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POLITICAL. i ! Charle’tux, February 6. i 'Geiilveil “ia<t adopted the following Preamble an I Resolutions: Whereas, BENJAMIN WATKINS LEIGH, Esq, Co'ii nissuMiet- from the St ile ot Virginia, , .to the Constituted Authorities of this state, has recently arrived in this city upm the important ob ject of his mission, and a deep sense of the intelli gerice and digri'ty of the enlightened and patriotic state he represents, as well as ot his own distin guished merits, requires that a becoming tribute ot respect should •>'- p ; i:4 by ’bid community lie it thertj?3iT3 jfrs'dtted. That the City Council of v ‘ v ’ r ,^ s ' n on behaif ofthe citizens thereof, respectfully iy cune Mr. Leigh to this city, and tender him C«e. ■ gratulatious upon his arrival and residence aiuon.. nj. , Resolved, That Mr. Leigh be. and ho teqn**sted, to consider himself ns the Gl Lfe 1 •OFTHE CITY during his residence here. ‘Resolved. That Mr. Leigh be, and he is .hereby invited t » dine with the City Council at St. An drew’s Hal), on Friday next, the Sth instant, at 4 o’clock. Resolutions were also adopted requesting !th< ; Intendant to com nunicate the above Resolutions to Mr Leigh, and appointing a Committea of Ar- ' rangeiuents for the Dinner. The commission er toonr State, on the part of Virginia, Mr. R. Watkins Leigh, passed through •o/ir town. 0n Saturday, on his way to Charleston. I Hi goes, under instructions from his Legislature, , to present their Resolutions to the Governor of 'Soraih Carolina and the President of the Conven -feon. i Unquestionably, ns fit a’ persona’ esteem and ' confide ice can go, to conciliate the State towards Mr. Leigh’s mission, every thing will f.ivorhis ob- i jects. Ta that justly eminent gentleman, this, will listen, with the warmest good will. ' There is not an individual, in the entire South, I better known amongst us, or more highly deemed i 'Of, thin he. His character commands our warm- ■ os' respect; his principles, our approval; his feel- j ings, our strongest sympathy: and his distinguished ; t ,i;nth and thorough skill in all statesman like J knowledge m >de it certain, that he will effect eve- j ry thing that is jit to be effected toward* bending \ • this State to the wishes of Virginia. Tirbse whhes fnijit jperiandy well claim, from ‘ South Carolina, a high refirt’. The very name , of that State it dear and Venerable !t> her. Ktec t loof.s to her. as to the mother of the South; the j founder of those illustrious principles that it has ; IhlLo to us to assert; the first great defender of fiie conr. button; the e irlte<t champion of South er.: liberty. i ct, sinro hie honor and freedom of our Staff arc tilings stall dearer to us than any external re speot. or affection: sirice there are events that Vir ginia CtV'not avert—circumstances that she cannot drive back, we shill bi clearly compelled, though ’ hot disron irding, io reject her rrqi.e.,t. It has come not only iti a form to which we . cannot assent —wi.h motives that we cannot a- i -dopt; but it has com© too late. Had she acted upon this matter, as she might : have done, immediately upon the Proclamation, I had she even repaired that datigerous omission, by a decisive step against the new proclamation, or against tin Bill «! Mr. Wilkins, or Webster, which is it ? something might have been done’ •’he steps that she has taken, make cuntert with her i nposible. She has done nothing, indicated /Wring, promised nothing. We have spoken ot affection and respect —- Tfi-s? wo ciiiji't but fe»l towards Virginia.---Her pr. rent act, however, we are boom; to say. is not a Ciiug upon which can found the slightest claim to consider,,tivn or kindness, on our part, is . n ns the act itself goes, or its consequences or Principle's. orP_- insvlvania, might ( > ’'qu illy well. as supporters ofthe Tariff and Pro-I cl?" ..Jon, have asked us to give upoui measures, -'i hey might have done so, with the same argu- i m; nts: and mere national courtesy would have I compelled llrein to use forms full as obliging. . Bui ‘sv'iy. weave compelled to ask. does Virgin ie. cyme, with her intercession, to the oppressed, ■ •ti e injured, the threatened party ? Would there not have been more S'’nse, as well as manliness, in appealing to the tyrant, instead of his victim? Het Legislature, as we are well informed, was owarc, that the administration is little disposed to pass Mr. Verplanck's Bill; and that it is nearly Certain that they will bend their whole force, to pass M.*. Wilkins’ Bill. And these very tacts, we are. sorry 'to say, arc alleged, as motives, for our Buies .recinding her Ordinance. We are tube told, that it will he magnanimous to disregard the threats and preparation for using force against ns. Upon the same reasoning, it would be magnanimous after the actual throat-cutting was bugun upon us, to go on unin fluenced by it? it is true, that by repealing our Ordinance. in the face of the present arbitrary and insane mea sures of the Gov • oment, w • might fur a year or so, s .ve the Union; er at least, that which the Virginia Legislature seem.t to have been chiefly intent on saving—its Jacksonism.—That tyranny must be a's-range one. that does not abate its fu ries, wlicfe all rcsh'.we is prostrate befoie it. but how long is it compu cd that the South can en dure the bloody despotism, that is thus to be ap pi’a-c I only by our utter debasement ? But meanwhile, let us sec what is doing in Ca.vl •Ston. There, withou* wai<ing for the poor formalities of thtt law- -seer.ring to stop till the collection ofthe revenue was imp ?.led; upon the mure snspicion that the du’ies might not be paid ■vessels entering our ports have bee ’ seized and de tame I, by a government ship of war.—This is a virtual oegtnning of hostilities. General Jackson had. it istrno, seemed t<> place the matter in the hands of Conjiess. He now finds apparently, That the better way is.t»» assume whatever powers he rinds convenient. Congress can very easily follow him, with its laws; and, as fast as he as- Minnes a power, pass an act to make it legal.— Columbia Telescope. Correspondente oj the Charleston Courier. Washington, Jan. Si. “T he impatience of the friends of the Bill B , , in the House of Representatives, to get a question, was last qight carried farther “beyond the bounds of order, that I have- ever seen a discussion carried. While Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island, was in possession ot the floor, tlioi e were numerous devices hit upon to indtice iiinj to desist. Jefferson's Manual wa’ quoted aftiathst any tiKintier fiiaVuig u tediotw sp”oci)', ji or ’reading his own speech, but the Ch.hir tieci i he could iiot apply the rule, tfhlcsS llie.’ 1 gendetnan frotit Rhode Island would admit that ; !he was leading his sp -ch. Mr. Vetircc denied 1 I hat he was retuhng his speeds, ;.nd stnied that I he was merely gh tng'Bucli extracts ;-s were n< - | c.essai vto eluc’dato and sastair. his views. It I was obviously hs purpose to -id's out the eve ning until ibe hutir of «dj''ar.iui,.; - .’, and he was ■ successful, notwithstanding tl;o repealed decla- j i,i iuti of ’ ><! Chairman, Mr. Wavnf., that he . would hold respmisildu the Serg<Mi|.~>it-A.i m>, ; if lie did not designate by name ssme of the t>i“- I fenders against order. Ti.e menace of tlie*' Chair was disiegardcd, the cliendcis escaped j •election, and Mr. Pearce talked out Yhc day. 1 ”o-day we have had other indications ot the dlic.ose disposition ofthe [louse, in till; r. '.iarks i Mr. Wilde mi the Massachusetts Tar.tfllc -1 -olufions. He deemed that they conveyed an insult t<? Comaiittee of Ways and Means, and was ci>nscf|Uenily indisposed to adopt th ni as the logilinrue productions of a protected Stale. He w*is warm, and he was w irmly re plied to by Mr. Eyr.it etc and Mr. J. Davis, who defended lite Legislature of tneir Stale— j There was no decisiL’i, in consequence ot (be expiraiion ofthe hour. The universal impression here is, that the I Tariff Bill will not pass-that it cannot pasr. The ! changes among the members since thejijttoduc-.i 'lion of the enforcing bill under the auspices ot ! the President, h ive been many. If the House : I shall sustain the vote of this afternoon in Com j niittce of the Whole, by which the motion of Mr. lIvNTiNGrow was agreed to, striking out the sections imposing the duties on lea and cos- : ) fee, the very Southern men who voted for every ■ imo’ion hitherto, the tendency of which has: I been to sustain the bill, will -vole against its' passage. This assurance, at least, has been : ‘ given by Mr. Wilde. The striking off Hie du | lies on lea and coffee would strike off one mil- ' | lion of revenue. On the other hand, the Sec-.' ■ retary ofthe Treasury says that fifiteen millions 1 ■ of revenue will not be sufficient to answer our i purposes. If the Land Bill should pass the ; House, tizeie will be anoiher re lection of shfee ■ | millions of revenue, and thus these will be but! i little loom left for the reduclion of the Tariff, j j The bill may be con-idered as defunct. • j I In the mean time, the enforcing bill makes ( slow progress, in die Senate. At the hour lam ; writing—past midnight—you may perhaps be ' i dating your decrees, the Ist year, of nullifica tion. I hope this is not the.case. 1 here is not a heart here that does not throb wi'.h afl’ec- , tion for South Carolina, but it is for South Car- i olina as a sister, not as an alien, net as an eno- I my. Would she but repeal her injudicious, her j hasty and rash legislation, she would have a re- I duction ofthe duties effected in the ordinary course of events, in the space of twelve months; but v. hde she holds a threat and a rod over the United States—never, Dever, never. , Prom the Knoxville Tenn. Resister, I a ° j At a large & respectable meeting ofthe citizens | of Green county, at the Court-House in Greenville, on Saturday the 12th day of Jan- i nary, 1833, to take into consideration the I course of conduct pursued by the Conven-! tion and Legislature of the State of Souih Carolina, in relation to the doctrine of Nul- ITiC'itJon. trtenara ni. iVTnrtTs, Esn. was j called ,n the chair, and *!f. appointed secretary. Col. John Love, having offered a preamble • and resolutions ns proper to lie adopted on the . occasion. On motion of Col. J.lines W. Wy-' I iy, it w is Resolved, that a committee of five be appoin ted by the chair, to report on said Resolutions I ;—and thereupon, Robert J. McKinny, Col. John Love, Col. James W. Wyly, Maj. John M’Gaughey and Gilbert Woolsey, Esq. were appointed said levn’.initlee; and on motion, John Gass, Esq. and Col. A. Russell, were ' added to the committee ; who li iving retired for I a few minutes, by their chairman, Col. Love, reported said preamble and resolutions as fol- 1 lows. The citizens of Green county have seen with , great concern, a spirit of discontent pervading j a sister slate which threatens the most disasier • ous consequences to the peace, if not the per-, inanency, ofthe Union. They cannot help ! viewing thp course pursued by the present au thorities of South Carolina as wholly unjustified by the occasion ; as revolution uy in ns char ' acter ; and as aiming at ’he dismemberment of tl.;> Union. As such they do not hesitate to ! pronounce their unqualified disapprobation of it. I Could the near approach of the crisis so im properly Listened, permit us to look to the I merits ofthe complaint, which South C irolina, ! in common with all the other agricultural states I might'urge against the tariff policy, as a system i of protection, as it is called, to the manufae nr- I ing interests, we should pronounce, with them, |is condemnation. But now another questioq, one of deeper interest, presents itself, and en , j grosses all our solicitude— . 1 “shall the union he PRESERVED ?” We answer to our misguided brethren of the ( South, that there are none, no not one of this i j assemblage, or throughout the range of an ex j tensive country around us, known to any mem ber o* it, who is so desperate as to answer in the negative. And how shall we account for r l«he disparity of sentiment existing between our selves and our sister State. Is it that her citi . zens, born ot the same mother, and cradled in ; tb" same Iririh with ourselves, have been misled bv untenable theories on the nature of our con federation? That, infatuated by the misdirec ted efj.n ts of her proud and talented sons, a majority of her people have met in conven’io.i ;»r.d decreed an ordinance, I acted on by her Legislature, which an.iuunces , disobedience, opposition; and revolt, against the r laws and regularly constituted govei jnient ’of r thd Lnron, and proclaims a-d.eterminatu>ii.;to , withdraw from it forever, it ,;n attempt is made , to enforce obedience <t> its statutes. ) In such a state ot things, we cannot hesitate. I Every t; send to th? prosperity of the country ; every ailtocald of liberfy :u?.ri iiiiir in ier>, ; every pa < iol >o whom liiscd*'n!ry is dear, mu t be Wady to meet, and oppose the unhallowed ■ combination, frorti whatever cause ?t may have , I originaftd, which has thus assailed thh peace ] land h piinrssofthe Union. I The president has appeideo io the pat iotism ' i‘ f ti.e country. He has displayed the princi . ileson vhichtiis determination tests, to support • phe-laws. Wb : consider the m iniieslo of his ■ ! opinions contained in his pioclaniation of the! t 29lh of December, as a., triumphant refutation j h.f llie most extravagant theory, and political | l heresy, tvlpch the obliquity ofthe mind of man . capable of conceiving. Nor do we concur ' ! with some of our republican brethren, who have ■ 1 critfeised the opinions contained in that phdan- • I thropie, arid dignified State paper in leiation to j ' the powers ofthe General Government. Our i 1 principles arc as alive as our way ward breatbren ' ! ofthe South are, against a consolidation of now-! ' ers io the General Government. Yet, We d«», > not dissent with the doc’rims ofthe pioclaina- ' HioiL At) imp irtial view of the literal previs-1 ions of die duhslitutioa must, we think, compel i liie admission, that the States, after its adoption ! ia the conventions of the people, were no lon- , ter sovereign as to the important power of levy- , ittg taxes by a tai iff of imposts—-This power was j out only exclusively and literally delegated to ; the Gmieral Government, but the necessity of *aidcleguti<«n of it, was a leading and most iuflu i eiittaj cause -of changing the provisions of the i ■ ionner confederation—liuw, then, shall a sin- , j gie member of the Union, a party to the com- . ! pact, oppose the enjoyment of the right, it has ' so enijtDly alieneated to another party : But, as : if doubly to gua.d himself against the common | I charge of a disposition to assume unwarrented ; ■ power, tit principles which have been uniform ly avowee by the President, as the fiiend and ; patron of slate rights, are re-asserted in tlie most empuatic terms in his proclamation, and he has stetdiiy kept in view as the basis of his action, the constitutional powers liierally given; and those powers literally given, he has declar- , ed to “not less sacred because they , the States, have, for their common interest, made the gen- ‘ oral government the depository of them.” Others of bur republican brethren censure the principle of tlie proclamation which demes I the right of secession to a state. This objec- 1 ‘lion, too, assumes for its support, more than is conveyed by the language of the observation used. ’ Stiippeil ofthe false coloring our watch ful jealousies arc ever ready to cast over the .subject of slate rights, what is the naked prin- ■ ■ eiple assorted in the proclam iticn ? “Secession i may be justified by the extremity of oppies ' siou,” i; is then “a revolutionary act,” and is i tlie e one among us who is prepared to s iy that ' 1 secession is less than a revolutionary act ? Do i those who bestow their reprehensions on tins principle contained in the proclamation, mean to sustain the derided doctrine, that nullification 'is a peaceful remedy? Those nullifiers who are now in arms and marshalled in armies to oppose the exection of the laws, tiffbid the con- I tradictipn to such an idea. Yet, secession and ' nullification alike import a change ofsovereigti • ty, a revolt against existing powers. The ! causes which can justify the one will afford no less excuse for the other. Examine the opin ions o( Jefferson; it will be fonnd that, like Jackson v he only justifies the act of secession, ' for iTte s tnie cause n,-., ••--‘ta instifv revolution. Will H be contended by republicans that such ;an occasion has akeady arrived ? Certainly n °L . But what is tlio character of the evil com j plained ol ? It is an abuse of a power unques i tionably granted by the constitution. And what does Mr. Jefl irson, whose opinions we are I all willing to make the standard of correct doc trines, instruct is the appropriate remedy ? Is it I secession, nullification, or revolution No— The remedy for abuses ism the force of public opinion. It is in the ballot box. And when I was this opinion which we all profess a willing ness to rely on, delivered ? At a lime when abuses of the powers confided to congress bv the constitution were not only ofa more alarm ing and oppressive character than at present, but was multiplied and ramified into every I j shape, which the pride of power could stig_»°st j I:—VVlien the citizen was to be deprived of his i peisou ii liberty, if his lips breathed censure | j against the organs of government —When ime ;:quai and unnecessary taxes were imposed as i now, although in a more oppressive shape, and innumerable oiher measures adopted as a pan ! of a system, whose object was not disguised, to 1 consolidate the powers ofthe genera! govern- ■ inent and annihilate the state sovereignties— Yet, was secession or nullification talked of, under all this assumption and abuse of power? No. Tire immortal Jefferson pointed to the remedy and shaped the course which conducted the vessel of state safely into port, himself at the helm. It was truly a peaceable, and a glo- ; rious remedy. He did not strive to lei loos the i maddening spirit of anarchy and rebellion a- ! inong us, or seek to deluge his country with blood spilled in the tight of brothers. He r itli ’er chose to watch the march of truth and cor ; rect principles, leading the spirit of reform slowly but surely gaining on the poiitic.il evils of tut! day. An I cannot the leaders of the j i Smidirirn discontents, now discern with as clear and certain light, that reform is rapidly on its march ? 11l it the single abuse they complain > of will soon be nunibi’red among the evils that have p issed away. We therefore adjure our brethren ofthe South to wail but a little while, even the short interval, if necessary, of ano her assemblage of the nation'll councils elected by an enlightened people, and under the influence of reformed public sentiment, when we shall again behold the genius of liberty triumpli int in her favored land, and our country uiitarnish- ! ed by rebellion and civil conflict enjoying peace and prosperity. Infatuated brethren of tlie Sou'll ! von are B our neighbors, our fellow citizens, our endeared i friend,s —our interest are linked in yoms: your prosperity is ours—your c.l unities would be j felt it: all these<<el itions bv your neighbors of Tennessee. Suspend, th*’n. wo beseech you, voor desperate purpose; rcc.-’l your convenUQ.iu’ edict, whiclt is lu iimi’, to ic-Si .ibit'i "I the peace of your cdubtfy, which at the end 01 , that short day,'is to array you in open rebellion Against a gbvernment yum fathers have givt-.* 1 ' you, one which you have lived and prospered I under, and grown to giet'.tness and happiness ttitder its protecting wines. A day, an hour neglected-, may bring upon you, ttpbn us all, ' ; the horrfrs of civil war which a moment of ic- ' ■ llfectiou may avert forever. Do you not see ' ! the angry frowns of your countrymen upon | you? If death ii.is no tenors fur brave men, | resolved as you are, is there no sting of re- 1 i morse, which poin's to your wives, yw. cJj.iJ. j ' dten, and your friends who may survive you ? ; jlf called, we must obey. The lies that bind us ' • to our country, onr duly to posterity, the wcl- > ' fare of our ckild-reH, arid the hopes o*'liberty : i and happiness lor them ; our glory as a Nation, I ■ all call aloud upon us, to raise our arms against i j rebellion, and to oppose, with all the energies ■ of our souls, the dismemberment of our happy Union. I Therefore, Ist. Resolved, That wo approve of the late ; proclamation ofthe President—Tis t we hav? . the fullest confidence in tlie integrity and pat-’ '• riotism which dictated it—That we give to the I doctrines it contains oiir c.vdial assent—Tint ; (he priri’ples it has illus’.raied, we believe io : be sit icily conformable to the republican opin- I ions which J. tferson mid Madison have uni- ' I termly advocated. \V u should indeed have i been disappointed had our reflections led to a I contrary result, wh *n we recognise in the patri- ; ot who fills the first station in the executive cabinet and as one of the constitutional advisers ■ | of the President, the most distinguished civilian of the ago ; the tmwavering lepublican of near forty years political life ; the contemporary of Jefferson, Madison, Clittbm, Gallatin, and oth ers who nt the early day ofo tr republic signali zed themselves in defence of the constitution and the people’s rights; and we plege our hon or and our lives that should it bo necessary to : sustain the determinations avowed in die presi dent’s proclamation by force of arms, we will stand ready to do so. 2d. Resolved, That it is proper we should express the gratification weteel, that the senti ments contained tn the proclamation have com ' manned the approb ition of all parties, who are for their country. Tha t, amidst the evils of the day, we hail such an event as a source of great consolation ; as most .'auspicious to liberty, and . as one ofthe cliaiactcirestic attributes of out free ' government ; its a distinctive evidence of the i affections it commands <rvet the human mind, and as a proof that the patriotism ofthe country unites itself in all parties, that it wields the ma gic charm of obliterating all party distinctions, | when the Union is in danger and its integrity i threatened. We are the more cxultingly con vinccd of this great and consoling truth, and that it has iis existence in the essence of our j free institutions from the recollection, that in I the days of Washington, when revolt against the : Utiiott was menaced, even by a comparatively ’ small combination of insurgents, that the same 1 zeal, the same love of country animated all a . like ; the existence of party strife was suspen ded, and an universal burst of patriotism pro ' claimed, th'ii), as now, “'VII E UNION MUST BE PRESERVED.” And a division being called for, they were 1 uuaiiliiiously adopieiT. I And it was further resolved, That the pro i cecdings of this meeting be signed by the Chair man and Secretary—and that the Editors of * the Washington Republican and Farmers Jo”r . nal, the Knoxville Register, the Richmond En i quirer, the Washington Globe, and all other Editors friendly f, » the cause ofthe Union, be requested to publish the same; and the meeting adjourned, si/rf die. 11. M. IV OODS, Chairman. M. Payne, Secretary. UNION MEETING. Agreeable to notice prevtoudy given, a large and respectable assembly convened at tlie court house in Blountville, on the IJrh of January, to i take into consideration the proceedings of the 1 Convention an l Legislature of South Carolina, and the Proclamation of the President of the Uni j ted States. i The meeting being called to o"der---on motion I of Col. Win. Snodgrass, X'/»n .M'Clidlan, Esq. \ was called to the chair, and David Shaver. Jr. appointed Secretary. The chairman then delivered a length v and ap | prop r iate address on (he above subjects. After , which the Secretary read the Proclam ition, which was listened to by all with m ii’.ed attention, and j the most heartfelt joy and satisfaction, j A committee was then appointed, consisting of Messrs. Win. Snodgrass, G*o. Gammon, Wrn. ! Anderson. .Samuel Rhea, G. W. Netherland, William Decry, Iresnn Longacre, E. R. Dunlatiy, E. B. Anderson and Thus While, to draft reso lutions expressive of the views ot the meeting, i who having retired torn short time, reported the i following preamble and resolutions. 'Die alarming and much to be deplored state of our national affairs, calls aloud to every freeman, and friend of liberty, of the Union, and of the safe ty of our beloved country, to st-p forth an J pub. lidy declare, where he stands, whether he is for the Union, and its consequent blessings, or wheth er for disunion, and all it i attendant evils. Our ■ government is one of equal rights. Here liberty is enjoyed, and all the blessings the ’heart of man could ask for are possessed in rich abundance; and when we look abtoad, we mav ask with pride ami exultation, where is the country which enjoys half ! the blessings conferred on these United States! Yet. strange ns it may appear, dissatisfaction—nav, may we not say rebellion, is abroad in the land: that Jami for which our forefathers fought, and that liberty for which some of them died.—- 'l'his state of affairs ought not so to be.—“ The Federal Union must be preserved,” be the conse quences what they may, even the shedding of :t toother’s blood! But we hope for better things— we trust that S utli Carolina, who so nobly fought far liberty, will rr fleet before it be too line-— will re-ccnsider her late proceedings, retrace her steps and snatch the irchives ot her state, th*’dis organising e iict ot her late convention, ’ id its members r?-n 'semble and promulgate the decided expression of ibmr will, to pursue that course r which abrne can insure their safety, prosperity and ’ honor. . Therefore, ' R-solt'd, Tha’ we consider th? NcdlAing ' . ' *9. ; ' dftdin.inco passed bv h portion W ike citizens of Sutuh Carolina, in their late ConveMion, as cor... ! tu’aing (‘.octrees fratrght with the most dangerous j consequences, subversive of the peace ot the U ' nion, ami such as should be deprecated by every I true . r iend of IlMir Tl‘»t •« ’' ?Jl | iitsotvea, , 'un'C, and highly ap- j Proclamation v. ito m’'cn p<e.. —Mst we sec jprove of his views ofNt.J'fication, depicted in the most striking riolors, evn u seqences of that heresy. I Resolved, That should South Carolina r'iil 'persist in her mad determination of resisting th? I laws of Congress, we hereby pledge ourselvcsrand ‘ :ril that_ is dear to us, in the sacred cause ofo-ir country,~litld will hold ourselvcs'ready :i( the call t of.the goveriimcnt, to defend the Uuioif. ( Resolved, That “the Federal Union must bo I preserved." This is our motto, and under it evo . ry friend of peace and liberty must rally. | On motion of David Shaver, jr. the following i resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That whilst we view the apparently existing cause of dissatisfaction, with regret, still, we must say t<» our neighbors, you have boconio too impatient, and forgetful of t!,o “signs of the limes” which augur better things than nullification and secession from the Union. Ou motion of Mr. Decry, unanimously adopt ed. Resolved, That asfrcc-men of this happy land, wo will maintain the union ’of-the states inviolate, with all our means and our physical force; .that wo will defend this land of liberty, purchased by iho blood and treasure ofthe undaunted patriots of (he reVO’lU'i on ’ who untrammelled us from the yoke of tyranny. i Col. Snodgrass, one of the heroes of King’d - Mountain, and ofthe late war, made some very ap propriate remarks on the nature of our compact.. • for which we much regret we have not room nor time to exhibit them to the world. On motion. Resolved, That tho Editors of the Globe and Knoxville Register, together with all Editors friendly to the sacred cause of the Union, publish the proceedings of this meeting, which being signed by the Chairman, the meeting closedt with the most animated feeling of patriotism. ABRAM M CLELLAN, Chm’n. David Shaver, jr. Secretary. From the Georgia Constiiutiondli*!. Another transaction, which has given rise tx» newspaper distortion and abuse, is the liberatiou of l!ie Missionaries. It seems to us, that justice, truth, and fairness, would have required an inves tigation of the propriety of the measure, instead of ascribing it to motives which in no way can havu any connection with the incarceration of thoic missionaries, and the expediency of their release. Whether those missionaries agreed to acknowledge the supremacy of the laws of Georgia over the soil embraced within her limits, by the influence ofo j thers or whether it was effected by the conviction ; of their own minds, can not change in the least thtj fact- -the solemn fast—that they made the ac i knowledgement, and placed themselves, by so do ling, at the mercy of the chief magistrate of the | State. Georgia contended for the supremacy of [her laws over her-territory. This was denied by the missionaries. Now that they admit this su -1 premacy, must they be punished for having once ’ doubted, of the right of the state to punish thoru ■ for an infraction of those laws? If the ries had admitted this supremacy copditionaßr only, they should not have been released. But , as this was not the case, humanity demanded that , they should be liberated. But «l is said that th*s , matter vVas arranged in Washington city, by Gen. Jackson, rind some members of Congress front UeOfgia. We know of no arrangement having : been made for the release of the missionaiieS.—- We firmly believe that General Jackson, if any ■ arrangement was made, had no hand in it. But ■ admitting for a moment that an arrangement wt ; f | made. What of it ? What is the result of this . , arrangement ? Nothing more nor less thaaJhaC since the incarceration of the missionaries repeat ' led attempts have been made, as forrherly made 1 j by Gov. Gilmer, without effect, to induce them t<> ’ acknowledge the constitutionality of the laws of I I Georgia, in order that they might be released from their confinement. All these attempts proved jftuitless. The missionaries proved stubborn and . unbending. Fanaticism kept their spirit ofresis i tence up. It is now said that the Board of For- • i cig'i Missions have exerted their influence with j those missionaries. This, may »e the case.' But why exert this influence ? Because the Board ui‘ i Foreign Missions know plainly that Georgia could not be diverted from her policy, that the i state could not let her laws be violated with impu : nity: and that some of the ablest and soundest ■ i jurists of the United States had given their opinion ;in favor of Georgia. This is what influenced the ' Board of foreign Missions, aud this is what influ- - enccd the Missionaries. They all became con- * vinced. that Georgia was right and they wrong, and that it was iisidess to contend against right.; ' The missionaries made rhe acknowledgement, and they were released. This is all the'arrangement we believe has taken place about this matter. It is said by certain prints, in the slate and else* where, that Gen. Jackson brought about this ar ! rangemeut, because, to be consistent with the | principles advanced in his proclamation, tie would J have had to compel Georgia to submit to the de. cision of the Supreme Court, because he couLl have forced South Carolina to obey the *revenui> laws. It would seem from this, that Gen. Jack son has a great partiality for Georgia, and a great I hatred for his native stale. Now, what has Geor gia ever done to merit such a particular regard from Gen. Jackson. Georgia has given her volet twice to the General for the Presidency, nnd wh< » Not because there were no other men in the Unit ed Slates she would have prefered for that high 'office; but because Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay and filr. Win, were the candidates in opposition ty foiwj. Georgia has never done more than statei did, for Gen. J :ic kson; she adm*' e3 ni an ’ ? patriotism, and his sincere ••*‘4 interests of the count,' . ./J Vt ” ,on so nough to render n tl y “’’ "T < On the other li >n I, \ vh ' ‘ ’ l ’ ' " ever done for C ’ ■ ’ ’ (j f ‘" f ral Jackson- ever done tor Groig l;i , so eminently great- asm draw f roill hts particular regard for ’smtei of ’ be’V lOrC H h: ’ B d ° ne lor lhc "’hcrsta.es. of the I rnon I appointed once a Georgian t . the rhstmautshel office of Attorney Gencrel. p' nCC G.-oigian has he appointed to ofiicu ? Lur ss asserted by certmn newspapers, he re,. holds m the measures adopti-d bv her 'in niLition to Ute Cherokee territory, and e.m.h ir : Smit.l Ci.ro. ma for resisting the Tar.lf laws.— ' his ki i»rante<|. What nf ’t t’. r. i | . 4 . c..n we condeint. ks °? ur wbat is just, and what laye a ngbt to de here in Georgia I And doe , ~r .«* f r s e I °% th '” ! ■: for discharging his rimy to ' i-i.ri' i•* l . e i e, it thinks w<! are right, ho !i | ,H 'luty aii ino more am) deserves n<» •. an s, nn ess to this age. of reason, r ratify Hnk •- t■ J if is so auui’3 pcrf?rins Lift