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THE CO.VVTITETIOXA LIST. o y €i y t vtjjr is c/. vr /;! IjT TERMS— Fur the »emi. weekly pa; cr. published every T*e*Jsy and Friday morning, fib per annum and for the weekly #< 3, all payable in advance. IT Al)\ CRTISEMENTB are inserted weekly tor C 2 1-2 cents per aqunre; semi.weekly 62 1-2 ccr's fur the first, and 4.) .1-4 cents for each subsequent insertion, arid monthly for § I, 00 per square for each insertion. F or yearly advertisement* private arrangements are to be made. A deduction is made on the stive rt fit ment* of public officers. liT Postage must be pe*d on letters of business. ■gl I gg rngmam ■ ■■ ■■ PUBLIC MEETINGS. M< INTOSH COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at the meeting on the 11th; September, at the Court House in Darien, James Trcrop, Chairman, Jas. S. Bradwcll, Secretary. Be it resolved , That we consider the Union of, the States, the great conservative principle,!! which is to ensure a continuance ofthe blessings : that we now enjoy; and that any attempts by a State at Nullification, v\ i-» 1 Ik; pregnant with the most fatal consequences, ami must lead to the l certain destruction of our beloved country. Resulted, That we view the late Tarilfasop-. pressive and unjust ; and the new one, tho* con taining many objectionable points, and less ex-: ccplionable than the old, still we pledge our selves to exert all constitutional means to destroy; the protective system, and reduce the burthens! of the Government so that they may be borne bv all. Resolved, That the Republican Democracy of 1 the United States are imperatively called on by | their immediate interests, to lay aside all section- I nl feelings, and unite in replacing Andrew Jack son in the presidential chair. Resolved, That wc disapprove of the Conven tion called to meet at Milledgevilleon the second j Monday in November next, believing it to he the i design of those who originated it, under the color j of Southern wrongs, to take advantage ofthe | pres nt state of public feeling, and make it a pre- i pnratory step in the progress of revolutionary measures, to sustain directly or indirectly the j doctrine of Nullification, and then bring us into collision with the general government: for these reasons, and those so forcibly urged by our pa triotic fellow, citizens of Savannah, we protest a gainst said Convention, reserving to ourselves, the right of sending delegates, if circumstances should hereafter dictate the prudence and wis dom of such a measure, but clothing them with restricted powers, and subjecting their actings & doings to the future approbation ofthe people. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet ing be signed by the Chairman and Sccrctarv. j and published in the Savannah papers. JACKSON COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at the meeting in Jclfcr- 1 son, on the 7th September, Joseph Hampton, Chairman, Giles Mitchell, Secretary. Resolved, That a final and endless submission, on our part, to the unconstitutional, unjust, tine qtul, and oppressive system of taxation imposed upon us, by the protective or tariff policy, would be a base surrenderor a portion of our liberties! and constitutional rights, and a sacrifice of our interests, to which we never can consent. Resolved, That our devotion to the Union and) veneration for the Constitution, arc not surpass-j ed by the citizcus of any other section of the confederacy ; and that, having stood by the for mer “through evil report, as well as through good,” we avow ourselves to be willing to abide by tho hitter, if administered in its purity and virlue, down to the end of time. Resolved, That wo will appoint delegates to the State Convention, to be held at Millcdgeville, on the 2d Monday in November next, ami Mint Fin. vid Witt, William Pentecost, John Park, and John G. Pittman, be appointed delegates to re present Jackson county, in said Convention. Resolved, That our delegates to said Conven tion, be, and they arc hereby instructed to use their endeavours to procure the call of a Con vention of all the States opposed to the protec-! live policy, at as early a period as possible : and that they be further instructed to abstain from a resort to direct and forcible opposition to the fa-! riff; but to leave the same to tho wisdom, pru-| dcncc, and discretion of the U. States. ( Resolved, That we entertain an undiminished confidence in tho integrity, patriotism, and firm-1 ness of Gen. Jackson, and that we are, without division of sentiment or feeling, unanimously in favor of his re-election to the Presidency. SCRIVEN COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at the meeting in Jack-! sonboro’, on the 4th September, Solomon Bry an, Chairman, John Robert Kittles, Secretary. Ist. Resolved, That the citizens of Scrivcn county concur with their fellow-citizens ofA-! thens, on the Ist August, in tho expediency of having a State Convention, to be assembled at Millcdgeville tm the second Monday in Novem ber next, invested with full powers in behalf of the good people of Georgia, to maintain, pre serve and defend tho rights and privileges ofthe free citizens of this State 2d. Resolved, That the people of this county ; will, on tho Ist Monday in Oct. next, elect two! Delegates, (the number corresponding with our ; present delegation in the House of Representa-' lives) as recommended by the Macon Circular,; to represent them in said Convention. 3d. Resolved , That Col. Augustus S. Jones, R. W. Lovett, and Charles H. McCall, lie ap-! pointed a Committee, to correspond and confer’ with similar Committees in other counties, and, with*the Cen’ral Committee of the State, in re ference to the great object contemplated by the above resolutions. •4th. Resolved, That Andrew Jackson de serves the gratitude of his country for the late firm discharge of his constitutional duties, and will receive the support of this meeting, and this State, for President ofthe United States. The first resolution being under consideration,; Major Wayne moved an amendment, to restrict the members to the convention, to the tariffqucs tion, which motion, after some discussion, was lost. Whereupon the Committee proceeded with the resolutions as reported, the adoption of which was advocated by Col. Augustus S. Jones, nt length, and Edward J. Black, Esq. of Richmond county, which were severally adopted. On motion of Peyton L. Wade, Esq. it was Resolved , That in as much as some counties have expressed their entire approbation of the vote of the minority of our delegation in Congress on the last Tariff act —we approve of the vote ofthe majority, and believe the Bill ot 1632 more ob jectionable than that of 1926, and that they have our entire confidence, and are entitled to our suppoi t. On motion of Benj. Greene, Esq. it was Re solved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and that this meeting request the insertion ofthe same in all the public Gazettes of this State, except the Georgia Courier, and other submission prints,; which advocate* the doctrine of “dignified obe dience.” On motion the meeting then adjourned. ELBERT COUNTY. At a meeting of the citizens of Elbert County,* hcJ i at E!barton, on Tuesday the Tth o£ August,;; 1632, to fake into consideration the best method of opj»osiiig the late Tariff, Beverly Allen, E»q. | was called to the Chair, and Mr. James Lofton was appointed Secretary ; when Simeon Oliver, Esq. explained the object of themee'ingand of fered (lie following resolutions, which were a doj ted. Resolved, i hat this meeting do recommend to , their fellow citizens generally, to convene at El. h< i ton, on the firs' Tueslay in September next, for the purpose of fixing ujion some practicable mode of resistance to trie lute oppressive Tariff law. Resolved. That the Chairman ofthis meeting do now j rooted to appoint five persons, as a Com mil tec, to draft a suitable Preamble and Resolu tions to be presented for the consideration of the next meeting ; whereupon, the Chair proceeded to appoint the following Committee, viz : Messrs, ! Simeon Oliver, Benajah Houston, Wm. White, James Upshaw and Dr. Wm. N. Richardson. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman, and countersigned bv • the Secretary. I ho meeting then adjourned to meet again on the first Fuesday in September next. BE\ ERL\ ALLEN, Chairman, James Lofton, Secretary. In compliance with the foregoing recommenda tion, a large number (at least five hundred) of j the citizens of Elbert county, assembled in the Methodist Church, at Elberton—Maj. Beverly Allen resumed the chair ; when Simeon Oliver, Esq. from the committee appointed by the preli minary meeting, reported the following Preamble i and resolutions : We, the people of Elbert county, believing that we, in common with the people of all the! Southern States, are oppressed by an unconstitu- ’ tional & unjust protective Tariff, which by its unequal and oppressive operation, has been prey-! mg upon our substance and withering our ener- ' gies during the last eight years, without any corresponding benefit to ourselves or the union; and deeming it a sacred duty, due to ourselves, to posterity, and to the union, to use every effort within our power, to bring back the Government to its primitive purity, by a full, free and de- I termined exercise of those unalienable rights, ! which belong to a people determined to be free and believing as wc do, that a convention ofthe! people of Georgia is indispensable, at this itn-| porfant crisis of our public affairs, to harmonize the var.ous and conflicting opinions relative to ■ the mode and measure of redress, we concur! with our sister counties, in tho adoption of a measure so essentia! to that harmony, which should ever characterize the deliberations of an i enlightened people. Therefore resolved, That we will convene at ! our several election precincts, on the first Mon day in October next, and elect three delegates to •represent us in a State Convention, to meet in I Millcdgeville, on the second Monday in Novem ber thereafter, and in Convention with delegates, to he elected by the free people of the majority ol other counties of the State, to devise in our i names, for us and in our behalf, such measures ! as may appear best calculated to relieve us from the oppression of which we so justly complain,! reform the abuses ol the Federal Government,! and restore the constitution to its original purity. Resolved, That wc look to the Southern States, at this important crisis, fora determined co-ope ration in the great effort, which we feel ourselves called upon to make; and should they, or either of them, adopt measures calculated to relieve themselves from tho unjust burthens common to all, we will consider it a common cause. Resolved, 1 hat with a view to ascertain the wishes, opinions and will ofthe people of our sis ter counties, as well as those of the Central Com mittee, Ma j. Beverly Allen, Gen. James M. 'l'aic and Maj. IjitaC rS”. I ► ioj b . •»•*<] tLvj ui c IlCi j appointed a corresponding committee on our part. Resolved, That the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions be signed bv the Chairman and Se cretary, and transmitted to the Editors of the Southern Recorder, with a request that they be published. This the 4th of September, 1932. BEVERLY ALLEN, Chairman. J ames Lofton, Sec’ry. The meeting was addressed by Simeon Oliver, Esq. and Maj. Isaac N. Davis ; and by G. VV. | Smith, Esq. in opposition, who offered counter-! resolutions, but which not meeting a second, were \ withdrawn. The question being then successive- 1 ly taken upon the preamble and resolutions re- ! ported by the committee, they were unanimously adopted. - ITA BERSHAM COUNTY. Resolutions adopted at the meeting in Clarks-} ville, on the 4th September, Gen. W. B. Wof ford, chairman, J. T. Carter, Secretary. “ Resolved, That although the Tariff Lawj ! recently enacted, is a decided amelioration of the; , system, we still believe that it will be unequal in its operation, and therefore unjust and incon sistent with the spirit of the Constitution, which demands that all public burdens should be equit ably apportioned amongst those by whom they are borne. “ Resolved, That we will employ all proper ; means to free ourselves from the anticipated i evils of the prospective Tariff, but we think they ; have been greatly exaggerated; and that some * ofthe remedies proposed, would be far more de ll letCrious than the Tariff itself. “ Resolved, That considering the doctrine of ! Nullification false” and unconstitutional “ in 1 theory, and believing that in practice it would 1 prove most disastrous to our Country, we will not give our votes to any candidates, either for Congress, or the State Legislature, who are ad vocates of that doctrine. “ Resolved, That a Committee of three bo ap pointed to ascertain by direct correspondence with tho Candidates for Congress and for the Legislature, from this County, what are their sentiments in regard to Nullification, and to pub-! i lish such answers as may be received, i “ Resolved, That we disapprove the recom mendation ofthe meeting at Athens, to appoint delegates to a State Convention, which shall be invested with full powers lo maintain, preserve and defend ike rights and privileges of the free ; citizens of this State; that the delegation of a power so broad and unrestrained, would, at any; time, be indiscreet, and at a moment ot excite : ment like the present, exceedingly dangerous, “ Resolved, That it is advisable, for the pre sent. to leave the subject of the Tariff to the State Legislature, which can deliberately pro vide, or recommend, some prudent and definite! mode of expressing the public will, should such a measure be deemed expedient. But that if the general prevalence of a contrary opinion should render it proper for us to concur in the election of Delegates, to tiie proposed Conven tion, wo shall make the appointment with a pro test against the authority of any acts of that Con vention. which arc not duly ratified bv the Peo ple in their respective counties.” Resolved, That while we disclaim the Doc i trine of Nullification, as expressed by those who call themselves exclusively “ State Rights Men," the State of Georgia has always claimed a of governing her Territud People,, *■ to the will of her tionally expressed by her Reprcivcs. 1 dou Resolved, That having fuil ctnre in cd j tolen’s. hones y and patriotism orctv Jack- ’ son, we will give him our moat a! support an for rc-clectioa to the ; cu j “ Resolved, That we respcctfticommenJ ini j to our ft-llow-citizens, genera 11}-© coincide It i with us in opinion, promptly to ajneasures, op: ; corresponding with our own, Ur res pec- pn live Counties, whether they hudmscives in on a majority or a minority.” :, lori Resolved , That the foregoingflutiar.s he coi published in the Public Gazettes <s State. ti v • • GWINNETT COL.V stn Resolutions adopted at the mg; in Law- lat renceville, on the 4th Camp, an ' Chairman, Thomas \V. A1 ex an deic ret ary • di( Resolved , That we concur whir follow- co citizens of Richmond County, in teliet that tin the late Tariff law is an amelion of the an system, but that we stiil believe iiil be une- it qual in its operations, and there- inconsist, hi ; rnt with the spirit of the Constitu which de- m ' mands that ali public burdens shoos equally qi apportioned among those by wl they are be ! borne. j, cc Resolved, That as the friends he I. nion. tb j we will not relax our exertions in use ot all jc< :!proper and constitutional means rid Iter ot s-. ! this iniquitous system, and free o jives of its 1\ ! anticipated evils. inn Resolved, That, we considerinic doctrine jc< j of Nullification as revolutionary practice, p and disastrous to the Union of thtates —M e jtl | deprecate it as unconstitutional, I at a mo- m j rnent of excitement like the presi as an ex- ,tl | tremely dangerous remedy. |j v Resolved, Tha.t we disapprove the Reso- , a ' lution of our fellow.citizens oOglethorpe,ijc ; pledging themselves to aid our sir State, S. jjc i Carolina, in any collision which y rise be- s tween her and the General Govcnent —and j v that we will remain unpledged toll or to the i r General Government, until we sh have tin- j r derstood the course which may borsued byjjl the one toward the'other. jj s Resolved, That we concur witbur fellow-n. citizens of Richmond County, and ewhere, in'it ' the expression of regret, that we he seen the i | hasty and unfounded (as we believ objections i ! urged against our Senator and Rrcsentative ' | Messrs. Forsyth and Wayne, fc the course | pursued by them in Congress ; ai that they still retain our entire confidence imeir patriot ism and zeal. Resolved, That we will elect fr delegates, | to represent us in the proposed Cofention, re- j serving to ourselves the right to rafy or disap-1 I prove their deliberation—but we cinot concur ! , with the recommendation of our flow-citizens at Athens—to appoint delegates,dollied with |j unlimited powers. Resolved, That our confidence hour venera-jj ble Chief Magistrate Andrew Jaclon, is undi-:| minished, and believing, that, unde his Admin- j | istration, the Federal Union will b preserved, 1 and State Rights maintained and >fended, we | will zealously support his rc-clectio, HANCOCK COUNTY At a meeting of the citizens if Hancock county, assembled at the court-ouse in the town of Sparta, on Monday the thd inst. the following resolutions were unanimotily adopted. Resolved, That the People of th county do meet at the Court-House, on Monav the iltli inst. at 10 o’clock, A. M. to lake iio consider ation the situation of the people of his State by reason of the late act of Congress .mendatory of the Tariff.—And that a Comnii ee of five, viz : Gideon Holsey, Wm. Terrell, ili H. Bax ter, Joel Crawford and N. C. Sayre, Esqrs. be appointed to mak»* v . —.-.tlra M,,! embraced in this resolution. Resolved, Thai the meeting be adjourned un til Monday the 10th inst. JOSEPH BRYAN, jr. Sec’ry. Monday 3d Sept. 1832. Pursuant to the.above resolution, a number of the citizens of the county met at the Court- Mouse, this day, Monday the 10th Sept, when the meeting was organized by calling Joel Crawford, Esq. to the Chair, and appointing Jo seph Bryan, jr. Secretary. The meeting having I been informed that the lion, John Forsyth was | in town, a committee, consisting of Messrs, C, j E. Ha ynes, R. S. Sayre and James Thomas I were appointed to wait on him and invite his at ! tendance at the meeting. The Committee re : tired and a Her a short time returned with Mr ! Forsyth, who addressed the meeting at length : When the Committee appointed at the previou: j meeting, reported the following preamble anc : resolutions which were agreed to. The Committee appointed pursuant to rcsolu. i lions on Monday the 3d inst. beg leave to repor i as follows: The citizens of Hancock have before had oc casion to offer to the public, their opinions ot the protective tariff of the Federal Govern ment. Viewed in the double aspect, of its re pugnancy to the Constitution, anil to the inter est of Agriculture and Commerce, it has been and is still regarded in this county with senti meats of unqualified condemnation. We havi no motive to argue again, questions that, havi been so often and so ably discussed, nor can w< feel the want of authority for ours, when it i so abundantly found in the concurrent doctrine ; of Mr. Jefferson, and most of the distinguishe ' living politicians, at least eleven independen States, and two territories of this Union. Assuming the protective tariff, to be a viola tion of the Federal Constitution —a source o burdensome and useless taxa'yon —a mercenar j scheme flagitiously devised, to swell the profit II of one pursuit, at the expense of others, equal I ly or more useful to the country —unavoidably extinguishing in its operation, much of that frei and enriching commerce, on which the prosper ity of Nations must at all times depend, then ! can be no merit in further tolerating so pernici ous a measure. On the contrary, it would sa vour more of submission to the heartless and in solent impositions of a wanton tyranny, than ; igenerous indulgence, to honest prejudice, or t< an innocent misconception of just and whole some principles. The measure of relief we demand, is to b< found in a faithful exercise, by Congress, of thi power “to lay and collect taxes and imposts,’ commensurate with the legitimate wants of ; frugal administration —and in such a “ regula i—* —’ tion of commerce” as looks to the interests q Commerce ; and not to those of cotton factories sugar plantations, and iron foundries. The mode and measure of redress, are thos< ‘ which, by the laws of Nature and of Nations belong to all confederate s'ates, whose we!- fare and safety may be endangered by on in fraction of the common league. AH such, have an unquestionable right to demand satisfactory Iguaranties against apprehended aggression ; anc ■to renounce a communion which does not secure lithe benefits for which it was formed. Such t ;|demand, implies no disregard of the most per ifect good faith to the confederacy, nor does •: prompt and satisfactory compliance, involve any •sacrifice of federal rights or of state dignifv. Ou Nullification, as a remedy, m the present bund •ergenev, we have no reliance. Cases havefiour übtiess 'occurred, in which it has been employ - ,soo by more states than one, with entire success on ,t, e n -ogre ss of unwarranted power has ->em rested, and the issue thus formed between con jui-jir parties, has been determined by the __ partial award ofan enlightened publican ion. f L iu fact, a remedy that relies Inion, for its consummation ; & can never M udence and safety be resorted to, but, * hen , , a fair estimate of circumstances public n mav be confidently invoked to sustain a.. minion cause ; or what may on somespecu re contingency become the cause ol those horn the appeal is made. On what groum aj. ( ntrle state, nullifying the only principal rev oiut. OUI vr of the country, can hope for the sympathy | tij , ad approbation of her confederate states, it is.; fficult to perceive. Should rdl the ” a _ tS |! 1 incur, the government itselt must terminate tor j ing ie want of a treasury. Should sufficient tlu. ics • nd taxes he paid by a part of the comedcracy, : ( is clear that they will exclusively bear the 1 urdens of supporting Government lor the com ion benefit of the whole. But will such an mi- ' uitybe endured? Will a tax paying, burden;A ' earino- majority, permit a recusant minority, toj > ontinue in possession of all the advantages ot j be Federal Government without contributing a, ent to its support 7 And is there any reason or ensc in supposing that such a majority will quiet- j 0 f v consent to a seduction of its own loreign coin- , ;sa nerce to the ports of a nullifying state. a il ■onsequence that could not fail to follow siich 'artial discon 1 iuuance of import duties. lne i c j hi rd and last objection we will indicate to the th ise of nullification, as a means ot relict aganst j| " :hc existing tariff, is its inevitable tendency to | h violence, to the destruction of life and property; uul to civil war under the most unfavorable jk circumstances. The state, SL i • n claiming to be a member of the Union, by 0i) -| struciing the execution of the i -aw, j would place the officers of the Federal ment, from the President down to the masters 01 revenue Cutters, under the necessity of repel linger abating such obstructions by r employing; the naval and military forces of the ooumiy. 1 And in sucli a contest, the administration states, t the tax paying states, would feel the highest i incentives, not only of loyalty to the Union, but in defence of their own commerce, to take sides: ( with the Government. —No one can doubt the, result. > h But the case before us, admits of another |. remedy, far more certain and pacific in cliaiac-jg Iter and wholly exempt from all imputations of j j unfairness toothers —in the use oi which we may j ( j expect the sympathy and support of ali but our , j oppressors, and to them, it necessary, the venge ance of insulted justice shall make its proper appeal. j Let those states, whose people have for y'ears, • past, realized the blighting effects of thisaccur-j Isod policy’, act with concerted energy —-let them, I speak with the authority of men, knowing their | jown rights and daring to assert them. Let them j demand of their rapacious confederates, a faith- | ful observance of the Federal league even at, the peril of its annihilation. A course thus; marked by decision, temperance, and fidelity toj the constitution, we believe, will arrest tins; dread career of cupidity and usurpation —and that the Union thus retrieved from the foul abuse of mercenary and ambitious monopolists, will he invested with new and higher attributes of na tional excellence ; and long flourish in the well; grounded affections of a contented and prosper-1 ous people. i Resolved, Therefore, that we concur with such l of our sister counties as have advised a conven- 1 , tion of delegates at Milledgeville in November: • next. ; Resolved, That the Legislative Represents-* . unoi.uum;, n i*<> how-Ku n'l. \ thonzed and instructed to officiate as our dcJe - gates to said Convention. Resolved, That the proceedings of said Con i' vention, shall not be binding on the people of | this State until ratified by them, f j Resolved, That “the Federal Union must he -j preserved That upon it depends not only our a | own, but our children’s liberty' and happiness and II the farther diffusion of liberal principles. - ! Resolved, That we have full faith and confi gl dencc in our Republican Institutions, in the good s sense, the virtue and patriotism of the people at large, believing always, that they are at all 3, times the strongest and safest correctives of I- j public abuses. s Resolved, That Nullification, though a reme r. cly in some cases, is wholly unadapted to the ;one 1. 1 before us. is Resolved, That a disunion of the States would dj be the destruction of Republican liberty; that I the constant jealousies of divided States, and ol 1- individual ambition, would inevitably and cou rt stantly create civil broils and civil commotions. I Resolved, That we do approve the course pur -- ; sued by the Hon. John Forsyth and the Hon. >n James M. Wayne. They have sacrificed no 1- j principle, but have been actuated by a spirit ol 3-!|opcn and manly patriotism.—They deserve our r- warmest commendations. i, Resolved, That we view the administration of i-; Andrew Jackson with increasing confidence and e admiration, and that we will, to the utmost ol - e| our power, support his re-election, and the elec roi tion of Martin Van Buren to the Vice Presi is | dency. "s\ Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet ;<! ing be signed by r the Chairman and Secretary' at j and be published in the Hancock Advertiser | Georgia Constitutionalist, and the Journal anc a-; Recorder, Milledgeville. of JOEL CRAWFORD, Chairman. ■y Jos. Buy an, Jr. Secretary. }. From the Washington Neics, of loth Sept. v We take a pleasure, in laying before our rea >e ders the proceedings of the Political Meeting r- which was held in this place on Friday the Ttl ■e instant. In adopting the Preamble and Rcsolu 1- tions, the meeting have, no doubt, expressed the i- sentiments of nine tenths (we had almost saic i- nineteen twentieths) of the citizens of Wilke: a countv ; and we hope so far as we have gone ;o consistent, our sister counties that may' yet in 3-jtendto give a public expression of their senti ' ments upon the Tariff, will be duly influencec >e i by the example offered them by the intelligence ie and patriotism of Old Wilkes. She was amonj ”|lthe first in the cause of liberty’, and she is de a termined to be the last to raise the arm of rebel i- lion in the destruction of the Union of our happy rs Government. It is true that the Tnriffis oppres s, I sive upon the South, and that we as freemen have a right to resist it by all legal or constitu ;e tional means. 3. But let us have moderation. It is not yet th< . “ fixed policy of our country,” our efforts at firs 1- were feeble, but we are gainingstrength. Wher e we began our opposition to the Tariff system v we had about sixty-five votes in Congress, we • 1 •» o ‘ d now number near an hundred.—The pairiotisrr e ,of some of the manufacturing states is waking a dc they are lending us their aid.—Our grie r- vances have in part been removed : and we have a much to hope from a new Congress. y;l Let us try the force of sound argument anc the ballot-box a little longer ; and we may h^pc Jcr the common blessings ol l im lde C ,’, * , wa r National Bark, with a" Hickory helm. • m steer off the breakers, & ride triumphantly a smooth and prosperous sea. tQI ~ ' V 6 Tm'siayTsepte.mber ai. !to “ ~ ' for president. c l AXDBEIT JACKSON. ||n« - - (>( VtCE-PRESIDENT, ag Tiiirrsv y.o m'UEA. | g 0- Wc publish thraddress to Charles Carroll with-, ai lt comment. We thought best to let the commumca- 1 hl in speak for itself. I rt IT- Wc call the attention of the reader to the conolud- rr portion of “ Occasional Reviews,” on our first page. xhk xvashingtox globe. The Clay papers assert that a “deluge of ext.a. lobes is poured into various sections of the country, i owever true the assertion may be, we should nao to •coive a few of them ; for that paper has been irregular received at this office for some time past. jfi XCLLIKICATIOX IX VIRGINIA. j ' The Richmond Whig of September 14, says j o “ The publication of the proceedings of the pcopie t f Nelson on this subject, affords us an opportunity ol , avine a few words, to correspondents and others. ij “The communications of “ S.” Jefferson, ModiCus,, nd others, deserve publication for their ability and con- ; I ,rmity to the rules of the Office ; nevertheless, we de- , line publishing them as abstract views of a question t horoughly understood by the Virginia public, and upon i vhieh all minds are made up. Ve do not see the use o vasting ammunition upon “ dead ducks.” Nullification las ms force in Virginia ; hardly enough indeed to rut- , le the surface, much less to stir the deep of public opm- , on . Why therefore pursue it with animadversion, de- j mneiation and execration 1 MAXIMS. I The words of a braggart, and the plausibility ol a knave, may for a time deceive a virtuous community; but, sooner or later, a day of retribution comes, he stands convicted before men of all his moral depia* j vity. When ignorance, arrogance, and knavery, are even tolerated in a community, it is a reflection on the moral state of tlie times. He who publishes what he knows to bo false, is irre. claimable, and merits universal contempt. When a e-ood cause is abandoned by a secret foe, or an unprincipled fool, it is freed from a moral biotch, and becomes more worthy of the support of honoura ble men. That cause which requires the aid of an apostate and a traitor, is a bad one—if it welcomes him as an ally, it is made worse. Unblushing impudence is sometimes mistaken for man ly independence. As a liar is not believed even when he speaks the truth, so he that is false to one cause, cannot be faith ful to another. Neither wealth, nor birth, but mind only, should bo the aristocracy of a free people. IGNORANCE OF THE GEORGIANS. When the nullifiers of South-Carolina receive, as it frequently happens, the demonstration of the public feel ing in some section of this stale against the doctrine of nulim.—t.mn, if is immediately ascribed to an utter igno- I ranee of constitutional ..::J state rights, and especially to ihe neglect of an enlightened discussion of the most prominent features of the federal constitution—of the j powers delegated in that instrument to the federal go j vcriunciit, and of those reserved by the states. Rut ! when those nullifiers urge, as they constantly do, the a- S| doption of an act of nullification, they immediately as • jsert that the doctrine of nullification is not new, that it i has already been exercised by Georgia, and that they H would only imitate the example of this state, it they | were to nullify a law of Congress. This is a palpable • ; contradiction ; or they must believe that if Georgia had ) arcuaim ..Ic.l fLo rtnetrine of nullification, as under. stood in South-Carolina, it has been done in complete ; ignorance of what she was doing, ami without under . j standing the letter and spirit of the federal and state f constitutions. In a late Edgefield Carolinian, the Edi i tors gravely assort, in a complimentary style toward: > Georgia, that “Nullification is liberally denounced a • many of those meetings as a heretical doctrine. Wedc 1 not wonder at this. Discussion is hut just begun it i Georgia. Few, even of the public men, have made them . | selves familiar with the subject. When we find he ], candidates for Congress, and other prominent men, look t : ing into the federal constitution for tlie right of a star 1 to nullify, and, when they cannot find it granted there f gravely denouncing it as unconstitutiea d and revolution ary, ice cannot expect the mass of the people In le in an . ranee of their leading politicians .” Notwithstandin 2 this bold assertion, tlie Editors declare, in the sam breath, that the Georgians, “arc all nullifiers /” J; To the assertion of the Carolinian, which is the mr-r t echo of what the leading nullifiers of South-Carolin f have already declared, what can wc answer, especiall . when we find that intelligent and respectable men anion . us, native born Georgians, repeat the calumnies of th . nullifiers of South-Carolina, and publicly give it as thei . opinion and belief, that in Georgia we arc “ dcplorabl D ignorant ?” They say, that “ the people of South-Curc fi linaare generally better informed, and have a more the r rough knowledge of the constitution and laws of th ! country, than the citizens of any state in the Union. f “ Comparatively the people of Georgia are dt rl plorably ignorant, whilst one party are endeavoring b if all the means in their power to obscure the truth an ;-j blind the eyes of the people to their rights and their ii 1- tcrests, the other, though the true friends of the peoph i are doing very little to enlighten their minds and in so . j warding the march of intelligence through the state.” r, | According to such an opinion, and if we were to at r, mit its correctness, the policy Georgia has been pursuin d ' for the last ten years, has been adopted without reflei tion, and without a “ thorough knowledge of the constiti tion and laws of the country,” and its beneficial results ai rather to be ascribed to mere chance than to the cncrg; intelligence, intentions and anticipations, of those wl; recommended the adoption of that policy. If the Geo t-| gia writer meant only that the Georgians were “dcplor bl j' ignorant” of ihe doctrine of nullification, and of the ri hi suits it would produce if carried into effect, then 1 l-i should have been more precise in his opinion, and not s e j general in the charge he alleges against the understam d 1 ing of the people of Georgia. : S; Our opinion of the intelligence of the people of Geo e ; gia, and of the “ thorough knowledge o! the constitute i- and laws of the country” which they possess, is total i- the reverse of that expressed by the South Carolit d nullifiers and the Georgia Editors. Wc firmly and si e cerely believe, that no pcopie understand better the le S ter and spirit of the federal constitution, of the laws enae -- j ed under its sanction, of the powers delegated to the fed I - ral goverement by it, and of the rights and powers reser )' ed by the states when they formed the federal compae 5- than the people of Georgia; and no people knew belt U ; how to maintain their rights, preserve, them from e l- jj croachments, and resist every invasion of them by th |! federal government, than the people of Georgia, wht Cjjcalledon, by the circumstances of the times, topracth what in theory they understood so well. We will ask tl n j j Georgia writers, not the South Carolina nullifiers, wheti V er it was owing to a “deplorable ignorance” of the coi e : stitution and constitutional laws, that Troup succeedi n | in maintaining the integrity of the old Treaty ? Wheth g; it was owing to a “ deplorable ignorance” of state righi i- that wc adopted the state law extending the jurisdicti. e |i °f the state authority over the Cherokee territory ? Wh I i l k cr k ' vaa owing to a “ deplorable ignorance” of the po l d jj ers pertaining to each of the three branches of the feder e government, that Georgia disobeyed the mandate of tl ipreme Court of the United State*? And whetherh ns owing to a “ deplorable ignorance” of the right of r| e state to an unrestricted jurisdiction over the whole f her territory, tliat the survey of the Cherokee terr,. ry has been completed, and that the lottery act will be , >ry soon carried into effect i j The fact is, that the people of Georgia are too cn. chtened to answer the purposes of South-Carolina, r support Mr. Calhoun in his mad ambition. They un . erst and too well the “ constitution and laws 0 f th« F ountry,” to become the followers of the South-Caroli. a nullifiere. Tlieir intelligence has been too well test. ' dby experience, to adopt the doctrine ot nullification S a “ peaceable and constitutional” measure of red, ar the grievances of the protective system. The g. ' ’aroliua nullifiers know all this but effect and assist. j ,nce they want, and effect and assistance they mu,i lave, to prevent their party from sinking into utter dis. epute. A few among us may extend a helping hand || \ othem; but when the candidates for Congress, from .S , vhom they expected assistance, have almost all 0 ( . hem turned their backs to them, they begin to despair j jf Georgia; hence the “ deplorable ignorance” of the people of Georgia, and the assertion of the opinion, that 'he “ loading politicians of the state, are notin advance U'tpi ( jf the mass ot the people, ’ in a “ .borough knowledge of the constitution and laws of the country.” If the South.Carolina nullifiers alone had expressed themselves in the objectionable manner above stated, would have passed it over unnoticed ; for it is a matter of perfect indifference to us, what the nullifiers say, or 3$ ( think of us. But when we see men, hitherto distin guished for talents, Georgia feelings, and zeal in the cause of state rights —and who have manifested lively feelings for the honor, dignity, and reputation of their own state —when we see such men, for whom we enter, tain respect and friendship, uphold our detracters, sad. ness creeps to our hearts, and deranges the whole econ. omy of our nature. We must ascribe this momentary and, no doubt, unpremeditated aberration ot our fricndi the Editors of the Messenger, to an excitement which has unfortunately deprived many a good citizen, of the : full, free and unbiassed exercise of his reasoning facul. ties. After the excitement will have subsided, it will | Ibe with infinite pleasure, that we will find those Iriends, who have been led astray by it, resuming those mental powers which cannot fail to ensure to them, "ncn wise, ty exerted, with reputation, and influence in the commit. inity the admiration of a discerning and enlightened i J j publics COXVE.VTION IX SOUTII-C AROLIXA. A convention of the Union mid State Rights I arty was held at Columbia on the 10th inst. It adjourned on the 12th, to meet again at the same place on the 2d Mon. day in December next. The venerable Col. Thomas Taylor acted aa President of the Convention, Messrs. Henry Middleton, David Johnson, Richard I. Manning, land Starling Tucker, as Vice Presidents, and F. J. Mo. i ses and James E. Henry, as Secretaries. The follow. |ing address to the people of South-Carolina was unani -1 inously adopted. Agreeably to one of the resolutions ! appended to the address, the committee of General Cor- I respondence, have designated the following deputations to the several states. To attend the sittings of the 10. gishuure of Virginia mid North Carolina, the Hon. Dan. iel E. Huger and the Hon. Joel R. Poinsett. To attend ' the sitting of the legislature of Tennessee, the lion. Hen jry Middleton and Mitchell King, Esq. To attend tho I meeting of the Convention of the state of Georgia, to bs j held in Milledgeville inNovember next, the Hon. David j Johnson and the Hon. John B. O’Neale. To attend the f sittings of the legislatures of Alabama and Mississippi, • the Hon. William Smith, the lion. John fc>. Richardson, > and Robert Creswell, Esq. 1 ADDRESS TO TiiE PEOPLE. : At this period, when the controversy by which ' the State has fur years been distracted, is draw. I ing to an issue offeaiTul import, the Delegates ■j of the Union Party, assembled at Columbia, in. ' | vite your solemn attention to the consideration l | of the best mode of providing for the Public | ■ r Safety. They solicit your co-operation in a common effort to sustain tho prosperity and if c possible the peace of the country. 1 hero is no 1 Tariff party in South Carolina: wc agree on ' every side that the tarifl'should be resisted by all e constitutional means. So fur there is no differ ence of opinion; but we arc divided as lo the f j character of tho means that should be employed: u | and resistance by nullification is the fatal source ' ; of bitterness and discord.—Even those who are i in favor of nullification differ widely as to its °j character. It is recommended as constitutional n and peaceful, but when explained even by its * | own advocates it assumes many different aspects, j and furnishes an evil omen of interminable strife. Regarded as a peaceful remedy, nullification rc i solves itself into a mere lawsuit, and may be ’ j shortly dismissed as a feeble, inefficient measure. 1 For it has been wisely provided that the consti *j tution and the acts of Congress made in pursu. M ance thereof, shall be the Supreme law of the j land—and in a court sitting under the authority O, * ■ lof the Constitution, the merits of the question j jof an act of nullification. Regarded as a lord ! hie interposition of the Sovereign power ofthe I j State, the objections to it lie fur deeper. It is , ir llnot u mere infraction of the constitution which, jy j j 1 ike an external injury, leaves its general utility il unimpaired, but a radical and fatal error. Tho 0 theory renders the constitution a dead letter — j and the practical enforcement of the doctrine is ( ,»j the beginning of Revolution. A government in e I adequate toils purposes cannot in the nature of . things maintain its existence. The great end and aim of the constitution is lo preserve tho * 1 'j Union ofthe Suites, and by that means the har le jmony and prosperity of the country. —The old ’ j confederation proved inadequate to that end, be j cause the execution ol its resolutions depended (J _i on the will and pleasure of the several States. i The convention which formed the constitution , c _i owed its existence to the necessity of giving to (] the General Government the power to cxccuto re its own law's. lft ! several States can nullify r y t jan act of Congress like the Tariff, that power }lo cannot be exercised, and the Federal Govern }r. ment must follow the fate of the Confederation. ra . It is vain to argue against facts. The theory of - e . j nullification falsifies the history of the country, hei It is monstrous to contend that the framers of BO the constitution did not invest the General Gov id- eminent with full power lo execute their own | laws, or that without such a power Union can or J exist. on The restriction ofthe State veto in its terms, 11y 1 t° laws declared by the State to be unconstitu ;na tional, is merely nominal. In practice it can in. ,T >ahe no difference, for whether tho law be con et- stitutional or not, the effect of nullification must ct J be the same. If one State has the jurisdiction le-! -° declare a law unconstitutional, every other rv. 1 j State must have the same ; and tho constitution ct.jjcan have no settled meaning. It is vain to say ter j that the power would not be lightly exercised, en-ij If it were a power which the States possess, if he | the right was acknowledged, there would be no ien j! more difficulty or reserve in the exercise of it i ce !lnow, than under the confederation. —A venera heltion for the constitution may prevent infractions, th. | but can have no application to the exercise ot >n- right when it is once admitted to be constitution ed al- According to the theory of Nullification, ter any number of States more than one fourth of ltßj the whole, may change the constitution. For in ion case a State should nullify an act which that ve ie- ry State in common with ail the others had for ,w- merly recognized as legitimate, or any law that ral is really constitutional, unless three fourths con he cur in favour of the law so nullified, the constitu-