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apothecary,
ALSO, DEALER IN
I Stationery, Perfumery,
F * VC* 4RT1CLES, &C.,
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.1.T. I’ A HI 1 AM,
ARCHITECT,
I CARPENTER AND JOINER,
p ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
LV, Des Arc and vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
lipatness and dispatch.
PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
has the contract for the same.
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I can render entire satisfaction. jun'29-tf
1 a* a©»a»aso»
L CARPENTER AND JOINER,
tTAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
S -II Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work iu HIS Line of Business,
| in a satisfactory manner. From his expe
I rience, he feels confident that those who favor
I him with contracts will have no cause to re
I <rret it.
if ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
I Left at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
I with prompt attention. jun29-ly
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE. BRIDLE
I Harness .Manufacturer,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
RESPECTFULLY informs 1^^
the citizens of Prairie and V“B
adjacent counties, that he has on hand, •■■■■>
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
11^ Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jackson’s stare. jan21-ly.
~~BLJCKSM1 THING
Wagon and Buggy Making. _
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rTHANKFUL to the
L people for their past fa-l( 11
?«KsSHB vors,respectfully announces \> U
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of worK in the above line.
(Ey*Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ing, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done on
short notice.
ij^^Horse-shoeing done promptly.
W fob 18-tf__ __
F. tEPTIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWEIjXjEFI,
Buena Vista Street,
Three doors East of G.
& J. McLaren & Co’s
DBS ARC, ARK.,
RESPECTFULLY in
t - • forms the citizens of
Arc and the adjacent country, that he has
new and select stock of
9 CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kinds
H°f CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
Hfmanlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
■ ap2#-tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
OH. H. ARMISTEAD.
HAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
offers, his professional services to the
citizens of the town and adjacent country
(J3T Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
DR ffM, BETHEL,L.
WILL continue the Practice of Medicine
in Des Arc, and vicinity. From his
long experience in his profession, and having
resided in Arkansas during the past fifteen
years, he hopes to receive a share of the pub
lic patronage.
flgir Office at Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi
dence near the forks of the Little Rock and
Searcy roads, first house on the South side of
the road, entering the town. mar21-Jy.
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3. 3. LANE.. H. CHAMBERS.
Dr*. LANE & CHAMBERS
HAVING formed a partnership in the
practice of their profession, tender their
services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience they
hope to share at least a portion of the patron
age of the public.
pr Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. febl:tf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND,.having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place,) 2J miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
Jffcdical Card.
DR. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies the inhabitants of Des
Arc and the surrounding country, that he has
established himself permanently at this place
for the practice of his profession, and as a
speciality, those branches of it pertaining to
women and children’s maladies.
Dr. Cheniva has a right to hope, after a
successful peactice of fourteen years in Loitis
sana—and nine years of which was in the
city of New Orleans, that he may also deserve
the confidence of a generous and enlightened
public, in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
are radically cured according to a modern and
approved system.
Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
nov9-tf.
TAR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
*-*\v located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
iis professional services to the citizens ot
:he town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, Resident Physi
cian, Des Arc, Arkansas. gg^ Office
in Buena Vista street. Residence on Wood
-uff street. dec5-tf
DR. VY. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. (0T Calls promptly at
:ended to. may29, 1858-ly*
I. W. MARTIN.. T. SIMPSON.
MARTIN & SIMPSON, Attorneys
at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will
iractice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon
-oe, Jackson and the adjoining counties.
Mice on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
3. D. TURNER..WM. T. JONES.
rpURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
,end promptly to all business entrusted to
hem. jan4-tf.
'p R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
* Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
ention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
n H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
iC« Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
lam street. janll-tf.
I. S. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUOH.
p ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
IjX at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
ittend promptly to any business confided to
hem. septl4 tf
JACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
rHF. Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish,) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
r. E. GATF.WboD..J. A. MOON.
n ATEWOOD & MOON, Land
IT Agents and Real Estate Brokers.
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tf.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. 2^^ Office on Lyon
street. [jun8-tf
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroo, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles, and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
ed to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
febl3-tf. __
S~AMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attor
nev at Law, Little Hock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street. [mar21
J. L. HOLLOWF.LL..W. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
TURNEYS AT Law, Bardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
• je2fl-tf ____
HORG. ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKER
JEWELER,
(In rear of C. T. Petit’s Drug Store,)
Augusta, Arkansas*
RESPECTFULCY informs the citizens of
the town and adjacent country that he has
PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN AUGUtTA, and is
prepared fcb execute all kinds of Clock and
Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, as
well as every other description of work usual
ly done in such establishments.
(W Musical Instruments of every descrip
tion repaired and put in good order. From
his experience and mechanical knowledge, he
feels confident of rendering satisfaction to his
patrons. febl6-tf.
TO HN Me N AM E e7
TAILOR,
Des Arc, Arka mill.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
his line of business, in a neat and fashionable
style.
July 27, 1859—[tf]
Unselfish Efforts.
If thou hast thrown a glorious thought#
Upon life’s common ways.
Should other men the gain have caught,
Fret not to lose the praise.
Great thinker, often thou shalt find,
While folly plunders fame,
To thy rich store the crowd is blind,
Nor knows thy very name.
What matters that, if thou uncoil
The soul that God has given,
Not in the world’s mean eye to toil,
But in the sight of Heaven.
If thou art true, yetiin thee lurks
For fame a human sigh,
To Nature go, and see how works
That handmaid of the sky.
Her own deep bounty she forgets
Is full of germs and seeds,
Nor glorifies herself, nor sets
Her flowers above her weeds.
She Hides the modest leaves between,
She loves untrodden roads :
Her richest treasures are unseen
By any eye but God’s.
Accept the lesson. Look not for
Reward: from out thee chase
All selfish ends, and ask no more
Than to fulfil thy place.
The Fall of Jerusalem.
The fall of our illustrious and happy
city was supernatural. The destruction
of the conquered was against the first
principles of the Roman policy; and to
the last hour of our national existence
Rome held out offers of peace, and la
mented our frantic disposition to be un
done. But the decree was gone forth
from a mightier throne. During the lat
ter days of the siege, a hostility, to which
that of man was a grain of sand to the
tempest that drives it on, overpowered our
strength and senses. Fearful shapes and
voices in the air; visions startling us from
our short and troublesome sleep ; lunacy
in its hideous forms; sudden deaths in
the midst of vigor; the fury of the ele
ments let loose upon the unsheltered
I_1 - _ I_1 __ __ 4 .I . .
could beset human nature; pestilence, the
most intolerable of all, in a city crowded
with the famishing, the diseased, the
wounded, and the dead. Yet, though the
streets were covered with unburied bodies,
though every well and trench was teem
ing with them, six hundred thousand
corpses lay flung over the rampart, naked
to the sun ; pestilence came not, for if it
had come the enemy would have been
scared away. But the "abomination of
desolation,” the pagan standard was fixed
where it was to remain until the plow had
passed over the ruins of Jerusalem. On
this fatal night no man laid his head on
his pillow—Heaven and earth were in
conflict. Meteors burned above us; the
ground shook under our feet; the volcano
blazed; the wind shot forth in irresistible
blasts, and swept the living and the dead
in whirlwinds, far in the desert. We
heard the bellowing of the distant Med
iterranean, as if its waters were at our
side, swelled by the deluge. The lake
and rivers roared, and inundated the land.
The fiery sword shot out tenfold fire.
Lightning, in immense sheets of intensi
ty and duration that turned the darkness
into more than day, withering eye and
soul, burned from the zenith to the ground,
and shattered the summit of the hills.
Defence was not thought of, for the
mortal enemy had passed from our mind.
Our heart quaked with fear; but it was
to see the power of heaven shaken. All
cast away the shield and the spear, and
crouched before the descending judgment.
We were conscience smitten. Our cries
of remorse, anguish and horror, were
heard through the uproar of the storm.
We howled to the caverns to hide us ; we
plunged into the sepulchres to escape the
wrath that consumed the living; we would
have buried ourselves beneath the moun
tains.
I knew the cause, the unspeakable
cause, and the last hour of crime was at
hand. A few fugitives, astonished to see
one man among them not sunk into the
lowest feebleness of fear, came around
me, and besought me to lead them to some
safe place, if such were now to be found
on earth. I openly counselled them to
die in hallowed ground of the temple.
Alley iuiiuvvcu auu x icu uuuugii out-cio
cumbered with every shape of human
suffering, to the foot of Mount Moriah.
But beyond that we found advance im
possible. Piles of clouds whose darkness
was -palpable! even in lire midnight in
which we stood obscured the holy hill.
Impatient, and not to be daunted by any
thing that man could overcome, I cheered
my disheartened band, aud attempted to
lead the way up the ascent. But I had
scarcely entered the cloud when I was
swept down by a gust that lore the rocks
in a flinty shower around me. And now
came the last and most wonderful sign
that marked the fate of a rejected Israel.
While I lay helpless, I heard the whirl
wind roar through the eloudy hill, and
vapors revolve. A pale light, like that of
the rising moon, quivered on the edge,
and clouds rose rapidly, shaping them
selves into the forms of battlements and
towers. The sound of voices was heard
within, low and distinct yet etraugely
sweet. Still the lustre brightened, and
as the airy building rose tower on tower,
and battlement on battlement, we knell
and gazed on this more than mortal archi
tecture, that continued rising and spread
ing, and glowing - with a serener light,
still soft and silvery, yet to which the
moonbeam was dim. At last it stood
forth from earth to heaven, the colossal
image of the temple; of the building
raised by the wisest of men, one conse
crated to the visible glory.
All Jerusalem saw the image, nnd^lhe
shout that, in the midst of iheir despair,
ascended from its thousands, told what
proud remembrances that night have
hushed the world beside. Never fell on
my ear, never on human sense, a sound
so majestic, yet so subduing; so full of
melancholy, yet of grandeur and com
mand.
This vast portal opened, and from it
marched a host such as nun had never
seen before, such as man will never see
but once again; the guardian angels of
the City of David ! They came forth
gloriously, but with woe in all their steps;
the stars upon their helmets dim; their
robes stained ; tears flowing down their
cheeks of celestial beauty. “ Let us go
hence,” swelled upon the night, to the ut
termost limits of the land. The proces
sion lingered long upon the hill. The
thunder pealed ; and they rose at the com
mand, diffusing waves of light over the
expanse of heaven. The chorus was
still heard, magnificent and melancholy,
until their splendor was diminished to the
brightness of a star. Then the thunder
roared again. The cloudy temple was
scattered on the wind, and dafkness, the
omen of the grave, settled upon Jerusa
lem.— [Salathiel, or the Wandering Jew.
Something for Ladies—The Other Side
of the Question.
BY MRS. GEORGE WASHINGTON WYLLY3.
The latest outcry about matrimony is
that people can’t afford it. Young men
find the girls so dreadfully expensive.
You see a fellow might as well sport a
pair of fast horses as a fast wife. Both
very nice things, no doubt, for those that
can afford them. If it didn’t cost so much
a pretty wife would rather add to one’s
importance—say nothing of keeping the
stockings in order, and getting up nice
little dinners and tempting breakfasts.
But then, between the opera boxes, poke
bonnets, diamond brooches, and brocade
dresses, that the sweet creatures require,
there wouldn’t be a thread of broadcloth
left of any unfortunate chap. A wife
needs a new dress forty times a year, and
a horse don’t—that’s the philosophy of the
matter. Oh, yes, matrimony’s decidedly
■* finn I Vi l m nr lillt ton PYHPnSlVB hv half.
Ladies must really learn to haul in their
expenditures a little, if they expect to
avoid being old maids.
This is what the delightful young crea
tures whom society calls “ eligible gentle
men,” glory in proclaiming on every pos
sible and impossible occasion. But
haven’t the ladies a word or two to say
on the some subject l
“ Marry Augustus Jones? Out of the
question. Not but what he's a nice young
man enough —whiskers just the right
color, and a positive genius at flute-play
ing. But you see there are other things
which it is a woman’s duty to consider.
Can I afford it ? Can I reasonably ex
pect, with our income, to keep him in
peg-top trowsers and ivory-headed canes?
Can I keep his cologne bottles filled and
his cigar case supplied with the best Colo
rados? Who’s to foot his little bills for
his champagne and oyster suppers ?
Who’s to go to parties with him, head
ache or no headache, whenever he feels
like society, and stay meekly at home to
read the paper and sing to him whenever
he don’t ? Am I, who never could hold
my tongue for two consecutive minutes at
a lime, to open and shut my mouth only
at the sovereign bidding of my husband ?
Am I, whose greatest pleasure in life is
asking questions, to hold my tongue when
he comes in late at night, and never to
find out who gave him that dear little
sprig of Heliotrope ? Am I, who’ve
always been brought up to believe that
eyes were made to be used, never to look
at a beaver hat without being frightened
out of a year’s growth by Augustus’s in
dignant diatribes ? I can tell you I can’t
afford it. No, sir, I’m not going to put
my dear little foot into it, without a clear
understanding on the subject. If the gen
tlemen will put themselves on a stated
allowance of tobacco and trowsers—if they
will spend .just so much per annum on
wine and political betting, we girls might,
possibly, save some of ’em from becoming
snuffy bachelors. Otherwise—no !
Who cares it we are old maids—1 mean
if we do live lo become twenty five years
old without getting married. We have a
pretty fair chance of living in peace
twenty-five more, which isn’t the case if
we are -fastened to extravagant husbands.
Don’t think I mean to be severe, Au
gustus—I wouldn't hurt your feelings for
the world. Only, my dear little man,
you are so “fast.” Don’t you think it
would be a more manly life for you to be
splitting wood and carrying water for
your mamma, instead of screwing up your
eye-glass at the girls on Broadway ?
Well-regulated girls would be twice as apt
to like you. And wouldn’t it be a better
plan for you to be reading Cornell’s
Geography by the back parlor fife than
driving on the Blooiningdate road ? De
pend upon it, your chance for a good
home, under the protection of a sensible
wife, would be a dozen to one greater.
Nice, rosy-cheeked girls can’t afford to
throw themselves away on miserable,
milk-and-water, lancer-dancing, white
handed, good-for-nothing, jack-a-dandies
like you. You are an expensive article,
Augustus, and you won’t wash and wear
That’s our way of looking at the matter.—
[Life Illustrated.
-When you se« a Son of Malta put his
open hand to his chin and wave it, be sure it
is a sign of distress. Take, him round and
give him a peck of corn in the liquid state!
Women Going to Bed.—Some fine
writer gives the following as the manner
in which a young lady goes to bed :
When bed lime arrives she trips up
stairs with a candle in her hand, and il
she had plesant company during the eve
ning, with some agreeable ideas in her
head. The candle on the toilet, and her
luxuriant hair is speedily emancipated
from the thraldom of combs and pins. If
she usually wears “ water curls,” or uses
the 11 iron,” her hair is brushed back from
her forehead, and the whole completely
secured ; if not, why then her lovely
tresses are soon hid in innumerable bits
of paper. This task accomplished, a night
cap appears, edged, it may be, with plain
muslin, or perhaps with heavy lace, which
hides all save her own sweet countenance.
As soon as she ties the strings, she proba
bly takes a peep in the glass, and half
smiles and blushes at what she sees. The
light is out—her fair, delicate form gently
presses the couch, and like a dear, inno
cent lovely creature as she is, falls gently
to sleep, with a smile on her still sweeter
faee.
We don’t approve of the description,
and feci safe in saying that the young
lady at least takes off her shoes and stock
ings, and becomes separated from her
skeleton skirt, before her delicate form
presses the couch.
f -♦ # »
Smart Children.—A writer in Black
wood’s Magazine thus discourses on the
habit of trying “book lamin’’ in the heads
of children while they are yet babies:
How hnve I beard you, Eusebius, pity
the poor children. I remember you look
ing at a group of them, and reflecting.
“ For of such is the kingdom of heaven,”
and turning away thoughtfully and say
ing. “Of such is the kingdom of trade.”
A child of three years of age! What
^ould a child three year old—nay, five
* six years old—be taught ? Strong
meats fnr wenb Hitrestinns mitkn no bndilv
strength. Let there be nursery tales and
nursery rhymes. I would say to every
parent, especially to every mother, sing
to your children, tell them pleasant stories;
if in the country, be not too careful lest
they get a little dirt upon their hands and
clothes; earth is very much akin to us
all. and in children out of door play soils
them not inwardly. There is in it a kind
of consanguinity between all creatures;
-by it we touch upon the common sympathy
of our first substance, and beget a kind
ness for our poor relations—the brutes.
Let children have free, open air sport,
and fear not, though they make acquain
tance with the pigs, the donkeys, and the
chickens—they may form worse friend
ships with wiser looking ones. Encourage
familiarity with all that love to court
them—dumb animals love children and
children love them. There is a language
among them which the world's language
obliterates in the elders. It is of more
importance than that you should make
them wise—that is book-wise. Above all
things make them loving, then they will
be gentle and obedient; and then also,
parents, if you become poor, these will be
better than friends, they will never neg
lect you. Children brought up lovingly
at your knee will never shut their doors
upon you, and point where they would
have you go.
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The Mother’s “Saturday Re
view.”—To examine the linen when it
comes home from the wash, and lake care
that the same is carefully aired and mend
ed before distributed to its respective own
ers ; to lake the circuit of the tradesmen,
and pay all the weekly bills, to take slock
of the larder, and see what is in the house
for the ensuing week ; to make a rigorous
journey of inspection round the kitchen,
and examine whether the cook keeps her
pots and pans in a proper stale of cleanli
ness, and if the copper kettle is as bright
as it can be made; to look into the scul
lery and satisfy one’s self that no undue
quantity of rubbish is allowed to accumu
late in the sink or elsewhere; to give out
clean towels and sheets, and table cloths
and dusters to house-maids and servants;
to count over the plate with the footman,
checking each item with the duplicate list
given to him when the plate-basket was
first confided to his care; to have the par
lor thoroughly cleaned, and the mahogany
table properly oiled and rubbed iti antici
pation of to-morrow’s dinner; to make
liberal preparations for the same, and as
certain how many are coming, leaving
one or two vacant seats in the hope of a
married son or daughter or some weleome
dropper in, taking them by surprise ;_tOL
get hut best bonnet for church the follow
ing day; to collect all accounts and make
up housekeeping book before submitting
it, properly vouched and balauced, to one’s
lord and master ; to go into the uursery
after dinner, aud observe with one’s own
maternal eyes that the young olive
branches in the tub huve their usual scrub
bing and small tooth combing once every
seven days; to drill the youuger children
in their catechism before kissing them,
and tucking them up iu bed ; to see that
the house is closed, and every one be
tween the sheets, before twelve o’clock ;
and to do all this in the gentlest, kindliest,
most methodical, and yet dignified and
matronly manner, exacting obedience, and
yet winning respect from all.— [Funch.
-An act was introduced in the English
Parliament, in 1670, “that all women, of
whatever age, rank, profession or degree,
whether virgins, maids or widows, that shall,
from and after such an act, impose upon, reduce
and betray into matrimony,any of his majesty’s
male subjects, by scents, paints, cosmetic
washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish
wool, iron stays, hoops, high-heeled shoes, or
bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of the
laws now in force against witchcraft; sorcery,
and such like misdemeanors, and that the
marriage, upon conviction stand null and void.”
I Protests of the Southern States on with
drawing from the Charleston Conven
tion.
ALABAMA.
To the Hon. Caleb Cushing, President of the
Democratic Convention, now in session in
the City of Charleston. S. C.:
The undersigned delegates, represent
ing the Stale o( Alabama in this Conven
tion, respectfully beg leave to submit to
your honoiable body the following state
ment of facts:
On the 11th day of January, i860, the
Democratic party of the Stale of Alabama
met in Convention in the city of Mont
gomery, and adopted, with singular una
nimity, a series of resolutions herewith
submitted. Under these resolutions the
undersigned received their appointment,
and participated in the action of the Con
vention.
By the resolution of instruction, the
tenth in the series, we were directed to
insist that the platform adopted by ihis
Convention should embody, “ in whole,”
the propositions embraced in the preced
ing resolutions, prior to nominating can
didates. Anxious, if possible, to continue
our relations with this Convention, and
thus maintain, if possible, the nationality
of the democratic party, we agreed to ac
cept, as the substance of the Alabama
platform, either of the two reports sub
milted to this Convention by the majority
of the Committee on Resolutions—this
majority representing not only a majority
of the Stales in the Union, but also the
only States at all likely to be carried by
the democratic party in the Presidential
election. We beg to make these reports
a part of this communication.
This Convention has refused, by the
platform adopted, to settle either of these
propositions in favor of the South. We
deny to the people of a Territory any
power to legislate against the institution
of slavery, and we assert that it is the
duty of the Federnl Government, in all
its departments, to protect the owner of
slaves in the employment of his property
in the Territories. These principles, as
we slute them, are embodied in the Ala
bama platform.
Here, then, is a plain, explicit and di
rect issue between this Convention and the
constituency which we have the honor to
represent in this body.
Instructed, as we are, not to waive this
issue, the contingency, therefore, has
arisen, when, in our opinion, it becomes
our duty to withdraw from this Conven
tion We beg, sir, to communicate this
fact through you, and to assure the Con
vention that we do so in no spirit of an
ger, but under a sense of imperative ob
ligation, properly appreciating its respon
sibilities and cheerfully submitting to its
consequences.
L. P. WALKER, Chairman. **
J. S. LYONS, LEWIS L. CATO,
ROBERT G. SCOTT, JOHN W. PORTI8,
A. B. MEEK, F. G. NORMAN,
J. R. BREARIE, W. O. GUILD,
H. D. SMITH. J. C. B. MITCHELL,
JAMES IRWIN, W. C. SHERROD,
W. L. YANCEY, G. G. GRIFFIN,
D. W. BAINE, J. T. BRADFORD,
N. H. R. DAWSON, T. J. BURNETT,
R. M. PATTON, A. G. HENRY,
W. C. MclVER, Wm. M. BROOKS,
O O. HARPER, R. CHAPMAN.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Hon. Janies Simons, of South
Carolina—Mr. President I am directed
by the delegation from South Carolina re
spectfully to present the following docu
ment.
We. the undersigned, delegates ap
pointed by the Democratic State Conven
tion of South Carolina, beg leave respect
fully to state that, according to the prin
ciples enunciated in their plutform at Co
lumbia, the power, of the Federal Gov
ernment to abolish or legislate against
properly ih slaves, either by direct or in
direct legislation, is explicitly denied;
and, as the platform adopted by this Con
vention palpably and intentionally preter
mits any expression affirming the inca
pacity of a Territorial Government so to
legislate, they would pot be acting in
good faith to their principles, or in accord
ance with the wishes of their constituents,
longer to remain in this Convention.
They, therefore, respectfully announce
their withdrawal therefrom.
JAMES 8IMONS,
8. M. GQWAN,
B. H. WILSON,
R. B. BOYLSTON,
Delegates from the State at large.
JAS. H. WITHERSPOON,
Us. W. UHAnLEiO)
Delegates ^ a OLDS™ J?!,
T. Y. SIMONS,
Delegates from 2d Congressional District.
JAS. PATTERSON,
B. H. BROWN,
Delegates from 3d Congressional District.
J. A. MEETS,
Delegate from 4tb Congressional District.
JOHN S. PRESTON,
FRANKMN GAILLARD,
Delegates from 5th Congressional District.
[The reading of this paper was greeted
with frequent bursts of most enthusiastic
cheering on the floor and in the galleries.]
I am further instructed to say, that the
communication is signed by all the dele- (
gation but three members. t
The South Carolina delegation then I
withdrew from the Convention amidst loud (
cheering. |
MISSISSIPPI.
Mr. Matthews, of Mississippi, then :
read the following document: I
To the President of the Democratic Conven
tion: <
Sib: As Chairman of the Delegation <
which has the honor to represent the (
State of Mississippi upon this floor, I de- t
sire to be heard by you and by the Con- t
vention. t
In common consultation we have met
here, (lie representatives of sister State*,
to resolve the principles of a great party.
While maintaining principles, we profess
no spirit save that of harmony, concilia
tion, the success of our party, and thtr
safety of our organization. But to the
former the latter must yield—for no or
ganization is valuable without it, and no
success is honorable which does not
crown it.
Wa came here simply asking a recog
nition of the equal rights of our State un
der the laws and Constitution of our com
mon Government, that our right to pro
perty should be asserted, and the protec
tion of that property, when necessary
should be yielded by the Government,
which claims our allegiance. We had
regarded Government and protection as
co-relative ideas, and that so long us the
one wus maintained the other still en
dured.
After s deliberation of many days^H
has been announced to us by s controll
ing majority of Representatives of nearly
one-half the States o^this Union, gpd
that, too, in the most solemn and impres
sive manner, that our demand cannot be
met and our rights cannot be recognized.
While it is granted that the capacity of
the Federal Government is ample to pro
tect all other property within its jurisdic
tion, it is claimed to be impotent when
called upon to act in favor of a species of
property recognized in fifteen States.
Within those Stales even blnek republi
cans admit it to be guaranteed by the
Constitution, and to be only assailed by a
higher law; without them they claim the
power to prohibit or destroy it. The con
[rolling majority of Northern Representa
tives on this floor, while they deny all
power to destroy, equally deny all power
to protect; and this, they assured us, is,
and must, and shall be the condition of
our co-operation in the nest Presidential
election.
In this state of affairs our duly is plain
tnd obvious. The State which sent us
aere announced to us her principles. In
lomrnon with seventeen of her sister
States, she has asked a recognition of
ter constitutional rights. These have
seen plainly and explicitly denied to her.
We have offered to yield everything!
rept an abandonment ot her rights—
everything except her honor—and it has
availed us nothing.
As the representatives of Mississippi,
knowing her wishes—as honorable men
regarding her commands—we withdraw
from the Convention, and, as far as pur
tetion is concerned, absolve her from all
ronnection with this body, and all- reppon
iibility. for its action.
To you, sir, as presiding officer of the
Convention while it has existed in its in
egrity, we devise, collectively as a dele
gation, and individually as men, to tender
he highest assurances of our profound
■espect and consideration.
[Signed) D. G. GI.ENN,
Chairman of the Mississippi Delegation.
GEO. H. GORDON,
JAMES DRANE.
BEVERLY MATTHEWS,
J. T. SIMMS,
J08. R. DAVIS,
W. S. WILSON,
ISAAC ENLOE,
CHAS. EDWARD HOOKE,
W. H. H. TITSON.
ETHEI.BERT BARKSDALE.
W. 8. BARRY,
J. M. THOMPSON.
Mr. Matthews then announced that a
neeting of all those who sympathised
with them in this movement would be
aeld at 8 o'clock this evening in St. An
Irew’s Hall.
The Mississippi delegation then with
Irew from the Convention.
FLORIDA.
Mr. Eppes, of Florida, then read the
bllowing protestation:
ro the President of the Democratic National
Convention—Hon. Caleb Cushing :
The undersigned, democratic delegates
from the Stale of Florida, enter this their
solemn protest against the action of the
Convention in voting down the platform of
ihe majority. . .
Florida, with her Southern sisters, is
•milled to a clear and unambiguous re
rognition of her rights in the Territories,
ind this being refused by the rejection of
he majority report, we protest against re
reiving the Cincinnati Platform with th?
IntprnrHiBtion that it favors the doctrine of
squatter sovereignly in the Territories—
which doctrine, in the name of the people
represented by us, we repudiate.
F. J. FrPPES;-B. F. WARDLAW, --
IOHN MILTON, J- OWENS,
C’ F. DYKE.
Delegates from Florida.
The delegates from Florida, before re
aring! have unanimously adopted the fl
owing resolution:
Resolved, That no person, not a regu
arly appointed delegate, has a right to
•ast the vote of the State of Florida in
his Convention.
JOHN MILTON, Chairman Delegation.
GEORGIA.
Mr. Benning, of Georgia—Mr. Prest
ent, on yesterday afternoon the delega
ion from Georgia obtained leave of the
Convention to retire for the purpose of
onsulting as to the course they would
tursue in consequence ot the action taken
>y the Convention in the previous pari of
he day. They retired, and they have
ince been engaged in consultation. "P^ey
iave considered the questions involved,
vith as much maturity and care as they
ould bestow upon them, and they have
ome to a conclusion as to the course they
lugld to pursue. That conclusion is con
ained in two resolutions which I hold in
>iy hand, and which I will now read to
tie Convention: