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From the New York Tribune of the 2 Gth.. The Black Republican Terms. MR. STEPHENS’ TERMS CONSIDERED. Mr. Stephens* Speech—the North and the South. To the Hon. H. Stephens, of Georgia: Sir: In common with thousands of Northern Republicans, 1 have read your statesmanlike protest against the ill-con sidereil secession movement of the ex treme South. But while its conciliatory 1 spirit hfts awakened my sincere respect for yourself, the conditions which you prescribed as essential to the permanence of our Union seems to me inadmissable on the part of the North, and wholly in consistent with the possibilities of the case. Believing that the Union is still theoretically possible between the two sections (in spite of the discrepancy of our principles,) upon terms honorable to both, let me briefly state the case, and ask for it your candid consideration. The people of the South (I use the ! word in its legal sense) maintain slavery i in their States as a fundamental institu-’ tion of society. They prefer to dissolve j the Union rather than to emancipate their slaves. While of this opinion, they cannot, of course, accede to any j proposition which would delegate to the I General Government any power of legis-l lation on that subject. This, as North-/ ern men, we can readily comprehend, j We, the people of the North, on the? other hand, are profoundly convincedi that slavery is politically a blunder, and! morally a crime. While so convinced,/ we cannot, as honest men, directly or in/ directly consent to endorse or sustain it\ To take any such action through theGovA ernments of our States, or through the! General Government, of which we maw form a part, is impossible. To return your fugitives, or to permit the introduce tion of slavery into the National TerritoA ries, places us in a false position, de-j grades us in our own eyes, and violates!* our sense of right. \ Mr. Stephens, how can you, or anyN other honest Southern man, look at tliej matter from our stand-point, and therw ask us to do so contemptible an act?—* What would you say if we should propose to you a Union and a Constitution which guaranteed murder, polygamy, adultery, or infanticide, as an essential condition of the compact ? You would spurn such an alliance. So must we do, if you require us to enforce a fugitive slave law, and to guarantee slavery in the Territories. Do you say that the cases are not paraded ? Perhaps not. But, while we so regard them, what is to be done? That the con-’ science of the North, after thirty years of discussion, is to day placed in this di lemma, is one of the hard facts of the 1 case. However lamentable you may deem our error, as a statesman you cannot ig nore this difliculty. If a political alli ance between our sections can only be continued at the sacrifice of honesty and self-respect on either side, then it can no longer be desirable. If the maintenance of your pro-slavery Georgia resolutions of 1850, with your extra plank of an in stant repeal of all personal liberty bills by our Northern Legislatures, is indeed the Southern ultimatum, then a disolution of the Union is inevitable. But is there not still a basis of agree ment possible ? If you dissolve our Un ion, you must bid farewell to your fugi tives. The Canada line will move south ward to your very borders. In this res pect you will gain nothing. You will therefore lose nothing by conceding to us in the Union the right to obey our convictions of duty. Cease, then, to make the fugitive act a condition of our partnership. If you dissolve the Union and divide the present Territories we shall still grow faster than yourselves. The tide of European imigration will still flow in upon our shores. With the demand for additional territory will come a supply. Even the South would scarcely ask the Northern section of the white race to halt in its onward march towards the Pa cific and the Equator; soon we shall sur round you. Will not this be a practical prohibition of the extension of slavery quite as effectual as any Wilmot Provi so? But. in case of a dissolution, peace and fraternity will not long be possible.— Conflicts will arise. No arbitrament will remain; a resort to arms will follow; blood will be soon shed. The fault will doubtless be on both sides. Where will j this fratricidal'conflict end? Will your j beloved institution be permanent amid i scenes of carnage ? I Family quarrels are proverbially the j j most bitter. To-day, even our ultra j Abolitionists generally deprecate insurrection and condemn the movement’ j (while they respect the motives) of John j Brown. After civil contest has awaken-j ed the fiercest passions, it is to be feared i that we shall be less considerate. Here, then, is the programme deman ded by the situation of affairs : A political union between North and j South strictly limited and confined to the! province of general and mutual intereslpfj wherein the rights of the Southern States’! to exclusive legislation on the subject ofl slavery within their own borders shall he I recognized, wherein the questions of the I rendition of fugitives and the extention j jof slavery shall be the will of the majo-j jrity, even if the decisision be adverse to; i your preferences. If such a Union is better than ,‘evoli tion and bloodshed, it is practicable-*- \ nay, it already exists. No other Union I is possible,^— _ Read! Read t! Read 111 f The following resolutions of a Repub lican Convention held at Adrian, Michi gan, on the 17th and 18th days of No-! vember, 1860, were mailed to Governor Brown, from that place, and received at the Executive office; What say Geor gians to these demonstrations ? Do they promise peace to us in the Union in fu ture ?— Fed. Union. Resolved , That, in the recent electioni of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency® we recognise, not so much a change the party leaders and moving spring*cK the Government, as in the people selves, nor do we expect so muchlil change in the powers on the throne, as] lms already appeared and is hcc.(||j||® more and more manifest in the power be hind the throne, Tiie people .And we confidently assure the seceding States especially, that the York Herald is the very best authority we can Consult, as to the <h ter mination of the Northern people to resfjH even unto death, every demand of th§fi| slave power; that whatever may enact or repeal, or State Legislature® led by demagogues, may decree, thtvf-'’o*l pie will repeal all “ Fugitive Slave Law§,fß and will enact and execute too, all man-? ner of Personal Liberty Bills, will build and run a net wjp|cof Underground fiaii-J roads that shal| people Canada wifir t-he| | best and bravest of the slaves; will jgivej aid to every NaFTurner who surrection against his tyrant HiadHsHH honor with Lafayette every John who goes to Ins assistance ; and in epfery possible way the Herald has ed they will, regardless of all laws,.lpC- j stitutions or demagogue obstruct, and trample on slave# wr|t>al view to its total and eternal -‘destmcl.lanij Resolved, That coming up to this vention from among the people, not: of this but adjoining States, we hesitate? not to warn the Southern States against any soft words from the New York Trib une, or any other Republican organ, as to the safety and security of the slave sys tem, under Mr. Lincoln’s administration; for the people have voted for their Pres ident under the solemn assurance that there is, and is to be, “ an irrepressible conflict” with slavery till its utter ex termination, and that conflict they are de termined to Avage, whatever their Presi dent or Party advisers may perform to the contrary, till even by bloody revolu tion, if other means fail, their glorious ob ject shall be completely gained. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be signed by the President and Secretaries of this Convention, and fowarded to the New York Herald and Tribune, and to the Governors of Virgin ia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. L\m dt xmM V W DLiAlmd, TO SUIT ALL THE ®@iiTS©F@£©RSm, For Sate at this Office. In order to change the Stock heretofore kept* I OETEB -A.IjL 3* T3T READY MADE CLOTHING 2P m X^F&& , 9C , ;j§'’ ‘lljk fpPo O SB iF* O 3=B. O & IS l My assortment is very large, comprising Goods from tlie lowest grades to the very finest, and all recently bought. S. JONAS, door below Mr. Ducker’s Furniture Store. decs-lm. irrr | f ZMAASOHSTS * \ I A fjjwt fws.s foil mtt,\ f I \ Rear of City Hall, Up Stairs, Rome, Ga. i I// X CARDS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, POSTERS, A? \ fII m LABELS, BLANKS, BILLHEADS, A* \\ / NOTES OP HAND, &c. Sh* . \\ . M/EEf k ! A® MAM r FACTOR FB OF ’ Tin. Sheet Iron &Cos v? A; MaMIALiAts i \ v : r . : o v AyiJ.iPUMFS, HpUSEFURNISHifO GOODS, W large and well spje--’ Cooking* & STOVES, SUITABLE FOR CO U Aft 1VOOI), ALWAYS ON LOW FOR CAS!!. iALI; Mm WORM order : Cash on delivery PpSItEM AND ROOFING HKINE IN THE BEST STYLE. All accounts considered due on the Ist of July and Ist of January, and settlements must be made at those times. A. W. CALDWELL. octJ.ly. Broad St., Rome. Ga. TEXAS VALLEI LAI FOR SALE. milE subscriber offers for sale bis Farm in Tex ■t- as Valley. Floyd county, seven miles from the City of Romo. The place contains 320 acres 80 of which have been cleared three years, and will produce eight barrels of Corn, or from 1000 to 1200 lbs. of Cotton per acre. About 100 acres in bottom, and it is said to be the best Farm in the Valley. There are on the premises good new cabbins and a good barn, and a never failing stream runs through it. Apply to W. B. Terhune, Esq., Rome, Ga., to . A. H DA VIS, Jr. * Democrat, copy 6 times in Weekly and forward bill to A. H. DAVIS, Jr octlOtf. Rome, Ga,< FOR SALE. i House and Lot, containing /\ 10 acres of Land. Situated !on the Ala., road, one and <iuartcrjfcaf M. mile West of Rome. A good tage house, two large rooms, two chimneys; with Smoke-house, Stable, crib anil cow-house, and a well of water. In all, it is a very convenient and desirable residence for a person of moderate means and I will sell it low and on accommodating terms. GEO. N. YARBROUGH. nov2B. dt. 0. W. LANGWORTHY ftrfßsna PBGFKSSOB ()F orcmm, GUITAR, AND YOGAL MUSIC, ROME, CA. Sept 26 60 —ly — LAISTG-WORTH^S BOARDING HOUSE. TTAVING purchased the House formerly occu pied by Mrs M P. Whitaker, it has been most thoroughly- renovatedT(7ml neivFy m J l ukntsjic(l. and is now oufen for accommodation of boa'vders by the subse^her. Rates oh-t?oard will be. per single meal. 30 •• day, 5 • 35 J •• Week, 6 50 Without Room, will be. “ Month M 00 With “ t; “ Month, 16 00 Wood, lights and Washing, will be furnished at reasonable rates. C. W. LANG WORTH V. Proprietor. sept2otf. A. A. Shaw, Supt. PROF, C. W. LANGWORTHY’S Next session of instrumental mu sic. will open on JfiOJl'E), I IN Gin of Jl UG IjST, IS6O. —ALSO— HIS VOCAL CLASS, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 6TH OF AUG. To continue 20 weeks ; two nights per weekm Terms for Vocal Music, $lO, in advance. sept'26 C. W. LAYGWORTHY, AGENT FOB AND DEALER IN w# MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS, ROME, GA. DRIGGS’ celebrated PIANOS always on hand. September, 26th, : 60—ly. FOR SALE. undivided half of the Brick Store-house, and ground on which it is situated, between the Choice House H * * ■ and Buena Vista, on Broad Street, in city. Apply to W. B. Tcrlnine, Esq., in city or, ‘ LEWIS CAMPBELL. Rawlingsville, Ala. If not sold before sale day in January, will be auctioned oil'. oct3l. NOTICE* ALL persons indebted to George N. Yarbrough and the firm of Yarbrough & Langston, either by note or account, will make it to their interest to call and settle immediately, as We have sold out and are determined to collect. GEO. N. YARBROUGH, H. M. LANGSTON, Rome. Oct, M-lin,