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IFtxw”' J^r " I^s * on our ' ler ’ J' ,|u ‘ ‘-’•’’ll'.] I
■iwfrot of Ihe Nomination of Danii l
Webster in the AVliig (’onvention at
Baltimore.
lit place of any extended remarks of
pur own rMprcliiiu die transactions wliii li
led lotlir? nomination of General Scott, we
submit to our renders in-dnv, tlie follow,
inu lurid and ei ( iiiustaiiiial narrative ol
w lint look place at li illimore. It lias
been furnished ns liv a gentleman whose
character and standing in this community
sire a guarantee for its fidelity and lair
pess. We shall abstain at present from
comments upon it, any further than to re
mark that the truth is rapidly coming out
with respect to the under-ground ma
noeuvres in the Convention. The public
w ill soon learn to whose corrupt motives
and dishonest tricks, it lias been owing
that Daniel Webster Inis not been allow
ed to have a hearing before the people of
flic United States :
PF.FEAT OF T.IIE NOMINATION OF IVWTt't, yVER
HTF.II IN Till'. WHIG CONVENTION AT FIAI,TI
MOR E.
Now that the heat and dost of the re.
.cent W|,ig Convention at Baltimore have
passed away, the large portion of the peo
ple of Massachusetts, ol all parties, who
were anxious dial the name of their own
illustrious fellow-citizen should have been
presented by that Convention to the peo
ple, for their stiff ages as a candidate for
the Presidency, are desirous to know l>\
w hat influences that result, so devoutly
wished lor by iliem, was staved off turd de
feated,
Attempts have been made, in some
quarters, to divert the responsibility of
this result fiom the tight heads; and to
throw it upon the delegations in the Con
vention from the Southern States. Noth
ing can he more unjust, dishonorable,
and thoroughly misplaced than this at
tempt. *
‘1 lie writer of these lines was present
during the whole sessnn of the Conven
tion, tip to the final announcement ol tln
caudidate for the Presidency, He was
an earnest constant participator in all the
proceedings of that body—and had good
opportunity of watching and weighing
the various influences which gave shape
to its proceedings. lie hears willing tes
timony to the high-minded and honoiahle
di’porlmenl ol by far the largest portion
ol the Southern gentlemen who were
members of that Convention—to tlieii
warmly expressed appiecintion of site pub
lic services, and their profound venera
tion for the in'ellecttiai greatness ol Mr.
Webster—and to their earnest desire, ex
pressed in unmistakable nets, as well as
words, to confer upon him the nomina
tion for the Presidency.
It is well known that nearly all the
delegations from the Southern Suites
came into the Convention with instruc
tions to give their votes for Mr. Fillmore.
■Tit ese instructions they lelt bound too.
bey, until it became perfectly apparent
that Fillmore could not obtain the nomi
nation, and until some other candidates,
standing upon tlie same platform w ith
him, should lie in a position to secure the
nomination, beyond a doubt, with the aid
ol the votes which they were able to w.in
fer to such candidate. So long as acting
under their instructions, they continued to
vole for Mr. Fillmore—they could keep
the voles of their delegates together for
him—hut when the break eame, it was
known that a portion of the delegates
would vole for Gcu. Scott. A great ma
jority of tin in were deeply anxious for
the nomination of Mr. Webster, and were
willing to ilo every thing in their power
In produce that result—hut they wen foot
willing to Ineak away limn .Mr. Fillmore
•iiitil a force could lie in rayed to set ore
the nomination o| Mr. Webster beyond
the possibility ol .1 doubt, on the In t |,al.
lot after tin it scpaialiog from Mr. Fill
more. ,
To ascertain precisely how this could ]
he done, the Southern gentlemen accu
rately c.mvas-ed all tin- vole.s which they ‘
then commanded lor Mr. Fillmore. The
number of those—at the elo-e of the bal
loting on Saturday, and the commence
ment ol the hall iting <>u Saturday, and
the comim ncenietil of the balloting on I
Monday may beset down at 011c* Inin,
died and twenty-eight. Os these it was
ascertained that, upon the breaking up
of the Fillmore vote, twenty-two were de
termined to vote for Gen. Scott. De
ducting these, they had one hundred and
six votes sure (or Mr. Webster, and
which they temleicd to Mr. Webster’s ;
friends, w henever a number of votes could j
he brought forward, from oilier quarters,
sufficient to secure his nomination.
All that the Southern gentlemen, who
ardently desired the uoniinntinn of Mr.
Webster asked ol 1 lie Northern friends of j
Mr. W ebster was, that, on someone hal- 1
loting, they would come lip to the line of,
Maryland with lortv votes for Mr. Web- !
ster. The moment this was done, they 1
would w Iteel into line,'dud give their
voles to Mr, Webster, and thus secure ;
him lire nomination. The forty North- I
erii voles —with one hundred am’ six ta
ken from the Fillmore vote—,-tntl three
from W iston-in, and one from California
which had all along been given for Mr.
Webster—would have secured him a tri
umphant nomination.
I Thu's the onus rested on the Northern
‘Webs ter men. To secure the nomina
tion of their candidate, they were only
n rjuiied to procure 40 vote- . To raise
j these voles, tliev had the yyliole sweep of
’ the six New England States, and Ne
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.—
| The Southern gentlemen offered ns 10G
| votes lor our own candidate—and 1 lipv
I asked of us only to get 40 votes lor
1 liim.
I But we mold not do it. N*Uonnrahle
means were left untried to effect this so
mticli desired nhjret. ‘The New York
Srnli delegates, supposed trreatlv to pre
fer Mr. Webster to Mr. Fillmore were
implored to lend their aid—hut they were
inexorable. {Strong arguments were urg
. ed upon the delegates from Maine, to
come in and help us in this pressing ext.
r genrv. Those arguments were received
with a cold and om-miiplying negative.—
r Messrs. Arlemaf Lee, of the Worcester
distiict, and Henry 1,. Dawes, of the
Berkshire district, in onr own Massaelm
. setts delegation, were appealed to, even
almost with tears —and hy every consid
eration of national, state aim personal in
terest— to give ns their votes for Mr.
Webster, if only for a-single soljtarv bill*
t lot. They refused to do it.
Thus the friends (if Mr. Webster were
compelled, with heavy In arts and tearful
eyes, to relinquish this their great and
j cherished object, for the w ant, merely, of
I these forty Northern votes. This great
■good—this highest blessing, wli’u h they
sought to confer upon their country—
| by die elevation to iis highest office of the
: grentest living and acting statesman w ithin
j-. its borders, was lost forever, for want of
l some dozen or fifteen votes, to make up
the forty Northern votes required to se
cure the nomination of Mr. Webster,
Now, let us, in a few brief words, in
form the friends of Mr. Webstei in Mas
sachusetts borv his nomination by the Bal
timore Convention rvns lost. Let us
show them yvlmt influences were at work
to prevent him from obtaining the few
Northern votes, which would have made
him the candid ate.
I In the first place, there was the bitter
and malign,ini personal hatred Inward
Mr. Fillmore running through the New
York Scott delegations inside and outside
the Convention—which not only induced
a virulent hostility to Mr. Fillmore bill
led them to pa-s oyer Mr. Webster, be
cause lie was .supposed to stand noon
somewhat the same platform as Mr. Fill
more and led ilm-iii to go througliTmt for
Gen. Scott, few no other reason than that
tie stood in the 1.0 iliest line ol antagonist
position from the object of their hitter and
envenomed hostility.
, Then, there were our neighbors, the
delegates from the Stateof Maine—stand
ing there, with George Lyans at their,
head—and lime after time, and ballot af
ter ballot, voting fur General Scot!, with
a prominence of position, and a peculiar
-••verily ol enum union, which seined In !
declare, too plainly fer misapprehension, j
that they eared much-less that their vole!
was in favor of Winfield Scott, than tlr.l
it told against Daniel Webster. What
motive there was lying down deep in (lip
bosom of one of that delegation, must a
liide a higher search than ours. To that
-( ciirily w e leave it.
Again, there were certain Mnssaclm
sells men in Baltimore, their influence
limited indeed, and less than those influ
ences we have already mentioned—hut
-'ill, tending to the same point. Men of
Masneliuselts—connected, some of them,
with the Boston Atlas—members, some of
them, of the Massachusetts .Whig Stale
Committee—professing to he somewhat j
j -minder ami truer Whigs than any body!
el-e upon earth—they were there, eon-|
sorting with the opponent- r-f Daniel!
Webster—desponding at every thing
j that looked favorable to hi- nomination ;
ami. ll joining w ith exceeding joy, at ev. j
1 cry new indication that was averse to it ;
To none of the men gathered there at j
, Baltimore was the defeat of Mr. Webster
j more exhilernting than to these last. We
i advise them to mingle prudence ryiih their
| joy—and wail the result. The end is not
yet.
I * With a word, we have done. Our ob
ject has beet: to .-how that our Southern
Whig brethren were not responsible fur
i Mr. W ehster’s failure to obtain the nonii
i nation, and to show who were responsible
lor the failure, if the friends of Mr.
; W'cbster, all over Massachusetts, find, in
I I lie true statement of the case, any incite
ments to induce litem to give material aid/
■ in the shape of money or labor, expendeif
j under such auspices, to as.-ist the electing !
jof (leu. Scott, or to place the political
destiuces of Massachusetts in such keep
ing vve shall make no quarrel with them
| lor so lining ; hut we shall take the liberty
;to he chary ol our own efforts, in such a
cause, so managed.
Mr. T. Waddill, a whig of Fayetteville,
I N. C., having been appointed a vice
, president of the Scott and Graham club
I organized in that place, has published a
card in which he says he will not support
. Scott for I * resident.
(t/** The Nashville News learns that a
a an named Julie/, Owen killed his broth
er, Richard Owon, in Walliuuisou county,
Tenti., on the 4>h inst.
THE SOUTH-WES! GEORGIAN
CHABLES B. 1 fit Afißl-COB, Editor
OUR country’s SHOD tS OURS.
OGLETHORPE AUGUSTUS 1852.
FOR {’RESIDENT,
DAN'L. WEBSTER,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
CH ARLES J. JENKINS,
OF GEORGIA.
FOR ELECTORS:
Tlie State at Large,
Cot.. 11. 11 CUM MING, of Richmond,
Hon. EDWARD Y. IELL, of Troup,
! 1-t I)i.— 11. W. Sharp ol Thomas.
!2d “ Cot,. VV. M. Brown, of Marion,
j3d “ Hon. Washington Pof. of Bibb,
j 4th “ Blount C. Ferrell of Troup.
sdi “ Warren Aiken, of Cuss.
Gib “ Y. L. G. Harris, <>f Choke.
:7iil “ HOiN. J. J. Ft. OVD, of Newton.
Sib “ Dr. P. S. Lf.mi.i:, of Jefferou.
| . 11..
Agents for (lie Soulh'WfslGcorjjbui
■ Sfe.vcek Cai.dwei.i., Purl Caines, Ca
Jiv£Kjt A. Hogue, near Aparicus, do.
Col. Wm. T. Berzins, Cvthbcrt, ih.
(I. Ca RITH Ells, Esq. <!iil/ibcrl, do.
Gimif.rt IVI. Stokes, Sladt, hr.e co. do.
l)r. Wm. M. Stokes, Dooly co. do.
M. L. lIoi.MAN, lironksuillc, Slrw'rt do.
A. A, Bi.akei.v, Griffin, Pike co. do.
John W. Griffin, Griffin, do.
.1. TANARUS, IMav, FrnncisviHr, do.
W. J. Parker, Ckentiba. Lee C'o., do.
A. ./. Williams, Agent for Sum hr co.
Cut. l. i:n W unit, Traveler's Jlcsl do.
French Haggard, Alliens do,
ISe.liietioEi in the terms ol die
Sontli-West Georgian.
After I lie first day of October the C! cor
gi an trill be furnished to subscribers
ill the following rules :
s( 1,00 fir (i months, if paid in advance,
125 “ “ if not paid in advance.
2,0 ) for 12 months if paid in advance,
2,.50 “ “ if not paid in advance,
Endsgcnnieists lo CSitlis.
Five Copies (i months for §4,00 in advance,
Ten Copies “ “ “ 7,00 “
Five Copies 12 months “ 8,00 “
fen Copies “ “ “ 15,00 “
Fifteen Copies 12 1110. “ 20,00 “
We have been induced to oiler tlie above
terms in Older lo increase the circulation of
our pager, and for that purpose yve earnstfv
solicit the co-operation of oof fiiends. If
yve meet with sufficient enriirogeineht, we
intend gettino new material in ti few months
and enlarging our paper.
The ‘lieorqiaii'’ for t he Cainpdiign..
Being desirous of doing nl! we can for
the only candidates lor the presidency
now befor# the people who are worthy id
j liieir confidence and support, to wit:
■ the last great statesman now living of the
1 hree greatest that ever lived at one period,
j DANIEL'WEBSTER, and Georgia's.
favorite son, CHARLES J. JENKINS,
we oiler the following imluemenis for
Campaign subscribers:
Five copies from now until Ist Nov. $2
Ten “ “ “ “
Fifteen “ “ “ “ §4
Twenty “ “ *• “ §5
Wesolieii-the co-operation of .ill Web
ster men to aid us in circulating the Geor
gian extensively during the present cam
paign. No labor will be spared to make
it a good campaign paper.
(ErTlou. A. 11. Stephens w ill please ac
cept onr th inks for a copy of his very able
and eloquent Address, sdtfliverod before the
l ew, and I’iii Gu'uiiih Societies of Emory
Colledge, 00 cotnmencemeiTf (jay.
Q'r’H e are under, many obligations to the
Savannah Dresses for Daily and Tri-weekly
exchanges. We value them highly and
feel that wo could not well get along without
them.
A meeting has been called in New
Orleans of Whigs opposed to General (S’cotl,
for the purpose of appointing delegates to
tho Philadelphia Convention lo be held on
the Ist of September. There is yet a chance
for throwing the election into the Mouse of
Representatives, and once there Daniel Web
star “ill be our next President.
/Mr. Pii'iTfl’s Slavery Seiiliincnls.
/ Last week we published the proof ol
the sentiments purporting to have been
uttered bv Mr. Fierce iu his New Boston
speech. Desiring to do justice toall par
ties we publish this week, Mr. Pierce’s
letter of denial. We shall however, pur
sue this subject still farther next week,
and frame an article in tlie Washington
Siirnul, show that Gelt. Fierce lias l>v
word and deed committed himself against
slavery in much stronger terms than set
forth in ihe Independent Democrat's report
of his New Boston speech.
New Cation.
On I asl Monday morning there werei
two bales of new Cotton received in thi/
place. They were weighed at the Flat/-
ttr’s Ware-house and purchased hy P. M_
liiison, Esq. at 10 1-2 cts per pound;
Raised hy James Pope 1 sq. of Dooly
county.
The Savannah Courier.
We have received several numbers of
the Daily Cornier, published in Savan
nah, bv-S. T. Chapman, former editor ol
the Mac oil Tour mil 8c Messenger. It is n
well gotten up sheet, and will hear coin
p.irison with tlie best dailys in the State
We have also received the first number < f
Mr. Chajym,in’s Weekly, printed aller tin
style of the New Orleans Weeklies. We
wish Mr. Chapman all the success iu his
new enterprise that his good taste and en
ergetic spirit justly deserves.
Ploying two hands. How is that? —
We have heard it surmised ahoyt, that our
lieigjibor of the American Union playyd a
double game in the Conventions of last week
at .Macon; that he first attended the Webster
i Convention and look part in their delibera
tions, and then went over and took a hand
with tho Scott men. We do not stale the
matter of our oyvn knowledge. But such a
tiling is bruited about, and. being one of Sun
nys best friends, it is our duty to make it
known to him.— Griffin Jeffersonian.
Sandy nerds no information on this sub
ject, fiiend Cline. Be did play a double
! game in the late Macon Conventions, by ta
| king part in the proceedings and suflering his j
! name to be used as a delegate in both, from
| ‘Spaulding County, and he certainly has sense {
j enough to know that such inconsistency “ill l
he tail ed about. lie was the first man to
repudiate tlie nominatioY of Scott, apd after
saving a great many hard things about the
old General, declared he would not support
him, and hoisted at his masthead it third can-!
didate. Be gloried in the coarse of the
Union Whigs at tlie Milledgeville Conven
tion, and endorsed tlie call for tlie Webster
Convention, at Macon, and entered that Con
vention as a delegate. The next day lib cn
rolles bis name in the Scott Convention, and
lo and behold ! When that body passes a res
olution prescribing what papers the’ Scott
party shall patronize, bis is found in the list.
r .
Verily, he has soli himself for a mess of
(Scott pottage.
Webster and Jenkins.
Last week we hoisted at our mast head
ihe names of Daniel Webster and Ch#lesl
J. Jenkins for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency.. For these patriots we intend
lo battle, let wlial will cotne. It was a
proud day with us hhen we were -honored
with an opportunity of placing them at
the head o! our columns, as the tinani.
tnous nominees ofour State Convention,
and it will he the proudest day ofour life,
when we shall he permitted to cast out
Vote in the ballot box, as a tribute of grat
titude to these noble, statesmen, for tlie
great services they have already rendered
1 heir-country, and their pure and uncon'.,
laminated devotion to the Ooustitntiou
and the Union. No eulogium which vve
or any other man could produce, would
speak m too exalted manner the praises,
and gratitude that is justly doe them,, for
tiie'sei vices they have rendered. D.nsiel
W ebster has already won for himself a
lame that will he as lasting as liberty its
elf, anil his late exhibited devotion to the
wh /c l mull, in his firm and fearless ad
vocacy of the Compromise merits a bigji
er encomium from the Irii-nds of the Unv
ion titan language could lavish imon
him.
Gnnrles .1. Jenkins is no less reverved
i'V all who know him. He hay played no
minor part in quieting tlie late slavery ng
i(aiioi). He is Well know n to the people of
Georgia as the founder ol the Union party
ami the father of the 1 Georgia Platform j
the principles of which are now virtually
adopted hy all parlies, Save the abolition
ists anil secessionists. And, while Dan
: icl Webster has achieved ilm name of the
‘ great expounder oftlie constitmion ’ and ‘
hk-rnl of tlie Union, Charles J. Jenkins
is its preserver.
U is not onr intention daring (lie pres
ent enuvass to war against our own house
hold (••tther than to present.all tilings in
their inn- light, hut in the support of’siich
nienas Wthsteruml Jenkins patriotism de
mands that we should emphtv onr utmost
energies. }(, Rt any lime, oiyr zeal should
get the better of our judgement, k, will)
only be because yve are not forced, hy a
national caucus, to give them an uniri/l, ,
nig suppoit, hut it. a free-matt, possessing
the right of uniratraneled frnurliise, we
give it heartily and unreservedly to the
man ofour choice. K, in iudeavoring to
present tlie sttperioly ofour candidates o
ver all others, we should unfortunately
“Oiiii'l the feeliugsjofn brother whig it will
he unintentional. We desire to manmin a
friendly relation w ith all who differ with
ns only in men not \n principle, but if tins
must needs he at the sacrifice of our own
opinions and preference, we are not ready
to make the sacrifice. We shall Cordially
and uncompromisingly support Webster
ami Jenkins at all buzzards.
Plliing Pierce, too, Colonel !”—Col.
J/ff. Davis, recently made a politic?!
/leech before the Granite Club of Mem
/this. As the report goes, he first pitched
into Gen. Scott, ami then allued to Mr.
Graham in this wise : “lie believed Mr.
Graham wasa gentleman of unimpeach
able honor. He could say nothing against
him, except that he was found iu very
had company. Though Mr. G. had lielil
several prominent stations, yet no act of
his had ever attracted his observation so
as to make any marked impression, and
he would say of him, as Johnny Brown
said of his dog, when asked why lie wrs
going to hang him—that he had never
done anything ?■ Yes, said John, that is
the reason lam going to hang him Here
die orator is said to have made one of
diose emphatic pauses indicative that a
proper response is desired from the au
dience. Tlip response was not delayed.
A tall hunter from Tippah, instantly ex
claimed—“ Hang Pierce, 100, Colonel !”
The pith and pertinence of this reply con
vulsed the audience and confounded the
speaker.
None of the Piercers could say what
art of their nominee, the fiititings al
ways excepted, had attracted observation,
‘So as to make any marked impression.”
They knew that Pierce, too, had belli
“several prominent stations,” and had
never accomplished any :liing but—a
faint, and tire Tippah man wept unan
swered.—Jackson (Miss.) Plug of the
Union.
The Scott Convention. —This conven
tion a-sembled at Mar on on Wednesday
last. The lion. W. B. FlcmruiujY, of
Clnthain, was chosen President, aiiTDr.
Andrew’s, of the “Citizen,’’ and Messers.
Roatli, of Augusta,’ and Simms, of Cowe
ta, Secretaries.
There were 37 counties represented,
with 153 delegates. A committee of roil-
Terence wtjs appointed to meet the-uoin
! miltee from the Webster convention, to
| ascertain if there he no plan on. w hich
the Whig party could harmonize filter
an adjournment of about one liotir, ihe
committee relumed to the convention and
reported that nothing could he dittie to
wards the siibjsft of their appointment.
W hereupon the convention proceeded to
j its business, ratified the nomination of
! Scott and Graham, and adopted the
principles of the National VV lug party,
and appointed the following Electors'*
pur the State at Large,
VV'.VI. LAW, of Chatlia n.
J 0 E L C R A w FO K D, of Ea rly.
For the Jfistricts,
I-t Dish, — G. W. Walthour, of Liberty.
| 2d Dist.— Lou Warren, of Baker,
31 Dist.—.ll. V. Hardeman, of Jones,
j 4tll. Dist. —R. VV. Simmes, of Coweta,
j sih Dist.—T ’timer H. Trippe, of Ctiss.
Gt li Dist.—l. E. D upree, of Tw iggs.
7 1 h Dist.— N. G. Foster, ol Morgan.
Sth Disk—Geo. W. Evans of lib Itmomk
Mnj. I. L. Harris, of Milledgeville,
was then called oiit, and addressed the
convention ill an . eloquent and happy
style, iu which he vindicated the charac
ter of Gen. Scott, and urged * his claims
for the highest office within die gift of'the
people.
They, adopted a resolution to hold a
mass meeting at Atlanta, 011 the Mill of
September, the atyiixer.-arv of'Scott’s
entrance into the City of Mexico,
Aftjf’r die transaction of olio r business,
the convention ndj mrnedj us the Presi
dent staled, to meet at the polls on the
first Tuesday, in November.
A Question for Grammarians and Pol
itiewm
The most important question before the
American people is that of Slavery ;’the
second is that of Foreign Intern niton. —
Until recently, the latter had no part iu
American politics. The advent of Kos
suth, however, and the extraordinary doc
trines which lie announced, rendered it
neces.-ary for the parties of the country to
decline their positions with reference 10
them. TJie Whigs in their platform of
principles say;
“That while struggling freedom, eve
rywhere, enlists our warmest svmpaih.v,
; vve shall adhere to tlie doctrines of the Fa
ther of his country, as announced in his
I Farewell Address, of keeping ourselves
free from all entangling alliances with for
eign countries, and of never quitting our
own to stand upon foreign ground: That
our nVission as a Republic is not to pro
pagate our opinions, or impose on other
countries our form of governttUTit, bv ar
tifice or force, but to teach by example,
1 and show by our success, modeialion and
justice, the blessings of self-government,
I and the advantages of free ihstiiiiiiotis.”
This is clear and explicit. Tlie posi
tion is sound, and the grammatical con
struction good. There is no violation.
Iterej either of the settled policy of the
country or the principles of Lindley Mur
ray. There is nothing offensive lo the
Catholic whose religion Kossuth outrag
ed, nor to those rules of composition with
which every school hoy is familiar. But
what shall we say of the following reso
lution of the Democratic National Con
vention? Is there sense or patriotism in
it ?
“ Resolved, That in view of the condi
tion of popular institutions in the Old
IVorld, it high and sacred duty is devolv
ed, with increased responsibility, upon the
Democratic parly of the country, as the
party of the people, to uphold and main
lain the rights of every State, and there
by the Union of the States, and to sustain
ant advance among us constitutional lib
erty by continuing to resist all tnonopolis
and exclusive legislation for the benefit of
the few at the expense of many, and hy a
viglant and constant adherence to those
priciples and compromises of the Consti
tution,w hirli are t broad enough and strong
rfimtgh to etnbraee i and uphold the Union
ns it was, the Union as it is, and the Uni
on as it shall he, in the full expansion of
the energies and capacity of this great
and progressive people.
“The condition of popular institutions
in the Old World !” “The rights of eve .
ry State I” “The Union of the S tales!”
“Monopolies and exclusive legislation!”
“Principles and Compromises of the Con\
sliluliun!” “ The Union as it was, the
Union as it is, and the Union as it shall
be!” Was there ever such ajuir.bleof
words before! Who can make sense of
the resolution? Who can understand it?
Go over it again, reader, and tell us what
the “popular institutions in the Old
World” have to do with State rights, with
“the Union as it was, the Union as it is,
and the Union as it shall he ?” Above all,
tell what “popular institutions” there are
“in the Old World,” and what relation
sustain to “the full expansion of the
energies and capacity of this great am*
progressive people.” Tlie party might
as well have declared, that in view of the
popular institutions in the moon, or u>
view of the grievous condition of Billy
Bowlegs, the /mlian Chief, a high and
sacred duty is devolves upon them to up
hold anti maintain the “:itrhts of every
State, and thereby the Union of the
States;” &c. fce. The connection in the
one case is about as apparent as in the
other.
, The truth is as the N. Y. Post, a Demo
cratic paper, has declared. The resolu
tion was intended lo he a mere jumble of
w ord's—to mean anything not nothing, ac
cording to the fancy of the reader. To
the follow es of Kossuth, it was designed
to (iave ihe appearance of an endorsement
of his intervention vagaries. The non
interventionist, in the meanwhile, was to
tie impressed with the idea that the con
ation of the old world rendered it neces
sary for os to take care of ourselves.—
And generally, foreigners’ll) this country,
as wdl as “the rest of mankind,’’ were to
understand it ns a simple-expression ol the
interest and curiosity of the Democratic
patty iji regard to the people of Europe.
In all seriousness, the resolution is un
worthy of a great par'y. ll is an insult
to the interventionist and the iion-iuler
ventionist—to the foreigner and the na
tive brtrn citizen. Tlie Convention trifled
with the people when it adopted it. Upon
a matter oFs much importance, it should
have spoken oat distinctly and manlulU,
and not have sought to be “all things to
till men.” Its failure to do so, is sufficient
reason to umhoi ii- all who oppose the
j fanatical schemes of Kossuth, to w ithhold
] their support from the nominees of the
D tfiiiouraiic party.
The $o!!t;i western Railroad
We Itw.n from the .Macon Telegraph
of the 20. h dial ihe account- showing the
receipts an I expenditures of the South
western Road for the fir-t year of the ope
rations, have betii dost ti, w Uli the follow
ing results:
The road was regularly opened fur bu
sine-s ot: t ie 1 si .August, ISSI.
Receipts for tlie y ear ending July 31,
1852. as fit flows:
For Freight , SSO.S7S 44
“ Passengers 4GDI4 5G
“ U. S. Mail 2,500 00
Total earnings 8129,305 33
j Tlip current 1 xpenses during
j Hint peiiod have been 07,535 17
|
j Leaving balance of net t arn
iugsof. $71,535 17
Out of this sum the direc
tors have declared a divi
dend ofeight dollars per
share, amounting to 44,530 00
Leaving a surplus of $20,999 17
Tlie total nnmher of passengers Iranss
pot ted during the year, is 42,049; being
an average ol’ 110 1-2 per day; number
of hales of cotton transported, 45,470.
The result i-s unparalleled iu the histo
ry of Southern railroads, /t shows plain
ly that these works, when economically
rmtstrnried and judiciously managed may
j he made profitable to the stockholders, as.
welias a convenience to the public. The
Southwestern Company has been, from its
organization, most admirably managed.
The first hoard of directors was well se..
lee ted—the first president was a gentle
man of strong practical sense—the con
tractors, we believe, w ithout a single ex
ception, were experienced business men.
Its present officers are gentlemen not only
of clear heads and sound hearts, hut of
matured experience. They are all ori
ginally from this city-, and l ave all been
connected with the Central Railroad
Company nearly ever since i's organiza
tion. We congratulate the stockholders,
especially those interested in the Central
Company and the city of Savannah, upon,
1 the remarkable success of this noble en
-1 terprise.— Savannah Courier.
It seems that Gen. Scott challenged
! Dewitt Clinton in 1820 for a card which
j Mr. Clinton published April Gilt, 1819,
i when he was not governor of New York.
1 It was alter Clinton had been, chosen gov
l vernbr and taken tin oath against duelling,
| and nearly a year alter the publication of
his card, that the general demanded salts’