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FliOM COLOMHIi.
CtiAui-iioroN, Dec. 6.
The schi*. Waterloo, Onpt. Briggs, ar- 1
rived yesterday morning in 27 days from (
Carthagena. The substance of the pub- 1
lie reports from that plane, is the follow- 1
irtg:
<ln consequence of the events in Bogo- 1
to. namely, the upseting of the Govern- I
meat. Gen. Bolivar was called upon to '
take the command upon himself, civil I
and nilitary, until n Congress could meet. !
Gen. Urdanetn has been named pro tcm.
to manage matters in Bogota, until Uol- :
ivar’s arrival in the capital. Similar :
resolutions having been entered into in 1
Carthagena, Panama, Anlioquiiaud oth
er places, the Liberator consented to pm I
hi i • elf at the head of affairs, and for the '
purpose left Carthagena some weeks
since, and proceeded to Solidana, a small 1
town on (he .Magdalena river, where it 1
was supposed he would remain until he 1
learnt the fate of an expected engage- '
inent at Rio lallache, which revolted
some time since and joined Venezuela.
It was thought by some, that after re ]
ducing Rio lallache to obedience, the 1
expedition will proceed against Maracai
bo. But this is more conjecture, nothing
certain is known. Every thing is quiet
at Bogota by the last accounts. No news
from the-Pacific.
In addition te the above, there nre ac
counts that Rio llnehc had submitted to
the troops of Bolivar, who had proceeded
thence for Maracaibo.
We learn also, that there arc letters
which state, that n new revolution had
broken out in Bogota, headed by Cassai
dn, late President, under the administra
tion ofiMosqnira, who had taken up arms
against Bold ar. —C wrier.
—woe —
SUGAft.~A.ir a (•counts from the
phi inn lions i.i tins and the adjoining coun
ties, during the past week, nre uniform
ly favourable. .'Samples from tin* planta
tions of .Messrs. Fields and Preston, are
remarkably fine. The latter gentleman
has made seventeen hhds. from fourteen
m res being the most indifferent part oi
the crop. He is of the opinion that the
remainder of bis field will average two
hogsheads per acre.— PlunJiun .)• Advo
cate,
Extract of letter, dated
Nkav Orleans, Nov. 3.
R. Mnrigny’s eldest son Gushi'iis wn
killed in u duel 10 days ugo by youn*
Eanusse. They fought ten minutes wn,.
the smallsword, then resorted to pistois
exchanged shots without effect, and nga.
renewed the small sword. After a few
thrusts they were both wounded, hr
nusse dangerously und iMaiigny inortu.
ly. ile died n few moments after reeoiv
>ng the wound —Baltimore Patriot.
New-York, Nov. 27.
The Celebration oj the Preach /{evolution.
The ruin having censed in the conns
.if Thursday night, the celebration, lb
xvii.cii such extensive prepnratiuns aav
been so long making, took piuec yesrei
day. and the business of this great cm;
Jnereml city was suspended lor one day
to testify the joy of its citizens at the
restoration of liberty to France Tin
(Simps were shut, ami the resorts of trad
deserted for the parts of the city through
which the pageant was to pass Tin
tn-colored ting was displayed early .u
the morning, with that of the U. State.- ,
on the various public buildings, while the
vessels in the harbor hoisted (he lings oi
their respective nations. At b o’clock
the civic part ol the procession began
to farm in ('anal street, in the midst ul
thousands of spectators, crowding the
isid.- walks, nud gazing from the win
dows About hail'past ten everything
Wu - i order, and tee procession began
to m . • p •>, I p first down B'-oid
>y to the Park.the;.e© upChntlium street
ami lav Bowery .o ..room street, thence
(lov.ii JJromu street to Broadway, up
Roadway to Fourth street, ami down
I mirth street to Washington Square,
w acre the exercises of the day were tola
held. All Along liio different streets
through winch ibc procession passed,
th- crowd attracted lr' , u various parts
of the city was immense; a.'ul the step
of the ilours, ottering ns they dm * l con
venient post for observation, were
thronged w ith men, women, ami children,
that it might almost he said the inmates
were kept prisoners in their own houses.
Nvti.-u the procession began enter
Washington Square, the military w ho
closed it were yet opposite to Canal
street, inarching down Broadway, the
whole route being upwards of three
nii.es. It was about half past twelve
w hen tho head ol the procession reached
the Square, anil at two the last platoon
cl (ae military hail arrived. The crowd
Sin n,umling (he (Square on every side
was \ cry great, anil the whole nnmberof
pei'j le within and without the inclosurc,
tvas estimated at not less than thirty
t.ious ml. As the procession passed,
copies ol the ode prepare! for the ocen •
siun was AA'orkeil oil’by the presses ami
thrown among the crowd, wi.ale the to
.'bac..mists, busy in their occupation, dis
tciliated from their phitfbiin a luxury not
4t>sy acceptable to many, in tho fol ia of
Tii.il papers ol tobacco. Among Jbc
most conspicuous objects in the prunes
sum, was the pageant of the butchers, a
large plaiform supporting a fat ox of
liugedii!ieiißions,decoi ated with tri color
•ed roses, and drawn by four own as fat
.mid almost as large us himself. The
cabinet makers, with their superb spent
mens of workmanship, attracted a good
ileal of attention ; und the motto of tin
•flyers, “wc live to die and die to live,” affor
ded no small amusement to the crowd.
Several'other associations and compnn
ies made a good figure with their various
devices mid emblems, which we have
mot time to enumerate. The firemen
made even a finer show than usual, with'
tti.eir engines adorned with tri colored
ribbons, the pipes nintetl with spiral
tri-colored stripes, & the handles of their
nxos, torches,and other iiistrmucnts, do
'cornleil mid painted in the same manner.
.The military closed the procession in
excellent order. The whole was the
imost splendid piece of pageantry of the
kind ever witnessed in this city, with the
exception of the Canal celebration.
The procession was gay with tri-col
•orcill! igs interspersed among the various
banner 3, and tri-clored cockades and
■budges in the button holes were worn bv
-tijl in the procession, mid by numbers of
the spectators. Every where the na
ti'inal emblem of the present govern
ment <ff France avos seen. Tri-col
ored flags streamed from the museums,
the theatres, add other places of enter
tainments, over the heads of the persons
by whom the roofs were covered to wit
ness the procession Tri colored tur
hany, tri-colored ribbons, tri-colored
stars and roses were seen in profusion at
the windows, where almost every pane
showed a female face.
The exorcises of the day took place on
a stage erected in the centre of the
Square. Here the address of the people
of Now-York to the people of France
AA’as read by \V. JM. Price, an oration
pronounced by tS. L. Gouverneur, und
the Marseilles hymn, and the oil-
Avrittcn by iMr Woodworth for tbe
occasion, Avcresung. At about 2 o’clock,
the Ex-President, Col. Monroe, ascended
tlio stage, apparently in a feeble state oi
health, supported by the arm of iMr Bur
raws. He remained about ten minutes,
Avlion from debility he was compelled to
retire. As soon as the ceremonies were
ended, the crowd began to exercise the
propensity which the phrenologists call
destructiveness, in tearing down th'*
stage. They had in fact commenced tin
proc ss of dilapidation before, by knock
iiigdown > part of the underpinning, but
as soon as the occasion for which it was
erected was over, it Avasalmost instantly
levelled to the ground, and the timbers of
which it was composed strewn about
the Square.
The military part of the procession did
nut enter the square, nor in fact, could
they Lave entered in military order
Plvy took their post on the grounds
north of Che square, ami concluded the
f ereinonies by repealed discharges of
artillery and small arms.
As the press was a principal instru
ment in bringing about the late events in
France, it received due distinction in the
arrangements, and the printers took tin
lead of tin* various associations anti bo
dies of mechanics who bore a part in the
procession. The folio wing is a dcscrip
lion of their arrangements for doing
honor to the occasion.
The association of Printers of the
Morning and Evening Jonrnnls march
edut the head of the procession, bearing
a large standard: the device, « Clymer
printing press, over which soured, with
wide extended wings, iho American ea
gle. holding in i Is talons (he bust of Frank
(in : and, in ils bonk, the following motn ;
I’erilc finif pair —truth without tear. On
the right, was the goddest of liberty
supporting the American flag; on tin
Ic’lh-n full sized figure of a slave, bound
in chains, who had lAirst the shackles
C om one arm, and had laid hold of th.
aess for emancipation. Behind him
was a crown, reversed, and the sceptic
>rokct» in three pieces, in allusion to the
de revolution in France. Then follow
• d two platforms, each drawn by fom
rorst'S, the first having on ii two printing
esses, striking oil" an Ode, written fin
tho occasion, to the air of the Marseille.
Hymn, and distributing them to th.
crowd. On the other platform was one
of the new invented priming presses, id
so i h> operation, at intervals, throwing
offvnrions publications. On each plat
form was several printer’s devils, dressed
in green frocks, Avilli three-cornered
cocked hats, who received the sheets a •
they fame from (he press, and threw
them out to (he multitude as they passed
along through the streets.
—yoo—
Savannah, Dee. 9.
ANOTHER STEAM EXP I,l*Bl ON.
A Ircmendoiisexplusiua has just taken
place on board tho Steamboat Andrew
Jackson, irom Charleston to Augusta.
Avilh an assorted cargo, about jj of a mile
below this city.
r i lie boat immediately sank, and now
lies nearly covered with water on the
edge pf the Garden Bank. The crew
were taken oil the Avrcek, and have ar
rived in the city. The engineer was
hndly w ounded, having on of his legs
broken in two places, and being other
wise injured, one of the hands has been
sent to the Hospital badly scalded, aim
three others (blacks) arc less seriously
in jured. Fortunately there w ere no pas
sengers on hoard.
1 w o steam boats have gone down to
assist in recovering such part of the out
go ■*« maybe Avithin reach on the falling
of the i'd-'. — Georgian.
The tSava.''*inh Georgian of the 7(b
inst. says : —"VW lire gratified to learn,
that we were misinformed as to the work
ing passenger, who was scalded by the
explosion of the boiler of the fleam bom
Andrew Jackson We learn front the
Physician of the Hospital, that he is by
no means in n dangerous situation, and is
oh the recovery. His name is Patrick
Dcaohor.
The deck load of the bopl consisting
of crockery with a few other articles,
has been saved, and an attempt willin'-
made to raise the boat this day,'the high
wind of yesterday having prevented it.”
The storm of rain, which we mention
ed in our Inst, was succeeded on Sunday
night, by a strong northwestern, sooii
followed by a cloudless sky. The force
ofthc wind down the stream caused the
tide to lull four feet lower than has been
Ic.ioAvn for several years. The steam
bout Cotton Plant was driven from the
wlnii.f on this side, into the marsh on
Uiifchj.ison’»island,on the opposite side
of the river, but has since got off. Sever
al rails ot limber Averenlso driven away
The frame of a new house near the
Steam Boat wharf, several fences, &c.
were proslmte.l; but we hare heard of no
other damage.— -Jh.
A man by thenat.ie ofSimki.ns, n sai
lor. was examined at Richmond on tin
2J)lli n!t. Avhose disclosures, although
rather of a contradictory character, it is
hoped may lead to the discovery of the
murderers of the late Air. Reid, from
Scotland. He implicates Aimsavorth, at
whose house Reid was lust seen, and
where he asserts the murder was per
pet rated, together with a Swede, and a
Pilot, who nre not named, as the authors
of the deed. 'The body is suit! to have
been deposited in Ainsworth’s cellar,
until the -succeeding night. Avhen it was
taken to the idnce where it was found,
and hung upon n tree. A warrant has
been issued for the apprehension of Aens
avouth.—Charleston i,'ouricr ..
AlfitSTAi
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11* 1830,
“ Be just, and fear not."
To Correspondents. —The favors of “ S.”
ore received, and shall bo duly attended to.
The name of the Post-Office at “ Watson’s
Store” Columbia county, Ga. is changed to
“ While Oak”—Robert Maharrcy, Esq. Post-
Master.
The Synod of Soulb-Carolina and Georgia
convened in this place on Thursday the 2d inst.
and adjourned on Monday evening last the Clh.
Upwards of fifty Clergymen, we understand at-
Xeuded, tegelber with a number of elders and
others from dilferent Presbyterian Churches. —
The opening Sermon was preached by the Rev.
Mr. Pratt of St. Mary’s, after which the Synod
organized, &. the Rev. Dr. Qoumuno was chos
en Moderator. The meetings for business,
were held in the Lecture Room of the Presby
terian Church, and were open, as we under
stand the meetings of this body always are, to all
who wore inclined, from curiosity or otherwise,
to witness their proceedings. Much business,
'tis said, was transacted—the Religious Solem
nities wore impressive, and the meetings wore
in general well attended, and rvc hope that im
portant and lasting benefit may result from this
assemblage of piety and talent in onr city. The
members of the Synod were affectionately recei
ved by onr citizens, and,we should presume from
the following Resolution, that the satisfaction
enjoyed, was of a nature somewhat mutual, and
reciprocal.
Respired, That the Synod of Soulh-Carolina
and Georgia, tender their thanks to the citizens
of Augusta for their distinguished hospitality to
the Members of this Body during the present
meeting ; and that the Rev. Mr. Tai.mace he re
quested to publish tlie same from his pulpit, and
in the papers of this city.
A Cojn/frum the. Minutes.
B. GILUERSLEEVE, Tcm'y. Clerk.
MILf.EDCKViLI.E, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1830.
The following Report of the Committee on
Agriculturjs and Internal Improvement, was ta
ken up and agreed to :
liVTJKII \ Ali OIPIIOVEMEMT
The committee on Agriculture and Internal 1
Improvement, to whom was referred so much of :
the Message of His Excellency the Governor,
and the accompanying documents, as relates to ‘
the improvement of the Roadsnml Riversof this '
Slate, respectfully Report:—That the utility of *
the system adopted by the Act of 1829, cannot I
he said, as yet, to have been fairly tested ; hut I
as fur as your Committee have been enabled to '
investigate the subject, they tire perfectly satisfi
ed, under the improvements which experience *
will from time to time suggest, it cannot hut he '
highly beneficial in its results. This conclusion, f
your Committee, consider themselves warrant- 1
cd in drawing, from tire Reports of the Super- *
intondonts, a synopsis of which, in tubular form, i '
has been furnished, in pursuance of a call on the 1
Executive Department for tlnit purpose, and *
which your Commrttcc asks, may ho considered
as a part of this Report. Your Committee 1
would recommend to the attentive and fuvoia- I
bio consideration ofllio General Assembly, the
improvements suggested in relation to the exist- '
ing system by David P. llili.hoose and Thcmas c
Pace, Esquires, the gentlemen who have had 1
tiro superintendency of the improvement of the 11
Roads and Rivers of this Stale, under theit dircc- 1 1
lion the past year, and which your Committee •
herewith lay before the General Assembly. In 1
conclusion, your Committee would respectfully
recommend the adoption of the following Reso
lution Respired, that the sum of dollars j
ho appropriated for the payment of the claims j
of the Superintendents of the public Roads, for |
tiieir expenditures in the public service; and
that said sum he inserted hi thy appropriation
bill.
In conformity to a request of the sub-commit
tee on Internal Improvement, I would respect
fully suggest the fultovAng amendments to the 1
law of JBlh Dec. 18-9, for thu Improvement of <
Roads and Rivers in this State. i
Sr.c. 2. That an additional number of hands t
ho purchased for the improvement of roads and I
rivers. i
Hr.c. 3. That one Superintendent take charge I
of the public hands to be placed on rivers—and '
that the other take charge of ihose hands that f
may he placed on roads, or that two he com inn- t
ml on roads and one additional superintendent t
ho appointed lo take charge of river operations, i
Sec. 4. That the Legislature designate at *
what places and in what numbers the public 1
hands he stationed—or give tliis authority alone •
to the Superintendents. f
Sec. B. That an overseer ho appointed by the i
Superintendents, oyer every twenty hands i
placed within their respective divisions of la- f
hor. ;
Sec. 11. That the Salaries of the Superintcn- i
dents he considerably increased, mid that the '
salaries of the overseers bo not increased—that I
the Superintendents he authorized to appoint l
sub-intendenta, not exceeding one for every 100 I
hands and five overseers with a salary corrcs- i
ponding to their intermediate stations. i
Sec. 12. That the roads already commenced I
to bo worked, he furnished to any named extent; '
and that other roads or rivers he designated for i
the operation of the public bands, by the Lcgis- i
laliiro or by the Superintendents.
Sr.c. 10. That there bo an increased appro- ,
priation for tho prosecution of the public works, i
I would also respectfully suggest the follow- i
ing additional provisions :
That the Superintendents ho authorized to
call upon the overseers of district hands, (at any i
time when they may consider such a call to ho
necessary) to repair any portion of the public i
roads which may have been worked on by the
public hands, and which may (by flood or other
cause) ho damaged—or to call such district
hands to work on such portions of the public 1
roads as the public hands may not have reached
—tyhcncVeir those may nefed immediate repair. :
That tho Superintendents ho authorized to i
require the services of County surveyors in lay- i
mg ofl’or admeasuring now or old roads.
That the Superintendents he authorized to
sell, in the most public and fair manner, any i
- ■ ■
negroes that may bo unprofitable to the Sta
service, by reason of vicious habits, or diseased
constitutions.
Regarding the probable cost of prosecuting
tlie present system, I think tho expenses, alto
gether, may he estimated at $55 to SGO per
mile, for road operations, where trees and slumps
are taken out for a width of 30 feet. 1 think,
also, by concentrating the public hands, and
having a sufficient number of overseers, more
work can ho done, (by exciting rivalry and em
ulation) than in any other manner—and the Su
perintendents can thereby give more personal
attention to the progress of the works.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID P. HILL HOUSE.
MillcelgcriUe, 10 lh Nov, 1830.
In compliance with a request made by the
sub-conimittce on Internal improvement, I would
make such suggestions as would best promote
the public interest, touching the late adopted
system of Internal Improvement. 1 beg leave
respectfully to oiler your committee tho follow
ing remarks.
Ist. That the Superintendents should he au
lliorized to employ their own overseers, with
the authority to dismiss instantcr,' and employ
others according lo the necessity of tho case;
inasmuch as the Superintendent's duty is to pro
tect the interest of the Stale, as much in the
judicious application of negro force, as the ex
penditure of money.
2nd. That the commissioners of Towns shouhl j
bo empowered to appoint a surveyor to survey j
the route.* of the difl'erent roads, at the periods
and places that shall he iecommended hj*the
Superintendents. The Superintendent being
often so engaged in other matters, as to preclude
the possibility of his minute attention lo this
particular branch of his duty.
3rd. I recommend that an-increase of salary
of the Suporintcndants, sufficient to cover the
contingent expenses necessarily ■ defrayed in
carrying on the business of Internal Improve
ment—and that such increase ho such as to leave
a nett profit adequate te the services of such
public officer.
4l!i. I recommend that the wages of overseers
he increased—their duty being laborious and
confining.
sth. I recommend that the time appropriated
to work tlie hands on the Rivers and the Roads,
should not he specified, inasmuch that there are
periods when a whole year may elapse without
afl'oiHing advantages such as to warrant their
going to work with effect, on the Rivers, when
other years afford seasons to work almost the
period. It is not tho same case on Roads—any
period, and any time, can he appropriated to ad
vantage.
Gth. To prevent tho lose necessarily incurred
by leeding horses and oxen owned by tlie Stale,
and kept m use for Internal Improvement, 1
suggest the propriety of submitting to tho judg
inciit of your superintendents, the necessity of
retaining at all times, a portion of your hands
working on the roads, and with authority, in
that lime, lo appoint for that purpose, and at
that period, a suitable overseer.
Bth. To present lo your view tho probable
cost per mile, in improving the Roads, upon the
present system, permit me to give you a calcu
lation from the operations of the present year,
with a remark, that as the operations were alto
gether experimental, my experience has satisfied
me, after the experiment has been reduced lo
practice, and that system substantiated, that the
cost will diminish one third. I expended, to
tal, SO,OOO
Deduct, for tools, horses, carriages, &c. 2,000
$4,000
I have worked one hundred miles, which
being divided, leaves expenses to each mile, of
forty dollars.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Lour Committee's most o’hi. humble ser’vt.
THOMAS PACE, Sup't.
Milledgerille, IHA Noe. 1830.
Saturday, Dec. 4.
The Land bill, you will have perceived, whs
taken up in the Senate today. When it will he
decided on in that body, is very uncertain ; hut
it is expected that it will ho taken up in commit
tee of the whole, on Wednesday next. It may
he considered certain, that the Senate will not
pass it in its present shape; and when it comes
hack to the House, with amendments, there
will doubtless he another struggle upon it there;
for so various and conflicting are the views on
the subject, of members from different sections
of tlie Stale, that it is absolutely impossible to
model any laud hill so as lo satisfy all—or oven
a majority, entirely. As it is, it satisfies no one.
For the original movers of the bill, it does not
go far enough—for others, it goes too far, in
some particulars—for others it goes too far alto
gether—and lor the members from the frontier ,
counties, who, tho’ it does not by any means
satisfy them, struggled hard for its passage, and
against its reconsideration--it contains two pro
visions so obnoxious as to have induced them to
vole against it, (in which case it would have
been lost) hut that they feared, by destroying
this hill, they Would got none ; and they prefer
to take an unsatisfactory one rather than none at
all. The provisions alluded to, are the cxclu
, siou ol those who have dug gold on the territory,
from tho privilege of a draw in the letter}
which will affect a very largo portion of the citi
zens of the frontier counties—and the require
ment of fire years residence in the State, pre
vious to the passage of the act, instead of
three years, as in all former lotteries; as many
oftho citizens of those counties of thoso coun
ties have emigrated there from other States,
within tlie term of five years.
On tho Laud question in general, there arc
in the Legislature, three distinct divisions, qr
parties. One of these—tho advocates of the
present hill in its original shape—affirm both the
right and the expediency of immediately survey
ing and taking possession of the land; and arc
disposed lo do so at all hazards; and in despite
of all consequences and prudential considera
tions. One of its lending friends and supporters,
Mr. of Richmond, in reply to arguments
urging the impropriety and danger, even if wo
have the right, of urging it, unnecessarily, to
tho hazard of a violent contest w’ith the Presi
dent and the General Government, said ho would
not yield a rigid of the State for ten thousand
General Jacksons, and that lie would calmly sil
down and calculate the value of the Union, and
consider it a rope of sand, rather than give up
one inch of the laud, lu another instance, in
charging with inconsistency, those who wfcre
partisans of Governor Troup in 1826—7, and
now opposed to taking forcible possession of the
land, he quoted the language of Gov. Troup,
saying that in supporting the rights of the State,
“when ho had exhausted the argument he would
stand by his arms”—and would rather that “it
should bo recorded that Georgia was,” than
yield or tamper with those rights.
Another division deny both the right and
expediency of taking possession of the land, and
are opposed to acting at all on the subject, or, at
tardiest, to going beyond a survey of it, intodis
taicts, for the purpose of aiding the Stale in
more effectually exercising its jurisdiction over
the Indians.—And the third, taking a middle
course, and partly or wholly' acknowledging the
right, oppose the expediency' of taking posses
sion, but yield, perhaps reluctantly, to making
an entire survey', and all preparations for a lot
tery and possession, as early us the latter can
be effected peaceably, and uninterruptedly.
But there arc still more considerations opera
ting on the subject—and these are of party
complexion. In iny letterofthe 27th ult. 1 stat
ed that it was by no means a parly question; but
in that I meant to be understood, that it was not
a decided question between the two old parties
' called Clark and Troup. There arc, now, three
1 parties—the old Clark party, which does not
act at all on this subject with parly views and
feelings; and, except those from the frontier
counties, and a few others who arc pledged to
their constituents, I believe they arc generally
moderate—and with a strong attachment to
their old and uniform favorite, Gen. Jackson, not
disposed to lake any steps which may bring us
into a conflict wi»h him and the General Govern
ment.
The Troup party is divided into the Cranford
and Gilmer parlies. The former is bitterly op
posed to the present Governor. The present
land bill originated with that party, and it is be
lieved was got up principally with a view of
breaking him down. At any rate, they do not
hesitate to declare that it will effect this object,
if it passes, and speak of its probable success
with an air of much triumph, in that point of
view. The Gilmer parly oppose it with all their
might, and made every possible effort, in its
progress through the House, to remove the
great responsibility which it imposes on the
Governor.
Mr. Gilmer is certainly placed in a most un
pleasant, embarrassing, and dangerous predica
ment; but for this be lias uo one to blame bu*
himself. Ho “neglected”—yea, with a strange
und suicidal fatuity, rejected, that “tide in the
affairs of men,’’ which but lately flowed so
proudly in his favor, and offered so gratuitously
to “lead him on to fortune.” Previous to the
late gubenatorial election, many of bis former
political friends bail determined on bis down
fall. Who saved him 7—bis opponents I Be
lieving him, tho’ radically and unchangeably op
posed to them, to be an honest, generous and
persecuted m in, they gratuitously stopped for
ward in big behalf; and not only saved him from
|>olitical annihilation, but placed him on a pinna
cle more lofty, independent, and magnificent,
than bad ever before, been occupied by a Gov
ernor of Georgia. They did this, ns I have al
ready remarked altogether gratuitously—expect
ing from him nothing, as a party, and only de
siring that ho should seize upon the flattering
opportunity they offered him, of becoming the
Governor of the State rather than of a party.
He entered the executive chair, as none had
over done before him, wholly unfettered by
parly restrictions, and at liberty to advance
the great general good of Ilia State, with an
“even handed justice,” nobly studying the wel
fare, not of a few, but the whole. It is true, it
was said that they advanced him from motives
of personal & part£ aggrandisement. Ho, him
self, knowsthis to be false. At least he knows,
(as wo know, who were wholly in the confi
dence of the leading men of the party) that they
asked of him no pledges or promises whatever,
but unknowingly left him wholly at liberty to
pursue, when elected, whatever course be
might choose. They could ns easily have elect
ed his opponent as him; and perhaps they had
belter prospects of party success, by doing so.
And ho knows, too, that when elected, they
kept wholly aloof from him, and while others
besieged him for favors and offices, scorned to
prejudice the honorable and patriotic motives
with which they had elected him, by giving to
them the slightest tinge of self-interest. They
had long been an abused and persecuted parly
—wholly excluded, for opinion’s sake, from all
participation in the honors—und offices of the
Stale, while they willingly bore an equal portion
ot its burthens. They were tired of party,
which had so long been a serious evil to the
State—destructive of its peace and welfare—
and they hoped that Mr. Gilmer would seize,
with avidity, the flattering opportunity afforded
him, of restoring harmony to its people and its
councils, and united energy to its best interests.
They scorned, as I have remarked, to ask him for
office, but as an equal portion of the people of
the State, they naturally expected, in the dis
tribution of the honors und offices, to which they
had an equal right, that ho would not forget their
jqst claims upon him, not as the head of their
party, or in return for electing him, but as Go
vernor of the State, and oflhc people generally.
He voluntarily acknowledged ibis claim, in
bis lirst message, by declaring that he would bo
the Governor of the Slate and not of a party.
Here was a solemn pledge to the people; but
lie did not rospoclit. At least, he became the Go
vernor of a party, and in doing so, kicked down,
regardless of its service, the ladder which raised
him—and which would have sustained him, un
der all consequences, had he but manifested,
e.ven in a small degree, a disposition to respect
them and their rights, as a part of tho people.
He was scarcely fixed in bis seat, when a co
alition was formed between him and the enc
my from whom they had formerly protected him,
Mr. Forsyth. At least in tho Senatorial elec
tion, his immediate friends throw their influence
into the scale ofMr. Forsyth, who would other
wise have been defeated, as he deserved to be,
by those of the people whom ho had unjustly
proscribed, even while lie officially advocates!
it their doctrines. His proscription
d tho most cruel they had ever wffeih
P Bul Mr ’ Gilmer afraid of him, notwi 1,7■
" mg that ho had defeated him. and ■
e by sending him to Washington, to rp ,„ USlroU l
d outof his own way. Nor was this ull—Wil
* the Clark party hold back from the dcrT. 'l
officers of the Logislatu o, under somcthiJ'r.l
an understanding, that Clark men .ho„| d 1 I
d half of the State-House officers, when the ,V'l
it tions for them came on, Mr. C.ilm Pr - s f ‘ "'I
’* “Sain threw their weight into the scale " I
them, und proscribed tliem as before, M l
T mer also continued entire, the proscriptive
ministration of Mr. Forsyth, and I
t took opportunities to justify this to the PI I
; P! 7’ b J Sta,l "S *•* *- considered it hi. Uuul
as tho Governor of the State, to admini stcr ,jj
r Government as he found it. He forgot 0 1
! ,OUSt , di<lno ‘ B,a, ° il - that the opposition’ o/J
- people to that administration, was ono of , I
- leading causes of his election. But this c , I
; cannot avail him ; for even where vacancies h“vj
- occurred, lie Ims continued the same proscrim-l
i policy, in filling them. The vacancies tOO I
the Centra. Bank, which of all other
in the Slate, is not a party one, and should SO H I
r ulously he kept aloof from parly inffutncc, l la( I
been filled by him in accordance with ff,’ L .
t proscriptive policy. I
t Hus ho, then, been a jusnnan 7-ju S t to i I
1 °,' Vn dcstin - v ’ i,,ld to Bie people, to sav nothin-J
i those who elevated him to his prese m sta.ioVl
t Iho Clark men. we know, arc no more entitled!
I to office, and its honors and profits than tlj
r Troup men, but certainly equally as much \,.i|
t why, then, should they be thus dctcrmin.Vell
r 7—What was the great point in t) J
) oppression of Ireland, which aroused her crvi j
t liberty for centuries, and l.as driven so nianv
’ thousands of her sons from home, to seek it a
■ a foreign land 7 Proscription ! What ihc gr.J
feature ofher late Emancipali n Bill 7
I pntion from proscription ! And do not ii, p
( lark party too, need an Emancipation Hill, ur
t some measure to relieve them from the proscrh
tion which has so long been unjustly imp,,-,' i
l‘ upon them 7
i And what is the oonscqncnrc of this prowria.
- ,ive or ‘ Uio part of Mr. Gilmer! Ik ()W
. enemies,of the Crawford and Forsyth parly, find,
f ing that it has estranged from him the Clark
party, and that ho can no longer depend on their
i support, havo- risen up against him, with the
most bitter enmity, and an unrelenting disposi
lion to break him down, if possible.—ln his late
message, ho fully affirms the right of the Stnto
to take full possess-ion of the Cherokee lauds,
but urges the magnanimity of 1 forbearing to ex
ercise tlio right. Some say this was done m |
please all parlies—thinking that it would he
popular with tho thoroughgoing Slate rights pm*- '
tv, and those desirous to get the land, to declare I
this right, and that, while his popularity was set- i
ficiont to prevent its exercise by the recommeu
d.itiun of magnanimity, this recommendation
would please and fully satisfy tho moderate pan
ty. fn this ho is entirely mistaken. His ene
mies have seized upon it with avidity. In no
cordanco with his declaration of right, they
brought in the present Land-bill, and have cm- j
Initially cited Ids declaration, in proof that they
have tho right to take possession. In some of
the frontier counties, they have already got up
asliong excitement against him, so, oppming
the occupancy of the land, while he aeknow h dg" j
cs the right to it; and it is said that in Mnsro.
goo and Carroll comities, lie has been shot, and
burnt, in effigy, on this account. In tho 1., -rs
laluro.lhoy have introduced into the bill, a danse,
placing on him tho dangerous responsibility of
ordering out tho surveyors whenever he shall
consider it expedient to do so; and the niinost
efforts of his friends, to exclude this clause, and
then to amend it, by saying that ho was not to
order thorn out till ho received information from
the President that the Indian title had been ex
tinguished, or that he, tho President, would net
interfere with tho progress of the survey & occu
pancy on the part of Ihc State—were entirely de
feated. \\ hat will bo the consequences of this
clause 7 The people, or a large portion of them,
and particularly his enemies, assured by him
that they have the right, will clamor unceasingly
for a survey, and endeavor, by every means, to
pervert his motives for preventing it. (I should
remark, that it is generally understood here,
that lie is decidedly averse to a survey, and
anxious for it to bo prevented.) Ami if yield
ing to these clamors, he should order a survey,
and a serious difficulty should ensue with the
General Government, which would he almost
certain, the censure of tho measure will be
thrown entirely upon him ; ami oven tho advo
cates of the hill will say that they had placed the
operation of the law entirely within his discretion
and control, and that he should not have carried
it into effect, till assured he could do so safely.
It is said, that rs tho hill should pass, he will
evade this responsibility, and throw it hack on
the advocates of the measure, by ordering out
the Surveyors immediately, on the plea, that a»
they rejected the explanatory amendment, pro
viding that he should wait Ihc instructions alrea
dy mentioned, from tho President, it was of
course ilicir intention that he should not do ȣ>.
and, as nothing more can he looked for. to change
the present posture of affairs, that he has nothing
else to justify delay, and consequently no course
left; but to proceed to a survey instantcr They
will answer him, however, that he has nothing
to do with the views of the Legislature, farther
than as they are communicated to him through
tho bill itself; and that il was made one of fho
arguments against tbo introduction of the amend
ment alluded to, that it was already provided,
that he should order a survey whenever ho
thought it proper to do so, whether on said in*
formation from the President, or any other, and
consequently, as ho had,all discretionary power,
to wait for such information or not, ns circum
stances should dictate, it was altogether unne
cessary to prescribe such a restriction.
Stomc say that ho will avoid the responsibility
by putting ins veto on tho bill. But bow can ho
do that 7 He lias affirmed the right to survey j
and therefore cannot »eto it on the ground of no
right; and certainly cannot do so on the plea of
want of “magnanimity.” But lam informed
that he has said something of its uneonstitulion
alily, and pointed out, as proof, that clause oi
the State Constitution, in section 2ff, aiticle 1,
•which provided that the Indian land shall n<Jt