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'C" ""-' V-V ;i; 1 i ;i mi i , . . "" - . "',.''. ' .; " -" ' . 1 ' ' "' v . i :' : "v-; .: ' " - ; "' - ' , ! - ' "" '. ' ' - ' ' ' ' ;- ' ". i t . ' ' ' . . ... i r. 4 t - - ... ; HI (' ol .-t'lr Hi' I! ? ' .V l.-l.'.-i'.llallts i.lUVI.i 'l .li..".itn v i i ivJcva-l -nit. :.t 1 rharS'tsu..:;'t Ojurt ureters ana j uaiciai auveniscmonis -wiu clinrsed33 1-8 per cent, hi-xher than the foregoing i'ates. - a 1 -r- -t- .x- i .j. . ; Otc Principles. JV sf. "We ijLall maiubsin the doctrine that no, for eiganr ougljt to be allowed to exercise the elective franchise," till lie shall liave resided within the United States a sufficient length of time to enabb him to be come acquainted with the principles, and imbued with the spirit of our institutions; and nntil he shall ' have become thoroughly identified with the greatest inter ests of our country." - y . ' "v o i1 Second. We shall advocate a pas3age of a stringent law by Congress to jirevcnt the imimlgration hither of foreigners, who are cither paupers or criminals; and to semi back to the countries fronv which they come, all such foreigners of these .'classes as may, in violation of such law, hereafter, reach our ports; and to require the President of the United States to demand from any government, which may send hither such classes' of its subjects, immediate and ample satisfaction for mrc'i outrage, and a proper indemnity against the rep etition thereof. : . ' Third. AVe shall oppose the election or . appoint jnent of aay foreign-bom citizen to any office of trust honor or emolument, under the Federal or State gov ernments, or the employment or enlistment of such persons in th army or navy -'in time of, war main taining, as we do, the opinion that the native-born cit-jj It.wj ril'tlio TTnrt.1 ttatirt HiiVft' thfl "rinrlif t.n rnvprhi! - o e- ts ,1.. ! . v .,11 ::. r..' abroad should be content with - the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, nntier ovtj - institutions, without ;3vikLig t& participate in the enaction, administration, or execution of our laws, ' : i ; . Fourth. e shall advocate and urge the afloption of such an amended form of an oath, to support the Constitution of -the United States, and to be adminis tered to all persons elected "or appointed to any office of trust,' honor or--emolument, under the Federal or State governments, as will effectaallv exclude from ?ach ouiees. all persons, who shall not directly and ex- iUiauij recognise ne oruvgasions ana Diniung iorce 01 i ha ..ori-Atitutk'ii of the United- States, as paramount hi a!i obligations of adhesion or allegiance to any for eign prince, potver, potentate, or authority, whatever, and '.r ;!iy and all circumstances. - Ftfih. We siiall oppose, now" and hereafter, any UfiJottif Chiirdi -and State" no- matter what class of r-iigiAuists shall seek-to bring about such union. Sixth. We shall vigorously maintain the vested rights' of all pers ons, of native or foreign birth, and sliail at all tini33 oppose the slightest interference with such yestedrighf'' - - - , Sfr&iitJt. 'We shall oppose and protest, against all ''t'ridknent.of religto'is liberty, holding it as a cardi : ti minvthat religious faith, is a question between ifh ii$ ilvidaal and his (Sod, and over which uo polit- il g.svrnirteiit.or other human power, can rightfully ; .:.r -iy any suporvisioa or control, at any lime, in u:.y 'pl.tce, or in-o;- fonn. ' . ' "Light!) . We sivall oppaseall ''higher law" doctrine?, f.r vriiich the (Jonstitution is to lie set at nought, vio- - it 1 1 1 11- 1. F i :tCvi. or aisregai'iteaj wnemer ty uouiictuH,, oy rei-'r- .?.. ' : y 1 naaereuis vr luunncrs 01 ;iuv nrher class of persons. . ; . 1 J I . .11. - . I .11 V enner, cr Si aft. We shell maintain and" defend t!w Coxstjtv itn as it qtatids, the Unien'sts it exists. and the right ;' the Stoles, without 'diminution as guaranteed' therer iv : ofpong at all times, and to the'. ; extent of our :.:!ifity ;up1 inrlueuce. all who may a&ail them, or ei ; ; i.t' Mie:n. s ' ! ' " Tenth. And laptly-; we shall use onr ntm"st exef ' to baild tro'iin "-American ptt!? whose maxim hail ! : . . . ' : y '";- ;.' Americaxr siiAi.t.-Rri.E'.TirEiR Cox;mjr! ' From the Da ly News . Ta Temple's Soa. ; A la- Siisannah. - ; i "11 tell you what wiil be one di;y, . Say on November fourth, When all the crops are ht.used away, South:. East, West, and Xorth : We'll come a vast, o'erwhelniing host, A I'rrsident to make, ... .... A?kI ;?- who ioves. hi country most, tehhil we in triumph taie! ' Oh! Uuchaaan, :?.- ' : ; i-We've heard of yon before; ! Yiu old Ten Cent-aur, what a f&vcfri 7 To run you against Fuxmore ! i : We'll gather then througJiont the land, .- With :hearts, sesolved' aw) Irue, - ; ' We'll coyie a strong and mighty band ; .. A patriot work to io 1 Our U.mox trt-rnbks to its base, . And bsave the man must be. . i , . To keep each pil'ar-in'its'plafioj . . A nrl -uurd our Jjiberty 1 . Oil': Bachahanl f ; ' " " Now at your full threescore, We'll keep th? cares of State from yoa. A:jd place, them on Fhj.oi'.e ! . ;;: . We ve lit iio worn-out party hack - To fiil tUe Wliita House chair . No one who's always on ihe track, v But never getting there Who holds, to oifice like, a leech, . And e-er.crieth, "Giye, C ot d pe ) pie, iv-e,. 1 do beseech, Or else J cannot KveJ?! i. -Oh ! JJachanan ! . ; - So long you've taken "pap;'? r . We feel 'tis time to wean jon o5" . The Natioa's I aching 'lap!" j We want no slanderer in the seat Once graced by Washington .. . , No one whose libels could defeat . ... Kentucky's glbrloas Sox. ' We waDt no Fillibostcr there; Grown silly at.an age . . -f Wjica wisdom Jearn'd, and virtues rare, . : Should mark the honor'd sage ! . r , Oh! Buchanan! . You're such a frinriy eoul, Straight jackets stout; may keep you yet j -From swallowing Cuba whole! ; Our Ladies, too, God bless their hearts ! Just as they always doj: ! 7 '.-'. Say with sweet smiles and winning arts, Be to ocr union true! They want that man who honors them,' Who testifies that lifc Uath not a fairer,: nobler. gem, f Thin is the loving wife,! ;; .y ... Oh! Buchanan!: :;-i " f.J. They're heard oft yon before, Xou crusty Bachelor, stand aside Their smiles are for Fillmore! "Wc speak we millions of thfree - bn Sonth,. East, and West, and North, i And you wUl. see what then shall be, On next' November's FoarthJ : ' : j ; , v For with the coming morning's sun, ! - - y -. Our shouts-of victory, - ' Shall thrill the land of Washington r In one vast jubilee! Oh! Buchanan r;; ' ' -J-K . AmiJ the mighty roar. J ' . - ' u; Will Wheatland join the Nation's prayer -:!'" "God siveour giieat Fh-lmore !" . ':' Philadelphia, Aug. 26, 1859, jolid Ad vice. The following- is posted , up as a? noLice in a nrintinir Omce out west ;-- . , t . "Shut the tin fir 'siikI as Rooh as vou are done tallc- mg business, serve your,mouth laway.'yK ha3 aband0ned, the position which he has al Bores should qut this out and paste it in -their oats. t ,rt 7.u sr'tii 4.iw5ZiL '(-.aiX:iii ' ". SH Qacrc : Would that cure- the eMistesiper ? (ness not. ' . -i.x'.y -siivi.' till'sixi-. UTir.-.il. - 'JJ.-S' ! ,,.t., -s . . - ""V ::T.' -- ; : . . ' " ' - l- . - ' . ';' ' ' : "'" ' " rgjf'! ... - VOIX II. From the Little Rock (Ark. Gazette and Democrat. 1 MiY Bnclianaii's Southern Record. - As Mr.' Buchanan- lsalways'held. apj by hjs parti san friend3, to the people of the South, as the only man iu the Presidential contest, who is true to South era interests,-it is well that his political status and nw tecedents should "bs kept before the Southern people. The guaranty .the' people of the: South have of Mr. Buchauan's present soundness on the slavery question, is the fact that he stands on the Cincinnati platform, which was erected by that notorious" Massachusetts abolitionist, B. F. Hallett, and that he (Buchanan) is supported by such abolitionists as Van Buren, Ben- -ton, Trumbull, Garrison and Wendell Phillips, as the very best man to carry out their treasonable views agaiust the South, and against the" Union. .., " .. The frecsoil doctrine, and 1 he war-cry of the Fre mont party, is that -"Freedom is national and slavery sectional" while the Cincinnati Platform chdprsesthe Kansas antf Nebraska bill repudiating" iay? "REPUDIATING ALU ' SECTIONAL PARTIES AND PLATFORMS CONCERNING DOMESTIC SLAVERY !" ' - . We are told that the .Kansas bill is the salvation of the South.: , It has been shown,; .over aud over again, tliat the Northern friends ay, the very authors the K ansas bill defended it in the north, because it was a' measure-which' would abolitionize the 'Terri tories ;vand one distinguished Senator, who favored the bill, in 'speaking before his nbthern constituents, Said-rSO POWERFUL WOULD BE ITS EFFECT, TIIAT TIIEHE. WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER SLAVE SjATE ADMITTED IX- fb tue Union,' if we acquired -rnE wnoLE country to the" Isthmus of Darien. . Take this with the fact before alluded to, that Mr. Buchanan is supported, stark" ng as he does W the Cincinnati Platform, by the Ilalietts, the Van Barens, the Butlers, the Garri s'on's,iind the leading lights of the abolition-democracy of the North, because, taking the "won and the plat? form together, theyay their treasonable ends can best be carried into effect,, and we have made out a strong case against Mr Buchanan, as an unreliable,, and an unsafe' man fur the South. ' So much for Mr. Buchanan's sfaius. Now for his 'antecedents. , - . - ne commenceo ,pu)iie iue os-a roueraiist as a- denouncer ofthe democratic party-and especially the policy of that great apostle of Democracy, Mr. Jef ferson. Ifs opposed and denounced the adiiiinUtra tioa 't'F Mr. Madison, and" ' purticnlaily the war of 1S12-15 with Great Britain. He was a Federalist of the' deepest dye ; and as has been very truly said, if the old federad party were yet in existence, it could recover Mr. Buchanan in an action of Replevin." " : Tliough the Cincinnati Piatforni denounces and ojv pbses' both a Bank of the United States' and a high protective Tariff, "Mr Buchanan ha been iu f-avor of both these' anti-democratic measures, and stumped Peunsvlvania, ' in 1814, to prow Mr. Polk to be a better high tariff man than Mr. Clay though he knew that he misrepresented Mr." Polk at the time, r In 1819, Mr. Buchanan was opposed 'to, the admis sion of Missouri into the Union, as a slave State, and als in' favor of Congress enacting such laws as would "preve.vt-tixe existence of slavery in any of tue new 1V,rritokies or new States which may re en- acted Br Congress'?' It appears that in 1819, Mr. Buchanan held very ultra anti-Nebraska views : for he was iu favor of Consrre-sssior.al intervention on the slavery -question, not only in "the new Tesritoeies," bnt in. the ''.vew STATES vrnuir may sreated 9t CoxoBEss." Ilei-e is one ef . Mr. Buchanan's fa mous Lancaster Resolutions of 1 Rt 9 : . ' "ResoIvxi,, That the Representatives in Con-rccss in this district be and they are hereby earnestly re-qnested- tonse their utniosf endeavors as members' of the National Ijej;islature to prevent the existence of slavery in ant of the new Territories or new States which may lie created by Congress.." , '; In Mr. Buchanan's Panama speech," delivered, if our memory is pot at fault, in 132Gj he. speaks agaui on the subject of slavery. ;IIoar him : , ; :Z I 1 believe it (slayerj") to bp' a agfeatpotiticatond igr'fl spiral era. : l tuanlt. SaOll ijav lot lias Iecn cast Ik a "State wiiere it does not exist.' It liASj Oecn. Entailed TJpdfl. ns bytht'" nation ; jvhkh. make It a" sabject ;of reproach tdiojUri&utUatio'u8.t . : I'euuing the annexation ot J exas, air..J5uehannn, then a member of the U. Senate, was in favor cf ihat measure because it would be "the means of lmit- iso.' and not enlarging, the dominion: of slavery,"- and because he thought that measure would "convert Maryland,: Virginia, Missouri,. Kentucky," and proba bly others of the more northern slave States into free States." Bead the extracts from Mr. Buchanan's Texas speech. He sys t, i : ; V y - c i 5 - . j . '"In arriving at this conclusion to support this trea ty., I encountered but one serious obstacle, and that was THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY:.' -i.MThilst I ever have maintained, and ev.et shall maintain in their full force and vijfof, the constitutional rights of the Southern States, over their slave" .property, I YET FEEL;A STRONG REPUGNANCE, BY ANY ACT OP MINE-TO EXTEND THE'-LI MITS OF TUE UNION OVER A NEW SLAVEHOLDr INC TERRITORY. Alter mature reflection, how ever, 1 overcame' those scruples, and, u$w believe that the acquisition ot Texas' will pe tne means of limiting. not enlarging the dominion of Slavery. -' 1 ' ! t "1 havemever apprehendel -the preponderance of the Siavci States in the councils ot the nation, touch a . fear has . alwavs appeared io me visionary. ; But those who entertain such apprehensions need not, be alarmed Bv the acquisition . of Texas. More than. ONE-HALF OK ITS J EHRITORT IS WnOLLY UNFIT FOR SLAVE LABOR, AND ' THEREFORE,' l!I THE NATURE OF things, must be free. And here permit me fb ob serve, that there is one defect iu- the treaty which ought to be araendyd, if we all did'not kuow that it is destined 4o be rejected. Tub treaty itself ought to determine now many free and how many slave States should, be made out. of this Teekitory. , . . . ."In the government of, the world, Providence generally produces great changes by grad ual maus. There is nothing rash in ihe conncits of the Almiffhty. Mav not: then, the acquisition " 6f Texas be' the means of gradually drawing - the slaves far to the South to a climate mpre congenial to tlieir nature i and may they hot finally pass off into Mexico, and there srrxcLK wrrn A race where no prejudices exists against their color? , The 'Mexican nation k composed of Spaniards, Indians and Negroes blen ded together in every variety, who would .receive our slaves on terms of perfect, social equality. In this condition. , they never can be admitted in the United States.' ; 'av:l-f -..-- ri'-'i' -- t ypTai the ecquisili on of Texas mould ere lovff convert Maryland, Virginia; Missouri, Kentucky; and probably others of themort i northern Slave States into free States; 1 eniertaiti- not a doidd."iM ,..;'.'. .."-. y.-"-- " "J ' We have heretofore called npon the friends and sup-, jjorters of. Mr Buchanan-ahil we here repeat the call fv,r them to show, from Mr. Buchanan s record, 'yS'cfi'plefffftsfa But - we Jbav ppj quite done; with Mr; Rochanan. KINS.TjONiijn C.,- SATUKDAYvS-OeTQBER'SS," His; friends in the South say that the Missouri Com promise was unconstitutional, .and that Congress has .not the power to legislate upon the subject of slarery in the .Territories. In a letter to Mr. Sanford,- of Unlln . T.'.1.- .1 it- " fll: V. on that subject : . . . I' Having urged t&i. adoptfbn yf-the Jfissourfi Compromise, he inference is.irresiqtable that Congress, in my opinion, the possesses the poteer to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the Territories. " . : . . : - : ' -. ; Leaving ; out the abolition bait which is contained iu the Cincinnati Platfrom, and Mr. Buchahan's re cord can be produced in opposition to all that i3 left of it: Yet. Mr Buchanan has given up his individu ality surrendered his- identy and enveloped himself in the platform ; or as our friend Pryor has aptly said is no longer James Buchanan but James B. Platform.'! ' '' . 1 ' From the Atlanta Republican Extra, Oct. 4. .f . GEORGI A 'ABLAZE The Grandest Political Demonsl ration, ever made in , ' : : .' the State . , . 20,000 to 25,000 PERSONS ASSE3IBLED ! II Immense Entliusiasin ! ! !! . The Great - State ' Mass ''Meeting which took place here"' on Thursday; was perhaps the most satisfactory political demonstra tion ever made in the South. 'It was e'm phatically a gathering cth'epEOPLE a grand and gloi'ious rally of ?the Masses, to tlve standard of FiHnTOre?17o:nelsofi " and j the Union." We have heard'4 various esti mates as to the number present, some put ting it lower and some higher: than 20,000. We. are confident that our estimate is not too. high, though it may be two low. We put it , down at 202000' At all events, the crowd was an' immense one, and the'enthtf siasm beyond discriptirin. , On Tuesday evening delegates began to pour in to attend the Special Meeting-which took place on Wednesday, and continued to come by every train, until morning of that day, when a large number were prc scnt, ."representing' :almajority of the coun ties in the State." ... Soon r.ftcrnoun on Wednesday,, tlie dele gates began to make tlicir appearance in the city, the first being that from Newton, marshalled by that old hero "of the cause, Maj. Lewis Zachry. This delegation num bered several hundred enthusiastic Ameri cans, ' who passed through the city to "their Campings . with banners flying and : giving cheer after cheer for Fillmore, and Done! son. County afler county poured in their delegations from that until nisrht. A little beftH-e rundown Ihe Henry delogat'oi ar rived, and we luu.st, at the risk of partiali ty, ..say that it was the banner dolegatini. It numbered 67.3 counted members, and for enthusiasm and perfect organization excel led . all others. By this time the evening trains had arrived, and the vicinity of the Depot aud Ilofels seemed -, to be one sol hi mass of human 'beings.' " The place selcctod by the committee as a camping ground, was perfectly alive, and .the liveliest plaile ever witnessed by the natives. The, whole city was in a jxrfect blaze of enthusiasm, and the huzzas, from every quarter of it made the very welkin ring. - : "'"y At- iin early hour wc made our way through tho excited crowds that thronged the streets, to the City Hall, and found not only it but the large doorways below crowd ed' to a perfect jam. Mr. I)a-is, of Lee, :had mounted .the .steps, and ' was liolding forth a large crowd in front.- Col. L. P. Dpyal, of Henrv, was prevailed on to take potix).n on.tljc '.. opposite tcps . and address those" who could neither get in. hearing o-X ,Mrl -Davis, nor make their way. in the Hall. , :Vo heird most . of his speech, - which ex- I'llaaied the good report from gloriou3 old j .Henry. Col. rppyal , is a line speaker.- vAfter Col. D.' had cojicludcd, Col. Tid well oi j? ayeixe,, was .cancel , jor, ana maue , a short; uuf excellent speeclu . Col. -Buiuns, of ildrgari. first occupied. the. stand in tbe Hall,'. and Ids ciTort is said to have deceived even those who expected miicli from htm The en thiisiasm which pervaded the great assembly, seemed to- be fullv ". infused, into the 'spirit of the speaker,' and' his effort was one for brilliancy arid' effect. . Col. Billups was followed by Col. A. It. AVright, of Jefferson, elector' for: the 8 tit District, and when wesay it Was one of his happiest ef forts,' we felt sure that we are not mistaken, knowing the-man, and hearing' the t'remcn dons apfilause from our posi tion outside the Hall,; Col. Wright is one of the1 stars of tins campaign fin Georgia, always present i n g sou nd a rgu nien t , ' i n tor spc r sed v i th su ch anecdotes and compariadns as cannot.nor does not fail tov ai'ouse the enthusiasm of his; hearers.!. ' ' . . ' k' ' - ' " The Hall was beantifulry decorated, for wlncli wo are 'indebted to our young male and .ffemale friends of the city rh An arch was .formed; over the front of the siandj capped wjtli --a portrait. -.of the .''Father of his : Country decked .with 31 stars,' and standing upon columns entwined' wita the colors , of our country.; - Against the wall on ono side of tho speaker was, the portrait of Millard Fillmore, and on the other side a portrait of A. J- .Jonelson;:. Tho whole was beautifully jricircled .and entwined with Evergreens. t Various ruottosr such as "The Whole Union;"' "Xo North no South .-rno : East- no West, " were severally en circled wi th'TEvergrehs" and ' placed upon the wall; In lront andTagaint the stand was one "Americans snaii rme America. The- decorations were beautiful and': the mottoes appropriate..; s ,r . v .---' -;: : ., THE. TORCH-LIGHT PROCESSION. - - . At the . conclusion of Col.' i Wright's speech it was announced that a torch-light j procession would - oe tormed," aTirrin a lew minutCvS' the .viciiwtytif-'.th.e City Hall was f tt a perfect blazji of fire-; - About 10 o'clock the 5rowd-comm-enced filing Off ritoproces; sion'arid it'1 really rl66ked as tliough 'tlie fquntafn' 'bttMt strenttd vast number ; who desired. to participate got .fairlyjnta liaet averaging about three abreast; nd forming a close procession rabou't one mile long. ' It would be vain to T il J' .'. J x' C 4-1,..r,; attempt a description-, .of the enthusiasm J.1. x t t ir ' J - 1-1 " '1 that pervaded this formidable column as it passed , throngfifspme of 4iie" principal streets The torches waved beautifully, and .'the black smoke i curledithrough-ihe atmosphere forming a perfect cloud, resenting a beauti ful appearance as the light gleamed from the torches." One continued shout of huz zas went up from one end '.to the other, which, while it tarrified the Irish and their idupes ; through the city, made the hearts 'of every true ? American leap with joy Iho procession halted in tront e-the 'lrrtnt. TTnnso'anrl tht A tin ntn.'-' TTnt.pl wlion a number ; of gentlemen were called ont, , :. . ' -, . :.(,.. mi i'- j the "beginning of T the end.".. ,? "jTHUESDAY. y ,. ..... , At 3 o'clock the Augusta train arrived bringing in immense crowd ; also, the Chat tanooga tram at , the same hour, : At, 8 o'clock, the LaGrange train, and the spe cial trains on the Western & Atlantic .'.and the 2Iacon ' & Western ' Roads," arrived, and to say they bronght crowds would not ex press half: they brought masses perfect jams. When these masses were added to what had already arrived, they formed one grand mass of hnman beings, such as was never before- seen.in Georgia. About half-past 8 o'clock the delegations began to make their appearance in front of the 1 rout House, in accordance with the programme for the day, and form into pro cession preparatory to marching to the Stand erected at Walton Spring for speak ing. The procession, being formed by the Marshals and Suh-Marshals, moved down Decatur street to Calhoun, up Calhoun to Hunter, up Hunter to McDonough, up Mc-Donoi-gh to Mitchell, down Mitchell to Whitehall,, down Whitehall to Alabama, up Alabama to Bridge, up Bridge to Walton, up Walton to the Spring. This procession numbered several thousand, and extended about one mile, though, perhaps, one-fourth of the vast multitude were" not in regular procession." Preparations had. been made to scat 0,000 persons whicli" were instant lv filled almost on the arrival of the pro cession. Continual streams of people 'pour ed in from utmost every direction, until sev eral acres ; immediately : around the- stand were completely covered. . . . ; The Republican here gives a report of the speakings winch we are compelled to omit. Hon IT. W." Hilltarp. .Hon. B. H. Hill. Mr; Cooper, of Tenn., Hon. . J. C. Alford, of,; Ala., Col Wright, lion. R. P. Trippe and Dr. Miller, addressed the im mense crowd from different stands during the day. A Barbecue on a scale common surate :with the extent of the meeting was served up at tho eonelusio-n of Mr. Hill's speech. The tables were 3,150 feet in length ; 200 carcasses, weighing 8,000 pounds, were served up, and other edibles were furnished in like profusion.' ' ' At- night, speaking was resumed from two stands, and a number of gentleman ad dressed the people most eloquently and cf fjctivelv. Among these wer lion. F. S. Bartow,5 Hon.' Washington Poe, and otiicr excellent speakers, The Republican 'says, in "conclusion of its report : " . . i - .; Thus passed off one of the grandest po litical demonstrations of the campaign, and perhaps the greatest ever made in Georgia; By dawn on Friday morning, the delega tions were leaving tlieir campings, and the morning train.; finished the "dispersion of the crowd. Every friend of Fillnrbre and Donelson who witnessed this great gather ing of the people, left with hopes buoyant and confidence fully restored. The enthu siasm of the departing multitude was evi dence that each and every one carried home with him the lire that will tell on the 4th day of November. All. all departed with1' the determination to do their duty, their' whole duty, , and give the vote of Georgia" to Fillmore and Donelson, despite' the in famous ' machinations and 'legerdemain of the boasting and braargart Democracv.'- ; There are somo general features of this great mass Convent on to which wc desire to call attention... It was composed of the Hol)er-thiriling: portion of our people,;' It was the most orderly, well-behaved crowd; to the size of it, we venture to say, ever as sembled in the Union. It was composed of the great bulk of young and vigorous talent of the State. Hundreds of men were here who will some day make their mark, in Georgia. .- But we cannot close without pav ing a deserved compliment to the "noblest Roman of them- all," - and that isr that. old veteran of the Union, Gen. John ;;W.-A Sanford, who marsliallcd the forces of the day. ,. To lurn, his assistants and sub-mar- shak we are,largejv; indebted foirtho good order and decorum -of the. meetings. And vy way oi uoiug-au justice, aiiow us xo say mat wejnow ci no-auty mac was not laun- fully .performed, ,. ,; . ZJx "Z'Z w?; ' Z ,-' -I ' V BiosrraDhical Acrostic. i... ...... J oined the Pederal party in early life. '. . ' v " ' A cctteed the Democracy of ribellinsf Ayashing-ton. J M ade a speech against JamelMadison In 18151 '-K E yep chared with boward.ic'eTfor.lea'V.idg-thet ca'pitaK S poke of the Democracy as being a corrupt partyk , k id -the neonle hswarft oFfrtreiP'ri'iriftiiPriei-: 'y - i i o " U tterly opposed to the'tfxtentiotf of6lavery in ?19;; ' O hiurged Ulay wUh- bagam andaleao. 2?. II ad he any Democratic blood, woald let it oat- A lways vaciiiaiin N ever -originatexl A (h'ocated low jN ot simply g, never siaoie m op.mou UrmrAftMettdbegaWtb any measare ofpifbliC gnodi J talioFthe fnrfe1 of wagesdoctmne in ISIO' isss sat tl r' 'ttiendenW.ran'd nis chances foi- the 'FresilpTl'att"adia?tnierit 'pf distarbrwpakl , nq Qtherwi8eQxs JauucSrBachanan, bt o&the platfprnj of I vahiiaied1 forever.-0- The riuWfiers from:Wisscmnclw,n f ing qaestipiw. ,bwhieh fer:I p HOVfJi -OPPOSEir fr NO. 16: " From the Louisville Joum Letter of firs. Clay We subjoin the letter of the venerable relict of Mr. Clay, in vinTlication of her son james from the charges ; which we have felt it- to be olii duty to fasten upon . . . - - - - L - - . aim. - we commena tni3 Deautnui and toncuing in stance of maternallove to the respectful attention of onr rearlefs. " Mrs.. Clay is consecrated inlthe minds of. all .v;ho tnow her hyc her hospitalities., her charities and the other, ihining 'virtues of her life,, and to the .'tghole world by her" relations to the iinmortal statesman, of wborn. she is the revered widof . She is- not the wri ter of the letter' to. -which heij name is signed; that letter was evidently written by a man ; and those who troubled her with: this matter ii her Jioly retreat," who prepared the do'cuineut foi her Signature, and who,1by appeals to the deep and deathless affection of a mth- t?? gets-tbe, faults of a child of trans I forms. 1 them into virtues, prevailed upon her, fo3 for selfish ptirposes oftheir owri, to come before the pub lie for the first time in her life of three score years and teu,Jare guilty of a heatle$sness uid cruelty that Sve do hot remember ever to liiave seen equaled in ail our long experience and observation jn' politics ; aiwl morals. '. . . . ; -. :M ' i ,v We have rarely encountered: an obligation so pain ful as that involved in the arraignment of Jameo B. Clay before the bar of public opinion; but, believing it to be a solemn duty to our country and to tbe.mem ory of his illustrious father, we have not "felt at liber ty to shrink from it. :; We have not shrunk from it. We have discharged it fearljessly, . and the issue is known.- The judgment of tliie high tribunal before which we arraigned him has been publicly rendered, and not against us. The loud and unbroken shout of scorn and indignation 'which jhas risen from the na tion tells the verdict with an emphasis that thrills the offender to the seul. We ask ho. more." The wel fare of the country, thememofy of his immortal Eire, the honor of the humanity, (require no more. We would not, if we could, etrike. down even Jam 5 3 B. Clay in the sanctuary of a mother's heart. And here, if he and his friends will let us, we take leavs of him forever l' . , - ' , ..: ; -:, ' ' ; , -. , r-' ' ' SEPTEMBER 18, 1855.. : To Jndgc Tios. A. Marshall and Jno. O. Harrison, Hq.: Gkxtxemex Having : een, from time to time,, the most abusive and unjust attacks made upon my son. James B- Clay in the Louisville Journal; I had hoped that among the many who prcfessed to be the friends of the father, might" be found some willing and anx ious, to vindicate "the Sfm. knowing, as many of tlem must know, the injustice ondj untruths,, contained in those attacks. But, as such. hopes appear to be. fruit lessi, repugnant as it is to me to appear in anv way be fore the public, x fed' that it is a duty that I .owe to the memory of my' hnsband to say to you, his execu tors, and through' you to the public,' that the charges made against my son James r.re utterly and unquali fiedly false; that ho possessed the love, respect and ccnadence of .bis father, and was ever to his father and myself a mbst-alfectionate and dutiful i.son, always en deavoring to alleviate our sorrows and add td our hap'iiness His father took his advice in the making of his -last will, aud at all -timesadvised :and consulted freely and affectionately, withhim, having. confidence in his love, integrity and jndrrient.i-;j - t- . He- wan not with.hus tamer at tne time joi his death, it ban.;, the express, desire of his father knowm, ihe condition of his family in a distant ?tate, upon a . new "place, among stfangfrrs, and, his wife in feeble health, herself but lately bereaved of a father that he should nct.Ieave them and go' to. him. ; lie was present at his fatner s funeral, carecting the mournful prc-pamtipns, , and - offering M'ords of consolation and comiorfe to Ins widowed mother. - ; It was mv husband's desire and bore that his son James tshou!d be the possespor of Afchland, ad al though it had been my intention to reside at Ashland during my life-time,, yet, partly owing to the tumbling ruinous .condition ot tne iioa.se, through one of you, Mr- Jamus O. Harrison, 1 begged my son to come on at once and purchase the place. : .' I have only to add, gentlemen, that I mak this statement to you wiluovt the knowledge of my son James, . and to . regret once more that I should have been 'drawn forth from the privacy and seclusion in which I had hopod to pass.. the remnant ofrny life. " - . Yours, very. truly, . a. '" -y" " : ' LUCRETIA CLAT. - ' Fromthe Frankfort Commonwealth " i Frecsoilfrs Dictated the Nomination. - Every day brings additional evidence that the nomi nation of Buchanan arid -Breckonridge at Cincinnati was made imder; the dictation and' pressure of the Fieesoil wiftg of the Democratic party. A copy of the St Louis "Missouri Democrat," the organ of the Bentonites and Fresoilers of that State, now lies be fore us. It is the -copy for t,he 7th of June, when Hhe news, of the nomination had just reached that city. The result is announced in this paper with the most enthusiastic demonstration of ecstatic joy. ., '. While one of the editors of the paper headed the Bentonites delegates to the" Cincinnati Convention (who jy' the way were excluded, and the'anti-I!entcn- ites admitted) another, editor remained at home. . ,We shall see that each was scarcely ahle to con tain him seirforjoy, -when Buchanan was ' nominated. . The heading alone of the editorial in which the one at .horiie 'announced flie result is a' marvel of typograhi- csil disj'Iay ; It- occupies two or three squares in the leading col umn. I f. we had the big cut for the . can non and the flag, a id c r.ld spare room for. liU staring (upi tuls, We. would present afae simile; as it is we can -only gi(? a plain copy of thewords theeditor flaunts in pjliwng type. ; .Ilere it is: . . , -;'.'.:,? " ' CL-rious, News f" ITien f.dlows a cut of cannon nnp."r tin 1 lias: waving. I l.UUU (Juns for James Biteh an an. ' Ti3 anii-Benton i Pierceand-Douglasites struck Dumb! ! . 1'iertMoni JJougCns tatdupon the shelf. ; To 'tills til! -nvs an editorial from. which we take a paragraph, or " "The; wiiHK gave us yesterday the welcome news: of the - nommatian of Buchansui. by-the Cincinnati :Jcsa- vention, and; the Waterloo defeat of Pierce and Doug las.. . : -jry . -.-j :. , - , .;. . . i : ' ".',-: , . "For this,, glorious result the people are chitflr in debted to Col. Benton, who remained in Cincinnati during7the sitting., of the Convention,: and . worked night and day for Mr, Uncban m opposition to theef foats of the bogus 4elegntipnj fcomJliaBOvri.'' Vmdi "In another column we have the telegi-aphic .des- ptchesjceferredtoj headed also .hy ajgrand: display cf "Buchanan nominated by wrlamttion " in large let ters, heads the column. Then follows a hi? ""Roos ter," large' enough to occupy three orAJir -.mches of length in the -column- "The headingjs then oontirmr ed., 'domination ,cf. John B.,B;eckinridgg 0vufym.4o Benton j by the . Buchanan JJslejates. : ' . Tp this succeed half a tolumn of special telegraphic despatches, from Cincinnati, donbtless sent by the editor who was thsre "or under his direction.- From those, dispatches -s we hqw subjoin some exjrapts to which we bg snecial ati tpntion:" ... - '-' . - 4..,- ;ftA;t-i5i) .i;. uixcinnatt, June ti, 15Q., 1856. ,; "Tpvi were told last evening, that Buchanan wordd I beinofn mated this.mOrnirig. anti so Iv has" resulted--J-, The Twtrglais re-M irof t tteatfcgw ifaj.ToiaaItJie tUBOre..Qwtt,BBQI4T.l CO I anda "? ! -vWM- Jae 'JSafepeateythajinRe enedMheycame into convention 'dogffed..and ddBr'SZJLyUiyJ 5i?Tii.-,-s.ii-'-! mined toinake. a nd; ,.rl- teubtKiribers whs do no;t cjpa.aoiiwg the contrary' 'ard considcycd. ivisfiing. "to continue iheir 2; If tliessulBcribcwi' Wc.tbe diCDiliiaBctoT)f lee tecfLt-VVef ifiFlotf Tfifin- .ejfrem. the.fike3tp -hi!Mb ?re' drtEP(&CilEy tinfoipingbe-miblislijtri and. the ei;ta sent ;t9c ionjaer iirecuon, iney.iire. ciu 1'csiiopnUil.e. Tlie courts haver-decided that Kftlh-fng toltae a papet orwoeriodieai from.-the ffioV.e'fctafictf ug aiI ieayin'g -it uncalled, fo- i,.'prinMaoiV vidend-f iutetional fraud. ,t - , "'; 7. "' " "y ' '" . The last sentanca, which we have' "put in italict s significant enough. By "Nallifiers' the old line Democracy of the State are-, meant. .That is theipi thef which- Benton and his. -party organa : bAbitaauyr apply to those Democrats who follow the lead " 9f Atchison, and support the Xansas.Nebraska Jaw.-- Theyj1 it is said, clung' 16 Doiiglaa to the. last," and, it is exultingly addeU r "fell ivieh JiisfaUy tly .. ' "On the third ballot-Dpuglas--withdrawn aad Buchanan nominated byjwtmn. . The -.cnon are firing. The an ties, despondent.-"- Old BuUSbn 6 bing his, hands with . Jrntificdtipn.'! &ehdi G6i4' triore'fw effect: Buchanan' 9 nomination than . ail. the butsid 'inftiOtnet iatlie city.-. The officeholders wfea combined to jiefeafc Buchanan are in doleful visage, for it is jtell vnderdo6$ that , there is to he .clean deal tlironhout' and esvkaUv m Missouri." ,'. ""i ;.""'.' " ".., ... rr ' This last meansr of course, that if Buchanan i$ jeleci" ted "he is to turn pro-slayery .Democr.ata.ent of office in Missouri.and to give their places lo the Bentonita Freesoilers. - S " v ;" ' Gixqinkati, J une 6. rf "The Buchanan orass land from Philadelphia, which. lias bee6 here all the week,' ' this afternoon tendered h serenate to Col. Benton, through Mr. sFlemim? Of New York. As Old . Bullion, however- wag just 'getting into his carriage to go to the boat, it ..was declined. . The serenade' was of course intended as a compli mentary acknowledgment of-Benton's efforts and suc cess in securing Buchanan!s nomination.- 7,. j Add jto ,the above the fact that. Col. Bentoiv -who- was nominated for Governor , of Missouri some, time ago by. his wing of the party heldjlre namination nn; der advisement until nominations were made, at Cin cinnati, . out now accept?, giving as his reason or ac cepting that he wishes to prpmote. Buchanan' s elec; ti(5ri. ...... . ' ; ''".., ... '.-,,., Take into account also the "following sigjaificant paragraph .which occurs in a telegraphic report' of "ratification meeting" held in New York on the night of the 11th inst. 5... ' ! .r.'.-'itzm'-z wr sTtiiio "It is re'portd that the chairman received a disptcli from i Washington' not td.allQW John Van Barea ta speak. He appeared on the 'ftandr and thwiup.bia hat for the -nomination. .' --"n ; ; ,v k-:') 6 -t Doubtless John: "knows his man" how as he did irf 1852, and don't "throw tip his fiat' for anything he don't expect "to pay.',' y. . - . We invite the Kentucky reader s; attention. , to these? very remar kable e ,' developments.-. , One thing is very certain, the Fresoil Democrats are delighted with th nominations. ' They fonnd ther nominees 'alt rtgU, according; to their1 vievf? and purposes and interests What promises ifr' Buchanar. an'd Mr, Breckinridge; have made to these Frcesoiles we know not..' Wc do not know' certainly that they have made ariy. .But .when a fox tail is so clearly -seen to project from hole, a very strong presumption arises that there is;a fox in it. i'.y:-,:U .-.'-,:', u :- , ': '. ' : -"'-'- " . " From the'AtigusiiGa Chohiclk' Z'.X'' Hon. A. II. Stephens on SlaTery Extesion. ; The Tollowing'Jetter reached us byester'd jnail i Newnan "Gal," Juhy22(il 1856r 7 Mr. Editor Dear Sir: In order to settle a voliti cal issue eatisfactorily, excuse me while I refer to you for information. It is this : I have asserted that tho.' Hon. A. H. Stephens pending the annexation of the; State 01 .Texas to the United States, petore tne Jjon-, grass thereof, said in a pablio.v spepb in Washington City, thatjae fr.as qo.adyocae ,o( the 'extepsi9n of,4r., rican slavery. Democrats who ,4cybranded him as? an abolitionist and ..freespit emissary Wf-eay that; he did not say it'. If it is possible for yoaiq prpcure some authentic doenmcntf establishing, the fact,.. you will confer a favor by forwarding, it, to ja-imxamedUl- ately. , ;' Tour wthJrespect. ? y, i As? As we have not an extra copy ,of Mr Stephen?ai speech on the admission ojr Texas, we cannot better nh- swer our correspondent than by xjopying thff following . article from the Constitutionalist, (democrat) which., was kept standing for weeks in -that paper.. prior, to- the- election in 1853.': -"" y.'.i .l s,,:i uiyrf I John A. Dix was a nototibu3Freesoirer;:of ihe " Van Bnren, Buffalo platform stamprjj'tin4, in 1853 the . Democracy of Georgia everywhere affirmed; that, Al- exander.H. Stephens was as much of Freesoiler as Dix Whether Mr. Stephens endorses this Democrat-J ic opinion of 1833, now that he SO cordially unites-with:' the prUty, we shall not pretend to assert: It, hqwever, the Georgia Democracy believe tlieir own declaration,. ! that "Stephens was as much of a Freesoil as Dix," it is only another evidence of their readiness to afi filiate with Freesoilers everywhere. Hence, we. find, Martin Van Buren, John Van Buren, John A. Dix, Alexander Hv StephensJ .the-Southern Democracy, cordially afnliating in the suppprt of the Squatter; Sovereign, James Buchanan ; ' 4' From Constitutionalist and Republic, Sept Tl, 1853. ' Dixvs. ptephens"' yZZ:': ri We publish below, in juxtaposition, the fetter 6t. Mr. Dix and an extract from the speech of Mr. . Bte- phens, on the annexation Jof , Texas ia -1845.' Read them oyer carefully, and then tell usy reader if Mr. '-, Dix is a freesoiler, ,what . is .Alexander-DTaaiil ton a Stephens, the representative from, Georgia, from the.-s Mr. Dix's Letter, J853. Stephen's Speecki btii Ist That lam not an ' ltlmiacatUm. ofiXeau; y never have been an abolif-1"5'-5'--'- t-J f; tionist in'anysenBe of that ":Nor do I wish ftolioax1"- " term.l On the contrary-1 grotlemenfrprftoth c3 have been an -open- and' tkmSt-lpolf fhislihfs uniferm Opponent 6f "alt ottie t'haTeihtimited "-- aboli ti on ' movement 8 i f ri am candid an frarfd ifllny;'' this State and alsewherei acknowledgment; Thisae- since they commenced . in quisition sill giv 'flddi- ; 1835, to the present timel- tional power to thesonth While in the Senate of western "section-in theBa-H the United Stated--! op tipnalepuricilsand M this posed' thfl-iexiension v of-ir'poa& -IWixt3Url'f -slavery to (ree tefritory-4 that iam"'des?riri"td Ste ai question entirely distinct an extension ef th-"arei p-2 from the interference m&'ctfave$paa 86&frffcSfs slavery where it,- already titf-liav Xfeatdffil 'iffi&lV "- exi3t8. ; In the latter case, would be. "Ztbmttdeeih' y I hWM '-steadilv -optosed.-f" of. iiziW IrP tie'tifr- , ail. external interference straefZ Kberty always had"1 ..with ii f'S X'' 'charms T( miihcP'l' 9AThn.tt have! '-riri alL Would -wioic to all tllO,cc occiioh8.tiablielanAfi4 Sons 0 Aum' family J in-5 tSlave LftfQjasilfleir.tlie'lJErijoyment of those vaie. since me r usmivw 'every-ihi -ntniwu' i ea myscn in "ivtfr VI HiiiryT T'Q'r " ids it into execution good artrr; like t very er law of-the. land, ; 3d, i That I wag in favorjstern mistf&toetiStlgA. o? theunion of the Denid- lha inArWanrlfiirxrfeaKPii cracv -of this State, which the iianuajf- erjjureator-vio' himself; did aidt,-1n Hoincf'.ci3 eaaeav interpose ffflid'.pre--i: I was consummated in 1850, continued jik 18oJL on, the basis of the- ComprpmiaeiJeijtiiii Such VfassrtequBJj Measures, and itr 1852 pn ; with States where slavery the basis ofthe Baltimore jppw -exists. . But I have Flatfo'rm.st - S.VQ WKffW SEB-RP- lllt.ir jwipevs.the, publishers way cuiUaoa xo-satKi tht-m mi all h'-ctrargeiHmrcf. 'n 11. fftUbBCt tbers 1 arc ljeiyi responsji.ie until-they l)YeetUed.thrVWr flhi ordere-d thctr paper diSconiinircd.-' T" ';" '' ' : 4.!lf ;KuhBcri'jit.rR tmUX'-t Imttihnt i in; M our eciaraii.g.r pj, in--t bth-j neMnaencastfafat "' . ''"C : ' '-
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