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-*.l. . '■" ■' "•*' " " ....... 1 I "*" 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-