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"*" 5 —i-jrt'ROM THE PRESIDENT,
. Mluifficaling the Correspondence on Ihe
Cfxojcct of the publication of Ihe works 1
of the late James Madison.
/ To the Senate and II- of Representatives:
.1 transmit herewith to Congress copies
of my correspondence with Mrs. Madison,
produced by the resolution adopted at tiic
last session of the Senate and House of
Representatives, on the decease of her ven
erated husband. The occasion seems to be
appropriate to present a letter from her on
the subject of the publication of a work of
great political interest and ability, carefully
prepared by Mr. Madison’s own hand, un
der circumstances that give it claims to be
considered as little less than official.
Congress has already, at considerable
expense, published, in a variety of forms,
tho naked journals of the Revolutionary
Congress, and of the Convention that form
ed the Constitution of the United States. 1
am persuaded that the work of Mr. Madi
son, considering the author,tho subject mat
ter of it, and tho circumstances under which
it was prepared, Ion" withheld from tho
Public ns it has been by those Motives of
personal kindness and delicacy that gave
tone to his intercourse with his fellow-mon,
until he and nil who had been participators
with him in tho scones he describes have
passed away, well deserves to become tho
property ofthe nation, and cannot fail, if
published and disseminated at the public
charge, to confer the most important of all
benefits on tho present and every succeed
ing generation—accurate knowledge of tho
principles of their Government, and the
circumstances under which they were re
commanded, arid embodied in the Constitu
tion for odoption.
ANDREW JACKSON.
December 0, 1830.
Department of State, }
July 9, 1830. $
The Secretary of State lias tho honor to
report to tho President that there is no
resolution ofCpngross on tho death of Mr.
Madison, on file in the Departinwnt of State.
Hy application at tho offices ofthe Secret,
ary ofthe Senate and tho Clerk of tho
House of Representatives, tho enclosed cer
tified copy of a set of resolutions has been
procured. These resolutions being joint,
should have boon enrolled, signed hy the
presiding officers of tho two. 1 louses, and
submitted for the Executive approbation.
By referring to the proceedings on the death
of General Washington, such a course ap
pears to have been thought requisite; but
in this case it has been deemed unnecessa
ry, or has been omitted accidentally. The
valuo of tho public expression ofsympathy
would hose much diminished hy postpone
ment to tho next session, that tho Secreta
ry has thought it best to present the pa
pers, incomplete ns they arc, as tho basis
ot such a letter as the President may think
proper to direct to Mrs. Madison.
JOHN FORSYTH,
Secretary »f Stale.
Washington, July 9,1830.
Madam: It appearing to have been the
intention of Congress to make me tho organ
of assuring you of tho profound respect
-entertained by both its branches fur your
person and character, and of their sincere
condolence in the lute afflicting dispensa
tion of Providence, which has at once de
prived you of a beloved companion, and
l your country of ono of its most valued citi
zens, I perform that duty by transmitting
tho documents herewith enclosed.
No expression of my own sensibility at
the loss sustained hy yourself and the na
tion could add to tho consolation to bo do
rived from these high evidences of tho
public sympathy. Be assured, Madam,
that there is not one of your countrymen
who feels more poignantly tho stroke which
has fallen upon you, or who will cherish
with a more endearing constancy tho mem
ory of tho virtues, tho services, and the
purity of tho illustrious man whose glori
ous and patriotic life lias been just termin
ated by a trai quil death.
I have the honor to be, Madam, your
most obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
M rs. Dolly P. Madison, Montpelier, Vir
ginia.
Montpelier, August 20, 1830.
To the President of the United Slates ;
I received, sir, in duo time, your letter
conveying to me tho resolutions Congress
were pleased to adopt on the occasion of
the death of my beloved husband—a coin
inunication made the more grateful by the
kind expression of your sympathy which ii
contained.
The high and just estimation of my hus
band by my countrymen and friends, and
their generous participation in the sorrow
occasioned by our irretrievable loss, (ex
pressed through their supreme authorities
and otherwise,) are tho only solace ol
which my heart is susceptible on the do.
parture of Jiim who had never lost sight ol
that consistency, symmetry and beauty ol
character in all its' parts, w hich secured to
him the love and admiration of his country
and which must ever be tho subject ofpecu
liar and tender reverence to one whoso hap
piness was derived Irom their daily am:
constant exercise.
The best return I can make forthosym
pathy of my country is to fulfil the sacrw
trust his confidence reposed in me—that o
placing before it and the world what hi
pen preopared for their use—a legacy, tin
importance ol which is deeply impressed oi
my mind.
With great respect, D. P. MADISON
Montpelier, Nov. 15,1830
To the President of the United Slates,
Sir Ihe will of my lute husband,
James Madison, contains the following pro
vision:
“Considering the peculiarity and mngni
tudo of the occasion which produced "tin
Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787, the
characters who composed it, the Constitution
which resulted from thuir deliberations, its
effects during a trial of so many years
on the prosperity of the people living undci
it, and the interest it had inspired union"
tho friends of free government, it i
not an unreasonable inference that a care
ful and extended report of the proceeding!
and discussions of that body, which were
witji closed doors, by a member who was
Constantin his attendance, will be particu.
larly gratifying to tho people of tho United
States, and to all who lake an interest in
the progress of political science and the
cause of true liberty.”
This provision bears evidence of the value
he set on his Report ofthe Debates in the r
Convention ; and he had charged legacies
on them alone, to the amount of $12,000, I
for the benefit of literary institutions & for t
benevolent purposes, leaving the residuary >
nett proceeds for the use of his widow. ‘
In u paper written by him, and which it 1
is proposed to annex as a preface to the J
Debates, ho traces the formation of Con
federacies and ofthe Articles of Confcdcra- i
tion, its defects which caused and the steps
which led to the Convention, his reasons for 1
taking the debate, and the manner in which 1
he executed the task, and his opinion ofthe 1
framers of the Constitution. From this I
extract his description of tho manner in
which they were taken, ns it guaranties J
their fulness and accuracy:
“In pursuance ofthe tusk I had assumed,
I chose a seat in front of the presiding mem
ber, with tho other members on rny right
and left hands. In this favorable position
for hearing all that passed, 1 noted down
in terms legible, and in abbreviations and
marks intelligible to myself, what was read
. from the Chair or spoken hy tho membern ;
and losing not a moment unnccosarily be
tween the adjournment and re.assembling
of tho Convention, I was enabled to write
out my daily notes during tho session, or
within a few finishing days after its close,
. in the extent and form preserved in my own
hand, on my files.
“In the labor and correctness of this 1
was not a little aided by practice, and by
familiarity with the style and the train of
observation and reasoning which charac
terized the principal speakers. It happen
ed, also, that I was not absent a single day,
nor more thou tho casual fraction of an
hour in any day, so that I couh not have
lost a single speech, unless a very short
one,”
However prevailing tho restraint which
veiled, during the life of Mr. Madison, this
( record of the creation of our Constitution,
tho grave which lias closed over all those
who participated in its formation |pis separa
ted their acts from all that is personal to
him or to them. His anxiety for their early
’ publicity after this was removed, may bo
inferred from his having them transcribed
and revised by himself; and, it may be add
ed, the known wishes of his illustrious friend
Thomas Jefferson, and other distinguished
patriots, the important light they would
have shvd for present as well as future
usefulness, besides my desire to fulfil the
pecuniary obligations imposed hy his will,
urged their appearance, without awaiting
tho preparation of his other works ; and '
early measures were accordingly adopted
hy mo to ascertain from publishers in 1
various parts ofthe Union the terms on 1
which their publication could bo effect
ed.
It was also intended to publish with those
Debates t hose taken by him in the Congress
of tho Confederation in 1782, ’3, and ’7, of 1
which he was then a member, and selec
tions made himself, and prepared under his 1
eye, from his letters narrating tho proced- !
mgs of that body during tho periods ol
Ins service in it, prefixing the Debates in
1776 on tho Declaration of Independence,
1 by-Thomas Jefferson, so us to embody all
1 the memorials in that shape known to exist.
>' This expose of tho situation of Hie country
’ the Confederation, and tho defects of (ho old
■ system of Government evidenced in tho
• proceedings under it, seem to convey such
I preceding information ns should accompany
■ tho Debates on the formation .ofthe Consti
t tution by which it was superseded.
Tho proposals which have boon received
‘ so far from corresponding with the expectu
■ lions of Mr. Madison when ho charged the
- first of those works with those legacies,
’ have evidenced that their publication could
'» not be engaged in by me without advances
' of funds ; and involving of risks, which 1 am
> not in a situation to make or incur.
’ Under those circumstances, I have boon
■ induced to submit for your consideration
0 whether the publication of those debates bo
' a matter of sufficient interest to fho United
u States to deserve to bo brought to the notice
of Congress. And should such bo the es
r tirnation ofthe utility of those works by the
representatives of tho nation as to induce
them to relievo me individually from the
obstacles which impede it, their general cir.
dilation will ho insured, and the people bo
remunerated by its more economical distri
hutiou among them.
With high respect and consideration,
r 1). P. MADISON.
From the Savannah Georgian , SOM inst.
'' Oio Strain Packet Dolphin—
p I tnul I os*** of Liven*
it Me deeply regret to learn by Capt.
Brooks, of the Steamboat Santee, ar
i- rived this morning, from Volusia, that on
d Saturday last, 17th inst. about 4 o’clock
|V in the alternant), the Steam Packet Dol
:- piux, Capt. Rudolph, off St. Johns’ Bar,
■s slept to take a Pilot onboard, and in the
if act of starting the engine, the boiler burst,
i- and unfortunately killed fijlcm persons,
>f The Steamboat Santee was lying at an
)f chor inside of the Bar, and saw the ex
o plosion take place, whereupon she raised
y steam, and proceeded to the wreck; u hen
i. within about half a mile of the wreck,
met a pilot boat ofi’St. John’s Bar. hav
id png “ii board Col. Brown, lady, 3 chil
dren, and servant, Mrs. Gibbs and son.
i- and Capt. Rudolph; at (he same time
-d j picked up one ol (lie Dolphin’s boats,
if with three men belonging to her, and one
js ol the fst, Johni Pilots. On the arrival
10 of the Santee at the wreck, she took off
in * )r - Martin, U. S, A., and Messrs. Wal
druot and Donaldson. The small boat of
s T . “as then sent to a man who had
drifted about a mile on a piece of timber
from the wreck, and while getting him
on board the boat, another person was
discovered about 150 yards from them
I, with Itis head just above walcr, who pro
)• veil to be Col. Dell, of Jacksonville,
slightly wounded and much exhausted
i- and succeeded in saving him. It gettino
ie dark, tho Santee returned inside the btu
c tvith the following persons saved from tho
n wreck :
is Col. Brown, lady and two children ;
•s Mrs. Gibbs and son ; Dr. Martin, U. s*.
ir A.; Messrs. Waldron, and Col. Dill
g slightly wounded, and one person whose
is name we could not ascertain. Capt.
j. Rudolph, (he stewardess (a colored wo-
r S man) and four hands, one of whom is
e badly scalded.
is The following arc (he names of the
. killed; Col. Brooks; 1-ieut. Alexander
d Mackey, U. !>. A.; Miss Brown, daui,h
--n ter of Col. Brown; Barney Luce, mate;
e two deck hands; three stewards, and
1 three blacks.
We Icjirn that Barbaras Luce, the
mate, was a native of Rochester, Mass.
About 30 persons were supposed to
have been on board the Dolphin at the
time of the disaster. The survivors
were conveyed to St. Augustine, by the
steamboat John Stoney, with the excep
tion of Col. Dell, who was taken to
Jacksonville.
We understand that the Dolphin sunk
in four fathoms water.
It is worthy of remark that Dr. Mar
tin, of the Army, after the explosion took
place, gave up ids place in the to
a lady, and clung to a log, until tho
Steamboat Santee came up.
No news from the army since they de
parted from Volusia for the Walton
Swamp,
From the United Staten Telegraph, Wlh inst.
OFFICIAL; MISCONDUCT.
The Hon. 11. A. Wise.—The last
stage in the (ravel from freedom to des
potism is (hut wherein the public a
gents mutually protect each other against
detection and punishment for crimes
committed in their respective stations.
This destroys at once all responsibility to
the law, and to those who made the law ;
and by closing the front door to in
quiry, opens that in the rear to every
species of profligacyjaud corruption.
The framersjofour constitution inten
ded to make Congress the grand inquest
of (he nation, for the.trial of federal
agents charged with misconduct and cor
ruption in their offices. They trusted
especially to the House of Representa
tives, as coming more directly from.the
people, to fulfil (his high and responsible
duty, without fear, favor, or affection.
Tho power to impeach was, therefore,
lodged exclusively in its hands. It does
not seem to have over entered into (he
contemplation of these wise and pure
men, that (he time would come, when a
majority of this great conservative body
would unite together to screen delin
quents from exposure and punishment;
and thereby to give impunity to offend
ers, and to foster crime in the very
heart ofthe Republic. Or if such idea
ever entered thoir minds, they made no
provision agaihst the mischief—trusting,
no doubt, that the people, as the body
most injured, would fake care to make
their Representatives answer for so gross
an abuse of powers and privileges con
ferred on them—not to shield, but to ex
pose crime—not to protect, but to punish
criminals. 1
The reader will recollect the efforts
made at (he last session of Congress by
the lion. Mr. Wise, of Virginia, to inves
tigate the condition ofthe Executive De
partments—or to inquire into the truth
or falsehood of certain grave charges
deeply affecting the character and con
duct of individuals connected with these
Departments—and (he result of that ef
tort. It was (he first time in (he history
ol our Republic that such inquiry had
been refused ; and it ought to have roused
the indignation of every man, of every
party. It was a gross outrage—a dan
genius abuse of power, which should not
have received the countenance of any
one. Ii was as much ns to say to the a
gents ol the people, charged with the
execution ol important duties —"Go on!
Do what you please—plunder the trea
bribe, and he bribed—prostitute
your patronage to any purpose, and scli
the interests and honor ofthe country for
gold. We trill protect you. Four con
duct shall not l/c inquired ~ This
was the substance ofthe refusal on the
part of Mr. Van Buren’s friends to allow
an inquiry into the conduct of certain
public agents.
In order to screen these corrupt agents,
the reader will perceive that the Presi
dent, in (he concluding part ofhis last
Message, is made to vouch for their
“ abdihfand integrity.” The paragraph
is one ot the most remarkable that ever
appeared in a message to Congress; and
so far from settling doubt, has contribu
ted much to excite suspicions where
none were entertained before, and to
confirm them where they were. The Mes
sage tenders a distinct issue; and on
yesterday, Mr. Wise, of Virginia, joined
m the issue, and called for a select com
mittee.
It is not necessary that we should
speak ofthe speech of Mr. Wise on this
resolution. It shall appear in our paper
of to-morrow, ami will speak for itself.
M e are deceived if this gentleman is not
destined to occupy a place in the annals
oi (lie country to which text' have attain
ed—to win an eminence in the public
estimation which few have ever reached.
We heard hut a part of the speech, and
it was thrilling in the last degree, and
breathed a tone of high and manly feel
ing. The fixed attention of all told that
it was both hoard and felt. With a few
more spirits like his—nay, while one. re
mains, liberty, independence, and virtue,
cannot die. His voice sounded in our
cars cheering)y, and waked up the re
membrances ot past, anil purer, and bet
ter times. The resolution was carried.
It is with deep regret we have to re
cord the names of some who voted against
it—voted against inquiry into the alleged
corruptions and misconduct of pu&ic
officers!! Some, too .from Virginia;
ami among them, Messrs. J. W. Jones',
G. E. Dromgoolc, W. Coles, and .1. w!
Bouldin. These we satv, and wc be
lieve there were others. It is for their
constituents to say whether such conduct
deserves their support. If such a course
is to be sustained, it is obvious that all
official responsibility is gone, and that
vice and corruption must rule the dav.
Wc call upon their constituents to de
mand the reasons of such .extraordinary
conduct. What ? Is it come to this,
that no inquiry is to be made into the
conduct of public officers ? If they
thought them innocent, why,did they fear
investigation ? If they 'thought ’them
guilty, why attempt to shield them from
the consequences? But whether they
thought them guilty or innocent, it was
then bounded duty to the people and to
themselves, to grant a scrutiny when de
manded. They had no right to prejudge
the question. We again appeal to their
constituents, and in their name demand a
reason for this gross dereliction of duty.
Under nn order from Gen. Moore, Brig. Gen.
Toulmin has issued an order for a detachment
of Volunteers in Mobile from this Brigade for the
Seminole service.—One full Company is to he
furnished from this County,—ono from Clark?
County, and about half a Company from Bald
win and Washington Counties.— Mobile AVg.
- -
. GEORGIA LECISLATI.'RE,
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Mim.edokville, Dec. 20.
The following bills have passed the
Senate :
To provide for the payment of Volun
teers in this State, in certain cases, for
services rendered during the Creek and
Seminole Campaigns.
To extend to certain descendants of)
Cherokee Indians, the rights, privileges,
and franchises of citizens of Georgia.
To incorporate the Savannah and
Charleston Steamboat Company.
To incorporate a Company to be called
the President and Directors of the Peo
ple’s Line of Stages,
The bill to exempt the Richmond
Blues from jury duty, and the bill to pro
vide for the call of a convention to reduce
the, number of the General Assembly,
were lost.
The Senate concurred this morning in
all the amendments of the House to the
Supreme Court Bill, except one, which
authorized the Court to assess not more
than 20, nor less than 10 per cent, dama
ges on frivolous appeals, &,c. 1 believe
that (he House will recede from ths
amendment.
The House lias concurred in all the
amendments of the Senate to the State
Railroad Bill. It is now before the Gov
ernor for his assent.
In the Senate, this morning, the re
considered hill for the disposition ofthe
surplus revenue was taken up. A sub
stitute for it was offered, which was re
ceived and passed. By this bill the sur
plus revenue is to he deposited in the
i Central Bank, and the amount loaned
; out to (he citizens, as has been the prac
tice of that Bauk; but, if after thirty days,
the whole or any portion is not thus
; loaned, then it is to he deposited in the
Banks in which the State Is astockhold
; cr, the Banks paying interest fur the use
ol the money, and provided, in the opin
ion of Ihe directors ofthe Central Bank:
such Banks remain in good credit.
I he general appropriation hill was re
considered in the House (his morning.
I he pay ot he members has been increas
ed from 4to $5. ,
Both branches are hurrying on busi
ness, (o be able to adjourn next Salur
day.
'Milledgeville, Dec. 21.
In the House, this morning, the bill to
increase the capital slock of the Mechan
ics’ Bank ot Augusta, passed, yeas 73,
nays 61.
In the House, also (his morning, (he
hill to extend the charter, and to in
create the capital slock ofthe Marine
and fire Insurance and Banking Compa
ny of Savannah, was ordered to lie on
(lie table the remainder ofthe session.
In the House, yesterday, the following
bills were passed;
To incorporate the Savannah Insur
ance and Trust Company, which was a
mended by incorporating the Oglethorpe
Insurance ami Trust Company ofMacon,
and to incorporate the Western Insu
rance and Trust Company of Columbus.
To extend the time allowed to the Sa
vannah, Altamaha and Ugeechee Canal
, Company, to finish and complete a cou
. Imitation of. the canal from the Ogee dice
t to the Altamnha anil its bran dies to the
Oconee and Ocmulgee.
. To authorize the Steamboat Company
1 “t Georgia to construct a rail road com
. munication from Augusta to some point
on the Savannah River, &c.
, To incorporate (he Milledgeville and
. Chattahoochee Railroad and Canal Com
' patty.
, , .' V,)C! Douse, this morning, passed the
bill to increase the capital stock of the
Bank of Milledgeville, for the benefit of
Oglethorpe University.
I In the Senate (he bill to prevent the
r selling or giving spirituous liquors to the
, Cherokee Indians, passed; as also the
~ hi'l to incorporate the Farmers’ Bank of
I Coweta.
The Senate took up yesterday after
, noon, the bill lor the re-organization of
j the Militia ot this state. The considera
tion ol tliis bill was continued this morn
, Alter some debate it, was laid on
I the table for (he present. It is a very
important bill, and should not be hastily
examined. I believe that this bill will
I be postponed to the next legislature, and
that the bill ol the House, re-organizing
~ ‘he office of Adjutant Genaral, will be
• adopted at this session.
1 _ AUOUStAi
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1830.
"Us Just, amt fear not."
| 5.
| STATE RIGHTS CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
€’«l. Julias €. Alford,
OF TROUP.
ejection on the first Monday in January next.
> GOV. MfDITPIE’S MESSAGE.
"Mind, (says iho Alexandria Gazelle) has not
yet entirely lost its just power in this country.
Governor McDtmiK’s Message has had, ii is ac
knowledged, a greater influence upon public sen
‘ (invent, especially in the South, than any tiling
I even emanating from the President himself.”
AMERIC AN MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
: Tho December No. is received, and though by
’ no means one of the best, is nevertheless intcr
’ esling and attractive, and embellished with a
. beautiful and highly finished engraving of the
Countess Guicciola, (pronounced GichotaJ
, the celebrated cher amie of Lord Bmox.
1—
t PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
The Spy in Washington says The result
. of the lato election for President, presents a new
- era in the history of our country and its Govern
, meat. The precedent is of a most alarming
t chaiactcr. It must be stamped with tho reproba
’ lion of the people, or tho Constitution is but as
a rope of sand. Os what avail arc its provisions,
1 on the subject of Elections, if a President can
usurp the power of the Government, and then
designate his successor in office ?
, "Mr. Van- Bi’iikn is elected on the ground,
solely and exclusively, that tie is the nominee of
. General Jackson. Without such a designation
■ he never could have succeeded. That this desig
-1 nation was purchased by the most disgusting and
. lulsomc flattery, is notorious. “To have served
(says Mr. Van Brass,) under such a Chief, and
to have won his confidence and esteem, is suffi-'
1 cient glory.” Having been named hy the Presj.
) dent, as his successor, his elevation was aceom
plished by means of Government patronage. The
whole couort of office-holders and office-expec
tants, were suhdisized and drilled for the conflict
PUBLIC MEETING.
We trust the meeting called in tho following
notice will be well attended. Its objects are |
highly important ones, as all must admit who
havo witnessed the confusion whicli generally pre
vails at fires, the unpleasant personal difficulties, ■
and tho unnecessary loss of properly, for want of
persons authorized to take upon themselves tho
organized and systematic direction of the efforts
of the citizens, and prevent them from wasting
their energies in cross purposes, and often doing |
mischief, when they design to do good ; and the i
wretched state in which the engines, hose, &c.
are often brought upon the ground:
COMM UNI CATCH.
The citizens of Augusta who feel an interest |
therein, are respectfully requested to meet at the
Citt Halt., at half past three o’clock, THIS
AFTERNOON, for the purpose of appointing
Directors at fires, as well as for taking into con
sideration tho slate of the fire engines, &e.
A CITIZEN.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
The December No. of this beautiful and ex
cellent work is on our table, hut we have not
yet had leisure to indulge ourselves with the pe
rusal of it, to which wo look forward, as usual,
with much interest. It completes tho 2nd volume,
and is accompanied hy a handsome title-page and
index on beautiful colored paper. Wo doubt
however, whether anything of tho kind is so ap
propriate as white—no purn, friend White.
THE KNICKERBOCKER.
The December No. is excellent—one of the
beat we have seen, of this exceedingly valuable
periodical, which ranks at least among Iho very
first of its class, and is in every respect eminent
ly deserving of tho most liberal patronage. Its
i Soulhcrn readers,particularly, will peruse with no
: little interest and gratification the graphic des
cription of the “ Two Hail-Boat Excursions” on
tho St. Johns, St. Marys, &c., and feel deeply
• grateful, too, for the very liberal, generous, and
■ manly justice done by its highly talented and po
pular author, (a northern man,) to our excellent
hut much-abused domestic institutions. Wc re
gret that we have not room to notice its other very
interesting and valuable papers, or for its pcculi
, arty attractive table of contents, which, with those
. of several other periodicals, is crowded out today,
but shall appear hereafter.
MUNIFICENT DONATION.
; Wc happened to see on a passing subscription
. list, the other day, the donation of a gentleman in
tho vicinity of this city, to the Oglethorpe Uni
versity, of Fivu Thousand Dollars !—Wealth,
‘ in itself, may be cither a blessing or a curse ; but
■ when thus dispensed, in advancing the great and
inestimable interest of education, and with it all
■ that is good, or pure, ennobling or elevating in
human nature, who does not feel, that
“ It falloth like the gentle dew from Heaven,
■ Upon (lie earth beneath ; and is twice blessed !
It htesselh him that gives, and him that takes.”
Who, when he sees such examples, does not
scorn and despise the Vandal demagogue whose
cry is ever against tho rich, and to excite against
them tho poor I Who, under their genial and
, inspiring influence, is not ready to exclaim, with
us,and with Francis; in the play, “Zounds, why
1 am I not a rich man 1 Am I, then, envious I Yes,
- Ido indeed envy those, who, with the power,
- havo also tho will, to do good !”
A GOOD EXAMPLE i
While examining tho results of tho late fire,
we noticed in the back lot of Mr. W«. Housley,
Saddler,a number of hogsheads, so arranged under
I water-spouts constructed for that purpose, as to
collect extensively and most economically, the
rain-water, for protection against fire; and in the
> recent conflagration it served to protect perhaps
1 the whole block of buildings in which it is situa
-1 ted, as the wooden xear buildings adjoining the
same lot were repeatedly set on fire by the hlaz
-2 ing missiles which flew across the street, and as
' often extinguished by its timely and convenient
j- fl i4. Mr* H. is quite an eccentric genius, but
happily his eccentricities so generally, as in the
. present instance, tend to some solid good, that
f wo cannot but wish that they wore so common
- as to be deprived of that term. At any rate,
- this one is worthy of all acceptation ; and to
1 render it more prevalent wo think tho Insurance
f Companies would serve, not only the community,
'l but themselves, by rewarding such valuable cx-
I amples with some decided evidence of their ap
probation—such, for instance, as gratuitous in
• surance in exposed situations, and a suitable dis
count from their percentage, in others.
A SERIOUS CHARGE.
The Nashville Republican of tho Ist inst. says
that Judge White was lured to decline being a
1 candidate for tho office of President at the late
= election, and “ was given to understand hy a great
i. personage that his timely condescension should
he rewarded with a scat at the head of the Senate,
second only in dignity to tho Presidency, with
an «estate in remainder’ to that great office, when
the term of an illustrious favorite should expire.”
The Republican adds as follows : “ We do not
J repeat these alarming facta in haste or ill nature.
We write them down deliberately, and stand
• pledged to produce the proofs whenever conlia
- diction shall come from that only responsible quar
. ter we ever intend to recognise. Wc re-assert
T l ‘‘° charge ; these offers were conveyed to Judge
5 White by the instrumentality ofthe President of
the United Slates. Tho readers of this paper,
and many others beside, know how they were'
met. An instant and patriotic rejection aborted
y the scheme, and as we shall soon sec, threw its
. projectors upon the last and foulest weapon of
“ the party.”
= MORE OFFICIAL ABOLITION !
i We noted recently tho action of Vermont in
favor of the Abolitionists. Wc now have the
Governor of Pennsylvania raising his voice zcal
( ousty in tho same cause. The following is an
extract from his Message:
“In rapid and startling succession, all the
principles of Pennsylvanian policy, all Iho ob
; jeets ot State pride, have been attacked, nor have
. there been wanting Pennsylvanians to aid in
s f hclr prostration. First, Internal Improvements
hy national moans; then the distribution of the
. proceeds oi tho public lands amongst the States
1 in proportion to representation ; nixt the protcc
1 “, on °f domestic industry, of which leading arti
cle of American System, Pennsylvania was the
champion ; and tho produce of whose exoirine
, energies is now about to enrich her treasure m
f the distribution of the Surplus Revenue- after.
, wards the Nauonal Bank; and last, hut worst of
all, came the base bowing of tho knee to the dark
spirit ol Slavery.
1 1 F °k tI . IC P r f ser ;-> ti on of this last and most
, cherished article of our National political creed,
I the sacrifice ol which lias not yet been completed
it is our duty to make all possible cflort. ’
10 ascertain what have been—nay, whit are
the doctrines of the people of this Stale, on the
object of Domestic Slavery, reference need only
he made lo the statute book and journals of tho
Legislature 1 hey will there bo found imprinted
in letters of light upon cvcrv page. In I Rmhli’c
Laws 493, is found an - lhe M ut-
lition of Slavery in Pennsylvania,” with a pre
amble which should be printed in letters of gold.
This is the first set of the kind passed in any part
■ of the Union, and was nobly put forth to the
: world in the year 1780, in the midst of the strug
gle for National freedom. This doctrine was,
; through a long course of years adhered to and
prefected, -till Slavery ceased in our Stale. And
, finally, in 1837, the following open avowal of the
j Slate doctrine, was prefaced to the act, to pre
vent certain abuses of the laws relative to fugitives
from labor.” “ The traffic in slaves now adhorred
by all the civilized world, ought not in the slight
-1 est degree to be tolerated in the Slate of Penn
sylvania.”—Pamphlet Laws page 185.
Not only has Pennsylvania thus expcllorJtW
evil from Jier borders, but she has on all proper
occasions, endeavoured to guard her young sis
ters from the pollution. On the 18th Dec. 1819,
| the following language was unanimously made
| use ofby the Legislature, and approved by the
Governor, on the question of admitting new states
in the Union, with the right of holding slaves.
“ That the Senators and Representatives of this
State, in the Congress of the United States, be,
and they are hereby reqested to vote a'gainst the
admission of any territory as a state into the U
nion, unless the further introduction of slavery
or involuntary servitude, except for the punish
ment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted, shall bo prohibited, and all chil
dren born within the said territory, after its ad
mission into the Union as a State, shall ho free,
but may be held to service until the ago of twen
ty-five years.”
The preamble to this resolution, too long to bo
cited at large, is worthy of all consideration at
the present juncture.
On the much discussed question of slavery in
the District of Columbia, there never has been
any thing like hesitation. On the 23d of Janua
ry, 1819, the Legislature passed a resolution in
structing our representatives in Congress to ad
vocate the passage of a law for its abolition, and
the voice of public opinion as expressed through
the press, at meetings and in petitions, has been
unchanging on the subject.
Those tenets, then, viz—opposition to slavery
at home, which, by the blessing of Providence,
has been rendered effectual; opposition to the
admission into the Union of the new slave hold
ing states, and opposition to slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the very hearth and domestic
abode of the national honor—have ever been, and
are cherished doctrines of our state. Let us, fol
low citizens, stand by and maintain them un
■ shrinkingly and fearlessly.
t Above all, let us never yield up the right of the
free discussion of any evil which may arise in
the land or any part of it; convinced that the
moment wo do so the bond of union is broken.
- For, the union being a voluntary compact to con
, tinue together for certain specified purposes, the
instant one portion of it succeeds in imposing
’ terms and dictating conditions upon another, not
found in the contract, the relation between them
changes, and that which was union becomes
subjection.”
■
) from the Constitutionalist of 20 th hist.
Messrs. Editors —“ The Militia” article in the
, Chronicle of the 17th, renders it obligatory upon
t me to solicit you for a short space in your col
umns.
Truly may the Militia of Georgia exclaim,
1 “ save us from the vaulting ambition of a milila
i ry tyrant.” Does the writer in the. Chronicle of
the 17th, on this subject entertain a thought, that
the people of Georgia will submit to arbitrary
militia laws ? It he does, I must candidly say
that I believe he much mistakes their patriotism.
> The experience of past ages has set us an exam
( pie which is ever present to our minds, that
“ there are no shackles so goading as those riviled
' by a military man." I shall not attempt to fol
l low this writer through his very elaborate cri
-1 tique, upon my former communication ; because I
do not consider that they are worth noticing—as
' they are evidently couched in a strain of il/Jeeling,
> which, we should but badly assuage, were I to
i, undertake to dissect it; and will let the writer
• quietly enjoy all the dclutablcncss of temper
which the evaporations of so much spleen must
have occasioned. I have no pretensions to mili
tary legal knowledge above those which the
writer in the Chronicle assumes himself, and as
5, that writer admits that all laws are dependent up
.' on the public will—it is sufficient for my purpose
and, ho will find that temperance, on the part o
r those who seek to throw over us a code of mill
0 tia laws, which would disgrace the mighty an
e tocrat of all the Ilussias,, must bo baffled in their
c attempt, by the people. If the writer in the
Chronicle is an aspirant after military honors, he
3 is taking a wrong course, by which means to ar
- rive at the gaol. His flattering remarks upon
e the ■willingness with which “ volunteers ” sub
mit, -without cumpulsory measures, to the codes
which they adopt for themselves, is rather toe
s shallow to produce any effect ujkm the “ Flat
t Fools." The people of Georgia arc Freemen—
it possess intelligence and patriotism to as great ex
tent as those who seek to them, and ncee
pot the extraneous aid of Foreign Systems, tc
1 point out to them what they :want or what they
i shall have. Let the writer in the Chronicle gc
, on and embody lire -whole militia code of Geor
gia ; let him add to it his own views and ex
-0 poundings! Vcs, “ line upon line, and precept
c upon precept, here a little and there a little—but
again and that s not all.” The alterations and
amendments already made to our system must
bo swept from among us, and a judicious and
1- fungible one submitted. This will require time,
t-
j. in Chronicle, and ourself. I shall probably
when the proper time arrives, submit to the mili
tia men of Georgia, a code picfcrred by some ol
our most discreet and practical men. In the
meantime I shall be much pleased to see the wri
s ter in the Chronicle adopt a more pleasant style
a of language; such astute rctharks injure the
cause upon which he has embarked, and do not
oven sour the feelings of PU.MMER.
J As the above contains very hold and serious in
i, sinuations against the umlersigntd,(who in tho for
h tner article was fully designated, as “ Major Pern
n berton,” and “ the senior editor of the Chroni
cle,”) and such as, though totally unfounded in
‘ fact, are circulated to do him material injury in
j estimation of the public, and excite peculiar
. prejudice against him, particularly at the present
■- moment—since, no unprejudiced individual, un
t acquainted with tho matter himself, can well sup
s pose that any one would make such daring and
‘, feckless insinuations without some foundation for
c them, and must naturally shrink, on such evidence
uione, from conferring any military office or au
f thofity on one thus accused ; as tho writer has
not set forth the slightest particle of proof, or at
tempt at proof, and it is not practicable for any
5 0,16 t 0 l )rove “ negative :as I feel far more in
u' IC5t ’ n the honest opinions of those before
whom I am thus accused, than in the office for
which lam a candidate: and as tho public
should know the author ot these anonymous
insinuations, and tho circumstances under
’ wll ‘ cl ' llle y have been made, that in the absence
s un - v o, hcr proof, they may be enabled to dcler
, mine, thereby, upon their claims to public credit
5 have felt myselfbound, in sheer justice to my
' • C H to make the following statement of facts:
The writer of tho above article, signed “ Ddji
. meb,” is ascertained to be Capt. U rn. G. A'immo,
[ one of m y opponents, in tho pending canvass
■ for Colonel of the 10th Regiment.
After it. was generally understood in the com
[ munity that I was a candidate, and before I heard
aught of Cupt. .Vimmo, as an opponent, while
wailing for D. W. St. Job*, Esq. in his office,
, in winch Capt. Nimmo is engaged, he came round
the counter to- me, and in a very cordial and
friendly manner, expressed his decided regret that
I was a candidate-stating in complimentary
terms his approbation of my conduct as Major
and hope that I would continue in that office’,
where some one of zeal, Ac. was needed, as I
could do more good in it, and would have a better
field for my efforts towrJ th£ proveme|l| ofth()
militia, (in which he V fpe| much in(ct . I
cst,) since the Colonel, muHL prc?cnt division
of the Regimen) into twun* J( , nt BattaUon(|j
had no direct command, an J., merely a nomj>
nal officer, with powerW to L sue wrilten or .
ders-tbat if he was joi^ cc he would „ 0 ,
change ray __
count, feeling I
tinuio?m my present office, whore I had the cl.
tro» : of all the militia of the city, he had intended
<o call on me, and urge me not to quit it, and was I
glad he had now an opportunity to de so.—Be- I
iieving him altogether as disinterested, friendly,
and sincere, as he seemed and professed to be, and ■
that he entered entirely into my own views & feel- I
ings in relation to the militia, so far as he knew I
them, I told him I felt much flattered by the kindin
terest he manifested in my efforts, and assured that
he would not disapprove of my present candidacy I
when he understood the motives of it, since it was I
not actuated by any regard for the mere office—
that ho was aware the several companies of the
Battalion, under the increased population of the
city, had become altogether too large—so much
so as to render them too unwieldy, and the duties I
of summoning the men, Ac. altogether too labori I
ous—that the COOth District company numbered
aiiout 190 men, as its Captain had informed me, I
and no doubt there were others unknown tohim I
(“Yes,” ho observed here, “when I commanded I
that company I had upward of 220 men on my
list”) —that a division of these companies wa» I
contemplated, according to the law, which would
so increase the number of them as to render it
1 necessary -to divide the Battalion into two, and'
when they mustered together, of coutse the Col
onel would have the direct command of them, and
tho whole city militia, as the Major now had. I
That he said, to he sure, altered the case ; and ha
\ was going on to say something more,when Mr. St.
1 Jons came in, and ho left me, saying ho would
■ see me again on the subject, which, however, ho
• has not done.
, On tho second or third day after this, my can
i didacy was announced in the Constitutionalist*
' and his in tiro next succeeding daily paper.—A
• few days after that, his first article was published
e in the same paper, and, (though totally unaware
;of and indifferent to who was tho author,) as it I
1 manifested an entire ignorance of the militia law,
and was calculated to mislead others, and encou
rage insubordination, and violation of it, while it
professed a deep interest in the improvement of
the militia, an editorial reply to it was published in
c the Chronicle, in which, respectfully, and without
“ the slightest personality, the writer’s ignorance
of the law was shewn, and he and others caution- (
cd to investigate it and judge for themselves, and
i- not from tho frequent erroneous statements of
’f others, since tho actual fault lay, not so much in
y the law, as in tho neglectful administration and
y evasion of it, as would be shewn by the publica
'• lion of the law itself, as soon as room could bo
‘ found for it.—ln reply to that, appeared the article
j republished above; and as I felt assured that some
’■ feeling and motive other than those of mere con
- troversy, must have dictated insinuations so ma-
Icvolcnt, reckless, unprovoked, and systematically
electioneering, the question naturally occurred,
o What is their object, and who is to he benefited
r by them 1 and, directed also by the recollection of
, t his former conduct, my suspicions rested, confi
t- dcntly and decidedly, on Capt. M'mmo. Had ho
e manifested the slightest interest in the merits of
‘ s tho controversy itself, uninfluenced by reference
c , to the election, instead of a determined effort to
af pervert it wholly to electioneering purposes, I
i- might have hesitated in that impression; but as
j* thfl y were, feeling that an exposure of the mo
|G lives of them could be the only proper refutation,
c where no proof was attempted, I demanded tho
r author. Tho editor asked me if I considered
" myself injured by the article, and I replied that I
is <liJ—and then whether I was actuated by per
o sonal considerations, to which I answered, that
_ m y conduct, on knowing the author, would he
r- governed, of course, by the fact, of whom I
id should find him to be. That, for instance, if
0 a person in my situation should contemplate
y a demand for personal satisfaclion, ho could not
r- consider him bound to make it, if the writer
should prove to be a degraded and unworthy cnc
*t my. That all he had to guard against, accord
d iu S to the duties and customs of his station, was
it mere idle or impertinent curiosity ; and that I was
d ready to pledge him my honor, that I was actua
ted by no such motive. Ho said ho would see
y him and give me an answer—and did so, to the
- effect, that tho author, not considering the article
>f personal, did not conceive himself bound to givo
c his name, and declined doing so.—l said it was '•
e hir him, not the author, to determine that matter;
c but that I was fully satisfied who tho author was,
it just as much as if he told me, and if denied his
name, should assuredly treat Capt. Nimmo as
such, unless he thought proper to pledge me his
f _ honor that he was not—in which case I should
he fully satisfied, as I felt no interest in the mat
ler beyond the full conviction that it was him, as
n his authorship of the article would place it in a
vcr y different light to that of any one else. Ho
r sa ‘d he could not say who it was, or who it was
not; but after some farther conversation, and
discussion of the obligations and customs of
editors in such cases, ho said he would giro up
j *he name if would state that I considered my
r self injured by the article. To which I replied,
e that I had declared so from the first, and now did
so again; and he said, then the author had no
a objection to give it on that condition, and that if
was Capt. jy’immo.
The public have now the facts before them :
■ relying on their intelligence and justice, comment
’ * s unnecessary ; and, under tho public relation I
at present hold to Capt. JSTtmtno, delicacy and
r self-respect forbid mo to make any
c J
3 A. H. PEMBERTON.
_ Augusta, December 21, 1835.
•Personally,
c J
j p - B.—'The,above word ‘“Personally” wa»
neither in the manuscript handed to the editor
of the Constitutionalist, or in the proof sheet of
of it, which was sent to me by him about 9 o’clock
in the evening; and when I handed tho MS., and
asked him, after reading that part which reports
tho conversation with him, if he had any objection
to it, ho answered unhesitatingly, that he had not.
Neither was the word used as he has interpolated
it his own languagd being “if you will stale that
you considcryourselfaninjured man;”—A the on
ly objection I have to it is, not that the conversation (
should bo so stated; for I look upon the word as
altogether immaterial in itself, and would have
had not the least objection to insert it if he had
requested it, and told him that I would cheerfully
make such alterations as he might desire, not im
pugning the main point, that the name was refu
sed ; hut that so unwarrantable a liberty should
have been taken with a MS. so signed and ap-