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into the Territory any article Of property wlteh tie
Constitution q the United States recognizes as property"
4M "7Ae Constitution Of the United States recog-
Mics SLAVES property and pledges tie Federal Co..
eynment to PROTECT IT.
And Congress cannot exercise any more au-
thority over property of any other kind"
9Th. 1.-The act of Congress, therefore, prohib-
iting citizen OF the United States taking with
him bis slaves when be removes to the Terri
tory in question to reside, is an exercise Of au-
oriy ove private property which Is not sraraed By
the Consultation, and the removal Of the plaintiff
by his owner totbat Territory gave him no
title to freedom" '-
6. "While it remains Territory, Congress
may 1egislate over 1t within the scope Of its
constitutional powers in relation, to citizens Of
the United States, and may establish terrific
rial government, and the form Of this local
government must be regulated by the discre-
tion Of Congress but with powers not exceed
ing those which Congress itself by the constitu-
tion is authorized to exercise over citizens of
the United States in respect to their rights Of
person or rights Of property" II.
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particular, slave property standstipon the came
footing as all other descriptions Of Properly,
and that neither the General Government, nor
any Territorial Government can destroy or i'm
pair the right to slave property in the common
territories. any more than the right to any
other description of property that property Of
all kinds, slaves as we'll as any other species of
property;in all the territories, stand npon the
same equal and broad Constitutional basis,
and subject to the principles Of recognition
and protection in the legislative, Judicial and
Executive Departments of the Government,
I'd. That we will support any man who may
be nominated by the Baltimore Convention for
the Presidency, who holds the principles set
forth in the foregoing proposition and who will
give them his endorsement, and that we will
mot hold ourselves, hound to support any man
who may be the nominee, who entertains princi-
pies inconsistent with those set forth in the
above propositions, or who denies that slave
property 10 the Territories does not stand on
an equal footing and on the some constitutions
81 basis Of other species of property.
In view of the fact that a large majority Of
the delegates from Georgia felt It to be their
duty to withdraw from the late Democratic
Convention at Charleston, thereby depriving
this State of her vote therein according to the
decision of said Convention
Resotved, That this Convention will appoint
twenty delegates-four from the State at large
and two from each Congressional District-fo
represent the Democratic party of Georgia in
the adjourned Convention at Baltimore on the
18th inst, and that said delegates be and are
hereby instructed to present the foregoing pro-
positions, and ask their adoption by Tie Nation
al Democratic Convention.
RERscHELL v. JOHNSON,
THos. 2. SANFORD,
H. K. McCAY,
A. COWARD,
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Douglas Barbecue.

On Saturday the 21st inst, pursuant to mo-
tice, the Douglasites gave speech and a feast.
Judge J. N. T, Richardson was the orator of
the day. He held forth three hours in one of
the most wrangling and empty speeches we
have ever heard. He depicted Mr.. Buchanan
as the "setting sum-" and denounced him at
length. Mr.. Breckenridge wae the :" rising
sum-" but the dupe Of the seceders. He con-
cluded with Mr.. B by saying he was
ga falling star"-the first time we ever heard
Of sun dwindling into star: it is undoubted
ly classical allusion.
Judge R-'read portion Of Mr.. Buchan-
ans letter Of acceptance, of Mr.. Breckinridge's
speeches at Lexington and Frankfort, Of Mr..
Toombs's speeches. and, to cap the climax, a
portion Of Mr.. B. F. Hallett's late speech in de-
fence Of the seceders.
He said he would support Mr.. Bell before be
would Mr.. Breckenridge, under any soniingen-
cy, and appealed to hls friends to do likewise.
Loud applause.l He concluded by reading
Douglass hitter Of acceptance. -. +..s..
| Since leaving the Court House, we have tri-
ed to find the nucleus Of the Judges speech ;
we have found it-nosasng, .orapt up IN cords!
Mr.. W. J. Q. Baker Gan old Wing and the
introducer Of Know othingism into this place)
followed. He commenced with the Missouri
restriction and taxed our ears with dates ir
regular order down to 1855, without touching
the question at present distracting the country
We are informed that the speaker was asked
by a lady whether he was in favor Of Douglas
or Bell?
We give the gentlemen credit for saying all
that could or can be said on that eide Of the
question.
There was something substantial in the feast
1t was conducted in the best style. Every
body got plenty. People came in peace ant
retired in peace.
We like to have omitted speaking Of resclu
tions. As might be expected, they denounced
Intervention, but concluded with the conclusion
of Mr.. Douglass letter Of acceptance: ever,
right guaranteed by the Constitution must b.
protected by law in all cases where legislation j
necessary to its enjoyment.
We have nothing more to say in this issue Q
faction that has uniformly, since its exist enct
annulled its own acts in the conclusion.
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No. of States,
Total States. .33

4VtaA Ctutes. ..s.......o0
As we said before, there can be but three
candidates voted for by the House, and these
will unquestionably be Breckenridge, Lincoln,
and either Douglas or Bell. A majority az
of all the States are necessary to choice. The
Republicans lack two of the necessary number,
and can get no more. All the four tied States
and also Tennessee would be given to Breckin-
ridge, in case 1t should become necessary, to
prevent the election of Lincoln This would
make up the number (l7) necessary to elect
him (Breckinridge) without including Illinois
So it appears that Douglas chance in the
House. as compared with Breckinridge's, is no
better than in the Electoral Colleges.
And yet the Douglas papers about the couu-
try are as exacting in favor Of their candidate,
and as denunciatory against those who refuse
to ding up their hats for him, as If his nomina.
ton had been regular and complete according
to the usages of the Democratic party or as il
there were any chance of his being elected,
without some different arrangement Of parties
from that which exists at present.
Should neither the Electoral COLLEGES nor
the House Of Representatives be able to elect a
President and should no Vice President be
chosen by the Electoral Colleges. then from the
two candidates receiving the highest number Of
Electoral votes for Vice President, say Hamlin
and Lane, the Senate, which is Democratic,
must elect one, and that one, being thus elected
Vice President, would become the acting Pres.
ident of the United States, as In case of the
death or other constitutional disability of the
President" Of course, Lane would be the
man.
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The SMALL Pox AT JACKSON, LA.-It will be
seen by the following note from DR.. Watkins,
Of sunnyside, to the Natchez Free Trader,
that the report Of the prevalence ofsmall pox
at jackson has been greatly exaggerated
Mr. Editor Lest exaggerated reports Of the
prevalence of small pox at jackson. La.
should become current, I take this method Of
saying that learn from persons acquainted
with the facts that there are but two cases in
town-negroes belonging to DR.. Gurley. Most
of the students in Centenary College, La, left
and commencement" has been deferred.
WV. II. WATKINS.
sunnyside, July ,, 1860.
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The Daguerreotypists.
BIZ EMMA ALICE BROWNE.

Oh, poets of wondrous artl
Ye have most nobly set this age
To music on the sunlit page
That holds the image Of the heart.
So now our sweet ones cannot die
They flash upon US where we stand,-
God-painted by the poets hand
With the clear splendor Of the akyl
And though the foreign summers break
About their wandering steps, we hold
The darling face, the shadowy gold,
The ideal-real, for loves sake:
And though the dreary winters blow
Across their silent resting place,
We kiss the image of the face .
That moulders in the dust below.
Yours is the awful art to win
The fading unto fadeless bloom
To wrest the beauty from the tomb
That darkly clasps our treasure In.
We keep the ideal, and the grave
May take the real for a space,
Since on us shines the pictured grace
Ofall that glorious beauty gave.
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STATES SURE FOR DOUGLAS.

We look around, says our contemporary, in
vain, for single one. Illinois might be. consid-
cred such, were it not that the Republican can
didate for President is also an Illinosian, and
consequently, State pride will operate as much
against Douglas in that State as for him. At
the last general election in Illinois 1889 the
Republican majority over the Douglas candi-
date in the State at large, was 1921. AT the
same time there were SOL votes given for an
anti-Douglas Democratic candidate, but these
cannot safely be counted for Douglas now
Still, it is quite possible that Illinois may give
its electoral vote for him next November and
the same may be said of Iowa and several other
States. But there is not one State in the whole
Union that can be pronounced certain for him,
in the same sense that a large number of States
are certain for Breckenridge.
ELECTION By THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Now suppose that no candidate should have
q majority Of all the Electoral votes, (which is
very likely to be the case under existing cir
cumstances) and the choice should devolvc up
on the House of Representatives, how would
the case stand then? Not any better for Doug
las than before. Indeed it is not certain that
he would be one of the three highest candidates /;
and in such case his name could not even
come before The House. In how many States
has Douglas better chance for Electoral votes
than Bell has ID Maryland, Delaware and Lou
isiana? But suppose we get his name into the
House as one Of the three highest candidates !;
how will the House vote. Each State it must
be remembered, would then vote as unit; and
q small State would count as much as q large
one. As the members Of Congress are already
elected upon whom the choice of President
would devolve in the case supposed, and as the
politics of the day are generally known, tile
result may be stated, as to the most of the
States, with entire confidence. We speak OF
the first balloting, before any coalition or bar
gaining should be resorted to. It would be
| ahnut as follows:
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ton with tke delegates from the Southern
States In such an emergency would be In &C.
cordanca With the sentiments Of The Democracy
OF the State Of Louisiana, we did not hesitate
to concur In recommending the assembling Of
said convention, and respectfully refer our &C.
ton In this matter to the jud cement Of this
convention.
A, MouroN. A. TALSoT.
RICHARD TArLoR, =. "A. HUNTER.
ExrLE LASERE, D. D. WrTRERs,
Il. II. HATcH, s3 CHARLES JONES,
z. LAWRENCE, ]. A. NcHATToN,
Ia signing The above report, We also refer
the convention to AddendA hereto appended,
made at Charleston, to the address Of the
Louisiana delegation to that convention We
rapcat herein, that the only 1i6erance between
ourselves and our colleagues In the Cearleston
convention related TO the question Of the time
Of withdrawal. The 1rst Of the undetigned
did not 60 into any other than the National
Convention Ct Charleston. 3
CaAalrs Joxfs, J. A.McHArros. 4
The nndertigneds lin explanation Of their po-
eition, beg leave to annex the following state
lnent, viz:
Whilst We took tie same view with our coll
leagues, thst the platform Of principles, as
adopted BY thtsconvention, was not what was
expected by Louisiana, and desired by our
selves, % sufficient to guard the rights OF that
State and Of the whole South, under the COnsti-
tuition, are now unwilling precipitately TO re-
tire from the convention, until al hope Of ae-
commodation shall havs been exhausted. and I'M
til the lest moment had arrived at which, In
juatice to our own honor, and the interest and
dignity Of our State, we would be forced to re-
tire.
We therefore were opposed to the retirement
Of the delegation at the time IL was made; but
believing that the other members Of the dele
CATION were actusted by the same high motives
which governed our own opinions, and desi-
ring onr State to present firm, undivided
front, we being tho minority Of the delegation,
were willing to yield. and did yield, our opin-
ions 10 the judgement Of the majority.
J. A. NOTATION,
CHARLES JONES.
Charies,on, S. G. May l, 1860.
Its thus evident that we have never relin.
quishcd our rights as members Of the National
Convention.
Actuated by sincere desire to preserve the
unity Of the Democratic party throughout all
the States Of this confederation, and under in.
atructions obtained since the adjournment from
Charleston from the source from which our
elnanated, we present ourselves at the conven.
tion, and request that tickets for the number Of
seats to which we are entitled may be issued tc
us. ..-, JOHN TARLETON,
Chairman of Louisiana Delegation
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Notice to Stockholders.

OFFICE VIcksBuRG, SHREVEPORT & TExAs)
r. r. Co., Monroe, July rs, 1860
THE annual meeting Of the Stock >N1
1 holders of ti'is company will be -I1#
Monday the 24th day of Septem-
Der next, for examination Of the company S
accounts and Oh Monday, LIST of October,
1860, for the election of Board of Directors,
in conformity to the 9th and 18th sections Of
the Charter.
By order Of the Board of Directors.
o. D. STILLMAN, Sec'ty.
ia The Weekly vicksburg Wing and Sun
the Madison Journal, Claiborne .Aduocate. Shreve-
port South Western and Caddo Gazette, will insert
the above advertisement thirty days, and for
ward bills to the office Of the Company. 5w.
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:. $1,000 Reward,

WILL pay one thousand dollars reward for
j the arrest and safe delivery into the hands
Of Louisiana, of one certain WILLIAM b.
PEARSON, Commonly known as Buck Pear
sony who, on the 10th Of July, 1860, in the
town Of Krksville, in St. Helena parish, La,
did wilfully murder, without provocation, ia.
cob B. Strickland, Of said parish and state.
Description.-The said Pearson is man of
about forty-two years Of age, about five feet
ten inches in height, Of dark hair and fair skin,
and somewhat corpulent. In conversation he
is quickly spoken.
CADE D. STRICKLAND. ss.
July &c, 1s6O-4w.
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ave received note from Capt. Jno. W.
Tobin, the favorite of the Ouachita river, who
assures US that the " Pargoud" bids fair to be
one, of the finest and fastest boats afoat. May
his anticipations be realized.
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ma> We publish to-day the address Of the
Delegates appointed by the Baton Rouge Con-
vention on the 9Th of March, and re-appoint-
ed on the 4th Of June last without comment.
being confident that every unprcjudiced mind
will be satisfied after the perusal Of the justice
of their claims.
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B.F. HA11Err.- might think from what
they have heard, that Hallctt was Douglas
man. To convince them of their error we refer
them to two extracts from his speech, which
we publish to-day.
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CASTOR SPRINGS,
Sale of Estrav.

ON Saturday the 4th day of A.
August next, will be sold for t%
cash, to the highest bidder, at SAA
the court house door, in the town of
Monroe, a dark bay mare, having three
white feet, two before and one be-
hind, a star on the forehead and white
slip on the nose; branded with heart
on the left shoulder. Taken up as an
estray on the 18th Of April last by
Jarrete Wilson, and estrayed on the
10Th of said month.
P. MoENERY, Up.
Monroe, La, July .l6, l860-3t$4.
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Survey OF the Field.

The New York Journal Of Commerce makes its
calculations on the result of the Presidential
election. Let it add Louisiana to the follow
ing figures, if 1t please. Our six votes belong
in the Breckinridge column. and will be found
there just as sure as fate. The following are
the States put down by the Journal Of Commerce
as certain for Breckinridge and Lane:
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Democratic Presidential Electors
(Chosen by tie Democrats Of Lou,siana in Convention
AssembledA
Platform of the National De-
mOcraCy.


RESOLVED. That the platform adopted by the
Democraac party at CINCINNATI be affirmed,
with the following explanatory resolutions;
FIa-That the government Of Territory
organized by an act Of Congress is provisional
and temporary, and during its existence all
citizens of the United States have an equal
right to settle with their property In the Terri
tory, without their rights, either of person or
property, being destroyed or injured by Con-
gressional or territorial legislation.
ResolUed-That 1t ia the duty Of the federal
government, in all its departments, to protect
the rights Of persons and property in the Terri
tories, and wherever else its constitutional au-
thorty entenas.
Third-That when the settlers in Territory.
having an adequate population, form State
constitution, the rigt of sovereignty common
ccs and being consumated by their admission in
people Of other States, and State thus organ
lied ought to be admitted into the federal
Union, whether its constitution prohibits or
recognizes the institution of slavery.
Rssozred, That the Democratic party are in
favor Of the acquisition of the island Of Cuba,
on such terms ~ shall be honorable to our
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~ Douglas is the WOODEN HORSE Of the
Democratic party, out Of which has come all
our troubles and discussions.
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Ex-President PIERCE, and so far as heard
from. every member Of his cabinet, are for
BREcKISRlDas, and LANE, the Constitution and
Union.
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Special Notice.

During the temporary absence of DR.. BARD
Mr.. WILLIAM 7. ATKINS will preside over the
editorial columns Of the Register.
PUBLISHER
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New Advertisements.
Election Notice.

A N election TO fiji the office of Mayor of the
"A town Of Monroe, vacated by the resignation
Of Robert J. Caldwell, Esq, will be held at the
usual place in said town, on Monday the
9Th Of August, 1860, between the hours pre-.
scribed by law. .,..
GEO. PURv1s. Mayor pro tenn
N. N. HARDY, Secretary. july26
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- We learn from the Report Of the
Board Of Health" that there was no yellow
fever 10 the city upte the 9Th Of July, 1860
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question involving the
Legislature. We publisl,
umns their respective v
/" The right ofproper-
ty in o slave is distinct
" and exprcssedly af-
tirmad in the Constitu-
ton" and that emo trib-|
unal acting under the
authority Of the United
States, whether 1t be
legislative, executive,
or judicial, has q right
to draw q dlshnctioa)
or to deny tout thel
benefit of the -provis'|
ions and guarantees,
which have been provl-
del for the protection
Of private propcrty.''|
"And if Congress itself
cannot do this--ifit isl
beyond the power con.
ferred on the Federal
Governmental could
not authorize a Territorial
Government to exercise
them. II could confer no
po,cer on any local Gov.
ernmsat, established by its
authority, to violate The
principles Of the Constita-
ton" "The only pomer
conferred is Mepo,cer coup
led ,pilh the duty Of guar
ding and protecting Me.
o,cner in his right. [Su-|
prerne Court u. 8.
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From the Newark Advocate.
Why we Cannot Support Mr.,
.ays5g Douglas. I7.

Had Senator Douglas been nor,;,o,oa Wan.
ulaly and without fraud. In accor,ianca win
tho time-honored usaues Of domncrot;c Mis-"
al Conventions we would have fat ionnd IN
obedience to our party. to give him onr SIM.
mort. In more than TWENTY veor, thot MO
have been a voter and an editor We have nav.
or permitted ourscf IN wno,e ;ustnncs n
withhold our vote from rcnulnrlv-nominotcJ
democratic candidate for,a national State or
county office.
Why we cannot vote for stephen A. Doro,,s
may, IN part, be stated az follows:
. i. He Is not tho candidate of the democracv
of the whole United States but was norninntedd
by disrupted convention, whose elements
were almost as sectional as those Of the Con-
vension q Chicago, which AZ we'll as the Dong
las convention. al Baltimore contained scatter.
ing delegates from several Of the slave States.
2, TO vote for Judge Douglas in Ohio, in his
present position "a a lf.nom;natcl cana;d,ta
wonld do him no good because, after relieving
orr vote, ne would still lack 10000 tn loo, 900
vote. Of carrying the electoral vote of Ohio.
s.. Because Judge Douglas being an irregu-
lar candidate and bis forced nomination being
destitute Of any element eatitling it to reg
pect, therefore, to vote for him would DO to
become his voluntary endorser.
4. because we believe that Judge Douglass
leadership of the democratic party has bean,
tickle, headstrong, selfish, and unsafe, aud has
brought upon the democracy numbcress de-
feats that wise counsels aud skilfhl general
ship would have avoided.
5. Because Judge Douglas, actuated solely
by considerations connected with his personal
ambition commenced war on the National
Administration of the democratic party and by
combination between himself, Brodertck, For
ney, Hickman, Haskins, and tho black repub-
licans in general succeeded 80 far in $eakcning
It's strength before the people as to throw the
lower house Of Congress into The hands of the
know-nothings and black-republicans.
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] Tue VOICE or TESxEssEE.-Thc Msrfreo ,boro'
News thus speaks Of the National Democratic
candidates: IA.
We are not only pleased but delighted with
the nominations. Our readers know that Gen.
Lanssuas . fayoritc with very large portion
OF The Southern Democracy as candidate for
the Presidency, before the meeting of the Com
ventton; Of course they will consider him sound,
safe, and well qualified for The position to
which hs has been assigned. II
Many Of our readers know that for two years
past, Of al the names mentioned by our party
IS candidates for the Presidency, the strong,
inyincible Young Giant of Kentucky, John 6.
Breckinridge. was our first choice. We pre-.
ferred him above all others. We, ofcourse, are
highly pleased that be hos been selected and
80 soon g be accepts the proffered honor, we
Will with pleasure place his name, with that Of
the warrior statesman of Oregon, at the head
Of our paper, IS the names Of worthy statesmen
for whom we are willing to do battle until the
election Ia November.
Wescongratulate our friends ON the result
- something better than we expected after
the breaking up OF the Charleston Conven-
ZION. They now have before them a pros
pect Of success, with q platform Of sound
principles openly avowed, unequivocal, and
Of which no lover Of the whole Union, and
the Cpnstitution that binds II need be ashamed.
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~ See notice Of election Of Mayor for tn
town of Monroe, in anottef column.
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IN. We call attention to the advertisement
of Cade d. Strickland.
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Z" The people of a
Territory can, by law
full means, exclude sla'
very before it comes in
as q State;' and "nt
matter schat may be The
decision Of the Supreme
Court Oh that abstract
question, still the right
|ef the people of the
Territories to nake~-a
slave Territory or n
free Territory, is perfect
aud complete" Is. A.
Douglas.
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Total. ...................1 Ol
In several other States, such as Delaware,
Maryland. Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey and
others, Breckenridge has fair chance, but they
cannot be considered certain for him.