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VOL. II.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 22, 1834.
IS riBUSUED IN TIIE TOWN OF ATHENS, GEORGIA,
EVERY SATURDAY,
BY ALBOY CHASE.
TERMS.—Three dollars per year, payable in ad-
ranee, or Four dollars if delayed to the end of tho
four. The latter amount will bo rigidly exacted of
dl who fail to moot thoir payments in advance.
No subscription received for less than one year, un.
NS o money is paid in advance ; and no paper will
» discontinued until all arrearages aro paid, except
it tho option of the publisher. A failure on the part
bf subscribers to notify us of their intention of re
linquishment, accompanied with the amount duo, will
be considered as equivalent to a new engagement, and
papers cent accordingly.
Advi rtisements will be insortod at the usual rates.
OM11 Letters to tho Editors on matters connected
with tho establishment, must be post paid in order to
secure attention.
[□“Notice of tho sale of Land and Negroes by Ad
ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, must bo pub.
hshed sixty day* previous to the day of sale.
Tho sale of Personal Property, in like manner,
must be published forty day* previous to the day of sale.
Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate, must be
published forty days.
Notico that Application will be made to the Court
of OitLnary, for Leavo to sell Land or Negroes, must
ho pub. ished four month*.
Notice that Application will bo made for Letters of
Administration, must be published thirty day*, and
p>r Letters of Dismission, six months.
CASH STORE.
T HE subscriber is now receiving and offers for
sale, at the Middle Tenement of E. L. Newton's
Store, a general assortment of
Family Groceries,
CONSISTING OP
Sugars, Coffee, Molasses, Salt,
FLOUR, (northern) % BUCK. WHEJjJT.
i Mackerel, Nos. 1 & 2. * -
FISH.] Salmon No. 1, in small kegs for families.
( Diy Cod.
TEAS, Imperial, Hyson and Son.
chong.
CANDLES, Sperm and Tallow.
Tobacco and Cigars.
Turpentine SOAP.
at
PROSPECTUS,
For publishing a new weekly Newspaper
Auraria, Georgia, to be entitled
TIIE MINERS RECORDER,
AND
8py in the West.
I N the publication of this Paper, the Editor will
from time to time, furnish the public with all tho
Potatoes, Apples, Onions, Rice, and Cheese.
Raisins, Dates and Figs.
Currants and Cranberries.
Pepper, Spice aud Cinnamon.
Cloves, Nutmegs and Indigo.
Chocolate and Mustard.
Vinegar and Pickled Tongues.
Wines of all kinds.
London Porter.
. —also—
Nails, Spades, Shovels, Axes, Ac.
ALSO
2000 pr. Shoes,
Of oil kinds, from the thick Brogan for Negroes,
to the fine satin, Lady's Slipper—Among which aro
30 pr. Elastic Over-Shoes,
Lined and bound, with Soles—which will be sold at
wholesale or retail.
ALSO, ON CONSIGNMENT
A Lot of Wool and Cotton
CARDS,
information ho may bo enabled to procure, in relation ( Of all sizes, for Machinos—Together with on assort-
to the progress of tho Mines. In addition to which,
ho will shortly be furnished with a scries of Essays,
written l>y Literary Gentlemen, who have taken a
Gcolo jieal view of this country, in which will be
shewn the complete arrangement of tho different Stra.
ia oft arths and rocks, forming this interesting sec
tion of country, and in what kind gold is most usually
found. The Editor will endeavor at all times to
procure from Mineralogists, literary men, and practi.
cal ob servers, such information as will keep up a con.
slant investigation of the various minerals found in
this country.
In tho way of miscellaneous matter ho will mako
the best selections in his power, both of a domestic
and foreign nature.
As regards the political course of this paper, the
ment of
. Crystalized Ornaments,
For dressing Cakes.—CANDIES, JELLIES, &c.
IU'All of which will be sold Cheap for Cash.
S. TENNEY.
Athens, Jan. 4—42tf.
Will. C. WAY—Agent,
(Next door to Messrs. Turpin <$• D’Antignac,)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
^JFFERS for sale to his friends and the public, a
great variety of STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS, which were chiefly selected by him-
W*antcd,jg&\
A
GOOD hand to attend in a WOOL FAC
RY. One that understands the busi
can be recommended os such, can get liberal w&gcs.
Any person that wishes to get into business,/would
do well to make application in time, to the Madison
County Wool Factory, Georgia. •
ASA W. VEAL.
Feb. 8.-- 47 It.
NO. 49.
A FEMALE SERVANT
Wasted.
T HE subscriber wishes to hire a good COOK.
WASHER, and IRONER. She must bo
without a family. H. S AFFORD.
EpCommunications addressed to H. Safford, P. M.
Cherokee Corner, Oglethorpe Co. will receive prompt
attention.
Feb. 15—48—2t.
Valuable Property
FOR 8ALE,
AND A GREAT BARGAIN OFFERED.
T HE Subscriber offers for sale bis Plantation in
Twiggs County, containing upwards of
3009 Acres Laud,
Lying on, and extending at least six'miles along, the
Ocraulgee River, eighteen miles below Macon and six
miles from Marion, tho road from tho latter place to
Perry, Houston county, running through it, with half
the Ferry, across the Ocundgce, which belongs to the
Plantation. Also,
50 Likely Negroes,
Among tiiuto Tg-ssr Plantation Blacksmith, with a
good set of Tools.
On the premises, is a good framed Dwelling House,
Barn, Gin House and Saw Gin; a Saw and Grist
Mill, on a tolerable stream of water—a good stock
of Mules, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, besides a full sup
ply of Provisions, Pork, Corn, Fodder, Ac. &c. for
the next year, and all the necessary conveniences for
a Farm, such as Wagon, Carta, Oxen, Ac. &c. with
the present crop now'under preparation. All of
which will be sold with the Plantation.
A credit of one and two years will be given if de
sired, for undoubted Notes.
Persons desirous of purchasing will call un his
agont on the premises, and examine the property.
R. H. MUSGROVE.
Augusta, Jon. 3,1834.—43—cowflm.
iia icuaiua tuc pvimmi tuutau ui uua pauci, wiu | *#» ., « . * , . « . s., . . «
Editor will endeavor to pursue a liberal couree.keop- “ lf ‘ ho . la * BU, “ m 7’ «*d Previously to the rise of
ATHENS
Male Academy.
ItffR. HILLYER, who was expected to take charge
oi
of the Mile Academy in this place, having re-
ing at all times his columns open to the discussion of i inNcjw-York, (while he was on there,) and , ce ivcd t j, e appointment of Tutor in Franklin College,
° ... * ' \i7nir*h tvil I ho col n l v «* non? omnll nnu'ineo to* oerh . _ * . .... ■
political subjects, which arc or may be of interest to
tin country.
In relation to his own political opinions, ho consi.
dors them to bo such as have been maintained in the
Sout horn States, from the adoption of the Fedoral
Constitution down to tho present time. He believes
that Federal encroachments should bo guardod
against with vigilance and repelled with promptness.
which will be sold at a very small advance for cash
or good paper, viz.
4.4, 7-8 rich chintz Calicoes, assorted colors and
patterns.
4-4, 7.S do. do. French and English col’d Muslins.
Scarlet and light chintz Calicoes for Children.
Black and white Muslins and Calicoes, for second and
deep mourning.
Yet.however in contending for the Rights efthoStates, j Do. do. stnped and figured Ginghams, do. do.
ho cannot go to tho extraordinary and dangerous ex- Pink, blue, lilac, buif and purplo striped Ginghams,
tent of some of tho politicians in a sister State; be- very tine.
cause ho believes it would ultimately end in the Striped muslin pattern Ginghams a new article,
destruction of the Government and all its Rights. j 4-4 light figured email patterns French Muslins, and
Ilis opinions, however, he considers as nothing more | “ Calicoes, for Cliildrome wear..
than the opinions of any other individual, fie will 4-4 and 8-4 checked and praid white Muslins,
therefore endeavour to act the part of a faithful Jour- : 8-4 nainsook, jaCGUqt and mulx do. very fine,
ualist without being subservient to the views of any i “ hook and plain eloos Lawn. . , ^
party, leaving his paper open to the investigation of, 4-4, 8-4 plain and figured Swiss Muslins, assorted
truth, and all interesting subjects by all. qualities and patterns.
Tho first number of this paper will appear in a few ! 4-4 and 6-4 superfine and common Cambric Muslins,
weeks. - 4-4 and 6-4 superfine cotton Cambrics. '• .
Terms—Throe Dollars per annum payable in ad- ■ Thread Laces, Edgings and Insertings, all widths,
vance or Three Dollars and fifty cents at tho end of, Inserting and scolloped Trimmings, assorted on thin
the year. hook and jaconet Muslins.
Advertising at tho usual rates. j. Rich plain and figured Belt Ribbons, assorted.
Editors of other papers aro requested to givo the 1 Black, white and colored watered do.
the Trustees have not been able to mako arrange
ments for the commencement of the School, so soon
as was expected.
The Trustees now take pleasure in announcing to
the public, tnat tho School will certainly open on
the 22d inst. under the instruction of Mr- MOSES
W. DOBBINS, whose known capacity and long ex
perience, eminently entitle him to public confidence.
It is hoped that those who wish to avail themselves
of the advantages of the Institution, will be prompt
in their application.
Tho terms of tuition will be $7,50 per quarter pay.
able iu advance, to Mr. E. L. Newton, Treasurer of
the Board.
By order the Board.
WILLIAM DEARING, Chairman.
Athens, Jan.-15.—44—tf.
Police Office,
ATHENS.
do.
above a few insertions.
MILTON H. CATIIRIGHT.
Feb. 8, 1831.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Southern Christian Herald.
T HIS Paper will bo published weekly, in tho
Town of Columbia, South Carolina.
Its great and leading object qhall be, to promote,
defend, and sustain the Christian Religion.
It shall conform its principles to the doctrines,
Colored taffeta Ribbons, assorted, nos. t to 23.
Cap gauzo and satin Ribbons.
Ladies’ assorted H.’s Gloves, all colors.
do. do. fur lined do. and Walking Shoes,
do. black and white English and French heavy
Silk Stockings. '
do. white, black, slate cotton and worsted do.
Misses and Children’s white and scarlet worsted and
cotton do. and Bootees.
—also—
6-4 super Merino Cloths and Circassians, of
all colors and qualities.
On all taxable property within tho corporate limits,
the following rates, viz:
1. On each and every free, male, white citizen, be
tween tho ages of 21 and 60 years, §1 00
2. On all free persons of color, 1 00
u snan coniorm its principles to mo ooctnnes, 5 4 g 4 b i ack merino Bombazines.
Churc If order, and Ecclesiastical Policy of the Pres- r „ ,« • . n i.
. . Itln/ilr Itnlmn I .mo Ha Slu’mr nnn I’oiilt
byterian Church, particularly regarding the interests
of tho Church in the Southern States.
It shall inculcato the high and holy standard of
Christian Morality.
In order to render it as extensively useful as pos
sible, consistent with its main design, it shall appro,
priato a portion of its columns to Literary, Scien
tific, and Political subjects ; but without entering
into the party discussions of the day.
In general, its object shall bo to do good to all
men, by improving the mind, and the heart, advan
cing tho best interests of society, and promoting tho
glory of God.
- TERMS.
The Christian Herald will be published on on Im.
portal Shoot, at $3 per annum, payable in advance,
or $3.:>0 cents if not paid before the end of the year.
%• Editors friendly to the proposed publication,
will do us a favor by publishing our Prospectus.
-R. S. GLADNEY.
Fobruary, 1834.
Black Italian, Gros dc Stvoir and Poult dc
Soir SILKS.
Rich fancy colored do., of brown, slate, pea
green, bottle, lilac, fawn, claiet and crimson
VALUABLE TANNERY
For Sale.
Twisted Silk, Hornani, Thibet wool and other rich,
cst Silk and Wool SHAWLS, in great variety..
Extra size scarlet merino LONG SHAWLS, war
ranted all wool.
5-4, 6-4 and 10-4 real IRISH SHEETINGS, all of
linpn and most approved bleach.
4- 4 and 7-8 soft finish IRISH LINENS, warranted
all linen and best bf hleaeh, (on grass.) ,
5- 4 and 8-4 Linen Damask Diapers.
; .Extra fine LONG LAWNS, equally approved fac
tory, 3-4 and 7-8 wide, quite undressed.
-—A GREAT VARIETY OF—
English and American Long Cloth and Cotton
Shirtings—all prices.
Brown Shirtings, and 6.4 brown Sheetings.
Bird’s-Eye, Russia and Scotch linen toweling Diapers.
Clark’s spool Cotton.
Tapes, Needles and Pins, Ac. See.
Jin. 18—44tf.
T HE Subscriber now offers that valuable and
well known establishment in the Suburbs of the
TOWN OF GAINESV/LLE, on tho road*leading
to Lumpkin Court Houao, containing onexif tho most
convenient and well constructed YARDS in the
State, with a v
Comfortable Dwelling:,
And all necessary out-buildings, and a good SHOE.
MAKER'S SHOP, together with
Fourteen Acres of Land.
The ahove premises will be sold low for pash, or
on accoauqpdatiiig terms. For particulars apply to
E. H. Moomaugh, at Jefferson, Jackson conrity, or
the subscriber on the premises.
GEORGE HAWFE
Gainesville, Jan. 11,1834—44—6w. -
FOR SALE,
A BOGGY, almost new, made in this place. Ap.
tff.to WM. H. HUNT.
Athens, Fob. 1 16#
W»I. L. MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, GEO.
W ILL practice in the Western Circuit, and ad-
joining Counties of the Northern and Oak.
mulgee Circuits, in which business may be confided
to him.
Jan. 4—42—tf. ’ ,
STRAYED OR STOLEN,
F ROM the Plantation of Mr. Wm
Tindal, at the High Shoals of the
Oconee, in Clark county, a sorrel Mare,
with long, thin mane and tail, one white
hind fopt, and a small star in her fore
head. She is about five feet high, rather low in or-
der, and has a pert, quick walk. A reasonable re
ward will be given for any information with regard to
eaid more, or for her delivery to the subscriber at this
place. WILLIAM DAVIS.
Athena, Feb. 3—47—2t.
118 NEGROES, &c
For Sale.
Office Superintendent of Roads, $c.
Eastern Division. January 11,1834.
F I 1 ! obedience to an Act of the Legislature of the
State of Georgia, approved by his Excellency the
Governor on the 21st day of December, 1833,1 will
sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder, at the
court house in the COUNTY OF ELBERT,
On Monday the 17 tk day of Marcf next
The following named NEGROES belonging, to the
oUte of Georgia and attached to the Lincoln station,
together with the Mules, Carts, Tools, Ac. connect
ed thereto;
Rasha, (Mills,) Nich, (Zellars,) Abraham, (F. Cul
lens,) Lawson, (Watkins,) Armstead, (Glaze,) Thou
(Dallas,) Moses, (Sims,) Richmond, (Burks,) Wol.
lace, (Chariton,) Isaac, (Brown,) Tom,(Rowell,) and
Jeff, (Wingfield 0 and
On Monday, the 24th day of March next,
In like manner, at the court house ia the COUNTY
of MORGAN, the following named NEGROES,
belonging to the State and attached.tothe Greenesbur-
ough and Madison station, together with the Mules,
one Horse, Carts, Tools, Ac. connected thereto :
Loudon, Benjamin, (Bustin,) Willis, (Crosby,)
Abraham, (Mealing,) Billy, (Kennon,) Axum, (Car-
gilie,) Tom, (M’Gar,) Ned, (Ramsay,) George, (Beas
ley.) Peter, (Cargille,) Dick, (Dent,) Henry, (Smith,)
Joshua, (M’Gar,) Jerry, (Runnells,) ■ Larkin, (Por
ter,) Abraham, (Collins,) Nathaniel, (Berry,) Joseph,
(Pope,) Joseph, ^General Pope,) George, (Winter,)
Joe, (Rowland,) London, (Briant,) Caleb, (Rowell,)
Shade, (Jackson,) Joe, (M’Gar,) Nathan, (Collins,)
Berry, (Thompson.) Jerry, (Lumpkin,) Harry, (Por
ter,) Ellick and Mark, (Burton ;) and
On Friday, the 28th of March next,
In like manner, at the court house in the COUNTY
of PEKALB, the following named NEGROES, be-
longing tothe State and attached to tho Cherokee
station, together with the Mules, Carts, Tools, Ac.
connected thereto :
John, (Baptist,) Adam, Zach, Jesse, Toney, Hamp.
ton, Harry, Tom, (Drummer,) Tom (Jackson,) Walk
er, Jim, (Rutherford,) Moses,(Akins,)Jacob,(BlounO
Guy, York,'Ben, Isaac, Miles, Ransom, Peter, Jim,
Beaver, and Bob ; and
On Tuesday, the 1st of April next,
In like manner, at the court house in the COUNTY
of HALL, the following NEGROES, belonging to
the State, and attached to the Gainseville station to-
gether with tho Mules, Carts, Tools, Ac. connected
thereto:
Peter, (Bell,) Lewis (Leo,) Hardy, Jerry, (Edson,)
Jim, (Corbett,) Frank, (Willis,) Abraham, (Ogle
thorpe,) Billy, (Ketchum.) Davy, (Mahoney,) Dick,
(Gilliam,) Amos, (Mahoney,) Isaac, (Hardeman,)
Matt, (Smith,) Arthur, (Drummond) Doctor, (Long-
street,) Essex, (Wood,) Toney, (Toombs) Joe, (Sor
row,) Jacob, (Freeman,) Adam, Larry, Freeman,
(Towns,) Sam, (Parks,) Jeff, (Walton,)' Peter, (Mills,)
Jeff, (Mahoney,) Smith, Henry, (Mahoney,) Henry,
(Booker,) and Daniel (Toombs,) and
On Monday, the 1th day of April next,
In like manner, at the court house in the COUNTY
of BALDWIN, the following named NEGROES, be
longing to the State and attached to the Milledge.
ville and Hawkinsville station, together with the
Mules, Carts, Tools, Ac. connected thereto.
Scipio, Jesse, July, Andrew, Moses, EUick, Au.
gust, Sun, Philip, Sandy, Jim, (Hume,) Spanish
Town Romeo, Gib, Luko, George, (Mann,) March,
Joe, Anthony, Brutus, Robert, Billy, and Gideon.
For the information of those persons who may
wish to purchase, the following sections of the before
mentioned act of the Legislature are herewith pub.
lished :
“Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That the said Superintendents and each
of them shall, and they' are hereby authorized as the
agent of the State, to execute to the purchaser or
purchasers of said slaves or either of them, good and
sufficient (warranting the title thereof only) for
and to said slave or siiTT*. wuL deliver, unto him or
them, the same, on said purchaser’s p»~«ne in cash
one fifth of the purchase money therefor, and the W.>
once in thirty days thereafter, on tendering to the
_ * _V Cl _ - A - J A — — ft m n * — A t — A aP
Doetre*
MEMORY.
As wand’ring, I found on my ruinous walk,
By the dial stone aged and green,
One roso of tho wilderness left on its stalk
To mark where a garden had been ;
Like a brotherly hermit, the last of its race.
All wild in the silence of nature it grew;
From each wandering sun-beam a lonely embrace,
For the night weed and thorn overshadowed tho place
Where the flower of my forefathers grow,
Sweet bud of the wilderness! emblem of all
That survives in tho desolate heart:
Though the fabric of bliss to its centre may fall,
Yet memory- shall never depart.
political.
F OR the information of all persons ooncerned,
the Commissioners of the Town of Athens for
the present year, [1834] resolved at their last meet- i
ingto submit to the public, forthwith, tho following } “""TV!?
abstract of the Ordinances which they have establ 851,(1 Superintendent a certificatefrom.tho Cashier of
lished for its regulation during said period.
61-4
121.2
121-2
121-2
3. Slaves, on each $100 worth,
4. Town lots, houses, and other real or
personal property, on each $100 worth,
5. Stock in trade, on each $100 worth,
G. Caravans of wild animals, puppet,
sleight of hand, wax figure, circus, rope
dance, and theatrical exhibitions, for mon
ey, each, per day, . $5 00
7. All other exhibitions to be taxed, at
the discretion of the Board at the time.
8. On all goods brought to the Town of
Athens, to be sold at auction, on each $100
worth,
9. All goods sold at auction, to be cried
by the Town Marshal, who shall receive
for his services, per day, a sum not exceed.
“g * $5 00
10. Horse racing, riotous conduct, and all other
offences against the existing laws of the State, to be
proceeded against in the courts having jurisdiction of
the same, without failure, if detected.
11. All persons giving in property to the Marshal
for assessment, are'required to do it in reference to
the largest amount in actual possession, between the
1st day of Jan. and the 1st. day of April, and which
property is designed to be used by the owner within
the corporate limits.
12. Tho Marshal is directed to enforce strictly, the
whole of the State laws not otherwise repealed, rog.
ulating slaves and free persons of color.
13. licences to retail Spirituous Liquors, or to
keep a Billiard Table, nvs hundred dollars.
14. Applications for licenses for any of the fore
going purposes, must bo made to the Chairman of
the Board.
By order of th* Board of Commissioner*.
JAMES CAMAK, Chairman.
JAMES TINSLEY, Secretary. , -
The following is an extract from the Act of last
session of the Legislature, relating to the
Town of Athens :
“Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted. That if any
person shall presume to retail spirituous liquors,' to
exhibit shows, onto keep a billiard table, without
having first obtained a license as aforesaid, within the
corporate limits of the Town of Athens, he, alio, or
they ao offending, and being thereof convicted,' »h»n
forfeit and pay tho sum of one hundred dollars, one
balfto the informer, and the other half to the ose of
the town of Athens, and it shall be the duty of the
Solicitor General on application being made to him,
to prefer an indictment against tho said ofiender or
offenders. *"
Fob. 1—l£-4t. •
the Central Bank of Georgia, that the said purcha
ser’s note for the said balance had been discounted in
said Bunk, which tho said Bank is hereby directed
aud authorized to do, in such manner and on such
terms as aro usual in discounting on loans: Provided
the same shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars.
“ Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That, on failure of said purchaser to pay
tho said one-fifth of the amount ‘ of said purchase
money, at the time of said purchase ; the said Super
intendent shaU proceed forthwith to resell said
slaves, not crying again the bid of such, defaulting
purchaser during said sale, and on failure of said pur
chaser to pay tho balance of said purchaso money,
or tender said certificate as aforesaid, within the
space of thirty-days after said sale, said purchaser
shall forfeit the said one fifth so paid, and said Su-
perintendent shall, on thirty days’ notice being
given thereof, as aforesaid, resell said slave in the
manner, at the place, and on tho terms and condi
tions herein before prescribed.
WILLIAM C. LYMAN,
Superintendent, <fe. Eastern Division.
The Standard of Union and Southern Recorder,
Milledgeville, the Georgia Telegraph, Macon, the
Georgia Constitutionalist and Georgia Courier, Au
gusta, the Southern Banner, 'Athens, the Cherokee
Intelligencer, Edawah, and the Western Herald, Au
raria, will each insert the above weekly until the 7th
of Aprft, and forward their accounts to this office for
payment.
Jan. 25—45—lit.
PUBLIC SALE OF
VBOROES,
ON consignment.
4~vn the first Tuesday in March next, will be sold
H_F~to the highest bidder, before the Court house in
the town of Watkinsville, a Gang of NEGROES,
consisting of men, women and children, accustomed
to field work; among which are several valuable fe
males, capable of being useful house servants.
The terns of sale will be, one half cash, and 'the
balance payable at 12 months thereafter, with inter
est from date, and approved personal spcarityT
As the sale will be actdally made then anil there,
purchasers are invited to attend.
ISAAC S. VINCENT,
Jan. 25—45—tfls. v
ffj*The Augusta Chronicle and Milledgeville Re
corder, will publish the above until the day of sale,
and transmit their accounts to thjs Office for pay-
^ LL persons having demands against the Estate
of T. B. Moore, late of Rabun dounty, deceas
ed, are requested to jirosent them within tho time
prescribed by law.
BENJAMDT ODELL, Adm’f.
Dec. 20—40—403.'
To the Editors of the Richmond Enquirer.
You are respectfully, requested to publish
this in the Richmond Enquirer as an intro
ductory Number to a few others, with which
I may probably trouble you in the course of
the winter, on genuine South Carolina Nulli
fication ; embracing the original founders of
that school, Messrs. Calhoun, McDuffie,
Hamilton, and Hayne.
SOUTH CAROLINA’NULLIFICATION—No. 1.
When Mr. Calhoun discovered that his
Tariff Principles hud growu thread-bare in
the' manufacturing States, because they no
longer wanted his assistance, and were likely
to stand in the way of his new-born policy
of Nullification at home, he found it necessa
ry to deny he had ever advocated the Protec
tive-System. But his speech on the Tariff
of 1816, in which he had taken a most vigor
ous stand in favor of high protecting duties to
favor the manufacturers, hung very heavy on
his hands, and was supposed would endanger
the hoped for success of the nullifiers, at the
October election of 1832, for members of
the State Legislature, who were to dissolve
the Union to get rid of the Tariff, by applyiiig
the peaceable remedy. This was an impor
tant moment, and nothing was to be left un
done; therefore a correspondence was gotten
up between Mr. Calhoun and his friend, Mr.
Reynolds, in which Mr. Calhoun to induce a
belief, that the Tariff of 1816, was nothing
but a common revenue bill,'wrote Mr. Rey.
nolds a letter, iu which ho said:
“ That he had always considered tKe
Tariff of 1816 a measure of revenue ouly,
as distiuct from a measure of protection.”
To give plausibility to this farce, Mr. Rey
nolds made a formal request for permission to
publish this letter, which was politely granted.
It was accordingly published in all the nnlli-
fying papers, and Mr. Calhoun was therefore
purged of all his Tariff impurities. He ap
peared in a new garb; and was hailed as a
persecuted patriot. By dexterous manage-
ment in publishing that letter at a precise
point of time, and too late to be counteracted,
the nullifiers obtained a majority to order that
convention which sent forth the famous nulli
fying ordinance;
This letter, however, found its way out;
and a writer in the Richmond Enquirer, who
Subscribed himself, .* A Friend to Tkutu,’
took it a?, together with Mr. Calhoun’s
speech and the journals of Congress, and
compared them^ together; Utd compared Mr.
Calhoun’s speech with the speeches of Mr.
Randolph and Mr. Telfair, both of whoia,op.
posed. that bill with great force of argument,
not because it was a bill for revenue, but be
cause it was a bill for protection, and so trea
ted by Mr. Calhoun, with all his energies, in
every, sentence and ever}' line of that speech.
Attd after giving, in a series of numbers, a
comprehensive and lucid documentary illus
tration of the part Mr. Calhoun, had acted,
entirely at variance and in direct opposition
to the Reynolds letter, he concluded by an
emphatic declaration: ' .
“ That Mr. Calhoun was totally destitute of
all regard for truth.”
Notwithstanding .these numbers, and this
emphatic denunciation of Mr. Calhoun’s vera
city, were published in one of the most ex
tensively circulated, as well as one of the
most respectable papers in the United States,
accompanied by the declaration of its Editor,
that the author of these numbers, and of this
denunciation, was too reputable to. deny him a
place in his paper, yet Mr. Calhoun himself
permitted it to pass by unnoticed ; but to be
taken up by two or three of his Editors,
known to be his fast friends, ready to serve
him upon all trying emergencies: One, the
Editor of the Jeffersonian, who unhesitatingly
denounced it as the scurrility of Judge Smith;
which was re-echoed by a nullifying paper of
Montgomery, Alabama ; and the’other, tho-
editor of the United States Telegraph, who
addressed a letter to the editor of the Rich
mond Enquirer, occupying three or four col-
ums of that paper, as an indirect apology for
Mr. Calhoun, without either admitting or do-
nying the truth of this high charge against
his veracity, that he was totally destitute of all
regard for truth. .
I hero beg leave to say, I am not the au
thorof the numbers published in the Richmond
Enquirer, subscribed « A Friend to Teuth:”
nor do I know who the author is. # Neither
do I wish to wage war with those editors.
I have no possible motive to do so. Had they
alone been concerned, I should have been si
lent. But I will ask if iris 'fit, that Mr. Cal-
houn, then Vice President of the United S|ate3,
and now a Senator in Congress,
skulk behind an editor to shield himself from
so flagrant a charge as that made in the
Richmond Enquirer-—“that Mr;. Calhoun
was totally destitute of all regard for truth.” .
It was not the loose slang of some profligate
editor to fill up a vacant column ; it was tf
calm, discreet, lucid investigation, by some
gentleman of distinguished talents; sustained
by irrefragable facts ; of which Mr. Calhoun
appeared unprepared to hazard a denial, and
turned the question over to his Kitchen Cab-
inet,”* (his editors,) to dispose of as they
might think best calculated to relieve hipri
from the strong imputation. And in doing so,
they must shift the ignominy over to my ac
count, by calling it my scurrility. This was*
to cancel all imputation upon Mr. Calhoun,
and present me to the public as his malignant
persecutor. If this was not the purpose for
bringing rne into the question, what was the
purpose ? If Mr. Calhoun w r as an innocent
man, why did he not observe a‘dignified si
lence, and let the public decide upon the facts
stated ? Was he unwilling to hazard this case
before that tribunal? He has heretofore
made two direct appeals to the- public where
make his character was implicated. ' Theyaru
both of record. Aud why did he notanother?
About 1828, Mr. Calhoun’s popularity was
not as vivid as he could have wished, wheu
there happened to appear some remarks iu
one of the Alexandria papers concerning him
self and Mr. Vandcwenter, his' chief Clerk,
whilst Secretary of War. These remarks
were too insignificant to excite the ijc of a
school-boy; and if noticed at all, it was a mere
private concern. But Mr. Calhouu was de
termined to think differently, and resolved to'
make it a great national question. He retir
ed to his private quarters, shut himself up iu
his chamber, and wrote back a letter to the
Senate, informing them of this great national
calamity, and stated that he could not think of
presiding over that august body whilst this re
proach hung over him. He then applied to
General Floyd, now Governor Floyd, then a
Representative from Virginia, to request tho
House of Representatives of the Congress of
the United States, to appoint a committee of
that body, with instructions to iuvestigute this
momentous subject, and to make a report
thereon. General Floyd made the motion,
the committee was appointed, and the subject
.was referred to them in due form. The com
mittee had it under consideration six or seven
weeks. Many witnesses were examined and
cross-examined ;■ AndMr. McDuffie attended
to examine and cross-examine the witnesses
on the part of Mr. Calhoun. ' At last the
committee made their report, in a book half
os large as a family Bible. And behold it
turned out to be, the mountain in labor that
brought forth a ridiculous mouse. It was tho
most empty, meagre, jejune thing, that ev
er appeared in the shape of tf congressional
report ; and was so destitute Of what Mr;
Calhoun had aimed at, a good deal of ptljjing,
that Mr. McDuffie had to fill up the vacuum
by an essay of his own writing, and pufied
him at a monstrous rate upon his achieve
ments when Secretary of War, which had no
more to do with it than it had to do with the
Emperor of Morocco. This essay, I think,
was attached to this ponderous report. Yet,
it would not all do ; it fell dead bom from
the hand? of the committee. And Mr. Cal
houn, after being closeted six weeks, without
waiting for the report, came back to the Sen
ate, uncalled for by that body, and took tbS
chair, before he was released from the re
proach. • -
Tfi'rsis fib ffifoe-v-iUs.a.cor
rect statement of facts, to bo found in ’the
printed proceedings of Congress, and presents
a curiosity- in American legislation : A Vice
President asking Congress, in its legislative \
character, to form itself into a Court of En
quiry, to ascertain the exact quantum of scan-
datum magnatum contained in a few newspa
per remarks concerning himself and one of
his former clerks ; not concerning him as %
Vice President, the office, he then held, but
concerning his conduct in another office,
which had long since passed away—a case
precisely in point with the odious and explo- .
ded doctrines of the British Court of Star-
chamber—a tyrannical Court established to
favor the nobility and high personages that
were above the law, and bear down those in
bumbler life. Under what clause of tho con
stitution did Mr. Calhoun ask that enquiry ?
Was. it under any of the reserved rights , of
the States ?—a case in which no party was
permitted to be heard but himself 1 Is there
any other man who would ash it 1 or is there
any man in the humbler walks of life, who
would be tolerated to submit his character t<f
the investigation of Congress? r
should
- * 1 have never been in the habit of nicing Cant
Words; but have adopted the ter® of “ Kitchun Cab
inet” here bocaose 1 have seen it in use elsewhere: how
ever, it appeared to be farfetched. But it seems ija
object was to aoply to some subordinate class of poli«
ticians, and if I understand the true meaning of tho
term; there is no class of poUUciims to whom the ap
pellation is so appropriate as to Mr. Calhoun’s Edi
tors. ..lam not deeply wad in ihe etymology bf this!
term : but I take it to be derived, by analogy, front
the common word, kitchen, the place where that class
of domestics are employed, who do the common offi
ces of cooking and other dirty work of that depart.’
mentT Then if this be a correct view, a “ Kitchen
Cabinet" metaphorically speaking, aro political-cboks
Who prepare' political food for their employers. . It
is said of some colebrated French cooks, that they
ore such adepts in the art of cookery, that they can
prepare a very splendid repast from vory slender ma;
terials. But Mr. Calhoun can boast of hotter for/
tune in his selections; his cooks aro such compete
adepts in the arts Of political cookery,that he.ha's noth,
ing to do but give them tho bill nf fare, and they caj>
prepare him a eplejldid repast without any? raatofiflhf.
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