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Traveling Agents for the Examiner.
John H. James, T. Gorman, P. Gorman.
H. A. Livingston, Joseph K. Burke.
I3TSee Third and Fourth Pages.
FOR GOVERNOR:
H. V. JOHNSON,
ov BALDWIN.
FOR CONGRESS.
Ist District-Jas L. Seward of Thomas.
2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee.
3rd “ J. M. Smith, of Upson.
4th “H. Warner, of Meriwether.
sth “J. 11. Floy
6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clark.
7th “ Linton Stephens, of I ancock.
Sth “A. 11. Stephens, of Taliaferro.
Fulton County Nominations.
F«R SENATOR :
COL. JOHN COLLIER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE :
CAPT. ALLISON NELSON.
We would invite the attention of those
desiring fits und refits to the card of Straus
& Co., to be found in another column.
Habersham County.—Hon. Roliert Mc-
Millan is the Auti-Know Nothing Candidate
for the Senate, und Dr. George Philips for the
House.
Home Work.
At the Cabinet Warehouse of Morgan, Kirk
patrick 4 Co., in this city, a large and superior
lot of all articles in their line, will be found.—
Visitors to the “Fair” would do well to pay this
home establishment a visit, even if they have no
desire to purchase. Bureaus, bedsteads, centre
tables, chairs, and other articles of exquisite and
plain workmanship will be found there. Its lo
cation is in Hayden’s Block, on Peach Tree
street.
The “Expositior” at Dalton.
This is a new aud ably conducted democratic
paper published, weekly, and edited by Will
iam Gordon, and 8. 8. Turner, Esqrs. Its zeal
in the advocacy of democratic principles, meas
ures, and men, as well as the ability with which
it is conducted, place' it in the front rank of
the press of our State, and commend it to the
generous support of the Georgia Democracy
every where. We wish it every possible suc
cess, and earnestly hope that Gljerokee Georgia
will suatain the Editors in their enterprize.—
Dalton, and its vicinity, can now claim to have
a good paper—will they not sustain it ?
How they Keep Them.
The following dialogue actually took place in
a county of this district. We have the names
of the parties in our office but suppress them.
A gentleman, who had joined one of the lodges
in the county, wrote to the presiding- officer of
that lodge, and stated that he desired to with
draw.
“Why do you wish to withdraw ? asked the
reluctant officer. “1 want to vote for Judge
Warner."
“Oh well, you need not withdraw, we'll give
you permission to vote for Warner."
••But suppose 1 wish to vote for Johnson ;
what then ?”
“Why in that case, you would have to with
draw.”
Well, if it is the all the same to you, 1 believe
I'll withdraw, so that 1 can vote for whom I
wish, without first being forced to get your
permission
What a position for a freeman 1 To be com
pelled to bend the knee to the president of a
council, for permission to exercise si freeman's
right'
"The Old Hornet’s Nest” Speaks.
Washington, Ga., Sept. 4. 1855.
At a meeting of Dickenson Council No. 76,
held this day. the following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, wc arc opposed to secret oath-bound,
political organizations, lielleving them contrary
to the genius of our republican institutions, it is
therefore—
Resolved, By Dickinson Council No. 76. that
our worthy President be instructed to return the
charter of this Pouncil to the President of the
State Council.
The other resolutions are omitted at the re
quest of the mover.— Ed. Rep.
We have been pained for some time past,
with the conviction that our old friends in
Wilkes hud become infatuated by the specious
reasonings of the Know Nothing platform, and
as a natural consequence, entrapped into the
lodge; but jre are gratified to learn from the
above extract from the Wilkes ZlcpuWzrun. that
tho scales are dropping from their eyes, and
that tiiey have remembered the precepts of
their fathers and are prepared to acknowledge
their error and say, in the language of their
resolution, that "secret, oath-bound, political as
sociations are contrary to the genius of our its
publican institutions." For those republican
institutions, none of Georgia's sons ever fought
more or suffered more than the sous of Wilkes.
In the Revolutionary War. which gave birth to
"the genius of our republican institutions." her
]>eoplc stood by the infant child und shed their
best blood in its defence: and now when unot her
foe menaces the full grown youth, her sons will
rally again around their idol, und teach the
Northern foe. that old Wilkes still is proud of
the appellation. -the Hornet's A'cst" which she
extorted from the British in the first war of
independence. The only wonder with us is. how
a Know Nothing Council could have existed
so long among a people whose patriotism is
daily refreshed by breezes fresh from Kettle
Creek, a spot sacred to the American heart.
A Southern Commercial Convention. —
The next meeting of this body will take place
in Richmond, on the 3d day of November.—
The committee appointed by that body to de
signate a suitable place for tiie holding of the
Convention has accepted the invitation of the
Richmond Board of Trade to make Richmond
the place.
I'uKr vn vtions for Slave. Trading in Cuba.
the introduction this year into the island of Cu
ba of large number of African slaves, tine par
ty alone has contracted for the supply of 7.000.
Portuguese agents, it is said are uow in New
York making arrangements.
Political Fraud Exposed.
Our readers will doubtless remember that the
Know Nothings have nominated their candi
dates for Jndge in each of the circuits of mid
dle and lower Georgia, where they hoped to be
able to carry the elections. Mr. t ason and Gen
eral Warren have received the nomination in
their respectiue circuits, and the fact has been
mode public. The Know Nothings of the
Blue Ridge Circuit have not dealt so honorably •
They met it now appears, in Convention, nearly ■
six months ago, and unanimously nominated
Judge Irwin as their candidate, and have at-1
tempted to keep the fact a profound secret un-|
til after the election ; and would have succeed- ■
ed had not Doctor Pennington withdrawn from |
the ‘-Order,” and under a sense of duty exposed [
the secret to the public.
At the political honesty of this transaction,
let the people look! The Convention met at
Marietta in May last, and unanimously nomi
nated Judge Irwin as their candidate. The
Know Nothings all rallied around their nomi
nee. The Know Nothing presses, the “Dahlon
ega Signal” and Marietta “Georgian,” and
their numerous Know Nothing correspondents
have constantly advocated his claims and urged
even upon the democracy, his support, on the
ground that politics should have nothing to do
with the Judidial elections of the State—that
Judge Irwin took no part in politics and .teas
not the candidate of any political party. The
object of all this was to hold the Know N oth
ings on to his support as the nominee of the
party, under the solemnity of their oaths, and
by fraud and misrepresentation to gull demo
crats and Ant -Know Nothing whigs enough
into his support, when added to the Know
Nothing vote, to carry the election, and defeat
Col. Brown, the democratic candidate. But
the curtain which shrouded this dark transac
tion is drawn aside; the trick is exposed to the
light of day ; and Judge Irwin stands before
the country, the nominee of the Know Nothing
Party for Judge. Democrats, aud Anti-Know
Nothing Whigs will you support him? But
read the following certificate of Doctor Penning
ton. The Doctor is a gentleman of high respec
tibility, and no one who knows him, will doubt
his statement.
Dallas. Paulding Co., Ga.
1 hereby certify that I was, heretofore, a
member of a Council of the Order known as
Know Nothings, at this place. That I was
appointed a delegate from this county to a Con
vention of the Order to lie held at Marietta
during the last Term of Cobb Superior Court,
for the purpose of nominating a candidate for
Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit. That I at
tended that Convention as a delegate, and that
the Hon. David Irwin was unanimously nomi
nated as the candidate of that party. I make
this certificate because I have" been informed
that the fact has been denied.
[Signed] E. M. Pennington.”
Now, there is one thing connected with this ex
posure. that every voter in Georgia should calm
ly reflect upon. It is not that deception has
been practised upon the voters ol the Blue
Ridge Circuit, for nothing better could be hoped
from-the Know Nothing Order there, after the
“Hone Address” made its appearance in this
and other papers. There is something far
worse in it than this. It is, that secretly an
effort has been made to control the Judi
ciary of our State or 'to elect a Judge.—
Not satisfied with juggling to control in poli
tics, they would elect their Judges in the same
way. The lives, liberties, and property, of the
people are, to a certain extent, to lie decided
upon, by men nominated to office, in secret, and
in a lodge where the majority contorts, the
minority being bound by an oath to submit
and support such nomination. If there be no
danger to the rights of the people, in conduct
like this, then we live in times purer than our
fathers before us did.
Anti-Know Nothings, and Democrats, put
your seal of condemnation upon conduct like
this at the polls in October next I
The Federal and State Constitutions vs.
the Know Nothings and Judge An
drews.
If there is one characteric of oer noble Stalo
which we, as Georgians, have reason to be proud
of more, than any other, it is the respect her
sons have ever evinced for Constitutional obli
gations, Whatever sacrifices of interest those
obligations have culled upon them to make have
been made cheerfully and promptly ; und when
goaded by oppression from their Northern
brethren, they were driven into a convent ion
of ways and means to check the encroachments
of their uncompromising enemies, when it was
but natural that a sense of their grievious in
juries should have driven thorn into intemperate
excesses, the people, instead of yielding to even
just retaliation, still kept their eyes steadily
fixed upon the constitution, and with full confi
dence in its entire adequacy to their rights and
necessities, erected a platform upon its firm ba
sis, not u plank of which was inconsistent with
its requirements at their hands. "Give us this
Constitution unimpaired." said they, “and we
ask no more." The hund that was raised
against it, was their enemy, and for it they were
willing to lay down every advantage their con
nection with the Union brought. The very
word -Constitution" carries with it an all-üb
sorbing weight of reverence to the Georgian’s
heart.
Georgians are watchful of this their beticon
light. But Georgians have so much confidence
in the loyalty of Georgians, that they hesitate
to believe that, by their own heartlis. sit men
who are arrayed against the cherishetl bulwark
of their liberties. We believe, and we have
the proofs, that the effect of the new Order
styling itself - American' is a direct blow at the
Constitution, aud calculated to impair the con
fidence of Georgians iu what it says is "iibnosf
perfect." aud which we contend is entirely per
fect. We notice this want of respect for the
Constitution in every feature of the inside and
outside platforms of the party, in their address
es : aud indeed every where we see or hettr any
thing of the objects desired to be affi'eted by
the Order. This is a serious charge, aud it be
hooves Georgians to investigate it. Read our
case, and if it is not fully made out. let us fall
by the decision. To the proofs.
William Hone, the I’nsident of the State
Council, who is supposed to express the senti
ment of the Order, in speaking of the Consti
tution and its framers, uses the following lan
guage. Whether it evinces such rrspre? for the
Constitution as Georgians have been accustom
ed to pay it. remains with the reader to
Not content with extending to the oppressed
myriads of less favored lands the blessings aris
ing from a free government, the happiness
springing from free institutions, and the protec
, tion flowing from merciful laws, not content with|
, throwing the broad -Egis of our constitution I
between the oppressors und suffering humanity i
of the whole world ; not content with inviting
starving millions to take refuge from famiy
in the bountiful bosom of our beautiful county.
—the original framers of our otherwise almob.
perfect constitution, with an ill-advised Lin
kraut y, extended to them also the highest hos.
ors of man, and while relieving their necessities
called on them to assume the august mantle o
the legislator."
Here are men who say that the framers of
the Constitution were mistaken in their liberal
policy. If they were mistaken iu this thing,
as these men charge, is it not possible that they
may have been in other matters connected with
that cherished document ? The liberal offers
they made foreigners in the Constitution, was.
like every other clause of that paper, the result
of mature deliberation. The combined intelli
gence of the body framing it thought this liber
al policy best, and if they lacked wisdom iu
this thing, there is no suppose they were
more wise in any other feature. But not only
do these menziontend that the framers of the
Constitution lacked intelligence in this particu
lar ; they are dissatisfied with another clause
which the framers of the Constitution thought
it best to incorporate into it. They by
ntimation, by expressed resolutions, by oaths,
tell us that the clause prohibiting a re
ligious test was wrong, was unwise. Hear what
the Constitution says:
“No religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification to any office, or public trust under
the United States.’'
And there seems good reason for such a
clause. It was the original intention of the
founders of our government to place an in'sur
mountable barrier between the Church und
State. They felt that no government, the
composition of which embraced these incogru
ent elements, was secure, and to prevent the
possibility of such un Union, they placed this
clause conspicuously in the Constitution. But
these men say that they were wrong—they did
not understand the matter 1 Hear what they say
aud judge if they are respectful; aye, see if our
charge of direct opposition to the Constitution
is not sustained.
The Philadelphia Platform contains the fol
lowing reflections upon the intelligence of the
framers of the Constitution :
“Resistance to the aggressive policy and j
corrupting tendencies of the RoTnan Catholic
Church in our country by the advancement to
all political stations— executive, legislative, ju
dical, or diplomatic —-of those only who do not
hold civil allegiance, diriectly or indirectly, to
any foreign power, whether civil or ecclesiasti
cal, aud who are Americans by birth, education i
and training—thus fulfilling the maxim: “A-1
mericaus only shall govern America."
Now they contend that every member of the
Catholic Church, by his membership, asumes
an allegiance to the Pope. This allegiance t hey
regard as part of the Catholic religion. No
matter whether the Catholic be a foreigner
who has thrown off every other allegiance and
taken upon himself the obligation of a citizen
of the United States, or whether he is a native
“to the manor born"—if he be a Catholic they
declare they will not vote for him for, or ap
point him to, any political station, “executive, j
legislative, judicial or diplomatic.” Is this not|
virtually denying the wisdom of the founders of
our government, and striking a blow at the l
Constitution?
But again, the Constitution declares that a
foreign born citizen may after having been a
citizen of the United States seven years, become
a Representative in Congress, and after nine
years a Senator. Whqt docs the Philadelphia
Convention say in the above extract. Why
that “ Americans only shall rule America 1" The
framers of the constitution regarded the taking
of the oath of allegiance, by a foreigner, as a
compact, or bargain, by which he, in considera
tion of certain privileges, agreed to throw off
his former natural allegiance, and assume the
obligations of an American citizen. 'They re
garded his allegiance as a fair equivalent for
the privileges they granted him. Now these
men say that our fathers made a bad bargain,
and by declaring that foreigners shall not hold
offices, violate the contract made und ratified by
the constitution. The right to hold office is
guaranteed the foreigner by the constitution ;
but the authority of that constitution is ex
pressly denied by those who say he shall not.—
What, wc ask* is wanted further to evidence a
hostility to, and a want of respect for, the Con
stitution. That declares there shall Ikj no test for
office—they say there shall be a Catholic test 1
The. Constitution declares that foreigners may
hold office; they say they shall not.' What more
complete hostility can possibly exist? We re
gard, then, that our charge of hostility to und
disrespect for the Constitution, expressed by
the Know Nothing party, is fully made out.—
We have now to apply this charge to their can
didate, Judge Andrews.
Suppose, for a moment, that Judge Andrews
is elected (which by-the-way. like some of his
legal illustrations, is -not a supposable ease")
As Governor of Georgia, before he assumed the
duties of the Executive department, he would
be required to take the following oath :
"I do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the ease
may be) that I will faithfully execute the office
of Governor of the State of Georgia ; and will,
to the best of my abilities preserve, protect, and
defend the said State, and cause justice to be
executed iu mercy therein, according to the
Constitution and laws thereof."
Well, what says our State Constitution.—
Here is section tenth :
Sec. 10. No person within this State shall,
upon any pretence, be deprived of the inestima
ble privilege of worshipping God in a manner
agreeable to his own conscience, nor be com
pelled to attend any place of worship, contrary
to bis own faith and judgement, nor shall he
ever Ik* obliged to pay tithes, taxes, or any
other rate, for the building or repairing any
place of worship, or for the maintenance of any
minister or ministry, contrary to what he be
lieves to be right, or what he hath voluntarily
engaged to do. No one religious society shall
ever be established in this State in preference
to another, nor shall any person be denied the
enjoyment of any civil right merely on account
of his religious principle.
If this means anything at all. it is clearly
intended to prevent the same union provided
against by the Federal Constitution. Accord
ing to this Judge Andrews would have no
more right to exclude a Catholic from the en
joyment of a “civil right." than be would a
Methodist. Baptist, Presbyterian or an Episco
palian : for the language of the clause is -no
religious society" shall have preference. Here
all are upon a footing. But see what Judge
Andrews thinks of the Constitution of his State.
He has taken the three following oaths. In the
first degree he swore thus:
••You will not vote, nor give your influence
for any man for any office in the gift ofthepeo
pie, unless he be an American born citizen in
favor of Americans ruling America, nor >/ he
! be a Roman Catholic."
I The Constitution of Georgia declares that
neither of the two grounds amount to a disqual-
ification. Yet, in face of the obligation he'
would be compelled Io take to be governed by
the constitution, he would be foreed by his for
mer oath to refuse a commission to a foreign
born officer elected by the people, or the Legis
lature. If he did so he would clearly violate
the oath taken upon his assumption of his exec
utive dirties: if he did not he would violate the
oaths he has taken in the second and third de
grees, which read as follows :
2nd. ‘You will support in all political mat-'
ters,/or all political oj/ices. members of this Or
der in preference to other persons; that if it j
may be done legally, you will, when elected or ;
appointed to any official station conferring on ;
you the power to do so, remove all foreign- |
EKS, ALIENS OB ROMAN CATHOLICS FROM OFFICE I
OR PLACE. AND THAT YOU WILL IN NO CASE AP- I
POINT SUCH TO ANY OFFICE OR PLACE IN YOUR !
GIFT."
3d. ■■ You also promise und swear (or affirm) !
that this and all other obligations which you '
have previously taken in this Order, shall ever j
be kept sacred and inviolate."
He has thus, in the first place, sworn that he |
will “remove all foreigners for office," when!
the Constitution declares that they are entitled !
to hold office. Would this be executing “jus-[
tice in mercy" as his oath of office requires?!
We think not: we see nothing but injustice
in depriving any man of his Constitutional'
right. But just or unjust, he is sworn to do it.'
Another of the tests which he is sworn to make |
is the religion of the candidate. If he is an '
infidel, or a Mormon he is not bound to exclude
him. but if he be a Catholic, he is sworn to do!
so. What though the Constitution declares
there shall be no religious test, and he swears
to support the Constitution : he has previously
sworn to exclude the Catholic, and upon the
presumption that he will do so and disregard
Constitutional obligation, he has been elected !
ow can he reconcile the two oaths ?
He cannot.' And yet the people of Geor
gia are called upon to support him for an office,
the prescribed duties of which, by his own oath,
he has made himself incompetent to discharge ?
It remains now to see if they will respond to the
'call.
The Discipline.
The complacency with which one of the out
side Editors of the “Discipline” calls upon the
Senior Editor of the “Examiner” to -answer
jea or nay—waving all discussion as to the
propriety" ’of expenditures alledged by him
to have been made by the State Road, will
hardly find a parallel in newspaper warfare.—
Our opinion of the arrogance that characterizes
the production we shall refrain expressing.—
Nor shall we express any opinion upon its
change of position, but will leave the reader to
infer what he pleases after we are done. “Mark
now, how a plain tale shall put" this writer
down.
At the outset of this controversy, the charges
made through the columns of the "Discipline"
were in number, three.
First, that this journal, the "Examiner,” is
in the pay of the State Government.
Second, that the printing office “from which
it is issued enjoys certain State patronage of
: considerable value."
i Third, that its being in the pay of the .State
' Government is the "result of a special order
from Governor Johnson."
: All these charges we pronounced false. —
; That we did this emphatically und not very
1 courteously, is true. And our justification for
i so doing lies in the fact, apart from the untruth-
I fulness of the charges, that the purpose of the wri
| ter was to impair the influence of the “Exaniin-
I er" by the perpetration of a libel upon the State
Government and Governor Johnson, in the
charges so recklessly preferred.
Then followed the call by the “Editor” of
the “Discipline" upon the “Master of Transpor
tation.” Mr. E. B. Walker, for iifformation to
sustain the charges which he published. Our
readers are, doubtless, informed of his reply.
To the aid of the disappointed publisher, cer
tain members of the “Joint Stock Company,”
to wit:—Messrs. Howel), Angier, Mitchell, and
McDaniel—gentlemen who, we judge from the
facts of the case, were doubtless deceived by
representations made to them—stepped forward
and, jointly, asked of the Superintendent the in
formation coveted.
In reply, the Superintendent tells them.
“My testimony will not avail you in making
out your case."
*• Mr. Ilanleiter and the Intelligencer have
each received a larger amount of our custom
than Mr. Kay."
•■The “lust (Mr. Kay) has received too little
to be called by the name of patronage."
Here, we presumed, for its own credit, the
"Discipline” might have stopped, or rather the
writer that preferred the charges of bribery and
corruption, for to that complexion they all ten
ded. But it is an old saying that “whom the
Gods wish to destroy, they first make mad"—
and a fairer illustration of its truth cannot be
found than what has followed in this controver.
sy.
In order to make a showing of some sort to
sustain the charges preferred against the -Ex
aminer." resort was had, as we are advised, to
dishonorable stratagem, jit is denied at the office
of the State Road, that the information, al
though of no consequence at all. as far as this
controversy is concerned, was given to the in
dividual who obtained and has caused it to be
published. It is also charged, we learn, that it was
surreptitiously obtained—that there was in its
acquisition an abuse of confidence. Be this as
it may, the writer of Jhe article in the last
"Discipline" can explain how be obtained it
un<l thus relieve subordinate or other officers of
the Road, from unjust suspicion. As for the
bare fact, that in 1854, and up to August 1855,
85.000 and upwards had been paid Mr. Kav.
we care not nor never did. Admit it, and the
“Discipline " is just as far from maintaining the
charges branded by us as false, as it was before.
This we shall proceed to show. But ere we do
so. that paper, its Editor, or the writer of tlie
articles in it. ought, in common justice to the of
ficers of the Road, at the depot, to state how
the information was obtained, and from whom
—for -thereby hangs a tale."
Now. in answer to the call of the "Discipline"
in tlje last issue of that paper, we state that
since the connection of Col. Howard with the
•Intelligencer" Office in this city, the State
j Road patronage, as it is termed, has been taken
from Mr. Kay. and given to that paper, and to
Mr. Ilanleiter. as we are informed thioag.i the
Superintendent's letter to Mr. Howell and oth
ers. and as we were also informed by Mr. Kay.
The -Examiner" itself, as a paper, ire will
state, in addition, never was -in the ring " as
the recipient of “ Government pap." True
from its start, it has been published by Mr
Kay : but there are many in this city who can
i inform the “Discipline " that its columns were ;
[ CJUtrolled, first, by Messrs. Daniell and Ramsay I
—afterwards, by Dr. Ram<ay—and it was u o
until the State Road patronage had been taken
from Mr. Kay (iu violation of a certain con
tract well known to the supposed writer of the
charges, und last article in the Discipline, of
which more hereafter; that Mr. Kay became
its sole proprietor, and its present Editors took
charge of its editorial department. We make
this statement to give the yuietus to the three
charges preferred by the “ Discipline." and
which we pronounced false. And we cannot
here refrain from saying, in Mr. Kay’s behalf,
that when he, in the Job Office, which he pur
chased from Messrs. Ware A Eddelman, execu
ted work for the Road, no man was more bene
fitted by that work, than Mr. Ware! We
might, but have no desire to, be more explicit.
All that we shall, therefore, say in reference to
this matter is, that he. Mr. Kay. was betrayeil
into the purchase of the Job Office, by induete
ments held out, and promises that have been
violated. So much for Mr. Kay's connection
with the State Road and its patronage.
The reader, and the "Discipline” will now,
we hope, clearly perceive that we were right in
pronouncing the charges made against tlio“Ex e
aminer” false from first to last. From them w
are not to be driven by the artifice and low cun
! ning of the writer in the “Discipline." We knew
well what we wrote, when wc pronounced them
j false. Neither were we then, nor are we igno
-1 rant now, of the materials we had to contend
: against, and the extent to which they would go
i in their mad hunt after “Government pap,” and
the offices on the State Road. It was exhilcr
ating indeed to anticipate the defeat of Gov
ernor Johnson, and the “turn out" that would
ensue! Our vigilance, and watchfulness, and
zeal, were all in their way. and they could ac
count for it, in no other way, than, judging oth
| era by themselves, a desire to hold on to what
:we had not, the* “loaves and fishes.” But we
tell these gentlemen, Editors, Joint Stock Gora
pany, and all; not excluding sympathizer off,
or on the Road : it won't do. Sirs 1 Traduce
JOHNSON as you may. the jxjople will re
elect him Governor of Georgia, and the “Disci
pline" will have to look- elsewhere than to the
State Road for patronage. It is what the “Ex
aminer" now does, and we feel proud of it.—
When it comes to thus, that upon the patronage
alone, or in part, of the State Road, this paper
can only be sustained, we are certain it will only
be known as one among a thousand, that did
have, hut no longer has, an existence.
A word more to the reader and we are done with
this matter. That word is regret for troubling
him with this purely personal controversy. The
great cause in which we are engaged admonish
es us that time, and paper, and pen, and ink.
and thought, are all lost—thrown away—inno
ticingthe tiradesof the “Discipline," on this and
other topics. We shall offend no more ; but
wc ought not to promise, for -what trick, what
device, what starting hole” can be found to
help the “Discipline" in its meanderings after
capital for political jugglery, we know not.
God help the wicked, and preserve the country!
For. as Jock Falstaff hath it. "if manhood,
good manhood.be not forgotten on the face of
the earth, then am I, a shotten herring."
Visitors to the Fair.
Are directed to the following places for ac
commodation during the Fair.
The Fulton House, on Alabama street,
kept by the Messrs. Reeves—nn excellent House
capable of accommodating some two hundred
persons.
The Temperance, or City Hotel, on Decatur
Street, kept by Mr. J. F. Arnold, a quiet and
good House, with an attentive and obliging
landlord.
At the private Boarding I louse of Mr. James
M. Hudson on Peach Tree Street, near the
Methodist Church, first rate accommodations
will be found, as well as a ]>olite and attentive
gentleman at its head.
On White Hall Street is the “Johnson
House,” kept by Dr. W. P. Parker. Here
will be found good fare, and all that a reason
able man should require to be comfortable.
Then there are our first class Hotels.
The Washington Hall, presided over by
Messrs. Iz>yd & Pulliam, both well known to
the travelling public. Hundreds can find ac
commodation here.
The "Atlanta Hotel" superintended by Mr.
Hosier, a gentleman of experience, iu Hotel
keeping, and a favorite with the public. I lore
accommodation can be afforded to gentlemen
with families, and to single persons without
number. Excellent servants, excellent fare, and
all that heart or appetite can desire, will be at
the “Atlanta Hotel."
And last the public will find the “Trout
House." under’the Superintendence of Mr.
Gage, a gentleman whose fame, as a landlord, is
as wide spread, as it deserves. 1 lere again hun
dreds can be accommodated and in a style not
surpassed any where. North or South. Excel
lent chambers, a bountiful table, attentive ser
vants, and bountiful fare, will be found at this
Hotel.
The rule adopted, we learn, at all our Hotels,
is “first come, first served.”
At the Trout" I louse, under the Sujierintendence
of Mr. Holland : at the Atlanta, under the Su
perintendence of Mr. Ennis : at the 'Washing
ton Hall, and Fulton House under the Super
intendence of the proprietors; will be found
Bar Rooms, supplied with the choicest Wines
Liquors, and Cigars; all are prepared to accom
modate visitors at the -Fair."
Crisp's Athenseum.
The excellent company which Mr. Crisp in
trodneed last night to an Atlanta audience will
we trust, draw full houses during their stay in
our city. A- a whole, it embraces more talent
than can l»e found in the most popular Theatres
of the large cities of the Union, aud it really
merits all the patronage which a generous and
appreciating public can bestow upon it.
Atlanta owes a great deal to the enterpise of
Mr. Crisp. He has introduced here for the
1 gratification of its citizens an intellectual enter
■ tainment—one that is a school of itself, and
from whence we derive a knowledge useful to
man iu his every avocation, not imparted at
i any other school. In crowds, our citizens pat
ronize the Circus, Magicians. ,vc. Why
not the Drama." which energy and enterprise
, place within their reach ?
I At the Theatre last night, tlic favorite Com
edy of the 'Honeymoon” was played with a '
strong cost. Mrs. W.H.Crisp representing the
i Duchess, and Mr. W. 11. Crisp, the Duke
i Arauza. Mr. A. T. Morton personated Rolan
i do. The acting was fine, the music excellent;
and the audience delighted. We regret that
time will not permit us to say more, in refer,
ence to those we name, and other members of
the corps.
To night, that thrilling tragic play, the
"STRANGER," will be played: Mrs. Crisp,
as Mrs. Haller, aud Mr. Crisp, as the Strauger.
If this does not draw a crowded house, we shall j
l>e much deceived. It is an attraction few, we
think, will resist. Not only the cast of its ,
leading characters, is well set, but it is so down
to the lowest.
We must not omit to remark that Mr. und
Mrs. Rea have already many warm admirers,]
and have made many warm friends in our city -,
But more of these and other?, in the future.
[Ear the Atlanta Daily Examinrri\
Rec. L. Pierce: f ■ }
Sir : I see going the rounds of certain m-ws- j
papers, an extract of a letter of yours purport
ing to have been written to Editors of the
Southern Recorder. I suppose you intended in
that letter to give your influence to the new |
sprung political party, self-styling itself the!
American party—alias Know Nothings—anil:
so the K. N. esteem it here, and boast of your;
name and influence in their favor: as such I no
tice it as well as to somewhat comment upon
its weakness. In substance, you .say there are
some “queer thing's" in this progressive age.
Youpoint out one oftheseipieer things to be that ■
a minister cannot express any political opinion,
without being made the subject of remark and
periiaps censure too. -Truly that would lx? a
queer thing; but it is peculiarly queer, for an
aged minister to lx? engaged in writing letters
on politics to aid a political party, instead of
preaching the word to which he asserts he is
called. No man would censure a minister for
expressing any political opinion in his place. As
a minister, yon say “I dont like this sort of pro
scription, and especially as there is often much
in political issues, so nearly in alliance with the
morality of the Bible." Now, Rev. Sir. what
political issue is now before the people in alli
ance with that morality ? Is it that “intense
American feeling” set forth in the second arti
cle of the Philadelphia Platform ? or is it that
"Resistance to the aggressive policy and cor
rupting tendencies of the Roman Catholic
Church," as set forth in the eighth article of
that Platform ? If the first let me call your
attention to the late bloody riots at Louisville
and ask you to decide whether that intense
American feeling is in alliance with the moral"
ity of the Bible. If the latter, permit me to
ask you if your letters, or the action and pro
scription policy of your party is the best way
to maintain that alliance. What, Sir. have all
enactments of the Statute Books done as au ex
pedient for keeping down Popery, they have
only compressed it iuto firmness by them in
Ireland. A nation of papists, have Ixx'n trans
formed into a nation of heroes. When the
truths of Protestantism enter into contest with
i the errors of Catholicism on equal terms, and
I with their own appropriate weapons, the result
is infallibly magna est veretas et pievalebit.—
; You may lay restraints upon the persons, or
; limitations on the property of Catholics, but the
I Catholic mind will become tenfold more impreg
uable. What may be intended as a protection
against the encroachments of papacy, and a '
protection of Protestantism, will turn out as a
banner of defence for Popery. What other
• instrument do we read of in the New Testa
ment for a defence and propagation of the true
faith but the word of God and the spirit o*
Gal? How does the apostle explain the prin-
] ciples of its triumphs, in that age when truth
; was so mighty, to the. pulling down of the
I strong holds ? It was because the weapons of
1 his warfare were not carnal. The kingdom of
God. which is not of this world refuses to be
•ndebted for its advancement to any other than
spiritual weapons, dear sir, and you need not
fear that the corrupt tendencies of the Roman
Catholic's will ever injure the political issues
which you seem to think is in alliance with the
• morality of the Bible. These spiritual weapons
': prevailed in favor of Protestantism when wield
’ ed by the able hands of Luther, and other no
' - bles of the reformation—unaided they cut tlieir
way successfully, and it is by admitting intolcr
-1 ance and proscription, unseemly weapons, into
the camp, that the cause of Protestantism, has
' fallen more within twelve months through the
; use of these in the bauds of the Know Nothings
i than it has since the formation of our govern
ment. It is not through our fears or false
’ alarms that we do honor to Protestantism? A
far more befitting honor to the great cause, is
the homage of our confidence. Braced with
’ that, Rev. Sir, we have no cause to disturb
' Catholics in their Constitutional privileges: give
them a free participation in all the privileges,
1 duties and offices of the country if called thereto
1 by their fellow-citizens. Circulate, sir, the Bi
' ble, present its precepts, and with these mighty
1 engines, you may be part of the means to over
-1 throw this alarming architect and establish the
fair original form of Christianity on its ruins.
But lam done with homilies. Yon say : “I
am, by a sort of moral instinct, a native Amer,
ican.". Strange, sir, that you have lately made
known that you were, “by moral instinct" what
I and your friends, years ago, believed you to
be by birth. If this is not a recent discovery
I you must mean by the term “Native American,”
that you have recently, “bv moral instinct,"
become a Know Nothing. If you are writing
letters to uid that party, us they boast your
letter doe-, then you, as a minister, are liable
to censure, equally as much as if you were to
descend to the slang of the lowest hustings.—
I Let me ask you how you can reconcile theoaths
of the order to the article in the Methodist Dis
cipline in regard to Christian men's oaths.—
(Art. 25.) The words of the Saviour arc im
perative: •■Swear not at all.” See St. James
sth chapter sth to 12th verses. Also see Matt.
s—34th. They are all' borne out by the clause
referred to in the Disipline, and more stringent
ly by Dr. Clarke in his commentaries. Hesays;
"He who uses any oath, except when he is culled
upon by a Magistrate to make one. so far from
being a Christian, does not deserve the reputa
tion of decency or common sense."
How do you reconcile the constitution and
ritual of the Order to your obligations as a
minister of Christ ? When red paper is cut in
a certain form and scattered, do you go to the
Council room prepared for conflict ? When
j you hear the "cry of distress," do you give the
responsive answer and rush to the rescue ? Now.
i sir. if you do these things, it looks a little queer.
j By them you would be a good Know Nothing,
. but a beat minister, and vice versa. Whether
you are a Know Nothing, alias Native Amer
ican. "by moral instinct," or not, your letter lias
‘ given you notoriety as such. If you are not yon
can disavow the claim they set up of your iden
; itty. Tis to be hoped you will do this.
I beg you to read Judge Longstreet's letter
to the Methodist Ministers. If he is right'
numliere of these ministers are wrong. Those
who know him surely believe he thinks he is
right, and most of them believe he is.
Space will not admit of noticing your re
marks on emigration. Let me only refer vou
to a text or two;
“If a stranger sojourn with you in your land. ,
ye shall not vex him; but- the stranger that
dwelleth with you, shall be unto yon as one
bom among you. and thou shult love him as j
thyself, for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt. lam the Lord, your God."—Leviticus j
19 ehap. 13-14th verses.
Such was, I suppose, the feeling of our tore
fathers, when they threw open the gate of emi
; gration so wide. In conclusion, Rev. Sir, “be
| easy.” fret not over some things seemingly
I queer. Our country has had, and still has, un
paralleled prosperity. So has had, und still
I has, the Methodist Church. Int them alone.
I There is no danger, and no necessity of chang
ing the policy of the one or the Discipline of
i the other. FREE DEMOCRAT.
Religions Proscription in South
Carolina—its Effects.
A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury
writes as follows, upon thesubjeet of established
religions.
1 promised in my last number to bring still
nearer to our own doors the examples of jfro
| scription and religious intolerance. I find in
I the introduction to Brevard's Digest, page 12,
I the following account:
“In 1700. the government (of South Caroli
na) undertook to establish the Episcopal form
of religious worship, and persevered in the pur
suit of that object, with obstinate zeal, till it
was attained in 1706. Au act against non-con
formity was passed. These measures were ex
tremely odious to a number of colonists, dis
senters and others, who conscientiously refused
the communion of thj English church. They
complained and remonstrated, but all to no
purpose. It was a strange but not an unpre
cedented circumstance, that a weak colony,
anxious to encourage emigrants from abroad
of various Protestant sects, to strengthen itself
against foreign enemies, should, nevertheless, at
such a crisis, insult and persecute their fellow
citizens aud Protestant Christian brethren, on
account of slight differences in their religious
dogmas and the external ceremonies of wor
ship !”
•.I udge Brevard adds, that “political and party
. considerations laid probably no inconsiderable
influence on this occasion.” “A profound his
torian has remarked.” says he:
“That tty religious spirit, when it mingles
with faction, contains in it something supernat
ural and unaccountable ; and, its operations on
society, effects correspond less with their known
causes, than in any other circumstance of gov
ernment.”
The act of 1706 was preceded by an act of
1696. granting liberty of conscience to all
[ Christians except Papists.
In immediate connection with the account
above cited, there occurs the following para
agraph in regard to the anti-foreign prejudice of
the period:
"The admission of French emigrants to equal
privileges with the English, gave great offence,
and was the cause of bitter revilings and con
tests. The English considered them [the Hu
guenots] as aliens, and entertained towards
them the usual ungenerous prejudices and antip
; athies of Englishmen. At one time they were |
excluded from the Legislature, but this illilx'ral '
spirit at length abated."
A few words more on the subject of religious
proscription. Let none hope that to tho spirit
of intolerance he can say, “Thus fur shult thou
|go and no farther.” The burning of convents
and churches follows exclusion from civil office I
and the denial of political equality on account
of religious faith. We have already hail a re
enactment, on a small scale, in the Ixmisvillc
riots, of the famous Pojiish plot in regard to
which Oates found so ready a credence. It
will not be forgotten how many among our
selves were deceived, and, being deceived, very
naturally exasperated, by a transparent elec
tioneering artifice, upon a recent occasion, when
' a printed placard was posted in our streets,
■ calling “Roman Catholics to the rally?" Poli
tics and religion are potent enough when each
acts separately and apart from the other, in
dueing an excitement which is unfavorable to
the exercise of a sound judgment, just discrim
ination, and impartial estimate of truth. Unite
these two powerful incentives to human ,pos-
’ sion, and reason is thrown prostrate before
• them.
i We plead for the Roman Catholics to-day.—
There was a time when dissenters considered
Prelacy and Popery equally obnoxious. The
Church of England was, at one time, consid-
' cred as as equally dangerous to liberty with
. the Church of Rome. May not Episcopalians
t be next excluded from their equal right, as
savoring of foreign connection, being uurepub
’ lican in their discipline, and not as "intensely
' American ” as some new standard may require,
s Methodists have already been denounced in
. some parts of the North, where Presbyterians
most abound. It would not be new in history
to charge Presbyterianism with ambition und a
- proscriptive spirit. And I myself have heard
j Raptists complained of, as exercising an undue
( influence in political affairs. And 1 have even
heard it said that the Jews, few comparatively
’ as they are in numbers, are so clannish that,
! other things being equal, they have the advan
, tagc of a Christian competition in the race for
( office. In all this, there is the germ of combi
nation for persecution and proscripiitm against
each in its turn ; while, rightly viewed, the con-
’ sideration of such facts should lead to the com
. bination of all in favor of forbearance and uni
, versa! toleration.
Ix't the advocates of different creeds confine
themselves to u strictly spiritual warfare. It
is an abandonment of sound policy as well as of
principle, to call in the aid of the secular arm.
] Above all, as it seems to me, is it as fatal iu
' policy as it is indefensible in morals, for the ad-
- vocates of many conflicting creeds to unite in
i temporary combination, and lend their aid to
. godless politicians and self-seeking aspirants in
. an attempt to crush one of the weakest of the
Christian denominations—selected us objects
of attack, I verily believe, not because they are
strong, but for the very reason that they are
. weak, and can make but feeble resistance.
Let us not desert the ancient landmarks ; let
us adhere to the principles of the Constitutions
of State and the United States; to the princi
ples of universal toleration and fair play which
our fathers established, and which are our own
richest inheritance. CHARLESTON.
COLMUNICATED.
A Suggestion.
My boys, in the Bth District, having nomina
ted LaFayette Iximar, as a candidate for Con
gress, against A. 11. Stephens, 1 recommend
that his name be at once changed to “ Tom ”
“Dick"or "Harry" or some other good
American name. There is no nativism at all
about his name; it is all French from beginning
to end. and I fear that many of my “ boys ” in
the Btb will consider his nomination a trick of
the enemy to impose a “real live Frenchman"
upon them. Let your name be clianged at
once, LaFayette.—l fear it will beat you—
“SAM.”
A Yot’NC lady arrived at Gilensburgh Mich,
last week, to take the cars. While waiting
she wm> grossly insulted. A warrent was is
sued for the rascal. The moment the culprit
reached the hotel, the citizens forcibly took
him from the hands of the officers, stripped him
of all his clothing, smeared him with tar from head
to foot, coated him thoroughly with feathers,
aud after trotting him through the streets strad
dle of an old rail, gave the new plumed-bird
four minutes to run five miles, which he accom
plished satisfactorily to the express train, which
arrived soon after,
Going Back to Er rope.—There seems to be
a steady stream of emigration from the United
States to Europe The packet ship Tonawanda
sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool on Satur
day with ten cabin aud two hundred und sixty
seven steerage passengers. J
Gov. Brown, of Mo., died on the I
27th ult.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
\ RRIVAL OFTHESTEAMER
A TLJIFHC•
New York, September C.—The U.S. Mail
Steam Ship Atlantic, Capt. M Ist. hu-, urrivisl
at this port from Liverpool, with advices to the
25th ult.
The steam ship Aerial arrived out on the
23d ult.. and the H'ashington on the 24tli
ult.
CoiiiuM r< in! n< c.
The Liverpool Cotton Market was easier
but not quotably lower, and closed quiet, und
steudy as 7 )-Bd. for Fair New Orleans, 6 7-16 d
for Middling Orleans, 6 7-8 d for Fair Uplands,
and 6 l-4d. for Middling Uplands. The sales
during the week comprised 45,000 bales, of
which speculators took 4.500. and exporters
4.500, leaving 36.000 bales of all description to
the trade.
The Liverpool Breaustuffs Market had
advanced in consequence of the unfavorable
weather. Wheat had improved from 2d. a
3d. per 70 lbs. Flour was 2s. better; and
Western Canal wus worth from 40s. a 415., and
Ohio from 40s. a 425. per bbl. of 196 lbs.—
Corn had advanced 6d.. and White was quoted
at from 445. 45., and Yellow 375. 6d. n 38s. per
480 lbs, The market closed steady and quiet
without change.
The Liverpool Rice Market was slightly
lower.
Naval Stores were unchanged, at steady
rates.
The lain don Money Market.— American
Stocks were dull. The Bullion in the Bank of
England has decreased £160.000 Sterling.—
Consols closed at 91 1-8.
General Intelligence.
The news from the Crimen is unimportant,
affairs are quiet and unchanged, and the Rus
sians hold the same positions they did atthedate
of the last advices.
The English papers are filled with copious de
tails the affairs that, had taken place on the
banks of Chernaya and Svcaborg. The loss
of the Russians at the latter was only 40 killed
and 160 wounded. A portion of the fortifica
tions were destroyed but the. Allies had made
no further attack.
Two British ships had fired on Riga without
effect.
The British in the Sea of Azoff. hud blown up
the sunken Russian ships.
The Russian ships in Bcrkiausk Buy, bad. al
so. been burnt to secure that town.
The Russian were investing Kars, but noth
ing decisive had occurred.
No authentic accounts had been received re
lative to the Peace Conference. It was rumor
ed, however, that a split had occurred in the
Austrian Cabinet.
A<I<IIHOII<II by 11i<j Atlantic.
London, Aug. 25.
Queen Victoria will embark on Monday from
Bologna on her return to England. The Em
peror will accompany her to Bologna.
Advices from Paris state that additional re
inforcement to the number of 50.000 men are
to be sent to the Crimea. The Allied squadron
on the White sea captured two Russian ships,
one a steamer. The squadron are preparing to
quit that sea. Berlin papers state that Austria
has declared she will treat according to military
law every peraon found tanipering with Austri
an soldiers, with u view of inducing them to
join the Anglo-Italian IjCglon. A Russian di
vision between Kars and Erscroum having lieen
re-inforced, had marched upon Kenprie Kerri
and drove the Turkish troops from their posi
tion, and finally encamped thiw leagues from
Erscroum.
Berlin, Aug. 23.
Russian agents have hcen sent to the chief
cities of Europe, to raise 11 loan for tho Russian
Government.
Dantzic, Aug. 23.
All the, mortar vessels are sent home. Ad
miral Hcymour has relieved Admiral Baynes off'
Cronstradt.
London, Aug. 24.
The most interesting news is the details of
the battles of Hweaborg and Tchernaya. Tho
loss of life at Swcaborg was quite small, but
the details thus far do not state how much of
Sweaborg has been destroyed, nor how much
remains.
Rumors are afloat of new negotiations and
to the effect that the accession of Spain to the
western alliance is complete und that of Den
mark and Sweden all but ratified. Austria is
said to have submitted no projects of peace, and
will come out decidedly for the allies. Another
talk is that the allies will permanently occupy
some portion of the Turkish terrirury, and re
construct the map of Italy.
According to the Russian Admiral's account
of the bombardment of Swcaborg, the allies ap
pear to have done but little damage beside the
burning of the public stores. He says no dam
age whatsoever has been done to the fortifica
tions, batteries or the guns of the fort, and clo
ses his despatch, on the evening of the 12th,
thus : "The eneny remain at their old anchor
age, and do not renew the attack on Riga.—
They commenced at 4 o’clock, on the morning
of the tenth, by two English steamers, one
two decker and one frigate. The bombard
ment continued till seven o'clock iu the evening
doing apparently no damage. The attack upon
Tchernaya was commanded by Gortschukoff.—
The Russian force consisted of five divisions, six
thousand cavalry and twenty batteries of artil
lery. Three Russian Generals were killed.
The French loss amounted to nearly 200 killed
and over 800 wounded. The English Gen.
Reed was killed. The Russians askisl an ar
mistice to bury their dead.
I’elissier says the whole number of Russians
buried is 3,329.
A dispatch of the 19th says the artillery liad
opened fire upon Sevastopol.' bnt the bombard
ment has not yet commenced.
Four Russian steamers which were sunk in
Berdiaas Bay had been blown up by the Eng
lish und the suburbs of the town burned. One
British gun-boat went ashore during the at
tack, and was taken by the Russians, together
with a complete code of the allies' signals.
Gortschukoffs latest dispatch from Sevasto
pol on the 21st says the fire of the allies has
sensibly diminished, and does but little dam
age.
From’England there is nothing of political
importance.
Spain.—Senor Cocolante, the new Minister
of Spain to the United States, left Madrid.
Mexico.
Referring to the late change of Government
in the Republic ol Mexico the Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun says :
“Gen. Almonte, the present Minister, has not
been recalled as yet, and it appears that he now
remains, and is likely to continue, as the Minis
ter. Ile is believed to be one of the ablest of
the public men in Mexico, and it would not be
surprising if he should at an early day be called
to the hopeless task of the reconstruction of
the Mexican Government. The deeply-seated
disorders of Mexico are not within the reach of
either statesmanship or soldiership. It is ab
surd to talk of republicanism and good order
where, out of a population of seven millions, six
and a half millions ure socially degraded anil
ignorant, and a half million arc the monopolists
of wealth and power, which they use only to
counteract and destroy the power of each oth
er.”
A KUC We learn that four nurses were sent to
fo orfolk by the cars yesterday morning, and
3 ur by the cars of this morning. We would
' all attention to the advertisement of the Com
mittee for female nurses.— Char. Cour., tlth
inst. x
s'l'lie Kansas legislature has passed a bill to
appoint all officers in the territory for the term
oi six years.