He said
that he held that “ a State had the right to secede,
for put cause—that she had a right to judge of that
cause—but that the other States remaining in the i
Union had the right to judge whether the seceding
State was right or not." How much less trouble
to have said that a State had no right to secede.
And it is possible that Mr. Cobb has such a con
tempt for the understanding of the people, that he
thinks he can keep them from seeing that he
holds the Federal doctrine of consolidation, and
denies the right of secession. He occupied, in
his reply, about half an hour.
Gov. McDonald came forward again, and oc*
cupied about half an hour in the same calm, dig
nified and argumentative manner. He proceed
ed to tear down the masked battery, and to cast
off the mist Mr. Cobb had endeavored to involve
his own opinions in on the right of secession,
which he did most effectually; and in order to
fasten down clearly on Mr. Cobb his coercion
and consolidation doctrines, he, near the close of
his remarks, turned to him and said: “ I under
stand my distinguished opponent, Mr. Cobb, to
hold this position on the right of secession, viz:
that a State has a right to secede for just cause,
and that she has a right to judge of that cause ;
but the remaining States have the right to judge
of her action, and if they disapprove of it, to use
force to coerce her back into the Union.” Mr.
Cobb did wot demurr to this construction, and, in
a few minutes afterwards, when an opportunity
was presented to him to make any explanation
he desired, he said he had no further explanation
t« make: so 1 hope we will hear no more from
his friends that he is in favor of the right of se
cession, or that he is opposed to coercion.
Let our opponents boast as much as they
please, we are perfectly satisfied with the result.
Mr. Cobb converted one man, but it was from a
Cobbite to a Republican and a McDonald man.
I We are gaining daily, and will carry Cobb coun
ty by at least 300 majority, and I hope even a
hundred more by the election. Our opponents
can out boast the world,hut I see they don ; t talk
j about beating Gov. McDonald more than five’
t thousand. That is a great falling off from twen
ty thousand; but they wont, when sober, offer
to bet, and give five.
In haste, yours, &o. GEORGIAN.
[ I*. S.—-The only attempt Mr. Cobb made to
I meet the charges Gov. McDonald made against
, him for failing in his duty as a Southern repre
} sentative, was to show that such and such men
t voted as he had. Rather a weak justification,
t we thought.
I There was one other point I omitted to men
tion. Mr. Cobb contended that the convention
! that nominated Gov. McDonald having declared
Georgia “ degraded from her condition of equali
, ty in the Union,” and Gov. McD. having ap
proved the action of said convention, that in
. now saying the people should not disturb the de
cision of the State convention, he virtually ad
. j vised the people to maintain their own shame,
, I s*c. Gov. McDonald met this charge most hap
pily, by showing that Mr. Cobb did not know
. | the meaning of the word degraded, or he had, at
, least, given it a very different one from the true
. meaning, or that of the Convention. Mr. Cobb,
, in attempting to explain the meaning of it, in
j reply, proved clearly that he had totally misap-
I prehended the meaning of the world. Governor
McDonald showed that the 'word, as used in that
convention, meant that the State had been simp
ly lowered in degree of equality in the Union.
Mr. Cobb's friends, sealing so certain of suc
cese by such large odds, might, with great pro
' priety, send the Hon. gentleman to a Grammar
| school from now till Ist Monday in October.
(communicated.)
Secession-Revolution.
Mr. Cobb, finding that his anti-secession doc
trines are not so palatable as he anticipated, is
attempting to conceal his true position by making
Secession and Revolutio 1 convertible terms. But
all his efforts will prove futile—for already, in his
| attempts to “Mystify, ’’ he has involved himself
in a labyrinth of inconsistencies, wholly irrecon
cilable. That there is a marked and palpable
difference between the two, must appear to every
reflecting mind—a distinction too, which is of
vital importance to the mainteauce of State
Rights. To say that the two 'are equivalent,
evinces either, an ignorance, wholly unpardona
ble in one who has been pretending to study the
nature of the structure of our government so long
or a wilful intention to practice deception upon
the credulous and unsuspecting. In what then
does the difference consist ?
There is a case precisely in point, whieh will
plaiuly illustrate it. The citizens of Cuba are
now in a State of open revolt against the govern
ment of Spain. They are making an effort to
burst asunder the shackles of tyranny which have
so long fettered them, and we hope in God, that
their noble struggle for liberty may be crowned
with success. Now here, the citizen, or subject,
is in direct conflict with the government—in other
words, a State of revolution exists. Butj should
their efforts to secure their independence prove
abortive, her citizens may then be treated as re
bels and traitors by the mother country. Now,
when a State secedes, she does it as a body poli
tic—as a unit indivisible. The issue is between
the State and the Federal Government, and not
between the latter and the citizens of the State. 1
as individuals. The State government throws
its protecting aegis between the citizens and the
General Government, thereby precluding any
action against them as traitors. Now. the State
is sovereign, and there is no power under the
canopy of Heaven that has any right to restrict
her action. Where is the tribunal that shall
summon her to trial ? Where is the law that
binds her—the judge to sentence her—or the offi
cer to execute ? That she may be conquered into
submission, by bringing superior brute forge to
bear upon her, does not in the least degree in
validate her rights. Admit that Revolution and
Secession are the same—and we are already a
consolidated empire. Admit this to be true—
and the rights of the State are swallowed up in
the unlimited powers of the Federal Government
—and the States themselves, thus shorn of all
sovereignty, become nothing more than mere
dependent provinces, while their citizens are re
duced to a level with the meanest slaves that
crouch beneath the frown of tyranny. But if
the doctrine, as held by Mr. Cobb and the Con- [
stitutional Union party be true—werily, they are
*n a most pitiable dilemma. They tfll us that
in the event certain things are done by (.'or
gress, which things are set forth in their platform 4
then, to use their own language, they are f,
Revolution. Now, they tell us in the same breath
that we shall that moment be coerced into sub.
mission by the other States.
Where then is your remedy ? and what avails
all this bluster about revolution and the protec.
tion of the South? The moment the first sig
nal of revolt is given, you that moment assume
the position of rebels and traitors against the gov.
emment. You have thus pronounced sentence
of condemnation upon your own heads have
whetted the knife that is to cut your own throats
—you have lighted the torch of civil war. and
will yourselves be consumed in the fire of your
own kindling. Are the people of Georgia rpady
to meet such a fate ? Admit this doctrine— that
there is no other remedy but Revolution, and it is
inevitable. But this is not the only inconsistency
to be found among the members of that party.
The Union men of 33 opposed the doctrine of
nullification upon the ground that Secession was
the “rightful remedy.” How can they reconcile
themselves to the support of a man who utterly
denies that there is any such right belonging to a
State as that of peaceable Secession. We would
just here inquire,by whom is a State to be disturb
ed in the exercise of this right ? Who is to wage
this exterminating war with which we are
threatened ? The possession of the power to co
erce, does not car ry with it the right to coerce—
But this is the doctrine of Mr. Cobb—its fallacy
is too obvious tojrequire exposure. The case is a
plain one, and must appear evident to every man
of common .sense. Mr. Cobb and others of the
Revolution Party knew the reluctance with which
this consolidation pill would be swallowed, and
hence their attempt to gild it over—to “mystify”
and to deceive the unwary, by making Revolu
tion, a right belonging to the most abject slave
on earth, synonymous with Secession, a right be
longing to a sovereign and independent State.- ,
JASPER |
August Hist, 1851. I
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.]
Philadelphia, Aug. 25—10, P. M.
Cuban Sympathy Meeting in Philadelphia. —An
immense mass meeting is being held to-night in
, Independence Square, to express indignation at
the barbarities committed by the Spanish author
ities in shooting the American prisoners. Twelve
or fifteen thousand persons are present. Colonel
John Swift was chosen President, with forty
Vice Presidents and twelve Secretaries.
Col. Swift sixtke at soqie length, condemning
' the course of the Spanish government, and urg
i in» the interference of the United States.
John Cadwallader introduced resolutions justi
t fying the course of the patriots, and recommend
ing the purchase of Cuba by the United State*,
i and war in the event of Spain's refusal to sell
A repeal of laws prohibiting the armed inter
vention of American citizens for the relief of
those oppressed by tyranny, was also recoin
-1 mended. The rules of civilized warfare were
I also urged in the treatment of prisoners, and
atonement demanded of Spain for her recent
atrocities.
The President was requested to call an extra
1 session of Congress to consider these matters.
Mr. Cadwallader spoke earnestly in favor of
the resolutions, and was followed by others in
support of them.
Nashville, Aug. 25.
Cuban Sympathy Meeting. —An enthusias
tic meeting was held on Saturday night, to sym
pathise with the Cuban Liberators. Resolutions
were passed, expressing indignation at the bru
tal murder of the captured Americana, and
calling upon the government to enquire into the
attack on the Falcon.—The right of the Presi
dent to prevent persons from leaving the country
to assist the Cuban Patriots was strenuously de
nied. A committee was appointed to raise funds
to assist the Liberators, and a procession was
formed bearing banners, with the motto “God
and Liberty for Cuba.”
Boston, Aug. 25.
An attempt was made on Saturday to blow np
the railroad depot of West Cambridge. The
windows and-doors of the building were blown
out and the roof raised several inches. It is sup
posed that two Irishmen committed the act in
revenge for being put off the cars.
The store of H. Lee, at Concord. N. H., wa»
destroyed by fire on Saturday.
New York, Aug. 25, 6 P. M.
Flour is unchanged. Sales of 1.200 bbls. at S 3
S7J for State brands, and •! a $4 12i for Genesee.
Rye Flour, $3 50; Corn Meal, 2 87 i a $3.
Groceries aresteady. Cuba Sugar4j as* cts.
Rio Coffee SI a 9 cents; Porto Rico Molasses 39
a 30 cents.
Cotton is firm, with sales of 1,200 bales.
Railroad Accident. —The Hamburg cars
met with a slight accident yesterday within
about five miles of Graham's Turn Out, in con
sequence of two cows rushing suddenly out of
some bushes on the track as they came up. We
understand that the engine, tender, and baggage
car passed over them without getting off the
rails, but that the two passenger cars, not so for
tunate, were precipitated down an embankment;
but we are gratified to learn their inmates sus
tained little or no injury. The appearance of the
cows and the occurrence of the accident was
nearly simultaneous, so that the Engineer had
not time to check the engine, and we believe
was perfectly exonerated by all present from any
blame in the premises.— Ch. Courier. 28 th in*.
I Telegraphed for the Charleston Conr'ler.l
Columbia, Aug. 27, p, p, jf.
The market continues inactive, and holders
refuse to sell at present prices, ahe quotations
are the same as yesterday.
The two Brothers —Hon. F. P. Stanton of
the Memphis district in this State, and Hon. R.
H. Stanton of the Maysville district, in Ken
tucky. are brothers. Both were members of the
last Congress, and both are elected to the next;
the former by a majority of 453, and the latter
by a majority of 1105. Both are democrats, and 1
gentlemen of decided ability. —Nashville Union. V
It has been everywhere trumpeted, that the
whigs will have an overwhelming majority in
the Legislature of Kentucky.—A classification
of the members is now before us. It will be seen,
that the whig majority is not so overwhelming
as many have been led to suppose.
Senate.— Whigs ' ‘ ,20
Democrats is
House. —Whigs - 54
Democrats. 45
_ ibid
Vote for Governor.— ln 97 counties,official,
and two reported, the vote stands for Govern cr 1
Powell 53,9ft' . *
Dixon 5ar j 77
Powell's majority, ~ Bg6
The reported counties are, Pike, w 'hichi g put
Si7 6 i ha^ 8 T h “same C ''- from “1“*
Powell 1002 mtheState, which we hi low
he will y eoma i
Arrival of the Alabama.—This v*ssel ar
rived here yesterday morning at an early hour,
bringing 52 cabin passenger:, 45 steerage do.,
and a fun freight On Sunday, 10* o’clock, P
•II ii-H 1168 nor *k Hatteras, exchanged signali
with the steamship Florida, hence for New York.
At 12 o’clock, on the same night, off Hatteris
experienced a very severe gale from the 8. E.
which lasted 84 hours.— Sav. Rep. 28 th mst.