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OF TUB
WESTERN GEORGIAN.
THIS PROSPECTUS accompanies the 10th Num
bar of the “ Georgun.” It was began under cucuni
stances of difficulty and doubt, which none but those
who have attempted a similar adventure, can correct
!y appreciate. Rut gratitude to our Patrons, compels
ue to say, that the success of our paper has been more
than commensurate with our most fttnguino anticipa
tions. Intending to devote the whole of our attention
•and energies to if, we trust to render it more accepta.
Ido to the public in future. As soon as our patronage
•shall Warrant it, tho “ Georgian” will be enlarged
from a Supor.Roy«l to an Imperial Sheet.
esgeaaßMaßeesags l .. u. .■■■■”— ■
FLORIDA.
From the Savannah Georgian.
'rhe extracts of letters which follow are
published for general information.
Extract from a letter, tinted
“Camp 1 milk from Fort Jupiter, E. F.
February 11, 1838.
“We encamped here at noonday, having
had a march of 28 miles 8. and back, since
wo left fort Jupiter last Monday.
“You have no doubt heard that a white
flag hud been sent out on our 3d days march
south, upon tho representation of an Indian
negro with us, that the Indians were very !
anxious for an opportunity to come in, that he i
knew they wanted peace and were tired of ,
war. At tho time appointed for the return of;
tho negro, ho appeared with the flag, having i
scon tbo Indians, and who requested him to
say to Gen. Jesup, that they wished very '
much to speak to him, and appointed a time
and place for a meeting. At noon of the Bth,
Gen. Jesup with his staff repaired to the
place with the flag. The Indians, about 40
in number, wore already waiting, headed by
a noble looking young Seminole chief, Ha.
lek-hajo. The talk lasted until nearly sun
set. Nothing definite was settled. The con.
fcrcnce was resumed next morning, and was
continued until lor 3in tho afternoon. It
terminated more favorably. To-ke-goe, their
chief, (of tho Seniinoles,) agrees to come in
with the warriors, women and children to Fort
Jupiter by tho 20th inst. and to emigrate to
the west, but begs, that they nmv be allowed
to remain on any portion ot this territory,
and which they say the white man cannot in.
habit. Gen. Jesup, has agreed to use his in
fluence with the President, to allow them to
occupy a portion of South Florida under cer
tain conditions. The country is not occupia.
We by a white population. It is very low,
and half of it south of this for three or four
month* under water. The Seminole* will be
satisfied with it, and why not rather they to
occupy it than not to have it occupied at all?
(Sen. Jesup'* conduct throughout the cam
paign is worthy of all praise. The arrange
ment he has made with tho Seminoles, is one
Related by good judgment, sound policy, and
j humanity; it was the best in my judgment
that could have succeeded. The impractica
bility of catching the Indians is a settled mat
ter, under three or four campaigns; and even
if we could accomplish it, the loss of blood
and treasure on our side would be immense.
The truth is, the country is so peculiarly ad
apted to their mode of warfare, that every
victory we gain, is a tenfold loss to that of
the enemy. At one battle on the 25th ult.
on the Lo-cha-hatchce, our whole loss in kill
ed was eleven, and wounded twenty.seven,—
while the Indian loss was only one killed, and
three wounded. This is about the propor
tion in all-”
Extract from a letter from Camp near f ort
Jupiter, E. F., February 1.1, 1838.
“The sth of this month, we left bore, and
pursued the Indians in a south-westerly di
rection 27 miles. The country is almost
covered with swamps and marshes; a patch
of palmetto intervening every two or three
hundred yards, making ground enough to
pitch an occasional camp. We took but 14
wagons, and carried the most of our provis
ions on packed mules. On the evening of
the Gth our scouts reported Indians in the
neighborhood, and the next morning marched
in pursuit with the almost positive expectation
of having a fight. Our guides told General
Jesup that if he would send out a white flag
the Indians would surrender. The General
thought proper to try the experiment and it
succeeded very well—about 50 or 60 warri
ors made their appearance, all painted in the
most grotesque fashion, ready for battle.
They were posted in a dense cypress swamp,
surrounded by water and mud, waist deep.
Had the white flag been ten minutes later, Ma
.for Ashley (the advanced guard) would have
caught a severe fire. The Indians at first
said they were willing to do any thing for
Gen. Jesup; they even offered to join the for
ces and fight the Micasuckios, but afterwards
declined doing that against those who had
fought for them. The Indians expressed
themselves wearied and tired of fighting, they
stated that their women and children had suf.
sored a great deal, having been driven more
than 200 miles; they moreover say that we
have taken all their cattle, and a great many
of their ponies—the result was a treaty of
surrender. The Indians, (Tos-ke-gee's gang
of Seniinoles) arc to be at the old battle
ground by the I9th of this month with all
their women and children. Gen. Jesup prom
ised them to write to the President, and to
get him to allow them to remain in some por
tion of the territory, this, though was not a
stipulation of the treaty. Poor creatures,
it would bo humane to put them in another
country; at least, so one would think, for ve
rily there is not an acre of ground between
this and Fort Taylor worth two blades of
grass. You may rest assured these Indians
are not to be whipped in one fight or two
fights, nay nor in a dozen, they will never put
themselves in a situation to be caught.”
Extract from a letter dated
Fort Jupiter, Feb. 12, 1838.
“On our getting 28 miles southwest of this,
wo came near the Indians, (say 200.) They
were just going to fire; —a black man begged
to go with a flag, saying he knew the Indians
would give up* We halted, —a flag was sent,
—out camo 40. A council or parley was
hold with Tus-ke-gee, and a sub-chief. The
General required them to come in, Arc. They
talked ns usual, —plead to suspend hostilities,
&c. The General told them at last, he would
like to write to the President that his rod peo
ple were before him, and if they came so near
to his camp that he could say so in truth, he
would try to get him to allow them to stop in
the country, south 288. They said that they
would go into the hammock and consult.
They did so, and in twenty minutes closed
with tho terms. They are now to come and
encamp 4 miles off, with all their people in
ten days, (Feb. 20th.) In half an. hour af
ter our conference we had 2G of the warriors
in our camp, begging for brend and corn, and
more particularly tobacco. We all saw that
we bad gone through hammocks, bogs, ponds,
scrubs, and swamps that were frightful, and
that if we could bring these out of tho laby
rinth by a flag, on good terms, it would have
a happy result, and such an one, too, as would
satisfy all these people, and, no doubt, our
i government.”
The Jamaica Affrexticm System.-From
our file of Jamaica papers to the 31st of Jan
uary, it appears that the new system works
but indifferently. Labor and industry seem
to be at a stand, and the insolence of the
blacks encouraged by tho agitators and hu.
inanity mongers is becoming insuflerable.
“Tho apprentices,” says tho Kingston
Chronicle, “are treated by the special magis
trates and by their orders, as spoiled children.
They are petted, humored, encouraged in
idleness and waste of time, and taught to ex
pect indulgences which their masters cannot
aflbrd to give them gratis, and when denied
these indulgences they are encouraged in the
W isdom, Justice, and Moderation.
ROME, FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 14, 1838-
belief that they arc ill treated and imposed on.
Their children are idle and profligate, acqui
ring no one good habit whatever, disdaining
all agricultural labor and again encouraged
in such feelings, we suppose, by command or
on account of instructions.”
This is doubtless a true picture ar far as it
goes, but if We are to judge from the general
spirit of the Island press, it conveys but fee
bly an idea of the miserable failure of the
experiment, the abuses to which it opens the
avenue and the terrible revolts which may be
expected, and which have indeed already be
gun to manifest themselves. The catalogue
of crime in Jamaica is daily swelled with the
most horrible outrages constantly committed
by the pampered blacks. We extract the
following from the Chronicle of January 10.
•‘That ‘idleness is the root of all evil’ is made
manifest every Court by the fearful increase
of crime. In days when masters had the
power of stimulating their laborers so industry
and good order, the black catalogue of iniqui
ty which now stains our quarterly’ calender
was seldom to be seen; for, be it remem
bered, it is not trivial offences, subject
merely to domestic punishment, but heinous
crimes which are brought under the cogni.
zance of the court—crimes which wore al
ways visited w ith condign punishment, such as
murder, burglary, cattle stealing, rape.”
The feelings of the more respectable por
tion of the people of Jamaica seem highly
excited by the infringement on their rights
and safety, brought about by the wolves in
sheep's clothing, whose business it is to preach
philanthropy and collect from the “ragged
man his penny, and from the starving man his
half penny.” One would suppose that the
present unsettled state of Jamaica, and the
wretched government of St. Domingo, would
be a sufficient proof of the impolicy and ab
surdity of abolition. To reasonable men it
is, but to the hypocrite, or the wild enthusiast
who casts aside the dictates of reason and
common sense, every thing would fail to car
ry conviction.
Hie degree of insolence and arrogance to
which the blacks are excited by the misplaced
-sympathies and artful contrivances of these
philanthropic individuals, would seem almost
incredible to those who had not seen the ef
fects of abolition meetings, and Emancipation
Societies, in our own Northern and Eastern
States.
The apprentices in Jamaica nre too pround
to work, and not ashamed to beg or steal;
their minds insusceptible of education, are ex
cited to brutal ferocity, and impelled to acts
of violence to obtain the gratifications which
are alone capable of affording them enjoy
ment.
Tho restraints of tho law uro in a great
measure taken off from them, who must ne
cessarily stand most in need of its wholesome
authority. Indeed, there is every prospect
of the blacks soon gaining the upper hand in
her majesty’s West India possessions, and as.
fording to those good soul.* who love their fol
low beings best, as they approach in form and
mind to the beasts of the field, the triumph of
seeing their less esteemed white brethren
yielding to the authority of Sambo, Qambo,
and Quash. [N. Y. Eve. Star.]
THE SUB-TREASURY RILL—FINALE
IN THE SENATE.
. Wc arc now to announce the result of the
‘ protracted struggle in the Senate on the great
' question of divorcing tho Government from
the banks, —the political, from the money pow.
er. It gives us, we confess, some pain to do
this, for it is much more agreeable to be the
; messenger of glad, than of evil tidings. But
; as faithful chroniclers, we must take, and tell
; things as they are.
The following abstract of the proceedings
!of the Senate on Saturday last will put the
: reader in possession of the facts and circum
-1 stances connected with the final vote.
; After the ordinary business of the day was
! disposed of, the Senate resumed the consider
ation of the bill. Mr. Southard rose and ad
dressed the Senate at some length, and with
much vehemence, in reply to some remarks
of his colleague, Gen. Wall, the day before,
in reference to his relations to the existing
parties which divide the State of New Jersey
—and especially in regard to lhe doctrine of
instructions. Ho was replied to by General
Wall, and the account between them being
settled,
Mr. W bite, of Tennessee, took the floor
and s}X>ke until about 6 o'clock, in opposition
to the bill —as a measure alike unconstitution
al, inexpedient and dangerous. When he
concluded,
Mr. King moved to amend the 23d section
,of the bill. —(the section which provides for
the ultimate receipt of gold and silver only in
payment of the public dues, by limiting, grad
ually, tho receipt of bank notes,) so as to
place the beginning of this gradual progress
•in 1839 instead of 1938; or in other words,
simply postponing the operation of the spe
’de policy, for one year. This amendment
; was carried as follows:
\ eas—Messrs. Brown, Buchanan, Calhoun,
Clay, of Alabama, Clay, of Kentucky, Clay,
ton, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Knight,
Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean, Merrick,
Mouton, Nicholas, Niles, Norvell, Pierce,
Prentiss, Preston, Roane, Robbins, Robbin
son, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith, of Indiana, Sou
thard, Strange, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton,
Trotter, Walker, Wall, White, Williams,
Wright, Young—42.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benton,
Crittenden, Davis, Morris, Smith, of Contiec- I
ticut, Spence, Webster—9.
The question then recurred on Mr. Cuth- I
bert’s motion made some days before, to strike
out the entire 23rd section, so as to divest '
the bill altogether of the specie feature, as it i
has been called, and let in the reception of ;
banknotes, underj|the general provisions of :
April 1817. This being regarded as the
main point in issue, the Nationals rallied in
support of the motion, and it was carried in
the affirmative.
Yeas —Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay, of
Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Da
vis, Fulton, Grundy, Knight, McKean, Mer
rick, Morris, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston,
Rives, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier,
Smith, of Indiana, Southard Spence, Swift,
Tallmadge, Tipton, Wall, Webster,' White,
William*.—3l.
Nays.—Messrd. Allen, Benton, Brown,
Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Hubbard, King, Linn,
Lumpkin, Lyon, Mouton, Niles, Norvell,
Pierce, Roane, Smith of Conn,, Strange,
Trotter,l Walker, Wright, Young-—2l.
Mr. Tipton moved to insert a clause, con
taining a positive requisition that the Govern
ment shall receive in all public dues the notes
of specie paying banks. [This amendment
having a special reference to tho specie cir
cular of July 1837, and intending to repeal
jt *J
An earnest discussion followed on this a
mendment, by Messrs. Rives and Tipton in
favor of it, and by Messrs. Benton, Sevier,
Roane, and Walker, in opposition.
The amendment was lost, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Bayard, Clay, of Kentucky,
Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Knight, McKean,
Merrick, Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives,
Robbins, Ruggles, Smith, of Inda., Southard,
Spence, Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Webster,
White—22.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Buc
hanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Ala., Cuthbert, Ful
ton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin,
Lyon, Morris, Mouton, Niles, Norvell, Pierce,
Roane, Robinson, Sevier, Smith, of Connec
ticut, Strange, Trotter, Walker, Wall, Will
iams, Wright, Young—3o.
Mr. Webster, having made a few introduc
tory remarks, moved to amend tho bill by a
requisition that no distinction should be made
or exist hereafter between the different bran
ches of the revenue, as to the money or me
dium in which the debts or dues of the Gov
ernment should be paid or discharged.
Mr. Benton opposed this amendment with
great vehemence.
Mr. Webster modified his amendment s® as
to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury
from issuing any general order [as the specie
circular'] making a discrimination as to the
funds or medium in which debts to the U.
States should be paid.
Messrs. Calhoun, Wall, and Benton spoke
against the amendment as modified, and Mes
srs. Webster, Walker, and King, in its favor.
Mr. Benton moved to amend the amend
ment, by requiring that there should not be
any difference between the times and terms of
credit, and of payment, for customs and for
public lands.
Mr. Young offered, as a substitute for this, .
which Mr. Benton accepted, a proviso that all
the public dues should be received in cash or
otherwise, in the same medium and manner
as payments at the time may be required for
the public lands, (thus placing the customs on
the same footing with the payments for the
public lands, whatever that may be.)
This amendment, after a brief debate, was
lost as follows:
Ycas-Messrs. Benton, Linn, Morris, Niles,
Norvell, Pierce, Smith, of Connecticut,
Young—B.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Brown, Buc
hanan, Calhoun, Clay, of Alabama, Clay, of
Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Da
vis, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Knight,
i Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean, Merrick, Mouton,
■ Nicholas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Roane,
! Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith
■ of Indiana, Southard, Spence, Strange, Swift,
Tallmadge, Tipton, Trotter, Walker, Wall,
i Webster, White, Williams, Wright-J I.
The question recurring on Mr. Webster's
amendment, forbidding discrimination in the
kind of money or medium to be received in
paying Government dues, it was decided in
, the affirmative by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Bayard, Brown, Buchanan,
Clay, of Alabama, Clay, of Kentucky, Clay*
ton,'Crittenden, Davis, Fulton, Grundy, King,
Knight, Lyon, McKean, Merrick, Mouton,
Nicholas. Norvell, Prentiss, Preston, Rives,
t Roane, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier,
/Smith, of Indiana, Southard, Spence, Swift,
Vol. I. NO 13.
Tallmadge, Tipton, Trotter, Walker, Web
ster, White Yo^ng—37.
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Calhoun,
Cuthbert, Hubbard, Linn, Lumpkin, Morris,
Niles, Pierce, Smith, ot Conn., Strange,
Wall, Wright-14.
’I he question then came up on the engross
ment of tb.e bill for a third reading. This
being tho last question. Mr. Calhoun rose
and briefly assigned bis reasons for voting
against the bill in its present shape. His
speech, which attracted very general interest,
will be found in another column; and the rea
der’s attention is especially directed to it in
order to a full understanding of the charac
ter of the bill in its present shape. As soon
as he had concluded, the question was taken
on the engrossment, and carried by the fol
lowing vote:
Yeas-Mcssrs Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay,
of Alabama, Cuthbert, Fulton, Hubbard,
King, Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, Morris, Mouton,
Niles, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Se
vier, Smith, of Connecticut, Strange, Trotter
Walker, Wall, Williams, Wright, Young,—
27.
Nays-Messrs Bayard, Buchanan, Calhoun,
Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Crittenden, Da
vis, Grundy, Knight, McKean, Merrick, Nich
olas, Prentiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Rug
gles, (Smith of Indiana, Southard, Spence,
Swift, Tallmadge, Tipton, Webster, White—
-25.
On Monday, (yesterday,) the bill was called
up, read a third time, nnd passed by the same
vote,—every member being in his place.
Such is the result— and we announce it
with the most profound regret. We had hoped
that, after years of darkness, tho day was at
length dawning upon us-, and that a great and
glorious reform in our National Government
was at hand. Stimulated by this hope,-and
looking only and earnestly to this object, wo
had, with a full knowledge of tho responsi
bility,—with a clear perception of the delica
cy and difficulties of our position, given to
this leading measure of the Administration
our most hearty and cordial support. 'Pho
great, the distinguished statesman of Virginia,
Mr. Tazwell, speaking of the bill, is said to
have declared that it was “THE FIRST
MEASURE SINGE 1798 THAT BREA
THED THE PURE SP h IT OR THE OLD
JEFFERSONIAN Jh TRINES, AND
MADE HIM BREATHE FREER AND
DEEPER. Another distinguished gentleman
from the same State, for many years past an
active and powerful opponent of tho adminis
tration, writing to me on the same subject, ob.
served, “Zs has more of the true spirit of ’9B
than any measure since our time. Igo with
you heart and hand-" Many other similar
testimonials in its favor have been received
from every quarter of the Union, and in de
spite of the pressure and the panic, tho bill
was making its way, nnd rallying to its sup
port, the strongest heads and soundest hearts
in every State. We looked forward with un
mingled joy to its speedy triumph;—and tho
promised restoration of the good old times.
It lopped off the source of Executive patron
age,—it vindicated the Constitution—it right
ed the government, and placed it upon its true
basis—it contained the elements to purify tho
diseased currency of tho country,—and last
and greatest of all, it dissolved at onco and
forever the fatal—the corrupting, the disas
trous connection between the POLITICAL
POWER, and the MONEY POWER.
Freighted with all these blessings, and fail
ing;—failing at the moment of victory;—it
would be affectation in us to say that wo do
not feci disappointed. But saying this, we
say all. We do not despair—we WILL
NOT DISPAIR.—This is a question which
will never again sleep for an instant while this
Government lasts. It is a question which ad
dresses itself, not to the principles and attach
ments of every Republican only, but to the bu
siness and bosom of every man in tho Union,
whose fortunes are not linked with the money
power of the country. The bill has failed in
I the Senate, (for as it is we cannot recognize it
> as the same,) but it has failed against tho
• wishes of its friends. Many who voted for
i it, did so with the greatest reluctance, and un
! der the hope, (delusive, we think,) that they
would gain something. Deeply did they la*
! ment, however, the necessity of securing un
ion at such a price. And we are pursuaded,
the more they reflect upon it, the more plain
ly they will perceive that they have conceded
too much. The bill, as it is, so far from bcu
efitting the local banks, but strengthens tbo
i hands of Mr. Biddle’s bank, to their injury.
It will afford no relief, though to this end
chiefly, was the concession made. And white
it thus fails to advance the objects contempla
ted, it opens the door to many of tho mischiefs
against which it was originally intended to
g :ard. It does not divorce the poZ/tzcnZ from
the money power—it does not recognize the
currency of the Constitution—it does not car
ry out the principles and the policy avowed
in the President’s messages.
Let not the friends of the bill suppose that
we use these terms upbraidingly or reproach
! fully. We would employ the language of ad