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TU U BSD AY, JUNE 19, IBSC.
Masonic Female College.
Wc have received a pamphlet catalogue of
the ••Officers and Students of the “Masonic
Female College,” nt Covington, in this State.
It contains, also, the eloquent “Baccalureate
address” of its President, the Rev. Creed Ful
ton, as well as many items of information con
nected with the Institution, interesting to us;
and for which we tender our thanks to the un
known individual who transmitted it to us.
Air" Lino Rail Road’ Meeting in
Gwinnett County.
The proceedings of the meeting recently held
in Gwinnett county, at which delegates were
appointed to attend the Convention to be held
in Madison county, to promote the construc
tion of the "Air Line Bail Road,” was headed
in our paper, without our knowledge, most
inappropriately. It was not a “Democratic
Meeting," nor did the Secretary of the meeting.
F. P. Juhau. Esq., so term it, in his copy ol
the proceedings forwarded to this office. The
heading was the work of one o. our composi
tors, for which wo owe an apology to Mr. Ju
han, as well as all who participated, or are
interested in that, or similar meetings.
Kansas.
The "Extra" which appears in our columns
ty-day, and which refers to the outrage com
mitted on the persons and property of pro
slavery men, by bands of lawless abolitionists in
Kansas, was handed to ns by a friend, who re
ceived it from the gentleman whose name ap
pears as requesting its publication.
We me, and have for a length of time been
prepared to hear of insult, injury, and outrage
of every description being perpetrated in Kan
sas, by the vile fanatics at the North, who are
doing the devil s work with such instruments as
they send into that territory. But we did not
think that they would go quite as far as they
have gone, well knowing their fear of the re
tribution which awaits them. Boldness, how
ever, in crime, appears to increase with some,
while it renders those who have a little con
science left them, timid in its execution. Ti e
however, of this abolition warfare in Kan
sas is fast approach iug, and we shall soon wit
„ - lrU e exhibit of the rotor of these foes to
hern institutions. It will doubtless be on
' , with that of Sumner, when it is fairly
and, arm them as you may, we look
±n a’ fair test us being in the proportion of
Z pro slavery man. to halt u dozen abobuon-
lwe.ip»ns being equal—that w, gutta per
,Au canes, against a bar pes rifles.
«a A public meeting has ben held at
Worewtar. Mass., at which ‘-’oUec
Wd us *id of KaatMi
-yA7- ZA INT«T»ED, A, "5? CIRCULATION! OF 20,000 COFIEftS!
North Geoigia Times.
We publish the following from a ieaiimg
article which appeared in the last number of
the “North Georgia Times.” In one of its
recent numbers, the Editor announced his de
termination to pursue the course which he now
takes, provided the action of the Cincinnati
Convention should indicate, in its selection ot
candidates, and policy, a conservative, as well
as Southern spirit. What he now thinks of
its action, is to bo seen by all who will read the
following :
From the North Georgia Times.
Our Position.
“We place at the head of our columns this
week the names of the nominees of the Cincin
nati Convention for President and Vice Pres
ident. In taking this position thus early and
promptly, wc are influenced by no other mo
tive than to preserve onr consistency as an in
dependent journalist, and perform, what we
conceive to be, an obvious and imperative duty
in the premise’. Having earnestly advocated
a union of parties at the South, that the sound
men at the North might thereby be strength
ed and encouraged at home in resisting aboli
tion fanaticism ; and believing that this object
can best be accomphlisbed under the prestige
of the Democratic name, and upon the 1 lat
form, and with the nominees of the Cincinnati
Convention, we are prepared to give them our
hearty and cordial support, leaving it to
others to consult their prejudices, and cavil
at small things if they choose.
Those who have pre determined to find fault
with the action of the Convention will be at
no loss for a pretext for such opposition ; but,
for ourself, wc perfer a different course, and
have adopted, what we conceive to be, the on
ly alternative to the formation ot a purely sec
tional party in the South. We would rather
choose between evils, than maintain a sullen
reserve like the dog in the manger, neither
eating the hay himself, nor allowing the ox to
eat it. Both the candidates and the Platform,
it affords us gratification to believe, will be ac
ceptable to the South generally, and that she
will speak but one voice ip November next.
In recommending, however, the nominees of
the Cincinnati Convention to the confidence
and support of our readers, we are influenced
by no want of regard for the soundness, integ
rity, and pure national character of Mr Fill
more. But he is not now, and we think will
not be, a candidate before tne people in the
approaching election. Under proper circum
stances, there is no man in the country whom
we would support more willingly for the Pres
idency ; but believing, as we do, that the con
test is between the Democratic party and the
Black Republicans, and that the running of a
third candidate would innure to the success of
the Republican party, we could not support
Mr. Fillmore now, were he to accept. Hence
our early and decided preference for Mr. Buch
anan.”
It must be gratifying to our readers who are
advocates for the election of Buchanan and
Breckenride, to see such an evidence of devo
tion to the South, as is displayed in the fore
going, and other demonstrations of like kind on
the part of many of the rank and file of the
“ Amerirau Party,” who, last year, like the
Editor of the Times, occupied a hostile attitude
to the democracy. Scarcely a day passes over
our head, since the nominations have been made,
that we do not hear the determination express
ed by some “ American,” to support the de
mocratic nominees. Like the Editor of the
“ North Georgia Times,” they cannot be blind
ed to the fact, that the Presidential contest is,
in reality, one between the Black Republican
Abolitions of the North, East, and Vi est, and
the National democracy—the latter striving
with all the power it is capable of exercising,
to maintain the Constitution of the country,
and to resist all encroachments when the rights
of the States, and Southern Institutions ; while
the former is waging an unholy aad fanatical
warfare, against all that Southern men think
the Union worth contending f.r. As for Mr
Fillmore's strength in the North, East, or West,
it will scarcely weigh a feather in the contest
when the vote for President is polled. All the
effect it can hav •, is to make the struggle fierce
on the part ol the Black Republicans, who are
encouraged nt bis being in the field. But, as
we feel satisfied that, ere long, the Southern
people, with the exception of an ambitious and
stubborn faction, will be convinced of this, we
have no fears of the result where the domestic
institution of slavery is deemed worthy of a
struggle to maintain, or the rights of the States
aro worth protecting.
Land Warrants.
The value of Land Warrants in the market
being a matter of interest to many of our rea
der, we embrace the opportunity afforded us of
presenting to them the following statement,
which, in substance, we gather from the circu
lar of Green & Sewell, Bankers of Wall Street,
New York’
It appears that the report of thesaleof large
lots of forged land warrants, some weeks ago,
and which appear to be without foundation,
seriously affected the market. A reaction then
took place and dealers availed themselves of
the opportunity to reduce their stocks, tt bile
the market was in this state, the announcement
that Congress had passed the bill granting over
four million* of acres of the public lands,
to the State of lowa, for rail road pur
pose ; followed up as it was by an order
from the General Laud Office, to be local offi
ces in that State, to suspend business ; created
quite a panicin the market, from which it
will scarcely recover for some length of time.
Dealers are refusing to buy, and are yet unwil
ling to sell at the rednegd rates. The passage,
too,of other bills, giving away other large tracts
of Western tan b. since the lowa bill was
passed tended still further to depreciate the value
of warrants in the Northern Market,from which
there has been no re-action. The quotations
therefore are nominal. Dealers positively re
fuse to buy, in the absence of special orders to
that efleet. To what extent they will depre
ciate, we are not prepared to say. This is bad
news; but the information before us, prevents
our saying what would doubtless be more ac
ceptable to both sellers and buyers-
Phh.adki.fiha, June 9. —The Key Stone
Club visited Wheatland to-day, and congratu
lated Mr. Buchannan on bis nomination. Mr.
Buchaunan in reply, congratulated the Conven
tion an the unanimity of their proceedings, and
j expressed his harty approval of the platform.
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ATLANTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 19. 1856.
Air Line Rail Road.
We published on yesterday the proceedings
of a meeting held in Danielsvil.e, on the 3rd
'lnst., on the subject of the “Air Line Rail
Road," from Atlanta to Anderson Court House
So. Ca., and the proposed convention to be
held at Madison Springs on the second I'ues
day in July next.
From these proceedings, it will be seen that
the citizens of Madison County are alive to
the importance of this great work, and will
heartly co-operate with those ot Hart, Frank
lin, and Fulton Counties, and all others, in pro
moting the “noble enterprize of building said
Road.”
We trust that the citizens of Atlanta will
be encouraged by this, and other similar de
monstrations, to press with vigor, the importance
of the contemplated work, upon the people on
each side of the line of said Road. To us, in
Atlanta, it is of more importance than any
other contemplated enterprise tfiat can well be
originated ; and that it is of incalculable val.
ue to the planting and other interests of the
people on each side of its route for a space of
twenty miles, is beyond all sort of doubt. Aside,
too, from this, when constructed, this Road
would yield a dividend to the stock-holders,
unsurpassed, if equalled, by any similar work
in the State; and the knowledge of this by
capitalists, and Rail Road men, will, with
proper and combined effort, ensure its con
struction at no very distant period.
Atlanta must wake up to the importance of
this subject. Unfortunately our city has been,
by a recent dispensation of Providence, de
prived of the services and counsels of one, whose
clear head and sound judgment induced him
to urge upon his fellow-citizens the importance
of the “Air Line Rail Road,” and the necessity
for its immediate construction. Are there none
in our midst to take his place, and by the ex
ercise of that energy and enterprize which were
conspicuous elements of his character, secure
the advantages so often demonstrated by him as
eertain to ensue by the building of this road ?
We trust that there are, and that this too will
be demonstrated at the Convention which is
soon to assemble at Danielsville.
The Nominations.
The speculations of the Press, in regard to
the nominations for President and Vice Presi
dent, made at the Cincinnati Convention, as
far as we have seen them, to use a commercial
phrase, “up to date,” are, in the main, favorable
in their character. With scarcely an excep
tion, have we seen a democratic paper that
docs not enthusiastically respond to the nomi
nations, and express the determination to zeal
ously support them. In one or two of them,
it is true we have seen regrets that Mr. Pierce,
or‘that Mr. Douglas, had not received the
nomination over Mr. Buchanan ; but even
in these instances, the preference was person
al, not political. In the main toe, the an
nouncement of the nominations by the “Amer
ican Press” of the South, has been flattering
to the nominees, while in a few instances only,
we are grat : fied in being able to say, there has
been displayed a “sore headedness ;” a char
acteristic disposition to cavil and find fault ;
that have often been observed by the Southern
public. We must, however, be content to let
the minority grumble and growl. Had Wash
ington, or Jefferson, or Madison, been alive,
and been nominated by the Cincinnati Con
vention, objection would have come from cer
tain quarters, and opposition also. The first
would be styled a“FEDERALisT,” and God knows
what would be said of the others. Sb, thus
far, we must be content with the general pirit
of the press.
We do not, however, attach auy extraordi
nary importance to the views of the press, as
at present indicated, here. in theSoutb. The
Democratic, anti-Know Nothing press, we were
satisfied, long since, looked more to the plat
form of the Convention, than to theiNDiviDU
ual whom it would be called upon to support.
The first being what it should be, the nomi
nee pledged to its support, is all that the press
required ; and it will be certain to do its part
in th* contest. With but rare exceptions, too,
wc expect to see as decided an opposition to the
democratic nominations, by the “American
press,” as was made to Governor Johnson, last
year. Our only consolation, while anticipating
this, is, that the rank and file of the “Amer
ican Party,” in the coming contest, will be
greatly reduced in numbers, by the support
which will be given to Buchanan and Breck
enridge by many of their adherents, who think
it time to look more to the interests of the
South, than to any side issue which may be
presented in the contest.
Draft in the Sales of Bacon.
For the information of the merchants of this
city—many of whom are extensive dealers in
Bacon —we copy from the Charleston Mercury
into our paper to-day, the proceedings of u late
meeting of the “ Chamber of Commerce,” of
Charleston, South Carolina, by which it will
be seen that a discontinuance of the allowance
of draft in the sales of bacon was resolved upon.
This resolve will prove advantageous to tha'
city, and will be acceptable news to our Com
mission Merchants here who represent so large
ly the interests of the farmers and slaughterers.
One per cent draft, in these hard times, is no
small slice, whether you take it from the side,
shoulder, or ham.
Below will be found the proceedings referred
to:
Chamber of Commerce.
••At a Special Meeeting of the Chamber, con
vened yesterday, at the Hall of the Charleston
Insurance and Trust Company, pursuant to
notice, to ‘ consider the expediency of recom
mending a discontinuance of the allowance ol
draft in sales of Bacon,” the following pream
ble and resolutions, were submitted and unan
imously adopted:
Whereas, m view of the efforts which our
citizens in their individual, and more particu
larly in their corporate capacity,'have been
making, and continue to make, to secure to our
.city the benefi.s of an increased trade with the
/rich and growing sections of the West, it is o;
I the highest importance, in order to foster the
| cnpmmnicatimi just opening, aad eawurage
the tendency of shipments to this market, that
all Western produce should find here the same
advantages as other cities, nowcumpeti ig with
ns for that trade, afford.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Cham
her, it will be a wise policy, justified by the
fullest equity to all concerned, to place shippers
of Western produce, generally, on as favorable
a footing as they are placed in every other
market in the United States. And further
Resolved. That on the particular article of
Bacon, this day submitted to their considera
tion, the Chamber deem it expedient to recom
mend and to sanction a ’iseontiauanee of the
draft of one per eent. hitherto allowed.
On motion, ordered that the proceedings be
published. V. J. TOBIAS, Secretary.
For the Atlanta Examiner.
communicated.
Rail Road Meeting at Danielsville.
At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of
Madison County, at the Court House in Dan
ielsville on Tuesday, the 3d. day of June, ’Jas
S. Gholston was called to the chair, audWm..
T. McWhorter, requested to act as Secreta
ry-
On motidn of Col. Gabriel Nash, a commit
tee of eight was appointed to prepare business
for the action of the meeting, consisting of
John Scott, Ser : Col. G. Nash, Dr. W. P.
Deadwyler, Richard H. Bullock,‘Vanderver
Sartain, Jas. O. Fitts, Hugh A. Nixon and
Joseph B. Long Esqu’s.
After an absence of a few minutes the Com
mittee submitted the following Preamble and
Resolutions:
Whereas, the General Assembly of this
State at its last session passed an act granting
a charter for the construction of a Rail Road,
(to be called the Air Line Rail Road) to run
from Atlanta, Geo., to Anderson C. H. South
Caroliuia.
And Whereas, a convention is proposed to
be held at the Madison Springs on the second
Tuesday, in July next, for the purpose of adop
ting such measures as will most likely carry
out the noble enterprise—Therefore
Resolved, Ist, That this meeting concur
with, and fully appreciate the interest publically
manifested by the citizens of Fulton, Hart and
Franklin counties and will cordially unite with
them in any measure that may be considered
most likely to carry out the great and noble
enterprise of building raid Road.
2nd. That the chair appoint twenty four
delegates, three from each Malitia Dist., to re
present this county in the proposed convention
which is to meet at the Madison Spri >gs. on
the second Tuesday in July next, for the pur
poses set forth in the Preamble to these Reso
lutions, —with power to fill their own vacan
cies.
3rd. That this meeting appoint a committee
of three, for the purpose of corresponding with
Atlanta, and other committees, and all persons
Seeking correspondence with this committee
concerning said road, and that the committee
so appointed are hereby requested to procure
all the information possible, touching said Rail
Road enterprise, and report to the next meet
ing ol this convention, which will be held in
the Court House at Danielsville on the first
Tuesday in July next.
4th. That the committee appointed by the
chair under the second Resolution, to represent
this county in the proposed convention, to be
held at the Madison Springs on the second
Tuesday in July next, are—from Fork Dist.
Wm. Eber art and Asa Deadwyler and Heze
kiah Wynn ; Brooline Dist., Willis Strickland
Francis P. Eberhart Ser. and Nathaniel B.
Gholston; Danielsville Dist., Walton H. Grif
feth, Richard B. Gholston and Martin Dead
wyler; Mill Dist., John Scott Ser., Rufus M.
Maroney and Jas. E. Strickland ; Pocitalico
Dist., Col. Gabriel Nash, Elba Collins and
John N. Montgomery. Nowhere Dist., Hugh
A. Nixon, Jasper Pittman and John W. Por
terfield. Grove Hill Dist., Richard H. Bul
loch, Sanders, W. Colbert and Sherman J.
Simins; Harrison Dist., Nathaniel Williams,
Robert D. Caruthers and William Balin
gen
sth., That the committee appointed by this
meeting under the third Resolution, for the
purpose of correspondence consist of Win. H.
Griffeth, Jas. 8. Gholston and Dr. W. P. Dead
wyler.
6th., That the editors ot the several respec
tive papers at Atlanta and Athens, Geo., and
at Anderson C. H. So. Ca., be requested to
publish the proceedings of this meeting.
On motion the above and foregoing Pream
ble and Resolutions being read, were unani
mously adopted.
On motion resolved that the chairman and
Secretary [sign the proceedings of this meet
ing.
On motion of R. H. Bulloch, the meeting
then adjourned to the first Tuesday in July
next. JAS. S. GHOLSTON, Charmn.
Wm. T. McWhorter, Secy.
YtxSL. City papers please copy.
For the Atlanta Daily Examiner
[communicated.]
‘ ‘ Waiting for an Opening ”
Listlessness is the index of a worthless
character. Indolence is profitable unto noth
ing. Active industry, perseverance, economy,
and sound discretion, coupled with moral cour
age, and integrity, are essential elements in the
life of the truly successful man.
There are two characters. One negative
the other positive. The former marks the in
dividual who is given over to indolence, which
commits him to “ the dream land.” He is un
willing to work either with his hands or his
mind. He takes life as a fable—sees the bus.,
world around him in a strange and uncertain
light, and with a bewildered infatuation, he is
ever revolving in his mind the idea, that some
of these days an -opening ” will present itself,
and then he will “pitch in” for a fortune.—
Such men always seem to be “tired,” and fi-a
quently they murmur the complaint, that they
have •• lost all energy.”
The positive character marks the man who
invents, builds houses, steamships, railroads,
&c , and actually helps to improve the physical
and advance the Moral World. Whatever is
found proper to be done, is done, with all the
might of his capacity. All that we enjoy of
the arts aud sciences, spring from the energy
of the positive,—al! conveniences of life—news •
papers, books, maps, &c., are grateful offerings;
of the positive character. Men of such spirit i
are “openings” in and of them&lves. They
are found at some post of duty—not •• waiting ;
for an opening.” When I hear an individual
always remarking that I am waiting for an I
opening to do something, I fear very much that
should an opening pt eseat itself, he would more
than likely be “ engulphud,” for no enterprise
can be safely projected without judgmen- "and
effort, which the indolei.t are accustomed to
call into use in their listless existence. •• Wait
ing for an opining!’ Why my friend, you
might wait twenty years and nothing b„t the
vortex of ruin would open to engnipb you !
Wake up I Go to work 1
•• Act well your part there ell the honor lies.” i
Do sora thing for yourself and your country.
You need not expect to go to California, or to
Ku: sas, and turn over a rock and find a fortune l
More 1 kely you wouid find a viper, or a lizard!
Waiting for an opening 1” Wait on, and you ■
will soon be s'nging:
•• O! I’m » used up man. I'm a used up man,
If ever I get up, I'll keep up if I can."
Washington was an active, pouuve charac-1
: ter. Look at his voluminous writings—look at
i him in the battle field—ut the helm of Gov
ernment—or in “retirement” on his farm!
Did you ever hear of his waiting for an open
ing? And do you suppose that Franklin
waited for immortal fame to crown his magic
name ? or did he not rather move on from tri
umph to triumph, to seize the prize ?
This waiting for an opening has made too
many lawyers, preachers, quacks, idlers, and
loafers, in the land. We need more true mor
alist-, more wisdom, energy, activity, and use
fulness. and less crime, want, misery, and
wretchedness -evils which follow the man al
ways waiting for an opening. Wake up, and
go to work, and cease murmuring at your own
worthlessnes God helps those who help them
selves.” B
Atlanta, June 11, 1856.
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Published by request of Edward Simms of
Pendleton District, S. G.
EXTRA.
■Brethren of the South!—And ad
vocates of Southern Institutions
—Greeting:
Kansas Territory is now in a declared state
of civil war. To rehearse all of the particulars
that has led to this declaration would be an
impossibility. But we will give you some of
the most important items, and we will use no
exaggeration, for things are bad enough at
best-
On Wednesday, the 21st of May, inst., the
U. States .Marshal and posse marched into the
city of Lawreuce. wnen, after he had taken the
prisoners he had a warrant for, he dismissed
us; Sheriff Jones, of Douglas county, asked the
pro slavery men if they would serve as a posse
under his guidance, which was of course assent
ed to, he then went into the city and demanded
those works that had been indicted as nuisances,
which works were the “ Free State Hotel ”
and the two abolition printing presses, viz:
tha Free State ” and “ Herald of Freedom;'
after we had destroyed those works by command
we peaceably retired, and foo ishly thought,
rom the non-combativeness of the bogus gov
ernor’s fr.ends, that all things would be right,
and that the < xcitement would end. Vain de
lusion 1 On the Saturday nfoht succeeding, at
the mid night hour, a party oF cowardly assas
sins attacked the houses of the pro-slavery m n,
who resided on Pottowatamie Creek ; Wilker
son, a member of the Territorial Legislature,
who was waiting on bis sick wife, was the first
victim; the scoundrels carried him just far
enough from bis wife's apartment, for her to
distinctly hear his dying groans ; three of the
Doyles were treated in the same manner ; three
of the Sherman’s were next immolated on this
accursed altar. One of whom was a youth of
sixteen, his hands and ears were cut i ff. and
then his head quartered. Oh 1 cruel Fate ?
Can a Southern heart brook this? can a South
ern eye look calmly on while our friends are
killed in this manner? Aye! in a manner
shocking to the Indian.
The above, though appearing incredible, is
nevertheless true—true to the letter. Sorry
are wc to say that the most fiendish person born
upon American soil or reared under the stars
and stripes would or could be guilty of such
atrocity.
C'apt. Pate, a noble Virginian, organized a
company to avenge these murders, and marched
to the field of action; two of bis company were
killed, (one an Alabamian, formerly of Georgia.)
and then through stratagem the rest of his party
were taken prisoners, with the certain convic
tion of being hung. Southerners ! Alabami
ans 1 Georgians! will you stand idly by and
see your brethren thus treated ? South Caro
linians ! oue of whom we are proud to say we
are, will you not nobly rear the gloriou, Pal
metto flag on the soil of Kansas ? We now
have the largest number in the Territory; will
not our brethren who are at heme help us in
securing this our lawful possession. Perhaps
it will be said that we may need men at home
to ward off an attack. I fear not, our women and
our children can drive off' the aggressor from
our homestead. If then asked why we want men
in Kansas, our answer will be, because we have
some hardships to endure, the least of which is
to face Sharpy’s Rifles in the hands of hirelings
of the “ Emigrant Aid Society."
To families we would say, come on! the
noble “ Border Ruffians ” will furnish you a
home until Kansas is in a settled state. Kan
sas! ah, ’tis a glorious place, and a “ man who
is married ” might appropriately designate it
as “ Heaven’s last, best gift to man,” the
purest of water, the richest of soils, so rich,
that it appears that if one should sow dimes
he would reap dollars. We speak knowingly,
having just returned from the country, where
we hope to be with a large and noble band of
Southerners before the October election.—
Friends will you heed our entreaty 1 Will you,
cau you stand idly by and see everything
wrested from us, by such as we have to contend
against? Forbid it, Almighty God! for we
in this crisis, have everything to gain and noth
ing to lose.
As a South Carolinian, we hope and trust
that she will show to the world, that she will
cause every nerve to vibrate aud every pulse
to thrill in this great cause, and that she will
to the last extremity fight for those Institutions
she has adopted, and for the precepts of that
man whom she so loved; need we say that man
was CALHOUN ? And shall the widows ol
men who died for those precepts appeal iu vain
to us for revenge ? No, no, none will be found
who will be absent at such a cry. Then we
will repeat, come one, come all, and take that
which your blood and treasure was spilt for.
‘Come back, Stephen! come
back.'
, Come all ye Democrats and view the plat
form upon which Buchanan aud Breckenridge
stand. We cordiall invite all those who have
strayed, lost or been driven from the good
old Democratic fold, to come back to their
first and true love. If you are democrats, here
are your principles spread out in full, so that
all may know them and that none can be de
ceived. Let by-gones be by-gonra and the
past be forgotten in the present rejoicing. He
that cannot forgive tbe errors qf his brother
democrats, himself should not ba forgiven.
All men are liable to err and do wrong, and
all true democrats looking to the establish
ment of thair principles, are willing to forgive
a repenting brother, and extend to him th»
right hand cf fellowship,— Cassville Standard.
Tbe character of the young men of a
community depends much on that of the young
women. If the latterare cultivated, inteligern
and accomplished, the young men will fee! th'
requirement that they themselves short’d b<
upright, gentlemanly and refined ; bnt if then
female friends are frivolous and silly, tbe young
men will lie found to be dissipated and worth
less. But remember, always, lhat a sister i
the be t guardian of a brother’s integrity. Sh
is tbe surest inculcator of a faith in wotnan'r
purity. As a daughter, she is tbe true light re
the home. Tlie pride of the father oftriest is
"Sintered on Ms daughter. She should, there
fore, be the sum and substance of all.
s@*Hngb Law on. Sena or from Houston
Connty in tbe Legislature, died at his residence
in that county on tbe 20th inst., after a linger
ing illness. Mr. Lawsox has been for many
years one of tbe must respected and influential
citizens of Houston.
Democratic Platform in Full.
We give at length the “Platform” adopted
by the Cincinnati Convention. The resolutions
of the Baltimore Convention, which are re
affirmed, are as follows:
Resolved, That the American Democracy
i place their trust in the intelligence, the patri
ot! tin, and the discriminating justice *f the
I American people.
Resolved, That we regard this as a distinct
ive feature of our creed, which we are proud
to maintain before the world as a great moral
element in a form of government springing
from and upheld by c popular will ; and we
contrast it, with the creed and practice of
federalism, under whatever name or form,
which seeks to palsy the vote of the constitu-
I ent, and which conceives no imposture too
monstrous for the popular credulity.
Resolved, therefore, That entertaining these
views, the Democratic party of the Union,
through their delegates assembled in a general
convention of the States, convening together
in a spirit of concord, of devotion to the dbc
wines and faith of a free representative gov
ernment, and appealing to t eir fellow-citizens
for the rectitude of their intentions, renew and
and reassert before the American people the
declaration of principles avowed by them, when
on former occasions,in general conventions, they
presented their candidates fur the popular suf
frages.
I- That the Federal Govcrnmrnt is one of
liberal powers, derived solely from the Consti
tution, and the grants of power made therein
ought to be strictly construed by all the de
partments and agents of the Government,
and that it is inexpedient and danger
ous to exercise doubtful constitutional pow
ers.
2. That the Constitution does not confer up
on the General Government the power to com
mence and carry on a general system of internal
improvements.
3. That the Constitution does not confer
authority upon the Federal Government,
directly or indirectiy, to assume the debts ol
several States, contracted for local interna)
improvements, or other State purposes ; nor
would such assumption be just or expedi
ent.
4. That justice and sound policy forbid the
Federal Government to foster one branch of
industry to the detriment of any other, or to
cherish the interests of one portion to the
injury of another portion of our common
country ; that every citi :en and every portion
of the country have a right to demand and
insist upon an equality of rights and privileges
and a complete and ample protection of persons
and property from domestic violence and for
eign aggnssion.
5. That it is the duty of every branch of the
Government to enforce and prac ice the most
rigid economy in concluding our public affairs
and that no more revenue ought to be raised
than is required to defray the necessary expen
ses ol the Government, and for a gradual but
certain extinction of the public debt.
6. That Congresa has no power to charter a
National Bank ; that wo believe such an in
stitution one of deadly hostility to the best in
terests of our country, dangerous to our
republican institutions and the liberties of the
people, and calculated to place the business ol
the country within the control of a concentra
ted money power, and above the laws and will
of the people, and that the results of Demo
cratic Legislation in this and all other financial
measures upon which issues have been ma .'e be
tween the two political parties of the country,
have demonstrated to practical men of all par
ties their soundness, safety and utility in all
business pursuits.
7. That the separation of the moneys of the
Government from all banking institutions isjn
dispensable for the safety of the funds ol
the Government and the rights of the peo
ple.
8. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson iu the Declaration of Independence,
and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes
ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the
oppressed of every nation, have ever been car
dinal principles iu the Democratic faith ; and
every attempt to abridge the privilege nf be
coming citizens and owners of soil among ns,
ought to be resisted with the same spirit which
swept the alien and sedition laws from our
statute book.
9. That Congress has no power under the
Constitution to interfere with or cont.ol the
domestic institutions of the several States, and
that all such States are the sole and proper
judges of everything appertaining to their own
affairs not prohibited by the Constitution ; that
all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to
induce Congress to interfere with questions of
slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation
thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alar
ming and dangerous consequences, and that all
such efforts have an inevitable tendency to
diminish the happiness of tbe people and cu
danger the stabi.ity and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be countenanced by
any friend of our political institutions.
Resolved, That the foregoing proposition
covers, and was intended to embrace, the whole
subject of slavery agitation in Congress, and
therefore tbe Democratic party of tbe Union,
standing on this national platform will abide
by and adhere to a faitbful execution of the
acts known as the compromise measures settled
by Congress, the act for reclaiming fugitives
from service or labor included ; which act be
ing designed to carry ont an express provisiou
of the Constitution, cannot, with fidelity there
to, be repealed or so changed as to destroy or
impair iis efficiency.
Resolved, lhat the Dcuiocratic party will
resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or
out ot it, the agitation of the slavery question,
under whatever shape or color the atteinp'
may be made. *
Resolved, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the na
tional objects specified iu the Constitution, and
that we are opposed to any law for the distri
bution of such proceeds among the States, as
alike inexpedient in policy aud repugnant to
the Constitution.
Resolved, That we are decid dly opposed to
taking from the PreJdent the qualified Veto
power, by which be is enabled, under restric
tions and responsibilities amply sufficient to
guard the public interests, io suspend the pas
sage of a biii whose merits cannot secure the
approval ot two thirds of the] Senate and
House of Representatives, until the judgment
of the people cau be obtained thereon' and
which has saved tbe American people from the
corrupt aud tyrannical dominion of tbe Bank
ot the United States, aud from a corrupting
system of general luterual Improvements
Resolved, That the Democratic party will
f.ithfully abide by and uphold the principles
aid dowu iu the Kentucky aud Virginia reso
utiuas of 1782 aud 1798, aud in tbe report of
dr. Madison to the Virginia Legislature in
1799—that it adoprs those princip es as con
stituting oue one of the main foundations of its
■olitical creed, and is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import.
lhat i.i view ol the condition of thepopula
instituti-ns in tbe U;d rid, ah gh and sa
cred duly is involved with increased responsi
bility upon the Democracy ot this country, as
the party of the people, to uphold and main
tain tbe rights of every State, aud thereby the
Union of tne States—and to sustain and” ad
vance among them constitutional liberty, by
fiOßUnaing to resist all monopolies and excla-
! sive legislation for the betefi . of the few, at tne
expense of the many, and by a vigilant and
constant adherence to those principles aud com
promises of the Constitution—which are broad
I enough and strong enough to embrace and up
hold the Union ns it is, and the Union as it
shou'd lie—in the full expansion of tic ener
gies and capacity of this great and progressive
people.
The following are the supplementary reso
lutions in relation to the Kansas Nebraska
question, and tbe foreign poHcyof the govern
ment :
And, whereas, Since the foregoing declara
tion was uniformly adopted by our predecessors
in National Conventions an adverse political
an 1 religious test has been secretly organized
by a party claiming to be exclusicely Americans,
aud .t is proper that the American Democracy
should clearly define its relations thereto:—
Therefore,
Resolved, That the foundation of this union
of States having been laid iu its prosperity, ex
pansion, and pre-eminent example in free gov
ertiment, built upon entire freedom in matters
of religious concern, and no respect of persons
in regard to rand or place of birth, no party
canjmtly be deemed national, constitutional,
or iu accordance with American principle®,
which bases its exclusive organization upon
religious opinions aud accidental birth-place.
That we reiterate with renewed energy of
purpose the well considered declarations of for
mer Conventions upon the sectional issues of
domestic slavery, and concerning the reserved
rights of the States : aud that wc may more
distinctly meet the issue on which a sectional
party, subsisting exclusively ou slavery agita
tion, now relies to test the fidelity of the people
North and South, to tne Constitution and the
Union.
Resolved, That claiming fellowship with, and
desiring the co-operation of all who regard the
preservation ofti.e Union under the Constitu
tion as the paramount issue, and repudiating
all sectional parties and platforms concerning
domestic slavery, which seek to embroil the
States and inc te to treason and to armed re
sistance to law in the Territories, and whose
avowed purposes, if cousumated, .oust end in
civil war and disunion, the Ameaican Democ
racy recognise and adopt the principles contain
ed in the organic laws establishing the Terri
tories of Kansas and Nebraska, as embodying
the only sound aud safe solution of the slavery
question up j i which the great national
idea of the people of this whole country can
repose in its determined conservatism of tbe
Union ; noninterference by Congress with sla
very instates and Territoris; that this was
the basis of the compromises of 1850, confirm
ed by both the Democratic and Whig parties
in national conventions, ratified by the people
in tbe election of 1852, and rightly applied to
the organ zntion of Territories in 1854 ; that
by the uniform application of this democratic
principle to the organization of Territories and
the admission of new States, with or without
domestic slavery, as they may elect, the equal
rights of all the States will be preserved intact
the original compacts of the Constitution
nia.ntaned inviolate, and the perpetuation and
expansion of this Union ensured to its utmost
capacity of embracing in peace and harmony,
every luture American State tiiat may be con
stituted or aunnxed with a republican form of
government.
Resolved, That ue recognize the right of
the people of all the Territories, including Kan
sas and Nebraska, acting through the fairly
expressed will of the majority of actual resi
dents ; and whenever the number of their in
habitants justifies it, to form a constitution,
with or without domestic slavery, and be ad
mitted into the Union upon terms of perfect
equality with the other States.
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Resolved, finally, That by the condition of
the popular institutions of the old world, and
the dangerous tendency of sectional agitation,
combined with the attempt to enforce civil and
reli ions disabilities against the right of ac
quiring citizenship iu our own land, tbe high
and sacred duty is devolved with increased re
sponsibility upon the Democratic party of this
country, as the party of tbe Union, to uphold
and maintain the right of every State ; and
thereby the Union of the States; and sus
tain and advance among us constitutional liber
ty by continuing resist all monopolies and
exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few,
at the expense of tbe many. And, by the vig
ilant adherence to these principles, and the coin
promises of the Constitution, which are broau
and strong enough to embrace und uphold the
Union as it was, and the Union as it is, the
Union as,it shall be, in the full expansion ol
tbe energies and capacities of this great pro
gressive people.
First Resolved, That the question connec
ted with the foreign policy of the. country is
inferior to no domestic question whatever. Tbe
time has come for the people of the United
States to declare themselves in favor »f fr*c
-eas and progressive free trade throughcut th*
world. And, by solemn manifestations, tc
place their moral influence by the side of then
succee. ful example. ’
Second—Resolved, That our geographical <
and political position with reference to the oth
ar States of this Continent, no less than the
interests of our commerce and the. developmental
of our growing power, requires that we hold to
the sacred principles involved in the Monroe
doctrine. Their bearing and import admit ol
no misconstruction, and shonld be applied with
unbending rigidity.
Third—Resolved, That the great highway
which Nature as well as the assent of the Stales
most immediately interested in its maintenance
has marked out lor the free communication be
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans,con
stitutes one of the most important achievements
to be realized by the spirit of moderation, in
the unconquerable energy of our people, ami
that rcsnlt should be secured bv a timely and
efficient exertion of the control which we hav<
a right to claim over it. And no power on
earth should be suffered to impede or clog ih
by any interference with relations that
it may suit our policy to establish with the
government of the States within whose domin
ion it lies ; and we can, under no circumstan
ces, surrender our preponderate, in the adjust
ment of all questions arising out of it.
Fourthly—Besolved, That in view of s
commanding nn interest, the people of the Uni
ted States, cannot but sympathise the efforts
which are being made by the people of Central
America to regenerate that portion of the Con
tinent which .covers the f assage across the
oceanic Isthmus.
Fifthly—Resolved, That the Democratic
party will expect from the next Administration
every proper < ffort to be m.tde to insure out
ascendancey in the Gulf of Mexico, and main
tain a permanent protection of the great out
lets through which are emptied into its water,
the products raised on the soil, and commodi
dities created by the industry, of the peoph
of our Western valleys and the Union at largt
4®c- A gentleman by the n >me of Pitman.
met with an accident on the Muscogee rail road
a few days since, which rendered it newssan
for him to have one of his legs amputated.
Since 1850 up to the present time, 169
persons have been killed, and 279 wounded, in
this country, by explosions, Ac., of lamps con
taining Camphine or burning fluid.
T. BURKE, PROPRIETO
NUMBER 45.
Later frein Europe,
ARRIVALFOTHE STEAMSHIP
ERICSSION.
New York, June 12.—The I-Invre line steam
ship Ericsson, Capt. Lowber, bus arrived with
Liverpool dates to Wednesday. May 28tb.
The Liverpool Cotton Market was dull, and
exhibits a decline of 1-16 to 1 8.
Goods and Yarns have both declined.
The Flour market is easier.
I Wheat has declined Id. to 2d.
| Consols have advanced 3-8, and arc now
I quoted at 94 3-4.
Political news are generally unimportant.
Thero is a new Russian loan contemplated.
The Italian question remains unsettled.
Denmark was putting Le.i fleet on a war
foo'iug.
Spain is determined to enforce the claims of
her subjects against Mexico.
There is nothing new iu the affairs of Eog
and.
From t .eAugsta Constitutionalist
“ 7'lie repeal of tbe Missouri Compromise
law is regarded by the Fillmore paity as reck
less and unwise," aud Mr. Fillmore views ’t
with “profound regret,” aud yet he is claimed
as a "true friend of the South.”— Augusta
Constitutionalist.
Such flings as the above come with an ill
grace at the present day. We ask tbe Consti
tutionalist w. s not Mr. Buchanan, its o wn can
didate, also “opposed to the repeal of tlfo M is
souri Compromise,” and did he not regard that
measure as “reckless and unwise?” lube, too,
hostile to the South ? We invite an answer.
Sua. Republican, 11M, tn*/.
1 he Savannah Republican will (inn us prompt
to answer their question, by giving a portion
of the reply of Mr. Buchanan, in a letter, to
Senator Slidell, dated London. D c. 28 1855
and published iu the Washington Union, April
4th, 1856:
“The question has been settled by Congress
and this settlement should be inflexibly main
tained. The Missouri Compromise is gone, and
gone forever. But no assault should be made
upon those Democrats who maiutaind it, provi
ded they are now willing, in good lailh, to
maintain the settlement us it exists. Such on
uudeistandinir is wise ar4 just in itself.
“It is well known how 1 labored in compa
ny with southern men to have this line exten
ded to the Pacific ocean. But it has departed
Ihe time for it has passed away, and I verily
believe that the best—nay, the only—mode now
left ol putting down the fanatical reckless spir
it of Abolition at the North,’is to adhere to
the existing settlement without the slightest
thought or appearance of wavering and with
out regarding any stoim which may be raised
against it."
There is nothing to be found in this language
about the “profound regret" felt, nor no hope
indulged of bringing back the country to tbe
enactment, of that measure.
When Mr. Buchanan returned from England
be was waited upon by a committee ot the
Pennsylvania Btate Democratic Convention,
who presented him a series of resolutions adop
ted by the Convention. Oue of them read
thus :
Resolved, That in the repeal of the act known
as the Missouri Compromi.e Aet, and the pas
sage of the net organizing the Territories of
Kansas and Nebraska, fee from unconstitu
tional restrictions, the ’ast Congress performed
a work of patriotic sacrifice, in the meetimr the
demands of sectional excitement by unshaken
adherence so the fundamental law.
Mr. Buchanan, in bis reply said, “ I hear
tily adopt the resolutions of tha Convention."
As our friends below have invited an answer
wo have given them this very hurried one—but
we think it will do.
The Nomination in New York.—The New
York Journal of Commerce says:
The news of the nomination was received by
the Democrats of this city with rejoicing. The
welk’n was soon made to ring with peals of
cannon, which continued, atshort intervals, for
at least an honr The gun used on the occa
sion, was captured from the British at Sara
toga, und it wus fired by the Buchanan Vol
unteer Association. Li the evening, a hundred
guns were fired under the auspices of the. Dem
ocratic General Committee. Tammany Hal
was illuminated, and a huge bonfire built in
front of it. The Tammany ratification will
lu kc place on Wednesday evening next.
Tbe appointment is welt received by the
public generally. Mr. Buchanan’s 'election
will be considered a guarantee for domestic
quiet on the basis of the Constitution, and for
friendly relations with foreign powers. We
think we can promise h m a liberal support
from the commercial community of this city.
fiGY* I here are a couple of Abolition editors
*iu Connecticut who think, iu view of the canning
administered to Possum ciumuer. tliut "Brooks
ought to be shut dowu like a wild beast,” and
that “the elaves of tbe . outh ought to be set
free, and placed in a condition to take care of
themselves." Wo honestly believe that a regi
ment o! just such fellows as toese Wouldn’t
venture u light with the aforesaid Brooks single-
Lauded, especially it Broukd had a new Rutm
percba cane. ®
As to placing the Southern slaves upon a
■war looting,” wc should want no better troops
i Lun they, armed with h'K-s and pitchfbika,
to drive ail such miscreant Abolitionists ucrosa
the Canada line. It is a misfortune of AbolU
tionism that its votaries won't fight.
One of these tallows, who proposes to arm
and instigate the staves of the whole Southern
country to a servile war against the whites, in
the same number of his paper urges the women
to arm themselves and go to Kansas, and there
assit in upholding “freedom.” We like the
idea. The women certainly have more pluck
than those fellows who surrendered L vWrcnce
(he other day, and took receipts for their ri- •
lies.
Two children of Mr. DoNoron, of ./
Evansville, la., di, d tri m drinking coffee with
which tobacco had become accidentally mx
ed.
The value of foreign goods impo ted at
the port of Boston during the week ending 6th
iust., amounted o 8696 833.
Ex-President Roberts, of Liberia, is in Ewr
and, and will, it w said, visit the United duu.s
before returning home.
*0“ Mrs. Julia Dean IJnyne left New York
on Tuesday week, on a professional tour around
the world. Sue is to pluy in California, Act
iralia.the East Indies and England.
Kellis Excellency Herschel V. Johnson
will deliver tuc Aumversiry Oral ion before the
Literary Societies of Ugkthorpe University on
• lommeuceiuexit day, Juiy 23d.—— Federal
Unioi •