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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Wednesday Sept, 24, 1856.
FOB PRESIDENT :
JAMES BUCHANAN.
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
J. C. BRECKENRIDGE.
OF KENTUCKY
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
ELECTORS. ALTERNATES.
WM. H. STILES, Henry G. Lamar.
IVERSON L. HARRIS. A. 11. Wright.
ELECTORS. ALTERNATES.
Ist Dist. Thomas M. Foreman W M Nichols.
2d “ Samuel Hall J A Tucker.
3d “ J N Ramsey,.... E J McGehee.
4th “ L J Gartrell, J F Johnson.
sth *• John W Lewis, L W Crook.
6th “ J P Simmons R McMillan.
7th “TP Saffold J S Hook.
Bth “ T W Thomas, A C Walker.
G BYARS is our authorized Agent for the county
of Butts. “Est
An Apology.
By some mishap or other, we omitted to insert
in our paper of last week, a notice that was sent
us, to the effect that Messrs. Stanley and ITall. of
Meriwether county, would make political speeches
at Willianasville, on a certain day, the date of
which we do not recollect. Our friends, therefore,
will please receive this as an apology for the non
appearance of the notice. We have since looked
for the manuscript, and cannot find it.
Gov. Jolmson’s Speech.
We have perused with pride and pleasure the
able and eloquent speech of Gov. Johnson, of Geor
gia, delivered at the great Democratic Mass Meet
ingin Baltimore, on the 12th iust. It is a master
ly argument, in all its parts, proving the equality
of all the States under the Constitution, clearly
demonstrating that slavery politically considered
ns it exists in the United States, is national and
not sectional ; that under this view of the subject
it is entitled to protection from the United States
Government ; that the Kansas and Nebraska Bill
is in strict conformity to these great fundamental
principles. He demonstrated the safety and the
soundness of the Democratic Party upon the para
mount issues now before the country, and pointed
out clearly the great hazzard in supporting Mr.
Fillmore, whose opinions, as heretofore expressed,
on this vital question, are all against us. and ex
tremely doubtful on those points in which his opin
ions have not been made public. The people of
Georgia may well be proud of her noble Chief
Magistrate. He is a patriot of the purest stamp,
a Southerner in soul and in body, and a Statesman
who will favorably compare with any man in the
Union of his age. Higher honors are doubtless in
store for him.
A Slight Mistake.
The Southern Recorder says, “every disunionist
North is in the ranks of Fremont; every disunion
ist South is in the ranks of Buchanan.” We
think the memory of the Recorder must have been
somewhat at fault when the above remark was
penned. Unless some changes have very recently
taken place, of which wc have not yet been inform
ed, there is quite a sprinkling of disunionists in the
ranks of Fillmore in Georgia. These too, have
been made quite prominent in the ranks of that
woebegone party. We would call the attention of
<our cotemporary to the names of Simpson Fouche,
•John L. Harris, Judge Gibson, and last and least,
Rans Wright, all of whom up to a few days since,
■were in full fellowship with the Fillmore brother
hood. We presume that the Recorder would have
classed these individuals with the Disunionists of
1850 and ’sl. Yea, they were “the straightest of
that sect” in those days of fire-eating. So that if
fellowship with Disunionists is a reproach upon a
party, surely the Fillmourners are entitled to a full
share. The above named gentlemen were extreme
ly ultra in their Southern Rights notions, so much
so as to greatly injure their party by their ultra
isra. And we opine that they are likely to prove
so to their new political associates, if what we
hear of their wreckless speeches be true. The
“French Gentleman” first named, at one time
showed indications of going for Buchanan, but for
tunately, for the Democracy, took water, and went
over to Fillmore. The honorable member from
‘Fulton, is rabid in his denunciations of Buchanan,
nnd loud in his praises of Fillmore. The Honor
able Judge of the City .Court of Augusta, we are
informed, goes so far in his anti-Southern views, as
to advocate the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise Line. The Fillmore Elector for the Bth
Congressional District, “out Herods Herod,” in
Ids vituperation against the Democracy, and by
his extreme position, is doing constant injury to
his party, as the result in his district will prove in
November. Surely, friend Recorder, there are
Disunionists out of the Buchanan ranks, and they
too of the worst stamp.
That Boon to tlie South.
How is it that Millard Fillmore, that modern
paragon of patriotism and Statesmanship, in the
estimation of certain men, believes and so declared,
in his Rochester speech, that the Kansas Rill, and
the repeal of the Missouri restriction, was a boon
to the South, offered by the North, unsolicited ;
and men calling themselves Southerners, and
breathing Southern air, denounce this same thing
as a humbug and a swindle ? A boon we under
stand to mean a blessing—something that is good
and desirable, and which no reasonable or sensible
man would be likely to decline. But these latter
day politicians are reversing this order of things,
and spurning from them a gift of priceless value.
W hat is this world coming to ? Are we not upon
the eve of that time, prophesied of ‘when a man’s
foes shall be they of his own household.”
Tlie Crops.
We have forborne for some time past, to say
anything in reference to the prospects of the crops
in this part of Georgia, because the subject was
most painful one. The prospect is indeed most
gloomy, both for corn and cotton. Neither of
these do we believe, will average over a half crop.
Nothing can save os from the hardest times expe
rienced for many years, but a pretty good supply
of old corn, which many of our farmers have yet
ou hand. This we trust will keep prices within
the reach of those who are less fortunate. Our
people sliould at once “light up the lamps of indus
try and economy,” and weather the storm of adver
sity which threatens, as best they may.
Mr. Fillmore and Squatter Sover
eignty.
The great bugaboo with which the Know Noth
ings are striving to frighten the people into the
support of their candidate, is Squatter Sovereign
ty. This is the evil genius which now, in their
opinions, is pursuing the liberties of this country,
and for averting the consequences of which, all
their patriotic efforts are constantly directed. Net
it is difficult for them to explain what are the opin
ions of their owu candidate, upon this (in their es
timation,) most momentous question. Is he or is
he not in favor of Squatter Sovereignty ? We
should like very much to learn when he has ever
opposed that doctrine. The record, so far as it
goes, fixes upon him the charge of being in favor
of it. The conduct of the people of California,
was one of the most palpable acts of Squatter Sov
ereignty to be found in the history of our Govern
ment. The people there were squatters in the full
sense of that term. They had no title to the soil
and had not even been organized as a r l erritory
Yet they assumed the right of framing a constitu
tion, excluding slavery, and were admitted as a
State into the Union, and Mr. Fillmore approved
the bill. He did not have to consult the Attor
ney General on this point, as in the case of the
Fugitive Slave bill. The two words above in ital
ics, will explaiu the reason. We hope our K. N.
friends will set their own candidate right upon this
subject before they pursue their efforts any further
to fix the charge upon the candidate ot the Demo
cratic Baity. ___
Military Company.
Our gallant and patriotic young citizens are
again snaking an effort to raise a \ oluuteer Corps
in this city. Repeated attempts have bedn’ made,
each proving a signal failure. Butin this instance
young men of the right nerve and calibre have ta
ken hold, and doubt of the ultimate success of their
object has almost become a certainty. We wish
them God speed. The cause of their previous fail
ures is accountable in a large measure to the apa
thy and indifference manifested by the citizens gen
erally to this euterprize of so much practical bene
fit and utility to the city. A Military Corps, well
equipped and unilormed, is not only an ornament
to the place but an useful adjunct to its interests
and welfare. It is something we have long needed.
We bespeak fur the “Gr fjln Light Guards the
cordial support and sympathy oi ali patriotic citi
zens o r our city and surrounding country. Young
men ! come up like men! and show your devotion ol
the wc l re and safety to \ our country. If not able
to shoulder your musket, contribute your mite.
Citizens of Griffin ! let not this opportunity pass
unheeded, perchance it may be the last effort. It is
a stinging shame and blemish upon our lair escutch
eon, that Griffin, a city of over 3500 inhabitants, is
iritliout a Volunteer Company. Don't friends!
don’t let this be the ease any longer, but come up
and place your names on the muster roll —place
our city on an equal with her sister cities, and
“be just to yourselves.”
*
Prospects in Tennessee.
We had the pleasure a few days since, of meet
ing with and making the acquaintance of Mr.
Nicholson, the Editor of the Washington Union.
He wasen route from his former residence, Nash
ville, Tenn., to Washington City. He informed us
that he had seen and conversed with many of the
prominent Democrats in Tennessee, and that they
represented the prospects of the cause ol Democra
cy in that State, as most encouraging. He ex
pressed great confidence in carrying the State for
Buchanan by from 5 to 10 thousand majority.
Accession to tlie Craft.
The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer, of the 17th in
stant, contains the Salutatory of Mr. J. W. Dun
can, formerly of Milledgeville, who lies become co-
Editor and co-p-oprietor of the above named
paper. The Craft may with great propriety con
gratulate themselves upon this valuable accession
to the Fraternity. Mr. D. is a young man of well
cultivated mind, a graduate of Oglethorpe Univer
sity, and a lawyer by profession. He wields the
pen of a polished writer, and has had some experi
ence in writing for the press. He is a gentleman
of a high sense of honor, and to all those who are
capable of understanding aud appreciating the
courtesies of editorial intercourse, will prove a val
uable acquisition to our ranks. We welcome him
with great cordiality to our brotherhood as one
“worthy and well qualified,” and in whose compan
ionship in the good old cause of Democracy we an
ticipate much enjoyment to ourself. Under his
auspices, the Intelligencer will doubtless experi
ence anew and increased impulse in its onward
course of usefulness. Give us your paw, friend
Duncan, and take your seat among the brethren.
A chance to make Something.
A responsible gentleman authorizes us to say
that he will make the following bets—
§so, That Buchauan and Breckenridge will be
elected.
§SO, That Fillmore does not get a single electo
ral vote.
§IOO, That he can name twenty States will go
for Buchanan and Breckenridge, and
§SOO, That they will get six out of the eleven
remaining States.
All the above to be taken together.
The K. Ns. talk about Fillmore’s strength, now
if they think so, let them walk up and face the mu
sic.
For the Empire State.
Woodbury, Ga., Sep. 6, 1836.
Mr. Editor : In the above little town to-day, I
was admirably struck with a call from a window of
the Masonic Hall, inviting the Fillmore and Don
aldson Club into the room ; and to make the call
more impressive, it was suggested by old man Fat,
that all m lavor of Fillmore’s eleetiou should come
up. Being very well acquainted with the most of
team's boys, 1 kept a sharp look out to see the pa
rade of the old gent, in order to contrast the pre
sent spirit of Sam with that of last year. During
last year, 1 remember that it was not necessary to
make a call for the boys ; the Hall could be crowd
ed to overflowing by dropping a piece of paper
Wild enthusiasm prevailed, and a proper regard
for the feelings of friends disregarded. Party and
not principles was the great aim ol those that com
posed that party.
But to return to old Pat I pay to the best of
my knowledge, that the old hois'ft convened and
closed by h niseif. There were some of the boys
present. If 1 missed one of them I do not recol
lect it. They are becoming dull and stupid, with
the exception ol good old triend Pat, who believes
lie is as near heaven as he ever will be when lie is
aumeiseu m Kuovv Nothiugism. Poor old lei, 1
am truly sorry that many ol nis beloved disciples
have deserted him, and are making laudably ef
forts to forward the principles of negro drivin>-
Democracy j and it 1 am not deceived in the signs
ol the times, about the tirst luesday in November
next the Democracy of Meriwether will put to si
lence my old friend Pat, with all his followers.—
May my good old friend retire from the political
arena with a good conscience, and if he is not per
mitted to live to see the regeneration of the frag
ments ol v this great and glorious party, may he go
down to his grave iu peace, and at last be saved.
1 So mote it be. DBtfOURAT.
For the Empire State.
Ostend.
“Birds of a feather will flock together.” It is
just as natural for persons of like minds and tem
peraments to associate, as it is for the sparks to go
upward. The Abolitionists and oppositionists to
Democracy, are of the same stock. The Abolition
ists profess to be too honest and good to hold slaves,
but they are very willing to grow rich off of our
cotton. Why don’t they throw the bloody cotton
into the sea, as did their fathers the tea ? The op
positionists to the Democracy have generally been
opposed to the acquisition of territory. * They
have accused us acting unchristian, rascally and
rogueishly ; but as soon as we get territory, they
are in for a titbit You see they and the Aboli
tionists are made of the same material. The’old
adage, “you’d as well eat the devil as to drink his
broth,” is applicable to both. Self-preservation is
the first law of nature. God Almighty has plant
ed it within us, and we feel it from the crown of
the head to the sole of the foot. He that wont, if
he can, provide for his own household, has denied
the faith, is worse than an infidel, disgraced him
self, and deserves eternal banishment. We want
more territory for self-preservation—we want it for
our children, our neighbors and their children, and
lor oppressed foreigners. We want enough for
each, enough for all, and enough forevermore. We
are a mighty Nation, and God Almighty intends
to make us more mighty. America to-day is the
centre of attraction. Some of the Old Countries
are ready to fall into our arms. Who knows but
they may be drawn by our ceutrofugal power, as it
were by tlic cords of love, until they are annexed
one by one, and all Americanized ? The imple
ments of warfare converted into plough shares ;
the lamb and the lion lie down together ; every
knee bow, and every tongue confess that there is
an overruling, everlasting Democratic God extant.
OSTEND.
N. B. The whole world should be one sacred
band of lovers and friends, inseparably united, sus
taining one another through the trials of this tempt-,
ed and faltering life, and beneath the eye of their
Almighty Friend, dwelling together all around the
regenerated earth in the bonds of peace, brotherly
love, holiness and happiness. Ale thinks 1 hear
some say, a superabundant population is a curse to
any Nation Be not alarmed ; this can be arrang
ed. Ye believe in God, believe also in Democra
cy. O.
Barnesville, Gu., Sep., 1850.
—• o .
From the Federal Union.
No. 15.
The Southern Recorder says “this letter of
Mr Jenkins has deeply pained us.” How deep
down does the pain extend ? Would Perry
Davis ‘Painkiller ’afford any relief? Or would
‘Railway's Ready Ri lief’ be better. If these
tilings will supply a balm in Gilead for all t lie
similar aches and pains which have ‘pearced ’
the American party ‘with a thousand sorrows,’
Davis and Railway will make overwhelming
fortunes. VY onder if Holloway’s Pills would
be good for the Squatter Sovereignty with
which the Fillmourners are so much iroubled
808 SHQRT.
NO. IC.
‘Human Nature ’
The Southern Recorder very “xaltedly and
with much complacency, says of Mr Jen ins,
‘Alas, poor human nature !’ H sMr Jenkins
got any more‘human natur ’to be ala>ed for
than the Recorder I This p per speaks a- if
it had no ‘human nature,’ but was super-hu
man, endowed with the excl sive and unalien
able rig: tof alasing for all mankind. Show
us your commission, Mr. Recorder.
808 SHORT.
• No 17
‘Mode and Manner.’
Hon. N. G Foster says it was not the re
peal of the Missouri line, but the ‘ mode and
manner of the repeal which has done the mis
chief.’ YVhat that mode and mannei is, he
does r.ot tell This is just as mysterious as
squatter sovereignty. By the way, the Know
Nothings got to be so mysterious when they
followed the dark lantern, that they find it im
possible to be any other way. But one thing
is certain, the Know Nothings have now got
another string to harp upon—‘mode and man
ner ’ ‘And they played on a harp of a thous
and strings’—‘.-quatter sovereignty’ and mode
and manner. 808 SHOR <.
NO 18.
Mules and Horses.
Simpkins.— We'l, friend Tompkins, I think
it is time we should settle that mattei about
the plantation we bought for our boys the oth
er day.* Igo lor working horses alone. 1
don’t like mules for the plough.
Tompkins.—l tell you. Simpkins, 1 shall
never agree to it in the world, .nule labor is
superior to horse lab >r any way you can fix it
I will not have horse labor.
Simpkins.— But I have a say in. that mutter.
Our boys shall use nothing but horses.- Tpe
shan’t ruin the plantation by ptoughi g mules.
Tompkins.—Well neighbor, ii doseii’t b*
hoove us to quarrel about this mutter. I ? ell
you what I propose as a compromise Lot
let the boys decide for themselves whether
they will have horses or mules.
Simpkins. Agreed: that will answer my
purpose just as well as any thing. lam glad
to throw the responsibility of seating toe di
pn e off of our shoulders, to lie decided bv
those immediately interested. lam confident
the boys will choose horses: but even if they
select mules, I shall be perfectly s ui-fied—
Your proposition is fair, equitable mil just.
Tompkins.—Well, I am confident hie b ys
will choose mulesjbut even if the. prefer horses
I shall be satisfied So if tuyy decide against
: either of us, the other is not to com} l in, but
stick to the bargain in good faith
Sun j kins —t ertainly, certainly
Phawster.—Stop friends, stop. Your plan
will never do. One of you must be disappoin
ted.
Tompkins and Simpkins.—That,- we ex
pect.
Phawster. But you two have decided only
upon a measure, about whose result you differ
You should decide upon a principle.
Tompkins and Simpkins—We huve decided
upon a princij le, and that principle is that, our
I boys may determine for themse ves wnet er
they will have moles or lio:ses.
Phawster.—But I say it ain’t a prineiple,
for it can’t lie a principle unless you decide
whether there shall be mules or horses used
on the plantation. As the matter stands, it
is only a measure.
Tompkins and Simpkins.-Well, we couhl’nt
decide that matter, for we tried and fail an—
and o let the boys settle it for themselves is nosh
ing but right. And in this we establish the
great principle that in u matter which isof im
mediate concern to a set of men, they are tnc
only proper parties to its seitlcment.
Phawster. —But I avow, asseverate, and
most solemnly declare it ain’t a principle. I* !
is only a measure- It is in thing bu,r some of
your darned ’squatier sove ei *nty, f mixed up |
with a good deal of ‘mode and manner.’ 1
don’t object to the measure itself. I only ob
ject to its ‘squatter sovereignty’ audits ‘mode
and manner/ It is the most outrageous, wick
ed, no-account, mean, good for-nothing, wrong
unjust unfair, discreditable piece of busines I
ever heard of. But if any body says I aiut in j
favor of it he lies—aud so ho does. lam on- j
ly opposed to its ‘squatter sovereignly t and its J
‘mode and manner.’
Tompkins and Simpkius.-Ha IHa!1 Ha 1! !
808 SHORT.
A Banner Presentation.
The Louisvills Democrat of the 12th inst.,
contains the proceedings of a banner presenta
tion by the ladies of Louisville, composing the j
Ladies Democratic, to the Young Men’s Dem
ocratic Association of that city. We select
from the proceedings the following address de
livered on the interesting occasion by Miss
Wilkinson, a young lady of that city. The
reader, after perusing it, will thank us for call
ing his attention to, and re-publishing it.—Ex
aminer.
... _ •
Address.
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Young
Men's Democratic Association:
In times of ordinary political excitement, the
promptings alike of duty and inclination, re
strain our sex from an active participation in
the wordy war of politics. The quiet fireside
of home, with its circle of chosen friends, is
more congenial to our feelings than the loud
hurrahs aud wild excitement of the gathered
masses of a political meeting.
But there are times and occasions when si
lence and apathy cease to be virtues ; when
forbearance to oppose is equivalent to compli
city in wrong; when the stern behests of duty
and the instinctive impulses of our nature, im
pel us to speak out boldly our political senti
ments, and take our stand in the ranks beside
our fathers and brothers, and unite our voices
and efforts with theirs, to avert the threatened
evil from our common country.
We believe that such a time and such an oc
casion is presented to us in the impending po
litical contest; and so believing, we have act
ed upon our conviction of duty hi thus openly
arraying ourselves beside you upon the politi
cal battle field of the day.
We have no vote to offer you; we seek no
political advancement; we aspire not to lead or
counsel; we ask but a sister’s place beside you
in the strife, t uvt we may, with our fee
ble voices, cheer and sustain you, even as. our
mothers cheered and sustained your fathers
through the long and gloomy night watches of
the revolution.
In times gone by, when the fate of banks &
tariffs hung only on the issue, when the spoils
of office were the only guerdons of the succcss
| fill party, and their loss the only interest im-
I nfirillc.d hv defeat, we would watch unmoV'd
! the “heady current of the fight,” and smile at
I the eagerness of those engaged in it—confident
that the success or defeat of either part y could
not impair the vitality of our republican insti
tutions, or weaken the bonds of union which
constitute us a uation.
But those times are gone by. No bank,
no tariff, no system of internal improvement
agitates the public mind now. A more fearful
issue absorbs all thoughts arid claims all con
sideration.
The storm which lias so long muttered its
thunders in the distance, is upon us. The lit
tle cloud, no bigger than a hand, that has hung
threatening on the distant horizon, now looms
up in the heavens, and its shadow is upon more
than half our land.
The fierce howl of fanaticism, and the an
swering shouts of defiance from our Democrat
ic brethren of the North, are borne to our ears
upon every breeze. From the ensanguined
field of Tippecanoe, consecrated by Kentucky
blood, we have but just heard the thunder tones
of an uncounted host declare that Kentucky’s
rights shall be respected.
From the green prairies of the West to the
bleak hills of New England, our brethren of
the North are in the field. They have buckled
on their whole armor—they are fighting the
good fight—they are keeping the political faith
once delivered to the buried patriots of a past
a O l * {
We send them a sister’s greeting.
And shall we of Kentucky stand by with
folded arms while others fight our battles and
defend our rights ? It was not want to be so;
it must not be so now.
Kentucky Democrats have no host of fanatical
Abolitionist to encounter; another issue is ten
dered them. A portion of our fellow citizens
have become so much alarmed about the Pope
that their eyes have become closed to all other
dangers, their ears deaf lo all warnings. They
see m the far oil mirage of the past the shadow
|of a veuerubie ruin, and while their fancy is
j peopling it with ‘specters and hobgobhiings
fdire,’ tiiey see not tne avalanche that is top
.phug above their heads.
i unit out to them the dangers of disunion
and iuey sueiou a rope agross tue Ohio, and
tie Kentucky to a Ouicmuatti tavern, as uiuugii
tne danger was cuat sue would unit OH with
tne next rise 01 tue water; and men under the
i siiuuow of tue same marieuious rope, tuey mar-
Iry fifteen foouthem girls to sixteen jSortuern
ones, and lo ! tne Uinonis safe, and tUey can
once more turn tneir batteries upon the Pope.
Tins is tue party young democrats of Ken
tucky, witii wuien you nave to contend.
VVe will not permit ourselves to uoubt the
result ol’ sueii a eontest. A party banded to
gether by iear of an infirm old gentleman be
yonu tire Atlantic, can never stand beiore tne
serried uearts o t tne Kentucky Democracy.
L if will be any consolation to their fears, we
will give them tne assurance that when mis ter
rible Dope, mis Uigutniare of their dreams,does
come to invade our country, they may stay
i quietly in tneir iougcs. and the women ot tne
i land will defend them.
As I have said before, we can east no vote
in the contest; nor could our motuers m the
revolution go forth to the actual comiict, and
share the dangers and toils of the tented field
with your fathers.
They could but mould the bullets and weave
the banners for those wno bared tneir bosom to
the storm, in emulation of meir example, and
in the fuii Confidence tliai you will not prove
unworthy 01 me trust, we commit tins hag to
your keeping.
j The stars are all there. See that they tall
not from their places, i'ou Will teacn your
adversaries the use of the stripes. Remember
mercy m giving the lessons.
Loved and beautiful flag of my country I thou
hast been the cynosure of many a dying eye
upon many a well fought field ; th on mist wav
ed over may a blood staiued decK, and shroud
ed tiie hero victor wuen the light was won.—
Around the stout hearts have gathered in the
durk r ‘hour of a lost battle, and nerved anew by
the crowding memories thy starry coronal call
ed up, have
‘Snatched from fate mid smoke and flame,
The victory hope had ceased to claim.’
Wc give thee now into the keeping of bauds
that will never surrender thee to fooman upon
the field of battle, nor tarnish thy proud es
cutcheon in the home conflicts of the political
arena.
Take it, brothers, it is a sisters gift. Bear
it without fear, and keep it without reproach,!
remembering ever and always, that though
mortals cannot command success, Democrats i
can always deserve it. 1
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Mr. Editor : Mr. Nathaniel Green Foster,
usually, you know, a handsome “ vVebsterian”
looking man, was exhibited by Linton Ste
phens, in the discussion at Covington last week,
in an attitude and view in which, had you seen
him, I am doubtful whether you would have
known him. Indeed if Mr. Greeley had been
there to see, he must have confessed that the
resemblance of Mr. F. to the “G jd-like Daniel”
had ceased altogether.
Mr. Foster had been speaking for nearly an
hour on Van Buren’s letter on Mr. Buchanan’s
claims to the Presidency, and endeavoring to
convince the people of Newton that they ought
to be against, because Van Buren was for hint, j
He was so delighted with this idea, that he j
grew excessively facetious, and proposed to put i
some of Van’s sayings to the vote of the crowd, j
and actually did so ; no one, of course, voting j
in the affirmative of the question as to who |
would endorse them. The stand on which the !
speakers stood was of ample dimensions, and j
when no “aye” came out at his call, he trotted !
off to the right en l of the stage, and applied
his hand to his ear, and appeared to listen with
great eagerness to hour that little monosylable
issue from somebody’s lips ; and then with an I
ease and agility which really was astonishing in j
a man of his size, he trotted to the left end, i
and-went through the same exquisitely inter
esting ceremony. The “noes” being very ma
ny and very loud, he formally announced that |
there was no man in the crowd for Van, aud
then he went off in a peuegyric on Fuller, and
vowed that his voting for him for Speaker, was j
one of those acts of his life for which he felt j
the greatest pride.
Mr. Stephens came bn, and admitted that;
Mr. Van Buren had no supporters in Newton. 1
He approved and ratified the vote of the crowd.
“Bui,” said he, “I have a question to put ro 1
vote, and I propose to take higher game than ;
Van—Millard Fillmore.” Here Mr. Foster,
with trepidition, interrupted him, and enquired
if he was going back behind ’SO ? “Oh no,”
replied Mr. Stephens, “I shall take him since
he has been a candidate, and since you have
been making speeches for him.”
And then lie read from Mr. Fillmore’s Ro
chester speech, where lie avowed his opposition
to the r. peal of the Missouri Compromise, and
called that repeal the Pandora’s box, Ac.—
“Now,” said he, “all who endorse that senti
ment, will please say “aye.” No ayes were
sounclei!.
Mr. Stephens her- imitated Mr. Foster’s act
ing, and so far as tha f which is imitable could
well be, and in vain attempted to catch in ei
ther ear some faint ere loivement of the great
Union saver’s sentiments. Failing in getting
any such from the crowd, he approached Mr.
F., and vending hir ear, that for him at least
he might hear an aye. or suspected that per
haps a small one was imgvnng on his lips which i
he was afraid for the public to hear. Mr. Ste
phens then put the negative, which was unani-;
mously voted. And her the Webster look !
began to fail our representative.
But you should have seen him when Mr.
Stephens came to the Fuller part of his speech.
He called to the remembrance of the people,
that this man in voting lor whom Mr. F. in
dulged in such self-gratulation, had at the time
Mr. Faster was voting for him, himself voted
for Pennington, who at the same time, voted for
Banks ! “This,” said Mr. S., “makes a most
interesting genealogical tree, thus : Banks who
begat Pennington, who begat Fuller, who be
gat Foster ; or reversing the order—Foster
which was the son of Fuller, which was the son
of Pennington, which was the son of Banks,
which was the first born son of Black Republi
canism.
Oh, Mr. Foster, Mr. Foster, please don’t
look any more as you did then l If you felt
proud then, we hope we shall never see you when
you are truly humble and distressed. Civrs
Aid for Kansas.
We ooppv the following from the Savannah,
Ga.. News:
“ he New York Tribune ; üblishes each day
a list of su scription to which it calls ‘The
Tribune Fund,’ in aid of tin- abolit onists in
Kansas. In the Tribune pf Wednesday l ist
the grand total footed up $5,134 22. ! his
amount of ni‘ n y has been comrb uted within
some two week’ pa>t by the fanatics of the
Greeiey -ehooi t > i e ex ended in cariying on
the civil war in Kansas, wh en is wa ed for the
avowed j'tirj osc of expelling ihe Southern set
tiers tm-m the ii rntory ’
Tin* above elicits the foil wing explanatory
reply f-mii a N-w Vork paper :
“1\ eej quiet, ma You don’t understand as
well a Wr do. all tnern uey th t is going
to Kansas from ihis quarter, we apprehend is
not mu h. Tne Tribune people are famous
or srnr ing, and help ng to start, ‘funds’—
‘iunds’ .hat, somehow, never reach the ‘patri
ots’ for whom it is professedly raised. Remem
ber Ir laud ! -Remember Vauxhall ad
Slievegvanmou.’ The $ >,134 22 extracted
irom the pockets of the friends of freedom
now is nothin in comparison with tne $30,000
or $40,000 for ‘liberty and humanity’ then.
‘To get up, or keep up, F etnoui steam here
i eds money, mon y, ino ey; and, as the last
ws from California show- ‘Nariposa is worth
less,’ why shouldn’t bleeding Kansas help foot
the bill?” Union.
&srTlie Nashville Union, referring to the
recent elections in some of the States, says :
“Gentlemen Know Nothings, you are in the
habit of boasting of Fillmore’s strength. Where
is it ? Iu North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkan
sas, Alabama, Missouri and Texas, where elec
tions have just bean held, the Democrats have
swept the States by overwhelming majorities.
In lowa, Maine and Vermont, the Democrats
have been defeated, not by the Fillmore men,
but by the Fremont men. Here arc, begin
ning with August, six States for Buchanan,
three for Fremont, and none—none —for Fill
more ! That’s the way the matter will go in
November !'’
.4*,
“INGULAR TiIENoMFNOn BUILDINGS STRUCK BY
Ligthning in a Clear Day. -On Yi day,the
11th inst., Ihe bans (thr e n number, and
adjoining each other,) of Comfort Kent, ol
Snffield, wen- struck Uv lightning, and set on
fire, and who tne contents eutir -ly consumed.
The barns were full of lia\ and grain, and con
tained two hundred bus els < f old grain, \rit£ I
various'farming implements. Loss $1,500;
insured for $l5O, in the farmers Mutual insu
rance Company of Suffield. The barns were
struck at about 4 o’clock, P. M., and at the
same time the sun as shining brightly, and
not a cloud was to be seen in the horizon. Mr.
Kent with his son and son in law. had just left
the barn for the house,aud were but a few rods off
when they beam the crash, and looking around,
the flames bursting out through the roof They
hastened back, and were barely able to get the
cattle out of the yard, but could save uone of
the contents of the baru.— Hart fend Times,
An? 21.
From the Coostitatiwialist.
National wliig Bogus Convention
Baltimore, Sept. 18.—The Convention re
assembled at 10, A. M. The committee oir
Resolutions, through its chairman-’ Gov.-Hunt
reported a series of resolutions, to the effect as
follows:
Resolved, That the Whigs of United’
States now here assembled, hereby their
reverence for the Constitution of the United
States; their unalterable attachment* for the
National Union, and a fixed dt termiu-atioia to
do all in their power to preserve them S?rthem
selves and tlicit prosterity. They have no new
principles to announce; no new platform*#’- es
tablish; but are content to broadly rest w^here
their forefathers rested—upon the Constitution,
of the United States, wishing no safer guide,
no higher law.
Resolved, That we regard with the deeper
interest and anxiety the present disordered con
dition of our national affairs—a portion of the 1
country ravaged by civil war, large sections of*
our population embittered by mutual recrimina- ’
tions; unu we distinctly trace the calamities
the culpable neglect of duty by the present na
tional administration.
Resolved, That the Government of the Unit
ed States was formed by the conjunction in po
litical unity of wide spread geographical sec
tions, materially differing, not only in climate
and products, but in social and domestic insti
tutions; and that any cause which shall perma
nently array tlKse sections, must inevitably
prove fatal to a continuance of the National
Union.
_ Resolved, That- the wliigs of the United
States declare as a fundamental article of po
litical faith, an absolute necessity for avoiding
geographical parties. The danger so clearly
discerned by tlie father oj his fountrv, has now”
become fearfully apparent in the agitation now
| convulsing the nation, and must be arrested at
once it we would preserve our Constitution and
our Union from dismemberment, and the name
of America from being blotted out from the
family of civilized nations.
Resolved, that all who revere the Constitu
tion and the Union must look with alarm at the
parties in the field in the present Presidential
campaign—one claiming only to represent six
teen Northern States, and the other appealing
I mamly to the passions and prejudices of the
! Southern States; that the success of either fac
i timi must add tn* i to the flame which now
I threatens to wrap our dearest interests in a
I common ruin.
i Resolved, lhat tiic only remedy for an evil
1 soappaling is to support a candidate pledged to
uei fner ol the geographical sections now array
ed in political antagonism, but holding both in
i a just and equal regard. We congratulate the
friends of the Union that such a candidate ex
ists in Millard Fillmore.
Resolved, That, without adopting or refer
iug to the peculiar doctrines of the party which
has already selected Air. Fillmore as a candi
date, we look-to him as a well tried aud faithful
friend of the Constitution and the union, emi
nent, alike ior his wisdom and firmness—for his
justice and moderation in our foreign relations
tor his calm and pacific temperament so well
becoming the head of a great nation—for his
devotion lo the Constitution in its true spirit
his inflexibility in executing the laws; but, be
yond all these attributes, in possessing the’ one
transcendent merit of being a representative of
neither of the two sectional parties now strug
gling for political supremacy.
Resolved, Unit in the present exigency of
political affairs, we are not called upon to dis
cuss the subordinate questions of the adminis
tration in the exercising of the constitutional
powers oi the government. It is enough to
know that civil war is raging, and that the
Union is in peril; and proclaim the conviction
that the restoration of Air. Fillmore to the
Presidency will furnish the best, if not the only
t means of restoring peace.
Resolved, That we cordially approve the
nomination of Andrew J Dolelson for the Alee
Presidency; regarding him as a national, con
servative patriot, faithfully devoted to the Con
stitution and the Union.
Resolved, That a spontaneous rising of the
Whigs throughout the country and their prompt
rally to the support of the highest national in
terests, and the spirit here displayed, sufficient
ly attest the national importance of preserving
and reiiivigoratiug their party organization—
that a national whig committee of one from
eacli of the States, be appointed by the Prei
dent, with authority to call any future conven
tions, and generally promatc any effective or
ganization of the party throughout the United
States.
Resolved, These resolutions be published and’
respectfully submitted by the Convention as an.
address to the people of the United States.
These resolutions were received with unboun
ded enthusiasm, and were unamnously adopt
ed. v
Speeches were then made by D. Paul Brown,
aud others.
‘ lie Democrats of New York city had
a torch light procession on Tuesday eve
ning. Lis .-aid to have been the greatest
demonstration of the kind ever witneesed in
New York The procession was five miles
long, and it is estimated that 20,000 persons
participated. Ihe e were 50 bands of music,
togeatiier with torches and banners. The
devices were counted, and is said to have am
ounted, to tens of thousands. Ihe streets
through whiich the procession passed was iu a
blaze of light for miles in extent. The proces
sioii dispersed at midnight-, with the utmost
quietness.
Yellow Fever.— A few cases of yelTow
fever are still in the suburbs of New York.
The E-rpress of Wednesday says: The Fort
Hamilton Belief Society reports the case of
Mr \V ili ams (of tl e Band,) who has been
improving tor some days, as worse, aud that
he wdl probably not live many hours; and also,
that a private of Company F has been taken
with verv dangerous symtoms. Dr. Rothe, of the
Relief Hospital, reports all under his charge
as still convalescing From Governor’s Island
three new cases are reported within the past
24 hours, but no deaths. The Belief Society’s
Treasurer acknowledges the receipt of $1,012
M. Wendell. Health Offiieer, of Brooklyn,
reports no infection or contagious disease with
in the last 24 hours.
— • •
An Atrocious Slander Refuted —To pro
duce the impression that there exist some dis
affection at the South, the black republicans
have placed the names of thirteen citizens of
Virgin a upon the electoral ticket.
This has been done without the knowledge or 1
permision of these gentlemen, who are all mem
of established character and known’ fidelity to
the South and its interests.
We ask and authorize every lover of truth’
and common honesty to meet this insidious and’
wicked outrage upon private character and
public history with onr emphatic and indignant
denial.— 4Vas. Union.