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FOREIGN.
PORTUGAL.
London, March 28.
The repulse of Don Miguel’s troops in a des
perate attack on the lines occupied by the'Con
stitutionalists is fully confirmed. It will be
seen, by the following account, that the attack
was one ofthe most serious that has yet taken
place. The Scotch troops seem to have be
haved, as they always do, most admirablv—
The subjoined account of this affair is from the
Times:
On the evening of the 3d inst. the enemy
made a movement upon the lines of the Serra,
but easily yielded to opposition offered. This
feint, and the fact of large bodies of troops hav
ing been seen for two days crossing the river
from the south, led to the expectation of some
thing important on the morrow. The troops
m the city were therefore ordered to remain
under arms all night. Next morning, the 4th,
at four o’clock, a brisk firing commenced all
aronnd the lines, while a second attack was
thieatened on the Serra, General Torrers,
commanding in that quarter, withdrew, his
pickets and allowed the enemy to advance on
fin open space, when he opened upon them five
batteries, with grape and conister, and speedily
forced them to retire with considerable loss.
At six o’clock, A. M. the real point of the
xjnemy’s attack became apparent. At that
hour, two columns of about 4000 and 2000 each,
were seen advancing under colours, to attack
the right, between the Foz and Lordello. At
half past six, the position of Pastelleiro, and
towards a redoubt on the left occupied by Sal
■danha with the Portugese, forming the right of
'the point of attack, was saluted with heavy ar
tillery to cover the advancing columns, while
.the battery above Lordello opened upon the po
sition between Matta Sept, lying between the
battery and Pastelleiro, this position being oc
copied by the Scotch Fusileers, and forming
the centre and the left of the point of attack, tlie
former under Col. Jones and the latter under
I Major Mameron. One ofthe columns, under
cover ol this fire, moved on the Postelleiro, oc
cupied by the 3d Infantry, while the other ad
vanced between the light house and Pastelleiro,
occupied by the lOih Cacadores. Both col
umns were allowed to advance tiil close upon
the redoubts, when a brisk firing of grape and
Canister and musketry, opened upon them,
which compelled them to fall back in confusion.
The fugitives of the column repulsed from Pos
telleiro formed with a third body intended for
the attack with great boldness ; the assailants
were kept at bay by the Fusileers until half
past nine, when the 12th Cacadors joined and
made fire so hot, that the enemy were forced
to retire in great disorder, a second time they
returned to he attack, and were again repulsed
ana forced to retire to a hollow, keeping up
however, a sharp fire on Matta Sept. At this
time a field piece was brought io bear on the
point from which the enemy had retreated, when
they returned to the attack for the third time :
they were now met by a murderous discharge
of grape and canister, and by ten o’clock tiie
whole line of attack had retreated, after four
hours of most desperate firing. The defeat of
the Migulites on this occasion has been one of
th- most signal that has occurred since the
s g-.
' fi'St the loss ofthe Migulites in the action
* aid in Oporto to amount only to 600 kil
j rd wounded, but the reports of deserts,
1 ded with the fact of about 400 dead having
. seen on the ground from which the enemy
retired, soon augmented the number of killed
and wounded to 2000, which at one time I was
myself inclined io oefieve, having accidentally
be» n with Major Shaw on the 7th, when a ga
lego, wno had been seized by the Migulite pack
ets a fortneight before, made his escape from
their lines, and reported to the Major that thev
V ie still engaged in burying their dead ; but I
live adopted the number of 1,500 because in a
pi ivate letter from one of the Ministers, he lim
its .fie Migualites to this amount. Bin to those
ir'erested in this struggle, the number put hors
dr combat must be of little importance, in com
parison with the moral effect produced upon
those within Oporto by the termination of this
glorious day.
The loss on Don Pedro’s side on this day
vas 22 killed «nd j 6 wounded, chiefly from the
Scotch Brigade, with the 'exception
of (hem, thp whole of the troops engaged in the
action were Portuguese, who fought most
, !Ve y* The reason of the much greater
s aghterot the Miguelites is of course account
ed 'or by th- ir coming up in dose columns
i: under the range of the immense volumes 1
of -’Pe and canister shut, which were reserv
ed ♦<»•• them.
- Repulse— His majesty’s steamer
-'inroice arrived at Falmouth, March 30th
l. sbon and Oporto. She left Oporto
’ n 4-3 ). Provisions to some amount had
b“ n landed w ithin the last three weeks, and
dmre niiglit have arrived in the citv this wav
about .0 day s supply. The enemy had, how'-
‘■.go gun boa U al Matozinhos, which gave
cmstdeiable interruption to the landing,
dior -wo davs before the packet sailed,
. M ,bP ' ; , On L Sunda y the 24>h there was
u attack made by the Migulites the two ex
hemes of the fines. Ou the right thev took
an unfinished redobut on the height of' Antas
homwnich they were subsequently driven with
great loss lU killed and wounded, and 45 oris
oner«- rr ' l • ’ * • - t>„ 1
on th’s noir”
was five officers and 17 men killed, and 9 offi- <
cers and 70 men wounded. Among the offi
cers wounded, were Major Sadler, severely,
and Capt. Wright, mortally—While this took
place upon the right of our line, says an Opor
to letter of the 25th, the left was kept equally
employed, for the enemy simultaneously attack
ed the light house, Saldanha’s redoubt, and the
Pastelleiro. They were met in Gen. Saiidan
ha’s usual way, that is allowed to come within]
I pistol shot before he opened upon them, when!
a deadly fire of musketry, and rockets, was
thrown in, which forced them to retire with pre
cipitation ; and, as our men were under cover,
i while they were exposed, the enemy’s loss was
very great.
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THE CONSTITUTION.
The proposed, digested, alteration of the
Constitution, as contemplated by an act of the
! last Legislature, is now before the people fur
their consideration and ultimate adoption or re
jection. We are satisfied with its features aind
j shall, however feebly, advocate its ratification.
The subject of reduction, has, for several years
been before the people of Georgia—ail parties
have agreed upon the necessity and expediency
ot the measure ; but, in this, as in every thing
else, various modes and plans have been sug
gested. in the discharge of our duties and in
the exercise of our rights, we took occasion to
submit our views in our remarks heretofore
made on examining this subject ; they are not,
entirely, included in the plan the Convention
j now submits to the people ; but some of the
• prominent features of our plan are included and
we are not so selfish as to believe we are per
feet in cur conceptions of this or any other, and
I therefore, reject the offered plan because we
{ may not have offered it. We conceive that the
principle upon which the Constitution founds
the government remains unaltered or if altered
it is bettered.
We perceive that many of our brethren of
the type are dissatisfied with the proposed al
teration and will, we suppose, oppose its ratifi
cation. Will they not yield up a little to gain
a great deal ? Will they not act upon the prin
ciple of concession ? we are, always, disposed
to do so.
A newspaper of this state assumes to say of
the proposed plan, “It stifles the voice and
prostrates the influence of the slave-holding, the
principal tax-paying portion of the state, bv
adopting the northern and repudiating the
southern principle.” On reading a sentence
■ fraught with so much arrogance, we have scarce
ly patience to repress our indignation and are
more disposed to turn from it with contempt,
than undertake its calm investigation; but as
this question must be discussed before the peo
ple of Georgia, through the several organs of
communication, without regarding responsibility
we shall proceed, from time to time, to answer
the objeciions that may be urged against the
proposed amendment and present, in support of
it, such reasons as have convinced us of its
propriety.
Although we are, at all times, willing to yield
to the laws and constituted authorities of the
country, that obedience that a freeman ought
to yield, and that respect to talents that an in
ferior ought to pay, yet, when one chagrined I
and disappointed, because he is not permitted
to dictate, asserts what is unfounded in fact and J
not supported by truth and endeavors to inflame
the public mmd by, unnecessarily, introducing
a subject, mure than any other, calculated to ir
ritate it, there must be the exercise of more
philosophy than has fallen to our share, to hear
it without emotions of indignation. There is
no more justification in coupling the proceed
ings of the Convention with the opinions of the
northern people on the subject of slavery, than
han there was in the rediculous absurdity of
assimilating the course of Georgia, with regard
to her lands, to South-Carolina Nullification;
there is as much correctness in one as the other.
The northern people have not and cannot, now
or here rfter, so interfere with our slave popula
tion as to alter, or in any way disturb, their
condition ; and it is the advancement of the
converse of this proposition by Georgians, that
we look upon as unwarrantable.
No one man should be allowed to exercise
more influence than another, in the Legislature
or in the community where he may reside, on
account of his property—if property is to be
the standard by which a man’s usefulness and
ability is to be ascertained, in Georgia, then
the most wealthy man should be the Governor,
the nex richest have the office next below him
and so on down to the lowest office,desired by
the wealthy. If property is to be the criterion,
j why not permit the rich man to number his tickets
lat the ballot-box according to the number of
’ slaves upon his plantation and why not graduate
i and regulate the franchises of Georgia’s free- *
men by the number of slaves they may have I
If our privileges are to be measured by the
number of slaves we possess ? why not by the
number of acres of land, having a prudent re
gard to its quality ? why not by the number of
cows, horses, hogs or any other species of pro
perty we may have? Can anyone contem
plate this subject, without perceiving that the
absurdities here enumerated are intimately con
nected with ‘ the property qualification."—
\ erilv this aristocracy does not suit our plain,
republican notions but is as haisji as a whip-saw
passing over a bar of steel, to them.
It is urged that he that pays the most tax has
” ri °ht to a more weighty influence than he that
i pays less ; in answer to that we say, that he r
that pays the most tax has the greatest necessity
for legislation and the performance of public
duties ; much is done for the exclusive protec
tion of property which results, exclusively, to
the benefit ofthe rich, if this be true, no injus
tice is done the rich by demanding from them
a larger share toward the support of the go
vernment than is required of the poor. With his I
I liberty secured the poor man is sufficiently pro- I
1 vided for, in its enjoyment he might live and die [
i without that vast quantity ol surplus legislation
that we find in our statute-books relative to ,
property —besides all this, who holds the high
lucrative and honorable offices in the state? the
poor? no, the rich I talent is the least qualifi
. cation if property is not its companion. If the
government is worth preserving, it must be done
by contributions from the people, m the nature ■
of taxes : it is perfectly fair that he that has
most to enjoy should contribute most to its pro- ‘
tection ; the position that we here assume is j
remarkably and critically illustrated by a beau- ;
! tiful passage in the New-Testament, in the j
words of our Lord—St. Luke c 21—v 123 4. I
It is not our business to excite feeling against i
[ the rich, this has not been and never will come
| within the range of our duties or afford us any
pleasure ; we, however respect no man on ac
count of his property, .we disrespect no m in on
account ot his poverty ; in forming tin estimate
of any man, we do not enquire whether be is '
rich or poor ; we envy no man his property we !
succumb to none on that account.
The amendment presented by the Conven- (
lion is, perhaps, not so complete but that per
sons in some parts of the state may find objec
tions to it, this would be the case with anv plan ;
we hope the people, acting upon the principle
of compromise and concession, will ratify the
act ofthe Convention.
To notice all the silly bombast that finds its
way into many of the Georgia newspapers of
the day, would be a task equalled in its irk
someness only by its unprofitableness. When
we hear it said that Mr. Forsyth or Judge
Wayne is the leader of the Clark party, we
are more disposed to pity the ignorance ofthe
asset ter than to be offended at his meaning.—
riiere is this fact learned from such reni uks,
however, that those who make them, measure
the policy ofthe Clarkor Union party bv their
own selfish and contracted views, views that do
not extend beyond the present hour. When
Mr I'orsyth, Judge Wayne or any other
men or individual, without regard to names, act
upon the principles that form the creed of that
party, matters n) e rc |y temporary and local, shall
not divide us. \V e are never lead, we go in
company with those that pursue the course we
conceive to be right.
I °
It will be seen by looking into almost any
newspaper of recent date, that personal violence
has been attempted upon the President of the
United States, by alate lieutenant in the Naval
service, named R. B. Randolph ; the history
of this man and this transaction is, that he was
appointed, by captain Patterson, purser, in the
piace ot Mr. Timberlake, dec. Randolph was
accused of acting faithlessly and a Court of
.Enquiry was detailed to examine into the.
charges preferred against him ; upon the return
of the Court the President ordered his dismiss- I
al fiom lheservice. Upon forming anopinion j
of Randolph’s conduct, the foregoing facts are '
I not in view; it is useless to enumerate the
reasons that influence us, they ate those tlmt.i
i naturally arise upon hearing the particulars of
such improper conduct on the part of Randolph. I
1 his outrage furnishes evidence that the ag- [
gressor is unlit for any sei vice, even the most
slavish.
EXECUTIVE DEPA ft I’ VI LN F, (i Eon g7a. I
Milledgeville, 17th May, 1833.
<I‘E AS, by an act of the General Asseni- :
bly of this State, passed the 24th day De- i
cember, 1832, entitled “an Act to provide for the I
call ot a Convention to reduce the number ofthe ,
General Assembly of the State o f Georgia, and for i
other purposes thereto named,” it is provided I
“That it shall be the duty of His Excellency the I
. Governor to give publicity to the alterations and
amendments made in the Constitution in reference
to the reduction of the nrnnher of members < om
poitng the General Assembly--and the first Mon
aay i.i October next, after the rising of said Con
>--v.tion, he shall fix on for <he ratification, by the
! people, of such amendments, alterations or new arti
cles as they may make for the objects of reduction &
equalization of the General Assembly only: ami it
jratified by a majority ofthe voters who vote on the
question of “Ratification” or -No Ratification”
—then, in that event, the alteration so by them
made and ratified, shall be binding upon the peo
ple oftliis State, and not otherwise.” And where
as, the Delegates of the people of this State’, as
sembled in Convention under the provisions of die
before recited act, have agreed to, and declared |
the following to be alterations a ud amendments of 1
the Constmtion of this State, touching the repn>- I
sentatmn us the people in the GenerarAsssernbly )
thereof, to wit: J I
■ “Whereas, the third section of the first article of
the Constitution of the State of Georgia is in the i
following words, to wit: “The Senate shall be elect- '
ed annually on the first Monday in November, un- i
til such day of election be altered by law,’and
shall be composed ofone member ftoni'each coun
ty, to be chosen by the electors ilmreof.” And'
whereas a part of the seventh section of thn first
article of the Constitution of the State of Georgia
is in the following words, tn wit: “The House'of
Representatives shall be composed of members
from all the counties which now are or hereafter
may be included within the State, accordin" to
their respective numbers of free white persons and !
including three-fifths of all the people of colour:” |
Anu io the same section, the following, to wit:
“each county containing three thousand ners.ms I
agreeabiv to t* l " r -
r shal' be entitled tu two members, seven thousand
to three member, and tweive thousand to four
members, but each county shall have at least one'
and not more than four members.”
And whereas the aforesaid third section, and
the said parts of the seventh section of the said
first article of the Constitution, touching there
iresenlation of the Gcner.l Assembly ofthe State,
nas been found, by experience, so be defective, on
I account of the great numbers in me Legislature
and the enormous expense on account thereof—wo
' the Delegates of the people ofthe State of Geor
-1 gia, in General Convention assembled, chosen and
| authorised by them to revise, alter and amend the '
! saidrfwp sbctrmi3 and other parts, if any, tduclu'n'g.
I the representation ofthe people of Georgia in the
General Assembly, have, after mature reflection
and deliberation, declared the following to be
amendments in lieu us the aforesaid third section,
and parts of the seventh section, which,
; when ratified by the people of the State, shall be
I taken, held and coDsitkred as parts of the Coiisti-
I tutiou ofthe State of Georgia in lieu ofthe afore
j said.
I “The Senate shall he elected annually on tbo
j first Monday it’ October, urnil such day of elec
i tion shall be altered by law, and shall be composed
of one member from each senatorial district to be'
I chosen by the electors thereof, which said senato
rial districts shall be form: J by adding two eonti
gitotis counties together throughout the State,
without regard to population, as is hereinafter sj>e-‘
cified and defined, the county ofMtarray excepted,
which shall constitute, together with such county
'or counties as may be hereafter formed out of thn
[ territory now composing s:u 1 county of Murray,
[one senal'irial district, the whole Lumber of dis
tricts shall be fiiriy-fiye and no more, and in the
event ol the formation oi any new county or coun
ties, the legislature, at the time of such formalioti.
shall attach the same to some contiguous senato
rial district.
Each senator shall ho a resident of the district
lor which he may be el-.-cted. as is required by the
present Constitution, ol residence in the county.
Ihe following shall be the senatorial districts:
I he county bt Murray sh dl constitute the first
district.- 'l’hesecond district shall be composed
ol tne counties ol Gilmer aud Union: The third
of the counties ol Rabun and Habersham: The
fourth, of the counties of Lumpkin and Chero
kee; The fifth, of the counties of Cass and Floyd.
The sixth, of the counties of Ja-kson and Hall:
Ihe seventh, ol the counties of Franklin and
Madison- The eighth, ofthe comities of Gninnett
and Forsyih; r l’he ninth, of the counties of
1 aiildmg and Cobh: f*he tenth, of the counties
of Fayette and DeKalb: The eleventh, of the
counties of Campbell ami Carroll; ’I he twelfth,
of the counties of Coweta and Mcrriwether;
1 tie thirteenth, of the counties of T roup and
Heard; The fourteenth, ofthe counties of Henry
and Newton: The fifteenth, of the comities of
Walton ami ( lark; The sixteenth, of lhe coun
ties of Oglethorpe and Elbert: The seventeenth,
ofthe counties of Greene and Tallialerro; The
eighteenth, ol the counties of Wilkes and Lincoln:
I he nineteenth, of the counties of Putman and
Morgan: 1 lie twentieth, of the counties of Burts
ami Jasper: The twenty-first, of ’.he counties of
l ike and Upson: TTie twenty-second, of the coun
ties of Harris anrj I’alboi: The twenty-third, of
the counties of Crawford and Munroe: Thn
twenty (mirth, of the counties of Ihbb and’Hou r,
ton; Jfhe twemy-fifih, o f the counties of Jone*
and Baldwin: ITie twenty-sixth, Os the courities
of Twiggs and Wilkinson: The twenty-seventh,
of the coumies of Warren and Hancock. r ! lie
twenty-eighth, ofthe counties of Columbia and
Richmond: The twenty-ninth, of the counting
of Burke and Scrivon: The thirtieth, of the tmun
jties of Washington and Jcffimsmi: T’lm thirty
. ffist, of the counties of Bullock and Emamiei:
’ I he thirty-second, ol the counties of Laurens ami
j Montgomery. The thirty third, ofthe counties of
Doolv & Pulaski: The tbiriy-fourtli, of ;t|o conn
pies of Marion and .Muscogee; The thi'tv-fifth, of
. the counties of Randolph ami I'arlv. The thirtv
j sixth, of the counties ol Sumpter and Stewart:
[The thioy-sf’vcnih, of the comities of Baker and
U' P: r , The thirty-eighth, of thecmmiies o( bwm
and I’elfai.r. The thirty-ninth, of tlie counties of
Appling an I Tattnall. The fortieth, ofthe coun
ties of Chatham ami I’ffirtchain. The forty first,
of the counties of Bryan and Liberty. The forty
second, of the counties of M’ltito'sh and Glytm.
[ Ihe forty-thirt?, of the ciuniies of Wayne and
(Camden. The forty-fourth, of the cotinlies of
i W .ire and Lowtitles. .he forty-fifth, of the conn
lies of Decatur an I Thomas. 'The House of Re
: pre-entatives shah be composed oi members from
[ all the counties whit h now are, or may be, inclnd
,ed within the State, according to their respective
' numbers of free white persons.
I he whole number of members in lite House nf
Representatives shall be one hundred and forty
four -and no more, except in the case nf a im ,vly
created county or counties; such new county or
counties shall have one member for ear: i county,
unlilthe taking rd the next ceiimis thereafter, ami
the whole number shall be nDpor'inned in tiio
following manner, viz; the fifteen countie , having!
the highest number of tree while persons nlial) be
entitled to three members each, the tw. ntv.-fiva
counties having the next highest nmnbe sos fren
while persons shall have two members c-acit, and
the remaining furty-niuc counties shall h ave one
member each. •
iieneyer from the creation of a new county of
(counties, the whole number <d members in-liio
i House of Representatives shall exceed th,e otja;-
jber of one hundred and fiuty four, it sha I be tho
: duly ot the Legislature, at its first sessi in after
I the taking of the first census after the crejiionof
; such new county or counties, in uiporlio tih'g liui
.members, to take one member from orie,o.f .the
counties having three members, to supply such
newly created county, always beginning v. i h th’,
county that has the smallest number of fr. re wifi '.a •
persons that may he entitled to three mf-m’i.-rs.
Fhe census shall be taken, as hefetofoi'r, once
in seven y» 3r s. and the Leg-slat nr.- shall, adits fi.-t
session after the taking of e.i< n Ceu.ius, app.ir'i.i t
the members among the sever 4 cirtmijes ol’th'S
State, -as is- heretofore provided; provided caul
county shall have one rreml.t r.
JAMES M. WAYNE,
President oj the. (Juaveidliui,
May 15, 1833.
Attest,
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