The southern press., 1850-10-09
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Excitetnent In Georgia.
AUou.4A, Ga. AIt. le. 1850.
Messr.. Ep,ross: [ vii thAsk You to


Excitetnent In Georgia.
| AUeus4A, Ga. &Apt. le. 1850.
Messrs. Eprroas: viii thAnk you to allow, in
your columns, place "a some remarks upon ex-
Secretary Crawford 8 account of hie stewardship,
rendered at the dinner given aiM on the l3sh iis-
staDt, by the citizens Of Augusta. was curious
Iy ANXIOUS u hear Mr.. C.. on that OCCASION, su4s-
posing he might make some Developments OF the
doings Of the Cabinet Of which he was member,
and whose transactions IN certain quarters, mad
hitherto remained une Explained by the parties con
cerned. faund however, that no tales were to
be told Of school; and, far the revelations
Of that day Of feasting were looked to, the Cabi-
nets continued to be covered up as IT mex
pIicable. We could but think Mr.. c. seemed TO
find it an uphill business to perform the duties Of
the day II was full half hour after the ap-
pointed time, before he could he got to the waiting
dinner, and another half hour had elapsed after din
ing, before he could he brought to mount the
trum. In his speech, he seemed TO labor unusual
y; and we know not with which OF the ancient
sufferers he most NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sesy-
phus in rolling up the ponderous stone, which not
remaining at the position attained, required the
perpetual repetition of the same Iabor--Or Bells
hazzar, whose knees smote together with tremb-
ling under the effects OF guilt, on seeing the mys-
terious handwriting upon the wall. The intro
duction did well enough for the OCCASION. But
our anxiety to hear about other matters, rendered
early acquaintance with the people Of Augusta,
and the prosperity Of the city and State; that
ut one time We began to despair OF hearing any
thing Of the doings at the White House, and in
its suburbs Mr.. C. at length acknowledged
himself as being public mar, to be public prop
er,y; and iacetiousy observed that such property.
like some other species, was sometimes rather
roughly treated. suppose it occurred to him at
that juncture, that kind Of property. as well as
some others, on becoming infected with disease,
must have made to it free application of the
pruning knife, the surgeons blade, for IFS re-
covery to healthy condition, and if found TO be
rot,en-hearted or ncorrigibiy corrupt, must be
cast away or buried; and the sooner the better,
lest its unpleasant odor infect the neighborhoOd.
Whether he surmised that suspicious OF his
soundness were out, we ken not But ms move
ments suggested the old proverb " a guilty con-
science needs no acCuser. !"
Having finally alluded to California, as if vexa-
ciously designing 10 increase our anxiety, he said
he VI ould not just then speak of her admission,
and launched out upon the argument for the con-
stitutional right Of Congress to admit new States
which we already understood. Hedwelt at large
upon the right Of property in slaves, as recog-
nized both by the Federal and State Constitutions,
which likewise gave us no new information. lie
,Iso told that the whole population Of the North,
with but few exceptions, were arrayed against
this species Of property for lis destruction. This,
their whole course of Abolition movements for
some years, have increasingly proved To US, and
It was perhaps ne, dIess for Mr.. Crawford to ad-
vert IN the alarming fact in teaching the doctrine
Of submission. He stated that Georgia owned
,bout $50 millions of dollars worth of slave pro-
,erty, and the inevitable ruin which must befal
Georei, na the result of losing that amount Of
property. he forcibly illustrated, by showing the
great embarrassment under which the old and
wealthy State Of Pennsylvania has struggled to
meet the interest of debt OF about 40 millions He
Hh ou.od firth hat he
would in a great measure destroy the culture Of
cotton; for although the Abolonists think to sup
ply white laborers TO maize that important article,
they would find such could not stand the sun of
our climates and that the reduction ofone half IN the
growth of cotton would produce fearful revu-
sion on the business of the world-.hrowing mil
lions on both sides of the ocean into condition
Of starvation. He perhaps included in his re-
marks on this point the starvation OF the poor
negroes as the result Of their freedom. And he
might, if he had thought of it, jngged the memo
ries Of the Yankees, that thousands of them grow
ing rich amongst us, upon the products or the
slaves, whether merchants or farmers, would be
impoverished and that thousands if not millions
Of their mechanics, at home, seated IN the shade
IN summer, and by the warm stove in winter, en-
ooyed in making articles Of comfort for our ne
sroes--such hats, blankets, and shoes, together
with the implements with which they TIL the
ground, or gather in and prepare for market, the
products Of their labor; also similar ARTICLES for
our comfort, together with vehicles of pleasure
ard furniture, down to brnouos and shoe brushes
would be thrown out of business and reduced
| to want and wretchedness. Nov all this kind OF
exhibit of the consequences eventually following
| the admission Of California, would certainly con-
stitute forci5le argument against that fanalcal
| measure, but what it could avail MIR. Crawford,
| IN his intended attempt to justify that nefarous
| act Of public aud wholesale swndmg, could rot
f,r the life of me see thought myself, is not
IL. al. Il -
show his opposition to the dark wickedness Of
the intrigue through which Congress has SNUG
! yled into the Union State, the whole region
of California with the Wimot Proviso tackled on
to her? and that he will explain the matter Of this
cabinet intrigue on the subject of Mr. King 8 ms
son by stating that he was in the minority, and
could only protest against the mad doirg: OF the
reckless majoriiy' Yet it occurred to us that he
could have shown himself a loyal Southerner by
handing in his resignation and returning home.
Our anxiety was raised to the highest pitch, at
tins point, to hear things explained and we can
now account for the deep g,om which we saw
resting upon the cnuntenances of many of Mr.
C's friends, who kaew the issues he intended to
make. He could no longer stave off his main
purpose and again, with much hesitancy and in
creased embarrassment, he said he must, he sup
posed, say something about the admission Of Ca
lifornia? Our anxiety was soon relieved as to
Mr.. C.'s position--for he commenced by saying
government for herself, by neglecting to legslate
for her protection according to the treaty stipula-
tons entered into at Guadalupe Hidalgo. He
said that during Mr.. Folks administration, Con-
gress refused to give California territorial gov
ernnent, and she was necessitated to get on as
she could, under Mr.. Folks quasi military estab-
lishmertin in the country, not even atfordng courts
Of law. But word here as to the Inconsistency
of the complaint urged on behalf Of California
against MIR. Polk provisional government as be-
ing quasi affair altogether, insufficient for the
wants Of the people Did not the Administration
Of which Mr.. Crawford was member, recon-
mend non-action to Congress in reference to Civ
ing territorial governments to Utah and New
Mexico, alleging that the existing military estab-
lisifmenis were ample for all purposes, till they
should be prepared to form State constitutions for
admission into the Union. Why, then, not
ample for California as the rest? The mystery
in this matter is solved by the recognition Of the
fact, that by this arrangement of General Taylor's
abolition cabinet, he would be enaied to shun Of
Tending the North by vetong the Wilmot Prov:so,
which Congress intended TO attach to the govern
ments, if any should be given those territories.
Does not this show OF blame against Congress for
neglecting poor California, come with a rather i'll