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WF March 30.1856. j
EiiFN.- I diil not receive until yoster
oflieial note of the 26th of February
■Ting nie of !HY nomination to the ,of
ice President bv tlm American party,
and asking my acceptance of the same.'"
For the flattering terms in which you have
•communicated this proceeding. I heir leave to
offer you my sincere than ks. I accept the po
sition assigned me by the American party, with
at just sense, I trust, of the responsibility belong
ing to it. I attended the convention with no
r expectation that such an honor awaited me. and
if iny own feelings and wishes con'd have been
consulted, it would have fallen upon some oth
er member of the American party, in whose
ranks are so many distinguished individuals.;
better known to the country and better prepar-!
ed by experience for Ihe high duties of the stu-j
tion. should the voice, of Ihe people lie in ac
cord with that of which you arc the organ on
this occasion. Hut acting upon tlie maxim
left us by the great men of the earlier days of
.our republic, that public office should be neith
er sought nor declined, 1 yield to the judgment
of those who have thought that my name might
be of service ill advancing the important ob
jects which constitute the American parly.
Our leading idea is that the two old parties, j
democratic and whig have ceased to exert ;
their former healthful influence in the manage-j
ment of the public interest, and that, without
the intervention of reforms which they can m-v- j
or effect, the beloved Constitution and Union. :
bequeathed to us by our foreiathers, will not j
long bo preserved.
For the most of the evils with which we are:
threatened at the present period, the adminis-j
tration of President Pierce is evidently respon
sible; but instead of finding lb.-;, party engaged
in the prosecution of measures to avert the dan
gers he lias brought upon the land, we see it
more active than ever in scattering the seed of
sectional strife and social anarchy.
When Gen. Jackson came into the Presiden
cy, lie acknowledged in his inaugural address
the obligation of the Executive to restrain the
patronage of the Federal Government; so that
it should not be brought into conflict with the
freedom of elections. But modern Democracy
stands in direct antagonism to this obligation.
There is scarcely an election precinct in the
United States which has not witnessed the
most shameful interference with elections by the I
agents of the Federal Government acting in the
name of Democracy.
In former times when parlies were created
by patriotic mid national sentiment upon meas
ures of general interest in the whole country,
we never heard that a measure could bo de
clared Democratic in one place, and not in an
other, by leading men professing to belong to
this party. Yet we see this enormity exhibi
ted daily by the party press in the pay of the
present Executive.
The necessary result of such corruption, il'l
not successfully opposed, must be to destroy all
political morality, and to continue power in
unfaithful and incompetent hands by the mere!
influence of the money derived from the taxes]
which arc paid by the people for far different
purposes. It is undeniable that the antagon
ism now prevailing between the North and the!
South, is mainly attributable to the political I
artifice which has enabled men holding directly
opposite opinions on the power of Congress
over the institution of slavery in the Territo
ries, but yet professing to belong to the same
Democratic party. The Nebraska-Kunsas act
i3 constantly called by one portion of Demo
crats, a law which will prevent the extension
of slavery to the Territories, and by another por
tion, a law which will enable the South to car
ry slavery to the Territories. By the same fal
lacy secession, nullification, abolition, and all
other ism*, have found a shelter under the flag
of Democracy, explained as it is by modern in
terpreters.
In former times, also, our best patriots, with- ]
out distinction of party, spoke of the necessity
if guarding the ballot-box from the dangers of
foreign influence, and of keeping separate the
Church ami State; and of the advantage to be
derived from a frequent recurrence to the earli
er advice of our lathers, which inculcated a rev
erence for the compacts of the Constitution,
nod the abstinence from whatever tended to
form geographical parties or array one section
of the Union against another. Now, however,
th ■ whole power of the Federal Government
is brought to bear against any individual who
has the independence to declare his attachment
to these old-fashioned sentiments. Whole class
es of men stand proscribed and ostracised for j
no other offence than that of joining an asso-J
ciu'.ion which seeks only to correct the excesses!
of party spirit, and to restore the government,
to the purity it possessed when we received it
from the hands of those sages who founded and
reformed it.
Looking, gentlemen, upon (he American par-1
ty as destined to eradicate the evils to which 1!
have thus briefly adverted, I am proud to be |
called one of its members, and can only regret ]
that in selecting its Hag-bearers, the choice lor
the Vice President had not fallen upon one]
L who could bring to the cause higher guarantees
Bypr its success than can be drawn from the I
services I have heretofore rendered my
Imintry. •
‘Thanking you again for (lie kind manner in
inch you have expressed your personal grati-
Ixtion at the nominations, I subscribe myself.
r Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
A, J. Donki.sox
To Messrs. Alex. M. 11. Stuart, of Virginia;
Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania; Erastus
Brooks. of New York; E I!. Bartlett, of Ken
tucky; Win. J. Eam<*. of il/assacliusetts; Eph
raim Marsh, of New Jersy.
American Council of Georgia.
Macon. April 17.
The following Resolutions were unanimously
passed in the State Council of the American
Party, which met in tins city on Wednesday
lasi.
Resolved 1, That the State Council now in
possion abolish all obligations of secrecy which
have heretofore characterised it as a secret po- :
litical order, and that it do now resolve itself
into an open Convention of the American Par
ty. of Georgia.
2 That this Convention recommend to the
Party', that in lieu of the Secret Councils which
have heretofore been organized in the respec
tive Counties, an Association be established
and kept up in each County, whose object shall
be to promote the interests of the American
Party.
Resolved. That the Stale Council having di%;
solved, this Convention deem it inexpedient to
[lake any action at this time in relation to the]
■rminations made by tlio National Convention!
last, but we leave it to the Ameri-]
I can Party**! this State to hold a Convention
lat such, time as may be deemed expedient by
I the Central Executive Committ e, to take such
action in reference to said nominations r.s unity
; be deemed advisable.
j Resolved. That this Convention express then
thanks to 'William Hone, President, ami J. N.
/Lewis,Secretary. of the late State Council of
, (ho American Order in Georgia, for the aide
land efficient manner in which they lmve dis
charged the duties of their respective offices.
I Re oived, That the thanks of this body be
| also tendered to the Presiding Officer and Soc
| rfitary of this Convention, for the satisfactory
i manner in which they have performed their du
! tics.
i On motion, it was ordered that the proceed
ings of the Convention he published in the
American papers in this State.
The Convention then adjourned sine die.
J. C. Ruse, President.
Geo. Jones, Secretary.
The Way American Citizens are Put Down.
The town election in Lodkport, New York,
took place on Tuesday. The Courier, in
the following extracts, tells against what
the Americans had to contend. We ask
American-born tuen to think of these
things, and to say whether or not the day
and -the hour has not cemc when they
rigmkl act as one man in .opposition to the
foreign aftitv tliat threaten their liber
ties
j There was a-strike ou the cannal near
Rochester on .Saturday , and a gang of
j Irishmen came along the canal on Mon
j day, forcing all in their track to quit work.
They reached here in the evening, bringing
with them over 200 excited mea. This j
[occurrence doubtless swelled .the Irish]
vote near a hundred. Indeed, the supply j
■of this vote was only graduated by the j
demand and, if enough of them were not j
polled to elect the Republican ticket, it is |
because of the miscalculations of those linv- ]
ing it in c'urge. But even Republican;
hardihood became ashamed of the appear-]
mice of the tiling, and by their direction
tlie tide was stopped when tiny supposed ;
they had enough to elect t her ticket. j
We are glad to note that many Ameri- ]
can men who came t.o the polls intending
to vote the Republican ticket, changed ]
their minds wliem they saw who were act- j
ing with, and voted straight American i
ballots. Wo heard tnan after man who I
came in from the country, say that if “free- ]
dom” was to be defended by such a crew, |
and in such a manner, lie was not of the j
pa ty. Indeed, the truculenty of the Rc
publicans towards the Irish Catholics dis-!
gusted every l onest man, and had it not i
been for the fact that they came up as one j
man to the support of that ticket, they
could have been ignontiniously defeated.
Florida Railroad. — A letter received in j
Savannah from a distinguished citizen of Flor- j
ida. contains the following items of railroad
intelligence:
! “Wo have our road under contract from Tal- j
ahassee to theSuwanec river, the contractors i
; all at work.
] “The road from Jacksonville to Alligator ;
lis under contract, and will be graded by the
middle of next year. By the end of the year'
[ (next year) our road will also be graded to A1 .
ligator. at which place we form acquaintance
j with the Jacksonville road. The Fernandina
! road is piogrossing rapidly.
‘•The St. Murks Road u fil bo re-laid with
! heavy iron to Tallahassee by the Ist of Sept.
[That we shall have a junction with the Atluu
j tic by railroad, there is now no doubt. Our
| resources are now limited, but will be increas
ed as confidence is inspired. With our present
means, we can grade ihe Road and build the
] bridges from St. Marks, via Tallakussce. to Ai
! ligator, 126 miles; and besides the St. Marks
road, 21 miles, we shall be able to lay down
the rails on 20 miles or more. The credit of
the road, then, with the internal improvement
j bonds, will enable us to complete it, without
taking into consideration the addition to our
subscriptions, which we may reasonably ex
pect.”
Gen. Pierce and the Northern Democ
racy.—A Washington letter of the 15th
iust says :
The President is exceedingly annoyed
|by the reports made to him by Col. Orr
and others who were dispatched to the
North to aid the democracy. Col. Orr.
is reported to have told him that he was
utterly without friends, even in his own
New England.
The impression has prevailed in the
South that Gen. Pierce’s weakness in the
North is the result of his adherence to the
South. Col. Orr and Col. Weller should
be forthwith summoned to give testimony
upon this point. If the national senti
ment of the free States is confined to the
supporters of Gen Pierce, there are certain
ly small hopes for the democracy in that
direction ; and I have reason to believe
that such have been the declarations of
Gen. Pierce’s missionaries.
Our Minister and Americans at Rome.
According to the Boston Atlas, the A
meriean residents and sjouniers in Rome
| abandoned nn intended celebration of the
22(1 ot F bruery last, by a grand ball, on
| account of the opjKisition of Air. Lewis
| Cass, Jr., the American Minister, who, it
| is alleged, informed them that the govern
j rmnt would not allow dancing during
Lent. This information, however, he ob
: tained, it is sad, from some sub-officials ;
and after the Americans passed a vote of
censure upon him, he had an interview with
Cardinal Antonelli, who informed him
that the government had not, and would
not, make any such objection. The Amer
icans then resumed their project for a ball,
j when Mr. Cass refused to allow his name
to be used as one of the mana ers, and
the affair was again abandoned. Some
of the Americans, however, honored the
day by a dinner party, and resolved to
give no official invitation to Air Cass.
Tun American Cause in Missouri.— The
St. Louis Intelligencer publishes the following
| cheering news:
Missouri, our own noble State, will rol| up
1 a majority for the American ticket, that will
astonish even (he natives. We have over 47.-
000 enrolled brethern. devoted to our principles
in this State, with an average increase of 326
per week. New Councils are continually be
ing organized, and the work is moving on glo
riously. Thousands will vote our ticket who
are unaffilia'tcd, and if the work continues as
it is now progressing, wc shall not have to
blush for a thousand native Americans in Mis
souri. who ally themselves against their own
countrymen.
The Democracy o North Carolina have 1
nominated Gov. Bragg for reelection.
REPIBLICiN & DISCIPLim
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
Friday Horning, April 25, 1856.
FOR PRE SWEA TANARUS,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
OF A'E IV YORE.
FOR VICE-PRE SIDEJYT,
ANDREW J, DONELSON,
OF TEAWE S SEE.
SO TICE.
| Our paper will invariably bo discontinued when
| the time expires for which payment is made. Our
(terms require advanre payment, and they will
Ire strictly atfiiercu iu. When flic “time is out,’*
I the paper-will stop, and a remittance 'Vlt,!*) nc
i ccssury t® set it in motion again,
i We frequently have orders for our paper not
I accompanied by the cash. In such cases, one
! copy will be sent, and if the terms are not cora
plied with, the name will not be entered on our
books.
AROUSE ! M AKE IT ! I
A meeting of the American party will]
take place at the city Hall ‘this (Friday)
evening at early candle light. A full at
tendance is desired, as business -of impor
tance will be under consideration.
JSfS?“ 00l L. C. Simpson* was elected on
Monday last Solicitor of the City Court.
A majority of the whole number of legal
votes polled being necessary to an election,
and there being three cand dates in the
field for Judge, there was no choice. *
RALLY! RALLY!!
] “Samuel” will please attend at the Ci
;ty ITall to-morrow with all his friends to
| assist in putting Judge UNDERWOOD
]in the “cradle of liberty” the bnllot-lox, —
| Don’t forget or neglect to lie there. The
j cradle will be rocked to the tune of 200
majority.
, We are under renewed obligations to ihe
Hon. Alfred Iverson for valuable public doc
uments.
Mr. Tonchois’s Acceptance.
We publish in another column, the Letter of
Maj. llonklson accepting the nomination ten
dered him by the Philadelphia Convention, j
It is just such a document as unexpected from!
Mr. Dcneison, and is ccvtaii.ly ail tl at tlx pat
ty could desire from him.
Internal Commotion.— Serious convulsions
among the printers in the Exantim r Office on
Tuesday last, prevented the issue of that paper
on Wednesday morning. By yesterday’s paper
however, we arc happy to see that all difficul
ties have been satisfactorily adjusted, and the
work is again smoothly progressing.
Ibid the publisher been initiated into the
| arts and mysteries of typography by a five
years’ aprentieehip, commencing at Devil’s de
gree and regularly passed and raised, he would
have known better how to manage t lie “craft.”
Unpleasant—Bust.
Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday were un
pleasant days. The “North wind's chilly
breath” whistled through our streets raising
clouds ot dust, almost stifling those who had oc
casion to be out. In fact, our city Assessors
who are now “on duty.” came near ‘ tak
ing the value” of several pedestrians as real es
tate. Dry goods in houses unprotected suffered
immensely; and here we would drop a word of
caution to those contemplating building Store
Rooms. Jet the front openings be large and
filled with glass so that doors may be closed
during windy or very coid weather. 3t would
not only protect the goods but add greatly to the
comfort of customers and salesmen, and also
add beauty and elegance to our city. *
The “Skkojaek”
We noticed on Saturday evening last a fine
specimen of locomotive machinery which had
just arrived in our city, bearing the above name
and disigned for the freighting business on the
Western A Atlantic Rail Road. The Nicko
jack is a first class engine from Messrs. Danforth
& Cook; Patterson. N. J. The managers of
the Road deserve credit for placing such mo
tive power upon the Roud, and wc trust it
may not share the fate of some of its illustrious
predecessors. *
The Intelhgcaccr in noticing the arrival
of the "Niekojaek,” a splendid machine
for the W. & A. R. R., winds up with
a challange to all other Roads to show a
better equipment, and says that they have
“50 engines in working order.” We
thought the story incredible at first, but
finally concluded that the edito • meant
that they had about 30 in “order" to
work with, the remainder being in “order”
to work on. *
The State Council
Os Georgia, met at Macon on the 16th inst.
and'passed resolutions abolishing all signs, grips,
pass-words ifcc., but made no expression as to
the Philadelphia nominations. The attendance
was not large, but nearly every part of the
State was repusented. The members all ex
pressed themselves satisfied with the nomina
tions, and promised a warm support. The
proceedings will be found in another col
umn. *
Kansas i.v the House. —The Tcfritorial
Committee of the House of Representatives
have matured a bill providing for the admission
of Kansas into the Union with the free State
constitution adopted at Toprka.
Site Pickles, Ice.
Gur tltcmks arc due Mrs. S. C. Elam
of this city., for something very nice in the |
way'Of pickles. We found a few days ago !
thvoe speciinens of her putting up in our
sanctum, which consisted of one jar of
Mixed Pickles, one-of Beets nnil a jar of
Tomatoe saitee. They ure'C.tfjuisitgly nice
in appearance, and fully equal if not supc
#ol - i, flavo to aijy thing of the kind we
have tried. It is roflreshmgly pleasant to
be tho weipients of such kind donations, j
they combine so many
causes for appreciable merit. While they
are valuable in themselves, they afford j
incontestable evidence of a domestic enter-;
prise that is worthy of all praise. With [
soil, seeds and genial showers most of the;
“better fmlves” in the sunny south allow |
the golden harvest to pass and leave thicr
stores which should be full of “good things” i
empty, depending upon Yankee land for
their pickles and other extra’s which they
might have in abundance. Mrs. E. will
please cscqpt our thanks. *
Atlanta Medical iollrgc.
The second course of Lectures hi 'this new
and flourishing institution will commence on
Thursday next, the first day of May. The In
troductory Lecture to he delivered ac the City
Hall, at 10 o’clock A. M. oil that divjr, by Dr.
Alexander Means, professor of Chemistry anil
Pharmacy. The public generally is invited
to attend.
We are informed by one of the Faculty tlmt
the prospects of the 'College are flattering be
yond all anticipation, and that the class in at
tendance during the approaching session will
number between 150 and 200. Considering
the many disadvantages under which Ihe Col
lege has been placed, we cannot attribute this
extraordinary success in the beginning, and the
bright future that, awaits it, to anything but
the unquestioned ability of the Faculty, and
the uniting energy of the Board of Trustees.—
It is true that its location is the most favora
ble one South, hut this would be unavailable
without a faculty such as it lias. Dr. Means
brings with him an ability and influence of which
ihe College may well be proud and by which
it will be greatly benefitted. The College build
ing is progressing, and though the Legislature
refused the ineagre donation asked, success is
written upon the future of the Institution. It
will be a proud reflection for the citizens of At
lanta, and particularly those under whose fos
tering care it has been placed, when it shall
have surmounted al! difficulties and lived down
all prejudices, and taken a high and enviable
position among its sister institutions, that it
was done through its own merits, and not
through the lavish pampering of Legislative
ail. Wc say to it, Godspeed. *
Die Savannah Rci iiblir.au
This sterling and influential American
paper, has hoisted the names of Fillmore
and Dosndsou fur President nmrVicc Pres
ident. In its issue of tit*'- 2lift 'lust', we
; fin I the following in relat’dii to its posi
tion . This is right, and we trust that ev
ery paper in the State, .friendly to the
American cause, will at once hoist the
names, buckle on their armor and enter the,
contest enthusiastically. We have alrea
dy seen in Georgia to much flinching and
squirming, when such names as Fillmore
and Donelson arc before he country. Let
us have no more of it. Let every Ameri
can gird himself for the battle, and never
give up until Georgia is redeemed am] dis
enthralled; and the country wrested from
the clutches of a corrupt foreignism: *
“Having received assurances from n
soni-cp entitled to confidence, that Mr.
Fillmore will accept the nomination which
lias been tendered hint, and on terms en
tirely safe and satisfactory to the South,
i and just to every portion of the Union, we
this mornihg run up t<Spur masthead, his
name and that ot Mr Donolson, the latter
having already signified his acceptance.
;We take .this step upon our own respousi-
I bility and without a suggestion from any
j quarter, our information being such as to
leave ns no longer in doubt ns to to the
course which Air. Fillmore will pursue.—
We are satisfied, moreover, that the tick
et, presented is acceptable, not only to the
American party, but to conservative men,
irrespective of party; whether at the South
or the North.
“We shall give hereafter the reasons
which have inQueored us to this step.—
For the present we would only say, we
do not support Mr. Fillmore merely as
the nominee of an American convention,
nor yet ns an old Whig of the Clay and
Webster slicool, but upon the broad and
all-sufficient grounds of his tried ability,
bis unflinching honesty of purpose, and
his devotion to the Constitution and the
Union, as shown and illustrated by his
past model administration.”
The Georgia Rail Road has raised the pas- 1
senger fare, through, 50 cents, making it $5,50
between Atlanta anil Augusta. Thus the tar
iff which the up-c.olintry lias to pay on our sea
board lines of Road is being raised by degrees
as the ability to pay is increased by the indus
try and labor of the people. f
Atlanta .fferrnntUe Association!
After some delay the Constitution adopted
by the last meeting for the formation of this
Association has been written ont by the Com
mittee, or rather, one of the Committee, Mr.
J. B. Peck, and is now ready for the signature
of those who wish to become members. It will
be carried around by (he members of the Com
mittee. and we hope it will meet a general ap
proval and response, and that we shall soon
have another meeting, and soon have the op
portunity of visiting a Reading Room which
we learn is to be a visible and important sea-;
tnre of the Institution. There is nothing bet
ter in this world than joint action and co-oper
ation in a good tiling, and we can imagine noth
ing of the kind better adopted to the wants of
our community at the present time than a
Mercantile Association. f I
Atwrieunsfivcr half and quarter dollars, by
edict, are lienceforth to be worth only forty
and twenty cents on tbe island of Cuba. |
The Election on iflbnday.
It may sound a little strange,’but’lt is nev
erthoiess true that Know Notltlogisin Ims turn
led upunew in the precincts of Democracy. —
When‘President Gone issued his order for the
“Croft” to assemble at Macon on the T6th inst,
the Democratic press gave evident signs of
tremble, anil wailed us if the horrible scenes ol
3t.’Bartholomew were to be re-enacted on the
soil of'Georgia. At that time wc were not
atvarc of the cause of alarm, but the 7 rick play
ed off do Monday by life Democracy of this
city ’shows conclusively that the “dark lantern”
hail ‘been transl’ered to them, and that they are
now led by its dim light. Somebody wnscom
pletely "sold,” and we in the. plenitude of our
hoiiusSty shared u part of it. We, as did the
American party generally, eschewed party pre
fercnce and as wc thought, magnanimously
waived our power to t lie merits of the men and
a clear field, supposing of course that if the De
mocracy made a contest of it, they would not
follow in the wake of those whom they had
denounced time and again, as conspirators and
midnight assassins. But such is the fact, and
we now call upon the Americans to rally on
Saturday next. Let Sam’s hoys come out. and
show themselves and their power will be felt
‘by those who would not accept their maguamin
ly. The election on Saturday for J udge is a
strict party contest, and every American is ex
pected to do his duty. Let none fail to vote.
Hon. W. H. Underwood, who is the Ameri
can candidate, is a cordial supporter of the
American (principles—a venerable man whom
the party is proud of and will delight to hon
or. *
Our City and its Future.
A late number of the Intelligencer gives the
following figures, showing the steady and rapid
appreciation of the taxable property of our
] city.
Value of 1852. ISSI. 1851. 1855.
Iteal Estate. ,*653,894 J $1,044,292 I $1,872.45* I *2,101.358
I Merehan’m. 223,107 ] 281.752 j 843.490 J 371,252
jsi’el'rop’ty,! 249,903 J 349,910 ] 471.210 ] 530,916
This progress is certainly very gratifying.—
! linked, most remarkable! in view of the fact,
that the last crop has been the only really good
one for five years. The preceding short crops
[ had acted as a serious check upon our Coni
! metre, and prevented that activity in every de
partment of business which is always conse
: quent upon a prosperous agricultural interest.
Considering the vulue of Ileal Estate the same
i tiiis year as last, (and some recent sales would
I seem to indicate a considerable advance) and
the above statistic* show that investments made
I here in 1853 have paid thirty-seven per cent a
i i/car in the enhanced value of the property.—
This almost equals the stories told about the
North-West!
But satisfactory as has been our progress for
; the past four years, the future of Atlanta has
lat no time held out such promises as at the
i present moment. The organization of anew
; Bank in our midst, seeking exclusively a local
j business—the establishment of new Bank Agon
jcies in our city—the prospects for the AirL’ne
! Rail Road, with its Banking privileges—the
number of persons of cultivation and property
; seeking here a permanent abode—ail point
i most encouragingly and unmistakably to the
i future prosperity and importance of our city.
Middle Lrouml Rail-Road!
A Meeting of the. citizens of Spaulding re
specting tlie Middle Ground llail-road was lick!
in Griffin on tlie 19th inst., and a Convention
of its friends appointed to take place in Grif
fin ou tlie 21st of May next. This line of Road
is intended to extend from Covington to Grif
fin, and from Griffin to Columbus, a distance of
about 125 miles. The project is not without
ils merits and claims and will probably, some
: day, be carried out, Rai-roads are emphati
cally tlie great leading enterprises of the day.
and will lie so until all routes which promise a
profit on tlie investment in them are filled up.
Cur (toad 1
AVc have taken from time to time such notice
of the management and affairs of the Western
Sc Atlantic Rail-road as we thought just and
proper, and nothing more. That there lias been
gross mismanagement, emanating, as we be
lieve, front political truckling, there cannot be
the least doubt in ‘lie mind of any unprejudic
ed man fully acquainted with the facts. Dis
criminations, unjust and illiberal have been
made. Proscription for opinion's sake lias
been carried to a fearful and discreditable ex
tent, Carlcssness, too, has been apparent, and
resulted in some instances in injury to persons
and property, and may or perhaps has involved
the Road in interinineable difficulties. This
lust is attributable to too close a watch, by the
high officials, for the interests of the party , re
gardless of the interests of the Road, and in
this they have rendered themselves inexcusably
culpable.
But our present object is to correct an error
into which the Intelligencer seems to have fal
len. AVcek before last an article appeared in
their Daily commenting upon a paragraph we
published the week before, in relation to a “ big
day’s work.” In the first place we would tnen
j tion that it was not we that made out the day’s
1 work in question a big one, but the Intelligencer'
J itself. In the article called forth by our para
graph it says it was not a big day's work, and
that it has been equulledjinore than once. If this
he true, why did the Intelligencer take especial
notice of it ? But, to the error. In all at
tempts to repel our charges of corruption and
mismanagement, and ward off the blows we
have dealt the managers of the Road, this pa
per has held up the increase of business on the
Road. Now, we have never doubted the busi
i ness would increase, and we think it will still
increase; for this reason we have contended
that the proceeds of the Road should be applied
to its equipment, instead of going inio the
; Treasury for political purposes. Mr. Yonge
i made and published in his Report of 1853,
jsome very reasonable calculations in relation to
j the increase of business on the State Road, and
;we were satisfied at the time that they could
■be realized under proper management. While
we agree with our friends of the Intelligencer as
to the increase, we can never be brought to
] believe that the interests of the Road dentand
[ed the indiscriminate and immediate discharge
j of all employees who voted against Gov. John
son, but on the contrary, believe it operated
detrimental to its interests. And in tiiis tve
. have no doubt tbe Intelligencer will silently
| agree with us. *
Chickens coming Home to Roost!
Tlie effect of Democratic catering to foreign
influence lias been apparent to ns since the first
loving embrace look place. Foreigners were
very clever fellows, andquiteacceptable while
they would‘help their uSpirittitS into dffice b'y
their votes, and net precisely according to the
iilcfiifos-offhe file-leaders— giving no orders
but always obeying. Our Democratic friends,
as we thought had committed a fatal blunder in
their calculations of tlie foreign character and
disposition and certainly made a wide mistake
when they bbcorhe'foo loving. There are certain
characters to wflirtrti'ifyOu show the least sign of
friendship, you may expect 1o lie asked for the
•loan of a punter, and though'you may have
been'the cleverest fellow in all creation before,
siiOliifl you refuse the Stnali'favor, you afe trans
formed into a most unmitigated scamp. A lit
tle fumiriurity frequently gives trouble, und we
are quite certain that the Democratic parly
will suffer more harm from their familiarity
with foreigners than they can possibly be bene
fitted by it. When the programme has been
arranged by tlie “ fathers in I-rael” for the
Democratic play, it. would not be very comfort
able to have it knocked into “ pi ” hy foreign
ers, ami we should reasonably expect to hear
them denounced as troublesome fellows.
We have thought, and still think, that the
Democratic press are engaged in a work of su
perogation in trying to prove that foreigners
are not only as good citizens as native-born
Americans, but really better, and while wo had
our doubts about their convincing a single true
hearted American* however Democratic ho may
lie, that such was the fact, we never doubted
that they would convince tlie foreigners gener
ally of it. This idea of superority that t hey
hax’e forced upon foreigners will give themselves
more trouble than it ever has or ever can the
American party. A foretaste of what will in
evitably follow in large doses, may be found in
tiie following extract from ihe Pennsylvania! i,
a Buchanan paper. The foreigners are loyal
cousins while they combine to defeat Ameri
cans and no dangers are to bo apprehended
from their influence, but when tlie Democratic
ox is gored the matter must be looked into.—
Mr. Buchanan attended a dinner given by the
Lord Mayor of London, and expressed senti
ments that don't set well ail Irish stomachs,
especially when considered in connection with
Americans sentiments uttered long ago by him,
and recently at tlie primary elections in Phila
delphia for delegates t-o the Cincinnati Conven
tion. the aliens took the matter into their own
hands and migatized the votes of the native
Democracy, whereat tlie Pemisyliannm lets off;
“ The two prominent causes which led to tlie
organization of the Native party, and gave it
great strength, were the placing of candidates
in nomination, who possessed no one pre-requi
site fur office, and tlie indignation occasioned
by the moving of large gangs of unnaturalized
persons from poll to poli to rob, by their votes,
competent citizens of their rights. This latter
evil, wc regret to say, still exists. We have
been informed that it is the intention of a few
depraved and worthless members of the Demo
cratic party, to practice tiiis groat outrage at
some of the polls to-night, If such a great
wrong iie attempted, it should be resisted al
every hazard. The Democratic party cannot
be kept, intact, if tlie legal voters attached to it
are to lmve their votes rendered nugatory, by
the introduction of fraudulent tickets into the
j ballot-boxes voted by aliens. We should have
honesty at our primary elections, and wherever
lan alien attempts to’vote h? should tic prosceut
ed on the charge of inciting to a breach of the
: peace. We hope that ail good Democrats will
] resent the degradation that must attach to our
party, if unnaturalized voters attempt to con
trol our delegate elections,”
Time-Honored Democracy 1
Probably there is no word in any lan
guage which' has been us si to cause such a
multitude of wrongs, and under which, such
stupendous crimes both moral and political
have been committed as under the word De
mocracy. It has been the practice of political
knaves from the beginning of the world, when
they wished to gain power or overthrow liberty
itself to assume the word Democracy, or its
equivalent, under which to carry oa their ne
farious schemes. In the ancient. Greek Repub
lics wlmre the word, as now used, originated, it
was forever on the tongues of the conspirators
against Republicanism and the established
order of things, and no government, however
mild, equitable, or just could offer a guarantee
against its unhallowed use. Draco and I’issis
tratus raised themselves to power, and establish
ed their despotisms through its use and influ
ence. And Sylla and Marius in the Roman
Republic by its magic power up rooted Roman
liberty, and paved ’be way for the Roman Em
pire. Jnslius Caesar, when lie had conquered
Pompey the then head of the Roman Repub
lic, and when he had seized on the puolic treas
ury, was considered the greatest Democrat of
his age, and the diadem placed on his head by
Antony was despangled all over with Demo
cratic emblems, and for - more than three cen
turies thereafter Emperors who ruled with
despotic sway, seized and restrained the public
treasury, made peace and war. and butchered
the people of Rome by hcckatombs as Demo
crats, Emperors rose and fell, were made and
unmade as Democrats ; this was no fiction, but
the legitimate result, of genuine Democra
cy, in any large and populous country
For its true and inevitable tendency is to over
run and overthrow all Laws, all Constitutions,
and concentrate all authority and power in or.o
person. In a large and populous country it
can express itself, or realise itself in no other
way. Hence, it is the case, that the term is so
popular with demagogues, both small and great.
Hence, it becomes the term, and the catch
word under which the most shocking crimes are
committed, and the most stupendous wrongs in
flicted on society. There is not a crime in the
political calender which it has not sanctioned ;
there is but one short step, if any, between
genuine Democracy and genuine despotism, and
that step, if any, is anarchy itself—the step
ping stone to despotism. Louis Napoleon
found Democracy and despotism one and the
same. And yet it is through and by the use of
this word that the people are constantly duped,
deceived and hurried on from stage to stage
until all true liberty, and all their just rights
and privileges are overthrown, and all power
over life, property and everything sacred is con
centrated in the hands of despots; and it is
hardly to bo supposed, that the people of this
country are secure from such danger front such
a cause.
We have been led to refer to this defiinition,
use and history of the word lienocrsrcy. from
noticing the fierce J.iar tuw going On in and
about Washington, between the different fac
tions of what is termed the Democratic Party
of the United States. Hero we find them cull
ing ‘themselves Democrats, and tlie leaders of
Democracy So-called with the term of time-hon
ored Democracy constantly on their lips, wrang
ling and disputing openly through their organs
—their leading papers, and by public speeches—
wrangling not for t!ic*prineiples‘oE true liberty,
or for the rights of the.people to elliioSe whom
they please for their rulers, but wrangling
among themselves, they who arc enjoying tlie
patronage of Government, who amongst them
shall be put forward as their champion, simply
to be registered and confirmed by their partt
zans-us such. If this state of things taken in
connection with the history of the crimes of
commission and omission of this time honored
Detnocracyol the United States is not evidence of
a close assimulution to tlie ancient Democracy
to which we have referred, and is not carrying
the country to the sume end which ancient I)e
--tmcracy carried Greece and Rome, it is because
we have and may find a refuge and a support
for true liberty, in quarters and causes which
were never found in tlie ancient Republics.
A Large Lumber .Market !
In tlie Bangor Whig ty Courier, we find the
annual proceedings of the Mercantile Associa
tion of that city, and make from them the fob
lowing extract. From these statements, w 6
may form some idea of tlie sources of wealth
in our Eastern towns. This immense amount
of Lumber in Bangor is mostly used in enter
prises in New England, and that part of the
country which is said to have nothing for ejr
port but ice and granite. We, of the South,
however, are not unaware, and wc hope the
people of Bangor are net, that it is the Cotton
and Cotton business of the South, fat more
than any one cause, gives life and activity to the
industry of Bangor. We have not a doubt
that tlie negro labor of tlie Soutli contributes
quite as a much to the wealth of that city as to
the city of Atlanta, in the heart of Georgia,
We liopc the Whig If Courier will take this
subject into consideration during the approach
ing political campaign ■: f
“ The amount of lumber surveyed the past sea
son is as follows :
I’inc, 123,026.15" feelt
Spruce. 78.337.283
Hemlock, 10.305,753
211,669,193
Os this quantity, it is estimated there is now
on hand, say 30.000,000 feet Fine, 2,000.000
feet Spruce, and 1,000.000 Hemlock, nail they
estimate the amount of shipments from this
port as follows :
93.026.157 ft Pine, valued at 5i.116.313 83
76,337,283 “ Spruce, 610.698 26
9,30-5,763 “ Hemlock, 65,1-10 27
174,669,193 $1.792-,652,41
116,449.000 Shingles, 402,235 89
6.789,675 Clapboards, 149,265 33
75,151,700 Laths, ](11,353 25
2,693,000 Pickets. 23.911 45
5,192 Tons Juniper Timber, 36 552 00
37.258 Ship Knees. 70.658 78
1,713 Tons Pine Timber, 10.992 0,0
Masts and Spars, ~20,3015 09
46,500 R. li. Sleepers, 11.625 00
30,359 Cedar Posts. 3.(ii7 82
6,734 Golds Hemlock Bark, 40.424 00
62,000 Fish Barrels, 38,088 24
11,470.000 Bricks, 58.250 00
95.204 .‘Silk's Sole Leal her, 261,769 00
1,740.T0ns Roofing Slate, 34.800 <0
1,278 Tons Pig Iron, 38,340 UO
Making a total va’ne of $3,958 2-15 28
Although the articles placid in tins list' are
the leading articles of export, they by no means
constitute the total amount.
To the list may be added Sugar Box Shooks.
Hardwood ship timber and planks, Sash. Door
and Blind stuff. Oars, Fish Drums. Dry Casks,
Hoops, Steam Engines, Boilers and Machinery,
Packed Beet, Hides, Sheep Pelts, Wool. Brew
ed Sheep Skins, Furs, Shovel Handles, honk
ing Class and Picture Frames, Bedsteads. 4*c.,
&c., the sales of which would very materially
increase the aggregate of oar Exportations.”
Atrfall
We had never fully realized the weight of
responsibility that rests upon our shoulders as
a member of the American party, until we come
across the following in the Empire State. Thia
last deed of horror committed by the Americans
is“awful.” The victim was a Mr. Dembrinski,
who committed suicide in Savannah a short
time ago. lie Was a foreigner by birth, a loaf
er by profession, an ambitious adventurer by'
choice, and a fool by instinct as the last act of
his life proves beyond a donbt. But hear the
melting strain of the Griffin Editor:
“llow many melancholy reflections,” he asks,
are awakened in every philanthropic bosom in
contemplating the tragical end of this ill-l'atcd
young man. Educated to the profession of
arms, endowed with an instinctive love of lib
erty, and hatred of oppression, ho stakes and
loses his all in a doubtful contest. Invited by
the inducements held out to the victims of des
potism of all nations, he seeks an asylum on
this \\ estern Continent. On his arrival, he
finds his loudly cherished hopes of succor, blas
ted in the realization, becoming destitute of the
means ot honorable subsistence, unable to pro
cure honorable employment, & too proud to beg,
lie rushes into the arms of death as a refuge
from the ills which overwhelmed his reason &
dethroned his judgment. It seents to us that
this ought to teach a wholesome lesson to the
party which has for some time past been wag
ing a war against our foreign-born population.
This young man may have fallen a victim to
that spirit ot prejudice which has been engen
dered in the minds of our people by recent, po
litical movements. If so, an awful responsibili
ty is laid upon those who have fostered and en
couraged this intolerant spirit among our fel
low-citizens.”
A\ hy this “unfortunate young man” shoo’d
destroy himself in this country on account of
proscription by the American party, we
can’t lor the life of as divine; and if the Empire
State did not get its conclusions from an infalli
ble source, (the Dope of Rome) we shoatd con
clude it was mistaken. This “unfortunate young
man” “inspired by a love of liberty,” (a place
where he could live without work and steal with
impunity.) had emigrated to tins country, of
which the foreign Democracy have control
to a State where they are in power and to a
city where they hold entire stvny and destoryed j
himself for want of an office. Now in the face
of the fuct that the American party l ad no of
fices to bestow upon him. and the Democracy
had all, who is responsible for this deed of hor
ror? *
North Carolina has instructed her delegates
to the Cincinnati Convention to vote for Gen.
Fierce for re-nomination and for Mr. Dobbin
for A'ico President.