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FOR CONGREfW,
JOMAII 71. AXDEKMXt.
of muoK.
ATHENS, I'll IDA V, JI LV 6, 1833.
Klectio Tickets. Candidate who do
ire to have thoir ticktea printed at thi office,
are requested to send in their orders early.
School Examination. There will be i
public examination of the pupils of Mrs,
Cooke's School, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 10th and 11th instant. The patrons and
friend of the School are invited to attend,
Within the last eight days this sec
tion has been favored with fine rains. The
ujiuat crop is nelding most Abundantly, oats
"uS will nearly reach an average, and the corn
end potatoes look unusually promising, while
-jT the fruit trees (apple and poach) are fairly
U breaking down under their growing burden
Our people have much cause to bo thankful
03" The able and unanswerable speech of
Hon. F. K. Zollicoffer, on the American
- question, will be published in our next issue,
Wo will print a number of extra copies for
gratuitous distribution, as the speech con'
tains facts that should be placed in the hands
of every citizen.
, t3F Lieut. Win. C. Lillnrd announces
himself as a candidate for the State Senate
from Monroe, Polk, McMinn and Miigs.
Forest Hill Acad e si y. The examina.
" tion of the pupils In this school took place
on tho 28lh ult.
The lust month was extra of the regular
session and the school on this account was
not so largo at the close as during the regular
term.
There was a very respectable attendance
of the citizens of Athens and vicinity ut tho
" examination; and we noticed a number of la.
dies and gentlemen from distant parts of
McMinn, and adjoining counties.
The examination of bo many classes, in a
single day, was necessarily brief and cursory,
But it was sustained throughout to the en
tire satisfaction of ull concerned. Mr.Curnes
was, 09 usual, wido awake, and evinced his
ability to keep his pupils in a like condition
There were evidently no set lessons for the
occasion, and we were pleased to see the evi
dent desire of the students to undurstnnd
. and explain the real RiibstAnco- of thetr
studios, rather than to retain, and evolve
given forms of words.
At the close of the afternoon exercises, we
, were favored with n number of speeches by
. tho young men, which did honor to their
heads and hearts in their selection, and to
'their training and careful practice in duliv
. cry.
In the evening the spacious hall of the
Academy was crowded, to hear the "compo.
sitions" of the young ladies of theschool,nnd
some very entertaining and amusing dialogues
. by the young gentlemen.
The exercises of the evening were inter
spersed with performances by the unrivalled
"Athens Brass Band."
Mr. dimes concluded with a very appro-
priate, and somewhat pungent nddrcis on the
relative duties of teachers and patrons, and
wound up by calling on the citizens to come
up and increase tho "Young Ladies subscrip
tion'1 foruomploting the house,nnd enclosing
and beautifying the ground.
This appeal was responded to by many in
fluential citizens in speeches and liberal con-
tributions.
ParonU who desire to educato theii chil
dren cannot do better than to send them to
"Forrest Hill." We have a convenient house,
qualified teachers, a healthy location and a
moral community. Send on your children,
aud wo will answer for their improvement.
(t- Wo are requested to correct an error
into which several papers have fallen, among
others the "Cleveland Banner." The editor
of tho last in his issuo of tho 29th ulL says,
in reference to a statement that has appeared
in two or three journals:
"The statement is in substance this: That
in A discussion at Loudon, butween Messrs.
Blnekwell, Anderson and Lillnrd, candidates
for Congress, a few weeks ago, Mr. Lillard
stilted that ho had "recently" visiled Wash
ington city, and made application for the ap
pointment of mail life lit on tho East Ten
Dossuo and Georgia, Railroad, and that the
Post Office Department required of hiln bo
fore It givo him the appointment that ho
must promise to defend the Catholic church.'1
Now the error hero is, in regard to lime.
Mr. Lillard did not say, and did not design
to bo understood as saying, that ho had "re
cently" been to Washington to apply for a
mail agency on the East .Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad. Ha whs an applicant for
the place in December, 1863, before there
was moro than ono agent on the road, and
when it had been determined upon to appoint
an additional one. And it wms at that time
that the conversation in regard to the ap
pointment of men favorable to, or who
would defend, the Catholic Church, if neces
sary, occurred. What Lieut. Lillard lias add
on the subject, he stands ready to make good
at any time It will hardly bo necessary,
however, to recur to the subject again, as it
lias always boon the practice of the Catholic
party to quoslion tho veracity and try to
blacken the character of ull who refuso to
yield a blind and slavish, obedience to its be
hests, or presumo to doubt the infallibility of
Us teachings. Its assaults are harmless, as
tho Protestant publie know precisely how
much Importance to attach to them. Wo will
add, that we regret to see tho "Cleveland
Banner" lending itself to such a cause.
.' Hiwasse .College1.- We rtspectfuy in
vito attention to the advertisement for the
next session of Hiwasse College, This is
ne of the best institutions in the country,
audits triends can already point with plus
sure to the ninny young men of promise in
different prolusions and avocations who have
graduated at Hiwussco. Tho students dur
Dig tho session about to close, numbered 77,
uud tho institution is iu a very, flourishing
condition.
THE SAG NICHTS.
The following is Hie obligation taken by
Third Degree members of this order nn or
der composed of foreigners and those who
court the foreign vote:
"obligation.
"You, and each of vou, of your own free
accord, in the presence of Almighty God,
and these brethren, with your hands joined
together, forming a circle, in token of the af-
fiction and oneness of purpose which binds
you together do solemnly swear (or affirm,
if you prefer it,) that you will never desert
this Order, or betray any of its secrets, or
signs, except to those whom yon know to
be members, after a trial of them; that as
third degree men are to be appointed to guard
the polls at flections, to see that our Roman
Catholic brethren and Foreigners, are allow,
cd to Tote, at all hatards, you will; when ap
pointed oi. Hint duty, take your stand there,
with your brethren associated with vou,
ARMED WELL, and prepared for the worst,
keeping it strictly a secret, that yon are any
thing more than an idle seetator. The sign
'to be given to the members of the first and
second degrees, when our friends are denied
justice by the Judges of elections, in which
they are well instructed, is the rubbing of the
right eye slightly Kith the right hand! Tho
indication tor commencing hostilities, is the
clearing of the throat audibh, and trifling the
mmith with the rx-jhl hand, lou also promise
and swear (or allirm) that you will not give
these signs without you see enough of our
trieons ut nand, to render an attack upon uie
enemy successful.
"To this you pledge your lives, your pro-
perty and your sacred honors. So help you
Uod aud keep you steadfast.
Now, Is'nt it a little strange that men, pro
fessing to be actuated by pure motives,
should condemn the American party for as
sociating together to free their country from
foreign influence and sectional strife, and at
the same time afliliate with and sustain such
an organization as the above obligation proves
tho Sag Nichts to be. Is'nt it monstrous?
If there was not the most incontestibe evi.
dence of the fact we could not believe it. We
ask every man who reads this paper to pon
der the matter well to give it his earnest
consideration, and to ask himself seriously
whether his duty to his country, to posterity,
to his God, does not require him to assist in
putting down such an order and the men,
who to secure official station and a few pal
try loaves and fishes, give it their counte
nance and support.
From Cleveland. We have received
paper giving an account of a speaxicg which
came off at Cleveland Inst Monday. It is too
lengthy for our columns, and wo must con
tent oursclf with a mere allusion to its con
tents. It seems that notice had been given
thrpugh the "Cleveland Banner," that, on
Monday, tho 2d, a gentleman whose fame as
an orator and debater is almost as broad as
Bradley county, would "discuss the question
of know-nothingism or the effect of secret
political societies in a republican form of gov
ernment; And also proposing to give the obli.
gatinns, grips, signs, pass words and lectures
of (he know-nothing order." Of course,
such n bill was calculated to draw, and from
early breakfast till noon the thoroughfares
leading to the city were thronged with anx
ious people hastening on to hear tho funeral
sermon of the order. At precisely thirty
nine minutes past twelve, (so runs the paper)
the hotel-bell gave the signal that t!io hour
had arrived, and in three minutes the Court
Iiouho was packed almost to suffocation. A
moment was permitted to elapse, just enough
to allow the crowd to draw one long breath
of anxiety, and ftie speaker appeared. The
moment was an awful one. A new party had
sprung into existence from a small begin
ning it had rapidly spread in every direction
its members were as numerous as the
leaves of the forest their notes of victory
had been heard swelling from the strand of
New England, sweeping over tho broad prai
ries, and way out to tho "golden sands of
the far Pacific" hitherto it had been con
sidered invincible, but the time, had arrived'
that was to determine whether this party was
to go on conquering and to conquer, or to
full before the fierce assaults of one whose
ponderous battle-axo had never before been
lifted but for victory. Well, after a few mo
ments' hesitation, during which the orator
rolled his eyes nervously over the crowd af
tor the manner of a duck in a thunder storm,
he commenced amid the most "perfumed si
lenco" it seemed as if the winds were hush
ed, tho rolling spheres stood itill, and all Na.
ture listened, just as all Nature did on a for
mer occasion when ono of the glials, whose
name we can't now call to mind, sang to the
woods of Madeira. For one whole dreadful
hour such a stream of fierce invective,- bitter
denunciation, and burning eloquence never
full from lips of mortal man Vesuvius un
tier the late eruption, Mt, ..Etna with the bel
lyache, nor Heccla laboring from an attack of
the cramp colic, ever produced anything
half so grand nnd appalling. Knqw.Noth
ingistn was first knocked down, then kicked
for falling, then jumped upon and beaten
most unmercifully, and finally picked up,
all bruised and bleeding, taken by the throat,
and remorselessly choked to death. But wo
cannot follow our correspondent through the
details of that fierce onslaught Suffice it
that it was terrible, crushing, annihilating.
At the commencement of that speech there
were nino hundred Know Nothings in Brnd
ley county, yet so convincing nnd irresistible
woro tho argument on the '.'dangerous ton.
deneles of secret political societies," that,
when tho speaker concluded, tight hundrod
nnd ninety-seven withdrew.from the order
and Immediately attached themselves to the
Sag Nichts. Alas, poor "Sam!"
P. S. Our correspondent adds, by way of
postscript, that the gentleman who extin
guished himself on the occasion, at the close
of hi remarks announced that, lie was a
candidato to represent Bradley county in tho
popular branch of tho next legislature, nnd
declared his determination to run till the Inst
day In tho evening. In two hours afterwards
he was switched of, and was seen making
track for the valley of retirement, evidently
impressed with the uncertainty of nil human
calculation. And thus ended the farce.
"So fades a summer cloud away.
So linkrtlie gal when storms are e'er;
So gently ihuU the ey of day,
So die a wave along the shore."
I am in Owe Nothing, said a nolghbor, as
he paid up hi nowspnper bill.
We wish that each one of our delinquent
subscriber could say the same.
QT Kniskcrbocker for July received.
THE SPEAKING AT WASHINGTON.
According to appointment the candidates
for Congress in this district, addressed the
citizens of Rhea county on the 3d July. A
very large crowd wa in attendunce, and
n.ach anxiety was manifested to hear the re
spective candidates, upon the issue, now ab
sorbing all other questions in this canvass.
Col. Anderson led off in a speech of one
hour' length, planting himself upon and
endorsing every piincipte included in the
American Platform, as adopted by the late
Philadelphia Convention. Upon that Ail
form, knowing no North, no South, no East
and no West, he said he was willing to em
bark bis political fortune, nnd whether the
popular breeze should be prosperous ad
verse, he would have a consciousness of hav
ing discharged what he conceived to be his
duty to his country. Ho showed conclusive
ly that the American party was the'bnly na-,
tional party, nnd beautifully contrasted the
principles promulgated by the same, with the
opinions nnd sentiments of the Administra
tion, as heralded forth to the world by
its Organ, tho Washington Union, of the
3d ultimo, and reproduced on the 16th.-
lie read from the Union of the 15th ult., in I
which the Editor of that paper ays; " These
truths will command ready assent and tlieV
demonstrate tho proposition, thafnq, party?
embracing members nt the North etnd thtj
south, can be national or harmonious in 'Us
organization v. hich does not exclude lire
question of- slavery from its creed." Ho
showed up, nnd held up, Mr. Smith's model
President.General Franklin Pierce, to the gaze
of the audience with nil of his nnti slavery
proclivities, condemning him by the mouth
of one of the household of the faithful, as
an abolitionist, (to use a stereotyped phrase
of Col. Smith) of the darkest hue. Ho re
ferred to the course of Gov. Reeder, of Kan
sns, in the elections of that Territory, and his
retention in that high and honorable position.
He reviewed Ihu appointments of the Presi
dent, nnd stirred up that incoherent, discord
ant, heterogeneous mass with a long pole.
He spoke in withering denunciation of the
course, of the President in interfering in the
elections of the States, and exposed the fal
lacy of that mammoth document, "Facts for
the people of the South," which Col. Smith
bonstingly says is for the good of his constit
uents, because, forsooth, it contains an extract
from one of his most powerful eflorts while or,
the floor of Congress. After discussing this
transparent document of forty-two pages in
length, Col. Anderson referred briefly to the
issue in tho last canvass, nnd spoko of mat'
tcrs connected with tho Pension and Bounty
land laws, and the extension of the same,
promising if elected to do all in his power to
secure the passage of a law by Congress
giving pensions to the Soldiers of tho War
of 1812, and Bounty, land to Soldiers who
volunteered, and are not included in the Inst
net upon that subject. This is a subject nf
much interest to that brave class of cur citi
zens, and in Col. Anderson they are assured
they will find a zealous advocate. He nllud
ed in a very courteous nnd felicitous manner
to Col. Smith's extravagant promises upon
the subject of appropriations by the General
Government for Internal Improvement pur
poses, and called upon him to give an account
of big stewardship.
Col. Smith followed in his ordinary style
but gave unmistakeable evidences of a do
pressed spirit. As his speech can be seen by
reference .to "Facts for the pcnplo of the
South," and will also be reported by his pri
vate secretary, whom rumor says is sedulous
ly engaged in organizing lodges of tho nnti
American order, known as Sag Nichts, or
Say Nothings, I forbear travelling over the
whole extent of it. Suffice it to say, he used
Know Nothingism and Abolitionism ns synon
ouious terms, nnd thus occupied his entire
hour. Ho alluded not to his faithlessness as
our Representative, and offered nothing in
extenuation of the same. Col. Anderson ro
plied to his Abolition tirade; showed who
were members of the American party at the
North, and gave Col. Smith his position with
tho Abolitionists, who are now bending eve
ry energy they possess to put down this puro
ly conservative and national paity. Col. An.
derson achieved a glorious victory over his
opponent in discussion, and will achieve
greater one at the approaching election. Rest
assured that old Rhea is right side up, nnd
that she will re-assure you of this fact on
the 2d day of August next. RHEA
fiT Accounts from MiddleTonnessce rep.
resent the canvass as progressing very favor
ably for the American cause, .and the indica
tions all point to the fact that it will achieve
a glorious triumph in August. In our own
section evory thing looks bright and cheering.
Jo. Anderson, the farmer of Marion, is prose
cuting the canvass for Congress wilh energy
and vigor, successfully vindicating American
principle from tho assaults of his competi.
tor, and making troops of friends wherever
ho goes. A the contest is no longer between
whig and democrat, but between pure Ameri-
can sentimont on the one side, and that reek
less and dangerous spirit which com ta for
eign infiuonco and panders for foreign votes,
on tho other, it is unnecessary to predict where
Tennesse will be found. We confidently ex
pect a victory in August thnt will forever
crush out the nnti American spirit in this
State.
13?" The Cleveland Banner complains that
the Athens Post- has " wantonly assailed"'
Hon. S. A. Smith. We beg leave to correct
the Banner the Athens Post ha done no
such thing. Mr. Smith has set himself up
fur a public man, and we have a right to
comment upon hi conduct a audi freely nnd
fully, and we intend to do it. "In the name
of all the gods at once, upon what meat
hath this mau fed thnt he ha grown so great'
no ono must presume to allude to him ex-
ccpt in terms of fulsome eulogy! Since the
nnti-Aineriutm press and anti-American orators
have beon taken under the special favor of
the most Holy Catholic Church of Rome,
they aoem to regard any allusion to either a
little less than sacrilege.
The remark of the Banner that the Athens
Post oppose Col. Smith because "he is a
self-made man," ia simply contemptible. If
"he 1 self-made," the job i ono thai the
workmun ha no particular causo to be proud
of.
JjJfSea Comuicrci.il Letters next pig.
AMERICAN' RECORD AT THE NORTH.
The anti-America orators in Tennessee
are travelling over the country and charging
that the American, or Know Nothing party
North is abolitionized than which nothing
could be further from the truth. So far, the
nets of the party there have been freer from
the taint of Abolitionism thai) those of any
party that has had an existence in that section
for the butt twenty years. Read the follow
ing from the Nashville True Whig, every
statement of which is iucontrovortibly
true:
The Amrrican Record ol the 1 North The
cnarge of Abolitionism Confounded!
We understand that gross misstatements
are sometimes made bv anti-American can
didate in this State, representing that the
rii-cimon in me norm lurnisn conclusive r,i
denco that the movements or tlm American
party have promoted Abolitionism. Now,
let us go to the. record; for it is tho habit of our
.opponents to make bold and sweeping asser
tions vi ithout proof.
Of the Congressmen elected to the incom
ing Congress from the Northern States, just.
thirty two are set down as 'Know Nothings'
to-wit: hit-veil from Massachusetts; five
from Ohio; two from Pennsylvania; four from
Connecticut; three from New Hampshire, nnd
two from Rhode Island. I't us see who
have been turned out uf office to make place
for these thirty-two members of the Ameri
can party.' lx-t us gu to the records, and we
will find that i ne was the man who introduc
ed in the last Congress the bill to repeal the
Fugitive Slave Law!. Seven others were men
who voted for that anti-fugitive slave law
bill! and one other wns ihe man who, in the
last Congress, steadily and boldly advocated
upon the floor of the House, Ihe social and
political equality nf the negro jcith the while
man, urged thai one hundred and sixty acres
of land each, slmuld v given to the free ne
groes of the North! Ten others were either
anti-Nebraska men or free soilers; nnd still
another was a Wilniot Proviso member who
has voted to irohjliit slavery in all the terri
tories of theUnilcd States! There were but
six Nobraskt men displaced to make room
for as many Americans, while five of the thirty-two
werr members re-elected to fill their
own place Now what results have we here?
Ol the whole thirty tw o members turned out
by the Aneric.nn parly, twenty of them were
iibolitionMs, freesoilers, nnli-Nebrnskn men,
or anti-Kgiliie slave law men! while Jive, in
cluding I.Scott Harrison, the sound, national
whig, and estimable sou of tho lamented
Presideit Harrison, were re-elected as Amer
icans aid but six Nebr ska men were dis
placed. The position of the remaining mem
ber, Maurice of New York CU3', beaten by
Mr. Vailk, American, we hnty not been able
definitely to ascertain. Mr. Valk has de
nned his position in n Charleston paper
as that of us a sound conservative union
man.
Does this look like tho Americans were
promoting Abolitionism 1 See. They hurled
out Tlioa. Davis of Rhode Island, who made
a blacker abolition record in the last Congress
than mi y other member from the North!
They "crushed out" Tliomns D Elliott of
Massachusetts, who introduced tho anti-fugitive
slave hill in the Inst Congress they an
nihilated Crocker nnd Edmonds, nnd Walley
and Tapp.in, Wentwnrth nnd Dickinson and
Carpenter, all of whom rnted for that anti-fu-cilice
slave law hill! They put n quietus to
John G. Goodrich, who, not only voted for
tho anti-fugitive slave law in the last Con
gress, but was the President of tho Abolition
Emigrant Aid Society, , organized for the
purpose of Abolilionizing the territory of
Kansas. They "stopped the wind" of Harry
Hibbard, who in 1849, in the New Hampshire
Legislature, introduced resolutions urging a
prohibition of slavery in all the territories of
tho .United States, nnd fully endorsing the
votes of tho New Hampshire Congressmen
in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. And vet
Americans are charged wilh promoting Abo
litionism in the North!
In addition to the thirty-two mho were
elected ns "Know Nothings," and are set
down in the published list ns such, there nre
a few other members who were voted for by
the American party, though not running as
American candidates, nmong whom we now
remember Mr. Wheeler, a hard shell dem
ocrat, and Mr. Havens, a silver grey whig,
of New York both sound, national men.
Of the Governors elected in tho Northern
States in the last year, four have been elected
by the American party; and in Mie other in
stance they run a candidate for Governor, but
unsuccessfully. Of these, Governor Gardner
of Massachusetts lias evinced his conserva
tive character in vetoing the bill to remove
Judge Loring; and Mr. Ulnutn, who wns run
in -New York, is a silver grey whig, sound on
the slavery question. Ol'tlm Governor elect
of New Hampshire, and of Governor Hoppin,
re-ele,cted by tho American party in Khndo
Island, we have not been able to find any
evidence Hint they are nbnlitionints.
We might go on with this invesligntion as
to public offices ft Tl cd by the American party
we might show that all tha treacherous
members of the New York Legislature who
voted for Seward have Been expelled from
the Order wo might exhibit an array of
facts showing conclusively that the American
patty has been been busily engaged in lop
ping otl'its unsound members in the North,
and placing itself upon n broad, sound, na
tional platform. But this would be extend
ing the present article to loo grent a length.
Wo have done enough to knock the props
from under all tho big and little niiti-Ameri-can
camlidati-8 who are spouting through the
country to the effect that the' the American
Party are promoting Abolitionism. lt
them bo careful "hereafter how they mako
their statements. Let them look to the re
cord. Removal. The Washington Star inti
mates that the President has removed from
tlm Mobile custom-house General C. A.
Bradford, who was ope of tho delegates from
Alabama to the recent Philadelphia Know
Nothing National Council.
That's the way it works ifan office hold
er presumes to hold an opinion without ask
ing leave of the administration, "off wilh
his head," is tho word. And yet the follow
ers of that administration dwell wilh great
emphasis on the sin of "proscribing foreign
ers." Is it any more harm to proscribe for
eigncrs than to proscribe natives? Wo would
like to know. Of course, a good Catholic
has hucn'or will be, appointed in the place
of Gen. Bradford.
Washington, June 27.
Wilson. Cmntnimiinnor of tbo Lnnd Office
received his dismisanl this nlterryon, direct
from tho President. It is thought that Wil
ron Shannon will be his successor.
Op Vice is infamous though in a prlnce.nnd
virtue honorable, though in a peasant.
Counterfeit Delineator. We hive re.
coived a number of Paddock & Co's Spu
rious Bank Mirror and Counterfeit Delinea
tor. It is filled with plates of spurious bills,
&.C, accompanied by remark such as cannot
fail to enable any one to detect the most skil
fully gotten up counterfeit. In short, it ia
the most complete Detector yet published.
Published monthly and semi-monthly at $1,50
and $2,00 per. year. Address Paddock Cv Co.,
Banker and Brokers, Cincinnati, Ohio. A
specimen ijumber can bo seen at our office.'
MR. CALHOUN ON KNOW NOTHING
ISM. We find in the Nashville (Tenn.) Gazette,
of the 19th ult., the annexed extract from a
speech of the illustrious Carolina Statesman,
which bears directly upon an important
principle now advocated by the American
party:
Calhous's Sentiments aboutForeigners.
The 'extract below from the speech of Mr.
Calhoun upon Ihe question of admitting
Michigan into the Union, contains ns full un
endorsement of that portion oHhe American
platform referring to foreigners" a could have
been desired, nnti just such a one as would
have been expected from a mind like that of
the great South Carolinian. The publication
and dissemination of that endorsement will
haven profound effect in the South. Mr.
Calhoun, in tho extract referred to, distinctly
outlines the evils attendant upon the compar
atively unrestricted system ol Amrrican not.
n.-alization especially in tho States and
vividly portrays the dire dangers to the Re
public which may proceed from this souree.
In order that no one may fail to sne-'nnd un
derstand tho recorded sentiments of that
great, and pood, and truo Southern man, we
reproduce tho extract here, entire. Iet every
patriot read and digest it thoroughly; and
henceforth let Southern skeptics cease
their cry that "there is no danger," and
their prating about "peace! when there is no
peace."
"In conferring the power to pass uniform
laws of naturalization," says Mr. Calhoun,
"the framers of the convolution must have
had two objects in view: ono to prevent com
petition between the States in holding out
inducements lor the emigration of foreigners
and the other to prevent-their improper
influence over tbo General Government
through such States as might naturalize for
eigners, and could confer on them the right
ol exercising the elective franchise, before
they could be sufficiently informed of the na
ture of our institutions, or were interested in
their preservation. Both of these . objects
would be defeated, if the States may confer
on aliens the right of voting and the oilier
privileges belonging ta citizens. On that
supposition, it would be almost impossible to
conceive it lint good could bo obtained oevil
prevented by conferring the power' on Con
gress. Tho power would be perfectly nuga
tory. A Stale might hold out every improp
er inducement to emigration, ns freely as if
the power did not exist: and might confer on
the alien a!l the political privileges belonging
to a native born citizen; not on'y to the great
injury of the government of tho States but
loan improper control over the Government
of tho Union. To illustrate what I have
said, suppose tho dominant party in New
York, finding political power about to depart
from them, should, to maintain their t.scen
dency,exteiid tbo right of suffrage to the
thousands of aliens Of every language and
from every portion of the world,thal annually
pour into her emporium hmo deeply might
the destiny of the whole Union be affected by
snch a measure. It might, in fact, place the
control over the General Government tn the
hands of those who know nothing of our insti
tutions and are indifferent as to the interests of
our country. New York gives about one
sixth of the electoral votes in the choice of
President nnd Vice President; nnd it is well
known thnt her political institutions keep Ihe
Stale nearly equally divided into two great
political parties. Tho addition of a few
thousand votes either way might turn the
scale, and tho electors might, in fact, owe
their election, on the supposition, lo unnat
uralized foreigners. The Presidential elec
tion might depend on the electoral vote of the
Stale, and a President be chosen in reality hi
ir-tn; THAT IS, THEY MIGHT GIVE US
A KING r
New Orleans, June 26.
Tho steamer Orizaba has arrived, bringing
Mexico dates of the 19th.
The government troops had defeated sev
eral bands of revolutionists.
President SantaAnna had returned to Mex
ico. Alvarez had taken Sonora, nnd was invest
ing Morelin.
All communication between Monterey nnd
San Louis Potosi had been prohibited.' All
the troops that can be spared from the differ
ent points throughout Mexico have been or
dered to march to New Leon to attempt to
recapture Monterey. General Woll will de
fend Tnmaulipas and Matnmoros to the last,
although he had but 500 men.
Alvarez bad defeated ihogovernnient troops
near the Meealbo, and during the engage
ment killed nnd wounded COO.
Americans Fusing in Ne York. Tho
New York Herald says that n convention of
delegates from the several American Orders
of that city, representing some six distinctive
organizations, was convened on Monday eve
ning, nl the corner of Broadway nnd Lispen
ard street, and after free and full interchange
of sentiments nnd opinions, unanimously up.
proved and ratified tho platform of principles
enunciated by tho last Philadelphia National
Council. This augurs well for the unity of
tho American movement in tho city and
State.
As far ns the returns have been received
from tho various sections of this Stale, tho
action of the subordinate Councils has been
iu a high degree favorable to the unity ol
tho American party, on the principles so
gallantly enunciated by the Into National
Council.
New York. A letter writer to the Char-
lesion Courier, under date of tho 25th ult.,
says: . -
"The most active preparation nre being
made by all political parlies for the fall cam
paign. Tho "Coal Holes" nre filled nn every
regular night, nnd the' availability of eandi
dates is discussed with ns much acrimony as
can 1)0 infused into the words by tho tobacco
lince through which Ihev pass.
Democracy is on tho fence clapping its
wings, nnd crowing ioiiuiv. "3am elides
cautiously about, infusing vigor and hnpo in
in hi followers. The opinions in the political
markets are thaf'I.ive (Jak ueorne is grow
ing up; that the cry of "Fill-more" is likely
to be often heard when tho Maine law eoes
into operation; that the prospects of Seward
are dark, and that Pierce -cannot bo run
through. We are Indulging in very pleasant
anticipations of shooting each other in tbi
street next week.
Georgia. Judgo Garnelt Andrew has
been nominated by the American purty of
Georgia as their candidate for Governor at
the ensuing October election.
A "Sign." The Lebanon Herald of Fri
day record nn encouraging sign as fol
lows
We lonin from a gentleman who was pres
ent, that ut n public sale in this county a few
days ago, tho vote was taken for Governor.
There were 3'J voter prosent18 Wlihra
nnd 14 Democrats. 1 ho following was ll if
result; uentrv, thirty one; Johnson ONE!
The thinking democrats of old Wilson
don't begin to swallow Johnson's revolution
izing, disorganizing, Constitution destroying,
vote yourself a larui democracy, and nr'
of them w ill rebuke htinnl the, ballot box in
Augti-.t. Slarft that
MR. JEFFERSON'S OriXIOX ON FOREIGN
EMIGRATION.
For the benefit of thof e Democrats who re
gard the opinions of Mr. JefTerron ss the basis
on which their political creed and conduct is
founded, we hava collated from his work
Notes on Virginia" the following extract.
which fhow his opinions on the subject of en
couraging foreigners to migrate to this conn.
try. He clearly foresaw at that early day
the evils lo which we might be exposed by a
vast influx of foreigners differing from us in
manners, habits, religion, and political views.
Wilhout further preface, we give what he
ys:
Here I will bee to 'hropoe doubt. The
present desire of America is to produce a rapid
population s,r"v"T"nl,,",BUI ,"1
eii'iiers as possible. iui is mis rounncu in
good, policy I The advantage proposed is Ihe
multiplication 01 nun uers. let tig gup-
im (for example onlv) that in This State, we
could double our numbers in one year by the
importation of foreignerg; and this is a great
er accession than the most sanguine advocate
for emigration bus a right to expect. Then. I
sav, beginning with a double rtock. we 6linl'
ntt.niii any given degree of population only
27 years and 3 months eooner than if we pro
ceed on our single stock. If we propose four
mill long niul a hall ns a competent population
for this State, we should be S4J years attain
ing it, could we nt once double our numbers:
and 81 J years, if we rely oil natural prop
agation, ns may bo tcu by the following
table :
Proceeding on our Proceeding on
present mock. double stork.
1781 57,r;i4 l,ISfi,8
1808 1,1:15,1228 2.279.4S3
1835 2,270,4.6 4,640,1(12
18H2 4.040,91s
In the ffi-ft column nre stated periods of 2H
years; in the second are our nuinners, at each
period, as they will he if wa proceed on our
actual stock; and in the third are what they
would be at th sams period, were we to set
out from the double of our present stock. I
have taken the term of four millions and a
half of inhabitants for exumple's sake only
Yet 1 nm persuaded it ia a greater number
than the country spoken of, considering how
much unarable lnnd it contains, cm clothe
and feed, without a matciirl chnnge in the
qtinlity of their diet. Rut are there no in
conveniences to be-thrown into the scale
against the ndvnntnge expected from a mul
tiplication of numbers by the importation of
foreigneivf It is for the happiness of those
united in society to harmonize, ns much ns
possible in matters which they must of neces
sity transact together. Civil government
being the Sole olijeet of forming societies, its
udniinist ration must be conducted by common
consent.
Kverv species of government has its specific
principles. Ours, perhaps, are more peculiar
than lliose of any other in the universe. It
is a composition of the freest principles of the
English constitution, with others derived
from natural reason. To these nothing can
be more opposed than the mnxims of ubsoltite
monarchies. Yet. from jjneh, we are to ex
pect the greatest number of emigrants. They
will bring wilh them the principles of the
covernment they leave, imbibed in their
early youth; or, if able to throw them off, it
will be iu exchange for an unbounded licen
tiousness, passing, ss ia usual, from one ex
treme to another. It would be a miracle
were they to stop precisely at the point of
temperate liberty. These principles, with
their langunge, they will transmit to their
children. In proportion to their numbers,
thev will share with us the legislation. They
will infuse into it their spirit, wiirpnnd bias its
direction, and render it heterogeneous, in
coherent, distracted mass. I appeal to expe
rience, during the present contest, for a ver
ification of these conjectures. Hut, if they
be not certain in event, are they not proba
ble? Is it not safer to wait with patience 27 I
years and 3 mouths longer, for the attain
ment of niiy degree of population! May not
our government lie more homogeneous, more
pcneealile, more durable? Suppose twenty j
millions of republican Americans thrown ull
of a sudden into Franco, what would lo the
condition of that' Kingdom? If it would be
more turbulent, less happy, less strong, we
may believe thnt the addition of half a mil
lion of foreigners to our numbers would pro
duce a similar effect here.
Attention, PosTMASTF.ns! The - Wash
ington Union publishes tho following gentle
hints to postmasters:
Delivery of Letters, f-e. Wo understand
frequent complaints against tho department
grow out of the fact that postmasters ton
often, trusting only to their memories, tell
persons there is no mail matter for them when
a subsequent examination proves that there
was. If postmasters would adhere strictly to
the rule of making a personal search every
time letters nnd papers are inquired for, there
would be more despatch in their delivery.
J'ostmavers' Assistants to be Sirorn.-I'ost-masters
at small offices, we learn, nre too
much in the habit of permitting incompetent
members of their families, and other persons
in their employ, (none of them being sworn,
ns required by law,) to change the mails, and
to perform all the other duties pertaining to
their ofliccs. None but sworn assistants
should be allowed to have access lo the mails.
Ijoaning Newspapers. Subscribers to
newspapers make complaints of tho nnn arri
val of their papers, and in some instances in
timate that the loss is occasioned by the fact
nf the postmaster binning to his neighbors
tho papers of others for perusal. The papers
fail to be returned to their proper place, ar.d
hence tbo dissatisfaction. Postmasters nre
strictly forbidden to loan newspapers that are
in their office lor delivery.
I3f Leavenworth City, Kansas territory,
having bi conic Ihe starting point of the Salt
Lake traders, is doing a thriving business.
Such is the quantity ofgoods passing through
tlie place, tint in the spnrc of one week
$17,474 was paid for freight on goods landed
there. At the last dates, a train of six hun
dred wagons laden wilh government stores,
was about to start for the Salt Ijike, the
draught cattle of which train would number
four thousand oxen, besides several hundred
horses nnd mules. Several of the Salt Lake
trading firms have sent ofT twelve hundred
wagons, a like number of teamsters, nnd over
ten thousand'draunht cattle.
Cot'BAGEous Chinamah. A brutal attack,
says tho Calaveras Chronicle, was made by
three men on n Chinninhn liviug near Gren
serlown, n few days ago. Thev had asked
John for wati'V, and whilo be was in the act
cf getting it for thorn, one .of the party,
named W m. Link, drew n pistol nnd fired nt
him, Ihe ball inflicting a slight wound in the
left wrist. John instantly dropped tho cup,
drew a revolver, and shot Link dead. His
comrades fied. -The Chinaman wns nrrested,
and alter a hearing ol the case, acquitted.
icyThe fear of infection recently caused
some persons ut Abordcen, Scotland, to burn
all the clothing, and even the prayer book of
a deceased cholera patient, but six XI "notes
found on hi person were religiously pre
served.
t-jrWagnctie Telegraph have multiplied
very rapidly nil over Europo iftiring (lie lust
few year. In 1802, the lines in France cov
ered 1200 miles. At the end of the present
year the total will bo 8000 miles, In good
working order.
-Sf"At the ate term of the Supreme Court
of Rhodo Island there were forty-nine peti
tions of divorce. Thirty-nine of Ihe applica
tions were grunted and of these twenty-nine
were from wives. There must He a terrible
slate of farnilv Affairs in Rhode Island.
ENGLAND'S DANGER.
The London Times is furious ajajnst j,
apathy, coupled with duplicity, n I.Tch fJiiii,
Ministers are manifesting in the prist nt
in England's liistory. Wilh great truth xl
says that neither Louis Napoleon nor Briti,
Ministers can afford to withdraw their furct,
from the Crimea short l ictory :
"England cannot afford Ibis downl'a'l, nor
can the Emperor of the French. 1U thro,ls
rests on opinion. He represents big p,.p.
He is of Iheir election; he is their idolt,;j
voice; and, so long as he prospers, th,,ir j,r;,)e
Should his legions return with uolliinn- t
show for their campaigns-but an enorincuj
bill of costs and I Ui ol killed snd notindnl
he will have lo fight a harder halllo t horn
than his generals have been doing ;n ,4
Crimea.
"But there is not even safety for a tiaj,m
such as ours when she once begins to recede
for when our tide no longer flows it will be'
gin to ebb. The battle we ure now liyhiin
at Sebastopol we shall, belore long, hare to
fight nearer home, and even at home, if w,
confess our incapacity for war. One pl. ee is
much the same, as another in these days, ar.d
to be beaten in tho Crimea is ihe same thino
as to be beaten all over Ihe world. There is
n such thing : s a geographical reputation
and n man may as well expect to enjoy
character for probity in one place, which' ho
does not in-unollier, ns to have a military
reputation restricted lo certain longitudes.
We have to secure not only the fear of nn
enemy that is distant, but ihe respect of nn
ally that is very near, and of neighbors t li.-ift
are also within our reach Even now, when
we press A.islria to lake Ihe side of honor
nnd advantage," she taunts us wilh the small,
ness of our .contributions lo the war, uud tellg
us that we nre not in a condition to ask Ihu
aid of others while we do so little ourselves.
This, nt least, shows the spirit we have to
deal with, and it is a spirit that m ill be ready
enough to assume the aggressive should the
occasion ever occur. We have to leach nut
only Russia, but the whole of Europe, nnd
the w hole world, lo respect us not for our
numbers, not for our home leriitory, not even
for the number of men we can bring into tho
field, but for our evident determination In
light out, at every hazard nnd tost, the cause
we have once embraced."
Washington, June 26.
Tho great battle expected to be fought in
New York on the 4th of July, upon the oc
casion of nn effort to enforce the liquor law,
will be as celebrated in our annals us the bat
tic of Brandy wine, or any other of revolu
tionary fame, nnd it may bo- intended, by
choosing the anniversary of independence fur
the liquor fight, lo commemorate that re
markable fight. I nm glad to see thnt Mayor
Wood has determined not lo commence the
war till Ihe 5th, and to make his attack npou
native and home manufactured brandy nnd
wine, whiskey, ivc. lie ha adopted the
opinion of most of the judges and lawyers of
New York, that the State law cannot be ap.
plied so ns to prevent the sale of imported
wines and liquors. It is supposed that the
United States Supreme Court will decide that
the liquor law is unconstitutional, ns il applies
to liquors imported directly nnd not coastwise
into a State, nnd in original packages. Every
single bottle of wine or cask of brandy is ad
judged to be nn original package. At Sara
toga Springs, for inst.-nce, the hotels have
taken ca'c to be supplied by direct importa
tion." They can sell a botllo of champagne,
but hot one of Longworth's Catawba, French
brandy nnd Santa Cruz rum, but not old
Peach nnd Monongahela. Dutth'cro nro other
features of the law which nre believed to be
ns inconsistent with private rights ns wilh
sound policy, nnd there can scarcely bo a
doubt that the State and Federal judieinry will
both, by their decisions, render it inoperative.
f-"A movement hns been started to form
a civilized confederation on the west const of
Africa, comprising the English colony of Si
erra Leone, tho present republic of Liberia,
nnd the Mnrylnnd colony, which is now or
ganized independently. These countries are
all contiguous, nnd their politico! union
wonld be a movement of importance, and
though there arc some obstacles in the way
now, it is hoped that at no distant day they
will be romoved.
t-7 There is a man now livinrr near Sid.
ney, in Shelby county, Ohio, nearly ninety
years of nge, who has a bet pending wilh a
neighbor, that ho wil live to be a hundred
years old. The wnger is a hundred bushels
ol corn, nnd in case either or both should die
before tho expiration of the hundred years,
their heirs nre obligated tn pay over tho re
quired amount. It is said Ihe old gentlemnn
has ndoptcd a system of dieting and daily
exercise. He is determined to have the hun
dred bushels of corn.
FflussiAB Caricature. A Prussian comi
paper has a picture, remarkably well exeout
ed, of "The present sick man," in which John
Dull is represented lying in n state of great
weakness mid prostration nn a camp-bed,
while the physiuiiui, Dr. Louis Napoleon, sits
by bis side, prescribing for his disastrous
ci.so. Tho patient begs tho doctor to giv
him some help, and promises to pay him very
liberally for his services. "1 will take care uf
thnt myself," hiij's tho doctor, "when I gel
through, I shall present my account."
Crops is Illinois. A correspondent of fli
St. Louis Republican, under the date of lh
13th inst., writing from Cairo, say thnt in tlm
extreme southern counties of Illinois tht
wheat harvest Is nearly closed nnd the yield
per acre is said to be equal lo that of the but
previous year, whilo the number of acres
raised nearly double that of any former
season. Ho also says that contracts hnvt
been entered Into with Chicago purchasers
for tho delivery of considerable quantities uf
the new ?rop within tho present month.
If there Is a man that can eat k'
bread lit pence with God nnd man, it is thnt
man who has brought thnt brend out of the
earth by his own honest industry. It is c:lD'
kcrcd by no fraud it is wet by no tears 'A
is stained by no blood.
-" An English writer says:
"There is bad now from the camp in tin
East. Not about the cholera that will come
hideously in bad time. Rut read the leiteri
from Ihe French officers (nume carefully
concealed) in lbs Independence Ilelgc. n'('.n'
by the by, is the best conducted journal m
Europe, and yon can infer a lo tho bad spi
Prevailing between the cordial allies t
Veneli blaming English inertness' for
past failures nnd the English, with more r
gnrd to facts, ascribing the long inaction I"
tho two incompetent Generals, Raglan nJ
Canrohert. Uut the feeling betwoctt tn
English nnd the Sardinian is the worst
Russell, the correspondent of the Tii lies, start
ed the joke that the Picdmontcse were 'Sar
dine cased in English tin' the whole Ilri'.i""
army took it tip; nnd there are too many in
terpreters obout lo allow us lo doubt that tn
malicious mot would reach Iho licry mid prow
Italians."
