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Judge McDonald My ear* ago* ‘Asa Union man(xGuv. McDonald) repudiated nulifiration as a political her sy unauthorized, as Mr. Madison affirm ed, bv that platform, while be re.-ogui aed secession when occasion should de ‘"and it.’ [F/. ‘Union- Asa Union man, be repudiated notifi cation, clitl he ? Ate. be did more than that. JJe sustained Gen. Jackson’s pro clamation; that proclamaih n which de nied both the right of unification ami the right of secession, and which threatened to cicute the federal laws in spite of the mil ideation or secession of South Carolina. This is not all he did as a Union man of that clay. In repudiating nulifirniioti he repudiated the Kentiirdy Resolutions, of Jefferson, which nssrrted the doctrine; those very resolutions which the late Southern Rights Convention adopted as its platform, and upon which the ex-Guv ernor and his party now stand—he, as a Union man, repudiated in the days of Ol nulificatioi). iie asserted the right of secession.— We could successfully defy the Federal •Union or any other press to prove that ‘Gov. McDonald or any Union man m the clays ol South Carolina nulificatiou, asserted such right. They asserted the right of revolution as the Conslismioii.il Union party now maintain it. Rot that the framers of the Constitution, contem plated the withdrawal of any State at its pleasure from the compact, without re gard to the tights of the other State, is a doctrine, whic h through Gov. McDonald embraces it now, lie and alloiher Union men, in forrtne days, united with Gener al Jackson, in repudiating. The inconsistencies and contradictions of the Southern Rights Convention are remarkable for their absurdities. The Secession party occupies new ground in the history of our country, and they were afraid to avow it. They wished to get upon some-ihing T C( ,gni S ed as orthodox. They evinced a desire to rest upon some authority, and h>! th ‘y attempted to jump failed. They leaped clear over that plat form and landed upon that of secession.— Any one who has read these resolutions knows that no such right is asserted in them. And yet, after this remarkable leap, the conventionisis turned round and affirmed that they saw it so set down in the resolutions. This is not all—they went to work and nominated a candidate whose former principles were antagonistic to this very platfirm whic h they have overleaped. Who sustained Gen. J.ick son when he threatened ‘Jf Smith Caroli na nidified or sereetled, to execute feder al laws in that Slate by force if neces sary ? All great men should be allowed one or two radical changes of principle in a lifetime. All our statesman, nearly have exerised the privilege, and we do not see any good reasons why it should be de nied to Governor McDonald. He t one time believed that resistance, utilifi cation, secession, were synonymous to treason, anti was prepared in see sentence passed under the administration of Jm k son as it was under that nf ‘VasliiiiL'tnn. He now thinks that resistance, nulifica, lion, secession, are synonyms of patri otic son’s anti all who occupy Jackson’s Washington’s, Midison’s—Gov. .McDon ald’s former position, are federalists, rnn snlidalionists, because they say as was said during the former attempt of South Carolina to break up the Government the Union must anti shall be preserved. Verily the world’s a stage and men and women merely players. Would it not be well to pass a law compelling each man to play out bis part. We merely throw out the suggestion from the conviction that such a law would avoid much confusion. Marietta Union. Tiie ball in motion in South Caroli na.— We learn from the Greevuille Patriot that there were four thousand person pres ent at the great anti-secession celebration, in that place, on the 4th of Julv. Vardy Ale. Bee , ‘who was old enough and near enougii to hear and remenber the guns at the battle of the Cnwpens, was called to the chair.— Rev. Wm. Capers, son ol tie* venerable Bish op Capers, offered up an appropriate and eloquent prayer—after which Capt. J. W. Brooks read the farewell address of Wash ingtion. Patriotic ode, from the Rev. Thos. Frean and addressed to the ‘Mountain Men,’ was next read. Gen. Thompson, who had Been selected for the occason, then proceed ed to address the vast multitude in an able and patriotic speech. An address and resolutions, opposing the contemplated secession of South Carolina wero unanimously adopted. Speaking of tho celebration, the Patriot says: ‘The ball is in motion, and will roll on till it passes through the length and breadth of the State. Spartanburg will give it a thou aand licks on sale-day in August. Your and Chester will follow suit. The dcath-kneil of secession has been rung. The people of So tilt Carolina have recovered from the panic which passed over them last winter.— In less than two years secession will be laughed at in this State. The people will talk of it as a drunken man does of his odd freaks and fooleries when sobered. They will wonder how they ovor could Itavo been an deluded/ ! From the Greenville (S.'U.) Patriot. THE COUNT ¥ SECEDING FROM THE STATE. Messrs. Editor : —Will you please give room, in the columns of your paper, to a few words from thr District of Horry ? Has a State a right to secede from the UnkNt, is the question of the day. And. not I only a majority of the SO called free presses has decided that she has that right, hot the body politic, recently assembled in Charles ton, called and known by the name of a Convention, lias, after due, deliberate, and CHipful consideration,come to the* conclusion that the State, to all intents and purposes, does possess that right. An argument used to sustain this position is that the States create the Federal Govern ment, as a natural consequence, tlie creator must bet greater than the created ; therefore, the State’ Government being greater than the Federal Government, a State has the right to secede and the General Government has not the right to interfere or molest in any way whatever. We take it for granted that these position. are admitted for truths. A if they are aj milled as facts, the conspquenres naturally follow that as it is necessary fur States to constitute: the Fed eral Government so in deed it is equally necessary that districts and counties are very necessary ingredients in the creating of States. Therefore, having admitted the facts that States may withdraw from the Confederacy at ihtir option, without harm 01 molestation, wo assume the position that districts have e qually a perfect and guarantied a right to withdraw, or in more fashionable terms, se.. cede from a State, as that State has to secede from the Union. You now see the position we occupy.— We claim the privilege of secession, and our interest demands that we withdraw from the State of South Carolina. Not with the vain arifr presumptuous expectation of be coming a mighty republic, feeding the starv ing nations of the world on the surplus rev enue collected by a duty of 10 per cent.— levied on the imports of all goods brought into the Rebublic of Horry. No, we are not so Hmbitious as to seek to make the world quail liefroe us, but we will be content to b” admitted as a county in the Slate of North Carolina. Yes, we will be in favor of initue- diate annexation. Indeed, we assume the right that the State now seems-iletermined in adopt for the future course, viz : to choosw plssKctors for our selves. And who shall this protector be? The State seems to pr efer .fee protection of England, but our father, Peter Horry, fought, and that manfully, too, to deliver os from that tyrannical power, and with pride we record the fact that we are not undutiful sons, and still wish to preserve our inheri tance unsullied ; for this reason we prefer seeking the protection of North Carolina.— Wo were once ail under the same colonial government, ami will again be proud to he adopted as her son. Besides we believe our persons and pr< perty wilt be more Secure under her protection than the protection of Great Britain. There are other reasons which cause us to look to North Carolina for protection : We are closely allied in a nat ural sense. Her coast border on nearly one half of ours, and if we are annexed to her, the Great and Little Pee Dee rivers will must effectually divide us from die Republic of South Carolina : our products are nearly or quite similar ; our forest growth the same; and already her industrious sons are coming in among us with their property, extracting the turpentine from our trees, and rausing us to becomeing apt in this art, thereby reveal ing to us the hidden wealth of our land, and causing us to become more rich and lily. We are more prosperous than we have ever been. Why should the State seek to drag us into utter ruin with our sister districts? We most solemnly and earnestly protest against such proceeding, end say we have no part in them. We do net think the State will doubt our courage, and say we are fainted hearten and fear the contest that may come. No, we think the noble spirits that animated die sons of Horry in the time of the Floiida war, is yet with them, and North Carolina, we feel happy to say, if cause should be given would feel proud to own us as her sons. We are fully alive to the fact, that in cer tain places we are looked upon as being de giailed to such an extent that it would seem a disgrace for a man to lower the thinking powers of his mind to such a degree as to comprehend our degraded position, and why is this? Because wo did not send delegates to a tiling recently held in Charleston, called a Convention. Berause we are content to stay at home and attended to our owu business, and let other people’s alone. Because we don’t get up Southern Rights Associations, and excite the people to blind mildness. Because we have elected delegates not to attend the Convention provided for at the last session of the Legislature. Because we do not believe that rertain re publican editors are capable of governing our affairs, and counselling the nation, when they are not capable of taking care of their own fortunes. For these reasons, gentlemen, and vari ous Olliers, we are denounced as blind.slupid, and incapable of seeing our own interest.— We have set forth our position, to sustain us in which we dppeal to the intelligence of the world at large. SONS OF HORRY. To The Union Party of Macon Cos. There will be a meeting nf the parly at Lanier on the first Tuesday in Au gust next, to nominate a candidate for the Representative Branch of the Legis lature. The Macon County Union Associa tion will nl*n meet the same day. TEH SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN, OGLETHOIIPii. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1851. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. HOWELL COBB, OF CLARKE COUNTY. Agents for the South-West Georgian Spencer Caldwell, Fort Gaines. Ga Jeter A. Hogue, wear Americai, do. J P. Gauldkn. lioinbridge, do. Col. Wm. T. P brains, Cuthbert, do. G. Carithers, Esq. ‘uthbert, do. Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Lee co. do. Dr. W m. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do. M. L- Holman, liroo/csvillg, Slew'rt do. A. A. Blakely, Griffin. Pike co. do. John W. Griffin, Griffin, do. J. TANARUS, May, Francisville, do. A. J. Williams, Agent for Sumter co. Mr. Cobb’s appointments. Mr. Cobb will address the people at Amerieus, on Thuisday - - 24th“ Vienna, Dooly Cos, Saturday 26th “ (U*VVe would call the attention of our subscribers to our published Terms, and re quest those who have not complied, to do so without delay, as our expenses are con stanily moving on, and without the means we cannot lessen them. If payment is not made by the Ist of October, we will be compelled tp claim an additional Fifty Cents on each subscriber then in arrears. ff7“Got the documents have yon ? Ruin us will you ?—Exult doyou ?—Give a party when we fall won! you?—Bury iis we hope, —Preach our funeral in the bar gain. x We wouldi nvite the attention of the trav velintr public to the advertisement of the Floy House in our Columns, and sav to them, give Mr. Williams a call, and re ceive the hospitalities of his house, as none are better that we have tried. Fare good, rooms airy and beds comfortable, servants active and waiihful, and ilir land lord courteous and accommodating. We would also call attention to the ad vertisement of E. B. Weed of Macon He is an extensive dealer in Hardware, and a very accommodating man. Also to the card of Messrs. Price and Lewis, Warehouse and Commission Mer chants of this place. We believe that business entrusted to their care will be faithfully and promptly attended to. Also to the advertisement of‘Messrs. Washburn Wilder 8i Cos., Cointnissi'.n Merchants, of Savannah, Ga. Also to the advertisement of H. D. Powell of Travelers Rest, Carriage Ma ker and repairer. Also so the advertisement of Wright ts. B-thard of Oglethorpe, who carry on a Cabinit amt Carriage reparing shop.- We take pleasure in recommending them to those who desire work execut'd of that order. The Southern Democrat vs. Howell Cobb. We did n>i intend saying anything a hmit Mr. Cobbs Speech at Lanier, choos ing rather to let every hearer make up his own decision with regard to it; but since the Editor of the Southern Demo crat. has spent fourteen days in concoct ing an Editorial in answer to and refnla. tion nf the arguments so ably discussed, and fairly set forth by Mr. Cobb, we teel rather disposed to offer a few thoughts to ke*‘p this veritable Editor from mis guiding those who did not hear the speech in question. 7t is difficult to tell whether this re nowned Editor is playing the part of Mercury or Argus, if the latter, Juno must have rescinded the former decree, and gave him back his head and hun dred eyes, or else he could never be so watchful. But if be is acting the former he is most artistically assuming the inno cent shepherd’s garb, and with the music of his pipe endeavoring to lull the people asleep, while hehinmll is strutting in all the pageantry of poor unfortunate trans posed Argus. He acknowledges that he was “ Fa* vt rd>ly impressed with the manner and style of the speaker.” but forgot to men tion, that he acknowledged that eveuing after the speech closed, that the proper issues were presented before the people. Has he proved the contrary ? By no means, nor can he do it. The proper issue* were presented, and the gentleman together with his name less party, is on the side of secession.— Hi* mantle of “Southern Rights, Stale ! Rights,” fee. cannot hide the shafts of envy which aitn a direct blow at the heart ol the Constitution. He again says that “He (Mr. Cobh) vindicated in the most positive manner, the admission of California into the Union; the Territorial Bill; the Fugi tive Slave Bill; and worse than all, he glorified the dismemberment of Texas ; and justified the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Colombia.” /. i his sickly attempt to overthrow this “Si keninj defence” (as he calls it) he Ins evinced the strongest evidence of his political secession, disunion principles.— How, in the sac- of his own remarks can he set op any claim to State Rights?— How can he advocnle the doctrine nf Mate, or Southern Rights, and yet ny, the right to California of making he|| own Constitution? Does lie askydgMy made this Constitution ? He might just as well go back to the forelation of Georgia’s Constitution, and declare it illegal because it was trade by English, Irish, Dutch, S< otrb.jjjjp people from oilier countries, sought here a home, and wished to rreate a govern ment. He as much plausi bility censure Congress for accepting Louisiana or any other State. What ground can he find upon which to condemn the Territorial Bill, when that Bill expressly declares, that “ when admitted as a State, the said territory or •ny portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.” Does he want Congress to say they shall be slave States? thus taking away their rght to for n their own Constitu tion ? Nex< mines the “Fugitive Slave Bill,” so obnoxious to th s Rev. Politician.— This s the Bolton Upas of the success of his party, it carries the sting that wounds the Secession party of Georgia. But amid all the shocks both North and South, it stands firm, and exhibits a liv ing example of wisdom, strength, and justice. To show that the South suffer ed wrong in the enactment of that law, intellect many fathoms deeper than this model Editor possesses. Ttien rbmUkTexas, that land of Flow ers, that has passed through many or deals, and rereived the abuses, and stripes of war, pestilence, and politicians. How very consoling to Texas to know that there is one, sympathising heart, even in the infant part of Georgia, one Editor of a Disunion paper, whose price (as Hg says every man has his price) was the Editorial chair of the Southern Democrat, ol which he fills one whole half. But let us ask Texas where are her rights ? is she despoiled ? has she been forced into any action in the sale of her territory ? or did she not exercise the right of chojc c f Site had the right to refuse or accept ; she chose the latter, and yet this State Rights, Southern Rights, Secession, Disunion, Revohiti<>ner, would snatch dial Right from Texas, and blame Mr. Cobb with the whole. But her Territo ry was added to “ Free soil New Mexi co.” Shame on a short-sighted Editor that wont look at both sides. Does he not know, dent he want to know, or would lie acknowledge if he did know, th it, that right, so much boasted of by himself and his party of giving each Slate the right of making her own Constitu tion, is fully, amply, and explicity grants ed to New Mexico, in allowing her to come into the Union with or without slavery, as she thinks best. He thm alludes to the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia; and exults that no applause was given Mr. Cobb. It s not our purpose to take op every statement that this South Car* olina co.adjutor makes, and answer them all separately, but merely to notice a few >f his leading points, and then leave him to his own reflections. If any credit belongs to him, it is that he wrote so much m so *horl a time He seems to have departed far from the path of rectitude, with which he com mence* the joint slock editorial with King C/iiel; and let fly the most enven omi and -haft- ol malice, that ever sought a place in the political arena. He Inti at tempted to warp, misinterpret, and (alse- I.V present,the whole of Mr. Cobbs speech, and i* doubtless willing to make the free voters of Macon County and elsewhere <n reading distance of hi* paper, believe! that not word of truth was spoken, no, nor ever would be; but that the whole j was mockery, and political sacrilege. Now sir, we venture an opinion that not one unprejudiced mind that heard Mr. Cobb’s speech, can find a word of fault, nor neither could you, if you had not frit I votir sinking condition. I he blow was too well directed, Mr. Cobb, upset i slippery, transient foundation. an( Jßw noiight’bnt the wreck of ry and restless wliiggery ofMpch you have attempted to make a rfft. Never per haps was any pulilicaLJspeech delivered with more fairness, Jj/muty, and argu ment. in the rgtfliffhg Southern Democrat. — a matter of doubt, whether thip Rev. Editor was evermore honest or {candid, in the discharge of his divine Commission; and in his disunion capaci ty, we are sure he never was, except in this, that he ardently desires the disrup lion of this government. But, reader, pattse before you go too far; behold the tottering dome of Liberty, as its columtis move amid the convulsion of strife and envy. Cast your power on the altar of your country, your whole country, and aid in extinguishing the torch that is al ready smoking at the foundation of the temple. Our Consitution ran stand any amount of party clamor, and national issues, but when sectional divisions arise amid con tendimz powers, it can survive but few. That this republic, the model of free ins stitutiuns, the admiration and wonder of the world, should be razed for existing causes; is rebellion as vile as Beelzebub, contending with the embattled boasts of Heaven; and those who seek its overthrow would find no suitable place of refuge, in any happier clime, than that which Satan with his rebelous hosts inhabits. Stand firm then by the flag of your Country. Dissemble not, as do those inconsistent buglers, who are chitneing South Caro lina's chorus, in one quarter, and, pro mise acquiescence in the Georgia Con vention of 1850 in the other. Stand by the Union as long as you can, and when the death dealing blows of fanaticism, de stroy all but the name, then prepare to stand by your arms as the last and inevi table resort. UNION. The Secessionists call upon the South to unite ! They pretend to lament over the di visions of the (Smith and affect to look upon these divisions as almost fatal to her interests. They never pretended to troubled themselves to answer the question‘who caused these di visions?’ In 1848 the South was united on the Clayton Compromise and non.-interven tion, and would have been to-day, but for tha efforts of these secession mischief-makers.— since that time they ave taken new posi tions; positions, too, which they knew would produce a division in the Souih, upon a ques tion upon which there should nevei have been two opinions among Southern men.— The first move was the Southern Address, which the authors |>ositivcly knew when they issued it, Would produce a division at the South, for it caused a division among the members in Congress, and only a minority could be induced to sign it. So with most of the positions assumed since that day by the ultra Southern secession party. Did they expect the Sooth to be united in fierce de nunciation of the Union, as an engine of op piession and abolition? Most assuredly they did pot, and could not have expected any such thing; and vet they shed hypocritical tears over the division in the (South. Much, verv much, these men have to say about Southern Rights, but what do they do to promote and strengthen them.? They agitate! agitate! agitate !!!—-lecommend a union of the South, secession and a Southern Convention. But where are the acts which manifest their devotion to the true interest of the South? Where the effoits to place the douth on truly independent ground ? Where the ships they have built, the lines of steam ships they have established from Southern pons? The iron mines they are working, the factories they established? Where the railroads they have built ? Let these men who are so intolerant and denunciatory of all who do not nggree with them—which, bv the way, is a very large majority of the Southern people—answer if they can. It is much easier to destroy than to cre ate—vastly easier tojkear down than to build U P’ Tljese mgg can talk flippantly about destroying the Union, but who would trust them to reconstruct anothei government ? Mobile Advertiser. y the Trustees of the bank of the United States, under the deed of assignment of May 1. 1841, that a further dividend of sixteen and seventy-feur hun dredths per cent, on the balance of principal and interest to October Ist, 1850, on the post { notes provided for by that assignment, will be paid to persons holding any of the satd notes, at the office of the bank in Walnut street, Philadelphia. The notes entitled to tho benefit of the assignment are all dated in I December, 1840, and each is numbered with one of the numbers in a series of from 7,543 ! to 9,*45, both inclusive. From the Athena Banner. Out of Thine own month will i demn Thee. “ The fire-eaters pretend to stand upon the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions as th e j t platform, and to deduce from them the and. trine of peaceable and discretionary secestio by a State from the Union. m We find the following jgMjbe Addrets to the Virginia j The acquiescence of the States under in. fractions of the Federal Compact, would either beget a speedy consolidation, precipi. tating the State Governments into impoten. cy and contempt, or prepare the way fo r , revolution, by a repetition of those infraction! until the people are aroused to appear in the majesty of their strength. It is to avoid these calamities, that we exhibit to the peo. pie, the momentiious question, whether the Constitution ol the United States shall yield to a construction, which defies every restraint and overwhelms the best hopes of Republi. caniam. Is it not plain that the men of that day looked to a‘REVOLUTION’ as the only remedy foriepeated infractions of the Con stitution ? The abet natives presented by the address are not consolidation and secession —but consolidation and ‘REVOLUTION’ in which the people shall be ‘aroused in the majesty of the strength. This is the fight ing—down right plain fighting and nothing else l Again—our Opponents claim that the respective States still retain their full, entire sovereignty and independence, in as ample t manner as they did undei the old confeder ation, and that ‘by virtue of their sovereign ty they have aright to witduraw from ths Union and without molestation. What did Mr. Jefferson, who drew the Kentucky Resolutions, mean in the very first one of the series where he speaks of the Stats forming the Genetal Government and dele, gating to it certain define powers and reserv ing each State to itself, the RESIDUARY mass of right to their own self Government? The residuary mass is, certainly the re mainder after a portion has been taken from it. It cannot be tortured into entire sover eignty. The ideas are repugnant. Again : what did he mean in the 11 th Ken tucky resolution by these words : That these and successive acts of the same character, unless arrested, on the thieshold, may lend to drive these into re volution and blood, and will furnish new ca lumnies against republican governments, and new pretexts tor those who wish it lobe be lieved, that man cannot be governed but by a rod of iron. Here is fighting again, in the body of the resolutions themselves ! Why did he say that acts of usurpation by the general gnvernmext would drive these States into REVOLU TION and BLOOD if they could, each, peaceably walk out of the Union at their own discretion ? Had he entertained the re motest idea of the modern remedy of seces sion as defined by its advocates, instead of presenting “revolution and blood,” as the only practical alternatives to aggression, he would have, said ‘drive these States into tha necessity of withdrawing from a Union into which they entered as sovereigns and by ennsent, and from which they may depart, by virtue of that sovereignty, at discretion and without molestation* As he did not, however, say so, but, on the contrary, has expressed the very ‘teverse, we have simply to remark, we have made true our pledge ‘out of thine own month will /jeondeinn thee.’ Liverpool Cotton Market. LIVERP OL, July 3—The Coltoa ms’ ket thronghout the past week has been extremely depressed, and the anxiety to realize fully as great as at any previous period of the year. Buyers are over* whelmed by the quanty on sale, and in many instances Cotton ling been forced off at prices irregular that the follow ing official quotations must be considered nominal: Fair Orleans,6 1 4: fair Mo biles and Uplands, S 3 4d. Middling, 4 7-8 to 4 34; Inferior and Ordinary 3 1-2 tiv-4-4-2. The -ales of the week amount to . lators have taken 1,200, and exporter* 5,340 bales. I he stock of Cotton in this port now reaches 697,000 bales of which 518,000 are American, against a stock at this per iod of last year of 563,000 bales, ol w hick 538,000 were American. In Manchester there has been less do* ing in Goods and Yarns, but prices Sf© without much change. Brown, Shipley k C?. Havre Cotton Market, HAVRE, July 2 P. M.—The inte'li gence brought by the Pacific steamer lis just been received; it leaves our Cotton market in the same dull position. Only 600 bales have changed bands to.day at slack prices, say, New Orleans tres-ordi naire, at 82f.; Mobile at 80, and Upland at 77f. CH ARLESTON, July \9.—Cottnn r Holders yesterday became free sellers at Friday’s quotations, and in some instances suhipitted to even lower terms. The de-- mand inconsequences improved, the sales ol the day amounting to 1,200 bales, from 5 10 8 Choleta infantum is carrying off hun dreds of children in New York city.— Last week, three hundred and twenty-one juveniles under five yaars of age died from that and kindred disorders, all of whom would now be olive, says a New York, letter, but for distillery milk, which is sold in large quantities, and which by analysers has been proved to tie aothipf more or less than poisra.#iß*r