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mpWtiu the. Evening Mirror ] i
Communication. ;
Your paper of yesterday contain* an
elaborate ediiori.il article, desiuned tn
allow (hat die 11 on, Daniel i\i'liirr ami
friends are linuud to support the mini,
ination of Gen. Scott. One of the re.*
eons assigned lor such support is, that iln-
Convention ndopteil die platform of Mr.
Webster’s principles. li may (lien In
gjearly inferred, dial if die pluilmni lia.i
lint been adnpled, Mr. YV.b*lei’> liienrl-!
avould have had a good reason lor rctir- i
•Off*
Now, suppose it should mm out linn |
ihe men who really Hecomplished dial ;
noininaiinn consider die platform of no I
Wndiner obligation, but 4 spit upon it
tfcty discard t!io plmfor.n—-vt unhl i|if !
notnin-uini? then be bpniioijr on ]V|r. Web* I
*ler’i frimd* * The pbitiortn i* adopt* il j
•by both the Wliij* ;md l)eiturratir Con* I
mentions, vet both Ootiventioii > w en* j
careful to throw overboard die men i
whose active exertions established die
platform.
Suppose, in the earls’ tlaysnf Christ",-
Unity, the Cllilrch had adopted Christi
unity, but destroyed the Apostles lm
established tli >t Christianity, would the
union of the Chnri h Itaye been binding
4)ii Christian men ?
Again. Flie individual opinion nf a
very large majority of the Whig Conven
tion, if expressed, would have been si.li-
Stantially as follows : ‘ 1 should prefer 10
see Daniel Webster Pied lent before all
other men ; his on. quailed talents, his
great and useful public services, his pre
eminent fitness for die office, entitle bio:
to the first political positron in die mini
*ry J yet lie is not popular, the people of
the country are nm sufficiently enlighten
ed to Appreciate services such as he has
performed,—therefore he nujlit not to be
nominated.’
‘Now, suppose line Convention had
publicly avowed the reason for their hi
lion, and passed the following pretinhle
and resolutions : • Whey as, while we
the members of this Convention am on.
animously of opinion that Daniel Well*
ler ought to lie n nniiiated and elei ted
to Ihe office of President of il.e Uni'ed
Stales ; we know that he is a hard-work*
ing, pains-tnliing drudging civilian, who
has given his life, and henlih, ami strength
to the maintenance of tlie Constitution,
and upholding to die best of his ability,
under die providence nf God, the liber’
lies of his country ; hut the people of die
United States are not capable of umbos
standing and appicciating the value of
of such services, while they are capable
ol appreciaiing military services, per
formed on the field „l battle there
fore—
‘ Resolved, 7 Imt it is inexpedient to
nominate Daniel Welt-ter to the i.fiice of
*he President of the Uni'ed Siatrs, and
we do hereby nominate General Winfield
Scott to the said office of Pre-idcnt of the
United States.’
Now, suppose just such a preamble and
resolution had been passed, do you, Mes.
srs. editors, think there is a man in ,\-
merica, out of the Convention, who
would have coiisiileted such a nomination
binding upon him? Do you nut think
that the members of the Convention
would have been hi-sed through every
part of the United S ales, and scnuied by
every friend of republican liberty through
out the world ?
bo far from promulgating ac, utiuient
■like this, both lit • Whig and Democratic
Conventions thought proper formally in
ayow their confidence in the iutelligt me
and patriotism of die people, ami their
entire fitness for self govei nrnent.
Von have published the a: eotiiii of Mr.
Webster's recent popiil.ir r • <-s (- l i.-ai in
Boston—j">l as vy.iiin, as rnthu.iuSlic a
reception could he given loin heie, or
any where l.e eln o.t s m go in the United
Stales; yet, in die lire of such demon
strations, the Whig Convention has cast
aside .Mr. \\ ebster, tiecan.e i; .vas plca.-
•ed to declare bint un|inpolar. In my
judgment, thi. Convention has .greatly . r
reil—it Ills hi ought reproach upon die
American name—upon die cans- of free
representative G.ivoi nuieui, and I do not
consider its decisions binding upon me,
.although f am
A Repuw.ican Wintj.
To the Editor u} the Ac us York Mir
ror :
The above is a copy of a communica
tion sent to ‘ the New Yuri. Erpre-s,’
last week, a few lines of which only were
published in that paper. Now, throng!)
your columns, / beg leave to ask the Ed -
itors ol that paper, the Editors of the
Commercial Advertiser, ami all other
true and candid V/liigs—does that coin
muuic'Mtinu state farts, or does it not ?
If the question is answered in the aflirma.
live, then I propose anntlitr qnesti.io
Ought the Nomination oj the ll'hig Con
vention to l>e ol binding force upon tinij
mun? True, all Whigs consented to
abide by die decision of dint Convention,
but that consent proceeded Upon the in- -
plied understanding that the ('nuventinn
itself should he guvt rued by sound re- j
publican principles. The assumption
that the people do not possess suffiri.nl
intelligence and patriotism to appreciate
rfjje acknowledged capability and services j
ol any man, however great he may lie, is I
a heresy not to lie mile-rated, because it ‘
aims a Id ivv at the vet v foundaiion ol
Republican Government. A body of
men representing a great political party <
in tin- country, who have practically n
: dopted ..nil api ii.ciple, de-erve the se* i
I'errst rebuke ol tlieir constituents, and
ol the vvh le people. As the case now
‘land*. D miel \Yeh|er is cast a-i ie, not j
|>re eminently qualified to di-eliarge the \
I duties nl the ufiice ol President—not lie
j cause he is not t'onfes.spdlv the greatest
j rt'ilesnsaii in the w lode coiiulrv, but pi np->
ly hei aitse, in I lie judgment of the Coil
j veutiou, the pen, le have not sufficient in- j
telligi nee to appreciate those qtalifica j
| tious.
j ll.ive you considered the i (T-• rl of such i
i itipt-'ice to Mr. Webster, and silt'll a re- |
ipmll It Upon the people? What youth I
lof the country will find any encourage- j
j m-ili to high, long-continued, inlt llertu-j
it! exertion-, to qualify himself for a liigli ;
! po-ition, if hi* very excellent- and pre-]
eminent qualifications are to tie employ- ,
ml as arg on,r ots against him ?
il ‘lie pen) le are in troth vvlial (tie Con- !
venlion assttmes them to he—ignorant,
and envious, yvhal is there beautiful, love
ly, ami attractive, in popular liheity ?
I am de-nous of hearing what tan be
said on the other side.
\ RF.PUBLICAN WHIG.
; Important from Havana —Prcpara- 1
I tious for a Revolution in ('alia. j
We find in the New York Curier and :
i Enquirer of the 2-ltli hist., the lid,'owing j
! important and reliable mI.M unition of a I
will organized plan among the patriotic
.; ereolesof Culi i, soooenr or biterio throw
j off die shackles ol Spanish tyranny and
tni-rule, and relieve themselves fitnii all
obligations further to support a govern*
ii tie it t w hole oppressive exactions and res
trictions have induced the inhabitants of
that fair and fruitful Island to a condition
little short of absolute slavery :
| It lias been supposed nl late that tile
fife of i lie Lopez expedition had entirely
j suppressed any tendencies towards revn
j i loti'in which Cuban people themselves
j ill ay have entertained. Ji has also been
j affirmed, and to a great measure credited,
‘that the Cuban revolution was merdy a
I piratical ferny for the purposes of plunder,
and li.nl no ical origin among the resi
dents of the Island, V' r e have reason to
dniihi this view of the case.
For S'lftie time bark we have had it
intimated to os dial a deep laid and well
organized conspiracy existed in the very
heart ol’iht 1-l uid, in which not only
nearly the vv hole creole population, but
many of the creole officials were implica
t'd, We discredited the runmr as nn em
anation from the . until, which has been
. accused of forging 1 the inflammatory pro
onnrianieitfoes of last Slimmer. 13ut we
| now have it repeat’ and to os in new and
extraordinary form. A Cohan merrhant,
a gentleman with whom we are well in -
I qi-ainti'.l, and in whom we have the fullest
! confidence, and who is not ostensibly fin
| plicated in the conspiracy, turned here
on Thursday in the Cherokee from Ha
i vtina, and has given us a copy of a jotir
: mil published in Havana by a secret Jun
ta at vlie- risk of their lives, for the pur
pose nf informing the conspirators of the
j progress ol die plot. The copy in our
I pos-osion, and wlpcb can lie seen in our
editorial room, is the fir-t number of the
journal. /( i> printed on one side of the
paper only, and has the appearance of
I having pa ved lltrmigli a great number ol
■lt ends, We are informed dial it is die
only copy dial lias ever reached die United
States, and this being the case we traits
j late two attic les from it to show the
spirit of the people of Cuba.
Got iolonuanl says, that the pnppr
will lie pnbli-lied as regularly as the eir
riniistam os will permit. The second
] nmi'ber tvns in press when lie left Havana.
It is < imilaied (mm hand to hand, se-
I nelly, among till claes of people, and
*o important <-i j the G rv eminent eon- J
!-'nice the movement, that a reward of ;
1 $20,000 has been offered lor the discov- i
ieiv nl the printing < fliee, and an adtli
) tiniial reward for the S'-i/.ore of impres
sions. Thiity dio.isaml copies of tlie
1 first tin in! ie r was struck off, and vve have j
made arrangeineuis to rent ivc the sue- I
1 reeding tuiinhers, ami present their con
! ten's to our readers.
The follow ing is a translation of the
first number ol this sheet :
thvoici: <>f tiie cuban
PEOPLE.
(It! CAN’ OF IN'DI-PF-NDK-NCF..
Year 18.52.] Island of Cuba, June 13.
[.Vo. I.
TO OUlt UI'.ADKns.
I This paper Ins lor its object, to repre
sent the true opinion i.fthe Creole Cu
bans, — to propagate the noble feeling of
Liberty that every wise people ought to
lie povsessetl of. In it they will see the
light of all die political doings of die
Spunish Government, which that Gov
ernin’ 111 s‘'eks li) hide— all d'e nets of in
justice, despotism and tyranny which aie
l committed against our eompatriots, with*
out partiality. It shall he published
twice a month, if (iron instances will pert
mil, and are able to siirmoui the inniiuier- 1 1
j able sacrifices we are obliged to undergo j.
for its publication. Without doubt, as ’
often as it is possible it will he published
without fear of death, or the penalties to 1
which are condemned in our unhappy
country, the It tends of the propagation, of
Lilertv. We fear nothing. If we art
disroyVred by “uny infamous betrayer, we
shall die ! hut il will he after having
tendered important -cry ice to the holy
j c ause of tile freedom of Cuba. We only
; beg nf nnr jHentls and compatriots to cir
culate industriously all numbers which
• hull fall into tlttir hands, lor the expett
-es and danger* which we were obliged
to encounter, keep us Irom printing as
j many numheis as we wish, end which,
| must lie a'c(iili|dihecl by this nu tins, —
I Imitate our boldness, our courage and
j our sacrifice, bill alway s w ill: caution, to
: administer the pois in to our common em
trny. He will ‘red hle to see our and..city
j and vv ill have t.< reduce Into ashes the
Ivvliole I -land, to discover our little priut
ing ofliyje. We we repeal
I to fear, mr cause i- just, saertd and nu-J
i hie. We expect Irom our brethren p’u-j
j deiire, courage, caution and hate ofthei
cowardice of our betrayers; precaution
towards suspicions pet sous and Spies, nod
hv these means of VoZ ihl Puib/o Cuba |
no will he heard Irom the confines ol A-;
nierica to the old cnntine'il, where the;
J tyrant iesides.
Situation cf the Country.— Since the
! dis’uissal from this country °f ‘be General
D. J. de la CtiNCllA — ’ ile, bloodthirsty
I and cruel, and more than all cowardly
and proud man—General Cant do has
! taken possession ol her, w hose system ol
j government nobody is able to. traduce, j
as he has done nothing, great or smalt,
which can either he praised or blamed.— j
Without doubt', we are not like those
Spanish editors, who tire at the service of j
the Colonial Government, who tin noth- ;
iug but to flatter and praise the most in- j
fatuous ads of the aulhoiities of Cuba. I
And it is enough that any officer should ’
take the command of the Island, or imv
of ihe villages, that they should endorse"!
all iiis acts and cover him with flattering ]
adulations, though he should lie the veri-j
<‘>t as- that the Queen o t a, i on, or t lie !
favor ol the Mioi-n r, may send here to
govern its according to their own fancy. !
In the end they will oblige us to do tvliat
they please—we, the discontented Cu-j
bans. Wen-peat, we will not imilatej
the example of those miserable’ coward*.
We only say dial General Canedo has in
hi* favor his caution and his silence.—
Without doubt, lie does not itr.itaie his
predecessor in tipselling all which went
before him. He is afraid to offer any
thing or to reform anything. The Sen*
or Canedo, it is vety ( lear, does not yet
know the connlry : matter of course, n
il is very difficult for a military chief horn
in a distant country, and very different
from ours by climate, customs, ideas and
condition, for which reason he should
srek to hide this fault. It is a finll'uaiu
ral to any Captain who lakes command of
this Lland, hut the Sennr Canedo tots not
verified the pretensions of his foolish pre*
decessor. We are ahniilto describe the
situation of.the /.-land in a few words.
The Island of Cuba is ill a complete
state of agitation and excitement. The
Cubans are conspiring constantly against
the Metropolitan Government (com which
alley have not received for many tears
aught but humilatiou ami insults,’injustice
and illegal oppressions. These have re
vived in them their amieut resentments
with the firm desire to aveltge the blood j
ot their lirethren, Sited on the sc-.ffohl
-■nil on the folds of battle. Tlyrc are
millions ol I*it lin iii- banished now, and
fugiti'es in strange countries, fm no nth-,
er cause than the idea, those of liibertv,j
til it tin v have Implanted in their lie cts
as true patriot... Rich and poor, large!
and small, men, women and Children,!
old men, all entertain the same piiheiples. i
M.t.'V of the Cubans have fled to the U
niietl States, and are armed and will
pare expeditions to invade tile I-laud ami
jto struggle in this country to reach the !
! independence of the unjust Metropolitan. |
! All the authorities are o; posed openly,]
to the views ol the Cubans —but these.
iuUw ttlis. auding die innumerable daily,
saciifires, and notwithstanding the rigor
|of arbitrary laws that they have, they]
I have conspired, and will as long as they
| have a Spanish Government in Cuba. i
The cry of Liberty is sounded and!
the voice resounds from Point San Anto-j
nio to the Point Mai*i. The blood ol
o'ir brethren lias stained the soil of our
country, anti that blood shall be the stan
dard of vengeance. Nothing can pre
vent the revolution of Cuba. Destiny is
infallible. Neither the scaffolds, nor the;
poi-ons, banishments, confiscations ol
property, tmr i-out'cssions, nor rewards,
nor crosses, nothing—absolutely nothing,
can contain it. We must either fight or I
submit. The triumph is ours. Remem
ber the words o( Napoleon w hen be strug- i
gled vv ill) you—Spaniards ‘ The peo
ple are invincible when they sav ‘ NO.’ ’
VV (■wish independence or death. The
Spaniard-,domination b\ all means, with*
out ceusidering the evil consequences of
imprudent temerity, and w ithout justice
or reason.
THE SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN.
CHARLES B. YOIIVCBLOOD, - - - + . - - . Editor
OUR .country's 0.000 IS OURS.
OGLETHORPE AUGUST 7 18.52.
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! intend getting new material in a few months
! and enlarging oar paper.
‘1 here was a Scott met ling in I,aider
on last Tuesday. Notwithstanding the
1/iiferior con rl which was in session had
brought together a considerable iinmber
lof persons, the meeting was very thin.
j Wo h ave tec* iced tlie proceeding- nf
; a large and eutitn-ins'ie third candidate
j mee ing lately held ill M prion enmity, hut j
■ they came to hand 100 late for our pre<-
j eni issue. They shall appear in our
] next.
Unavoidable rircuuist'ances have de
layed <nir paper one flay beyond the time
fi>r publication. Our readers w ill please
bear w ith us u little and vve will do our
best to be punctual in future.
Why so murk Anxiety!
The Democratic pnitv of Georgia are
vainly endeavoring to conceal their dis
quietude in regard to the third candidate
movement. They are loud in proclaim
ing the impossibility of effecting any thing
bv tlie movement and avowing that the
Whig party are honorably bound to
support G"n. Scott bet ause he is the nom
inee of a National caucus. Tbeyevince
a wonderful degree of solicitude for the
prospects of the old General and are
perfectly astonished that Whigs have got
patriotism enough about them to repndi
ate him, tg he is the progeny of b nation
al convention. It is somewhol strange
that the enemies of Whig principles should
exibit so much anxiety and solicitude for
the fate ol the Whig nominee, hut the
mystery is fully explained by the united
J efforts thev are making to gull faint
j hearted Whigs into the belief that an cf
fort for a third candidatezvolild be trench
i erfius to the party and utterly fu'ile in its
i purposes. The truth'i- they are liiglii
jened- the people cver\where of all fiar
r tii's ate becoming heartily disgusted at the
foil) spoil of HitrinilH that has lately furred
its vvuv into our national caucuses. These
j caucuses air> now sapping the verv fnunda
i tious (if l!c|ijd’li ( "'" | ismjhv placing it lievpnd
tlie power of the m ohiiiy to exercise the j
tight to vote gs they please and for whom I
’ they please- for ihe most important office
jin the American government. The prop'e :
i having become convinced of this evil are de
termined to throw aside their party allegiance
] which has been so basely perverted and
boldly maintain their tight tn elevate to the
chief magistracy, a man worthy to receive
their support. Hence it is, that thn.se who
are willing to sell tlieir votes and influ
ence to a national caucus and suffer a con
gloinmerated mass of fanatics tn use them as
I a tool to plat e in power men who are un
qualified and unsafe, have become terrified
I at the increasing minority into which they are
falling and as a last resort now appeal to their
opponents to come hack and place the yoke
of lumdage upon their necks.
We warn Whigs to be ware of such a
step. The Democrats are the fathers of
national caucuses. They were the first
! to use them as a means tn defeat the peo
ple in obtaining men of tlieir clioiee for
high offices. Tlie Whigs have followed
in tlieir tvake and fought them after the
mode of tlieir own warfare until thev
have arrived where hut a leap remains tn
etignlph them in political bondage for all
lime to come. The Whigs are now cast
ing off th charm and reirariughli<eir steps
while D tnocrary stands upon the preci
pice and cries leap ! but tlie cry is tin
heeded hv vvhigs, and even some of their
own number h ive yet a spark of republi
canism glow ing within tlieir bosoms and
will not leap. But now the cry is raised,
“it is dishonorable to retreat,’’ but lie that
bring dishonor open his rounliy rather
than retract an unholy and dangerous po
litical iilliain e has no room to cry ‘‘dis
honor*’ even to traitors.
Mr. Hood’s Card.
As we expected, Mr. H-nd, one of
the Sectelat tes nf tlie late Union Cnn
: venlion, has become ixc edinoly w roth.
Hit the manner in w bit'll we exposed hi*
I contemptible iiiirigning in that body 111
the proceedings we gave as they ncrnrred
tinder personal nh-t t v ilh U- He has
pnhlis td a (aid ill which he essays to
exliniiiirate himself from the ( barges we
made against him, ant) fasten upon us.the
publication of that which was “untrue.”
Were’ we the Only person that had made
I'tose i barites, nr had the frankness to sM
j forth - tlie diabolical chicanery of Mr.
j Hood and ni* clique, in tfie fate Comen
[ lion, then vve miitht be in dread that nnr
i reputation for troth would be somewhat
] tarnished by his rird. But wo leave no ;
! such dread, for ourstateinenl- are sustain
! etl hv a large and res per table portion of
; I lie Convention, besidejothers who were
’ present merely ns spectators.
Tin- Federal Union, alter publishing
nnr account of tlie piort edings ol the.
Convention, comments in the following j
language; “In our paper tins week will
lie found a viv id description of the Upion
Convention that was held’in this place on
the Id'll and 16:h nil. It is from tlie
! Smith West Georgian, and was written
by a member of the We
Were piesent a considerable part of tin*
time anti can bear les ittinny to the faithjf?
fulness of the picture, So far as tin? nct
- in git and doings nf this political farce
was stiffen'd I'n t ome to the ligl^.”
Here is respectable testimony to ‘be
truth of our statements coming directly
from the sreue of action. Tlip Editor
of the Uitior. was present and ‘testifies to
the faithfulness” ol the ritoiiiii we give.
We did not presume in the first instance
that otir article would receive tlie appro
bation of petty politician* wliosp base
intriguing.it exposed. *lt was not to he
e'Xpected that Mr. Hood, vv ho appealed
to he rhie* wire-puller in this underhand
ed political Vickery, would remain silent
w ithout irjMtig to plaster over the affair
in some, manner in order to avert the
political damnation which lie and liis
clique have brought upon themselves by
iln if acts in the late Convention. The
card ol ivir. Hood, in whiilt he charges
us with ptiDri-'liing nu untruth, will fail to
leave the desired iff ct, there are lon many
wilne-ses against him.
Owing to the contemptible political po
sition Mr. H ood now occoi ie, we should
have pasj.'d his card unnoticed, had it nut
been that yliis course might have led ‘.lie
indifferent to believe that we had some
what exagerated hi- fraudulent actions.
brethren of the Fuss wlm
have published the raid will please give
this aflicle an insertion.
PUBLIC MEETING.
Lanier, Saturday July 31,1552.
According to previous notice, a portion
of the citizens ut Macon County assem
bled in the Court House on Saturday the
31st July.
Dr. W. N. L. Crocker was called to
I the chair, and 0. B. Youngblood re
quested to at t ns See ret ai v.
Col. Wm. 11. Robinsmi, explained the
olij ct of the meeting, as being the t itifi
calion of the proi'ee ings oftlte I ,it- third
camlidate ((invention held in the city of
Ogh tlmrpe. Me proceeded to lead the
proceedings of said Convention, and
then offered ihe following lesiiliition
which vvasoiiaoimou.lv adopted;
/f. Solv'd, That 11, is meeting folly con .
cur in the senthi cuts expressed and the
proceedings entered into bv tlie Cornell.-
lion belli in the tiy of Oglethorpe on
. Saturday last.
Tlie meeting then adjourned.
W. N. L. CHECKER, Ch’n.
C. 13. Yot;Nish i.ood, Scc'v.
Mr. Webster Nominated for the
Presidency.
Masses of the people, in spite of the
threalenings nl polililiiaps, are ev ideotly
heni on voting for Daniel Webster for
the Presidency. At Trenton, Boston,
and Milledgeville, there have been for
mal nominations ; and by the first ol'Sep
teiliber there will probably he a Webster
ticket in every State ih tlie Union. Mr.
Webster’s position in regard to these
movements, a$ vve have said from the
first, will be that of ‘ masterly'"inactivity.’
Although every partizan journal in tlie
country, from the venerable Intelligencer
■ u Washington, to the verdant Times in
ibis city, is shaking the rod of reproof in
the face of the great ‘Expounder,’ and
calling on him to how down and confess
iti the gods whom their hands have set
up, y et he moves not — winks not—-opens
not iiis mouth. Os course, lie will tie de*
ceil as * no Whig ’ and read out ol
the party by such high priests as the edi
tors of the New York Tribune and Al
bany Evening Journal, whose political i
orthodoxy consists m sticking to the ,
4 usages of party ’ by supporting tlie can
didate, and ‘ spitting nn the platform.’
At the Georgia Union Convention, on
the I Tilt inst., the following Resolutions
w ere adopted :
Whereas, we a portion of the represen
tatives of the Constitutional Union Party
of Georgia, in the Convention held on
the loth inst., in connection with other
members of the party, in Convention as.
sembled, prefer the selection of other ran,
didates, for President and Vice Pie-blent
oftlte United State*, than those now he
fore tlie country ; and believing that a
majority of the people ill* Georgia rhsire
that they may have the opportunity 0 f
voting for men to whom they can mote
cordially give tlieir support than to the
present nom.nees—
Therefore, Resolved, That we rerem
mend tn the people ol Georgia, who pre
fee the selection of o Icr candidates’ |„r
President and Vtri President, to appoini
Delegates to a Convention to be held in
the city ol Macon, on Tuesday, the 17• It
day of August itext, to take such action
as they may deem proper in reference to
iheen-uiiig PieMibllttnl election.
Resolved, That whilst we would not
attempt to dictate the choice of tlie peo
ple, We would rcSAccilnllv Sogge-I the
name ol DANIEL LRB I LK. <>l M is
] sachuseits, a- a landidale lor
] and CHARLES J. JENKINS, ot
: Georgia, for Vice President.
Resolved, That a (. ominitlee of Ele
ven lie appointed It* prepare an address
tojhe people ol Georgia, setting forth the
reasons, in hdwlf of the policy tecoin
mended. aod that have induced this body
to propose the same, and that the Presi
dent of this Convention be Chairman of
i4te Cbminiitt’e.
IH “ jig
The Fisheries Difficult} —Object cf
tlie British Provinces.
A Washington U iter in the Baltimore
Sun, contains the following paragraphs
upon this subject :
il Great Britain wants to go to war
with the United Stales, site inusl seek lor
j a better pretext than the fisheries ; but if
j she insists on a hro'sh w ith us site can ac
; cbnipfi-h it qubc * easily bv marching
thiity ihtjtisaiiil men into Manchester,.
Bit inillghaii), Glasgow end lceds. and
pulling dow u tlie n anfthu tiners <ln re, us
by sendiog a fl.et to nnr cflftst. Till now
j she has only s, ut a fi-l.ing fl.et tulier
coast, not to nni', But it i- natural lor
nr ti who never expect'd to reach power
to abuse it when it comes, and the Derby
men have made no exception to the rule.
The Iriiih is. tlie Bri'i-h provinces of
North America are almost indo| t nrli nt
of Great. Britain, and are only kept in a
state nf allegiance to Iter by the utiios)
concession and irib.lgi nee ot the mother
I ( otiimv. The colonists know this, and
nevei fail, like spoiled cliilthen, to impor
tune the British Geivcrnntenl to iniiiist r
to sheir real or spin ions wants. The
rohniisls want free trade with the Slat**,
and they think they c'li bully our Con
gress into (I e passage of a ri ciproeitv bill,
if they are only hacked op hv the home
j governmenl. Tlie D*rbv Ministry ba*
; lent it*elf to tins polity, lii kety m In n•,
j which, i;ii doubt, will defeat t's vtiv
j object. Mr. Wibsifl’ \. ry plop* fly r> -
! marl's in his late M irslifield spcei h, thal
j our business inis with the Crown ol En
gland, nn t not with the Colonial Gov*
1 eminent', of Great Britain.
(I!?* Tlie Athens llrraid thus siinima,
rilv disposes the nrgumeiits of Iwitli par- 1
j ties in the present Prcskleo-ti and Cam
paign :
i We have been greatly amused, we
i most coiifi S- —the tiling is really laugh-
j :ddc, and will move tli > ti-ilileg ol any
. one who occupies the position of a ‘look.
1 er-o.i—bv observing the course taken by
the two parties to prove the ’inflmess cf
tlieir respective candid.ites for the Presi
dency. Gen. Scott, it is stoutly main
laiituil, i- fit for that oflice, because he
fiinght l ••• battle ol Lundy's Lane and
some dozen iitlier battles ! ‘ ! and, is un
fit for it, because be is charged, while a
captain, with having on one occasion
withheld the pav ol his soldiers a It'W
i days—tlie same amounting to less than
j fifty dollars ! / General Pierce is fit fur
that distinguished oflice, because he was
j *in Congress about nine years ago,’ be
j lieven in thejusiice of the Mexican war,
j and afterwards ‘ fit bled and died’ for liis
! rotintry ! And lie is unfit for it, forsooth
! because it is alleged 111 fell ofl his horse
on one Accasion and fainted oil anoth
! er ! !
This is the sum and substance of the
’ argument on both sides.” and vve hope tl at
j those who can di-pute about such trifles,
‘ will have a good lime of it.’
In (lie name of all that is funny, what
has the fighting or fainting ol either of
these gentlemen to do with the office of
President ? They have both bet n a|itp
ly paid for every thing they ever did, and
’ as to talking about tlie people owing cilh*
;er ol them, it is all humbug. We don’t
’ believe the people owe such men, hut on
’ tlie contrary that they are indebted to tlie
people more than tliev can ever pay. It
! is the tliitv of each citizen In do all lie can
for the Republic—and the very belt of
men, therefore, quit even.
The signs of the times are to be painted
in a few days.
The lates! news by Twine String Tele
graph is that the Putch have taken Holland.