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%co* 4ug. 20H,. IS2.
Gentlemen ;—3 am so of yours of
Slut ins!,, notifying me that ( the lii<!c
-udent tyhig Convention, ivoentl.v m.-soiii
at Kktm, 1 wax iioiiiinnti-ri n- a i-1.-rim
for the Sfbird t?vngro*-imial Di-tict, upon
c ricket designed to support the nominees of
jhat Clpirtentiwifo'-Di'niel Webster, nf Mtssa
/•husetlife 5 anil Charles .1. Je.i
fcins, ofYit*ore||i,for Vice President; ami ash
- Mjk •SiSeptnnce of the same.
, I accept the nomination, and shall cou-i I
jer it a cause of grsinSution to bo permitted
fa liter a part in casting the vote of G.p#rgia
for the highest political office on earth, upon
the man who stood next to the lamented Clay
jn defending our ghirions Union from (lie :us- :
sank* vs trinities and (fisuujnujstg,
Although u<4 agreeing with the distingnish
,ej nominee for the Presidency in all points
connected with the only great political ques
tion at this time engaging the public attention
pf the Southern portion of this Union, yet, as
he stands committed, through liis friends nod
luppyrtcrsin the YV log Baltimore Convention,
fa the principles consisting the platform of the
great Whig Party, and more especially as he’
lias been tried, and that, too, as by the prin
ciples of the Compromise measures, and not
found mauling upvu :u;y of rilal import; and
/pore especially as lie has given indubitable
{•roof that he possesses the moral courage to
•card the traitorous aliolitiouisl and the wily
fanatic in their stronghold ; and by liis, m
---paralleled intellectual power, to array tlte;
/nore iofluooliai portions of the North in the
support of Southern Constitutional guaran
ties; and, as we have not, nor tnu have and
such pray/foa) experimental proof on this vi
jtal question from tumoral Scott; but, on the
pontrary, a sad and melancholy ground for
(louht based upon his contumacious silence
;tnd refusal to commit himself in favor of the
South before liis nomination —and gaining
shat ip>i^inati< f ii avowedly throng'; the influ
ence of a man who lias proved himself to lie
the greatest enemy to Southern institutions,
and with talents to make that opposition ef
fectual, and who, to gratify that aiiimo-itv, is
xvilliniiig and prepared to trample under foot
the Constitution of tlie country, and scatter
to the winds the fragments of tilts Union.—
For these reasons, 1 am p ejiared to join
heart and hand in the support of Daniel Web
ster for the Presidency of those United
£St;ites-
It may not be considered out of jdaee hero
to insert a quo.taljon timii a speech pronoun
ced by this distinguished Statesman in the
great State of New York, and surrounded by
/housands of Abolitionists, and the very ter
ritory and jurisdiction of that 1 higher law’
Senator, to whom reference has been made
above, jq syppoij of the assertion that Daniel I
Webster has tlie moral courage to beard the
traitorous Abolitionist and the wfly fanatic
jn their strongholds. He is speaking of the
Abolitionists; • Well, what do they say
jfiook at the proceedings of the Anti-Slavery
Convention in Ohio, Massachusetts and Syra
cuse, in the Stale of New York. What do
they say ? ‘ That so help them God, no col
ored man shall lie sent from the State of New
York back to liis master in Virginia.’ Do
pot they s;,:y jlia. ‘. > Aijd for the thlfihnent
pf that, they jrfedge their lives, tlieic fortunes,
pud their sacred honor. Their saiirui honor.
They pledge their sacred honor to violate the
jaws ot the 1 idled Slates—they .pledge their
£acrcd honor to resist their execution—they
jdedge their sacred honor to commit (reason
against their country.’ Mr. Webster pro.
/seeds : 1 say, that what is dcinnifded of us
>3 to be iiji to our constitutional duties, and to
/h> for the Soi.'ih what siie has a right to de
pot ml.’
Vi jib regard to the honorable nominee for
.the office of the \ ice I’revidenev, it is unne
cessary for me to assign any reason before
the people of (icorgia for giving him my cor
dial support. Siillioo it to say, that in him
the moral, intellectual and political elements
I'l * ,
are so linriiinmoinly combined as to consti
tute a sale depository for the highest political
trusts.
Very respectfully,
\our feilow-ciii/.en,
WASMINtiTON I*o la.
To James T. Nishut and Jam ns M. Mmi
j.kv, Secretaries Independent Whig Conven
tion.
Tiiom vsmi.i.k, tilth tug., 1552.
Sins—A ours of the git nit., informing me
pfiny nomination as one of the Electors for
flip B{.ate of (icorgia, on the ticket lately
formed by a Convention of my fellow-citizens
jn the city of Macon for Daniel Webster for
President, and Uhaijes J. Jenkins far Vice
President, was duly received. This honor
was to me as unexpected as it was unmerited
and I beg leave to return to you, and tlnongh
you to the Third Candidate Convention, my
sincere thanks for the honor they have con.
form) (;n me. I had not supposed that, my
position pi the present stale of political af
fairs was known beyond my immediate neigh
j/prhood. It is true that I had expressed my
self to a few friends as favoijug the Third
Candidate Convention, and my entire prefer
ence for the present nominees nbove all oth
ers, and I do, therefore, ni'vept the nomina
tion as one of the Electoral College for Well
gfer and Joftkjns for the State of (icorgia, and
I feel assured that though I am wanting in
abilitjes to dp what I should, to advance tile
jnterest of that ticket, yet I do not yield to
any man in devotion to the principles of my
party, nor the platform on which the enndi
jjjdatcs are known to stand.
I feel gratified'that lam permitted tube one
pf the standard hearers of Daniel At ehslor
and Charles J. Jenkins, ‘l’lto one possess
ing the greatest intellect of the age —a man
natriotism knows no North, no South
jig Easy, *•- ... —(ii 0 defender of the Con-
( ’
stjtution, and the friend of his country’s good;
the other Ips worthy compeer, a map above
reproach, and possessing a high order of tal
ents.
In yielding my support to Webster and
Jenkins, (the ablest ticket ever presented to
the American pcopje) I shall not torn aside
to abuse Scott and Graham. 1 admire the
achievements pf the one, and the modest
merit of the other. I shall not torn aside to
war upon friends, when there n an enemy jn
front. Our batteries should 1/2 directed n
gaiust the latter ; for recent developments
prove Gen. Scott to be at least as reljalde as
Gen. Fjcrce. Gen. Scott was mil my choice
nor do l feci a freedom to give him my aup
port-vibe platform that he adopted I admire
—it is tlie platform of the party “to which I
I/dong, the principles of which have been
ably defended ami carried out l/v Mr. Web,
ster, as a member of .Mr. 1 i!)nlore’s cabinet,
liis acts and efibfts in belffilf of the eompro?
mise, are part and parcel of the grelit plan.,
of adjustment; aid Charles J; Jenkins is
knjjwn to he the autiior of the. Going hi Flat
form, which has given direction to,fhe pub
lic sentiment ot thp South upon the com pro
mise lulls \yhifjh triumphantly snsfrinj them.
I belonged to the Coirslituliouul Ufiipn
Party from its cradle to j_ts grave, and I do’
npt think that I shall ever fi'ave cause (ft re
gret that 1 was dm; of the number wlio iji
IHf.O and ’sl, contended for the Cftiirtjtiltinn ‘
and Union of mv I'niifli'y ; nijtl , ia- casting
iny vote for the Clifof Ex,ecutire of Ge.org).i,
at the last deetfon,"With tile largo nnjorit.y
of my fellow citizens that then composed the
Constitutional Union party of GoiWglft, l do
not feel tiurt I made liny sacrifice of priiici
ple ; the mygnaminify Hint-milnc/iecd my
vote on that occasion, did not . eortfbf of a
sacrifice of principle, hut a devofbu to my
best ioterysl.
The issues then, made are freshin thf mem
ory ofew-ry nun, and t!io victory achieved,
preseuts itself to Our view .os a monument of
tlie pniihilism and fidelity of a. large poition
.of our people to the inlegt ify of tjie Uliyu/i and
the ('(institution. “
I view the recent! action in putting forth
trie names ofYVebsfer And Jenkins, asllieVoiec
61 tie jieopUvof Georgia. TliOy nave by this
act declared against the tyranny of party
and tlw dictation of party conventions, .and
rising -above |irty prejudice’s, and party tram
mels, have indicated tliuir choioo for the. first
‘officpUfiii tlie gift or the people: Our nomi
nees need im.biographer to tell tlie, peojde of
the Union what jiavc been tiicir actions, or
what are tlieir Opinions—-they arc not mere
automations—men of sfaw —pledged to car
ry out a.set dr measures indieat eil hy others.
The hi itory of, Daniel Webster is the history
of hirecountry';- and t.lio mime, of Charles J.
Jenkins, is as fundliur to us as household
Words. Tlieir. opinjous are not matters ot
inference or conjecture, nor are we lelt in a
doubtful uncertainty as to wJiat policy vviil
dictate tlieir course. No man need be at a
loss upon this.matter. Tlie fwtst history (and
our country plniniy points out tons tlie name
of Daniel Webster, as the gryat,.defender mid
exponent of the Constitution of his country ;
and whatever may h(> die t'iltoi noss ot party
raiiCor and party stiijfe, there is’ none so lost
to a sense of honestv and truth, but will con
fess that Daniel M’elvs or as a sSal.esipanis
unsurpassed hy any man in this or any other
country.
In conclusion, 1 will only add, that inde
pendent of tlte inflneiiefrSfby vylsiCth tlie inunes
of Webster and Jenkins are presented tp the
people, or liie platform on which tlicy statid
they sljould corimVand the gupp.o;t cl a large
portion of the people of Georgia, mjd l hope
.soon to witness, as if borne on tlie, wings of.
the w ind, the names'of Webster and Jenkintf
adopted as (he candidates of other Southern
States, and the whole mass of the wings of
nil the States rallying to their standard.
I am, Sirs, with sentiments of respect,
Truly yours,
HAMILTON W. SUARFE.
To .T ii. T. XrssiET and / Sec’rsof the Iml’nt
J.vs. M. Moimi’.v, lls jrs. Whig Convejitioh-
IVewtt from tarlcr Conatyi
The f< 1 lowing is only one of a half dozen
uihir letters we have received of late, from
Garter county, and gives, we have no doubt;
Ihe J'iii-.’s m reference to that county;
From tiio Urownlow Knoxville Wliig.
Caivi; u CorsiTY, Tenn., Acaas;, la,;?.
Dor/, linwnlow: —! have not the pleasure
of a personal acquaintance with you, .yet feel
ing (he worth of your patriotic sentiments,
and influence at all times, and especially du
ring the present, di-tractimi of the Union, re
sulting from the contest botwe u Unionists
and Sectioiutl fanatics, I have been induced to
inform you of the position you occupy in (ho
minds of many of the W higs of old Carter; in
answer to die misrepresentations that have
gone abroad in rofcruico to the prevailing sen
timeni liere,
Some j nn. y Whig editors have lieraldcd
to die world hy their assertion, and thoso of
unpi iucipled cornaippadents, tlint (hn Ir i? al
most unanimously for Sco; an 1 that you
are here entirely abandoned hy the Whig par
ty. I deny both assertions, 1 affirm, and
du test will p ove that if a “third Union can
didate” is brought out lie will receive a large
majority of the vet ‘s in this county. It is
true that some pe.'/y Whig meetings have been j
here, and some petty Whig orators have held
forth; ami whaf has been the result? Only
a Jew w ho had in view the future spoils of of
fice, and the Jew wlmin they can influence,
have became decidedly “SeoUi-'es.” That ma
ny c flin ts have been made, and are now ma
king to influence die* people of this county in
favor of the Abolition ticket, cannot be deni
ol; but that those efforts have, or are proving
successful, can lie denied. There is too much
patriotism here in our mountain land to he
overwhelmed hy corrupt politicians ami the
“icouhl-he usurpers of the people's rights.—
Scott /jrators may come into our midst, and
descant upon the glory of fiheir fav.oritc’s milL
ta-y career. They may speak of the brilliant
li/stre of GhepvdtepeC) arid Lundy’s Lane.—r-
We care not. ’Tis ti-Uc wo love lijin for his
valor, on tho battle field; but (hen, our adiuir
aton ceases. A post’ which mjlifary qualifica
tions alone can never till is now ia view, and
tins people know it. They have their lights
and they vij! exercise them; and how erro
neous to suppose that they eau be influ.
enceil to the, support of any men or principles,
that “would.lnf’ Whig leaders would farce up
on t!ie;n. Yet such seems to he the - opinion
of many of the petty elijeftiiijis of our party.
Gan such opinions emanate frmu republican
bosoms? No, No. Whenever Americanciti
zoijs cease to liaye jirinetplos free from the
. chntrol of (Temaghgiies, tiien farevyeil to lilier
ty, and alilier instilutipns. Then Mr. Editor,
let me die, that 1 may know not the civ) 1 dos
•tfttctio'n of my country.
But so far as Carter is concerned, such is
not tlie ease, anJ I devoutly pra'v, such will nev
e)’ he the case. ."l-Vihid it my countrymen!”
Foibid it, sjiii its pf the nldon ]>atriots of tliO
rcfioluliodf Foil,id it high Heaven!
My heart bleeds at tlie thought of such a
stipe of affairs.
“I feel an agony that senior Ih over fell.”
Birl spell a liufe is only \ isiouaiy—it \i.ill nev
er, never come.
A word in re le. it'ice to your position in the.
eves of (Tie WJiigs of Garlic, and lam done.
My bmulde opmiu is that a I aim; “majority
feel your Couse to ho coirocf; w hile lmt few
binov'c you inqnlled ly.improper motives. —
Your edifo'iiijs are exercising a taunendumis
iii(inom.'c,agamsL liol'i ami Fierce. Thit
aiiTly be übtlied, hut it is so. Nyr arejhe pro
ducdiinrs of. your conti ibtrtors futile. Far
from’ Y'/jiif Washington correspondent is
bringing to liglit inayv dark and hidden things
of (lie lvccht,.notorious Bnliimore Caucus. ”
Fight on BroWnlo'w? tight oil! yours-is
thy carts© of lihcr!y:.\ni\ tin; Union. You have
your friends not a few here in our mountain
land, and,warm-hearted, ones top. ’Tis true
you have your enemies, nut what patriot has.
not. Greece* had her patriots, and they hud
(heir foes. Upon Socrates, Aristides, and
Deihosfhenoß rested tlie Anathemas of many
‘demagogues. Soil was with Ilanmbal, Cato,
Howard, and Fill;- and even uur own Wash
ington, and Clay. l ight on, ami if you fall
’twill lie by wounds inflicted when fighting for
your country’s interest. You will, fall “all
covered with glory.” SCIFIO.
From the Boston lioh, Aug. .25.,
Sixth H'dtslcr Meeting—Choale for Web
ster.
Tlie Sixth Webster meeting of Bosto?)
and vicinity, was hold last evening at Art
Union Hall. Mathew Halo .Smith, Esq.,
called the meeting to order and .Clias, A.
Wills, Esq., was chosen to fill the chair.
The dommitteo appointed for flie purpose,
reported the following commiltecs, which
wore accepted.
Committee of Correspoiidenee—George T.
■Curtis, A. 11. Nelson, Hubbard Winslow,
Samuel L. Gutter, J. B. YVheolock, Wel.oa,
A.’ Wilson, Tohqan M’illoy, I’thij'. P. I'lien
cv, Bepj. lVilCy Fooro.
Ooinmittee of Finanee—Thomas It. Gurlis,
Tlioings J". Lohdell, Gharles A. White, Ed
ward Grand, James French, William Denton,
Henry H. Holbrook, John L. Dimniielc,and
Joseph ftf. Adgm's.
’Fhe ipllowiifg was also imported and ac
-ceptcHf f ; ‘
The coinniiltee, to wdtotn (he-arrangements
for a meeting in Funnel Jlnil were assigued,
reportmriuit Alley have tuined that many ■
of there irciilhrs Sent Id the towns of the Stale
were notVefceivod iu season to admit of re
tiiriis at,the tjpm. ‘Gentlemen from
did--country have reque.sted, also, that the
meeting be luState Gouveiition, and that it
he'defnfred until ali the towns disposed to .
ed.-ppCrato jhavc full opportunity*to
It is best that the proposed meeting be a fi
nAl iiOraiiu'itiog Convention. With this view
the (>Olll ntirt.ee recominpiid'waiting fill thh j*.
sponsoVio thp ciri tilai's are feeeieVed, and
tho plans are fully matured for A’ deceive and
arid final nuetiii'g. Jn the inoantifne, they
v. oirld sifggyst the iniportane.o. of continuing
to obtain signatures’ frir thy call.
Addresses were ifhide by Messrs. Arthur
Fiekering, Bcnj. Ferlny Poore, Charles Tor
ry, YVillianHJotiton, George A. Whoclright
Hubbard Winslow, James Y\ r . Fowly, and
others:
Mr. Fiekering urged strong and iinmedi
nte tV’ebster action, arid thought State
would go for Webster.
31nj ir I’ooro made a capital speech, and
referred to the glorious Webster feeling in
old Essex'.
Mr. Torrev, who has hitherto kept aloof,
gave in liis heaity adherence to the Webster
movement, amidst the most hearty applause,
which he followed with a strong, eloquent,
and efleetive speech.
Mr. \ fhecl.igiit presented a Webster list
from Watertown, on which were the signa
tures of Dr. Morse, aged ninety three, and
Hon. Mr. Ilimnevvell, were true WTbster
inen, and desired, before they died, to give
their votes for Webster.
Mr. Denton expected all to boos good
cheer, and Rev. Mr. Winslow, stated from
| his own knowledge, as gathered from tlie
gentleman himself, that Rufus Choate would
not go for .Scott, lmt would go for Webster
all of which was received with the most deaf,
ening applause.
The several gentlemen made most liappv
and significant speeches, of which our limits
uill not permit even a sketch, Thehnll was
crowded, tlie proceedings harmonious, and
the whole affair truly and heartily Webster
inn. ‘I lie cause progresses famously.— r
Another meeting will be Ik Id to-morrow,
Thursday evening. Let the friends rally.—
Good s|>cakers will he in attendance.
Tle Tribune and Or. Webster.
The New Y'ork Tribune devotes several
columns in one of its late issues to Mr. Web
ster, and after satisfying itselfat least, tliatdu
fY to tlie Whig Party and to himself, demands
from Mr, Webster a cordial support of the
Whig nominees, insultingly recommends him
to follow tlie example of Adams and Benton,
and sink into the lower House of Congress.
It wants Mr. JVebster’s endorsement of the
nomination of Gen. Scott, and evidently
dreads the ofl’e.ct of his position of neutrality,
(! reely will not be gratified. Neither threats,
jeers, or counsels from him can drive Air.*
Webster from his position, mid this mighty
champion of whjggery, will, like Achilles in
his tent, hide at Marshfield whilst tlm Presiden
tial contest goes on, and. true to himself, to.liis
reputation and to his friends, will give to the
nomination of Gen. Scott the stem and sig
nificant rebuke of his neutrality and inactivi
ty. More than two mouths has passed sin be
tin* nominations of the Baltimore Convention,
and the adherents or Scott have waited in
vain for Daniel Webster to give his adhesion ‘
, to that norrdnaflon, and they must prepare for
the approaching election, without the aid, the,
Support or the influence of the first’ Whig
the Union, and give to tb.e people some reason,
which may’ account for tins fact YVhy will
not Daniel Webster support the nomination of
Gen. Scott? Wliy-Will not Mr. Jenkins, to
gether with thousands ofrtlie best YVliigs in
(icorgia, support that nomination? They
liaye nothing to gain, by refusing Jo sustnjn
tho iiQiajuations of their party,
motive.can be given, as an explanation of the
course they design to pnrsiTO. -Why do they
not sqppo;s the nomination of Gen. Scott?—
The answer is a [Jain one. They recognise
in I hat fiominatiyn the triumph of that party,
\vhich lias uniformly arrayed jtseji’ in opposi
tion to the South, and which lias Imilcd tbt re
sult of the National Whig (.'(invention as a
triumph over the compromise principles of tlie
Administration, YVo do not care wlmf Gen.
-Scott’s opinions on the compromise are. We
know thatdie was the favorite candidate ot'tiic
great body- of the Free Soil Whigs of the
North; and We know that this great and in
telligent body of men hate received liis nomi
nation With enthusiasm and exultation, wijilst*
the pfesses, and the individuals who hdve al
ways been national, conservative and true to
tlie South, luive either repudiated the nomina
tion or received it coldly and reluctantly.—
‘lbis prominent fact cannot be overlooked,
and the .inference which we must draw is jr
resistahle. ■ It is, that the nomination of Gen.
Setitt, Whatever may be his opinions, is a tri
umph of (lie Free Soil over the conservative
element of the Whig Party at the North and
if the Conservative Whigs of the North can
not support it, we are at a loss to Understand
what motive can be urged upon tlie pro-slave
ry Compromise Whigs of the State of Georgia
to induce them to do it. The character of
the canvass'at the North, in favor of General
S . ott, is an index, to the character of the par- j
ty hy which he is there supported. Evans.ru
Maine, .Wiutlirop in Massachusetts, Seward
in New Y’ork, Johnson in Pennsylvania,* and
Dayton in New Jersey, are his prominent sup
porters} a)l of them opponents of the admin
istration of Millard l'llimore—opponents of
Daniel Webster, arid opponents df the South.
The presses which are loudest and mdst active
in tlie advocacy of his cbihiis;are those \vliicb‘
liaye been loudest in -their ‘denunciations of
slavery, and in their abuse of Webster and
Fillmore, because they have exerted thein
selvus to,make tlie compromise a final settle/
mCnt. Who w ilt pretend, that the-party rep-’
resented by tljese leaders and by thftsc pleases,
stand upon the platform adopted by she Whig
* Conveptiou l YVho will pretend, tli;ifirtiiftri
umph of such a party is (matter which South
ern YVhigs should promote ? YVho v ill pre
teild, honor or interest requires them to nid
in effecting the triumph of such -a party’?—
There any throughout tlie length and - breadth
of this land, Conservative Whigs who will not
support G(Ui. Scott, though satisfied with his
individual'opinions—.-because tjipy febl that
■ liis election must be ptrae.tieaily a triumph of
Urn worst cld|n.ent of the Whig Party of the
North. These men look to the complexion
and bomposition of the party winchljrings aft
administration inlopoiver, for tlie policy which
that administration -must noeepsnrHy pitfsue.
-They have a higher standard of party ortho
koxy, than the support ofparty nominees, and
in tlieir refusal to recognise the claims of a
candidate, when the claims of tlie platform of
principles upon which he is placed are bolster
ed up by the example of one, who is him Self
in his nationality and conservatism, the great
embodiment Os wliiggery, ‘
M hy should Daniil Webster, with his re
cord nearly completed, worn nnd vveary nshe
is in the service of liis country, and in his labors
for tlie Union and the Constitution, give to
his bitterest enemies and to the fiercest oppo
nents of (lie Flan of Adjustment, which he
lias struggled to maintain, the influence nnd
the weight of liis mighty name? YVliat duty
does Daniel Webster owe to the YVhig Party,
that lie must sacrifice his principles to sup
port its nominees? YVliat obligation is ho un
der to that Party, which has not been paid a
thousand times? What right lias any one to
demand of Daniel Webster allegiance to the
Whig Party, when he is himself “magnapars”
of that Party and when to refuse to endorse tlie
nomination of Gen. Scott, is simply to he true
to himself nnd lo his own political record ?
What riglit has Horace G reely to make this
demand ?—a man of madness and meannesses,
who lias never been true to the Whig Party
or to Daniel YVebster, nnd who now “despises
and spits” upon the platform of the Whig Con
vention, and declares that its resolutions upon
tlie Compromise are “impertinent interpola
tions.”
Daniel Webster M ill not gratify those who
have sacrificed him, because lie was true to
tiie Constitution and the Union. Tlie elo
pliant has no legs for flexure. He has placed
himself on high, firm ground, neither advoca
ting, or actively opposing the nomination of
Gen. Scott, and there, vve predict he will re
main.
THE SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN.
,C. 11. Youngblood, Editor.
OGLETHORPE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1852.
Independent Ticket-
FOR PRESIDENT.
DAN'L WEBSTER, of Massachusetts.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
CHARLES J. JENKINS, of Georgia.
KLfIOtOKS Foil THE STATE.AT LAKCE!
Jt ll.CU.Al.MF'fiJ.afP.ichnrd. | El). V. KILL, of Troup
ELECTORS ;FOB TIIE DISTRICTS 1 V th
Ist—Tlamii.to.m YV.-BM.iarE. [ sth—Warrex Atktx.
2d—W\r. M. Brown. * | 6th—Y. L, U. Harris.
3(f— ft'ASmSQToVl'oE, I 7tli —John J. Floyd.
4l.hyVlli.oi ntFerkkU, I Btfi— Philip S. Llmle.
/ The Whig’ Platform
/ ]. The Government ofthe Hnitod States is ofliini
ted character, nnd it is confined to tlie exerejse of
’ powdbi expressly granted hy tlio -Oonsitnliftn, and
such us may he necessary and proper'for carrying
the granted powerSdiito full execution, and that .Ail
powers not tlmsgranted or necessarily implied, -are
expressly reserved to tj|e States respectively and to
thopoojue.
2. The State (governments should"he hold, secure
in their reserved rights, and the .Gofticrat Govern
nyeut sustained in jt* eortstitutionnl powers, Tuid tlie,
Itiiion should he roverod and watched o\f‘r (is “thrc
1'; 1 1!:i !i n (11 of odr, libCrtfl®. j
8. That-wlule-struggling freadom, everywhere,
enlists pur wannest sympathy, we shall adhere to
tlie (lurtj iie sos flic lTuin rof his Country, as an
nounced in his’ I'nrenVtl Address, of keiijjiilg our-
al) eutangiijg iillianfps wjtiflforeign
countries,’ and of never-quiting our owii to sta/nj
upqn“/(#eigr. gEoudy-rt’hat'our mission ns n Repftß
lic is not l() propagate one opinions, or impuseon
other conntnes oiif of gyvernment, hy'-nKifi/tc
‘dr force, but to teach hy oxjuiqde, and to show by
our success, mifderi'irioa aniyßstiey} the hlessiliws of
and tl/6 adYautagtjs - of free institn
tions. mkr - - * ‘*• jßfci
4. That-where people jnake and control tlie po-
they ,sUonld obey iU .eonsf itulion, lawV*
and treatids„ir they’ wonld retain-their
and Ilm- respect which they*claim and will enforce
from foreign powers.
5. Government should We'coinluvted upon princi-:
-cjjfles of the stricter'economy, and revgmte suffi-’
cion I for the expenses tileraof in time of peace, ought
to lie mainly derived irnm a duty on. inqiorts, and
itakfroiu-direct tnxjg,; nnd in levying such duties,
-sound policy rquire|qa jiisl dwcriniinatimi, and-pro
teetion from fraud4.y qa-cific'diities when practiea
-I>l may i/e awarrtM ’
1.. American indtlStty,, equally to all classes, to all
’ portious’ of the’ country, ’ J ‘ ;. ‘*•
0. ’Hie l.'onstitptiiu.voiJtsin.Congress theqioworto
opcimnd repair harbors, and r .reniove obstructions
from navigable t iyers ; and. li is expedient that Gon
gVtss shall exercise tlmt pqwer •‘whenever sue}/ iu
pi'ovemols arehoeewnry for flic common defeuce, or
for “the proieotiOrf ipid facility of ooinmcree with for
eign nations or among.the'States;” such ini]rrpvc
liienh Mny, ih every Jnstuncc, national and general
in their ehnroeter. ‘, !!*”
*l. Hie Fqfcral and*Btate Government argp'arts
of one system, alike necessary for the Common ptos
•p.erHiy, and security, ami ought to be rpgurd-.
tvl alike,? with a eordiaf, hybitual mid iimnovahle
atth&luncpt. Respect for mithoyity of each, and
in ‘the constithtionni monsures of eal li,
biro duties required by the plainest consideration of
national, of State, and of individual welfare.
H. The series of dot* of the tJiirty-tijst Congress, ,
eommonTyhnoivn as the eonrqtriniiuse or adjust)nent,
(the actfor the recovery of fugitives from labor iii
rtdudcil, we receive and ayptii see ih, final-set
tfement, in priudiple and sulistahee, bfllie subjects
; t to wliieli they relati?, amljso fur ‘ as tjiese acts are
‘(■(ineerned, (ge will inniutairi them andtiifist-on their
A-t-i-foti jnforci'lndnt, until tijnc and expcriejieK shall
Aleufonstritfr. the n’eoessity x>f further legislation to
.relfoiird against tlig evasiqn of tile laws oh the one
’ hand, hndfrhe-nbusft oSthoir ‘pow'ers onlhe otjier
not i/n'pairing fTmir p'reaent/efficiency to tnf-ry out
UIJ-reJi piremtints of the CohsUtutron.’and wv depro--
.cate all further agitatiori ‘of tjie’ questions -thus set
tled, aVdnag#rouh tb onr peace, and will discouute-
Innifee U i-ltt/rfo to ooiri mue'or rehfc\)’BJi<?f agitation,’
er, wlM6eycr, or however Ynade—anti we
will maintain fins csSentiiiFto (he na
tionality of our party', nmX-fho ifttegrUv-of thedfn
ion; j,* ‘ ‘
Or Believing Hie liniita of oifr Ujifop, eXtendigg-bet.
tween Ppean'sTroin (lie I’.riti-h Fosa6.ffle;i| to the
Mexican R.-piihlie, arejilccady htrgp eneouiSflV for all
lln- purposes ol'.nui.iomil prosperity mnl poWei*. we
lire uHctly qjiposed to (ill fiirther-neqiusitibiis (,/ter ,
.ritiuy .whutJvrr, vfheWier bought with the treasure
of t lie country or the t.lood <■! her pi opTe.
- 16. lteynrd the puhlie lit. the joint and eom
moaprcqa-rly of tlii-'-Sevcral States, und holdingthat,
•putii'alaip'pvopriations; oitlier of them or thiir juo
eeejs, Jo partienlar £t*tes for general or specified
objects, nivunwise gftj unjust to the other membe rs
of tl/e- Confederacy, w.e ore iiy.fiivur of a just and
eqifal dislritndion of said’ lands or ‘the ‘iiAceitls
among u V ‘the StatesC-' l -’ > f
11. With the vice of carrying out tho principle®
i ; ted, m’ul for the purpose of se
.leetiiig men lon whom we etn inorlf ehoerfulTy east,
our suffrages at the npproaefi'i;, r prdeidentinl ele
fioii.rthapl'or eitipor of Uu- javst-nt nominee?—inen,
rt.oo, wtioso itefviets in the recent, great struggle in
volving tho permanence of the Government, ate a
giiiirmify of file fldelitytb the Cohstitnffon mid she
Union; and who.-e posifibn is known to acdord with
the uhave piiheq.fos, and whose ;>a-
Iriotiem knows no hoi-lii, no Spufh, rip Fasl, no
West—we hereby nominate J)AN?EL AV-BBSTEK,
of lMflSsaehusetls, for tlie office ‘of Flvsidciif, arid
('ll A[t LisS ;. J]-'. \'K IN A, r.r Georgia, for-the-office
of Vive President of tin United Stales'. y.
working ami foiling for more ffinii. tWI y/
morijhs, with old worn oiit'tjq.o, and'lu-ard aJOiqfi
-B>nd times that our paper tould easily obtain a
large eifehluUjpft if it oMjr iinseifted a decent ap
pearance, nnjrprintrii on gopd plain type, we have
nt length obtained’ ritheavy enlfro;
outfit of new material. in ; every
For this new addilioq, vre feel under some obligations’
to the Sheriff of our county who sold theolj tvpc for
us, which was more than we wore able to do. , To our
subseribere and others who [mid rip their dqae,’ w.
are also under obligations, and hojie to reward the
kindness oftlie Sheriff, by giving his ndvertfol&ftenfU,
n eonßpicnous, legible insertion, nnd our Subscribers
by giving them a decent respectable paper, well
printed, and filled with interesting reading matter.
To onr delinquents we feed no sort of duty in serv
ing them farther than with duns till they pay up,
after which they may take tlieir stund iu the pay
ing cl as?. To the public gencrully, wo would res
pectfully say, that we are anxious to extend the cir
culation of our paper, nnd will be happy to send it
to nil orders accompanied by the cash. But if none
wish to patronize us, we bid them God speed in at
tending to tlieir own business, and sudden destruc
tion in meddling with others.
AVe have taken the liberty of sending one copy to
many of our friends, ns n specimen oftlie new dress,
but unless we have orders to continne sending,Mils
will be the only one sent except to regular subscri
bers.
Gen. Scott’s Stcalasc.
,Under tins head tj*e Lexington (Miss.) Sentinel
perpetrates the following;
“Will any whig editor deny that Scott did rob the
soldiers of tlieir pay? They oannot do it
“If he would gob the poor soldier of his pay what
would he do if lie could get liis hands into Uncle
Sam’s poeketr, There would no doubt be Galphin
izirig on ft grand scale,”
It is exceedingly unfortunate for the American peo
ple that there should ever be, at the head of a pub
lic Press, a creature so contemptible as to manufac
ture from liis polluted brain, so base a falschcad os
this. Sueli men deserve the scorn and contempt of
every lover of bis country. Gen, Scott merits the
gratitude and admiration of every American for the
distinguished services he has rendered bis country
anil although these services do not, in our opinion,
cut it be hiui to the support of the people for the Presi
dency, yet the vile wretch who w.Qiild seek to in
jure his reputation wllich forty years of valuable
service,has so nobly earned, by publishing a base
fftlsoho'od, merely for political effect, merits the se :
vere.St rebuke a patriotic people could bestow up o g
him.
Cotton Market Opening.
Our Ootton Market is now beginning to open with
-line prosi’scfo for a brisk season, 26 Bales were sold
on Wednesday at tjie.following prices: 3at 7 cts, 3
at 74 cts.. 17 at 10 e’ts. ,8 at 11 cts.. The most of
tliqsefo-ert olilc'ottou. New will readily bring from
11 to 11J cts.
Jiclay of our Paper-Lark of Editorial.
Owing to sickness in our family and the death of
11 eijild we have ndt.bsen able to devote proper at
tentioutto the piySgnt issue.
Tht* Masonic Journal. -.
Ave bftve ‘re,eeivc(l the qmber number of tho
Masonic Jojjpial, which contains another of thoso
.1 Hannifin talcs, a series of which MissC. AV. Barbej*
isAnow engqgadin .the cardinal Virtues of
AW liave republished several of them
and .shall give tigs onfc in tiie present number, ns
soqri as practicable. ‘ *
The Prospects of Excitement during the
present Campaign.
The prospects for political excitement in the pres
ent cmiipiugnAire^w)tying emallertovery day. There
to but oho enthusiastic, party in ihe field, and the
zeal of that party and held in check hy
tlie apparent impossibility o.f success. The friends
•of Gen,. Scott,-throughout the fonith at least, are
far from bring 1 zealous jn Jiis support, and were there
the least possibility of defeating Ifim without giving
aid ami Coipfort- to au oppqsirig'politician oven more
objectionable; they would abandon him to a man.—
The Hemojiratit are l.y no means satisfied with the
of-Pierce, lie was not their choice, was
nominated for mere availability and lias no claims
for their .support, hence they go into liis support
. very reluctantly, with bht little anxiety for his suc
cess., Under fQ 1’ circumstances it is not at all
/snrprtoingtljat even within two.months oftlie elec
tion there should be a perfect political dirth hang
ing over all parties.
It is true -there have been many efforts since the
nominations, made'by the political wire wokers to
jally the parties to the support of the nominees.—
Gen.’ .ScottV military fame has been held up beforo
the pooplciu gjowing colors, his triumphs at Queens
town Heights, Fort Gcofgc, Fort Matilda, Fort Erie,
filiippewri, Niagara, Lundy's LaDe, Alera Cruz, Cero
Gordo, ‘Contreras, Clierubuseo, Ifiolivo I)(j Bey,
Chopultepec, and the City of Mexico, linVe been
sounded through tlie lriii.3 as..evidences of his qnal
ificationsjay the Presidency. But, all to no purpose
hat been* the effa'rt to stir up any enthusiaSm[on that
•basis. Tlie.people have already decided by their
toeit indffference that these .are'riot the e.-sfotial
qualifications for-llie Presiden'cy of this mighty Re
public. As for (Up Democrats, they have no claims
to urge for tfreir candidate. liis Military renown
was attempted to -be sung at first but it made suoh a
faint iiripreasiori, itSvas, soon abandoned, nnd as a
last resiqj (hey can only claim, support for him on
tTuf-ground of liis-being u jfemoerat.
•Tlierc a party,.however, tfiut labor under no
‘disadvantage as so thn,ahility mid qualifications of
(heir candidate. They support an experienced states
man afid a giant intellect. “ _ .
, . • - y
Mr. Webster’s ISufUalo Speech.
1 he NeAviian Banner, a Pierce paper, thus
signally rebukes tfce libera I spirit of its co
wfoportirit’S, in their unfair dealing tou’ards
the great Stajesmaii of Arruu fca;
* We see grilled extracts from the great
Buflalo speech PjT jMr. Webster, going the
rounds ol certain presses opjiosed to his elec
tion. Thai pai tof it where he says: < I nev
er would consent, anil never have consented
that there should be one foot of slave terri
tory beyond v.hjt tlie old thirteen States had
(it tlte time of the formation of the Union,’ is
only given; hut we are not furnished by
those papers with extracts from the same
speech, where he. expresses his decided oppo
sition to the admission of free territory also.
This we conceive, to be lifting great injustice
to one who has done tho country some ser
vice. Ibis an attempt to deceive, which can
ot escape the attention of the people.—>
/None \v f bd read”or have read liis great Buffa
lo-speech, >viil'fail to discover in this the ma,
nu uveriugs of the tricksters, without tlie
courage ofthe fop 1 less statesman to. meet tho
great pratoy in f&lrntid honorable combat—t
His pesitjon is, that as he believes the peace
of thfc country, rind tho’- permanency of the
Union depends on it, there should be no more
territory, whether free or slave territory, at
tached to the Uuron, If he is wrong in tlio
position lie has so boldly-and fearlessly as
sumed, vA’hy,- OA’exturn it, say we, hy argu
ment, and exposes' its absurdity, by exposing.
US'fallacy and weakness.
Alter candidly reviewing tho position of
Mr. AVobster, by showing what would pro
bably have been tho bad effects of his
pfthey if parried ontby former adpiinistratior s
the editor gives s'ome of liis brethren a con
cluding < rapr over the kunckles’ after tho fol
lowing style:—
‘Wo are surprised at she course of some
of our cotemporaries of the press, in not ex
posing bis true position, without stooping to
the contemptible tricks of the partisan, by
giving garbled extracts of this Buffalo speech,
and a one sided view of the platform of the
great orator of the North, to excite the sec
tiott’lfears and prejudices of the South on this
particular point, without just cause.’