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have been from forgetfulness, which might ea
sily happen after a lapse of 31 years.”
In two interviews we had with General Har
rison on this subject, about four mouths since,
l, 0 was at pains to assure us, that he had him-
solf belonged to an ‘‘Abolition society” in
Richmond," Virginia. He did not hesitate
about the phrase; he did not use any other.—
“Abolition society” seemed the only name
monv given by the negroes that 1 complained
of, but die fact that they were allowed to appear
and testify at all.” ' /
Again he says—“ It is the principle I argue
against, and not the testimony of the negroes.”
Wc agree with Lieut. Hooe ; the principle
is a bad one. lint the President of the United
States cannot alter the law— he has to execute
it. We will suppose the testimony of the ne-
pare ourselves for an encounter with Russia,
on the banks of the Indus. It is more than
probable that from the battle-fields of Central
Asia the voice of England will be the first
heard evoking the restoration of Polish aation-
ality and independence.
which he knew or cared to know. And yet,! groes had hep* 1 furor ot the accused. What
in writing to Air. Lyons, he sav®? “Ii 1 did 1 men ! The “whigs* wotild^have remained as
really term it an Abolition society, a fact which
1 can still hardly believe, it must have been
from forgetfulness.” Besides we know, that
he has been in the habit of using the term
“Abolition,” as the distinctive title of the soci
ety at Richmond.
Look next at the letter to Governor Owen.
“ You ask me whether I am now, or ever
have been, a member of an Abolitiou society.
“I answer, decisively, no !”
This declaration is made unqualifiedly.
There is no acknowledgement that there was ja vacillating crew l We trust not.
even a ground lor such a rumor. On the con
trary. in the concluding paragraph ol his let
ter, (retries to confirm his contradiction by
casting odium on the Ohio Statesman, which
had published an extract from his own wri
tings, declaring Iiiinsi.
her of an Abolition society.
mum as their candidate on the subject. When
the democratic members of Congress, moved
to refer the subject to the Judiciary, that the
odious rule should be altered, why did not the
“Whigs” show their sincerity, and vote to
change it. No—no. Mr. Slade of Vermont, J.
Q. Adams, and all the abolitionists would be
offended! And thus to truckle for and obtain
abolition voles,they are w illing to sacrifice prin
ciple. Such forms the material of the Harri
son parly. Will Southern men support such
B9ar<l tiller.
General Harrison has the oddest way in
the world of expressing his attachment to his
old fellow-soldiers. At Fort Megis, the other
'•if to have been a mein- day, he made a long and garrulous speech, in
Preparations for War.—Governoi Linn
has enlisted about 3000 recruits, who art being
drilled daily near Canton ill tile militai' exer
cises of the bow, the spear, and the double
sword. The latter is a weapon peculjrr, we
believe, in China. Each soldier is nrmid with
two short and straight swords, one ih each
hand, which by being knocked againsi each
other will produce a clangour whicl it is
though will intimidate the enemy.
Cabrera, according to Saragossa letters of
the 23d, was at Tremp, between the frontiers
of Upper Aragon and Catalonia. If he at any
time contemplated an entrance into the noilh-
ern provinces, it is not probable he will risp it
now, after Balmascda’s discomfiture.
COMMUNICATION.
Of course, it was ; which we find him giving the following ac
ids intention to prevent Governor Owen from i count of the men, whose services had protec-
knowin-r even the until on this subject. Now, j ted our north western frontier and given secu-
what did General Harrison snv in 1S22 in his 1 rity to the rising states of Indiana and Ohio.
Here is bis own «tut».
address to die public /
ment:
“1 am accused of lw;iug friendly to slavery.
From my earliest youth to the present mo
ment. 1 have been the ardent friend of human
liberty. At the age of IS, 1 became a member
of an Abolition society, established at Rich
mond, Virginia, the object ol which was to
ameliorate the condition of slaves, and procure
their freedom hv every legal means. My ven
erable friend Judge Gated, of Clermont coun
ty, was also a member of ibis society, mid has j
lately given me a certificate that 1 was one.—
The obligations which 1 then came under I
have carefully performed.”
What is his language now! “ I have, never
been a member of an Abolition society.” V\ e
are aware that lie cannot he charged with pos
itive falsehood in thus saying, for he will plead
that the society in Richmond was so different
from our Abolition societies, that be was per
fectly justified in returning such an answer to
Governor Owen. But we put it to any candid
man, ought not General Harrison to have in
formed Governor Owen what it was that lie
hnd belonged to, when he himself hail public
ly owned, and only four months since de
rlared to ns, that no had been a member of
an Abolition society l Is there not duplicity
in thisl .
Again: we beg the friends of General Har
rison to he patient. We do exceedingly dis
like to have any thing to do with personal
character. But so fearful arc the inroads that
slavery is mnking on individual independence j Boston Post.
and integrity, that the exposure of the ruin it:
has wrought becomes our unavoidable duty, j
General Harrison says: “1 did not know, but i
as you knew it, viz: by common fame, that
there was or ever had been a society of that
description in any of the Northwestern States
until three weeks ago. when 1 received a letter
from a citizen of this city, an entire stranger
to me, who styled himself president of the Ab
olition Society of Hamilton county.”
There is no “ Abolition society of Hamilton
rL'hoj-p is a Ciur.inniili Anli.«lair#ry
society, whose president was James C. Ludlow
when the letter was penned, a gentleman too
words
“Altor th« wor,” wc quote his very
as reported in the whig newspapers—
“Alter the war closed under Wayne, I re
tired ; and when I saw a man poorer that all
others, wanderingabout the land decrepid and
decaveu nr intemperance, it was unneccs-
sary te enquire whether he had ever belonged
to Wayne’s army. Ilis condition was a guar
antee of that.”
Such is General Harrison’s opinion of his
old comrades. Such ip his own account of the
character of the men, whom our whig orators
declare, that lie always welcomes at his log
cabin to a profusion of hard cider. It is strange
indeed, that he should so calumniate the few
aged survivors of the army of Wayne; and
stranger yet, that any political party should tol
erate and even admire language so inconsistent
with honorable feeling.
After abusing the old soldiers in this way,
lie next begs their votes by promising each of
them a pension.
“ I am very well satisfied,” he adds, “the
government can afford it.” So votes are to be
GAINESVILLE, 2*1 July,
Mr. Chase—It is with regret we
you on the subject of the Hall County State
Rights meeting of the 5th of May last. W hen
the writer over the signature of “ A Lcpker on
in Venice,” called upon us to state the pro
ceedings of that meeting in detail: we done so
without any feelings of hostility to any cf the
parties concerned, and in doing so, we only
stated in writing, what we hud frequently re
pcated in conversations held with individuals,
respecting the meeting, previous to the essay
of “ A Looker oil in Venice.” Bat when we
saw the reply of (?ol. Thornton, accompanied
with a statement of the proceedings, signed by
“John Whelchcl, Chairman,” and “W. J.
Peeples, Secretary we were indeed astonish
ed, that they pronounced the statements by “ A
Looker on "in Venice,” to be absolutely false;
and made out ill detail, a state of facts which
did not transpire, on the day of that meeting.
This called out a reply by the writer of “A
Looker ou,” accompanied by our satements,
together with three other gentleinei, residing
iiAhe country: giving in substance a history
of the proceedings of the meeting,to which
Col. Thornton and Messrs. Whelche and Pee
ples, rejoin; in which Whelchcl and Peeples,
state that, “as Chairman and Secretary of
that meeting, we cannot condescenC to resort
lo certificates to prove our assertioi; our in
bought up hy a pledge of granting money out of tegrity must and shall stand upoi our own
the public treasury. The latchstring on the assertions, a hundred certificates tc the con
treasury will need to be pulled in with a trary notwithstanding.” 'Phis sweping ns-
vengeance.—But what adissolutc mode of elec- sertion of these official dignitaries with the
tioneeringis this: to promise pensions to men, imposing titles of “ Chairman and Secretary*
whom hedescribes as “decayed by intemper- have induced us to join issue with hem, and
ance.” Our Massachusetts whigs as they go present a few facts, as evidence to he public,
on admiring Harrison eloquence, and Harri- other than the statements of plcbiahcitizcns ;
son military achievements, will not only get for they alledge that “an hundred ctrtificates”
defeated, but make themselves ridiculous.
FOREIGN.
From the Neic York Courier «$' Enquirer of the 18th.
Arrival of the British Queen.
The British Queen arrived this morning,
bringing London dates to the 1st July. The
following are the heads of the news:
'Flic aspect of the Liverpool Cotton Market
is certainly favorable, though without advance
in prices; the demand is steady, and the sales
on spvriuauoH cuusiuerauie.
The King of Prussia is positively dead.
Birmingham is represented to he in a state
well known by General Ilanisou to lie reck- J Q f unprecedented distress. And public meet
oned a stranger. I he statement is a very ; nigs had been held lo consider the means of|
loose and hasty one. 1- urther ; General liar- re |j e f
jjgto ^eu a resident near the city since j TJie bm f()r ||ie Union of the two Canadas
the beginning of Abolition, and the duties ofj js Mron<r , v opposcd in thc IIonse of Lords , )V
lus office hayo ,demanded his very frequent, |hc , )nkeo f Welling!,
presence m the city, 1 lie mob at Cincinnati,, nn n ntlrcrtr „ OV! f m
in which'nearly "
ty and many
will uot lie suliicicnt to disprove tjioir state
ments officially made, but that their statements
“ must and shall stand.'’
Before proceeding to state those facts, and i
our comments thereon, we will reuprk that it i
is not our intention to reply »o the statements
of Col. Thornton, and will only adjert to his
statements where it may become necessary in
sustaining our former statements, and our de
fence against the allegations of his vitnesses;
we know he possesses an inexhaustaMe fund of
words, which he can. with great facility, ar
range in the form of an essay or commentary,
and throw them out noon the rpmmmiiti? who
are already co overstocked, that they would
have but little currency. Besides wc suppose
“tiie Looker on in Venice,” will at any time be
nating a Congressional ticket, and electors for Presi
dent and Vice President of the United States. Col.
Reuben Thornton, It. Winn, Esq., C. Peeples, Esq.,
Jonathan Mitchell, Esq. The meeting then ad
journed.”
JOHN WHELCHELL, Chairman.
W. J. PEEPLES, Secretary.
This publication is subject to the same cen
sure of that in the Recorder, as not being lull;
and the reader will remark, that in this publi-
cation of the proceedings, it appears that the
meeting was so harmonious, that the delegates
were appointed on a simple “ motion.” Who,
we will ask, made the motion to appoint those
gentlemen asdelegates? That motion w’as never
made, ns appears by the next official publica
tion of those gentlemen—there they state they
were chosen hy ballot. This variation may
be considered by them as immaterial, but it is
a deviation of fact, in a substantial part of the
proceedings. There is a wide difference in mak
ing an appointment 11 on motion” and electing
by ballot, and the substantial distinction is
more apparent, when we consider the impres
sion made on the minds of the readers of thc
proceedings; for if the appointment w'as
made on a single “motion,” the reader would
come to the conclusion, that there was little or
no division of sentiment in the meeting ; and
besides, the proceeding of suo.h a deliberative
body, when certified hy men in an official man
ner, we have a right to suppose they transcribe
truly from the Journal; and this, they show
themselves, not to be a correct transcript from
their Journal, if indeed they have any Journal.
After these two statements in the newspapers,
by’ our Hard Cider and Log Cabin officials,
the publication over the signature of “ A Look
er on in Venice” appeared, giving some more
e particulars of what took place at the meeting,
which called forth the wrath of these official
gentlemen, although “ the Looker on” hnd said
nothing about them ; they were only called on
in the capacity of witnesses, to give their offi
cial certificates of what did actually take place
and it is really strange that the person calling
on them had not observed that they had twice
before published the proceedings. They how-
cveronthis call made a third publication, pur
porting to give in detail, the proceedings of that
meeting. After having made some severe pre
fatory remarks, respecting the publication of
“thc Looker on in Venice,” although presenting
themselves in the capacity of witnesses, they
state the proceedings of the meeting as follow’s,
to wit:
“After the meeting was orgnnivo.l, i-hith -near
by calling John Whelchel to the Chair, and appointing
W. J. l’ecpies as Secretary, the Chairman requested
Col. Thornton to explain the purposes for which the
meeting was called, which he did in a brief and satis
factory manner. There was at least one hundred per
sons in the house, State Rights and Union men indis
criminately mixed together ; wltca Col. I hornton of
fered the following preamble and resolutions :
’Whereas, this meeting deems the present to be a pe
riod in thc progress of our government of unexampled
adversity, which must have for its foundation causes
other than those to which thc distresses of thc coun
try have been attributed by thc party who have ruled
and controlled its destinies for thc last seven or eight
years; and it being a matter of great importance both
to the commercial and agricultural portion of the com
munity, that those causes, so long hidden from the
public mind, should bo fairly and clearly developed, by
which all existing evils any he correcteJ, and the en
ergies of the country again restored to their beneficial
influence over the moral condition and physical im
provement of its citizens. \V e therefore consider it
not only our right, but also our duty, on this as well as
all other proper occasions, to speak our sentiments
freely, and to unite with our fellow citizens generally
in investigation, as well as action, to bring about a re
form in these abuses and mistaken policies in thc ad
ministration of public affairs : which we believe have
Rights party. Col. Thornton enquired of Col. Buf
fington whether he intended that as a substitute or as
an amendment to one of his resolutions. Col. Buffing
ton asked for the reading of the preamble and resolu
tions ; they were accordingly read; he signified his
satisfaction to them, except the restrictive resolution,
and Col. Thornton was willing to accept his as an
amendment in lieu thereof, but as it was proposed that
the sense of the meeting should be taken on thc pro
position then agreed on, it was put without any farther
opposition, and decided in the affirmative—very few
voting either way. Major William P. Reid then made
a few remarks* objecting to the broad character of the
preamble and resolutions, after which an evident move
ment was making with a view to create confusion and
disquiet, for the purpose of breaking up the meeting,
which we knew had been threatened beforo thc meet
ing had convened ; whereupon thc Chairman called
Mr. Cain to the Chair, for the purpose of offuring a
resolution himself to stop it. Before he had an oppor
tunity of doing so, Col. Thornton announced to the
meeting that he withdrew his preamble and resolutions,
and offered the following resolution as a substitute for
all he had offered ;
Resolved, That the meeting immediately proceed
to ballot for four persons as delegates to the Conven
tion, without the announcement of any names, and that
the four highest thus voted for should form the delega
tion.”
The vote was put without opposition, and carried
without a dissenting voice. During the election three
tickets: were rejected on account of being handed in hy
Union men—how many may liave been received with
out detection, we cannot say. Great confusion pre
vailed while voting; many Union men mixing in the
meeting, some of whom were actively engaged in elec
tioneering and writing tickets. When the votes were
counted out, they stood thus :
unofficial. Thc reader will observe that Col,
Buffington’s statement is far from agreeing
with the statements of the Chairman and Se
cretary ; although Undoes not agree with our
statements published in the Southern Jkj M ,
ner of thc 15th of May. The Chairman and
Secretary state, that after thc meeting had
adopted the preamble and resolution as agreed
upon hy Cols. Thornton and Buffington” that
the whole was withdrawn by Col. Thornton
aud another resolution adopted in lieu of the
whole. Col. Buffington says, that ihe nrcam
hie of Col. Thornton to which was appended
his resolution as mi amendment, was adopted
and that immediately after its adoption the
meeting proceeded, on the motion of’Col
Thornton, to the election of delegates. Now
which of these resolutions were inVact adorn
ed hy the meetina-? Wnc ;# f„i m. *"*
Thornton,
40,
Banks,
22,
Winn.
42,
liackctt,
21,
I’eiqilcs,
42,
Law,
20,
Mitchell,
40,
Daniel,
17.
ed by the meeting? Was it Col. Thorn
ton’s preamble, with Col. Buffington’s resol '
tion appended, or was it the resolution above
recited, as offered by Col. Thornton in lieu of
the whole? It was neither; it was the rcso-
u ton offered by Co! Buffington as a snbsti-
tute lor all former propositions. We are uin
ble to account for this error in Col. Btiffinmon’s
statement, as it would seem that he was not
endeavoring to sustain the certificate of the
Chairman and Secretary, or iic would certain-
ly have done so; yet his statement in a mate
rial part is incorrect, and wc hope it is an in
advertent error in drawing up the statement.
We have not heard Col. Buffington
co overstocked? tYuit They ’ won Id v»ry ™.U t« if not absolutely produced, the
- 1 presont unparalleled distresses of the country—abuses
so glaring in their assumption, and so fatal in their ef
fects, as to have increased the demands of the govern-
tiabled to attend to bis statements if it should ■ nient upon the people for a stun three times the amnun
become necessary. But to the Chairman and
Secretary. These official gentlemen, Mr.
Editor, have made three official publications of
the proceedings of the same meeting, two be
iurjy qjU leading men of ll
y of Harrison’s personal fr
were involved, was not ,qn obscure matter.—
The correspondence between the executive
committee of the Ohio Anti-slavery society,
and the market house committee, .appeared in
the public papers. Every body knew, not
from common fame, but by bis own observa
tion, that there was an Ohio society. Mr.
Hammond, in the Gazette, which General
Harrison must have taken, was in die habit of
making frequent allusions lo thc members of
the Ohio Anti-slavery society. Abstracts from
the proceeding of this society, as well as of the
Cincinnati society, were occasionally publish
ed in his paper. And yet General Harrison
only knew “ by common fame,” that there was,
or ever had been, a society of that description
in any of the Northwestern States!
Four months ago General Harrison was
anxious to convince Abolitionists that he was
a very "nod anti-slavery man, though he did
not strive to convey the impression that he
was a '•■modern Abolitionist ” We know where
of we affirm. It is not a random assertion.
Qcn. Harrison and his friends now arc anx
ious to prove to the South that they are hostile
to Abolition, and friendly to its institutions.
We have thus felt it our duty to undeceive
Abolitionists in regard to this gentleman. No
one can regret more deep! y than ourselves that
necessity. Even now, we harbor no unkind
feelings towards General Harrison. There is
of Wellington and other tory peers. for / |hc publ £ at i 0 „ of the piece over thc sig-
lPt’AM* ov-iiitinoliAit nl aiii' h tliA I ■ ”
. • . On a cursory examination of our files, the
.. 1C j 1 ': London money market appenrs to be tranquil
tieu s i |!,t eres t on t |, e best securities four per cent.
Considerable uneasiness was felt in Paris at
the last dates on account of the dubious charac
ter ol the account from Algiers.
The Agricultural and Commercial Bank in
Ireland had stopped payment.
Dates to 5th June from New York, thc last
received in London
The Carlist General Balmascda had been
driven back from an attempt to enter thc Bas
que provinces
M
nature of “A Looker on in Venice,” and one
since ; all varying, and agreeing in no par
ticular, except in the names of the persons ap
pointed as delegates to the June Convention,
and they have appeared a fourth time before
the public, asserting their official publication
to be true, without telling the people which of
their official statements is a true extract from
the journals of the meeting over which they
presided. We will here give them in thc or-
of its former necessities, as an annual support, while
their means to respond to a call so onerous and op
pressive in its character, is-reduced to less than
thing on the subject since its pubi'ical'iomhu
WP. Ibiyp I I: •* 7
The meeting then immediately adjourned.
JOHN WHELCHEL, Chairman.
\V. J. PEEPLES, Secretary.
Thus it appears that these official gentle
men, after having made two very brief publi
cations of the proceedings of that meeting, such
as were calculated to induce the community
to believe, that there was unusual hat ninny in
the meeting, now come out with a long detail
ed account of the mt-eting, and tell that same
community about being interrupted when Col
Thornton attempted to speak in the meeting
about u gag laws,” and about threats to break
up the meeting, &c. &c. Do these statements
ippear consistent ? 1 call upon every reader of
their publication who have any acquaintance
with the rules ol parliamentary proceedings, to
say whether it would not be a violation of all
rule for an individual "to withdraw resolutions
after they had been adopted by the meeting ;
VPt nfficin/ ^fontlompn nssort flint *• Col.
Thornton announced Jo the meeting that he
withdrew his preamble and resolutions, and
offered” another in lieu thereof, which was
adopted by the meeting. Who ever heard of
u mail withdrawing a resolution, or any pro
position, after it was adopted by a meeting or
body acting upon it. A man, after lie oilers a
resolution, at any time before final action there
on, may withdraw it, because it is as yet only
his proposition, and therefore he may with
draw it ; but after the meeting or deliberative
body adopts it, it is no longer under the control
of the mover, but only under the control of
the meeting; it is in fact their property. To
permit a man to withdraw a resolution after it
was adopted, would be permitting one member
of the meeting to rescind what the whole had
done; such irregularity did not obtain in this
meeting.
With regard to the resolution which they
say was offered finally by Col. Thornton in
lieu of those which the meeting had passed,
and was adopted, is a statement without fotin
datiou. Their journal, (if they have any, and
has been correctly kept,) will show no such
resolution. Col. Thornton, after the substitute
of Col. Buffington was adopted, did make an
effort to get the meeting to agree to append his
preamble to the resolution just adopted, hut
there being objections by some members, Col
we have understood,* and believe it correct,
that shortly after the appearance of the publica’-
tion over the signature of “A Looker-on in
Venice,” Col. Buffington stated that the facts
in relation to the proceedings of thc meeting
as stated by “ A Looker-on,” were substantial
ly true, and we will here state, in justice to
“ A Looker-on in Venice,” that he was inform
ed that Col. Buffington had said, his statements
respecting what transpired at the meeting were
true: hence lie, the “Looker-on,” had a rea
sonable right to expect to be sustained when lie
made reference to Col. Buffington. We must
think that there is some mistake in relation to
Col. Buffington’s certificate, and will continue
to think so, until wc are informed to the con
trary.
in conclusion, we will state, that we should
never have noticed the publication of Messrs.
Whelchel and Peeples, but for the fact that they
seem to expect their statement to be received by
the community against ihe statements of any
number of witnesses, from the fact of their be
ing presiding officers of thc meeting. Wc will
here state, that although none qf us were hon
ored with an office, yet we wt;e in a position
to hear every word that was said, and
every movement that was made; two of ns
composed a part of the meeting, and were with
in the bar of thc Court House, and two of ns
were in the lobby, (being Union men,) and
there was nothing but bun isle ring between
us. and the members of thc meeting, and those
Union men in the lobby made no noise, so that
we could distinctly hear and see wlint was
done as correctly as the members of the meet
ing. In conclusion, we will say lo those offi
cial gentlemen, that we decline accepting their
charity so kindly offered, under a hope that we
had ignorantly mis-stated the facts, and if the
community will carefully examine their «n.-W-
farious, inconsistent, and confused statements,
in connection with all the other published
statements, and will extend charity to those
gentlemen, we will have no objection.
F. BRADFORD.
A. MATTHEWS,
TITOS. G. HACKETT.
WILEY SLEDGE.
dor in which they appeared in the newspapers.
The first appeared in the Southern Recorder
of the 12th May last, which consists,of but a
Cockerell, the celebrated Belgian manu- f n
facturer, is dead. ° few , lu,cs ’ 1,1 suhs anee as follows: ,
The dates received per British Queen are to M 1 Jlnl! r -!J°, n l \ C i r 5l ,V of
.1 i » i i r ¥ j i on.i i i* I to appoint dcluidtCb lor tiic Gounty of lloll* to
the 1st July from Loudon, and 29th June Iroin attend thc State Rights Convention in June next, to he
Paris. I held at Milledgcville, Col. Reuben Tliornioti, C. l’ce-
Joseph Bonaparte, is seriously ill in London. I ,les > R- Winn and Jonathan Mitchell, were a|j\»iitted.’
The Brittnnnin steam ship was to sail three ... . WHELCHEL, Chairman.
lays after the British Queen. \V J ‘ PEEPLLfc, Secretary.
Two pistols were find by a pot l*»y at the I N ? w ’ Mr / Edi ! or > inasm , n ?'“ as official
Queen and Prince Albert while riding in an ?0'itlenien have insinuated that tve might have
open carriage. They did not take effect, in- ,een ‘! nsed 1,1 our statements, and bent them
deed it appears doubtful if the pistols were loa- fording to our wishes, we feel authorized to
ded. The boy is probably insane. n * k , mx , mi P artial community, who have read
The negotiations between England and Na- I 1 t ial has been published respecting this cele
brated public meeting, to pause, and ask them
pies on the Sulphur question, are still goin* hr , atca P ubU * meeting, to pause, and ask them
on : but there is not the least appearance of any selv , cs why these official gentlemen published
serious riiffienltir i-achI.in™ it * such a brief notice of this meeting. Would not
serious difficulty resulting from it. . ,
Courvoisier, the Valet of l.ord William Rus- n s,ran S er > reading this publication m the
sell, had been found guilty of his murder and Ueco . rder > comc to the conclusion that at the
hail rrmfesspri hn rnmimifierl rrimn * meeting of the feta
had confessed he committed the crime. * I meeting ot the State Rights people/ill Hall
The papers nnnnnncc the death of Pn^ani-K-o ,,n ty> the utmost harmony in opinion cxist-
mnch in his position and circumstances to ex- j ni, the celebrated player on the violin. * His ed ’ that they had ouly to meet together, and
cite pity, ns well as indignation. Like the rest ! remains were taken from Nice where he died. " IVC ^ orm to *Hcir appointments. And is it not
of our statesmen, his integrity and inde|>eiid- to Genoa, his native place. ’ * at l cnst a strong presumption, that those nffi-
- * ’ cial certifyers wished thc citizens in the dis-
From thc New York Sun, July 20. I taut parts of the slate, to believe that there was
Three days Later from Europe. no division of opinion among thc Stale Rights
Arrival of the tint mini a—tmpart ant news from China I Ral'ty ill Hall County. If this was not the dc-
amt India—Success of the Russians in Khina. | sign, why did they not publish a complete
cnce have proved no match for the power of
slavery. Bnt there certainly is enough in his
conduct, it seems to ns, aud that of his paTty, as
well as in the policy of the other party, to drive
out of our ranks every one who has an intelli
gent love ofhis country and the cause of free-
pro slavery.
The steam ship Britannia arrived at Boston journal of the proceedings. To makea complete
dom, and a just abhorrence of servility and i via Halifax on Saturday evening,, having sail- journal, the substance of what did take place
ed from Liverpool on thc 4th inst., and firing- the meeting should be recorded by the See
ing papers thiec days later than those by the I retary; that is the object of his appointment;
British Queen. The papers for this office were n,, d the object of publishing thc record of those
brought on from Boston hy special express. proceedings, is that the community may bo
She brings out very important uews from advised of the state of political feeling in the
China,-which arrived at London on the 3d, section of the country where such meeting may
by extraordinary express over land from Cal- beheld. By the publication in thc Recorder
cutta in forty days!—Thc American mer- ihe proceedings of thc meeting now under
chants had all left Canton on account of thc consideration, the community have not boeu
troubles betwixt thc Chinese and English.— correctly advised; not that any thing in that
The Chinese hnd made a grand attempt to set I publication is falsely stated, but thc icholt truth
fire to the British fleet, but it signaUy failed. is uot stated—it is not a correct jourualjof the
Bussian Expedition to Khiva.—A letter proceedings of the meeting. ,
froinJellehabad, o» the 23d of April, states that | These official gentlemen next appeal in the
From thc Sarannuh Telegraph.
Hear Licnt. U. 31. SSooe Himself.
This gentleman’s cn.*-e has been quite a
“windfall” for theSoiithern Ilarrisonites—they
will find it yet a “ mare’s nest.” The Rich
mond Enquirer says:—
“ We understand that handbills have been
circulated hi various parts of this State, alleg
ing that Lieut. Hooc had been dismissed from
the Florida station, on the evidence of two
negroes. This is false, and the Executive
approve of thc proposed State Rights Convention, which
is to meet in Milledgevillc on the first Monday in June,
for the purpose of nominating a Congressional Ticket,
and to arrange thc Electoral Ticket for President and
Vice President of the United States, to be supported
by the State Rights party, and that this meeting will
send delegates to said Convention.
2nd. Be it. further Resolved, That it is thc deliberate
opinion of this meeting, that the pecuniary distresses
of thc country is the result of abuses in the present ad
ministration of the Federal Government, one of the
most prominent of which is, demanding from the peo
ple gold and silver for nil public dues, without having
guarantied to them a return of the precious metals, so
necessary to the commercial operations of thc country ,
as the basis of a sound circulating medium ; or without
having adopted any system whatever to secure to the
country a circulating medium in any degree adequate
to the extent and growing importance of its commerce
and agriculture; and that the evil can only be correct
ed by sending members to Congress .who hold adverse
opinions on the subject of the currency to the present
administration: our delegates to thc Convention, are
therefore hereby instructed not to vote for thc nomina
tion of any Sub-Treasury man on the Congressional
Ticket.
3rd. Be it further Resolved, That as the other States
in the Union equally interested, and of course possess
ing an equal right to control, have thought proper to
present the name of William Henry Harrison, of Ohio,
as the opposition candidate for the office of President
and John Tyler, of Virginia, candidate for the office of
Vice President of the United States; and it being the
opinion of this meeting, founded on mature investiga
tion, that Gen. Harrison stands pledged, not only by
feeling and honor, hut by his views of the powers of
the Executive set forth in bis letter to the Hon. Mar
iner Denny, with regard to the veto power or principle,
(wherein he says that he will limit the rejection of the
bills to such “ as are in his opinion unconstitutional
and such as tend to encroach on the rights of the States
and individuals,” and in his speech at Cheviot, on thc
1th of July, 1838, wherein ho said “the slave popula
tion is under the exclusive control of the States which
possess them, and that neither the General Government
nor the non-slaveholding States can interfere in any
way with tbo right of property in slaves,”) to sustain
the constitutional rights of the States against all en
croachments, and the institution of slavery in the Sou*b
from all interference on thc part of the Congress of the
United States, and also having disclaimed in said let
ter, all right of control, by the Executive, over the
public treasures, except by express appropriation of
Congress, and then drawn from the treasury agreeable
to the long established forms of that department;—tttat
our delegates to said Convention be instructed, and
they are hereby instructed, to use their exertions to
form an Electoral Ticket for thc State of Georgia
W'
Committee knew it to be so. v Lieut. Hooe. ^ ,,,
who is an honorable man, says otherwise in i the Russian army hnd entered Khiva in irT | Southern'whi^’ of'the TithoTMayTin which
a communication he lately made to the Freder- j uiuph. The Khan, finding resistance impos- they are strikingly brief; but not altogether as
ic ts .urg Arena. Hear him nail this wilful | sihle, submitted with a good grace—set at much so, as their publication in the Recorder,
anu base falsehood to the counter. However; liberty all Russian prisoners in his dominions -
,110 may have permitted his feelings or be cxcit- j —entered into an alliance, offensive anddefen-
ed oil this subject, he is incapable of false- sive, with the Emperor Nicholas—and promis
ed to afford the Russians all Ihe assistance in
his power towards the extension of their do
minion in the East. The writer furtherstutes
that on leaving Khiva, the Russian army
would march to Bokharia. If this uews be
confirmed} says the London Sun, we may pre-
hood :
“In conclusion, having been asked very oficn
hy friends,;acquaintances and strangers, con
cerning the evidence given by the negroes
against m'e before thecoiirl martial, 1 will here
take .occasion to say, .that it was not the testi-
JSUiIltjJ
stating some additional facts ; thc correctness
of which, wc shall presently enquire into.
Here we give it, verbatim el literatim.
STATE RIGHTS MEETING.
“At a meeting of the State Rights party, held in
Gainsville onthe 5th inst., John Whelchel was called
U* the chair, and W. J. Peeples appointed Secretary.
On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed
delegates to the State Rights Convention, to bo held
at Milledgevillc in June next, for the purpose of notni
*A short time aftCT the appearance of the article in
the Southern Banner, over ihe signature of” A looker
on in Venice,” the truth of the statements in that ar-
pledgcd to vote for William Henry Harrison, of Ohio,
for President, and John Tyler, of Virginia, for Vice
President of the United States.”
“ Doctor Banks then offered the following resolution
as a substitute for those offered by Col. Thornton, in
wit: “ Resolved, That tho delegates appointed by this
meeting, be instructed to vote for tiro present delega
tion in Congress and insisted upon thc question be
ing put on his substitute immediately, and interrupted
Col. Thornton whenever he attempted to speak. Col.
Thornton finally dcinamietl to bo heard, and observed
that lie was glad there was no gag laic in this country
yet, but from presont appearances such a thing might
very soon occur. Col. Thornton then moved, for the
purpose of sustaining order in the meeting and pre
venting confusion, that tho rules and regulations of the
House of Representatives be adopted for its goveru-
To this Dr. Banks objected, and insisted that
by those whet resisted his resolutions. But
tppenrs that our official certifiers present a re
gular written resolution, marked as a quotation
from the journal of tlteir proceedings. They
cannot shield themselves from this error, by
saying that the meeting, by agreeing to pro
cetd to the election, on the motion of Col
Thornton, in substance, resolved in solemn
form to do it; they put the quotation mark to
the tesolution, purporting to give it in the very
words of the mover, and that its adoption was
a substitute for all that went before; thus at
tempting to gull thc community by presenting
that resolution as the only one finally adopted.
O, miseras hominnm jnenlcs, Opeclora caca.
But these official certifiers, in their remarks
contained in the Southern Whig of the 10th of
July, refer to the certificate of Col. Buffington,
published in the same paper of the same date,
as sustaining them in their statements; but
when we examine the statement ol Col. Buf
fington it does not sustain their statements;
nor does it agree with the statement of any
one in regard to the proceedings of the meeting.
We give it verbatim as follows:
“ I Uaving.been called on by the State Rights meet
ing, held in Gainesville in May last, to aid Esquire
Whelchel as Chairman of said meeting. I deem it to
be my duty to make the following statement of the
proceedings of that meeting. Col. Thornton offered
thc preamble and resolutions as heretofore published
by the Chairman and Secretary in the Southern Whig;
l)r. Banks offered the substitute as therein published ;
I then offered the following resolution, in substance, as
a substitute for both thc others: “ That our delegates
be not restricted, but left at liberty to vote for who
they please, and do the best in their power to advance
the interest of thc State Rights party.” Col. Thora-
toathen asked me if I intended my resolutions as a
substitute for the whole or as an amendment to his reso
lutions of instructions. I asked for the reading ot bis
preamble—it was read; I told him I had no objection
to it, 1 only objected to bis resolutions of instruction.
Col. Thornton then said, ho had no objection to my re
solutions bcitg attached to his preamble; and it was
so agreed and understood between us, that the reso
lutions be attached to his preamble as an amendment.
Dr. Banks then proposed to take the vote upon it, and
Col. Thornton said “ agreed.” Major Reid then ob
jected to the broad character of the preamble; after lie
finished, the vote was taken, which carried in favor of
the resolutions being attached to the preamble as an
amendment. Col. 1 uornton then moved for the immedi
ate election of four delegates to represent thc county in
thc Convention, andthat they be elected by ballot, with
out thc announcement of any names; and Dr. Banks
seconded the motion, which was carried without a dis
senting voice. The election then proceeded ; I aided
in superintending it. Four Union votes were rejected
to my own knowledge; one other that I now know of,
voted, that escaped my notice at the time. The full
number of votes counted and reported by the Chairman
and Secretary, I know to have been voted. I am also
of thc opinion, that there was at least one hundred
persons in thc house; what proportion were Union
tide having been denied, I applied to Col. Buflinston,
among others, to get a ccrfin. atc from him as to the
truth of the statements contained in said article. Col.
Buffington read thu article, and stated that the facts
there set forth were true, bu; objected to giving a cer
tificate, upon the ground tha; he apre.-! at the time of
the controversy about the preamble and resolutions,
that Thornton’s preamble might be attached to his
resolutions; but stated that they were not attached,
and that thc vo’c never was taken upon Thornton'*
preamble. THOS. C. HACKETT.
menu
the vote bo taken at once on 'his substitute. At this
period of the proceedings, Col Buffington offered the
following in substance, (the original having been mis
placed :) “ that the delegates to be appointed by this
meeting be not restricted, but fce left to form such
tickets at the Convention’ as in their judgment may be
best to advance the interest and views of the State
Rf.mimscf.xcks.—At a Sunday School cele
bration of thc 4th of July, held in a grove neat
New Haven, the venerable Dr. Webster briefly
addressed tho children. “In the year 1775,”
said lie, “ I was a freshman ill Yale College.—
In June of that year, Gen. Washington passed
through New Haven on his way to take com
mand of thc army at Charlestown, and lodged
at the house of Deacon Beers, now occupied in
part as a store hy Mr. Bryan. In the morning
he reviewed the military company of the Col
lege. Gen. Leo who had accompanied him,
and who had been a British otficer, cried out
with astonishment at their skill aud prompt
ness. The company of Yale College students
had the honor of first escorting Geiu Washing
ton after his appointment to thc American
army. They accompanied him out of town
ns far as Neck Bridge, and he who now ad
dresses yon went with them as one of thc
musicians.
Sixty-nine years ago. I shouldered my mus
ket to go to Albany to meet Bnrgoyne. My
father and two brothers were already in the
army, and thus my mother and sisters were
left alone. Provisions at that time were very
scarce. The Steward of the College, I well
remember, could not procure enough for the
students lo cat, and many on this account were
obliged to return to their parents. It was a
common thing to cut up corn stalks, and by boil
ing to make a kind of syrup for sweetening.
After the Revolution, I turned my attention
to compiling hooks. They have been exten
sively used in this country, and thus in one
sense I may call most of you my pupils. Per
mit me, in conclusion, my young friends, to
wish von much happiness and usefulness.'’
The Boston Evening Transcript, of Tues
day says: “ We regret to announce the death
of B. B. Thatcher—a scholar of extensive
knowledge, and a liberal contributor to the li
terature of the day. He expired this morning
We understand that Ihe Hon. Henry L-
Pinckney, has been nominated by the Presi
dent and confirmed by the Senate, as Collector
of the Customs, for the Port of Charleston,vice
the Hon. Henry Deas, who declined the ap
pointment.
men. I do not precisely know, nor do 1 believe any man
could have known it.
“ EZEKIEL BUFFINGTON.
Thus, Mr. Editor, closes the four statements
in regard to the proceedings of that meeting,
three signed officially by ihe Chairman and
Secretary, and one by Col. Buffington, and no
two corresponding. And this is the kind of
testimony the community is called upon to re
ceive ns disproving the statements of seven ci
tizens of thc county, simply because they are
British Wkbt Indies.—A report of a
Committee of thc House of Lords, presented
April 9th, 1840, says—“The effect of recent
measures in the West Indies has been to di
minish the general supplies of Sugar from 23-,-
0G0 casks,'in the year 1835, down to U8,0W
casks, in 1839, and there is no surplus. 1 h°
prices have therefore advanced nearly 20 per
cent, and they are considerably higher, 1-s. 10
15s. and more, than thc prices of sugar of a
similar quality used bn the Continent.”
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