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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Wednesday Mor’n; Oct. 22, 18)6.
FOR FRKBIDENT :
JAMES BUCHANAN.
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICK I'RKSIDENT :
J. C. BRECKENRIDGE.
OF KENTUCKY
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Democratic Electoral Ticket.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
ELECTORS. ALTERNATES.
WM. 11. STILES, Henry G. Lamar.
IVERSON L. HARRIS. A. IL Wright.
ELECTORS. ALTERNATES.
Iht Dist. Thomas M. Foreman W M Nichols.
2d “ Samckl Hall, J A Tucker.
3d “ J N Ramsey, E J McGeiiek.
4t!i •’ I. J Gartkell, J F Johnson.
sth - John W Lewis, L W Crook.
6th “ J P Simmons 11 McMillan.
7th “ T P Saffold, J S Hook.
Bth “ T W Thomas ... A C Walker.
*s*ll G BYARS is our authorized Agent for the county
of Butts. -Stx
. . .
The Great Mass Meeting in Atlanta.
The gathering of the Democrats in Atlanta, on
Friday and Saturday, 17th and 18th inst., was in
deed and iu truth a grand demonstration The ad
vance guard arrived on Thursday evening. On
Friday morning, the Railroad Train's from QYcry
direction poured in their thousands. Every mode
of conveyance imaginable, carts, wagons, buggies,
carriages, horses, contributed to swell the crowd-
On Friday night, an immense torch light pioces
sion was formed, and a number of buildings hand
somely illuminated.
On Saturday, the assembly received vast aug
mentations—banners of every conceivable style,
with appropriate devices and mottoes, many of
them surmounted by Buck’s horns, were carried iri
the procession. The numbers were variously es
timated from 10 to 20,000. AVe can form no esti
mate ourself. AVe can only say, “it was a great
multitude which no man could number.” The vast
assemblage was addressed from time to time, by
Messrs. Ben. Yancy, Saffold, Russell, Cartrell,
ITarjier, A. If. Stephens, 11. Warner, Toombs,
AVm. L. Yancy 7 , of Ala., McCoy, of Ala., and oth
ers. The prize banner was awarded to the New
ton county delegation. It was presented by Miss
irteele, accompanied with a beautiful address, and
responded to, on behalf of the Newton Delegation,
mo.-'t eloquently, by Jefferson Lamar, Esq. A
•quendid Barbecue was prepared for the occasiou,
and all freely invited to partake. The occasion
was iudeed a grand political jubilee, and foreshad
ows 20,000 majority for Buck and Breck in Geor
gia. Mr. Stephens is represented as having said it
was the largest assembly he had ever addressed in
Georgia. Hurrah ! Hurrah! Hurrah 1! for the un
terrified Democracy of Georgia.
The Elections.—Glorious News !!
The elections which have been held in several
States since the commencement of the present
month, show most gratifying results for the Dem
ocratic Party. The election for Governor, a 34em
ber of Congress, and members of the Legislature,
was held iu Florida, on the 4th inst. The Demo
crats have swept the State —Governoi:, Congress
man and a majority in both branches of the Legis
lature. On Monday, 14th inst., elections were
held in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. In Penn
ylvania the Democracy had to eortend against a
fusion of the Fremont and Fillmore parties; but it
was of no avail. The Democratic party elected
their State Officers by a, majority of four or five
thousand —16 Members of Congress, (a gain of 10)
and a majority of the State Legislature. Iu Indi
ana, Willard (Dem..) is elected Governor by 10>
<>oo majority—B out of 11 Members of Congress
lected are Democrats, (a gain ol 6.) In Ohio*
though beaten for Governor, the Democrats have
elected 8 Members of Congress which is a gain of
8. “Thus brightly breaks the morn.” Pennsyl
vania was considere*d the great battle ground upon
which the present Presidential contest was to be
decided. “A\ r E have met the enemy and they
are OCRS !” This election establishes the certainty
of Mr. Buchanan’s election in November. Push
on the column, friends of the Constitution 1 a glo
rious victory awaits you. Farewell Samuel!
Farewell Fillmore! a long farewell to ail your ex.
pec ted greatness ! !!
A Word to Old Jackson Men.
Attempts have been made in certain quarters to
enlist the old friends and admirers of Gen. Jack
son in behalf of the Know Nothing Party. The
most glaring of these, is the nomination of Andrew
J. Done Ison for the Vice Presidency. The afore
said Andrew J. was for many years the protege of
the old General. Andy was the nephew of the
Geucral’s wife, and on that account the old hero
lclt a sympathy for the boy’s welfare, which
ptompted him to throw many facilities in his way,
•to make a great man of him, if possible. But all
his efforts were in vain. The uephew-in-law never
rose above mediocrity, and received, on account of
Ida relationship to Gen. Jackson, more honors and
offices than his talents or his services ever merited.
But Know Nothingism has a magic power to
swell the dimensions of small politicians, and to
make littkwmen great. Hence Andy Ilonelson is
to be made V ice President, prehaps. The object
of bis nomination was to gull the old Jackson men
into the support of Fillmore and the Know Noth
ing Parly. AVill they be thus gulled ? AVe pre
sume not. But there may be a few weak enough
lo be ensnared by this flimsy trick, and with such
wc have a word. AVe would ask wherein now does
Andrew J.OoneUon advocate the principles of
his venerable relative and benefactor ? He has
taken an oath to proscribe naturalized foreigners,
both by refusing to vote for, or appoint them to
office, as well as to remove all such from office,
should he ever have the power to do so. And this
he has done, knowing that Gen. Jackson’s father,
and Gen. Jackson s brothers were natives of Ire
land. And who is this same Audy supporting for
President, together with hi* Know Nothing Par
ty ? Millard Fillmore, who was always in opposi
tion to Gen. Jackson and his policy ? And who
is Andy and bis associates making war upon ?
James Buchanan, the long tried {riend of Old Hick
ory, one who stood by him in ail the vicissitudes
of bis political fortunes, whose tongue was ever el
oquent in the advocacy of his administration, and
the defence of bis governmental policy. AVhen
the old Chief with the iron will “took the responsi
bility” to thrust himself in the breach, and save
the country from bleated monopolies, many of bis
j best friends and most ardent admirers, stood
| aghast at wl.at they conceived to be the rashness
of the man, and some of them quailed and faltered
before the opposition arrayed against him, and
even went over to his enemies, then James Buchan
an stood firm, and never flagged in the support of
his gallant friend, until his favorite measures had ‘
been permanently engrafted upon the policy of the |
Government. And will you, old Jackson men, i
vote against such a man, and in favor of Millard
Fillmore? Geptainjy you cannot-—you will not !
Your beloved old chief would turn in his coffin at!
the perpetration of such a deed : yea, arise, it
be, from his grave and openly rebuke you for your
ingratitude.
Why they oppose the repeal of the
Missouri Restriction.
It would be difficult for any Southern man to
answer the above Interrogatory to She satisfaction
of any impartial mind. The Missouri Restriction,
it is known, had been in existence for more than
thirty years. It was’a fraud upon the South when
it was passed, and submission to it was the result
of an ardent love for the union, which dwelt in the
bosoms of the Southern people. But long acquics
enee in a palpable wrong, can never make it right-
Jhe repeal ot this odious measure, says Mr. Fid
more, was a boon offered by the North,'voluntari
ly, to the South, and in the view of a reasonable
man, it would have seemed folly, yea madness, to j
•have refused it. Yet Mr. Fillmore is violently op- !
posed lo it; his party, en masse, iu U* e p R . t . v UI . t . s
arc opposed to the rep.;, t “,,, *
Ute South h. Te declared tkmsclvos to uo.
■ s ic'it'cu strange and incouiprelteiisihlu. An u ;
of gross injustice Ims been borne by a people w.ib
patience tor thirty-five years, and when resident.,,
is offered, they spurn it from them with appau-i.i
loathing and disgust. Yea, more, the \ ciy ma„
who was most active iu procuring iur ,r. ■„> u,
“boon,” is denounced by those to whom n t ,
sered, as a traitor, an Arnold, and t;,e “
self pronounced a humbug and a s.’ ,
ungrateful, how strange and
By the Missouri Restriction , ... it'*...
ry was prohibited in ail that part oi l .
territory North of the parallel oi bO 4 n r o ~.i
thirty minutes. This, be it remunbeivu, v.u
to that time slave territory. By the inn rte:,.. ,u
of Congress, the South was excluded from an t„ai.
vast region of country lying above the aforesaid
line. Slavery could never exist there as long as
this restriction remained iu force. It was loreverj
lost to the bouth. But by the late repeal of liiis
measure, slavery mav_ be lawfully carried there,:
tihd Slave States may be formed, If the people so j
will it. The Territory of Kansas lies North of
the Missouri line, and under the act ol 1821, never
could by any possibility be made a Slave estate,
if every slaveholder in the Union had desired to
move there. But since the Restriction has been
removed, slaves may be lawfully carried and held
there, and Kansas may be made a Slave State, it
the people so determine when forming their consti
tution. The question, hence, recurs, why should
any slave holder oppose it ? and echo answers, why!
1 he icason assigned, is, that it has brought agita
tion upon the country. Suppose it has. Shall a
man tr a community forbear to assert and maiu
ta.u their rights, because their adversui ies wiil kick
up a fuss about it? Let this principle prevail,and
the weak would ever be at the mercy of the power
kfu I—might would iu all cases make right, and in
justice, oppression and anarchy pervade the land.
Away with such doctrine. It is only suited to
serfs and vassals, and he who believes it, is a fit
subject to be made a slave himself.
A False Report.
Fillmore iu Pennsylvana.
A charge has beeu made that some of the Fill
more Electors were for Fremont, or would vote for
him if they were chosen. This charge is fully met
and as flatly contradicted in the annexed letter of
Hon. Andrew Stewart, to a gentleman of Virginia
Mr. Stewart, it will be remembered, was a Cabi
net officer a few years ago, and is one of the most
hono-able and reliable politicians in the Union; he
is himself at the head of the Fillmore Eleetoral tick
et.
Umontown, Fa. Sept, 20.
Dear Sir :—l hasten to say that there is not one
word of truth in the allegation that the Fillmore
and Fremont parties have united. Two'of the
Electors appointed on the Fillmore electoral ticket
were discovered to be favorable to Fremont. They
have, therefore beeu stricken off, and true men sub
stituted.
Buchanan is losing ground daily, and at our Oc
tober election it is now my opinion his party will
be beaten 50,000 votes. If so, he will be abandon
ed, and his party will go for Fillmore, to defeat
Fremont. The Buchanan and Fremont men are
bitterly hostile, and both courting the Americans.
After the election, the defeated party will unite
with us to defeat the other. You see, then, the
importance of a decisive result in October. If it
should appear that Buchanan can carry no North
ern State, will not the South give him up and go
for Fillmore, as the only means of defeating Fre
mont? What are your prospects in Virginia?
Yours respectfully,
ANDREW STEWART.
The above precious morceau we clip from the
Macon Journal & Messenger of last week I’his
is a fair specimen of the game of Brag, which the
Fillmore pressed and leaders have been playing
during the present campaign. Having no s•! and
political capitol to operate upon, they have
forced to resort to every sort of kiting i tc
their bankrupt political fortunes. FIF-i A ;-u v -
SANI) majority, for the Fusiouists in Peunsy v.-
niaindeed! A slight mistake of a littl* ovi ifijty
thousand ! AVell that will do pretty well for a
Know Nothing. AVhat reliance can now be plac
ed in the assertions of these men, iu reference to
Mr. Fillmore’s boasted strength, any where? They
talk about Buchanan’s being withdrawn, to give
place to Fillmore. AA’liy and wherefore? Because
a Union of the Fremont and Fillmore parties, may
be too strong for old Buck. This would be a
beautiful state of things. The friends of Fillmore
at the North, unite with our enemies to crush our
friends, and then we must join them to beat their
allies, the Fremouters. Why the uct would be
base and infamous in the highest degree. But we
expect to hear no more of this The late elec
tion proves that old Buck is able to beat both sac
tions united, without any help froji cither, ,ud he
will do it.
Gov. Johnson ami Ex-Gov. Cobb.
These distinguished Georgians have much cause
tor gratification at the result of the late elections
in Pennsyluania and Indiana. Gov. Johnson has
for some time, beeu laboring in Pennsylvania, and
Ex-Gov. Cobb both in Pennsylvania and Indiana,
in behalf of the Democratic Party. The great
triumphs achieved in those States, prove that their
labore-have not been in vain. Georgia may well
be proud of ber distinguished sons. •
Mr. Foe’s Speeds.
The American Union of last week, suggests the
propriety of our correcting a statement made by
us in our reoiarks on Mr. Poe’s.speech made iu this
place on Saturday 11th inst! AVe represented
him as having said that “any man who changed
his politica l opinions after he was 30 years old,
was either a knave or a fool.” This we learned
from those who heard it. The Union says Mr P. on
ly quoted an expression of AV. H. Crawford. AVe
have been informed however, that lie i.uilersc4 the
sentiment. If lie did not concur in pinion
he ought not to have used the quotatJott- Without
disclaiming his approval of it. It our in
tention to misrepresent Mr. P.. He is a man
whom we have always highly respetTfd as a gen
tleman in his personal relations, but have always,
regarded him a most unsound and unsafe politi
cian.
Mr. F. M. Gray, Agent for the SavaunaJrMorn
ing News, is nbw in our :own, where he has been ]
spending a few days. He leaves here Ur Atlanta!
to-day The News is one ol our most va uable ex-’
changes, and we hope Mr. Gray may be enabled to !
add largely to its subscription during his stay in j
the up couutiy.
Remarkable Specimens of Ingenuity.
We were shown a few days since, a number ■
specimens of needle work, drawing and writing,
which were executed by .‘.;{ss Ann Eliza Lfuk,
Laughter of-Mr, rtesley Leak of .this city. .Miss
L. has no hands or arms, and her feet and toes are
used ior the purposes that hands
ueitir to serve, ‘i he specimens exhibited to us
were finely exeiute 1 , and would be highly credita
o'* to any one, however nuluralhj .endowed with
ordinary iimbs and members This example shows
\ei.\ eivuriy, the powers of the human intellect.
il “-’ astonish ing-results of application, amt’ genius
‘vi ome the obstacles which nature sometimes
. ..v,. ii, our way Indeed it shows a complete
of Art over Nature: Miss Leak. ; will
a number oi-articles this week at the
.r and will no doubt be rewarded with vaiu
a premiums.
Fubkic Speaking in Zebuluu.
‘bn lJiram Warner and Col. Gartre^Lhave
boll, consented to address the people at Zebu toil..
>m .Saturday 25th inst. Go out every body and
give them a hearing.
the advertisement of Dr. Lqdkhart,
who has, after a lapse of time,
practice of medicine.
South Carolina Election.
In this State, it seems, the Democratic Party
had no opposition iu the late election.-,..8r00k5,
Keitt, McQueen, Boyce and Orr, have been re elect
ed. Miles is elected over Gadsden and Cunning
ham, all Democrats, in the Charleston District.
K As goes Savannah so goes the State.” j
The above sentence lias become an axiom in
the State of Georgia, although, like most axi
oms, it occasionally fails of verification. Last
year, for instance, Mr. Anderson beat Dr. Scri
veu for the Mayoralty of Savannah 14 votes,
while Gov. Johnson beat Judge Andrews about
11,000 Appearances indicate that the saying
will come nearer the truth this year, if the elec
tions do not show that but the half is j
it, and that the proposition wilftJTT tllllffllWn i
the result. A\ r e may therefore calculate as fol- j
lows : At the recent municipal election in Sa- i
vannah, on the loth iust., the average majority |
in favor of the Democratic Ticket was 174 and I
a half, a gain on the previous election of 188, :
the fraction off, in a ballot of 2,070 votes.—
Now should the whole State in the next Presi-!
dential Election cast 95,000 votes, and the av-!
erage gain equal that of Savannah throughout j
the State, it will give the Democratic Ticket a 1
majority of B,GOO ; but should the gain
throughout the State be equal to the-average
gai:- of Johnson over the Savannah vote of last
year, added to the Savannah gain of this year
over the last, it will be nearly 20,000 inajoTtty,
supposing Overby’s vote of last year to be
equally divided between Buchanan and Fill- ,
more iu November next. Stand from under,
Messrs. Know Nothings. ■
For the Empire State.
Col. James N. Ramsey’s Speech in
Hamilton, Ga. s
Mr. Editor : I had the pleasure of listening
to one of the best speeches! have heard.during
tne canvass, from our talented Elector vl the
thud district, on the 14th inst. There was a i
good audience desirous of hearing the speech,
and from tiie frequent bursts of applause which
were elicited by the eloquence of. the speaker, |
an impartial judge would have decided that his !
sentiments were well received. Col. Ramsey is
well posted upon the great questions involved l
iu the canvass. His comprehensive mind is ca- ;
pacious enough to weigh every point in the sev- j
oral platforms, and present the true merits of j
each subject to the constituents of his electoral I
district, and the citizens generally of his beloved!
South. lie is a champion worthy.of every man’s .
steel. He is battling for tlie South ; he is not
Jin apologist for the North ; lie is uot a scoes-1
siomst per se, but is endeavoring to warn uis j
lehow-u.ouutmimn of the “
mult with storms of disaster To the South, j ;
ociieve tnat he would suffer the doom of an
imnneit, rather than submit to the iron yoke i
our Northern brethren are preparing for our
necks. He draws no fancy pictures to allure
men to the support of Buchanan and Breckin
ridge, but lays the subject before ..them in a
masterly, statesmanlike style, and demonstrates
each proposition in a cogent, logical manner.
The Kansas Bill was taken ap and discussed
iu his own happy, eloquent style, equal to the
efforts of any of our gifted Statesmen. There
is no squatter sovereignty in it. The citizens
of the Territory have the right to settle their
own domestic affairs when they nleet iff Con
vention to form a State Constitution. If they
wish to incorporate slavery in it, it is at their
option ;if uot, it is theirs to decide. It would
be unconstitutional for .Coug-ress to legislate
slavery into a State as well as to restrict it.
Slaves are property —not the equals of freemen,
but their dependents, their property to’dispose
of, as much as the looms or spinning knUY sos
Northerners, who arc flocking int<L#YqQPsX;-
tiou of each Territory, The Constitution is
bound to protect them in their severairigidvs.
Squatter sovereignty is the exercise of .sover
eign power in a Territory nob-granted by Con
gress, iu the formation of a State Constitution,
as wus the case in the formation of the Stfite
Constitution of California, the only instance of
squatter sovereignty on record in our Govern
ment. Congress has passed this bill for the or
ganization of the Territories of Kansas and Ne
braska. Southerners can go there (a* they
have already gone) with their slaves, and hold
them. When .the citizens thereof form their
State Constitution, then it is their legitimate
right to decide upon the great subject of slave
ry. The Washington Territory bill was pre
cisely the same in substance, as regards the alien
suffrage feature, and with the exception that the
Kansas bill recognises the right of the citizens
to settle the question of slavery, thereby giving
the South a fair and equal showing by migra
ting thither with their slaves, whereas, the
Washington bill groans under the oppressive
weight of the obnoxious Wihnot Proviso. What
better a bill could we desire ?- The Legislature
of Georgia of 1858 and 1854 endorsed the bill.
Will not Georgia stand up : to their votes? —
The Missouri Compromise, another name for
the Wilmot Proviso , is repealed by the passage
of the bill,therefore the South is equal with the
North.
The South gained what the North lost by the
Compromise measures of 1850—nothing, abso
lutely noth ng—even the Texas Territory was
shorn of part of its space by the line of 36 deg. j
30 min. In giving the right to the Territories ,
to regulate their own domestic institutions
(their inherent right) the Missouri Touchstone
was again applied, and during the squabble Cal
ifornia, the El dorado of the West, was smug
gled into the Union with a free Constitution,
denied even the right of the latitudinous pro
visions of the same Compromise. The slave
trade was abolished in the District of Columbia,
to suit the fastidious tastes of our Northern
b.ethren, who, though familiar with the starving
tree negro of the (u:u deaf to their en
treaties rov relief ; yet, they could not bear to.
see a slave sold into bondage, to a merciful
master, a kind protecter and guardian. The
fugitive slave law waS a concession of right
which is implied in the rights of persons, there
fore it stands inly in the shadoi ■ of • nr me as a
dead letter in a practical sense. 1 r. Fillmore
had not the fortitude to see it iiuu.f.ily execu
ted. Mr. Pierce stood by it in the 13urns’ Case.
j• .e Nashvdv Cor.Vv. which A
speak- i’ wet gat , \> . • atT.
peace h.k. q;. ,to .ehu tin
to ihe Pacific. Tne, question c s -. .
the Union, in lt-54, whether.the h < ■
abided by, and the Northern Freest !!- > ; >
and reviled Mr. Douglas for his slur y .
rence to the proposition. They threatened v -
olence to liis person in his own State, but
stood up like a man and defied them.
After discussing this question of the Nash
ville Convention, Col. Ramsey exposed Mr.
Fillmore’s record, and denounced him as an un
sound man. The Erie letter had never been
retracted, with its vile attacks and menac-:
against our peculiar institutions. The At! •
ton Resolutions are still upon record. Tin :•
tacks upon our Flag were not matin a pn ■ ,
manner. The denunciation of the Cid ■ and;
busters, as they were called, is still in
ry of Southerners. The blood of
is still reeking upon the soil of Cuba ...uu civ. 1
from , the ground as Abel’s. The public char
j aeter .of the Hon A F. Owen has been blastea
I by this same model Ex-President, to save his
I own reputation. I would dwell longer upon
j this portion of Col. Ramsey’s speech, but fear
; I may encroach upon your space. The Know
; Nothings generally came in for their share of
| castigation ; let them escape t o the mountains
or surrender, for Sampson never felled Philis
! tines with a stronger arm or a better will than
the Col. strikes down the disbanded followers of
Sam, with his ponderous battle-axe or scathing
cimetar.
His eulogisto upon Buchanan was eloquent
in the superlative degree. He closed his speech
by an appeal to the citizens of G eorgia to come
iup to their support and save the country from
| destruction.
Hoping that your readers may all hear Col
I R. before the campaign closes, I must draw to
! a close bv wishing that Georgia may remain
i firm to her integrity and patriotism, and never
| yield to the dominion of submissionists, but
j stick firm to her true Southern sentiments,
j “ Equality iu the Union, or independence out
|of it.” Truly, your co-worker,
FIDES.
Infamous Trick, of the Enemy!
As usual with them just on the heel of acan
vass, the unscrupulous opponents of the Demo
cracy are resorting to the basest misrepresenta
tions and lies to decieve honest voters on the
day of election.
One of the most insidious we have lately seen
we will now briefly expose.
We find in the advertising columns of the Mo
bile Tribune, an article front the i ahiinore
Clipper, in which, alter a great deal of twaddle,
it is nnhlushinjjly asserted that Mr. Buchanan
will withdraw from the Presidential canvass!
It even wades still deeper into lying, by further
asserting that the Philidelphia Pennsylvanian,
thv great organ of the Democracy 1 the Key
stone State “says that it speaks by authority
in stating that Mr Buchanan does intend to
withdraw.” This infamous lie of this more in
famous K. N. paper, the Clipper, was hatched
and set afloat several we ks ago, a >d received
its quietus at once —the P n s lvauian nailing
it to the counter, and positively stating, in
ste id of what is above imput ed to it. that it
spoke by ‘authority in stating tL.t M . Buch
anan does not intend to withdr.w ’’
The stale lie is now reviv. and as an advertise
munt, by the Know No kings of Alabama,
that it may be r ad by i;0 <st < ut uiiiii!<>rin and |
Democrats o*i lie day of elec o , ‘O i (luce I
them to v>i•* so lidm re.
t We would put the In ne t pe< jil of Ala m; i
w*n theii guard ..gaiuet t=. mid ti* r ouk - •
similar dirtv tiick- hat will ue resorted o n
the eve of the election, by ti.e desperate p ity
who would draw our noble Dcm era ic 6;ate
to cast her vote Tor the Abolitionist, Filmore.
— Mont. Advertiser Gazette.
Election in Baltimore.— Tne Know Noli
i'.gs pretend to be much gratified, says the
Federal Union, at their success in the late Mu
nicipal Election in Baltimore. It is not very,
strange to see the Democratic Partv beateni
Bubimorc. The Democracy have often car
ried ti.e State of Maryland, when the r op
ponents carried the city of Babimor by
large mnji rity. But what comfort In S ti>
eru N. K’a can derive from their success in
Baltimore, we can’t sett. Baltimore :s vi ry
generally considered to be as much opp *ed u*
Southern interests as even old Boston. W o
don’t know that the citizens of Baltimore wire
the constituents of HENRY WINTER DA
WS, a man that voted with the Black Repub
licans in Congress on the Army Bill 1 Davis
weft -knew what sort of men he represented, or
he wJmld never have dared to put his name on
the official record, side by side.with Burlin
game and the rest of the Abolition crew
Baltimore is in. the hands of the enemies of the
South. She is a traitor to the arms that sus
tained her in her infancy, and deserves a trai
tor’s reward at. the handp of that mother she
has so basely deserted and so wantonly injur
ed.
Fillmore Mass Meeting at Montgomery
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 15.—The Fillmore
Mass Meeting here to-day is a signal failure.
About two thousand at the stand.
For the Empire State.
The Teacher.
There is perhaps no one who has as much to
do in promoting the happiness of the human
family, as the Teacher, and who Is as little ap
preciate and. How frequently we hear it remark
ed, “his task is an easy one, and yet his prices
are high.” These rernaks are of frequent oc
currence, but I will venture to assert that those
who make them, are not capable of thinking
deeply on any subject. No one who can exer
cise reason and judgment, and who is capable
of weighing a subject as it should be weighed,
will utter such expressions, for surely every one
know's that there is no occupation more ardu
ous than that of the Teacher. Do those who
make such remarks ever think that while they
are at rest, the Teacher is at work ? If not
employed in School, his mind must ever be at
work, studying and contriving what is best to
be done with some wayward and disobedient
one, or in making plans for the future. Alas !
they know not that many a Teacher’s face is
becoming furrowed, and liis head turning grey,
before he has passed the summer of life, be
cause of excessive mental toil. They think not
that he is form:. ? the characters of many who
will be ornaments In the circle iu which they
may move, who but fru* him would be mere
drones in the great bee-fur*’ of mankind. It is
also frequently the ease that, the Teacher exer
cises greater influence over the child than the
parent. Ts yon believe not this, go ask some
great and good man, and he rilJ perhaps tell
you that his first lesions in truth were learned
from his Teacher. Ask that moral man, and
he will tell you that his principles were first im
planted in liis breast by his Teacher. Go ask
teat Christian, and he will perhaps tell you that
he was made to know the sinfulness of liis na
ture by the precept and example of lrs Teach
er—that he was constrained in the ways of
.■mi; and light, by the words of advice of Lis
. actor. Think not that I am placing the
. : s < ond in the great work of forming
~ Au.-—far from it. But I do say that
much good seed implanted in the
> man by the parents, which would ne
iv.opcd. v.xre it not for the timely
idaeiier. The cause of this is that
..u ... incur character, and as he has children
ofcvvry uispositiou that exists in the human
fa-i-.-iy, it becomes necessary for him to make
i.icir character his study iu a greater or less
■ ice, and as he does this, discovers and eu
...ti.vors to correct variousfodales indisposition,
v.Meh perhaps the parent never discovered,
i -ecause of their partiality for these objects of
.r praiseworthy affection.
Again, she Teacher must so guard his
-, mid discipline his actions, as to set
.a pure examples before children, who
ia.cure imitators, and then he is obliged
o ... w.i.-e more patience than any human be
;ig m ■ xistence, and yet “his prices are high,
his task is an easy one,” Let the physician
lea e his saddle-bags, and try fora time the du
ties of tlie teacher, and see if he will not be
willing in a few days to resume his medicine.—
Let the farmer leave his plow', and assume the
occupation of Teacher, and he will think it a
far lighter task “to plow anti to so m t to reap
and to mow,” than to be a Teacher of youth.
Yea, let even the blacksmith leave his anvil,,
and assume the position of Teacher, and in a
few’ days he will be willing to return to it again.
But it seemi that gratitude is a feeling that is
not always extended to Teachers. Parents
and friends are not the only ones who do not
appreciate the Teacher. Scholars frequently
think that because they go to a certain Teach
er, or a certum place to School, that it is of no
consequence whether they learn or not, and
when mildly reproved, think the Teacher is
harsh and cruel, that it matters not whether
they learn or not, so they have the name of
going to School, and the Teacher gets reward
ed for his services. They seem not to think
that he has their interest at heart, that he does
not feel rewarded unless they do their duty as
Scholars. They forget that he has a reputa
tion to sustain, and yet “his prices are high,
and his task an easy one.” Someone may say
this is all nonsense, that Teachers wish to be
paid for their services as well as others, that
the greater number of them teach School be
cause they can get no other employment. I
did not say they were all a set of self-sacrifi
cing beings, for there are exceptions to every
general rule. There arc cases, however, which
have fallen under the observation of every one,
in which they have taught from mere choice.
Besides, if they teach for gain, a good Teacher
is well calculated to fill other offices by which
lie would be better rewarded. ’Tis true, he
must have some compensation ; but in what
must it consist ? Besides a few of the almigh
ty dollars, he would wish a small proportion of
gratitude from parents and scholars, a large
proportion of appreciation of his merits as a
Teacher ; and more, he would like for all to i
pause and think deeply ere they say, “his pri
ces are high, and his task is an easy one.
A Pupil.
The Daughter of a Fremont Elector Mar
ried to a Negro.— What are we coming to!
Tiie following is from a Crawfordville, Indiana
paper Read it, and be astonished :
“The doctrine that has been so boldly advo
cated by the leaders of the abolition -parlv dur
ing the last year, ‘that a negro was as good as !
a white man,’has become, with a majority of;
the members of that party, a fixed fact. No ■
longer than last week a man residing in the |
vicinity of Orbelin College, in the State ofOh<*>,;
gave his only daughter iu marriage to a sooty i
A fricau who had been educated at this Aboli- i
tion institute. * his man, we understand, is a j
State elector on the Fremont ticket, and regards
the negro as his equal. The young lady is des
cribed as being extremely beautiful, and but
sixteen years of age, while her dusky lord is
blacker than the darkest midnight.”
A Grateful Negro— When Mr. Jonathan
ross, Siioe iuteudent of Col portage, was at
in* inh, eollec iug uuds for the tract socie
r , w s publicly catechised in v irions places
r. ( condi i nos slaves in the South. On
•ii lie was asked, among other ques
• .i>, w]m. .he mgroes ih<>ught of tlicir own
•-it.on. lie r. plied by mentioning Ihe case
of nir-.ld s * rvai.t in North Carolina, more
than a ’ itndred \ ears old,who had been brought
fom Africa in his youth, and converted to
the Christian religion in this co.un.ry, and who,
every tune lie said his prays, poured forth his
devout gratitude that lie had beenstolen away
from a heathen land, and prayed God to revive
the slave trade. -
No one who has read the accounts given by
all travellers of the horrible bartarities prc
tised by \fricuns upon each other, can wonder
at the old man’s thankfulness that he had been
taken even forcibly from such a country, and
placed among a civilized and humane people,
-t is certainly more comfortable to be hoeing
corn and cultivating tobacco and cotton among
a Christian people, with plenty to eat, drink,
and wear, than to live under a savage despot,
who paves his court yard with the skulls of his
people, and delights to subject them to the most
dreadful tortures.— Richmond Despatch.
PEN AND SCISSORINGS
Ex-Gov. Cobb.
The Atlanta Intelligencer of yesterday says :
We had the pleasure of taking Gov. Cobb,
by the hand, yesterday morning, upon his arri
val from Indiana, w'here he has been doing gal
lant service for the Democracy. He brings
most cheering accounts from that State as W'ell
as from Pennsylvania. Both will in his judg
ment, have given a majority for the State tick
et yesterday —but at all events they will iu
November be fully in line for Buchanan and
Breckinridge. We take great pleasure in an
nouncing that Gov. Cobb will be with us at
our Mass Meeting on Friday and Saturday.
The Hon. Luke Piyor, tliclate Know Noth
ing candidate for the United States, Senate, ire
the State of Alabama, and an Elector lor Fill
more, La>- renounced hL allegiance to Know
Notiiiiigism, and ded-ured publicly for James
liueLaimii. This gentleman and Percy Walker
Gere two of the lead ng spirits of the American
party in Alabama.
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Election iu Kansas.
The New York Commercial Advertiser of
the 10th just, says:—“We received yesterday
just as we were going to press, a telegraphic
despatch from St. Louis, saying that a letter
from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, was publsh
ed in the St. Louis Democrat, iu which it was
stated that the Free State men there had re
solved not to vote at the election about to take
place.
St. Louis, Oct. 18.--Whitfield has been elec
ted delegate from Kansas.-[Ex.
Election in Williuiiigtou Delaware.-
Willniington, Oct. 8. — I The election yester
day for Inspectors and Assessors resulted as
follows:—Newcastle county, 850 demecratic
majority; Kent county, 450 democratic majori
ty; Sussex, 500 democratic majority.-[Ex.
Is it a Bargain ? —We learn from sources that
re can hardly doubt, that the leaders of the Buch
anan and Fillmore parties have come to an under
standing, and are now at work, night and day, con
sumating the coalition to defeat Fremont. The
South will thro v Fillmore overboard (as we have
all along expected and predicted) for Buchanan ;
while at the North, the Fillmore men will vote for
Buchanan, wherever die amalgamation is likely to
effect the desired object. An a-rangenient like
this looks rather formidable; it is well calculated
to appal t imid lie/üblicana, and nerve to greater
exertion the brave.- N. Y. Mirror, Biack Repub
lican.
How ro Escape from a Room Filled with
Smoke. —It is not generally understood, says
the Buffalo Express , that in case of fire in a
house, the room becoming filled with smoke,
the best plan for safety is to lie upon the floor,
where one is sure to iind a strata of pure air.
By adopting this method many have been ena
bled to crawl out of the room,escaping suffoca
tion. Another mode of precaution, said to bo
attended with equal safety, when caught in a
foom Ailed with smoke, is to hold a ‘handker
chief before the mouth and uose, which will
admit the air in breathing and exclude the
sm uke.
The Boiling .Springs or Utah.—lu Washo
tah Valley, L T tab,according to the papers, there
are ten boiling springs, which are great natur
al curiosities. They are situated on the banks
of a stream, aud pour out their waters seething
hot, with a great noise. The waters hiss ami
dash over each jagged roek, aud jets of steam
hot enough to scald the hand, is also forced
out. Deposits of sulphur and alum are found
in their neighborhood, and the whole appear
ance of the region evince a powerful volcanic
action.
Singular Premiums. —Among the various
premiums offered by the Coles County Fair, >
held at Charleston, HI., last week, were the fol
lowing : To the ugliest man in this or the ad
joining States, to be adjudged by a committee
of ladies, $lO mirror ; to the tallest man, $5
•walking stick ; to the shortest man, $5 pair
high heeled boots ; to the smallest animal of
any kind of its age, one volume I’r. Farmer ;
to the best original conundrum, one volume of
the New Orleans Picayune ; to the best origi
nal toast, one volume of the National Intelli
gencer ; to a word of sentence with best comic
definition, one Com. Blackstone.—<fr. Repub
lican.
Assaultoo Edward Willson.
We regret to learu that Air. Willson, the ex
cellent Clerk of Council, when going quietly
home from the Court House, between three and
four o’clock this morning, was violently assail
ed by a number of persons at the corner of Bull
and Jones streets. He was stabbed in the back
(with a bowie knife it is supposed,) and beaten
in the face, but that the course of the knife was
intercepted by the lower extremity of the shoul
der the cut would probably have proved fatal.
We are gratified to learn from Dr Wayne
who dressed the wound, that it is not danger
ous.
A person less inclined to get into difficulties
or who would do more to avoid them than Mr.
Willson, lives not in our community. ITis crime
—his only crime, is the energetic and efficient
support which he gives to the Democratic party
—an unpardonable offence iu the eyes of the
more reckless of his ‘Law and order” oppo
nents.— Geo <S- Journal.
Low Necked Dresses.
The low necked dresses of the ladies are
made the theme of small jokes by certain chaps.
In our opinion it is with the ladies a matter
of taste.w.iicU they might be allowed toindulge
at their discretion ; the wits who would
ridicule them had better look at home, and as
they live in glass houses, absta u from throwing
stones. If they don’t like to see the ladies,
let them look another way ! There was a
grand party out at Madame It.’ a short time
ago, and the mass of the ladies present were
extremely lowly minded; so low were some of
them disposed to go, that Spindle said to his
friend Shuuks;
“Did you ever see the like?” 4
“No,” savs Shanks, “I never did: at least, not
since I was weaned.’*
That was outrageous; but presently the saps
met the belle of tftfe evening, a splendid crea
ture, aud Spindle exclaimed ;
“What a galaxy of beauty ”
“Well I declare, says Shanks, . “you have
the advantage of me. I thought a galaxy in
cluded a constellation of beanties?,’
“So it does,” said Spindle, “and don’t you
see the milky way?
On they passed and soon encountered a
maguificeut woman, with such frank develop
ments as to leave no room for doubt as to the ;
quality of her charms.
“There,” says Spindle, “is tbe finest woman .
in the house. ’
“Fact,” says Shanks*.“she oatstrigs all the „•
rest.” ’ ‘ ? ? ;