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■ .». rof v’vir faithful and obedient Fcilov. f huzcn, ' WILLIAM DRAYTuN. i Trvin the Sjuthern Patriot, Avgust 23. We arc requsicd to publish the following. la Uut pa ft of Col. Dr v . ton’s address, which in oni/osition ■ o t h ; assertion that tijc duties on un pro'ce'ed arlk-l s are with a few inconsiderable vions entirely regaled, undertakes to show what is the amount of those dude-s. there is a n ccssity for the following explanation. The Re-ifistcr of the Treasury n lie stalern nt which is referred o in the Address, estimate* f< 100, Odd as the amount of the dn’ies upon the nr tides dr-dared free under the H i section of the act of .fnl v The amount of the duties repealed upon unprotecel articles, which are not rsthnal ed, but ascertained from official data, amounting hv the same statement, to 52,709 G7l, ought to he added to the above 8100,000, to exhibit the whole amount of the duties upon unprotected ar ticles, repealed by th* Act of 1®32. T .< fhiiowintt is tn<‘ answer of W. T. Nccxoer.s, C-q. to an iav.t it.o i to attend a meeting of the Fice Trade and State Rights Asseci«tio:i of York. District, at Yorkvillc : WHIG HILL, Ai-ocst 3. JV. Riant R. II U, F. n q. •Sin —Several reasons conspire to prevent my '■m.scbcc at your political meeting on Mondavi 1 ' • *0 • , jr \t. And in addition to ’hos; of a portfire], character, I find s'run g considerations growing )| our of the fact that the two parties of your dis* ri t n . it rilly assemble e.; r v, with conflictingj (< ■ ‘nions and duF-r j By both these , j. rs ••; ! have be :: .. ,n ously called load er -s li ni on ‘he s i s connected with the; .: v ine s under which t a-v labor, art Jas th«*v > t slm dtancously, i: would ho irnpracl;caid ;; forme- to a Mr-.-ss bt*th, ,/ . deed. cither, wiihoutj ■ iirn-'to co-op ,-raf iin . s views. Now, whilstr I i n't tnvrv-ifo ho an .i on man, disclaiming e. 'in ■■ i v tin- io grine ulhli ja.ion, and ad v .-eating a Southern Con«; n‘ion (or some such ~ iui‘ of rallying and unite: - public opinion in: ••»•••.* ral States similarly situated) yet 1 can L . ti nk it more rcspectfu lo the people thus :■ -.dde-1, to appear befor,. them at a future »• rxl g-.vc such exjdanat ons as I may be a-i ; k ■ wiiou I nia\ lie If ard by all. .\\ ith t v, s w. ii as in consequence of other j! r; < ,;i..• hdi n >; admit of delay, 1 respectfully!! ask in ! iior -n until tin* first Monday in Sep-(I t inber n< \t. at which time 1 shall be happy io|i in *e* as m.iiiv of your citizens .it the village, as; rm find it convenient to attend. it it whilst lam thus compelled to postpone in’, aupoara.fe before you, I am desirous of in- |j t ■ i ' »u-so of conduct I deem most prac-|; tie ! -i ! • s well as most likely to ac-k co ui the giv.t o!>; -ct which animates us all. |l 1 * .e it for granted, that the proper time for j ins Ii ui.ig m insures of redress lias arrived. Thcji \krl .ual Debt to all practical purposes is paid j j t* and the proceedings of the late session of j| ( ingress, most clearly demonstrate how utterly {) fiide is nil hope of relief from that quarter. I ! i ass un >. .-relbre, the responsibility of saying toll div t- >tist tn ii s, tha ; tins question has now lost; i j former character of disputed constitutionality,!! and n slow reluctant re urn to the principles of ;i national jns ice ; but by the manner in which the 1 ; I itc bill was discussed and decided in Congress,j| i assnm.-s the attributes of freedom or slavery, ii ,- ad sliouid bo so mot and decided liy the peo- t; pie. Will they consent to pay §>23,000,000, as I the r -venue fur the Government, when only!) •510,000,000 are necessary ? And if they will j. im —will they also resolve, that in repealing ; these 513,-000,000, the wants of their own con-i su nption shall be relieved from taxation, or that 1 the luxuries of the rich, and ‘‘dye stuffs” of the tu - manufacturers shall be placed’ in their stead ? 1 These are questions lying at the very fbunda-jj tion of fids subject, and having been compelled ; to consider them attentively, 1 will not refrain : from stating to you my convictions. The firs: ami favorite remedy among the peo ple ofour State at this lime is Nullification. This remedy, whilst it proposes to remove the difficul ties under which we at present labor, by a re-' fu.su! to pavthe duties levied bv our Tariff laws : 1 * , _ \ 1 and by which our government is supported, (a very small sum from land sales, bank dividends, vVc. being excepted) also proposes to accomplish j tlieso objects in a peaceable and constitutional, mole, and without hazard to the exts*once ofi tlie Union. Lverv American who can believe this to be the practical effect of the remedy in j qu slion, must undoubtedly advocate it—but fun myself, from the commencement of the discus-' sion 1 have seen and endeavored to explain soi many objections to it, that I cannot possibly ex panse it nsa safe and -peaceable remedy. j The doctrine of Nullification sets forth, that! v - in all cases of compart, among parties having) no common judge, Oach party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.” Now fno “right to judge” here spoken of, necessarily means the right of the parlies to die compact, to give it i such interpretation in practice, as may cor res- j pon 1 with their own opinions ofi s rue meaning, shit the supposition that a case exist in which! the parties are actually differing on principle, ! and are likely o differ in practice , shows that! neither of them can have h perfect right, because; the right of each ioqjudgc and determine for it-j -e!f :s limited and qualified by the right of others■ to do the same thing. An example may best il-l lust rate this point. A. and B. are savages of As-j "icn, where no civil law exists to regulate their! contracts, and where, of course, each party j would have a right to “judge for itself, ns well of infractions as of the mode and measure of re-j dross.” A. is a planter and employs B. to worki on his firm at 50 ccn ; s per day. Pending this engagement, A. denies that lie was to give 13. more than -lit cents per day, for his labor, and B. insists on fifty. After much conversation on i the subject, they differ so widely that they are tn danger of an open quarrel, and ultimately ot an appeal to force to settle the difficulty. One or, the other of the contending parties must there-' tore yield, or a compromise take place, or the 1 question is to be settled by the “ bloody hand,” and the strongest must necessarily prevail. How does this question differ from Nullification ? Not in the slightest. A contract is made by 24 States with a view to a more efficient govern-- meat of their affairs. They differ in their con struction of this contract, and having appointed no umpire to decide it for them, each oocides for, itself, and by placing different constructions on. it they unavoidably interfere wi h each other, and must terminate their difficulties in compro mise or force of arms. But let us suppose (what can never occur}: that the other states as a matter of courtesy and: respect, unite with the nullifying state in conven ed! for offering amendments to the Cons itution. Pile representatives from the nullifying state would open the deliberations’ by protesting a gainst the power they had nullified at home — and according to their principles demand, that an amendment should be offered by their adver saries containing the objectionable power. Pile other states would reply, that Congress already possessed the power to pass the obnoxious law ; ■ hat the nullifying s ate must offer an am- nd- , uk-ut taking air ay that poircr. Is it not manifest this course would be pursued by each party, and: fi *h r *? difficulty would terminate where it !»c --i can ? f Bn’ let us pass on, and suppose tlm ports of arolina made free by the Act of Nullification. 'A hi Ist they remain thus frt-e, and the slate is* considered a member of tj-,.- Tui-in, an cn ire revolution will take piece in our foreign com in rce. The who! • tide of I' -will flow into' Charleston, and her ports being frek, there 1 woul d bo un entire failure in the revenue for the ; support of Government. Calamities and disas ters of a public and private nature would follow this step. Tinmens'--failures in mercantile tran sactions, in planting, in mechanics, and indeed i every department of life would follow. Can it! b ■ supposed that the other s ates of the confede racy would s’and p itiently by, seeing but not 1 attempting to arrest tin's state of things ! Would th y not avail themselves of the nullifying prin-: cip-lc just stated, that every state “ has an equal right to judge fur i'self of infractions as well as the mode and measure of redress,” and com mence their operadons accordingly ? Whether these operations would consist in blockading the ports thus made free,, or such other acts of hos tilities as the parties might institu f e, is for the ;| present immaterial—far ifthe nullifying state did i not resist the one or the other, or hot h, if both i were r sorted ‘o, the case would be abandoned ! —and if she did, the first act sue might perform with that view, would be the commencement ofj civil war. Hut perhaps the argument against a majority |l ruling in a government constituted like ours,; may be here urged. If it he, I have only to re-t 'ply, that 1 know of no constitutional objection to j its doing so, if its acts be within that instrument. Whenever a majority, however, shall have tran scended its delegated power, by the passage ofi laws not warranted bv that instrument, or bv the i : performance of other ac s totally inconsistent h wi h its character and then are two) sources of relief open to the minority. The first is an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United jj •Slu es, “in a case of law and equity,” arising j* under the act of Congress. The second is, that if ins'etui of being a “case of law and equity,” it boa question <>f reserved right or sovereign' power of a tSlate of the Confederacy, then the j Supreme Court is ousted of its jurisdiction, and I; the peaceable mode of redress is for the State to ), withdraw from the Union. This is the only peaceable and operative reme- j dy for the minority in all those cases where the points of difference are 100 broad; or public; | feeling too high for adjustment. But it is one, j :ah hough perfectly constitutional, that I should! be the last to advocate for a single State, save j only in questions of the very greatest impor- i jtancennd highest moment. i My own views as to a remedy arc now, as i I formerly, most decidedly in favor of a Southern ' 'Convention, or some similar mode of giving es- ; ficacy and direction to the opinion of the whole ! I South. We are all sister States, lying contigu- ; ious to each other, with a perfect similarity of j | interest, principles and political sentiments, jl We are ail opposed to the protective system as i unconstitutional, nnjus% and oppressive. We | I are determined to get rid of it at all hazards, ! peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.'* Tt j i is not for me to point out a mode of proceeding I; | to be .adopted by this body, but 1 deem it proper !| : to observe, that as it would meet not only to pro- I pare the way for a redress of our grievances,!; but also for a preservation of the Union, its for- j; I mation should be such, and its course of action such, as to avoid an objection frequently made! Ito its constitutionality. Its acts might be con-!; fined to a definitive review of the burdens under ; which we labor, the amount of money nccessa-; ry to a just administration of Government, and j ian explicit declaration of their belief that the! ; whole South would thereafter pay no more thanj was necessary ; and that without such modifica-! jtion as would accomplish this object, they will be | ; compelled to sever those “political bonds” which | : have heretofore united tiiem. The Northern) ; people know full well the value of our markets; for their manufactures, and if they he entirely I i destroyed by the uprooting of the government, their articles will remain unsold, and ruin awaits ihem. Under such circumstances, when a with drawal of A WHOM' SECTION OF THE UxiOX U • ; waits them, if their system continue, they may ! be forced io modify it, but with only a single 1) State threatening them wiili a peaceable plan of nullification about which they know but little ijand careless, the result always will be, what it i| has Just been, a certain failure* II But it is no part of my object to state my; views of the course to be taken by such an as- i (jsembly. Any plan that would ascertain and at lithe same time fix public opinion in relation to the !i question would be satisfac ory. Should the pro ■ ceedings of this Convention fail in-effecting the great objects, which culled it. together, I should most deeply regret it, as a failure of the only comprehensive and pacific plan of relief yet de vised. Surrounded by such circumstances as I have : just described, the question would present it | self to my mind, whether I could advocate nul i lification ? Certainly I could not advocate it, j! as it is now put forth in the political tracts, ihe i public press, and printed speeches of gentlemen fovoring it. But as a revolutionary measure, i believing it to he no.lung else, I would most cor -1 dially espouse it. while I was sensible of such a i disposition in the surrounding State to sustain us : as has been manifested during the late session ;of Congress. Conventions might fail to meet; or meeting, might fail in efficient ac ion ; —but I am most firmly persuaded there is a deeply planted sentiment of resistance in the public ij mind of the South, that would eagerly uphold that standard wherever raised, having first made efforts for satisfactory adjustment. I do not doubt that we should succeed in throwing ofi' i.thesvstem now grinding us to poverty ; but have just as little, that it would be at the ex pense of the Union. But from the destruction 'I of the Union, h dot s not follow that Liberty is ! to bo lost also. On the contrary, I feel the high • est assurance that from our experience in Re presentative governments, another might be; formed, as far outstripping the present in se- 1 curing liberty and equality to the people, as the! present docs that of Great Britain in the pre- l ii tensions it makes to effect those objects. When, therefore, I declare my readiness to: support nullification, it is as a revolutionary ; measure that I would advocate it, frankly de-j ! daring my opinion that such r will be, and ad i: vising niv friends to be prepared for this ;atter aspect of -he subject. The whole system for' ■ which it is prescribed as a remedy, is one of usurpation and unconstitutional enactment ; and . are we to expect that when but a single State ,is found in opposition to it, the advocates of that 1 system would suddenly change their opinions concerning it, and appeal to us for advice? The I’supposliion cannot be entertained, and it were) now well, in my humble opinion, if all our nul-' idlers were convinced of k. But 1 will no longer trespass on your time, since I shall shortly have an opportinuty of submitting my views more in derail on this ques tion. 1 will however confidently ask, that what ever differences of opinion may now exist in re’a ion either to our sufferings or an appro : pnate remedy for them, these shall be discuss- 1 din t*iat spirit ofcourlrsv and indnlgen’ for : hearanee towards each other, which the ap proaching crisis so eminently demands. Indeed. ( we do not differ ns to the injury we sustain, bu simply as to the appropriate remedy, and be lieving as I do that when tins shall have been Oiice adopted, nil will he found rallied for i’s support. I can but deplore the breaches al ready made, and s ill making bv those, who, seeing and feeling strongly and clearly them selves, hesitate not to assail the motives of those who •*-; and tee! differently. Allow me now to make one disclaimer, and I have done. It has been intimated that a South ern Convention is advocated simply as an oil set against Nullification, and wi h 1 lie view of ptminff it down, leaving the difficulties of the Tariff to take care of themselves. For myself, 1 have heard no one say so, and it is infinitely beneath the honorable bearing of a gentleman 'or patriot. If we fail in a Southern Convention, I then go for nullification, as the next remedy within my reach ; anti on the broad ground, jthat when the subject is met in this style, we |'shall dissever the Union, but regain our liberty. With great respect. W. T. NUCKOLLS. j W. R. IIILT,, Esq. j"'~" A*STU'Sl3ll*jL* ~ TUESDAY, lUfiFST S ■ 18m FOR PKEril DK.sT, ANDREW JACKSOX. VICE-PRESi DENT. IffAn r n\ VAf\ [O’ We liave been obliged to deft r all the editorial ,m;itter prepared for this day’s paper. In our next we will publish Mr. Forsyth’s speech at the meeting of the citizens of Richmond County on the 16th instant. | O* We publish in our paper of to-day the proceed ings of a portion of the cit izens of Columbia countv, up on the subject of the tariff. Yesterday evening, wc re ceived the proceedings of a meeting held previous to the other and at the court house of the county, but too late for! this day’s paper : They shall appear in our next. The gentleman who brought us these last proceedings, re [ quests a suspension of opinion until they are published, ,as the complexion of both meetings were entirely differ j ent. ; liv I.AST .V;(JfB {’s MAIL. | The arrival in New-York, of the ship Hudson, brings I London dates to the evening of the 14th July. Noth [ing important of a political nature. The Cotton market jin Liverpool hud improved. July 11, 2GOO les were : sold, from (L to 7 ! d. • -» iVU.. I It will be seen under our commercial ne.iu, diat a few bales of cotton of the new crop, have been brought to |the New-Orleans market. Yesterday one bale, of this Tear’s crop, from the plantation of Col. Hammond, was ‘sold to Messrs. Sibley & Morrison of this city. i 1— I The following is the Circular addressed to the Candi j dates for Congress, by the Committee of Correspondence * appointed at the Richmond County meeting, on the 18th i instant. For each of them, a copy has been directed to ibis proper Post Office. Rut as some of those gentle men are now travelling, the Committee has thought it Sadvisable, to make the present publication, with a re quest, that they will accept it as a substitute, for the for. trial letters which their absence from home may have prevented them from receiving. AUGUSTA, 20th August, 1832. SIR :—We address you in the performance of a duty I! Imposed on us by the following Resolution, adopted at j|a Meeting of the Citizens of Richmond county, on the k ISt h instant. ! | “ Resolved, That a Committee of three, namely: Col. i|Ww. Gumming, Judge J. P. King, and Aug. Slaughter, ji Esq. be appointed to ascertain, by direct correspondence {•with the candidates for Congress, and for the Legisla ture, from this county, what are their sentiments in rc •igard to nullification, and to publish such 4 avers as may jibe received.” i j As Members of that Committee, we respectfully ro ll quest that you will oblige your fellow-citizens of Riclt iirnond, by communicating through us, your “sentiments {| in regard to nullification.” Their motives will be more {properly explained by their own acts, than by any com itmentary of ours; we have therefore taken the liberty uof annexing a complete copy of the Preamble and Ro ll solutions which wore adopted by the Meeting. I We have the honour to be, sir, very respectfully your Pobcdicnt servants. WM. GUMMING. J. P. KING. AUG. SLAUGHTER, j [Here follow in the original, the Preamble and Rcsc— ! Unions referred to which it is thought superfluous to co j py-] | Editors of Papers in the State arc requested to give { this an insertion. 1 Answers received by the Richmond Committee of Cor respondence on the subject of Nullification. SPARTA, 21th August, 1832. Gentlemen :—I have just received from yon, as a Corn i mittee of the citizens of Richmond county, your circu lar of the 20th instant, requesting me to communicate through you to your constituents, my “ sentiments in re gard to nullification.” The answer shall bo as brief and explicit as the enquiry. Ido not believe nullification to be either a peaceable or efficient remedy against the op. jipressions of the t Tiff, and I am entirely opposed to it, "With sentiments of highest respect, your obd’t. serv’t. CHARLES EATON HAYNES. Messrs. Camming, King, and Slaughter. AUGUSTA, 24th August. 1833. Gentlemen :—T have this moment received your note, addressed to me in obedience to the last resolution of the Richmond Meeting of the 18th hist. In answer to | it, I can only say, for the present, that I believe mdlifica i tion to be the proper mode of resistance to the tariff; a j | the same time I am ready to relinquish it for any other ! mode which may unite the people of Georgia. For | a fuller exposition of my views upon this subject, I rc • fer you to the Chronicle of to-morrow and Wednesday next. Verv respectfully, vour ohd’t serv’t, AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREET. Messrs. Cummins. King, and Slaughter. CUOLESA. I The New. York Courier and Enquirer of the IST | instant says : “ The pestilence has reached Boston at last. Judg \ ing from the preparations made to extirpate it on its nrst i appearance, we expect it will be mild and moderate. The disorder, however, spreads gradually throughout j the country. It is penetrating into the interior of Penn i sylvan La, Maryland, Ohio, and Virginia. As far as we can learn from imperfect data, it is even more severe ■in the country than it is in the cities. There are few |! Boards of Health in the country, to report daily and II perpetuate the alarm and excitement. Great alarm pre avails generally in the South, particularly since its fatal;. i;ty among the black? has shewn itself in Norfolk. The J) weather in New-York has been for some time very ca ll pricious. A few days ago it was excessively hot—on - j Thursday night it changed suddenly, and rained the |J greater part of yesterday. Wc should not be surprised hjf, from this cause, the cases were to increase. At all i events, it may be a? well for those out of town to remain , where they are a while longer.” THE LA> ’) :•*»- GOAD LOTTERIES. The latest information respecting these Lotteries we copy from the Federal Union of the 231 instant:— “ We are often ashed, when the Lotteries will coot. :mence. We answer, so soon as the necessary prepara tions are completed, which are now progressing as rapid illy as possible. It is expected that Lite drawing will com mence cariy in October. And we assure the public .{that there will be no delay on the part of the public au thorities at Miiledgeville. A few oi'the surveyors have not yet completed them work. We are at a loss to ac -1 count for their delay. Nothing but the absence of their returns to the proper office will delay the Commission ers of the Lottery in the progress of their arduous la -1 tors.” LATE FOREIGN 5N fKLUiSEXCE. • We have room only for the following abstract of late .■foreign news, which we copy from the New-York Cou rier and Enquirer of August •-{: Later frem England. —The packet ship Sheffield. Cap:. Hackstaff, from Liverpool, was bearded fester ia | morning by our news-schooner Eclipse, and about 3 o • clock in the afternoon we received London papers bru’ j by her to the Gilt July. . Owing to the early hour at which the Sheffield sailed. < J our Bag was unfortunately not put on board of her, arm tit consequence we have not received our usual private ’ advices from Paris, a circumstance we the more regret, - as the events which have occurred there, and of which , we obtain intelligence through the English papers, are . replete with interest. The declaration of the Court of Cassation that the etnt de siege was illegal, the annunci ation of tho government tiiat it was at an end, the release front prison of M. M. Fitz-J ones, Chateaubriand, and [ Hyde de Neuville without trial, the formal surrender of . the Deputies Gamier Pages, Cabet and L:tboissiere, are incidents ot no trifling importance. Tito withdrawal of . the state o! siege is a tacit admission ot its illegality; and the attempt ot M. Montalivct to persuade the people that ; there was a previous determination to put an end to it, , will, we think, be unsuccessful: for w ill it not naturally be asked, why was the revocation hold back until the 11 decision oi the Court of Cassation rendered it impossible; to continue the despotic system longer, without openly j ■ j, trampling upon every vestige 01 constitutional liberty? Under these circumstances, no successor to M, Pericr I has been appointed, and the cabinet of Louis Phiiiippe ’■i remains without a head. M. Dapin Aine is. by some, still j ji spoken ot as the person on whom the choice of the King] I will fall; by others, it is said aserious difference of opin-1 j ion had arisen between them, and that he had left Paris. I { lt is prob fide that on this subject, it any tiling is settled, j I! nothing is known. i| On the interminable question of Belgium there is I j nothing yet definitive. Three new protocols have been! ! published, and a counter project to them of his Dutch i Majesty, which ho concludes by saving “tiiat he will ; never depart cither from what is required by honour, or the first law oi the code of independent nations,—a.sa- i crcd and irrevocable law which no state can abandon-;! with impunity, and which assigns to every Government ;j of a tree people, no arbiter but its own determination.” No news bad reached England of Don Pedro’s cxpe-!j dition.—Supplies had, however, been sent to him from j j the outports in the expectation of meeting him, o;i the ! coast of Portugal, For the Georgia Constitutionalist. i | Messrs. Editors, —You do well to caution and ton warn. All the lovers ot order—allthose whose sci lings ij arc not warped by the mad irritations of overheated ex- U citeraent—say, go on ; yours is the cause of safety—ofn Union—of the glory and happiness of this people; and ! : a cause, it sustained, from which will ultimately and|{ gradually flow a redress of all our grievances. Sirs; | j this is a “ crisis—an awful “crisis”—a “ crisis,” from;; | which may flow consequences to ourselves and our pos- ji | j ferity the most disastrous.—A “crisis” calling for all ji the prudence and wisdom and patriotism oi Georgia. I Heaven knows lam no Tariff-man. I wish fur com-j 1 merce to be free ; and under a rational construction of ! i the constitution, I believe commerce would be free ; j that the “ American System” is unconstitutional—and ! anti-republican and unjust, I have no more doubt than I j have of the approach of “ seed time and harvest.” Bat j I cannot believe that it blights all our blessings, or that | it is productive of the accumulated curses sought to be ji attributed to it. lam a planter, a grower of Cotton ;p j I cannot feel that existing burthens arc so overwhelm ingly ruinous. lam surrounded by neighbours, who so lar from exhibiting the evidences of suffering and want, are prosperous and happy. I see indications of ruin, neither in the situation of their affairs, nor in the bitter ness of their complaints—there are no bitter cries of distress, no squaliid spectacles of pauperism around me : That the people here are in the possession of many inestimable blessings, no nun who has seen the world and capable of rational comparison, can for a moment doubt. Are these blessings Uj be lightly perilled ? Are we to be hurried with the blind rapidity of despera tion into a course evidently revolutionary ? Are the evils ot the tariff sufficiently calamitous to justify us as a thinking people—as a reasonable pcopie—in plunging i headlong into councils and into conduct from which the most dreadiul consequences are to be feared, and from 1 which no good can rationally be expected, the tenden cy of which h to unsettle the existing order of things—j unchain the bad passions of our nature ; dissolve a U-j nion consecrated by all the blood of the revolution, and [ urge us into the angry contentions ot civil war now, and a permanent aptitude to ail the calamities of border warfare hereafter ? Sirs, the truih must out, however it may militate a gainst all our past political attachments. Plain dealing, • common candour, demand it. The truth must out. A j strange infatuation has seized some of the public men of I this tsiate ; they are indulging in hot reveries, fraught] with the very elements of mischief; poisoned we fear! by the most baleful passions ; an unhallowed excite- j ment, little short of desperation ; and with which pa-1: triotism has nothing to do, and blinding them to every I dictate of prudence and wisdom, is at this moment rut-! ing their feelings, and presiding over their councils; j and should they succeed in rousing the people by the ! influence of kindred impulses, then the dearest inter- j ests, the people’s happiness, and safety of the State,will • bo endangered, perhaps lost, forever. The main body 1 ot tho people—the common planters—the industrious, | labouring, enterprising citizens of the country, are now 1 our 11st hope. In every important movement, they have I always manifested a due measure of wisdom and cir- 1 cumspectiou, and will, we trust, again. Left to them-; selves, they led, notwithstanding the idle declamation j of nullifiers or disunionists, that even under the present j state o! things, they enjoy many blessings; that they j ; inhabit a country oi incomparable plenty, and of unpar- j alieiled liberty and equality ; left to themselves, mu { they arc lovers gs peace and order, and devoted to that j ■1 glorious brotherhood of states under which peace and | - order have been so long maintained. They arc engaged; 1 in their pursuit, and are quiet and contented in hallowedi | enjoyments of the comforts of home. In their moral! excellence, their virtues and patriotism, I think vve canj safely trust. But they may be deluded ; they may catch the flame oi revolutionary ardour ; never were means - employed better calculated to mislead and inflame the public mind. If'these should be successful, if the: people should be brought to join in the clamour lor a | . nullifying convention ; to treat the union as an enemy to] . their happiness; then our last hope is gone; thus is] gone the lust hope of rational liberty ; then is gone eve-; . ry thing which has given zest to our annual national! I festival, and imparted glory to this great confederation; , for more than half a century. I may be mistaken. I hope I am ; but I do think that we are in a state of dread, ful danger. The tendency of passion is onward ;to contaminate and to spread : one hot headed enthusiast frequently makes a dozen; ambition and talent are at work ; the late resolutions arc sanctioned by names of great political consequence ; and no exertion will be spared to disorganize the moral steadiness of the land. These efforts must be counteracted ; the crisis has arriv f! ed when every man who has influence should come cut. ,: It he have influence in his county, he is called upon by every consideration of patriotism to come out; if he have influence with but a half a dozen neighbours, or . with but one friend, he should speak plainly; and lay . it down as a settled maxim, to go might and main a gainst every candidate for public favour, who is so far . a disunionist, as to be a nullifier, or who is so far a nulli fier, as at this time to advocate a convention. But why do I utter such language? It is a tixno to tally unsuitable for any great attempts at a radical change in the usages and relations of the people, even if the occasion demanded it. Any great fundamental movement now would be attended with danger. It is s impossible that original principles could either be dispas sionately or profitably consulted. It is, emphatically, a j time of excitement; people are 1 rone to act rashly ; [ i those principles of moderation and concession from ! ; | which the Union emanated are good. ! Let us wait until some of the exciting causes which ■ j have influenced the country shall have passed off; let] k; the convention, which is intended to assemble to amend] {j| the constitution of our state, meet, and deliberate, and 1 jj act; let the great Indian controversy be adjusted; let the] ,; Presidential election, from which we have so much to | L j hope, take place. Where is the propriety of acting im- j ’j mediately? Where the necessity of rushing forward as{ ‘! if political death, or Egyptian slavery were at ear doers? i q What, let me ask, will the people, alter having manifest- j "j ed such hesitancy, such circumspection, in getting a con. j l j vention to deliberate on the petty concerns ox our state,; ji suffer themselves to be hurried into a convention, tho re,] ] suit of whose deiiberations may slab us from the Union,! or consign us to civil war? Will the people of Geor-j gi.., I repeat, after having deliberated and hesitated lor ] years on the project 01 a convention, for domestic pur-1 poses, where our safety and liberty could not be endan -5 gored, suffer themselves, blind-folded, without reflection, | and at a moment of unparalleled excitement, to delegate’ ! powers to a convention whose avowed object is to deli-i berate on matters touching the integrity of the Union, -■ and the result of whose councils may hurry us from 1 -] peace and prosperity into all the horrors of anarchy ; -j and war ? Will the people, I say, after having, in the , former case, limited the powers of their delegates so - closely; alter having confined them down so rigidly to 3 clearly defined objects, and objects of the first r.ecessi-] -; ty; alter having hedged them in by every possible pro- : vision oi prudence and of caution; will tiie people ini - this latter momentous business, where every thing dear - is at stake, where every thing sawed may be unsettled; I or desecrated, and where the horrid hell-hounds of civti commotion may be Let loose upon us, appoint delegates suddenly. Without reflection, with unlimited powers, and without reserving to themselves the powers ot either re-; - view of ratification ? No, never. The supposition is a : j slander upon their understanding- For the present I am;. .-don c. But this is nn occasion or. which I am cetcrmin-ii i ■ to talk, and bungling as my efforts may be. u;>o • huh 1 am determined to write. PI TNAM. Putnam County, August 23, 1832. I At a meeting 01 a large portion ot th: citizen.? of Co-1 • 1 ’iv.lva countv. at Capt. John Harris’, on Saturday the, 25th instant. Col. Zachariah Williams was called to the i. clr .r. raid Benjamin Drone, E-q. appointed secretary. , Toe tollowing preamble and resolutions were then offer ed by Ikcrscn Pettit. Esq. and seconded bv Capt. Mm. Drane. In support of the preamble and resolutions Mr. Pett:t addressed the meeting, and was replied toby. Simmons Crawford, E q. and upon their being put to vote they were adopte i with only one dissenting voice. A portion ofthe citizens of Columbia county have con- • vened “ with a profound sense of the importance of a cri- ! ; sis which may decide the destinies, not of one ago and j 1 country alone, bat of tho remotest generations and tht i most distant regions. The American people are probably scon to determine j ■ whether a system of rational liberty can be preserved by | : {justice and moderation, or like so many other human con. ; ; tnvanees, must be sacrificed to the blindnc ss and madness • | jot passion. The deliberations of this day, incohsidt ruble ]j •in themselves, borrow a solemn interest from their con- | [jnection, however slight, with the general result. In the | i discussion of questions which may affect the very exu jjtcnce of the Republic, we shall endeavour, at least, to ' 11 make some approach towards that purity of feeling which ] .{distinguished it? illustrious founders. ]] We invoke the spirit ofthat patriot hero, that saint of jj liberty, whose name excites in every virtuous bosom a ] veneration almost religious—of that Washington who led ] our armies to victory, and guided our councils to harmony ; j and union—who lias left us in hi? parting advice, a sacred ■ legacy of paternal wisdom, second only to the teachings of , ]jinspiration itself. ]| That our n solution? vrdl obtain the approbation of all, j | we-'■annor expect, but from all we may justly claim that | 1! ’hey be received in the same spirit in winch they arc of- J Ijlered —“ in a temper uninfluenced by resentment, either !! towards individuals or parties. If we know ourselves, |1 all minor considerations are on this occasion, entirely lost jj in the deepest solicitude for the institutions, the peace j band the h-mninoss of our country.” Resolved. That the t.iriffolTß32 has greatly ameliorated jjand reduced tint of 1828, lessening the amount oi imposts, [ j several millions of dollars. ! Resolved, That inasmuch as the tariff of 1532, will not ] ]| go into operation until the month of March next, it is im ijp issiblc, at this time, to say tow far it will, or will not ; ] grove onerous to us; but that hereafter, it it shall prove] i i burthensome and unjust to the South, and advantageous { j1 to the other sections of our common country, at our ex-] j] pence, we will then recommend the adoption of such le- ! jj gal, constitution'll and patriotic measures as ip ay be • ll deemed best calculated to correct the evil, jj Resolved, That wo will, to the utmost of onr power, I ] -'leave to, preserve, maintain and defend the Union of the ; j States, ns the palladium of our national and individual j | safety and independence. j Resolved, “ That considering the doctrine of Nullifioa- | | t on talsc in theory, and believing that in practice” it leads j j itod’scord &, rapine—to the disunion of the States, A to all, . the terrific and multiplied horrors of civil war—therefore j ;; we highly disapprnbate in any candidate, either for Con- j j; gross or the State Legislature,that dangerous and anti-re-; 1 1 publican doctrine. Resmrrd, “That we disapprove tho meeting at A- i then? to appoint, delegates to a State Convention, which 1 shall be invested with “ fall pow ers to maintain, pre-1 j serve, and defend the rights and privileges of the free] citizens of this “fate”—that the delegation of a power so j broad and unrestrained would at any time bo indiscreet, ; and at a moment oi excitement like the present, exceed ingly dangerous,”—we will never grant to a convention an unlimited power or authority over our rights, liberties, or privileges : but in the event of there being a Conven-1 1 tion, vve will send delegates with limited and circumscri-{ i bed authoritv. Resolved, That the course pursued by Messrs. For- 1 syfh & Wayne, in supporting the modified tariff of 1632, ! in preference to that unjust tariff of 1828, meets our ' decided approbation. Resolved, That we will give our votes for the elccto i ral ticket in support of the re-election of Andrew Jack-] j son to the Presidency of the United States. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be! {.signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and published in] the Constitutionalist, with a request that the same be j published in tho other napers of this state. ZACH. WILLIAMS, Chairman, j Benjamin Drane, Sec’rv. M[|M|) ; MAaai;.£a j I 1 At Millford, in Jefferson county, on Thursday, the 1 Gtli | ; instant, by the Rev. Mr. Harrison, Dr. JAMES B. 1 j SMITH to Miss SUSAN, daughter of Dr. John J. [.Jenkins, all of said county. | Holy and pure, arc the drops that fall When the young bride goes from her father's hall; j She goes unto love yet nntried and new, She parts from love which hath still been true; 1 They arc moving onward, the bridal throng, I Ye may track their way by the swells of song; ] Ye may catch thro’ the foliage their white robes’ gleam. I*ike a swan midst the reeds of a shadowy stream. Their arms bear up garlands, their gliding tread i Is over the deep-veined violets bed; 1 hey have light leaves around them, blue skies above, An arch for the triumph of youth an<l love I - ■ ■ gg COMMERCIAL. - BALTIMORE, Aug ust 18. ] j Cotton. —A few bales Virginia were sold this week at 1 m. j 1 NEW-YORK, August 18. ! | Cotton —The import of the week is 14GG bales. The i j sales from the 11th to 17th iust. inclusive are 2900 bales. I i Consisting of I “ 1500 bales Uplands, at 9 a 11^ 300 bales Alabama?, at 9 a 11 5 800 bales Florida?, at 9 a ll| 300 bales New-Orleans, at 104 a 13 i Since our reports of the 11th inst. there’ has been a 1 fair demand fur this staple, and at rather improving i rates. The principal transactions have been for the En | glish market. Vfie received yesterday by the packet; j ship Sheffield, accounts from Liverpool to the 9th July :| the sales in that market the week preceding amounted; to 23,007 bales, at a small amendment in prices. Colton Bagging —loo pieces heavy Dundee have been sold at 21 £ cents per yard. LIVERPOOL, July 7. Tne demand for Cotton has again been lively through out the week, both from the trade and speculators; the prices of Maranham have advanced id, and all other dc-j scriptions are jd higher.' 4500 bales American have] i been taken on speculation. The sales of the week com-! prise 23607 bales, including of American, 9010 bales] Upland at 6*- to7 j ; 225 G Orleans at Gg to 8J ; 3910 A- j labamas, to 7, and 540 Sea Island at II to 15d. The i import of the week from the U. S. was only 531 bags. From Levy's Price Current. NEW-ORLEANS, August 18. Cotton. —Ordinary to fine, 7£ to 11. The Crops. —The steam boat Planet, from Alexandria, arrived yesterday with three bales of Cotton of the new crop. We have aeon a sample of it in the hands of a I merchant, who said that though it had been much cut up by the gin, the quality was of long and handsome staple; i we heard no conjectures as to the price that it would pro- ! bably bring, every thing is now so dull, and the demand I ! for cotton in particular so slack, that abundant arrivals of | new crop would hardly at this rtioment, stimulate to busi ! ! ness. From report, as far as wc have learned, tho ap I I pearancc of the crops, of every description, and that of ] cotton in particular, is very promising. W'ithout some 1 : reverse of weather, it is thought, that the quantify and ' ! quality will be fully up to the most sanguine expectations j of the planters. NOTICE. ’ | ; s he c itizens of Burke county are respectfully re-; ! ‘“A quested to assemble at the Court-House in ! YVayncsb;,rough, on the first Tuesday in September] I ne/Ai, f-.t 11 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of ex-! i pressing their opinion in relation to the late Act of Con j gross regulating the Tariff—and the course proper to be 1 pursued by the people of this .State on this occasion. It ; is hoped that there may be a general attendance. August 20, 1832 td 19 ji TBOIP TiCkET FOR iOSGItIA?. HENRY BRANHAM, of Putnam, AUGUSTIN S. CLAYTON, of Clark' THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Greene, ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe, CHARLES E. HAYNES, of Hancock, SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee, JAMES M. WAYNE, of Chatham, RICHARD H. WILDE, of Richmond. ET M. B. LAMAR, Esq. of Muscogee County, is a candidate for the Representative Branch of Congress, at; the election in October next. ! j "| i OF ALL KINDS NEATLY EXECUTED. 1 C¥, TICKET FOR COtfCRESp. JOHN COFFEE, >4'Cherokee, THOM AS W. HARRIS, of Walton. ■ l ' W. MURRAY, of Lincoln, D ANiUU N OWN AN, of Henry, lv , ! P ['Y.S, of Chatham. \> hi. S(,tIIiLA, o{ Richmond, J i \NIEL W. STKW ART, of Glynn, J AIMLS (, , i LRRKLL, of Franklin. JAMES C. WATSON, of Muscogee. OAT Wo are authorised to announce JOHN MILTON | Esq. as a candidate for Congress at the next election. /Vet" the Georgia Journal of Allans' 03. j Tito following i« suhmi:;od to our fellow citizens r.s ; rite Republican Tlcki*. settled ns agreed upon in cert, jver.tioa, lor Electors of President and Vice President. BEVERLY ALLEN, of Elbert, ELI \S lIEALL, of Monroe, HAVE) BL \GKSHEAR, of Laurrnrf, WILLIAM B. BELT .OCR, of Chatham, | JOHN FLOYD, of Camden, SEATON CRANTLAND, of Caulwir, HINES I ii )LT, of Walton, HENRY JACKSON, of Clark. WILLIAM TERRELL, of Hancock, •tOHN WHITEREAD, of Burke, WILSON WILLIAMS, of Troup. The election which takes place on the first Monday iii 'November, it will he recollected, is to be conducted in ,lhc same manner as the general elections. And in conn. I ties having several places for voting, the returns are to .he consolidated in the same manner, and immediately | forwarded to the Governor.—[Sec Dawson's Comp. 159 ] r Wanted at this Ollier, two or three APPRENTICES: applications to he made soon. I 5 In Press, and will soon be publish j ajg.-' ed, at this office. A History of the A SIATIC CHOLERA, containing an account of ke pro gress, causes, appearances after death, symptoms, treat ment, and means of prevention, compiled from the latest authoritiesßy Alexander Jones, M. D. August 14 Vi. —, VYE are authorized to announce "T-; iSg* HENRY MEALING, Esq. a candidate for re-election, to a seat in the Senatorial Branch in the State Legislature, on the first Monday in October next. July 24 11 WE are uudiorized to annornico i Gen. VALENTINE WALKER. ala I candidate for the Senate of Georgia, for Richmond county, at the election in October next. Jhtiy 20 __ 10 U E are authorized to announce ~r A’J-* 3 " EDWARD J. BLACK, Esq. a Candi. date to Represent the County of Rich, mond in the Representative Branch of the State Le gisla'tire at the ensuing election in October next. July £0 10 '^jj^^rxTr l The Undersigned refers all persons having business with iiira, to Assignees and Agents, the Hon. J. P. Kind and George W. Craw ford and James M'Lavvs, Esqs. Several of his corses have been placed in the hands%f Gentlemen who will give the proper notice to the par ties concerned ; his professional business generally, ha leaves to the cure ol Andrew J. Miller and William C. Micou, Esqs. ROB’T RAYMOND REID. Augusta, Aug. 24, 1832 2m 20 A €ARIL —E. Osborne SURGEON DENTIST, from Sa' ■«PKjjp vannah, desirous of spending a portion. of his time in Augusta, in a Profes sional capacity, solicits the indulgence of this mode of conveying Ins intentions to the citizens. He has taken private Rooms at the United States Hotel, east end, for the accommodation of those who may need his services. His visits at this time, will be limited to three weeks, but should lie meet with that encouragement and patron age, which he hopes to merit hy his scientific and prac tical knowledge of this peculiar art, his prompt and regu lar visits may lie anticipated. T.T 1 As references, the following gentlemen have kind-' ly offered their names Dr. Cunningham, Dr. Savage, Dr. Antonr. Rev. Mr. Talmaoe, Dr. Robertson, Samuel Hale, Esq. Dr. Bowen, Robert F. Poe, Esq. August 14 4t 17 ~ LIME. CASKS THOMASTOWN LIME.—Jus! received and for sale by J. B. MARSHALL. August 28 4t 21 JUST RECEIVED, From the Nursery of D. ts C. Lamlreth , g7RESH TURNIP and CABBAGE SEED—was, “ ranted. TURPIN & D ANTJGNAC. August 28 3t 21 DISSOLUTION. S’‘.HE Copartnership of Hutchins & Holt, in the practice of Law, is dissolved by mutual consent. The papers belonging to the firm are left with N. L. Hutchins.—They will jointly attend to the unsettled business of said firm, and will separately continue the practice at Lawrenceville, Georgia. NATHAN L HUTCHINS, HINES HOLT, jr. August IG, 1832. 21 ______ . From the first of October next, JWL A GROCERY STORE, No. 351, occur> ’ f ‘d by Wm. &H. Bryson.—Also, store H|BBP N °. 349, with a Dwelling above containing Lm rooms. U. B. CLARKE. August 28 4t t 21 TO RENT, FROM THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER NEXT, A commodious two Story DWEL* LING HOU.SE, with Carriage House, Sta* ble, and all other necessary out Houses. A SBSjgßf Pump in the yard, and a large Garden attach ed; situated on the corner of Green & M'Kinne-atreets, and nearly opposite Barna M‘Kinne, Esq. occupied the present year bv Mr. William Harper.—Apply to N. K. BUTLER & Co. No. h*>b, Broad-Street. August 28 wtf 21 J. A. CLEVELAR’D-MAT/sr. ■ }■ ESPECTFULLY oilers his Professional servi. is Ci. ces to the citizens of Augusta. He may be seen at Mrs. Camfiei.d’s. August 24 Os) lour, Kacon and BARRELS superior New Flour, 30,000 Pounds Bacon, all sides, 30 Jars Lard, put up for family use. Just received and for sale by JACOB MOUSE. August 24 3t 20 AfIEKIUA\ FASUieit. Baltimore, August 17, 1832, CONTENTS OF N 0.22, VOL. 14. Editorial; White Tree Onion and Potato Onion; Cottage Flower Garden—O. B. Smith on the Culture of Rhubarb—Foreign Markets—An Address to the Essex Agricultural Society, delivered at Andover, Mass. 29th September, 1831, at their Annual Cattle Show, by Hen ry Colrnan, concluded—Summer Fallows ; Expense and Profits of Cultivating Land—Notices of Large Trees in the United States and in Canada—Utility of Ploughing and Hoeing—Value of Turnips—Letter from L’r. Measa giving the result of his Experiments with Chinese Silk worms—Worms in Stone Fruit—Sowing R-vlishcs Clearing Bushes—To make Poposee—On the improve ments of the Breeds of Swine; Bedford Breed ; To free milk and Butter from the taste of Garlick, &c Empty ing Ponds—Economical Breed—Housekeeping .n Ger. many—S. S. Griscom’s Meteorological Journal tor July —Advertisements—lMces Current o' Country Produce in the Baltimore Market. 13r. I. BOWEN, ms Professional Services «o tne Citizens of ’•1 r Augusta arid its vicinity. His Office is at .Mrs- Crawley’s, fofmerlv occupied by Dr. Can.*;"-*- ‘ ner of Y ashing-or, Kjd Ellls-Streets, where he may bo •ounu whfeu not Professionally.ongag- d. July 17 3m £