The Empire County argus., 1856-02-09


whose death is announced in the Southern papers,
was one of those numerous men of Northern birth
who have been among the most strenuous of Slave
ry propagandsts. He was a native of Pennsyva-
mia or New Jersey but emgrated young to Geor-
gia, where he rose to distinction as lawyer and
politician. He was originally broad construc-
tonist the friend and partisan Of Calhoun, and
first became known to the country at large as the
Attorney General Of General Jacksons first cabinet.
When jackson quarreled with Calhoun, Berren
resigned and became nullifer, as Calhoun did.
From being nulhfer, he next became Southern
Whig--one of those recruits to the Wing party of
which the more it got the weaker it grew the diff
ferent members of it neutralizing each other and
rendering any decisive action impossible
The above is from the N. Y. Tribune And now
read the tolowing-the conclusion of letter to
the Savanna Republican, in which Mr.. Berrien re-
plies to some characteristic comments of the N. Y.
Tribune, upon the able and eloquent exposition of
American principles made by him some time since ::
The great and leading principles of the Amer
lean party must and will prevail 1t is cherished
| by the ma jority of the American people; by multi
tudes who are not enrolled in the Order The col
lateral circumstances which decided the election
in State will have no influence in the great ma
tlonal struggle which awaits us. They will all be
merged in the primary and vital interest which
will then be presented, that of native or foreign
domination in this great republic. The American
party having dvested itself of those Objectionable
features which we deemed essential in its infancy.
now stands in the strength Of its manhood seeking
no oncealment-openly avowing its principles
marshaling its host in the face Of its opponents
and bearing aloft standard under which every
American may rally, inscribed with these glowing
words-Americans shall govern America
81 have said that, in my address to the people OF
Georgia, made no appeal to our Northern breth-
ren, and did not. Since its publication, | have
seen with unfeigned pleasure in q leading New
England Journal what | rejoice to receive as evil
dence that conservative men of Massachusetts are
disposed to forego the further agitation of the
slavery question to consider as false and calumnl-
Gus the accusations which have been made against
the people of the south and to deal with us in
the traternal spirit which has heretofore united us
To this awakened spirit, which is that Of freemen
of American freemen, devoted to the preserva-
ton of our glorious Unon-to the conservatism Of
that gallant State, heretofore illustrous in our
national history, do not fear, as Southern Wing,
to make the appeal-to call upon them to stand
forward in this perilous hour-to Danish from the
politics Of the State the distracting question of
slavery, which has strengthened tanatism and
alienated US from each other-to leave it with all
its responsibilities, where it exclusively belongs, to
the States in which it exissto unite with us i'll
one grand national effort to free from the do
minion of spollsm and fanatics and the corrupt
foreign influence which sustans and supports it
and once to repeat at the altar of the ConSti
tuition our united vows of fidelity to the Union.
Respectfully yours,
JNo. MACPHERSON BERRIEN."
There--that is spoken like true American. One
of the last acts of his life, it is worthy the at
tention Of those who aspire to the honors that he
earned. IF the politicians Of the party would en-
body of this spirit in their sayings and dongs
and less vituperation, and SANDER, and denuncia-
ton, there would be more good feeling-more una
nimity--more tone and effect in the workings of
the American party, and less bitterness, backbing,
and impoency. If members of the party would
occasionally revert to their carly lessons and for
go sectional prejudices, and remember their vows,
and their duty to their constituents to the State,
and the Union, we would have had ere now a
Senator afoat fer Washington, and two weeks
work besides placed to the credit of the present
Legislature, in addition to what is already Journal
ed. But partisans of both extremes in this State
are continually stirring up all parties by their
tonal and disunion cries. and seem only anxious TO
mako themselves felt, even though as mere ulcers
and plague-spots on the body polite. These ex-
tremsts remind one of the tabled Dog Feast at an
early stage of which, as the story goes, some vo-
racious cur appropriated all the onions (mayhap
'Weathersfeld not stated since which time the
whole canine race-'little dogs and alr--have been
diligently searching for the gormand. So with these
small-fry politicians: no sooner does man appear
before them for position Of homer, profit, trust
than this horde commence an Investigation, to as
certain whether or not he ate the onions whether
he is from the North or the South And, the dis
covery made. pell NELL over the land, all properly
coared and tagged, they go, crying o-Slavery!'
Aboltionistl' Niger Driver!' Not Sound and
the like, till honest men stand dumb with very
wonder!