Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-30
The knights of the Golden Circle.

Wrltten by their President or leader, GEORGE
Brickly' 1t appears that the Knights are
exclusively of the Southern States, and that
their object is to extend the area of southern
territory, by auneXing and Americauizina
Mexico. They are directed to conccntrat,
themselves at or near Fort Even on the RiC
Nueces in Texas, by the 18th of September
next. To aid the Knights in this expedition
the people of Texas have subscribed the sun
of S4S0,0o0, and further subscriptions to an
immense euount have been called for. We
quote the following from the address:
You will comprehend the necessity OF
joining our camp as emigrant5-if we eros.
the Rio Grand, it must be to become iona
fde citizens of MeXico-under Mexican sane
tion, open and above board, and in accordance
with our treaty stipulations Bring yout
wagons, mules, oxen, horses, cattle, spades
axes, instruments camp kettles. each two
blankets. provisions and all things useful TO a
Mexican emigrant. Above all, let each man
have $50 or more in specie, as there viii he
an excellent opportunity y to inve5tit urofiablv
immediately on crossing the Rio Grande.-
Volunteers, who will be accepted for six or
twelve months service must be duly initiuted
Mt camp, Let none come who do not mean
to do their duty, and viii refuse TO be govern.
ed by the statute laws of Texas and of the
X. q. c. The rear guard will remain in
camp until October lst Now let us see
on whom the South can depend II should
die, or be in any way detained, you will find
officers Of rank and experience to lead you
forth Remember the H. G. C. donot follow
me; they follow policy which thus far
have had the honor to dictate Our work is
great enough, glorious enough, and promises
enough to pay us ALTO satisfy the most ex-
alted ambition.
" 1t is useless longer to attempt to disguise
the truth, that there are now but two parties
"A Northern and Southern party; the one
with manufacturing, the other with agricul-
tural intress-and that the variance is so
| great that reconciliation is almost an i'm
possibility. We have little or no intrests in
eommon-no love for or confidence in each
other The North has n population of twenty
millions and an area of two millions, one hun
dred and three thousand, six hundred and
forty-eight square miles. For each of her
entire population the n orth has seventy acres
of land-whie the South for hers has only
| forty-iive. Thus the north has two acres TO
our one Yet in the acquisition Of California.
/
miles-the South furnished 1900 volunteers
while the North furnished only % 500-iust
one half The loss in men was 24.5OO-of
whom II 500 were our brothers aud fathers :;
while the North lost only 200 The cost of
the war was $4,000, O,00O-four ffths Of
which was paid by the Cotton States, and vet
the man of the South is driven from an equal
occupancy Of the lands The Free Soil repre-
sentatlUn in Congress is now so great that we
can no longer hope to secure the passage Of
law that Will guarantee Southern interests
Now the tru must be apparent to every
thinking man. with Mexico Americani2ed
and SOm,ternized, our area of fterritorv would
be nearly equal to that of the North inctding
the Southern Territories Of Ariz, na New
Mexico and California. Our population would
be equal to hers. Besides we should possess
advantages of climate, soil, productions and
geographical position of very marked char
acter. With this addition to either our sys.
TEN, the Union or to Il Southern Confederacv
we shall possess every element of national
wealth and power. We shall have in our
own hands the cotton, tobacco, sugar coffee,
rice, corn and tea lands Of the continent, and
the worlds wreat store house of mineral
wealth. Are we not justified, then, in trying
to build up and preserve such Peoples
! Lulp pure as Jnls Woulu De
Remember the North is Struggling for it
through her legislators, her Abolition press,
and her Emilrant Aid Societies" The
South is practically doing nonhing to con
tract these influences, except the efforts now
being made by the X G.. c. Our success
will sooth and quiet the excited public mind
of this country and forever silence the slavery
question. 1t viii give peace and permanent
government to Mexico, and pour into the
worlds commercial lap untold wealth, until
there will be work for all, homes for all, and
education for all 1t will stop anarchy and
| brutal boodshed-the sacking Of towns and
the fiendish violation ofhe pless women -and
the indiscrminate butchery of friends and
foes in unhappy Mexico, and prevent civil
war and similar scenes here. It will give
| Mexico a rank among nations, and open the
! way for free religion, free education, and
American enterprise. 1t will change the vast
trade of Mexico from a British to an Amer
lean channel-it will plant colonies for the
South,an furnish new markets for the North.
1t is stated that Tennessee is the head
quarter of the order, whence all commands al e
issued, and according to report, twenty
thousand of the Knights are on their way to
Texas Thus we have before us the pro-
gramme of grand til.buster scheme. We
cannot gather from the portions of the ad-
dress We have seen any information as to the
extent Of the organization of the Knights of
the Golden Cirelo. The order may be formi-
dable for aught we know, and might be able
to send thousands of armed men into Mexico
to live as citizens if permitted, or to fight for
their citizenship if required. No one believes
that they will be allowed quietly to settle up
the country. We are aware that they pretend
that their movement is encouraged by por-
tion of the Mexican people but this will
avail them nothing. The great mass Of the
people of that country, will be against them
so that if the Knights revolutionize and
Southernize Mexico they must do it by fight
ing They will then have job on their
hands which will make them sick enough in
the end.
SIsKmoU CouNrY.-The Yreka Union of
August 25th has the following items:
A Democratic ratification meeting was
held at Mugginsyille, on the Nth Resolu-
tions endorsing Douglas and Johnson; the
action of the State Central Committee presi-
ded over by Jos. p. IIoge the action Of the
County Committee, presided over 10y Jno.
Long, were unanimously adopted. Frank
Campbell addressed the meeting. Three
hearty cheers were given for Douglas and
johnson, after which the meeting adjourned.
A correspondence Mugginsyie says that
| the voters Of that nrecinct are two to one for