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From the A Vie Orl‘am Picinpmr. FROM THE COAS T OF CUBA. P'crilous situation of the Spanish man o 1 war Steamer Colon — (Jitexampletl tneannestol the Commander of a Span ish man-of war. — Bv ilie arrival ai Mo bile on Friday last of t lie schooner ftn sine. Capl. Locke, we team the following particulars ol (lie perilous situation in wliic li tlie Spanish war strainer Colon was recently found near Cape S in Antonin, llie western point of the Island n| Culm.’ Capi. Locke states that lie left the Is land ol Bn nan, on ilie Honduras coast, on the 22 I nit., bound for S,H annah with a load of Cocoa Nuts, frosts, Sl*\, arid that the 26tli, when ne;ir the Colorado reels oil’Cape San Antonio, he describ ed a steamer fas*, upon the reefs, with a signal of distress flying. He :u once bore for the vessel, and on corning alongside found her to he the Spanish war steanter Colon hard and fast, leaking b nifty near ly full nf water, and with little h >pe of being saved. Her capt ain had even give op all thought of getting her oft", or of saving her armament. C'apt. L. went immediately to work, and alter three or four days of incessant labor succeeded in landing not only tiie ermaineiit and am munition of t|ie Colon, lint her provisions, it seems that she hii been looking in close to the shore in search ol Cohan ins vaders, and wliiie th is engaged had got! on the reef. On the fourth day the Spatiish waj steamer Pi/.arro, consort of the Colon, catne op; but after several fruitless at tempts was imalde to g( t her olf. C'apt. Locke then set himself to work lamluic her coal, mid tins accompli.lied, the Pi’ 7.arm succeeded in hauling her oft’ tin reef. Although leaking ip the rate ol tour inches an hour, tiller getting afloat her largi crew were enabled to keep; hei free. After this, the Piznrro went inside of the reef, and look on board tile ai aurment, coal, Lie., landed by Copt. Locke ; but Lit was now found that she was also a iWroiiiid, in consequence of being loaded lOoJieavily atul ber cumnnuder as com pelled to call upon the C.qjt. of the Ro aine t* lighten ‘i’tiis occupied nnu|kM*td'ufyv -•*.king fi"drt}'s in all that Copt Locke had been at work in relieving (lie two vessels, That lit* sav e,l t!ie Colon, if the fact narrated be trn**, there cannot be a <loubt, and we no rea* •on to question a single word that has been told In ns. After b >tli tbe Spanish stearrtPrs were alloat, tviili all their arinuniciit, provi sions, coal &e., on board, tlie commander ol the Colon sent lor Copt. Lot kte to com pensate him fur his services. After a few words, the Spanish officer asked Capt. L. what he thought would lie a fair jit ice to him, and on being told that twenty-fit * ihonsand dollars would be no more than a fair salvage, the Spaniard offered him five hundred. This pitiful sum Copt. L. of course refused, when the commander ol the Colon, alter staling, hat Ins Gov, eminent would not pay any more, offer ed him two handled dollars in addition oii| ■ol his own pocket, ’lbis was also relus- Jhl, und Capt. li. coolly pulling on Ins I “hat, withdrew 10 his scljonuer, and as l.e j was blunt of water put up for Mobile,! where, as has been already staled, hears! rived on Friday last. Such are the particulars of this nflair, ns we have them from good reliable au thority. We lurthcr learn that Captain! Locke, under the advice of an agent of the undertv l iters at Mobile, lias bad a foil statement made out ami sent to Mr. Web ster, Secretary of State, at Washington. The Colon was built in England, we lie- i lit'vc, and especially lor the Spanish Gov-i eminent, Her cost, wit li her armament, : tvas over $u00,900, and, as she is not two years old, she may hfc said to be still us good as new. We believe that tuen ty-tive per cent, is the lowe-t salvage ev er awarded, and even admiiing tlie vest sel was not w nth over $200,000, the captain od the Kusine, accoiding to the laws o.P customs of all nations, would he entitled to $50,000, so that Ids demand upon the Spanish captain was extremely moderate. The latter was undoubtedly anxious that bis Government should be let off a* cheaply as possible, in order to cover his own misfortune An getlihg the Colon ashore. TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA. The reason why a Constitution il Union paitv has not been formed in is, because nine tenths ol belli ol the oid parlies are Consiiluiion.il Union men, who will act with the National Constitutional Union for ty against tile disunionisU of the South, mid the abolitionists of the Not tli. The present -ontesl in that State is a mere State election, ohg nothing national in the organization both pa,side, unless it is the unanimity of Compromise their resolution to support the Advocate tlioriftpureS ol Congress. file ; •elf-styled Southern that (here is no j see— in Tenues- j of Constitutional Union rae ‘^ i,s * oei ' ,liH ” j cannot muster a corporal’s U rd .^f cssu, “ 1 ennessee boys. ° Umc .| M j We give below an extran r in relation to the political history of a gen tleman who we at One time greatly admired las an American statesman. It speaks lor it- I self: [ Fin Union. ‘The ahuliiiiiiiists of the North desire a [a dissolution of the Union because, the Com I stimtiou of tlie Uriited States is a barrier to • their schemes of emancipation; Hnd,>inco the days nf Nullification, ambitious men of j the South have desired a dissolution ol the ! Union, because, by this course in reference j to the questions of that period, they forfeited j till prospects of attaining the highest offices lof die Union. 1 have no desire to'do iiijiis ’ iicc to the living or tho dead ; bnf l ‘must speak m\ Opinions. Let them pass for what 1 diev nro'worth. It is my opinion that the lute distinguished Senator of- .South Carolina (Mr. Calhoun) was from the first day that lie entered public life to the day of death, mor bidly ambitions to reach the Presidency ofthe United Stales ; and litis las t is line key which opens to a lull comprehension of his public lilo. Though gifted with genius in mi extra ordinary cleg I ee, in my opinion bo was a mo nomaniac in all tliai related to his aspirin ions to tin- ft residency, and bis whole public life bad reference to that predominant and con trolling aspiration. I believe lie was holiest and sincere, for the lime tu- ieg, in the opin ions which lie espres'u-il and the policy lie ad vocated. Like niost other aspitants to the [Residency, lie believed that in be h-si for iiis country - w hich tended most to make him its President. When by Ids quarrel with Ceqeral Jackson be brought down upon jiim.. Sell ifio crushing pjjlltlmity of that great la ’ voritc- of the people with sot’l.jairce as to coni tile.i-l v alight |ii.s prospects tor the Presiu. n cy,lo.i> intensely ambitions to despair ol bis ob ject, he determined, as a last forlorn hope, to make -one iniglnv ett- t to unite and rally and eoeceiilrate the sLveln, fling States up on some issur: purely sectional in its cn.;r..c... icr. Nullification, resistance to the rev* .me laws of the Government, was the fust plan which this purpose assumed. The. rest)! 1 of this lit-11 xjieriun ut wtc- extremely disastrous to bis hopes. It hrmiffia a deeper gloom over Itts prospects, and plunged him deeper mm despair, Hot lie was a matt that never despaired. He determined to scire the ques tion of negro stealing lit the Southern States | that question which almost prevented the iormtuoo of die Union—and make ii the jnynns of exciting, influencing, and uniting Mutes in a sectional furor, of which Ini i’htiiuueJ to be tho ‘ head and from;’ andlhds he expiijiJ to command the sop port, as allies, el a sufficient iitoil*r ol North eri) Stales to become the proLdeiit ol the United States. If be could plisltcd this object. Ids ambition would kwvej lice:, satisfied, and 1 believe be would have been an excellent Union man, and one of the bi t Presidents that ever held that high office. I think lie would have chosen to he the Pres, ideal of the United -states if he could ; hut I think his alternate, was to bo the President of a Southern Confederacy. And ho was, in my opinion, a Uniotfor Disunion man, as, iu his estimation, his hopes and prospects rose oi sunk in reference to those objects. Gentlemen, though yet a young man, hy the favor ofthe people 1 have teen lorn con sider able period of time n member of Cuii- | gtess of ihe United States, and, though ! quiet member, 1 think I have not been ao I unobservant one. 1 think 1 have observed., j ami studied with some success, the public , mOh of the country; and l know that me ! distinguished Senator to whom I un> refer line loss labored for leu y ears past, with ail the address and talent which belonged to ! hint, to impress the conviction upon the minds of Southern members ot Congress that lllti Soutlu.uti Stales possessed within them | selves all llm elements of u great and power ful republic; and lli.il, separated from the 1 Northern States, they would become one of I die most prosperous and powerful hutitW*,*!’ j die earth, / ; A short time after the election of General j Taylor to the Presidency, a meeting of the Soulliein menibeis ol Congress was cubed, |l 1) teikt* into consideration the dangers, linn ! menaced es as connected With tile questions ! mixing out of tin: acquisition of Territory hum Mexico. Opposed to all movements md organizations ol a.pointy setiiomd char acter, t i closed to attend the meeting. Hut, ; though absent,’ Governor MetCitflo, of K: n turky, who presided on the occasion, appoin ted me mum of a committed of u hicli Mr. ©till. ; huilti was Chairman, which Was t longed with tin: duty of preparing an address to Iho coon., try. i attended thu meetings ol that com , mntee. The i naraetei ol tin* address, prt - pned by Mr. Calhoun and submitted to the i tuliiiiiillt e, as well as other developments, I sirongilieiied and coufnnied my ptevimis : conviction tiial the lininii would presently bu a. sunlled by a formidable and w ide-spread ito g a niz i lion. Tilt: address, a tier being con jsidtrably mollified, was finally signed by i ni.inv Southern members of Congress, and ; published to llm country. The legislative proceedings of South Carolina, Mississippi, j and Georgia, pioviding hy law for Stole Conventions—the Nashville Convention, with j ii s ‘ iirginm nt lot disunion’ mid its recoin , tin mlalion ofiho election of a Congress com- I pooul exclusively of members ft out slaveliold j mg Stales —were the imtural mid legitimate ! offspring of the address to vvhic,i I reler. It J was witii feelings of homiliated pride, us a I Tenm-sseim, that I, read in the Charleston newspaper Mr. Rhelt’s oflensive boast, in n is,,, cell which lie nude reporting to Mouth Carolina tin: effects of the Nashville Con vention, that Tennessee wheeled into linn in ! two days! Wheeled into wl.at line? Luo die lino of Rebellion and'Rreasun ? Disit ! moil and Civil War ? 1 deny il. TVnnes | see has not taken and will not take position | iii any such linn. Teont-sset’ was not in the ’ Convention. True, there were in that Con veri'ion respectable and distinguished citi zens of llm State, but a sufficient number of Die people dik not co operate in sending them ! to impart to them the character of rep r,,,<,n’ dves. They were essentially volun tcers. Doubtless there were patriotic.citizens iii that Convention, vvlio were as to the final result aimed jgl>Mte clTOaeons. Bat this re mark, cnimit to distinguish ed public men ul thasiay, and conspicuously _,-d in public aifiiis. Such diameters as these must iffve known into wlia! line thev ivew nWlffvhcdled ; and they must not be. twitted to shrink ‘from the responsibility which they have cuutled. The loyal and Union-loving people’ of Tennessee, Whigs 1 and Demociais, must not permit tiie honors of tin* State to be conferred upon them.— - Whatever casualties may befall the Whigs in the next election, they will at least have pow er enough in tho legislature to prevent such ; a result ; and hope the purpose will be uni versal among tire in not to o'onfei the honors of the State upon any who have been in guil ty dalliance with the harlot ol Disunion. No explanatory cards, -nor ambiguous speeches, m ade and published after the Convention had adjourned and dispersed, can obtain absolu tion for them. Tennessee must stamp her disapprobation Upon them, in characters us | iudellible as those with which God imprinted j his curse upon Cain.’ The Snake Still Alive. — The Atlas of j Monigomea \, \!a. conies to us re-christened j wit li the additional name of tilts ‘Secession Banner.’ The flag is ntifulred to the winds, and the docit ine openly avowed that our Sis j ter Stale bovond the Chattahoochee shall go - out ofthtj Union. This is brave talk: but ■.vo take it for granted that the editor there, like some of bis co-laborers in tins section, will soon be compelled to acknowledge rival , bis leaders are nut with him in his madness. The * Secession Batmei ! Just think oi it. In this enlighten* and ace, in a State like Ala bama, rich m all the productions 61 the finest : soil in tile Smith, her people living under the - best gbvt i mneiit on earth, not one ol whom 1 would exchmigo it for the poverty anjjtlhisi!- cy of any other, and yet they ate,told to wil fully and deliberately all, and go off in search* (if a pour, contemptible, feeblm separate existence. Whyt would become or j them ? Some of het distinguished citizens i suppose that f n gland would take them tin.. ! der !.r■ t ir11111).■ tly protection, This would be : a beautiful suite’ of things. We tire Geur- I gla'iis and live ill a stone's throw of Alabama, 1 know a large portion of her citizens; hot con fess we do not know one of them, and have no desire to know one who prefers the pro ! lection of Luglatid to ilie Government under which we in cuintnun live. Is there a sin ! glo omi. in connection with the subject we de sire to allude to the same idea suggested recently by Mr. Seabnmli, late Governor ol"South Carolina. lie thinks that his State has a right to secede, and if the gov ■emmtfcnUttll. tltiss-tiviJAU:v aucmins to tr>- lorce the las% conflict will lal^ ; h*ce with England. Tliai motherly country it seettis, is in j'rolect South Cttrolina as well as Alabama. Is this the dependence of tiie seceders ? ‘Do they intend to throw off the government of iliis country, break up the union and look to Eng land foi succor and safety ? in live lan guage ofthe clown we are induced to ex claim, * Mississippi Catfish!’ Who did E gland ever protect? What people ever tell beneath her lion's paw without being crushed anil destroyed ? Go to the withered fields of irehnid, nud ask her perishing population ; go to the pro vinces ol plundered India, and visit the down-trodden people there. Their an swer will be the same. And yet a nation ; that lias oppressed every body else, is loj step in now at this late day and shield the j freemen of this country Iroin the wither ing power in this Republican Govern- j meat ! Tell it not in Cunrleston, publish it not in the streets of Montgomery. Cvfunius Enquirer, Wc are indebted to the Watertown (N. G.) News, lor the following advertisement which was posted up it) a tavern in New bern, while the legislature was in stssi in at that place. Mine host, it seems, was an honest well meaning fellow, who hail conceived the idea that the members were the very salt of the earth, and had listen ed to the complaints of certain ol them relative to the doings of a few wilder ehareeters, who did not belong to their fraternity. Here is the notice which he posted in the most conspicuous place in the house, •Look Here! —The follow ing rules of order will herealler be observed in this Hotel: —Members <d the assembly will go to the table first and the gentlemen aller wurtTs.’ Alter reading it over he did not ex actly like it*. It uian’t say anything about .rowdies and blackguards, so to caution them pariiitilar.y he a titled: •ivtUit lima, rowdies and blackguards will please not mix with the Members, as il is uard to tell one from the other.’ I St. Jago Dii Cuba, May 7,1851. A number, of arrests have been made at St. Jago de Cuba. Papers were taken which.discovered a plot to commence an insurrection while on the grand parade, and the insurgents bad taken to, capture the It ad quarters of the city and to scciiie the Inndintt ol Garibaldi, with 3000 men. At (lie same time Lopez would have affected bis landing in some pan of Havana. The Judge alter hav ing concl ded the proceedings sentenced to de ill) lour, and to perpetual punish ment three of the principal officers; and to ten years hard labor a sergt. of the gar rison and two privates. The traitor who betrayed them was released. This sen tence has been approved by the Captain General at Havana. —Sar Netrx. THE SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN. A. C. SCOTT, EDITOR. - OGLETHORPE. THURSDAY, MAY 29. 18.51. Agents fovtlic Soiilji-West Georgian Spencer Caldwell,” Foss Gaines, Ga Jeter A. Ilouua, luarmrnpicus, do. J. P. Gaui.den, liainbridgedu. Col. Wm. T. Perains, Cuthbert, etp. (!. Caritiiers, Esq. Cpt/ibert, drfm Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Let co. do. Dr. Wm. fll. Stokes, Dooly co. do. M. L. IbiLMA.N, lironksvillf., Stew'rt do. A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do. John W. Griffin, Griffin, do. J. TANARUS, May, Erajicisei/le, do. We call the attention of the traveling pulfl lie to the advertisement of S. S. BooneJw nnothet column. Mr. Boone keepsungpe cellent public house. Mr. C. F. Sheliane, the celehAfed Uni versalis:, will be in this place ALftTu st Tues day night aftet the fust Sutßfy in June, which is next Tuesday night, and will, du ring Ids stay if ihoindyexpedient, speak two or three limes. (t/ = ‘ Tiie opemayP’ the South Western Rail-Roatl tojfort Valley will be celebrated atW|) on the 31st inst. 11 We saw, tho other day, a specinten of lime, burned within a mile of this place. It was as fine ns any lime we have ever seen. It was discovered on the premises of -Mr. Armstrong, by John Harris who is now ma king preparations to manufacture several thou<and bushels. This is a valuable addition to the many facilities for building in Ogle tlvorpe. (t/’Wc would call attention to the adver tisement announcing the “Pavilion House” for sale, which may be found in another col umn. It is a large and well finished house* situated near the Depot, on the corner of Macon and Crescent Sts. It is an excellent stand for any one who desires to keep Hotel on a large scale. in the “Southern Democrat,” that the editor commences a big boo lioo ver some remarks made about South Car olina, which appeared in the Georgian some vveeks to the secession of that State from tha Union, and the Charles ton Convention. It is true we said some thing in relation tc the Convention, only to convey the idea that its action might he con sidered indicative of the course South Car olina would pursue in that matter. It was well known to us and we suppose to every one who reads, that the action of that con vention would not be final, and if we are not mistaken, the Legislature of South Carolina authorised the convention to be held and ap pointed a lime for that especial purpose. One would suppose the action of that Con vention would have a great deal to do with the final action State, from the Address, and the high standing of those gentlemen who composed it. In the address, may be found the following: “But we find ourselves forced to consider the ulterior question, what we are to do, if we find that there is no reasonable hope for the co-operation of any other Southern States in any effectual plan of rcli-f, and the alternative is presented to us of submitting or acting by ourselves. And reluctant as we ate to seperute ourselves from our natural allies, we have made up our minds we cannot submit. “We know that South Carolina entered this confederacy as a sovereign and indepen dent Slate, and that having been wronged, she has a perfect right to withdraw from it, her sons must exercise that right and meet the consequences. If no other State will join us in relieving ourselves from the wrongs already inflicted we see no hope in waiting for new outrages to arouse a higher spirit of resistance.” If such sentiments as these come from men who have been chosen from each district in the State, what can be expected but seces sion. We see further that thu Hon. J. L. Oir nfiWed the following resolution with the minOcßy report, which was rejected: “ Resolved , that, feeling entire confidence in the constitutional organs of onr Slate Govet nmem and the wisdom and fidelity of l the convention elected under the act passed jat the Legislature, we are perfectly willing i to leave to them the mode and measures of i redress for the wrong* we have suffered from the Federal Government as well as the time of its application and without indicating or suggesting the course it behooves them to pursue. We hereby pledge ourselves to abide by their action, whether the same shall be for secession from the Union, with or without the co-operation of other Southern .States.” It appears that the Convention met, at Charleston, to lay down a platform for the Southern Rights party, based upon seccssi ort and the course pursued when the resolutions of Mr. Orr were introduced it seems that the Constitutional Convention was to .be denied the right of action. We ato aware that the Charleston Con vention lias no legal authority to declare that any thing shall be done or not done, although, (lie sovreign people have a right meet in Convention at any lime and*ex press their views on any subject. gM What was the object of the CbaHJßp” Convention? Did it assemble for will its action have no influence aHßP'peo ple of that State? district, its most some of them too the strongest atßUftfes of secession? It must have been and no doubt will influen&Hfee people. We tire of pIMHR that the majority fpport and resdWTopT'f the Convention will be to by the approaching con- and also by the Legislature when it assembles. The State Rail-Road. —We have de precated more than once the sale of this pub., lie work, which in good hands would prove to be great public benefit. We insert this morning an excellent communication from an esteemed friend, residing in the interior, who is second to few men in the State in in telligence, nnJ to none in patriotism. To its perusal we invite the earnest attention of our readers. And we would take it as an especial favor (which we will repay them at any lime in kind) if our contemporaries in this State will give it a place in their coL umns. What wo sn v is this : Let the next Leg islature appropropriate as much as may be necessary—say nearly one million of dollars for anew superstructure for this road.— That will cause the capital stock to ascend to, say, five millions of dollars. Almost im mediately after the Nashville &■ Chattanoo ga and Knoxville Roads nre opened, to say nothing of the Memphis Road, our State Road will pay from 8 to 10 per cent, on that in vestment. This will provide for a system of ■ common Schools. This will liquidate the debt of the State. What is necessary to this end, the road once being in ordet ? Simply the appointment of a competent man to be en gineer and superintendent, with a competent salary—who shall take care to surround him self with administrative officers held to u strcl system of accountability, This is the only thing to be done. Public affairs must be administered by public men. The mon ey ol’tlie Stato will not take legs and walk away if it is in live Road. It has done so, being in the Treasury, and it may do so a gain. We a*e surprised at the lamentable want of faith exhibited in this great work, — It is indeed bard that it should bear all the sins of a temporary nial-adntinistration. We say, then, let a voice go up from the State of Georgia, irrespective of all parties. THE STATE ROAD MUST NOT BE SOLD. Let the record never be entered up against ilie State of Georgia, that her Legislature will not make(fill necessary appropriations to the work, and that she cannot find men hon est enough, and capable enough to manage with honor and credit this one—this single internal improvement belonging to her. Unblushing Avowal, The Hon, R. 13. ftltett, U. S. Senator from South Carolina deliverer! a speech, April the 7ih, before the ‘State Rights Association’ of Charleston, which for recklessness and daring ‘out Herods Her od.” He advocates the secession of Car olina, alone , and ‘lays the flattering mic tion to his soul,” that it can he done as easy as f alling off a log, and to the cer tain elevation of the power and glory of that commonwealth! The picture he draws of the commercial prosperity of Charleston, in that event, from her free trade with (he Southern States and the rest of mankind, in general,—has in it about as much reality as Mr. Spencer’s subject enjoyed, the other day, in thinking himself the possessor ol SIOO 000 worth ol gold dust! ’Tis a delusive enchant ment which one wave of the magic wand of the President will disipatc like the mists of the morning before the rising god 111 day! But we wish to call the attention ofour readers to the moral tone of his docu ment. As if tieasoti to the Union was not wicked enough, Mr. Rlietl strong ly intimates that the smuggling trade will he honoruble means (or keeping and ex tending the trade of Charleston with ad jaceni States. Hear what this immaculate statesman says on this point:— Citizen. ‘We will have nothing to do with spy ing or fighting. No controversy with the General Government, or its officers. We have goods to sell, twenty per cent cheaper than they can he obtained in New York, or in any port in the Union —that is all. We will neither force oth er people to buy them, nor enter other States to sell them, The trade, il it‘ex ists, w ill be at the option of those who think proper to come to us and buy our * goods. Relations of entire amity, and of mutual benefit, not of hostility or injury, will thus exist, between us and the South ern Stntes, I am inclined to think the trade of our merchants, under such cir ( cuinstances, will not become quite exfm’ j guished. lam inclined to think that ik I same stale of things which now exist J| our Canada frontier, under the skilful ad-1 dress of our Y ankee mends, will also utiM vail alnn-v the frontiers of South CaroM na. Twenty per cent will not good 1 on an imaginary fronl^^hj^gives i m .S JjjgfgMff as well! rfo inert s wits, h will not destroy ty tree in going out as ip entering ouri State.’ 8 Blockade hy Uncle Sam, Mr. Rhettl scouts with scorn, and thinks lightly of! the government to protect the frontier of Palmetto down from invasion hy traders and waggonners! In conclusion, this chief conspirator, in the ‘Grand dfatna of Revolution,’ thus discourses; “ivty counsel is, secede from the Union of these United States. ‘At every hazgard and to the last extremity, secede.’ If I was ntuv about to draw nty last breath, with that breath I would exhort you to secede. And, above all, my friends, let us be united in secession. Our disunion alone will tempt an efTor. at coersion. Our disunion can alone bring us defeat. Let us be charitable to each oilier; and hold every man to be a brother, who agrees with ns as to the wrongs we have endured, and is Intent on redressing them. When the State Convention shall deter mine on the mode of redress—when it withdraws this Slate from the Union, all these will be with ns; and in their gener ous rivalry for the maintenance of the honor and liberty of South Carolina, they will perhaps surpass us all, iu patriotic energy and usefulness, Unite —and untie in secession, and with God’s blessing-re demption is in hand for us and ours.’ Will South Carolina let this reckless preacher of treason to the Union lend Iter on to sudden and certain destruction?— will she suffer herself to he the first link severed in the great chain of Union which lias so long bound us together, giv ing ns a power which strikes oilier na tions with teror, and effectually wards off all attempts of invasion by foreign fvVfcg? Will sl e consent to lay herself liable to be assailed bv some foreign power, per-1 haps conquered by the mother country anl brought under submission to the British Government? Our sister South Carolina should recollect that when she cuts her: elf loose front us, and establishes a little independent Republic of her own site cannot longer claim our protection; If she becomes involved in difficnllic will have to defend herself and like the fabled rods, when separated from tho bundle, she will he easily overcome and forever crushed, She should ‘look be - she leaps’ from prosperity to ruin. There are those in Georgia, we arc sorry to say, would have her to follow Sou.lt Carolina’s example, but the num ber is 100 small to excite fear in those w lm desire to see her prosperity long perpetu ated. Iler people, in our opinion have too much sense to place her in a state of anarchy. WHAT WILL THEY DO? What will the ‘Southern Rights R - ptiblican and Union Secession Party’ do ,t its approaching convention? VVill it attempt to reconstruct the decayed and worn-out old party platform, or will it new rnTrtri'P, I T>f■ 11 1hern Rights’ pitch-pine, which will one winks at it? These are qbritions we often hear propounded. *YVe ! are un able to answel* them ourselves, aril doubt very much whether the resistance leaders themselves ran do. The delegates from Richmond, Muscogee, Scriven, atidsnnie other counties—the fire-worshiping Ga ines—will demand something coinbusli ble and explosive in its character,* ahils others will he for gathering up the scat tered and broken fragments of tht-ir nns cient platform, and making a Rickety patchwork of the ‘ JYJilledgeville Regen cy’ to stand on. We have already said we are unable to tell what the convention will do. We are confident, however, that the idea wo once entertained by the leaders of adopt ing the plot form laid down by the Union convention last winter, and we do not think il Ims been entirely abandoned yet. It is certain the time of holding their cun ; vention was changed from the second Monday in June to the last of May, with the view, it is believed, of forestall.ug in some way the action of the Union con vention. it is also certain • lie lime the ‘ Milledgeville Regency’ dev termined upon this change, there were frequent significant allusions in the resis tance presses to the propriety of adopting the Union platform, just as if the sugges tion had been confidentially thrown out by the Regency for feeling the party’s pulse. We should he rejoiced to see the convention pursue such a course, in sin cerity, but apprehend that the discordant elements of which it will be composed will prevent it. Unionists and disunionislt, time serving politicians and reckless rev olutionists can nevir be brought to together in harmony.