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FpHiug myself highly fortunate inj
fflV associate mi the ticket, arid with a
lively sense of my obligati 10* in I lie Cotj-f
ventjiin, and (iyi.nr personal cmmii i<.%
| have the llinmr In retrain, sil, wjilix
great eteei|l, ynnr mni nheilienl servant,Ji
WINF/CIfD SCOTT. 1;
Polilica! Mailers,
It liavintr been rumored that sorrel
Northern Whitts would pit support G-u.!
Scott, from an anprt hensinu tliiil Mr.f
J3'.iard unuld he invi’etl >n a seat in hjs
Cabinet, .Mr. S. c mes in bis relief in
tile following lellei :
W.\stnvqpo.\, 1852.
JviY I>E Alt SIR : Ynnr kind letter bat
been received. It would be prrsnmp.
limns on my pari to suppose, that anv
President of the United Slates Would at
any lime, or under apy circumstances,
invite me to a seal in tbe Executive
Council, and equally so so suppose that
the Senate of tbe United Stales would
advise and consent to soph a selection.—
Nevertheless, if there be one VVhtg vote
depending at |)iis election on the qnes'ion
yon have raised, | wjl| not stand on n
point of personal delicacy in the effort !<■
five it. | .•ore you, therefore, wi>l
en'ire frankness. ili.it under no • jrcum
fiances wliirli | bate ever copreited, m
Can fiinceit?, tvoiild | a-k or eiiii ac
sept any public station nr pre fen men |
whatever ai the hands cl the Preside.ii n |
ll.eC niiei! Slat'-*, wi.ether that Presided P
were Winfield Scott,nr any oilier mm lu
have ever seen or known. In *a\in(.|
llijs,7 am only say slit: ><> you what •*
Will iilld*-rMund as a rule of ItsV I nlldm l|
by I tie late and lamnite.l President T:t\-|
b>r, and has been etpi.dlv well known ani'f
ipidcMtiod by Winfield St on, from lie f
first hour when niv preference o'hititsellj
us the candidate in the present canvas!
Was fntr!.
1 am, vviili great respect and esteem,(
ynnr bit ml and bomble servant,
WM. IJ. SEWARD. E
James B. Taylor, Ivq., New York.!
No sens'lde man slinnlil ever have sm 5
ptcletl Mr. Seward of n desire to have ul
seat in the cabinet. lie is 100 smart for!
that. The man who makes onrp.ioa inn 1
who wields an irnmeiise party as a war-j
rior dues Ids battle-axe—who polls thr]
wires and overlooks the field stub a|
m m would hardly accept a place niideijj
anybody. Nor is it necessary to have a*
seal in the Cabinet In direct ilie Admin |
istraiiaii. Th power In bind die throne,
mav he greater than die ilmrny itself. I
A Wast linizton correspondent of N. Y-J
Time I. one of Gen. Scott's organs, coin-i
•neuts upon the /fbolidon and Fiecsoib
p nivenii iii 10.-oo i assemble at /’iiuhurgli.]
Mr. Chase, of Ohio, t.'ie writer thinks,]
wi I receive die nomination for Presirh ill,]
ami Cassius M. Clay dial for Vire Pres-j
idem, /a regard to the platform, the]
writer says :
• Resolutions, are rpnh mpla'ed rx*j
pressinu apprehensions of ar.il opposition
lo die annexation of Cuba, die divisions!
of California and the conversion of its]
S'tiillicrn half into a slave Slate, il e for-’
(nation of additional slave Stales from!
Te*a<, anti ilia illlroduriion of slat erv i'll
to tbe Territories. A resolution willh<-.
proposed recoiliniendiiii; that a nenotia-j
lion he commenced >ni.>intl_y with iliej
Home and Provincial Government*, for;
the annexation it* ?It■* United Stales oh
Canada, Nova S’ olid, and the oilier]
B'idsli North American Provinces.—l
This is n proposis'ion in which Mr. Ran,
tnnl is said to be ardently favorable. —
The warmest sympathy with die revolii*
limii.is of Earope will be avowed, to
gether with die wish to aid them in evert
manlier consistent wi'li justice and intei
naiinnal law. So far as l know, it is die
general w ith of those vvuo “i!l have di~
greatest influence in this connection, not
to injure Gen. Scott ; as they know die
contest lies between lion and his Demos
rratic opponents, nd as they beliei e Cen.l
Si'ott personally more favorable to their
principles than Mr. Pierce, and that he’
is hrnutrlit fir” aid undrr less proscriptive,
tirld bigoted influences.
The N. Y. Tribune, the 2-Llt nlt.-j
any* :
‘ But ire liU■ to build our own plat-1
forms. We have no olj-ction toothers’
getting up acres of them—if they won't’
insist on rrainminu the n down our throat,j
At that, we revolt. No Platform lias*
ntiv authority for ns save as it affirms!
what we d-em important tr-ntli, No uom J
illation is biptlinu upon to, except as it
shall by untie evident lo our nnderktaud-j
ing that iHtr Country's good will he j to-j
moled by anr supporting i'. And though 1
we vvartnlv approve the nomination of
Scott noil Graham, ami shall work bard
to elm litem, we will never boy votes!
for them by selling tuir right to think and]
•peak as we see fit.’ B
On the 25di it remarks:
* The only material differenre between”
them (tbe Democratic pd Whig Pin'-*
forms) results from the fact that the for*S
nter was drawn up by n politician ; the]
latter by an ASS.’
Again—
‘ And yet all bitterest Anti-Inlet ven-J
linn States —Virginia, South Carolina, |
Alabama, New Hampshire, Mississippi—;
will go for Pierce and King, and
ppnfrol their Administration should theyj
BaaHHnHaHuuiHamnHMWMHMHH
| ill roue It the aid and comfort rendered^]
bv our ILLUSTRIOUS BLOCK g
I HEADS, be elected. Tbe ultra Sla veil
: Power necessarily rules a ‘ Democratic ’?
[ Admioiuration more rigidly than il eyer-I
[can a Whig, bernt'se it will have.done
[more to bring'it into existence. South
[Carolina see* this and at is upon it, tlte
[ European exiles do not. And thus we
I >are doomed to a severe contest lor States,
which we might and should have carried
with a rush, nnd to lose others which
want to vote for Scott—all in punish
ment of tbe sin o'bring connected w ith
such inveterate OV\ LS a* clllirocled tlicl
Bai.ti.moue Platform.’ *
Upon these paragraphs ilie Nvw York!
(Jour/cr iii-’ks these copiuipnts :
Wc give (lie foregoipg in order |o
show our Southern friends dial we did
•mt err, when e assured them, that ihe
ultras of the North would promptly draw
their candidate upon the Whig Platform
and then kick that Platform from under
him ai|<! ridicule the . conservative
VYltig* who have been sold by so trans
parent a device. Onr Southern friends
will discover too, all in good time, that
everything we foretold in tegard to the
••onserpieiiee of permitting cerlaip (net, in
heir ranks to sell their Northern frauds
ill prove ti ne.
The Tribune and Tiuus, we see. an t
H neeiing at the Union p.niy of Gcoccit'H
■*s a nieie se'fi-li ■ah and of |ilotliiig polili S
I iaiis. Gentlemen, this is not wise irfj
Hv on ; fm lo on body mi e.irili, is the di"fi
jS •omfi'Ore of Southern secession so (1 reel H
HI. due, as to licit great array of pan iotsj!
Q'vlio last \e.*i broke tl eir party lines amlß
H allied beneath the liroail banner ol th<B
■ ( liinn. Tlleir eighteen lliousaod inaju-i
H t v crushing every vestige of life out ola
H- very disunion project not only ii) Geor-I
Hj;i.i, but lUroiiglixmi t die liple of the ex-I
fl'reuie South, and was hailed with admir-l
■iog entiitisinsm hv every true patiiot frnn>||
aMiiipe to California. Whether iky pres-g
Bent aliinda pfthe Union party < f Geor g
Hcia is *>r is not lo he commended, it is ai
J least eonpsient ; and tlie past services ol
! die party, if nothing else, should secure it
I lioip insult.
j
| Otir Rdmruns yviifi Mi-xiro-Exlra-j
I” oxtiunev itittf [it:per'suit jt.ovc-3
incut oI Rivsidctil Arista.
The letter piildislied in the Ncw-Yoikl
llernlit of Friday, from the correspondent!
of that paper in.the ti’v of Mcxieo, t!is-|
loses a most extraordinary utovrinenti
nn the part of President Arisia, for <he|
niaiiitenniice ol his power and the sit h
inept of thp various complicated fliffi-i
cullies pending h* tvvern his, government!
and onr civn ; which the rtlitor pf iheS
Ileru/U. reiving upon the credibility oljj
his eoiresponnent, tintl the antlienlieiiy oIS
information, regards, as comprehending!
matters of the highest possible moineiit.l
not only to Mexico, hut to our country,3
and to the civilised world.
It is slated that, in view of the piesiiig|
internal and external difficulties hv vvliij hi
Pi evident Arista is surrounded—in view
•Hos tll,e exigencies of bankrupt lieastny
.Band the imminent lint arils of a domestic
—lie lias proposed to our .Miu
jister, Mr. Letcher, a basis of settlement at
.fiitiie broad enough to secure a solid
.§Government for Mexico and the satis
.wlactinn of all reasonable demands anil
.Kjcliiitns of the citizens and Government of
ijthe United Stales against it. Piesident
rjAiisia, in n word, proposes lo imitate the
.Bhrilliant example of the cuup d'etat of
,sLouis Napoleon, by assuming the dicia-j
lot ship ; and on condition that tlie Gov-I
ernnienl of'llie United dilates shall furiiihl
I iin uiih the sinews of war to the extend
of six millions of dollars for carrying mid
die eiiterpiisp, lie will ratify the Garay]
grant ul the Tehuantepec route, and re-1
lieve our govs rim ent f'om the ohliga
lions of tlie eleventh article of the treatv
of Guntlalu'ipt* Hidalgo.
The letter in die llcrtih/ says:
‘•This proposal, it is tmdeistood, has
received the sanction of Mr. Fillmore's
adnmiistraii"i>, mid is, iln reloie, ihe basis
the ( i.eussi,dis now agitating tfie raps]
■ii i!. Ii is rumored, m ireover, dial 11-j
Bapp' ititoo ni of Mr. Larraiiiter ms Mm i
■ ister to Washington, diioiird rt fereneej
Bto this snl j-r l. because it is we'l kuownS
•jihal Lari ai, z r wag t ie leathr ol ajiowsf
Mlfill faction in Mexico, ol wl ouilt HH.I
gncies.ioy to dispose. It is, therefore,®
;?nioie than [uohahle, in the present X'l
?liausteil i omlitioll of ilie public Ireasin v,g
and iu view n| the helpless slate iii whicliS
; ?the late Congress has left the country,j
iihal ere this readies you some stirring*
jfsc cues w ill hav e fueti enacted. The sea-1
‘sons are now palpable for Arista’s recent!
vapplications to Congress for tlie rou-B
[Miieiice of extraordinary power.”
}The N. Y. Turns closes an article oul
Mexico as follows:
The people of the United Slates may!
vyaleh the nicrch of events in Mexico witlil
• entire equanimity. Time has its own de.l
jjvelopatents ; tind as one of them, all?
Torneus point to the eventual extensiouf
1„f this Union lo Darien. The tur-S
jbidenee apil disiructiou of to.day arelinlej
■ more than ripples on the tide which shallj
j presently pour into a waiting vorlex.l
jThe late of the naiion m manifesi.i
all power of self-government, ill
> becomes intolerable a* a neighbor, and|
Jn nntioeal outlaw. liilrrvrniion mayj
prove to he a conservative doty; and
[under the Monroe doctrine, we alone ran
[intervene, reducing Mexico to tlie con-
Jdition of a snivel province, elevating
[her in the dignity of a co-ordinate §iate
ol tlie Confederacy. Such is the ten
dency of the times. lit indiratiug it, we
do not pass upon the cliaraetet of the
result, •
TIIB SOimi-WEST GEORGIAN.
(TIARI.ES B. YOCM.BLOOD. - -- - - - -- - FxHtor
-1 OKI COUSTU’I QUOD IS OUXI.
‘OGLETHORPE JUYL, oth 1852.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
Os Kentucky.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WM, A. GRAHAM.
Os North Carolina.
Agents for Ihe South-West Georgian
Sfuncer Caldwell, jport Gaines, Gd
Jeter A. llopuE, nrqr Amerirus, do.
| Col. Wxt. T. I’erainu, Cuthbert, do.
i (J. C.\R,TItERB, Eq. ‘'uthhrrt, do.
0 (Jii.iif.rt M. Stckks, Slade, l*re co. do.
Dr. V’ .M. M. Sti kf.s, Dooly co. do.
fl M. L. H.iLm vn, lirookmillr, Stew'vt do.
g Blakely, Griffin, Pike (a, do.
9 Jotini W. Gitim.v, (irijfirn, do.
I J. TANARUS, Mat, Traii<;iu'ills, do.
H W. J Parker, Cbrnvbtl. I.re Cos., do.
S A. ./. Williams. Afcrnl for Svwltr co.
3 ( lt.i.kn Webb. Traveler's Re*l do.
I French Hagparp, Athens da,
ICej,ivlio;i in the terms ot the
$on(l-\Yest Georgian.
VL After Ihr fir*! day oj October Ihe Geor
gian trill be furnished to subscribers
1 ul the following rules :
[$ 1,00 for 6 months, if paid in aflvance,
I 125 “ “ if not paid in advance.
I 2,00 for 12 mnndis if paid in advance,
2,50 “ “ if not paid in advance,
fiHlueenienfs to fliibt,
fFivo Copies 6 months for $ 4,00 in advance,
fj Pen Copies “ “ “ 7,00 ‘v
aFive Copies 12 months “ 8,00 •*
■Ten Copies “ “ ** 15,00 “
KFifleeti Copies 12 mo. •* 20,00 x*
H We. have Ui'en induced to offei the shovel
Yicrms iu t<) increase the ciicnUiiUm oil
four paper, und for tligt purpose we eanisilvj
ihe co-operation of our fiiends. If]
6we meet with soffuient enruiaceunpi, vYm
gintend getting new in g few months
Hand enlarging our paper.
EWHO WILL COME TO THE RES<
CUE ?
We would again appeal In onr patrons
ecuite forward and pay tip, and if not
■convenient to come, send the money. The
laruoniii that each is due is but small, and
we presume no one would find It itteon
v cute pi to pay, We should certainly
spare our readeis the pain of reading this
dun were it not that we are compelled to
raise money forthwith or suffer oor office
taken from ns and thus be thrown penniless
upon the world without the means of sup
porting'our family. If we can get that
w Licit we have earned we are safe—if we
tail to get it, those wlto owe us are all n-
II ike contributors to our ruin. A word
to (hose who have a heart is sufficient.
Cenvcnlicn of Ihe Union Parly.
The Democratic and Whig Parlies of
the United States, having made their
Pcesitfeiitail nominations, il becomes the
duty of the undersigned, as president
and Vice Presidents of the Convention
us the Constitutional Union Party, held
at Milledgeville, ill April last to fulfil the
requirement contained in the third Reso
In’ion of lltat body. In obedience to this
resolution, we do hereby appoint Thurs
day , the 15th day of July next, nr the
■ time of the meeting of number Conveu
r lion of the Constitutional Union Partv
Sat Milledgeville, lor the purpose of cnu
fVsideriim the iimiiinaiinns for the Presi
denev, that hate he. n made by the Whig
and Democratic Parties ; and for the
(purpose ol taking such anion in relation
gin the Presidential election, as shall he
■deemed proper. The Puny in each
will he entitled to send up u mini’
Cher of D> legates equal to the represeuta
aiiiui which the county had in both branch-
Les .of the Lg yUlatute. under the old ap
sponioiiii.eot. A. H CHXPPELL.
I SAMUELFARixiS,
JAMES THOMAS.
cy If any of our readers should doubt
filial the BRICK HOTEL is tlie best
g(fitted upbuilding iu the South, they have
|otily to step over and its proprietor, Jas.
EBell, Esq. will lake great pleasure i.t
■showing ihem through its spacious apart’
fments.
We were shown last week a fine speci-
Ltncn of Flour, raised and manufactured
fby Wm. Slade, proprietor of the Pavilion
* House,
■
There is to be a Scott Ratification
Meeting held in this place on
night next. We predict that it will
almost as thinly attended as the latel
Pierce meeting.
“Fort-lie week (tiding June 17<b,
were 126 deaths, by cltpler*, and 170 -
fretp other causes, making ip the aggreO
gate 299 death, in t.e week.’ ?
We find thi above startling a’iqpiince-1
ment in il'e’ohi|uary column of the last!
Democrat. We are gs a losj to knoyv
where all this look place; whether in
Oglethorpe, Montetuma or Traveler’s
Rest, qr whether the editpr of t|ie Dernn
cr:l bus only oipitted a credit, and sad
dled upon us a week’s mortality of the
“Crescent City.” Will lie rxplntp?
The Annexation of Canada, Mexico, and Cuba.
We see in every I(einorraiic paper we
lay our hands upon, a letter written by
Gen. Scott, in 1849, favoring the annexa
tion of Canada to the United States.—
These ptesses are endeavoring to use
this as an objection to him, in order to
make capital ior Pierce, who by his own
views m acts lias never made any for him
tell. This we will .itlinit, is an objection
to hut at the suite time, we feel
that the .same ol jeclinii, in a more agra
yatrd |onn, exists with Mr. Pierce. 1
is will known t|tat Mir great conservative
Whig party have alway s heefi opposed to
the annexation of -my lerritorv belonging
to a foreign power, to the United Slates,
until such foreign power should relinquish
all claini to, and acknowledge the hide*
prudence of the territory making appli
cation. Il Gen. Scott should be elected,
lie would go into power under an ami
auenxaiion administration, elevated by a
party who have adopted as a part r.f their
platform, die principle ol non-interven
’tion. Under these this ob
jection will have but very little weight,-
On the contrary, should fierce h.yc,me
the President ol the V?iiiled States, it wi.1,1
he through the agency of a party known
(o possess directly opposite principles,
favorable to the of any and
every country dial yniy apply, regardless
‘pnf the coioequences. Mexico, l.he Pres-
Etdrui. o.C \\ hifli is row m-’kiug oveitnres lot
lour Government, with all
lons mass ol mongrels must be -adu.jitedl
.Hand, a standing army placid in her tnidsij
Im keep down civil discord and leach her!
f inhabitants republicanism at the point of|
£tli- h -yon. t. Cuba’s S|>anix.h qitdaitnes
fin a.st come under uncle Sam’s guardian
ship, and Hungary must have Knsuth for
Presiiimt through the valor of American
{"arms. N"l satisfied with this, Mr. Pierre
could not suffer his Canada neighbors,
’with whom it is so convenient for him
to have almost daily intercourse, to re
main tinder the Government of England.
We see but ve.ry little difletence ill the
probable e\jls from annexation on the
elevation pf either pf the prpsepl candi
dates to the Preiideney, so far as they
are individually ronreriicd, hut yre do
see a vast difference between the parties
who seek lo elevate diem, qod by np
means could we he brought to operate
with party wlm entertain principles de
rogatory to the friendly relations of opr
Government w tilt foreign nations.
A Svott Communication.
In another column will be found a
communication calling upon the Whtgh
ofGeorgia to support Scott in preference
to Pierce. The writer of this communi
cation admits nitnself, that Scotts nomina
tion is unsatisfactory, but denies the sti*
periority of Pierce even as a man, to say
nothing of his hostility to Whig princi
ples. We agree with him, anti while we
denounce pen. Seott, for die cninpanyj
I e i( in, we shall oppose Gen. Pierc’ as|
not only being in equally as had or worse J
but as directly and bitterly opposing the
principles of our party. We might he
induced perhaps, lo support a Southern
Democrat, but a Northern Democrat,
w ith a horde of surrounding
him, cau never secure our co-operation.
It is the dun of every Whig to battle for
his principles, and even at this time it
would he a base desertion of them l<> fur
liter the election of the Democratic iiomi*
nee l>r ihe Presidency, who is every way
inferior and as equally unsafe and un
sound as their unit candidate.
We do not by any means, recrvmmend
ihe Whig parly t. support Scott, far from
it, we could not he induced to support
him ourself, we have seen enough to con
vince us that lie is not only in the hands
of the free-soil party but is himself an abs
olitionist in principle. This is enough
to prevent any southern man from voting
for him. But at the same lime, this is
no reason why southern Whigs should
g'ne their support to the Democratic nom
inee, who was born and raised at the
Ninth and of course feels no identity
with their interests. Scott is by far she
most preferable candidate now before the
people,’ and yet, he is unworthy to receive
a single vote from the south.
As it is inconsistent and unsafe for the
Sonth to vote for either of the present
candidates we desire the nomination of a
third man, and so far as we have con
versed with the people it is a general de
sire. If, howeuer, no third candidate
should be nominated, we for one slialll
withhold our vote, rather titan become!
‘a contributor to the overlbrowi of south-!
fern institutions.
(COMMUNICATED.) |
Mr. Editor The question is con-!
“stonily asked, ‘ Wltal wjll the Whigs do?’!
£As lor one, | can say, I shall vole fori
Scott. He was bv no means royj
[choice, and 1 hate the necessity which im |
Ippset |t qpoii tpe, and siilj more would L
(dislike to vote for Pierce and King.—- j
FLet the Whig party consider the lines!
and character of the two parlies, the prills!
ciples which have berelplpre divided ihemS
from the Democratic party, and what
satisfactory reason can any whig in Geor
gia giye lor prt-feriiig Pierce to Gen.
Srul|. The only reason / have ever
heard given, was that he was not their
choice. The troth, Mr. Editor is, that
sogit of tlie pretended leaders of Whig
parly and the principal papers of that
party, in their great zeal and desire lo
have another man nominated (or Presi
dent, took occasion, in advance, to de
uotince Gen. Scott and pledge themselves
against him, in the event lie obtained the
nomination, and now tltm he is nominav
ted, they find themselves in adilema, and
n order to get out of it, ihey are \vtiling
to s* II themselves to the Democratic par
•v. So far as these leaders and Citiz- n?
,re concerned, they may go, it is not tin
iii st time in the history of the Whig par
ty ol Georgia that il has been deserted
toil abandoned by iltose who had’ onci
ranked among its ablest men, hut it stir
lived the shock anil rose triumphant and
Inn led front power and place a most cor
nipt and wicked administration. The
few would he U-ajiers of the present day
rnay leaye us, but the great mass of the
Whig party wi.lL stand now, as it cyer has
stood, by (heir ptjiipiples, auj not follow
after, at the beck aud call of party leaders,
and parly papers. The great national
Whig party of this Country, is the great
conservative parly of tlie Government. —
It has contained in its riyiks some of the
ablest and purest men that ibis or aqv
other country lias ever produced. One
us the noblest and most gigantic intellects
that now lives, is found in iis ranks. —
Will the Whig parly desert the principles
for which they have contended f or yemsS
■because a few Squires here and tltcieg
■and a few Editors have done so ? It isft
Bu hat the whigs of Georgia never lutveS
Bdone and never will do. Ii has been at-!
lien.p’ed in Macon at a recent meeting, J
Hto instruct the delegates I” the Unions
Convention, to nominate a Pieice anda
King ticket, but we guess tlie getiileinanl
wlto introduced that resolution will ‘rernnjj
without hit host * when he thus under--
takes to transfer the Whigs of Georgia!
to the Democracy. He has been Inngj
enough in their ranks to Itave understood!
their independence ami character a littlej
belter than to have supposed they would t
have tripled with and bartered offiiG
that way.
The Whig part of Georgia will standi
by the man that will carry out their prin-1
ciples. But we are told tint Seward amlt
Greely ami other iufamemis abolitionists,|
support General Set’ll. This is true,’
hut how much hylter off will we he toj
suppoit F'eree and ally ourselves with;
Martin and John Van Ruren, Rantoul,
and other distinguisrd al'oiitipnisis of ihej
Democratic party ? Tlie Whig party j
have nominated two Southern tpen hy]
birth and education, whose prejudices!
and affinities are all w ith the Southern!
people. Not so with tlte Democratic I
party, they have gone far uprlh u> pick]
up a Yankee.
We say to the Whigs of Macon Conptyl
to stand hy iheiisand let die few leaders!
an-! would he great among them, desert |
So and go to the tanks ul tlte denouncers of.’
gtlicir principles and their party, it hnsj
not been the fivst ti.-iie that they have!
thus been abandoned.
FLINT RIVER.
?nEMFTfeetihf.
LaM£R July 6th 1852. I
At meelii’g of the Constitutional]
Union party of Macon county held at the!
Courthouse in Lanier, an Tuesday, ihe]
6dt Inst., for tlie purpose of appointing
delegates to the Uuion Convention, lo
tvssegihl- ai Milledgeville on llte 15tlt insl.
Col. Tims. Ragland wa called to the
i ltisir, and C. B. Youngblood appointed
Secretary.
The chairman of the meeting expleined
its object, when a motion was introduced
•Hid carried to appoint a coiußiiitce ol five
tp draft suitable resolutions (dr tlte action
of the meeting.
E. W. Allen desired to make a few
remarks before tlie romonitee should be
appointed, after which, the motion was
withdrawn.
Cot. \Vm. H. Robinson bebig present,
was called upou for his views in regard to
sending delegates to the Ijnion Conven
tion at Milledgeville. He doubted the
propriety of beiug represented—consider
ed tlie Union party as having accomplish
ed the great end for tvhirh it was organ
ized and dissolved itself—could affect
nothing hy again assembling &z.c.
G. W. Ashburn, a former delegate to
the State Union Convention, followed in
a short speech showing the propriety of
again assembling the State Convention
land urging the importance of a repreitn.B
Itation from all sections of the State, ■
W. W. Corbitt then being called upon I
|presetH e d Itis views to the meeting. [j]l
| did ppt believe that the action of the ap.l
Iproaching Convention from the indicvl
|tions he saw in other sections of the Stot r l
Iwontd meet the approbation of the p an A
lin this section, and therefore
■the propriety of taking aqy actiop
“would commit tlie party to the support ofl
[either of the present candidates.
| Mr. Allen then'rose and after making*]
fa few remarks introduced the following®
[resolution, which was unanimously adop.B
| led:
Resolyed, That this meeting appoints
four Relegates to the Convention tu bel
held in Milledgeville on tlte 15th insi.,K
and that they be instructed to use theirP
influence lor the nomination of a thirds |
candidate for the Presidency, and if they ] 1
fail to secure llietr object, then to retire §
from the Convention without rommittingtf
themselves to either of the present cagdi [1
dates.
On the passage of this resolution, Col. I
Robinson rose and remarked that he de- tg
sired only to be considered as a spectator 1
in tbe meeiing-r-that be would not be
held responsible for in action.
In accordance with the above resolu. s
lion the chairman appointed as drlegatei,
John V. Ptite, George W. Ashburn, E.
W. Allen and C. B. Youngblood.
The meeting then adjourned^
THOS. RAGLAND, Ch’o.
C. B. Youngblood, Sec.
Me. Clay’s Last Moments,
Mr. Clay continued, until ten minutei
previous lo Itis decease, unchanged in B
every respect. He was perfectly awart
ul his precarious condition several days,
prior to his death. He expired very 5
easylv, said nothing, hut gave evidence
of bis rnnvinusness of what was Irani
f iring around hint to the last. No nne
was present but his son, Cov. Jones, and
Mr. Calvert, qf the National Hotel.
Jufurinaiioq of Mr. Clay’s decrate
rninmniiicated to tlte President at about
the hour of opening the Tuesday morn,
iug reception. The doors of the Exe
cutive SJ ans,4 '’ n Were immediately
[and notice was giyen that no xisitoti
I would he re( ei’ cd duiing the day. A
Hcnmmuiiicauoii was then addressed by the.
I president ip, eat;h of the heads of the De
fpnnipeuls, aupounring in appropriate
E; terms painful hereavemenl, and stig-
CgesOrig the public offices should he
B closed for the remainder ol the day.
6 0,(1 receipt of the nielam holy lidinpi.
-in Baltimore, the bells were tolled, aud
f hiuiness ufas exUirelv suspended.
V Dispatrhes received from NewYoik,
I Philadelphia, Roston, and all the West
fern cities, announce tlie suspension uf’
f business in catch.. The stores were dosed,
T minute guns fired, and bells tidied.
3 Eulogies were delivered in both Hons-
Frs of Coligrss, on Wednesday. Mr..
1 Webster and Gen. were both pre>’
sent on the occasion. The F" ,, *‘ r al took,
on Thursday, ami a, committee of
both Houses was appointed to escort the
? remains to Lexington, Keujucky.
■ A dispatch says his remains will leave
soon for Ashland, passing through Bahk
| more and Philadelphia to Nt-w York,
here tlie funeral cortege will take the
Erie railroad.
“The remains will be received by
Committees from each city through
which they are to pass, at tlie Suite lines,
stud escorted through lach respectively
by civic processions.
The public and private buildings in
Baltimore and the Northern cites were
arrayed iu black—in lact, such evidences
of national sorrow have not heen witness
|>d since the death of Washington.
I Kos noth aud the. PresiUufs.~— Tl e
■ following impudent speech of Kossuth is
■ very translated from the New York
■ Staats Zeitnug, of the 14tb, a German
I paper published in New York citv. Had
| Kossuth visited the United States while
I Gen. Jackson was President, he would,
■ long since have been ordered oul of the
s rouuir v. Having been waited on by some
dozen German citizen* with an address.—
“Kossuth replied as follows: ‘German
citizens—Y<m are strong enough to ef
fect ,e election of that candidate for tlie
Presidency, who gives the most attention
to the European cause. I find that quite
natural, because between both parties,
there is no difference as regards the in
ternal policy, and because only by the
‘inanity of the German citizens of this
‘country, the election will be such that, by
and by, the administration will turn their
attention to other countries, and give
every nation free scope. No tree, my
German friends, falls with the first stroke J
it is therefore necessiry that, inasmuch a*
you are citizens, and can command your
votes, you support the candidate who will 1
pursue the external policy in our sense,,
and endeavor lo effect that all nalons be
come free and independent, such at is th* 1
case with happy America.’ ”
The friends of a second electoral tick
et for Pierce and King are preparing !•
concentrate aH their force in the ap.
proachuhg Convention at Milledgeville.