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Hales of hand and Negroe*. hy Administrators, Kxeeuiort,
fr Guardians, are tequireil, l»y law. to he held on the first
ucsdtiyin the mom li, between the hours of ten in rh«* fore
noon ami three In the afternoon, at the Court-house of the
conni.v in which the propsiui f situate —Notice of these
sales mu si be given in a public gazette SIXTY days previ
ous to the day of sale.
Notice of the sale ol personal property must be piven in
like manner, FOR TV days previous to the day of sale
•Notice to the dehfyrs and creditors of nn estate, innsl lie
published*for I DUTY days.
Notlre Hint application will he mad do the Court of Ordi
nary for leave to sell land, must be published for NINE
MONTHS.
LK f l KltS, (on buxine**)must be post paid—or they may
Tint meet wit if attention.
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lished in ibis paper.
From the Georgia Juiiriinl— Ext<-a.
MII.UCDG'VILLE, NoV. 7-
The Governor, at 12 o’clock to day,
transmiuedyto both branches of the Legis-
Jature, the following
Executive Dkpabtmkni , Gkoroia, )
MiUMgrnille, 7.'/* Nov. 1 82 G. $
F ei.lo w-crrr/iE n s,
The political year just terminated, has
Ii . ii distinguished hy nothing so much ns
the decease of Thomas Jefferson and John
A lams, «• h », after laying the foundation of
Ann eemi Independence, and tilling the
high mi oil! •*» i f Slate, through a long se
lies of tion*. survived to the fiftieth Anni
versary of t!ie Independence they had de
clared, and "it dial day, alino-t the same
hour, died f jll f years and fit*l ol honor,
do d he i by the whole nation, whose griei
was t. stifl' d by a universal mourning, nr.
Com pan led with every dem nistra'i n of
love, respect and veneration. Among the .
ninny tokens ol the lender mercies of Di .
vine I’rovidenco toward our coi mry, hone i
have been more signal thin those which t
accompanied this memorable dispensation t
—so much so, that.our sorrows have found '
solace nod comfort in I lie admiration ami t
gratitude due lo Mmighty God for the spe I
end interposition, which, by its rirrumsta- t
ees, made their deaths not less glorious than •
th. ii lives hud been exemplary and illusti i r
ous. t
It was know to the last Legislature, tit it t
fir certain reasons expressed by thr I*rest o
dent of the United Stales, he would call ’he f
attention of Congress, at their fust meeting, r
to |he validity of the Treaty negotiated at t
tin 1 Indian Spring* in 132.'» ; and in his <
Inessage in the Congress nt the opening of
the session, after announcing that “ the i
Treaty had been ratified under the onsns- !
peeling impression (but it had hcen negotia s
ted in good fail It,” he promised to lay be- (
fore tint body the subsequent transactions t
in relation to it. The President fail' d to '
do so—Toward the close of the session of i
Congress, ho did submit to the Senate a t
new Treaty in abrogation of the old one, t
with a general decimation of the falsehood s
und deception practised by the Cominis t
sinners, in their official communications t
■with the Government, of (lie numerical in- i
ierioiity of the party which signed it, and of tt
tlieir consequent inability to carry it into t
rfleet, but nnarcompanieU by a single docu- .’
incut or voucher, to support any fact or I
jiriiniple contained in that declaration.— ■
The Senate, as you know, ratified the Troa- 1
. tv; end the one of the Indian Springs, of t
piim due, of prior ratification, and passing i !
veiled tights to Geotgia, was declared null I
- 1 . ..a, Td e objections to this proceed- s
I 1e.e.l .. .g. l i.r novel and unpro- i
■* i, . (>• ibvions C(j|»rgia, for whose .
1..., . ■ •• I- t *'r<«ty was negotiated, i
v, de. .> d. ..'.la. ■ ter consent, of in- t
If. is. alien I \v. st I Tire patty *v ; th i
tv'i u*i »h ' ly !, d .eon tiegocialed, I
v ■ c • 1 co /,»•., us a ; uty at ll in the I
Id ion ..f tin i.ew, it il i i ll». • X cu ion i
ol' the new Treaty v. it it mi their eoiisei l, «
luiil even igtinM their cons nil, they have 1
r i in ridy l.iru depitii d ol evet v >lit r
svhi.lt, they could (l. ; m on.ln the o.loi a
BetVybm have Itfen ell intents and pur I
pos's siini 'i ui d z d. and faced eilhel to
submit one. ditiouallv to the p iwei of
t’aeir eoeini n - ,. r 11 abandon tin ii conntrv. s
lewis with a know ledge of w hat was in I
pr .spici, fr nn die first annunciation i f the I
Prisi I" it l . Ctmg.ess, t'Ml the L gi.slatrov I
Os Georgia, it the close of its s ss : n, ag in. i
' J.‘viewed tyeil agtiin i\t ft. m.nl, I .e r
Ol die Preaty i f di-. Lillian Soiiiigs i nis t
coniiitn ition w>s tin more i u t > nig, be- t
*■ c.l tse the l.egi lat.ite which ft:si utkowl *
edged the authority .d that Ti.-Uty. bad re- i
turned to ti.e people, its conduct It id been I
passed in Review, and of course « favorable \
\erdin pi noiHtced upon 'I. 'Pin? act oi the i
1 egMlaiuio, founded tnt the provi-io .s ol 1
tiie old Treaty, having been, as il wcie, re i
euncted by a succeeding Legislature, was to I
t«* regarded as mandatory and imperative, .
t.» he cat lied into effect by the Executive <
under Ins oath of 018 e, according to its rc
qiiisitiors, unless forbid ten hy paramount I
considerations —there could be none punt- I
T'-mpt, but what w orld be found in the 1
Constitution ol the United States, and none I
smli were found. The Constitution itself, t
in denouncing hi; act impairing the obliga- i
tion of contracts, recognised the sacred ness I
of the Treaty of the Indian Springs. The t
L xecutive of Georgia, therefore, had no ala
{ernative hut to carry that Treaty into r
effect, in conformity «itlt the repeatedly t
expressed will of the Legislature. 11 is in- v
t"ntions were early communicated in the I
most frank and ingenuous manner to the <
Executive Government at Washington, and I
from that time to the present moment, Ite <
bus never erased to remonstrate and protest, t
on every occasion requiring it, ajjaviM any |
fe, ji?
J act injuriously sleeting interests nf Georgia
'derived under it.—But there were other
reasons for maintaining the inviolability of '
the Treaty t the Indian Springs —By that
Treaty, Georgia had acquired all her terri*
tory within tbe Cieek limits —by the new
she was to acquire less—and the diflerence
between them, was by the stipulations of
the new, guaranteed to the Indians forever.
The Governor could in no manner recognise
tin* power of the President and Senate, bv
the abrogation of theold Treaty, to violate
the Constitution of Georgia. The Consti
tution of Georgia, as well as the articles nf
agreement, entered into in conlormity with
it, had s tiled her permanent boundaries ir
revocably. The new Treaty prescribed
new boundaries for Georgia, and by its per
petual guaranted made them permanent.—-
Lands, the rightful properly of Georgia,
were taken from her, and ceded to the In
dians forever; and the jurisdiction over the
river CimttaTioochie, which had been secu
red exclusively to her by the original char
ter; by her Constitution; and by the articles
ofagreeiuert and cessipn, was divided by
the new Treaty, between Alabama and
Georgia. As no power is given by the Con
stitution of the United Stales to the Govern
ment ol the United States, to alter or revoke
the Constitution of a Slate, it would have
been not merely an unpardonable indifl’er
ence to her rights and honor, to have sub
mitted in silence to lhes“ palpable inlrac
lions of them, but the Chief Magistrate
would have bdieved himself guilty of a
criminal desertion of the interests of the
State, if Ins sanction or countenance had
hern given to such an instrument, ll the
difl’ueure between the provisions of the old
and new Treaties, had be**n a nominal, not
a real difference, the United Stales and
Georgia could have proceeded in goud faith,
and without collision of interest, to execute
either, as the one or the other was believed
to be the Constitutional law; but as those
provisions were variant in several particu
lars, involving essential rights, and as one
of them especially, whether so designed
or not, would have effectually postponed
ilia settlement of the country for an entire
year, il cool ( n.d Ite expected that Georgia
would surrender rights, interests and princi
ple 100, because ilia ['resident of the U.
Stales considered the new i’reaty the Con
stitutional law. The Government of either t
Stale is to be considered as an independent
moral agent, hiving a conscience of its own, •
the Hi bit u' within itself of right and wrong, I
In he influenced or Controlled only by Di
vine authority ; ami the conscience of this l
Government has already passed definitive- <
ly on the validity of the Treaty of the ludi- t
an Sp.ings. And here permit me tore- l
murk, that with regard to the rights of sov- i
ereignty and jui isdiction generally, which i
Georgia claims under her charter, to the t
territory within her limits, in the occupancy I
of the Indians, there is such a radical dil- 1
ference of opinion between the authorities t
of Georgia and those of the United States, '
tit it the harmony and tranquility of the two I
Govei iiinents, so much to be cherished by i
.11 good men, can never be maintained un- I
iuleiTiiptedly until those Indians shall have ;
hern removed. In illustration of this, it is
s .flhdent to inform you that, on a recent oc
casion, tin; right of Georgia to make even a
reconnoisance within that territory, with a
view to eventual internal improvement, was
denied, &lhnt denial accompanied by a for
mal protest of the. President of the U. S. a
gainst it: and moreover, that when about the
same time there were indications of an hos
tile feeling on the pact of the Indians, which
threatened interruption to our Commission
ers engaged in running, with the consent
and approbation o( the United States, the
dividing line between Alabama and this
Stale, and precautionary measures were la
ken for their safely, Georgia was given to
understand that she hud no right to extend
her protection to her own officers engaged 1
on her own soil in carrying into effect nn
art of her own Legislature against such
hostility. It is vain to look into the Con- i
slitntion of the United States to find what .
lights of sovereignty and jurisdiction ac
quired umlef the charter over the territory i
within her limits, Georgia lias surrendered i
to the Federal Government. No such sur- 1
render has been made, and yet Georgia, in
tier late intercourse with the United States, i
lias been treated in this respect, as if she i
had no rights of sovereignty or jurisdiction i
at all, and this too whilst the laws of the .
United States, as well as the articles of
agreement and cession, distinctly recognise
and proclaim them, and of course to the ve- i
i) same extent as they are asserted by the i
Tieaty ol Hopewell and others,
l iie forlorn and helpless condition to
which the Mclntosh, or friendly party of i
the Creeks, have beau reduced bv tire c-ur i
tinned persecutions to which they have
liven exposed) is submitted to yon us I
(.looting your humane and benevolent i
ci i.si i-naiion. This portion of the Creek t
tribe having fought the bailies of the Uni- i
led Elates and vanquished the hostile part 1
«f it, who were at once their enemies und 1
the enemies of the United Stales, it was I
hoped that they would have been regarded .
with some degree of favor by that govern- i
meat and people, in tvhose defence they
had expended their blond ami put toliaz- i
aid every thing dear to them. For n time i
this hope, was not disappointed—General t
Jackson, hy his Treaty of 18M, had re- t
cognised tiieir services and their claims c
Toeir Chieftain was distinguished by the s
fdvuroftho Government, and he and his I
followers were regarded not only as the r
faithful and devoted friends of the whites, t
but as the conquerors of the Red Sticks, t
then numbering two-thirds of the whole
nation, whose rights of territory, by tire f
laws of war, passed to the victors, it was i
the conviction of the justice of their cause i
and of the rights acquired by it, which !
dictated the letter of the Secretary of War I
ofthe l7<h day of March; Tsl7, recogni- i
/.ing in full, the power of Mclntosh and his i
followers to sell the country. When in <
obedience to the expressed wishes ofthe c
United States. Mclntosh, with others, pro- |
ceeded at the Treaty of the Indian Swings, t
to exercise tint acknowledged power, tbe f
power wa* denied, and the murder of c
himself and Chiefs which followed, looked
upon without emotion, whilst the murder
ers were cherished, caressed and honored
by the Government of the United Suites—
his followers left without home, without
protection, without bread, and finally de
nationalized and put under the ban—so
that at last they were considered as no
part of the nation, bavin" no claim of ter
ritory, and of course no rightful participa
tion in the consideration for which the
territory sold—and what is worse than all,
the money which should have b**en given
to them under the Treaty, not only given
to their enemies, but made the instrument
of seducing from their allegiance the friends
of Mclntosn, who had no alternative but
to take the bribe or share the calamities of
the party. To complete their degredation
as an unworthy and ignoble race, the
President, in his official message to the
Senate, has deigned to stigmatize them as
•‘an impotent and helpless minority,” “un
able to execute their engagements”—i“as
fugitives instigated by a vindictive fury,”
“making extravagant and unwarrantable
demands, whilst they were e.riug the bread
and begging the protection of the United
Slates.” And again, as “a party making
unwarrantable pretensions and extravagant
demands, and having no claims on the
United States, other than of impartial and
rigorous justice.” Is it to be wondered
that under such treatment the friendly par
ty should be reduced to a mere remnant,
an impotent and helpless minority , or is
it not a subject ol wonder, that instead
of the 1,000 which remain, there should
be one left bearing the name or rallying
under the standard of Mclntosh. W»
cannot permit ourselves to believe that the
Congress of the United States, will net
itself regard with tenderness and compas
sion a portion of the human family, redo
ced by reverses to piteous distress, deserted
by the inconstancy of fiiendship, and a
bandoned to the sports of fortune.
Whether in reference to that part of the
territory of Georgia, yet in the occupancy
of the Cherokees, you will think proper,
in conformity with the recommendation to
that effect contained in a late message, to
extend the laws over it as a right resulting
from your general sovereignty and juris
diction, or wheiher you will abide ttie re
sult of future negotiations by the United
Slates, to extinguish their claims in virtue
of the compact of 1802, will be for you, as
the only competent authority, to decide.
A state of things so unnatural and so fruit
lul of evil as an independent government
of a semi-barbarous people co-existing
within the same limits, cannot long con
tinue, and wise counsels must direct, that
relations which cannot ho maintained in
peace, should be dissolved before any oc
casion can occur to break that peace.—
How ungenerously tantalizing to this un
happy tribe would be a policy inviting
them to a local habitation and repose,
when the fates bad alreadyidecreed their des
tiny to be Jixed & irreversible upon another
soil. To perpetuate the remnant of a no
ble race, we ask of the United Stales to
give litem a resting place within boundaries
of their own, fruitful, ample and salubrious,
such as they command, and such, as in
humanity they should bestow, where tire
arts of civilization and the lights of Chris
tianity can reach them un;;iixed with the
corrupting and contageoas vices of the
whites, and where their perpetuity and
independence can be assured. If the Uni
ted States hesitate now, a few years will
bring them to just reflections, but too late
10 save from irredeemable waste and decay
the numerical strength and moral energies
of a people, so far preserved by the en
com ageinent and patronage of the United
States, with the tolerance of Georgia.
Messrs. Crawford, Blount and Hamilton,
were appointed Commissioneis, James
Camack mathematician, assisted by the
Chief Civil Engineer, and Edward L
Thomas, surveyor, in pursuance of a res
olulion of the Legislature, to run the divi
ding line between this Slate and Alabama
These Gentlemen have, in the execution of
their several trusts, discharged the duties
confided to them to my entire satisfaction
Those assigned to the Commissioners
were delicate and arduous, and whilst they
respected as they ought the rights of others,
they it ive not been unmindful of whirl was
due to the State they represented, its hou
or, interest and dignity. The Chief Civil
Engineer having received th • appointment
Iron' the Executive, was to be considered
as under his exclusive direction and con
trol, until the meeting of the Legislature,—
His power over this flier was, however,
from a consideration of fitness and proprie
ty, voluntarily and cheerfully, but in for
mall v, surrendered to the Board of Public
Works, with a settled purpose not to in
terfere with the exercise of that power,
unless claims to his services of higher in
terest to the public, sh >uU at airy time be
interposed. An occasion offered, and he
was ordered, without hesitation, from tin
less, to the more important service. It is
to be regretted that the Commissioners of
Alabama could not feel themselves author
ized to concur with those of Georgia
Tire correspondence between tire two com
missions will exhibit tire views of each, and
it is not presuming 100 much to say, that
those of Georgi i are not tire less salisfacto
ry, because they have not received the con
currence or approbation of the Commis
sioners of Alabama. If the first Bend n
bove Uchee and Coweta and Cusseta
Towns, from which a line to Nickaj ick
did not strike the river, would not satisfy
the requisitions of the articles of agreement
and cession, it was not to be expected that
any other bend above it, and farther remo
ved from Uchee and the Towns would.—
It was the less to be expected that the
Commissioners of Georgia would consent
to pass that bend, for no other reason titan
that Alabama t wmild take more and Geoi
gia less of territory by it—And when the
Commissioners, without the concurrence
of those of Alabama, finally adopter’ the
point of Millers Bond, it was the point
which was about mid-way between that
assumed a#4he true one by the Governor
of Alabama, and the one ultimately propo- J
Iwd 1$ her Commissioners to ours—As the j
. Commissioners of Alabama would not
j agree to run from the first bend immedi
ately above Uchee, and as a line running
t from that bend intersecting the river
. would have made the boundary not a
a straight one as contemplated by the articles,
d but a devious one ; straight upon the land
■- and meandering on the water, it is difficult
- to perceive how the government of Ala
e bama can withhold its assent soma boon
, -dary which contemplated in all its aspects,
i would seem, at least to us, to reconcile
i more difference and present fewer objec
t tions titan any. The Commissioners of
s Alabama appear to consider Georgians
t the principle parly to the measure, having
f deepest concern and interest in it, and the
i boundary having been established by the
> act of Georgia, any participation in the
* expense has been declined, and the whole
s of it suffered to fall on this government a
- lone. The expense therefore, unavoidably
s considerable, is believed to have been in
’ curred with as little of wastefulness and
? extravagance as could he expected from an
i operation so tedious, and conducted under
J so many disadvantages. The report, cor
t respondence, and documents, relating to
t this subject, with the account of the ex
p penditures, will be laid before you.
J It is proposed, in concert with the Gen
i eral Government, to commence running
- die dividing line between this Slate and
, Florida, on the first day of December next,
s The correspondence in relation to it is sub-
I milled, and it will be seen that no difficul
i ties can be expected to arise to embarrass
; the operation or to prevent the most desi
rable conclusion of it.
‘ After a tedious correspondence with
1 several of the most distinguished of the
Engineers of the United Slates, from which
no satisfactory result could be promised,
* Hamilton Fulton Esq a gentleman of
‘ known integrity, of character, and recom
mended by the most eminent of the Engi
-1 nears of England, was appointed to the o'-
' fire of Chief Civil Engineer. It is hoped
> ihat Mr. Fulton will not disappoint the
* just expectations of the public. The pro
’ feedings of the Board of Public Works, as
! ter their fust organization, are submitted
' to you. A plan of internal improvement
' having been digested and prescribed by the
I Legislature, nothing remained lor them but
1 to adopt the must prompt and appropri
’ ate measures to carry it into effect. The
' report of (he Board and of the Chief Engi
neer, will disclose the fiisi practical opera
■ tions under them, and will enable you to
I decide upon the merits of (he past, and
' what for the future, in furtherance of the
1 plan, the public interest shall require. To
1 open new sources of commerce and give
’ facilities to those already open are the
‘ great objects of the system. If by a com
munication between the waters of Tennes
! see and those of Georgia, the trade of the
i Mississippi and Ohio can he diverted to
’ our Atlantic ports, the freight and eom
r missions would more than suffice to re
‘ place, with the ordinary interest, the capi
* tal which might be employed in effecting
5 that communication, and if litis were true
>at the beginning, the progressiv increa
-1 s.ng commerce which an almost unbounded
region, with rapidly augmenting popula
tion, would supply, might convert a citan
' uel of intercourse into a permanent source
of revenue to the State. Whatever can lie
1 realized in this respect, will depend on the
facilities given by the projected canal a
crossthe Peninsula of Florida, which form
■ iug a line of steam boat communication
’ between the Western waters and our At
li lantic ports, cheap, continuous and com
pntitively safe, may have advantages over
‘ th a short and more direct route, not open
m this valuable instrument of conveyance.
\s connected with such an undertaking,
' die State of Alabama and Tennessee have
been consulted, and their views in relation
to it, so far as communicated, are submit
ted.
With respect to that part of public im
! pmvement, designed to facilitate the inter
courses of trade within our own limits, the
obvious rule will he to adopt our measures
not only to the actual stale of the trade and
commerce of the country, but to (lie means
which we can command to give efficacy and
’ success to them; and£ whether canals, or
rail roads, or turnpikes, shall in different
I situations be considered as best adapted to
( this end, to limit both capital and labor to
I a single object at a time, until that object is
accomplished. It need not excite surmise,
if, before a lung time, with the exception of
the level alluvial country, the rail will nni
’ versally supercede the canal, having the ad
vantage of cheapness, expedition, healthful
ness, safety ami certainty.
You will receive with other documents
on this subject, a communication from the
I Governor of South Carolina, which looks to
. the improvement of the navigation of the
. Savannah river, by a concert of measures
. and combination of resources of that State
, and this, depending on the authority of
f 1 heir respective Legislatures, with my an
swer, winch will disclose to you my own
. views and opinions in relation to the sub
ject, and to which it may be only necessary
I to add that those views and opinions re
, main unchanged.
The honorable William Schley, in com
- pliance with his engagements, lias comple
- ted his Digest of the English Statutes. The
- work was approved by the Executive, and
i it is believed merits and will receive the
. approbation of the Legislature. If to this
work were added a Digest of the Common
l and Statute Law, or if the principles of
( these, the Civil Law and of the Napoleon
Code, as applicable to our condi’ion and
. circumstances, could he embodied into one
* general system of jurisprudence, taking the
place of all, it would be worthy the refine
i ment of the age, and would confer imper
ishable honor on the legislators and sages
■ who would devise and execute it. No sys
* rem of jurisprudence will avail for all the
beneficent ends of its institution, without a
well organized Judiciary to carry it into ef
fect, and on this subject it may be sufficient
to remind the Legislature of that defective
| organization of our own to which its atten
i tion has been so repeatedly, but hitherto <
unprofitably called. k 1
Our academic institutions continue to ■
flourish, and Franklin College, at the head
of them, sustains its merited reputation.—
To its other Professorships a chair of Moral
Philosophy, Rhetoric andJßrlles Lettres, has
been added, and the discipline and subordi
nation maintained by the proper authorities,
arc not.known to be surpassed by those
which prevail in the best regulated Colleges
of the country.
It is recommended to you to consolidate
the Poor School Fund, to augment if, to se
cure by sufficient guards its faithful appli
cation, and to diffuse its benefits as exten
sively as possible among the poor arid indi
gent. These are the classes of community
who in their means of livelihood fall below
mediocrity, and who on this account, as
wnll as on account of their numbers have
the strongest claims for that assistance
which will enable them by the instruction
of primary schools, to discharge in peace
and in war, with most usefulness to them
selves and advantage to the country, all llie
duties of good citizens.
Os the militia, nothing will be added to
the numerous invitations given to the Le
gislature for the revisal and improvement
of a system so radically defective that it is
almost impossible to maintain the necessa
ry organization under it. The evil has
found a palliative however in theencourage
ment extensively given to the formation of
volunteer corps (cavalry and infantry)
which now present a force highly respect
able for number, armament and discipline,
ready to be called into service at a mo
ment’s warning, and inspired by the tmst
patriotic sentiments.
The annual reports of the different Banks
are submitted. . The interests of the State,
of the Stockholders, and of the trading and
commercial community claim your imme
diate attention to the actual condition of
the Bank of Darien. Whether it shall be
left to the operation of time, under the di
rection of the institution as established by
the charter, to restore the capital with a
view to ulterior active operations, or whe
ther the Legislature, for the purpose of re
storing the capital with a view either to
further operations, or a final settlement of
its affairs, shall take the management into
their own hands, are alternatives submitted
to your discretion. Your decision will be
governed by an estimate of lire deep stake
wiiich the Treasury has in the event —tire
inconvenience resulting to all the parties
concerned, from a postponed restoration of
the capital, of the proportion which the
circulating medium bears to the actual de
mand for it, and of the powers which you
yourselves possess of giving the desired* ef
ficacy to any measure for the accomplish
ment of either or all of these objects.
The organization of the territory lately
acquired by the Treaty of the Indian
Springs, will be a subject of early attention.
The public reservations will particularly
require a provision, which will not merely
place them beyond the probability of tres
pass or intrusion, but will make them avail
able, with 'he least possible delay, for all
t he benefits and advantages expected to be
derived from them
The claims for militia services, remain
unacted on by Congress. Oar citizens in
terested in them suffer by the delay, whilst
the delay results in no advantage to the U
nited States. It is indeed a useless pro
crastination of what must inevitably come
to pass as an irreversible decree of justice.
The objection, hitherto taken, of the nier
sion of these claims in the articles of agree
ment and cession, must be satisfactorily re
moved by the evidence communicated from
this department, and which shews that tire
Commissioners of the United States, who
negotiated the articles, subsequently recog
nized the claims as in no manner connected
with (he stipulations of that instrument.
'Hie miiitia claims and the territorial
claims of Georgia, remaining unsatisfied
for twenty or thirty years, have given rise
to the unhappy differences subsisting be
tween tire Federal government and this.—
It is sincerely hoped that these differences
approach to an amicable termination, and
that enlightened counsels, united to belter
feelings, will restore the harmony which it
is so much the interest of both parties to
cultivate and cherish. Wrong has been
done to Georgia—her views misrepresented
and her character traduced ; but wrong
will come to right, and what prejudice lias
misrepresented, history will correct. That
history from infancy to the present moment,
falsifies the charges by which malignancy
has sought to make her odious. In all her
departments—her Representatives and
Magistracy, in peace and in war, have fail
ed in nothing of their duty to the U. States.
To the Constitutional law, a ready and
cheerful obedience has been rendered at all
times. In seasons of danger her contribu
tions have been given without stmt, and
her sword drawn upon the first appeal. If
for these she claims no merit, she deserves
no reproach. They are the righteous only
whom we acknowledge as our peers, and to
their judgment we submit our actions with
out bespeaking for them any thing but the
award due to their intrinsic merits.
I cannot conclude this message, without
congratulating you on the blessings commu
nicated to society by that universal tolera
tion of religion (the guarantee of our politi
cal constitutions) by which the intolerant
himself, as well as the believing and the un
believing are exempt from all responsibility,
but to their Maker, whilst the numerous
Sectaries of the Christian church, differ
ing in creeds, but united in the faith given
to the sermon on the mount, preach and
worship securely almost in the same Tem
ple, spreading liie benign doctrines of that
sermon lar and wide, impressing their sa
credness by precept and example, and lay
ing the prosperity of society in the deep
foundations of a pure morality.
It becomes nations and communities,
like individuals, from time to time to ren
der homage and adoration to the Supreme
Governor of the universe, the author of
every good; to acknowledge his power, to
make confession of s.ns, to ask their forgive
ness, to supplicate his mercy, and t» depre
cate his wrath. It especially becon*. m -
the most favored of the children of , ne ■ 1
display our gratitude and thankfully? f '° I
the continued dispensations of his n ar . ! *
goodness, by which our independence I
liberties are preserved, our industry n , I* ■
fruitful, and its fruits protected—ply, K
evils averted, and moral blessings multi?- K
ed, so that the prosperity and happiness n? I
enjoy not only transcend our deserts bt V
promise a destiny, more elevated than’a,|! 'I
portion of the human family lias attained 7 I
To set apart a day of thanksgiving Ci 1
prayer for these past manifestations o f* W
superintending Providence may be thorn/,t I 1
an act of moral and religious duty, no; in. P
consistent with the high political ones whick U
you are required to perfoim, and may p ro . I
pitiate for us in the time to come, a conti. |
nuance of the same benignant smiles wbick Hi
our unwotthiness may forfeit, but which his I f
loving kindness is ever ready to dispense te I 1
the humble supplications of the good and B 1
virtuous of all nations. «
Your fellow-citizen, t
GEORGE M. TROUP, I
Prom the Southern Recorder.
We have seen the full length Portraits of | J
Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Frank- 'll
lin and Oglethorpe,* which the Executive *
was authorised, by a resolution of the Le
gislature before the last, to have execuH I
We are not connoisseurs in painting, but M
as frr as we can judge, the execution does
credit to the genius and skill of the artist *
Mr. Park r. We regret that the portrait
of Gen. James Jackson was not included
in the number of the distinguished charac
ters whom tire Legislature thought proper
to honor—few men had rendered the state
services so important as his, both in a civil
and military capacity.
The direction of tire Legislature, that
one of these portraits should be placed
when finished in (he Executive Chamber
and the others in the Senate and llepresen- I
tative Chambers, we consider as ur.fortu* I
nate—They would appear to much more
advantage exhibited in one room, where tire, I
proper portion of light could be admitted.
*G,-n Oirlethorpe, the founder of the Oniony from-.rtidi P
Georgia, ilurine his life, became an independent : ,tiie
hied til- 30th of .Tune 1733, aged 102, said to be the nldist I ‘
General in liurope—ln 170t> he held an Ensign’s Coiuuiw I
sum in rue Guards. s
SUGAR CANE. |
A specimen of sugar cane, raised in the I
upper part of this county was brought to 1
this office last week, which far exceeded I
any thing we had ever supposed, of the per- I
lection to which it could arrive in this part E
of the State. It contained twenty lour E
joints, filly ripe, which together measured I
seven feet. It was raised by Mr. James I
Holmes, who informed os that he had lliee I
fourths of an acre, and that lie supposed (lie I
whole would average from 20 to 24 join's
that had ripened. This cane was not of the
common kind, but was what is called “rib
band cane.” It was raised on upland,«l
but little better than an ordinary quality.—
We believe this cane considerably exceeds
in tire number ol its ripened joints that usu
ally raised in the low country, but if the
facts he doubted, they can be established bv
many individuals. From (lie success of
this experiment, it is evident that the Sugar
cane may be cultivated with success in this
vicinity. Macon Messenger,
George Peacock, alias George W Pea
cock, wiis then called up to receive irs sen
tence. He had heretofore been found guilty
ol forgery, and on the point of law reserv
ed for the opinion of lire Supreme Court,
th * verdict was confirmed. Leacock mad#
a long speech, which at this stage of liif
proceedings was not ‘ germain to die mai
ler.’ 'Fire court nbser ved that Ire ev ideally
possessed some talent and im’onnaii »>lj
which only aggravaied his off-nce. He
was sentenced to imprisonment, at hard la
bor, for three years and a day.—lV. 1 orh
Com. Ado. Oct. 21.
A convenient and neatly falshd
DWELLING on Broad street, near
oil i iailer’s Hotel. Apply to
J. & W. Harper.
Nov. I llh |a -31*^
To Printers.
\ VF.RY SUPE- TOR KA RAGE ROYAIi
iJICSS, ill be sold
low ior cash —.vi'piy at this olfice.
Nov 7
TO REJVfT^
FROM the fir. t day ol October I
(lie two story MOUSE and LOJ,w
. the corner of Broad and Marbury street, M“
nearly opposite the Richmond Hotel —1“°
I STORE being occupied at present by Mr '•
W. Whitlock. The upper tenement and
1 lot might be rented from the present time.
MAi.so,
FOUR single story REUSES, com
prising STOKES and.D WELLING®)
on lire north side ol'Broad-street, immediate f
* opposite Messrs. Holcombes’ Warehouse.
> ONE single Story BUILDING* 11 ®
■ JHUSLIOT, on the south side of ® r ®?, '
, and next above Messrs. Holcombe’s '‘ are *
house.
MONE two Story HOUSE and I■Cf
on the south side of Kroad-Rrefb > nU
. next but one above Messrs. Holcombes’ '"are
. house.
The above buildings are all contiguous #
1 the NEW-MARKED’. For particulars apply
■ to He.nry B. Holcombe. Esq nr to
, A. 11. PEMBERTON
i July 29 i» ts BQ
; Notice.
WHEREAS I, Augustus Humphry, «
Hartiand, in Hartford county, and :
t ol Connecticut, did appoint Lorrain Hump J7*
. then of Hamburg, in the State of South G ir ‘,
lina, my lawful Attorney, to manage tnybJ’
ness in the States of Georgia and South ,
1 lina.—l do hereby give notice to wbom d \
concern, that Ido hereby revoke the said [» I
,er of Attorney, intrusted with him, and f*
. will not be bound by any acta of his after
, |
1 AUGUSTUS HUMPHRY |
fTarthnd, Con Sept. 1R36. *I M |
JOB PRINTING,
MAT** B*E«rT«tr AX ijins