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From the Ckarleslun City Gazette.
“TIIF. NATIONAL ADVOCATE.”
4t is not that we think it at all in
struct I a io our readers, to write any
thing about the silly Journal above
named, or its chamelion Editor; but
as la* has been very busy with us and
our name, it may be a minting to
others, and, perhaps, instructive to
him, to place him for a few.moments
in the hand* of the “ little petulant
Pe dagogue”—from whose grip he
shall not soon escape, but a few re
collections may be made upon his
memory, which, though they may not
new-model his mind, may at least
improve his manners. Let us begin
with an example of Mr. Noah'it poli
tical knowledge.
“ S''iith-Carolina , —*Tli« entiling elec
tion itt llai slate letnrns members of the
Statu Legislature, whose duty it w ill In
to make choice of the elector* (hr President
and Vi <!• Pi t ..ale -t of the I hided States.”
fJV. i\ National .ddtmale, is'ep. 12.
Here’s a discovery! This is the
fruit of Ignorance married to Impu
dence. A man of common modesty
would have ask’d those better ac
quainted than himself; and they
would have told him that the next
Legislature will cease its functions at
the latter part of December 1823;
and (hat the Legislators who are to
elect electors will not sit or act until
December 1824—the Legislature af
ter the ensuing. So much for this
Editor’s “ knowledge,” Now for an
example of Mr. Noah's rnemory:
“ Phis cm mn'tancc [prosumiupt that
Ids fact” is truth] gives great in
terest t» the election; and we hay e already
hoard (lie names of several old and influ
ential democrats, who will leave their
retirement, nud by accepting scats in the
Legislature • ndeuvov to rally the power
and spirit of the party, and preserve the
a- endency ol llutse valuable principles
ftn.l political rights, which have, of late,
tie u tot si unrighteously titfli-J with.”
[lbid.
In what instances “valuable prin
ciples and political rights” nave
“ been trifled with”—and that “ un
righteously”—is a inattter of no con
sequence. It must be taken as one
of me many wandering imaginations,
ol .Mr. Noah, without reading, or
reflection, or enquiry, thinks he
knows every thing. He dreams—
nnd lo !it is reality.—•“ lie grasps a
st teia by intuition.”—But now for I
his went vy: Having the instant !
belore a *- rted that “great interest” i
hud b en excited [from a cause which ’
did not exist any where but in Ids
Ju fancy] he immediately ac
cj'ivs South Caiolina of total apathy;
‘■No , <tr was more democratic than
r-oa !\ Carolina, and is still so; hut when
t'l tlhy ore rails, and these to whom arc
nti'.isu 1 >ho power and will keep ttie
• arty t T- t ier, cry out “cm of good
t. uJ “ amal •unation,” nolhing
’•other I--:, tins than to gtcc up ait,us
. - •• i
... ‘
Now, really, this inconsistent gab
ble about what the Editor of the Ad
vocate has no clear perception of,
would by some people he considered
insulting lo his readers. But of this
1 eetiug, he is totally unconscious;
turn fulls to abusing “ the little petu- 1
lud ped igcguc” who now conducts 1
•lie ’’Lily Oazette —in a strain as
logical as iv is courteous. We pro- 1
sent it as a speciinem of Mr. Noah's
tat;
“The pr ■■■• in that State lends no aid
iu rally 1115 .he republican parly. The
■Ch-olesto . Patriot, the most aMr paper,
Pinra ;ro 'y paper; the Editor has no
p rly fe«lu.g» or predilections. The
Vbarb-si■■ City Gazette whs the groat
P Par of democracy, uuJkr Peter Fre
nt-an, r, under its successors it did
r: i- h -vd. It Ins now Lllt-u into the
b'*a Is 1 a well-read. smart young man,
who. 1 ■.< a school, but who is utterly
Bnaccnui-.tmJ wtih the politics of the
a: < r the rrrpeclaldr men ./the parry,
b ye]«u.d the influence of that valii-
A’ le pape r i flittered away in the hands
of vlittl- petulant pedagogue.”— [ lbid.
iicv, without pausing for one
• > ..;.f
moment, to observe, that the prufes- :
sion which was pursued by John
Milton, eulogised by Socrates,!
and sanctified by the Egyptians—is j
the profession which can disgrace no;
man, and has exalted many; that it i
is the alma mater of the rising ge-j
neration, and the formation of all that
is virtuous, liberal or exalted in so- ;
cicty; we may be permitted to say,
that had the “ Pedagogue,” who is so
“ little,” “ petulant,” “ young,” J
“ smart,” and “ well-read,” been ,
entrusted with the education of—|
what shall we call him ?—who is so |
“large,” “good-natured,” “old”!
“ dull,” and “ illiterate”—’tis ten to j
one, he had been taught some history,
of which he is wofully ignorant;
some grammar, wliich he despises;
some logic, which he regards not;
and some candour in debate, which
ho never exercises. Thus, there
would not have existed so complete a
contrast between us. The Editor of
the Advocate may succeed by in
trigue, by hardy assertions, and even
by that, “ intrepid ignorance,” which
it knows not where it treads. The
Editor of the Gazette is content to go
on, “ through good report and through
evil report,” while he is conscious of
being
“ Pure in the last recesses of Id • mind.'’
Truth is strong, and must finally
win the battle, maugre the schemes,
and tetchesand devices of her anta
gonist.-—Now for a specimen of Mr.
JSoah's veracity.
“ Vir. Lowndc*, the most popular man
in the state, and Mr. (Jalh iunj who ha*
many warm friends, scum in he dividing
tin parties , unt dedjrnedly r.n (heir part,
as much as it results tiom tins want el
good advice from three leading men to keep
with fie rest of ihe S vithani States; no
advice which is from the mo I pat
riotic motives.”— \lhii.
Now this is not true. The state
of Mr. Lowndes’health, (with deep
regret we say it,) has tor some time
i been such, that Ins name is not used
for purposes of division. From pre
sent appearances, the Democratic
party in this state, on the presiden
tial question, will with trifling excep
tions, unite in favour of Mr. Cal
houn. We believe the whole state
will unite on that point. Lot that
question is a distant one; and none
hut the prophetic eye of the Advo
cate can see what portents and pro
digies will happen in the winter of
IStM and 1825.—i11s “good ad
vice is therefore taken for exactly
what it is worth.
So much for Air. Noah's essay on
the stale of parties in South-Caroli
na, and the character he is pleased to
give of the City Gazette. We have
no objection to his scribbling about
the politics of this state. Our won
der is, that ho has not yet written
something about the state* of parties
in Japan.—-W e have no objection to
his occasional personalities —(’tis a
mode of argument in wliich he best
succeeds)—our only wonder is, that
he has not described every branch
of our household. Wc have no ob
jection that he should assert we are
utterly unacquainted with any re
spectable Republicans—our only
wonder is, how any respectable men
can become his acquaintance, who
thus asserts what he does not believe
himself! Wo are not angry with
Air. Noah—although \vt» arc descri
bed as “ a petulant little fellow’’—on
the contrary we are amused,
“And din'd usi’ him f«p our mirth,
V n, for our l;m»lilor,
When he i.- waspish.”
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V(.nj Late from England.
NpV-YOIIK, OCTOBER 8.
The regular trading ship Euphra
tes, Captain Stoddard, arrived at this
port last evening, in the short pas
sage ot 26 days from Liverpool. By
this vessel the Editors of the New-
A ork Daily Advertiser leave received
Eondod papers to the ytll, Lloyd's
Lists to the 6th, and London tahip-1
ping Lists to 7th September, all in-1
elusive, smd Liverpool papers and
Prices Current to the Jitli of Sep
tember. We have selected the most
interesting articles for this days pa
per.
LIVERPOOL MUtKf.TS, SEPT. 10. I
Cotton —The attention ofthe trade
has again been directed to the public
sales, to whioli holders continue to
have recourse. On Friday near 1)000
bags were brought forward, princi
pally American descriptions. Row
eds went off very briskly, and ob-J
taint'd generally an advance of
I-del per Id. Orleans and Tennes
sees also experienced ready sale, at I
lull previous rates. Oilier descrip-j
lions sold rather heavily, particularly
Dcmararas, at a reduction of I- ld
per lb.
Sugars, Are.—There has been a
very limited request for British plan
tation sugar.
I obacco—The export demand re
maiffs suspended, and the business
doing for the home trade is too insig
nificant to particularise.
LONDON,SEPT. S.
The Traveller says—“ It is stated
in wellinfornicd circles, that Earl
Bathurst takes the foreign secretary
ship; Mr. Robinson the colonial de
partment; that Mr. Ilushisson js to
<
succeed Mr. Robmscfh as treasurer
of the navy and president of the
i board of trade; and that Mr. Croker
; goes from the admiralty, and suc
i coeds Mr. Huskisson as surveyor-ge
neral of woods and forests. iMr.
j Croker is to take a more active part
than heretolbre in the House of Com
mons. The leadership , it is said,
has been offered to Mr. Peel, who
has declined it,” On the other hand,
the Courier asserts that no definitive
. arrangement has yet taken place.
( Amidst the contradictory accounts
I from Greece, given in the Continental
j journals, strong expectations are held
| out that the truth will be found on
the side of those which assert that
j Chourschid Pacha was ultimately de
feated with immense loss at the pass
| of Thermopylae.
| Nothing decisive (says the Eng
' lishman) has yet transpired respect
j'mg the new Ministers, and nothing
'| has, we believe, been definitely set
• lied. The negotiations for the re
i turn of Mr. Canning to office as For
i eign Secretary continue, but neither
: the objections of hi/: Majesty, nor ol
i the Lord Chancellor, arc yet sur-
II mounted. On this appointment the
I! rest w ill of course depend. That ad
justed, the subordinate changes, if a
ny, will be easily completed ; while
, a delay in the nomination of the For
eign Minister will suspend every o
’ iher. Lord Bathurst at present holds,
<*./ interim, the seals of the Foreign
Office.
The Duke of Wellington, who had
a severe bilious attack on Tuesday,
and was cupped on the following day,
is recovering, we understand, from
1 his indisposition, and his departure
1 for Vienna, to attend the Congress,
stands fixed for Tuesday.
A London mail arrived yesterday
. with letters and papers to the 251 h
, nit. inclusive. The troops, known
, by the last mail to have been ember
i ked for Bahia, remained on board,
where they ba ! continued, « levon
. ‘days, and were still without orders
. for preceding to their destination.—
It was inferred from thence by some,
. that the object of the expedition was
, about to be abandoned ; but the tone
t of the Ministry, who were constantly
, urging decisive measures, furnished,
, with others, a conclusive argument
. against that supposition, and led to
I the belief that the delay arose solely
. b’oin (ho intention of strengthening
, the armament. On the l?th there
was read in the Cortes, a letter from
, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, con
. tabling a note from the British Charge
, d’ A flairs demanding the suspension
, ut (he additional duty of 15 per cent,
I on British woollens. It was referred
to the Special committee on that
! Subject.
French papers arrived yesterday to
( the sth inst. They are almost totally
occupied with reports of the trials
going on at Paris and Poictiers, of the
persons charged with conspiring a
gainst the state. From the nature of
the evidence brought forward on
Gen. Burton's trial it is evident that
the object of the prosecution is rather
to implicate La Fayette, Benjamin
Constant, and the other leaders of the
Liberals in the conspiracy, than to
punish those who now charged with
being its autiiors. Count Montmo
rency goes as French Ambassador to
the Congress at Verona. Lord
Burgherst, British Minister to the
Court of Florence, arrived at Paris
on the Ist, from London, and it is
said is to proceed to the Congress.—
Sir W. A’Court, the Ambassador to
Spain, is also at Paris on his way to
Madrid, ihe Constitutionel, on the
authority of German reports, gives
the following summary of the propo
sitions to be submitted at the Con
gress of Vienna: 1. To declare
firmly and openly against revolutions
lof every kind. 2. To intrust the
j guarantee ot Italy and Germany to
j Austria, 3. To agree to a secret
; article relative to Spain. 4. To re
-1 new t!. ‘ guarantees given to the other
states ol Luropc. 5. To declare a
j neutrality, at least ostensibly, with
respect to the affairs of Turkey. 6.
1 o invite the different Powers to ab
stain from open war with Spain.' J.
I o agree to repressive and general
measures with respect to the press.”
A letter from Moldavia states, that
the Janissaries again set fire to Jassy
on the UUi and 12 th of August.—
Two thousand houses were destryeel,
and the conflagration had not termi
nated when the post left Jassy.
1 An application has been made to
| Government, by the merchants tra-j
ding to Bahia, for the protection of a
British ship of war, in the event of
its becoming necessary, on account
j pf the impending struggle for inde
pendence in that province, to ship off
the English residents and their pro
perty. No answer has hitherto, we
understand, been returned to the ap
plication.
1 he Liverpool Courier of tiie 1 1th
of September, states that Griffifth's
Patent land Carriage will be worked
by an engine of seven horse power,
and transport six tons at an average
rate of five miles an hour.
Lawless depredations are com
mencing again in Ireland.
Mr. Livingston made an ascension |
ic a Balloon from Preston cn the 9th ■
September. The ascension was ex-j
tremely magnificent. He descended j
• in about 25 minutes in the neighbor
- hood of Blackburn.
LONDON, SEPT. 9-
• The conflagration of Jassy in Mol-;
t davia, is fully confirmed. The ap
-1 pointment of a new Hospodar, and
, the apparent settlement ol all existing
3 diffei cnees, had induced many of the
, Boyars to return to their possessions
e in that principality; trade revived,
j anJ all announced peace and pros
•s j perity, when in the night of the 10th
d 'of August, the streets suddenly re
d 1 sounded with furious yells, and every
15 1 house was forced open and plundered
it 1 by the Janissaries, who had marched
back unknown to the inhabitants.—
s In a short time they proceeded from
pillage and its concomitant excesses
'* to wanton destruction, and the town
[ " presented one universal blaze. At
g the departure of the courier, the
number of houses destroyed by the
! * conflagration was estimated at twenty
'* thousand !—lt w-is feared that those
r who had hitherto escaped would
d share the same fate. This intelli
": gence is, unfortunately, official, and
e we expect more detailed particulars
'■ i every moment. Till then we are
h ; lost in conjectures respecting so sur
-0 prising and so deplorable a catas
' i trophe.
'* j Accounts from Madrid to the 27th
ult, informs us, that the Duke del
11 ; Inf.mtado, the Marquis of Las Ama
rablas, the Archbishop of Saragossa,
and the Bishops of Malaga and Ceuta
’ have been banished. The garrison
’ of Madrid is paid to have been re
-11 duced to 800 »ien, so that the milita
e; ry duly was done almost entirely by
! ’ the National Guards. The report of
| the defeat of the Tranpiste is con-
Y ' firmed, and he is said to have joined
1 Quesado with his remaining fol
-11 j lowers.
AUGSBURG, AUG. 25-
’; Chourschid Pacha had really pass
-11 ed the Thermopylae with only a part
3 of his army, and he had proceeded
with the rther part towards Salona to
’ reach Lepanto. At first he really
3 obtained some advantages, which in
e duced the Greeks to take-the prudent
e resolution to occupy a stronger posi
(ion on the lake or river Sperchios,
1 , (now Alammann.) There the Greeks
:) came into the rear of the Turks on
v all sides, and completely defeated
3 them.
L? TRIESTE, AUR. 18.
1 A letter from Durazzo, in Turkish
Albania, says li The Greeks gained
15 a great victory near Thermopylae,
1 on the 18ih of July. Chnurschid’s
J expedition against the Morea has
failed, and his army is destroyed.
I j Coron and Modon had surrendered
' before, and Patras will soon fall.
) 1 7
, | CORFU,JULY 21.
s ! Matters lately terminated very dis
, asfrously for the Greeks. They have
J 1 been (bur or five times bt?aten in re
p gular battles, without being able to
j make any stand \ and now the Turks
. are pouring in troops from the North
r j in large quantities. Hitherto an ar
, I my has been kept in reserve, to act
, i if necessary against Russia, but now
, it lias been determined to bring it in
, to active service against the unfor
tunate Greeks, who are massacred
, without mercy, no quarter being al-
II lowed.”
, | Another letter, same date—“ We
,! have no particulars, but the captains
, of severely small vessels report and
are believed, that the Greeks are re
, tiring, or have been driven in all
( quarters.”
; Corfu, JULY 25.
> The accounts from the Continent
. of the iGth of this month, informs us
. that a post of 30 Franks, encamped
; in the village ol’Pcra, near Arta, was
i surprised and surrounded by the
■ Turks. They were taken to Arta
i where the barbarians cut ofi’their ears
; and noses,and put out their eyes, and
. sent them back in this condition to the
• camp of the Greeks; who, inflamed
i with anger at this sight, fell upon the
i Mahometans, and retaliated, by cut
ting in pieces 340 prisnoers who fell in
. their hands.
While these scenes of horror were
passing in the south of Epirus, Mark
Botzaris, issuing from the mountains
ofSuli, penetrated by the plateau of
Joannina, and over-ran the part of
Catzana-Choria, from which he drove
the Turks, who escaped only by em
barking on the Lake to return to the
port of Joannina.
No reliance is now placed in Greece
on the assistance of Russia, to which,
as Chourschid Pacha has publicly
announced ‘ the Porte had deigned to
grant peabe, since it has abandoned
the cause of its Greeks fellow-Chri#
Bans, and recognised the pre-eminence
of the Crescent above the standard of
the Cross.’ Though this is merely the
boasting of a barbarian, it is not easy to
discribe the sinister impression which
it has made on the minds of the Chris
tians.
After the taking of Athens, the
Greeks, having learnt the massacres
reta l‘ ate d by massacreing all
the 1 urks. Iwo I rench vessels suc
ceeded in saving about 300 Mussel
| man woman. It is afflicting that a
! midst so many instances of invincible
valor and perseverance ; religion and
■ humanity should have to deplore ex
j cesses, of which Christian soldiers
should never he guilty.
■' It is affirmed that in the famous
bailie of Thermopylae, the Greeks
, were aided by the consuls of a foreign
. General of distiction, who came from
Corinth. This officer, who observed
the strictest incognito, fought in the
, ranks, merely as a Greek Captain.
Hiifitisafti*
\ ~ ■ ■ ■
. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1C22.
1 The reader is presented to-day
1 with the number of votes which each
- candidate for Congress has received
i in forty-one Counties; twelve Coun
> ties remain to be heard from. We
i hope to be able in our next puhlica
t tion to announce the successful can
» didates.
j Forsyth, 17,728
f Tat nail, 13,830
? Abbott, 14,232
1 Cobb, 14,005
Thompson, 13,692
1 Cary, 12,986
s Cuthbert, 11,643
; Glasscock, 11,352
Haynes, 8,209
- Golding, 4,477
i .Milledgeville, October 5.
1 On Saturday last, Judge Strong
- delivered his opinion on the Manda
, mus issued against Simon Whitaker,
i t.sq. who had been appointed Secre
i tary of State, by the Governor. He
- ordered a peremptory Mandamus to
- issue, and the office was delivered up
’ to Col. Hammond yesterday morn
t Recorder.
1 FROafTUE CHARLESTON COURIER.
A solution of the following question is re
quited.
A sharper having got into a liquor
- cellar, drew out of a rum puncheon,
t containing 124 gallons, the full of a
.1 large keg, which he carried off, first
n tilling up the puncheon with water,
f lest the theft should be discovered,
- before lie had an opportunity of car
t lying ofi more; having disposed of
- his first booty, lie returns, and takes
, out of the same puncheon, the full of
s his keg, filling it up with water as,l>e
i fore, and thus he goes on, for three
i times successively ; but in his fourth
attempt, he is detected and it is found,
that the liquor in the puncheon, after
i its being, thus, three times adulterat
-1 ed, or mixed witli -water, is 50 per
, cent, worsetlianat first; that is, there
s is as much water, as rum, in the pun
s cheon. I desire to know how many
. gallons the keg held, which the shar
-1 per made use of to carry off the ll
quor. m.
‘ . r Washington, Wilkes countv, on
» , r T u osclay evening last, by the Rev. Mr.
i James Rembert, Esq. to
ii . ~1 nAH Rebecca, daughter of the
bite. Colonel Lone:.
PROPOSALS
, For publishing in .Milledgeville, Georgia ,
An Independent Republican paper,
1 TO EE ENTITLED, TH E
Georgia Patriot.
BY COSAM EMIR BARTLET.
SINCE the first establishment of
; our national government, true repub
lican principles, and the solid inter
ests of our country, have never need
ed more honest friends or holder ad
: vocates. The corrupting influence
' °f individual ambition has insinua
ted itself into the most confidential de
-1 P art ments of government, and threa
■ tens the sacrifice of all that is sacred
i m principle, or venerable in practice,
| on the altar of self-aggrandizcniont.
1 Uur statesmen have overlooked the
■ high interests of their country, in
1 their struggles of personal interest
■ and profit. On the eve of a great
election, is the nation presented with
i the degrading spectacle of the burli
est officers under the Executive, for
-1 getful of the confidence reposed in
them, and endeavoring bv every art
of intrigue and invention, to thwart
I the measures of their patron, in order
to thrust themselves in his place.
Ocr country is torn by factions,
created solely by those whp expect
to profit by the divisions of the peo
ple. Candidates neither distinguish
ed for their talents or their public
services, are clamorously held forth
tor the highest office in the gift of the
people, and unblushingly recommend
ed upon the sole ground, that such
candidates will remember men as well
a*principles, and who will reward
those who support them. ;
It needs not the spirit of prophe
cy to foretell, that when the Presi- ■
dential Chair shall have been filled
upon such principles, and by such i
men, the institutions of our country i
will stand upon a frail foundation, -
and little will be wanting lo produce 1
| * political earthquake, which shall 1
j bur y our free governments in irre- l
trievable ruin. ]
, t.HE cry of economy, of reforma- (
tion and retrenchment, has also been i
raised to farther the views of faction; i
and many of our most valuable
tablishments, and useful institution
are in danger of being lopped away
through a mistaken zeal f or econo
my.
The cry of economy and retre nc h
inent is always popular with the com
munity ; and well is it, for the Puri ? v ‘
lor our government, that it j s S J
But a wise people will always distin
guish between economy and Parsi *
mony; between that spirit which su*
permtends with vigilance every de"
parturient, to check frauds and pre '
vent waste; and that sordid temper"
which withholds from government
the funds necessary for its liberal ad'
ministration. It is an axiom * anc ’
tioned by the authority of manyaV
that in times of peace we should ore’
pare for war. If any proof of i ts
correctness were wanting, it might be
found in the situation of our country
during the last contest with England
The present administration, profit
ing by the lessons of experience*
have commenced a plan of defence’
which shall render us invulnerable to
all the world. Our little Navy which
has shown itself worthy of ourp ro .
tection, has been fostered and in'
creased. A line of fortifications has
been projected, which shall place
our sea-board in safety and security
Are the people of this country
prepared to join in that cry of econo
my and retrenchment, which shall
sacrifice our Navy to the ambition of
any aspiring candidate, and frustrate
those great plans of national defence
and security, so wisely projected, and
so prosperously commenced ?
With these facts before us it
seems to be the duty of every citizen
who reveres the sacred principles of
Washington and Jefferson, to rally
round the national administration
and give their support to those mea
sures which promise the prosperity
of our country, and those true repub.
‘lean principles, which have aheady
advanced the glory of the nation,
and are the pledge of its future great
ness and perpetuity.
With regard to the local politics
of the state, the Editor would ob
serve, that he will wed himself to no
faction; nor be governed in his
course by any set or body of men,
flie Georgia Patriot shall be an
independent Press, published upon
free and liberal principles, and will
advocate measures and not men.
The doctrines which it will inculcate,
shall be such as the Editor conceives,
will promote the true interests of the
state, and the happiness of thepeo
pie. Ip all matters of general inter
est, the Editor will endeavor to give
the truth, the whole truth, and no
thing but the truth, to the public,
without fear, favor or affection; ac
companied with such free and libe
ral remarks, as the occasion may
seem to demand. In tht discharge
of this imperious duty, the Editor
will neither bp restrained by motives
of self-interest or personal conveni
ence. It is a duty which the public
have a right to demand of every con
ductor of the Press. It is not only
incumbent on an Editor to refrain
from making false statements, but it
is also his duty to give the whole
truth. Because the (ruth half told,
does all the mischief of direct false
hood.
It will be the object, as well as the
duty of the Editor of the Georgia
Patriot, to support and defend the
constitution and government of his
state; and discountenance all cabals
and factions, whose tendency and
aim may be, to corrupt the republi
can simplicity of our manners, and
destroy our free constitution. And
also, to protect the officers of govern
ment in the honest and upright dis
charge of their duty, and in the full
exercise ol all their rights, The E
ditor is no advocate for arbitrary
power; if any officer in the exer
cise of his duties, over-leaps thegreat
land-marks of the constitution, —let
the constitutional corrective be calm
ly and dispassionately applied. It
docs not become the dignity of a
great people, proud of their intelli
gonce and patriotism, to suffer them
seivcs to be wrought up to a state of
phrenzied excitement by a few am
bitious demagogues, for a supposed
affront offered to our laws ; because,
were the injury real, the power of re
dress remains in the hands of the
people, and may always Lje applied
without force and without wrong.
As far as the abilities of the Edi
tor can go, and the contributions o:
his friends will enable him, the para
mount interests of literature and nic
rality. shall find a hearty encourage
ment in the columns of (he Georgia
Patriot. No free government can
flourish, unless the people, (whence
all power and authority emanates)
are enlightened in their perceptions;
capable of judging between right ard
wrong, between aristocratic and de
mocratic principles; and of pure
manners,—a proof to bribery and
corruption. It should be the policy
therefore, of every free government,
to encourage the dissemination of li
terature and knowledge, by every li
beral provision consistent with their
other duties. Wise plans of internal
improvement should likewise be pro
moted. They encourage intercom - *'