The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1855, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1855. SOUTHERN POLITICS. K Kcow Notbingiem in Coorgia—Conservation uals we can obtain votes on @ prim: im Tennessee, GEORGIA. JUDG ANDERWS’ LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE KNOW NOTHING GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION, Wasuineron, July 16, 1855, Dean Sin—The above letter was received at the Montvale Springs, in Tennessee, where I had gone for ‘the benefit of my health. I had ordered my correspon- dence from home to be forwarded to me at that point, and received 1t by the same mail that brought yours, but se the reception was in the same hour of my no sufficient opportunity was route. After reading the very positively declined the honor which I reason to believe mee be Macon Convention. main reasoa for re- was ® desire that an organization shou d be under what is known as the Columbas it, which I hoped would convene, and as my triends, nominate another. { trusted there would have been such develope- would Teer eid in an effort to consum- A) ayy aoe oe E E place, or, if it should, be of such magai- supersede the one whose committtee mau . As the democratic party had previously, fusal to join in tne Columbus movement, de prived it of the power of assuming the atti- tude of anything lke State unanimity, and as the joining in such organization might have oad the Saeenrance of a disbanding of the Ameri an party in Georgia, and as it might have filled to pase & resolution that I should nave considered a sinc qua non, itis perhaps wise that no affilistion bas tsken place cther than what appears io one of the resolu‘ions of your convention. Daly ress: ed with the responsibility of refasing do high an honor, tendered by so large and respectable a body of men as the American party, I could not excuse myself for declining tne eame, without very weighty, not to ssy irresistible, reasons, aad the vatber as I think there are some why I should not decline of such magnitude aa not to be disre- bri or overruled. Oue of which is, that my neisn might embarrass, possibly occasioa, or have the sppearance of a disorganization of the American party in Georgia. The statement of a few facta will make manitest the importaszcs of the continuance, and successful continuance, of tnis porty in Georgia. Iu the convention in 1850, the State declarad in aE S38 ae the paper known asthe trorgia Platform, amoag other pas, Sas she would and ought to resist, ‘even as a last resort, to a disruption of every tie which boand her to the Union, any refas3l by Coa- guess to admit esa State any Te:ritory thereatier prpiying. because 0’ the existence of slavery there in. Kensas Territory wil! soon soply for ad- w‘ssion into the Union ai s sta’ed Goy. Jo'nson, in his late letter of acceptance, at “ the united cohorts of free soilers ani aboli- thonists ander”—what he chcosea to style—“ the black banner of Know Nothiugism”—buit realiy wader the uv pooular influencs at the North, of the Nebraska and Kansas pitl—“ have elected to tre mex Conzress & contrclling msjority.” If the state of facts pow existing sha!l contioue, when Kaneas makes application for admission iato the Union, ahe must be rej:cted ‘under this con- wellicg mejoritv; and then a disruption of ever: ‘Me which binds ‘Georgia to the coafederacy will poeibincepe ny places The desree has gone forth, ae prec’almed by the State in her couvextion of 1860. HasGov. Johnron or the democratic party told us of any escape from the crisis, so certainly ling? Have they devised any? or are they seek- g any? We caanst admit unrelenting war woging tbriugh the Southern States to subject all to iron ruls et democracy,to be such. For if every voter in their borders were to bow the knee to ite baaner, aud turn to St. Tammanz in devotion, it would not add another vote to the yeas when the bill for the admission of Kansas shall be put upoa ed) for the Southern vote, uader whatever , apd al vays will be, a anit in its favor. party intaly organised at Phlladalp tay to bring ine ly at alp iia, to bring the . Recded aid from th» North, whence only it can be had, is azything else than an effort to mest the crisia wwaiting Kangas, and which we are Sppreaoainy Wis the elecp'eas tread of tims. We havé had mad pecuag, Wawis bow the democratic party bas voted, but none how it will ba able and willing to vote. Others more patriotic or vigilant, seeing the old whig patty defanct, the democrat.c powerlesz, and the abolitionists and freesdil- * era with s controlling majority in the next SLngreez, have combiaed organizing a ‘Rew party--the Avctian—with the hope that it poeeesees principles of Rationality equal to the exigencies of the important o¢asio#l. ‘Tuc NNpopu- larity of the Nebraska and Kavsas bill, which, like an avalanche, swept over the North, overtoppicg horse and rider, ‘‘captain and cattle,” diminishiag and corrupting s!l parties, has left the fate of ths admission of Kaneas atthe mercy of the frze soil ower. x The American party lately assembled a' Phila delpbia, after purging i‘seif cf its free oil eleneat, among other things, resolved that Cong-ess eersed Bo power under the constitution to excluds any State from admission into the Uoion bscause Ste constitution does or does not resgaiz: tie institution of slaverv as a part of its social syatem. Here is an accession of Kooks cag against that con- trolling msjority depre ated by Goveraor Johuson. it the ocratic paity were desiroas of the admie gion of Kanass a3 slave State, isstead of endea- voring to crush, would they not cherish this new, and, we hope, eflicisnt, al'y againat the comm m foe? §=Wonld they not fesi a aympathy°tor i. on account of this part of the platform? Though the Americsa ani democratic parties cannot, on account of tusir old prejadices and naw principles, sfliiate, yet the adm'ssion of Kansas a3 # slave State devends on their combined action agsinat the “ uvited cohorts,” waen the final contest eball arrive. For when the vote shall be taken on ‘that measure, aod the demo:racy shall be found to0 weak, (as they will, axcording to the admissioa of 4Gpv. Jonnz00,) the nays will have it unless help ome from some otter quarter. Are they unwiiliag te bave it, thoug’ it be nota democratic y ta? Arto ‘they unwilling tae country should be saved uaiess saved demociatically, and democratically ouly? Is demo tacy the primary, and the country the sacond- ary good? §=When we shuil be casting about forte election of a President who will not veto the pill af paged, avd ehall tind material eafficient for ine purpose, it combined, it will be the daty then, as now, cf every patriot to throw no obstacle in the wey of £0 important a consummation. Wua'ever imreconcilabie hosti ity theee may be on othsr points, on this, vital beyond al! others, every patrios abould eberizh that rympatby, on the exercise of waich, élave State. It in the hour of trial, may dep2nd tue tata of uatold | millions. ~ And what is the attitude of the American ani democratic parties now on this view of the mitser! ‘The former gives its approbation and sympathy to she latter wi its fidelity to the South deserves it. ‘The democracy seek to crush this new party in its imfancy, not only on the \d of iasurmoaatabie issues, but on that embraced in the slavery p2rtion of its platform, and which is all the South oan ask. ouncing ita platform bscaase itdces not or ia express terms the N sbraska and Kansas |, thouga agreeimg, “for common justire and fu- ture peace, to abide by aud maintaia the existing Jawa upon the sabject of slavery a3.@ fal and co2- clusive settlement of that subject in spirit sad sn stance.” Are Kansas and tas Union of 8) litede consequence as to dapend om the reasons om which the resolve was given, thouga immaterial for our purpose? Must the fate of this country be perilled on the difference be.ween “twoodie dum and twos: die dee?” And this by a party which, ia its last Bektimore convention, de-larei, withoat epproviog mexpresa terms, thal’ tey would “apide by 4 Ot to the faitufal repre hy ata kaowaas com} mewures.”” And this b; rt yp. feasing to stend on the Georgia plationa, hive, io spesking of the action of Voagrass on the com promise measuies, declares thet wh lit the S:ate of Georgla does nos wholly approve, wi; da by it se @ permavent adjustment of this asctisnal controversy.” And this by a mission, did not Cslifornia ‘was for # sppreve the vrata that &@ State shoald coms into the Unioa or withoat slavary, (a3 pro. Vided in the Nebraska and Knsas bili,) bat wore ready fora disruption t> maintain such disaparo- val. Sometimes they criticise the platform o! the | American party because it pretermits the ex >ros- sion of any opinion upon the power of Congenss t> establish or prohibis slavery, thong’ it is tao sense of the National Council that it oaght not to leis: late agon the su>j rt in the Territories. Aad tia by a party which a few sort mooos ag) was reid wet fire to the four corne:s of the crofedsrary, it did not legialste on the subjac} of sinvary Territories, by repeating ths M:xican laws prohibiting the introdastion of #'avesia:> tas ter- witery iiny segared from that power. And this voted for Mr. Van Burea for theagh from the lights before nim he -_ the ex; oe. woe a * ower of Congress to legis'ste upon the Bavery in the Disteict of Colamom, I k $ Finciples are of the highest jwaortaoce, bot bore the reeolve is sli we need, let it com: from what motive le impossible, and to us immaterial. A party whi thus cavils on “ the ninth part of a hair,” oy hl 8.0 y denire the admission of Kansas, but that re must be weak that is weighed bie. It looks significant of the sm Diese upon Cady ope i 2 abe hilosop! organizi new parti con: sista inthe ancien ofa pisttonn of principles that Will be acceptable to a msjority of the nation, if possible; and though each may not be acceptable toall, yet, for the make ‘of some favorite principle, every member of the party will adopt the p!attorm ss a whole. Just ag im deliberative assentblies, @ covsti:ution, or a bill, may not be accentable in every section, possibly, to any one member, Jet for the sake of the measure as 8 whole, or jor some favorite mclien, a sesjeriey msy be cin tent toadopt the entire measure. 8 the Northern Portion of the American pa:ty, suffering under tue grievance of foreiga influence, are willing to adopt the whele platform, the slavery section incladed; perhsps no’ so much for its own sake as for the gec- tion concerning the amen¢ ment of the na‘uralization lawe. In theee new iesues we have none of those old prejudices nor hostilities to eocounter, which would be in the way of mskirg converta to an old arty. ie Bivce the manifestations of such indiswimtaate hostility by the democracy to thia, the only means of obtaining strength for the Sout, I have lost my sympathy on account of their votes oa the slaver; questions that have been before Congress. [a ebarity, I had supposed they were given from pura motives of justica and fidelity to the South; bat the resent indications are, that unless ald can be had Brough the democratic party it will not be accept- able. The wish seems to bs for democratic ratner than Southern strength. The reluctance that one might well have felt at being found in opposition to a’perty, right in eo important a matter, thongh wrong in others, is more than neutra'ized at tne bumiiativg discovery. The American party cut loose from, and ssut howling to their devs at the North, the abolition members of theic body; the first time, I believe, taat a party has, in convention, separated from, aud pub- licly repudiated, a part of its body for unseundness on the slavery question. The democratic party ati)l cherish ia their ranks the Van Burens, Kings, end forty-taree members @ Congress who voted sgainst the Nebraska Keasa$ bilf; and through their President (who too often give bis platforms to the South and his acts to the forth), pare ye under the ban Dickinson, Brongoz, end ers of the hard shel! democracy, the most unoompromising and roliable friends the Soath ever hed beyond t*e Potomac ~ proving ‘‘falee alike to the frienge who served, as well as the foes who would have spared them.” It bas been objected that the ound portioa pf the American party, Nort, ia too insignificant in nam- bers to be relied on for support. If no’ already 8, from prevent inications is may, by the time Kansas applies for admission, be moe numerous than the sound democracy North. But it mattera not whether it may be ten or tnirty; one vo'e may decide the uestion upon which the fate of mil.fons my de- pend. It being admitted that it the Kaisas bill passes it must be by an accession of Northern votes, the question constantly recurs—how can they be hai? The democracy (as admitted by Gov. Joinston, aid as shown by the vite on the Nebraski Kansas iii, when forty-three jcined the free asoilers,) is a de caying party, aud like the old whigs, consuming under the intense heat o? popular indignation, janes by the odiouspeaa of shat measure at the orth. If, hotwithstanding their old democratic prejudices and discipline, they des2rt by scores, wa cen bardly expect recruits even by units. If these old democratic principles are so exhaust- ed af not only to ba uuable to aitrac: new mamb2 s, but to hold the old oues, it is worse than hopeless to exvec’ aczeasions from snch a drained source. Indeed [ don’t understand the pariy as expecting any pew recruits from thet quarter. Thou wemist try new issues, new attrac:ions a.d-new powers of cobesica. The American party are tauntingly asked, if ihe Georgia pistform is eatisfactory to taem, why not join the democracy who have already taken tueir stand upon it. We object first, that they have only equatted on one corner of it (the fourth resolutio2)as & possessory title to ths whole, fearing, at the sans tims, to occupy other grounds very important to the old Union men of Georgia. Besides, thoas w io fought a principle as longas there was hope of Cor quest, are not safs depositories of is guardiau- ship. Ard this is being maie manifest by the incifference, not to say unwillingness, as I have shown, ‘o errest a crisis whi -h must bring shout a disruption ef the confederacy. hose who, a fow yeara since theugnt the admission of a State with such institutions aa she might choose to adopt concerning slavery, ® good catias for disruption, bu’ now bold a restriction upon her discretion likawise @ good cause for eimilar action, would seem to be looking only for an eccasion or excase for dis:olu. tion ,regarcie:s cf the coure, Those who fought to maintain the princtp!as of the Georgia platicrm, can have bat little of the “ gall of bitterne+s,” not to feel iadigaant at sosing their énemics in that contzet bestrice it, and chid- ing ita constructors as less holy than they, with a telf comolacensy equalled only by a certain nrto- rious iddividoal of whom we ia the 18th chapter and 11th veree 2f St, Luke, Jt would pat- tor buit thelr fellex utate to be confessing that they baidone the things they ought not to hava doas, and left undone the things they should have done, and that there was 59 trae worthiness in then. The present occuparts have not bzen upoa it long enough to become naturalized. ‘hey are noi only aliens, but alien ensm‘\es, who seem on teavor- ing to expel ita earlier friends from possession, as the cutiandiah millions are crowding usand our children from cur wertern te-titory. Let‘ Amori- cans ra’e America,” and tried Georgia platform mean rule Georgia. Having examined the questions on waich the de- mocratic and American psrties avem to agres, I may on acme future occasion notice those 02 which they are avowedly hostile. Tapprove tbe platform of the American par'y, rtd ah st Macon,-on the 27ih June, 1855, aa with it, the platform of principies adoptel by tue late Nations: Councilof tha Amsticaa party at Ptilade pbia, acd the Georgia platform of 1850, as indicating the right policy in tas evant of tie con- tingencies thersin mentioned. Aud with a due sp- preciation of tie hono: involved ia the nomination mentioncd iz your lettar, wet it with not to asy, paixful seage of tre responsi! curred by my pusition. According to a lat: responsi itles might seem to be a general canvass oft.e State. Asjon know, sir, the nomination Was )mposed upon me after my refusal to accapt, T might well plead this as a reason why I ahou'd ba ex used from this disigreasvie labor I foar, ho v- ever, I have one of a more imperative nature. Bor some time past [have been aftlicted with an infir mity of voice occasioned by a life of hard speakiag, which I spprebend wili fail to sus‘ain m?} in can- vossing the State. Very reazectfally yours, &e., Garyerr Anprews. TENNESSEE. Qussr10N. (From the Memphis Appeal. } Meurars, Tenn., Jaly 8, 1855. Genriempn—Itis with feelings of no ordiasry pleasure t! acknowledge the receip’ of your let- ter of the concerning the procsediags of a pab- lic meeting of the cis’zens of the county or Liwrence, held on the 22d of Jane. At this meeting, composed of whigs and deno crata, you ey tevder to the Hon. A. O. P. Nich- olson and myself a pubiic dinner, at sasn t'ms dar- ing the monta of Jaly as may sai: our coaventeace. For this unexpected expression of the kindnass and confiience of a portion ot the whigs and democrats of Lawrence, I beg to tendar my gratefal ledgmerts. Under ordinary cxroumstanc: afford me the sincerest pleasure t> accapt vitation; but from considerations, both publi ivate, I feel myself coastraioed to d onor you propose, Impelied by convic’! cuty to tort y interferences ia the con‘es: now going on in this sta‘e, | must forego the pieasare of meeting you on that interesting ossasion. I trust, however, the day is not distant waen I muy, without any violatien of duty or traspass on ths eee. delica ies of life, most, miagie aad confer freely and fully with my felov o\\xsa8. When such occasion shall offer, then 1 srall bs happy to meet the whigs and dem2o-a's of Liw rence. arty, wolch when | You are pleased to express your avprobiion of my views touching some of the new issa35 ny¥ bs- fore the country. My opinioas om ties? qasetoas have been formed afer met ms‘ure daliosrati | and are the convictions of my beet jadgm they shall receive tie endorsemeat of aay po of my fellow citizens, I shall bs gratifisd. I thit k the fatroduction of new q 199392 cal culated to prodace diss rd o: alisaation of feslag | Among the perpieot the South st thie tims, mos. unfortunate an graatly to oe diploced. Tart trese Collisions and oonficta should exist among tho people of Tennessee, ata tie like this, is (> me Inat.er not only of su-ptigs bat deep regre’. At other times, whea thers was no¢h-es:oaed Lav asion of our righ’s, whon no im nsdiata danger aartoaid ed our peculiar ‘nstitations, than gach confllsts were not only harmless, bat ware doubsiesa pro- ductive, of ‘seme good. Bat, gentleman, we live in otaer times tasa the part; o:ter ani far diflrant cirsumstances sarroand uy; other considerations cla'm our attention; other duties demand our re- i tion | St for decision was, what gard. The time was when th qoestion submited 89 - | what can be done to avert a catastropis s» fear much to be regretted innovation, o1e of thoss | LETTER FROM SENATOR JONSS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL | tos poisciples asd ! pering asd to a : But 1 nepesl, Over aud different circumstances r are spon us, He the si and other mast have been the bas not seen the ccming of a very it atate of 88. those flerce political conflicts, which have marked the bisiory of fenneasee for the past twenty years, existed, we were threatened with no immmediate dapger from the puny effurtsof the enemies of our rights and institutions, They were then regarced a8 a few blind, infatuated fanatics, scattered over tho country, ‘‘like angels’ visits, few and far between;” they and their efforta exciting s-arcely any other feel'ng than tnat of pity or contemp’. ‘Then they and thei: plans and purposes had no other support than their feeble numbers and bi'nd infatuation could supply; but now, grown ia numbers, srrenginened by madness, (and our for- besrance,) and supported by law, they present themzelves in bold, arrogavt defiance, threa‘eaiag the destructicn of our sizhts, even, at the expense of the Union, _ In the lee féw months we have seen thess ene mies of the South; these revilers of our fathers; these haters of our institusions; these traitors to the constitution, assuming the most defisnt attitude, morebaling their forces and boldly proclaiming their purpose to extermivate slavery fom the land. Listen at Mr. Wilsop, the other day at Phila de'phia, a delegate to the American wention. Addressing the South and Southern delegates, he said:—“Ycu have had the past—the fatare is ourz.” And still later, John P. Hale, Senator elect from New Hampshire, adressing sn asssmbly at Concord, eaid:--“I hold our day to be this—-forgetfal of sll past Cifferences--of all Zivisions aud names, sscts and partiee--to be true mep,and in the free States to come up in ore solid phalanx, and give efficacy and effect to the sentiments aud convictions of our hearts.” These might be regarded a3 empty gasconsde, cr the more harmless threatenings of tanacy; but let ns not deceive ourss!ves. Taese threats come not on'y in form, but thsy are sus- tained by the svlemn ranctions of many vf the Btstes of this Uniov. One after another, most, if not all, of the non-laveboldiog Sta‘es have, iu some form or other, given their sanction to, and approval of, this crusde againet slavery. Most, if not all of the free States, r repeat, nave given aid avd comfort to shia icfemous movem2nt -som2, by the election of abolition Senators; some, by resciutions denunciatory of Southern inetitatiou-; eome, by a declared purpoee to abrogate laws passed tor the protection of Southern property, ia con: formity with the express requirements of the con- titu ion; geome, by an open and shameless nulifica- tion of laws p2ased by Congress; some, by an iava sion of the eanctuary of the Jusiciary. hus, ia ecme form or other, most of the fre Siatss have recorded their hostility to us, aud foined these con spizators and treitora ggaicst the constitutim and our eacred rights. In a crisis like thie, what does patriotiem and self-preservation suggest to the pezple ot Tennes see, ard ths entire South? Au abandonment of petty hoetilities, a buryirg of ancient feuds and préjaiices, and @ union of ell for the sake of the inion ¢f the Soutn fr ths safety of tie uxion of all hearts and hands for the protection of cur rights, the waintaloance of our honor, spd the preservation of the constitatioa, ond the Union as it exists under the constitation. These sre the high constderations to which I would invite you, and which secm to me to merit tue re- spect and attention of every patrio‘. For the expression cf these optaions I kaow I subject myeelf to the imputation of b:iug caded an slarmist—ar sgitator—a sectionalist. B2iteo. If to warn my countrymen of ap impsndiag danger constitutes ap alarmist, Iam one; if to renounce the schemes and purposee of o band of traitors and conspiratore, 88 infamous as ever ot the world, m-kes an agitator, I a1 waistain the rignts of Tennessee, as the constitution, and resistance to this ésis, makes a msctionalist, [am one. Tha dangsr that theeaters us is,t> my miod, 89 manitest, toat 1 teel I should ba guilty of moral treason if I aid not 1aire my warming voice. It may—probably will— be ciart garde; pe it so-- my ekirts ae clear. To euch as may be ready to denounce me as an sgitator— one seek ng to fester sections! j-alousies end prejndier, an enemy to the quie’ repose of the country —to auch an one I would propse 012 8: mp'e and co'emn question. in the pressnt attituda of things, in the present organizition of partes, with their ciscorde and diseotsi.ns, are ve not likely to fee an open, avowed snd sworn any, of our institutions elected to the Presidensy im the next election? I ask, fs nos sush ® re: sult porsible—even p:cbable? Is my jadgment such @ result {is not probable, bat, uclers eomethirg should ccotr not now seen, | think it s matter of fea-ful certai.ty. Ia the pre- sent state oF party excitement and party hostilities, is it not certain tvat we shall have tiree, it may bo tour candidates in the field for the Presidency? Nv one doubts that the demosratic party will have its candidate. I: is equally certain that the American patty will have theira; and it is d uly certain that the absiitionists will have theirs. To these may peasibly be added & whig candidate. Toa’ there will be three candidates, as things now stand, is absolutely certain. If 80, wiat will bs te inevita- bie reeult? Canan election be maie by the psx Fle? So to suppogs is to butray @ wanton igaorauce of the strength of patties, and the means and ap- pliances that will be brought int> requisition by each to eesure ita triumph. With threa candidates ju the field, I beld it to be self»vident that no elec tior can be made by the people. If not, of course it will devolve on tae House of Represextatives t) make a Presidett; and what folioms’ Dues not | every informed meu kiow that a msjority of the rext House is deci‘edly anti slavery —a majority cf | them the sworn and deadly enenies of slavery? d | With the election in their hands, to donbt the re- eult is to doubt our senses. When this shall has- per, tren our folly and infatuation wili be as palos- bie e8 it will be culpabio 8nd fatal. Jf there he anything in theze surgestions~ snd I think there is—whst is the momontous qaesuen that adéresarsi:selt to every patriot, every Lover oF his coontry? ‘hst question is, or ough: to be, ~s2 fatal to all the bailo«ed mem ries of the p. and all the brivht antictpatisns of the tuta-e? 4, is & qnestion of fearful magn.inje, and I would thst some ove was erdowned with that wisdom or pro | pvetic hen that would ensble thom to speak with | certainty, and whose vo'ce wva'd be heard ard re | sprexd. But there are none such, and we are ie!) | to reagon, unaided by icepiration, to comprehend | the dangerand apply the remedy. You will ps:- | don the boldoces of one 20 humo’e a3 myazif tor offering a suggestion (I do not presume Vo sivise, | T morely eugges!) which, in tie jodgmsnt, offers the only sure and certain escape from such ocala mity. It is the earnest conviction of my jitgmoa that the dacger is immine:t, and the romady one, and ovly one. | A union of sonnd n tioval men, of all pari! ci ail gestions —standing upon the constitution, with co n- promises— maintaining the r ghts of ech and ail of the States, as guaranteed by ths con:ztitu‘ion— furnishes a saf2, cortain es-ape. I beiieve there are conservative men enough ia the Unio to pre- serve it, BAM can be brought to unite and ov operate together for that pospoms Con euch a union of the good and patristic of al! parties be effected? That is the question. My confiterce in the justice, honor and patriotism of the Americag ople will not allow me todoudt. [4 there not vie ue and patriotiam enough in the American psople to save their country from dis :ni7n and ali theevils and horrora that may flow from it? May nt m3a cf all parties, all creeds and all eectioxs forbsar fora season? May they not forego for a day the inculgence of their predilection: aad p ivty advanse- | mente? May not the whig and the democrat tor- oh a dey thsie loves, avd stand to, er for constitatioa and the conatry? May- not th» man of the North, the Sonth, the Lis the West torget hia locality, and remember soaaiey, | and his coun'ry on y? To doab:, than, is to doug our virtue, oat patriotism and our nationality; yoa, it ia to doub: man’s capacity for self govaramyat. Task no man to surrender his priacipies or bis opinions on all mivor mat’ers: let us agree to diss. gree; let us stand together uatil th'aisne is oe: ted—until our rights are acvorded to us, and tae Uoion saved. J,as you know, have ever boone whig. I am still one, aad, 90 far as the recognition of the oor- rectness of principles go, [ jexpsct to liva and dis oxe; bat the principles and policy of this or all Parties weizh but little with me when put ia tre tcale against toe preservation of the Union, and the institutions under which we have lived and grown to be a mighty nation. I, for mypse'!f, sial! coatinas to vindicate, oa all proper occasions, 617% miagates a I think conducive to tae general good an! public welfare. {shall stand by the constitution in all i requirements, msintaining all ita guarantees. times, at all places, and under all circumstances, and at all hazard. I shall maintain the ejadity of a's the States, defending them from aggressions, oome when they may and from whom thay miy. ‘This is my creed--this my falcb—-tnte my plat form; whether I stand oc it alone, or with the muny, is a matter of litt!e importancs to we. | ty the convirtion of my heai--ha4 ths approval of my heart, and when these Ira’ | am coctent to fullow. T cwe to the people of Tennessee a debt of grati- pute that I sag pevar repes; they have mad: me aid onsl, conser tive, comssita thet I am, | wite eare aay og very limited extent, bays progaced s+ snd it is due to frankness and that I should speak plainly. With B thar! oy T have the honor to be your obedient servant, Jauszs C. JONBS. FIGHT BETWEEN MAJOR ANDREW JACESON DONEI- 80N AND GENERAL GIDBON J. PILLOW. A correspondent of the Nashville Union, giving an account of the speaking at Colu: Tennessee, recounte the following acene which place bar tween Major Donelson and Ganeral Pillow.:— Just before Mi came down on jashville sweeping statement that he had at the time de- nounced the members of that body ‘‘as trattors.” Gen. Pillow being in the crowd, promptly replied, “You lie—you lie, sir!” Fora moment Major Do- nelson was disconcerted, but rallied, ead replied, “You are an impertinent fool.” Gon. ‘Pulow rusied towards the stand, but was arrested by the crowd. Great excitement prevaile8. Major Donelson asked for a atick, which was handed to him, and he pre- sently came down from the stand ia the direction of Gen. Pillow; but there were many persons ba- tween them, and voices shouting to ‘ let Gen. Pillow gettohim.” This being prevented, Moj xr Donelaon sgein took the stand. At this point there were deafening cheers:for General Pillow, and this coo- tinued for some time, 82 that Major Donelson was unable to process, and Gen, Pillow requested tha crowd to hear him through. Silence bing restored, the Mejor proceeded.’ He said he did not mean to charge all the members of tie convention with b> ing traitors, but in this exception he did not embrace Ger. Pillow. Gen Pillow then dencunced him fiercely asa jiar,and a traitor to the democracy, and tothe country; and rushed at the s’and, bas was arrested. Major Donelaon closed, Gan. Pillow wae shouted for and mounted the stand. He sa'd he did not get up to speak, put to apologize tothe crowd for interrupting the discuesion. Ii was the first time he had ever done such a thing i+ bia life, but be was dsnounced 4s a traitor, aad if be had not resented it, he would bave been ashamed of bimeelf as & man and a patriot. He was 4 member of the Nashville convention. It was well known that the Tennessee gelegation, of which he wes @ member, disapproved of the action of the mojori‘y of the convention, and withdrew from it. The charge made by Major D nelson was general, end embraced ali the members of the ‘coiveation. The charge of Mojor Donelson was, that at the time the convention was sitting, he (Donelson) de: nounced the members of the convention as traitors. Gen. Pillow said to Major Donelson: “I? you charge or insinuate that you then denounced them ss trai- tore, or if you now make the charge, it is faise!—it is false, sir!” At this point, Major Donelson struck Gen. Pillow on the arm, and Gen. Pillow gave bim a blow on the head. They were then sspa rated. After great excitement, Gen. Pillow again took the stand and finished his remarks. Interesting Intelligence About the Crops. OUR MASSACHUSETTS CORRPSPONDENCE. Bosron, July 23, 1955. A Year of Plenty--Production of New England— Agricultural Resources of the United States— Tricks of the Speculators—Howw Railroads Aid them—-The Boston Abolitionists and their Ctty Poor--Important Fvod Statisties— Tie Inferences to be Drawn from them. Notwithstanding the high figcres which still con- tix ue to rule the provision market, the factthat the present will be one of the most productive years which hss been experienced in the United States for almost balf a centary, canno’ but have made itself clear to yourself and every geveral reader of the newspaper press. Not ony do we bear of anua precedented yield of potatoes, wheat, and the other cereals, from all sections of our own land, during the present summer, but the recent arrivals from Europe announce a similer s‘ate of things s:ross the Atlantic. deration, the queetion natara'ly arises, how does it hep;en that the present still exorbi:aat pric:s of ficur, potatoes, meats and other provitiozs, contiaus torule? Tue only arewer I am eble to give is, that this year’s harvest has not yet coms, and trt speculators ¢varlastingly hang oa for higher prisea, When we teke these facts into consi, and never know when to sell at the right time. It is only a few years sincs that nearly the whole sepp'y cf flour consumed in New Eaglazd was brought here by vessels. Now ic almost a'l comes by railroad. Formerly it wss either transported from Norfolk and Baltimore, or else from New York city, having paseed by canal across your S‘a‘e, and thence down the Hudgon. Bat aince the construc: tion of a chain of railroads from Ogdensburg to Bos. ton, the whole course of the northern New Englasd flour trade bas been chavged—so far as consumers bre concerned, for the worse, aithough hundrede of speculators may have mace fortunes thereby. Avsiling themselves of the railroad facil:v’es to which I have referred, the New Eugland spe2u'a‘or Low go to Chicago, Clerelana, De‘roit, Ogdenebarg and other Western lake ports, early in the fall, m 3 nopolize the flour market, and forward their pur. chases, ag the Northern New Youk and New England raizoads find it convenient to take freight, to their flour depots a Ronse’s Point, Burlington, Vu, Concord, N. H., and other points, where storage costs but little—all easily accessible to Boston. Frm these country flour depots, they let on on’; such supplies for the Boston market as there msy be a demand for, st their own prices, It ie in this point of view that the people of New Eagland have been made to avffer doubly by the iotreduc'ion of Jorg Iinee cr railroad—first, by the total oes of thei- subscriptions to the original stock, through mism:, nage ment, raszality and peculation; and eecond, by the facilities sfforded, as I have described, to flour acd provision speculajors. Thank God that Hs ts now about to vouchsafe to us & year of plenty. Por with another ebort crop, aud the bad blood which our Northera demegogues have excited b2tvezn the well mesbiog, manu‘acturers of the North and the planters of the South—the former producing iaiment for the latter, who, iu return, predacs a very large p opertion of the cotten, sugar, whest and provisiors which the New England psople cauat reiee for themselvee—our New Eoglaad pesople would Lave experienced divefal times for the com og twelve months. Toe suflerings of the Nev Hagland poorer clasees, during the last invlement wiater, were terrible—worse than our newspapers daced to aémit. And while our Sunners, and other Cn greasiopal demagogues, were baiy in getiing us their subecriptious tor the manumission of naif ov esd white and negro girls, white starvation was stalkiag almoes baetoo: in this city, and met me in my oaily walks in ite cold, narrow streets, frequently with the thermometer indicating a vemnoeratore feverel degrees below zero. Bos:on faaatics were them contributing thonsands of dollars for the pur. pore of creating Ul blood between the Norsh and South, but their generosity seliom reacied their own poor. In their preteaded sympathy for tue wellfed and warmly clothed Soothera plantatioa negro, they always forget tie enfferiog whits fres- men of New Eogiand, leaving them to the tender mercies of pro-stavery doughfaces, a But Iam pertially digressing trom the obj bad in view when commencing this com auni>stioa. Tt was to aliude generally to toa uaprecedented crops now maturing in the Southern and Wesvecn rections of the Usion, more ticalariy to those growicg in New Eagland, snd ten t tureish you some atatistics upon which to base a2 estimate of the probable yield of this, which promises to be the year of pknty. There probably never was bofore 89 larga a number of gcres planted in New Eazihnd as daring the present reason. Tho absence of the potato rot for last tao seasona reoms to have encouraged our farmers to once more g> into tr cultivation of that excelient vegetable, the failure of which for several years has tended #0 greatly to increase the of fi.ar and otber provisions, discourage lal men, and, to @ groat degree, fnduoe them to ndon their former puranits, Hence we have @ kay to the vary larg: emigra‘\on from New England t0 California, whica has resu tod disaatronaly to all concerned—bozh to the middling intercs mea, who, deserting a ney, More geged their all to get there, as well as to our mor- chante, who have tor « number of years baen sendiag encugh of our New Eogland mannxfastaring aod agricultaral prodnotions there to support & popria- n of three millions, whea Catifornis omtainsd searcely @ tenth of that nomber of iahad'tants. Hexce, also, we haves keyto the rapid sirides which Fourieriam, Milleriam, spiritaal Kaock'nzs, abclition, and otner isms of the day, have mud: in New England, including last, bat not lest, toe Main law, and the latest invented “ Kazi F ni- ‘Ald Societies.” Spe ulation has been at the bostom of all tho delnsions. Knaves and sickpockets, taking advan tage of distress broaght upon our Northera work- ingmen.by the temporary failara of their greatest staple srticle of food, bave inveated thess hambags rer) traps in which, having first secare! sheir victioa, they might essily plander then of tye little earnings they hadaccammlate!. Thanks toan all- bameficent Providence, there iz no ¥ a proe pret of a epeedy retiel from these evil. Fur to the New Eaglaad pots iielde, caitiveted ich ha’ ‘here the grass is now universally excellent; and in many locations, where during the mouths of July and August of last bee hay crops will now ous twice r COBt. ar much for the New England crops. Tae pros pect of a plenty of cattle, and @ consequent pro- cuctive season for butter, , &c., is, of course, not ac good, as the scarcity of hay fast fall com- led the farmers to reduce their stock to the small- est ‘ible number. This scarcity, it is appareat oll, cannot be remedied ina single year, even with large s. Bat still an al jt will, necessarily, greatly reduce the prices of beef, pork, mutton, &c. we lesbegp't fee them coming down to a bi pnp figure ai your zoe Head and our Cambridge and Brighton marke: Ihave already extended this article too far to comment at any Jeng on the subjoined tables. They have been carefully prepared from the cansus statistics of 1850, and the Secretary of the Treasu- ty’s report of the same year, and I aunex the reau't: TABLE SHOWING THE ARTICLES OF FOOD PRODUCED DURING THE YEAR 1850, AND EXPORTED IN 1851-2. Articles. ‘al’ Product. Exported. Indian corn, bushels. .592 071,104* _ Wheat, ryeand barley.119,841,772* pas Trish pctatoes.. 65,797 ,896* — Sweet co... 38,268,148* _ Neat cattle, umber. 18,378,907 1,078 Shesp andswine, ... 52,077,433 3,153 Pess and seans, bushels 9,219,901 _ Batter, pounds. . . 313,345,306 2 222,264 Cheese, 05,535,893 6,650,420 Rice, ++ 215,313,497" - Market gardens, value $5,280,030 — Orchard, + 7,723,186 ~ *The quantity exported {a not given in the Treasury reports, The value will be found in another table. The following table shows the estimate vaius of the principal articles of provisions produced in the United States during the year 1850, the valae of the same arvicles exports the same year, and the ratio of exports to the auouut produced: — P Op ar A Valuepro Value tion ex- Articles, duce exported. ported, .$296,035,552 $3,892,193* 01 111,906,701 8,008,391* 07 26,319,158 99,333 _ + 19,123 074 — — aera 9,171,648 08 + 50,135,248 7 . pare7os 1,215,463 ,02 Rice... -» £000,000" 2,631,557 60 Market gardens..... 5,280,030 _ a Orchards.......... 7,723,186 24,974 - 6,969 838 — -- 12,378,850 23,037 pee 2,540,179 - ef 1,712,671 - ee 5,762,436 50,000 — ,000,000 = _~ 000,000 = 5,000,000 456,794 grain ond meal. The rolesien table shows the population of each State of the Union in 1850, the total number of buehels of wheat raised therein, and the number of ‘bushels to each inbabi‘ant :— To each Poyulation, Bush. Wheat, Person. 583,169 296,259 50 317,976 50 314,120 30 1.23 2.16 3.00 7.00 13.00 647 11.10 8.00 5.00 1400 f 20 Minnes ta T. 6,077 3 Cregon T. 13,294 16.00 Uten T..... «» 11,354 10.00 New Mexico T.... 61,547 196,516 3.20 Total 19,987,571 100,503,899 Avg.5.00 O! course the sbove tables are not entirely accn- rete, but sufficiently #0 to illuetrate, among otner facts, the following important propositions: — 3. That in mond bed 1850, notwithstanding the very great emigration of producers frm the Atlan- tic ard Western States to California, Austrailia, &c., there was raised for each map, woman and cbiid sbout twenty five bushels of Indian corn, five and 6 balf of wheat, rye and barley, four and a half of potatoes, halt a bucbel of peis, eeven tenths of a cow (rox, two ands qasrier sheep ox swine, six- teen pounds of butter, ive of cheese, elevea of Tice, thirty-thiee cents worth of garcen aeuce, twenty- five of orchars produce, (the two latter are probabiy much underrated,) besides a liberal angp!y of poul- try, eggs, &c., not enumerated in the canaus re- turny. Buppesing that a ierg> prportioa of the corm Wea Consumed by cattle, oud making & dedac- tion of say eight per cent tor exports of the other articles, (rice excep'ei—sce tadle belov,) 1% woald seen that enough was raiseiin 1850 to feed ama h larger popuiation than oura. In fact, there mast hove been # great waste. How was it made? What became of the provisions ? What progortioa was lost by shipment to California, to be ruined on the voysge or thrown away after its srrival ': want of por.Pasers? How much is annually los! or 8; oiled by onz city ep:cu’ators holdisg on for exor- ‘hitant prices whica they can never m2, sincs tre moseea cannot command the means of paying them’ These are some of the important questions eugges!- ed by the statistics above given, t. which | may ad- vert heresfter more at lergth. 2, It will be seen by one ct our txbiew that Now Exglard éces not produce halfa bushel of whea’ where the S-uth and West raise a dozea. Massa- chusetts doea not raise ¢rough t> make te paste to envelope one hundreth part of the abolition trash which she annuaily publishes! Henoe the question bicomes a eerious ons for oar New Engiand manofactarers to consider. Is is worth while for you to quarrel with your bread and butter? If, by your fanstisiem, yoa coutiane *> lore Southern trade fora few years to com? as you bave for a few years Tg in ths present de- ataded political condition of Mussaciusetts there apzeae to be a fair preapect cf it)--whatis gricg to become cf us, especialiy if Providence s.oud | agein punish us according to our deserts by sending apon ua & few years renewal of the potato r Our manofacturing establishments are jus) nue ata very low ebb; cotton cloth makes poor bred, nd machinery is indigestible. Oar poor widows end crphan Spee jandered of their means by pecgpling rail managers, are throstened wita " bd etarvation. God, ia his infinite mercy promising us a year of plenty in spite of our si of such Testy a8 He almost continua'ly eenda up: our S.athern brethren, io spite of thsi when we are in need. Shall we, by continuing oar present wicked crusade upon our Sout.era breth- ren fer being compelled to sas*ain an ins'ita"ion which ths cepidity of the fathers qt our New Eog- Isng abolition'sts origiaally brought upon tem, | apein teropt His wrat b? Lyornen Cass or Apprerion py Carnonioa.— Leura Connelly, & young girl about fonrteen years of ace, living with Mr. Linnell, of this city, was forcidly cstiied away from his house yesterdsy morning, about suorise, and, in spite of her cries and entreaties, hor abductors succesded in gettiag her away. It fs supposed she iv at present secretad in ecme pa't of the city, The giri has bees living with Mr. Linnell for more than to bis fem om d to be imotica‘ed in this heartless alfa, and be couse of euch extraordinary condact oa the'r put fe attriboted $0 the girl having manifesiel « a “as to siteud @ Provemant Sabbath sory". —~ Courier, Gio, Journal, July 2). | Dekes courty. year, and was a wrest favorite on xccount of her sitong attaebment | Uy Her motter aad stepfather are sup | im) ‘t from Kansas. [}rom the Daily Advertiser, July 23.) Letters received from Kansas on Saturday, show that tho affairs of the legislation of the have arrived nearly at & crisis. We had been ready informed by telegraph thst the had frcm Pawnee—a near of Kansas river, where Gov. Reeder had called it— to the Snawnee Mission, in the im pa. hood of the Missouri line, Our readers will also remember that Gov. Reeder, undoubte cbject ee coneanres vetced the v. . 7 ' Beverer, pom *ote ate, by meek eeee one veto. H We confess that we do not look with any great regret on this dure, e een ant rocedure. With the evidence we t the election of men mere tham, it is rather a atiafaction te ‘fed chem pro- ceeding with s wantonness of absurdity which must chow, even in the most prejudived quarters, that they know they liave not the support of the ot Kansas. To give any members, th tory, an if acmits no avthority bat Gen. Atchison’s. All of this must tend to deter any Southern slave owner from moving his slaves into a Siste where such meare are necessary to keep up the pretence of at- tachment to Southern institutions. And we repeat, what we have said fifty times, that Gen. Atcrison himself will tind it hard to make aslave State, uniess he can induce somebody to carry some slaves there. At this moment there is bo evidence that there are 300 among the 20,000 - people who are in Kansas. We canrot but hope that Gov. Reeder will in some public macner disavow the whole movement of this Leg‘slature, ard summon aaother. From ovr varicus Kansas advices, it is evident the dieavow it. In anotaer column we print Mr. Con- wey’s spirited letter, refusing to sit unk these birelings. He as the Councilman ele: by the people of New B.a‘on at the first election, in spite of vote of the armed band who bad marc one hundred and fifty mites to control their election. We learn from private sources that the ejected members of the Legislature were to meet on the 12th at Lawrence, for consultation. eer ole the people, at di it points through the }- tory, are everywhere disavowing the authority of the worse than rump parliament, which ia forcing upon them the Jaws of another Commonwealth. We have said that reither Mr. Atchison nor any- Dody else can make a slave State without slaves, and it is ¢ fiidat to see now avy inducement to Scuthern capitalists to invest money in as slaves to Kansas. If the soil and climate were that whch would be most tempting to those who have it state of political affairs one thi experiment, thera ia a difficuly proc lands for a plantation. No single settier can enter a claim for more than 160 acres, and although this gives an ample farm for any bona fide settler, it would be a small reopen ae the slavebolder and bis’ large family. It is not pretended, we suppose, that a man can at the same time enter’ clatia for land as a citizen, and be held to lab:r as a slave. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, July 23. Mi vate letter of a rinpaeld gr, Are - sag, dated at Lawrence, vay il, & report from Pawnee, that the Territorial Le e, before ed- journing to the Shawnee Misaion, excluded the eight free State members chosen at the second a leaving on y two.antislavery members to fight the battles of freedom. Tho House of Representatives Vn the whole Missouri code of laws st a jamp. it was 8'20 yet chat Governor Reeder had re- souri mob. ee were flying reports at Lawrence, not ly to 16 correct. Toe free sett ers in Kansas are unanimous in their ée'erminaticn to repudiate the: fraudulent Legislature, end meet the consequences, whatsver they msy be. There iss coavie'iom among them that they must for their rights t> the -oil, and to the common privileges of American citizens, or surrer.der ever, to the Missouri rufflans. ‘There were patriotic celebrations of the Fourth at Lawrence and at Council City. At the former piace ance some tro thor mbled, inclading éclegstions trom several tribes in the 3 borhood, and the were highly Cec suite pecsuel ee bere toate : 8 ‘Wo: men of Lawrence, ee presmmation fa wo the new military compsny of tat city, and toasts and speeches at the table that would have done credit to the Massachusetts celebration. The na- tives erjoyed the novel entertainment exceedingly, and some of the most taking speeches were by the Duinciples. “Several, Minsourtang’ were promt, as i 5 aa Srectanors, wearing a white ribbon 'm thet hoks to show that they “ were sound on the It was their fiat experience of Independence Day after New Eoglend style, and they seemed musk interested in it, and were quiet and respe:tfal. Fruits and garden from were forsale in the streets ef Lawrence, in great aban- dance end at reasonable rates. Very i or ripe apples sold for $1 50 per bushel on 4th. A Vermonter, loca‘sd a: Lawrence, writes taat he has & finer coking vegetable on tke newly broken prairie eward than ever succeeded in 108hipg on the wel) tilled soil of Vermont. leery THE CoLuistion on Lage On- Tario.—We find in the Oswego Palladium particu- lare of the lows of the schooner Em iem by the col- Meion with the stesmer ‘The sed affair oc- curred offthe mouth of the Genesee river, at °: ’clock on Friday morning. The America, Masson, was bouod from nto for Oawego, and the Emblem war light, bound frum Oswego for St. Catharines. The right was dark, and considerable sea wes running. tain Masson was nm | forward with the roate when the accident occurred. aa” no ligat on the schooner, and the sation of her presence was a terrific acteam frem herciew. The engine was reversed, but not in time to preven’ a collision. Thestcamer cut the schooner reazly fg two. Donald Malcalmson, yi al- liam Msico meou, Thomas Maleolmaon, John coimeon, John Beare, and Alexander Lei'h, anid to bes ger from Oavego, toxk to the vemsel’s emall beat. Before tte painter was cat off the schooner captiztd, which upset the bost, and the five men in ber were drowned. Three others ot the crew, Wm. Rots, George Anderson, and the | colored cook, who remsincd on the wreck, were | taken off bya host fom the Amefi.s, which was immediately lowered. Denald Malcolman was captain of the Enblem, an onmerried msn; Wm. Malcolmson, his brother, the mate, was married twelve months ago; he leaves a widow, bat no iesue. Toos. Maigsimeon, tha third brother, arrived only a fow works from Scotland; he alzo leaves a widow bat no 3 and Jobn Maicoimson, the causin of the abovemamed | brothers, wes au unmarried mau. The whole family cares ty ark teteae a i e 3 eged father of the three youvg men was gre ° | overcome when the painful news was communi: to him on Satardsy moraiog by his clergyman, and tome other relatives who walted on rd ‘ COMMISSIONERS CNDER THE “Persona Liemery’ Act or Massacnusstte.—The named gentlemen had been name@by Gov. G Com- mirrioners to execute the “Personal Liberty” act: R. Fletcher, Wiliiem L. Bart, Boston, Suffolk covet 8. H. pone og fan ns M. Marton, Jr, An X county; }, Melrose; E. R Middlesex t Hear, Concord cvanty; H. Chapin Worcester; C. Mason, Fitch! orcseter coun {yi Cc. P. Huntingtov of N Hampton Hemp sblre c-unty; R.A. Chapman, Spriagtield, Ham) den e-unty) 1B. Palmer. Gt. woa; J. Rook well, Pittafield, Berkshire county; G. D. Wells Greenteld, Franklin county; J. Hex. Charen on; . Loverirg, wey, Norfolk county: | W. H. Wood, Middleboro’; J. A. Andrew, a . gg oat Attie- Bedfo' i county ; N. Hirckley, Birnstaple, J. W. Davis, Wellflew Barnstable county; J. Mf." Bovker, Nantucket, Nenin ket county; T. C. Bite, artown, Four of the a’ bave cechired the cflice, and returned toate com- missicos, pamely, Mosere. Fistoher, of Boston; Hoar, of Covooid; Chapman, of Spriateld; and Bunker, of Nastacket. bam, Plymouth county; boro’; A. Borden, New Obituary. Dr. Eileha Derilett, professor of materi: msdioa aad medical jarispradence ia the New York Cotlege of Physi cene apd 8, died on the 224 ingt., at hu bom io “mithbeld, R. He wes the firet Mayor of Lowell, bay ng beer elecve) wm L096