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*" From the Culnmbiii SoiUh Carolinian.
Harrison ami Abolition.
Mnnv of our renders have doubtless seen
flic affidavit of Mr. Israel Brown, Jr., ol (in-
cinnnti, that he had “heard Gen. Harrison
Si ,v ihal he was nu Abolitionist, and that he
u ns certain of getting the State of New A ork,
because they knew him to he an Abohuouisi
“Somrh not in this paper, as knowing noth-,
inrr of Brown, and it being demed by Gen.
Harrison, we did not publish it. Circum-
Manccs, however, have since transpired, which
shew that it is entitled to credit. I he Aboli
tion, Bank, and Tariff candidate has evidently
been tampering with the Abolitionists, ant,
while refusing to state his opinions “ either to
friends or foes,” “ for the public eye, writing
letters, some for the North and others for the
South, with injunctions not to publish them,
which shew that he privately holds two faces,
one for cacti action. Sir. Buow».
ter is not impeached, e\en y ' PP i?.., I him. Hoihankc<l
press, in Cincinnnli ; Moses Dawson, U p, | an j as ,| 1C truth, j
of Cincinnati, the biographer of Gen. Harri
son, declares that “/its (Brown s) veracity is
indisputable;’ audit is also thus affirmed, as
equal to that of Gen Harrison himseli, nv
live citizens of the same place.
• ‘This is to certify, tli.U wc. Hie Rivlcrsiptch
, 1 ...ol llmv ir stnlc :if. the 111110. (snv three
nfli! ago) ol i'en. Harrisons saying ilu
mil was ccitai.i oi gcui.igtlic Male ol A.
and he (Harrison) would not veto any law the Legis-1 ment. Here property was f»»«ce ; d«6or e liberty
lature passed. 1 (Hale) then said to Kim, they make Being a freeman, did not, in Gen. Harrison s
some charges on you in the morning papers, about estimation, give a man a right to vote. Hls
... ... . 1... J.. Ul.nnfV in lndlfinn. D -i J »/% .
aim** 7 A-1 lit i WM O 1, • . ¥ J* .
selling white men at auction, by the Sheritl, in Indiana.
He said there were a great many horse thieves.
We had in the Territory no Penitentiary, and Jails oi
very little consequence, and had no other way of pun
ishing them. I then said to him, (Harrison,) did this
law allude to all crimes, or only the higher ! He an
swered, it alluded to all. I then remarked, how did
Buchanan calumniate you, "hen he on y exp
the luw ! lie got into a violent passion, treinultd, irotli-
ed at the mouth, and said Buchanan was
COMMl’SSCATIOSS.
d d
scoundrel, and any person who took his part: and
the party were all a set of d d scoundrels. I then
remarked to him that this was stron" language to use
to me, and I should not permit it. lie then said by
way of apology, that he did not know that 1 was a
friend of Buchanan. 1 then asked him if he did sign
the law to sell white men at auction, while Governor of
Indiana, lie said he did. 1 then said I think you dm
wrong He replied 1 think I did right. 1 then said,
General, von will give me the same privilege, to think
for myself. This is the substance ot the attack. Gen
eral Harrison called on me next morning, and alter
conversation on the subject, he said 1 must retract, 1
acknowledge 1 did wrong yesterday evening. 1 must
retract. I then told him 1 knew ho would come bark,
and observed to him, that on my knees I had pra>eu for
1 me, and left. These are the facts,
must give the answer.
(Signed) CHARLES HALE.
Charles Hale, the individual who made the
foregoing statement, is an old citizen ol this
citvrand has been acquainted personally with
Gen. Harrison for many years ; and l believe
inon'
Abolitionist, a. - . ,
York, because they knew linn u> be an A> ou.ioitis ,
and we should further state that " e have repeatedly
heard him state the same—and as to Mr Brown s
character, we should take Ins word, and oath, as soon
as Gen. Harrison’s, or any other man s.
FRANCIS N. CARY,
J. C. M’Ll’KE,
J.C. MILLER,
M \I.CULM MCRRAY,
G. YV. RIDDLE.
with hret^ennre id* M- J „„„ ^ scctions
before”whor11 Mr. Brown’s affidavit wrs taken, j of .lie net of 1807, approved by General H«r-
helorc w nom .m. ‘ r j so „. providing lor the sale of white men and
IS S,on VTZ £ j in certain esc,, „nd else the 3,1 sec,ion
r r ll-mison’s di«nacefitl street j of an net regulating elections, approved in like
bmw| g iu Cincinnati. \Vo recommend this I manner, requiring a property qualification in
letter to the'serious consideration of the South- voters lor Representatives, Ac. 1 lie copy is
ern people, and also every one who properly
respects the character of the country, as vnan-
tht'V have been uniformly friendly
a man of respectability. The Whigs here do
liol pretend piUHIv.lv Jcuv
statement of his.
1 will just say, in conclusion, that there is
no doubt of the truth of all the foregoing state
ments.
Yours, Ac.
J. II. GETZENDANNER.
from the Globe.
Wliite Slavery—Ken. Harrison.
We li ave received from Indianapolis a cer-
brond seal” of the State
liberty was considered as entitled to no protec
tion, while to property was assigned all the
powers of the Government. Proper.y had all
the representation; liberty none.
W hat could he expected as the result of such
** citrcd, but that liberty should -be"soldi \Y Itn-
out the means of self-protection, what was to
be expected, but that it should he put up to the
highest bidder whenever mammon should com
mand it? ■ , Id.
This creed is far, very far, behind the age in
which we live; yet is any thing better to be ex
pected from the Federal party, who so daring
ly attempted to put down the freedom of elec
tions in Pennsylvania by the sword. Who at
the present session of Congress have attempted
to make up a majority of the House of Repre
sentatives by forcing in usurpers. Whom
their hard cider, log cabin, and bear-baiting
1 must mode of electioneering, treat the people as if
they thought them lit only to be LULL.111
AND SOLD! Let us take care how \ve put
power into the hands of men of such principles
It is easy' to preserve our liberties by vigihnee 1
but if the power and the arms ot the Govern
ment were placed in the hands of the hari ci
der gatherings, which, in tens of thousands, are
drummed together at the command of their
leaders, who would answer for the security of
freedom or life?
Hale is
re do
the above
in the following words,viz:
respects ...» - .
ifested through its Chit 1 Magistrate. „t will
be noticed, that the writer presents further mv
■ T —C tl... Al.-_
Brown, and his family, and also of Gen. Har
rison’s Abolitionism, from ihe editor of the
Abolition newspaper, at Cincinnati; and also
the statement ol General Hark, ol Cincinna
ti, respecting Harrison’s disgraceful street
brawl.
The orginal letter, from which the copy
below is taken, is left with us, and can lie ; *
seen by any one who thinks proper to call on | „
us for that purpose. !l
Cincinnati, June 20, 1S-10. | r ;
Dear Sir: I received your letter of inquiry, j •'
in relation to the affidavit ot Brown, and also
as to the street brawl of Gen. W . H. Uarri- j
son, with General Cii aim. e$ Half,of this city,
in which Harrison abused Thomas J. j
Bvcuanan ; and l eg you will excuse me for |
having delayed to answer it sconcr. I lie j
excuse I have to offer, was a desire, on my ,
part, to get the facts from General Hale him- 1
self, as to the abuse of Buchanan, by ^General ,
wBicKl have succeeded, anA will given it to
you in Hale’s own style. I will however an-
v v.'cr your question as to the affidavit of Brown,
and in doing so I will give you flic affidavit in
full, as duly sworn to and subscribed before
me, on the first day of June, 1S40. You can
then judge for yourself ofall matters embraced
in the affidavit. As for Israel Brown, Jr. hav
ing sworn to the truth of the matters and
things set forth in Ihe following affidavit,(which
is a literal copy of the orginal,) it is as true as
Holy Writ, or as that two and two make four.
The Stale of Ohio, Hamilton Connty; ss.
Before me, the Suhscrilier, a Justice of the Peace,
in ami for said County, personally appeared Israel
Brown, Jr., and being duly sworn, says that about
throe months ago, he was on tne Ben. I ranklin Steam-
l-oat, im company with General Y\ m. II. Harrison,
and heard him say that he was an Abolitionist, and
that lie was certain of getting the State of New York,
because they know hint to be an abolitionist.
(Signed) ISRAEL BROWN,Jr.
„a,
AN ACT ltV.SPECTTNftCUTMES AND rt'XISHMEKTS.
11. If any jiersnn aiiall unlawfully a^saalt or lit '
other in nay melon mg utaiinor.oi slutUjtiike or wo
shall, upon ronvit turn th i-.t. if, hr fu e l in a snin n, 1
recognizaii'T wiib siiro'.y fi’r tiic* jreacc* anti goo*J bt'liuviur. i
term not rscrcYr.iz ov.c Yf»;ir. • ....
SKC. ;ri. When any j ersonoT pe sons .shall, ou rm»v:«vion«ii any
crinic orbrcarli of any law. i srs-tyn* <nI t*» pay a fine
wi:h or witliotittlie costs of piosccuthni, it shall nu«l may i «• .awl: 1
forth.** court, before whom such n.aviftion shall be had. to ordertn<
vice to any person or persons who will pay the said tine and cost
for such Term of time as ihe .-aid court shall judge reasoaabn
if such person or pers ms so sentenced ami lnred. or sold, s
1 scond from the service of his or li* r m ister or mistress, before die
nnofsc.ch servitiule shall he evpircd.he or she so ahscondiag aha!
, conviction before a justice of die peace.be whipped wiliitl.irt;
i, ( » stripes, aiul shad, moreover.-* rve two days ter every one so lo.-
.Skf. The judgea of Ute several courts of record in this Tr
:orv .-h.dl five this act in charge to die grand jury at
•erVrourtin which a umnd jury shall be sworn.
JE.SSEJ1. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House of Keprescntatives.
15. CTIAMJ5EUS,
Tresalent of the Senate.
WM. HENRY HARRISON.
other, h>
wRi* «»«•
•:ion -hall
and
and
Approved, lTili Sept. 1^07.
A LAW TO REH l.'LATE ELECTIONS.
(die first clause
the oath of
i>j« < T Rii.i\aiit>ii in ui«- winin' it* «hi'-m *•».
, and are here! y, declared lobe duly «|nalitie<l electors of Re*
ativesTor die c 'unties in which t‘leva:c res »cclively reside, t
?fc. n, last clam
* 1? is therefore enacted, that every free male inhabitant of tli
ace of twenty-one years, resident in the Territoty, atwl who hath
l„ t .n n i-itizrn of ony State in the Union, or who hath been tw<
years resideut in the Territory, and holds a free hold in fifty acres
I'liAvi^ tir\\hill iTi® S!ISI1V*‘A* 1C) wtilHC JSiitMWfnille
thereon, shall he of the value of one hundred dollars, or who has paid
lor, and in virtue of a deed of covenant for further assurances from
a person vested with the fee, is in netunl possession of fifty acre
land, subject to taxation in do* county in which lie shall be resident,
shall l*e,
iiresentativ _ .
JEs5.SE K. THOMAS,
Speaker of llie House of Representatives.
B. CHAMBERS,
President of the Count il.
Approved 17th Sept., 1807.
r WM. HENRY IIAUUISON.
Ism \NA, to wit:
I, Willinm J. Brown, Secretary of Slate, for the State aforesaid,
do hereby certify that the foregmng are true copies of the 11th.
BOdi, ami 31st sections of “ An net respecting crimes and punish
ments,” and of the last clause of the third seciiou of a law to regu
late elections,” both of which are uowou rile, in manuscript form,
in my office.
In te-timony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand, and have
nllixcd lh<* seal of sni«l State at ltidinuupolis, diis hill day
[L. S.l of June, A. IX, 1810.
WM. J. BROWN,
Secretary of State.
The whole principle of slavery is involved
in the first of these acts, which was approved
by General Harrison. It provides that persons
Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of [men and women) under certain circumstances,
me, A. 1). 1810. J. IL GF.TZENDANNER, 1 shall he SOLD; it uses, in relation to ptirchtt-
’ Justice of the Peace.
I have been thus particular in giving yon
the whole of the affidavit, so as to prevent any
misconstruction of my language, in case 1 had
undertaken to given you tne substance.
sers, the terms MASTER and MISTRESS;
and it provides that, for running away, these
new-made SLAVES shall be whipped icilh
TITIRTY-N1NE STR1PES.
„ ( In many barbarous countries, men have been
You have the whole, make your own dedne- J j n ( 0 slavery in all ages for various causes,
tions. Mr. Israel Brown, Jr. is a young man
of respectable connexions, and is himself res
pectable. His lather, Israel Brown, Senr.,
has been a member of the Legislature of this
State, and is now one of the associate Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas, in and lor Ha
milton Connty, Ohio.
While upon the subject of Abolitionism, I
will here give the testimony of Dr. Baily. lie
goes the whole length in sustaining Mr. Brown,
as to the abolitionism of General Harrison.—
Dr. Baily is an open and avowed abolitionist.
sometimes for crime and sometimes lor misfor
tune—sometimes for ofTenccs against the com
munity of which they were members, and some
times in consequence of being vanquished and
taken prisoners in war.
Under Harrison’s law, men and women were
to he sold FOR THEIR POVERTY. The
sale was not to be in consequence of commit-
tin" the crime, but in consequence of not being
able to pay the fine and costs! It was no part
of the penalty for theft, assault and battery, or
other offence against the penal laws; it consti-
lle is Editor of the Philanthropist, a paper ( toted no part of the sentence in such cases
published here, and devoted entirely and ex- j q'R 0 sentence was to pay a certain amount as
elusively to the dissemination of modern Ab- nn j tli C costs of prosecution. The man
oiition doctrines. 1 lear what he says: ! who had property paid his money and was free;
Gen. Willian H. Harrison has told me, (Dr. | ie who had not must be sold, not for the crime,
.Baily,) repeatedly, that he (General Harrison); but/or the poverty which deprived him cf the
as an abolitionist. This declaration ol Dr. Bai- j utoatis of payment.
ly was made this day in the presence of the; In approving that act, Gen. Harrison show-
llon. Thomas Morris, cx-Sonntor of the United i < ;t i that | 1C considered liberty and properly e-
States, lor the State ot Onio; ana also m the ; qunl iti consideration. The rich man's jion-
presence of Mr. George b is.ier,one ol the Pro- , KV> mu) (] ie poor man's liberty, were balan-
prietors of the Advertise; and Journal, pub- against ench other. The rich man might
fished in this city, and edited by Moses Daw-; pay tllc penaltv with his mn , and go frce
son. If you wish to know any thing further i, nt the poor man’s LIBERTY must be taken
upon this last subject, I rcfei you to said to pay it. Gen. Harrison’s act considers MO
George Fisher, as it is upon his authority 1
make this statement. He is a man of veracity,
and says he stands ready to substantiate it.
NEY and LIBERTY of the same value!
Is tliis a principle which freemen ought to re
cognise by placing' its advocate at the head of
Sion. HlarK A. Cooper’s bettor.
Washington, 3Uth June, 1S40.
To the Editors of the Argus.
Gentlemen—I see in your last a writer sign
ed “One of the people,” asserts “That Colquitt
Black and Cooper have changed, no one will
pretend to deny.”
If he means to say simply that no one “ ha
denied" that wc have changed, 1 say it is de
icd by me. If he means that we 11 hav
hanged,'' 1 deny it also for myself at least, and
believe I may for my colleagues also. But so
tr as I am concerned, the proof is so plain
that “One of the people” ought not to be igno
ant. 1 notified the people of Georgia public
ly, that 1 would not support Harrison under
any circumstances—and that 1 would vote for
Van Burtn rather than Clay, Webster and
Harrison. My reason was that the latter were
identified with the Bank and Tariff policy,
while the former w«o co committed to the Sllb-
1VMMII y ill u|qJOaititrn tu " lliillK, as tO (ICCIlie
mv choice. This was said before the election
nd often repeated afterwards. Will any one
deny this?
In December last the State Bights party said
they would not take Harrison nor Van Buret..
Now those who claim to be State Rights men,
decide to run him, as a very Republican—
IJV/o has changed ?
Again, up to January last and after the nomi
nation of Harrison, those of my colleagues here
who differ from me, in company with a certain
distinguished Senator and certain Representa
tives from South Carolina and Alabama,
sought a conference with the Georgia Delega
tion” avowedly to consult and determine what
was best to be" doue, since the Harrison nomi
nation.
The opinion was then unanimously express
ed or assented to, that so far as the Georgia
delegation was concerned, (and without any
avowed dissent by any one present) that ^ it
were the words used.
Believing then, that I understood the influ
ence operating. I ventured to lell them on that
occasion, “ not to be deceived, that 1 would pre
dict,” they would first knock the Abolition
brush away from Harrison, then make a grand
move for him, and that even in Georgia a Har
rison ticket would be started, and make a great
er stir than they seemed to think—That the
U. States Bank influence would start it.”—
What I then predicted is now history, and six
of my colleagues now think it will do to run
Harrison.— Who is it has changed ?
1 came here an advocate of the Subtreasury
—to-day 1 have voted for the bill. I came
here a State Rights man,—On the New Jersey
question; on the Maine controversy, and on
every Internal Improvement measure; at all
times and in all places here I have battled for
it—for their doctrines 1 have written and spo
ken, and so do yet, rising early and sitting up
la*e. Ill what have I changed 1
But I have differed from my party—so I did
on the White nomination, and for the same
reasons in part. Here thou is no change. Let
those who assert a change prove it.
Let justice be done though millions fall,and
truth be told, though the whole Party should
go down. I am no changeling.
Now the next move will be to throw this at
the Van Bnren men as a reason why they
should not sustain truth and rectitude. Then
be it so—it is not Mark A. Cooper 1 wish them
or you to sustain—another name would serve
me as well.
Finally, 1 tell the people of Georgia, as I told
my colleagues, in all sincerity, be not deceived
unless you would enact a U. States Bank and
establish Federal rule, let Harrison alone. As
soon as lie is elected a Bank will spring up.—
This is now but prediction if you please. An
opportunity of judging, not often enjoyed by
your representative in Congress, enables me to
speak with a confidence which you lrny think
savors of vanity—This I hazard too lor the
good of Georgia, and the interest 1 hold there,
as a constituent.
After this I have to request One ofthc People
to correct his mistakes. I am only solicitous
that truth should prevail and right should be
done.
As to the election, the people will do as they
please, and if they have no more interest in the
question than they have in me, they will not
give themselves much trouble.
Yours,
MARK A. COOPER.
FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
Mr. Editor,—The enemies of Gen. Harri
son are accused of publishing garbled extracts
from the letters and speeches of the available
candidate; and it would have been well for
Gen. Harrison and for the cause of federalism
this country, if his friends had pursued the
same plan. 1 say for the cause of federalism,
not because I believe the majority of his sup
porters in Georgia arc federalists, but because
they stand a deplorable fulfilment of the pro
phecy of the immortal Jefferson, when lie said,
“the federalists know that eo nomine [by that
name.] they are gone forever. Their object,
therefore, is how to return into power under
some other form. Undoubtedly they have but
one means, which is to divide the republicans
and join the minority, and barter with them
for the cloak of their name. 1 say join the
minority, because the majority of the republi
cans, not needing them, will not buy them.
The minority having no other means of ruling
the majority, will give a price for auxiliaries ;
and that price must be principle. It is true
the federalists, needing their numbers, must
also give a price; and principle is the coin
they must pay in. Thus a bastard system of
federal republicanism will rise on ihe ruins of
the true principles of our Revolution. And
when this party is formed, who will constitute
the majority of it, which majority is then to
dictate? Certainly the federalists.” * * *
(Jefferson's Letters.)
Thus, wc see a complete picture of the pre
sent Whig party of the United Stales, and ;f
the immortal Jefferson were alive at this day,
he would disown them; he would call them
bastards, and net sons; and in their attempt
to claim Jefferson ns their Father, they forci
bly remind me of a passage of Holy Writ, in
which it is said, “And in that day seven wo
men shall take hold of one man, saying, We
will eat our own bread, and wear our own ap
parel: only let us be called by thy name, to
take away our reproach.” Now, sir, they know
that federalism is a reproach, and all the use
they have for Thomas Jefferson is to take
away their reproach ; not that they cure one
cent for his principles.
I am led to these reflections from reading an
address lately published by a majority of the
Georgia delegation in Congress, upon which 1
desire to make a few strictures, and to point
out a few of the many inconsistencies and con
tradictions It contains.
In the first place, 1 notice on page 7, an at
tempt to show that what Mr. Webster said
about Gen. Harrison’s being “selected by the.
general voice of those whose political princi
ples agree with his own, to go to the head of
the column, and bear up the flag under which
it is hoped those principles may he maintained
and defended,” was not calculated to prove
Gen. Harrison’s federalism, but the reverse.—
Now, sir, let us see—here is a hope expressed
by Mr. Webster that the political principles of
Gen. Harrison may be “maintained and de
fended ;” and who can believe for one moment
that Daniel Webster ever hoped or desired to
of public opinion in its favor.” Here we have,
the startling declaration of a candidate for the
Presidency of the United States, that if the pub
lic interest required it, aud public opinion were
in his favor, he would put his foot upon the Con
stitution, and sign a bill which he himself ac
knowledges to be unconstitutional. Good
heavens ! has it come to this! Have we no
guarantee for our liberty but the judgment of
one man, and the fluctuating manifestations of
public opinion? This principle once estab
lished, and we have no further use for a Con
stitution. and no further necessity for making
our public officers swear to support it
And yet, in the face of all these and many
motion by the revolution of the flanged cap or
lid. Thegold being forced into contact with these
successive surfaces of quicksilver, is taken up
and retained in a state of amalgam, suffering
the sand to pass off' .vith the water. The
amalgam is taken out once a day or week and
distilled in a ietort so as to recover the quick
silver for further use. This mill does not an
swer a good purpose, n. working our Pyritic
ores, the presence of iron preventing the action
of the mercury: and the particles or dust hav
ing no specific gravity, arc carried off by the
water and lost. It lias gone out of use. and
the Cornwall or Eqglisi “Tin mill’’superseded
other declarations of a similar character from
Gen. Harrison, the whig authors of the address
would fain have us believe that lie is a real
genuine republican of the old Jeffersonian
school. But it won’t all do: the people of
Georgia are not so easily blinded; they are
not to be deceived by such flimsy work. A he
whig authors of the address, and their federal
and abolition allies in Congress, Daniel Web
ster, John Q.. Adams, William Slade, &, Co.,
may have received his nomination with “some
thing akin to generous confidence,” but they
never can make the people of Georgia believe
that he is any thing akin to Thomas Jefferson.
GWINNETT.
see the pure republican principles of Thomas
Jefferson “maintained and defended.” Again,
the authors of the address ask, who are the
persons that selected Gen. Harrison 1 “ They
I will now proceed to answer your second tho ifc-puhlic? Did onr fathers of the Rcvolti-
nnd last question, and in doing so, l will re- tion fi „ ht ,- or MONEY* On thecontrarv, did
deem the promise I made at the commecement , !iey not pour ol)t their money and t | ieir bIo0(1
of this commnn’cation, that 1 would give you aIso like wator for LIBERTY? Liberty was
General Hale’s own account of tho abuse of
Thomas L. Buchanan, Esq. by Gen. Harrison.
Here it is verbatim : Hale says : the difficul
ty between myself and General Harrison, took
place on Fifth Street, in front of my (Hale’s)
Office, during the month of May, after a meet-
fui; vf ilrxr- ^vum
evening thereafter. The conversation was as
follows:
The Hen. (Harrison) asked ine (Hale) if I was at
the meeting at tire Court House, when Uneljanan made
his speech. I answered I was not. He (Harrison)
then commenced cursing llu-hanan: said Buchanan
lc\d calumniated him, ami that Buchanan was a
scoundrel, by saying that he (Harrhon) had signed
a bill, while Governor of Indiana, that a man should
not vote without holding fifty acres of land. G—d
•P-n hint, ho (Buchanan) is a lawyer, and knows
Liberty was
the watchword and liberty the prize of a bloody
and protracted civil war. Liberty was achiev
ed, and behold a second generation has not
passed away, before sonic of the children of
revolutionary fathers place this blood-bought
prize on a level with monc^ ! They would
oKjLiIj even TTic sons of the Revolution and
WHIP them THIRTY-NINE LASHES for
running away from their masters!!
The second measure approved by General
Harrison is in keeping with the first. Poor
men, who were fit to be sold ns slaves, Gener
al Harrison naturally thought, were not fit to
enjoy the right of suffrage. The liberty which
was worthy only to be placed on a level with
money in the penal code of the country, was
IctUT, for the ordinance of the Territory requires it, i not thought worthy of a voice in the Govern
\
are (say they) John Tyler, Watkins Leigh, Jas. poun( ] s> 'p| ie
Barbour, of Virginia, Governor Owens, of N. ered j n iS29,a
Carolina, and many other tried republicans of
iln, •Tt.m.iOyiAltUi dUIHUt. 1 IIUMJ tl t C llltJ IUL1I
(say they) who selected Gen. Harrison to bear
up the flag under which it is hoped their poli
tical principles may be “maintained and de
fended.” Now, sir, just compare this statement
with the votes given in the Harrisburg Con
vention, as published in the Constitutionalist,
and you will find, that in all the five ballol-
ings t Gen. Harrison never received one single
vole, either from Virginia or North Carolina,
or any other slave-holding Stale; but receiv
ed his nomination exclusively from Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire. Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Ncw-York, Vermont,
and Michigan.
In the next place 1 notice on the Sth page
of the address, a quotation from an abolition
paper, to prove that Gen. Harrison is in favor
of slavery: in these words: “In December
1S02, while Governor of Indiana, he was pres
ident of a Convention of the people of that
Territory, held at Vincennes, and transmitted
to Congress a memorial of the Convention,
praying that the sixth article of the ordinance
of ’S7, which prohibited slavery there,
might be suspended. His efforts to.make In
diana a slave State, were prosecuted for years
while he was governor of that Territory ”—
Now just turn to the 12th page of the address,
and read Gen. Harrison’s own words, as follow :
“For this mneh-to-be-desired event, (meaning
the emancipation of slavery,) we must wait the
slow but certain progress of those good prin
ciples, which are every where gaining ground,
and which assuredly will ultimately prevail.”
What good principles? Why,surely the prin-
FOK THE SOUTHERN BANNER.
Nacoochee, July 4th, 1S40.
Dear Si r--1u compliance with your request,
I send you a brief account of the present and
past operations in the Gold Mines of Georgia,
together with some estimates of their produc
tiveness, &.c. The section of country in which
gold abounds in sufficient quantities to be
worked profitably, extends from the waters of
the Tallapoosa River, in Alabama, passing
through the State of Georgia, S. Carolina, N.
Carolina, into Virginia, beyond which it is only
foun'd in alloy with silver, lend and zinc. 1
visited n mine recently in Sullivan county, in
New-Yotk, the ore of which yields from 50 to
t5(J per cent, lend, 20 to 30 zinc, and (from n
portion which 1 had assayed.) 14 Dwts. per
ton of silver, and 200 Dwts. of gold. However,
it is only that portion of the ore in which the
zinc predominates that gold is found in quan
tity sufficient to justify separating, embracing
about one eighth of the vein.
The mines of Georgia are confined mostly
to a narrow belt of country, traversing the
Counties of Carroll,-Cobb, Cherokee, Lump
kin, Habersham, and Rabun; yet some mines
have I ceil found in Paulding, Forsyth, Hall,
Union, Columbia and Lincoln counties. The
direction of the veins, generally vary hut little
trom N. E. and S. W. running parallel with
the Strata—with the exception of some of sub
sequent formation termed “cross veins,” which
traverse the strata, and ore sometimes found
to be very rich, but always alloyed with silver
from 5 to 33 per cent., worth from ft 12 to 15
per oz. Whereas the gold obtained from the
former is worth from .ftl!) to $20 40 per ounce.
There have been but two of those veins opened
as yet, which, when prosecuted to great depths,
will most probably terminate in silver veins.
The Mines of N. Carolina, have been worked
since 1823, yet gold was found there as early
as 1804, when a mass was picked up in a
stream in Cabarras county, weighing near 30
ciples of emancipation. Does this look like
trying to make Indiana a slave State? But
again, read his own words on the 13th page of
the address, as follow: “Should l be asked if
mines of Georgia were discov-
antl j .roved to be^ immensely rich,
in IliailV instances yinhlinp- onnnimno
mo moil notwithstanding the operators were wholly
unacquainted with both the theory and prac
tice of mining. They have labored under
those disadvantages until very recently. The
success of the pioneers induced thousands
equally ignorant and more reckless, to embark
iti a business which offered such sudden wealth
at so little expense and toil. It was amusing
to cuter some of the most central places of ren
dezvous ami see the motley assemblage—all
moved by the same impulse, and pregnant
with flic bloated visions of golden wealth--all
grades and professions, from the nabob to the
beggar. The Vice President of the United
States. Ex Governors, Lawyers, Doctors, Mer
chants. Farmers, Mechanics, and 1 blush to
arid. Ministers of the Gospel,eager to get their
share of the shining dust. The immense
number engaged without experience, and with
very imperfect machinery and without system,
were scon disappointed and either ruined or
much injured,—thence ensued a system of
speculation ahd fraud which completed the
general wreck, and prostrated the credit ofthe
mines for tire next six years. The few who
persevered and observed some system, have
gradually restored confidence, and now many
are reaping rich rewards for their labor. The
first workings lor many years were confined
to the depositc or branch mines where the gold
is found loosely intermixed with the sand and
grave! of the streams, and underlaying all al
luvial land in this section. The methods of
obtaining it are various; some use Ihe Rocker,
which is a combination of the plane and reser
voir and has a rocking motion ; some are sta-
Gen. Jackson, a few days since, in a letter
to a friend in Cincinnati, on business, which
the editor of the Advertiser was permitted to
publish, closed as follows: People of Ihe Uni
ted States, think of this. Think of the lasting
disgrace the federal parly are bringing upon
you, and your country. Arouse, then, to ac
tion and to duty.
Gen. Jackson says:
“ I think,the attempt of tho opposition to de
grade our moral and national character, both
at home and abroad, by their humbuggery of
hard cider and log cabins, begins to recoil upon
the actors. It is saying to Ihe people, you are
too ignorant for self-government, and we can
lead you any where by the scent of » hard ci
der cask. This is too great an indignity for
the people to submit to.
“ With my kind regards,
. i , * : I remain your frieud,
“ANDREW JACKSON."’
tionary, but all are cheap and simple in their
construction. The gold after being separated
from the rocks and gravel by a seive or per
forated plate, is arrested by bars across the
there is no way by which the general govern- p otl0 ni ol the. inclined plane, all the particles
ment can aid the cause of emancipation ; I an-1 u f g 0 j,j which have no specific gravity, are
swer that it has long been an object near my ; t *ni ried off by the water and are lost. This
heart, to see the whole of its surplus revenue t .| ass (> 1 mines have yielded above 20 millions
appropriated to that object.” Now how can dollars, mostly in 12 years post. A few are
any man living reconcile these expressions ; ye j heiug worked to great advantage, and will
with his “dibits prosecuted for years to make continue to lie found for ages to come. The
Indiana a slave State.” j other class, and decidedly the most profitable
I told you Gen. Harrison’s friends had bet-j ant j uniform in their products, ore termed
ter have published garbled extracts too; lor in j « Vein Mines.” The veins are inclined from
publishingthe address they have published en- 4q 0 to yyu ■ (though some are vertical.) The
tircly too much for the old General’s good.— | gold is embedded in a matrix of sulphuret
The less we know about him here, the better j 0 f j ron or quartz, and frequently both. It is
we like him. I had always given him credit | akt .n from the mine and subjected to various
for his vote on the Missouri question, until I j processes, to obtain the gold, according to the
read (on the 11th page of the address) General
Harrison’s defence before his constituents, in
which he assures them tha* his “ vote against
the restriction of Missouri iu forming her Con
stitution was not a conclusive one ;” but on
the contrary he declares that he “ was the first
person to introduce into Congress, theproposi
tion that all the country above Missouri should
never have slavery admitted into it.”
I will now call your attention to two ex
tracts from the pen of Gen._Harrison concern
ing the Bank, as quoted in the address on page
16. In the year 1822, he says, “ 1 believe that
the charter given to the Bank of the United
Slates, was unconstitutional; it being not one
of those measures necessary to carry any of
the expressly granted powers into effect,” ifcc.
Then hear what he says in 1836, in a tetter
to the Hon. Sherod Williams, when asked,
whether, if elected, he would sign a bill incor
porating a bank. “I would,” says he, “if it
were clearly ascertained that the public inter
est in relation.to the collection and disbursement
ofthe revenue would materially suffer without
one,andtherc were unequivocal manifestations
caprice of tho operator, all of which, as vet,
have proved more or less defective. The first
machinery used here was the “drag mill,”
common to S. America and Mexico,composed
of square blocks ol granite, dragged round a cir
cular bed ofthe same material—crushing the
ore to powder, which is then amalgamated
with quicksilver and. separated from the sand
in the usual way. The next introduced was
the “Chilian Mill,” with equally bad success.
It is a large circular stone or cast iron wheel
revolving in a circle, similar to the old hark
mill. It reduces ore slowly and imperfectly,
and hence soon went into disuse. The 3rd
and much the best as yet, was the Tyrolese
mill, where the ore was reduced rapidly by
cast iron stamps of several hundred pounds
weight, attached to beams of wood, and lifted
up in the same manner as the rice mill. 6 of
such stamps will reduce 100 bushels ofore pr.
day, unless it be unusually hard. It passes
from the stamps into a succession of large flat
iron pans or bowls containing from 50 to 100
oz. of quicksilver, with a lid or cap fitted down
closely upon the quicksilver; which is kept in
it. The principle of this is a series of inclin
ed planes and reservoirs, and saves the gold
purely upon the principle of specific gravity,
and answers a good purpose only with such
ores as have no iron or sulphur with them, and
also exist in large grai is which have sufficient
weight to be retained or overcome the force of
water. The next and most useful mill is a
combination ol the 'Fin mill, the “German
Shaking Plane”and ti e “Tyrolese mill,”each
effectively operating cn the different kinds of
ores, and giving increased profits; both ofthe
latier are appended to the stamps of the Ty
rolese mill.
I have been engaged in the business for 12
years past, and have devoted a good deal of
time toexpertmenls, the result of which enables
me to say with confidence, that there is no bu
siness whatever, by which so grest a profit can
be realized, provided the investment be based
upon experience ; otherwise the most cautious
may be deceived. It is hazardous and uncer
tain without a knowledge of the business; so
is every other enterprize directed by ignorance.
Wc have Mines now being worked with some
approach to system, which are yielding from
§1000 to $2090 per hand per annum. Ac
cording to a report of the President of the
Branch Mint, here, ore which will pay 25 cts.
per bushel, is equivalent to Cotton at 25 cts.
per pound. In which opinion 1 fully concur.
Many of our veins yield ores worth 100 cts.
and more per bushel. It costs from 8 cts. to
20 cts. per bushel to work the ore, varying as
the facilities of obtaining are increased or les
sened. The veins arc from a few inches to
several feet in width, aud extend laterally,
from a few yards to half a mile, and in some
instances more than a mile. The depth is inter
minable; though many “unformed” veins as
they are termed, terminate in a few feet. The
veins are enclosed in micaceous schist. Home-
blende and Chlorite slates, gneiss, and rarely
in granite.
During the last 12 months I have made more
than forty assays on gold ores by fire and acids,
upon a scale of from an ounce to 100 oz. the
mean product of which, by either process from
10 to 30 times ns much as by the best system
of amalgamation extant. The ores contain
ing the greatest proportion of sulphuret of iron
yielded the greatest difference, and thequartzy
ores less. My experiments were a reiteration
of a splendid series made by Col. Antsoff, su-
perinK ndnnt of the Siberian Mines, by com
mand of the Emperor of Russia, from whom
1 received a communication through the kind
ness of Mr. Van Bnren and Mr. Calhoun.
1 am still more confirmed in its practicabil
ity since my visit to the North tliis spring past,
where 1 made 5 assays from a quantity ot ore
which was shipped from Rabun county, the
result of which was, severally Si 50, 2 52,
ia is, 17 oa> and zz-'al, per bushel, mean
average $11 20- cts. The ore, foliated quartz
—friable with sulphuret of iron occupying the
interstices, composing ]th of the mass—by
amalgamation the same ore yields 100 cts. A
trial made on the ore taken from the Blake
Hill, in Habersham connty, which is pyritic,
the quartz composing ]th ofthe vein, produc
ed $8 58 cts. 'Flie result in the common
way for some years, is and has been from 30 to
50 cts. per bushel. It is now being worked to
good profit, yet they save but T ’, tli of thegold.
The gold is in a state of impalpable powder,
atid being imbedded in iron pyrites causes it to
resist the action of quicksilver, ar.d having no
specific gravity it is carried off and floats on
the water as long as it is in a current. It is
thus that gold is found on the surface ofthe
Nilcin the eddies, where.it istaken up by flan
nel cloths, bv the natives and saved, having
floated near 2000 miles from the Mountains of
the Mooii in Abyssinia. The expense of a
furnace to work 10 0U0 pounda pr. day, would
be $10,000, and the current expenses would
lie much greater than by the ordinary way, as
the fluxes and alloys, &c. would he costly un
less lead ore should be found iu the vicinity—
such as abounds in Gwinnett county, and
Murray, would answer a valuable purpose.—
There being no finer spar found here, it would
add some to the expense, bnt where the profits
are increased it matters not about the expense
of an operation, and I have no hesitancy in
saying they will be quadrupled. A small cn-
palo furnace could be built at a cost of $200
which would work near a ton per day, and
that would be preferable to working 20 ton for
the same money as the ore would Inst longer.
After the ore passes through otir mills it is use
less to save it with the expectation of making
more by re-workiug it, ns the dust is carried
entirely away, and none left unless in the
coarse sand. I am introducing a machine at
tached to the mill last mentioned, which is a
great improvement on the common mill, su
perseding the use of quicksilver, and increas
ing the profits more than 200 per cent. The
cost of a mill on this plan will vary from $2000
to 2500, and will work 100 bushels of ore pr.
day—requiring from 10 to 15 hands to furnish
it—from a vein of ordinary size. In addition
to gold ores, silver ores of good quality, and
doubtless, when the country shall have been
explored by a competent judge of Minerals,
will prove to be abundant.
We have also lead, zinc, copper, antimony,
cobalt, manganese, tin, and iron of good qual
ity. 1 have found jasper, garnet, agate, rock
crystal, beryl, amethyst, cornelian, opal and
cairnghorm, some of which I had cut by a
Lapidary in N. Y'ork, who pronounced them
of superior quality. Mr. Clemson of Phila
delphia, showed me a diamond which hefound
in the Mines of N. Carolina, of the 3rd water,
and worth $60; and as zircon abounds here,
he has no doubt but we have diamonds. The
value of the diamond depends upon its quality,
color and size. Those of the 1st water are
transparent without a flaw or defect, and if of
a shape that will allow it to be ciit in the form
of a brilliant, they are perfect and very costly.
The largest one in the world, was found ill
Brazil; it weighs 11 ounces troy, and is vatned
at $252.SS8,000. The Regent or Pitt dia
mond belonging to the Crown Jewelsof France,
is about os large as a pigeon’s egg, and worth
half a million dollars. The diamond and
most other precious stones are estimated by
carats, which is a weight of 4 grs., and their
value increases in a geometrical ratio. We
labor under every disadvantage ia not posseS-