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CHEROKEE ADVOCATE.
BY RUGGLES & HOWARD.
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Horn. Howell Cobb's Letter. i serve intact the integrity of the Republic.
We make no apology for the space occu- I This brings me to the consideration of the
, i second proposition, as to the true line of
p.ed m this mornings paper by the manly } policy £ b b adopted hy the ^ple of 0 eor-
and able Letter of the Hon. Howell Cobb, | g [ a and the South, in the present state of
in reply to the Columbus circular, and we j the slavery question,
heartily recommend its careful perusal to i In reviewing the contest which we have
every reader of our paper. It is a document! ^ la ^ with the North on the subject of slave-
r , .... * » , r ; ry, every candid mind must admit that, with
worthy of the distinguished source from J . c \
, J unimportant exceptions, we have found our
whence it eraenated. Ihe arguments pre- , on iy friends at the North in the ranks of
sented in the letter against the proposed for- j the National Democratic party. Whether
mation of a strictly sectional party at the j we look to the records of Congress—the ac-
South at this time; are to the point and must ti° n State Legislatures the resolves of
, . . . ! party conventions—or the tone and spirit
be convincing it seems to us, to every can- ; ^ public prega> wp are forced r / the
did and right thinking man in the state, ; conclusion that the National Democracy of
—J the North alone has stood true and firm to
[From the Athens Banner, June 7th.J , the constitution on the slavery question.—
Letter from How. Howell Cobb In Reply ; t • . : n 725A llnol ,‘hU accession
to tkc Colnmbna Circular. 18 trae c ?“ t . /XT ’. P?" <w cession
Athens, Juue 1st, 1855. ! to the Presidential Chair, Mr. r lllmore gave
Gentlemen: Your circular of the 28th j the support of his administration to thepas-
ult. was received by yesterday’s mail, and 1 sa £ e of the Compromise measures of^ that
in view of ttie importance of the subject, I ! y ear > and by his official power and influ-
reply to you through the columns of the ! enc0 > the strong assistance of Daniel
MONDAY, JUNE 11.
[For the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
The Loensta.
To onr Readers. The experience of the last few weeks has
We take pleasure in stating to our read- 1 deve ] ot)ed many facts concerning these re-
ers that by an arrangement with the pro- j markable insects, a concise relation of which
prietor of the Cherokee Advocate, the entire j may prove inteveg ti ng to those unvisited by
subscription list of that paper has been j them I propose therefore, to give your rea-
added to the previously large circulation of i ders a sort 0 f biographical sketch of the lo-
the Weekly Intelligence,-. The Advocate has \ cust fts it has this seaaon appeaTed in Upper
possessed a circulation in Cherokee Geor- i G eor gj ni more narticularly in the counties
gia equal to, if not superior to any other | of Cass and Cherokee. I would however
paper in the up country. With the union of j preraise tliat what is here related is fact, as
witnessed by the writer and those beside to
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The Democratic Convention.
Wo regret that severe indisposition has prevent
ed us from giving at an earlier date our impres-
sions of this Convention, which camo off last
Tuesday in Milledgeville. Wo heard hut one opin
ion expressed by all who looked on the assemblage
and who witnessed its deliberations. It was
agrcod hy all that never in the experience of tbe
party bad a convention assembled at the Capitol
that presented such an array of membors and in
tellectual force or that from first to last evinced a
more harmonious, determined spirit. The pro
ceedings of the Convention are before the country,
and captious indeed must be tbo man, let him
rank with parties as he may, who can find it in
his heart to offer uny opposition to them. There
was one distinguishing mark, which attended the
sittings of the Convention that to our minds com-
mends'what it has accomplished, and is peculiarly
gratifying. There was free discussion of overy
doubtful question—no man was muzzled, and no
spectator hod the least reason to believo that man
oeuvre, or a dictatorial authority gave shape to
any thing that was done. Indued we heard it re
marked that there was loss of that preliminary
cutting out of work and fixing up, which is usual
with party conventions, than was ever before soon
on a similar occasion. In fact almost everything
was oxtenporisod, and the beauty of it was that
this spontanietv produced no dissent or confusion,
and lod us all the sumo road. But even this thing
has its evils and for ourselves we say, that if ever
our party should in some freak of good temper
call us to preside over a Democratic Convention
as it did with such credit to us all, our frioud Col.
Gardner, we pray that we may have tome previous
hint cf the intended honor. We confess that the
kindness of such distinction is somewhat equivo
cal when ono is called upon to run the gauntlet of
a critical audience without a moment'* warning.—
For a minute or so only wo wero anxious for our
talented friend, and we felt piqued nt first that he
had been placed in such apparent exigency. It
was only apparent however, for with wbat case
and success ho disposed of the difficulties of his
situation our readers may seo by turning to the
address which we publish this morning. It was
very hnppily conceived and expressed, and was
most cordially roeeived by the Convention. Whou
the report of the select committee came in we
witnessed a scene raroly, if over, before presented
on similar occasions, The preamble to the resolu
tions was received kindly, but without any vory
emphatic demonstrations, as if tho temper of the
Convention was in favor of deliberating as we
went; but beginning with tho first resolution the
applause was deafening, and the Chairman was
barely allowed, hy great dexterity, to slip in be
tween the hursts of cheers tho parts of his pithy
report. Joy oud confidence brightened every
faoe daring the process of spiking down tho
planks of tho magnifioent platform. Will our
readers just pnusc and, laying all prejudice
aside, say if ever a party in the Stafo turned
out such a piece of carpentry before. With our
latest breath we will accord honor to the man who
dosigned it and the body which perfected its exe
cution. It was through oversight, and not design,
that tho Resolution offered by Capt. Nelson was
not included in tho report of the committee.—
And as it turned out, wo aro truly glad that it was
not. That oversight of the Committee has become
tho very best interpreter of the temper and deter
mination of the Democratic party. But we almost
broke the oommaudmeut against covetousness,
while wo witnessed the splendid advantage which
Capt. Nelson gained by moving his amendment.
It is a thing to be proud of for life, to have been
tho orguu of a movement that must inevitably re-
sult either in saving tho Union, or snatching from
destruction the rights of tbe South. Thousands
too, in Georgia, will rejoice to learn that the
Democratic pnrty is united upon the rosolvo to re-
taliate upon the lawlessness ofabolition nullification.
Governor Cobb, while offering his modification
of Capt. Nelson's resolution upon the ground that
the office of the Convention was not to legulate so
much as to advise, took occasion to say that heart
and hand he went with the measure of retaliation.
While Gov. Cobb was addressing the Convention
upon this point we never witnessed a greater en
thusiasm, and from that instaut we all felt that at
last Georgia would do nomcthing. This we feel
confident was the crowning glory of the Conven
tion, and all honor to the patriotic hearts who
gave impulse and success to this noble movement.
The speaking was superb. Cobh was first called
out and his ponderous blows were dealt with such
skill upon Know-Nothingism that we felt sure that
tho Order was prudent in securing a retreat under
ground.
Mr. Stilus gave us one of Jiis most finished and
successful speeches which in the estimation of all did
much to add to his fine reputation. Messrs. Ward,
Lamar, McGehoe and Cowart, added to the pleas
ure of the eutertainmont by happy hits.
At tho olose of tho Convention Gov. Johnson
was loudly called for, and in one of the most im-
pressivo addresses we have beard in a long time,
alludod to the difficulties of his position and pro
tested against the uncharitable judgment of men
who could not fully understand sis he did, the na
ture and preturo of these difficulties. It would
not have been an easy thing for a prejudiced mind
to have heard that address unmoved.
At night ihe members of tbe Convention, and
strangers from abroad, wero splendidly entertained
at the Executive Mansion, and at a seasonable
hour we all shook hands, agreeing to meet again
the first Monday in October, in heart, at tho polls,
to win a great victory, and if possible, one month
thereafter at MiUedgeville, to help each other re-
joiee over it.
The Bank of Savannah has declared t
semi-annual dividend of five per cent, be
sidu carrying a very handsome sum to the
credit of thn reserved fund.
Time is gold; throw not on® minute away
bat pi®*® each on® to aocount.
_ you through
public press.
The proceedings of your meeting involve
the consideration of two propositions: 1st.
The danger which threatens the institutions
of the South, growing out of the abolition .
sentiment of the North. 2d. The proper ! sought to he practically applied to th
policy of the South to meet this threatened f as .and Nebraska Territorial bills,
policy
aggression.
A consideration of these questions will
furnish a complete answer to your proposi
tion for united action with the Southern
people, on this paramount subject.
In 1850, the slavery excitement had
reached its highest point. It is unnecessary
now, to examine tho immediate causes
which at that juncture precipitated upon
the country a crisis which had, for some
time, been threatening its peace and quiet.
The public mind was full of apprehension,
and every patriotic heart beat with renew
ed anxiety and solicitude; the Compromise
measures of 1850 were the result of this
state of things. They were intended to
give repose to the country, and finality to a
sectional contest which seriously threatened
the existence of the Union. That compro
mise commanded either the approval or ac-
quiescene of the entire Southern people,
with unimportant exceptions. The people
of Georgia; in convention assembled, affirm
ed this action of the National Legislature,
and expressed their willingness and deter
mination to abide the settlement. Conscious
of the danger through which we had pass
ed, and apprehensive of a recurrence of it
in future, that convention asserted in plain,
but decisive language, the position which
Georgia intended to occupy on this subject.
The people of the State responded to this
action of their representatives in convention
and thus declared to their brethren of the
other States, that the principles set forth
and declared in what is familiarly known
aR the “ Georgia Platform,” would be firmly
maintained by them, in letter and spirit.—
The incorporation of the important features
of that platform into the proceedings of
your meeting, shows that you intend to stand
by that action of your State. Upon this
point, I feel assured that you will find the
people united in heart and sentiment; eve
ry Georgian is prepared to stand upon that
platform. Its declaration of attachment to
the “American Union as secondary in im
portance only to tho rights and principles it
was designed to perpetuate,” is no unmean
ing language. The Union, as it was form
ed by our fathers, and as wo hope and trust
to deserve and perpetuate it, is justly re
garded by the friends of republican liberty,
throughout the world, as the rock upon
which the God of nations has planted the
beacon light of free Democratic institutions.
To destroy that Union, is to darken, for the
time being, this light of the world, and it
may he, to put it out forever. In immediate
connection with this undisguised attachment
to the Union, that platform asserts the
terms of justice and equality upon which it
ought, and can be preserved. No light and
trivial causes are presented for the “ dis
ruption of the ties that bind us to the Union.”
The violation of important constitutional
Webster, was enabled to carry a portion of
the Northern Whigs to their susport-; hut
when the great principle upon which that
compromise was based, and which alone j
reconciled the Sonthern people to it, was ;
the Kan-
not a ;
Whig member from the North voted for it :
—not a Whig paper at the North advocated
it—and Mr. Fillmore himself was under- :
stood to be opposed to the application of
that principle to those territories. So that t
upoD the great practical question which ,
must shortly be met—shall Kansas be ad-
mitted into the Union with slavery—the !
South looks in vain for help from a solitary :
Whig of any prominence, cr member of any |
other party save the old constitutional Dcm- j
ocratic party. That there are a few nation- j
al Whigs, with Mr. Fillmore at their head, j
whose hearts incline them to do justice to ;
the South, and who would do so if it was in i
their power, I have no doubt; but the over- !
whelming majority of their party are a- v
gainst them, and the very effort to do so, :
without the masses of their party to back*
them, is political death. Therefore the !
South can look with confidence to the North
ern Democracy, and to them alone, in the
impending crisis.
I do not pretend to assert that the entire ,
Northern Democracy are now, or ever have
been, sound on the subject of slavery. My
proposition is simply, that the only sound ;
men of the North who have stood firm at all
times, and in every emergency, and who are
yet willing to peril their political all in de
fence of riie Constitution and the rights of
tlie States, are to be foun l in the National |
Democratic pcrly. I do not know that there ;
exists at this time, even individual exceptions i
to the rule. If there should beany, the time j
has now arrived when they will be forced by j
the requirements of duty and patriotism, to j
take their position in the Democratic organi- j
zation. Heretofore, the Democratic party at j
the North lias been enabled to contend sue- j
ccssfully with its opponents. Its organiza- j
tion being sound, the unsound elements in
the party constituted the exception. This !
state of things arrayed the abolition senti- !
meat of the North in opposition to it. As j
long as that abolition sentiment was divided |
between the Whig and Abolition parties, it j
was generally powerless in its contests with !
che Democracy, and the Democratic party has ,
been enabled to maintain its ascendency.— :
The recent overwhelming triumphs of the i
opponents of the Democratic party of the j
North, is attributable, not only to the increas- i
ed excitement on the slavery question, but j
also to the union which has been effected j
between the Whigs and aholitiouisrs under
the name of “Know Nothings” or “Ameri
can party,” a fact of significant importance j
ot the people of tho South, in the considera-!
tion of this question. The abolitionists never j
could unite their forces in their own proper
name, nor could they unite them in the old
Whig party. For that reason both of these
parties have been abandoned in name. Un
der tbe title of Know Nothings, however,
this result has been to a great extent, ac
that no man is worthy of political fellowshpi ! But new questions of practical and para*
who denies tbe right of Kansas, and all other j mount importance are pressing upon the at-
Territories, to come into the U nion, with or 1 tention of the Southern people, and iutereat-
without slavery, as their people nmy deter- j j alike every citizen, whatever may have
mine. This is the doctrine of the Democrat- 1, ” ,. , J .... , ...
ic party of this State, and of the sound Xa- ! *»s past political associations. A new
tional Democrats of the Xorth. Upon this j l 1 ® 8 arisen, aiid a secret organization
basis the National Democratic party will j has sprung up throughout this land, em-
stand in the coming contest. In her ranks j bodying the worst elements of fanaticism
there will be no place for free toilers and ! and demagoguism, and threatening the over-
abolitionists. Theman who denies this do* | ofthe Consti tution of our conntry
trine ought and till be deemed unworthy of , „ . . . . „
fellowship in the Democratic rank. Pre- i an ^ rights of the South. Already has
senting, as the National Democracy do, this ! this swelling war swept over nearly the j 7ubLriptioVli'ste of the two' papers we
catholic platform to the country, the question ! whole ofthe Northern section of our Union, i „ , ‘ .,. , , 'n , ,,
comes home to every Southern man as to his overwhelming in its mad career the best el- !. - ,T J “ . , " T . •’ . | whom he is indebted to bringing some of
individual duty in the matter. If we desire ; u of society and the most natriotic ; lar S est anti best circulation in Upper Georgm ; tbese f aets to his no tice. No heresay evi-
the admission of Kansas, and seek to estab- „ , v r T , i Middle and North Alabama and East Ten-; dence bas been tak en but only such as the
Hsh on a firm and lasting foundation the , 0 f«* e North. It has careered on and | ne3 of r pilblished in Georgia, , would receive riz that of he
great principle involved in the question ofon until it has arrogantly sought to hear 1 ^; thout e ' tion naturalist would leceive, viz. that ot the
her admission why should we not unite with down upon the South. But it was gallant- 1 Wg ^ respectfuliv cal , the attention 1
the only party that can and will enable us to ^ '- ll J ^ e ‘- 1 -- '
effect the object ? The g
yon seek by your meetin;
to make us “one people s ,
ask, in reply, why we cannot be “one pec- » oppositaon to Know Nothing.™, and an adverds ; me dium, in the sections of, worm. They were again seen after the pe-
pie and one party, in support of the Nation-; they have rolled it back From Southern sou. . .. . . ... . . , . J
al Democratic piarty. provided that party | Know Nothingismhas found itself in an un- i Jbe country mentioned above, are b el>evedro ; nod just mentioned first on the 27th ot
will carry out the principles which we hold I congenial atmosphere the moment it crossed j une ^ uftUe f' Then ‘ !s anot , bor tact that j A P nI ’ m tlie f orm of l . he fl y- Hore a
’ ’ ’ r, .. „ , ; it may be well to remember, that our circu- change, but the transition was so sudden
; lation is made up entirely of bona fide sub-1 that no one obtained a view of their gradu-
business men. 1Ye I al developemenf. A few have seen them
up 1
jstantial
,,. - _ . . , , congenial atmosphere
m common on this subject. Being in tho M J on& Dixon's line
minority m Congress, we are powerless to . 7 . . Ja utll „
carry any measure, except by the aid of votes arc in their nature >. and from their social j gcp; , jers substantial business men
from tbe North. The policy I propose af- structure, conservative. The spirit of fanati- ; ’ . . . ' - .
fords the only practicable mode of securing . cisrn and moboeracy has found no home or : l ‘ ave * 10 lisfs an<l 1,0 P art 01 onr circula * ' emerging from their shell. I rom this it
the admission of Kansas as a slave State.— restingpiaee within theirborders. They have ! tl0n aas ” een o° tfca U P f° r Iwnkom. All would appear that the ascent of the bug from
If it fails, we are in no worse condition than neve r ihoueht to he intrusive upon the i 'Advertisements ordered either at the Atlanta ; the ground was sudden and probably in tho
we would be if wenow abandoned our friends ... f c ( ,f rTm'rm Th«v ' or Marietta office will appear in the entire | night, as no one remembers ever to have
at the North, and commenced at once to rely rights of other sections of the Union, llwy 1 ■ - — - -
upon our own resources. If, on the contrary ' have been content to defend their own j F P
we succeed, we shall have carried our meas- : rights from being intruded on hy others.— Science, Wooi-&atnering.
ure, secured our equality and just rights, and They have been content to pursue the even friend Greer about Macon, and cau lie
at the same time, preserved inviolate that tenor of their wav beneatb tb ei r own vine j C01lie t0 our relief? This time, we own up
^ and 8g «»,»«<>'to maintain their right. ! tbe «**.** cooft» thnt «»»»»-
pies itwas designed to perpetuate.” ! under the shadow and the wing of the Fed- j struck. We have no acquaintance with onr
I take it for granted that you prefer the eral Constitution. They look upon the correspondent J. A. 8., and it may be that
admission of Kansas to its rejection, the principles of Know Xothingism as contrary [ ll0 sells us ou this occasion. We hope not,
preservation of the Union to its dissolution. to tPe - r j fe of tbe Revolution and of the i foT vre are very sensitive all the time such i In two weeks more the females began to dc-
unon a^asis’that’secures^tha^co-TCrarioifof American principles that struggle | an »peration is proceeding at our expense. | posit their eggs, which was done with an
upon a basis tbat seenres tfie co peratipn ot . .. ,1-- —: It is not impossible that j. A S. has heard t instrument with which nature has provi
ded them, and which seems to be a sort
of knife, which is thrust into the under
seen the bug moving. The fly thus suden
ly developed, on its first exit- from the shell
of the bug was white, but in a Very few
hours acquired full and perfet color. In
about a day they began to sing, and soon
the whole country resounded with their
songs. In a few days more they grew strong
enough to fly about, particularly the males.
that “gallant band of patriots who are friends aimed to secure—contrary to the genius of |
to the South and faithful to the Constitu- American institutions, and contrary to the | that ice never clid study Astroinouiay.'
tion.” ] etter and tbe sp irit of the Federal Consti- } and that after all the moon did not rise any
These noble and brave men have during tution> Let us then, gentlemen of the con- \ way in Macon “last night,” of “night fore
CoLritutSlTbil^tio^ SLveS <"» i 1 “‘” "J not it i. cr..ol
stood the tide of fanaticism, which has : Democrats of Virginia, and to the patriotic | smoke a poor, unoffendiug^ eddiltin, after
threatened the existence of the country, with ! Whigs of that State, who co-operated with j “ U8 80r *- Maybe again, that the moon got
an unyielding courage which commands our them for the signal rebuke they have ad- j U P wrong foot foremost, or, as we are giving | wood into a sort of furze. The eggs were
gratitude and admiration. ! ministered to Know Nothingism on South-1 reaa °ns for a “feenomenor,” perhaps it then deposited in alternate rows, about six
Shall the South now, in their defeat, de- l T . - /q - af _- . • ! would not be amiss to say the Know Noth- or eight in a place. These eggs were then
sen the men who in the hour of her i rnffict ^IveJ &* hold of that ill-starred luminary ! of a long, oval shape, as woims producing
ger have never deserted her? Is this the approaching conflict, to prove ourselves 6 . ...» , ... .. J , . ' ,
time when we shall turn our backs upon worthy of such associates in a common a S ai . n m S ht last as the J dld a few ! °^ s usuall - v are ‘ In about two weeks the
side of a limb about as large as a goose-
quill, and by repeated thrusts peuetrates
into the limb, ancT backwards along the
limb, compressing the splinters of the
upon worthy
them and leave them to their fate ? Par- cause. Let us open our doors and our arms
don me if I say that such a course, and for and onr widely, frankly and cordial-
such a reason hardly comports with that
weeks ago in Macon. eggs were all deposited, the locusts grew
These fellows play the very mischief with ; feeble, their note became more hollow and
everything that gives light, and the “eddi- j lower, and they all disappeared about the
tur” of this paper heard it stated frequently | last day of May. One or two only have
that during the sitting of their convention i been heard later than that: thus making
in Macon they first turned off all the gas i their existence in the fly state a period of
in the city, but that failing to seasou the i some live or six weeks.
! darkness to suit their taste, they then put: Having finished circumstantially our his-
I out'tlie moon. But any way, -3. A. S., don’t | tor y of their visit, l will notice more mi
nutely one or two particulars of peculiar in
terest. And first, how do they live, and
what do they feed on ? No one, not even
chi vairy which we claim for the South, | to Whig® of Georgia who sympathize
and which I am sure lives as warmly in with their Whig brethren of the Old Do-
your hearts, as in any of her sons. Let us minion in opposition to Know Nothingism,
rather emulate the example just set us by : aa d united let us move on to imitate, hy a
the proud old State of Virginia, and respond | Q j e8S gi or jou8 victory in Georgia, the ex-
to that “gallant band of patriots”—that al- 1 , 5, r . . . 0
though they may, for the moment, be over- ^P* 0 °* ’ irginia.
whelmed bv their enemies, and ours ; yet Gentlemen of the Convention, allow mo to i
thev may always rely on the unwavering tender you my heartfelt acknowledgements j be alarmed for the salubrity of your bread
support of their Southern friends. for t h e honor vou have conferred upon me I baaket 5 we arc making bread up this
We have seen in Virginia, that many pat- j ^ cam me seat. It was indeed a I for a11 the “peoples,” and that little
1 a»rpriae.for I was notified of your wishes ! fP of the Goddess cant rob us of the grain , the closest observer, has ever seen them
tan^e We P SdHf“ $ C^nSiSS- this moving only a short time before you that now ,8 as good as wheat in the mill! j feeding. Ihe on y suppos.t.on left is, that
Why should it not be so in Georgia ? Why I assembled. I did not feel at liberty to de-' raaeon u t Qr . ! tb ^ bvm f fnjm tbc . « avUl a « ertain
hould not Republipan Whigs everywhere j dine; hut in this position, as novel to me j , b eddetufo/the Sant l i °, :1,ni " ux vlgor .''’ hiah . ls su ® cient to carr y
L J lue tJuueLUl 01 a-uanui . them through with then* appointed task.—
cline; but in this position, as novel to me
e ooutn iranxiy aomit tnat tney are 1 a8 it ; 8 unexpected, I claim your indulgence
convinced, that in the Democrats of the I , „ , r J T 0
1 and forbearance for any errors I may com
mit in the discharge of my duties. Attrib
ute them to no want of desire on my part
to act impartially and to the best of my
abilities, but to inexperience in a position
of this responsible character.
LUC V1U1HLIUU 1U1DUI IUI11 tUJiSUlUtlUIUU .. , . . . . . .
rights, which Georgia deems essential to complisneJ. The personal animosities of
her equality in the Union, constituted the ® eward - G / 0el - v . aad a few others, have kept
basis of her action, “as a last resort.”— them aloof from the coalition; but the um-
l'he position she calmly and solemnly as- yersal election of Freesoilers and Abolition-
sumed, and her people are, and I trust ever } st9 to office, wherever the Know Nothings
will be, prepared firmly and resolutely to bave obtained the power, leaves no doubt of
at the South frankly admit that they are
now
North, rests the last hope of the Union ?
We have no divided interests in Georgia;
the preservation of the honor, rights and
safety of our beloved State, is with all of us
an object, compared to which, all others
sink into absolute insignificance. For this
object, we ought indeed to be “one people i
and one party.” I fully agree with you ;
that the time has come when we must act in
concert, if we would be safe. But we need
maintain it.' Theman who first counsels
an abandonment of the Georgia Platform,
will he regarded—if he is not treated—as a
traitor to his State.
The Nebraska Kansas bill was introduced
into the last Congress, in accordance with
the principles of the compromise of 1850, as
we understood it. It affirmed the great
principle of popular sovereignty—it denied
the right of Congress to legislate upon the
question of slavery in the territories, and
pledged Congress to the admission of Ne
power,
tho fact, that all their victories bave been a
series of Freesoil and Abolition triumphs.—
The extent of these Know Nothing victories
justifies the apprehensions so generally felt
among the Southern people, ot the danger
which threatens their rights and interests,
and demands the united action which is in
voked by the proceedings of your meeting.
In considering these dangers, and in devis
ing the proper measures for averting them,
we should not lose sight of the men and the
parties who have brought them upon us.—
Let us bear iu mind that Northern Demo-
A Decided Pledge.
Among the political curiosities of the day
, , . , may be noticed John L. Stephens’ announce-
not act alone ; that time has not yet come. . ~ ,, . v XT „•
We have friends, and enough to make us j meat ° f a « tbe Anti-Know-Nothing
absolutely invincible, while we are united, candidate for Judge of the Coweta Circuit,
By sinking all subordinate differences, and i with the public promise, if elected, “ to de
giving our cordial and united support to the ! cide any law prohibiting the sale of liquors
Northern Democrats, wo may secure the j unconstitutional.” This is a pretty stiff
South in all her rights, and at the same time
perpetuate that Union, to which we are iu-
braska and Kansas, with or without slave- . . , . , ^ . „
ry, as the people of those territories might crat® alone, have been steadfast m their ef-
deelare for or against slavery, in the organi- for ® , to stera th; , s current of treason and fa-
slavcry, in the organ
zation of their State Constitutions. This
bill was passed, after an exciting and bitter
struggle, by the almost unanimous vote of !
naticism—nor should we forget that North
ern Whigs and Abolitionists have for years
contributed to build np this anti-slavery
terested for so many blessings, and whioh is
endeared to us by so many hallowing recol
lections.
If we do thiB and fail, (but we shall not
fail,) we shall at least know that we have
done all we could to prevent the evils that
may ensue ; and we shall then be prepared,
united and ready, to act for and by ourselves
for our own protection.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
HOWELL COBB.
To Messrs. Thos. Raglan, F. M
promise, to be sure. But we can’t support
Mr. S. until he takes one step further, and
pledges himself, if elected, to hamstring ev
ery man convicted of being a Know-Noth- ! pj a i n and f anC y Dry Goods, Clothing &c.
intstellegencer dear Ser a cureous feenome
nor wos Witnessed hear in Macon last night
no night fore last the Moon ARose kind of 1
South east and looked vorry Red all the j
time it Was not no Eklips though for a .
Eklips Darkens the Moone A great Deal
and graJualley Went to the West I hav i
Studded Astromomoy & cant Account for 1
this Strange freek of nateur Sum of our |
Sitizens looked on it as a Evil Sine of fam-
min it Rose abbout 11 ^o clock can you i
acount for this most Singler feenomenor,
yours respectly
J-— A S
p S did you See it in atlanta
When this is exhausted, they return to dust.
Here too is an easy explanation of their
limited lives.
Again, their most attractive feature is
their song, which is confined to the males,
the females having a voice—ehiefiy while
flying—like the grasshopper. The note of
the male is [iroducedby a beautiful mechan
ism, combining the harp and the drum.—
A11 aperture under each wing is covered
loosely by a pearly membrane, which, upon
close examination is found to be corded in
JSF“The attention of readers is directed j
paralell lines. There are also two other
apertures, covered with a thinner membrane
. , ... ... , _ , . also loose, probably to serve the purpose of
to the card of Messrs. Adair and Ezzard, to 1 inflation. The interior of the body is I10I-
be found in our advertising columns, They! low and delicately divided into air cham-
have on hand at their establishment on bers which form the drum. The note pro-
Whitehall street, a beautiful selection of i duced ® natural, concert pitch, with a
ing. We wait for the pledge.
Additional by the Africa.
Columbia, June 6.
At Vienna on the 20th Count Buol had
an interview with his French and English
Ministers, and suggested that the Confer
ence re-assemble, and representatives could
Brooks, J. j not give a reply, but if they would consent
R. Redd, A. S. Rutherford, John A. Jones, j Buol would again attempt to arrange the
James M. Bethune, John G. Ridgeway. : third point.
Purchasers would do well
amine the stock at No, 50.
to eall and ex-!
Slave Excitement—Failure.—On the ]
continual modulation on the lower semitone.
It winds up by expelling the air, producing
a fall of about two and a half tones. To
wards the close of their lives, when nature
becomes weak, a change takes place in their
note which is lowered a semitone to D flat
the South, united with a portion of the Na- I «ent,ment. and that when they failed in their
tional Democrats of the North. This action ; unholy erusade upon the Constitution and
of Congress was received by the Southern ri S b *, s ot the South—ilus secret. oath-
people with unmixed pleasure. They did bound Know-Nutiiing party, has stepped
not feel tbat they had gained any triumph \ ®™ ard a8 a mediator between anti-slavery
over their Northern brethren, but they did 1 Wings.andavowed Abolitionists, and uniting
feel that the North had given, through the | the, . r b F oke “ fortunes m one midnight or-
votes of her national Democracy, another ! gamzation, has given form, substance and
pledge of fidelity to the Constitution of our ! 8acce9S \° e tbe ab ^ 1 | tl ?. D sentiment ofthe
common country. It indicated an honest j *V r . th ; K *“ al b ? l,eve ' tbl . a dan S erous
regard for the rights of the States, and a de-1 ” nsls 19 about be precipitated upon
termination to maintain the integrity ofthe I tb f eountry, we may pause long enough to
Union upon terms of fairness and equality, j acknowledge our obligations for the event,
Such a result could haveno other effect than to the Abolitionists proper-secondly
that of strengthening our feeling of security 1 ° the A » rtbem Whigs-and lastly to the
under the Constitution, and warning our! “KnowNothings,’ who constitute cheumted
attachment to the Union of our fathers ! ar f w of Abohtlon and Wb, S co-workers and
riborfiiN
It was with sincere regret that we saw the W hilst I fully appreciate the danger!
consequences of the prssage of the Kaiisas , which threate n S ihe South, I am notwillfng !
Bill, in the non-slaveholding States. J he ! concede that it cannot be avcrted . It is
violent excitement which seemed every- • true ^ the Democratic party in most of
whereto pervade the public mmd of the j the Xorthern States ha8 been defeated, and
North, was considered omniousof a ienei\a : j u some instances overwhelmed ; but I ean-
of the sectional contest winchlradbeen end-j DQt with JO u in saying that “the
ed upon terms fair and honorable to every band of patriots”*at' the North,
portion of the Union That apnrehension, j „ who are friends ' to the South, and faith-
** 18 to be feared ' Wlil b ? realized in the fu- fal t0 the Cunstitution,” and who have so
ture action of the people and the govern- nob , battled for our r5g hts, under the ban- i
ment,on the Kansas question and in view ner ^ fthe Xational Democracy, “havebeen |
i v, , tal “ erast whlch \ he gf»“ th I bas ,! n routed disbanded, and almost annihilated.” !
the rcKuk of th® issue,we should 00k coolly As lli h , as esteem their services, I|
E „ qUe9t r n ' a r d dehberatel y deter - beg tJWre you tbat you underrate their
mine upon our line of policy and action. j vi] T tue . and pl ^ ce t00 lo ^ an estimatfi upon
present indications, it may be re- \ their devotion to the Constitution, and the
garded as a fixed fact, that Kansas will, at rights of the States, if you suppose for a
no distant day, apply for admismon into the j m oment-, that thev have lied from- the field
linonwith a pro-slavery constitution. By • 0 f tbeir gallant struggles, or abandoned in
tie bi ot the last Congress, as well as bj' , despair the cause of the Constitution. I
P lancl P les ?* tae Compromise Acts of \ g ran t y 0 u they have been defeated, but their
rh, ■’ Congress is pledged to her admission, broken columns are already recovering from
1 " 0taer sae comes with or without slavery, the blows inflicted by their, and your, secret
tb ® G ® ve . t ff aent 16 b ‘ nuld t0 °l )en the doors I and oath-bound enemies. Know Nothingism
and admit her as a k.tate. Her rejection on staggers under the blow just given by the
the ground that her Constitution reeogm- Democracy and Republican Whigs of
zes the institution of slavery, presents one | Virginia, [t* effect will be seen and felt in
and the most important issue provided for : the North . 0 ur friends there will be en-
in the Geokcia Platform. Such an event couraged by each successive defeat of the
makes Georgia “one party and one people, , Know Nothings at the South. Give to them
and a dissolution of the Union is cerain and | tbe pledges of our united and cordial sup-
inevitable. Upon this question there exists . port and co-operation, and they, in return,
no difference of opinion among our people. ■ w jU g i ve to us and the country firm, true,
rhe argument has already been had the ^nd reliable .Representatives to fill the seats
judgement has been, made up—and. it only j now occupied bv the Free Soilers and Abo-
requires the happening of the contingency Rtionists recently elected to Congress by the
to unite all hearts in the enforcement of the : Know Nothing party. Shall . we, then,
decision. | abandon that “ gallant band of patriots ”
In view, therefore, of our sincere attach-, in the midst of battle ? They still fight on,
ment to the American Union, and the great i nothing daunted by their defeats and disas-
calamity which its dissolution will bring up- j ters. Will the South counsel them to sur-
on us and the world, we should see to it that' render to our common enemy ?
every effort consistent with the protection of j The admission of Kansas is the “para-
cur constitutional rights, should be made to j mount question of the day.” The position
avert this threatened calamity, and pre- j taken by Georgia in her hut Legislature, is
Address of James Gardner, Jr., Chair-
man, to the Members of the Democra
tic Convention.
Gentleman of the Convention :
The spectacle presented hy this large and
intelligent assembly of citizens from every
part of our noble State, is a gratifying evi
dence of the zealous interest felt by the De
mocracy of Georgia, in behalf of the great
principles and of the great cause they seek
to vindicate. It is an auspicious augury
of the result of that important contest now
before us, that so many intelligent freemen
are assembled in tbe clear light of day, and
under a smiling Heaven, to proclaim their
opinions to the world, and to defy those who
oppose them, whether hy open assault or
covert conspiracy, to refute them, if they
can.
This spectacle is a practical rebuke, the
moral force of which must be felt, to another
scene presented on this day, in another city,
in a distant State of the Union. There, a
Convention meets in the darkness of secrecy
to plot and to plan for the possession of the
power of this Government. There, Dele
gates are brought together from every Con
gressional District in the Union, in myste
rious ways and by back stair-cases, sent hy
we know not whom—representing, we know
not what, and contemplating designs con
cerning which, we are left to blind conjec
ture. These delegates are assembled to pro
claim the purposes of their organization
to vindicate the constitution of their country,
and to declare their unalterable determina
tion to maintain the rights which it was
formed to protect. There, a seo rat council
meets under the sanction of mysterious
oaths, but without responsibility to those
whose rights they seek to control throngh
the legislation of this country. We, freemen
of Georgia, will never consent to surrender
our dearest rights and interests into the
keeping of such hands.
It is a source of pride and gratification
to every Democratic heart that the WAing
and fundamental principles and measures of
the Democratic party are now the fixed and
settled policy of this government. Under
its auspices this country has gone on, step
by step, rising higher and Btill higher in
the scale of greatness and prosperity,
until it now towers aloft, the admira
tion and the hope of the votaries of free
dom throughout the world, and has hn»Ainft
formidable to tyrants only.
Berlin papers say that {Russia and Tur
key will settle between themselves, each to
have a number of vessels,'and to keep in the
Black Sea. England and France each keep
two Pelessiers. The appointment is im
mensely popular, and it in thought there
would bean attempt made to cut offLepran-
di’s forces, and take and hold Simpheropol.
-8th of May, a Frenchman passed through j or q sharp, with the trill as before, one
Columbus, Ohio, e?i route for France—hav- j the lower semitone, or C natural, hut not so
ing obtained passports for himself and i lively or so fast.
slaves, three in number. The virtuous abo- j Hpon the whole, the advent of this insect
litionists of Columbus immediately had the : ha f a P*”?" in ^ rest Its t a PP 0aran00
, . , , , , „ T / _ . only at rare intervals suggests the idea of
slaves seized and taken before Judge Swan, ; strangeness, and their note being the same
of the Supreme Court, to got their liberty. I we heard when in childhood, and their roys-
WI .1 .1 -J i_l- ,, . : 1 -,1 1 iL AI
When there, they declined taking their lib-
berty, and insisted upon going with their
master, much to the discomfiture of their
disinterested friends, who retired under the
impression that those negroes could not ap
preciate freedom, if they had it.
New
York, June 6.—A despatch from
Philadelphia to the New York Tribune says
The French support his advance, recent that Barker will be slaughtered as Grand
reinforcements bring up the allies two hun
dred thousand. On the 12th, a Russian
sortie attacked the left, being repulsed at
the point of the bayonet by the British.—
Loss on both sides severe.
On the 19th Gortschakoff telegraphed
that the allied fire was weak, both sides re
pairing and erecting batteries. The French
carried the Russian entrenchments near
quarantine bastion on the night of the 22d.
The Russians ordered all the ships of war
at Cronstadt, except eightlinera, to be sank.
All fortigeations on the Gulf of Finland
are placed in a state of seige. The hulk of
the English fleet are at Naiger.
President of the Know Nothings by the
conventions now in session there; and that
his opponents will probably concentrate on I
Governor Gardner, of Massachusetts, to
take his place.
It i3 reported that a duel has been fought
between two gentlemen of this city, named
Leavenworth and Breckenridge, resulting
in the death of the former, and severe
wounding of the latter. It is stated that
Leavenworth was tho challenger, owing to
-offensive remarks made by Breckenridge at
the Shakespeare Club.
Portland, June 5. : —The Coroner’s Inquest
on the body of Ephraim Robbins, killed on
Saturday, has returned the following ver
dict :—
“That the deceased was shot through the
The great debate in the English House of j body by some person unknown to the inquest
Commons, on Desraeli’s motion, has been i acting under the authority and by the order
defeated by 290 to 319. It is expected that I of th ® Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
every available infantry soldier in England j P ortla “ d ’ mdefen f ce of the city property
J 6 I from the ravages of an excited mob, unlaw-
will be sent to the Crimea. i fully congregated for tbat purpose, near the
The latest Paris Moniteur publishes a de- j City Hall, on Saturday evening, June 2d,
spatch from Pelessier of the 25th, stating 1855, of which the said Robbins was found
that the French occupy a large space be
tween Central bastion and the sea shore.
to be one.’
Cost of Livivo is Paris.—The high cost j
of living is as much a subject of complaint'
in Paris as it is in this conntry. Beef costs
three francs or fifty-four cents a pound,—
A chicken costs five francs, or nearly a dol
lar. A Turkey costs ten francs. A leg of
Iamb, which about a year ago sold for alxrat
three francs, is not at present to be had un
der five; fish has followed the ascentional
movement in proportion.. Tbe Exhibition ,
of the World’s Industry would necessarily i personal. Wilson replied, cool but forci-
Th* Latest Sews From the K. N. Con-
greaa.
Philadelphia, June 6th.
No progress to-day. The Massachusetts
delegations are admitted after some trouble.
The contested cases are all disposed of but
Louisiana, whoso delegation is part Catho
lic. While the question of admitting them
was up this afternoon, the slavery question
was introduced by Mr. Bowlin, of Virginia,
who made a violent attack on Massachu
setts and Wilson, It was very bitter and
raise the price—and beef, it was expected,
would be four franca a pound.
Kossnth in a late letter says: You may
have heard that arrests took place at the
execution of Pianori. Do you know why ?
When the executioner pulled the string, and
the axe was coming down, the dying Roman
shouted: “ Vive la ” down falls the axe
and cats short the sentence, The lookers
on completed it: “Republique 1” shouted they
—and the polioe carried them off to prison.
Whether some of them may have thought,
“Surget ex sanguine uUor,” I can’t say;
bat the scene has left a deep impression on
ble and determined, explaining his position
and denouncing slavery, declaring nimself
and the North for its abolition in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and its exclusion from
Kansas, Nebraska and other territories.—
Tbe Virginian’s speech annoyed the South
erners for its coarseness and unprovoked
attacks. Albert Pike, of Indiana, spoke
and saved the Union. The war goes on
to-morrow.
Massachusetts and Wilson stand better
to-night than before. Southern men. con
gratulated Wdsonjjor his boldness and ad
mirable temper.--T^bere * 9 uo hope of anion
in the council, bui in agreeing to restore
freedom to K^ovnn Nebraska.
torious and prolonged stay beneath the sur
face of the earth brings forcibly to mind a
sense of the antique. And their exit with
a mournfully depressed tone seems as though
they were conscious of the fact, and wero
singing their own requiem. How striking
an epitome of the liistory^of man, who, like
the locust while in strength and {prosperi
ty, pipes liis note in full and lively bari
tone ; but ere long lowers it to the quaver
ing minor of feebleness and woe.
UPPER GEORGIA.
The Eastern War.
The Boston Courier of the 4th inst. pub
lishes extracts from a remarkable work
E ublished last year by James Madden,
eadenhall Street, entitled, “The War:
who’s to blame ; or the. Eastern Question
investigated from Official Documents.,” By
James Macqueen, Esq., F. R. G. S., Author
of African Geography, &c. The Courier re
ceived its copy from a distinguished gentle
man to whom it had been forwarded by the
autohr, and believes it to be the only copy
in Boston. Mr. Macqueen is very bitter in
his denunciations of the war, and says:
“Enormous lying led ns into this war—
enormous lying sustains it—enormous lying
will carry it on, and lead us on step by step,
until we cannot advance without danger or
retreat without disgrace. In this odious
system of deception, if British functionaries
do not take part, as I believe they do, they
at least eagerly swallow everything they
hear, and transmit it to mislead the govern
ment and to irritate the country—the ob
jects for which such falsehoods were inven
ted.”
“Look around and seo what onr efforts
are producing, and what we are gaining
and must gain from the blood and money
we spend and must further spend.
“In Asia we replace the church by the
mosque, the Christian pastor hy the Ma
homed a Mufti. In Circassia we extinguish
the fee remains of Christianity which ex
isted before Justinian, and restore the de
testable white slave trade, and at the samn
time the vast African black slave trade,
which Turkey on all her borders carries on
and has always carried on. British bayo
nets, ships, sailors and soldiers maintain
and guard all these vile systems, at the very
moment when we ore denouncing in the
Western world evils and actions of a sim
ilar description! This is our present posi
tion. This is our present work, or rather a
portion thereof, all being of a similar kind
and condition. The very muskets so pro
fusely used to render robbers to become
more independent, are taken by the Aba-
sians, to whom they are given to invade
their peaceable neighbors, and to purchase
or capture their wives and daugnters, to
carry to Constantinople Ip adl for slaves!”
In making his astonishing disclosures,
says the Boston Courier, the author
to know the peril he stands in of being de
nounced as disloyal; hut he boldly chal
lenges the investigation, and only demands
that, without reference to his own text, the
reader will inspect carefully the documents
he places before them. His motto is that
truth will prevail finally over falsehood,
and that his office is a noble though a hum
ble one of showing the truth, that others
may from that detect the error. The pre
face is as follows:
The writer of the following pages was in
duced with much reluctance to undertake
the heavy and unpalatable labor of analyz
ing the voluminous documents (l,300elosely
printed folio pages) that have been publish
ed by the British Government, on what is
technically called ’‘The Eastern Question.”
The labor became more irksome and un-
! pleasant as, independent of all other autlio-
j rity, the close examination qf thedocuments
j referred to compels him to come to the con
clusion, that his country was completely
wrong in the proceedings which have led
to the terrible contest into which she has
unguardedly rushed; and that every step
she takes in carrying it on will only add to
her complications, difficulties, dangers and
expenses, without acquiring therefrom one
! additional (quite tho reverse) solid mark or
J point of national honor, power or security.
J The regret that he felt of seeing this gener-
! ous country so misled and maddened by' tlie
j greatest and the grossest, and the most ex-
| tensive system of error and fabrication ever
! before organized in any age or country,
! urged and impelled him in the discharge of
I a duty which he considered was due to his
j country, even if he should stand alone in
the contest, to do his utmost to expose and
condemn that disgraceful and dangerous
system alluded to. IIow far the work un
dertaken has been satisfactorily performed,
is left to the reader to decide. Amidst con
siderable experience in attending to and
investigating the public documents, the wri
ter had occasion to witness so much deceit,
concealment, misrepresentation and mysti
fication, not to use harsher names, than tho
papers under consideration contain. Our
ambassadors, and the ambassadors of our
ally, cut a deplorable figure in the eyes of
plain dealing and truth. The errors, fabri
cations and misrepresentations to which
these papers have at the same time given
rise, are scarceiy creditable, and can hardly
be believed. The work itself will sufficient
ly show and prove this. Sir H. Seymour
has taught us that it is lawful to eall things
hy their right names ; truth demands it.—
Republican France abrogated the treaties of
1815. She next violated the treaty of 1841,
by thrusting a three decker through the
Dardanelles, to menace Turkey and promise
her support against Russia, if she would
beard the latter. She succeeded. She
“frightened the unhappy Turks,” and
“gained moral weight” by her “threat,”
says Seymour. Turkey broke her engage
ments with Russia under this pressure.
Russia sought redress calmly. After much
delay and ohicauery, it was given—a fir
man by the Sultan, and an autograph letter
from him to tho Emperor Nicholas, appear
ed to settle everything. Both wore instant
ly violated. The question was re-opened by
France. Prince Mensehikoff was sent to
Constantinople. Tho tales of his menaces
and threats, and arrogance, were all Tur
kish, French and English fabrications. It
is not true that he first settled tho question
of the Holy Places, and then brought for
ward new and severer propositions. Ilis
propositions were one and the same through
out, and all well known to Lord Stratford,
though he has deuied it: his letters will
show this. lie settled the question of the
Holy Places as not between Russia and
France; but as between Russia and Turkey,
that part, the most important part, “repara
tion for the past and security for the fu
ture in other words, “a national engage
ment,” in one binding shape or another,
embracing the recognition of the treaties of
Kainardji and Adrianople, was postively
refused, and this was done by the advice of
Lord Stratford, the British Ambassador.—
This refusal of a just demand justified Russia
in declaring war against Turkey. She took,
as Lord Stratford admits, a milder course,
by first occupying the Principalities, a fief
of, hut not an integral portion of Turkey.
This state of things produced the war in
which we are now engaged. Europeframed
a pacific note to satisfy both parties. Rus
sia at once accepted it. Turkey refused it,
as she had been secretly taught to do so.- —
Our declaration of war against Russia sup
presses the truth at this point ; it asserts
that Russia refused the acceptance of tlie
Vienna note, though urged repeatedly upon
her by the four great powers of Europe!
that is not correct. The first note framed
by these four powers was accepted by Rus
sia at once. It was sent to Lord Stratford
at Constantinople to urge, in the most ear
nest manner, its acceptance by the Turkish
government. Ilis Lordship tells us (part
II. p. 69)—“When I delivered it to the
Turkish Minister, I called his attention to
the strong and earnest recommendation to
the Porte, not only by her Majesty’s govern
ment, hut also by the cabinets of Austria
France and Prussia,,’ &c. This fact is
wholly suppressed in the declaration, and a
note as amended byTuakey was substituted
for it, which the Emperor of Russia did de
cline to accept, though subsequently recom
mended by the four powers to do so, because
it gave no satisfaction for the wrong com
mitted, and at the same time destroyed the
letter and spirit of the treaties existing
between the two empires, the great and se -
cret object of the new alliance to accom
plish !
Several notes were subsequently present
ed, and made out by the four powers. All
were rejected by Turkey; one especially, by
Lord Clarendon himself, was summarily
dismissed, with the taunt, that it was worse
for them than Prince Menschikoff’s propo
sition !
Prince Menchicofif reached Constantino
ple the 5th of March. The French fleet
was, without consulting this country and
contrary to our remonstrances, ordered on
the 22d of March, to proceed from Toulon
to Salamis, to overawe Greece and to be at
the command of their ambassador, to pro
ceed to Csnstantinople to support Turkey;
and all this done, before any point of Men-
chico’ffs proceedings was known, and ten
weeks before the occupation of the princi
palities was thought of, and sixteen weeks
before that took place.
What are wo to think of such suppres
sions and such conduct? But still worse
took place under the Secret Correspondence.
Thus, while Lord John Russell and Lord
Clarendon both admitted and advised the
superintendence of Russia over the Greek
Christians in Turkey as a matter of right
and duty, their ambassador at Ccnstantino-
S le denied both, and taught the Turks to
eny them. The Secret Correspondence,
moreover, ended, as it was sought and in
tended it should end, namely, in an under
standing or agreement between Eegland
and Russia, that they as parties most inter
ested, should both do their utmost to up
hold, as long as possible, the existence of
the Ottoman Government should dangers
which could not be foreseen or prevented
precipitate it to its fall; and that Doth par
ties ahuold always work together to render
its dissolution as little injurious to the
great interests of Europe as possible. This
is and was the result of the Secret and Cor
respondence, violated by France and Eng
land, not by Russia. Moreover, almost ev
ery despatch[from Lord Stratford, and also
from Lord Clarendon, went to show
Turkey was not only and simply ‘sick,’
bat possessed of an inourahlodisease, brought
on by a long life spent in immorality, cru
elty and oppression.
