The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-10
THE GEORGIA NOW-NOTHING PLATFORM-PROS
PECTS OF THE DEMOCRACY.

While all the democratic journals of Georgia fully
alive to the Importance of the pending canvass in that
State meeting the issues presented by know-nothngsm
boldly, ably, and effectively it gives great pleasure to
notice. in particular the admirable articles which have
recently appeared in the Augusta Consttuonalis and
the Columbus Times in behalf of those constitutional
rights placed in jeopardy by the last oshoot of abo-
litonism. We have, within few weeks, quoted largely
from the ablyoded columns of the Consiutionalist We
make for short extract from the Columbus
Times and give fair specimen of the editors abil-
y in exposing the wretched humbuggcy and transparent
inconsistencies of know-nothingism;
"We have gone through with this Georgia know
nothing platform, and judgment is that it is poor,
weak, sicky concern which must break down before
is half Everybody see that it botch
constructed of all of timber and by prentice
hands, II Is miserable effort to unite all persons factions
tques orders and parties in opposition the democracy
and is but another evidence Of the wild hunt after Office
that characterzes the age With breath they propose
to check foreign nmgraton with the next to add 1000 900
foreigners population. With breath they de-
nounce the Catholics with the they add
State to the Union in which the whole population are
Catholics With breath they that the Supreme
the United States is the only legitimate tribunal
decide upon the consttuonay of laws with they
adopt Georgia platform, by which Georgia the
right Judge for Herself Of nfractons Of her constitutional
rights With breath they declare he Union to be the
paramount political goods with the they pledge them
selves the Columbus movement, the principal object of
which to prepare the people Georgia for dissolution
under certain contingencies
The Rhodes strided the habor but this modern
divinity like the American eagle of 4thof July orators dips
wing in the Atlantic and the other in the Pacific drinks
out of the lakes and flaps its tail in the Gulf of Mexico
plants foot federalism and the other rights
It's double-aced Janus 1t is all things all We
are ashamed of it, There is nothing in it to admire"
The earnest unremttng labors the part of the dem
ocratic press of Georgia have arrested attention.
inquiry and aroused the the necessity of com
bned action defeat the traitorous objects the common
enemy From all parts OF Georgia the intelligence OF
the cheering character that which we receive from
day day from other southern States in which elections
are pending. The Cassyle Standard uses the fol-
lowing encouraging language:
From every quarter learn that the prospects Of the
democracy in Georgia brightenmg. distinguished
gentleman remarked TO few days ago in Atlanta that
there could be doubt Of the reelection Governor John
son by large majority In middle and lower Georgia
Sam is turning decidedly pale around the mouth many
lodges having been dsbanded and where this has
the case hundreds of members leaving disgust the
district his ranks being hiuned every day by
convincing eoqueuce of Ex-Governor Cobb while little
hick is playing smash with him in the sth.'