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I The following Menage from Goo. Gayle to the Le
gislature of Alabamatogether with the accompa
nying Correspondence, on the subject of the Creek
Controversy, will be found interesting.]
Executive Department, )
Tuscaloosa, 20fo Dec. 1833. )
With my annual message of the 19th ulti
mo, l transmitted to the General Assembly
sundry documents, which had been, received
from the Hon. P. T. Harris, showing that the
persons indicted for the murder of Hardeman
Owen were protected by the commanding of
ficer at fort Mitchell, and that he had placed
at defiance the officers and process of the
circuit-court of Russell county.
1 did not believe that the President would
sanction this conduct, and in this opinion I
have not been disappointed; for, on the receipt
of my letter at the War Department, of the
25th September, orders wore issued to' Major
McIntosh to submit to all civil process, and
to afford every facility for its due and proper
execution. This will be more fully perceiv
ed from the letter of the Secretary of War,
of— November, and the documents which
accompanied it, which are herewith sent, for
the examination of the Legislature.
-Francis S. Key, Esq. a gentleman equally
distinguished for intelligence and for his frank
and honorable character, arrived at Tuscaloo-
sa, at an early period of the present session,
with instructions to communicate, fully, the
views of the President in relation to the set-
tiers in the Creek country.
With Mr. Key I have held several conver
sations, the substance of which is contained
in his letter of the 16th instant, in* answer to
a note from me of the same date. Copies of
this correspondence arc herewith laid before
-the General Assembly; from which it will be
seen, that the settlers in the new counties are
to remain in the undisturbed possession of
their improvements, and that the orders of the
Secretary of War are to be confined exclu
. sivcly to the locations which were reserved
for the Indians by the treaty.
The principal object of this unpleasant
controversy with the General Government
being obtained, by asserting and vindicating
» those great principles, which were establish
ed by the Constitution, for the security of the
people, and for the protection of the States,
in the exercise of their rightful jurisdiction;
it cannot fail to be a source of the highest sat
isfaction to our fellow citizens in these new
counties, that the calamity with which, at one
period, they were threatened, lias been avert
ed, and of pride and patriotic exultation to our
people, every where, that the supremacy of
the civil over the military authority has been
successfully maintained.
It is believed that the plan which has been
adopted by the Geueral government, and the
exertions they are making to purchase the
reservations, will effectually prevent any fu
ture collision. However this may be, it is no
less the right than- it is the duty of the legis
lature to pass all such laws as will protect the
Indians in thn riglii. u-lu-li 1««t. ——won.
ed to them by the treaty. Laws should be
made, particularly with a view to prevent
trespasses upon their lands, and to secure
them against all fraudulent contracts in rela
tion to renting and leasing their premises.
These people have become citizens of the
State and have placed themselves under the
protection of our laws, -by their own consent,
freely and voluntarily given, and we are cal
led upon by every consideration of justice
and humanity, to guard them against the im
positions to which they will be constantly ox-
posed, from their ancient habits and their ig
noraucc of our laws.
JOHN GAYLE.
stance of tho communications I have had the
honor to make to you since my arrival, as to
the views of the President in relation to the
orders you mention. -V
I informed you that 1 had seen Colonel A-
bert in the Creek country, who was engaged
in locating jthe Indian reservations.; that he
had employed the requisite assistants, so as
to expedite the discharge of that duty, and
believed it would be completed by the 5th
January.
From the manner which Colonel Abert
and Mr. Bright were, instructed to proceed,
the lands intended for the Indians will be laid
ofi'(as far .as consistent with the provisions of
the treaty) united in large bodies, leaving the
subdivisions among the individual Indians, to
be made hereafter; thus, showing the position
of the reservations.
the restoration of mutual confidence and har
mony so sincerely desired by the President,
I am With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
F. S. KEY.
His Excellency, Governor Gates.
P. S. I understand the present orders as
directed to be executed ou the 15th of Janu
ary, and not before- By that day I am as
sured that the locating agents will have so
lar completed their duties as to have designa-
ted the reservations, so that the orders will
only operate on the parts so-designated.
pe Department, )
MWjuscaloosa, 16tli Dec. 1833. j
Sir : The Secretary of War, in his letter
of the 31st of October, which you did me the
honor to deliver, on your arrival, states that
vou have been fully in the views of the Pres
ident, in relation to the difficulties which have
arisen from the orders of tho government,
for the removal of the settlers from the terri-
tory ceded by the Creek Indians, in March
1832. These, I am satisfied, you have com
municated with frankness and without reserve
in the several conversations we havo had on
the subject. I am anxious to lay before the
legislature which is'now in session, all the in.
formation I have received and can obtain;
and with a view to prevent any misunder
standing which might proceed from a want of
accuracy in niy< own recollection, I have to
request that you will, in answer to this note,
furnish me with the substance of the explana
tions you have already given, and also with
any other intelligence you may think proper
to Communicate in connexion with tho exist
ing controversy.
Information has been received through the
Medium of the public journals of Washington
city, that ten companies of U. States troops are
marching to Fort Mitchell, for the purpose.of
executing the’orders of the government for
the expulsion of the settlers from the ceded
territory. Statements of this kind are not
usually relied on, but uncontradicted as this
is by the Globe, it has obtained general cre
dence, has already produced much solicitude
and some excitement in the counties situated
in the Greek country, and will, I apprehend,
if true, disappoint, in some degree,'the hopes
by which you as well as myself have been en
couraged, that this unpleasant business would
be brought to a speedy and satisfactory tonni-
nation. I trust you have it in your power to
allay the anxiety which this supposed move,
meat of the troops has produced, and I shall
be gratified to learn that it has no connexion
with the pending controversy.
I have the honor to be, with great respect.
Your obedient servant,
F. S. Key, Esq. J0HN
By this means all those portions of the ce
ded territory, lying without the reservations,
will be designated and released from the stip
ulations of the treaty, and the orders of the
Marshal will not operate upon the settlers on
those lands. Those among the settlers, who
may be found upon the Indian reservations,
will have it in their power to purchase the
right of the Indians whose land they occupy,
and an agent will bo appointed by the Presi
dent, who may he daily expected, to certify
all such contracts, according to the .provision
of tho treaty. So that every settler, so situa
ted, will have the option either to purchase
the Indian's title and remain, or leave the land
for others to purchase.
I expressed to you the President’s solid
tude to make arrangements for the purchase,
on the part of the government, of the Indian
reserves, and of the removal of the Indians,
and I had been instructed to take measures
for the accomplishment of this purpose,
which I hoped would be successful; that the
President ^vas convinced that this measure
was necessary for the preservation of the In
dians, and on every account desirable to the
people of Alabama; that in reference to this
subject I bad satisfactorily ascertained that a
large proportion of the Indians were now wil-
ling to sell and leave the State, and that I hod
written to the Secretary of War that I be
lieved the Indians owning the reservations,
would be disposed to sell and emigrate as
soon as agents were sent out with authority
for that purpose. I also stated to you that
Colonel Abert had informed me that many
of the settlers called upon him, since he
came into the State, to ascertain the course in
tended to be taken by the government, to
whom he had. fully stated these views, and
that without Exception, they had expressed
their satisfaction ; that, as for as I could judge
from the conversation I had held with many
persons in the State, I believed the same sat
isfaction very generally prevailed. •
I repeat the hope and belief, which I .do
rived from these circumstances, and express
ed in our conversations, that few if any of the
settlers, who may be found on these reserva-
lUsus, wuuia, men to ineirowu uuuise, ne so
unreasonable as to refuse either to buy of the
Indians or remove from their lands and let
them sell toothers. I showed you a copy of
a letter I had received since my arrival here,
from the Secretary of War to Col. Abert in*
answer to inquiries made by that officer,
which stated the course the President would
think proper to adopt in exercising the power
given him by the third article of the treaty, of
directing the manner in which these tracts, to
be laid off for the Indians, may be conveyed
by them, and of approving such contracts.
By this it appears that the President will not
consider any contract with an Indian for his
reservation as made on a fair consideration,
as required by the article, unless the price is
equal to the minimum price at which the pub-
lie land is sold. As it is intended that the
reservations will be so laid off as to give them
land at least equal to the average quality
of the public land, it is not to be presumed
that a loss sum would be a fair price. He
will also require the certifying agent to take
proper measures to have undoubted evidence
of the actual payments of the purchase money.
The President’s views'are also expressed
in that letter os to a species of contract, which
it'is generally said has been resorted to, or
is intended to be resorted to, by some of the
persons who are dealing with the Indians for-
the reservations. The conveyances, he will
approve of, musf be conveyances of the
Indian’s whole title, by which he will get a
full equivalent for Ids land so as to secure to
him, as far as possible, the fair payment of
the consideration and the means of obtaining
a permanent and beneficial provision. Lea
ses with the Indians, for the five years, during
which the provisions of the treaty for their
protection will extend, or for any portion of
that time, he will not approve. Such con.
tracts would keep them in a state of abject
dependance, subject them to impositions
make them victims to all the miseries which
have been ever fatal to their race. It is bet.
ter for them and the community, to which
they would be a burthen, that their contracts
should be sales, and that they should romove.
This determination will, I trust, appear not on
ly humane towards the Indians and called for
by the true spirit and meaning of the trea
ty, hut just, and beneficial to the people of
Alabama.'
Cmr Council.—At a meeting of Council
held yesterday, the following preamble and
Resolutions were -offered by Alderman Gor
don:
Where as, until a survey of the route'for
either a Cana) or Rail Road communication
between this city and Macon shall b^made, no
advantages can be derived from the char
ter recently granted by the Legislature, and
it is therefore important that this board adopt
some measure to effect such survey; '
Resolved, That our fellow citizen John M.
Berrien, be requested to ascertain at Wash
ington City upon what terms the services of
a competent officer of the Engineer Depart
ment can be obtained, for the purpose of ma.
king such survey.
Resolved, That the survey to he made shall
be so made as to determine the relative ad.
vantages of each mode of communication.
Resolved, That this corporation will, if ne
ccssary, contribute liberally to effect such
survey.
Resolved, That the Mayor commuuicate
these Resolutions to Mr. Berrien, «nd cor
respond with him on the subject.
Resolved, That the Mayor and Chairman
be a committee to correspond with those in
terested in the Union Rail Road, to endeavor
to concert some effort—some joint effort of
Internal Improvement between the two char
tered companies.—Savannah Rep. 10ih inst.
Gold.—We have been informed by high:
ly creditable authority, that a discovery has
lately been made in Habersham county,-of a
gold deposits mine, that far exceeds in rich
ness, any thing we have ever before heard
of. The mining ground is very extensive—
upwards of one hundred acres on a lot known
as Richardson's Lot. We were assured by
our informant, that numerous lumps of gold
were every where to be seen and picked up in
the pits; the ordinary size of the pieces, was
about that of a grain of corn, many were
much larger; eight hands, says he, in one
day made nearly five hundred dwts. of gold,
though this was an extraordinary day's work
but- since the discovery, they will have avera.
ged twenty-five dwts. the hand per day. Tho
mine, so far os has been tested, bids fair to
hold out, and to answer the owner’s most san
guine expectations.
We have latterly seen another rich spec!
men from the noted Battle Branch Lot, which
weighed between 8 and 10 dwts. The gold
vena of a ril’lj raggwi nppjnmn-o. and D
nexed to a small pebble, which weighed 1
or 1-4 less than the gold adhering to it; and
this pebble had beautiful spangles of gold in
terspersed through it. It might probably have
all turned to the rich metal in the course
time. We understand it has been sent
Col. Roswell King of Darien, who is part
owner of the Lot from whence it was taken.—
Western Herald..
FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
Extract of a Letter from Capt. Benj. Sherrod
to Wm. Dealings Esq. dated
Cortland, Ala. Dec. i3, 1833.
Dear Sir,—Your favor came safe to hand,
and I am pleased at having it in my power to
state that we are going on well with the Rail
Road. In all of the next year we will have it
completed. We shall let out foe balance of
foe road on the 15th Jan. next, and wiH oblige
the contractors to complete foe road by the
first of Qctobcr. We now see where errors
have been committed by us', which we shall
avoid in the next contracts. We permitted
one set of contractors to take too many sec
tions of the road. It is laid off in sections of
two miles. We are determined that no - one
contractor shall have more than three sections
—say six miles. An emulation will then be
produced, who will complete his work first
and best. This is one effect; and there will
be a greater certainty of the work being com
pleted in time.
Tliis little work of ours is merely a com
mcncement of Rail Road building. Our views
are greatly extended since I had the pleasure
of seeing you. I have sent, for your use, the
proceedings of a meeting held in-foe western
district of Tennessee, and I think I can ven
ture to say, that within ten years, you will, if
living, see a Rail Road passing from the Mis
sissippi River to Charleston and Savannah.—
The route will he from.Athens, -through foe
Cherokee country, to Steamboat navigation
on the "Hiwassee river; thence down into the
Tennessee river; thence down to Decatur;
and thence to Memphis ou the Rail Road.—
Charleston and Savannah have a deep interest
in the line. All the western, trade that now
is taken by Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York, will, to a certainty, pass through Geor-
gia.
The papers you will receive, have publish
cd throughout Georgia and South Carolina,
and prevail ot> some of your learned men at
Athens to write a few numbers, pointing out
the advantages, in a commercial point of view
to those States. I am disposed Co thiuk, that
if the people could see their owu interest, no
time would be lost in commencing the work
Tuscaloosa, 16l/t Dec Ift-vi
Sir : I have just received your note if this
morning, and will proceed to state the sub.
In reference to the last subject mentioned
in your note, I can only say that I am entire
ly without information. I have received no
communication having any reference, or ma-
king intimation, as to the sending, of troops,
for any purpose, to any part of this State.—
Nor can I believe the movement of the com.
panies you mention.justifies any excitement
in the Creek counties. I should hope that as
j our Excellency is fully advised of tho views
of the Pi esident, and of the Course which he
has felt bound to take in fulfilling the obliga
tions of the Creek treaty, it would not be sup
posed from any circumstances, that
change of that course can be intended.
any
Hoping that nothing will occur to prevent
A project is on foot (says the New-York
Journal of Commerce, for the construction
a ship or steamboat Canal, on the American
side around foe Falls of Niagara.
We have before us a memorial (says foe
same paper,) to Congress, from inhabitants
of the-State of New York, in tho- vicinity of
Lake Ontario, asking aid in the ' premises.
On the Canada side, a ship t’anal around
the Falls (the Welland- Canal) is already
constructed. '
A bill has passed the Senate of North Car-
olina, to establish a Bank, the Stock of which
is to be owned by the State, and individuals
conjointly. The capital is to be §1,500,000
of which the State is to have the privilege of
taking two ffths, and to be represented in foe
Directory, in the same proportion. As
provided in the Charters of the Cape Fear,
Newborn and Albemarle Banks, a tax of 25
cents on each share, is to be paid iuto the
State Treasury.' The principul. Bauk is-to
be located in Raleigh.
. A Company has beou incorporated, by the
Legislative Council of Florida,, having-for its
bbject the manufacture of salt at Key West.
It is said that tho enterprise affords an oppor
tunity for an unusually profitable investment
of capital. The salt pond on the island which
is to .supply the water, measures 340 acres,
greater extent of surface than is furnished by
any of the Bahama ponds, with one exccp
tion. The water is at all times at least 100
per cent, stronger than sea water, and in dry
seasons has been known to reach foe point
of saturation. The range of tho thermome
ter at Key West, is such, that the process of
evaporation can be continued without inter
ruption throughout the entire year.
The Artichoke.—English medjcal pa-
pers state that this plant has been recently in
trcduced into very important medicinal use
particularly in rheumatic and other acute
cases: The Boston Medical Journal says,
“ the leaves should be gathered before their
vitality is affected by the frosts. The fibrous
and fleshy portions of them should be. cut into
strips and by bruising in a marble mortar tho
juice is readily extracted. In order to pre
serve this juice, 'one fifth part of its weight
of alcohol may be added to it and in this Way
it is equally valuable for use, if hot more so,
than when wrought into the more expensive
form of tincture.”
A letter from Matanzas, states that Col
Clinton, of the U. S. Engineer Corps, and
eldest son of the late Do Witt. Clinton, died
at that place on foe 14th ult,
COMMUNICATIONS.
the undertaking, we feel assured, that a com
bination of the labor and skill of the States in
terested, by systematic and continued efforts,
will prove entirely adequate to its accomplish,
ment, and we believe it can be satisfactorily
shown, that the losses continually sustained
by the said States, by. reason of heavy land,
transportation, would in five or six years,
amount to the whole cost of the-projected im
provements. In-.confirmation of this opinion,
we beg leave to submit a brief and statistical
estimate of the resources of the States lor and supposing each Boat to perform 5 ^
whose especial benefit this contemplated road within the year, which is customary, ^
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the introduction of Steam Boats, it „ ^
that about 20 barges, averaging 100 tons .
comprised the whole of the commercial^
ities for transportation between New Orf 1
and the upper country, and that each 0 f ^
performed one trip within the year. At?
present rime it is calculated there are i n J*
mission on the Mississippi and its w Cct
about 350 steamboats, the average tona!^
which may be stated at 175 tons—makif!*
the whole amount employed, 65,000 taH 1
and flllnnnoinrr ...li R—i .
of
to
lemorial to the Legislatures of Tennessee, Mis.
trissippi, Alabama, Georgia and S.-Carolina -
The undersigned committee take pleasure
in transmitting to your honorable body the en
closed copy of the proceedings of a conven
tion of delegates, from the counties of She!
by, Fuyette, Hardeman, Madison and McNai
ry, of the Western District, and State of Ten
ncssec, holden at the town of Bolivar, on the
18th day of October, 1833. By reference to
the 6th resolution of said convention, it will
be perceived that it is made our duty to ad
dress memorials -to the respective Legisla
lures ot the States interested, for the purpose
of respectfully soliciting their prompt and lib.
eral co-operation iu promoting the grand ob
ject of connecting* foe. Mississippi river with
the Atlantic border, by an extended Rail Road,
which shall commence at some prominent
and eligible point in Shelby county, on the
Mississippi river, and thence pursue the most
practicable aud judicious Route to its destina
tion, as shall hereafter be determined by a
competent civil engineer. ' '
in addressing this appeal to your, honora
ble body, we feel. no ordinary solicitude, in
culling your attention to a thorough examina^
tion of the expediency and general utility ot
establishing a channel of inter-communication
between the Western and Southern portions
of our Uuion. a - Tho present remote and dis
jointed position of the West and foe South, is
found to present such barriers to a free commu
nication, as to reader our western and south
ern brethren substantially aliens in interest,
as well as in social intercourse. We believe
that the construction of a Rail Road from the
Mississippi to foe Atlantic seaboard is the on-
ly improvement that can be devised com
mensurate to the object surmounting these
obstacles. We also believe, that in no other
section of the United States, in a topographi
cal point of view, can the practicability and
advantages of a Kail Rond be - more success
fully cxemplitied-Mvhere the advantages over
all other modes of conveyance will be so ea-
18 sily and widely diffused—where local, jealous,
ies and rivalry, which too .often prevent and
retard the commencement of great public
improvements, will-have less occasion for dis
playing their paralyzing effects—where (been-
ergies ami treasure of the States interested can
be applied with a more liberal and prudent hand
—where the beneficial results of a profitable
expenditure of capital will be ultimately more
certain—where by a concert of action, which
always augurs favorably to the success of an
undertaking,-the means of individual enter-
prize and capital, can be presented with
stronger inducements—and where, finally, its
salutary influence on the fiscal and physical
resources of a collection of States, combining
all tho elements of the richest agricultural
country in the world, with a population rap
idly increasing, will be so readily visible, os
to insure public' confidence and unite public
exertion, as in the accomplishment of the
work proposed. If then, on an examina
tion of foe subject, your honorable body
arrive at the favorable conclusion, that the
prominent advantages of the proposed im
provement, will greatly facilitate the friend
ly intercourse, and increase the commer
cial relations of tho West and South, wo
flatter ourselves that our expectations will
not be disappointed in receiving the aid of.
your prompt co-operation in its successful ex
ecution. - ‘'
In foe performance of the duty assigned
us, we deem it unnecessary to address any
is intended—and, in doing this, we have
thought it proper to assume as data for the
calculation, the aggregate of the present crop
of cotton of that portion qf the Western Dis
trict of Tennessee, immediately adjacent to
the projected route of said road, and also of
the valley of North Alabama, including a
range of seven counties. From accurate in
formation obtained, the crop of that portion of
the Western District alluded to, is estimated
at 15,000 bales; and that of the seven coun
ties of North Alabama, at 80,000—exhibiting
an average of about 10,000 bales to .each
county. All that portion of the State of Mis
sissippi adjacent to the route of said road, as
well as a considerable portion of North Ala
bama, is yet unsettled. Such is the situation,
also, of a large extent of foe territory of Geor
gia, equally interested. We have therefore
only to compare foe advantages of soil and
climate, of these new acquisitions of country,
to warrant the prediction, that they will, in a
very few years, become fully equal in wealth
population and extent of productions, to the
portions above named. From a knowledge
of the geographical extent of the whole regi
on in connection, »‘e believe, it susceptible
of the formation of sixty counties. In accor
dance with the data assumed, we feel war
ranted in fixing the annuTtl product of cotton,
in each county, after a short period in their
progress of settlement, at 10,000 bales—ma
king, in the aggregate, 600,000 bales—which
at the present price of .transportation to their
destined shipping points, (§3 per bale,) is
found to yield an annual revenue of near two
millions of dollars.
In tliis estimate it will be perceived that
the valuable trade of East Tenuessee, which
combines the variegated products of a fanning
district, is not considered; and which, upon
the completion of. this road, will constitute
liberal quota in the scale of. contribution.
Should this calculation be moiiily correct, it
is evident that the States interested have on.
ly to bring into action their dormant resour,
ces,- and promptly develope their capacities,
to be satisfied that the present is a very pro
pitious time for the execution of the work.
In connection with this view of the subject,
we would respectfully call the attention
once realize the magnitude of the
of
specific arguments to your honorable body, in
order to demonstrate the practicability of this
important work of internal improvement, not
withstanding the greatness of the enterprizc.
The noble triumphs that have attended simi
lar enterprizes in several of our sister States,
are alone sufficient to inspire us with full con
fidence in its successful prosecution. Deep
ly impressed, as we are, with the magnitude of
in the western trade, in its annual emp ,V °^
of 333,000 tons, by the agency of steam t**
alone. - . - * ^
And our surprise is not the less excited
reviewing foe existing state of improve J
as exhibited in the many flourishing and
tractive cities on the waters of the “ 1
that proudly testify to the magic
this wonderful revolution.
It is pleasing in thu* reviewing the n
improvement of our country, that wc caa 1
with a sentiment of pride, trace the <JjZ
of our prosperity to the greatest efforts oh?
man ingenuity. For in contrast to these
teresting results of the invention of Sic-
power, we behold the same astonishing c u
ges effected by the kindred discovery 0 fv 1
rail road mode of inter-communication,
ever reduced to succcessful operation, mu' '
ding up new towns, in resuscitating’the a
dining prospects of old ones, and in the#?
tional impulse given to. public feeling and
dividual exertion.
your honorable body to a fact of prominent
import. The city of Charleston and the town
of Memphis are are the two nearest promin
ent points between the Atlantic border and
the Mississippi River. Their distance apart
is estimated at- about 600 miles, at this time
nearly half the distance, including the Ham
berg Rail Road, the Road from Augusta to
Athens, recently put under contract, aud the
Tuscumbia Rail Road is in actual progress of
accomplishment, leaving a balance of little more
than half of foe entire distance to be achieved,
to complete this grand chain of communica-
tion between the West and South. With a
knowledge of these facts, we feel impressed
with the belief, that your honorable body, as
well as the public mind generally, will at
once be relieved from the startling magnitude
of the enterprize, and perceive that no extra,
ordinary effort on the part of foe States inter-
ested, will be required to accomplish it f —
Again, we are impressed by every reflection,
prompted by the successful efforts of those
States, where public attention has been en-
grossed by Rail Roads, that the artificial im-
provement of foe resources of acountry,atohce
communicates an active impulse to the vari-
ous interests in the vicinity of the Improve-
ments, by attracting capitalists, artisans, and
laborers, by an increased demand for the or-
diuary. supplies of domestic consumption, and
thus diffusing an invigorating.influence over
the whole surface of society.
We deem it particularly important, not
to overlook the national character, which the
projection of this great road must assume in
the estimation, not only of the States-interes
ted, but in the eye of foe Functionaries ofour
Federal Government—we cherish foe san
guine expectation,, that the munificence of the
General Goveniment will not permit it to tail
or languish in the progress-of its execution,
by disregarding appropriate appeals to its lib.
eral patronage. In addition to what has been
said, we deem it unnecessary to enlarge .upon
the important facilities, that the completion
of this great road will certainly afford to the
States through which it will pass, inthe cheap
and expeditious transportation of the heavy
produce and merchandise of the countiy, in
the prompt and efficient transmission of
Troops, munitions of war, and subsistence, to
any assailable point on our Atlantic seaboard
in time of war. These advantages are too
prominent in their suggestion to require any
detailed explanation.
In the conception of the project of estab-
lishing this great thoroughfare, that is to per
vade, the limits of five flourishing States, there
is amoral grandeur eminently calculated to in
spire one common feeling of emulation, to
prosecute it, with determined energy and
perseverance. If the giant effort of a single
State, stimulated by the master spirit of a
single individual, could devise and execute a
-work of internal improvement, that has exal
ted her character for power and enterprize,
far above that of any -of her sister States, how
greatly will it magnify the honor and glory of
tho success of an enterprize, that requires the
simultaneous effort and united resources of
five populous and wealthy States to ensure its
accomplishment.
In retrospecting the last 15 or 20 years,
the incredible advancement of the West in
commercial facilities, presents a subject,of
most interesting speculation. Previously to
In striking illustration of these remark
we take pleasure in calling your attention
the propitious influence which we are it*,
oughly pursuaded, the establishment 0 | t*
great road must have, in giving origin to c
merous flourishing villages in the whole *
tent of Us route, and the very decided iafc
ence it must have in modifying the coraineru
operations and, future destinies of then?
commercial cities of New Orleans, Moti
Charleston and Savannah. It is a faci,ni
known to your Honorable body, that thcc
of New Orleans, by means of its peculiar i if
Sition, enjoys an overwhelming monopoly “
foe western trade ;' and that too, in a mL,
oftentimes seriously prejudicial to the inter:
of the producers of the immense
to her prolific commerce. Thisparaljt
monopoly will be instantly neutralized by
agency of this new channel of comrnunic;&|
—and Mobile, Charleston, and Savannah, il
at once assume the attitude of formidahl
competitors on t his wide theatre of trade, J
exhibit a practical demonstration of all thcld
eficial effects of a free trade to the agritd
ture and commerce of foe West and Soak
In conclusion, we advert with pecst
pleasure to the auspicious influence whri
the opening of this new channel of intercrop,
between the West and the South must
in n political point of view, in conciliaiit;
sectional interests, in cherishing feelings oil
amity and fraternal union between our West
ern and Southern Brethren, and at the sar
time exhibit to the world,. in the nobit
triumph of the enterprize, a proud monument
of the enlightened and liberal policy, tha
could originate so important a work of inter
nal improvement. With these views mos
respectfully submitted, wc feel greatly cncow
aged to solicit the prompt and liberal co-of-
eration of your Hon. Body in the cousin 1 '-
tion of the proposed Rail Road, by grantin;
a charter to a compaqy for the purpose o ;
constructing nil of the connected portioo oi
said Rail Road that may be included in the lim
its of your state, as well as by any other efc
cient means[ that the wisdom of your lion. Bn-
dy may devise.
Very respectfully we have the honour Is
be your obedient servants.
e. p. Gaines.
ISAAC RAWLINGS.
JOHN POPE.
R. TOPP.
JAMES ROSE.
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FOE THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
Gentlenxn,—I am gratified to find you »
determinedly opposed to the new patty formed
at Milledgeville last session. The attempt to
sell the old Troup party to Calhoun and Mc
Duffie, is too apparent to be mistaken. And
are we—the Troup men of 1*825, who fouglu
sword in hand against Adams aud Calhoun-
ready now to be sold without a moment's
pause, or a word’s objection? No, we a*
not; and when the party shall wipe the ant
from before their eyes, nino tenths of (be p*
triots of that day will rally to their old princi
ples. Can any one ask confirmation of tb<
statement, that the late State Rights meeting
was gotten up for the purpose of gulling one
old friends—seducing them from their id
love, and binding them neck and heels, td
delivering them ever to Calhoun, as the took |
of his ambition and the proselytes of ^his prin
ciples ? If so, let him look at the state offad>
attendant upon that meeting, and he can a
longer doubt. .
Tho meeting was. called—it was said to k
a compromise—a broad platform was presen
ted upon which all could stand. The nullifi-
ers took groat credit for their great spirit o'’
concession—they had saved the party, they,
said, as they had saved the country. Weft j
we. were sincerely gratified at all this, for nod
wished for reconciliation more than ourselves,
and none made greater efforts to obtain it.--
The next thing we heard of were Chappells
resolutions, maintaining, to the utmost extent,
Calhoun’s new creed, and proscribing eveiy
principle which did not accord with their own
upon the theory of government. Now, dies®
resolutions contain either the construction o
the proceedings of that meeting, which the
State Rights party are to adopt, or they 0
not. If they do, then that party is the Nulli
fication Party, and have adopted the title ol
“ State Rights,” because of its greater popu
larity. If they are-not, then the nullifiers arc
determined to have a party of their own, and
aro only using that meeting as a ruse, for
purpose of deceiving others, and advancing
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