The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-23
Georgia..
The Augusta (Ga) Constituencies, one Of
the leading Democratic papers in Georgia, thus
closes an editorial:

The Augusta (Ga.) Constituencies, one of
the leading Democratic papers in Georgia, thus
closes an editorial:
The fact l., the right Of a State TO secede,
whether the issue in Georgia be Union or dis.
itnion," or not. is n question pertinent at NIL
times and of great practical Importance to the
people of Georgia. They may never desire to
exercise the right But let them deny the right,
or remain SILENT and thereby acquiesce. bile
the right is emphatically denied by anti-slavery
federaIists at the North, and submissionists at
home, and the State presents herself tied hand
and foot, completely in the power of the anti
slavery majority in Congress. She virtually
places halters around the necks Of her citizens,
and tells the Northern people welding the
federal arm, to hang them up like dogs, if they
dare resist aggressions however atrocious. A
State, calling herself sovereign, would grossly
stultify herself by such course"
The same paper thus irons" Mr.. COBB and
his Washington hackers:
"Mr. CONS As ample time
has elapsed for the acceptance by the Hon.
Howell Cobb Of the nomination made, or rather
ratified by the Toombs convention, and no pub
lication is yet made of that acceptance, the con-
solicitation Unionists not behind the scenes, may
DpSSfDlN lttl Sotlit tNta-i1tsS Oh INC sud- CT.
To relieve their anxiety, we publish n statement
from headquarters, Washington city, whore the
nomination of Mr.. Cobb was originally made.
Mr.. CoBB OF GEoRGIA-We place in our
columns to-day the report Of the speech de-
liyered by this distinguished gentleman at the
Athennum of Savannah, as contained in the
Savannah Republican of the 10th instant Every
thing now said by this gentleman assumes
great importance on account of the nomination
he has accepted as the candidate of the UNION
party of Georgia" Washington Union, Nay
3la'
1t viii here be perceived that Mr.. Cobb has
not only been nominated but had actually ac-
cepted the nomination some time before the
ratifying convention assembled at Milledgevile.
If President Fillmore had issued his pro-
clamation, countersigncd by Messrs. Webster,
Toombs, Stephens, and Dawson, to the faithful
in Georgia, that Mr. Cobb had already been Sc
lected rs their candidate, and had duly accepted,
il might have saved many Of the Union dele
gates hot and dusty ride to Milledgevle."
The Federal Union, another leading Demo
cratic print, also endorses the Southern Rights
nomination:
Hog. CHARLES J. McDoNALD--It is with no
ordinary pleasure, that we place Mt our mast
ncHu, llt naiIe oi 'nNFicS y NlCDONllu rs our
standard bearer, in the campaign in which we
are about to enter.--It is an act of supereroQa.
ton to tell our readers who heis. He is known 10
them all--known az one whose private character
and moral worth are ~ unsn'lied and eminent
as his political Greer been con -isteut and patri-
ostic. In private life, at the bar, on the bench
o'sin the chair, he has ever been the amiable
md accomplished gentlemen, the able and Elf
Client advocate, the fat fnl and trustworthy
public officer. AS CLARKE man he stood upon
the old republican platform of Jefferson and Mad
ison; MS Union man. be repudiated notification
as political hercsy unauthorized, as Mr. Mad
ison affirmed BY tlat platform, while he recog-
nized secession, when occa ion should demand
It, ms the rightful remedy; Ms a democrat he re-
maincd firmly fixed on the same platform the
platform now occupied by him and by those who
have committed their common banner to his
keeping. He is the 1T standard bearer then of
the party who demand that the rights Of the
South shall be respected. because he is now as he
ever has been the devoted friend of those repub-
can or democratic principles taught by the IA
theirs of the republican school, and whose value
may be seen in the proud elevation 70 which
they have reared our county among the nations
of the earth.
II may seem strange 10 some that Judge Nc.
Donald, after having occupied his four years in
the Executive chair, should be called from bis