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TOPOGRAPHY.
■FUOMTHE FLORIDIAN
P&XSACOLA.
This town is situated about ten miles up
the bay of the same name, which a', this
wise- is scarcely four miles wide. It is
B.iili on a dry sandy plain, the streets at
right angles, and of a good wid'h. It
extends about a mile along the bay, but
occupies in depth not half (hat distance;
there are, however, many unbuilt spaces,
which, at present, are enclosed as gar
dens, where the i.g, the grape, the orange,
the mulberry, the pride of China, the
pecan, afford a delightful verdure, and
grow as well as on the banks of the Missis
sippi. The vegetable, or kitchen gar
dens, have of late been much neglected,
but there is no doubt, that with very lit
tle pains they can be made as productive
as in any town in America.
The number of houses is sufficient to
contain a population of f<Mir thousand
souls; they are in a state of decay, but
within a few months past a surprising al
teration has taken place in their appear
ance: tlie. have been so patched, and
•painted, and white-washed as to be scarce
ly recognized. Not more than a half a
dozenj indifferent houses have been con
structed this summer, , and only one of
brick. As there a'-e now several brick
yards in the neighborhood, they will in
future be constructed of this material.—
The clay at the brickyard of Mr. Noriega,
a few miles from 'this place, is almost
free from any mixture of sand; and ma> -
in time, be turned to other uses beside
that :t> which it is now applied, I mean
to the purpose of correcting the sandy
natur.. of the soil, and rendering it better
-adapted to cultivation. The population
rs at present estimated ai tweniy five hun
dred or three thousand souls, nearly doa
ble vhat it was a few months ago, & great
numbers of strangers are Continually com
ing and going, as this is now likely to be
a principal thoroughfare from New-Or-
Icans to the upper part of Alabama, Mis
bissippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky
There is an excellent road from this to
Claiborne, and thence roads running in
all directions. The majority of the in
bitnnts here at this moment, are Spanish
;gnd French, but the American part oon
•titutes at least a third Almost the only
capital at present consists of houses and
lots; no one is possessed of much monied
capital- or extensive stocks of meiehan
dize It was expected that a great a
vnuunt of Britisn goods Would have been
thrown in here, and this would have been
-tile case had the surrender of the coun
try been delayed. Perhaps it was pre
vented by the. Spanish officers who took
-ckye to put ihe highest p-ri ' )e valuation
aipon imports, by that means using away
toe inducements to attempt speculations.
As to commercial enterprise there
was none—no place possessing such
great advantages for commerce as Pensa
cola has y iven it so little attention.
In the rear of the town are numerous
•Spring* of fresh water, which issue from
the base of the hill, and discharge them
selves into the bay at each uidof the
place, in two large rivulets. The uncul
tivated ground between the sources of
these springs and the town, covered with
shrubbery, forming thickets absolutely
impenetrable, and composed of all the va
riety of southern plants. This ground,
to the extent of about one hundred ac.es
is a rich sandy loam, during the latt
A’sry heavy rains it was very wet, and in
many places is continually so on ac
count of the number of springs which
lose them: elves in it. Thirty or forty
years ago, it was cultivated in elegant gar
dens, being drained by a number of
ditches still visible; but for the most part
cbokfd up. I still bears the name of the
oubw.ba of the garden*, and although
Vei, ia very different from a swamp, it be
ing occasioned by never-failing springs,
ami the moisture does nut decrease.
With very little pains, by clearing out
the ditche* which have been made in the
most judicious manner, the ground may
he rendered dry and agau, put in cultiva
tion. The abundance and exce'tencc of
the water of Pensacola, strike every
Stranger, the principal fountain gives out
r sufficiency to supply the city of Lon
don or Paris; it forms at once a
bold stream large enough to turn a mill.
The water might with ease, be carried to
every part of the town, and whit a very
inconsiderable expense, the fountain
was formerly lined with hewn timber, but
which has been washed away this sum
mer by one of the heaviest rains ever
known in this place. Formerly a cenlinel
was placed over it, to prevant filth from
being thrown in, and according to former
regulations no one could roll barrels into
it to be filled, which wholesome regula
lation it is believed, has been restored
■by the present corporation, at least
• place has been assigned below the pi-in
cipal fountain, where ihis may be done.
Beyond the rich fiat before described
the ground begins to rise, and the de
lightful heights on which the British fort
formerly stood overlook the bay and the
adjacent country; and on the east, the
rising ground affoids delightful situations
Tor private residences; but the soil is
wretchedly poor, and sandy, without
any growth excepting scrubby-pines and
blackjacks, for least half a mile to
the edge of the pine forest. Whether
any use can be made of this apparently
steril sod must be left to experiment.—
Perhaps fruit trees, grapes, and even
garden vegetables may be produced.—
Between the entrances of the two dis
charges of the springes, there is room for
.A large town; a number of lots have been
marked off by Col. King, on his laud in
the direction of the hill, and as this is the
Wain entrance from the counties in the
Alabama and Tennessee, the city will
probably extend ift that direction/ The
water prospect from this elevalidn is ve
fy neaguful, and the sea breezes are
bay° Sl eß * l ** ° n l^C m<lr K' (l °f the
.. 1 . are kw towns “ little excep
fionable m respect to its topography as
Vensacola, and few fueceftibt, of J much
improvement, but that it also need* much
improvement is «sv*ljy correct. Ex
v a; •
1 ccpting the British barracks, winch are
nothing but ruins, there are no public
buildings worthy of the slightest notice.
, The .Governor’s .house is a wretched
frame building, the garden Which was
t. once fine, has now nothing but some good
fruit trees, and rows of the sour orange
along the enclosure; which constitute the
principal ornament of the public square.
This square is very extensive, and co
: vered with a close sod which renders it
an agreeable promenade in the evening
The shores of the bay are low and the*
descent easy; immediately along the
margin there is a hard while sand, which
continues out into the bay some distance,
thus in some measure making amends for
s the shallowness of the water, as wagons
s and carts can be driven into it with the
, greatest safety. As there arc no wharves,
, excepting one run out on the plan of a
, pontoon or bridge, but which is nearly in
mins, vessels have to be unladen by means
’• of lighters. There is ofcourse no mono
' poly of water property, which makes’
some amends for the inconvenience just
’ mentioned. The margin of the bay af
j fords a most agreeable promenade in the
evening, and the clean sandy bottom ren
. ders it agreeable to bathe in almost any
place. The fresh spring water in the
[ rear, the salt water in the front, and the
; pure elastic air of the place, which comes
’ i charged with no miasma, from whatever
, quarter of the compass it may blow, are
I sufficient alone to ,render Pensacola an a
t greeable residence, independently of ev
ery other consideration. We possess here
what is considered* desideratum, a heal
thy southern climate. The South is gene
. rally associated in the mind of Americans
, with the idea of disease, whereas some
of the most healthy spots of the globe lie
f in low Southern latitudes; the South of
France, though in reality further north
, by the equator, yet in effect corresponds
. with the climate of this country. In some
future day I have no doubt the bay of
Pensacola will be as celebrated for itssa
! Inbrily, as the neighborhood of Marceilles.
Its shores are entirely free from marsh,
, and every where presents delightful situ
ations for country residences, lor gardens
and sea's, where taste and fancy can exert
themselves in miking improvements of
every kind. A few miles above this place,
there are several gardens and plantations
on a small scale, which cannot be surpass
ed in beauty ; a gentleman last year made
fifty dollars from one orange tree not
more than a few years planted! There is
said to be someh nd fit for cultivation on
a large scale, Imw far this may be true will
depend upon the value of the shell ham
mocks, which some think will not last
more than a few years; how far this may
be true I refer to the best lest, experi
ment, keeping in mind the motto of an
old friend, whose success in life was as
remarkable as the disregard which he
manifested to vulgar opinion—lus motto
was in the single word-— Try. r
~aU6UBTA.
THU USD AY. SxetEMßEa 13, 1821.
“ Some rnusquets so contrive it,
Jls oft to miss the mark they drive at—
Jtndtho’ well aim'd at duck or plover.
Bear wide, and kick their owners over.”
It will be recollected by our readers,
that some weeks since, we re-published
an article from the " Georgia Advertiser,”
which we accompanied Avith some compli
mentary remarks to Mr. Hobby , as the
editor of that paper. This elicited from
that gentleman an equivocal reply; not
much in character, we thought, With the
sincerity which he usually exercises ; —it
was answered on our part, in a becom
ing spirit of liberality and forbearance
Mr. Hobby then waited on one of the edi
tors the Chronicle, and expressed a
wish that the affair should rest where it
, was; admitting at the same time, that he
i urns the founder o f the Georgia Advertiser*
and its ostensible editor ; but that, for par.
1 ticular reasons, he was desirous not to give
notoriety to the fact !—Notwithstanding
we had Mr. H. completely “on the hip,”
yet, actuated by a feeling of courtesy, we
’ dropped the subject, and very naturally
supposed it would be buried in oblivion.
But .no — ’Squire Hannon had worn the
i borrowed plumage so long, that he began
’ to think the feathei's were legitimately his
. own; and has, by some means or other,
induced Mr. Hubby to renew a conlrover
; sy, which, if persisted in, must inevitably
. result in their discomfiture and disgrace.
• The allusion to Mr. Charlton’a literal y
, acquirements, is one of those pitiful sub
• terfuges which is often resorted to
| by premeditated folly to screen itself
t from public reprehension. With Mr. Hob
. by, he can never suffer in comparison—but
how far he may compare with the stupen
. dous genius, and Horculean talents of’Squire
t Hannon, we foroeur to determine. We
; can, however, inform the editor of the
; “Advertiser,” that, notwithstanding the
1 absence of Mr. Charlton, any correspoji
| dence he may wish to have with the Chro
, nicle editors, will be promptly, duly, and
legitimately honored.
i
Gcorg'a Scenery.
The Topography of our State is very
! known. It possesses beauties which
the 1' lorist and Naturalist might dwell
! u P on witl * Profit and delight. The north
western section of the state, exhibits an
almost endless continuity of the scenic,
picturesque, and sublime.—But so igno
rant are a e of those pleasing and magni
ficent exhibitions of nature, that there are
many individuals living in their immedi
ate vicinity, who can tell you more of ‘
Pomp*ft Pillar, than of those marc du- J
cable monument* cTiLeleahtiful and«ut>-
lime.
The following is a hasty sketch of Tal
lulah Falls, addressed to the editors of the
Chronicle, by a young gentleman travel
ling in the up-country. We think it can
not lose much in comparison, even when
placed by the side of Harper'* Ferry, or
Niagara’s Falls.—
Carjtebville, Aug. 13, 1821.
“We set out on the morning of the
26th instant, for a short visit to the Toknah
and Tallulah Falls-, the former of which
is N. W. from this village, distant about
twenty miles; the road from here to tiiis
great cataract-is tolerably level, and the
country in prospect differs but little bom
Georgia upland generally: —there is a
passage leading from the road directly up,
in a western direction to the bottom ot
the Falls. The appearance at about one
handled yards distance, strikes the behol
der w*th wonder and amazement; Slid on
a neater approach is inconceivably grand
and beautiful. The water does not shoot
directy over as tails generally do, but the
stream about twenty feet in width, sud
denly creaks off, and comes rushing down
in the fentre of a perpendicular strata oi
rock, vhich forms a semi-lunar excavation
of aboit 100 yards across, with toiesl
trees using majestically one above the
other oi either side, The perpendicular
pitch oj the fall is, by measurement, 187
feet, ST feet more than those of Niagara,
by Elliioit’s account. From the su.a 1-
ness of be stream, the water rolls down
about 44 feet before it entirely leaves the
ruck, ,Vhen the eye is fixed intently on
the foany column of falling water, it ap
pears incolors beautifully variegated, and
much resembles sparkling flakes of snow.
It formsbelow in a beautiful basin, on the
, brink of which you can stand to contem
plate tht amazing scene shove, though not
without being wet by a hazy mist or spray,
which is constantly rising, and spreads out
to til; -distance of fifty feet around the ba
sin;—on the right, by climbing about 50
feet up the bank you perceive a beautiful
rainbow, which is always visible from that
point, when the sun shines upon the fall
ing water;—on looking steadily above, it
appears as though the sheet of water ra
ther burst from among-the clouds than fell
from tlie top of the mountain j—not to
exaggerate, however, the clouds do not
appear to the sight more than twenty
yards above the brink of the rock. The
air is about ten degrees colder round the
basin, than it generally is at 150 yards gis
tauce, principally caused by the rising
spray, and lowness of the place*
“There are several names cut In the
surrounding beech, and-elm trees; among
the rest one is remarkable, as having been
cut there upwards of a century ago: <1718)
ilns, Tut the Tune thought was only die
whim of some frolicsome youth, wfio
wished to create a w onder in lire imagina
tion of after visituis,—but 1 haveJipce
been Told by some of the oldest settlers in
the neighborhood, that there had been
an itinerant merchant of the sajpe name,
whom they recollected travelling through
that country more than sixty years since,
who was then old, and had carried on a
traffic with the natives for a number «f
years.
“ The distance from this place to Tal
lulah Falls is about 15 miles through the
most charmingly variegated and pictu
resque country that ever delighted the
eyethe road extends along a high
ridge, with deep, narrow, and impene
trab e valiiis on eaoh side; sometimes
running within ten feet of the bank of
frightful precipices—l at one place rode
as.jpear the edge as possible, to view the
depth below, but tbo* you perceive one
rifiige of trees rising above another in tire
form of an amphitheatre, up the almost
perpendicular bank, yet you cannot pos
sibly discern any solid bottom. I threw a
large rock from the brink, which roiling
off ami striking others in its course, re
bounded, and still falling kept reverbera
ting in hollo'.v gouucls till lost in the depth
belowl remained some minutes last in
wonder and amazement,
“ White active fancy travell’d beyond tense,
“ -ind pictur'd things unseen’’
Far in the distance yon discover rearing
their lofty and conical peaks, the immense
chain of the Alleghany and Blue ridge—
“ Hank over rank they sued their g owing
site,
Hear their blue arches , and invade the skies. ”
They arc surrounded by a blue smoke,
which gives them an awful, yet proudly
magnificent appearance, ami look down
frowning scornfully, in majestic grandeur,
upon their less towering, but not con
temptible neighbors.
“About half way between Toknah and
Tallulah, we took shelter for the night,
at a Mr, Thompson’s, whose- son we em
ployed as a guide to the Falls, there be
ing nothing bnt a pathway, difficult to
follow, and quite impassable for any kind
of cai riage.
“On our arrival at Tallulah, we stop
ped on the south side of the river, consi
derably below the great Fall, but imme
diately on the lop of the highest cliffs of
rock, from whence we could vie-w two
Falls of twenty and thirty feet, though not
perpendicular ;—here, on each side of
the river, a small stream is seen pouring
from its summit, ruddy tumbling over the
rocks, and falling about 80b feet, but lose
their grandeur by the smallness of the
streams.
The bank of the river at each side is
entirely composed of strata of almost per
pendicular rock.
“By their own -weight made steadfast and
immovable,
“ Looking tranquillity,—they strike an awe
•Kind terror to the aching s/g/a.”
“ Tl > e y form apparently a narrow chasm,
(but the distance is said to be 400 yards
between) through which the, river flows
down, falling gradually for the distance of
two miles. On the brink of this precipice,
you cannot fling a rock, however small’
far enough from you to see it strike be
low, and although the river makes but
little noise at this place, it is impossible
to hear the sound when it strikes beneath,
such is the immense height of the bank. ’
“ We next took a winding course up
the margin for about halt a mile, when
we arrived at the first great full, which is
about fifty feet; a few paces below which
is the principal fall, which is an acme of
about ninety feel; none of the falls are
perpendicular, the water rolling general
; ly over an acute pile of craggy rock—
(here we descended the precipice, it being
the only place in this r«de spot where it
was practicable.: the bant being a,most ft
perpendicular pile of rock m every other
part. In fact, I was very near being dash
ed to pieces while descending, by losing
mv hold on the precarious shrubbery,
which, with a few trc» s and bushes, was
all the support we had ; toriunau.ly, how
ever, 1 escaped, with a sligiu rontusion
on my left arm. Here, the water flows
down in rude and terrible sublimity,
foaming, and rushing down the declivity,
and bursting over a ledge of craggy
rocks from whence rises a beautiful spray
spreading to a distance round, giving it an
appearance inconceivably magnificent and
beautiful.' immediately beneath, there is
a spaciousbasm, supported on the o;i[h)-
site side by rock, piled on rock, in ek-gant
symmetry, to the height of near 1,5 W
feet, hanging in full dimensions over our
heads dreadfully beautiful, still rising and
lessening on the eye in new romantic
shapes, Till lost in the distance by the
windings oflhe stream. About 20 yards
below, there is another fall ut aboullbrty
feet, where the water rushes over the
rocks in great rapidity, with a number of
lesser falls of from 10 to 30 feet following
each oilier in irregular succession, whi.st
the lofty pile of rock continue the chasm
at each side, forming a broken bank of
from 800 to 1500 feet In height. By ad
ding the height ot the different falls to
getiier, we find in the short distance of
two miles, an immense fall of 1, >OO feet.
<- On the northern bank, which is the
confine of Kabuu count), the rocks and
cliffs are of stupendous lieigbt, hanging
almost in solid mass over the bed ot the
river,—here nature has worked upon her
laigest plan ; the woods are seen climbing
up their steep and shaggy sides, where
mortal foot never dared approach, and »■
hove which, is a large mountain ascending
gradually, until it appears almost lost a
tnoug the clouds. A tittle more than half
way up the perpendicular pile of rock,
there is apparently a hut or cabin, focu ed
by nature out of solid rock, with a door
near the centre, as finely and regularly
cut out, as could be done by the hands of
tlie most skilful mechanic ;—die Aborigi
nes term it “ Fairy door,” as translated
from their dialect—they have a tradition
among tlidtn, that at the death ot any of
their friends, their souls descend through
lb door, in tiiis apparent cavern, to pur
gatory.
“ To draw an accurate description oflhe
horror of (lie sleeps and rugged cliffs of
Tallulah, would require the pencil of a
Salvator, the description of a Scott, or the
variegated fancy ofa.Vlisa Porter; so rna
. ny sensations crowded on my imagination
, atthe time, that I have but a faint recol
’ lection, somewhat like a dream, of the.
beauty and terrific grandeur of the seen
ory.**
.iron the august* canosicie.
1 Fellow Ciuteno,
i When party feelings are attempt
; ed to be excited by individuals to funhei
their own aspiring views ; and when for
; this purpose facts are endeavored to be
1 suppressed or improperly repiesenlcd, it
- becomes those who feel themselves in
’ - dined to support the true interest and
‘ welfare of the people, and the mainte
nance of the constitution, and the laws iu
their purity, to endeavor bv every means
‘ in their power, to bring the truth to light,
and undeceive the pub.ic mind
’ I am sorry that no abler writer than
1 myself does not voluntarily come forward
1 to counteract the artful attempts that
have been made to bewildtr and mislead
* the unsuspecting citizens of tiiis state it
| respect to thejale acquisition of territory
' from the Creek Indians, i am, however,
; not ashamed of my political sentiments,
: nor am 1 disposed, while writing on such
a subject to conceal my name—abhough
1 it is said 1 thereby give my opponents
the advantage over me, fori am couvin
' ced that truth and reason wid eventually
' triumph, and that their advocates will
have no cause to blush, however publicly
they may defend them. While actmg in
1 this cause, I can safely rely on the assis
-1 tauce and support of my fellow-citizens,
who I believe all to be more or less striv
, ing in the great work of promoting the
good of tneiv country ; although many of
, them may be inclined to lake different
! views of the same subject, and some may
be inclined to excuse themselves from anv
very active co-operation 1 , by peis lading
themselves that they can live under any
, state of things, that their neighbors cm.
Tins disposition though it may argue in
, favor of the pacific nature of me posses
sor, should be sparingly indulged by the
member* of a free community. Every
• man whatever may be the circumstances
•• in which fortune has placed him, should
consider himself as a member of,our
great political family, contributing io itk
support in proportion to his means and
entitled to a voice, in all delibeations, lor
its welfare. The poor widow, who put
but in the treasury, was enlililed
to as much credit, for her gift, as the
more wealthy who gave many talents
Our Constitution was formed by the
voice of all the people, when the pre
judices of party were only in their bud,
and ambition and thirst for office were
overcome by patriotism and by men,
who were known to each other, only as
fellows sufferers, in the toils and hardships
of war. You are not to conclude fellow
citizens, that this instrument given to us
by those patriotic men, many of whom are
now no more, has been violated by their
sons, merely because you have heard it
said so, and neither are you to believe
on the same authority that your Legis
lature have become so corrupt, as to
- pay no attention to the authority of that
instrument. If however you arc inclin
ed, to give credence to the sophistry of
those who would persuade you,that in
the late acquisition of territory in this
state, that tlie Commissioners of tiiis
state, and the Governor and Legislature,
have been guilty of a violation of that in
strument, 1 invite you to divest yourself
of party prejudice, and read with me
some of the clauses of that instrument.
The 22d section of the first article reads
as follows ; “ The Genera! Assembly,
shall have power to make all laws and
ordinances which they shall deem proper
fortlie good ofthe state, which shall not
be repugnant to this Constitution. Apart
oflhe twenty tourth section of the article
is as follows : “No money shall be drawn
from the treasury, or from the public
funds of this state, except by appropria-'
tion made by law,” 1 shall next call your
attention to the second suction ofthe act
appropriating monies for the year 1820 ;
which was passed agreeable to the form,
prescribed by the constitution of the
atate, and U asfoMows , I
of forty thousand dollars, be an,l ii ”»■
«'«*** set apart as a
and subject -to the orders of u 1 * l "dB
not” A resolution passed at iL S " Vt, M
session, is as follows r<* 'ji )al (
nor. be and he is hereby autLorl^ 6 !®
draw warrants on the contingent f fl
for such sum or sums of minify \
be necessary to defray any state n*M
tare which may he required tocor ß
eUect the contemplated treaty w kii ' 'B
Creek nation of Indians, provided fl
such expenditure ought not to oe ,Ur, B
cd by the United States. "SB
These two clauses of the cons'lu,. I
taken in connexion with tn« r.ppmjfl
tion law, and tlje resolution of U,e ] P . I! B
lature, certainly warrants the governor
applying the contingent fund to any si B
purpose connected with die tvut/'B
question, which the L'niisd ■
by the convention of 180 J, were not I,^','B
tu see effected Now nouiili,i i.^B
tue United dm*ea were bound, by
convention to liave the Indian title 'B
tiiigt.islied to certain territory,
of Georgia, they Were not bound i (1 B
fray the expense ot having .our ~B
claims recognised, and pa.d by t>, e |B
diaus, and which claims lu-r United Sty*B
cowuds.sioners, adv.geddie cemini. I*l®
ot Georgia, to rciinguisit in condderatioß
of a disposition they believed to of'B
among the Indians, to auk as much m ,llß
than what they conceived to be tbe r
same ml their land, lobe as the clalu.B
of our citizens should amount to ; butij B
dispot. tion if it existed at all, Was f.im-JB
acted by the joint exertion of tbe Unit®
Stales coinmissioneraaiid i hose td'btoif B
fur the territory was purchased as c li*''l
or cheaper, than any former purchast-1, '>■
been made by the United Stales,
surely if the United States had Ho t h ’B
' leivcd uto iiave been obtained on tivn v B
hie enns, they would not have so read [B
ratified it. Would any man in his sensesl
after having icad the documents pubiinß
ed respecting this treaty, deny she dfl
f ficacy of Uic presents made to jhe
. uiuns, on the .part of Georgia, in bringiwfl
1 about tbe allowance of cur citizensclmhisß
and who can doubt the constitutionality!
r of this proceeding when viewed m
i light in which it is placed by those docuß
. meins, and by tbe subsequent uncoiitrj.l
dieted statement of one of the conmiisil
Stoner# f The U, Slates commissioners,■
1‘ appears from those documents, thwglul
t tue allowance of those claims liu)itb)|
1 at the commencement of the treaty, adl
. advised the state commissioner* to rdlii-l
i quish ihcm, in consideration dftk ac.l
- quislion of so fine a territory. What tlienl
cmld have brought a change so favorable I
but the efficacy of the presents wiiicbl
were made to the Indian Chiefs * The I
commissioners on the part «f the National I
■ Government, resorted to the same inei-l
sure*, for Vie purcuriug tire cession of I
land, as yon may see by reading the Sec-1
rotary of Wars letter to them, published I
■' i n the Geotgia Journal, on the tenth of I
i Inly last. Why then should notour cum. I
mi ls loners make presents to the chcih.l
' " hen it was beleived, they would require I
i a full relinquishment of the Geoipl
claims, previous to their entering into
1 any stipulations respecting the land,ami
where by that means they were enabled
t 1 to secore to the state of Georgia the pa;.
s menl ot two bad debts ;or at least ura
, debts, in the .procuring of which we had
blind considerable difficulty . viz ofte
1 tiMiu the Indians, and the other from the
1 United States.
i Is it reasonable to boiieve, as has been
1 more than insinuated, tbat men ot the
high character and standing of our com.
i nnssioners, under the pretence of apply*
> i g this money to public purposes would
» nave called on the governor for it, and
1 tlitit have applied it to their own use,
i wticn they must have been convinced that
s the transaction would have shortly come
to light, and would have damned th:m fiv
i ever. No, I cannot believe it until some
I better evidence is produced of its truth,
f than the bare suspicions of men whose
t province, it appears to be to establish all
- their argument's by suspicion atone, b
, is a maxim and one which ought not to hr
• departed trout, that every aiatt should be
- he;d innocent uixil he is proved to It!
f guilty, and no proof was afforded, nor was
i , the attempt made, to produce any, to the
ißijority (f tlk? last Legislature, by
< the minority (against whom I prefer no
charges, as they were acting under
’ ‘'it'll; that such was the fact : nor have I
• been informed, that any attempt bassinet
i been made, not wen by Socrates who a;:*
pears *o be considered the master spirit
• "f iitu storm which has since been ritisedv
Tor lie acknowledges in his writing. l ' that
1 the chiefs got the money, but objects in
'he mode, became he lit.lives that then
is a possibility Os injustice being done to
i some ot the Indians of inferior grade. 1
ki ort or but one cheap and easy way, it
which this pie!ended greivancu can b?
prevented, and that is for this great pbiic*
sopher to undertake a mission to their
country amd by dint of his wisdom, pr>*
vail on the chiefs to make a fair dis ribo.
tion ol itie money, they received among
the whole of the Indians Hut to the
point, whether, would yon rather th '
twelve or thirteen tluius'ind dollars ufyour
public money should be given to the oliwl"
as presents (when the United State*.rr* id
to this mode of procuring treaties when
necessary, ami do not I belt he ut'te receipt
for tile money so paid ’) Or would y" 1
prefer that two hundred and fifty tliotit
and dollars worth of your public bud.
should bo sold to pay off our citizen
claims, over and above fractions and re
serves at Fort Hawkins, of nineteen
thousand acres, besides the reserve of Lot
No. Id and 100 in each district ( which,
strongly attempted ;) which attempt hid
it prevailed, would have amounted 10
seventy thousand acre# of your public
land. Was this not an attempt to add
usury to usury ;or was it an attempt to
establish, free school*, turnpike roads,
and make rivers upon dry lauds. I’erroh
me to remark; that tenor fifteen thousand
dollars ol your public money, lias been al
ready advanced to open Savannah river
from Augusta up to a certain point, until
have not heard that one single rock has
been removed, though probably a fc w
ditches have been made. This money was
1 disposed to be suspicious of men of fair
standing, might he suspected to be lodg
ed by the Way. bringing in no interest* 0
the state. It would be well for you fell°* r
citizens, to hear mure about that which is
already advanced before you part with
any more of your money, on the subject
of navigation ; and as to free schools, look
at you college lands worn out, and t if' 6
of then not paid for and probably never
will be until drawn forth by a long la*