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The State Of Things In The South

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12
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October
Year
1860
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CHAwroSüYü.j.E, Tul i aforro Co.. On-, } 6ept. 26, 1860. J Loaring Li luggago at the huinble inn i;i tb.ii little villag, whicli numbers but about tbree hundrad iubabitauts, whita and black, yonr correspondent inquired tho direation to the resideuoo of tbe Hou. ! Alexander H Stephens, tha best beloved politician in tho State of Georgia. Wulking to tbe corner of a sireet, a short diitauoe from tbe inn, our informant pointud in a northorly direction, aud said, "tliere i Mr. Sterons bouse, where tbat white gate is, whore you see that light" - for the sun had et, and the curtains of night were closirig around. In a few minutes, jour correapoudent fouud bimself wiiliin tJie eDclosure and walking up a brod avenue toward Mr. Stophciis' house. Upon a oapacious porch in front of tbe dwelling a fine hound dog bajed deep-moutbed waniing that a stranger was approaohing ; but cries of -'dowu pup 1 bu ijuiot, pup I" ijuiuted the dog, and wa entercd tbe house. Tbe ürst object tbat met our view was that of a person, apparently a ilightlj formed youtb, wnlkiug tbougbtfuily tbrough u vvide passage-way tiiat extended from one side of tha dwelliug io the othor, and open to tho air and sunshine at either eud. Oü pproachiug thii slight, appareotljr fragila personage, we diseovored at cuce iruia bis deeply uarked aud oarewor fuaturea, b3 bioad 'orebuad, bis intelligent and eloquent slaek eye, tbat it wai uo youtb who stood 3#for us, but Mr S tephens himself. He now weighs ïnuety-two 2J0lU13) auJ weigbed but c!ghty-four wbun na Uienced law-praotice iu Crawfordvilie. - i'.,a oereuaoDj of mtroductiou pat, Ut. Mcphns rtiiiiai'Ked, "Let me send to the lotel i'or your luggage, and Rtop witli ïuu whilo you tarry nero." We thankod him ird accepted hii invitatiou. U ghould jo hero mentiousd that tbo residencie of Mr. 3tciheus is callüd ' Liburty iiail," iud whsther Mr. S. bo at liouio or tot, tha latuh-strmg i iüvariably buiig outlide lor visitors and friends; aud sorvants are always at baad to exteud tiis lusjiitalitiei of the uiansiou aoais viawj os nos. a. h. BTarniNS os POUTICAL TOI'iCa UB ÏBARS AND PREDICTS AN Al'TKMEI AT 8ECÏS8ION AKD CETOLÜÏION 1F LUSOOLH IS ELBOIBD. Although laboring u:ider a severa attaok of neuralgia iu the had, Mr. Stejhens at once ongaged in oonversation, and plunged iuto the iubjoct of tho dangers that novr imperil the Union. " Tiio norfeharu people," he rsmarked, ' d not knov wht dangera threatsn the country. They aprear to think lightly of what is said at the South, aud to treat witli oontempt the protnita ths outherners make agaiust tha oontiuual warfara the abolikiouisti re makiag upon thoir social institution. Thoy do not know what slavary is, and aro igaorant of itt Brit prinoiple At the sama time the pro-ülavery sentiment il iuoreaiing iu trength. I bslieve that minety per oeut of the llepubiicans oí' tha North, ara s proslavery in their opiniotis now ai öiu-etj per cent. of outhorn slaruholdirg wars tbirty yearg ago. Thepopularity of glavery Las iuereaisd and uot ditn'mishud within that time; and so far ai the pernianence of the institution i oeaoernüd, I have no objsatitu that Mr. Sewrd'i ' irrepressibia oonliiot' dootrins ehoiúd be put to the test, for I beüev it would end in the triuiaph of slavery." Mr. 8. reoapitulatcd the history of anti s'.avery movemauts from Wilberforc down ; iaid the sentiment of the Euglish people, il) oonsequenuo of ths failureof emaooipatiou in Jamaica, to produoe the anticipated benefiuial resulta to ihe blaok raoa, wai haring a pro-slavery teudoiicy, and thrt the London T mts had alrutidy takea u;i attitude in that direetion No government hai uooe8i ully proposed a tabstituto for African la?e labor. The a;iprentioeship iystem has boen triad and fíiiled. The coolie sysíem has bcoa triad nd failed, and Afrioau sbirery coutiuuBS to flourish. He remarkcd thut the dü. duotioiis of the abolitionisks from their gtand-points were oorreofc, but that their stand-jiuiut were wrong and arrouooui. ÏAKATIOa BÓUTH AS WELL AS KORIH. " If you thick the popularity of larery is on the iuoreaie," we voutured to inquire, " Why do yoti apprehend danger to the South ?" Mr. SiBrHEN's - Not to tho 8-Qath alop i, but to the whola country. Tbere iro fanatici South as well s North. TIiltü are min bare who T.'ould braak up the country as thy havo broken up the domoorulio party. 'i'hay hae nothing but selfish ainis and objeot. Thev S9ek placs preformsnt and power. ILnowiug they oould not obtain eitluT so loog as tho díuiooratio partj existed, ihey set about the work of destroying tha p-rty, and thev have nocoinpushcu their purpese. TIig ooursa 1 havo takon in opposition to thosa man, is Tchat I bslievo to be tha oourso of duty - duty to niy Stat, and to the ooactry ; and aithough Goorgia niay cnst har vote for the disuuiu.iiíts and revolutionists, I ihall still niaintarn tho t&ud I have takcn. I ave no favors to aik froa any politioal party. - I hare retired frompolitio&l lifdj and there is do public oiiicö thst would tempt me to re-enter it. The course 1 an taking in tlio preeeut oanvass i diotatod by a doRire to do all I o;ui to prevout a oatastropho which I believe to be not only immiuent, but certaiu, iu cnaa of Lineoln's cleotion. The country Í3 ncw rulod by rugues ; tha raoe of statesmeu aud patriots has run out; politics is the monns resorted to by soiJiJ moa to o: ends, at th sacrifica of principie aud honor ; and 1 do not dssiro to kuep suuh company. Repobtb - Do you bollare Linoolu's election ïure ? M;t. Sibpuens - I cm oonceivo no othor result, iu viow of the disoordaat coudition of tJaa opposing elementa Nor tb. and South, llLP._Whafc will follow ? Mr. STErn::.N,s - Uudoubtedlj an attompt at gjcessicu and revolution. I havo viewad with painful approhension the approaching crisis for years past. j teen years cxperienco iu Congresu has qtxalifiad ra to beooino somewiiat Oiately acquaintod with tho temper and i fefiling of our poople ; ard I am satüfidd bayond a doubt, that in the evont of j jloctiou, thore v.iil bo at least an ai ■ ,-iut at rüvolution. Tiicie will ba , - vtio niay ba huug ; but ihat tlia atteiupt wiil bo made, L aia eertain. I cannol foretoll the eñd, but I hold rev' olutiqna and ;vil war ta be inevi ■ ■■ ' itrol nor stacd bs&i as much as I deplore tho ovont, 1 cawiot olo;o my eyes to its cousequonces. Mi BtepliSDI epoko with muob oarr.estucss on this subjeut, and tl-.at ho religiously believed what ho aaid na mauii'est frotu bi iiaprcssive manrier. lli:i'.- Uut 31r. Breckiiiridgo wlio il lupported by the diïunioniaU, ia a üuiou man. Mr. Stüphens- I kuow that, and it is for that roason I suppose, ono of his supporters in this State f as, led Boina tima sinoo to tiny that he ( Breokinridge) would probiibly bu the first uiau the disilüiOnis'.s wuu!d have to hang. A 8ABBAÏU MOUMNÍÍ Ü1DB TIIROUOII UIS I'LAMATiUlv - OÍS TINEYARD, UIU. BiiS'Jü big hom residonee in Cravfjrdvllle, whieh cuvers a'ujul thirty acroa o? land. iuoludiug a fine peaoh and appla erehard, u garden u whiob tha pouiagranutes are now burating vrith thoiiluaeious swects, and lig troei ovtrshadaw tliu grouud, and roses uf the fioest Taritiea ia full blottn, Mr. Stophens has a plantation abuut two miles diatauteiubra.cuig uorne elevuu huudred acroa of laud. A portjon oí' tlñs piantation beloncj to bis parenti His graudfather died and was buriud 011 tho spot; his fathar and mothcr livod and died there, and the property fuüiug iuto (itnur. banda, it was uot uutil tho fexpiratiun of niany ysars that Mr. íSteplious waa enabledtoacliicva the proudest object of bil iifo's amiútioa, the redemptiüu uf bis patrimonial eatates. He has sinco addcd cousidurably to its proportious, and by iniproviag its caltur reudercd it one ot tho üuüit plaatatious Ín the country. It wan to thisplaoo that the biggo.tt Jittls uiau in the Stato of Georgia, invited your oorrespciidont to taka a horsebackrideyesttrday (dunday) morniug. Oui' ecuestriaa eduoation had been somewhat negleoted in youth, altaough we had the advantages uf an hitimate aoquaintauce with Disbrow and other eminent professors of that oijuiiia art, and our ituatiou on the back of a horsa at ihis tiihe was quite a noval ono. STATüSÏAS AKD COEÜKSPQSDE.M. And no,v, behold us en shêüui, passing, through the gatua toward tho road. liut whitt is this white building- wiiat ia thia erowd ? ïhcy are witliin the Uuiit3 ot' Mr. Stophens' doimtiu, and the people iv gard hiui with evideut respect Tuü oud :s a modost luokmgaüdgoodly s;3;d Uap' tist meeting huusa, aud the pcopio jou SL9, havo oouie % diitAUM of fivu a.id tcu iinlcs to woixhip thsra. They tivn both white and blaok Cbrist'i blood hiw sprinkled thein all uüke in the South, uo 'ar as I hava eeuu. ïhero ars a numbor to bo baptizad, aud thii, witb tho kiiowledge that the llav. Dr. Hillyar, of Pouiioid, is to preach, ha attractad au unusmlly largu assemblage. Passing along, to quote a famous novulist " two horsiiU'Su uiight have bsun küüu" riaing ou tha crest of a. hill of red elay iu 'i'aliafero couuty, Georgia, oa a oalin suumiar,s uorn. They wora apparautly ugaged ia earnest uonversation. Oao bastroda his horse as if ho was waxsd to thaaddla aud the other didu t. It saemed tliat th lattar did uot kaow of whicli of iuur evilg to make a ohoiua - whetiiür it wera bas to pop over the borses head, tumbía oü' to thu right or to tlje left, or slida back over tiiu tail. The movemeuti wera uniue, uudoubtediy but without aooident w ;rooeedöd, All aloüg the road wro Tuhialsg aa'l horsemeu aud horsewoaxen, goiiig in thsir neat Suuday attire to meotiug. Lverywhere was Mr. Steph'jns saluted witli raspeet ; even the nogroes would stop, aad taking off their hats, cry, " Good mornia' mass' Aleck ; aLd Mr. iitaphaus would respoud by kmdly iacuiring aftur thetblkij at houw. Gonig d'jwu a hill a ou-u'jr yehiole ws drivau to.Yard ua. " VTU wuira, I küdw you, but I didu't k;o,f v;üo th-it aiao waa." Did he not taka the quira tot a mau ? He wul a butulier, and Mr títepusni orderod a beaf tw bu biaugtitájoa aud otirioi to his houst tbr the uses of " Liberty Hall." Tha oouTersatiuu duriug thê rids wag Btcreetiug aad to ua initruoiive, &t it opened a iiew volume ou tb subject of southoru life, mauuera, rightj aud da:ies. At one poiut, ray horse was about a ljngth in the roar, whou iIr. Stophena obier'ed "iil&akbony is rathr lajy tliia nioruiüg.'' Wegave Biaoiberry a ersek, aud ÜUukborrv oami near makmg blauk errj j iu of its ridcir. In thu ouurse of tha ounaration, Mr. Stepueui re iturated his apprehoüsious for tli. futurs of the country - gaid that tho le&dur did tot kuow what ■srolüanOd wore rumbling bnath theiu - . aud, pointiug to a laxgs oak v, hose ppee b: anchos were decacd, s;iid that iik thoBi branehts, ilie Isüder in t!iü oouatry had beooxne oorrupt and. rotkou, and that the tniidi iuj poilO i was frut La teling tu the trunk - the maistts of the oouutry. Daring tha rido througb Lis pl.)tL)i) Mr. Stapheai poi.ited out lila eompming four crei of land. The vinca sre of tli e Oatawba variety, in % Iwaltil ful oopiition, and nast yjur wüí prodtu1 Mr. S caloulates, abaat a tbouswid gallon? of riue lis has alsj uoar Lis rosidenoe about nn aore of land in whiqh ha has plantod What n inte-ads shail bo a model vinsyai-J, and fr jui its fine situatioa tho tUiiftiueai uf tiie first yfrs, growth, and othor significant reotocl t'uee is no donbt bia oipectations wiii bo realized. Mr. S. develas oousid.raL'lo of his time to his plantfttion, an:l a day o tTO siiioe might have bseii iseu s)ving rye ia ono of his fx-Adi He Ii.'.s iutroduoud tha praotioe of ub-fcoij plowing iu his cotto:i and oorn fialds wiih grsat advautage, and th eystsin is boing :u! by the plabtcrs geuerally ia tkj neig hood. Vieii' EBOJI BBXAIOB TO0MB9 W0AI 13 BBSPJJOIA1.LB TKEA30JÍ. After roturumg nd atie-.idiog divina lerrioe, I was told that it was likely Spuatcr l'ooiuba ooukl srop in pswiing on bit way homoward aud take toa with Mr. Sto"phon3. With the evenin; traiu froui Aasrusta nlong cauio tho gröat soutüwu agitat jt. iiis features in tb. . bear a sh-ong rosemblanoo to kim, i.l thev do cot danoa like thoso of üie oj nl, Mr. Toombs 13 of ai! astive, aad l should think of rathor a jolij tetö] ment He looks as if he couU sing " Widow Maohree" wit'.i as mush effocï as Jobu Broughaai, to vrhüin, by t!:c wajr he bears a e'rong resemblanco. And, like one of Jolm's favorito oharao.ter, Toowbs is évidentlv y;i;ïi:ig for "jomothing to turn up.': VVc asked, ' W!iat uo you intend doM i;i C"3d tf Linaoln's olotion ?"' bLb,. ïoomus- liesist him. Xii;p.._Virithont waiting for a.i ovafi aot ? Mr.. Toomes - TVs bava bad orort cU e-.iougb ulroadj; tho porsjaul lljipctjl billa ai"3 euiacieut. llEy - ',"lio will eoui:n3uc-o tharcjlution ? Mk. Toorts - I will, if I havenoaga, to back w-i to make (reason rjspeotabla. MrToombiii bound fora gplit if it oaa posá:bly be obtainod, and deservos :it of sinoerity. His ou-öü Mr. Du Boso of Augusta, is stronglj enlistsd in the cnuáo, and so aro har, cfothera withwhoui 1 haTS ooHversod. - Mr. T. thoiigb sal State ï is not o well satisfiod tbt Ij, will carry 3ople. r Mr ■ ■■■-..■- :. .:_-t- JMJU!MJtJZ.jm.tlU-MJtt StephotM1 eurly lito and struggles, and his tiual triuinphs, for want of sp.i.'o and tiino. Ili; loavea to-uight for Atlanta, i ruitte for the ap eountry, to daiiver ;i lUiv spaeoliea His be titii u il i d, It sh . Ie üia pa.'smal r. i : ■ [ iLr. ïoomb are of the taoat friendly m ihcy ilifif r us wi.Lly ;.., the poles in c tipn to t:io cjui' o tüo State sliould ad ;,■; Q the ovcnt o!' Lincolu's --leo; io.i Mr, Toonibs takes the ground th.it the SiiUi hoaid tbrcibly resist, .Mr, Stopheas tio reversa. As the tu.are, so prugna if wiih momeatous events, develops itself, M;-. Stephejs will bo t'oa.id, as iia is aow, 0.1 tbo side of the Union, the oonstitutioa and the country. Mr. Toomba is and has beca for disuoioo. That li is in ciraesfc, thore is no reason to dijubt, and t!i it he In3 a stroag body to back liim is oj i:illv trua. Tli;it tliero will bo hot w v i:i Washiiigtjii who.i ijinoolu ij iui'i;irtted tliüro is uo doubt. Fiva hoiidfoJ man oao bs enlisted i;i Atlanta t.i-ra) ruw ander thudtsanioii üag. Iha niovauionts of the northerii WiUu Awakoj aro regarïïed with

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