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COM MISSIONE?< s ' >FI ICE; (
Cherokee Agency, Ten. •!, tie ’ ”’ M . V
In pursuance of in >t ructions < on'amed m <h j
follow «g Commimieatitm, recently
libm C. A. Harris, lisq., t’b-nmissioi.or of In- i
dian affairs, we hasten to give the fiifot motion '
required, and hope those who are interested |
in it will avail them selves of the short time i
that remains tmixphud by the tt. rijH of the i
treaty, to transact lheir business in our office, ;
before their departure for the West.
. . ' i
It is believed that doubts can no longer ex* I
ist in relation to thu intention of the Govern- [
merit, to carry out the treaty in accordance .
with its letter. Audit is fondly hoped that
our Cherokee brethren, who have heretofore
refused to make arrangements for emigration,
under a hope that sumo more beneficial ar
rgngement would be made for them, will no
longer be deluded by false hopes and neglect
to secure the benefits of the treaty, as it now
and ever will exist. And we would most ear.
nestly and respectfully request our fellow ci’.i
zvns who reside amongst the Cherokees, and
especially those on whose lands Cherokcu fam
ilies may reside, to refrain from doing any act,
that might Obstruct tho peaceful removal of
them from amongst us,and especially to abstain
from expelling them front their habitations un
til tho Government has time to effect that ob
ject. Any other course w ill create difficulties,
und certainly be n reflection on the communi.
ty that would cause or suffer it to be done.
JOHN KENNEDY.
JAMES LIDDELL.
TUOS. W. WILSON.
Wai; Dr.rAHTMK.NT,
tyficc Indian Affairs, April 11,1835. y
Gkntuemen:—l enclose a copy of general
order No. 7, by which you will perceive that
Majbr Gortcrat Scott has been assigned to the
command of the troops in the Cherokee coun- j
try. It is* his intention to be at Athens by the !
10th of May, und in accordance with his in.
ructions, to put the Indians on the route for
the West at the earliest moment, after the ex
pi ration of tho time named in thu treaty for
thetr removal. You will disseminate this in
formation generally, mid exert yourselves to
have at! the arrangements committed to you
completed, and to give effect to the operations ■
of the Major General.
Vary respectfully,
Your most ob’t serv't,
C. A. HARRIS, C Wr.
.Meso’st, Jo** Remedy. 7*%5j. IV. IYo'xom,
and Jnntf-s IndhH.
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Wt(.UAM T PRICE.
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UN IO S' CON V E NTION.
The committee of ten appointed to draft a
preamble und resolutions expressive of the
views and principles of the Union party,
made the following report, which was unani
i tnously adopted, to wh:
‘TO THE UNION PARTY OF GEORGIA.
! Your delegate?, assembled in Convention
, at Milledgeville, on the 7th May, have taken
! iniD consideration the subject confided to their
! deliberations, and now recommend the follovv
| in" gentlemen, as possessing suitable qualifi
i cations to represent Georgia in the next Con
gress of the LJiited States:
I ROBERT VV. POOLER, of Chatham.
Gen. B. GRAVES, of Newton.
Col. J. S. PAT PERSON, of Early.
D. C. CAMPBELL, of Bibb.
JUNIUS HILLYER, Esq. of Clark.
Hon. HIRAM WARNER, of Meriwether.
Hon. ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee.
Dr. J. G. McWHORTER, of Richmond.
Gen. CHARLES 11. NELSON, of Cherokee.
We hope our deliberations have been gui
ded by wisdom, as we know they have been
influenced by a patriotic regard for the best
ir.teres s of our State and Country.—That the
result will be perfectly satisfactory to all, we
cannot expect; but we Lope and believe, suffi
cicut public spirit and self devotion exist in
'the party, to silence the voice of discontent,
; and induce nil its members to waive minor
[ considcraiiims, as a step necessary to secure
j the ascendancy of those principles and meas
ures, which they solemnly believe are essen
tiiil to tho present and future prosperity,
■ peace and greatness of our beloved country.
1 I'hosu claims to the honors of the party,
which have not been thus publicly acknowl
' edged, have not been overlooked, only post
; i aied. Disinterestedness is the badge of
; honesty. Our leading men have rather re
quued persuasion to serve us, than rebuke for
I fiirv. <d p’ - et<'i;sio;is. Lei us continue to be
-'O • mguisljed. It is the surest evidence
j ■ ■ thq >n Is we aim at are our coun-
I'tit the Uoiiveiilioii, Having thus discharged
I the duty more immediately assigned it, con-
I sidcrcd that it hud not ddrie nil that it was its
1 duty to perform—all that the party had a
( right to expect at its hands. Important chum
I ges having taken place in the situation of the
j country, and new topics of public concern
! been agitated, it became a rhatter of some im
t portancc, in the judgment of the Convention,
I to stale distinctly the leading principles of
I the party, us authorised landmarks for its
! guidance in mumtaining the ascendancy of
the Constitution and laws. This they have
endeavored to do with a charitable regard to
the peculiar views of any dissenting members
of the party, and with all the kindness of in
terpretatiou as to the motives of our political
I opponents which their conduct bus ullowed us
I to feel.
i ’l'hc following wus the result of ourdeliber
(ations: ,
Whereas important changes have taken
i place in the situation of the country, and new
' topics of public concern been agitated, since
1 any authorised organ ©t the Union Party of
Georgia has ass rted its principles or sketched
its views in relation thereto, it bacon es a
matter of importance to state distinctly the
lead'ng principles of its bcluf, to silence die
mouth of slander, and, if possible, deprive
misrepresentation of its power—i i.crufore,
Ilestih'ed, '1 iiat we <<idially approve tc
rt-commendation of the President of the Uni
ted States, in regard to the propriety and ne.
cessity of separating tho Government from
tho Banks, in keeping and disbursing the
public treasure, and of muintaining in the re
ception of the public dues, consistently with
' the pu)dtc convenience, the only constitutional
and national currency and legal tender.
Reso/eed, That we approve of the course
: of the administration of the General Govern
ment, in regard to its Indian policy; und that
Georgia in particular, who has been scourged
by the continuance, so long, of tins species of
- population within her territory, will sustain
t this pokey, as alike essential to her own pros- j
t perity and honor, and necessary to the future
existence of n nice, that has dwindled from
millions to humTreds, and once possessed our
■ country, tn the pride of powerful and
Idem nations.
i esoh't'd, That thu Democratic party of
the South, can hold no friendly commuuica- 1
tion on any subject, with those who are ma
-1 king a syaten alic assault upon rights guaran
teed by the Cunstitution to the South, and who,
it not arrested in their career, will demolish
the lair labric ot our liberties, and entitle
themscives t«> the infamous distinction of the
*retca why tired the Ephesian Temple:—
».ui toe Republican partv of tho North, un
cviiupteJ, disinterested, and patriotic, have
ever proved themse ves to be what Mr. Jeffer
sort deckjred them, “the natural allies of the '
r and that now, more than ever, from
ithoir resolute opposition to the abolition fana- i
W isddmjjiisticc, and 171 odcrat iobi .
ROME, FEOVD COUNTY, GEORGIA, MAY 29, J 838.
tics, and to all unconstitutional interference I
with bur domestic institutions, they merit arid
shall receive our warmest thanks.
Unsolved, That taxes and duties ought not
to be laid and collected by the General Gov
ernment. to raise money to be lent out by keep
ers thereof, whether public officers or banks,
to speculators or any other class of citizens
whatsoever; and that the amount raised shoqld
be barely sufficient to defray the expenses of
an economical administration of the Govern
ment, and should be kept to be applied to that |
object, arid no other;
Resolved, That the General Government I
have no right to use the money of the people
for Banking purposes; and consequently, any
attempt on the part of Congress, by the means
of a Bank charter, or any other legislative
enactment, to delegate such power to others,
will, as heretofore, meet with the unceasing
hostility and opposition of the Union Party of
Georgia.
Resofaed, That we deprecate the evils re*
gulting from the suspension of specie pay
ments recommend a speedy resumption
by the Bari.'f s > both in justice to the comma,
nity that grantee them their chartered privi
leges, and have a right to their benefits, and
from a prudent regard fo'.*' their own safety.
Resolved, That the present administration
of the General Government, as promoL'Pg the!
interests of the South, and guarding our in
stitutions, has won our admiration and secu
red our support; that we deeply deplore the
course of such Southern statesmen as, by ac
ting in concert with its opponents, are aiding
to place those in power who are adverse to
the rights and interests of the South, and the
great principles of the Democratic Party as
j illustrated in the political life and writings of
: Thomas Jefferson.
Thu principles of the present administra
tion, according with the spirit of compromise
[with which the Federal Constitution was
I framed and adopted and being radically oppo
sed to the fanatical efforts now made to in
terfere with vital local interests, we exhoit
the people to rally to its support. Errors of
opinion, in matters not connected With the
j safety and happiness of a portion of thd Ro
public, may be tolerated, “while reason is
j left to combat it,” biit every constitutional j
effort should be made to resist and piit down j
I any attempt of the people of one portion of I
the country to interfere with the domestic'
i institutions of another. The present admin- j
• istration, planting, itself open the true prin-'
ciples of our Union and Constitution, has
boldly stepped forward and identified itself I
with the maintainance of the domestic insti- i
tutions of the South—the people of Georgia
are, therefore, again invoked to rally to its
support.
The Convention, in closing its report and
address to its constituents, cannot conclude
without urging cn the party the necessity of
renewed vigilance and untiring exertion to
maintain the ascendancy of its views. To
stimulate to such exertion and fire the zeal of
the faintest heart in the cause, we beg to
awaken its recollection of the glorious past.
The position in which Georgia stood during i
the threatening dangers of Nullification, was
one of the greatest responsibility, and nobly
did she respond to her obligations. She was
the key stone of the arch, which sustained 1
, the Union in the Southern Status. If ghc had
I faltered in the cause, all would have been
* lost. This glorious Union would have lain in
; ruins. 'The whirlwind would have been irre-
sisticle, if it had been augmented by her
strength. But every engine wus brought tn
I play on her firmness in vain. Difficulties
were multiplied and artfully managed to in
flame her passions, warp her judgment, and
tempi her, by suggestions of Slate pride, to
swerve from the pat.li of duly, patriotism and
.honor. In vain the tempest beat on her bat.
j tlcments. Her eye looked with unquailing
[firmness on the dark cloud, whose thunder
muttered its threatening in her ear. She
i trembled not—hesitated not; but with the i
j Constitution of the Confederacy in her hand, ,
and its glorious banner over her head, she
defied its fury, and smiled in scorn at its im
potence. In that dark hour, which was to
test the capability of our government, she
rallied her strength, and took her station by
I the side of the Old Patriot, whose very name
was a host against the enemies of his coun
try. —They triumphed together, and with
them triumphed the Constitution and the laws.
I As Georgians, wo are proud that we have
: not been recreant—not failed in our destiny.-
The recollection shall shed a bright radiance
’on our future career, and history, when she
i enumerates the temptations and dangers which
t tried our firmness, shall pour the glory of
her noblest eulogium cn tiie record. Let us
not then, by siipiueness, nor by passion, and
( forgetful of the past, lose ali fur which we
have fought, but rally on our principles, and,
like a band of brothers, bind our fate by u
bond stronger than links of steel, to the dvs
j tiny of our glorious Union.
On motion of Col. Li.uly, of Butts,
Rrscdred, That a committee of five be ap
pointed by the President, tn inform the persons
(ctHHon by this Convention as candidates at <
[the ensuing Congressional election, of their'
nomination; and that said Committee commu
nicate to them the resolutions passed by this
Convention expressive of the principles and
views of the Union party of Georgia, and
ask of them the expression of their approba
tion of such principles and views.
The Committee appointed were, Messrs.
J. VV. A. Sanford, Green Jordan, N. B. Ju
han, Gen. R. Bledsoe, and VVm. G. Smith,
Esq.
Resolved, That Charles J. McDonald, H.
I L. Running, James S. Bulloch, Howell Cobb,
E. G. Rogers, Valentine Walker, George
D. Andrews, J. W. A,. Sanford, James F.
Hay, and Win. W. Wiggins, be a Committee
to fill any vacancy that may occur in the
nominations made by this Convention.
On motion of J. G. McWhorter,
Resolved, unanimously. That we regret
that private ebnsiderations have been so im
perative in their nature as to deprive us of
the continued services of our present Demo,
cratic Delegates in Congress, who, by .zealous,
ly and ably advocating the measures of the
administration, have defended the interests of
the South, and thereby gained for their exer.
tions the lasting remembrance and gratitude
of the Union party.
On motion of Mr. McArddl, of Mclntosh,
) Resolved, That the Delegation from Bald
-1 W’in he appointed a Committee to print 500 ,
copies, ’n pamphlet form, of the address, pre-1
amble, and resolutions that have been adop-1
ted, by this Convention, with the vjew of pre-!
seting the same in a permanent form to the
Union Party of Georgia, and that l.his Con
vention furnish the said committee such a.
sum as may be necessary to defray the ex !
penses of carrying this resolution into effect.
Resolved, unanimously, That ihe thanks of;
this Convention be tendered to the President, j
for the dignified and able manner in which the
duties of the Chair have been discharged, and
that he be requested to furnish a copy of his 1
address for publication. |
Resolved, unanimously, That the thanks of
this Convention be likewise tendered to Mr.;
John T. Lamar and Frederick H. Sanford,;
Esq., Secretaries, for the prompt and faithful
discharge of their duties.
j The Convention adjourned jfine die.
TIIOS. SPALDING, Prost.
j John T. LaMar, ? o . * •
' r* tr d > Secretaries.
F. IL Sanford, $
From the Pennsylvania Reporter.
NON- RES UM P TIO N BIDD LE.
; The New York Banks have resumed specie
\ payment, and NEW YORK is .a SPECIE [
PAYING S TATE. The Pennsylvania [
banks, which suspended as they said, because
New York suspended, have not yet resumed;
; and Pennsylvania, “this Pcrinstjfoaitfa of i
oMrs,” with her “ Pennsylvania interests and
I Peitntylvanla"feelings,” to use the bunk Whig
language is to be n paper Male, an inconver
tible bank note Stale, an irrtdfrmable paper
Slate a continental money State, a Clay pape.r
Slate, because- Mr. Non-resumption Biddle i
and Governor Ritncr’s “great balance wheel”,
cannot pay their creditors in the constitution
al currency, gold and stiver coin.
But, despite of the Bank and its Slrfvfe, Jo. 1
seph Ritner. the banks of Pennsylvania ;
must, and will, resume specie payment forth
with. “The bone and sinew”—-the fiifmbrs,
and mechanics of PenneyHnm'a, will submit'
no longer to a bank autocracy.
i In our last w-e displayed the entire unsound
ucss of the Bank of the United States; and
we shall add a few more facts to show the.
true reasons of that institution for declaring
that it will not resume. The monthly return
made at the commencement of this month,
(April,) exhibits this state of its affairs: h|
[ field of notes of other bank5,5i,495,262, and.
there was due from Slate Banks, 82,289,569
making an aggregate of 83,784,83’1, whilst
it owed to State banks, 86,85.3,549, making
a clear balance against it, and in favor of the
State Banks, of 8.3,069,019, which, in specie
' paying times, could be draw-n for nt once in
specie; but which if due to city and county i
banks, only 1 per cent, interest would be paid
upon it during the continuance of the suspen
sion. Now on Wednesday last, (the 25th of
April,) the Bank of the United States was
indebted to the banks of the city and county
: of Philadelphia 85,996,800, which shows that
nearly the whole amount due to State banks,
was duo to those in its immediate vicinity, and
that the 83,784,831 due to it, must have been
from banks at a distance, and certainly in
States soutt. of the prise nt line of resumption.
Wo shell not now speak of any other debt
due by the bank, but these which arc certain
|y jnirriediate, and can be called lor at nr:y
moment. In this list we rank the nett circu
lation of rimes payable on demand.
86,403 12'5
Deposites, 3,836,5:2
Due city and county banks, 5.9'-6,*' ' '
, Making an aggregate of 816,226,708
to meet this large amount thu bunk
hgMonlv 83,903,836 72 of specie, the wholj
»B>f which must be swahowed up by the pay
meat of the balances due the banks in the
five mile circle around it, leaving a balance
due them alone of 82,082,968 28, which it
has no means of paying.
The Bank of the United States has, there
fore, taken the attitude of non-iesumption,
BECAUSE it is in the power of the minor
banks surrounding it, which have been.man
aged with much more care and prudence.
There arc, however, other reasons opera
ting with the regulator, which are not.so ob
vious. It now appears that the bank did not
pay the last September bond of 81 >886,589
04 due the United States out of its own funds,
but that it “borrowed from the Exchange
Bank near 8450,000, and a very handsome
sum from the Northwestern Bank of Virginia,
being a part of the surplus fund transferred
to the State by the General Government.”
“The Bank,” says the Richmond Enquirer,
“applied these drafts towards the payment of
its October instalments due to the United
States, and we believe Mr. Biddle is pledged
to repay in specie. IT WILL RECALLED
I ON ASSQChN AS HE RESUMES SPECIE
PAYMENTS/’
Ilfere then is another reason for non-re
sumption, because this specie debt to the banks
of Virginia, and the specie debt due the eiiv
and county banks, would take all his speoi’c
and several. millions more, without paying a
dollar to note Holders .dr depositors.
The bank has also purchased rotten insti
tutions in other States, and has several agi-n:
ci-*s, nil of which it ifiust supply with g >ld
and si I vet, and the bill which has passed tho
Senate, and will pass the Hou-c of Represen
tatives, prohibiting the rc-isstieof the “resur
rection notes,” will return for redemption
Several millions of a bastard circulation with
which the present bank has been deluding
Pennsylvania and other States. There arc
no doubt, other 'reasons arising out of un
soundnrss, known to the leading directors of
this institution, but the foregoing are sufficient
to disclose the real causes of its present policy.
We repeat, then, that the Bank of tho Uni
ted States is the only obstacle to the resump,
tion and continuance of specie payments in
Pennsylvania, in which the city of Philadel
phia is to lend its aid by redeeming its 8260,.
000 of shin plasters of May and June, 1867.
by a new issue of the same, redeemable in
1840. ,But thu attempt cannot and will not
be successful, for the power to oblige a re
sumption remains with the people of Penn
sylvania, who know, feel, and will cxcrcrao
it. i. ’ :
The banks of New York have acted hon
estly, boldly, and fairly, and specie is last
' flowing to their aid—in eight days of this
month, 84,054,000 cf specie was imported
into, and remained in New York, and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are pouring in
daily and weekly. The policy of General
Jackson, in altering the gold standard, and
encouraging the use of gold and silver, with
'the non-charter of the. bank of the United
: States by Congress, thus throwing out of cir
culation upwards of twenty millions of its
notes, which owed their credit to that given
them by the Government, and substituting
for them specie, are tho causes of this influx
[of the precious metals. In 1811, under the
old Bunk of the United States, we had in tho'
whole country but ten millions of specie—in
1832, under the second bank, we had but
I twenty millions; and now, in 1838, with no
; bank, wo have one hundred millions of tho
I constitutional currency, ten times the sum
possessed in tho days of the first bank, and
five times the snrn possessed six years ago, in
the days of the second bank, managed, us it
was, by the “greatest financier of ancient or
modern times,” Mr. non-resumption Biddle.
The remedy then is with tho people—-take
your shin-plasters to those who have issued
them—and get specie or Lank* notes of this
State; refuse to use these false certificates of
loan any longer—call on each bank individu-.
ally to fulfil its charter stipulation—encour
age and sustain the hones!—hold meetings,
1 and declare your soritimefi'ts freely, but calm- -
ly and deliberately, and the banks must and
will resume. 'l’hey owe all to your indul
-1 gcnce—but they must not stretch the cord
one inch further—patience is exhausted, and
the people must and will have their rights.
Let the independent citizens of Philadel
phia meet, as they did in May last, in Inde
pendence square, und the next day the banks
will pay specie.
Can and will Pennsylvania lug Vohmd New
York? Xo!
Fatal —Stick, stuck Sluck.
An * Affair’ recently ‘came off’ in Alabama
between two iudtviduais named Slick .and
.tittick' The paper that brings -tho tnlelfi
gcucu s.iys, Stick stuck Stuck and mortally
wounded him; but he is now recovering.
A/erh'ftg.—-An old bachelor of fifty years
standing, lately mariied. a widow of twenty
seven, with a fif.a voice and five small chd.
dren.
NfO ID.-