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1 FOR GOVERNOR:
H. V. JOHNSON,
OF BALDWIN.
PFOR CONGRESS.
Ist District-Jas L. Seward of Thomas.
2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee.
3rd “ J. M. Smith, of Upson.
4th “ 11. Warner, of Meriwether.
sth “J. 11. Lumpkin, of Foyid,
6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clark.
7th “ Linton Stephens, of uncock.
Bth “A. 11. Stephens, of Taliaferro.
Fulton County Nominations.
FOR SENATOR t
COL. JOHN COLLIER.
for representative:
CAPT. ALLISON NELSON.
Election Returns.
Oar friends in Cherokee Gorgia, and else_
where in the State, will oblige us by transmit,
ting the result of the election in their several
counties, by the first mail, after the votes are
counted out.
Wo shall publish Extras for the benefit of
the public, upon the arrival here of each mail.
Swan's Bank Reporter has been received
and is well gotten np. It is a valuable work.
Contractors
Will notice in our advertising columns a coll
for bids for the building of bridges upon the
Charleston and Savannah Kail Road, which
opens a very pretty field for speculation. Ad
dress James 8. Williams, Chief Engineer,
Charleston, S. C., superscribing “proposals for
Ashley Bridge.”
Dentistry.
Wo would call the attention of those who re*
quire surgical operations upon the teeth, to the
card of the Drs. Badger, to be found in another
column. Wo learn they do their work well.—
Call and see them.
A New Scheme.
It will be seen by the card of the Fort Gaines
Academy Lottery, Class 8, that the manager
bus put up a scheme to be drawn on the 24th
proximo, which outstrips anything of the kind
yet presented, 830.000 of prizes, and one prize
to every ten tickets I The fairness with which
these drawings arc conducted deprives them of
many of the objectionable features of Lotteries
generally, and authorizes us to say that it is just
as it is represented.
“Sober second Thought"
We call the attention of our readers to tlie
article over the above signature, copied from
the “Times A Sentinel," of Columbus, into our
paper of to-day. Il is an able essay, and pre
sents an array of facts which will have due
weight with the people. We should like to see
it in every Democratic, Anti-Know Nothing in
Georgia. If the writer be the individual that
it strikes us he is, he has in this, as well as in
his previous communications to the press of our
State, done good service to the great cause of
TRUTH ; and has stripped ERROR as well
of the heavy folds with which it is sometime*
covered, as of the flinwey drapery so often re
ferred to, when it has been either written or spo
ken of. Richly, however, be the author who
he may, does he merit the thanks of the party
and country whoso principles and interests he
has labored to advance.
The Drama.
Tbe success of “The Wreck Ashore’’ on
Monday night, and the instance of numerous
friends of Mr. Crisp, has induced that gentle
man to reproduce this splendid melo-drama to
night, as will be seen by reference to his bill in
another column. Too much cannot be said of
the “getting up" of this piece, in the way of
scenery and stage effect by Mr. Rodgers; all
who were present Monday night will agree with
its in the opinion, however, that nothing was
wanting to make the illusion complete, and to
establish the reputation of that talented gen
tleman ics an artist of far more than ordinary
ability. Ttie snow scene, though prepared has
t.ly for the occasion, is an ornament to the
Athena-nin. the like of which few Theatres in
the South boast, and the universal approba.
tion it won from the intelligent auditory must,
bo gratifying to the honest pride of its modest
young author. As for the acting, there is need
to ray but little. As .If /os Bertram Mr.
Crisp played in his usual felicitous style. Mr.
Morton, as Walter Bernard snstainel his
well deserved reputation. Mr. Fredericks as
Grampus made i\ favorable impression. Chip
pendale as Magog convulsed tlx 1 whole audi-1
euro with his peculiarities, and no other com' ;
piimont to his acting is needed titan to say. |
that his presence reconciled tltcm to Fullers i
absence. Mrs. Crisp (is JZor neret played a ,
part with happier effect. Mias Jessie never j
did appear m interesting os in the part of;
Bella; her struggle between her love fori
Bertram, and her duty and affection for j
Alice wm os fitx'and faultless a piece c' act-!
ing as we have ever seen at the Athewcum.— 1
Mrs. Roa, as Dame Rkrn ird set the house to I
wondering whether the passion of the part I
could I-' c ..uteri' -it; in her line, few excel her.;
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Arrangements at the Polls.
It is Important, for many reasons, that on-
DF.R shall be pr-rerv d at tlie POLLS on the
day of the election. Every good citizen cats
not but desire it. and we doubt not that tlx!
pr north ti which follow*, wii! be met bvthe!
opjxs.l party, in this comity. itlie spirit with !
which it is made.
We are. therefore, rvqnesud by our candi
dates for the Senate. and for the Representa
tive brnneh of oar State L'gishiture. Messrs.)
COLLIER and NELSON, to propow to,
conference take place, at as early a period as
practicable, for the purpose of selecting from
c-e/h party, an equal number of persons, whose
duty it shall be, to act in concert, aa challen
gers at the polls, during the election, and oth
erwise to make all proper arrangements for pre
serving good order at the ballot box. Should
the gentleman named to whom this proposition is
made, acceed to it, and cither by note, or through
this, or any other city paper, designate a time
and place of meeting, Messrs. Collier and Nel
son will wait upon them.
We would also suggest, whatever arrange
ment is made, that it be published, with the
names of the challengers selected, in the papers
of this city.
Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit.
A writer in the “Discipline" of last week,
over the signature of “Georgia" uses the follow
ing language in reference to Col. J. E. Brown.
who is, as our readers well know, the Demo
cratic, Anti-Know Nothing, candidate forjudge
of that circuit.
“At last Campbell court, he (Col. Brown)
tried to influence members of the Grand Jury to
vote against, and to vote down, any present
ment tending to countenance Judge Irwin s re
election.”
We have made some enquiry into this matter,
the result of which is. that we are convinced it
is another Know Nothing trick, and that there
has not been tbe slightest impropriety in the
conduct of Col. Brown, in this particular; and
while satisfied of this, we will add that the
Know Nothing Party are about to perpetrate
another to their many daring outrages upon
the constitutional rights of the citizen, for the
purpose of promoting tho interests of Junge Ir
win, who is their nominee for J udge. Not sat
isfied with their crusade against religious liber
ty, they must assail the freedom of speech.
and denounce Col. Brown for the utterance ol
opinions which do honor to the citizen and pa
triot, to-wit: that a Grand Jury, as such, should
not convert itself into a political machine, nor
take part in a political election in favor of any
CANDIDATE for office.
The facts, then, as wo have ascertained them
to be, arc simply these—that Col. Brown open
ly and undisguisedly. in the presence of, and
to, gentlemen of all parties; to gentlemen of
the Grand Jury, and also to gentlemen off the
Grand Jury; to those opposed to him. as well
as to those supporting him; avowed his disap
proval of Grand Juries using their position to
promote political, or partisan objects, and con
verting their room into a theatre of contention
and strife by taking sides in elections, or re
commending any one Candidate in preference
to another. What good and virtuous citizen
does not say Amen 1 to such sentiments? lie
who disapproves them would, of course, main
tain as proper the desecration of the hallowed
temple of Justice, to the vile purpose of pro
moting the aspirations after office of ambitious
and unworthy men. Bnt if the writer above re
ferred to, intends to convey tlx- cliargc (and tire
sentence is artfully shaped) that. Col. Brown
attempted to influence any memlxvr of tho
Grand Jury to deny to Judge Irwin the usual
compliment in their general presentments: or
to say one word against Judge Irwin in such
presentments ; we are authorized to say that
such charges are without any sufficient founda
tion, and are utterly false. Beyond the posi
tion which Col. Brown took, and to which we
have referral, the Grand Jury had no right to
' go. for the purpose of taking sides in an elec
tion. To have attempted it, would have been
a prostitution of their office as Jurors to an
unholy and unwarrantable purpose; and it was
legitimate and proper for Col. Brown, or any
other person, so to remark to tho Jury or any
member of it.
Truly tlie Know Nothings are hard run for
a charge against Col. Brown, and for some
thing to uphold the sinking fortunes of Judge
Irwin, TUKIH nominee, who has been playing a
double game for tho last six months, by run
ning. secretly, as tho nominee of the party ;
and denying publicly, as we were informal, his
connection with the Order 1 But it all will not
do 1 Gentlemen, your nominee will be beat,
and it is as well to acknowledge it without at
tempting to practice further deception upon the
public. One more week, and the people will
record their verdict against yonr nominee by
FIFTEEN HUNDRED MAJORITY.
The Chronicle Sentinel on the
Temporal power of the Pope.
The Constitutionalist of Sunday morning
says that the Chronicle A Sentinel, now an ad
voicatc of the election of Garnett Andrews, and
an organ of the Know Nothing party of Geor
; gia, ou the Gth of June last, held the following
; language with referenceto tlie-temporal an.lor
j ity of the Pope" of Rome. The Chronicle >•
now lending itself, heart and soul, to the ad
vancement of the party who are using what
• aptly and truly pronounces the “veriest hmnbug
. ever conjured up by artful and intriguing dem
agogues" to “alarm tlx* fairs and excite the
sectarian predjudices of the credulous and
I ignorant." Read it. and show it to your neigh
j burs. It will uo to circulate; fori: Is Know
Nothing authority—the evidence borne by a
prominent Know Nothing paper:
“Some days since, we published an extract
from a pastoral letter, in which several Catholic
Bishops unital, denying theuuMm .'y. much less
the supremacy of tbe Pope in temporal affairs.
I Since then, our attention Ims been <-al!ed to ti e
I following article from the Nev. Y ork Courier
; X Enquirer, with a request to give it place.
' which we cheerfully do. not however, u ilhout
| remarking, that we did not sup]mse any intelli
i gent u;an whose tn'iid was not under the inSn
, ence of prejudice or secta ianism of the drejx'st
' dye. could tx'lteve, for a moment, that any more
I respect would lx- jmiti by t io int<l ice.:’ t’.' hi'-
lics of this country to any aikt or bull of the
Petal, in relation to temporal mutters
with the government than would bo paid to the
crowmnl head of Timbuetoo ; or that tl. -y wi v.!d
not laugh toscorn his inflatal presumption. To
! our mind, this affected drawl of Catholic inti:,
i ence ivid the snpretnaey .J the Po]>e, has always
! been the veriest humbug ever onjural np by
! artful intriguing demagogue's in arid i«ct f ,i ri„
’ Church to alarm the fears and excite the e.ct.;-
i rian preindices of the credulous and ignorant.
• To talk alwwi* dread of the Pope and Catholic
I influence, in etttiw the religions or tem[x>ra:
I affairs of this country, where tlie Catholic d >
j not constitute more thanoKretE-eutieth part of
1 tlx* population, is simple ab< ini rldieuh iis
i to oar mind."
We *Mnetnne ago charged that lire Chreti.-
I ele Sentinel was working in ’he "offleaii" o.
I trie Know Noriiiug team, which it tlien denied
: Sitxv tlr.it time, iww-ve- i; has quietly taken
i that position and is now stretefeiitg its traces
skD by side with the Savannah Republic :.l. —
As a Batter of delicacy, however it hoists the
flag aft. instead of at the usual place. The
Chronicle vaiff hang w tjx» tail of sowo par-'
ty.—Eos. Ex.
i ‘Slaves Cannot Breathe in Englvnd; - -,.
i Two iaboren left tlx-ir work (haymaking) <■:.
I a fam near Chciiasf rd. England, re-.v;:’ v
i see the revirw of the Essex Yeomanry, ar.d rn
tiie complaint of their employer w re <,nt, :>,-al
| to fourteen day* huprisonro-stt and hard labor.
■ Maj. Palmer, tbe comtnandent. asked the
I to remit their pnnishm un but
The State Road.
The following letter, addressed to the Super
intendin', of the State Road, will )>e read by
the public doubtless with surprise after what
they br.ve seen published in the Chronicle 4
Sentirel, and the Know Nothing papers of
this State.
tVo wonder if any one press of the Know
Nothing Party will give it an insertion in its
columns! Most greedilydid they pouncedown
upon the fabrication that has called forth the
fetter of Mr. Burch, and most industriously did
they circulate it in every nook and corner of
Georgia. Will they have the fairness now, to
publish the letter which follows? We have no
hope that they will!
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 20. 1855.
To Maj. J. F. Cooper, Super't. IF. ,4. B. 11.
Dear Siu : Tho papers of voar State have
come to us for the last few days, teeming with
accounts of the awful condition of the affairs of
the W. &A.R. R. in this State. Those pa
pers have been sadly misinformed in relation to
the sacrifice of cars, the large amount of judg
ments hanging over the Road, the Depot be
ing levied upon, <Src.
It is not true, that the depot is or ever has
been levied upon.
It is not true, that any of the property of
yonr State is under levy.
It is not true, that there is a final judgment
for a single dollar outstanding in this State
against the Road.
It is not true, that the State has lost a sin
gle dollar by the sacrifice or sale of ears.
Judge Hook. Agent of the Nashville & Chat
tanooga Rail Road, bought in the cars at the
Sheriffs sale, for the State, at the request of
Maj. Welch and myself-—we knowing that the
sale was occasioned by the temporary absence
from home of the gentlemen with whom you
had made the arrangement to settle the claim
of Toole, Pope & Co.
1 might go further and add, that to tlie best
of my recollection ir> judgment, for any amount
has been recovered against the Road in this
State, upon any cause of action originating
since your appointment to the office c-f Super
intondent.
1 do no not, wish to be considered as inter
fering in yonr State elections, but it seems t<
me that justice requires that the minds of the
neople of Georgia should be disabused of the
impressions which these reports, now so current
ly circulalal. are calculated to make.
Ycurs. respectfullv,
JNO. F. BURCH. Att'v.
for W. & A. R. R. ’
Variety Works. Voters 1 Look at your
Tickets!
The voters of Georgia should look well te
their tickets. We have seen a few. and from
the variety of phases they present, there is no
telling what will be out. As a sample, we pre,
sent our readers with the two following, printed
on the same slip, and which has been sent to us
by a friend in this Congressional District. Both
tickets, it will lx; seen, are put out by the Know
Nothing Party.
Americans shall Rule America,
'• Lord,preserve our country from all so -eign
iiijiu.’nce. Tub lasi-Pkaybrof Gi.nbral Jack
a >s.
“Forergn influence to America, is like the Gre
cian Horst to Trm/ ,■ it conceals an enemy in it.-
heart, we cannot le too careful to exclude its tn
trance,’’ Madson.
For Governor,
G ABNETT A NDREWS.
For Congress—B. 11. HILL
For Judge—O. A. BULL
For Senate—W. I’. BEASLEY.
For Representatives—J, 8, HILL.
J. T. BOYKIN.
Americans shall Rule America.
“Against the insiduous wiles of fore iff n influ
ence, 1 conjure you Io bcliere me, fellow citizens
the jealousy <f a free people ought to be constant
ly awoke, since history and experience, prose, that
foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes
of kepublican Government."
For Governor,
B. 11. OVERBY.
For Congress—B. 11. IIILL.
Forjudge—O. A. BULL.
For Senate—W. P. BEASLEY.
For Keprescntatives—J. S. HILL.
J. T. BOYKIN.
[official.]
Resolutions cf City Council
i Whereas, The experien* eof the past, fore-
I wans u< of tho dangers to the public jieace am
! tranquility from the t o foe use of ardent spirit
i in times of high political excitement and where
; a*-, the peculiar position of our city, an uspiram
| for the iSeat of Government, requires that sir
i should present herself without reproach to the
i next Genera! Assembly of Georgia:
1 licolvtd. That each and every keeper if:i
I house where spirituous liquors arc ret.ilal. I>
j respectfully requested, and earnestly asked t
I close h.s retail e tabiishinent on the first Mond.iv
j in October next, and keep it closed until aflei
I the close of tile ch ction.
' Besotted, That the f.wegoing preamble and res
' olutions be published in each „t the e ty papers.
| and a copy thereof furnished to each of the keep
ers es a retail cst.iblislnnent in this city.
Done in Council. Sept. 21, 1855.
JOH.X GLEN, Mayor.
11. C. Holcombs. Clerk of Council.
Freni the Chronicle d fhntinel.
Crawfordsville. Sept. 20th. 1855.
•Vr. .foil -■ —One of your late corrapond
ents. - Ivauhoe." iti a communication' heodel
.Ur. c> < M-.’i morr-m. says:
■■Mr. Step’ieis. when recently canvassing the
comity of JetT-rson. and while at the residence
i of a i>rMnlneut nml influential member of tin
i Baptist Church. «-xpr<x •■■ 1 himself very freely
' in 1-i‘gitixl to the revolting practice of Polyga
my among tiie Mormoua; am- h t langu tge, ii
not positively in deiieiict* of it. was considered
as very far iretn comlemning it. He contend
i <d. (;t rightly iitnkrst'H d) t!ij.t the subject wn=
controlled o:i : y by State legislation, nisi that
i in r. iname r not warrantoi tiy anything in the
! B.ble! That in a political point of view, the
practice of it w.'.s no ground of uldeciion with
him; for he would as soon vote for Brigham
Young for the Presidency, with hist.-iirty wive
ns any other num. provided his abilities other
wi.se ms- suitable to the position I And went
so far as to ihallf-:,'ge two getiUemen of tlie
Meth idist Clergy, of ths highest Standing, (who
were conversing with him upon the subject.) to
' prixiaiv anything from tlie Bible in condemna
tion of the practice I
T:.cseare tl;o facte, as briefly given: am!
' iv!,\:>. y I suited, can Ire verified if disputed
for I know ati the parties. Such axitiments.
uo one will pretend to question, are fol! and
sufucient to constitute Mr. BtSjihein; ,n Polyga
mist in principle."
The fuels here s. t forth. I not only dispute.
am. pronounce tlie whole statement to be a
shauiwai pup vision of truth ami utterly false.
Years, tssjs.is,tfvur.
Ji. Sjsrgt;:?.
»Th<- of the first mortgage l n!s rs
the Maysville an i L-xingt n road hare c nt
, tr.itt’oid preered'r-.-s of t'-rre.’os-re. which r’ e
stn-khpliiars did if t oppose: t -, e us the
second mortgage bends have obtained an aa.
joarr.toent of toe qn&'tion to November, wlx-ai
a special court will be beid to try tbe caa* They
,From the Times <V Sentinel.
The Nebraska and Kansas Act!
and tlie New Mexico ami Utah
Acts.
Messrs. 1 a:.. ns:—Beta few months back,
and all parties in Georgia were for tiie Nebras
ka-Kansas net. So just and correct were its
principles that,even before its passage, the L g
islatureof Ge :r tin pass.-d resolutions denouncing
all who oppose.! to it as enemies to the int -r.s .-
of tiie South. It having repealed the slavery
restriction of “Wilmot Proviso," placed upon
the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, by
what was called the Mfemri Compromise of I
1820, and allowed the Southern slaveholder to
go to those Territories with their slaves with
out their being declared free &e., it was to be
hoped that this act would have no opponents
in Ge irgia or -at the Smith. Ami as tie whole
Abolition crew. Know Nothings. Republicans.
Sewardites. Free rioilers, &e., Ac., hav • been,
an 1 are now e .mbiniugagainst it.nt the North
i few m mths back it could l ardly, h ive Iwen
supposed that m -n, prominent men. and presses
in Georgia, would soon join with these North
ern Abnlitioirsts in their hue and cry against
■ his act. But. it seems that s ieh is th? case.—
The Know Nothing party having lately com?
into existence in Georgia, its members having |
igreed with the Northern Know Nothings at
Piiiladelphia to make the Union “pat*.nnount,"
and the Northern Know Nothings having!
sworn in their wrath to repeal the Kansas-Ne
braska act, or to put back the slavery restric
tion on those Territories, the Southern Know
Nothings, preparatory to submitting to and ac
knowledging the justii -ss of this course of the ir
Northern Know Nothing brethren, are now
making insidious an 1 unwarrantable attacks
upon this -act. Not yet having tiie boldnegs of
Rayner, of North Carolina, who declared at
the Pliiladelplfa Know Nothing Convention
that tlie "North had been outraged" in tbepas
sage of this act, and in t lias taking off this sla
very restriction; and not even having the bold-'
nessof Jnlge Nisbet, who denounced those!
who voted for it. as having voted against the
interests oftheSonth —the other Georgia Know
Nothing orators, presses members of the order,
ire raising and pretending to see various objec
tions to this act. It was first charged that it
recognized squatter sovereignty.' but finding
this would not do, it was then urged that it al
lows foreign born persons to vote. And then
thinking this not enough to damn the bill, the
Columbus Enquirer even went so far as to put
tsc tion in the hll in re'ationto giving land to
native and foreign born pe sous, which tem not |
;i the bill.' And in this way each one, North ■
mid South, is nruire ivering in his own way to
orep.ire for the sacrifice of the South ! Am 1'
wrong in t '.es‘ co: c usions ? Lt th c1 i and
reflective and “sober second thought" people ol
Georgia look at the whole matter closely, and
they wi.l find that I am not far wrong as to’the
ultimate d ■signs of those n:e.i at the South who
arc now opposing this act. An 1 in the first
nlace it may be. ‘ asked, even admitting that
there m.iv be one or two obnoxious features in
this act. why attack mid weaken it, and encour
age the Northern Ab aiitionbts to make war
upon it and to try to repeal it, ir'/ca it trorks
m well for t’w S'mt't ? If tlie Southern Know
Nothings tv? not oppm-ed to tills net, and if
they do not intend submissively to allow the
Northern Abolitionists to re]xal it and to put
back this Wilmot Proviso upon that Territory
why attack this act, especially this and none
other .’ Are they really in distress, ami wor
ried b 'cause foreign born persons are allowed to
vote, upend ‘••'tiring on oath their intention to
become citizens, ai d taking an oalh to support
the Constiiuiion <'fthe United States? ll'so.
why flout they attack the Minnesota, the Ore
gon ami the XVasbington Territorial bills?—
Why floht they allude to and condemn the some
principle (only hi a worse form) in t’lc Compro
mise im'usur.s ■ f 1850. or the New Mexico and
Utah bills? Tire same principle, too. in thus ■
nets, was a's > recognized when Louisiana and
Texas w re annexed.
These Terr.t rial Governments of New Mex
c ? and Utah have been longer in cxistenw thnn
that of Kansas, on.l yet I’.one have fl.in-j half so
well for the South »s Kansas—non - have p.i»--
-d laws establishing shivery an.! forth. protec
tion of slavery, mnl to r.-v. rely these
who would entice n sl.iv ■ tram ,i’s mttstcr —none
of these Territories have done this but Kansas.
And yet Southern Know Nothingssay nothing
about foreign born persons being aliowcl to
vote in those other. Territories, but their gr.at
complaint is that they have been n’lowed to
voteiiiNebra’ki a'l I Kvuh! A:i 1 wlrit
mokes the matter worse, the Southern m-n in
Kansas dout object to the’r votln.. but having
control of the LcYshiturthey still allow them
to vote wiihout hindrance. Dore not this
course o.i the part of th * Gwpa Know Noth
ings look strange! But so it is. Then why is
this war in relation to b reign born persons vo
ting, made, upon th: Kansas Nebraska act
done, by th ■ G •orgia Know Nothings ? lean
see but im? object, and that is. to create a pre
jiidlce 'o the tiei with Southern men,and divide
the South upon it s > that the South may 'ee
better prepared to submit to the putting back
this Wilmot Proviso, <>r to tho Abolition ol
slavery in Kansas! In the event the Northern
Know" Nothings should get tne control <n the
Gove nment an l carry cat thu.r pi\>’ut deemr
ition, I cann it see it. Tiie Northein Aboli
tionist and Kn >w Nothings are n>t n>w com
■iluin'n r of the s'avery clause in tbe other Ter
-I‘itoriaraets. they say nothing aliont them, but
tho who’e of their butteries are now arrayed
against the K•in-:i--Nebra.d»n act ::!■>:; ■! On the
>ther h.iml.n ’twithsteu.liin the other Terran
ries, where tlie South bare not so fair a chance to
make a slave State. I'.‘reign horn p.-t - ms arc al
lowed to vote, as in Kansas and Nebraska, still
uotwitlistan lit;g the te i.r-a- pc-ple t'.re with us.
the Bo'Jthera K:nw Nothing, -._iy nothing
about th'--.' other Territories, but the whole ot
• their batteries, too are now brought to bear up
on Kiinsn-'Nebraska. alone I Lac ?.eri,i :it-
| tacks it because it gives us car rights in. the
I Territories, and allows is to carry o:tr <aves
| the. The S-mtheiii Know Nothings attack ii
! on one of provisions, and for what purpose—for
I what purpose ? Let every true G.orgi.m and
I Southern man look well into this matt r. mid let
. him answer if it d>*es uot lock as if tlror-’ tsfoul
I play somewhere ?
But I have said that thesauri principli, oni;,
■in a worse form, .arc mto foreign born p?r
--' sons voting, was app.ied in the <'otr.p: pmise
Measures <.r '.he New M -xieo and Utah acts.—
. And what is tl. ‘ praii'iple iti th- N'ebrndci ami
• K ins.‘.s acts? In that bid. white natives <«n
i go tli nv wi'b.o-b swearing, a foreign bna |xr-
, .i> cannot do s> until they -sii’l! . -lured
jan oi 11 t e.r i. 'c.-.t-c.. to beer, -u c .‘.re. ~. and
' -s’odl have t tke-z n.i oat’i t-i oipport the Const
tv.tion rft i.- I t. ' ■S'.’c’.s and li. yr. i-J
' s While on tlie other Laud, iu the New
Mexico on i Utuh acts, foriigti born persons
; annexed by tr.aty and resi'i.r.g in s.i J Terrtto
■ ry at tlie imssage of those m-ts w,-re. and are
i not only allowed■ v‘? ami he'd < fiice. bnt
I 'h -se privi eges were, am! are given them w th
! out reynrr. cn:dat ii at all: .Not only cvi
i ry German, ItJmtau, jisl other unualur.i'izei!
, t’,nig iters, bej other Mexican litizns. who
I bar? it- v. r yet <1 --'tired the’r in'eiition to lie-
eoiii-? citizens, and who have not yet ix“CU “nat
j unitized.', are n >w allowed to vote and hold of
fice in thoseTwri or,cs! A;.tm-s, Soutb
.-r.iKti-'w Nothings, who make tills e mpinint
' about Kan-.ns all Nebraska, have nc-r<-r vet
■ slid the first won! against this more obnoxious
1 (to native Americans feature in tlie Compromise
Measures oi 1850.
Toe Know Nothings, however, may Miy:
•but oh. in- wa - tlr-t r-eozuizeil .is a citizen by
Treaty.” Great it. And I shouM like to
know'how a f-o'gtor >-? "g recognized as a
: citizen by treaty makra him any kitelli-1
gent or w rl - : ■ . o': d l~ '.a.r”—
Isb u i ...et, L w li-.w b's b::,.-.'.J; rpl to'
voteby r.nty .» him a v nrere tt’ r.taiet
, id wit? .'-.r inst’.-tions. .any m< rc aitr.elrod t>
tli-'m or a .y calculated io vote a:ul<-r-.
standingly and e...Tveli;-. t:;;.:; t' e . ■ ' '.w,d
.tarsia j<nviiege ■ ‘ law? N ;. —. I
’■ will ask any Laaeii . '- tid'd ' ■ r_-i?.r.
ha won'-’“’t “C"’er r:'y .u.u :?
♦'.n cendne’ and fide.it-' ol t-.-e .’■
who lad voluntarily and of ::is own a-: wi'i
came to : < U.-.ite. s:..bs, r f be-ag
allowed to ~o;e. 1 aJ first b-.-in reqtr.rcd to ue
e are cu c.nth his intention to become a citizen.,
i a-hp had the nature of oar Govamnere znd;
the duties of a citizen explained to him, and
I who had taken an oath to support the Cuusti- j
‘ration of the United States, rather than to 1
rely upon, and trust the privilege of voting to, I
tiie foreigner, who did not come under this Gov
ernment by liis own free will, but bt treaty
with his sovereign, who knew nothing and car-
| ed less about the principles of our Government, i i
■and who takes no oath at all? And yet such;
is the position of foreigners in New Mexico and I
Utah. And still Georgia Know Nothings are|
very much troubled about sworn foreigners j
h iving Ixjen allowed to vote at the first election i
in Kansas, while tiiey have had nothiirg to say i <
about unsworn foreigners voting in New Mex-'
ieo and Utah. Bnt strange things da occur |
sometimes.
Let me again ask the honest and reflecting I
portion of the people of Georgia, if these ■
tilings dont look like there is some deep laid ■
scheme, somewhere, to sacrifice the rights of
tlie South, by these Know Nothings who can
see objections in the Kansas Nebraska act
when they cannot see tbe same, and worse fea
tures in relation to tbe same matter in other
acts.
NO. 11.
But while looking over the Kansas and Ne-1
tirasku act and the New Mexico and Utah ■
| acts, the thought, occurred to me that 1 might!
.Io some good by presenting the features of the |
two acts (Kansas and Utah) in relation to ala-1
vc y, and to the voters, or as to how the two
Territories shall be governed. In looking over i
them and considering the present situation of |
Kansas and other Territories, I could net but
like the Kansas act better than tho Utah act.
that most of the Know Nothings think so per
fect. And if there be any doubt as to which
the people of Georgia would prefer. I would
like for some Anti-Know Nothing to put the
question to some Know Nothing orator at one
of their meetings, and I would like to hear
' why he would prefer the Utah act to the Kati
i sas act. I will first give the provisions of the
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT.
This act contains two separate provisions for
the two separate Territories, Nebraska and |
Kansas, but the provisions for the Govern
ment of Kansas. Nebraska comes first in the
bill, bnt let us see what tbo Kansas act says in
relation to
SLAVERY.
Tn section 19. (or the Ist section of the bill j
| relating to Kansas.) after defining the limits of I
! Kansas, it is provided that,
i “When admitted as a State or States, the ;
I said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall
I be received into the’ Union with or without
| s'avery, as their constitution may prescribe at
the time of their admission."
Section 27. provides for the trial of cases in
the Supreme Court over SI 00b. "except only
that in al! cases involving title to slaves, the I
said write of error or appeals shall be allowed .
and decided by said Supreme Court, without {
| regard to the value of the matter, or property,
or title in controversy" Ac.
! Section 28, declares the Fugitive Slave law
i of 1843 and 1850 to “be in full force within
J the limits of said Territory of Kansas.
■ And Section 32, repeals the slavery rc-strie
i tion put upon that Territory in 1820, in the
following manner:
Section 32. » » * »
That the Constitution, and all laws of the Uni
ted States which are not locally inapplicable,
shall have the same force and effect within tlie
said Territory of Kansas as elsewhere within
the United Statra. except the eighth section of
I the act preparatory to the admission of Mis-
Is mriinto the Union, approved March sixth,
eighteen handled and twenty, which being in
' | coiis'Btent with the principle of non interven
! tion by Congress with slavery in the States and
i Territories, as recognized by tho legislation of
i eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called
’ i the Compromise measures, is hereby declared
inoperative and void : it being tlie true intent
'! and meaning of this act not t legislate slave
': ry into any Territory or State, nor to exclude
’ | it therefrom, bnt to leave the people thereof
' i perfectly free to form and regulate tiieir d ?nic>
' I tic institutions in their own way. subject only
• to the Constitution of the United States : Pro-
I vided, 'That nothing herein contained s tall be
; j construed to revive or put in force any law or
. regu'atiou which may have existed prior to the
' 1 act of the sixth of March, eighteen hundred
| an 1 twenty, either protecting, establishing, pro
' I hibitiiig, or abolishing slavery.
This is all that relates to slavery in tlie Nc
' braska-Kansas bill. Now let ns see what is
s iid about the
' Voters— axe how the Territory shall be
GOVERNED.
The 2-3<l section thus defines the qualifications
’ of v iters for the first election in the Territory,
leaving the matter thereafter to the Legislature.
Bse. 23. And be it further enacted. That
1 every free white male inhabitant above the age
of twenty-one years, who shall be an actual res
’ idotit of said Territory, and shall possess the
qualifications herein after, prescribed, shall be
■J ent'll “.1 to vote nt the fi. s' cleet on, and shall be
1 i eligible to any office within the said Territory ;
' but tlie qualifications of voters and of holding
office, nt all subsequent elections, shall be such
as shall be prescribed by the Legislative nssem
" • b’y: Provided, That the right of suffrage, and
' i of holding office, shall be exercised only by citi
’ I zens of the United States, and those who shall
; ■ have declared on oath their intention to become
! such, and shall have taken an oath to support
■ the Constitution of the United States and the
provisions of this act. And provided further,
’ j That no officer, soldier, seaman, or marine, or
i I other person in the army or navy of the Unit' d
'' States, shall be allowed to vote, or hold office
i I in aid 'Territory by reason of bring on service
. i therein.
i And the 24th section thus defines tiie powers
’ i of the Legislature:
rise. 21. And be it further enacted. That the
! Legi-'ative power of the Territory shall extend
': to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent
1 j with the Constitution of the United States and
, the provisions of this act: but no law shall be
i pa .-ed interferring with the primary disposal of
I: the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the prop
’ erty of the Unital States; nor shall the lauds
i or other property of non-residents be taxed high
' i er than tlie lands or other property of residents.
• Every bill which sha'l have passed the Council
and of Representatives of tho said Ter-
. i rltory shall, before it become a law, be present
ed to the Governor of tlie Territory ; if lie ap.
1 : prove. Lc shall sign it: but if not. lie skull re
f tarn it with his objections to the house in which
. ■ it originated, who shall enter the objections at
, 'arge on their journal, and proceed to reconsider
it. IJuifter such reconsideration, two-thirds of
that lumsv shall agree to pass the bill, it shall
: be sent, together with the objections, totheoth
r house, by which it shall likewise be recon“id
! end. and, if approved by two-tl.inls of that
house, it shall liecome a law. But in all such
; cases the votes of lioth houses shall be deter-
I mined by yeas and nays, to be entered on tiie
journal of each house, respectively. If any bill
<hall not be returned by the Governor within
] three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
I have been presented to h m. the same shall be a
! law in like mariner as if he had sigiicd it, unless
I the as».-mbly. by adjournment, prevent its re
turn. in which case it shall not I>e a law.
Tb“re is no section er provision in this Act
i e relation to tbe disposal of the public la:xi-.'—
' or a? to who shall occupy them, how they shall
I h- occupied, what shall be paid for them. Ac.
' Ac. The only allusion to the land in these Ter
-1 ritories. is t appropriate certain Towrahips iu .
I each Territory for school purposr-s, and loca
ting the seat of government.
; NEW MEXICO AND UTAH ACTS.
i These two acts are separate but both con
i tain the same provisions. Now let ns see what
the Utah act, one of t'« Compromise n»asun?s
in l?.'u. says oa to slavery and the govemm-.-nt
of the territory. Firat. then, as to
Slavery.
S'-eigm I. after denning the Ixiundary 0.1 tah.
prov’dvs, that
“Wi en admitted a? a State, the said Territo
i it. m- aav perticn of the se.me, sluili ber.-: lord
i?‘-n 'lie Union, with or witLont siar, ;y. as t‘.,ir
e.' t-stitution may preecribe a; tnc time cf their
! admission."
, Section 9 contains the same provision of see-1
j tion 27 it> the Nebraska Kansu act, iu rteatioa i
to trials In the Supreme Court, the trial of ti
tles to slaves. <ke.
The I’ugitiv.‘Slave I/aw <f ISSO was not
then possed, but the i rin I -lens of tho act of
1793 was included in the b.ih.wing :
Sec. 17. And b? it i irther evicted. That
the Constitution and laws of the United States
tire hereby extended ov r : ,tid ( ] • ...u-ed to be in
force in said Territory of Utah. fi ras the
situ -. or auv ;>.■ >visiu;> th m rob: n tfic.i
ble ”
And this is ail in these act ‘ issuiii in re
lation to slavery. It will be rccoiiect. d, haw
ever, that .Mr. Step;;?;.-• <: >:,t ul >1 that ;!. ■ o'd
Mexican law in that Territory against slavery
should be repealed. But, us Lie Lc^i-lafnr-of
Georgia did uot sustain liim.ui’d was emit nt to
take tlie acts as they are, he yielded his objec
tions and voted for them. Now let us see what
it su.is about the
Voters—and how the Territohy shall m:
OOVKIINSD.
The sth section thus define: the qualification
of voters.
“Sec. 5. And be ii further enacted, That
every free white male inhabit;: . ;ib>v,3 the age
of 21 rears, who shall have .. a re-'dent o!
said Territory ut th? time of t::-‘passage of this
bill, shall be entitled to vol rat the lii st election,
and shall be eligible to any office within Slid
Territory; but the qn ions of voter and
of holding office at all juent elections.
! shall besueh as shall b? pr ‘ser: ) ■ 1 by the Leg
islative Ass ‘tnbly. Free led. Tiie.t the right o!
suffrage and of holding offic?. <i;:k b? exercised
only by citizens ol' the Unit si .Suites, ia-.'uhng
tfose >-ccog.i.''scZ ns ‘ ti.'.eiis by tr..a’y, with tlie
republic of Mexico, couerod.d February 2.
1818."
An.l tho Gth section thus definosthe powers o,
the Legislature
“Sec. 6. And be it fiirtlwrenacted. That t!:e| ■
Legislative power of said power oi said Territo
ry shall extend to nil rightful subjects of leg' -
latino, consistent with the constitution of th ■ 1
United States, and the provisions of this act;
but m law shah b? passed interfering with the
prhnary itisp >sal of the soil: i c tax shall he ini-. ;
posed upon th? property of the United States; i
I nor shaft the lands <n- other prope. lv o. non <
res'il nts be tuxe I high.-; - than the lands or oth-;
er property o 1 ’resi len’ro. All laws passed by the 1
iegis’ative assembly and Govern ir slnl! lie sib-,
mittcil to the Congress of the Unt d State,;
and. if di'-apnr.'vi d. shall be ofnoefi' ct."
Jl?re we have the jirovi'-ious i i full forth: I
govi-rnm mt. by th? pe iple and Leg's'itui'es <>i I
the’Territories of N‘braska and Kansas and |
I New Mexico and Utah, tin ! I would n 'W ask I
til’s? Know Nothing oliji'Ctors to the Kansas!
act. to point out tb.e "squat ter sovereignty’ in I
that net. If there be no squ itter sovereignty |
in th? New Mexico :m>’ Utah -.iet->. I wait to I
see how they can make any in the Nebraska I
Kansas act. Andas to foreigners voting ini
■ these territories, it will b? .-..xm ilia! the Kansas ■
act required foreign born per. nns to declare on ,
I oath tiieir intention to become citizens of the
United States, e.n.l to t-ek* an on;.h to .mpport |
the Constitution of th ! United States, before
they were a'loive<l. to vote at the first elaelion,'
j while the New Mexico Uf.ilt nets, nndenol
I requirement oi the k’rol >■' . . -igi .. rs, but th: y I
i permitted Mexico i-am' ct!:. •■ fax-i .u.-ix— M e.- j
: icon citizens, who kn. w nothing of our institu-
I tinns,—to vote at the first elections, without ta-;
| king any oath at all. 1 .ven up to tiii t day, there ,
i are now foreign born persons voting these terri-1
i ritories, under th ■ New Mexico and Utah bills, j
I who have never take an oath t o b 3coni ’ citizens
! and who hive never b?.-:i “ naturalizxl. and yet |
I we hear these vey pure and patriotic tionthcru |
’ Know Nothin'' objectors t.ithe Kansas net, I
' pass over these nutters, and. say the • t’mupri.-|
i mis? measures of 1850 ,ail right;” bn!, they i
I blaze uway at the Nebrc.sk i Kansas •■ t—the
I -am ’ net that tlie ub i.itioaic.sat the North ob
! ject to so much.
' But would the Southern Know Nothings;
i liave tlie Kansas Nebraska act seiit 'ev'; to ('i.n-!
I gross and altered so as to square with the New I
I Mexico and Utah acts? lite?, let n.i see what
would be its effect. Al this time th? slavehol
' ders have full c mtrol of Kansas. They have
i the Legislature almost unmnim x'.sly. and have
gone to pass tl:m st stringent laws t'orthc pro-
• tection ol’s'iivi’ prop a- yarn! have even pass.xl
:o te top.e ent ,’.b Itim l c nn.i t bo'ngbroagh
| into the Teri it. ry. Under the Nebraska Kan
i sas act, these law’s are now good and valid, until
I rcpeal.-d by the people of Krm'.i": whereas, under
| the New Mexico and Utah bill, they would
i not bo good, but wan'd be “mill and of no effect"
if Congress “disappimvod" of tiiem. .‘.nil who
'is it that believes the present Know ?<othing
I abolition fusion majority in the Honro of R ‘pres
; sentatives oi' Congress would approve of any i
(such nets? Then why da the Southern Know I
; Nothings m ike etch a fuss about foreign born I
. persons voting, when there are plenty other tet-;
I ritoriesin a worse fix than Kansas'? Do they
want to send this act back to Congress—have
| the whole matter re-opened, have the bill made I
; like New Mexico unfl Utah, so that Congress j
I inny “disapprove" and mike “null and of no;
! efflx-t" tlieso s’ave laws of Kansas? If not. why 1
'! say so rnnrii nliont this Nebraska Kansas act ;
' J and against it! But enough.
Let die people, Messrs. Editors, look well t >;
; this whole matter, and I don't think it will be I
i long before most oi' them will see things as I see !
i them. i
SOBER SECOND THOUGHT. 1
i
From the Columbus T.'nirs A' Sentinel.
Elections, Oaths of Superintend*
cuts, Returns &C. ■
! As the pending elect io:i is one of vas*. rno-|
t m?nt to the country, it has been suggested, that I
' public convenience and p'.puhir '. ights may be|
. i promoted liy piibiishitig a short abstract oi' the i
. ] more important provisioi s of tiie < lee:! n law-1
accompanied with some of the most important I
. I forms to be used by the ti n'rigors.
i Ist. IVho are authorised to act as snperin- i
. I tendent.s of elections, and by wluau arc they to |
i be appointed ?
j One Justice of the Infiricr Court, or one;
[ I Justice of the Pea ■?. and two freeholdi-im or.
, 1 two Justices as tbe i’ v . n::-i <,no fox-holder: I
’ i or. iu ease th. M;> rl.rtr.ie.s . ie or neglect to
.; act. then three 1.. l:...'d<-rs i. the C etey may '
hold tbe election. The 'tut it ilies not author-1
iz ■ any on jtoa ■■ . the 1:t ? . 'They act.
■at the instance of the Mayislrat's. or by com-;
I mon consent.
2d. The oaths of Suiieriutendcnte nd e
. mayndni'iiistf. :!;■ ;.i.
■ Superintendents are r- 'c 1: d to take and ;
I subscribe to the following oath: “All and;
;e.ich of us do fal . tfitlly s-.-.-ror. or nffimi, tha’
we will fuitliiul.y riipe;: : Ihm oay - tl ■>'
f<riorConrt. -1 Ju !'..•■■. thia !
> tv: that we w'il re a I"-’. I'.'ri tru? return ,
' thereof; th .' we wil it. knowingly, ]
' any one t > vote unb 'web.fie he is titled ■
!toil > ■) a.-curdlng the laws of t'i : - ri'ate, nor
know'll ;ly ;:■■■ •Mbit .any <>-• voting v.lar
is entitleby law 1> v >te; an 1 w • will not di
’ vn’ge for wli- ’m any vole w :s ca n. unless called
i on under the hiw to <io ' .
, Any justice oft P ,or other o iiccr an
. tborizxlby la :t • 1...' ' ■ • ■ may qu.ili
.fy the Superlat ' r ifnny one I ■ pres rr
and refns:to qua ity t - nd ■ ■ tl
Superintend n may take and sub .-.•riba the
°3d. F ■?. th '• lent .
S'lpjrin’oivl’iif ■ uro r: lir.-d ’■> upp-.iii'!
three clerks wlio'C fley i‘A t> numb.- the'
ticket a and ki ep three r ■>rli r of vt re
on eaeli of which sh.i.. U? rc; -r.-.l th: num-
i ut <■'. ' -’s'-1 .«• . 1 TIL •» i. C D.'.TTIC’t
'of thj'3 who are chait- age 1 iron s-v-wn. One
■ oi'these rolls is the Gov..mi r. t':e c.teir lor the
■ Grand Jury; and lathi* l.i-'t mn-t be attire Led
1 a c >py of the cati: ot :!.e Sup.T.ute;. I. ;.t-'. ii e
■ clerks ar? also recY: .- 1 t' . r.i’.i.v
votes receive! by c : te.
Afo-r tfo- Uroi-v .. ci. and votes arc.
jeountedont, t'? Suprinteu ■. ■ i p e
; ci.i.t unite, make out a? . sigh th.. .te?"te.:g i.::-
TLRN. ‘
• 3taT* OF G ’■ ' '' '
mod? a 1 provided, an
h Id .it .
Hunse" .' ■ .' ' . .
I tbe United States, for the Coqgreasionol 1
1 District, to represent said ota», iu the rtwrtro
Congrcr-'; and for a Senator and—members of 11
the House of Representatives, to reprcn'.mt ra'd I
county in the General Asiemb'y o." ■. hi S’/i ./.- •::
and fr a Jud of the Superior Court for the [
Superiiilend ‘nts of said election, do c?rt!l that
that up'in counting out the votes polled, th?
following is tiie r i alt:
for oot'EßNon.
| Here insert the n-irncs of the candidates and i
the votes each one received.]
FOR CONGRESS.
[Here insert as before the tiam“s of candl-!
di'.!?.-; a;;u the number of votes received by c;i'.!>!
raid so on until the whole are enumerated by i
nam?. 'Then add ns follows:]
Which will more fully appear by refer- ■
cure to tlie accompanying statement of the !
poll.
| Here add list of votes and tally sheet, I
and cmiclude as follows :]
Given n:;d i- our hands an l official signatures '■
| this Ist October 1855. Signed.
A. B. (' D. AE. F. Superintendents, i
; This return is then to be sealed up. with the
I tlirex l iisis of voters and Tully Sheets enclosed.
! and sent, up to the Court House, for the pur
: p-.i/c of b.’mg consolidated ou the next day after
I election, when and where at least one of the,
I S.ip riiiteadeuts at each precinct is required to
| attend.
■ 4. Os tbe consolidated Returns.
j The Clerk of tlie Superior Court and at least i
I one Superintendent at each Precinct, are re
I qu.red t.< count, compare and ad-1 together the |
! returns of the Precinct elections and certify and ,
[ rcatru to theGovcrnor the result of such elec-1
| tion, except the votes for Governor, which arc I
I io be kept separate and sealed up mid sent to ■
I t'r_: President cf the Senate, and Speaker ofthe!
' House of Representatives, according to the fol-j
lowing forms :
State of Georgia, ) Th? undersigned, St:-j
County, ; perintendents of sail;
election, do hereby certify that we have coin- j
pared, counted and added togethir, the votes pull-1
cd ul the several precincts in said county, agree-;
ably to the returns made by tbe Superintend-;
elite ut sa d election ; the names of tlie persons i
voted fr, and an accurate statement ofthe
pulls as kept at. the several precincts in sai.
I comity.
' Given’ under our bauds and official signature this ;
[ Oct. 2d 18 -j. Signed,
A. B. C. D. &e.. Superintendents, j
The foregoing return should be signed by at!
lea it ou? Superintendent from each precinct.—- •
The packet should then be sealed mid directed ;
■‘ To His Excellency, 11. \ ■ Johnson. Milledge
ville, Ga.
sth. Return ofthe Governor's Election.
State of Georgia, I By virtue of the stat-
County, ) ute, in such case made
and provided, mi election was held this day ni
tbe in mid for the district, G. M. for
Governor of the said State; the following is the
result ofs.iid elect ten:
candidates.
Votes. ;
! H rseliell V. Johnson,
! Garnett Andrews, “
B. 11. Overby, “ . I
I Tiie undersigned, Stiperintml.'nts of said '
I election d> hereby certity thut the above and
I tore,going contains the names of the persons vo-;
! ted for, mid an accurate statement of the poll, I
' as kept at raid precinct in said election.
Give under our hands, Ac.
A. B. D. Superintendents.
1 After tlie returns of the votes for Governor
j at each precinct are consolidated, as heretofore
i explained the packet is to be sealed up and
! directed “To the President of the Semite, mid
Speaker of the House of Representatives, cure
of His Excellency, LI. V. Johnson, Mtlledge
i ville, Ga. . I
For full particulars see Cobb's Analysis and
1 Forms, page 500.
■ P. S. By special statute voters are rcqnir
! cd to vote tor or against the Removal ofthe seal
lof Government. 'l'hose opposed to Removal.
will endorse iVo Removal ,- those in favor ol
Removal, will endorse Removal, and the plact
to which they wish it removed.
Powers and Duties of Superinten
dents of Elections.
A controversy arose a short time since in
Columbus on tliis important subject,particuhir
iy as it bears on our naturalization laws, and
called forth the opinions of Messrs. Holt. John
son and Moses, three of the ablest lawyeis ol
that city. As the same question has arisen in
Savannah, we have thought proper to reproduce
their opinions in the columns of the Georgian.
Tiie letters which we quote were addressed to
i the editor of the Columbus Times A Sentinel, in
answer to interrogations upon the subject:
I Letter from Jernes Johnson Es q
Colusibus, Sept. 5,1855.
! Capt. Lomax—Sir—Upon an examination
j of the law. I think the the following positions
i may be fairly deduced therefrom us Io the power
i mid duty of managens of elections ;
I I. That if a d..ubt is suggested as to the legal
! qualifications of an elector, by any one present.
• ‘'noli elector is than to be sworn by the managers
■ before tlie vol? shall be received.
; 2. That if any person should offer to vote who
I is known to lira managers not to have the legal
i qualifie.it ions, tbe vote should be rejected thought
I !i? should offer to take the oath prescribed by
! law.
; 3. That an investigation upon proofs of the
qualifications of mi elector, other than as above
I stated, cannot belaid by the managers, Nor
! can the managers require the product ion, in the
case of u foreigner, of a transcript of the record
I of naturalization.
Yours, Ac.,
J. Johnson.
j Letter frem iHncs licit, Esq.
CoLUMiirs, Ga., Sept.G. 1855'
Capt. T. L'Wirx—Dear Sir:—ln your note
’ of the sth inst.. you ask my opinion us to the
••powcrsmid duties of .Superintendentsof Elec-
• tion." and "with special reierence to the natural!-
I zation laws.”
If. by giving my opinion, I can to any extent,
, contribute to the preservation ofthe public peace I
; o’ - the purity ofthe ballot box, 1 shall feel grati-;
! fled that you have asked it.
■ Allow me to say that if Managers of Elections I
I and Candidates will but fts-l themselves obliged |
1 by the stringent, though salutary, provision ol i
I tiie Election Laws, and especially ofthe net 01,
I 1799, (Sec Cobb's Dig. 233.) each of these im- '
■ p.uteiit n suits would be nt once secured.
The Superintendents of an election take rmd '
1 subscribe an oath which is attached to and li'ed ,
I with tiro list of voter?, in the office of the Clerk (
:of the Superior Court. 'This oath is in port.,
-That we will not knowingly permit any one to i
vote, unless we believe lie is entitled to do so,
! according to the laws of the State—nor knov.-
ingiy prohibit any one from voting whois entit-<
! led by law to vote." (See Pamphlet Acts oi I
1851—'2: Page 82.
This Act, more cfl'ectuall.v to prevent frauds;
, in dictions. Ac., dus not, in my op.nion, add
; any thing to the powetsof Managers,or to the
i ri'.'hts, privileges, and qnalifieutb'iis of voter.'.
It but intends t > provide additional duties mid |
1 guanls tor the more certain and effective cnforce
nieut of existing laws.
it d w not, in myopinion intend—aa 1 undcr
' ~.':.-:,'l has been and is insisted—to constitute tbe
Mara.rors of an election a court or tribunal to
hear and determine upon evidence the qualiflea
! tiuns of voters. If it were capable of such ■
construction. I need not refer to the manifold
'■vi s and incor.vuiieaces which might, in heated
e r.trrt.s. 1 frar, result. I will say. that tinder
such a construction, the ten hours of tiie single
day assigned for election might be con-umed in
the exauiiuaticn of evidence touching thequali
fleatic.:; of a single voter, and the polls by law
. 1 ■ y box; and 1 do n t'
jii.t to tini as tbe greatest of the evils which
might arise.
I. a vet-.r presents hlm'elfan lis chal’engid.
it is the duiv of managers toadmmiter to him
rescribetl bylaw; ifhe tuk th- ■. t
receive his vote and regist-.r mu nan:'.- e>a
C ■: VO OF—VSS it is ■ -
*’u...- cl the Managers ilxit ee .i ..c* e... i.e.l.
if one l.;oj d present l.im-'lt, known person
al! v to the Managers to be a citizen of tbe Uni
ted States-—“.free person of color, an Indian, a ■
lunatic or an idiot—while, in my opinion, they
woald not have tho right to require or hear 1
eyi'lenee of residence, naturalization, freedom or
r-.irr.- yet, having tin knowledge, notwith
star,.l!iig the offer of'tbe applicant to take the
pre? .bed oaths, they would be bound to reject
the v'.te, or to violate tbe letter, terms end spirit
of tiie'r own oath. Ju recriveing Muffin vote
tho- woi,l<l I.n iwingly permit one to vote, whom
they not only liek-ivcd but knew not to br-«>-
titled. .
In tho absence of such personal knowledge,
the Manager's duty is discharged when be
iidmini.-.t-'-i-s the oaths, mid i-iN-eivra the vote,
leaving the voter to the hazard of n prosecution
for false swearing, and the candidate for whom
iie votes to the hnzard of the loos of the place
to which they may be elected. Submitting this
opitn' n to such use as you may be pleased to
make of it,
1 arn, very respectfully,
YourOb't. Serv't.,
Hines Holt.
From the Augusta (imstitui'.onnlist. ,
Stampede from the Lodges in
Jefferson.
Jefferson County, Sept. 12th, 1855:
?7.-. Editor.- Below nro the names of persons
who have withdrawn from the Know Nothing
or American party nt Bethany Campground,
where there was a Council of fifty six members.
My reason for writing this is. that you and others
may know the truth, which cannot be learned
from members of the Order. They neither give
their numbers correctly, nor will they permit
members to quit so long as they can hold on to
them, constniitlv putting them off till the next
m e ing, or telling those who know no better
i cat the tint? is past and they cannot withdraw,
■ thut the door is closed. Sometimes they induce
; them t irerra'n, on conuis'on thut t! ey may vote
I for whom they please. Report says they even
I hired one man to remain. To another wh'odesi-
! m! to withdraw, they promised, if he would re
. .min, that they would furnish him with as much
; Schiedam Schnapps aa he could drink until tho
■election. They have not furnished him the
| Schnapps as agreed upon, and he don't knoiv
I what to do. tie says he could go a bottle or
| two a day. It has been nearly three weeks
I since they made the bargain: But to the with
drawals, J. H. Bostic, President. N. B. Bostic.
IJ. L. Daniel, J. R. Cook, \V. Wiggins, J. G.
I Perdue, W. C. Norris, C, C. Weeks, A. R.
; C; ‘.a'Liim. I*. I’erldns, M. Murphey, R.McDan-
I sei. A. McDaniel, T. C. liodgec.J. 11. Sbirrod,
I Jos. L. Shirrod, J. Norris, W. Calhoun, B.
I llul.mn, 11. Gregory, W.Stephens, D. J.
i i'iiompton, B. Thompson, C. McDaniel. Several
| others applied, but they would not let them out,
i in fact, no one can get out unless he publishes
himself out. or tears out. They hold them as
long as they cun. The secretary was to give
the above :iuincd a written discharge, but has
failed to do so, and we now declare ourselves
clear of the American party.
Ogechee,
■ Revemie of the Know Nothing
Government of Georgia.
The Know Nothings boast that there have
been in all forty-four thousand initiations iu
Georgia into their lodges. How many have
since quit in disgust, they do not tell. Now,
as this organization levies an initiation fee on
each, and an annual tux besides, this number
gives a pretty strong revenue to the Know
Nothing Government, and it becoinesa matter
of interesting inquiry, what is done with all
money.
We have been furnished with the following
extract from the Minutes of Know Nothing
Council, No. C. o! this city, its gcnuiucuesH
will not be disputed.
Extract of Minnies of Council Ab. (!..
May 19, 1855.
Committees from other Councils reported
| that they recommend a tax of fifty cents on
| each member of the Councils be levied, paya
; ble nt once, and an additional tux of 50 cents,
payable on tho Ist July, making an annual
! tux of t?l 00. payable semi unnualiy; and that,
ilie initiation be fixed at 81 00, which report
was adopted.
Now, at this rate of taxation, if adopted by
all the Councils in Georgia, if the number of
initiutiims above boasted of be correct, here is
tho sum of 844,000 initiation fees, and $44,-
000 annual tux, making 888,000. And this
is independent of the additional tux of 4 cents
on each member levied by the “Grand Nation
al Council.”
We understand that when n member becomes
dissatisfied and withdraws, his initiation !ee is
not returned to him. The 844.000, therefore,
is kept in the Treasury for the use of the Or
ganization.
Now. what use is made of this immense snm
of money, out of which tlie people uro wheed
led ? This money makes u respectable civil list
for u State government. Some of our States
probably have ii smaller revenue.
The Know Nothings could nffiird, out of this
revenue, to pay handsome salaries to their offi
cials, and the aristocratic dignitaries of tho 3d
Degree.
We would like to know what is flic salary of
Mr. William Hone, “Grand president" oi tbe
State.— Aug. Con. fy Republic.
Slandering oS u whole Village.
Know-uothingisra has got to so low an ebb
I even in New York, that among decent, intclli
! gent people, it is regarded as a term of reproach,
it is, therefore, with great pleasure tiiut we
| muke room lot the following emphatic vontru
! diction to u totally unfounded calumny which
I appears in a late number ol the Hamilton (New
i York) Journul: —B us/r. Union.
' “Certain malicious persons in other parts of
I the country, who desire to injure thegoixlnume
; of our village, arc eialeavoring to spread a re
| port that there are know-nothings among us.—
, This is a base eulumny. There was a‘council’
here, but now it is utterly broken up and scat
tered, like eliaff before the wind. No meetings
' are held—none have liven since, last spring—
' and none ever will be again. There was not
; even sufficient vitality in the couccrn to appoint
| u delegate to the Binghamton convention.—
I Don't let us hear uuy more, then, about this
I man or that one being u ‘Hindoo.’”
The London Medical Ga zettc gives th
: i result of numerous experiments with roasted
cottec, proving that it « the most powerful
! means not only of rendering animal and vegeta
' ble elliuviu innocuous, but of actually destroy
I ing them. 'J'lies'. mode of using the coffee us a
[ disinfectant is to dry the raw beau, pound it in
I i a mortar, and then roast tiie powder on a mod
;; erutely heated iion plate until it assumes a dark
brown tint, when it is fit for use. Then sprin
. I K.e it in impure places, or lay it on a plate in
the room wiiieli yon wish to have purified.—
Coffee acid or eu'lfee oil acts more readily in
minute quantities.
A Large Farm—The New Fork Evening
Post, in noticing the progress of Col. Kinney s
expedition in Central Ameirca, says:
1 lie Colonel lias become a v< ry large land
bolder since be arrived there, as our correspon
dent reports, having purchased no lets tLun
•jU.OUu.UUU of acres, with bill milts of sea coust.
It is the tame tract that was originally grunted
i by Messrs. dhephard and Haley to benator
' Cooper, V,'m. Cost Johnson, Joseph L. White,
of tail city, und others, but which conveyance
became void m consequence oi thegrantees fail
ing to comply with some ol the stipulated con
ditions. due Col. pujs only five hundred thou
sand dollars, which is pretty cheap considering
limthis iarui is about as large us the State of New
lorn. Uur correspondent dots not say whetn
er the Colonel puts" cash for the whole, or
gave a mortgage lor u part of the purchaser
money.
A Great Cash and a Woetot Advocatb
—We ic irn that Baker, the slayer of the no
i r.ous Boole, has succeeded in obtaining the
.-.•iviv s of Thomas F. Mtaglier as one of his
Counsei, and in that cause Mr. Meagher will
uiuku ms debut al the bar. It is u case furnish
ing material which genius cun use to rear for
■ioc . a .splendid monument, khat Mr. Meagher
i s-.s-ts th:: genius, hi* brilliant success in fields
..u. very different bus amply proved.—And we
J r nut or. bt that hia extensive acquirements,
,etvid imagination und rare fund of eloquent ca
predion will secure him a cormnandmg plsoe
I 04 an advocate.