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From the United Statee
PROSPECTUS.
Meetings having been held in the Ia. ft e
cities in which resolutions disapprobatory
of the proceedings of the abolition socie
ties were adopted, the American Anti-
Slavery Society, and its auxiliaries at ;
Boston and Philadelphia, have made an
appeal to their fellow citizens. The last
published in Philadelphia, as an expo- 1
cent of the views of the association, is ‘
attributed to the pen of Garrison. It is 1
an able and enthusiastic vindication of
himself and his associates, against the
denunciations of those who believe, with
him, “ that slave-holding,or claiminghu
man beings as property, is in all cases an
atrocious sin against God and that “to
cherish and express this belief, is not in
consistent with the rights and privileges
of American citizens.” He declares, in
the most solemn manner, that the allega
tions which arc brought against them are
utterly groundless; that they “ excite in
their minds the strongest emotions of sur
prise, indignation, and horror.” He de
clares that they “ have never made any
Vmrighteous or incendiary appeal to (he
slave population ; that they have never
justified (lie slaves in any act of physical
violence, but have constantly inculcated
the duty of submission, non-resistance,
and forgiveness,” &c. He declares that
they have “ never believed or asserted
that Congress is empowered constitution
ally either to modify or abolish slavery
in any slave-holding Slate; but have al
ways maintained that each State is sove
reign and independent in this matter;
that they are neither traitors nor incen
diaries, neither madmen nor fanatics;
but nu n fearing God, pleading by his
name and by his authority, fur (he suf
ferings of the dumb, and speaking forth
the words of truth and soberness. They
say—“ln our association we embrace
clergymen and church members of all
religious denominations; individuals of
every political party, of the strongest in
tellect, and of every section of the coun
try ; presidents and professors of col
leges, doctors of divinity, judges and law
yer', statesmen and philanthropists; men
of the highest standing, of the deepest
piety, of the purest morals, of the most
unbending integrity, of the loftiest pa
triotism, of the most enlarged benevo
lence, and tilled with true wisdom and
holy zeal.”
Such is the character of the members
of these fearful combinations. Hear their
belief! They say—
“ That we bring no invidious accusa
tion against the South, but charge the
North with being alike guilty of uphold
ing a system of robbery, outrage ami soul
murder:—That as we desire the salva
tion of our souls, so do w'e desire to see
our country the safe abode of universal
liberty, in all things the wonder and ad
miration of the world, the asylum of (he
oppressed of every tribe and clime—uni
ted—prosperous—happy—holy—invin-
cible! With like solemnity do we af
firm, (hat we view the system of slavery
in this country asa system ofirresponsible
and despotic power on the one hand, and
of unprotected and suffering humanity
on the other—a system of concubinage,
incest and adultery, which threatens to
bring the exterminating judgments of an
incensed God upon our land—a system
of violent, unholy and scandalous Amal
gamation, teeming with physical as well
us moral corruption, and filling our bor
ders with a spurious population—a sys
tem that banishes (he Bible, desecrates
the Sabbath, nullifies the law s of heaven,
unhinges the moral government of the
universe, tramples upon the blood of the
Son of God, and usurps the prerogatives
of the Almighty—a system that trans
forms more than two millions of Ameri
can Citizens into brutes, to be branded,
maimed, lacerated, plundered, driven,
tasked, or murdered, as their proprietors
mnv elect! All other specifications are
included in these.
“ We believe, therefore, that slave
holding, or claiming human beingsas pro
perly, is in all cases an atrocious SIN A
OAINST GOD; and hence, that it ought
to be abandoned at once and forever.
We have a moral and constitutional right
to cherish and to utter this belief.”
So much for their motives and their
creed. Hear what they declare to be
their plan of operations. They say—
“ In the midst of the mighty commo
tion that is raging around us, the great
carnival of Tyranny and Persecution—
we possess our souls in patience, and
stand prepared, in the calmness of inno
cence, in the firmness of integrity, and
in the majesty of conscious rectitude, to
encounter all the malice and fury of a
guilty, tyrannous, and infatuated people.
Wb SHALL NOT VIKM) AN INCH. >Ve
shall not abandon a single principle, nor
suppress a single publication, nor recall
a single agent, nor dissolve a single so
ciety, nor relax a single effort. Lamen
ting our past indifference, slothful ness,
unbelief, and covetousness, we shall aim
hereafter to be more zealous, more ac
tive, more believing, and more liberal;
for this is our condemnation, not that we
have been too ardent and laborious but
that we have not remembered those who
are in bonds as bound with them, nor put
our souls in (heir souls’ stead, as fully as
we ought to have dune, for this wc are in
deed blameworthy.
We acknowledge no earthly leader.
God is our strength and shield—our light
and defence; atid under the bannerol'
the Prince of Peace we rally; so that
we cannot desert from the one, nor deny ,
the other. We are persecuted, but not j
dismayed; cast down, but not destroy-1
ed.”
As a citizen of Missouri it became our
duty to examine, and form a deliberate
opinion upon this important subject. As
a man, a Christian, and a citizen, we be
lieve that African Slavery is right; that
the condition of the master and slave, as
it now exists in the slave-holding states,
is the best existing organization of civil
aociety; and we are impelled bv every
feeling of humanity, as well as of patrio
tism and Christian duty, to resist the dan
gerous progress of the Anti-Slavery So
cieties.
When we noticed (heir progress and
foretold their rapid increase, we were
denounced as factious alarmists, laboring
to create an useless excitement. What
we foresaw and foretold has come to
pass. Our accusers arc now outstrip
ping us in their clamorous denunciation
of those whom (hey heretofore affected to
believe unworthy of notice. Those who
but yeaterday where horror stricken at
the idea of Nullification, because (hey im
putes! to its advocates a desire to dissolve
the Union, now ffee to disunion as the
only remedy against abolition !! 1
Our Union, our Liberty are in danger! *
Those who have taught the people of the
South that they have no other alternative ,
but abolition or disunion, are justly rep- ,
rchensible for the deep excitement, for
the had feeling, and lawless acts of vio
lence which all who would preserve the
character of the country, the peace and
order of society, and the union anti pros
•erity of these States, must deplore.
Those who would persuade us that the
advocates of abolition are wanting in re
spectability or influence, are either igno
rant themselves, or seek willfully to im
pose upon Southern credulity. The ex
tracts which we have made, show a fear
ful combination ; full of vigor, stimulated
by an intemperate zeal, acting on the
morbid sensibilities, which, having been
nurtured forages, arc now ripening into
maturity. This combination must he
met; not in the mad despair which would
sever the union of these States, but in the
moderation and firmness of truth.
We arc of those who believe the South
has nothing to fear from a servile war.
We <lo not believe that (he abolitionists
intend, nor could (bey if they would, ex
cite the slaves to insurrection. The
danger of this is remote. We believe
that we have most to fear from the organ
ised action upon the consciences and fears
of the slave holders themselves; from the
. insinuations of their dangerous heresies,
; into our schools, our pulpits, and our do
mestic circles. It is only by alarming
: the consciences of the weak and feeble,
, and diffusing among our own people a
morbid sensibilit y on the question of sla
i very, that the abolitionists can accom
plish their object. Preparatory (<• this,
. they are now laboring to saturate the
I non slave-holding States with (he belief
f that slavery is a “ sin against God ;” that
. the “ national compact” involves (he
. non-slave-holders in that sin ; and that
. it is their duty “ to toil and suffer, that
. our country may be delivered from what,
i they term “ its blackest stain, its foulest
I reproach, its deadliest cursed*
[ The experience of all ages proves that
. whenever these abolitionists shall have
. obtained a control over the popular elec-
I lions in (he non-slave holding States,
there will be no want of popular leaders,
i who for selfish ends will enlist these fear
ful elements us a political party. For
such a crisis it becomes the duty of the
South to be prepared. It is not enough
for (hem to believe that slavery has been
entailed upon us by our forefathers. We
must meet the question in all its bearings.
Wc must satisfy the consciences, we
must allay (he fears of our own people.
Wc must satisfy them that slavery is of
itself right—that it is not a sin against
, God—that it is not an evil, moral or po
litical. To do this, we must discuss the
subject of slavery itself. We must ex
amine its bearing upon (he moral, politi
cal, and religious institutions of (he coun
try. In (his way only, can we prepare
our own people to defend their own in
stitutions.
Our position enables us to keep a
watchful eye on the Abolitionists. It
can no longer be disguised. This ques
tion is destined to absorb all others, and
. it has become (he indispensable duly of
1 every American citizen to understand
. all its bearings. Impressed with this be
lief, we propose to devote the “Exami
i neb,” the paper heretofore published by
Mr. Raguet, to the vindication of the
rights and interests of the slave-holders
of the South. In doing this we shall en
; deavor so to treat (he subject of Slavery,
. as to counteract (he deep-rooted preju
dices which have enlisted so many esti
mable citizens in the non slave-holding
States in the cause of abolition, and by re
conciling the conflict of opinion between
the (wo sections, promote harmony, and
save the Union of the States. We ask
of the advocates of emancipation a candid
and patient hearing. We ask of (he
South a hearty and zealous co-operation.
The Examiner has been heretofore pub
lished once in two weeks, in a pamphlet
form of sixteen pages. Our purpose is
to make it an interesting weekly news
paper, combining with the main object of
its publication, Science, Literature,
News and Politics; and to constitute a
cheap and interesting medium of com
mutucaiion in which the advocates of
Southern interests can speak. Should
this proposition be favorably received, the
first numbers will be published in a
pamphlet form, and contain Professor
Dew’s valuable essay on the subject of
Slavery.
Terms, Two Dollars and Fifty
Cents per annum, payable, in all eases,
in advance. \\ here it is not convenient
to remit the price of one paper, two or
more subscribers can unite.
DUFF GREEN.
Washington City, Sept. 15, 1835.
LATE FROM LIVERPOOL,
VIA NEW YORK.
CHARLESTON, Oft. S 3.
The Steam Packet William Gibbons, Captain
Wright, arrived yesterday afternoon from New
York, furnishing; us tiles of papers from that place
to Saturday evening last inclusive.
The Municipal Corporation Bill has passed
|le Commons in its niultilated stale from the
Lords, and received the eoneunenco of the Lords
alvei - -v at signature.
J i.imylvunia Flection, —The New York
( EtwniH.tr AVae of the Kith, says:—"From the
character and complexion of the returns from
i Pennsylvania, the Van Huron men have met
{ with a U'uterho defeat. Not only is it admit-
I ted hy the Sentinel and Pennsylvanian, the or
j gens of Wolfe and Muhlenberg, that Mr. Ritncr
j is elected, but there is every reason to believe that
he will have a decided majority over bath candi
dates united, which places beyond doubt or cavil,
the immense change of public opinion in the Key
Stone Stale. Rimer's majority over Wolfe, in 17
counties, was 1,635. We arc informed from cor
rect sources, that the Pennsylvania Farmer will
carry a majority of nearly thirty thousand volet.
Out of one hundred members which compose the
Pennsylvania legislature, sixty wings are already
returned, although nut much more than one third
the state has been heard from.”
6(1 Shares U. S. Barrk Slock gold at New York
on tiro 10th inst. at 8109$ ; 500 do. (8 moa.)
109}. On the 17lh, 355 Shares at 109$.
The President of the Commercial Bank at Al
bany, has offered a reward of 85000 for the ap
prehension of the Into Cashier of that institution,
and the recovery of tiro amount of his delinquen
cy, which is stated to bo $130,000. S2OOO is of
fered for Iris person, without the money, if lodged
in any jail in the U. Slates.
One of the N. 5 ork police offree.rs despatched
in quest of the absconding Cashier Bartow, re
turned to that city on Friday, with accounts’that
lie embarked on board of a schooner on lire Dela- i
ware, bound to Havana, which sailed immediately. (
The U. 8. frigate Constitution, Com. Elliott,
arrived at Gibraltar, in 21 days passage from' '
New-York, officers and crew all well. '
A.trg.gg.TA ymnomaiß^
LATE FROM EUROPE. (
New-York, OcL 17. I
The packet ship Orpheus, arrived yesterday j
morning from Liverpool, having left that port on
the I7lh ult. Wc have received papers of the 1
16th, and from London to the evening of the 15th. t
London,Sept 15.—1 tis currently reported that i
two conferences were held during lasi week by (
our ministers, respecting the affairs of Spain, and
at the latter the Russian Ambassador was present '
when it was decided that the French intervention
should take place, and that 40,000 French troops ,
were to enter Spain■
Tire news from Spain continues to be unfavora
ble to the Queen. It is said, on the authority of i
a telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, that a li
beral junta had been formed in Madrid, and that
the Queen had adhered toil. We do not think
the latter part of the report probable; if it be true,
she has been driven to this desperate measure by
hard necessity, and it is only a prelude to the to
tal destruction of her authority. Insurrections in
favor of Don Carlos are taking place in all parts
of the country,and desertions both from the French
Legion and the English mercenaries arc abundant.
Other intended attempts upon the king’s life
continued to be spoken of. The Paris papers an
nounce that the law for imposing restrictions on
the piess received the king’s assent on Tuesday,
the same day that it was agreed to hy the cham
ber of peers ; and the official papers of the fol
lowing day contained the royal ordinances for
carrying the law into execution.
No small interest had been excited by the ali
ropt dismissal of the Portuguese minister at the
court of Turin ; he received a verbal order to leave
the states of his Sardinian majesty, within twen
ty four hours, without any reason whatever being
assigned for this singular proceeding.
We have received the Paris papers of Friday
. and Saturday. On Friday tire session of life
Chambers for 1835, was brought to a close.
The Moniteur of Saturday contains a list of
’ thirty new Peers, who have been ennobled for the
active part which they recently took against the
; republicans. In a word, there are only two a
, moiig the thirty new Peers, who are not suppor
! ted by pensions granted by the Government!
The design of Louis Phillippo is now to govern
by the army, and occasionally through the cxer
eive of an unjust prerogative by lire Chamber of
Peers. The law for abolishing the liberty of the
press, has already extinguished several political
publications in Paris.
The British Parliament was prorogued on the
lOlh Sept, to the 10th of Nov. by the King in
person.
The Corporation Reform Dill, had finally pass
ed, as amended in the House of Lords—and,
with the Irish Tithe Bill—the Nortli American
Colonization Bill, and various other Bills, had re
ceived the King’s sanction.
AUUIWIMS
HATPBPAY, OCTOBER 24. 1835.
•* Hr /U9I, ami fear not.**
THE ELECTION RETURNS
From 88 counties for Governor, and 85 for
Congress, as presented in our general table, give
the totals for each candidate as fallows:
Schley, 30,609
Dougherty, 28,799
, Majority for Schley, 1,870
1 Glascock, 30,538 Foster, 27.859
Cleveland, 30,230 Wilde, 27,833
Jackson, 30,085 Gamble, 27,638
■ Holsey, 89,908 Beall, 27,145
The counties yet to bo heard from, for Gover
nor, arc Floyd and Irwin—and for Congress,
Cass, Floyd, Montgomery, Union, and Ware.
Cj* The Constitutionalist, wo perceive, in the
same counties, excepting Sumter, (which gives
Dougherty a majority of 52) makes Schley’s ma
jority 2,315, as follows—being 475 more than we
. make it:
Schley, 30,557
Dougherty, 28,213
3,315
How the difference occurs, wo are unable to
say, not having had timn to compare our table
with theirs; but wo have been voiy careful, in
every respect, in making up ours.
AMERICAN TIRE REGISTER,
And Sporting Magazine.
The October No. of this handsome and useful
work is received, and contains, beside its usual
quantity of instructive and interesting matter, a
beautiful engraving of the celebrated English
horse, Autocrat, imported by Wm. Jackson,
Esq, and now owned hy Henry A. Tatloe, Esq.
of Virginia. For the table of contents sec ad
vertising columns.
THE EXAMINER.
This valuable Stale Rights periodical, (says the
Salisbury N. C. Carolinian,) formerly published
at Philadelphia, by Co.xtiv Raouet, Esq., our
readers will recollect, was purchased some time
since by Gen. Duff Oiikf.n of the U. S. Tele
graph, and removed to Washington City. Since
the groat excitement produced hy the lawless
course of the fanatics scorns likely to shako our
political institutions to their very foundation, Gen.
Coikkn, over the friend of the South, has proposed
■ devoting the “ Examiner to the vindication of the
rights and interests of the slave-holders of the
South.” W e shall ho glad to receive and forward
the names of any who may feel a desire to extend
their support lo one who has sacrificed so much
for Southern principles and Southern rights us
Gen. Green has.
Wo solicit attention to the Prospectus in a
nother column.
PHRENOLOGICAL SPEC!.MENS.
Wc had the pleasure, a day or two ago, of exa
mining a very extensive and excellent collection
of Phrenological specimens, at the office of our
intelligent and talented townsman. Dr. F. M.
Roiikrtson —carefully selected for him at the
North, by the celebrated Phrenologist, Dr. 13 ia
hkm, and recently received. It comprises about
fifty-five or sixty casts, all taken from real charac
ters of every description, beside prints, natural
specimens, &c. and is said to be one of the best
collections in the country.
Wc understand that Dr. Robertson, at the
request of several friends, designs shortly to deli
ver a course of public Lectures on the suljcct of
Phrenology, and cannot doubt that they will meet
with a warm, welcome reception among our in
telligent citizens. His fine talents as a speaker,
combined with his general intelligence and studi
ous habits, are well known to most of them; and,
with the long and zealous attention he has devo
ted lo this subject, and a variety of specimens
which will enable him amply and clearly to illus
trate all the interesting features of this new and
lieautiful science, wc feel assured that they will
be found highly entertaining and instructive.
THE TOKEN, FOR 1830.
As this Annual has l>ecn warmly recommended 1
to public patronage in some two or three of our I
city papers, wc presume the highly objectionable ;
and reprehensible reflections it contains, on out 1
Southern institutions, escaped their notice, and t
when made known to them, will be sufficient to g
induce them to retract their recommendations, and \
caution file public against it. A sample of those a
reflections will be found developed in the follow- t
iug paragraphs stout the Charleston Courier, and a
Columbia Telescope; and the others may be seen i
by reference to the article and page from which it t
is taken. We presume the Booksellers, also, who i
offer (his work for sale, arc equally unconscious ]
how deeply it is stained with the foul and infa- i
mous outrage of Abolitionism, and doubt not their 1
good tease and patriotism will spurn it from them i
and our community as they would an adder, i
The fact is, the entire Northern and British Lite
rature is becoming polluted with this poisonous
and destructive doctrine, so that Southern Book
sellers should be deeply cautious what books they
buy & sell, & Southern Editors what they recom
mend. And how strongly docs this indicate the im
portance of zealously cultivating literature and
science among ourselves, and extending to all the
literary and scientific works and institutions of
Southern growth, the most liberal patronage and
generous fostering regard.
“The Token, for 1836. —We took up this An
nual, with the intention of bestowing on its ele
gant binding, fine embellishments, and tolerable
interior, us favourable a notice ns we could ; but
the discovery itt it of a single improper passage
has turned our kindly feeling into gall and bitter,
tress. The article entitled “ The Emigrant’a
Adventure ,” has most unnecessarily, awkwardly,
and wantonly hitched ort to it, a reflection on
Southern institutions, ending with the very ami
able and philanthropic exclamation—“ Oh ! when
will the blot of slavery be wiped front our Na
tional escutcheon !” On this subject, we have
resolved to take and preserve a most uncompro
mising attitude—to shew no quarter; and we
therefore express the earnest hope that the “ To
ken for 1836,” and every other publication with
similar unwelcome and intrusive expressions, will
not find a single purchaser in the Southern mar
ket.”— Charleston Courier,
“ The new No. of the Annual, the Token, has
just appeared, in Boston. It is spoken of as hav
ing more graphical than literary merit: a very
common case, among that sort of thing. We per
ceive, howovery, that there is one tale in it—“ the
Emigrant’s Adventure”—which conveys a very
offensive attack upon the South, ns to the institu
tion of Slavery. Cannot these things be spared
us, even in these matters where taste and ele
gance—what is mildest and fairest and most at
tractive—should reign! We trust our booksel
lers will not bring this work amongst us, or will
return it, if they should have already bought it.”—
Columbia Telescope,
THE SENTINEL
Says " the Chronicle gives us the better part of
three columns, and promises a continuance
forgetting to remark, also, that one column was
its own article, which called forth the remainder.
It insinuates an evasion, also, on our part. By
the lime we get through, it shall have no cause to
complain on that score. Wo are not in the habit
of evasion, but if we should devclopo any, let it
deal by us as wo have dealt by it, and instead of
bare assertions, give its readers an opportunity of
judging for tnemsclvcs.
•‘None over feared that the truth should be heard,
But they whom the truth would indict.”
Our readers shall see the reply of the Sentinel
in duo time, for however it may evade a fair drs
play of the discussion on both sides, we have no
idea of doing so; and in the meantime we give
them a beautiful sample of it: “ Could we bo
assured that every type in the Chronicle was set
by the most unprincipled submissionist in the
land, we should never dream, that the editors, by
employing him, had adopted his sentiments, or
compromised their principles.”
By the bye, the Sentinel has frequently taunt
ed our opponents about their ilUbcrality, in pub
lishing only one side, and assumed great merit
to itself, by proposing to cither one of them a
mutual arrangement, to re-publish the arguments
on both sides. “Actions speak louder than
words.” Why not set the example T And can
they have faith in its dealing thus with apoliti
cal opponent, when it uniformly refuses to do so
with a polical friend 1 It has again and again
refused to republish our articles commented on,
even as advertisements, though we have uniform
ly done so by its, as well as those of others,
whenever fairness required it—thus, not merely
talking the thing, but acting it.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA.
The large, beautiful, and classic edifice of this
institution is now, wo perceive, nearly finished,
and will soon bo one of the finest architectural
ornaments of our city, while the institution to
which it belongs, will bo one of the most brilliant
ornaments of the State. The building is situa
ted in the Southern extremity of the city, on
Washington street, opposite the Presbyterian
Church, and on the lot adjoining that of the
Academy. It is two stories high, above the base
ment, and 80 fort long, by 77 wide, surmounted
by a large dome ; and has a massive portico in
front, sustained by six fluted Grecian doric col
umns, and ascended by a flight of 8 steps 26 feet
wide.—The exterior walla are to bo rough easted
in imitation of stone, and, judging from the small
portion completed, will present a very beautiful
and impressive aspect. The intciior contains a
wide passage, from front to rear—a largo rotunda
from the floor to the dome, containing a circular
staircase to the second story—three large Lecture
rooms, two of them with raised scats—a Labora
tory—a Dissecting room—a Museum, furnished
with an extensive variety of specimens, anatomi
cal, mineralogies), &c. &c. beautifully arranged,
and presenting a most attractive and pleasing
appearance—and several anti-rooms and private
apartments—the w hole now finishing in a taste
ful and elegant style, and to be suitably warmed
throughout, with hot air pipes —an improvement
most important and desirable. The entire edifice
is highly creditable, not only to the zeal and on
terprize of the faculty, but also to the taste and
skill of the Architect, Mr. C. B. Cmjskei ; and
as we have already remarked, will be an impres
sive and beautiful ornament to the city, when
completed.
The Faculty haw recently taken possession of
it, and the exercises of the present term com
menced on Monday last with one of the intro
ductory Lectures, which are made public, and to
which the present week is specially devoted.-
Those of Drs. Cmissux, Antov t, Foiid,
Joseph A. Eve, and Dugas, have been delivered,
and are very highly spoken of by those who
heard them. The last, by Dr. Paul F. Eve,
will be delivered to-day, commencing at 12 o’clock;
and we feel assured will be equally honorable to
the institution as those which have preceded it.
By the bye, this gentleman wo understand has
recently performed several important, difficult,
and dangerous operations, in a manner so skilful '
and successful, ns to leave little doubt that, with
his zealous and indefatigable devotion to his pro
fession, he must soon rank among its most able '
and distiguished members. Indeed, its entire 1
Faculty have manifested a persevering assiduity
and noble professional ambition probably never !
surpassed itt any similar institution, and which (
we doubt not will more than compensate for the
absence of that distinguished celebrity of some of L
the older Northern Colleges, which 100 often, in v
all professions and occupations, relies too much | v
on the influence of great names, and expects them c
to supply the place of that individual labor and £
assiduity which arc most exerted in the acquire- c
ment of distinction, and generally flag when it C
is obtained. If talents, assiduity,and honorable am- h
bilion, combined with all the necessary artificial s
means oftlic Medical science, can avail ought w ith c
this institution and its Facuity, both, if properly p
appreciated and encouraged, must soon rank high F
in the country generally ; and, cold and unnatu- n
ral indeed, must be the heart of that Georgian, ii
who would pass them by to patronize any others s
—or of that Southerner, who would do so to en- 1'
courage a Northern rival. The character and v
welfare of the State, and the South, are deeply ti
involved in its success, and we trust, therefore, that c
all who feel interested iu cither, will generously a
lend a band to promote it. We are gratified to s
learn that the exercises of the present term com- u
mcnce under flattering prospects, and fervently do a
we hope that they will be even more than realized. v
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THE SENTINEL-CONTINUED. E
Had the general policy of the Sentinel sue- c
ceedcd, we should have had, as a candidate for tl
Governor, instead of a man openly and avowed- -
ly devoted to our principles, one openly and s
avowedly opposed to them—an honest man v
though—“a liberal, independent, highminded, j
anti-Van Jiuren anti-Caucvs Union man.'*— ~
And what would have been the result 1 Why c
we should not only have been defeated, as we t
now are, but still farther, and without the confl- t
dent hope we now have, of future success, and j
gratifying evidence of the onward progress of our J
true principles. Does any one doubt this I Let
him look at the. vote, and mark that the open,
undisguised Nulli/ier, Dougheiitv, has received i
564 more voles, so far, than the highest can- ,
didatc on our Congressional Ticket. And how ,
is this to be accounted for I—how, but by the ]
generous, open, unequivocal appeal of the notni- j
nation for Governor, to the true spirit of our ,
principles and their most zealous advocates! It
is evident that efforts have been made for the
Gubernatorial nomination that were not made for
the others, and that men could be found, who
would vote for an open, undisguised Nullifier,
and not for a doubtful one. We do not mean
to say that this was the case with the whole
Congressional Ticket. No: There were two
men on that Ticket as open and unequivocal as
Dougherty himself. But the Ticket was no deubt
often looked to us a whole ,- and as such, it was
neither fish nor flesh; or, if flesh, then, “oh flesh,
how art thou fishifiod.” The ’whole canvass
proves how little interest was taken in the Con
gressional Ticket, compared with that for Gover
nor; and though an open Nullifior is lowest on
the former, yet it must be remembered that he is
much leas generally known than either of the
others, and that this has much influence with
many. The true zeal and spirit of our princi
ples was not in that Ticket as a whole, and was
more decidedly put forth in the other. It was
again and again urged, before the nomination,
that an open and unequivocal Nullificr would not
do, and could not command as many votes, as
another. Docs the result prove this—or the re
verse I Delicacy forbids us saying much in ref
erence to the Congressional Ticket that would
sustain our views; but our whole experience in
reference to it justifies us in saying that it did not
arouse the true feeling and spirit of the party,
i “Had the nomination succeeded,” says the
i Sentinel, “wo should have had in the Senate, a
i liberal, independent, highminded anti-Van Jin
i ren, anti-Caucus. Union man.”—True, and
whore would have been the gain by it 1 Is no t
he as diametrically and completely opposed to us
in all other points, as any man in Georgia ? Is
not he an ultra Federalist; and must not our sup
port of him, have had no little effect, therefore,
in neutralizing our opposition to Judge Schley,
as a Federalist! Must it not have occurred to
many who read and felt the objections to Schley,
that there could have been little sincerity in them
on the part of those who supported Gen. Flour
noy, and that if they who urged them could at
the same time support the one, they need not be
very scrupulous about the other. Does not the
Sentinel know that Gen. Flournoy is a Tariff,
Bank, Internal Improvement, Supreme Court,
and Force-Bill man—who entertains also the most
ultra Consolidation tenets, and is understood to
have declared that he would have the Governors
of the Slates, if he could, appointed by the
President or Congress, and held responsible to
him or them with their heads ; or words to simi
lar effect. That ho is an upright and honorable
man, no one will doubt; and that he is an inde
pendent one, the boldness with which he declares
unpopular opinions, is sufficient proof; but if we
are to take men with reference to their personal
character, and not their political principles, then
there is an end, at once, to principle or consisten
cy : and why not candidly and fairly acknowledge
it!
Is it creditable, too, to the dignity and general
character of a party, to seek out, as candidates,
men from among our opponents, and oven run
them without their own authority, and against
their expressed wishes! Does it not render us
cheap and valueless in the extreme, and encour
age our opponents to treat us as such ! Will
Gen. Flournoy thank them, 100, for their gratui
tous and rejected support; and have they not
undoubtedly done him a serious injury with his
own party ! True, the Sentinel said that it was
not to serve or please him, that it supported him;
but have wo a moral right to injure men in this
way ! I* it doing unto others, as we would that
they should do unto us? Would the editor of
the Sentinel himself, like to bo treated in this
way, not only without his authority, but express
ly against it!
In “having failed” there is some hope, at least, '
that those who took part in it may learn wisdom :
from the lesson; but they are not merely “where 1
they would have been had the nomination not '
been made, but so much the worse, as consists
in setting a bad example, and thereby corrupting
or discouraging and disgusting our friends, and i
exciting the just ridicule and derision of our op- t
ponents. As to the “friends and auxiliaries gain- i
ed” by it, we feel assured that they aie not equal i
to the loss, in one way or other, and are not to be i
looked on as general allies, who will vote with us a
on other questions ; and as to opposing Mr. Van p
Boren, however odious, by such a man as Judge a
w bite, we wish to God we could secure our prin- I:
ciples from the mischief we apprehend from that,
also. s ,
“If” says the Sentinel, “we had folded our a
arms without a struggle—if we had furthered by d
our neutrality the election of a man who to all «]
Gen. Flournoy’s errors, added two more of a ft
deadly character [what arc they !] —then indeed u
we should feel that wo deserve it.” —But where p
was the necessity for this ! Why not have a C(
candidate of our own, and contend with him
fairly, openly, and above-board 1 Tho Sentinel
cannot understand it to be “ the doctrine of the
Chronicle to let your adversary, no matter what
his political complexion, walk in and help him
self.” Wc have no idea of such a thing, if we
can possibly avoid it. Our whole political career
proves that no one has been more zealous or
persevering, in efforts against our political oppo
nents. Two years ago, when invited to take part
in the nomination of a ticket for this county,we po
sitively reluscd to have anything to do with if, un
less a full ticket was nominated. Wc have al
ways been, and ever shall be, in favor of a full
ticket. But, says the Sentinel, “no State Rights
candidate was proposed for the Senate.” True,
and why not 1 Perhaps the Sentinel will an
swer, that no one would run against Gen. Walk
er, since there was no hope of beating him by
any candidate of our own. If so, now pray
what is the cause of it 1 J a it not that the policy
of the Sentinel has crushed everything like a
generous and disinterested self-devotion, and spirit
of personal sacrifice, on the part our leading
men—or all hope of rendering it at all useful ’
So long as the contest is made one of mere per
sonal or parly success, and individual popularity,
what man can be brought to stake his individual
influence and popularity, in such a game, against
great odds t But, abandon this wretched policy—
contend for principles, not men or party, and
thereby appeal to the principles and patriotism of
those who should bo your candidates—and feel
ing, as they would then do, that the contest would
not depend upon personal popularity, and that a I
defeat would not be a personal humiliation, but a
defeat of their principles, rather than themselves,
any generous minded man would always be ready
at the call of those principles, conscious that the
sacrifices ho made in their behalf, would endear
him still more to their friends. But, as it is, you
pick out, as a candidate, not the man most devo
ted to the principles, and best able to advocate and
defend them, but he (no matter who) that has
most personal popularity to stake ; and then, if
he be defeated, and lose that personal popularity
in your cause, you selfishly, indifferently, and
ungratefully, drop him or shake him off, when ho
can be of no farther use to you, and look out for
another “available candidate” to stake, “like a base
counter,” in the game: So on, and so on, till at
last you have “used up” the whole, and become
bankrupt, as now, “with none so poor to do you
reverence.” They who would be respected by
others, must first respect themselves; and where
is the self-respect manifested in running an oppo
nent, even against his own refusal, when you can
get no candidate of your own] Is your offer of
support to a political opponent, worth his thanks,
unless you have the power to elect him ; or would
he accept it, if he thought you had not ] Would
you offer it to him, if you could elect a man of
your own 1
This game of personal or party success, is alike
a selfish one on all sides. They who select tho
candidate have no other idea than to subserve
their own purpose, and he who consents, has none
but to subserve his. As long as you arc able to
elect your candidates, you will have men enough
ready and willing to serve you ; but no sooner
have you lost this power, than they will either
wait till you recover it, or some change of party
occurs, or modestly withdraw to private life. It
is a game of mutual selfishness and deception,
j ruinous alike to both parlies, sooner or late*, and
still more ruinous to tho country. When will
men learn wisdom from experience, and, abandon
ing the suicidal policy of sacrificing everything for
present success, determine to contend, not on!y*for
right ends, but by right means only—and, calmly
and satisfactorily awaiting tho result, with a con
sciousness that, come what may, they have nobly
“done their duty, and left the consequences to
God,” exhibit neither a weak, vairtglorious display
of triumph in success, or a submissive, compro
mising, time-serving, and despondent spirit us
defeat]
Contracted as is man’s knowledge of the future,
and uncertain his judgment of good or ill fortune,
it is next to impossible for him to determine what
will best subserve his own real interests—tho suc
cess or defeat of the temporary object or policy he
has in view. Men are all mere agents of the
Deity, and each one receives his instructions from
that principal, through the medium of his con
science, which wo venture to say no man ever
found to deceive him, when strictly obeyed. Oft
en, what we have thought good fortune, has turn
ed out, ultimately, to bo ill fortune; and what wo
have considered ill, has turned out to be good.
Among other instances, when a Clark man, we
lamented the success of Gov. Tnoue, and
thought it augured immense evil to the country.
We now icjoice at it as the very reverse; and
surely this is better, than to have rejoiced at his
defeat, then, and lament it now. Doubtful,
then, of our own power to decide correctly on
the future, and what mere human policy may be
best calculated to promote the general good in it,
wo have long determined to decide only for the
present, as our conscience may dictate—believing
it to be the voice of Him who alone can discern
and direct the future, and willing to obey that
voice in whatever it may direct, and be its hum
ble instrument of good in its own way, or by its
own means, whether that wav or those means
bo such as wo would have preferred or not. If
there be any who doubt this theory and practice,
let them mark if they have not frequently found
their reason and conscience in direct conflict, and
that lime, in such cases, always proved the latter
to have been right, and tho former wrong. Such
has uniformly been the case with us, at least!
and if reason is the erring dictate of man, pray
what must be that unerring voice which so often
conflicts with it ] It is also clearly allied to or
identified with instinct—so closely, as to render it
often difficult, if not impossible to separate them,
or define the difference ; and
“Reason raise or instinct as you can,
In this, ’tis God directs, in that, tis man.”
How delightful and consoling, too, is the reflec
tion, that the ignorant, as well ns the intelligent
man hath a simple, unerring guide, which, though
it may not render him as brilliant and fascinating
in the eyes of men, can safely direct him through
all emergencies, in tho course best calculated to
promote his happiness, to command the respect
and regard of his fellow men, and to render bim
useful to himself and others.
Let it be observed, however, that even the con
science, to be always active and clear, must be i
always respected, listened to, and obeyed not 1
disregarded, rejected, and silenced, because it 1
speak unwelcome things; for, as the advice of a 1
friend or father, long so treated, will at last leave e
us to our own wilful and perverse career and I
punishment, so, too, will that of Him who is the ?
:ommon friend and father of all.
Want of room obliges us to defer the remain
der, and much other matter, till our next.
The returns already received, with a reference
to the usual vote of those counties not yet heard
from, leave no room to doubt tho entire defeat of
our ticket for Governor and members of Congress.-
However deeply such a result is to be regretted
by every sincere friend of Slate Rights, and every
opponent of high toned federalism, and the Alien
and Sedition law doctrines of John Adams’s ad
ministration, yet it cannot be unexpected to those
who recollect the overwhelming majority against
us in the last Legislature. The returns, how
ever, show a decided reduction of the strength of
our opponents within the last year; and their
majority in the Legislature will be considerably
diminished. Hancock, Kffmgham, Lee, Liberty,
Monroe, and Sumter, are joined entire to our
ranks, which were last year, entirely or ia part,
against us. Muscogee we have lost in part, with
the Senator from Talbot, and a member from Wal
ton and Washington, but have gained a Senator
in Henry. We have something therefore to Iks
gratified at; and while we are satisfied that the
advancement of principles is sure, wo
must not despond if it is not also rapid.—.Mil
ledgeville Recorder, 13M inst.
From .V. Orleans True American, October iff
IMPORTANT!
By the steamer Ouachita, arrived this morning/
we received the following in an extra sheet of the
Red River Herald.
A meeting of the friends of Texas is called t<y
be held in this city this evening, and measures'
will be adopted to render timely assistance to our
brethren in Texas.
Higlily Important from Texas.
IVar in Texas — Gen, Cos landed near the
mouth of the Brasses with 400 men.
Isaac Parker has just anived from Texas,
bringing the intelligence that Gen. Cos had land
ed near the mouth of the Brasses with 400 men,
with tho intention of joining the 700 federal
troops stationed at Han Antonio dc Bezar, and
marching upon the people of Texas. He has
issuer' his Proclamation, “declaring that he will
collect the revenue, disarm the citizens, establish
a military government, and confiscate the pro
perty of the rebellious.” Messrs. Johnson and
Baker bore tho express from San Felipe to Na
cogdoches. Stephen S. Austin has written to
several citizens ot Nacogdoches that a resort to
• arms is inevitable.
They have hoisted a flag with “ The Constitu
tion ol 1824,” inscribed on it, and Two Hundred
Freemen gathered around it, determined to stand
or fall with it.
Wo subjoin tho following letter from General
Houston to the gentleman who brought the in
telligence !
Sax ArorsTiXK, Tf.xas, 7
sth Oct. 1835. 5
Dear Sin:—At your request I hand you a
memorandum, that you may be informed of our
situation.— liar in defence of our Rights, our
Oaths, and our Constitution, is inevitable in
, Texas.'
, I/ Volunteers in the United States will join
their brethren in this section, they will receive
1 liberal bounties of land. We have millions of
, acres of our best lands unchosen and unappro-
I printed.
Let each man come with a good rifle and ono
hundred rounds of ammunition—and comesoon,
f Our war cry is “Liberty or Death.” Our
principles are to support tho Constitution, and
down with the Usurper 111 Your friend,
' , * SAM. HOUSTON.
3 To Isaac Parker, Esq. present.
3 Wo have no time to make any comments.
Flic people of the United States will respond to
3 the call of their brethren in Texes!
)
S U M M A U Y.
r
r The Post Office, in Green county, formerly
known as Reman's Store, has been changed to
I IVoudville. The Post Office at Liberty Hill,
t Heard county, is discontinued.
, Cotton. —The following is an extract of a let-
I ter received in Savannah, dated
‘ “ Covington, Oa. October \bth, 1835.—Th0
crop oi Cotton in this section of the State, will bo
i- quite short, in consequence of the late severe
r frosts.”
r Appointment by the President. —Jons Fon
i, sven, jr. of Alabama, to bo Attorney for the
’ Southern District of Alabama, in the place of John
* Elliott, deceased.
' Abolitionism. —Wc regret to perceive that there
1 arc indications that our Northern brethren arc not
I Sufficiently strong and decided in their opposition
. to B' e proceedings of Tappan, Garrison & Co. to
adopt the only efficient means of putting them
down provisions. Os all the various
meetings which have been held in that quarter,
i, “ n *y two or three have ventured to recommend
State Legislation. It is said by a Boston paper,
that had such a proposition been made at the
I great meeting held in that city, it would have
. met with the most decided reprobation ; or, should
B lt I,ow be tirade to the Legislature, it would pro
duce a state of excitement and tumult, such as
8 this country never before witnessed.— Jtaleicrh
r Star,
Certain disclosures made a few days since at
r Elizabeth City, N. C. led to the belief of a con
. templated insurrection among the negroes, and
. some ten or twelve slaves and free black men
were arrested and confined to jail. They were
afterwards examined without eliciting any proof
. of their guilt, though they confessed to having
, heard that such a thing was in contemplation,
j and they were held in custody for further exami
nation.—vV. Y, Cow. £jt Enq, 13/A inst.
j More Abolition Excitement. —Thompson is
still busy at his incendiary schemes. Wo are
5 mortified to hear that after service, in Dt. Chan
, ning’s church, Boston, on Sunday, it was given
i out that this person was to lecture before the
, “ Female Anti-Slavery Society,” in Julien Hall,
on the succeeding Wednesday.— A\ Y. Ev. Star,
> H.Vi inst.
Intemperance and its fruits. —We learn that
i a murder was committed in the upper end of this
i county, in the neighborhood of Rogers’ Store, on
Friday night last. It seems two brothers, James
and Alexander Bashford, got to drinking and
quarrelling, and ultimately proceeded to blows,
i when James stabbed Alexander with a knife,
i from which wound he died in a very short time,—.
, Raleigh Register, I3lh inst.
Early Frost, A £“*,itieman who resides in the
South 1- ~ern sectio;; or lire State, and who has
been an attentive observer of such things, ns
marked in our hearing the other day, that the oc
currence of Frost this year was, by several days,
earlier, than in any preceding year, within the’
; last twenty-six.— lbid.
It is a remarkable fact, that slavery exists in
every State of this Union. There are indeed,
but few in some, but a single person, held to slav-’
cry by law, settles the question. Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, and the Territories of Michigan and Ar
kansas, each and every one of them have, or had,
at the date of the last census (1830,) slaves lei
gaily held ns such among their population. The
whole number is put down at 7,74s.— Georgia
Journal. 4
A clergyman of one of the congregations in
Groton, Mass, was induced to leave his church
m consequence of a difficulty that grew out of
his relusmg his pulpit to an Abolitionist. This
praiseworthy step of the reverend gentleman was
received with considerable umbrage by certain
fanatical members of the church, whose clamors
caused him to resign the pastorate.— lbid.
The last number of the Gentleman's Vade
Mccum contains a handsome and spirited cut,
representing Louis Philippe his sons and Staff,
immediately after the explosion or firing of the
Infernal Machine. It can be seen at our office
by those who will take the trouble to call. We
again recommend this paper to the patronage of
our friends—The election and its concomitant
excitement are now over, and the minds of the
people requiring a little relaxation from the recent
anxiety, can no where find more to amuse and
instruct than in the Vade Mccum. —Southern
Whig.