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REPUBLICS & DISCIPLINE.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
ITririay Morning, April 11, 1856.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MILUM FILMME.
OF JVEW YORE.
o Cos
FOR VICE-PRESWEjYT,
ANDREW J. DONELSON,
OF TE.Y.YESSEE.
NOTICE.
Our paperwiU invariably be discontinued when
the time, expires for which payment is made. Our
terms require advance payment, and they will
be strictly adhered to. When the ‘“time is out,”
the pap-r will stop, and a remittance will be ne
cessary to set it in motion again.
We frequently have orders for our paper not
accompanied by the cash. In such cases, one
copy will be sent, and if the terms are not com
plied with, the name will not lie entered on our
books.
Hon Alfred Iverson of the U. S. Senate,
end Hon. R. P. Trippe of the House, have
placed as under obligation for valuable public
documents.
Some extraordinary changes have taken
place in our-city recently, and one that we are
unable to determine by what process It xvasj
made. The ; Book Business is now adverfiseli
in the Examiner, “T. Burke, (late Wm Kay.)”
How Mr. Kay got his name changed to Burke !
is a mystery to us. Who will enlighten us?
Read the advertiament of M. Oppenheimer k
Cos., in to-days paper. They have recently open
ed a nice little store on Whitehall Street where
a fine variety of clothing may be found.
The ‘‘baby show” in Paris is said to be very
attractive. The one likely to take the premi
um is a bran new little chap, and ILouis Na
poleon is thought to he his father. The “duds’
they wrapped him up in. were exhibited at n
high price of admission previous to his arrival.
Thank god we are not conscious of the advent
of our great men. We have a wonderful equal
■ity of babies in this land of liberty, and men
are only superior when they make themselves
so. So mote ever lie.
Superior Court.
The Superior Court commenced its regular
Session for the County of Fulton, in this city,
on Monday the 7th. His Honor, Judge Bull
presiding, Che Court has three weeks in tin's
city ; but from the rapidity with which busi
ness appears to be dispatched, we imagine the!
full time will not be occupied. The formation !
of Fulton-County, and the longterm of Su- j
perior Court given to the County, has been of
great service to this city. The increased bur
dens as Jurors ic., imposed on the citizens
are but small-compared with the convenience
and c&eiuncy -of having the Court in our
midst.
I'iil-on Bank.
We hear frequent enquiries in regard to the
hopes am! prospects of getting up this Bank.
We also hear of parties from different sections
of the Slate, who are proposing to take stock
in it. and from the best information we can
gain we can but think the prospect good, for
having it taken up and the institution put in
operation. Would it not lie well for the cor
porators to have a meeting soon, and decide
what should be done in the premis<s. This is
an enterprise which does not and will not in
any way interfere with the Air Line Railroad
enterprise, but each should be encouraged by.
-and will assist each other.
Atlanta Fire Company.
The anniversary parade of this fine looking
and stalwart Company, took place, on Friday
the 4th inst. The members were out in lull
force ami uniform, and made a fine appearance
as they passed through the streets with their
engine. At night the Company, with a few in
vited guests, partook of a magnificent sup
per, prepared by themselves, at the engine
house. Judge J. A. Hayden presided, and
the evening was spent very pleasantly, being!
enlivened by several appropriate speeches, sen-1
timents, anecdotes and songs. Among the
invited guests and speakers was Col. Lociikaxe,
from Macon. It was intended, on this occa
sion. to present Wm. W. Balbvin, the Presi
dent of the Company, with a splendid silver
trumpet, as a token of the Company’s estima
tion of him as ail officer. But in consequence;
of some unlooked for delay, the trumpet did i
rot arrive, and this interesting portion of the
ceremonies of course did not take place. Since
then tin* trumpet has come to hand, and is to
bo presented on some future day. It is a truly
beautiful piece of workmanship, executed at
Philadelphia, and cost about one hundred dol
lirs.
On Monday last, the 7th inst., the annual
election of officers of the Company took place,
which resulted in the re-election of all or near
ly all of the old officers, as follows, for the en
suing year:
Wm. W. Baldwin, President.
Thomas Hanf.t, Ist Direotor.
Geo. R, Frazer. 2nd “
Burr Wistton, 3d “
11. Muhlenbrink, Treasurer.
J. H. Megaslix. Secretary.
ReUBE* GaRDIXER. 1
Jacob .Sladei-man, )
While this Company should lie cherished,
nnd the public spirit nnd enterprise of the
members, applauded, it is, and should lie a
source of thankfulness, on the part of the citi
•zens of Atlanta, that so few, very few occa
sions have occurred, for the services their aim Is
to confer. In the language of a sentiment, by!
Judge Haydkx, at the banquet “ may each
member he prompt at the ringing of the be!l,j
and only be called on such occasions as this.” j
It all Road fleeting.
We desire to call particular attention to the
appointment of a meeting by His Honor, the
Mayor, to take into consideration the Georgia
Air Line Railroad, and for the purpose of ta
king such steps as may b« deemed necessary,
on the part of the citizens cf Atlanta,'to give
motion to this enterprise. Atlanta has become
a large city, and in all the enterprises pertain
ing to Upper Georgia, most have, must feel
and must take o deep interest, and is entitled to
exercise a great influence. ‘Other-sections ex
pect all this from so large a r city. An'd the
enterprise now under consideration, is one-which
involves great interests to this section of ihe
State, and we trust every citizen who can do sc,
will be-present arid take part in the meeting,
next Wednesday night. AVe presume on the
occasion’ themerits-of the project will bo large
ly discussed. But without presuming to dic
tate what should now be done, we will only
suggest that the least that can be done, is
for the citizens to appoint or recommend a
general Convention of the friends of this Road
to be held at some point on the line, in the di
rection of South Carolina, perhaps immediate
ly on the border of Georgia, adjoining South
Carolina, and appoint -a Committee dfT our
citizens to correspond witii leading men along
the line of the contemplated Road, and to as
sist in geting up the'Convention. Perhaps in
case of the appointment of such a committee,
it would be well to leave the time and place of
holding such a Convention to be determined by
: them. In an enterprise of such magnitude, all
parties Interested should be consulted, and it is
for this reason that -a general: -Convention
should be held before any de'fitiite line -of ac
! tion is marked out. We merely make these
suggestions, holding ourselves ready to co-ope
rate with any plan or any measures calculated
to forward the interests of the community, in
connection with this enterprise.
The Season.
Within the past few day3 we ha-ve genuine,
old-fashioned Spring -weather, the first except
now and then a scattering day since Christ
mas. The oldest inhabitants all say that we
have just passed through the coldest and hard
est winter ever seen in this latitude, and that
vegetation is iinpreeedently late; yet, \Ve are
: happy to find that balmy spring lias come at
i last, and it is truly animating to the feelings
! to see the robes of green once more spreading
themselves over field and forrest. Notwith
standing the spring is late, the agricultural
; prospects, so far as observable, are not unfa-
I vorable. The chances for fruit are decidedly
good. The blooms are so late in making their
appearance, that frosts will not be likely to
| harm them. So far as we have been able to
| learn, the stand of wheat is middling, and oar
farming friends agree in saying that the main
danger to fear is from rust, whieh is increased
by the backwardness of the spring. Cotton
and corn will be put in the ground from one to
two weeks later this season than usual. But
the probability is, (lie hard ■winter has done a
good work in destroying insects, and thereby
increased the hopes and prospects and! the far
mer.
, The Examiner
The proprietorship ofthis paper has passed
rntu the hand? of Mr. T. Burke. The daily of
last Saturday contained tire valedictory of Mr.
Kay. the former proprietor, and the Salutato
ry of Mr. Burke, in which he assures the public
that the paper will undergo no political change.
With the best of feelings for Mr. Kay, who
gses out. and Mr. Burke who comes in, we
-cannot refrain from offering a few reflections
upon the -ceases which have produced this
change. Mr. Kay is one of our most enterpris
ing men, possesing more than ordinary business
tact, and we had thought, ant'd we found him
in the publishing business, an unerring judg
ment. But certainly we had “shot wide of the
mark.” had the result been different. To pub?
lish a paper involving the expense that the
Examiner does, and give it to the public at the
low price that it is, and at a place too where no
energy or exertion that could be brought to bear,
would bii ig to it an extensive patronage, is ev
idence to us. that the man is not -master of
his trade." The day lias not yet come, in At
lanta, that will suupport Mr. Kay’s evtravaganl
notins of newspaper publishing. We thought
su long ago, and we think so yet.
The failure of Mr. Kay in the various brach
es of business in which he was engaged, (hav
ing transfered all to Mr. Burke.) is to be re
greted deeply, for Atlanta has not many such
business men to lose. We hope however to see
him rise again, but if w;c. understand his busi
ness relations correctly, we cannot expect it;
for the Mill Stone that sank him is still- about
his neck. ' ■ -
For the Republican & Piecipline.
Messrs. Editors:— ln your issue of the
4th instant, I noticed an article, copied from
the Central Georgian, stating that owing to
efforts made in the Temperance cause, that
Dabney P. Jones had lost his property, and
that it is now “ under the Sheriff's .hammer"
[ ami that steps are being taken to'raise means
by subscription to relieve this “Apostle of
Temperance.” The article appeals to the
gratitude of Temperance Societies and Tem
perance men, in his behalf. Now sirs, I do
not say that Uncle Dabney is at fault in this
matter, nor do I pretend to cast any reflections
whatever upon him : indeed I Jo not know
that I could have any reason for so doing, but
I am convinced from the most reliable infor
mation that “ Uncle is so far fr;m
being in straightened circumstances that he is
“ well to do in tin world.” and that those who
are interested in his temporal welfare can be
equally convinced by reference to bis neigh
bors.
Let justice be done though the Heavens
shouH fall. JUSTICE.
P. S. He is worth between $15,000 and
$20,000. clear of debt. J.
The foregoing communication, is from a
very respectable source, and we therefore give
it an insertion. But we must beg leave to in
f“rm the author, ami public generally, that at
the present time, if we arc correetly informed,
there are judgments to the amount of fifteen
hundred dollars, hanging over Mr. Joses’
property j quite enough in these ruinous times
for the forced sale of property, to dissipate the
old gentleman's estate, which ••Justice" esti
mates at fifteen to twenty thousand dollars.—
We presume it is not out of fear of starvation
of a public servant, that the friends of Tem
perance have moved to aid Mr. Jones -at the
present time ; but in accordance with Ihe dic
tates of ! their conscience and -duty, under the
■circumstances. ‘We hope never to know of
the milk of human kindness l flowing less freely
in Georgia, on so worthy a public servant.—
We hope the friends of temperance in our Stftte.
■will boa Ho wed the pitiful privilege of aiding an
ok]-labourer in the cause without reproach, f ■
’■European ifitlrs,
■We have-no further European news since
our last week’s issue. 'But it seems to be
agreed, on all sides, that: peace lias been con
cluded between the Allies and Russia. Louis
"Napoleon's wife has been delivered of a boy
baby, over which the French are making as
much fuss as some cf our young married folks
sometimes do in this country, only on a more
enlarged scale. We hope both occurrences, to
gether with Mrs. Albert Victoria Gulplds
lurge family of boys and girls will very much
increase the demand for our Cotton,‘Corn and
Bacon.
“JUI ctsrcrcdupnrlth Smiles.”
We had been ut a loss te account for the con
stant good humor that flows so pleasantly
through the columns of our Montgomery ex
changes A solutiou of it, however, appears in
the Weekly Mail of the 3d iust.,and the -‘cause
why" is now as clear as mud. -‘Jonce,” commnet
ing upon an article that recently appeared in
the Examiner, complimenting Montgomery, and
iu which “our Major” intimates that Montgon
ury is an “elysiam for editors,” comes right out
and says that--the ladies do cover the Mont
gomery editors with smiles.” To be surround
ed. enveloped and smothered up with such smiles
as plqy upon the conn tcnnnccs -cf the Ibeantifnl
ladrcs-df that, the lovliest of all southern cities,
is certainly mnottogh to make the good hu
man ooze out.
The Won is mistaken about “our Major"
being of the Republican. He was of the Ex
aminer, but has silently withdrawn, and may
ere this, for ought we know, have enjoyed the
hospitalities of the corps editoral of Montgome
ry, and with friend Bates of the Journal, seen
the “Stars grow dim by the light of day” on
more than one occasion.
We have not the pleasure of an acquaintance
with the personel of this “Jonce” of the Mail ,
but must confess that it is one of our chiefest
desires, for we understand it consists of a lean
1 lank-sided body set upon two as crooked pedes
tals as were ever hewed out, supporting a
good heart and a better head.
The kind invitation of our Montgomery friend
to “our Major” to come down and "fetch” us
along, we have laid up ffor future use, and
should theeutente cordiale between Atlanta and
Montgomery be-ratified by all parties, “shad
season” shall never pass again without we en
joying a ‘‘fish story” in Montgomery. *
tall Road Meetlitg.
At the urgent solicitation of a large portion
of the citizens of Atlanta, it is respectfully re
quested that the citizens of said City and vi
cinity do attend a public meeting to be held at
the City Hall on Wednesday evening next, the
16th instant, at 7 1-2 o’clock, for the purpose
of devising such means, and adopting such
measures as may be deemed expedient for the
commencement and construction of the Air
Line Rail Road, for which a charter was granted
at the last session of the Legislature, this 9th
April, 1856.
WILLIAM EZZARD, Mayor.
American fleeting in Richmond.
The American party of Richmond county J
held a meeting on Saturday the sth inst.. onri
of the objects of which was “ to act upon the ;
nominations for the Presidency and Tice Pre
sidency of the United States, lately made by a
Convention of the National American partvU
The following preamble and resolutions were!
unanimously adopted :
Whereas. The object, end and aim of the'
American party being the preservation of the!
Union and Constitution in its pristine purity '
and arising from the germ of patriotism, still
alive m the hearts of Americans, we are not ]
discouraged by temporary defeats, or the po
tency of executive minions and hirelings, but i
will still continue to strive for the supremacy
of our native-born sovereignty over the whole,
Union ; and whereas, in consideration of the '
discord and strife now agitating our Union !
resulting from the corrupt tendency and prac
tices of old parties and partizan leaders, it be
hooves all nation 1 and conservative men to
unite in support of that aide statesman, true
patriot, and conservative national man, who
once before, in time of peril, directed the ship
of State safely, and calmed agitation and
strife.
Be it therefore resolved, That in consideration
of the able, sound, national, and conservative
admiuistrat on of Millard Fillmore, as chief
Executive of the Union, we hail his nomination
for the Presidency at the time as peculiarly fit
ting and proper, he being a man upon whom
all national men. North, South. East and West,
may properly unite, as his past administration
proves him alike just to all and equal to any
crisis.
And be it further Resolved , That in Andrew
J. Donelson, the country has promise of a man,
capable of rising above party and party shack
les—a sound, conservative man and an experi
enced statesman, and therefore worthy and pro
per to have been nominated for the office of
Vice President.
And be it therefore further Resolved, Thas
we do ratify, and to the utmost of our abilities
will endeavor to confirm said nominations at
the approaching Presidential election.
“ A Voice From Georgia!”
We clip the following “voice from Georgia”
from the New York News, which we publish
for the benefit of those out South, who are
willing to associate with the freesoilers for the
sake of spoils. There is much truth and good
sense in it; and we hope it will be read and
the truth contained in it duly regarded :
Savannah, Georgia. )
Wednesday, March 26, 1886. f
To the editors of the N. Y. Daily Nesce :
Your caustic showing up of the Milledgeville
Federal Union's willingness to associate with
those at the North who call themselves Demo
crats, but who are still unchanged in their
Free Soil leanings, has been much relished by
your readers in this section. The Federal
Union is a Pierce paper and hence its vindic
tiveness toward the National Democracy of
Yew York. Probably you arc not aware of
tlu< position which The Union held in the past.
It was a rampant Secession print, and in 1850
and 1851 its columns teemed with abuse ot
Cobb, Lump! in, Warm r and other Democra s,
such as is showered upon the heads of the Ka
tional men in vour State by the Free Soilers
It is singular but true that the only Democrats
.n Georgia willing to co-operate with Free
Soik-rs are those who favor i iercc's renomina
tion, and w.hddn 1850 were so ultra in their
“ Southern Rights” views' tlu*y wpukT have
Ett-Ung-'sueh’mcn as ‘Van’Buren, Cochrane &
Co.' to a tree bnd they’ been caught iu Georgia.
Now-they are willing to set in Couventtt'ri With!
them 1 -This elass, however,-I am-gratified*to
say, is small, and is comprised of those Who
hold office or receive patronage from the Ad
ministration. 'The masses of the party are
honest, uud the deleg >tcs to' Cincinnati from
this State wilt prove true. The party will de
wtaotl that their votes shall be cast for some
sdbh candidate as Douglas, Dickinson, Buchan
an, Hunter or Rusk. With either of these
the State can be carried for the Democracy.
Could such a thing happen as the re-nomina
tion of Fierce, it would.- give Georgia to Fill
more by twenty thousand majority.
Yours truly. PULASKI.
General Zollitofl'er.
We copy frjpi an exchange paper the fol
lowing forcible letter, written by General P.
K. Zollicoflbr, of Tennessee, in answer to an
invitation to attend a Mass Meeting at'Chutles
town, Virginia, held for the purpose of ratify
ing the American nominations. This gentle
man is one of the most able, zealous,-and pat
riotic men in the Amerfean Tanka. ‘His fetter
will have its due influence with all national
men, North and South':;
Wasiilnoton, MarefC”, 1856.
Gentlemen t Vour invitation to be present
at a Mass Meeting at Charlestown, Virginia,
on the 17th instant, cf the people of your and
adjoining counties, for the purpose of'ratifying
the Pniladt-lphia nominations, has been held
under consideration for some days, in the ardent
hope that J could do myself that pleasure.—
But H 'reluctantly find that my public duties at
Washington 'will not properly allow me to be
•with you.
The nominations of Millard Fillmore and
Andrew J. Douelson have produced a thrill of
patriotic enthusiasm among the national con
servative masses throughout the land. 'Otto, Is
the tried and trusted chief, who, in -the 'memo
rable political tempest of 1-830, Which aroused
the masses of the people, the honest men at
the plough-handles ami in the work-shops, to an
anxious fear for the stability of the Union,
held the helm of State and rode down the
storm, amid the plaudits of his approving
countrymen. The other is a member of the
family the protege, and the nearest friend of
•• Old Hickory,” who has imbibed and adhered
to his cardinal national sentiments, such as ever
guided Jackson in the crisis he encountered in
enforcing his great sentiment—“ The Federal
Union, it must be preserved.” In the general
breaking up of old parties which has taken
place, growing out of the great changes in
i public questions which time has brought about,
■ what two names are better calculated to in
spire the confidence of the masses of national,
c >n:t tution-afeidiiig lovers of their country in
both the oil Democratic and old Whig ranks
than these.? We are again amid dangerous
shoals and reefs, threatening destruction to the
ship of State. Party men, for personal prefer
ment, are deliberately driving ns into a great
geographical struggle, the slave States against
the free States. If (feat dantest is waged, and
the South is successful, we may survive tojfight
another battle.
But. if the South loses hi that fight, it will
■ be the last fought tinder the constitution, there
is an end to the Federal Union, and two hos
tile Republics, with their standing armies, bur
densome taxation, civil war, and strong milita
ry governments, such as are necessary in Eu
rope, will take the place of this new glorious,
prosperous, and happy American Union I
Should not all men that are national—all men
that would stand by those who would guard
the constitutional rights of every section of the
Union—all men who would save ,the country
from a fearful struggle such as would ensue
between two such parties—rally'at once to the
standard bf Fillmore and Douelson? Rest as
sures!, they will! The nominations at Phila
delphia will stand as a great break-water against j
extreme and violent men and parlies, North;
and South, who in the struggle for power and
spoils, resort to sectional hostility for political
capital, and would stake the very existence ol
the Republic upon the chances of success.
; A cause whieh has recently contributed more :
perhaps than any Other to jostle the stability of
Ithe government, is the annual introduction of
from three to five hundred thousand foreigners,
settling chiefly in the Northern States, accus
; tomed to European institutions of government,
! knowing but little of our Constitutional guar
antees and compacts, prejudiced against the
slave institutions of the South, as is shown by
their uniform sett'ement in.the North, and who
.are annually swelling the political power of the
! North against the South until the Sonth is now
! as a section almost politically.powerless, and at
I the same time steadily increase that unstable
- mass of popular suffrage which has overthrown
all Republican or Democratic mstitutionsin the
I Old World. The Philadelphia nominations are
I presented by those who, while they would give
j to these foreign masses all the-other blessings
|of onr free and benign government, would ar
rest. b fore it is too late, so excessive a sway of
! the ballot box, as to insure their fatal control
of the government. On this is ue Millard
Fillmore and Andrew J. D.ouelson take their
stand, live or die. survive or perish! Will
Virginia raise her hand to strike them down on
that position ? God forbid ! To the yeoman
ry of the land of Washington and Jeflerson 1
would trust this issue, though the demonstration
of the first trial last su miner would imply that
they would not burst the party.shacjcles which
bind them now in accordance with .the Execu
tive guillotine stroke in full jSay at Washing
ton, to down with Americans, that more room
may lie made for the legions of- foreignism.
Gentlemen, ! had not intejidefl to have writ
ten so much, and you must pardon me.
Your obedient servant-
F. K. ZOLLICOFFER.
It is stated that California has elected a
unanimous delegation in fav’dr of Mr. Buchan
an for the presidency to the Cincinnati nation
al democratic-convention. •“’
A Novei. Idea. —The New York Bible So
ciety is meditating the plan of -publishing the
Bible in newspaper form, for more general cir
culation. ..
Pacific Railroad. —The Pacific Railroad
Committee of the House of Representatives,
have agreed upon a report, recommending that
the work be built.
Two thousand working women in England
have memorialized the Queen not to open the
j Crystal Palace, the British Museum, kc., on
Sundays.
Yotino in Kansas. —The Cherokee Georgian
saysi—“it would be well for those who favor
law and order to remember that a residence of
six months in the territory, is requisite to en
title settlers to vote, and it will soon be too
late for emigrants to vote legally at the Octo
ber election."
Planting Timber ort she Prairie. —Mr.
Williams, of Galesburg. 111., says that an acre
of bare prairie, planted with locust, would givt
a result of $430 in 17 years, or nearly S3O per
year as the product.- According to this esti
mate, timber planting would be a profitable iff
tesment in the prairie.
The city debt of Richmond, Va., amount* to
82.061,160.
Platforms.
• Romd of our'cottmporaries express surprise
that a portion of Democratic presses should at
tempt to prove'Mr. Fillmore an aboiitioitrist.-V,
We mu.it confess that it has been no source or
-astonishment to us, for no trick of political
knavery, we imagine, could be conceived of that
thesagnicht press is not equal te. If’John
0. Ualhoitn were alive, and the candidate of
the American party for the -Presidency, it
would require but a small effort on their? part,
to satisfy themselves that he would not-be a
safe man for the South. The following extract
from Mr. Fillmore’s annual Message to con
gress in 1851, will show where he stood ,then
and where he stands now iu relation to the
subject bf slavery. It is the Platform of the
Union, and every patriot should be upon it.—
'ln order that our readers may see how Mr. Fill
more's platform will compare with others that
have beer, considered sound on the slavery ques
tion, we also publish extracts from the Dem
ocratic turd Whig -phftferms adopted by the
national Conventions Os each party in 1852:
“It was hardly "to have been expected that
the scries of measures passed’Ut. your last session
with the'view of healing' the'sectional differen
ces which had sprung from 1 the'slSvery and ter
ritorial questions,"should at once have realized
their bonifieerrt.purpose. All-mutual 'conces
sion in the nature of a'Compromise, must neces
sarily be unwelcome to men of extreme opin
ions. And though Without such concessions
ottr 'Constitutittn cfruld -not-have "befit -fortued,
and cannot be permUtietitly austianed. .'yet we
have seen them made the subieCt-of bi t ier'con
troversy in botli sections of the Republic. It
required many months of discussion and delib
eration to secure the concurrence of a majority
of Congress in their favor. It would be strange
if they had bien received with immediate ap
probation by people and States, prejudiced and
heated by the exciting controversies of their
representatives. I believe those measures to
have been required by the circumstances ami
condition of the country. I believe they were
necessary to allay asperities and animosities that
were rapidlyfalienating one section of the coun
try from another and destroying those frater
nal sentiments which are the strongest sup
ports of the Constitution. They were adopted
in the spirit of conciliation, and for the purpose
of conciliation. I believe that a great majori
ty of our fellow-citizens sympathize in that spir
niga fight.” “ But.” said I, “the blacks from
the West Indies will come here and help you
to gain your freedom." “What! black soger
come here; let ’em cum. den, rnassa; let's fight
da niga, I fotraw, awH tG*r Almighty we give
’em gosh!” If -not l* the same langtsago, the
same feeling was ever expressed.
I have visited all their national armories, and
although their country is at peace, the greatest
activity prevails; all the old arms are condem-n
--j ed, and by next spring, nearly' 1.500,000 Min
| nie' rifles will be ready for distribution. besides
; Colt's Clark’s and others. A Mr-. Alger, at
Boston, is now engaged oil anew kind of gun
for the Navy. The range, with solid shot, is
nearly five miles, with shell somewhat shorter,
and the explo: i in of the sh II renders conflagra
tion certain to a great distance. These are
! called,by those at work at them, the secret
I gun. But what the secret is I could not as
certain. Since the war rumors L have been
| observant of all and every thing that could give
jme a clue to the feelings of the [reoplo. This is
not difficult to come at, fur the feeling is gen
! erai, and their confidence so great in their own
I strength, that the most diffideni speak openly
of the consequence and the result. In compa
ny with a party of merchants, most of whom
were engaged in trade with England, I broach
ed the war subject, and was astonished to find
them so indefforeht about the consequences.,—
One of them, largely interested in clipper ships,
in answer to a remark of mine, that he would
have to lay up his clippers—“ Not a bit of it,”
! said lie, -they will make capital privateers;
! tin- Government will furnish guns of long range; j
no British man-of-war can catch them except a
steamer, and they cannot in a good breeze, so I
we must take the chanc.s. We have 84,000!
I enrolled fishermen who will flood our seaports, j
land I will tell you candidly that in less than j
six months after the war is declared there will I
be 500 of the fastest vessels in the world afloat;
as privateers, and an English merchantman will I
not be able to show herself at sea. What if
we lose a few, we will make it up in the end.:
Two steamers were launched a few days since,
each aoout 4,000 tons, built in eight months,
and is just as easy to build fifty in the same
time, or less.” “But your eoants are not defen
ded. Remember you have no Sebastopol nor
Cronstudt!” “Nor do we want any. We have
a few very pretty forts, but should any nation
attempt an invasion we will meet them with
bauds and hearts equal to any, superior to most;
and we can concentrate 500,000 men at any
point on our coast in a few days. Let the
alarm be sounded at this moment, and in a
few hours near 50.000 men will make their ap
pearance armed and equipped.” This sounds
like bragging, but it is a fact. This city (New
York) lias near that number enrolled and
equipped; every man keeps bis rifle at home,
or iu the private armory of the company to
which he belongs, and I find it is the same
throughout the country. I have frequently
met with boys of 12 and 14, with gun and
game bag, starting at early dawn for the woods,
tor here they can shoot game wherever found.
War is argued against by everybody as some
thing to be avoided, but the idea of backing
out to avoid it does not appear to enter the
minds of anybody. Some of the papers speak
of the President's Message disparagingly, but
the people are with him. and 1 candidly believe
he would bq elected if the election came
off to-day. And I regret that I cannot defend
my country at this time as l would wish. The
Bulwer Clayton Treaty is plain and explicit,
and tliese people don’t and won’t understand
double metutsinga in treaties. They say the
man in the white hat does not refer to the in
dividual in the white cap, and my Lord John
Russell acknowledges the American interpre
tation. There are thousands of men here that
the Americans would be glad to get clear of,
but that does not justify England in breaking
their laws by enlisting them; and my Lord Pal
meiston’s instructions were something like tell
ing a man to stab his neighbor, but not hurt
him.
If the treaty (Clayton and Rulwerj Is adher
ed to, we have the State pledged to occupy it,
(Central America) for, say that we will, they
will stick to the treaty, and it will never be
annexed; abrogate it, and in less than ten
years it will be obe of the States of the Union.
The Canadians are a very loyal set. and think
th< y could take possers on of the States at & mo
ment's warning. They have caught the habit of
bragging from their nieghbors, without having
the wherewith to brag on. A trip up the lakes
is the roost convincing proof We can have of the
difference in the two people. In the American
are well finished cities and towns, saw-mills,
railroads running in every direction—in fact
you seldom lose sight of the locomotive, and
there are innumerable steameis at every land
ing. On the Canadian, where there are settle
ments, yon sec the well kept, comfortable
dwellings, the smooth-sheared lawn, and every
thing wears an air of comfort; but little or no
business, with the exception of the great rail
road. However, they are rapidly improving,
but should there be War, the largest and best
portions of Canada are lost to as. Quebec,
Halifax, aod other points wonid bother them.
But to som up my observation after every op
portunity that one man coahl have afforded
him, the result Would be as follows:—Mexico,
Cuba, afl-1 the whole of Central Amerua in the
South, including Cuba; would be annexed; and
I have little doubt of Canada, in the North;
millions of treasure and thousands of valuable 1
lives lost to Englarid forever; our commerce
crippled in every sea, tbd some fighting that
will gladden the hearts of Our tried soldiery.
Now, what can we gain? 'A foot of territo
ry? We don't want it, and if we did, six feet
for the majority of our brave fellows, I fear,
would be the extent. Naval ofinilltaVy glory
wedon’t want, and as for the sand bcUfeli.oi' the
Musquito king it is a decided hhtiibug. 'What
would be the result to this ctttiiit'ry? ' It”W6uld
put her hack in prosperity for half a centoryj
iPWOuld ruin thousands who are now in afflu-
Wbuld 'enrich thousands that are bow
poor. -‘But the advantage the Americans have
■Wthdt they can- produce and manufacture ev
ery thing they' want; the different climate af*
fords "this. They ''would get accustomed to
their own goods and discard ours forever. 'But
thegreateM injury to 1 all parties, and I may say
to the'wdrld, would'be the making of this na
tion of 25,000!000 a warlike people; ahd, ' once
irtstilled wiih a love of war, the propagandists
of Europe would have a fearful ally. The
last year's' crop- of'wheat is officially given at
170,000,000 of. bushels, and everything else in
proportion, so that we cannot starve them out;
and, from my own observation, I would rather
see England contending With the Whole of Eu
rope than against this country, am no croak
er, nor have I any doubt of the power and
wealth of my beloved country, and if'need be
could again handle a musket for her hdndr and
glory; but the day that war is declared beftoedn
these two mighty rivals, a contest will be com
menced that will bring more horror in its train
than the world ever' yet witnessed.
There is another item, whieh I am like to
forget, Many of my countrymen place great
-dependence on the Abolitionists, or friends of
freedom, in this country; but I assure you their
greatest, protect ion here is their insignificance.
They flourish as Tong as thought harmless, but
the slightest suspicion of their collusion with a
foreign foe, and they would be annihilated; in
fact, I have pro’yed.'to my entire satisfaction,
that those terrible and exciting questions are
only intended for political effect; but attach any
importance to them affecting the interests of
the country, and they are gone. You would no
doubt, be‘astonished to bear that many children
of foreigners and In Wet, foTeigiiers themsevles
are Know Nothings, started to prescribe them;
but such i= the fact.
I have extended iny remarks further than I
intended, but they have one desirable feature,
that is, truth. Should they prove acceptable I
may again intrude on you.
I remain yours, JAMES R. WARREN.
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 11,1856.
Judge Betts has just rendered a decision in
the case of the United States vs. Augustus Ze
raga. of groat -iwiportaince both -as regards the
principles involved and t'he Wftrhefous eases de
pending upon it. '
Several judgments had been recovered by the
United States against the defendant, on bonds
executed by him to secure the payment of du
ties. Before they’ had been satisfied, the debt
or obtained a discharge trader the bankrupt
law of 1841.
T'he question presented was, whether the dis
charge operated upon the debts due the United
States. The court decides that it does from a
| complete bar, as effectual in the case of public
I as of private debts; and declares the general
j principle, that a debt simply as to the govern-
J mentseomlfittTiicates no privilege superior to
j what individual creditors possess; and that
j whatever advantages the United States possess
in celerity of processes cfr priority of payment,
does not rest in prerogative, but is derived from
statutory enactments alone.
In Nirhol-oti, of (lie Union.
The Nashville Banner invites the attention
of honest men of all parties to the subjoined ex
tract of a speech made by A. O. I’. Nicholson.
Esq.,at Gallatin, Tennoesot. on the 28th of Ju
ly, 1852,as reported in the Nashville Union of
Aug. 2,1852: A. O. P. Nicholson on Millard
Fillmore in 1851. ;
“He next inquired into tiie influences which
led to Gen. Seotts was nomination, and showed
them to be tree-soil and anti-compromise in
their character. He showed that Fillmore and
Webster were sacrificed for their compromise sen
timents. and that Gen. Scott nominated because
his doubtful position made him more accepta
ble to the enemies of the compromise. He
commented at length upon Gen. Scott's letter
of acceptance, showing that it contained no ex
press endorsement of the compromise, but on
the contrary a palpable bid to its enemies.—
He read that portion of the letter in Which
Gen, Scott stated that he will not, in the ap
pointment of officers, require, as a test, exact
conformity to his own opinions. Mr. N. re
garded this as a palpable bid held ont to the
enemies of the fugitive slave* law in the Whig
ranks—the men whom Fillmore had proscribed
and turned out of office because their opihions
j were not in conformity with his own upon that
law. He thought this was plainly saying to
the enemies of the compromise that they would
not be proscribed and turned out of office be
cause of their opinion. It was this proscription
that had ruined Fillmore at the North."
Mr, Nicholson,saysthe Banner, at the time
he made the speech from which the foregoing
extract is taken, was one of the Democratic
candidates for elector for the State at large,
and he made the same speech in substance all
over the State. Yes, he traversed the State,
in 1852, everywhere alleging that Mr. Fill
more was “ sacrificed ” at the Baltimore Conven
tion on account of his “compromise sentiments”
—that Mr. Fillmore hod “proscribed and turn
ed out of office” at the North the “enemies of
the Fugitive Slave law”—and that “it was this
proscription which had pained Mr, Fillmore at
the North.”
Having deliberately made these declarations
on every stump in the State in 1852 as a Pierce
candidate for elector, this SatnC A. 0. P. Nich
olson, as the editor of the official organ of
President Pierce, has the baseness to say in
1856. ;
“Mr. Fillmore’s abolitionism will suit the
North.”
Why, sir, you told the people of Tennessee,
in 1852, that Mr. Fillmore’s • compromise sen
timents.,’ and his turning out of office certain
men because they were “the enemies of the
Fngitive Slave law,” had ruined him in the
North.' Note, you say, “Mr, Fillmore’s aboli
tionism will suit the North.'"
We ask again, can political profligacy go
further than this?
Massachusetts.— A letter from a prominent
citizen of Boston, predicts that Fillmore and
Donelson will carry that State by a majority
of 20,000. No doubt of it. The Republicans
were beaten there last November by tbe Amer
icans, notwithstanding the Whigs polled 14,-
000 votes. Mr. Fillmore has always been a
favorite in Massachusetts, and will combine at
the next election an array of votes that will
give him the State by a large majority.
The bill to extend the right of suffrage to
colored persons has been lost in the Wisconsin
Senate by a vote of 31 to 0,
The American party carried the municipal
election at Richmond, Ys., oft Wednesday,
Mayo, for mayor, bad 929 majority,
A meeting of the glade Council of Georgia,
is called by Win. Hobs'/ president, in Macon
on the 16tb inst.
An Englishman In America.
The following article appears in the London
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette:
To the Editor of the Shipping and Mercan
tile Gazette: Sir—l have now made the tour
of the States of North America, and think it
probable that I can give your renders some
useful information. I lunded at New York
city ten moths ago, and have spent my time ip
studying the character and customs of those
people, and must comfess that if I remained
ten years the result would be the same; and I
know very little about them. But upon one
'point—'national pride-men, women and chil-
Urten-a-te all alike, and the idea of any nation
of Ebt-Bpc, or the whole of them pnt together,
conqucrtog'this country, is perfectly absurd to
them. Everybody reads the papers,'and a good
humorcd"urchin’Of twelve years used to rate
me soundly for’pur failures ut Sebastopol. The
best version of American sympathy was given
me a few days since. When the war commen
ced the Turks Avere the weaker Power, and
our sympathies were here, After the alliance
’it was Three against ohe, and our sympathies
went for Russia; but, should France join
Russia to-mofrow against England, our Govern
ment could riot prevent its cithtoiis from not on
ly sympathizing with England, but assisting
her with material aid. This I heard from u
very intelligent man, who, I do not think, sus
pected my nationality; and I firmly believe it.
‘lnHheSouth 1 spent some time upon the plan
ttkiotfs/aild many times held long conversations
tvith slaVes, and Always with the same result.
They are much better'satisfied than I suspected,
and when I Spoke of the "probability of war. I
was answered, that “white folks wpuld'nt let
it, and that purpose, and in t'he Mra approve,
and are prepared, in all respects, to .sustain
these enactments. 1 cannot doubt that, the
American people, bound together by kindred
blood and common traditions, still cherish a
paramount regard for the Union of their fath
ers; and that they are ready to rebuke any at
tempt to v oiate its intergrity, to disturb 'tfie
compromises on which it is based, or to resist
the laws which have been enacted under its
'alritihdrity.
“The series of measures to which I have al
luded are regarded by me as a settlement in
j r i ciple ami substance—u find settlement of the
dangerous and extitmg subjects which tliei/ em
brace. Most of these subj< cts, indeed are b -
yond your reach, as the legislation which dr
posed of them was in its character, final and
irre vocable. It may be presumed from the
opposition whieh they all encountered, that
none of those measures were free from imperfec
tions, but in their mutual dependence and con
nection, they formed a system ol' compromise,
the most conciliatory and best for the entire
country-, that ‘could be obtained from conflict
ing sectional interests and opinions.
“For this reason, I recommend your adher
ence to the adjustment established by those
meesnres, until time and experience shall de
monstrate the necessity of further legislation to
guard against evasion or abuse.
“By that adjustment we have been rescued
ft-otn the wide and boundless agitation that sur
roiWided us, and have a firm, distinct, and legal
ground to rest upon. And the occasion, I trust.
will justify me in exhorting my countrymen to
rally upon and maintain that ground as the best ,
if not the-only means, of restoring peace anil
quiet to the country, and maintaining inviolate
the intergrity of the 'Union."
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1852.
“That Congress has no power under the Con
stitution to interfere with or control the do
mestic institutions of the several States, ami
that such State.--, are the sole and proper jtidgi’i
of everything appertaining to their own uffaftv,
not prohibited by the Constitution; that all el
forts made to induce Congress to interfere witii
questions of slavery or to take incipient steps
in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the
most alarming and daligerous consequences;
and that all such efforts have an inevitable te -
deucy to diminish the happiness of tl e peripl .
endahger the stability and permanency of ihe
Union, and ought not to be countenanced bV
any friend of our political institution.”
“That the foregoing proposition covers and
was intended to embrace the whole subject of
the slavery agitation in Congress; and. therefore:
the Democratic party of the Union standin-
Ihpon the National Platform [what Platform:]
will abide by and adhere to the faithful execu
tion ol the acts known as the compromise meas
ures settled by the last Congress, the act tor
the reclamingoffugitivi B from service, included;
wh cli act, being design dto curry, out an < ,
press provision of the Constitution, cannot witn
fidelity thereto, be repealed or so changed as to
destroy or impair its efficiency.
Resolve , That we will resist all attempts ut
renewing, in Congress or ot tof it, llic-f 1 -
very agitation under whatever shape and coh-r
the attempt may be made.”
THE W-nio PLATFORM OF 1852.
“That the series of measures commonly known
as the Compromise, including the fugitive slam
law, are acquiesced in by the Whig party of
the United States, as a settlement, in principle
and substance—a final settlement—of the da to
gerousand exciting questions which they em
brace; and so far as the fugitive slave law is
concerned, we will maintain the same and insist
on its strict enforcement, until time and experi
ence shall demonstrate the necessity es further
legislation to guard against evasion or abuse,
not impairing its present efficiency; and we dep
recate all further agitation ot slavery questions
as dangerous to our peace, and will discounten
ance all eflorts at the renewal or continuance of
such agitation, in Congress or out of it, what
ever, wherever, or however the attempt may be
made; and we will maintain this system as es
sential to the nationality of the Whig party ao<i
intergrity of the Union.
A Pasha Attending Church.— A let
ter from Jerusalem status thus on a re
cent Sabbath his Excellency, Kiamil Pa
sha, attended the English service in com
pany with his two secretaries, and follow
, ed as far as the door by a long tfaiH Os
servants. Who would have anticipated
such an occurrence a few years sincel!—the
English church bel s ringing in the Holy
City, and a turk'sh Pasha walking grave--
ly to church.
American Ships. —The Paris correspon.
dent of the National Intelligencer says
that the decree authorising the purchase
of foreign ships and placing them undo*
the French flag, on paying a duty of ten
per cent., is operating favorably for Arner->
ican shipbuilders. The Writer has recent
ly heard of the sale to French houses of
the American bark Pamphilia, of Boston,
of 523 tons, for 115 000 francs, and of the
sliip Marshall O. Roberts, of Maine, of
862 tons, at 240,000 francs, duty paid by
puschasers. If peace comes a great ma
ny American Vessels will fiud a sale in
F ranee,
A brother Os Gen. Santa Anna is in
Louisville, Kentucky, an! contemplates
building a saW-Mill on the Beargras's riv
er/ near that city.
Hors® Meat Feasts.— Feasts of horse
meat,. Cooked in every concivable way, are
just now very fashionable in many parts of
France-