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EDAHH AH,
SA'uV&D.&'jt', February 15, 1834.
We again notify persons indebted to us, that
Cve Will take bills of any denomination, on any
of the solvent banks, io discharge of their debts.
We direct the attention of the Justices of the
Inferior Courts of the new counties, to the Act
of >he last Legislature, directing the Census to
be taken. The necessity of proceeding forth*
With in tins measure, will be seen, when it will
b< perceived by an Executive Order, found in
to-davs paper, that a distribution of the Pom
School Fund, amongst the new counties, is to
be icguhited by the Census.
The Postscript of ■’ letter received at thia
offi e, ftoin a gentleman i esiding in the neigh
boihood of the Cherokee Agency, says “ there
is plenty of money at rhe Agency to pay ail
emigrants just debts.”
Wit direct the attention of our readers to the
eommunica-tjon of Mr. William Hardin, to be
found tn another column, relative to lots drawn
in the recent Lotteries and improperly incum
bered by Indians.
Tlte Stales Agent for the •Cherokees, Wil
liam G. Spriugej, EtO. gives notice in to-days
In elligeuret of his movemeuts.
M Josiah lloLr.Rou.:, of Boston, a gentle
man w 'll km>wn, and of high standing amongs"
the h erary and scientific, visited om tow;'
few < ays tgo. Dming assay of a few horn *
the <:r z«ns collected at the house of Dr. Burns,
5V ten Mi. Holbrook submitted to them 'll"
pt oprimy of establishing a county Lvceum.—
Mr II Ibiook took ’ba: occasion to speak <4 the
advantages of Education and Science, gene
rally, but more particularly in our Republic.
retu.iiking “ that in monaicliros it was the in
thrcbi of the rulers to keep their subjects in ig
mrrance, but not so >n Republics, there it was
important tint he people, in whom die seve-.
TcigUty resided, sliould be enlightened, for the
mure so, the tinner the liepublic.” Up also
Collected a few specimens of rock, the consis
tency of which he explained, to the entire sa
(i*f<ct:on of the company. The simplified
in inner of teaching children to read, togrtlmi
vifli iho expens. , which is merely nominal,
3)10 ws, conclusively, the practicability of car
ryiu;.’ its tn nefi's <o every member of the coin
niun y
M . II Ibt '<«k alluded to his visits to this
S'*”’, this bring the third, as c dcuuted to pre
paw liim 10 form a proper estimate of the
Southern character and o remove 'be last feel
ing of pi.rjudice he may have had previous to
becoming .irqu linted with ns. He remarked
jn a ploasaa and familiar mmner “ th ii t.c
fead yet to find ‘he individual th 11 would offer
bun disrespect, a consequence that he did not
ft' ill four so long as ho observed ... proper con
duct.”
We take this occasion to remark that such
mon as Mr. Holbrook have nothing to fear in
Visiting ns , they can always command the at
tention of out people, who, thr.ugh perhaps not
ifiwav* as icfiimd as older comnttmiiii’S, have a
Dative hospitality that redeems its W‘Ot. It is
the coming amongst us of such men as the one
of wn on we now speak, that 13 calculated to
draw close; the relaxed bunds of brotherly af
fection between the south aud north. T • such
Uien we bid a hearty welcome.’
' \ Society was organized al the suggestion of
Al Hal! ■<»uk, choosing fur its Y»r-n;Jviir
Il wr.i.t. Cobb-and for its Secretary William
Giusti .m. E*q
There <s nothin? more admirable in our bis
tcin <>f government ; nothin? more charming
th B ovs .is a legitimate comeouence from out
R nhliean Institutions, than th it indenenrieoct
XV meh tney guaran'ee to every citizen, as well
to ilm Humble as the arrogant, to the poor . ;
the rich, to the peasant us well as the nabob.
Thee is not any mo ots of communication
known amongst us that '■’is so generally re
Jieil upon as the Press; th: l importance of
keepiijt’ that channel fine and unobstructed ami
as f't as pt icti ' ibln tincoriupted, must be ob
yrio'is to every one. We have been led to
these reflections upon the coutempla'i.m of the
Course pu stied by the Constitutionalist, the
3" ' h rn B inner, the Georgian and the Stand*
O’d »f t’:i ,<o, those oewspap-'ts profiling ;,n
fldhmence to principle tn the vdt subserviency
of parly, have mapn.mimouslv refused to act in
Ihe m«d pl.t; ofietrmg down tile liberties of
the*, counttv, by joining thosi engaged in th o
protect, which is named Nullification. Wh>
an .n difl’ueiice is presented between
ihtM dependent and patriotic journals anti
tin \ of'd ’iiii?, time-seiving, sycopb intm course
oi s• i Newspapers with which thev were foi
m > h cSMiciattd. The times, views and cit-
Ctim* ucesofa certain parts in Gtuirgiiij I ave
Ja: 'it mgoJ very alien, firs' Union men, then
IS . i’n is. then wafers of tue Strife Rights
yLso.i ‘ti&n of tin State of Georgia, all this
Writ n i tew months; tin ch aises however, have
found these Newspapers uniform in one thing,
they have always been the advocates of (he
list ami prevailing chmge. A Newspaper
|h i*i is liras shifting cannot he made to do much
Dei. b li rrn» to those to w hom it appears to be
Opposed nor enjoy, to any extent, tho confi
dence of those it appears to advocate.
We publish to-day the statement rd same of
the R« V. Ml. Olnis associates while la was a
XP t.lirr of the Faculty ot Fii.ltklin College.
Whs • '.<! not all sign t s 1 The c baaacte s'of
th : lumen that have stgued, forbid the idea
of a n rude of the statement being false or
com H .< in < x it’gerated language; if mtist all
L< ■!", t iue, we ask >g-itn, why did not all
SJr*.Olnis ssoctates sign P I Win l they dts
p. s . withhold from I'.ti.t these evidence, to
emo •’> ' made ag ’.in.* him of the most niali
[i< i !..•:• ' unfinmded d>a> acte ? We hope not.
T'fecu ••• esston of :iuth.on*uch -«:» occasion, is
tumumuuui lu the of tububuud.
*Tbp aspect of affairs in South-Carolina is
truiy senous. We cannot but think >hut too
much apathy and indifleience petvades the
public mind tn Georgia, telalive toevents there.
The proceedings in Greeneville and the ex
tract of a letter which we publish to-day, ma
nifest a spirit not to be subdued and only hush
ed bv being crushed.
Will the Nullifiers of Georgia ponder the
situation of the people of South-Carolina be
foie they take another step in their course o;
move another, inch towards the goal of tin/,
ruin ? The eally advocates of the doctrine ••♦‘i
Nullification insisted upon two points most t< - ,
n o iously, those were that Nullification wis
peaceful and Constitutional ; a majority of the
people of South-Suutb were made to believe
this; but as soon as Nullification is put in ope
ration, every featura of u furnishes a denial to
what had been claimed lor it. Wbai has mr.de
a militaiy depot of South-Cciiolm*—Nullifica
tion. VViiat ha; excited that stetp-to her pre
sent unhappy state Nullification. Wh.u is it
that nerves the hand of the brother against his
brother, the father against the son and the son
against the father, in that Slum—Nullification.
AVbat hit that has driven Judge Smith and Co
lonel Drayton, with many noble, gennrous
and pauiotic heart, from the State es their
choice acd affections to rove about unsettled or
to ser-k 11 home among strangers —Nullification.
What is it that has threatened ’h&di£solf''i.>!i of
the Union, the legacy of a band of p»ir\>A 10
their child r ' , n, the purchase-price of which was
heir hearts-blood—Ntillific not’. fVlr.it ts it
;, it at this moment hold., disfranchised the dis
< |i'vers in these doctrines South-Carolina
—Nullification. In a wnnl, wlj.n It <s fobbed;
8■ xith Carolina of her peace mid placi d ...
bm present warlike attitude w hich <‘very
loproaches nearer h» explosion ; the mawet '•s
he same-—Nullification. VVe -:sk the Genre;
Nullffiei who has nut yet gone too tar to sir. 1.
■f ..’hen h» j first embi iced <he tloi teno h* h •<!
any idea that it would have pi o rest.: is - o
disa-itprous as those mi h ive hvi n ton urn
plating ?
As 1 subject of genet il disc ‘vi:h us.
Nullification has become ’astel s.-! r ’ n«ip..ti :
we should not have refered to n v t*.ii for its
serious operations upon ’1 U• - : pa.;\ of
Soinh-Gurolin . The:' .< .• r»t . brvend
wkich forbearance waul'! ? - ,r.p <•> be:, virittp, ’o
this point ’.lit: Union ru» u Invi- been urged i.m.
are now threatened to be put bcvoiid it.
JRr.vjj the f'h trl'Ston C< urter. 2'6d inst.
the t est o a ni.
Ezcif <ni..nt fa Spartanbia gh.
' We have received inieiltgvuce of the most
’auihentjc chatacter, that the excitement to
; Sp-u taubtii >gh against the T's. O oh, in the
< Militaiy Rd!, is unprec' den <d, lot u fac’ 'in
people of dial distric* are abv Int' iv “frantic"*
oo the subject, and *e< m drtir i> m rs to resist
by in appeal io at ms, il twwm. S me. mi>-
der-Me m<-n, who h•. e stood !>• wuh the
Union Party in that quarter, b o , . .voted
in vain to stem be torrent; md -hi cm to
enforce the Milit oy B>!t the . s"! «.» • .s-
surril, prove the signal for • ■• . S;» •
bmgb slatids readv otolh.av •no <■% .m:d- of
t Greenvilla, and in. mount.m .egum oi our
i Slate may 3oou be < > m«oi>.'.i <>d> the hl-mJ »f
jb eihrruahed iu m«.” ' * rjf, imlmts those rvho
I wield ihe poltitcal pow- mi-i •. I .’lie n« i
ay nf the B’ate, dr,ermine <• • * Mid ihe i;id»
I unnecessary and proscriptive (diet, which now
; threatens to rekindle, even imm’ fn c -iy an ds-
I .istrously than ever, the tlmosi ex’inifmsiM..
|ii <’» of civil coniantioii. Theieare thr.se w.io
i m.ike light of these indications ot pnpuLir dis
! cimter.’ 1 .—but we km w tint they p< rietid :t dire
convulsion, which, b»« n m> minute as it may,
will leave ihe •ric’mious o» mourn, not triumph,
over a scene oi' domcst'i; desolation. Tii.i
people miisi he in earnest, who, we h ive bt mi
assured, “ara too much exasperated to n> >.k<
idle threats,** and who “ml! ..ledge life, honor
and fortune >a «he c -use, ’ b '<• full deteumna
'ion to redeem their pledges, d iuv and every
h ■.?, »rd.” An awful respusnthiii y tea's wi h
<bode who have broupb. iht - rrh’3 upon us; ii is
w th them eithei to h >s?en or »vert he threat
ened mischief, and wo earnestly h j •■. ili.it diey
will yield up the impulses of partv ' »tho no
bler ones of patriotism, and in a spirit of wivionj,
moderurion and nnpnanitniiy, lesujre the n-. -
niouy and piesmic die peace of the Sim», bv
m early repo J oi bnoxions nieasti’ C.
Wo have h'.iherto »-xp-t-ss<-<! mi decisive
’•pinion ofour own m; Io- T<*.* *'* b, but open*
'■ om- columns to i lr> ■ di». ■: -; »o of its ch;n -
•c or and tendency; rnd ’tltiiouglr we are fn
Iroin desiring to inert se 'hi- excitement >b i
tiiiu pievails mt tiio stthjet , the crisis so. bids aj
li’Ugt’i sdt-uce. W’e stdl hink that iheie nei-I
liter 11,I 1 , nor can reason.ibly b»'. any objection to!
tiii t-xa< ioa of a simple Oh’lj “f Allegiance to
[ ht* .excep' that i' is wh’ Sir uiinere-s rv,
• .nd not togriiifM nr consonance wi h our repub
| lican syiiem. Bin the Oath of Allegiance in!
i ’he Military B it. is pn gn titi with .1 inn .ning
[beyond itsiitiral signification, md when view-;
| e I n connexion «vnb the O'di;; >nce of the late !
Convention, horn which r mav be said to have j
emanated, definin'! Ali-'giance to mean some- '
; thing distinct fmm and superior to the ohlign- '
•on io support the Constitution and Laws n|
the State and the Union, »nd declaring i< to be
long tn lu&ircly to the State, it becomes, io all j
intents and purposes, an Oath of paramount, \
as much so as ii t'l.at word had been expressly '
prefixed, Ahreianre to 'be S’tte, which no'
one can take with a blin»e!rs* conscience, who:
believes in the supremacy of the Federal Con
stitution. W hen to this we add. that the pm ty
who passed the Oath of Allegiance in the Le-i
gislature, wis the s .rue that defined Allegiance ’
hi tbe Convention, that,the Sfieukeis in the Le- j
gijlature in favor of the Oath, with scarce »n |
exception, supported it as an Oa'h of para- f
uiouiii Allegiance, end thm the amendment of'
Mr Huger in thie Serrate, proposing in sub- ■
stance that the Oath should no: be so construed '
is to impair the Allegiance hitherto due to ;h»- !
Union, its motive and its construction become
too obvious to permit « Union mm to take it;
wiriit.iii bring recreant o his principles, or pal- '
terin« with his cooscicucQs
' 't 1•. '. . ■
"The Union Tarty will Le ev6r reaiSy to
swear all Allegiance, and v’"l>: all obedience
10 the Stain, consistent with th'* Fedeial Con
stitution— but we tmsttha’ no lure of office, no
fear of martyrdom, political or actual, will in
duce them to assume an obligation of even
doubtful import,exacted by the dominant paity,
a political test, and which may prove a snare
o their conscience*, and bring suspicion upon
iie-ir motives *ud principles.
We are aware .that there are members of the
I Legislature of tfa-* mling party, some of whom,
J we havo ourselves conversed v-'i h, who ins.isl
i dr-u the Oath was expressly put in its present
shape, to leave open the question of exclusive
■ Allsgiancei and hit it was not intended o pro
\ scribe the Union Party for adherence to their
; former frith. It this be so, we call upon these
I gentlemen to speak 011 through the press, to
: give a tongue to their opinions, and let them
be known among the people. It is their r uty
1 10 do so, and they should not shrink fiotn it.-
‘ If they can shew ih.tt the O >tli dues not, er ia-
J ’her ca- not intt ndi 'i to z.:act paramowit A'-
llegkance to the State, they will prove ii to be
J harmless, remove all ground for excitement,
anti peihsps dissipate the portent ions cloud
j rliijt nocc overhangs our mountains, fraught
with the elemems of civil war.
I-'r >ra the (ireenvilb
UNION MEETING.
A number oi uie cuizi'tis of Greenville Dis
tiic mt •r C pt. s.d«io Jones’on S ituidiy tile
I I4‘>s s;. tor the <tf t.iking into coiisi
ht.i the pvitceediiigs el tm late Legislature.
; The tuee-mg was < died to order by Capt.
ft i‘< v Smith, ..’i n i.;p|.lined th" object of it,
I •’.! moved di 1 Capt. Tully Bollma be ap
ed Chairman, and Benj. .Nelsen, Esq.
! S» « ri -t.iry, winch was '’’.irttiiaiousiy agreed to.
; Cliairinm then appoir.te ! the following
g - ii i-'irii n ti dr-’ii a preamble and jeswhr.ions,
• ;.>r ih;’ I'iiisilei anon of the meeting, v;g:
11-’ y Sm h. M Berry, Hiram C »o!ev, N.
j B iy. J ’rm R.< it D ivid Vincent, nid
1 S Tu tier, wiki retired, aud after a short lime
1 . uiu. d v;iii< the fu'l' iciug pie itnble.and reso
i iu.ii'.ib, which wt ie ago ed to;
1 Wbe s. the -fmnhi ..r pariy of tills State,
! '-’.er Ph specious pre'tex’of guarding the rights
iibo' iiis .d he’people, have ove leaped
’ lir b .ri • s >i !n- Cons'- ‘l' ion of this State and
! die Uniied Si iie.t, .nd ir tm”h:d upon’he
i'berlies of the ‘nt titi'ie,. in .• m inner unknown
■a B t»tibiic.tu ‘ :, ivtt. nmem. They have
passed • iiw 0.-ganiamg the M’litia and vacat
ing the U'liutntssiurts us <•.'•! officers, and re
quirbto ih«'se elected if'.er the • issiog of thti
Ac to sweat Al?< pi tiict; to the Si ve, in con
i'. .onv io .in G; dm;;nett of ihe iSlhof March,
I 1833 ’hereby disf'anc' ising the whole Union
I’> r y, I’m it is idle to talk of their being nllow
' ed i vote, 'vl-.eii the object of their choice can
i not serve them, because ho is too honest m
swe ir ihat which he does nm bclievei II ”is
no’ only removed for the present, bo is me t
paciiated forever from holding *ihe office so«
which lie was elected, md some other person
iippointed to fill the offree whose conscience
is more elastic.
(\eso!v(d, That we consider till Trst Oaths
a cuwndly engine of i\ rannv, and utteily in
e inpiublfr with the fundamental principles of
B mbb.caiiism.
liesolved, That we will never obey any of
ft j • t ikes the oa h of office as prescribed
by ' ‘ Le gislature o! D< cenibei l ist.
Resolved, Tlrn we .ve willing to du Militia
tri PtUul ffuiv ui.’lt • the officers of our own
■•ho - ng, mid defend our country against, any
riiiimv tii it tuv ides us, or uamplus our rights
as f; i i ’mi ttndi r fiof.
i Restilrrd Th it we recommend meetings of
the b .o Rights and Union P irty lobe held in
: every oi up..nv bea’, <md dm l e their opinions,
: so ih ■’ i co-operaiioii may be had with the
! St .te Rights and Union Party threughotit the
! tfcsoleed, Pint we recommend the assem
■ hlii.g ol the Union Conventi in of :1m State, is
I soon is practicable, to consult and devise the
lies’ pl ms of operation under present circum
stances.
i 'l’li'’ above PtvambTe and Resolutions, weie
t read over separa'ely, and the question l iken on
each t>y the Chairman, and Unanimously agreed
' '<’•
It w.is then moved and seconded, that all
ihosc who were demimtned to support thea
i bovc Resolutions should form a line in lioni of
; he I;, i.*<-, which they did, and 'iunibere.l eigh
• v-fit—five only of rhe whol: company stayed
behind,
TULLY BOLLING.
Chairman.
Benj. Nelsow,
Stere'ary.
I'rom the Conntitotinnalist.
CL’ltloVS 1. GIC--NVI LIFICATIOXT.
j Tnc 'd. "I 'tie An «is t Chiooicle, in Iris
i p..pi f :fie 18 ‘i I'IS . p-opounded the follow
'mg q ton to lie editor of the Sta n Rights’
; Sec •I:
’ “Wai ’lie intelligent editor of the State
, Rights' Sentinel tiave ihe goodness to state
. whethei fie does not consider the principles a
! dop.ed by the State Rights Party on the 13th i
. November, and set forth in the prospectus of
his p-.per, .is fully embracing iho*e of Nullify
1 cation in their widest ■•xtentf”
; Th»‘ reply appeared in yesterday’s Sentinel,
i and is as 'ollows; •
“In answer to the editor of the Chronicle, I
we have to remark, that wo do believe' the Re
solutions of the State Rights Party, fully cm- I
brace the doctrine of Nullification; else we cer
tainly would never have subscribed to them; /
but wo do net believe they embrace no'hing i
more nor less, th.m’TVjjli.fication; nor do we
believe tha. all who adopted those resolutions,
mean to be understood in so doing, as acknowl
edging their allegiance to that doctrine. We
know better; we know that many who sub
scribed to those resolutions, are opposed to
nullification; as they ktiuw-thr: editors of ih'.*
Chronicle and Setrhiel to be opposed to seces
sion; but bore w is a difiT' rence of <>pin on only
as to the applicatMn of- . principle, and not as
1© the principle ttsrff. AH acknowledged tho
| right as the State to choose for iUolf tho mode
' ami measure of redress, when it believed the
’Constitution of the United Slates violated, and
as tho time had passed away, when it was deem
ed necessary for the State to make its choice,
it was thought unadvisable by byb parties, that
there should be any longer a division between
them. They mm, therefore, upon common
ground, and avowed the principles in which
they all agreed; each party reserving its own
opinions as to (he application oi those princi
ples. These are our views of the Resolutions
of the 13th November We consider nothing
surrendered or conceded by either of the parties
to them, but their silly and self-weakening pre
judices.”
The editor of the Sentinel frankly and une
quivocally acknowledges that the resolmious in?
question, fully embrace the doctrine of Nullifi*
ca’ion, “else he certainly would never have
subscribed to them.” This is very explicit,
I and erhiliibts thai candor winch is expected
i from the editor of the Sentinel. But if lie
' places ills own consistency in bold relief, we
J conceive that ho pays a vmy poor compliment
to the consistency of some of those *bo sub
scribed to the resolutions. Those resolutions
.embrace fully the doctrine of Nullification,
: and yet the editor asserts that “he knows that
■ many who subscribed to those resolutions are
Jopposad to Nullification’.” Tho resolutions
J embrace Nullification: they are opposed to Nul- ’
lificatii.n; therefore, 'hey subscribe 16 the reso- ;
lotions’ Is this logic! But the editor of the J
Sentinel gives tr- another specimen of the 10-;
gie of the new School to which he belongs.— '
“-Thee finilliutM-s and anti nullifV is ] met,!
therefore, upon common ground, and avowed
the principles iu which they all agreed, [‘the j
right of the Stat< to choose fol itself the mode |
j and measure of redress; when it believed the !
1 constitution of the United States violated,’}
each party reserving it» own opinions as to the
application of th >se principles.” The resolu
tions adopted by the State Righ’s Party, em
brace fully rhe doctrine of nullification, and ye’
I they “ivowcd the principles in which they all
j agreed,” and voted for resolutions which em
brace fully the doctrine of Nullification ! As
ttiis kmd of logic involves tlie political consis
! teikry of some of our distinguiiheil cin&mis, the
public would no doubt be gratified, should those
I who. subscribed to the resolutions, and yO’ were
! opposed 10 the doctrine of nullification, come
forward and declare, that when thov gave their
axti'iit to those resolutions, they were impressed
with the belief that they did not embrace fully
the doctrine of N alii Ji- alien.
From the, Southern Fanner.
GOVERNOR TROUP.
We publish this week from tho “Southern
Recorder,” a letter from this gentleman on
itr<- subject of State Rights, nullification,
i sfec. The subject is one that has been so
i lung and so unceasingly plied by the pre.ss upon
i tfia patience and forbearance of the people, that
• we certainly should not have imposed such i
document upon that portion of them who look
to us weekly for something new .md interest
ing, but for the source from which it emanates.
Gov. TrOup has long bean the oracle of a cer
tain set of politicians in our Stale—lris name
and reputation as a Statesman, claim for his
opinions the deliberate consideration of all
classes of men. Tho day has gone by, with
us, however, when the mere ijnno of a man
can be a sufficient passport for every anti Any
opinion which he may choose to advance.—
There i» nothing more mutable—nothing more
• uncertain than tho opinions of politicians.;—
| M<'o me the creatures of cii ciimstanccs, and
ias circumstances change, they change with
’ them. They might as well attempt to render
I their youth perennial, or to >vresl their minds
I from decay, as to hold on, thtough all vtcissi
l tudas of life, to the same sol of opinions. To
! prove thia position, wo would not bring forward
i the sordid, time-serving domaguguo, who never
I possessed an honest principle of his own, hut
I who holds opinions as mere articles of traffic
fit only to barter away far the loaves and fishes
of office. Such are in our day, “men by the
catalogue,” and deserve only to be bold up to
i the ridicule and contempt of m-mkiud. But the
tergiversations of such men as Gfto. M. Troup,
we believe may bo legtim rely brought forward
j -o prove a position so tleeply touching the phi-
I losophy of the human mind.
j • Gov. Troup now holds the opinion that the
i States have never parted with any portion of
tbifir sovereignty. During the administration
of Mt. Jefferson, he voted for the celebrated
force bill which placed iu the hands of tho ex
ecutive of the Unhod Shares tho sword and (he
pttrgfc of the nation, in order to enable him to
enforce the embargo laws within <t:o limns of
those undiminishcd sovereignties, who had de
clared those taws mjeonstitutionil. Here the
Gov. Troup of that day differs widely from 'he
i Gov. Troup of tho present. We agree with
Ins first opinions—’hey were expressed iu the
vigor of his manhood, and at a time when re
publicanism, in this country, was pore and un
defiled. /Although we d.fTer (torn the present
opinions of Gov. Troup on this “mystical”
question, yet we are free to say that the other
leading doctrines of his letter are in accordance
with our own. Ho places nullification, as
taught in Carolina, precisely where it ought to
be—on the ground of Revolution, lie tears
off the peaceful and constitutional veil in which
it has been enveloped by designing demagogues,
and reveals tho monster to the people in its
proper form and character. Wb may hereaf
ter, when we have more leisure,, ctulicc this !
letter more fully.
“ Wo have been requested by several of the
frietuis of rhe Rev. Mr. Olin, to.st.re, that this
gentleman has now removed from the state, and
that the communication and certificate append
ed to ir, inserted in amlbcr column of this days
pap.T, is published at their instance, in order to
vindicate his fame and his cltar tcfer from the
unjustifiable attacks of several newspaper writ
ers, and to remove every doubt which might
have been created, as to the exemplary manner
in which he discharged his duty while Profess
or in Fracklia College. M;-. Qha has sei out.
&ort> this place for Charleston, on Lis way to
Virginia.”— Constitutionalist.
TO THE PUBLIC.
In the discussion which has been for sonflS
time carried ou in the newspapers, in reference
to Franklin Colledge, an unprovoked and un
jus ifiable attack has been made on tho Rev.
Mr. Olin, late a Professor in that Institution..
In an article Which appeared 111 the Somliern
Banner, signed Justice, it was assorted that he
was inefficient and unfaithful as an officer, and
wholly worthless to tho College. A writer »H_-
tho Georgia Journal who styles himself A Re
tired Observer, has substantially repeated
these charges, accompanied with insinuations
and assertions of tho must injurious character.
Mr. Olin has called upon ilwse anonymous
writer*to give their names to the public, and
pledged himself so refute those charges, or -ipy
others that may be alledged against his official,
conduct, whenever they shall be put in such a
form that he can properly meet them.
In Georgia where Mr. Oliu is pretty exten*
sively kuown, no further vindication of his re*
putatioii is necessary, but as he has now lefjt
the 3t.ite to assume tho Presidency of a Col*
lege in Virginia, where he is comparatively a
stranger, his friends believe it duo to that In*
stitution, in which they feel a lively interest, as
■ well as to him, that they should publish the con
clusive and ample refutation which they possnssij -
;of all* the charges which have been made or
! which can be made against his professional'
i character. The annexed certificate was for
' warded after tho publications in tho SoutherrtL
Banner and Georgia Journal. It is .signed by
five of the eight gentlemen with whom Mr.
j Olin was associated in. the College at Athens.
I It may be well to add, that thn atuhor <rf
1 “ Justice” has been given up by the
1 but as the certificate of the Faculty fixes upon
him Hie most unfavorable imputations, we for*
boar <0 expose him, out of our high respect fur
his relatives, whose good name has not ofteot
been disgraced by unworthy
Athens, January 11, 1834.
Tho undersigned with unfeigned satisfaction
give this their testimonial of Professor OlinA'
ability and faithfulness, in tho discharge
associated with them in the govern - '
ment of Franklin College. To talents and
acquirements of the highest order, Professor
Olin added unwaried appHgatio,n in imparting-,
instruction. Ills success received as it deserv
ed universal commendation. In his intercourse
with the Faculty he was uniformly mild,cour
teous and gentlemanly, tn a high degree. \Ve
regard his departure tram Franklin College
a serious loss to the Institution. In his high
■moral worth, distinguished attainments, and
unswerving integrity in (be performance of his
duty, we Lave the most unbounded confidence*
11. Hull, Professor of M it hematics,
James Shannon, Pro. of Anc.
Malthus \ Ward, Pro. of Nat. History*
Wm. Lehman, Pro. of Modern
Wm. II Hvnt, Tutor.
GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
The Georgia Conference commenced its an$ r
mini session in Washington, Wilkes county, on
Wndnesilay, the Bib and adjourned on Tjhurs*
day the i/th ult. Bishops Emory and Andrew
presiding. The following are the stations of
tho Ministers for ihe year 1834 : • '
Chfrnke.e District— lsaac Boring, E.
Clarksville—Robert A. Steel, Daniel Bird. -
Grove—William S. Williams, Henry Tyler*.
Gamsvillc-—William Culverhouse,. Edward
W. Roynolds.
Decatur—Morgr-n Bell.th.
Carr niton—Windsor Grey ham.
V 'ns V illev Mission —Joseph T. .Talleyi..
Forsyth Mission—to be supplied.
Chest itee Mission—John D. Chappell. z
Connassaguab Mission—To bo supplied.
Aikens District— Wiltjam Aiinol-p, P. E-.
Athens—Lovick Pierce.
Elberton—Smith Kratrdall, Robert L. Ed>
wartls. -
Lexington—John C. Siin.Hons.
Appalujcliie—Thomas Samfool, V. MahafFy.
Covington—Wesley P. Arnold, William
j Alexander. • ‘
Crawfordville—James B. Turner, W. VW ’
Robinson,
Sp uta—C. \V. Key; Abraham l>. Elliqtt.
Washington—Cassel Harrison.
Milledgeville. District— Wm. J. Parks, P. E:
Milledgovillc—Joseph C. Travis. . .
Eatomon and Clinton—J. Cyllins-.vot th ?;M.,
Graosol.
Cedar Creek Noah Laney, Tihmn D»
Purifoy.
! Monticello—John L. Oliver, F. V:
j Macon—l. A. Few, Thomts P. Lawrence.
L orsyth—Thomas Mabry. Whitman C. Hill-..
Perry—-S»mucl Anthony, I'. D. Lowery« ’
Hawkinsville—James E. Evans.
I wtuton —James I’ayne, A. Smith.
Em hue—-To bo supplied.
t M ission to slaves, on Su- f
gar creek & LT'm river / b,1I1 ” d J '
Columbus District— IJardk, P. E>
Columbus— Bmtj imin Popo.
Lumpkin William G ./. iway.
I'alb'.tion—J. W. Starr. Eli Bonuetr.
Li Grange—William D. Johft
Hunter.
Newnan—J. C. Carter, Ira F. Sfc-agall.
tilon—W. W. Ste.igull, T. P. C'. She’*. '
man.
. M r Donouglt—A. Ivay, J ime» Dunwoody,
1 liontaston— To he supplied.
Mission to slaves in Harns—-To be supplied*.
S’/oannats District— A.xkiiew H amahl, P. E*
S ivn.jnah W illiam Cape.«s.
Waynesborougli—'film in Douglas, John
Hearn.
Augusta—Jessa B irio'”.
\Vancutou—G. W. Carter ; one to uo snnr ‘
plied.
Sindersville—Thonns IE Capers.
Ogeclmo --Robert S'rippfiiig.
Liberty— James J?. J.ixthtta