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FRIDA Y, .1 IJNET»7 1855. ~
THE PLATFORM OF 1855?
We re-publish to-day, the platform erected by
the Convention which assembled in Milledgeville
on Tuesday last. It is a conservative, constitu
tional, comprehensive platform—one to which
hut few Southern men can object, and which we
hope will be received by thousands in Georgia,
formerly opposed to the progress • democratic
principles, without a word of dissent, or feeling of
disapprobation. Eveiy party in this country
should proclaim its creed. It must loose caste,
and be viewed with distrust, when it fails to do so.
For this, among other important reasons, the rep
resentatives of the democracy, at Milledgeville,
have put forth the platform to which wc refer.—
Scan it who may, and it will bear the strictest
test. The facts set forth in the preamble cannot
be disputed. That the settled policy of the coun
try, on all leading national questions involving 1
finance, taxation, appropriations of money, is the
democratic policy, few Southern men will dispute;
and that the issues therein involved, which for
merly divided Southern Democrats and Whigs,
no longer afford ground for separation and con
tinued conflict, is equally undeniable. Other
questions of practical and paramount importance,
it is also true, are now monopolizing the atten
tion of the people. And, such being the case.it
was not only proper for the Convention to erect a
platform, but so to frame it as to make it attrac
tive and inviting to our people, regardless of all
party distinctions. In the effort made, we are
sanguine that the Convention has succeeded. We
have carefully perused the platform, and, for the
life of us, we cannot see where the Convention
has failed to assert a principle, or where objection ;
can be raised to a solitary one that has been as
serted. Surely the old line Whigs of our State
will not object to the “Georgia Platform” ! Nei
ther will they object to the third resolution rela
tive Kansas ; her rejection as a State because of
the recognition of slavery in her Constitution ;
and the emphatic declaration thaf her rejection !
would be a cause of disruption of all ties binding |
Georgia to the Union. In fact, take the Resole-i
tions all in all, or o.ne by one, and he must be u
casuist indeed, if he boa Southern man at heart,
that will not at once admit their conservative and
constitutional spirit. As such wc commend them,
not only to the democracy but to honest men of
all parties. They form a strong, healthy platform
—one upon which every true Southern man can j
boldly stand or proudly point to —around it who 1
will not rally and fight to the end for the main-,
tenance of every principle embraced by it 1 Who,
when he is summoned to do his duty at the polls,
will be found balloting for the candidate of the
dark lantern party, and thus virtually repudia
ting every principle embraced in that platform
the most material of which is all, save the strong '
arms of Southern slaveholders, that can be relied
upon to protect their rights !
But there is time enough, ere the day of con
flict, to press thig subject upon the consideration j
of the voters of Georgia. In the mean time, it
would bo well for all of them to give this Plat-'
form more than a passing attention. It turrits
the carefid consideration of every voter, w hat;
it will receive this from a large majority of the I
people wc have no doubt; nor do we in the least ■
doubt that the result of such a consideration will
be as cheering to them as was the result of the re
cent contest in Virginia,to tQe Anti-Know Noth
ings of that good old commonwealth.
THE FEDERAL UNION
For copies of the Official Proceedings of th*i
Convention, recently held in Milledgeville, we ■
are indebted to the Editors ot the Federal Union, I
who will please accept our thanks for th* sam .
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 15, 1855.
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
We learn from the Richmond Examiner that
■ all the counties save Wyoming have been heard ■
from, and that Wise’s majority is 10,213.
j Wyoming polls, it is said, is a very small vote, l
j and the result officially will not vary from the I
i above more than one or two hundred votes.
J It may, therefore, be set down that Virginia '
has triumphed over Know Nothingism by a clear ■
majority of ten thousand votes.
“THE WATCHMAN.”
' We have read this interesting volume, and can i
I recommend it to our readers. It is a story of
* humble fife in the great city of New York where ■
I so much of wealth and pride, so much of humil
i ity and poverty, prevail. The principal person-:
' ages in this story belong to the latter of these i
two classes, or rather, to the humble and to the
; poor. The trials through which they passed;
[ the temptations to which they were subjected ;
the virtue and resistance made tod* mptation by
some, and the foil of others Care depicted in plain
though forcible language, simple, but reaching
: the heart of the reader. Time car) truly be prof
; itably employed in a Aenisnl of this volume,
■ which can be found at the B09I; Store of Mr.
' Kay on White-hall Street.
THE PfrBSS—A COMPLIMENT.
■. By the yonveiititm lately assembled at tfie
i Capjtol of our State, a.cmrtpfiui<.i.t was paid to ,
; the Press of Georgia, through the person of .oiie
cl its arconiplishcd representatives, at which n
j feel more than gratified. \»<i allude to its scleg-I
! tion of Col. JamjlS Gxnnxra, the Editor of the
1 “Constitutionalist & Republic, ’’ bl Augusta, as
' its chief presiding officer, or President. As a
, journalist Col. Gardner is tAfeemcd and bis labors
I for a long series of years property approeigted ar
I home and abroad, not on fy. iii'liisi political frjends,
I hut we have every reason tj fip’u.ve. by his polit
ical.adversaries. ApaiJ therefore from his per-,
! son al merits, wo, take the liberty to assume, that,
t the honor conferred upon him by file Convention,
■ was one, which, in the judgment of that Body,
he had fairly earned by his able and fearless ad-
I vocacy of the principles embraced in the platform
ptit forth by it, and his chivalric bearing as an I
Editor and gentleman. It is seldom that such au
1 honor in Georgia, at least, has been conferred I
upon a member of the Corps Editorial by any po
litical party. Indeed we do not know of a soli
tary instance. “Hewers of wood and drawers of
water,” if we may be indulged in such a com
parison. they have always been, although the re
sult of their labors has been the elevation of scores
of politcal associates, who, but for the press,
would be scarcely known to the political world
in which some are now prominent and useful.—
A lever so powerful as the Press is unknown in
the school of politics or of literature. An able,
independent, and high-toned journalist, deserves
to share the honors so generally conferred upon
others. And we again report thq gratification
which wc felt, when, for President of the bate
Convention, we saw selected our accomplished
cotemporary, the Editor of the Constitutionalist
and-Rcpublic.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We have now before us a number of well writ
ten communications, and more than one ably
written communication, on Know Nothingism,
transmitted to us for publication, but which on
account of their great length, as much as we es
teem these favors of our friends, wc are forced to
forego tile pleasure of seeing in our columns. —
With our limited space, we can only insert arti
cle* of reasonable length. Wc would with pleas
ure at any time yield a column or more to any
one of the writers whose articles are now before
us; but when two, three, and four columns are
rcquirc'di wcrSrc compcnelTrtrttt'i line piiMieliing,
notwithstanding we are authorized to abridge
and condense to suit ourselves. The labor, it- 1
self, that this throws upon us is too great, aside '
from our fears that we would omit passages I
deemed the ablest by the writers, and insert those
less esteemed.
We can, therefore, only request correspondents
to ask of us the use of a column of our paper at I
a dash, and to prepare their inanuseiipt as we do i
our editorials—that is, to write on one side of a I
sheet, and not to be too regardless ot punctuation.
Favors so prepared we shall gladly insert-
ATLANTA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
We are gratified at being advised that this ■
School for the Medical Student, so recently es-'
tablished, is succeeding far beyond the expecta
tions of its most sanguine advocates. The num
ber of young gentlemen now attending its first
course of lectures, exceeds seventy ; and an in
terest has recently been manifested in its success
by our citizens generally, which bids fair to en
sure its permanency as a school of high order in
Medicine, and its eventual establishment with all
the endowments, apparatus, and copveniences of
the older Medical Institutions of the South.
In one particular the Atlanta Medical College
possesses an advantage over every other one in ;
the South. The design is to make it a Summer i
school. The student at Nashville, Charleston, or
Augusta, at the close of his winter course, in- 1
stead of spending his time unprofitably at home,
until the ensuing winter, may improve it by at
tending the summer course of lectures at Atlanta
—a point presenting all the advantages of health,
■ and free from yellow fever, cholera, and other ep- ■
idemics of the cities referred to. . But to this sub
ject wo expect again to refer. From two of its
able Professors, Doctor Buchanan, so favorably
known at Nashville, and indeed all over the
South; aid from Dr. Jones formerly, and for
many years an eminent practitioner of Medicine
at Griffin,.in our own State ;we have been favored
with valuable information connected with this
valuable enterprise—important, in the highest 1
degree to our own citizens and to our State—all
of which, at a convenient season, we shall lay be
fore our readers.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE;
KNOW NOTHING COLUMBUS MOVE- j
MENT.
When in the midst of a healed canvass, a new
issue is presented or a new movement made, it
becomes the peopleto enquire from whence the,
issue springs, or by whom the movement is made. I
We consider the Columbus platform one which i
particularly deserves the caution of the Demo
cratic party. We have before expressed our con
viction that it is a Know Nothing trap, disguised
to catch those Southern rights men whose enthu
siasm outruns their discretion, and as such, par
ticularly dangerous to democrat*.
The avowed object of the movement is the or
ganization of a sectional party at the South. Dis.
pirited at the prospect of failure in Georgia, ren
dered as it is, still more certain by the Virginia
defeat, and spurred into action by the Democrat
ic lash which has whipped them into a tacit ad
mission of their affiliation with abolitionism, the
Know N othings have, with that convert ingenu
ity so characteristic of their dark dealing, con
structed-a flimsy platform, and gildedit with fea
tures attractive to indiscreet Southern rights men,
and with, a loud flourish of new Southern trum
pets. invite Democrats to abandon their party’
and go into an untried sectional organisation.—
Now. asiije from the distiust we have of anything
concocted by these “back stair” gentry, we
think there are sonic very serious objections to a
sectional party, at this particular crisis, and we
would again caution Democrats against any
measure calculated to we an them from ol 1 party
associations. When they are asked to abandon
their organization for another, thev should reflect
that the Democratic party is good enough for the
true patriot, as has been proven by the repeated
fiery ordeals through which it baa passed.
“ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS. WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
' There can bo no doubt that the Democratic
j parly is the only true constitutional phrty in <x
| istencc. Every principle of its platform has •!>.
! rect reference to Constitutiona’ obligations, and
| the moment a man is desirous of infringing these
i that moment he cea.-es to boa Democr t. for rev
| olmionizeM and Democats ha i no political
. affinity. .And hence the r.roseviptiou of D. ne>-‘
i crats, North ajul South, by tlio uexv rovolutnui
party yclept Know Nothings. Such being the
| case, and considering all that the South
I is the recognition of her constitutional riglils. it
I will fie readily conceded -y reflecting men that
■ Democratic principles and the Democratic partv
i are amply sufficient for Southern .Rights, mid
[ are free from the objections inseparable to a sets,
tioqgi organization thceflcc<s of which would he
i to extinguish every hope for the preservation At
;.the Union, by driving from us those consen-iti'c
I men at the North to whom abne we are indebted '
; tor even the small share ot hop.- we have t,o jibe-j
maintenance of the Union a-- 1 the recognition nt 1
Southern Rights.
For ourselves, we are lor,th'- orz sepvatiiiiitof-rliy.l
' Union at the risk of everything' :\eopt what
promises rs sensitive appreciation -nji
under tue constitution, both in view of tiie^bljf^if :
J tioijs of the Federal compact, .tud t i- ffoiigljt'ions
j Mfe are Under to- those men st tile North who
: Rave boldly thrown thcugpelves betworm us nud i
the fanaticism which s'.ieks to destroy us. uml so
long as there reiiiainsm spark of hope tor its pre- j
seryatipii we are for cherish-itig -it with tenderest
care 'To organize a sectional party at this par
ticular time equid pot bptjlc{tfoy every hope, and
- cut us oft'from even opr small Chance* o^preserva- :
vation, uncertain ns it is, end add other and over
’ powerjpg burdens to our peculiarly delicate rela
• tions to the Union.
Are Southern Democratsprepared foi this—are ;
' they willing to cut off those manly spirits at the
North Who have stood by ps amid storms which
would have appalled hearts less Animated by the
purest love of country and'zealous respect for con
stitutional obligations and meanly abandon them
to the ruthless madmen whom they hold at bay,
with aims nerved with looalty to the Sooth and
to the Union This is what the progenitors of
the Columbus platform call upon us to do. Shall
wo respond to the call! ’ Never! Rather let us
drive it back to its ipiilnight cradle, and learn
fiom it the character of the schemes with which
the ever active Know Nothing serpent creeps in
to the Eden of Democracy, and endeavors to;
poison the unsuspecting mind. Let us rebuke
this reflection upon our confidence in the all-sufii
cient principles of the Democratic party, and show
to these men that it is a Southern party—that
while it cherishes an affection forthc Union com
mensurate with the advantages to be enjoyed
under its peaceful perpetuation, it will hold North
ern men to a rigid recognition of, and respect for.
Southern rights, and, doing so, it is sufficiently
sectional for Southern men, who arc not ultra
Secessionists.
Wc know that the object of Northern fanati
cism is revolution and the disruption of the Union,
abd We'kllUW the BU-Cfttied American -party, is so
bound to the national organization, by the most
fearful oaths, that they cannot abandon their par
ty without violating those oaths.’ When, then,
we hear trom them such propositions, we natu
rally distrust their profession of such over-wrought
allFction for Southern rights, and suspect danger
to the Union and the South in a movement so
obviously sympathetic with the abolition-Free-!
soil-disunion-Know Nothing party at the North.
When. ’ •
“ a smiling face doth cloak deceit
iTisour duty to expose the cheat.”
MR. BUCHANAN IN ENGLAND.
At the- annual exhibition of the Royalj
Adademy of Art in London, on the sth 1
final., our minister Mr. Buchanan, was •
present, and in answer to a toast to “For
eign Ministers,” made the following re-;
.Pb- !
“ After what fell from my noble friend
(Lord Palmerston) on a former occasion, (
who said I had no right to call myself a i
foreign minister at all, (a laugh,) I am 1
inclined to .think I have no right to ad
dress you; but although I might plead
this privilege, lam not disposed to do it
on this occasion. The Foreign Ministers
who represent the different nations of
the world at this court must be very
ungrateful indeed, if they did not feel
sentiments of deep gratitude towards;
the British people and the numerous no- j
ble societies that adorn this country.—;
We have received the kindest attentions
from all, and it is a natural consequence
that this should produce feelings of re-'
sponse, not only on our part, but also on .
the part of the countries we represent. i
(Cheers.) For my own part, not having
had an opportunity in my own country of
seeing expensive galleries, or many spec- i
imens of the perfection to which the arts ;
have been brought in this country, every’- i
thing wears an air of novelty in this exhi
bition that has inspired me with delight,
and I shall remember the present evening
when I return to my native land as one of j
the most agreeable and instructive of my
whole life (eheers.) But, although the
taste and imagination may be gratified by
the specimens of art here collected, I can
not help admiring the noble institution of,
England—an English dinner—(cheers and ;
laughter.) I return you the thanks of.
my colleague and myself, and I am sure I
may also thank yon in the name of eve- i
ry member of the diplomatic corps”—
(Cheers.)
Soap made from Locusts.—The sev
enteen year locusts, while in an under-.
ground, grub state, are said to be a favor-,
ite food of various species of animals.
Immense numbers are destroyed by hogs
; before thev emerge from the ground ; they
are also, -when in their perfect state, ea
gerly devoured by chickens, squirrels, and
I may of the larger birds. The Indian
; likewise consider than a ■ delicate food
i when fried, and in New Jersey they have
■been turned to profitable account in mak
ing soap '
tesTThe Seguin (Texas) Mercury fur
nishes the following important infomation:
Every body should know it—that the
' tincture of lobelia is a sovereign, certain
' and infallible remedy for a snake bite, no
I inattter of what tribe. This is vouched
i for by a physician of this country, and is
; worth remembering.
■ • DEMOCRATIC ANO ANTI-KNOW NOTKRjG PLAT-
FORM
Democrat!® ;>iiueiples and lb nx.ciaiic
11 measures on all ie-mling question- ot na
: tiontil policy, involving the subjects o> li-
J nance and taxation, and appropriations ol
. ! money, and of constitutional power in re-
J ference. have become the'fixed and
' set th Apolicy ot the country-. The issues
- therein Involved wiiieti i'oi-iue<!;> divided '
: Smtrhern Democrats ami Whigs, ho longer
ground for con-titiuedsepavation and i
: conflict among' Now, othsr fpt'es.
I tions of phicTletil an?? paramount iutpor
; rance are pressing upon the earnest a^ m
I tion of Southern men. and are of such a
- nature as r. ipwre t.ordtal and fraternal
j ccncert of action among all who concur
j i_t( sentiment, upon those tjtiesdohs.
In view of these •bvious riuta.-. and |o
I seeti-re this goneeit ot action, the. Denm
■j*ferati<: party as Georgia in ('onvetition as
i fliiiubled, submit to their fqllow citizens
’ Ure'.fblhiwingpLrtibrni and 'rdirdiy and ear
invito the oo’-operatiun of ! 1 citizens
i' pf Georgia, regardless o 'ail par< v distinc
who desire to see them- established
a? the true basis of the constitutional and
i Just action of this government.
Ist, • fftuwlvetl, bi the language of the
Georgia Convention of 1.550, that we hold '
the Ait'i- riihin Unpm secondary in impel
i tance only to the rights and principle-- it
1 was designed to perpetuate; that past asso
[ eiations. present.fruition, and future pros
pects, will bihd us to it so long as it con
tinues to be the safe guard of those rights
' and principles.
; 2d, liesolcerl. Tlial we hereby declare
I our full and unqualified adhesion to the
• following resoluti nos the Georgia Con -,
j vention of 1850, and our unalterable de
i termination to maintain it in its letter and
■ spirit.
4th Resolution—Georgia Platform
That the State of Georgia, in the judg-'
m- nt of this Convention, will and ought to;
resist, even (as a last resort) to a disrnp- '
tion of every tie which binds Iter to the ■
■ Union, any action of Congress' upon the
subject of Slavery in the District of Co
lumbia, or in places subject to the juris
diction of Congress, incompatible with the ;
safety; domestic tranquility, the rights and ;
honor of the slave holding States, of any
act suppressing the slave ' trade be- ‘
tween the slavebolding States ;'or any re- j
fusa! to admit as a State any territory i
hereafte applying, because of the exist- I
ence of slavery therein; or any act prohib
iting the introduction of slaves into the i
territories of Utah and New Mexico; or'
any act repealing or materially modifying
the laws in force for the recovery of fugi-1
tive slaves.
B<Z. Resolved, That we approve and en
dorse the action of our last Congress in
the passage of the Nebraska-Kansas act and '
the principles, the people of Kansas have
the right when, the number of their pop-!
nlation justifies it, to form a Republican |
State Constitution with or without slavery i
as they may determine, and be admitted
into the Union upon an equal footing with
the other States, and that her rejection by
Congress, on account of slavery, would be a
just cause for the disruption of all the ties '
that bind the State of- Georg‘a to the '
i Union.
I 4t/i, Resoled, That we adopt as our own :
the following Resolution passed unani
mously by the last Legislature of Geor-
■ gia. ;
Resolved by the. General Assembly of \
, the State of Georgia. That opposition to
' the principles of the Nebraska Bill, in re
; lation to the subject of slavery, is regarded
j as the people of the South and that all per- j
■ sons who partake in such opposition arc
i unfit to be recognized as component parts ;
■ of any party or organization not hostile to
I the South.’’
, SM. Resolved, That in accordance with
I the above Resolution, whilst we are wil-;
1 Hug to act in party association with all
sound and reliable men in every section of
the Union, we are not willing to affiliate ■
with any party that shall not recognize,
approve and carry out the principles an
provisions of the Nebraska Kansas act,—
and that the Democratic Party of Georgia l
. will cut off all party connection with every <
| man and party at the North or oisewhl-rc,
| that does not come up fuliy and fairly to
I this line of action.
6t/i Resolved, That the National Dem
ocracy of the North, who have particular
> ally fought for the Kansas and Nebraska
; Acts and the maintainance of the Fugi
j five Slave Law, against the combined
; forces of Know Nothings and abolitionism
which seek their repeal, and who stand
i pledged to support the admission of Kan-
I sas into the Union as a slave State,
! should she ask it, merit the hcartfet sym
pathies, thanks and encouragement of
Southern men in their patriotic position.
~th Resolved, That in the National
j Democratic party of the North alone,
. have been found those patriotic men who
have thus stood by the lights of the South
and judging the future, by the past, that
■ party is the only organization at the North
, that now exists or can be formed, with
j which the South can consistently co-oper
/ate.
8//i Resolved, Shat we svpathize with
• the friends of the slavery cause, in Kan-
I sas, in tipfir manly efforts to maintain
their rights and the rights and interests
of the Southern people, and that we re
joice at their "recent victories over the
I paid adventurers and jesuitical herds of
I northern abolitionism. That the deep
interest felt and taken by the people of
Missouri in the settlement of Kansas and
' the decision of the the slavery question in
it, is both natural and proper, and that it
is their right and duty to extend to their
Southern brethren in that territory every
legitimate and bonoiable sympathy and
support.
Sth. Resolved, That we are uncompro
misingly opposed to the political organiza
tion commonly called the Know Nothing
Order, or American Party, having no
. sympathy with their secresy, their oaths
! their nnstontitutional designs, their religi
, ous intolerance, their political proscription
[ and their abolition associations at the
II North.
, 9th. Resolved, That we bail with de-
light the late signal triumph in Virginia
it the J leni.icratie Party, and of the pa
triotic Whigs, who co-operated in achiev
ing that result ov-r the Know Nothing
>’ganization. as conclusive evidence, that
in the great procticai questions in
volved in that contest, Southern men may
honorably and successfully combine, with
outr- gard to pjst political distinctions,
to save the constitution from desecration,
and the South from being prostrated be
i fore the power of Northern fanaticism
and misrule.
Kith. Res'dced, That political necessity
and the embarrassments constantly aris
ing from our commercial relations with
Spain, alike dictate the policy of the an
nexation of Cuba to this country, at the
earliest period, compatible with our n-i
--'.tional honor and treaty obligations.
llth Resolv'd, That the democratic
and national principles declared and set
forth in the inaugural address and annu
al messages of President Pierce, meet our
cordial approval, and that. he is entitled
to the thanks of the country, for his en-
■ forcettieut of the Nebraska-Kansas bill,
his laithful execution of the Fugitive
Slave law, 1 is various vetoes, and other
ineasures of adqrinistrative.policy in con-
■ formity to those principles.
12th. Resolved, That the administra
tion of Gov. Johnson meets our decided
approval, and we confidently recommend
him to the people of Georgia for re-elec
tion to the office he has so ably and faith
fully filled.
Resolved, That in view of the action of
the Legislatures of Massachusetts and
Vermont, and the threatened action of
; other Northern States, virtually repealing
the fugitive slave law, and denying to the
citizens of the South their constitutional
rights, wo recommend to our next Legis
lature the adoption of such retaliatory
measures as their wisdom may suggest,
and shall be in conformity with constitu
' tional obligations.
[ U»»A. Correspondence Charleston Courier.]
Washington, May 20.
Mr. Wise has returned to the “old Vir
: ginia shore,” after experiencing the hard
; ships of a Crimean campaign, in which
his characteristic vigor and powers of en
‘ durance were taxed to their utmost ex
; tent, and as it must be admitted, he de-
I fended the Sebastopol of democracy, with
wonderful energy, resolution and success.
The insults which Mr. Wise met in this
i city, on the occasion of the coiuplimenta
•ry demonstration made by the Democrats
of the city in honor of his election, were
from a mob—a mere mob neither the citi
zens as a body, nor, as I would hope, the
Know Nothings themselves, as a party,
were responsible for it. Os the five thou
sand people present, nine-tenths were very
orderly and anxious to listen to Mr. Wise’s
address The city is not responsible for
that disturbance, though it may be true
that there was no active interference on
the part of the police or the city authori
ties, for the preservation of order, for no
preparatien is ever made h,erc in the ex
pectation that disorder will occur. But .
the treatment which Mr. Wise received |
has, together with the fact that the pres
tige of Know Nothingism has been de
stroyed by the Virginia defeat, will have
the effect, as is believed, to rally a deci
ded majority of the voters of the city
against the Know Nothing ticket, at the
municipal election ; which is to come off
£ _ ... __ .
;on Monday next. The Know Nothings I
■ carried tliisreity, a year ago, By a large 1
majority, but odds are now freely bet j
1 against their ticket for the coming elec- ;
| tion.
i The ascendancy of the new party was
at one time, hailed with satisfaction by ;
Union men, for the reason that it was be- I
I lieved to have a future influence for the I
preservation of the harmony of the Union. I
But is evident that a secret organization j
cannot command public confidence, and i
I that the new erder has, on too many occa-.
: sions, exhibited a turbulent spirit, and a
disregard even of the purity of that very i
; elective franchise which they profess so I
'scrupulously to watch and defend. If
i the integrity of the Union cannot be pre '
served by; better means than these, it is ;
hardly worth preservation, The Union I
men may well say to the new order; — •
“Nbn taltauxilio. necdefens oribus istis
Tempos eget.”
It is the impression that the Northern ,
Know Nothings will now ally themselves j
with the anti-slavery party, and seek for |
power through that coalition. But it is
also believed that they will signally fail in
the attempt The tendency of the politi-i
1 cal current is to bring it into power, and i
sustain, a great conservative party found-1
ed upon the States Rights democracy of 1
the united South. For the united South'
and the sane North will take and keep the ;
direction of national affairs
AN OLD MAN'S SECRET.
An Italian Bishop struggled’ through,
great difficulties without repining, and!
met with much opposition without even
betraying the least impatience. An inti- j
mate friend of his, who highly admired)
these virtues which he thought impossible ;
to imitate, one day asked the bishop if he I
could communicate his secret of being al
ways easy!
•’Yes,” replied the old man, “I can i
teach my secret with great facility: it con-.
, sistsof nothing more than making a right
use of my eyes.”
’ Hi« friend begged him to explain him-j
self.
••Most willingly,” returned the Bishop;
"in whatever state I am I first look up to ;
heaven, and remember that my principal
busines is to get there I then look down
’ on the earth, and call to mind how small
■ a place I shall occupy in it when I come
to be interred. I then look abroad on the
■ world, and observe what multitudes there
■ are in all respects more unhappy than my
’ self. Thus I learn where true happiness
> is placed, where all our cares must end,
and how very little reason I have to repine
• or complain.”
? United States ship Constitution is
said to have lost only two men during
-»the last year, one named James Sherry.
. VIRGINIA ELECTIONS AND THE SOUTH.
In the course of an argument on the re
i cent glorious victory in the “Old Domin
ion, ’’ the Richmond Euquiver makes the
■ following very just remarks :
We haveauabiding and confident belief
that the example ofself-sacrificihgdevotion
I to principle which Virginians have furntsh
; ed, will not belost sight of by their political
brethren of the Southern States who are
to bestow their suffrages durins the sum
mer and autumn of this year. We have
cheering intelligence from North Carolina
In several districts whiggery scornfully
declines a recognition of Sam, while in
others, ’democracy despises and defies him.
Iff Georgia Stephens, the eloquent wins.
> has denounced him as the veriest of im
postors. and aided by Cobb and other de
mocrats, has driven him beyond the con
fines of the State Johnson is almost as
good as elected in Tcnncsse. Alabama
will take fresh courage from our signal
i victory. Kentucky is putting forth all
her energies, and the indications have not
i been so encouraging since her departure
; from the Jeffersonian creed in 1832, that
; the daughter will again stand by the side
of the mother. In Mississippi, Luusiana
. and Maryland, the-canvass lias not yet
1 fairly opened: but our friends in each are
i actively preparing for the contest.
A distinguished statesman remarked,
when reading the proceedings of the Hart
i ford Convention, that the time would come.
i when Constitutional Liberty at the North
i would have to be lighted anew at the al -
I tar of the institutions of the South. That
' period, if it has not arrived, is evidently
■ hastening. State after State, embracing
> tho “Old Keystone,” beyond Mason &
I Dixon’s line, seems in one way or another,,
i to have become bewildered by unsubstan
i tial but fascinating dogmas, until it has
totally disregarded some of the most im
j portant provisions of the national compact.
■ To those provisions, to every provision of
that instrument, Virginia has steadfastly
adhered and intends hereafter to adhere.
; With the aid of her southern sisters, upon
; which she knows she will not reckon in
I vain, she is determined to make no more
| sacrifices to the North. The compromises
lof 1787 must be rigorously observed in
letter and in spirit. As administered, the
South has been the victim, not the bene
ficiary, of the Constitution The so-called
Missouri Compromise was a palpable viola
tion of its rights. Lt was in direct oppo
sition to the sentiments of the concession
and forbearance which animated the Con- 1
i vention, as stated by Washington in his
■ letter to that body recommending the
: adoption of the Constitution. Moreover,
, the territory excluded from slavery came
I into the Union as slave territory, just as
I Texas territory came in as slave territory.
The entire free soil movement, beginning
■ with the Missouri Compromise, has been a
disgraceful transgression upou the rights of
■ the South, and must be resisted in its op
' eration.
' We again solemnly appeal to every slave ■
State to be true’lo itself in its approach
ing election—to leave no portion of its
i duty undone—and to be prepared for the
! worst questions that can arise for the
South. We are for the Union—for the
Union, now and for ever—but not at the
price of bondage and dishonor. If such
an Union as eur ancestors gave us is to be
perverted so as to accord with the selfish I
designs and intolerant machinations of
free-soilers, then it is not worth preserv
ing; and this fact for the good of all con
cerned, cannot be too soon or too general-1
ly known.
COL. JAMES M. SMITH.
To-day, we run up our banner, and nail
our flag-staff to the mast head ; upon that
banner is inscribed the name of James
Milton Smith, of the county of Upson,—
Our motto shall be, “untrammelled suf
frage, religious toleTation, liberal princi
ples, the union of the States, as long as
compatible with the rights of the States.”
For these great principles, we expect to
contend, and by the side -of the gallant
standard-bearer, whom we have chosen for
our leader, wo are prepared to stand oi fall
We will not anticipate our fellow-citizens
of the Third Congressional District, in
making theifi acquainted with the nomi
nee of our Convention. lie designs
seeing -them in person, at an early
day, when they will have an opportunity
of judging for themselves, as to his wor
thiness to occupy the station to which he
has been called, by the unsought, unsolic
ited, spontaneous voice of his political
friends. We have no fears as to the re-,
suit of that acquaintance. We feel con
fident that when the clarion notes of his
eloquence, shall resound through the hills
and vales of this District, in defence of our
cherished principles, the yeomanry of the
country will flock to his standard, and
elect him triumphantly. The architect
of his own fortune, the builder of his own
reputation; coming from the ranks of the
people, his feelings, his sympathies, his
attachments, are with them, and he is the
mtm to rally them in the coming contest.
And while he wields the sword of argu
ment in this Congressional District, he
will be strengthened and encouraged by
the recollection that on other political
battle fields, in this EuipireState, a Toombs
and a Stephens, a Jenkins and a Miller,
a Johnson and an Iverson, a Cobb and a
Welborn, and a host of other patriotic
Whigs and Democrats, are fighting in the
same glorious cause. With such leaders,
and such principles, the First Monday in
October will tell a more doleful tale to the
followers of the “Dark Lantern,” than
that which has just saluted their ears from
tho plains and mountains of the glorious
Old Dominion. — Empire State.
Railroad Accident.—The Express
train from New York to Boston was thrown
off the track by obstructions placed on the
track—supposed to have been placed there
by robbers, who designed seizing half a
million of dollars in the possession of Ad
! ams & Co.’s messenger. Several persons
were injured and the cars smashed.
Sailing of the America The Amer
ica sailed for Liverpool with over a million
I of dollars in specie.
PROPRIETOR
NUMBER 42.
AMPUTATION!
W. don't know when we have been more
I slaiei d than in perusing the fbllwing. It
! oceurreu in St. Lawrence county in this
: Stat -, and :s given on the authority “of a
j gentleman sf undoubted veracity.”
■‘A young man addicted to intemperate
habis, during one of his periodical ’sprees’
took a sudeb n notion to pay a visit to his
: tsweetheart.' On the evening alluded to,
the young lady and a female associate were
I the only occupants of the house where she
■ resided
••About ten o'clock,in the evening the
young matt arrived at the house considera
bly worse from the use of ‘beverages.’—
IDs strange mannerin approaching thedoor
excited the suspicion of the young lidies,
who supposed the house was attacked by
robbers. He knocked at the door and
demanded admisson; but his voice not being
recognized from the thickness of his tongue,
the ladies refused tocomply with the de
mand.
“Determined to force an entrrnee, he
commenced a series of assaults upon the
barred and bolted door by kicking and
and pounding. After a number of des
perate kicks, tac paunel of the door gave
way, and the leg of the besieger went
' through the aperture, and was immediate
ly seized by one of the ladies and firmly
held, while the other, armed with a saw,
commenced the work of amputation.
' “The grasp was firmly maintained;
and the saw vigorously plied until the
leg was completely severed from the bo
dy.
"With the loss of his leg, the intoxica
ted wretch fell upon his back, and in that
condition lay the remainder of the night.
“In the meantime the ladies were frigh
tened almost to death. With the dawn
■of morning the revelaton was made that
one of the ladies had participated in the
amputation of the leg of her lover!
“The wretched man was still alive.—
His friends were immediately sent for,
and he was conveyed to his home, where,
with proper treatment, he gradually and
miraculou tly recovered, and is now alive
and well.
“We hardly credited,’’ says the editor
as the journal from which we quote, “the
latter part of the story, and contended
that the man must have bled to death on
the spot, insisting, indeed, that it could
not be otherwise. But we were tnista
en.
“The leg was a wooden one.”
Harper's Mayazine.
LATER FROM EL PASO,
The mail train from El Pasio arrived
at San Antonio on the 25th ult., having
been only fifteen days on the trip. No
Indians were seen, but there were reports
of much Indian disturbance in Mexico.—
The San Antonio Ledger has the following
letter, dated El Paso, May 9th:
The town was thrown into great excite
ment last evening, by the arrival of Col.
Sanches, out four days from Chihuahua,
with orders from Santa Anna to arrest Mr.
Salizar, the Mexican Commissioner. The
work on the line has been, in conseqence,
suspended until the new Commissioner,
who has lately left Mexico arrives.
Mr. Salizar, it is understood, will be
allowed a few days for preparation and
then, under a strong guard, taken to the
city of Mexico.
The charges against Mr. Salizar are, I
understand 1 , disrespect towards his superi
or, and want of energy or neglect in push
ing the work to a conclusion. It is noto
rious here, that the Government did not
supply him with means to take the field,
and that he borrowed money on his own
private account to carry on the work on
the part of Mexico.
Mr. Salizer is one of the most talented
and gentlemanly men in all Mexico.—
During his previous sojourn and the pre
sent he has gained the respect and confi,
dence of all.
Santa Anna has directed his thunder
dcr against this gentleman How it will
end there is no telling. No honest, virtu
ous man is allowed to hold office. Under
these circumstances, can Mexico prosper?
The situation of affairs here will affect
the I’. S. Commissioner, Col. W. H. Em
ory, who, with his usual energy, is push
ing the work to a conclusion It would
not surprise us to sec him back here soon.
£&y-A chap out in Louisiana recently
took a notion for a bath in an inviting
gtream, which flowed through a field he
was engaged in ploughing, and divesting
himself of his clothes for the purpose,
hung up his unmentionables upon the limb
of a locust tree hard by: He had luxur
iated for some half hour, and swam back
to his starting point, when he perceived
a bevy of young damsels approaching with
their flower baskets. He scampered up
the bank and into his breeches, but alas!
unhappy man; not soon enough. They
were occupied. A small colony of bees
Were in possession. lie reports that he
got home; but how. he knows not.—
“Thinks he ran;’ 2 knows he halloc’d and
is sure the girls laughed. His friends
found in his pantaloons a number of dead
bees, some angry ones, and the biggest
half of a very soar youth.
A Fish Story.—A species of perch,
found in Tranquebar, on the Coromandel
Coast, East Indies, it is said, not onlj
creeps on shore, but actually climbs up
tall fan palms, in pursuit of certain shell
fish, which form its favorite food. Covered
with viscid slime, he glides smoothly over
the rough bark; spines, which he may
sheath and unfold at will, serve him like
hands to hang by, and with the aid of’side
fins and a powerful tail, he pushes himself
upward, thus completing the strange pic
ture of fish and shell fish dwelling high on
lofty trees.
■ Concealed Weapons.ln the Maine
; Liquor Law is the following clause against
carrying concealed weapons:
“If any man carries in his own baggage
Lor about his person a flask or any other
vessel containing liquor of any sort
to bo used by him, the party doing so is
made liable to a fine of thirty dollars and
j thirty days’ imprisonment.”