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From the Savannah Republican.
THE STATE BIGHTS BANNER.
Raise up the proud Banner, the glorious thcet,
Fling it forth to the breeze, let the world see it
waving—
And thousands of Georgians beneath it that! meat
With hearts, that no deai>ot shot) o’re be enslaving.
Let its brilliant folds burst.
As fair ns when first,
Brforo it tamed pale our oppressors accurst;
God bless the proud Banner, and long may it bo.
To the tyrant a foe—and a friend to the free.
It wi'U'wave o’er our fields,at the sound of ita name
'l’he proud sons of Georgia, will go forth in glory,
Its splendor all beaming, and say chall ita famo
B* shorn of ita lustra, and shine not in story ?
Shall the scorn of its foos
Dim the brilliance that glows,
And sully the Bannor that proudly arose 1
Tho dag is still waving, and long shall it be
To the tyrant a foe, and a friend to the free.
Yes, Georgians unfurled it, and many a field,
May hallow tho Banner such Patriots gave us,
Beneath it the doom of the despot must yield,
Beneath it the despot can never enslave us i
But proudly on high
It shall float in lha sky,
And ever instruct us for freedom to die.
Wave on thou proud Danner, and long shah
thou be
To the tyrant a foe, and a friend of the free.
From the U. S. Telegraph.
Frauds on the Crook Indinni.
General Samlford, of Georgia, late A
gent of the Creeks, thus accounts fur
the franc's perpetrated on the Indians 1
He save,
■* 1 Icuow much has been said in rela
tion to the prevalence of certain dishon- !
est and dishonorable pratices; but wheth
er the assertions which have been made I
be true or false, the difficulty of arriving
at proper proof ir.vst still leave (ho mat- 1
ter in darkness and doubt. The difficul- !
tics to which 1 allude, as perplexing the
investigation and rendering its results 1
unsatisfactory, are those which originate '
from the barbarous and unintellectual 1
condition of the people with whom trims- 1
actions of a peculiar character have been
had; from their sudden attainment of
property without acquiring at the same ;
time a proper knowledge of its value;
from not only a want of just appreciation
ot their rights, but from an existence of
legal impediments in their prompt vindi
cation; from the inlluence of an anoma
lous class of extraordinary adventurers,
whose management and address have en
abled them to control the Indians in de
spite of the efforts now in iking to re
dress their wrongs; from the venality,
profligacy, and worthlessness of the In
diana themselves. Fully aware of the
effects of their combined influence, no
exertion has been withheld which could
counteract their tendency, and if they
have still triumphed, it is because no
adequate expedient could be devised to
prevent their success.”
That all this would be the case, was
as well known at the time the Govern
ment made the treaty as it is now ; and it
may be asked, why was a treaty made of
such a nature, that the fndiansVmild be
defrauded while the United States lost
the land ? We tan answer the question.
The treaty was so made expressly to af
ford this opportunity of speculation.
The whole is fraud from beginning to end.
Some of their lands will be obtained by
the Governmental peta for one-tenth of
the value of the lands.
From the Philadelphia Examiner.
The question of state iuoiits in a
sut shell. — Notwithstanding the vol
umes that have been written on this sub
ject, it is possible to bring the question
into so small a compass that any man
who can spare five minutes of bis life time
toexamine a matter which is of vital im
portance to himself and his posterity,
may be able to ascertain whether he is
an advocate of the doctrine of State
Rights or a Consolidationist. It is done
thus. The Federal (Jovernlnent is ei
ther the sole judge in the taut resort, o!
the extent of its own powers, under the
Constitution, or it is not.
If it is the sole judge of the extent of
its own powers, its judgment must be ex
creised by the Executive, or by the Le
gislative, or by the Judicial department,
or by some two of them, or by the whole
three in conjunction, and it cannot be
exercised in any other way.
The Judiciary department is as much
a component part of the Federal Govern
ment. as the Executive or Legislative
branch, and so far from being indepen
dent of the other branches, it is absolute
ly under their control, which is proved
from the fact, that Congress and the Pre
sident can at any time, within the limits
of the Constitution, increase the number
of judges to any extent they may please,
so as to neutralize the power of any ex
isting set of judges who might be oppos
ed to their views, precisely in the same
manner as it was recently proposed ini
England, to increase the number of peers j
in the House of Lords, to an extent (bat I
would give a majority in favor of the mea- j
sures of the existing administration.
The right thus to judge of the extent)
of its own powers, is of course an exclu
sive right, and consequently admits of no
right in any other body to resist the judg
ment, for it is not possible that one can
have a right to do what another has a
right to prevent. Under this theory,
therefore, there can be no right of State
judgment, so as to admit, in anv form or
manner whatever, of State interposition, i
If, on the other hand, the Federal Go- ■
vernment is not the sole judge of the ex- !
tent of its own powers under the Consti
tution, there must be some other juiW
designated in the Constitution, which is
au instrument of delegated power, or the
parties to (he Constitution must be the
judge. There is no other arbiter con
ceivable in the case. Hut no arbiter lor
settling cases ol disputed power is desig
- nated-in the Constitution and it follows
then, of necessity, that the parties them
selves are the judge.
• But who are these parties to the Con
stitution, to whom, under this theory
this right of judgment belong* ? , Is it all’ i
the States, or a maioitv Pt •t.rr, *-,(
bare minority •’ • ‘
If we say that it require the unani
mous judgment of all the States, it is ab
surd, for no usurpation of power could
possibly be exercised by any one or all
the branches of the Federal Government
combined, against the consent of all the
States, and mis asserted right of judg
ment, therefore, would only be a remedy
for an evil that could never exist.
If we say that it requires the judgment
of a majority of the States, it is little
less absurd, for the simple reason, that
no utcuipation could lonjr subsist against
the will of a majority of the Slates, which
Eossesses already a remedy in the ballot
ox, sufficiently ample to protect itself.
It follows, therefore, as a necessary
consequence, that the right of judgment
belongs to a minority of the States, and
if toaminprify, to every individual State.
Having thus, ns we conceive, de
monstrated that the right of judging
in the last resort, of the extent of the
cowers of the Federal Government, be
longs to each State individually, it fol
lows that this right is accompanied also
by the right of protecting itself against
the operation of an unconstitutional act,
or it is not.
If it is accompanied by the light of
self-protection, that right must be exer
cised by some species of State Interposi
tion or State veto, and that interposition
or veto, whatever it may be, is a State
remedy.
If it is not accompanied by the right of
self protection, the party who claims the
right of judging, is no better oil'than if
he did not posaess the tight of judging,
and hence State Rights without a State
Remedy differ in nothing from county or
township rights, under a State .Govern
ment.
From the Southern Recorder,
" r e cannot but congratulate ourselves,
and the party with which we act, that the
political controversy of the two parties in
Georgia, is at length placed by our op
ponents themselves on its true basis.
We can have no better criterion of the
political preferences of a party . than the
political opinions of the men, whom they
delight to honor. If our political oppo
nents deliberately select from the whole
body of their party, to represent them in
the highest political offices within their
gift, a gentleman, or gentlemen, of the
old federal school, we must of course—
it is impossible to do otherwise—indem
nify the creed of the representative with
that of the constituents, whom he is elm
sen to represent; and in thus exhibiting
to the people the relative position of the
parties, we only do that which, (even if
wc were ever so unwilling,) the acts of
our opponents compel us to do, and
which, judging by the same criterion,
they desire us to do.
The people will thus plainly perceive,
that the controversy is tints brought, to
that line of distinction which always has
divided, and always will divide the po
litical parties of the United States; which
will honestly and earnestly divide the
people in the choice of political princi
ples, when the ephemeral topics of the
hour, to which the excitements of the day
may have given rise, shall have passed
away and been forgotten. The Republi
can and Federal schools have had their
, ardent disciples since the formation «l
the government, and they will continue
i to have them while the government en-
I dines. The distinction results from the
very nature of our government itself. In
the exercise of (lie powers of (he Federal
and State Governments, (hose of our fel
low citizens who dread the tendency of
power towards the centre —who believe
that (here is, almost from the very na
ture of things, danger of the Federal
Government monopolising the powers oi
the Slates—will always be found under
the renublican banner, whose distinctive
motto is, the preservation of (bo rights of
the States. Those of our fellow citizens,
mi the contrary, who believe that the
danger is to be apprehended in the States
stealing away the constitutional powers
of the Federal Government, will as cer
tain!y he found in the federal school, (ho
distinctive feature of whose policy is to
strengthen the arm of the General Giv
eminent. These are distinctions no’
made to subserve any party purposes in
tliis State; they are such ns are recogni
zed and acknowledged, as well in Maine
ns in Georgia, and as fully in Missouri as
either. They are the distinctive politi
cal features of (lie republican and federal
systems of politics.
Os these two schools, the most distin
guished expounder and advocate of tin*
first, was Thomas Jrfff.rson, who has
been by acclamation and general con
sent, placed at the head of the Republi
can party. The ablest advocate and
friend of the latter svstein, to whom the
Federal parly have ever looked as their
chief, was Alexavper Hamilton, than
whom 'his country lias not produced an
abler defender of federalism. The Re
publican party have ever taken the expo
sition of the relative powers of the Feder
al and State Governments, which is to
he found in the writings and actions of
Thomas Jefferson, as the true principles
of republicanism j while the Federalists
are quite as implicit in their belief of the
views of our government, entertained
and expounded by Alexander Hamilton
The followers of these men, or rather the
I advocates of their distinct and essential
| ly variant systems of politics, have been
j known as Republicans or Federalists ac
j cordingly as they preferred the one or
I (lie other. Tliis lias been the great line
of party distinction which has ever divi
ded the’ people of the United States, and
which must and will divide them, so
long as our peculiar form of government
shall exist.
Os these two systems, the candidate
for the Chief Magistracy of Georgia, se
lected by our opponents, is, it is general
ly understood, an advocate of federal
ism. We have been informed by those
well acquainted with (hatgentleman, (for
we have not ourselves tho minor of a per
sonal acquaintance,j that this choice of
systems is not that of the moment or of
'be day, but is the deliberate decision of
lits youth, sanctioned and confirmed bv
*b?'judgment of l\is maturcr rears.
The politics of tins gentleman, be it
distinctly understood, are not judged of
by individual and isolated opinions or
actions; nor are acts, which may have
been the offspring of temporary‘feeling '
and excitement, however unpopular, un- '
generously arrayed at tliis time, bv which
to characterize his political creed’. We
on his own preference of the politics of i
Alexander TTaniilton, to those of Thomas 1
Jefferson, distinguish him as a disciple of
the former, and as necessarily entitled to
the name of the politicians of that school,
a federalist. His own deliberately ex
pressed judgment of the great Chiefs of
the two systems, in which he preferred
■ the politics of Hamilton, and characteri
zed Mr. Jefferson as “ a mere theorist in
politics,” is not the unreflectingebulition
of the moment, but the deliberately a
: vowed opinion of his life. Upon these
grounds then, the people of Georgia have
a plain case before them, for their deci
sion. The State Rights party having
offered for their acceptance a true Jeffer
sonian Republican, with every qualifica
tion for the high office to which he as
pires, it is for them to determine, whe
ther republicanism or federalism is to oe
hereafter the creed of Georgia—as will
most assuredfy be decided by the choice
of one or the other of the gentlemen now
before them, for the highest office which
they have it in their power to bestow.
Balloon Ascension. —Mr. Clayton made
a splendid ascension in his new balloon
on the afternoon of the 4th. The wea
ther was pleasant and fair with a few
floating clouds and a light breeze from
the west.—At about 6 minutes before 6
o’clock, having all ready for a start, the
balloon ascended some forty feet, held by
a single cord, which the iEronaut him
self cast oil’, and his balloon sailed away
steadily to the eastward, rising gradually
in the air as it advanced, until it had
reached an elevation of probably two
miles. It continued in sight an hour and
fifteen minutes, in appearance when last
seen, not larger than a hat crown and re
sembling a ball of silver, brightened by
the last rays of the setting sun; it enter
ed a cloud and was no longer visible.
The passengers in the steamboat Detroit,
arrived here last evening from Maysville
(63 miles up the river) report him to have
passed a little north of that place, at half
past eight o’clock—two hours and thirty
six minutes after lie left here. The wea
ther yesterday (the sth) was cloudy, with
occasional slight showers, and the night
was curtained by a dense fog: but we
presume he was out of reach of both.
Clayton’s balloon is larger than the one
in which he made his first ascension ; he
was furnished with provisions for a long
voyage, with apparatus for ascertaining
his latitude and speed, and for scientific
observations, &c. ; he also carried with
him printed way-bills, with blanks to be
filled up in pencil with his remarks, and
dropt from lime to time as he proceeded.
. is well skilled in the science of
Aeronautics, and is gifted with great
nerve and intrepidity. We have nodoubt
that, (if the wind continued fair) he has,
ere this, accomplished bis object of land
ing on the sea-board, having performed
the most extraordinary journey ever un
-1 dertaken. ‘
Tlie amphitheatre from which he as
cended was crowded—it is supposed that
nearly three thousand persons were in it;
the streets, house tops, &c. in the vicini-
Ity were also thronged. We have not
heard of any accident that occurred a
moug the vast concourse assembled to
witness the ascension.
P. S. Since the above was in type, we
' learn by the steam boat fiery, that she
' passed under the “ Star of the West” a
-1 bout 4 miles tliis side of Guyandotte, at
11 o’clock, on Saturday night. Guyan
e dntte is distant from’ this place ’155
I miles. —Cincinnati Evening Post, July 6.
LATE FROM NEW-YORK& EUROPE,
Charleston, July 23.
60 Shares U. S. Dank Slock sold at New York
on the 16th. inst at sllo}. On the 18th, 214
Shares at 110; 20 cto at 110 J.
Ship Sylph, Wallace, from Calcutta for Can
ton, with SBOO,OOO worth of opium, was cast a
, way in Straits of Molucca, March 20. Cargo
■ mostly saved; insured in Calcutta.
Oor correspondent at Marseilles, under date of
Juno 3d, gives the following account of what is
deemed an outrage to llie American Consul, Mr.
Croxall, by the authorities at this place:
“ Yon will no doubt have heard ore this reaches
you, the treatment the American Consul has been
subject to, on account of a dru ken servant wo
man, whom be put out of his house. He was im
prisoned for some time, tried by the Court D'.ls
sizes and acquitted by the jury; but ihe judges
after the acquittal, together with tho lawyers and
doctors, for the plantin', formed what they called
n civid court, and condemned him to a fine of
2000 francs and the costs. According to the o
pinion of many, this act was done from a spite a
gainst the Consul, ho being an American, and
from some observations made by ihe judge, or
president, on account of the 25 million affair—
which is likely, the Americans not being on such
good terms as formerly, especially with tho oppo
sition. Ti c Consul has written to Pans to np.
peal, and but little doubt exists that he will there
obtain redress. Such a decision has never before
been known, which gives the nffair a more aggra
vated appearance.”—.l Jer.Adv. 18th.
Vessel run down amt seven Lives Lost! On
Sunday night last, in Block Island channel, the
schooner Crescent, of Albany, from Passama
quoddy, with a load of plaster, bound to Albany,
was run down by a brig, the Bnllick, Wyman, be
longing t> Bath and hound home. The brig
struck tho schooner abreast of the fore rigging,
staving in nearly her whole broadside, and cut
ting her down in such a manner, that she sunk
in a few minutes. There were thirteen souls on
■ hoard of the schr. at ihe lime she went down
s vo .i of whom, including the captain, a lady pas
sengcr and two children, were drawn into the
whirlpool occasioned by the sinking of the schoo
ner, and sank to rise no more. The other six, in
cluding the mate and the husband of the lady that
was lost, were saved bv tho brig’s boat, which was
immediately lowered for that purpose.— Dost.
Com. Gazette.
IMPORTANT FROM PRANCE.
Passage of the Indemnity Hit by the Peers. —
By the C.’ason. at Now York from Rochelle, the
Editors ot the Courier 1/ Enquirer have received
Paris papers to June 12. and Bordeaux papers to
Hih. The Claaon left Rochelle on the 16ih : on
the 15th the Captain reports that his broker came
on board and stated that the bill had passed tux
Ptiaß WITHOUT ALTERATION, Hr A LAHOE MA
JORITY. Wo subjoin an interesting extract from
the debate on the t lth. Meantime, in regard to
the Spanish affairs, it appears to be settled that
France, England and Portugal are to make an
armed intervention in favor of tho Queen Regent,
in pursuance of the quadruple treaty. The pro
gramme of operation appears to bo, that a Portu
guese Legion is to march forthwith into Spain,
that England and France arc to supply money and
munitions of war, and that a special order in
council has bom proclaimed, allowing English
subjects to join the Portuguese Legion as volun
teers, and that all arc to servo under the orders
ot Gen. V aldez, the Spanish Commander in chief.
This will at once relieve the forces of the Queen
Regent, and enable them again to act on the of
fensive, and advance against the main body of the
Carlisle. This, together with the debate on tho
Indemnity Bill, is the sum and substance of the
intelligence by this arrival, and it is of much im
portance.
The trial of the Lyons insurgents in the French
Chamber of Peers was not concluded.
In the British House of Commons, June 2d, in
answer'to an enquiry from Lord Londonderry, .
Lett) Melbourne stated what assistance had been '
thus far rendered Spain by England, under the
i Quadruple Treaty. The general subject of the
call for intervention docs not appear to have been
discussed on that occasion.
From the Milledgevills Recorder.
It will be seen by the following correspondence,
that Mr. Gilmer is unable to accept the nomination
to Congress— and the reason that renders bis ac
ceptance improper. It is, as we have previously
apprized our fbaders, on account of the prohibition,
by physicians of braving tho winter of Washing
ton, with a family whose restoration to health is
dependent on a climate far more genial than that r
of the seat of Government, which ia one of the p
most rigorous in the U. Slates. We sanguinely
trust, that tlie loss of this gentleman’s usefulness
to the country will be but temporary and brief. 0
Milledoetille, 16th June, 183-1. c
To the Ron. Oeoros R. OiLMia. v
Sih : It haa been made my duty, by a resolution,
this day passed by the State Rights Convention,
to announce to you, that you have been nomina- h
ted as a candidate, on the part of the State Rights d
Forty of Georgia, to fill the vacancy in the next p
Congress of the U. States, occasioned by tho re
signation of Judge Wayne. You will be pleased 1
to signify to me, at your earliest convenience, your a
acceptance ordeclension of said nomination. Ad- c
dress me at Louisville, Jefferson county, p
With the highest consideration, I am respectful
ly, your obedient servant,
ROGER L. GAMBLE, Prcs’t 8. R. C. I
Lzxinotox, 23d June, 1835. 1
To Rooeh L, Gamble, Esq.
Sin: I have received your letter, communica- I
ting the information, that the Convention of tho f
State Bights Party had nominated me as a candi- ,
date to fill the vacancy in the next Congress, oc
casioned by a resignation of Judge Wayne. Cir- 1
oumstances connected with my private .relations, s
render it improbable that I could attend Congress i
next winter, if I should be elected a member, 1 ,
deem it improper, therefore, to accept the nomina- .
lion which has been tendered me. 1
W ith sentiments of great respect, I am yours, 1
GEORGE R. GILMER. :
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FOURTH OPJOLf AT SAVANNAH.
Volunteer Toasts. (
By Col. Jos. W. Jackson, 2d Vice President.
Charles Dougherty: The Republican candi- 1
! (j l "® Governor. A native Georgian, an intel
f ligent gentleman, and an honest man. Destined,
wo trust, to prove, in his own person, the fidelity
. of the democratic promise—" the poorest Plough
! boy shall ho elevated to the highest station.”
By C. Powers, a guest. The memory of Gen.
James Jackson of Georgia : The contemporary 1
t ot Jefferson; with their principles the Stale
. Right Party will stand or fall.
I Judge Berrien’s Toast, (preceded by an Ad
. dres.) The Orator of the Day, William Law :
Driven from a high Judicial office, the duties of
' which he had discharged honorably to himself, and
> beneficially to the public, because he -would not
- forbear the exercise of his rights as a Freeman;
i lie ia now tlie advocate of the people, ably, and
1 eloquently vindicating their constitutional rights.
1 By Thomas Askew, one of the Committee.
The Force BUI; None hut tyrants would be
j. the voters and supporters of that bloody instru
ment j they are the enemies of freemen, enemies
' of State Rights and Slate Sovereignty— may they
t soon feel the indignation and power of enlighten
, od freemen.
By S. D. Arnett, one of the Committee. Dr.
j IVm. C. Daniell, President of the Day—a noble
defender of State Rights, let that be tho sentiments
of every American, and animate the heart of eve
ry Georgian.
By Dr. Habersham. Dr. IVm. C. Daniell;
t The undeviating politician—the firm and inde
; pendent patriot.
By L. S. D'Lyon. The .VulU/ters: The un
t compromising enemies of the Proclamation and
Force Bill, which recognize tho abominable prin
ciple, that this Government, through its own Ex
it ecutive, Legislative and Judicial functionaries, is
the final and exclusive Judge of its own powers,
e By G. B. Lamar. Judges Dougherty and
(. Schley ; The candidates for Governor of Geor
j. - 7 ' a - The former merit* a rich reward for indig
nantiy repelling the unauthorized mandates of
1 the Supreme Court; the latter a stern rebuke for
I- supporting that infamous attempt upon the rights
) of the State. Let the people Jo them justice
By W. S. Thompson. The Fair; Though
not opposed to Union, they will always nullify 1
when their rights arc invaded. i
• By a Lady. The self-styled Union Demo- 1
cratic Republicans of Savannah; How can we 1
t trust them to protect us, who will not look to their 1
I Slate in time of need.
By J. P. Sogur, one of the Committee. The
■ Georgia Plough Boy— Charles DouotiEnTv.
- Esq.: The learned Jurist, the enlightened States
) man, and the incorruptible Patriot. He well de
serves to be Georgia's Governor.
' fourth op JULV AT COLUMBUS.
Regular Toast.
, J Stir. State Rights without State remedies
, Like machinery, without a propelling power.
Volunteer Toasts.
S. W. Flournoy. Hon. Charles Dougherty
. An able jurist, an enlightened statesman, and an 1
, uncompromising Republican. Opposed to him '
I for the Office of Governor, stands an avowed and ;
] practical Federalist, There was a lime when Ihe i
f difference!) ctween such men would be marked
\ and noted by the people. The first Monday in 1
October, will tell whether that time has passed. I
j E. J. Hardin Our Orator, T. C. McKern,
. Esq.—May we all live to sec every -worthy citizen
of the Slate, advocating the sound doctrine ad-
( vanccd by him this day. t
J. S. Calhoun. Our cause, the cause of Con
. slitutional liberty—la Muscogee county, recreant
, to the good cause ! wo pronounce her sound to '
, the core. g
Mansfield Torrance. The candidates for the c
Presidency,—"! must get sicker” before I take i
y either, r
, Sent by a Lady. The Star Spangled Banner, '
of our illustrious Revolutionary Ancestry When t
planted on our patriot soil, or waving o’er tho s
) “ mountain wave,” against a common enemy, a
, round it will rally the brave and the free ; but if ■'
hoisted against tho sovereign people of a gallant f
) Stale, “ none will he found beneath ita folds” but s
dastards, traitors and lories,
—..ees<.—
FOURTH OF JULY AT TAZEWELL,
Marion County. s
Regular Toasts. 0
3d. The Government of the United Stales ji
It has no inherent rights, and can exorcise only ..
snch powers as are derived from the people. Ii
i is an emanation from State Sovereignty, and can- 1
not therefore perform a sovereign act.
6th. State Rights, without Stale remedies b
Salt without its savor! A shadow without a sub
stance. 11
Blh. Thomas Jefferson—Tho immortal author
of the Declaration of Independence, whose motto, fc
when Liberty and the Constitution was attacked, s i
was a Nullification of the act.
9th. South Carolina—Rich in intellect, bound- S
less in patriotism, and pure in principle, the "
brightest star in the constellation of States. a
Iltlr. Hon. Charles Dougherty—An enlight
ened Legislator, and Impartial Judge: may he
succeed the present superintendent of the mighty
workshop.
Volunteer Toasts.
Whitfield Williams. The Nuilying Ordinance m
of South Carolina— Conceived in a correct knowl
edge ot tiro Constitution, brought forth in wis- yi
dom, rocked in the cradle of patriotism, and
nurtured' by the love of Liberty. It taught our
agent, tlie Gen. Government, that what it might e
gain by its unholy strides towards consolidation a J
and despotism, it should relinquish when one of to
the sovereign and high contracting patties willed n(
it; a lesson which we trust it will not soon forget. ..
Warren S. Williams. The Hon. Charles *°
Dougherty—May the people appreciate his worth, at
by taisiiig him to the Executive Chair. an
A Good.-on. John For^j-th—Firkta Federalist, rc
then a republican-by- profession, now a consolida
tionist in practice. .... zu ~ CI
1 —.— no
Rumored Appointment :•—The Norfolk Herald su
says, •• It is understood that tho President of the
I nited States has already filled the vacant Chief
Justiceship, by the appointment of Rooer B, Ta- *°
net, of Maryland.” —Charleston Courier.
AUGUST 11
~ BATUR.PAV. JULY 25. 1835.
“ Be Just, anil fear not."
STATE RIGHTS NOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
CBM’S R. DOUGHGim .
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, FOR SALE.
Anticipating engagements which will mate- •
rially interfere with our present ones, after the
first of October next, we offer the Auocsta
Chronicle for sale, with possession at that lime,
and will dispose of it, to a satisfactory pur
chaser, on accommodating terms. It has a
very large subscription list, which for some
time has been larger than it ever was since wo
have had the control of it, or probably before,
during the previous 39 years of its existence—
being the oldest existing paper in the State, and
the first, except one, ever established in it. Its
advertising patronage ia also large, and the whole
establishment is now os prosperous and profita
ble as it has ever been, and indeed more so. Its
stock of printing materials, of all kinds, is very
large & complete—probably unsurpassed if equal
led, by that of any other similar establishment in
the South—and generally new—the whole news,
paper type and press having been in use but a
few months—while the exceedingly large and va
ried assortment of job type, is as good as new.
A statement from the books, and the books them
selves, together with the printing materials, will
be submitted to the inspection of those who
may desire to purchase, so that each may judge
for himself; and we doubt not they will satisfy
examiners, that a similar amount of capital can
seldom bo 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.
MONTGOMERY’ (ALA.) ADVERTISER.
We understand this paper has recently made a
furious and abusive attack on us, relative to our
defence of Col. Pettit; and have made appli
cation to the other offices of the city, and else
where, for the No. containing it, without being
able to obtain it. Any one who has that No.
would oblige us by sending it to us.—We learn
that it charges us, among other things, with hav
ing written tlrat article at the request of Col.
Pettit, which is not true. It was written whol
ly from a sense of justice, such as our readers
know we have never withhold from any man,
friend or opponent; and from the warm contro
versy between ourselves and Col, P., it can scarce
ly seem likely to any one, that it was dictated by
any other motive,
PROM THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
“ In concurring in the nominations made by
the Union Convention, the Augusta Chronicle
thinks that we “whip the Devil round the
stump!” Very like! we always give him a lick,
wherever we find him. If he skulks behind a
stump, as some of his followers do, he must ex
pect a whipping when caught! The Chronicle
now and then finds himself whipt up a stump!
No doubt the Chronicle is stumpt at the course
we have seen proper to pursue. It and tire Nul
hirers had calculated hugely on dissensions in the
Union party. They had no idea that men could
consistently maintain their principles, and at the
same lime magnanimously renounce their preju
dices and their partialities for tho common weal.
In supporting Mr. Van Burcn.the old Clark men
Irave shown a disinterestedness, a devotion to
their country seldom witnessed. The love of
country has triumphed with them over private
feeling. They came forward in a body to the
support of their principles, and apply their shoul
der to the same wheel with the tried Republicans
of Virginia and other States. There will be no
dissension in our ranks; the Union patty of
Georgia will, as it has heretofore done, act as one
man. The opposition are stumpt,”
An editor who has no opinion of his own, or
not firmness to support those he has, is unfit to
preside over a public Press. Such a one is a
mere passive instrument in the hands of party j
or is, more emphatically speaking, what a well
known Union candidate, a few years ago admit
ted himself to be, “ clay m the hands of the pot’
ter.”
The Telegraph admits its opposition to the U
nion nominations f»r President and Vice President
ot the United States—but, says the editor, im
pliedly, “ As my masters command me to swal
low them, I will swallow them, though a very
nauseating dose,” Faugh 1 what a pander to
his own shame—wirat a weak political negation
—what a prostitutor of the independence of the
Press! —Such an advocate, however, is well wor
thy of the cause he espouses.
“No doubt the Chronicle is stumpt at the course 1
wc have seen proper to pursue,” says tho Tele
graph. Do not flatter yourself into a belief so
complacent, Mr. Telegraph. We are glad you
have shewn tire impress of the cloven foot ; for It
will convince tlie people that there is no confi
dence to be placed in your support or opinions,
since you can so readily sacrifice the latter to
your party; and overy exhibition of your pliant
politics and weathercock policy, will only tend to
strengthen the cause of the State Rights party, ,
" hat a prostitution of political virtue, and the I
freedom and independence of tho press, to call i
such a sudden “ right about face” at the command i
of a party," a magnanimous rciumcia'ion of pre
judices and partialities for tho common weal”— i
“a disinterestedness and devotion to country sel- I
dom witnessed” ! !—“ a triumph of love of coun- i
try over private feeling”!! Faugh 1 As to our t
hcing“stumpf’ by its sudden change from White I
to lan Buren, how can that be ! Have we any
thing to lose by it! Have we shewn any pre
ference for M hile I Nay—have we not said and r
shewn, that we conceive it to the interest of the c
s °uth that Mr. Van Buren should be elected, but f
without the aid of the State Rights party—being
r Northern man, and as we believe Ihe most un- t
popular of all Northern men at the South—and I
.hereby enabling the South to oppose him and his t
rbusos more effectually than those of a Southern c
nan 1 No, Mr. Telegraph, it is not on account t
>f your support of Van Buren, tlrat wc censure I
tour sudden change, but for the sake of poor hu
nan nature, and respect for our species, and the q
haracter of the Press and our own profession— c
ij-e, and for tho character of our old Clark friends,
00, who, much as we differ from them, we shall c
rover forget our old association with and regard
or them, or cease to feci gratified when they do
mght that is honoroblo and creditable to them,
nd mortified when they do otherwise. We well
emember their and our ,common hatred and con
empt for Mr. Van Buren ; and though, as things
iow stand, we could not honestly or honorably
upport V hito, yet they might, and have thereby S
ratified our regard for their character, though it *
ould not have advanced our interest.
w
" ny, even your own parly, Mr. Telegraph, can- n
not respect you as a man, however (hey may value
your subserviency, and use you for their own
purposes; and must view you as possessing in an
emminent degree the characteristics of the Dodo:
“The Dodo, (says Goldsmith,) seems weighed
down by its own heaviness, and has scarce strength
to urge itself forward. It seems among birds;
what the Sloth is among quadrupeds—an unre
sisting thing, equally incapable of fight or de
fence. It is furnished with a tail, with a few
small curled feathers; but this tail is dispropor
tioned and Its legs are too short for
running, and its body too fat to be strong. It is
a silly, simple bird, as may be well supposed from
its figure, und is very easily taken.” —Verily, the
Telegraph is a Dodo politician,
The Telegraph says; “The Chronicle now and
then finds itself whipped up a stump”—and well
knows that this is much easier to say than to
show. Weimagine it is not exceedingly easy for
any one to whip us up a stump—or any party.
By the bye, how came the Telegraph in com
pany with “the tried Republicans of Virginia and
other States,” and how long has is felt so much
sympathy with them I
GOV. McDUPFIE’S SPEECH.
Our readers have seen by an article recently
copied from the Washington Globe, with the
comments of the Richmond Whig, that the organ
of that pious conclave, the Kitchen Cabinet, is
greatly scandalized at our report of that part of
Governor McDuffie’s remarks at the Hamburg
dinner, which compares the corruptions of the
Federal city to the wickedness of Sodom and Go
morrah, The inferences drawn, were worthy on
ly of the logic of that political school, which re
gards all means as lawful, that produce tho desi
red effect. A mind, not governed by prejudice
and malignity, would at least, have put a legiti
mate construction upon what we made Gov. Mc-
Duffie say, and applied it as it was applied, ex
clusively to the political corruptionists at Wash
ington. The following is that part of our report
on which tho Globe exuded its venom :
“Tho state of general corruption at Washing
ton, was appalling; and he had left it, and the
Federal councils, without hope, to devote tlie lit
tle remaininn strength which his services there
had left to him, to the welfare and improvement
of his own State. He had quitted it as a just
man might have quitted Sodom and Gomorrah;
and if it should please God in his wrath, to show
er down fire upon that devoted citv, he confident
ly trusted that none of it would roach him in
Carolina.”
Now, even as it is, and taken even in itv broad
est sense, what is there in this, to justify the
strangely strained inference of a profane impre
cation against the city of Washington! But,
as wc learn from a respected friend in Caroli
na, who has taken the pains to inquire particu
larly into the matter, it gives perhaps a little more
countenance to that vile and unnatural inference
than the words actually uttered by Gov. Mc-
Duffie ; and wc therefore take pleasure in giving
the following correction, as explained to us by
him, and obtained from Gov. McDuffie himself:
“Heft Washington (said Gov. McDuffie,) as
ajust man, in the day of God’s vengeance, would
have fled from Sodom and Gomorrah.” Then,
after some introductory remarks, in order to ex
press his strong determination never to return to
Washington in a public capacity, he said, in con
tinuation of the allusion just made; “ And, if it
should please Heaven, in its wrath, to shower
down fire and brimstoue upon that devoted city,
I venture to say, that I will not be found there
to participate in the catastrophe.”
The above, wo are instructed to say, are the ve
ry words Gov. McDuffie uttered—suggested by
the deep and incurable corruption of which he
was speaking. Tlie last sentence was purely in
cidental to the avowal of his purpose not to return
to Washington; so much so, that when ho spoke
tho first sentence quoted above, ho had not
conceived tho most distant idea of uttering the
latter.
Tho reference made in the official journal at
Washington, to the late conflagration in Charles
ton, is characterised by a spirit of unnatural bru
tality, which would bo only dignified by compa
ring it with the conduct of Nero, during the con
flagration of Romo.
The article of the Globe might not have been
regarded as at all worthy of notice, but for the
atrocious and revolting imputation, that Gov.
McDuffie imprecated the vengeance of Heaven
upon a city in which he has many esteemed
friends: And, absurd as tho inference is, we
know how easily these infamous perversions of
ten pass current for facts, and almost become pro
verbial.
MEETING OF THE BAR.
At a Meeting of the Bar of Richmond County,
during the session of the Superior Court, at the
City Hall, in Augusta, on tho 23d day of July,
1835, His Honor Judge Schley was called to the
Chair, and Henry H. Cummino appointed Se
cretary.
On motion of Wm. T. Gould, Esq. the fol
lowing resolutions wore unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this Bar regard the death of
JOHN MARSHALL, late Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, not only as
an irreparable loss to Ihe Bench, and the proses- ■
siun, but as a national calamity. I
One of the few survivors of our Revolutionary '
struggle, and for thirty-five years at the head of J
the Court, of which he was the pride and orna
ment, his history is tho history of his country ;
and his professional character is to be found in ]
her judicial records. |
Upon such a man, eulogy is superfluous,
Resolved, That, as a mark of respect to the (
memory of Chief Justice Marshall, the members (
of this Bar will wear the usual badge of mourning 1
for thirty days. {
Resolved, That this Bar will co-operate with f
their professional brethren in other parts of the c
United States, in the erection of a monument to
tho memory of the late Chief Justice ; and that a ,
committee of four be appointed, to correspond on a
this subject, with the committee of the Bar of £
Philadelphia. t
Resolved, That hia Honor the Judge be re- r
qucslcd to cause the foregoing proceedings to be 1
entered on the minute* of the Superior Court,
and that they be published in the papers of this p
city. d
Messrs. Gould, Glascock, Cummino, and 8
Miller, were appointed tlie committee under the ?
third resolution*. a
JOHN BHLY, Chairman. a;
Henry H. Cunning, Secretary. n
Out of season. —The Auraria Recorder and
Spy of the 16th inet. says—•“ We are informed by
> gentleman of the highest respectability, that the jv
fitizens of the upper part of Habersham county,
■vas on tho morning of the 2d inst. visited by ‘a
nipping frost.” Jj,
From the Augusta Sentinel.
To tub Voters of Richmond County •
Fello-w-Citizens— l deem it a duty which 1
justly owe, to inform you, that from unforseen cir
,twill n ° tbc > nry power to o ffo
myself to your consideration as a candidate fora
seat in the Senatorial branch of your State Lenis
lature this year; but shall ever feci under
obligations to my friends, who htf
given me such a liberal support. Although re-
Unng from the canvass this year, as above stated
I must hope the friends of State Rights Will pm i„
nomination some person who will represent their
rights and liberties on the basis of the Constitm
tion and Jcftersonian principles, better than my
self, who shall have my cordial support 3
MJ...835, "™ MEiL ™'
S U M M A U Y.
Cherokee Treaty—The Georgia Pioneer of
the 18th mat. says—“ John Ridge and his friends
will hold a council in Floyd county, about six
miles north of Rome, on the 20th of this month,
It is expected that this council will be Humorous-'
ly attended. The cause of Ridge and his part
is going ahead.” 1 • ’
Southern Agriculturist. —We have received
from Mb. Miller of Charleston, the publisher,
the July number of this work. It contains up
wards of thirty articles, one third of which are
original, from the pens of experienced men, from
diflerem parts of the Southern States.— Columbia
Times,
Riots. The city of New York continues in
a state of excitement. The streets are filled with
men and boys, incapable of being kept down by
the watchmen, and ready, upon the most trivial
occasions, to break out into riots. Peace and
security are in a great measure destroyed.— ibid.
Chief Justiceship.— Among the gentlemen
whose names have been mentioned, in connexion
with the office of Chief Justice arc Messrs. P P
Barbour and B. VV. Leigh, of Virginia ; Edward
Livingston, ot New York; Horace Binney, of
Pennsylvania; R. B. Taney, of Maryland;
Lewis McLanc, of Delaware ; Samuel L. South
ward, of New Jersey, and Judge Story and Daniel
, Webster, of Massachusetts.— Constitutionalist.
The Athens Banner of the 6th inst. says—
, “We understand by a letter from a friend in Ma
dison, Morgan county, that a survey has been
- made by the Engineer of the Georgia Hail Road
Company, of routes for railways from Grcenesboro’
. toMadison and Eatonton ; and that he reports fa
‘ vorably of the route from Grcenesboro’ to Madi
. son.”
West Point Academy. —The annual expense
of this institution to the United States, averages
‘ §118,566. The late report of the Board of Visi
' tors recommends an addition to this enormous
sum, in the matter of the purchase and mainten
| ance of forty more houses for the use of it.— Hid.
Major Barry, late Post Master General, newly
. appointed Minister to Spain, arrived at Rich
, mond, from the White Sulphur Springs, on his
way, it is understood, to New York, with a view
■ to embark for Spain. We regret to learn, (says
, the Richmond Whig,) that Major Barry’s health
has not much improved by his visit to the Virgi
nia Springs.— Charleston Courier,
John Pope, formerly Governor of Arkansas
Territory, has returned to Kentucky, and become
a candidate for Congress in the Bardstown Dis
• trict, against Benj. Hardin.
The ship Pacific, arrived at New Yoik from
Havre, has on board 343 bales Sea Island Cotton,
purchased at Havre for the Liverpool market. In
consequence of a commercial stipulation between
France and England, the produce of a foreign
country cannot be exported direct, (unless an e
normous duty, or penalty is incurred,) from their
respective ports; it therefore became necessary to
ship this Cotton to America, in order to reach its
destination.— Charleston Courier.
Prom the Columbia (S. CJ Telescope,
July 17, 1836.
To the Editor of the Telescope:
I see it stated in the Times & Gazette of this
' date, that I had “ resigned” the Professorship to
which I had lately been elected. The statement
ought to have been, that I declined accepting,
and not that I “ resigned ” the Professorship.
The error is, perhaps of no great consequence ;
but it is an error, and I wish it corrected. Yo u
will oblige me, therefore, by publishing this.
Respectfully, W. CAPERS.
Larger yet. —Six cucumbers raised in the gar
den of 1. E. Beckman, esq., this season, measured
104 $ inches. What says Col. Stone to that]—
Hudson Republican,
Why, that they were very long
Com. Adv.
Cholera at Nashville—We learn from the
Nashville Republican, that the Cholera is raging
at a fearful rate in the Penitentiary in that city.
Upwards of fifteen deaths had occurred, and the
editor earnestly recommends that the convicts be
dispersed under a strong guard.
Cholera in Madison —This place which has
been most sorely visited by the fearful pestilence
now ravaging the Western States, but which expe
rienced a cessation of the calamity, has again been
visited. The Louisville Journal hiSs the follow
ing painful paragraph in relation to it :
“ On Saturday night last five severe cases oc
curred between three o’clock in the afternoon and
dark. At the date of our latest information, the
citizens were flying into the country; and the
city was almost a solitude.”
Anti-Slavery in Mississippi—We understand
that a merchant of this city, has received from
Livingston, in the State ofMississppi, a letter in
which it is stated that two individuals who had,
repaired to that place with a view to instigate the
negroes to revolt, have been arrested together with
seven slaves who had listened to their doctrines ;
that the piisoners have been tried by a jury of 30
individuals named by the people, and that they -
were allhanged in the streets. Such is the treat
ment which ought to be awarded to these itinerant
insurrectional preachers.—-Yew -Orleans Courier.
Colica Pictonum. —This species of cholic
which derives its name from its prevalence among
painters, on account of the lead contained in their
pigments, is said lo have recently attacked more
than a thousand persons in Baltimore. It is im
puted to the eating of brown sugar lately imported
from Porto Rico. The leaden strainers recently
introduced there, in the manufacture of that arti
cle, are presumed to. have communicated the dele
terious properties of the metal to the sugar.— Eve.
Star.
Fatal Duel. —Under this head, we gave in our
last paper, an account of a rencontre which took
place in South Carolina, and had a mclancholly
termination. We had the incidents as we detail
ed them from reputable authority ; however, we
find there was some mistake, and we hasten to
correct it; as nothing can be more foreign to our
wishes, than a desire to give offence to any of the
parties. The following extract from a letter, sent
by a respectable gentleman, of Savannah, to his
friend in this city, gives a true statement of the
occurrence:
“ Affair of honor. —An affair of this nature took
place on Tuesday morning, the 7th inst., at Scre
ven’s Ferry, (S. C„) between Mr. Samuel Stiles,
student-at-law, and Mr. James J. Morrison, both
of Savannah. At the first fire, Mr. Morrison’s
ball took effect, entering the right side of his an
tagonist, a little above the hip, which proved
mortal. Mr. Stiles died in twenty-four hours af
ter receiving the wound.”— Darien Telegraph.
State Rights— The Ohio State Journal, com
menting on the contradictory reports respecting
the President’s views of the Ohio and Michigan
difficulties, remarks as follows—“We hold how
ever that it is a matter of indifference what any
President’s individual opinions may be, where an
independent Stale of the Union is engaged in
asserting her just rights. Ohio is.s sovereign
and independent State, and having made up her
mind, with due deliberation, and on a firm con
viction that her cause is just, she will not be
turned from her purpose nor baffled in her course.”
Mow this a high State Rights tone, which well
incomes a press of the great State of Ohio.—
Vullification will soon travel westwardly. Gov
irnor Lucas too, is quite a State Rights man it
icems in his communication recently delivered to
he Legislature.— IVinya-w Intelligencer.