The Greensborough patriot [October 4, 1860]

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r0jj. XXII. GKEENSBOROUGH. 1ST. C, OCTOBER 4 I860.
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"Imi; *b0 Futlic Mind ^ita the
'"""idea of Disunion 1
not » itfie-iently invoked the attei.
I iM>iMile «f Virginia to the p*»f-
, . v the leaders of 1 be Breckin
11 the hem.-i.totis question t»i
We iDvite their thoughtful atten-
,J ,na t T o v. We desire that
I nHe ii Jo. in 1 -f the pirp «e>
, (, Y •« y 'i> eeipitato s *
> v>o*. who are advitins.
1 J-Ai'u.ioi up MI 11 bappen-ilar
contingency We «rani
.A their Brecki..rtdge had.is
»nd anaioua to involve them in id
de-cribable horrors of civil,
, -rahln and disgusting atsstrac
...•n;g tbetic things, wc denim,
in i reflect, ere theyconsent t
. »IM| act with BUch re. klesa en.
t momentous crisis—a crisis in
v exis.cnco'-f ih'- Government
, happiness, aii'i prosperity of
1 .nun a.id child in t is broad
-h before the lire.-kinridgc State
• Chart .ties* ille, on the 16 h ot
K the BOM. VVMIoiiabby Newton an
,-i.tiou* Bieckinridge leader.
..■† of standing and influence in
.u,ed thetnllowing language, as giv-rapccial
reporter, and the accuracy
J . Dol been cabled in question either
I lor .'iv ot hisffriends:
I . wan there M> hard to give op in our
umentT The <Constitution was
repealed, effete and incapable ofmain-
I right*. The popular mind should
• 1 with liie thought ot a separa-lt
should be directed to the glorious
.• I'irgi.'ia would occupy, if the
.re destroyed. The speaker then
icture ot the resnlts that would fl.iw
I ment of our material resources
Manufactures and agricuiture.
I become the great emporium
empire, and the stream of
■ ..v flows to the North from the
• :!»e South, would all pour
Virginia, or be arrested at home.—
I become the most powerful
I ■ sroriJ. In twelve months her
1- whuuld be revolutionized.—
n-t the inconsiderate conclusions
-1 . lesentment but ii»e calm deduc-ted
philosopher. We could not
• we c.nsiderated our friends
I lb; we mn-t rely on ourselves.—
rti about t<» conclude, but the conven-png
him to proceed, lie said he was
nd that his plain doctrines were
il to bis enlightened audience "
the idea, and there the language
Mr. Newton on the occasion re-
And it is the idea of nine-tenths
peace pictured by Mr. Newton we should
have, in the event of Disunoin all the calam
ities that inevitably follow in the train ol
tierce fratricidal Htr fe and exhausting civil
war. Onrmateiial development would be at
■>nce checked—industry, in all its department
would he crippled—a mighty increase of tax-es
would 1 ppress and grind the people to
dust—in a word, instead of the peace and
prosperity wo now enjoy, in less than twelve
months, havoc an-J ti uighter would rule the
hour throughout all ihv borc'o s
And, yet with these consequences us in the
•ace, the people's minds must be familarized
with the i.jca ot Disunion ! We invoke toe
people to consider before it is too late. We
entreat them to turn their backs on such
teachers and prophets as Mr. Newton and
IMS Brockinridge co laborers in Virginia.—
Wo beg them to listen to the warnings of rea-
-on and patriotism, and look upon Disunion
and its counsellors with a stern and irrepres-sible
ubhoiauce. We appeal to them, as their
•nly hope of safety, their only way ofescape
o unite with those who are for the Const itu-ion
of the country, the Union ol the States,
ind the enforcement of the Lavs, and aid in
the el eti-.n of Joh" Bell and Edward Ever-en.
We invite them all to ral y around that
bright aud peaceful standard and those pa-triotic
ai d glorious names, and, instead of re-volution
and civil war, we shall stll have,
for I mg ag. s to come, an undivided a happy
and a pro-peiio s cuitry I—Rich. Whig.
ol actual residents, and whenever the num-ber
of their inhabitants ju-tifies it, to form a
Constitution withor without domestic slave-ry,
and be admitted into the FJn'on upon
terms of perfect equality with the Other
Stales.
Resolved, finally, That in view of the con-dition
of popular institutions in the Old
World, and the dangerous tendencies of
sectional agitation, combined wilh the at
tempt to enforce civil and religious disabili-ties
against the rig-.it ofacquiring and enjoy
ing citizenship in our own land—a high and
sacred duty is devolved wilh increased re-sponsibility
upon the Democratic party of
the Union to uphold and maintain the rights
ot every Stale m the Union of the States;
and so sustain and advance among us Consti-tutional
liberty, by continuing to resist all
monopolies and exclusive legislation for the
benefit of the kw, at the expense of the ms'i' .
and by a vigilant and constant adherence to
those principles and compromises of the Con-stitution,
which are broad enough, and strong
enough, to embrace and uphold the Union as
it was the Union as it shall be, in the full ex-pansions
of the energies and capacity ot the
great and progressive people.
1. Resolved, That there are questions con-nected
with thrf loreign policy ol this country
which are not i.iferiur 10 domestic questions
whatever. The time has come for the people
of the Cited Slates 10 deelare themselves in
lavor of fr«se seas and progressive tree trade
throughout the world, and by so'emn mani-festations
to place their moral influence at the
side ol I heir successful example.
2. Resolved, That -ur geographical and
political position with reference to the other
Cincinnati National Platform.
Below we give the resolutions of this Cin
.-iuiiaii National Convention, adopted Jane, j §ialwaf UH«l*»i.iui*a*, no less than the i
tin, which nominated James Bu-hauan »«*| tePe«»t ol oaroimmerce and the devotopment
President: I of our growing power, ■■ quire- thai we should
Besalved, That the foundatihn of the Ln- hii,d £ saClt.d tl.e nriiit-ipleainvolved in the
1011 of Slates having been laid in, and its pros | Monroe d.-ctr.ue Their be i. ing arid import
,.eritv, expansion, and pr -einiuet example in adl|lll „,- u„ mioConsiruction ; they should be
appli. d with unbending rigidity.
U Resolved, That the great highway which
nature, as well as the assent wf tho-e mosi
immediately interested in the maintainances,
has marked out tor a (rvc communication be-free
g ivernin dil bii'It uj>oii, entire freedom
in mallera of religous- couernment ami no ;
respect of person in regard 10 r»nk or place of
birth ; no party can justly be deemed nation-al.
Constitutional or in accordance wilh A-merican
principles which bases its exclusive j lWl.en lnH Atlantic and the Pacifin oceans, and
organization upon religious opinions or aeci- r„nsntu,es 0llt. 0| the m. st important achiev-idental
birth-place. And hence a pollHeal j enient8 rea|1Zed oy the spit it of modern times
crusade in the nineteenth century, and in the . ^ unci,n, ,lc.',abl energy ol our people.
United States of America, against Chatholic T|)at lx.sinl B|,.,uJj be secured by u timely and
and foreign born isneither justified by the past efficiell, exeriion of tne control which we
history ot future prospects of the country, nor | ,mvc lho rj^hl lQ |„.()e|ajlu (lVer it. and no
in unison with the spirit of toleration and en- i |)OWer 0„ ear[i, M|lou|,i he suffered to impede
larged freedom which distinguished the Arner-,
can system of popular sovereignty.
Resolved, That we reiterate with renewed en-ergy
ol purpose, the well considered declara-tion
ot former conventions upon the section-al
issue of domestic slavery, and concerning
or clog its progress by an\ interferences with
the relali.ni it may suit our policy 10establish
between our government ol the S a;os with-in
whose dominion il lies. We can, under no
circumstances, surrender our pr-pondence ill
the adjustment of all questions arising out of
it.
tion to all i*s citizens, whether at home or
abroad, and whether native or foreign born.
Resolved, That one of the necessities of the
age, in a military, government, and postal
'oit,t or view, is speedy coramunicaio- be-tween
the Atlantic and Pacific States ; and
the Democratic party pledge such Conttiiu
tior..: W .ternmentaid as will insure the con-struction
o? a Railroad to the Pacific coast,
at the earliest practicable period.
Resolved, That the Djino rrtie party aro
in favor ot the acquision of the island of Cuba,
on such terms as shall be honorable ?o our-selves
and ju-t to Spain.
Re-olved, That the enactments of State
Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution
ot the fugitive slave law. aro hostile in char-acter,
suoversive of the Constitution, and rev-olutionary
in their effect
Tne foregoing were adopted at Charleston.
On motion of Guv. Wickliffe, ot Louisiana, the
following resolution was unauimou^-ly adop-ted
at Baltimore:
Resolved, That it is in accordance with
the Cincinnati Platform, that during the ex-istence
ol Territorial governments the meas-ure
DI rest.i.ition whatever it may be, impos-ed
bv,hl f Jeral constitution on the power
ol .n. 1.1 urial Legislature over the subject
of •!• .i...:»-tic relations, as the same has
bee r s ..il hereafter be legally determined
by •'—■ -• i-.jme Court of the United States,
should be respected by all good citizens, and
entor-.- I -c;;!! promptness, and fidelity by
ev«,y ua. cl> of the general government."
"*THB COTTON CRpP.
The annual statement of the Cotton Crop
of the United States f-:-r the)yew ending Au-gust
31-t, 1880. has rust beiii {completed at
the office of thcShipi ng List 1 Tie crop is
the largest by far ever made, fte aggreg.-.te
being in excesss of all but the Bost sanguine
estimate. Wc annex a comparative table ol
receipts, specifying from wha. source they
were derived:
Receipt/ of Cotton at the Ports of the United State*.
1867-8.
1.676,40tt
S8MM
122,361
145,286
28-2,97*
406,261
21,909
34.329
18-G-r.
New Orleans 1,435,000
Mobile 503.177
Flonlia 126,3-i4
Texas 89.8i»2
Georgia j 322,111
South Carolina 397,331
North Carolina J 27,147
Viiginia, &o ' fb,fi26
Total crop, bales 2,039," 19
l8.'.8-&:
New Orleans I,fi69,-.r4
Mobile 704.1J6
Floiida I7y.-tf
Texas 192 i
Georgia 473,7,
South Carolina 480,6^3
North Carolina 37,412
Virginia, 4c 118,312
3,113-962
1869-60.
8,139,4-'6
843 013
I9S.7M
262,424
531, 19
610.109
41 194
166,663
Pla.lw.tn of the constitutional Union Par-ty.
Tn 1. i! iwing is the Platform adopted by
lho Constnuiionai Union Party, in National
Con-t ..•. - at Baltimore :
Whereas. Experience husdenv-nstratcd that
Pla:toniis adopted by tlio partisan Conven-tioiisot
the country have had the effect to
mislead and deceive the people, and, at the
sam time, to widen the political divi-ions ol
iho country, by the creation and encoange-mer.
i ik. traphisal and reetional |«trties;
therefore—
Resolved, 'i'hrt it is both the part ot patrio-tism
an., ofduiy to recognise no political prin-cip
es other than
TllE CoNsTITIoN OF THE <"0CNTRV ;
t'Ub l*NION OF THE STATES ; AND
THE ENEORCEMEST ufl THE LAWS;
an.l tt«.-t. as representatives of t.!.u C . . ..
tionnl Union men ot the country, n. N^Vional
Coiiveit'oii assembled, we here pledge our-s
lately
puttlic libe-ty and national safely, against all
enemies, at home and abroad, believing that j |B57
ther by ,.eace may once more lie restored f> i xew Orleans 7,321
ihe coun'ry, the just rightsofthe people, and I Mobile 4,604
of the States re-established, and the Govern
Total crop, bales 3,861,481 4,676,77u
The largest previous crop was last year,
and the next larger was the crop of 1855-0.
The total exports to foreign ports for the
year just closed were 3,774,173 bales, divided,
in comparison with previous years, as follows :
Total exporu of Cotton from the U.iited States to for-eij"
ports.
1856-7 1857-8
To Great Britain ...1,428,870 t.809.966
To France 413,337 384,002
No N. of Kurope : 145,798 210,145
To oiher for. ports | l«4,t,J-2 181,842
Tolal bales 2,2f>J,<j57 2.390,486
lb5K-9 1859-60.
To Ore^tGreut Britain 2,0;9.2"i2 1,669.433
To Fram-e 460.096 589,687
To N-of Europe 330,012 2960 2
To other for. pong 321,448 220.082
Tolal bales , 3,021-403 3 774.173
It will be seen tn ithis that a very large
proportion of the increased crop lias been
shipped to Great li j:im. An immense stock
is now on hand at iJverpool, and this, id con-nexion
with the anxiety about the harvests,
has kept the market there very jnuth onset-
Mr- Yanoey and the Missouri Compromise
and Wiimot Proviso.
Is in well known that Mr. Faneay voted for
the Wiimot Provison attaubsd to ihe Oregon
B If But here is ai.otherl.ttlo item ot* hi*
short Congressional history, which we would
commend to the attention of his ultra Bouih
em-Rights friends. On ihe its h of January.
1815, S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, oft-red the
following amendment fee the Texas Bill :
'■And in such States as shall be formed not
of said Territory horth of lho Missouri Com-promise
line, slavery or involuntary servi
tude, except tor crime^shall bo prohibited."
The entire clause reads thus :
"And such Slates as may ho formed out of
that portion of said Territory lying South ol
36.30 North latitude, commonly known as the
Missouri Compromise line, shall bo admitted
into the Uni n with or without slavery, a«
the people of each State asking permission
may desire. And in such States as shall be
formed out of such Territory North of said
Missouri Compromise lino, slavery or invol-untary
servitude, except tor crime, shall be
prohibited."
Here was an instance of Congressional leg-islation
to prohibit slavery in Texas, where,
by law, it was recognized". For this was new
Territory to which ihe Missouri restrirti>n
of 1620 did not apply. And the Hon. Wil
liam L. Yancey sustained the principle of ab-olition
by Congressional legislation by vot-ing
for this amendment."
Now, as the Seluia Reporter pointodlv re
marks, '-if the acknowledged leader of the ul-tra
Soulhorn-Rights Breckinridge men could,
in one short session, by his votes, sauclon
ihe piir.c-ple ol the Wiimot Proviso and the
Missouri restriction, and yet be a good and
true Southern man, how tenderly should our
ultra-Democratic friends handle the record ol
a man like John Bell, who, unlike their lea-der
during twenty.five years in Congress al-ways
voted agai&M the Wilmn Proviso,who
always denounced sq-iattcr sovereignty, and
who made the n».»st ma-teriy and itaiesi.ian
like exposition of our views as to the "pecu-liar
in»ti u ion" that has ever been made
upon the floors of Congress, demonstrating
the fact that "humanity to tbe slave, nol les>
than justice to the master, recommended the
policy ot the diffusion arid extension of slave-ry."
tied and oepressid.i
.'onvci^oii assembled, we here pledge our- Ti hliee bfoilllloowwiinngg wwiina1soshooww iinhgdsstotot-cKkooifccoottttoonn
.jives to maintain, protect and defend, sepa- (in hales) on baud at the diftjreiils ports of
alely and unitedly, those great principles of i lho United Stales oii the l-i II September :
Stock of Cotton on hand in th: united States.
the reserved rights of the States. ^
I. that Congress has no power under tno j \, n^^.j That in view of commanding mentagain placed in thai condition ofjusi.ee
Constitution to interfere with, or control, the aR i||lerest? thepeople ol the United Slates | fraternity and equality, which, under the ex-domestic
institutions of the several States and cannol but sympathize with the efforts which ample and constitution of our fHithers. has
that such States are the sole and proper judges aRj b(jj|ii, |najt.,
uy llle „eo|.le »f Central solemnly bound every citizen of the lint.
ofeverything ap|»ertatning to their own amure Amerieato regenerate that portion of the , Stales to maintain -u mure perfect unn.n,
not probibiteu by the Constitution, that all Continent which covers tl.e passage across establish justice, insure domestic tranquiii- 1 a . a ■ .*.- • -.!_ . —— .. ,L. in * t ■ • 1 ( . ,. ■† I . . . , . i , , . , . . . ( . i t i t I . > t ■ i '. > hliilllhll' efforts of the abolitionists, or others, made to
induce Congress to interfere with questions
of slavery, or to take incipient stops in rela-tion
thereto, are calculated to lead to the most
alarming and dangerous consequences, and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tenden-thc
Isthmus.
5 Resolved, That the Democratic party
will expect of he next Administrai ion that
every proper effort will be made to insutvour
ascendancy in iht Guifol M.xico.and lomain-tain
a pern anent protection to the gr a- out-to
diminish the happinesssof the people and |el8 t|ir„Uf,h which are emptied into its Wa-ters
the products raised cut of '.lie soil, and^
the commodities created by the industry of
endanger the Stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not .o be contenanced by
any trie.id ot our institutions
•2- That the foregoing prospositions coy- Umon al u
ers and was intended to embrace the whole . .
subject of slavery agitatation Congress;:
and therefore the Democratic party of the I n-ly,
provide lor ihe common deleiice, promote
thi general we.tare, and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.'
A Greeting from Tennessee.
PiKEviLLF.Tcnn., Sept. 15, 1860.
To the Editor of the Whig: I am proud to
earn, as 1 do, through your columns, that
i the people of our Westernvalleys. and of tbe the Union men of the j^fe***j"'*>•
r- ,. rousing ihomseives to an earnest auu ener-getic
fi"fit in (he coming canvass. I .migla
to see r-'-li evi■ d•ences of<• d'e—voti■on t-o •t»h—e UU.n-ion,
manifested in my native Stale, the 'nurs-llllie-
ieuiiis | . " , . • . - ,. .1
.or-» in Vn-irinli i 'on, standing on mis national platform, wilt
& leaders here^inJ£W**- : abR,c b „„!„|heru l0 8 faithful execution of the Democratic party -
li M that disunii..i. W ot ) Compromise measurs, ed with tne followin :ex„l..naio-y resolutions: ii as an omen of the complete overthrow of
,7v,M,liu,uo,, .^ ^ hcCw oM(ifl^0. ,Hhc acl re. Hl.H„lvcd, Thit the government ..fa the present dynasty at Washington. ... No
•■ugilives'from service or labor" in- Territory, organized by an act of Congress.
Breckinridge Platform.
" Resolved, That the platfo.m adopted by ing in ther" of a many a t-ue and stauneii
e Democratic party at Cincinnati be affirm- Whig now settled in the far West, and I hail
F.ord. 56
Tex»s 96.'
Bav'n'n & A'g'Ma,4,tlS
CbarleSlon 5 041
Virgb ia &c, 420
New York ICT^S
Other V puns ....8,800
186s. A sSO. I860
30,230 fto.0.2
\h) lo6
73.934
10,496 41 082
sO 7 236 S64
1,899 3 666 3,168
2,686 18.383 9.668
•1,715 17*92 8.s97
OoO 3n6 4.609
25.000 43.452 64.891
30,9*2 '.'0,410 20.204
▲ Csmpalzn Bang.
John Breckinridge m,-Jo .loin !
When we SN( fiisi KOqutint.
Yuii weret "SOjWllerSlntwiylgS
H,.l, now, you ny. you aini.
How ran we all hShVw% JODO,
In one ahori year or so.
Thai you're ao taally alirr»l Joha,
John llrrckinriilge, my Jo I
John r.iiikinrnlr^. my Jo John I
You held a pround e.tat--
For Old Kcnlueky l>*ed you John,
fcVn >l|) t.i tilly eight;
Bui. now. you r run>iin<; wil I John,
And leagued wiili i'an.eyso.
They hare Comb yo'iiiown John,
John ISrrrkinridge, my Jo !
John Breckinridge. my Jo John !
hirange thing, lnirecome about .
The S'/uatte.-s put )ou in, Jchn ;
Tl.e hell will iii g you out.
The people wnni elect you. John,
They did so ounce, jou know ;
And IIIHI was«r,re Um often. John,
John Ureckimidgc, my Jot
Joha.
Total bales 49,258 l'J2,9J'» 149,237
The consumption of the U.iited States is
reached by deducting the exports and stock
on ha. d from the ki own receipts to show the
Consumption in the Vortheru Slates, and by
estimating the <-on>umplion in the Southern
Stales. The consumption at ihe South, 1*5,-
522 bales, (inclu lin: thai bunhtatthe ports.) | j*^'k
is to be added to lh« crop re.wipts to make
the total production If thi; Redone, and we
add stocks in interior towns^sad deduct the
porl ion of the new crop received before Sep-tember
1st, (51.H0J bales,) we shall make the
total growth ot cotton the a-t year in the
United States -1,811,800 hales.—Journal ef
Commerce.
ThsAfjiU tree Borer.—As mu<h has been
said and done of late years about destroying
ihe borer, which ha- proved so tionbie-oni.
and destructive to yuoog apple trees I though I
1 w-ouldcommiinie:itu Ui you my . xi.erieuei
and successful ireutiue.,1 in relation to ih<
same. Three or f-ur years since 1 grutted
I hi illy sprout from an old npp.e i ree sluui|
with tall j-ippines ; ihegrafi was growing fin
ely, win n one day I noticed the borer araa ma
king sad work on the tree, Iroiu the ground
upwai'ls a fo.it or more I had read alx.ut sp-pl.
ing coal from coal pit hottonia around th.
roots of tree ax good and d:gging out Ihe
h>rei-and stopping up the hox-s with i-uin
7 698 I shellac, &c. I accordigly applied coal braiz
[the fine charcoal from Coal pit bylloinsj
arcund the root of the tree, dug out all the
borers I could find, cat away the dead hark
ai d applied a thick cat ol tar on the t r- •
where the bark had bev n removed, and wash- |
ed the tree wilh a si i ong lye tr.'tii wo al u>lic.«
and lime. Tbe borer has left ihe tree, and ii
s well and promising. I applied aimthe'
coat of tar thi- last spring where I In- bark h ni
been destroy*d. I think tar will prove nselul
in driving away the borer from young trees
Country (rentlemnn.
vein ber. If Old Virginia shall
• ," 1 w"1!?'tne "h-moht M"^ p"r- ' elulled'f wloch'aJt' being* des'igned U^'carry ^r.^v^nal'and'u-.r i».rary7and during its Growing off the shackels bv which
succeed in
has
United States been so long lettered, so long bound to the
A Monarch Dead —The oldest of the reign-ing
Sovereigns of Europe, died the other day.
The telcg.aphic ailvices Bay)briefly that "ihe
I (iiand Duke of Meoklonburg-Strelite is dead. '
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•_i ou '
Iii SS'ng o t
e>;j s Ov\ t at
(••ullb- •nnuediately tollowvd b_v
■i i ni ah h matn 'i resources
i*eallb—ihai c on me-. < , in .u
. . : ag*icu lure »-. u d fiourisi. ..i
rfer ilo.-ir.-h wtiiie the Union lasts I
' '.w.u d i>e.ome the gr.al el.i-i
H - • .thi r t empire - that th • si ream
otD.wflovM 10 Hie -S rt. nom
- . •• .. tue Soalll would all p-ur
• rg Diaor bearre-ted m \ irgima—
ael.e months, yea, in twelv. I
^. . .•■ whole fortunes- four SL.tc
• ni .tnzed a d Viiginia become
. •■•.rod Si ale in the world .
f..7T. abide by aud u, h • d ih pnucipl s hud
io II lu t " tveiiniokj and Virginia r. so u-
.10. sof i7SW, ..n i in the report ol Mr Madison
H tins Viiginia L gialature in 1791), thai ii
ad pt- Ihvsc prl.icip.c- as cnsl luting one
o. lu- mam toui.dal.o. s ol its p..lineal creed
and is resolved to cany them out in their
oovious meanlug a.id import
i
i.-,Mie on winch a sectional party, sir sis I. g
e.\ci isive y.upon sla.e.y ag. an n, nowreii s
lote^ttne fi'itlit) of i ho po.pie Noith and
S.utb, lo the Coiis..tutioii and the Lni n.
/ffsoae</,'l'bocl.ii:ning feMowsoip wi»h and
de iring the c.op.r.uo of ..II
me preservation -.1 >h
stiiution as ihe permanent issue; and npu-sons
and property in the Territories, and ol thousands.
I see it in the glad smile and hopeful coun-tenances
ol "our tolks " I see it in the long
face, and hear it in the wailing tones of the
now ten iticd and divided Democracy. Our
friend* are buoyant and joyous, hopeful and
uni mated, working ihe b. es altogether, a..d
wi:h a will. Our speakers are out in every
may more" distinctly meet the i;j0ti„g with .he people ofother SlaU»j 'and ; town and village—in every bud*,,«t every
tha.aSt.te.hu.-orga ized ought to be ad-; cros. ,o..d, deng faithful and telling wo.k.
wherever else its constitutional authority ex-tends.
:) Resolved- That when s tilers in a Terri-tory
hiving an adequate population forma
State const.lu inn, ihe rights ol sovereignly
commence, a- d h.ing cousiim.ileil by an ad-mission
in 10 tin Union, they siand on ail equal
-ho re arl
L" .ion under H.e Co ■•
milted mi.> ihoF.d.ial Union, whether its
constitution prohibits or recognizes the uist-t.
iiiou oi slavciy,
4ih. Ke-olv. d, That ihe Democratic par-ty
are in favor ol lhea,(| lisilion of.he 1-lind
of Cuba on sueh terms a- shall lie honor.hie
to ours. Ives and ju-t to opain, at tbe earliest
and bet .re Novcin'-er comes the battle hosts
will be .ea.iy f.r ihe conflic. John Bell, the
sou ot tbe South, but the child of the l-ni
tlie far seeing statesman and painot. Will re
ceive ihe vote of bis own State, and I believe
..f eve. y Southern State, t-xa-jx S .u-h Caroli-na.
Our mas- meeiing for E «• Tenms-ee
ma, with a population but iittle greater. The
monarch s suhjecta number about one hun-dred
thousand; his army, 0:- rather his con-tingent
to the armi; of the confederation, 1,
197. The Grand Duchy has a fractional vote
in the Diel, and i 'ts genera ly a very small
figure in the drama ot" the nations. But in
blood it beats the biggest and the proudest of
•hem. The monajth just lead was named
George Frederick Charles Joseph. He was
born August 12, 1779,so lhat bo was over
eighty-one years of age when he was gath-ered
lu his fathers, lie has feigned lor forty-five
years, and is succeeded by his son. Fred-erick
William Charles George Ernest A.h.l-phus
Gusavus. who is man led to a daughter
.ofthe late Duke ol Cambridge.—Pkrtadd-
Knoxville on the 27ih. at J ^|fl BMttin.
'£££? Andt^tnenc'S the gre t National idea ol thi... in try can re
puwert Sute in the world, the pose ... its determined conservation oi the
Union—non-interference by Congress with
slavery in Slate and Territory, or in the Dis-trict
of Columbia.
2. That tins was the basis of the Compro-of
1551—confirmed by both the Democ-
•1'Virginia will bo the highest,
"'.table and most desirable position
. tor which Mr, Newton, perhaps
' «d •.■.!,.!• two ofoihor Brock.nri.lgel ea-
...u.ediau lv present thetnsolves us mise
«•: And then the m-nr offices in a ratic and Whig parties in Jjf^-^^
and powerful Will be scare, ly t.ou-rauh.d by the people n 1^52-an
ireable than ihe Presidency itseil I - rightly applied lo the organization of Terr.
'■ the vast muliiiude ot little Breck-lesders
here in Virginia, that will
■ 'i '!•-, and dukes, and marquises, and
I-not disunion truly a mostdesir-
•hould not the minds of the peo-k,
rg'niabe laniliarized al OPCO with
1) suuion ? Should not thie
rambition, their hopes of office
> all be directed 10 the dazzling and
': i'l-ti'.n tnat Virginia would occupy
lories in lf»54.
3 That by the uniform application of this
Democratic principle to ihe organization ol
Territories, and to the admission of new-
Slates wilh Oi without domestic slavery, as
they may elect—the equal rights ot all the
r I Stales will be preserved intad—me original
compacts of the Constitution maintained in
vioiale—and the po< petuiity and expansion
of ihe Union insured to ibo utmost capacity
ot embracing, in peace and harmony, every
as its uati e-bornciiiz. ns.
And whereas, one ol lho gre.ile-t necessities
ol the ag>, ina political, commercial, postal
and tnilitaiy point of view, isa speedy com-munication
between ihe Pacific and Atlantic
coasts; Therelora, be it.
TtM. lie-solved, That tne National Demo-cratic
party do hereby pledge themselves to
Use every means in their power to secure ihe
pass ge ol some bill to ihe extent of ihe Con-stitutional
authority ot Congress for the con-struct
on of a l'acine railroad from the Miss
is-ippi river to ihe Pacific ocean at the earn-est
practicable moment."
ledesiioyed. (mure Siato lhat"may bee instituted or Me
-M Ur^wtTanlTSXcLV ' ncxed, w.ih a Kopubl.can form of Govern-
ID.'lit.
H solved. That wo recognize the right of
the people ot all the Territories, including
Kansa- and Nebraska, acting through the le-gally
uud fairly expressed will of a majority
era, we lell the people of Virgm-
- y and soleinity, -bat there is
'Jug as a pea eable dissolution of
ti. i he verv idea is at.surd. And
,. vLt happiness, proaperity and
Douglas Platform.
" Resolved, Tnai we, the Democracy of the
Union, in C invention assembled, hereby de-clare
our affirmance of the resolutions unani-mously
adopted and declared as a platform
of principles by the Democratic Convention
at Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that
Democratic principles are unchangeable in
their nature, when applied lo the same sub-ject
matters.
Resolved, That is the duty of tha United
Stales to afford ample aud complete protec
"John," said a gentleman to h's coach roan (
...the well and get a pitcher of water
Excu-e me, sir," said John, "it is not my
business/' -.True! true! I i-.ad forgmte...
Harness ihe horses, and put to Joh... and
bring tl.e coach to the from door. '*l's-—
s'ir," The coach is brought "Thomas-take
thJ pit.n.r, get into the coach John will
dnv'-youiothegate. Get a pitcher., water
Mlid let John drive you back again to the door
and he may then put up."
A romantic young lady tell into the river,
and -ami. -erv near drowning, 1 ut succor N*
iugf u-unatelyatha..d,she «as draw H
-ensele-s a..d carried hone. On coming t,
kJje declared to her family that she must mar-ry
bun who saved her.
.lmpo-ible 1" said her papa.
•What, is he already married!
that interesting young man who
the neighborhood.'
•Dear mo, no-it was, a Newfoundland,
Tue lady again became inensible.
Wasn't it
res here in
Disastrons Conflagration at Port Smith.
FOIITSMITU, Ark , Sept. 2'■).—This morning
afire broke out in 'his place, which resulted
lie destruction . fiheCny Hitel and the
II block of buildings. The value 1.1
he buildings which weredi stroyed wa about
flOOOOJ. and »I me'ch.indr/.e, furnil'ire. &>-..
..bout 8100000 m.re. The p-stoffi.-c «rh
4000 loiters is among the ruins.
rs are Su- 'a' && SS,, ring, drv g'Ods de.de s
loss85 I 00 no in-urai.cc. Ufalioii & Boii.-n. .
do Ios-«160HJ. iranc IsiOOOO. A H
Clme, druggi-., taOOOa. nolns .ranee. B. n-
„cii i K- a*,dw g>- ds. h-s S15i00, insor
ance 6,0Jd. The I inns pruning off! e 96 000
no insurance. O W. Liss.m. 82,6 0 no i,-
sura lice. O. W. (iudley, SI 5.0. insorsi.c
SI,.00 Colonel Springs law office, SI 500
no in.-urance.
Want to take AdtHUttaae of their 0ien IFroay
— We will dineoUc the L'... »i, say f.e Y...
cevii.s.il Ln.oln o. elect. J. To make th.t
x. use a plau-H-le >n-, gentleman, you urns
rir-t try to defeat Linco ... You can bea
him. a'nd if you do not job connive at th
wrong whicO you nieiid io seize upon a.- ti.e
excuse lor cominiuinga great wrong. If you
want a united South tor disunion,first do all
v ou can to save the Union wilh honor : then
if sheer necessity drives you to ihte la-t re-so
t, all will be wnhyou, but you can't be
iiw-rmi.ted to eleel Lincoln and then lake ad-vantage
..f your own act to precip'lato disun-iou.—
Richmond Whig.
Submission.—Trials not fell are easily borne
Mr. Pea body one day came in from a walk.
His wife said to him :
"I have been thinking of our situation, and
have determined lo be submissive and pa-tient."
"Ah !" said he. "that is a pood resolution ;
let us see what wc have to submit to. I will
make a list of our trials. First, we have a
home—we will submit to that. Second, we
have the comforts of life,—we will submit »<•
that. Thirdly, we have each other. Fourth-ly,
we have a mu titude ot friends. Fifthly
we have God lo take care of us."
"Ah!" said she, "pray stop—1 will say no
more about submission.
•'Lether Go."—"1 was," sad the reverend
gentleman, "attending divine service in .Nor-tolk,
several years ago, during a sens .11 ol
some excitement. While the official ing cler-gyman
was in the midst of a most interesting
di-cussion, an old lady among the congrega-tion
arose, clapped her hands, and exclaimed
'•Merciful Father if I had one more feather II.
my wing nffai'h, I would fly "ffio glory." —
The worthy gen. leinan ihu- inierruppt.-d, im-mediately
replied, "Good Lord, stick ii in ami
lei her go, she's but a trouble here." That
quieted the old lady.
The Pigeon Trade, of Michigan.—We learn
from the Grand Kapitls Eagle, that there liavi
been shipped from that place alone—lo pay
nothing i.l the large quantities shipped nl ot'n
e>- places in thai regi-o.—488 barrels, or 10*
556 pounds of wild pigeons dining the pas
s. as >n. The E .gle • stimulus the '< .1 i uni
b'T d'pigeons .-hipped from Cat. reg'OU Ol
Mi. higau at between one and two niilli u B —
Tne freight psridonnigeonaatiheGra I Kap
id- BAres*Office during the season,amount-ed
to$o,:J>S'J7, and the pigeon-s-Id for about
f:26.26a
-^ ■† ai
To Destroy Flies —Get a four horse powei
. ngino Put il in the ba.-k kitchen, run sbal -
ing in'-very ioom <-. nue.-t.-d wilh engine a
f.rsaid by hching Ou the sharing iJ.ice
flv -wheel-, SBW ar 11 e wh-el- with I r a le an I
-el llle engi..'- tf'"ng. The f]' - D '.g altrar.
led hv the tr-acle on ihefl.-wh 'I wall lig't
n tfem and lbe wheel revolving lapidU
ih.-\ will b'- wheeled ••(. Htv.*eb v uml-*
ea>h wheel with a la', and lei him ami .-
Ihem as they lall, and behire tlcv hive t"m
• ,, recover from il.eirdzziness. A s.na t ••••%
has b' en known t•> kill as masi li: y ' i o i n
M day.
Sand for Bedding for Horses —Mr Small of
Du.idaik, Scotland, a veterinary surge-n "f
considerable experience, states lhat "and i- no'
only an excellent sub-tiiu'.c for straw for hor-ses
bedding, but superior to straw, us the
Why Don't Breckinridge Answer.
Judge Douglas in Irs Baltimore speech '
says:
"I believe there is no evil in this country
for which the constitution and laws will not
provide a remedy, much lesa is there any for
which secession is a proper remedy. At Nor-folK,
when ihe Breckinridge elector put these
questions to me, indicating thai he and his
party intended lo dissolve the l.'nion if Lin-coln
was electt d, 1 answered them frunkly,
and afier doing so, said lo him that ho was
bound, as a man of honor, to prop-un-l lho
-ame questions to bis candidate, and let Mr.
Brcckinndge answer them. (Applause.)—
Tbe answer came to me I ruin the crowd. It
shall be done."
The Louisville Democrat, in Kentncky, a
paper friendly lo me, copied hose questions
and my answers and called upon Major Breck-inridge
lo respond lo them in his spec li at
Lexington yesterday. In iha soeeih accord-ing
lo lho report which I saw to-uighl, Mr.
Breckinridge refers to my speech at New
Enyland and also in ihe South, showing thst
e had seen my Virginia speeches—HI»I lbs
questions and ans -v ers were in the first speech
I made in that Slat.—but I looked through
ds speech in vain to lind his answers io thoss
jiie.-lions.
1 ask you whnt r'orn it m»un * A Breck-
: iridge al^isw . ._. A whether I will fa-
. ol disunion in a Betuua event which Breck-inridge
and his liieiuls vvi I he i<8j><n-ihle
lor pioducing, if ii happens, and when Iheck-i.
ridge is es'I*-i an-w-.-i ib<- Kama
piestion, ■ r it. Other qms-inns
liiv.u. 03 i.n:it-iii«rv «lo.ririi«,
v l.ieb no man never oreamed he was tudiy
il'. Were S|»'|-ifi. .1 a' J 1." SWeled. bui ibis itfMl
•|I.V.|IOII, in olvilag ine falc ot llo. L'nloll,
involving ihe file o| ; cn-pira. y lo bnak
il up, wl in bmugl.t lo In- iimice is not an
Bwered.
I i. II v a, tn) fell >w ciiiz- ns. I believethbl
Union .s now in danger. In n.y 0| ...i >n
ihere i- a mature pin. throughoai lbe South*
rn S a'.-s i.< break up 'he 1'ir-n I ' el eve
lu- election of a Blnck Repnbii- an is lo be
Ihe signal lot il a' Bllempl, and that the I. a-leis
oi the scbeuie da-ire theuleciioo of L n-
->>lk so as lo have:.n ex.us ■ f.e- disunion. I
lo noi believe liial ever* ll'e. kmrioge insn is
i .li-iiii'onisi, but I do belie'. <• ever) ilim nion-
'St in America is a Breekinr <\^e man. (L ud
In vi s ) and benc. I desne Major Br.eki.i-ndge
:o answer specifically ou this punt,
whether or not l<- will tun ree the la.vs of
he laud in lbe event of tin attempt lo secede
or break up this Union ? You have a light
to have an unsAir li.nn him lo thai quesliou."
Tri ks of Trade.
In your younger days, before the fancy
lipped dahlia was known to any extent, an
Englishman waa boat'ag after novelties on
tbe Continent, and was invited by a dealer sW
cull on him al a particular lime, and luken to
look at tw-o plant- of extraordinary bianiy.a
purple and a scarlet regularly lipped, every
petal perfect ; even lho-e of the fa .ll-opened
blooms exhibited the jieculiarity which ieu-
■lered the variety invaluable. As soon us the
astonish.ded novelty i unter was satisfied,
ihe dealer cut off the flowers, nnd sent them
away by his man, informing his would be cus-tomer
thai tin y were go-ng off to a distant
connoisseur, and in vain the enthusiastic Eng-lishman
begged for only one; the dealer waa
inexorable. The Frenchman uHlkcd his vis-itor
round the g-ounds, and when Ihey re-lumed
to the two plants, which In.d not a
Bower left io th.-m, the hull' crazy beholder
doubled bis oil -r, if he might lake up the
roots then and there, lu which ihe sel'er
■greed, with eviy symptom of ie!i. lance,
• xpres ing his belief thai if be kept ".heir, till
shows came off in the metropolis, be could
make lour tunes a- much. Up'hey were
dug. the lops cut off" the roots carefully pa k-
<d for traveling, and the money paid. Tln-y
were merely fumigated wilh brimstone, and
•my of our readers may try the experiment
for amusement, not only wilh dahlia but any
.(her stro-ig colored flower. The etlect is
iieauti'ul, and lass, perhaps, an hour or Iwo.
It can be tried Wilh a lunch of man he-, by
in r.-.y lidding the bloom over « hue ih yare
homing, Ti.e buyer never found his mi-tike
ml th-. loll iwing year, nnd 'he s. Her was BM
eat.—Gleuny's 0 trJen /■' rgef.nu not.
Boa. J'lmis Qulhrie —A g nth-man of hii;h
i.'Siou informs a T«nne*se eoniemp rary
i al ill a reeeni inter*i< w with Mr l.'u hrie,
I'-ai genllem.in eui|h i ic d'y "ln.nl lhal he
Would rot uppoii .Major Br< ckirr.dg . be-i-
l i-e lnj so donii) If K-iutd be ij'Vi'ty tit-1 to the
election of LtfC>lit. Li ..a no' every uiicl igent
IIISII know ibs' y>. (inibrie is i ighl. ■> d tl at
'.«• i. ev itil. h- <••■• S qu.oi.eol M.Jor Br>itlM>
re-lge'ae nli 1 cy « i I be !•• s' • n.' I. n L n-
C In -n . I t.e fr. ••->'.••'' s '<•••! to w. ak. n HEI.L.
he I. ■† c nOl.l.ile lhal .-..III- an) e.rll I)
•'• , .• . f;n cUiliu ocr l.'nc >li< .n the
Sou II?
.1 ^ ««'/'.• .)/»•- III ■ i'. -W • u d is a .1
•Il i'l nil II J'' \ ' ■ • "■ †I • • ■• TOT • • ou
V r.in th I oi_ i
., ive ,, ti.'io .ed ....ll In Withdraw f.otl .ho
oauvass.— Vtrginiei In fax.
f
Virginia Legitlitture,—Governor LMCII'ran
linn c stll >t he Will convene an • I-ra se--n.n
of the Virgin a L. g s a are on ihe llth o' JJII-sand
does not neat, and saves the hooisof the I uary in xt, lo to. tider the -ubjeetof ihe pro.
horses He stales that sand is exclusively I posed sale of the J anus Itiver aud Kanawha
u*td for horses' beds in his alables. 1 Caual.