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3 in the afternoon, at the Court House, in the county 61
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Sales of Negroes must be made at public auction on the
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Jinary for leave to sell Land, must be publ shed for two
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onths before any order absolute shall be mad* thereon by
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J. A. B. WILLIAMS,
A TT O RN E Y~ AT LA W ,
GItIFFIN, GEORGIA.
TV/dLL practice in the Counties composing the Flint
VV Circuit. Iy permission, refers to Hon. Hiram War
ner, Greenville ; Ltvi M. Adams, Greenville ; Hoh. G. J
Green, Griffin ; lion. Jumes H. Stark, Griffin ; Rev. Will
iam Moseley, Griffin.
Juuo 2nd, 1856 C..... .ly.
JOSEPH A. THRASHER,... JAMES M. HAHBRICK
THRASHER & HAMBRICK,
ATTORNE Y S A T L A W
-McDaiioligli, Georgia.
April 30, 185 G 1. .. .ly
F. W. A. DOYLE, R. R. RANSONE.
DOYLE & RANSONE,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
Griffin Georgia.
April 16, 1856 50... ,3m
L- T. DOYAL, G. M. NOLAN.
DOYAL & NOLAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JU,.>>... U.._l, . .. Weoi^la.,
WILL practice in the counties of Henry. Fulton, Fay
ette, Coweta. Spalding, Butts, Monroe and Newton
MS-Reference—i'Demaeivex.'Tfc*
April 2, 1856......48....1y
• • q. C. GRICE,
ATTO RNE Y A T LA W, I
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA.
May 15,1856 3.’.... .If.
JAMES 11. STARK,
ATTORNL Y A T L A W ,
Griffin, Georgia^
WILL practice in tire Courts of the Flint Circuit, and
iu the Supreme Court at Atlauta and Macou.
Feb. 13, 1856. t. .41... .ly
JARED IRWIN WHITAKER,
ATTORNEY AT LA IV,
Office front Rooms, over John R. Wallace & Bros., corner
of White Hall and Alabama streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
January 30,1856... .ts
W. L. GORDON,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA i
January 30, 1856 39..... .ly
HENRY HENDRICK,
attorney at law,
Jackson, Butts County, Georgia.
May 3, 1855.
danieL&, DISMUKE,
Attorneys at Law,
Will practice in the District Court of the United States
•at Marietta.
Griffin, Georgia.
L. R. DANIEL, D. DISMUKE.
May 3,1855. ______
W. POPE JORDAN,
Attorney at Law,
...Georgia.
WILL practice iu all the counties of th Flint Circuit.
May 3,1855.
J. 11. MANGHAM,
Attorney at Law,
GRIFFIX, GEORGIA.
May 3, 1855-ly 1
\VM. 11 F. lIALL,
ATTOIt NE Y AT LAW,
ZEBULON GEORGIA.
July 4, 1800. °~ tf
A D. NUNNALLY,
A T T O RNE Y A T L A W ,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
June, 27,1855.
UNDERWOOD, HAMMOND & SON,
attorneys at law,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Wj give peivoual attention to all business entrusted
to their management, and attend the Sixth Circuit
Courtof the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court
*t Macon and Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb,
Morgan, Newton, DeKalb, Fulton, layette, Spalding, I ike,
Cass Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Coweta, Troup,
Whitfield and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton county,
(Chattanooga,) in Tennessee. May 3,1855. tt
W. I#. GBICE, WM. S. WALLACE.
GRICE & WALLACE,
A TTORFEYS AT LA W,
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
IVERSONS intrusting business to them may rely on their
X fidelity, promptness and care. Dec. 10, ’55-33-ly.
GAUTREIaL & GLENN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WILL attend the Conrte in. the .Counties of Fulton, Be-
Kalb Favette, Campbell, Men wether, Coweta, Car-
FoSy olwSgtoi.Oa. I FormerlyofMcDoarupb,Ga.
May IC, 1855. .
€mmxt HHi State
DR. KNOTT
HAS changed his residence and office to tlio first lot be
low Jlre. Reeves 2 Boarding House, on the east side of
the Railroad, nearly opposite the Freiyht Depot, where he
may be found at ail times ready to attend to calls, except
when professionally engaged.
Griffin, Ga., May 3.1855 - jy
DR. BROWN
HAVING associated himself iu the practice of Medicine
and Surgery, with Dr. Wit. M. HARDWICK, would,
by this means, introduce him to the confidence and patron
age of the community, satisfied that they will find him wor
thy and well qualified to fulfil all the duties incumbent on
him as a Physician—under tile firm, name and style of
HARDWICK & BROWN,
83“ During the absence of Dr. Brown, Dr. Hardwick wil
always be found iu the Office, unless profevuonally engaged
WM. M. HARDWICK,... H. W* BKOWX,
Grifiln, May 14, 1856 3....tf
9. M. WJLLiAMS.r
R ESI DUN T PHY SIC 1A N,
GRIFFIS. tiKOKGIA.
Hill Street, over Banks'Boot & Shoe Store.
May 3, 1855. ts
TENDERS his professional services as a Physician and
Surgeon, to the citizens of Griffin and vicinity.
Hir Office on the same lioor with the Empire State,*t£&
GrilHu, March 5, 1856. 44. .. .ly
SCI&RHUS BREAST can be CURED
LET THE PUBLIC READ !
IN mercy to the afflicted, and the gratitude and high opin
ion 1 entertain of DR. MOSELEY as a Surgeon and Phy
sician. I deem it my duty to mention the case of my Wife,
hoping at the same time that all persons similarly afflicted,
may be bcuefitted by it, In the first part of this year, my
wile had several small lumps make their appearance in her
breast ; they continued to increase in size, until the whole
breast became a diseased mass,and very painful, [procured
the best medical aid in the city of Route,and notwithstanding
tin earnest and faithful attention of our most skillful physi
cians, she continued to grow worse and worse, until they
gave the case up as incurable, and advised amputation. 1
was advised by many of my friends, to visit Dr. Moseley, of
Griffin, Ga., which 1 did, and, astonishing as it may seem,
he had her entirely cured within me month, and she is now
in good health.’ 1 would advise all who are afflicted with
Scirrl.us, and Cancerous affections to visit the Doctor with
out delay, as I am satisfied bv experience and observation,
that he is the most skillful physician iu the Southern States,
iu the treatment of that horrible disease—cancer.
WM. H. MITCHELL,
M. E. MITCHELL,
Daughter of J. W. Bradbury, ROme. Ga. •
Rome, Ga.. October 25, 1854. 5-1 y
GRIFFIN HOTEL.
mTIIIS large and commodious Hotelis now
open for the accommodation of the public. The
furniture is new, and the rooms comfortable and
well ventilated. The table will at all times be
supplied with the best the market affords, and
no pains will be spared to render the guest comfortable. I
also have in connection with the house, the large and roomy
stable, formerly occupied by W. S. Birge, by which stock
eau and will be well taken care of.
R. F. M. MANN, Proprietor.
Griffin, Feb. 13, 1856... .41... .ts
XXacls. Lines.
/SZgVtSf.d- The undersigned being the Con
tractor to transport the U. States
Mail on routes. Nos. 6339 and 6340.
■.*o. takes this method of informing
the public generally, that he will run his Hack as follows:
Leave Griffin Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays via Erin,
Warnesville, Jones’ Mills, Greenville and Mountville—ar
rive at La'Grange the same days. Leave LuGrange Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays* via the places above men
tioned—arrive at Griffin the same days. Leave Griffin
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays via Zebulon and Flat
Shoals, and arrive at Greenville the same days. Leave
Greenville Mondays. Wednesdays ami Fridays via the pla
ces above mentioned, and arriveat Griffin the same days.
1 will further add, that 1 have good teams and sober dri
vers, who will spare no nains iu making passengers com
sortable, and put them through in good time, at very mode
rate prices. R. F. M. MANN, Proprietor and Contractor
Feb. 13, 1856....41 ts
CARRIAGE, CABINET
AND
SASH MAKING!!
THE subscriber takes pleasure in announ
cing to the citizens of Griffin and sur
rounding country, that lie still continues tin
business of CARRIAGE and CABINET Making, c akRIA
GES, BUGGIES, and WAGONS made to order at short no
tice. A few of the best made Buggies always on hand.
He lias recently added to liis establishment the business of
I SASH M AKlNG—cheap, and good as the best.
scs, newstylc. He will be found at his old stand, always
ready towait upon bis customers. Give him a call.
A. BELLAMY.
Griffin, Aug. 29,1855....18....tf
J. K. WILLIAMS, JNO. RIIEA, WM. M. WILLIAMS.
J. E. WILLIAMS k CO.,
Successors to J. E. Williams,
General Commission Merchants,
AND DEALERS IN
GRAIN, BACON, LARI). FEATHERS, and TEN
NESSEE PRODUCE, GENERALLY,
Decatur Street, near tlic “Trout House,” Atlanta, Ga.
srLetters of inquiry, in relation to tlic Markets, Ac.,
promptly answered. May 10,1855.-3tf
U L. WRIGHT,
EXCHANGE BROKER ,
ATLANTA, GEO.
WILL attend to collections entrusted to him. and remit
promptly, at current rates of Exchange: buy and sell
uncurrent Bank Notes, Ooin, &c. The highest cash price
paid for Bounty Land Warrants. Apply:) W. C.
Wright, Griffin, Ga.f for sale of Land Warrants.
REFERENCES.— John Thompson, Banker, N0.2, Wall
street, and Carhart, Bno. & Cos., New York; Converse
A Cos., New Orleans. Atlanta, May 16, ’55 ts
MARSHALL COLLEGE.
BEING left alone in the managemet of this Institution for
the present, the rates of tuition will be as follows :
Ist Term. 2d Term.
For Spelling, Reading, Writing. Ac 10 00 8 00
For Arithmetic, Geography,Grammar, Ac.. 12 00 10 00
Foi Algebra, Philosophy,Geometry,Ac 14 00 12 00
For Latin, Greek, Trigonometry, Ac sl6 00 sl4 00
*s,No extra charges, except for damage to the College
Building
The first term will close about the 4th of July.
The second term will'begin on the 4th of August, and
close about the last of November. J. M. CAMPBELL.
Griffin, Feb. 13, 1856. ■. .41. ■. ts .■
Fulton ifM House.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
D. L. GORDON, Proprietor.
January 30th, 1856. .39. ly.
PEAS, FLOUR AND BACON.
JUST received and lor sale, by A. B. MATHEINB &
CO.
100 bushels Peas.
10,000 lbs. Flour.
14,000 lbs. more of choice Bacon.
April, 16th 1850... .50 ts.
THe Best
BUSINESS STAND IN ATLANTA FOR SALE.
Iwill sell my store and stand, at the comer of Waite Hall
and Mitchell'Street*, at a fair price, for cash, or on rea
sonable terms, to a prompt and punctual purchaser. Call
aud look,as lam making a change in my business. If 1
was going to continue in the mercantile business, I would
not dispose of it at any price. W. W. ROARK.
Atlanta, March 19, 1856 45-. ts
“ |fo peif |p Hfe| conitacfs cRt fotect?—The toijole Mates teliwl is Cal'S.”
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 9, 1850.
For the Empire State.
The Crisis—The Duty.
Mr. Editor : From man’s restless nature,
from his reckless disposition and proclivity to
wild adventure upon the sea of political strife,
when at liberty to follow his own inclinations,
it is not surprising that. Republics have been
in every age, and in all probability ever will
be, exposed to periodical returns of popular
j commotion and civil strife. This in the nature
!of things is inevitable, and it is doubtless well
that it should be so. Ltke the lashing storm
that upheaves old ocean’s depths, and serves
to purify its waters, giving a more exquisite
delight to the succeeding calm, these parox
ysms of high political exetement call forth
free discussion, and by the collision oi cca
dieting argument, evolve the brilliant light of
truth, informing the minds of the masses, and
imparting additional stability to the great fun
damental principles of free government.
But then there are limits which should not
be transcended ; there is a crisis beyond which
if we pass, the most deplorable resu'ts will
speedily follow, r.nd from which we may not be
able to retrace our steps without Ignominy and
shame. As the prudent manner before he
launches his vessel out upon a tempestuous sea,
carefully examines her rigging, and all other
importont component parts of her structure, to
ascertain whether she is ‘sea-fit,’ so this should
teach us to see well to it that we shield and
fortify our country as fur as in our power may
be, against the fierce assaults of faction, against
the violent ravings of sectional strife, and the
patricidal attempts of an infatuated fanaticism
wherever found. That our country is rapidly
approaching a momentous crisis iu its politietd
history, is worse than futile now for any one
to undertake to deny. We have hot to look
around us, and the political gorgnn is seen cn
every side so terrific n eppearai efi as to make
the heart, of the stoutest patriot quake for
fear ! The land of Washington is evidently
on the verge of a mighty volcano, that by its
disruptive energy, may soon convulse it to the
centre, and overvv he m it in i: r trieveable ruin !
The last hope of iVe.-.dom and the world, is
periled on the issue ! The bright memories
of the past so cheering to the soul, die green
graves of our venerated and illustrious s.res,
so dear to every American heart, the glowing
prospect of our country's future greatness, and
the i xl ilirating visions of her muretlian glory,
all, all are staked on the dire result of fire ad
uncertainty.
Who, unmoved, can look upon die scene ?
Where is the American citizen so lost to every
patriotic recollcc ion of the virtues of his im
mortal ancestors ? So oblivious of their chiv
alrous deeds of sdf-sacrifi e, and hemic valor
in the stormy times .of the r evolution ? And
so dead to every sentiment of pride nd pu-tr*
otism, as to fold It is arms in his listless indif
ference, while momentous results arc transpir
ing thick and last around him ? Ihe fires of
civil war are already blazing upon our borders,
section is arrayed against section in deadly
strife ; the conflict waxes hot ; and ns the ar
tillery pours its fatal fire almg the lengthened
lines of opuosingyet fraternal hosts, tlie migh
ly pillars of our Republic tremble beneath the
awful shock; her towering spins quiver on the
blast, and hope grows paie at the sight of low
ering clouds in the distance that threaten to
break in destruction over our devoted country.
Mr. Editor, the above is no extravagant
picture of the state of things a* present exist
ing within the limits of this great and once
glorious Union. The agitation of the slavery
question, whhh, in its incipience, received its
merited rebuke and condemnation, has gradu
ally expanded its dimensions, and enhuged its
proportions by the accession of every aboli
tionary and kindred element at the North, aid
ed by supineness in other quarters of the coun
try, and inexorable party divisions at the
South, until it now threatens to engulph every
other interest in its yawn ug vortex at the ha
zard of every tie that binds together these con
federate states. By what means it acquired
its'present collossal power, may be readily as
certained without going back beyond the
foundation of the American Pvrty—and far be
it from me to cast anv reproach upon the loy
alty and patriotism of the Southern wing of
this party. At the time the American Tarty
was organized, the Whig Party, dismayed by
defeat and disaster, was fast sinking into hope
less ruin. At the North it was infected with
the loathsome disease of abolitionism, which,
like a canker, was rapidly devouring its life
Freesoilers and the “friends of freedom,” were
then comparatively impotent and without in
ttnetice in the counsels of our country ; they
were divided at home, and divided in the Na
tional Legislature ; and the Nebraska Kansas
Bill was passed triumphantly over their heads
—conservative patriotism scented to be fast
regaining its ancient ascendant by the removal
of the odious and Unconstitutional Missouri
restriction. But 10, a change ! In the ever
restless minds of political jugglers, the bright
conception of anew party is formed Iu the
upheavals of the political elements, the Amer
ican Party, as if by some magic power, or un
der the influence of some mystic incantations,
makes its wonderiul appearance ! Anew era
hails the drooping spirits of conquered parties.
A large majority of the Wb gs, so long true
to the Constitution and their country, having
become dissatisfied because of defeat and still
smarting from the blows received from their old
enemies, the Democrats, eagerly grasped the
new project here at the South, joined by many
discontented spirits from the Democracy, in
the hope of restoring their former prestige, and
acquiring new laurels upon their unsought po
litical battle-fields. V\ hat lias since been their
success, 1 need not stop here to recount, as all
are familiar with the facts.
At the North a different motive power im
pelled together the hitherto dissenting incohe
rent raass'es of abolitionism. Urged on by a
common jtorpose, opposition to slavery, the
myriad hosts of freesoilers of every stripe and
color, forgot old party differences, buried old
party prejudiced beneath the clod of oblivion,
grasped each other in the fond embraces of a
more enduring friendship ; and having mar
shalled under the Standards of Gens. Beecher
and Parker, “terrible as an army with ban
ners,” declared perpetual war against the <
friends of slavery every where.
1 bus were united in allied harmony the di-
cordant elements of abolitionism, once power
less, now formidable.
The questions of Roman Catholicism and
foreign emigration, were stationed upon the
outposts of Northern Know Nothingism mere
ly as sentinels to guard its concealed designs
upon the safety and rights of the South.—
They are the masqned battery behind which
onr Institutions have been attacked with a ma
lignant hatred and venmi never before equal
ed in our country’s history.
During this gr-mt political revolution, in
which powerful parties.have fallen, and others
risen Upon their ruins, the Democratic. Party
alone has stood firm and undaunted, faithful
to itself, faithful to the Constitution, faithful
to the Union.! Possessing all the elements of
eonservativeism so justly ascribed to the old
Whig Party, and alone being national in its
character, acknowledging no North, no South,
no East, no West, but grasping iu “all the
shore,” extending from sea to sea, and from
lake to gulf, and addressing itself to the va
ried interests of every section of our country,
it commends itse f to the adoption and suppor.,
of every patriot who wishes to see the storms
of sectional agitation ouee more calmed, and
the ship of State again sail out upon a smooth
sea. It is the last, dearest, best hope of liber
ty ; it is the Polar Star, that with gentle
light, penetiates the deep gloom and dark des
potisms of the old world, and enkind’es a love
of freedom in the human breast every where.
When it mourns, the bird of liberty droops her
pinions in languishing sorrow ; when it dies,
freedom will be placed in its shroud, and for
ever buried by its side l
Mr. Editor this is no hallucination of the
mind, no forlorn conclusion of an intoxicated
brain. I but give utterance to the deliberate
ly formed convictions of a sober judgment.
The time has come when every patriot must
choose between his party and his country. He
knows not but his vote may decide upon the
rights of the South—the fate of the Union !
If a member of the American Party, he must
decide the question, and that speedily ,wh ether
he loves his country more, and hates the for
eigner less, or the reverse He inu s t make it
up in his mind to give up Mr. Fillmore, a tried
and conservative Statesman and patriot, or
sacrifice his love of the South and the Union
to a greater love of his candidate There is
no equivocation that can screen him from this
plain and palpable duty. It is beyond the
bounds of possibility for Mr. Fillmore to be
elected Chief Magistrate of the Union with
the immense odds against him in any event ;
and a division of the Electoral vote at the
South, may serve to throw the contest into the
lower House of Congress, where his prospect
will certainly be worse than that of the Black
UeuußUcnn candidate-, Mr is dear
ly the only candidate in th? field for the Presi
dency, upon South can rely, and. at.
the same time entertain a reasonable hope of
his election. 1 hen let patriots every where
throughout the whole extent of our country,
rally around his standard, and with one unani
mous shout, rush on to victory and conquest
Let the welkin ring with hozannas of patriot
ism, and the vanquished demon of abolition
ism be driven bad: in despair to iuhale the me
phitic miasm of his fetid den.
These suggestions, thus hasti y thrown out,
it is humbly hoped, may avail somewhat in in
ducing our friends of the American Party to
pause and ponder before committing them
selves to the support of Mr. Fillmore, or any
other course of political action from which
they cannot effect gn honorable retreat.
I.’ARNEsVILLE.
A a Overwhelming Reply
In tlic course of a long, üble, and withering
reply to the oft-refuted slanders in regard to
the federalism of Mr Buchanan, the New
York Day Book says:
‘Now, the truth is, Mr. Buchanan never was
a federalist in the true sense of that term. A
federalist was- an opposer of the war of 1812;
Mr. Buchanan supporter! the war by his own
good sword. Mr. Buchanan was elected to
Congress the first tme in 1820, and as a sup
porter of Mr. Monroe s administration; yet as
this administration was support id bythofeler
alist, the l.Tintonians, and democrat’s, it gives
his enemies a chance to say that he was a fed
eralist. The true way to determine what he
was is to go to the record. Did he favor a
strict or liberal construction of the Constitu
tion? By their fruits ye shall know them.—
Now, almost the first Speech (and a most able
one it was) which Mr Bu hanan made on the
floor of Congacss was in opposition to a
Bankrupt law. In this speech he showed
its injustice to the laboring classes, and its
wrong in gr Tiling special privileges to the
few.
Upon other questions his record is equally
democratic. Party lines then were not drawn.
The old federal party had forsaken its princi
ples, aud made pretentious to the era of good
feeling, as it was called ‘A lien, however, Mr
Monroe drew the lines in his celebrated mes
sage upon internal improvement, aud in the
enunciation of the Monroe doctrifie, the goats
soon separated from the sheep. ‘1 lie former
all at once became national Republicans, and
Mr. Clay, chagrined and disappointed, joined
them. Where was Mr. Buchanan all through
this ? Did he go off after the strange gods of
the Republican party, like so many pretended
democrats of the present day ? Not at all
iVe find him unwavering in his support of dem
ocrats to principles from the day he enltred
on the floor of Congress until the present, and
we defy his enemies to prove differ cutly.- Times
& Sentinel.
©Sr 5 he Montgomery Journal , a Whig and
Fillmore paper, in its issue of the 18th hist
thus consoles itself and its friends :
“Mr Fillmore has not been posted up, or
is singularly misinformed. We bnt stated what
we have reason to believe, that Mr. Fillmore,
with his known national conservative principals
cannot carry a Northern State, running under
the flag of the Know Nothings; for the masses
of the Know Nothings themselves will not
support him. Men may gnimble at nS fur
speaking so plainly ; but we speak What We
►believe ; at leant all Who havo taken pains
to watch or notice the progress of events.—
There is no honesty or policy in attempting to
hide these facts.”
Dcmocrtic Meeting in Monroe.
Pursuant to previous notice-, a respectable
portion of the Democratic and Anti-Know
Nothing Party of Monroe county, met at the
court-house, in Forsyth, oil the first Tuesday
in this month. On motion of Col. John H,
Jossey, Coi. William °C. Redding was cal'ed
to the Chair, and Thos. B. Williams requested
to act as Secretary. !he object of the meet
ing was explained by the Chairman in a few
and pertinent remarks. On motion the meet
ing proceeded to appoint to delegates to repre
sent this county in a Convention of the Demo
cratic Party, to assemble in Milledgeville on
the 4th July, to nominate candidates tor Elec
tors for Pres dent and Vice President af the
United States. The delegates named are
Col J. S. Pinckard, Allen Cochran, Willis
Currey, James R Green, Joseph Hill, Dr. R.
L. Roddey, Duncan MeCowan, E. P. John
son, William McLane and Wia. C Redding.
Col. F. T. Polhill offered the following pre
amble and resolutions, which were unanimous
ly .adopted :
Whereas, The Democratic Party cf Mon
roc county believing that the late harmonious
action of the Cincinuatti Convention in their
nomination of President and Vice President,
has virtually buried party distinction in the
dust with all Southern men, and believing that
it would be impolitic and unwise in the great
impending crisis, that the Mouth should be di
vided, therefore cordially invite the co-opera
tion of all conservative, constitutional and
Union-loving men, omitting auy expression cal
culated to disturb the peace and harmony of
our combined action, We in the spirit of con
ciliation, recommend to all parties, the union
of the Sou\h. Be it therefore
Resolved, That James Buchanan being a
man whose reputation is as Wide as the Repub
lic, a man who has filled the highest offices in
the country, a man of large experience in the
House of Representative?, the Senate, the
Cabinet, and In the foreign service, and having
always faithfully discharged his duties to his
country, we hail his nomination for the Presi
dency as a triumph of constitutional fights, and
a stern rebuke to sectionalism.
Resolved, That in the Hon. John C. Breek
enridge, our nominee for the Vice Presidency,
we recognizo a true Democrat of high, honor
able and chivalrous character, of eminent ta
lents, and worthy of the support of all con
servative men ; and we hereby ratify his nom
ination, and pledge our unflinching allegiance
to the platform of which he and his illustrious
associate are the exponents.
Resolved, That the administration of Frank
lin Pierce has been eminently distinguished for
its strict fidelity to the Constitution, and that
he as Chief Magistrate, will ever be remember
ed with gratitude by the South, as a faithful
expounder of the same, and that he retires
from office ith all the laurels with which that
high position can crown him.
Resolved, That our country has reached a
crisis when It is incumbent upon the South to
present an undivided front against Black Re*
publicanism, and that any division in our ranks,
is giving “aid and comfort to the enemies of
the Constitution—therefore, we cordially in
vite the co-operation of all.
Col. J. S. Pinckard being called on, address
ed the meeting in his usual happy style.
On motion of Col. Allen Cochran, the Sec
retary was requested to furnish the Editors of
the Georgia Telegtaph and Empire State each
with a copy of the proceedings of this meet*
ing, with a request that they publish them.
On motion, the meeting adjourned, sine die.
WILLIAM C REDDING, Ch’n.
T. B. Williams, Secretary.
Free Love and Free Soil.
From what we read in the papers it would
seem th t Col. Fremont, the wooly horse ean
d date of the wooly heads, has all the Heredi
tary qualifications to reuder him popular With
the i igher law people of every grade-free
lovers as well as free soilors. It is knotfn that
he ran away with the daughter of Col Benton,
his present wife; but until we read the sketch
of his parents,given by the Richmond Dispatch,
we were not aware that be had inherited his
free opiuions. ‘1 he Dispatch gives alt interest*
ing history of Col Fremont’s progenitors, from
which it appears that his mother was a voting
and handsome wife of a gouty old public’ house
keeper of R ckmond, by the name of Pryor,—
Col. Pryor, he was called. Among the board”
ers at Col. Pryorls house was a French teach
er by the name of Fremont, who while giving
lessons in the language and other accomplish
ments, succeeding in indoctrinating the frail
fair one with his French morality, and eloped
with her to Norfolk, where they lived togeth
er as man and wife. In a ghort time the twain
went further SofSth, and the candidate of the
Black Republicans for the Presidency chaneed
to be a native of Savannah or Charleston
Whether they were ever married or not, the
Despatch is unable to say, though it is well
known in Richmond that the lady was never
divorced from her first husband At the Black
Republican Convention in Philadelphia, it was
urged among the claims of Col. Fremont to
the nomination, that his life was one of ‘ro
mantic interest.’ It would seem that his birth
was not less romantic that his life. But repub
licanism is equality, and in these days of Black
Republicanism we are not to inquire into a’
a man’s (.edigree. If Fremont’s blood re ation
ship to Fred Doug’ass could be established, it
would doubtless make him all the mbi*c accep
ta- le to bis party. —Morning News.
Thy Two Oaths —When Millard Fillmore
joind the Know Nothings, ho took an oath
never to appoint a Cat frolic to office, and to
remove all such from office. Now, the Consti
tution says, ‘tio religious test shall ever be re
quired, as a qualification for office or public
trust under the United States.’ If Millard
Fillmore should be elected, before he enters
upon'the duties of the President, he takes a
sol mil oath to preserve, protect, ail’d’ defend
the Constitution of the United Stat'es.” Now
bow can Fillmore take the latter oath without
being a purjufed man. There is blB oath to
appoint no Catholic to any office And there
is his oath to support the Constitution of the
U. S. which says ‘no religious test shall be re
quired,’ &c. Which oath*will ho break ?He
must break the one or the other, and there is
no escape from the dilemma. —Fed . Univn,
Slack Republican Prospect
Believing that she democratic ticket is des
tined to succeed pfobabljr by an almost unex
ampled popular and electori’ttl majority, we
have not cared to'occupy our Small space With
the dctailsoftheir movements and vaticinations
The nomination of Fremont is held on oil sides
as a Weaker one thau that of Judge McCleau
would have been; but there is a strong, and jt
will be to a very great extent, it successful ef
fort to rally all the Northern foes to the Dem
ocratic party and the Constitution iipon Uio
Black Republican ticket. It is impossible fot*
Mr. Fillmore to carry a single non slavehbltl*
ing State, and certainly his chances South of
the line are too desperate to be con
considered at all. The programme of the
Courier & Enquirer, Tribune, Times, Herald
and Pennsylvania Inquirer is by ‘concentrating
all the elements of the opposition* to carry ap
many Northern States as possible for Fremont
and rely upon the ‘South Americans,’ to win
two or three Southern States fob
throw the election in the itouse. arid win
battle there ! Southern‘Americanisin’ is in
deed their last and only hope.
We have no fears for the result - . IF op£>o
sitionleaders and fuglemen in the Sodtjii choose
to remain in such an attitude they will, hud
themselves, by November, leaders without a
party; and whether with a party or not, the
democracy will meet and prostrate them be
fore an intelligent and patriotic people. The
good sense and patriotism of the American
people will be with the democratic party, both
North and South, iti this struggle, aiid we
must altogether forfeit our confidence in both
to doubt hoW it will end. Wc believe the isinfl
and ismatics are destined to catch such a
buke and endure such a thrashing, us they ne
ver had bcfcrc.— Telegraph
The Campaign at the North.
Among the evidence of the extraordinary
efforts being made yorth,, to secure the, elec
tion of Fremont, npt the least in significance
is the fact that all the leading and most widely
circulated journals of New York city have by
some means been brought to his support, aud
are now entering into the canvass with an en
thusaism almost, if riol quite, unprecedented.
Among these the first in Importance is the N.
Y. Herald, with its sixty tlioushnd daily circu
lation, a paper in New York in urging the pre
tentions of Freemontand the Republican par-,
ty. The Daily Tftbune, with its Lnndicd
thousand weekly circulation, the Times, the
Courier & Enquirer, the Evening Rost, hi fbpt,
all the papers of that city wldch arc calculat
ed by the extent of their influence and circula
iiou to reach the masses and ptoduee a decid
ed effect , are working W side in the effort
to elevate Freehio.nt to the Presidency. It i
the lust citaiice Cor the anti-slavery element*
of the North to get the ascendency in the con
trol of the Federal government, and they will
make such a flglit as they hare nefer made be
forcM
The Herald, fn a long editorial for Fremont
by way, no doubt, of justifying its own course
in its recent treachery and paliating the sec
tionalism of the Fremont parly, retorts that
both parties are sectional—that the National
Democratic party is purely a sectional party;
bound to the support of Southern ; iutcrests
Here is a paragraph from the Herald, that
hac the matter iu a nut shell: , „ .
“If, then, the Republican is a Northern sec
tional pfiirty, the Dclhocfatic id a Southern see
tiohal ptti ty, and the contest is a battle of the
sections. Such being the case, if Buchanan,’
ot if Fremont be elected, we shall have a sec
tional President, the dne being pledged to the
South, the other to the Norfh—the former to
the extension, the latter to tlie restriction of
Southern slavery.’’
Oof one !
Nlficc the no mi nation 6f “Ruck and Brock*
there has been a perfect s'ta-mpedc among the
Democratic Know Nothings of Alabama. <bp£
wild fush back ifitO the Democratic fold. T h'e
Monrgomry Jouinel ( Whig) says :
Campbell, Baker, Wni II Smith,
Hardy, Withers, and a h6&t of other Democrats
are shaking off the dust of Know Nothingism
in their haste to reach their respective holes
in the Old Democratic den ? Iti addition to
these, there are numbers of their leaders who
have their horses already tied toady to
staff ait a convenient moment.
Short ridge here mentioned was the Konw
Noth’g candidate for Governor lust year. Smith
is the ‘distinguished Know Nothing member
of Congress from the Tusoaloossa District,
whose great speech against foreigners and. the
pope, is, wc (fare say, in the possession of all
our Amefiian friends. In the list ghould be
embraced.Bethea, Senator from the City and
Comity of Mobile. t ,
Nor would the case seem to’ be much differ
ent with thd Alabama Whigs. So strong is the
tendency which they h’avc shown to rally under
the Buchanan banner,,.that it is proposed to
run up the old Whig flag as the only means of
keeping them Out of the Democratic camp.-™.
Gear & Jour.
“This is probably the beginning of a break
which will carry over to the Rocky Mountain
and California path-linder the whole Fillmore
American party of the North, from Cape Cod
to Kansas This hioyc is also intended, per
haps, as a gentle hint of the real drift aud
texture of the contest, td Mr. Fillmore, who
may be expected at any momeut now to arrive
in the Atlantic. Atalf events, this movement
of the National Clis in the right direction
for an earnest hand to fight with the de
mocracy, aa if, the opposition were really fight
ing to iviti. Bet it be followed up, and before
six weeks uro over tliere will be a spirit of
union and activity infused into the opposition
ranks scarcely surpassed by the stirring cam
paign of 1840.’’
The Herald either entirely overlooks or
misconceives the character of Southern Amer
icans. On, perhaps the editor has set them
down on the side of Buchanan and the Con
stitution ? He certainly doc 6 them gnat in
justice if he thinks they will be transferred
with the New York National Club, to the
support of the free soil candidate for the Pres
idency.— [Sav. News.
No. ii.