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ALBON CHASE.
POLITICAL.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1840.
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Letters in Reply to invitations to at-
it'nd the late Celebration*
... _ ASHINGTON, June 1840.
i«i.n i lkiukn :—I have received your invj-
as a committee of the citizens of Bald- ’
win Comity, to participate with them in the
celebration of the approaching Anniversary of
American Independence, at Milled^cville.—
To yon, and to your associates, I tender my
grateful acknowledgements for the honor con
in red upon me. I have long anticipated the
pleasure of visiting the Southern section ofonr
t nion : and it would greatly augment that
j ! -<sure, it curcumstances would permit me to
gleet my fellow citizens at the festive board on
freedom’s natal day, in the Metropolis of the
patriotic Stale of Georgia,
Since the birth ofonr independence, the old
thirteen States have doubled their number,
and increased their population in a sixfold ra
tio.- Our immense domain extending through
a gn at variety of climate, and covering every
variety of soil, yields, in rich profusion, every
article of necessity for comfort and convenience
besides vast supplies for foreign commerce.—
liven the most precious metals, so convenient
or all the business of life, is found in sufficient
abundance in the lands of the South. The
domains of Georgia, seem to emulate the lofty
character of her citizens. They afford the ma
larial for manufacture to other regions, and
bullish the solid coin to reward the industry
"!'du; manufacturer. Let the Federal Union
'‘•main sacred, end wc area world within our-
vcs. The States, like different members of
'lie same body, will mutually contribute to
ea li other's convenience, and maintain a uni
versal independence of all other nations. To
'•O' weave stimulated by the tics of common
ml-rest and an affection growing out of a com
mon sacrifice and suffering in the establish
ment of our independence.
‘I the other States will emulate the generous
'pi: it of the South, our Union will he as lasting
a- tune. Circumstances ai Ling from different
>e.Pities, require diflerout policies and regula-
•nis in different sections ofonr country; and
u’li Stale can best judge of the measures snit-
• 1 to its own condition’. To secure tins ob
it, the powers were carefully retained when
t ffd'ial Constitution was fra mod. Thedel-
i. .tid powers are enumerated and defined in
i ,t in* iruuicnt; and while tin: South exercise
the powers ictaiiicd, and regulate their own
-»,!( ms according to their own pleasure, they
ncvi r interfere with the regulations of others,
in lie Union is interrupted, it must be bv such
aitcrlervnce, and in this,.neither Georgia, nor
due States bordering on her, will be thc’aggres-
: >.s. There is a generous, chivalrous spirit
pervading the whole south, which will never
intermeddle with the lights of others, nor suf-
others to intermeddle with theirs. Between
them and the valley of the Mississippi, there
isa strong congeniality of sentiment; and ns
aciti/mn of Kentucky, 1 have evei cherished
.hi identity of feelings with the States of the
smith. Our domestic institutions are similar.
Against that spirit of fanaticism among a por-
1 i• *11 id" the misguided zealots of other States
which is laboring to control and subvert them,
was the first nc\V State admitted into the
Union.
The annual return of the glorious 4th of July,
brings to mind the 'eventful period of our his
tory, when Independence was proclaimed with
the many interesting circumstances which it
involves. The sacrifices which the mainten
ance of our independence required; the suffer
ings which it inflicted; the blood which it cost;
the measures necessary to sustain it; the mo
ral fortitude and courage so essential at that
moment to contemplate the prospects with
composure ; and the blessings which have re
sulted from its accomplishment, all pass in re
view before the mind of the patriot. In that
struggle, lho (. nrolinas and Georgia, were a
perfect unit. In every thing.they"wore iden
tified. ] hoif unshaken resolution, not to sur
vive their liberties, called down upon them, in
the same year in which independence was de
clared. the vengeance of Great Britain.
Charleston was the first great object of their
assault; but the daring chivalry of the south
ern volunteers defeated the enterprise, and re
vived the declining spirits of their compatriots.
When they saw their royal governors tramp
ling upon their rights, and with fortified man
sions, guarded by mercenary myrmidons ;
when Georgia saw her territory overrun with
aii invading force, and lier capito] in possession
of a merciless foe; when British gold was em
ployed to bribe every profligate adventurer to
bear arms against his country ; when the at
tempt was made to arm the slaves against their
masters with all the unprincipled madness of
modern abolitionists; when her citizens saw
their dwellings involved in flames, their broth
ers butchered, and themselves compelled to
take refuge in the mountains, the forests and
the swamps, suffering with hunger and naked
ness, threatened every moment with assassin
ations from mercenary traitors ; their fortitude
and courage were never abated. They thought
of no alternative, lull lilivnv, or ile./ili. Tin;
CHERRY’IIILIj, June 24th, 1810.
.Gentlemen :—I have find the honor to re
ceive your invitation, in behalf of “ thecitizens
of Baldwin county, who are opposed to the
election of William Henry Harrison to the
I residency of the United States,” to be present
at the celebration of the nppioaching Anniver
sary of American Independence, in Miiledgc-
ville. Though 1 am constiaincd by ciccuTn-
slances to decline your invitation, I concur ful
ly in your opposition to the election of Gene
pal Harrison. If there were no other objec
tions to his election, the audacious and insult
ing position he has assumed of refusing to dis
close his opinions to the people, on subjects of
vital importance to their welfare, while asking
their suffrages for the highist office in their
gilt, and the disgusting mumuicry of log callus
and beer Lai refs, winch weald disgrace the
orgies of ilie lowest demagog ae, by which.his
nomination inis been heralded forth even bv
the highest *’ ■
VOL. IX—NO. 19.
ex-
aud
. of his partizans, would be quite
conclusive with mo. ] consic er all this a gross
ud contemptuous insult to ike people of the
I mled States; and if aweik, superunuated
Oid nian, utterly destitute of qualifications to
sustain the dignity, or perform the duties of the
office, could be elected President under such
auspices, 1 should consider t
reproach to
our common country. But ns a Southern mam
a have much graver objections to him. He is
a National Republican,!;oldiiq all the doctrines
and ptinciples of that parly; fie was nomina
ted by that party, and will sustain every mea
sure which may be proposed i »y its great lead-
ers. Air. Webster never uttered a constitution
al tioctiine, and Mr. Clay, never proposed a
measure that General Harrison 1ms not. sup
ported or approved. In fact be will be a tool
m the bauds of these two gentlemen, mid to
elect him, would be to adopt their principles
and measures. It southern st ltesrnen arc pre
pared for this, 1 can not believe iho people arc.
ii..»iug u iiiioiitwu entirety i oni the Held ot
politics, disgusted with the 'ov .Tasting scram
ble for office which gives a p; rty coloring to
every public uwasuurc. I beg it to be understood,
loaf while l aui utterly opposed to, the election
of-General Harrison, 1 am not the pnrtizan of
Air. \n:i Buren, though I won d greatly prefer
Aim to his opponent. " The pr neiples lie lias
\vc have a common cause. It is a subject of I zens, by an equal right of suffrage; the ri
ffrj. regret, that the want of facilities for trans-
|mr!.itiun between the south and the west has
limited our commercial relations, and greatly
•.bridged our inlercoutsc. But with myself
individually, this privation has been partially
a ainlicd by ihu ultimate relations which I
Aave bad the satisfaction to maintain with
many of your highly honorable and most hon-
»rt-d delegates in both Houses of Congress.—
Anli one of your present senators, whom your
'late lias honored with the highest office in
of holding public agents responsible to the peo
ple ; the right of thinking for ourselves, and of
speaking and publishing cur thoughts ; the
right of investigating public measures, and
bringing them to the tost of popular opinion ;
the right to keep onr muskets and rifles in onr
own hands; the right to worship our creator,
according to onr own consciences—these, like
the stars in our banner, form a constellation,
dear to Georgians, and to all true Americans,
from w nidi we will never suffer one to be
not only avowid, but niaiutai led openly and
firmly, are dear to the South ; and what is
qually important, they arc tl c -principles of
is party.
1 am, gentlemen, with great respect, vour
Lcdieut servant, GRU. AIcDUFFlE.
proud spirit of freedom and independence, like
the shaking of an oak by the storm, took the
deeper root from adversity; and it still lives,
in a!i its strength and vigor, in the sons of those
hills. F.veu the fairer part of creation, the
Ladies of the south, with that noble bearing
which so eminently distinguishes their olL
spring, stepped forward to animate their de
fenders, by offering to share with them the
most cruel privations and sufferings. [equally important, they arc tie principles of
They blew on the fire of patriotism, the breath his parti/. J
of love which kept alive, and increased the
flame to such a degree, that the floods of adver
sity could not quench it.
The monuments of southern chivalry, still
greet the eye of the traveller in every direction.
The battleground at Charleston, at Guilford,
at the Cowpcns, at King’s Mountain, at Cam
den, and at the Eutaw Springs, rising in rapid
succession to view, are all calculated'to beep in
mind the important fact, that the spirit oflihcr-
ty in Southern patriots, is eo-existent with life
itself.
In reviewing achievements of the revolution,
we naturally enquire, what were the principles
for which wc fought and triumphed ? The
answer is found in the example which wc ex
hibit to the world, of a great and happy repub
lic. The right to tax ourselves; the right of
equality of power, among all classes ofeiti-
ht
„ „ , „ r AVASHIGTON.JI NEl-Jth.lSlO.
loLol. \\ ni. A. ienmlle, and others compris
ing the committee of InviU tious, &c.
Gentlemen:—I have tho honor to
knowledge the receipt of your letter of invita
tion, to unite witii those who are opposed to
the election of General Harrison, to the Presi
dency, in the celebration of the 4th of July cans and-ammrrnt
nost, m ii,v-wt, wf Miifcugcvme. it is liiy-ffnrthernno< ’
earnest desire to participate with you on the
occasion referred lo; for none 1 presume will be
present, who more ardently desire the defeat
of General Harrison and his whig combination,
than myself; therefore, if I am not with you,
it will be because duty demands my presence
bills of credit promises to pay, miscalled
money, and is thus made to destroy the stand
ard ot value;to Grst raise and tlieu depress
the price of property and produce, and thus to
ruin the people, by the constant fluctuation of
the prices of all they possess.
The effect iff the course of these Bankiiw
Institutions, is at the foundation of all the
travagant speculations, stock gamblin
every other species of monied fraud. ‘
These irresponsible corporations, have nlrea-*
uy token the control of all our cities,, towns
and villages— and they are now abstracting
horn the people i great portion of their honest
labor.—Do you ask how ? I reply, the Banks
are drawing an immense interest from the peo
ple, upon their promises to pay, while on the
oilier hand, the people have to pay interest
upon all the promises which they make to
the Banks. Therefore the Banks have an fiu-
come in direct proportion to their indebted
ness, whereas, the people are reduced to pover
ty in direct proportion to their indebtedness.
Lnder a continuance of this system, the peo
ple will with fearful rapidity become the mere
tenants of combined corporators.
But what is still worse, immeasurably worse,
these corporators, these Shylocks, are rapidly
obtaining the ascendency in all Legislative
bodies, ISlute and federal. And in the name
of democracy and free government, we find
than engaged in the halls of Legislation, in
fastening the shackles of a monied despotism
upon their confiding constituents.
Under this view of the subject, let me ad
vise, that we arise from our lethargy, and in
the majesty of sovereign strength, with one
mighty effort, snap asunder the bands which
are. being fastened upon ourselves and our pos
terity. Onr remedy is at the ballot box. Let
us put down the Bank party in politics ; let us
re-elect Van Buren ; let us select for all offices
our .i.o-i Ami.a.i mu cupuMic men, genuine
democrats, not by mere profession but by steady
and uniform practice.
My friends, you are contending for the no
blest objects ; for the practical devclopement
of those principles, purchased with the blood
of onr fathers, and guarantied to us in our
written Constitution.
Onward then, in the way you are going, and
all the measures for which you contend, will
ore long, be consummated. The purity of
your principles and measures are so obvious
and plain, that even aristocrats and federalists
attempt your destruction, by stealing your
names, and fighting you under your own
banner.
We are fighting a faction made up of every
thing, except honest politicians; embracing in
its ranks, federalists, abolitionists, anti-masons,
nc ' disappointed office seekers, broken down parti
sans, all united under the common name of
Whigs. Yet to deceive, they sometimes as
sume our names and call themselves Republi-
nnd nnmnrrnls. J sjy
er and even affect to steal your measures,
and use your words, in order to favor their
selfish designs and cheat you out of your votes.
I offer you in conclusion, the following sen
timent;— The true Democratic principle,
j which is unsullied virtue, a pure religion,
“ rendering unto Cscsar, the tilings that are
jo the general government only specific and
limited powers, to be exercised for certain pur
poses ol public good, which can be clearly un
derstood ; then the establishment of its doc
trines with its success, withholds from those
who may acquire the control of the govern
ment, the means of using it as an engine to
disturb your domestic peace. If this party by
system, and ..s consequence of the spirit which
animates it throughout, in the federal legisla
ture, arid iu the State legislatures, in the'eom-
inuinties where it prevails, and in the individu
al citizens of which it is, composed, every
where and in every mode, acknowledges your
existence as an independent people, and res
pects the sacred rights inherent in you as a peo
ple, makes a clear, bold and honest resistance
to the wretched abolition faction, and will not
suffer your, dignity under any pretence, to be
insulted in wanton debate,or your safety to be
threatened by first encroachments however
disguised; then every feeling of generosity,
every sentiment of justice, every consideration
of policy, will impel you into a strict and cor
dial union with such a party, and will urge
you to sustain its cause as your own, with
energy and fidelity. The happy harmony of
your relations with this parly, will be com
pleted, if it be founded on those principles of
government which you have yourselves sup
ported from the earliest history of the nation;
the same equal rights of freemen, the same re
publican spirit, to the triumph of which you
have always contributed. Who does not re
cognize in the political association, I have first
described, the features of the Whig opposition
party, in the last, those of the Democratic Ad
ministration party? And,does not their being
thus recognised, manifest at once that vour sup
port and adherence, should be yielded, to the
Democratic party now administering tiie go
vernment:?.
Georgians, in this world of contest and strug
gle, no people ever made themselves secure in
their condition, who did not prove themselves
formidable to their enemies, and astrength and
consolation to their friends. My countrymen
will never have it said of them that they want
ed the moral feeling, and human prudence to
distinguish between benefits and injuries. Gen
tlemen, I am with respect and consideration,
yours, A. CUT LIBERT.
Georgia—Lovely to her friends, formida
ble to her foes.
'Toasts given at the Pemoeratic Repub
lican Celebration, on the 4th of July
in Milledgcvifle.
i gill, and to whom she now safely confides ! plucked off. Ifany one of those principles is
r iuts.-rests in ilio most important branch of! more sacred than the others, it is that which
i" National Legislature, it lias long been my
.nippiness to enjoy an intimate friendship.—
For more than twenty years since our acquaint-
iiiee commenced, we have passed much ofour
time in \Va hington together, tinder the same
m if. and at the same social hoard. lie would
give honor lo any Sta'e, and in any country;
and regarding him as a fair specimen of the
citizens who have chosen him as the recipient
"f tli ir confidence, it Is impossible to know
Ifini as l do, and not honor the State which
honors Inin. It is scarcely necessary to say
that the individual alluded to is the Hon. Wil-
sin Lumpkin.
(ieorgin was the last ol the good old thirteen,
which received her existence as a distinct colo
ny. Her charter was dated in 1732, when she
'outaiiud hul a few hundred families. Now,
a hot little more'than a century, she lias he-
" no the parent of tvo other independent
Tites, and increased her own population to a
mil'a million of souls. This circumstance’
*!onc, furnishes ample demonstration of the
excellency ol her institutions, and the moral
worth of her citizens. Her resources, which
have but begun to disclose themselves, arc in
exhaustible. Her territory is extensive, and
fin is destined to hccbnic one of the greatest
and most powerful States in the Union.
From her relative position, Georgia has al
ways !>oen a frontier State. With the ocean
upon the cast, and the savages upon the west,
she has, in every rupture, been exposed to de
vastation and rapine. But her heroic deeds
have ever proved her equal lo the trials and
dangers which have gathered around her;
and from every cloud she has always emerged
with increasing splendor. My native State
has had trials of a similar nature. Kentucky,
then a part of Virginia, was long subject to the
surprise of the savages of the forest, whose rule
"fwarfare, indiscriminate murder, was never
abated there ; and the spot on which I first
drew the vital air, was at that time called the
bloody ground, on account of the sanguinary
wars which were then raging with the Abori
gines. My childhood was spent in the midst
»>f dangers, and often within the sound of the
savage yell. My earliest recollections go back
'o the days, when, lodged with other children
lf i a Mock-house or a fort, we amused ourselves
b Y seeing onr mothers cast bullets for our fa
thers, while they were handling their rifles to
defend ns. When reading the history of the
wars which have raged in Georgia, memory
calls to view those early scenes; and the im
pression is fixed upon my heart, that Georgians
and Kentuckians are brothers ; and though
the birthright belongs to Georgia, Kentucky
at my post here. Upon the issue ot the politi- j Caesar’s,” and :£ doing untoothers, as you would
cal contest now pending before the country, have them do unto you.” If such democracy
could be practised in its purity, it would secure
peace on earth and good will towards man.
Your friend, and,
Fellow citizen,
WILSON LUMPKIN.
forbids the government to assume the preroga
tive of the Almighty, by dictating to man his
religious faith; and this principle has ever
been held sacred in Georgia. By committees
of safety and voluntary associations, without
a regularly organized government, and with a
population of less than three millions, this migh
ty revolution was achieved, and ihcsc princi
ples established. Now, with a well organized
government, a population of more than seven
teen millions, and all the resources necessary
for action, it will be easy to transmit them to
posterity, if wc are true to on reives.
Tire experience of every day shews, that the
price of liberty is perpetual vigilance. Cor
rect measures will hear investigation, and in
correct measures ought to be exposed. Let all
:c brought to the test of principle; and what
ever difference of opinion may arise on ques
tions of mere expedience, mutual forbearance
will regulate, and no danger can ensue.
It is thirty-three years, since 1 first entered
upon the theatre of national politics. During
that period, 1 have been constantly a member
of one, ui the other House of Congress, till
called by Ibe voice of my fellow-citizens to the
place which 1 now occupy. 1 have witnessed
many viscissitudes in onr public concerns
Within that time, wc have passed through a
second war for independence; audit has re
sulted in the confirmation of the blessing. My
errors have l>een those of judgment, and not of
principles: fori have no Claims to infallibility
I am conscious, that for the elevation which I
have received from my fellow-citizens, I am
more indebted to the liberality with which they
have regarded my honest efforts to serve my
country, than to any great amount of service
which 1 have been able to render. I can say,
howevef, with the pride of an American Re
publican, that I have never, knowingly, de
parted from the principles on which our Re
public is constituted, and on which 1 com
mcnced my political career. Nor have I ever
been placed in a position in which I have con
ceived it my duty to oppose the interest of
Georgia. With n due regard to the rights of
every section of the Union, 1 have ever felt a
special solicitude for the South; and it has
been no less my pleasure than my duty, to
embrace every occasion to advance their inter
ests to the extent of my humble powers. My
public duties will prevent my acceptance ot
your invitation; yet my feelings will be with
yon, and I earnestly wish you the enjoyment
of that harmony and hilarity, which the return
of that day is calculated to afford.
With great respect, vour fellow citizen,
' It. M. JOHNSON.
the most vital principles are suspended. In
tlie present contest, General Harrison isthe re
presentative of the principles of the Federal
aristocracy of the country—Mr. Van Buren is
the representative of the principles of the dem
ocracy.
Fellow citizens, you have cause for joy mid
gratulation, when you reflect on the value and
importance.of the objects for which you arc
contending. You can appeal to the purity of
your intentions, and take courage from the suc
cess which has hitherto crowned your exer
tions in the cause of liberty and equal political
rights. Our principles are the principles of
humanity, for genuine democracy, is based oil
benevolence, equal rights, equal laws, and
unceasing regard for the public good. If we
persevere in the true doctrines and principles
ofonr political faith—we have but commenc
ed our piolitical journey—the promised land
ics before us, whore blessings are in store for
our children and children’s children for perpet
ual generations.
T'lie march ofdcmocracy is onward, and we
have a host of enemies to contend with and
overcome. The aristocratic spirit is abroad
in our land, and is the natural ally of wealth,
these two, when united, possess great influ
ence and power over public opinion. Ilehcc
it is that our laws are too often shaped to suit
the interest and convenience of this combined
force. It requires, my friends, the co-opera
tion of wisdom, vigilance and zeal, to resist
successfully the force with which we have to
contend, in the present political struggle. Our
good principles, like those of the Christian re
ligion, are sometimes perverted to the vile pur
poses of deception, fraud, personal aggrandize
ment and oppression. Iu politics, as well as
religion, you will find hypocrites and wolves in
sheep’s clothing, slaves of avarice, worshipers
of mammon, despires of humanity, mercy, hon
esty, integrity and justice. I regret, that truth
urges me to say, that our own beloved country
at the present day, abounds in vile pretenders,
who tinder the cloak of democracy and equal
rights are leagued with monopoly and federal
ism,and are struggling to change the fundamen
tal principles of our glorious Republican sys
tem. Professed friends such as 1 have describ
ed, are more to be dreaded than the whole
army of open and avowed enemies to our poli
tical principles.
These false friends to Iree government,
have retarded every salutary measures of re
form, proposed and urged by Jefferson, Jack-
son and Van Buren, more than an army of open
enemies could have done. Our present strug
gle to restore lo the people a sound constitu
tional currency in gold and silver and its
equivalent, in lieu of a depreciated paper cir
culation, Issued by irresponsible corporations,
is the great and mortal offence, with which we
stand charged licfore the countiy. The ob
ject and tne end of all these corporations,
which have entered the field of politics, is to
take from labor a great portion of its bard and
honest earnings, for the sole benefit of these
corporators, and thus in the language of Gen
eral" Jackson,«make the rich richer, and the
poor poorer.” The country under this system,
is alternately flooded and drained with these
WASHINGTON, Jv.no 27, 1810.
To Messrs. Tennille, Port, i$*c.
Gentlemen—As my public duties will de
tain me here beyond the 4th July, let me utter
to you in this mode, the reflections suggested
by the occasion of your letter of invitation, and
by the present political era, as it affects the
South.
Periods sometimes occur in the history of
nations, when a people hold their fate in their
own hands. A sagacious and high spirited
people, when such a crisis arrives, are present'
to the moment, and true to themselves. If per
mitted, gentlemen, I would say to the people
of Georgia through you— ;! Georgians, in com
mon with other citizens of the South, yon have
been passing through, and are now in the
midst of a crisis, in which your fatfe has been
placed in your own hands. Strangers under
the influence of a wild fanaticism, or a wicked
infatuation, have invaded your social quiet and
security, have insolently pretended to deter
mine on your moral and political condition,
and have manifested designs which would ex
tinguish you as a people on the earth. The
attempt has served to unfold in you lofty quali
ties, making upa character on which yon may
hereafter rely for protecting yourselves. The
audacious intruders have been repelled with
noble indignation ; have been resisted with a
fierce and invariable determination, which
should discourage their criminal efforts. But
to the spirit to resist, must be added the saga
city to discern, and the prudence to employ the
fittest means of resistance. These United
States of ours must ever be divided between
two great parties, struggling for the adminis
tration of the common government; between
these two parties, you must choose, and a dread
responsibility hangs on your selection. If one
of the parties construes this government to be
one of great and indefinite powers, you will
shrink from a connection with that party;
since such powers may he brought to operate
injuriously on what is peculiar in your social
condition, maybe directed to your ruin. If
the same partv include in its numbers, the body
of your enemies, the Abolitionists; if among
its leaders, are to be found men who have
maintained doctrines which being admitted,
leave yon without constitutional protection
against these cnemics—if the general plan of
policy of the party on this subject, gives up
your dearest rights and all essential interests,
to be questioned and debated, where they can
not be approached without doing you deep
wrong and dishonor; grants to the Abolition
ists, all their prelimnary demands, and by so
tloinw, inflames their hopes of ultimate success;
and finally by the habit of yielding to their in
furiate clamours, prepares the way for the
most dangerous concessions: you will spnng
forward to oppose, to weaken, to disable such
a party; if not as your worst foes, as covering
and <nving effect to the attacks of your worst
foes. 3 If the other and opposite party, allows
REGULAR TOASTS.
The Day'we celebrate; Consecrated as it is
to freedom, may we likewise commemorate it
as a day triumphant with the support of the
principles of '98.
The President of the United States; Thro’
^lon^fie'most** recliIess,’ K &crTias'’cbnducted the
Ship of State in salety ; a majority of the free
men of this Republic will continue him at the
helm.
George Washington; Time but brightens
the lustre of his fame. ■. <
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of
Independence; Our fathers were his compa
triots; we are his disciples.
Andrew Jackson ; When freemen assemble
in their strength to devise safeguards for tiie
liberty he defended, let not the example of this
patriot, soldier and statesman, be forgotten.
The Governor of Georgia; Ilis moral vir
tues united with his political integrity, entitle
him to the continued confidence of the people.
Onr Senators in Congress, Messrs. Cutlibert
and Lumpkin; They still merit and retain
the confidence of their fellow-citizens.
Colquitt, Cooper and Black; Despising party
distinction, and jn the teeth of proscription,
they have truly represented the interest of
Georgin. Their independence and adherence
to principle, their honesty and moral courage
are worthy the most palmy days of Roman
greatness. Georgians will not forget them
The Whig Party; A composition of such op
posite ingredients as well deserve the name of
the Punch party; the mixture having been un
skilfully prepared, will be found on trial to be
unpalatable, the sour, greatly predominating
over the sweet, and the quantity ot strengtli
drowned in the immensity of its weakness.
William Henry Harrison, a Daw in borrow
ed feathers; though trigged out in laurels
filched from the brows of the gallant Johnson,
Croghan and Boyd, intelligent freemen have
detected the cheat, and will pluck from the
usurper his stolen plumage.
1776 and 1340; Though -distant in time,
identical in principle.
Exclusive Privileges; As repugnant to the
constitution, as odious to a free people.
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VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By Gov. McDonald, President of the Day;
The principles on which the Government is
at present administered, are the true principles
of the Constitution—No sectional measures—
Equal justice lo all.
Toasts of the Vice Presidents of the Day
By Hon. Thomas Spalding, of McIntosh
To the memory of departed worth; To the
memory of Geu. John Clark and William H.
Crawford;, their spirits are around us on this
festive day, and will bless and will.consecrate
this re-nuion of their friends.
By Col. Thomas Moughou, of Jones—Geo.
M- Troup; A Sub-Treasury, anti-Bank, and
consistent State Rights man, who will not unite
with the Harrison, Log Cabin and Hard Ci
der Partv, in the support of Tip, Tyler and
Tariff. ■■■ He is worthy of all the distinguished
honors which have been conferred upon him.
William W. Gordon, of Chatham; -The Po
litical Partisan ; A patriot, when found lhe de
cent advocate of a good cause; anarchist,
when engaged in the support of a nad cause
with tha usual reckless disregard of truth and
de Dr. C Fort, of Baldwin ; Aristocracy; In Eu
rope, power in hereditary hands; m America,
the power*of incorporated wealth. .
BwTIios. Glascock; The Republican prin
ciples of '98 ; The principles on which we
have this dav united, as calculated to preserve
the puritv ol the Constitution, and perpetuate
the Union of our confederacy. . _ : The ^ of
great a terror to Federalists ns in 1799, and
terminate in their entire overthrow in October
and November next. v»ciooer
H. G. Lamar of Bibb ; The augmentation
of the powers of Congress by the consent of a
State is ultra Federalism. A surplus revenue
tor the emancipation of our slaves hy the con
sent of a State, is Ilarisonism; the principle
stamps indelibly the political character of the
inuu.
Joseph Jones, of Liberty County; Martin
Van Buren, our present worthy Chief Magis
trate : l he people of the United States will re-
dect Inm to office, as they are too wise to be
gulled by “ hard cider, log cabins, fierv charg-
ers, ar.d other low cunning devices.
Geti 1. W a. Sanford, of Baldwin: The
Republican l’arty; They have, in days that
are gone, successfully resisted the assaults of
beaeral aggression; still entrenched behind
tiie ramparts ol the Constitution, they will not
surrender themselves to the treacherous guid-
ance of the flag bearer who has been select
ed to conduct them into the camp of the enemy.
Col. Thomas Wright, of Newton; Cooper'
Colquitt mid Black; Worthy and well quali
fied ; proscribed for not supporting the candi
date of Bank men, Turiffites, Whigs, Federal
ists and Abolitionists; may they, on the first
Monday in October next, he elected triumph
antly with the balance of tiie Van Buren ticket
to represent Georgia in our next Congress. *
William Turner, of Putnam; The unbiassed
sn ft rages of the people ; the best corrective of
public abuses.
L. B. Smith, of Sumter; Sumter county••
Her people are aroused, and although she has.
some hard Cidurites, she will come to the
rescue.
Mr. D’l.yon of Chatham; The true De
mocracy of the country; too strong,to he »v
—'- J vvnnuuiuiruli oi lederalisni and
modern whigism; loo pure to be corrupted or
restrained by Bank influence.
lsham II. Saffold, of Washington ; The De
mocracy of the United States ; May they give
along pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogeth
er, and make Mr. Van Buren President.
Gen. J. D. Field, of Lumpkin ; The Demo
cratic party of the North ; true to Southern in
stitutions and Southern interests.
Hon. Robert M. Echols, of Walton; The
natural Democratic Republicans of Georgia;
United upon the principles which triumphed
in 1793 and 1800, let us forgive and forget al*
former differences, be firm to our purposes, and
the Federal Union will be preserved.
Hon. Joseph Day, of Jones; lu reference f®
the unbounded efforts now being made to de
feat and destroy the Democracy of the country.
In reference lo the miserable humbug now at
tempted to be played off upon the people, in the
shape of log cabins, cider barrels, caricatures,
coon-skins, and calabashes. In reference to
Thomas Anderson, of Wilkes?
fhp nnrifi» aC «u»i — r —
to on row n cause. In reference to tne fact, the
price of liberty is eternal vigilance. I will give *
you as a sentiment, thedying words of the ever
to be lamented Lawrence, “Don’t give up the
Ship.”
Henry II. Lowe; Gen. Harrison done more
for his country in the one act of resigning his
commission as Commander of the North-
Western Army, than he ever done in all the
balance of his life. His resigning left a vacan
cy that was filled by the appointment of Ge^
Jackson, who by bis bravery and many bril
liant exploits, soon wound up the war in a blaze
of glory.
Gen. John W. Gordotqof Jones; Our cause;
The evidence we have had this day, is sufficient
to satisfy us of its triu mphant success.
David Graham, of Dcoly; The 4th of
July, 1840; The events of this day will sink
deep into the memory' and affections of the
people of Georgia. Her sons, discarding all
personal predilections, have nobly come for
ward to the rescue of the Union of the States
and of the Sovereignty of the States, from the
extended grasp of Federalism. All is safe, so
long as the watchword is “ Principles, not
Men/’
Gen. Gustavns Hendrick; Against Federal
and Abolition encroachment, People of Georgia
fly to the rescue.
Seaborn Jones, of Muscogee—George M.
Troup, the patriot statesman: Let those who
thought him worthy to be President, learn pru
dence from his warnings, and wisdom from
his counsels.
By Col. Clanton, ol Columbia.—Charles J-
McDonald; Our present Governor; Mny he
always remain as he now is, oue of the favorite
sons "of Georgin.
C. Cochran, Esq., of Campbell; The firm,
uncompromising, and determined opposition of
the present Administration against the Aboli
tionists and their allies, proves a sincere and
honest intention to protect the rights of the
South, guaranteed tons by the Constitution.
Cuthbert Collier—Log cabin and hard cider.
The man who has no better qualifications than
living in the one and drinking the other^ is
unfit to be President.
Gen . David M. Burns, of Jackson—Mny old
party lines and party distinctions soon be for
gotten, and the only question concerning a
candidate for office, ba, in the language of Mr.
Jefferson ; is he capable, is he honest, is he
faithful to the Constitution.
By the Committee of Arrangements—The
Orator of the Day ; The principles which he
has this day advanced and advocated, prove
him to be a true Democratic Republican; were
he not so in heart and son!, he would belie the
source from whence lie sprung.
Sent by Francis Farrar, Esq., of Clark, (a
revolutionary patriot.) Success to the present
administration and to its measures for the es
tablishment of a sound currency.
By Dr. Ira R. Foster, of Forsyth. The
Cherokee country; For the last eight years
her voice has been heard in declaring lhe rights
of freemen; oil the firsL Monday m October
mid November next, she must, she can, she
will, with renewed energy and power, boldly
sustain the principles of democracy, (sneh as
were declared on the ever memorable 4th of
July, 1776.) against the unprecedented coali
tion, of abolitionism, federalism and half-
handed State Rightism.
Sent by Gen. V. Walker, of Richmond.—
Martin Van Buren; A terror to the Aboli
tionist, the friend of thp South, and of the
Constitution ; What patriot will longer doubt
e mtf
fM
Jul v, 1840, at Milledgeyille; May it prove as
I • 1
him?
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