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From ike Charleston Mercury.
•MEXICO.
* Vt'c arc'indebted Jp a gentleman of
t>iis citj*j for I lie following extract of a
letter from his brother, dated
Zacatecas, May £<i, 1835.
Von will no doubt hear of the revolu
tion that has taken place here before this
reaches you. The Congrees at Mexico
had passed a lew' to have a standing At -'
my m every Stale, called Permenlet.
This State would not submit to it, having
all militia here. About two months ago
the Governor of this State called out the
troops, and had them under arms for six
weeks, in all about 5,000 men. Gen’l.
St. Anna, with about the same number
from Mexico, on the 1 Oth inst. arrived
within two leagues of this city. The
day before the troops from here went to
meet him. At day light I got out of bed,
heard the guos, and people were running
in every direction. By. the .horsemen
that made their escape, we w ere told that
the Zacatecas troops were completely
defeated, and he, St. Anna, was making
his way towards the city. We did not
think there was any danger, as no resist
ance was made. At 7 o’clock, a party
of dragoons rode up with their carbines
in their hands, crying “vive General St.
Anna.” We saluted them in the same
way, and in a short time St. Anna passed
and saluted ns very politely. All went
on very well till the troops in front had
to slop, which made the rear guard atop
rigljt in front of our house. The low of
■ ficcrs and soldiers began to insult us in
every shape, crying Alw.rte Toda Lor,
fngho, fyc. In a few minutes they lie
gan to fire at our house, headed by an
officer, when they found (hut we retreat
ed to make our escape at (he back-door,
which led to another street; when we
arrived there we found soldiers also fir
ing. We retreated to the inside of the
house; they soon made (heir way through
the back-door, they fired two shots at my
partner, hut missed him ; and one came
at him with his swoid, he then jumped a
high wall into another house and sprain
ed both ankles, and had to lay all nay in
the yard. They then proceeded to the
kitchen, and shot an American by the
name of Hkny Flmu.v, a native of Penn
sylvania. lie hud worked for me better
than a year, and was a very harmless
man. Three or four more foreigners
were in the kitchen when ho was shot, but
none had any arms. One of them gave
the soldiers all the money he had about
him; they (hen proceeded to our front
room where myself and wife were. 1
went on the balcony; by this time. Hi
firing in front had ceased. 1 saw Gener
al Ahrago, a Frenchman, looking up;
he asked me why I did not open my door.
I (old him there were 'soldiers firing in
side. He then dispatched an officer to
the back part of the house.— By this time
the soldiers wore in our room pointing
there carbines at me; 1 told them to take
what they could find and not to hurt us;
they said do not be afraid ; just as they*
said so the officer came behind them and
beat (hem with his sword, and drove them
out of the house. I then opened (he front
door and the officer told me to move out
of the house, as there were more troops
coming up; so 1 took my wife over to a
house on the opposite side of the street;
they saw ns go across, and when they
came up an officer asked who it was that,
went into (lie house; he with some sol
diers came in, beat ns with his sword,
Urorr nn into the'ranks. VVe were
then marched up as prisoners to the pub
lic Square, insulted & abused by the sol
diers. 1 spoke to an officer,.who gave my
wife liberty to return. On going to our
house she was insulted, and on entering
it found soldiers and their wives plunder
ing us of every thing we possess* d ; the v
run at her to l;ill her, she made her es
cape by the back -door and was met by a
party of soldiers and (heir wives, that had
been plundering. They tore all her
clothes off, beat her on the head, and a
bused her like brutes,—After a while I
got my liberty and came to (he house, 1
found my wife in it with nothing on but
her under dress, and (lie house robbed of
every thing that was moveable. 1 am
left without a shirt to shift, or a bed to
sleep, on. or a tool to work with ; we had
about 91300 worth of fin inline that would
have been finished in eight days—the
greater part of which was carried away
or torn to pieces. 1 made a representa
tion of my case to St. Anna, hut he said
he had nothing to do with such affairs, to
ally to the commandant General. 1
so—his answer was, if I knew the
persons he would bring them to justice if
they were in the State. Last mail 1 sent
a representation to Mr. Pahuxuam, our
Minister in Mexico, of niv case. Three
or four F,polish houses nave suffered the
same as mine, and have all made repre
sentations to the Minister; if" he does
not do any thing about this affair, a Min
ister is of no use. Our loss is about
SSOOO. A few Americans have suffered
losses and have also made representa
tions.”
The Report of the Committee on the subject of
Slavery in the lasi General Assembly, will be
found in our columns of to-day. 1,.\ tvear, if
our recollection is correct, an attempt was made to
introduce this exciting subject into the Assembly,
but failed. An attempt was also made wo be
lieve, to get up an Anti-Slavery mooting during
the sessions of the Assembly, but did not succeed.
The Evangelist then threatened, thul the subject
would be introduced at the next meeting of that
body. So it lias. The progress of liinatacism
has been onward. The subject has been reported
on, in the Assembly. To the credit of that body,
the report bos not been acted upon. Anti-slavery
mooting was held in the Methodist Chinch, at
which Dr. Dr mas figured, as the groat Orator of
the Abolitionists; Dr. Reman also made a vio
lent Abolition speech in the General Assembly.
Tliis is the tame gentleman who only a few vears
. *o° travelled through the South for his health,
and was cured by filching large sums of money
from the pockets of those whom be now denoun
ces os men-slcalers who ought to bo pul to doilh.
■it requires little sagacity to perceive, that Ur. He
man, having failed to distinguish himself by his
intrigues w secure the ascendancy of the New
School party, has i ntered the abolition ranks with
the expectation of reaping laurels in this new
tiqld. We fesil-that many others enter the arena
of abolition inlluencoj tppro by, ambition, than by
piety or hancvotencc. Buman’s speech bears
upon the fac* of it, the marks of Uibhonc.>uv Hr
- - a# commented only upon suclr pa&ugci ol
"•. Smptwe ue cuitod his own side of ihiMjueslion ;
lejTinj unsvati' ed those which ary against him.
url hcr notice of Dr. Bcman’s Abo
*'-• * • • • - «Hi&n speech at some future time.— Southern
„ , ChriiUan JfisrnU. July 2.
.1 —.*• *• M t^|«e.
- ~ A Ptwt Omec. under lha name of White Natl
u-’ h»»beeu.esUib!ishcdiii DeKalh c.nnty. S-milcs 8.
Decatur, on the road leading to Nevrnan.'
.. a " J , Cbahmkh Mcvreumrs, Esa. appointed. Post
• - Master.— S.' Hseai-def.
rmsi.— i in II- it - r nreaae ;c- --~--yaTcrxrJC3-m..i mawcaww——cawi,n
aitTtmt yTjuey is, 1835.
** be jv*l, and fear not.**
BXATK RIGHTS DOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
CHI’S it. UUUItiKEEITV.
AUGUSTA lURO.MCbK, FOR SAUK.
Anticipating engagements which will mate
rially interfere with our present ones, after the
first of October next, we offer the Avgusta
Ciiiioxici.e for sale, with possession at that time,
and will dhpose of it, to a satisfactory pur
chaser, on accommodating terms. It has a
very large subscription lint, which for some
time has been larger than it ever was since wo
have hod the control of it, or probably before,
during the previous T 9 years of its existence —
being the oldest existing paper in the Rule, and
the first, except one, ever established in it. Its
.advertising patronage i.i also large, and the whole
establishment is now ns prosperous and profita
ble as it has ever been, and indeed more ao. Its
slock of printing materials, of all kinds, is very
large & complete piobably unsurpassed if equal
led, by that of any other similar establishment in
the South—and generally now—the whole news
paper type and press having been in use but a
few months—while the exceedingly large tmd va
ried assortment of j- b type, is as good ns new.
A statement from the books, and the books them
selves, together with the printing materials, will
be submitted to (be inspection of those win
may desire to purchase, ro that each may ,udge
for himself; and wo doubt not they will satisfy
examiners, that a similar amount of capital can
seldom be more safely and profitably invested, in
any way.
Editors with whom we exchange, would con
fer a favor, by publishing the above, which would
cheerfully be reciprocated.
TO COUHBSI'ONUK.VTS.
“ Tom Lomo” is received, and shull'bc inserted
hereafter—being crowded out today, with much
other matter, original and selected, by the pro
ceedings of the late Scrivcn celebration.
Til K UO VS I I fUTIONAGIST.
Wo have not room to reply to Ibis paper today,
but shall have n word for it hereafter—not only in
relation to the charge against Mr. Calhoun, am! 1
reply to our quero, but also respecting its previ- I
ous notice of out former support ol Judge Schley,
and present opposition to him. , >
COS (111 (CSSIONA I, VACANCIES. ,
“ Tiro Executive Committee of the (State
Highls parly (says the Southern Recorder,) have j
been notified by their Chairman, David P. Him.- (
house, Esq. to meet at Athens, on Thursday the (
sixth day of August next, to nominate candi
dates fur the present vacancies, and for any ollt- (
era which may in the interim occur,”
ftPOUTg OF TIIK TURF.
The owners of “ high mettled racers,” and 1
lovers of fine sport, will rend with much sutisfae- *
lion the advertisement for the Augusta Races, on
the ‘-Mill November next. It will bo seen that 1
tiro owner of Governor Hamilton pledges that 1
celebrated horse for the four mile day, at $ 1000 to
I S2OOO enhance.- And, nathe divtingufshed racer
Argyll' bus challenged Shark, the crack nag of
the North, and the owners of JHi«s Medley, have
thrown their glove to tiro world, to meet on our
turf, at the ensuing races ; and the owner of La
dy A'mhrillr, also, we understand, has expressed
a wish to run her against Hamilton and Argyle,
on tiro tour mile day—there Is a fine opportunity
presented for all these homes to meet on tbnhday,
anti, in accordance with their own objects, to pre
sent to the public one of the most interesting
day's sport that the country has ever witnessed.
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ceived, will essentially benefit our courts ofjudica
ture, & advance the beneficent and equitable inten
tions of the science of jurisprudence, by diffusing
its principles, ns developed and fixed by the most
enlightened opinions mid decisions. A distin
guished jurist, with whom wo recently conversed
on tlic subject, spoke of the design and character
of tliis publication in terms of the highest com
mendation, and as not only tiro very cheapest of
all law works, but one supplying an important
desideratum in the practice of law. No profes
sional gentleman’s library should be without it, u.s
it would certainly add to bis own improvement in
legal matters, and the efficiency of his practice,
and consequently, enable him to promote the just
interests of bis client.
The Jurist, as we have already informed our
readers, is issued from the Press of Gen. Derr
, Gueex, and under the editorial management of
the Hon. WM. ('a wen, Chief Judge of the U.
States Circuit Court, for the District of Columbia,
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lor at law. The high character and eminent ta
lents of these gentlemen, cannot fail to enhance
the great intrinsic value and merit of the work,
and aid in securing for it an extensive and merited
patronage.
As some of the subscribers to the Jenisr do
not entirely understand its paging, wo present
them with tire following explanation, from the
U. 9. Telegraph of the Orh inst I
* “Tub Jurist.—Some of our friends complain
( . I that they do not understand the paging of this
j work. Nothing can be more simple. The Mis
i eelluny which accompanies the jurist is a dis
' j tinot work, and is paged accordingly ; five bun
-1 died and twelve pages or thereabouts, forming a
j’ j volume. The Reports of the Court of King's
' | Bench, Common I’lcas, &e., are paged separate
-1 i ly, in order that they may be bound in distinct
set*. Tire abruptness with which the paging
J breaks oft" in various parts of each number, is in
consequence of tiro copy having run out. Wo re
’ print immediately on the reception of the English
t Journal.!, and they come to us exactly in the same
j. way. It is of course unavoidable. If we were
' to wait till sufficient copy had been received from
England to make up a volume, say of Exchequer
Reports, our Subscribers would bo obliged to dis
“ {reuse with much important matter for two years.”
ffj* The Prospectus of this valuable work will
. be found on the first page of this paper.
IOR THE AUGUSTA CUBOtf ICLE.
Grand Celebration of the Auulvrna
, ry ol iho Sovereignty mid Indopcn*
. ‘rlsuic ol the States ol flio North A
i mericau Confederacy, held on the
,Ub July, 1835. us Jacksouborough.
si Striven County, Georgia.
1 Pursuant to a Resolution of lire Slate Rights
1 Association of Scriven, the Nullifiors of the coun
ty assembled, about 13 o’clock, on the 4th inst,,
. , under a commodious aibor creeled in front pf
t Siasors GoouAtt’a Hofei. The preparations
wore extensive, and the scats sufficient to accom
modate between three and four hundred persons.
Under the arbor Iwo rows of tables were set, run
• ning parallel with each other; and the excels
[ lent order in which the Whole entertainment was
j arranged, Joes great credit to the proprietor, and
his amiable lady, to whom, doubtless, wo arc
indebted, fur the taste and neatness <!i played in
the preparation and arrangement of the dinner.
After the people had assembled—among whopr
we were happy to observe some Union men, who
attended to hear and judge for themselves oft
nullification—Col. Auc. S. Jones, previously
appointed, read the Virginia and Kentucky Reso
lutions in a manner peculiarly happy, and with
an emphasis that gave to each word precisely that
meaning and force which wo believe the author of
them intended it should have. Col. Jones pre
faced the Resolutions with some trappy remarks,
illustrative of our political history; and the stri ■
king success with which ho acquitted himself
upon that occasion, but proves that the devotee
of Liberty, when he speaks in her sacred cause,
whether on the floor of Congress, or in a primary
assembly, must, and will be eloquent. Ben ja
min Ghees, Esq. a member of the Georgia House
of Representatives, then delivered an Oration,
Irom which the old and young might have gather
ed instruction—in which the zealous found com
fort, and the lukewarm encouragement. The po
litical knowledge and research which he displayed
in his speech, is but another instance of what the
free principles of our party will effect in a matt.
Not content with that weak and silent submission
to errors, which constant practice has reduced in
to maxims, and which is so favorable to the estab
lishment of despotism, the student in the political
school of nullification, is imbued with a spirit of
jealousy and independence, which begot enquiry,
and enquiry leads to truth. On the other hand,
the Union man, although disposed to grumble a
little sometimes, is advised by his political confes
sor to be still—to attend no meetings of the peo
ple—that such unusual congregations arc uproari
ous, disorganizing, and alarming to the ‘ Govurn
ment”—that the “old Hero” knows what is best,
and the way to get along easily is to say nothing
about it—and, that if there be an evil to correct,
the only remedy is the ballot box ■' ■' If ho lis
tens to (his advice, he is lulled into a fancied secu
rity, and a delusive morbid repose, from which,
when it is too late, not oven the pressure of his
fetters, nor the clanking of his chains, can arouse
him.—Tito Orator closed amid the cheering of
the people; and Edward J. Beach, Bsq, of
the Committee of Arrangements, rose, and invi
ted all who were present, without reference to
political distinctions, to be sealed, and partake
with the nulltfien, of their dinner; and, at the
same time, assured the members of the Union
party, who might accept the invitation, that they
should not be shocked by the utterance of Jcflbr
sonian treason, or any such principles as would
have held the head of a whig in jeopardy, during
the reign ot George the 3d ; but that the annun
ciation of the the toasts should Ire deferred until
all such guests might have a reasonable opportuni
ty to retire, if they preferred to do so.
The Rev. .Solomon Bryan then implored the
benediction of God upon our cause, and his bles
sing upon the feast, and the company soon testi
fied by their assiduity and industry, to the excel
lence of the repast, so bountifully prepared for
them.—After the cloth was removed, the follow
ing regular and volunteer toasts Were drank :
ItK.GUL.AR TOASTS!
I. Modern Statesmanship —The art best adap
ted to deceive the people.
“■ The University of the State of Georgia —
May she shortly point to the leading men of the
Slate, and say, with as much justice as Cornelia,
“ these aro my jewels,”
3. Georgia —-Intelligent and virtuous constitu
ents will ensure able and faithful representatives,
4. Kit. Itajority of the hist Legislature of
Georgia —Worthy representatives of the Union
party —while they net out our principles, they
blink the name of Nullification.
5. The State llights Convention —The result
of its deliberations meets our most hearty con
currence.
6. The Presidential Canvass —When the
crown is placed tinder the auctioneer’s hammer,
who so likely to obtain it as he whose escutcheon
hears the motto, “ Tiro spoils belong to the vic
tors.”
7. The President of the United Stales —The
last man in the Country to whom (he meed of
calumny should be justly awarded.
8. Andrew Jackson— Alike ambitious to re
gulate the intercourse of nations, and that of the
ladies of Washington City,
!). The Treasury of the United States —
Where is it I
10. The Force Pill and its Concomitant
doctrines —A short but admirable commentary,
in pamphlet form, on the rights of the States, edi
ted conjointly by Hugh-1.. White, of Tennessee,
and Marlin A'an Bnren of New York.
11. The case of Grai'es, the Indian .Murder
er—A glorious triumph for Nullifters, when our
bitterest opponents are forced, from the sheer I ruth
and power of nm principles, to adopt in practice,
the came Nullification they deny in theory. In
hoc signo vinces.
IS. Rewards of merit , equally distributed —
Major Barry to a foreign mission—Amos Kendal
to the Post Office department, and james in.
waync to the Bench—it should have been to the
“ Stool."
13. Thomas Jefferson—The first great expo
sitor of Nullification—The profundity ofhis wis
dom, the purity of his principles, and the emi
nence ofhis virtues, have forced even his politi
cal antipodes, tiro Union men, to a pretended a
doption of his and our doctrines ! Such is the
[ homage vice pays to virtue 1
VOLUNTEER TOASTS!
' After the 3d regular toast was drank, Col.
Hexrt Beaufort, one of the Committee of Ar
rangements, offered the following:
Atton H. Pemberton. Esq. of the Augusta
Chronicle—The able, fearless, and consistent
advocate of Nullification. Honor to him to whom
honor is due.
When the immense cheering with which this
sentiment was welcomed had subsided, Mr. Pe.m
rehton, who was present by invitation, rose to
reply; and. however we may fail to do it justice,
wc cannot refrain from attempting a brief and
hasty sketch of his very striking and interesting
speech. He said, that wholly unexpected as was
this flattering compliment, and unprepared as he
■ was to do justice to the feelings it had inspired,
he could not trust himself with the utterance of
them, farther than to declare hia unfeigned, grate
ful thanks, and that he must rely upon the gen
erous hearts around him, to appreciate the feel
ings of his own. Not having the vanity* or pre
sumption to conceive for a moment that he owed
it to any peculiar merits of his own—for he
had barely done his duty, and who, that bote the
proud, glorious name of Nuli.f.sr, had not
done the same ?—he felt that he must ascribe it to
that ( gcnerous appreciation of his feelings, which,
judging from their own of what he fain would
/in
have done, had thus kindly “ taken the will for
the deed.” Yet, it was not, could not be the
less grateful, because less deserved; and he
trusted would not bo without its salutary influ
ence, both on himself and others—on himself, by
I stimulating him to now efforts to deserve it—and
on others, humble as himself, by shewing to
them that honest efforts, however feeble or ob
scure, in a noble, generous, and all-observant
cause like ours, could never fail to be seen, felt,
■ and appreciated, by men struggling, amid unmeri
ted reproach and slander, to uphold the sinking
liberties of their country.
Amid all the defeats and trials of Nullification,
it was no ordinary triumph, he said, in the State
of Georgia, to look upon an assemblage ofNulli
tiers like that which surrounded him. The name
of Nullifier was not now, even in Georgia, what
it bad lately been ; and he felt that even this was
but a slight foretaste of the glorious triumphs in
store for it. Already might its enemies well en
vy it the brightening halo which surrounded it —
already might they tremble before the light which
it was rapidly spreading over the land—already it
stood out boldly before them, and in stern defi
ance of their calumnies,
“ Like a wave-beat rock—
Washed whiter, but not shaken, by each shock.”
But he felt the strong, deep, prophetic conscious,
ness, in his own mind, that its day of glory and
triumph was yet to come. He was personally
• known to but few of those whom he had the honor
to address; hut ho well know the character of the
people of Scriven, and well understood and felt the
generous, patriotic spirit that prevailed among
, them, and was so conspicuous on that occasion.
, He well remembered, too, that in the dark hour
, of trial, when our gallant sister State was infa
, mously menaced with the sword, and the misera
ble harpies and hireling cutthroats of “ the Go
vernment” were thirsting for her blood, among the
first cheering Georgia voices raised in her behalf.
.Sc in denunciation of her heartless, vicious oppres
sors, was that of the people of Scrivcn. That cri
sis,thanks to the unparalleled virtue ami heroism
of Carolina, had happily been mastered and dis
posed of; but, it was useless to disguise ordeny it;
• another was now at hand, and otic which behoved
■ us to be sleeplessly vigilant, and prepared with
the utmost of our powers, to meet it as became
men, and freemen, determined to resist the very
first encroachment, come from whatever quarter
it might. The very government established for
our safety and protection, had been converted in
to an engine of oppression, and rendered an
object of continual dread. Wedding an im
mense patronage, it was boldly and unhesitatingly
sustained, in all its iniquities, by a powerful par
ty, eager for the “ spoils,” and utterly reckless of
the means of obtaining them. That party was
emphatically the Government party, and should
he termed, not merely the Jackson party, but
Jackson’s patty, and its members Jackson’s men.
There were in reality, in fact, and in principle,
but two part'os, in any country, or at any time;
and, call them what you may—Whig and Tory
Radical and Conservative, Republican and Fede
ral, Jackson and Anti-Jackson, or Nullifica
tion and Union—they were, properly, merely
the parly of the Government, and the party of tho
People —and in this light should always bo view
ed—the. one, in favor of the Government, of pow
. or, and a strong government, and of strengthen
, iug and sustaining it always against tho people ;
t combining always tho office-holders and office
seekers, and those who were at heart opposed to
. the rights of the people, ami doubted their capa
city for self-government—and tho other, in favor
• of the People, liberty, and tho rights of man—
comprising those who had no interest in office,
or tho spoils of Government, and who merely
contributed to those spoils, and tho expenses of
the Government, rather than received and enjoy
ed them, like the others. He need not ask them
to which of these parties they belonged—need
not tell them to which he belonged. What sym
pathies could he or they have with a Government
long felt only in its injuries & oppressions, or with
a party, always ready to sustain it and litem, reck
less of all consequences—ready, always, to change
as it changed, say anything it said, and do any
thing it dictated. It had been justly and wisely said,
that “ Government was at best but a necessary
evil;” and certainly the best of Governments, if
not continually watched, would soon become a far
more than necessary evil. There was always a
natural conflict of interest between the people
' and the Government; and the latter had decided
ly the advantage, since its powers were always
' active and concentrated, while those of the latter
’ were passive and divided. “ Power was always
stealing from the many to the few ;” and the na
' tural tendency of all power was to forget right.
Ho begged leave to illustrate his views on this
subject, by an anecdote, related of one of those
r people, who, with all their errors, are alike the
I children of liberty, genius, and song. He had
’’ but recently arrived in New York, and on being
presented by a Van Burcn man, with a ticket at
the polls, asked what it was for. “ For liberty
and the government,” said tiro other. “ Liberty
' and tho government, did ye say V’ retorted ho.
' “ Och, then, and who ever heard talk of liberty
P and the government before 1 I'll go for liberty,
and let the government take care of itself, as it’s
well enough able to do, any day. 1 never voted
for the government at home, and by the powers
I’ll not do it now.”
The people could not, he said, be too jealous of
t , their government, or too prompt in their resist
ance of its encroachments; and though it was
possible, that it might sometimes, be right, and
I. they wrong,yet safety was naturally on their side,
.. and in 99 cases out of 100, at least, they would be
right, in opposing it. Indeed, who could point
a out a single instance, in all history, of a struggle
( for liberty, on the part of the people against the
government, in which the former were not palpa
bly right, and the latter wrong. In our country,
from tho very formation of tho government, the
tendency of that government toward supremacy
and despotism had been slow and gradual, but
II sure. First, Congress had usurped nearly all the
’’ rights and powers of the people; and now, the
Executive Department was continually usurping,
’ and rapidly concentrating within itself, all the
8 powers and privileges of Congress, so that it was
e already almost entirely uncontrolablc; and the
, mere President of a Republic, the boasted ams
f protended servant of the people, almost as abso
• lute aud irresponsible as the despot of Tutkey.—
- Be it our pride, theu, said he, to belong to the
- party of the People, and to struggle with that
• party to save the liberties of tho country, if possi
i bie, from the during and determined grasp of tire
government, and its reckless party. And, after
: .exhorting them to Increased efforts in the great
t cause wlrich had now called them together, and to
i swear upon the altars of their illustrious forefa
thers, around which they were now assembled,
I eternal fidelity to their great precepts and exam
ples, he concluded, amidst bursts of applause,with
the following toast:
The gallant and patriotic people of Scriven
County— Among the first to rally around the glo
rious standard of Nullification; they still continue
among the most zealous aud efficient of its de
fenders ; and, my life upon it, they will bo among
the very last to waver in the true faith, or shrink
from the arduous duties involved in its support.
By Col. A. S. Jones, one of the Committee of
Arrangements. The Declaration of Indepen
dence—The harbinger of the Revolution of 1776.
The Force Bill —The consummation of the
countcr-Rovolulion of 1833.
By Maj. Hardy Scarborough, one of the
Committee of Arrangements. The Unionists —
They claim the Vfl. and Ken. Resolutions for their
creed; but I say, the devil, with the same propric ty,
might claim the New Testament for his creed; for
they say thatthe U. States Courtis the only judge
of all unconstitutional laws, when every body
knows that these resolutions w’ere not the decis
sion of any Court, but the legislative declaration
of two States, acting in their sovereign capacity
and for that very reason wc the State Rights
men claim them for our creed.
By JotiN R. Kittles, Esq. of the Commit
tee of Arrangements. The Elective franchise
a glorious right, the benefit of which can only
be felt, when our. duty is done by its exercise’
Hugh L. White, fur President, in the present
canvass.
By Cullen Williamson, Esq. of the Com
mittee of arrangements, Capt. Edward J.
Black —a talented aud honest man—the firm
supporter of the rights of the States—may he re
present us in the next Legislature.
This sentiment met a hearty response from the
company, and after the long and reiterated ap
plause, it called forth had subsided, Capt. Black
rose with feelings evidently much excited, and
gave vent to them in high and lofty sentiments,
worthy of the patriotic speaker, and the noble
cause he so warmly and eloquently espoused. He
would not, he said, go into an argument to prove
the right of State Interposition against uncon
stitutional laws, to the Republicans of Scrivcn
county, or condescend to vindicate that sacred
right, before them, from the foul and ungenerous
aspersions of its opponents. He dissented from
so much of the proceedings of the State Rights
Convention at Milledgcville, as gave a preference
to White over Van Buren, and avowed his deter
mination to support no man who had been guilty
of the unpardonable political sin, of voting for the
Force Pill —a bill arming the agent of these so
vereign States with the Sword, to carry death
and desolation among the peaceable inhabitants
of one of the most enlightened and patriotic of
the confederacy, and whose only offence was
resistance to a law that all now acknowledge to
have been oppressive, and which Georgia, Vir
ginia, and the whole South, had declared to be
also unconstitutional: He avowed his determi
nation load consistently himself, and could not
reconcile the consistency of those who, denoun
cing the Force Bill, yet suppoit for (ho highest
office in the country, a man whose name stands
recorded in its favor; and concluded, amidst the
cheers of the audience, by offering the following
sentiment, which was enthusiastically cheered by
tho company:
Nullification —Not of the Union, nor of the
Constitution, but of all unauthorized acts done
under color of that instrument.
By Robert Eunday, Esq. The Union par
fy °f Scriven county—a centaur-like figure,
half whig, half tory; its mortal remains were
hastily interred, and its requiem chanted, on the
Ist monday of October 1831.—W0 believe there
■ is no resurection for this fallen angel.
By Jacob Oliver Esq. South Carolina was
threatened with Haman’s gallows, and force of
of arms, by old whimsical Hickory; she main
tained her principles, as undaunted as ever Wash
ington did, and may Georgia act in a like manner.
By Hope Branham, Esq. The Orator of the
Day —One of Scriven’s own native sons—may
he represent us in the next Legislature.
By Wm. Sanders, Esq. The Nullifiers —
May they prosper hi all their undertakings,
By J. J, Mears. Calhoun, McDuffie, Payne,
and Hamilton —Their names shall live as long as
freedom has a votary.
By Wm. T, Buunes. Resistance to uncon
stitutional oppression —The sacred duty of all re
publican freemen.
, By James W. Bowie. The Whigs of 1776
May the spirit by which they were actuated, burn
in the bosoms of their degenerate sons, until they
become ashamed of consolidation and toryism.
By Bryant Odom. The Union —how popu
lar in Georgia 1 to wit: “ The friends of the
Union are our friends, and its enemies are our ene
mies.” Whose 1 Old Tom’s and Pal Robin
son’s !!!
By H. R, Roherts. Soulh Carolina— tho
fearless and independent State; she has executed
her aim with honor ; may Georgia
follow her steps, and Nullification be her motto.
By L, M. SinicKLANn. Georgia —May her
sons ever support the liberty handed down to
them upon the points of their fathers’ swords.
By William Cooper Esq. George M.
Troup —The able defendei of the State Rights
. Patty of Georgia: may his pre-eminent services,
as chief magistrate, ever be highly appreciated
by the sons of Columbia.
By Richard O’Cosnel. Nullification— the
only constitutional and effective remedy against
the oppressions of a corrupt and despotic govern
ment.
By Paul Williamson. May the Union men
in Scriven county be speedily convinced of their
errors, and with us support the Constitution in
its true meaning, and frown upon their present
ill advisers.
By James Roberts. The State of Georgia
—Distinguished for her hospitality, generosity,
intelligence, and bravery ; may she always recog
nise such-men as Troup, Howard, and Dougher
ty-
By W illiam P. Cousseaux. James Hamil
ton—Tho republican-governor of Soulh Carolina
—the illustrious patriot—the steadfast republican
—he has passed through the fiery furnace, and
come out pure gold. I hope that submission prin
ciples will blush and hide their deformed faces.
By Thomas M. Boston. The Virginia and
Hentuchy Resolutions —Would that every Union
man would read and properly understand them.
By Hezekiah Vickery, a Revolutionary sol
dier. May the present sons of the soldiers of ’76,
properly estimate the blessings of liberty bequea
thed to them, and never forget, that “ Resistance
to tyrants is obedience to God.”
By William H. Bryan. The patriotic and
republican sons of Georgia —may they unani-
mously rally round the banner of the Constitution,
and die or defend the rights of their State.
By A. E. Graham. Health, long life, and
prosperity, to the Slate Rights Party—may they
maintain their rights, and be forever prosperous.
By John Waters. Charles Dougherty —
The firm supporter of State Rights—may he tri
umph over the well known, yet sly (Schley) fed
eralist.
By Jons Parker. Hero is to John C. Cal
houn, who maintains an unchangable principle—
hoping that all the sons of Georgia may maintain
the same principle as he and McDuffie.
By Martin Herrington. May the day our
forefathers toiled and sweated for, never be for
gotten, and may party spirit cease to strive—State
Rights is the rightful remedy.
By James Parker. Georgia —May her sons
•never disgrace their forefathers of ’7G.
By James Dili. The patriotic and republi
can cause in •which the State Rights party of
i Scriven are so actively engaged —May it extend
over the Union, and flourish over the ruins of
despotism.
By J. C. Lovett. Here's to Nullification —
The only peaceful remedy to maintain the rights
of freemen, and preserve the Union.
By Thomas Parker. Richard J\l. Johnson
—One of old Hickory’s track dogs—may he and
his progeny (daughters !) sink into oblivion.
Bo Joshua Pearce. The trite State Rights
—May the gloomy mist which at present obscures
them, pass away from the eyes of our opponents,
that they may discern the difference between “ U
nion” and “ submission .”
By Barton Botkina The Whigs of ’76,
and the Nul/ifiers of ’3s—One of their chief
consolations is, that no drop oftory blood runs in
their veins.
By David Burke, jr. Edward J. Black.
Esq. and his unchangeable principles —He vin
dicated the cause of South Carolina, and may he
ever be a bright star in Scriven county.
By James Wood. The Senate of the U
States —the best evidence of its honesty, and at
tachment to the interests of the people, is, that a
tyrant calls it factious.
By James Stone. I would wish old Hicko
ry well, if he were in the field of battle, if we
were oppressed by the red coats —but where he
now is, he is an injury to the country.
By Rodert Herrington. May the young
and rising generation not brand their fore-fathers
with cowardice, in submitting to a tyrannical and
oppressive law—and may each and every true Re
publican be willing to risk his fortune and his all
for the rights of his State.
By John Waters. Edward J. Black,
Esq.—a luminary in the eyes of State Rights
men, but a terror to “ Unionism .”
By C. Oliver. Andrew Jackson once was
honored, but now ho is blasted by M. Van Burcn
and his cabinet.
By M. Loper. Success to Col. David Crock
et, and his old dog Rattler.
By Charles H. McCall. May the people
of Georgia show their preference for Republican
ism over Federalism, by electing Charles Dough
erty our next Governor.
By Jou R. Smart, (an invited guest.) Hugh
L. White is better than Martin Van Buren, be
cause Martin Van Burcn is worse than Hugh L.
White.
By William Burnes. The renegade State
rights men -who desert principle for the hope of
office —Their treachery renders them unfit for free
men.
By William Scott. The Orator and Rea
der of the day —They are just such men as won
our liberties.
By Benjamin Mock. Though small r in sta
ture, I am as largo as Goliah in the support of
State rights. '
By John Roiif.rts. The sages and heroes
of the RevoltTHon —Like them let us prove that
liberty has yet defenders, who will livefreeor die.
By William H. Ingram. Nullification —It
Is so pure and patriotic that it must and will out
live the slanders of the present age, and secure
the veneration of the next.
By Ah ii ah am Burke. South Carolina —
The noble stand she took when she was oppres
sed, made Jackson shudder, and his cabinet trem
ble.
By Curtis H. Humphrets. The people of
the United States —They will be enslaved when
they cease to deserve freedom, and will remain
slaves after they may deserve to be free.
By Btous Boykin. George McDuffie,
the Governor of South Carolina —The invinci
ble defender of State rights—the illustrious pa
triot—the steadfast republican—the purity of his
principles has stood the test of the political fur
nace, and 1 hope all submission principles may
blush and hide their ugly face.
By William W. Mixon. Nullification —
The only sheet anchor, on which our remaining
liberty can safely depend.
By William Oliver. William N. Bishop,
Billy Springer, and Wilson I/umpkin —The two
Dromios done in triplicate!—“four and twenty
fiddlers all in a row.”
By Charles Muggridoe. May every for
eigner that lands in this happy country, America,
be found at his post, flighting for her rights and
privileges.—Free trade, and Sailor’s rights for
ever.
By Ephraim Hunter. Here’s long life and
prosperity to the Constitution of the United
Stales of N. America, and every man who will
support it.
By Isaac Rooks. May Charles Dougherty be
the next Governor of Georgia.
By Grienbebrt Beaufort. The Stale
Rights party of Scriven County —May they be
true to their cause, stand to their' arms, and cry
aloud for liberty.
By William H. Scruggs. Georgia —ln her
infancy she gallantly shed her blood for national
freedom; may she never degenerate.
By John W. Hodges. Judge Dougherty,
our candidatefor Governor— May he be elected
by such a majority as will cause the submission
party ofGeorgia to blush, aud hide their faces.
By Charles Wentworth. Old Hickory —
When sound and uncorrupted, the best wood in
the world, but when corrupted and decayed, fit
only for Kitchen purposes.
By James Mcßride. Slate rights and State
remedies —May the principle run and burn as in
dry stubble, until it consumes the last remains of
the spirit of submission to unconstitutional laws.
By Benjamin Williamson. “HANSON”
—May the name be remembered by many, on the
Ist Monday of October next
By James G. Henderson.
Freedom and liberty I will maintain, with a spirit
most fearless and loyal,
And long may tho patriots of Carolina sing the I
deeds of Jefterson the royal, (great appl aUßf ,^
By Cutler Vickery. Bob Short's benevo. I
lence for the infirmities of a great Union man
A pail of water, instead of a veil of charity!
By John Buford. The State Rights party I
of Scriven County —May tliey rise to shine
bright and brighter, until Van Bmenism has sunk I
beneath the sod.
By John M. Roberts. Martin Van Buren
The political lago.
By Benjamin W. Rodents. May the sons
of liberty never disgrace their forefathers of ’7O,
or submit to a tyrannical and oppressive law;
and may they always be found standing up to the
rack, fodder or no fodder.
By Bryan Roberts. South Carolina— She
has done for liberty, what David did for the ark.
By James C. CJohlan. May God above send
■ his love among tho Stale Rights members, that
they may be so far before thbir foes, that the-torios
may never overtake them.
By J. T. Scnuocs. The State Rights party;
sound in principle, and mild in argument—May
they by their wisdom preserve the Union. ** I
By S. Goodall. The cause of State Rights
and State remedies —The only safe means to
make permanent the Union of these United
States: the opponents of power and oppres
sion. May the eyes of the blind be speedily
opened to discern it and their errors, when all
things shall work together for good, and the Lord
will save his people.
By Cob Tiios. Green. Benjamin Watkins
Leigh —The distinguished statesman ; We need
not fear of losing our Freedom, if we have such
men to govern us. v I
By A. L. L. Lovett. Georgia —She has fl
practically illustrated the doctrine ofNunification, I
Who doubts the co-operation of her gallantsons for
that remedy, (which even Union men employ in
time of need,) at the Ballot Sox, in October nextl
Sent by Col. Roger L. Gamble, of Jefferson.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of' 98
and ’99—The Text-book, then, and now, of the
great Republican party ; —opposed to the Proc
lamation and Force Bill —The Text-book of the
great modern Democratic party of the U. States.
Sent by Judge Jno. M. Berrien, of Savannah.
The State Rights party of Georgia, of 1837
’2B—The consistent advocates of the constitu
tional Union, of free, sovereign, and independent
States. Let friends who have been divided by ar
, ttfico and misrepresentation, once more rally
I under its sacred banner.
Sent by Maj. Mulfohd Marsh, of Burke,
The Sovereignties of the States —The main pil
, lavs of the Union : These destroyed, the Union
fulls.
i From Col. Joseph W. Jackson.
i Savannah, July Ist, 1835.
Gentlemen :—Having recently, in the service
. of tho State Rights Party of Chatham county,
made a ride to Milledgeville, which withdrew
. from my private affairs an important part of my
. time, I am constrained to decline accepting now
. the invitation you have been pleased to send.—
My best feelings are with you, Gentlemen, be- ,
, cause your cause, I conceive to be the cause of
. Liberty, State Sovereignty, and, in sober truth,
. the cause of Union. Not a Union of compulsion,
but a constitutional Union, as our fathers made it,
; without dreaming at tho time their signatures wera
/■ affixed to tho compact, that that Union was to bo
. sustained as the Union between Great Britain and
Ireland is now sustained, by the sword, the bayo
. net, and the halter. Our Union is, in my judg
, ment, a union of sovereign States, each having
two distinct sets of agents, one Federal, and one
. Domestic; and neither the Federal nor Domestic
p agent possessing one tittle of superiority over, or
equality with, their masters, the People. The
f People of the respective States, are the only legi
t timate sovereigns in this country'. They act, not
in mass, but as sovereigns, in their States, rcspec-
lively. And when their Federal agents shall
enact statutes, issue commands, or pronounce de
crees, which they severally deem to be violations
of the compact, they have, severally, a right, with
out which they arc slaves to “an irresponsible ma
jority, “to judge of the violation, and select the*
mode and measure of redress.” If it be said that
this is part and parcel of “Carolina N unification,”
my answer is, I am content. No independent
r mind will disguise its sentiments, because the poli->
i cy of an adversary may have imparted to aprinci
i pie an odious denomination. The principle is
coeval with the Government; was sanctioned
, by Jefferson s illustrious mind, and subsequently,
. by the patriot Troup; was maintained by Geor.
. gia in 1835, 6, and 7, and has, at different peri
j ods, been acted on by her, in defiance of tho pro
cess of the Supremo Court.
We do not admit, nor believe, that our princi- v
ciples lend to disunion. Wc contend that they
. coerce the Fcdcral Government to a strict construc
, lion of the Federal Constitution. If they did
tend to disunion, I, speaking for myself, would
prefer them to principles tending to consolidation;
, believing it better that the Constitution should be
, a “ rope of sand,” than a “ shackle of iron and
that liberty, which is above all price, can be more
. certainly enjoyed by us in the condition in which
tho Revolution left us, that of “ Free, Sovereign,
1 and Independent Stales,” than in the condition of
r One People, ruled by a merciless majority, under
the forms of law.
I Our opponents, Gentlemen, it would seem, have
1 surrendered their charge of a desire to dissolve
1 the Union. This charge did its work. It always
deserved your scorn. I have never met with a
> “ State Rights man,” who expressed a wish to see
the Union dissolved. He, who entertains tills
desire, should be considered as little less than a
: madman.
I urge you, Gentlemen, to press onward in the
cause you have espoused, and, in conclusion. I of
f 1
! fer, for your acceptance, the following toast;—
“ The spirit of the Patriot— Unyielding in
adversity, and without elation in prosperity—the
I same in a minority, as in a majority—looking on
, ly to the Country’s good, regardless of personal
consideration.”
I am, Gentlemen,
Your Fellow Citizen,
JOSEPH W. JACKSON.
From Lori 8, D’lyon. Esq. ,
Savannah, 2d July, 1835.
Gentlemen :—The polite invitation with which
you have honored me, to dino with the “ State
Rights party of Scriven county, on the 4th inst.,
at Jacksonborough,” has been received, and it
would have afforded me great pleasure, if it had
been possible for me to be present on that occa
sion ; but a combination of circumstances de
prives me of a gratification which I felt every de
sire to enjoy.