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proof** and defy contradiction. It is for the peo
ple ivr approve or disapprove. Our duly is done,
and lie who shall still cling to error, shall be
without the excuse of ignorance.
I.et it ho home in mind that the New York
Convention sat in August and September, 1821.
The winter preceding saw the commencement of
the Missouri controversy. The winter following
saw its adjustment. The convention sal in the
heat of it, aye, and at its founuiti head ; and no
mail now has the hardihood to deny that Mr. Van
lltiren was one of the prime agitators of that
spring of bitterness.
\V'e loave comments to the people. Let them
say whether they agree with Mr. Van Buren that
the free blacks here being taxed with them shall
vote in the House. Whether they will support a
man for the highest office in their gift, who would
so degrade the privileges of a citizen.
From the Bouton Ccntinet Sf Gazelle.
CHAU ACT Kit OF MARTIN VAN BUREN.
Tlie lion. Samuel McKean, who at the last
Presidential election, was at the head of the Jack
son ticket for electors of President for Pennsyl
vania, and who is now one of the United States
Jackson Senators from that Slate, speaks in the
following decisive terms of the office holders’
c mdidate for the Presidency. Mr. McKean
does not speak from hearsay testimony, hut from
a personal knowledge of the man. He is but
one of thousands of Jackson men in Pennsylva
nia who never have been and never will be Van
Buren men. Not only Mr. McKean, but the
whole electoral college of Pennsylvania, while
they voted fur General Jackson for President, to
a man, voted, against Martin Van Horen for Vice
President. Hear Mr. McKean’s opinion as co
pied from the Pennsylvania Register. -
“ My personal respect for the President, and
the connexion (unfortunate, 1 must call it, both
for the country and General Jackson,) which re
cently existed between him and Mr. Van liuren,
has hitherto deterred me, in some measure, Irom
speaking of the latter as 1 think he deserves.—
The unsparing bitterness of his former opposition
to General Jackson,'continued until every hope
of success was blasted by the firmness of Penn
sylvania, argues but little in favor of the sincerity
and patriotism of his late fawning professions, to
.iy nothing of their grossness und servility. Sit
uated as I am. when at home, on the confines of
Che State ol New York, and having been person
ally intimate with many of Mr. Van Huren’spar
lizaos, few individuals have had better opportu
nities than myself ol marking his polical man
oeuvres for the last twenty years, daring which
time he has exhibited all the powers and quali
ties, with regard to politics, of the chameleon,
assuming every hue and color of the l•l•lllent,
seemed to require. To speak plain, 1 know him
to he void of pulitioal integrity, and most of those
high qualities of the mind, which, whenever they
may he found. I humbly trust no minor differen-
ces in malters of human opinion will ever pre
vent me from duly acknowledging or yielding a
just respect. Canning, and a ceilain species of
popular talent, he indeed possesses: but these
only rentier him the more dangerous in times of
public excitement and illusion. When he first
entered General Jackson's cabinet, I expressed
my serious misgivings of the result to Judge Mc-
Lean, (then Postmaster General) and others ;
aud the mischiefs which 1 then apprehended have
been inorwtlun verified. His whole course has
been that of a political disorganize!, whenever it
could promote his selfish schemes. Party ar
rangements, and even the sacred lies of personal
friendship, have both by turns been coldly sacri
ficed upou the altar of his insatiate ambition.”
VAN BURENISM.—*Mr. Governeur. late
Post Master at New-York, was a friend of tbe
South, and assumed the responsibility of refusing
tbe iucendiaries the use of the Mail. He has
been tamed nut of office by the Van Huren party.
We heard a gentleman in the interior of our
State publicly declare that (while Mr. Governeur
was in office) the Emancipator was not sent to
him ; but that since Mr. Gorerneur’s ejection, it
is mailed to him regularly.— Charleston Mercury.
Mr.OUhbert’s opinion ofllarlin Van
Hurt'll, in 1882.
TIIE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
“ This assembly of active politicians Iras fulfil
led the public expectation ; and by the vote of a
large majority of their body, has determined that
M nun Van liuren shall be our candidate for the
Vice Presidency. With what obligations do they
pretend ttial their decisions are clothed? To
what extent do thev and their abettors exact the
.submission of the people of the United States/
Ate patriotic citizens required to resign their own
light of choice? — to forget their objection to in
ARTFUL, IMINCERE, AND SELFISH POLITICIAN ?
lo abandon those patriotic and talented states
men, whom they believe most worthy of tlieii sup
port, and bind themselves to the car of an UN
i’RINCII’ALED candidate, who has been cho
sen fur them, by their guardians at Baltimore.
We have preferences lor other candidates,
whom we believo more pure, more disinterested,
more patriotic than Fan Buren —preferences which
we cannot relinquish at the dictation of these self
constituted delegate * :we have objections'to this
selmsu dissembler, which they Cannot con
strain us to forget.
When did Martin Van Bnreu exhibit any pow
erful talent, any patriotic zeal in the cause ol Ins
country ? Thoroughly versed in all the cun-
HING ARTS OF THAT SELFISH AND SORDID POLI
CT, by which men of various and opposing inter
ests. sentiments, and principles, are united in the
pursuit of office ; in the field ol honorable exer
tion, be rises but little above mediocrity. But ice
are told that he is the choice of Jackson, and ought
therefore, to be supported for the I ice Presidency,
To use this argument may suit tbe policy of the
adherents of Van Buren ; but is any admirer of
Jackson, any man who lias loved him for bis pat
riotic virtue, so ultra in bis devotion, so much at
svar with himself, as to maintain that the people
ought to resign to the President the power of
choosing his successor ! Such is the extent to
which this argument would carry us; and such is
the design of the supporters of Van Buren. The
re-election of Jackson to the Presidency, of
which no doubt can lie entertained, will be an ex
pression snfficiently strong of the confidence and
affection of the people; but to yield lo him the pow
er of designating the man who shall succeed the
hero of New- Orleans, in the most honorable office
in the world, is a greater concession than this ten
tra'ile patriot would exact from his countrymen ; it
is more than he can desire-
And who believes that, in fact, Van Buren is
tire friend of Jackson ? As long as it was pos
sible to defeat Jackson, Van Buren was leagued
with his bitterest enemies. At the eleventh hour
when success was certain, he caine over—
just in the lime to appropriate a large share of the
spoils of victory. The military services andar
dent patriotism of Andrew Jackson, failed to win
his approbation and to command his support; but
he became a willing and zealous proselyte to the
successful fortunes of the President. Jackson,
with a generous and confiding friendship, hnsas
sinned a vast responsibility, in order to deleml
and to promote this man ; while he selfishly seeks
tji* own advancement. the hazard ol the I resi
dent's popularity. He is a selfish calculator
A KA'VNINQ COURTIER A FLATTERING STCO
pH ANT. UTTKRLT USWORTIIK OF THE NAME OF
FRIEND.
As AS A STATESMAN. HE IS DESTITUTE OFTRIN
rII*LE• He knew, he acknowledged that the
tariff was unjust and oppressive ; and yet, to gain
popularity in New York, he supported this odi
, m s measure. Fliall the. South be so infatuated
as lo hnd its aid in clothing this man with power!
IPe can have no safe hold on his affeclio s ; we can
repost no confidence in his intkciiutv / If ulli
,,'atelu successful, he may reward with office the
pi.l*: OF THE SOUTH ‘VII.I. BE B*o
- This Convention shall neither (orce
“into the support of Van Buren, nor elbow us
- ;ij,jde from the supjioit ofJmkson.’,
xr WiUmoTt Chronicle.
Mk. .MARTIN VAN BUREN ANL NEGIIO
„ SUFFRAGE.
Extract from the proceedings of the Conven
tion for amending the Constitution of the
Stale of New- York—page 202.
After much debate, Mr. Jay, who is now at tbe
head of tlie abolitionists in New York, moved to
strike out the word “white,” ilia tli'vct of which
would lie to admit all persons black and white,
possessed of certain other qualifications, to the
exercise of the right of suffiage. In opposing
this motion Chief Justice Spencer said.
” 1 have believed,and still do believe, that wa
are called on lo extend the light of suffrage as
far as the interests of ihc community will permit;
but I do think we cannot contemplate carrying it
to the lull extent recommended in the report, with
out knowing that we are not giving it to those
people who will nominally enjoy the right, but to
those who feed anil clothe them. 1 shall vote
against striking out the word * white,’ on the
ground that it is necessary for securing our own
happiness. 1 cannot say I would deprive those
people, who have acquired pioprrty of the privi
leges of voting; but 1 cannot consent to extend
it to others, in whose hands it will be as much
abused as by these colored people. lam willing
to extend the right of suffiage as far us my con
sc’enee will admit; but I never cun agree to ex
tend it so far as to deprive the agricultural inter
ests of this Stated the rights which they ought
to enjoy. I never can consent to extend this
light, ami make ait aristocracy bv giving tbe man
who lias the longest purse the power to control
tbe most votes.”
Many other genllcmen spoke upon the subject,
and the policy and propriety of permitting ne
groes, imilutloes, and Indians to vote, was dis
cussed ably and fully. Tbe following was tbe
icstilt, as will be found on recurrence to page 202
of tbe volume before us.
” The qneslion on striking out the word ‘white’
was then taken by ayes and nays, and decided in
the affirmative as follows.
AYES Messrs. Bacon, Baker, Barlow, Ree
with, Birdseye, lliiiikerhofi. Brooks, Burroughs,
Carver, R. Clarke, Collins, Cramer, Day, Dodge,
Duer, Eastwood, Edwards, Ferris, Fish, Hal
lock, llees, llogehoom, Hunting, Huntington,
Jay, Jones, Kay, King, Moore, Munroe, Nelson,
I‘ark. Paulding, Pitcher. Platt, Reeve, Rhinelan
der, Richards, Rogers, Rosebrugh, Sanders, N.
Sanford Seaman, Steele, D. Southerland, Swifr,
Sylvester, Tallmadge, Tuttle, VAN BUREN,
Van Ness, J. R. Van Rensselaer, S. Van R*n
sellaer, Van Veehton, Ward, A. Webster, Wen
dover, Wheaton, E. Williams, Woodward, Woo
ster. Yacs—63.
NOES—Messrs. Bowman, Breesc, Biiggs,
Carpenter. Base,Child, D. Clark. Clyde. Du
bois, Dyckman, Fairlie, Fenton, Frost, Howe,
Humphrey, Hunt, Hunter, Hurd, Knowles, Lan
sing, Lawrence, Lelferts, A. Livingston, P. It.
Livingston, McCall, Millikin. Pike, Porter, l’iice
Ptlinpeiiy, RadclifF, Rockwell, Knot, Rose, Ross,
Russell, Sage, R. Sanford, Sclienck, Seely,
Sharpe, Sheldon,!!. Smith, Spencer,Starkweath
er, I. Sutherland, Taylor, Ten Eyck, Townley,
Townsend, Tripp, Van Fleet, Van Horn. Vcr
bryck, E. Webster, Wheeler, Woods, Young
5U.”
United States of America,
State of Maryland, to wit ;
I, James B. Latimer, notary public in and for
the city of Baltimore, do hereby certify, that 1
have carefully examined and compared the above
extract, as printed, with the original on page JOS,
of (lie volume entitled “ Records, of the proceed
ings and Debates of the Convention of 1821, as
sembled for the purpose of amending the Consti
tution of the State of New Yoik,” and find the
same to agree with the said original in all partic
ular.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
[L. S.] my hand and affixed my notarial seal,
on this eleventh day of August, 183 G.
JAMES 15. LATIMER, Not. Pub.
From the Alabama Beacon.
ABOLITION AND VAN BUREN—CONTRAST.
“Jefferson's and Van Unreu’s opinions on tire
Missouri Question.
Mr. Jefferson's Opinion. —*• The Missouri
Question aroused and filled me with alarm. The
old schism, federal and republican, threatened
nothing, because it existed in every Stale and
united them together by the fraternisni of party.
1 have been among the most sanguine in believ
ing that our Union would be of long duration. I
now doubt it much, and see the event at no great
distance, and the direct consequence of this ques
tion.
“ I Had for a long time ceased to read newspa
pers, or pay any attention to public affairs. Hut
this momentous question like a fire ball in the
night, awakened and filled me with terror. I
considered it at once as the Union. It is hushed
indeed , for the moment—but this is a reprieve only,
not a final sentence.
“Our anxieties in this quarter arc a!! concen
trated in the question. ‘ What doe* the Holy
Alliance in and out of Congress mean to do with
us on the Missouri question.” by the
by is but ti e name of the case. The real ques
tion, as seen in the States afflicted with this un
fortunate population, is, are our slaves to be pre
sented with freedom and a dagger ? For if Con
gress has the power to regulate the conditions of
the inhabitants ol the State it will be hut another
exercise of that power to declare that all shall be
free.
Mr. Van Buren s Opinions. — 4 The Constitu
tion of the United Stales clearly gives Congress
the right to require of the States, not comorised
within the original boundaries of the United
States, the prohibition of slavery, as a condition
of their admission into tbe Union ;—Therefore,
4 Resolved, That our Senators be instructed to
oppose the admission as a State ioto tbe Union
of any Territory not comprised as aforesaid, w ith
out making the prohibition ol slavery therein, an
indispensable condition of admission.’
(U/ 5 * And Van Buren is pronounced a 4 Jefftr
sovian Republican!!*
NOTICE.
AN Election for City Marshal in place of James L.
Williams resigned, will take place at the diflbrent
places of holding citv elections, on Saturday the Ist day
of October next, in Ward No. 1, under the superintend
ence of Peter J. Williams, M. E. Rylander and llobeit B
Washington.
Ward No 2, under the superintendence of Levi Eckley,
T. G. Holt and Jno C Rogers.
Wart! No 3, under the superintendence of James Hol
lingsworth, Wn. Bivins and Amos Subers.
Ward No 4, L. J. Groce, 11. L. Cook und S. W. Ben
nett, at Pleasant Heath’s office.
, JESSE L. OWEN, Clk.
Sept 20 1 w3O
“TcgF OIKSkTT ADA ills if U candidate
for Marshal of this city in the place of J. L.
Williams, resigned.
Also, J. B PEACOCK, and
WM. V. WEST.
Sept 21 30__
Georgia—Bibb County.
VirHERKAS Henry Smith and Nathaniel Smith
v T imply to me for fetters of administration on the
estate of Jeremiah Smith, late of said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all mul sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time preserbed by law
to shew cause if any they can, why said letters should no
be granted .
Given under my hand at office, this 19th day of Sep
tember, 1836. HENRY G. ROSS, c. c. o.
Sept 20
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in December
next, at the court house in Twiggs county, to the
highest bidder, Lot No. in said county,containing 2021
more or less, being the place w hereon Hosea VV.
Sullivan, dee’d formerly live.}. Sold for the benefit of
• 1,., l.rirs of said deocused. ‘Perms made known on the
dnvofote. ISAIAH I’ULPKI’I’F.K,
• In iijiit ol In, wrtc.
WM. SIMMONS,
Guardian for Berry Sullivan and Abl Daniel.
Sapt 20
Cs IItDIAVS SAI.IL—WiII lie mid on the
1* first Tnesdnv in December next, agreeable to nn
order of the Inferior Court of Richmond county, w hen
sitting for ordinary purposes, at Perry, in Houston coun
ty, a tract >l Lund, containing 250 acres, more or less, in
the 9th district of said county, and known in the plan of
nail) riiftti iet, as No. IJ. Soli! for tin- benefit of lire minor
lieir, of Ruben Walker, decemwd. Terms rnsh.
WM. J. RIIODLS, Grmrdinn.
Sent 29 tll3U
icEssaiT o-ssL
Macon.
Thirnhy, Sept. SS, |BS>
HUGH 1,. WHITE,
s or Vice-Prcsislunt— J!\Q. TYLISK.
Anti-Van Buren Electoral Ticket,
Sf GILMER, ofUaletliorpc,
JOHN \V. CAMPBELL, of iVliiacoiroo
DAVII) MERUIWKTHER.ofJusucr, ’
Dr. A. BAUER, of Hilda, 1
Colonel HOWELL COBB, ofllnuaton.
Liduii,' l GIUSIIN CLARK, of 11,-nry,
,’ r - 1 1 l J V I-V* HA MILTON, ni rhemkeo.
Rev. JESSE MERCER, of Wilkes,
General E. WIMBERLY, ofTw iecs,
JOHN IIINES,oI Liberty,
WILLIAM W. HOLT, of Richmond.
.... Ticket.
.11 Lit S C- ALFORD, ofTroun,
EDWARD J. BLACK, ofSciivcn,
JJ.i'V/LLR T. COl.tH ITT, ofMuacogcc,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, ofGroene,
RICHARD W. HABERSHAM, ol Hubeiabam.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON, of Chatham,
mow\S BUTLER KING, of Glvnn,
EUGENI US A, MSBET, of Morgan.
Anti-Van Buren Ticket for Bibb.
SENATOR.
DAVID F. WILSON.
REPRESENTATIVE*.
WASHINGTON POE,
JAMES LAMAR.
Cotton Market.
ET Opinions of JUDGE WHITE nnd MARTIN
VAN BUREN on tlio power of Congrcsß to Abolish Sla
very in the District of Columbia :
VAN BUREN. | WHITE.
U* / would not, from the] (0* Ido not he tiers Con
lights note before me, feeing-rest ha* the power to abo
myself safe in pronouncing.!ish Slavery in the District
that Congress does not posAof ('otumbtu, aud if that bo
sex* the power of interfering tty did possess the power , /
with or abolishing Slaverythink tilt exercise of it would
ito tin District of (JotuniA be the very worst of poll-
(X/ 5 * In the Convention for amending the Con
stitution of the State of New- York, on the 19 th oj
September, 1921, Martin Van Buren did vote
that I- REE NEGROES should be entitled to
the rights of suffrage. See page 202 of the pro
ceedings oj the Convention.
Van Burni opinions of’ Negro Suf
frage in Oeortfiu.
From the Macon Telegraph of September
£lh ISBG.
“ Constitution of Georgia, Art. 4. see. 1. “ The
electors of members of the general assembly shall
be citizens and inhabitants of this state, and shall
have attained the age of twenty one years; and
have paid all taxes which may have been requir
ed of them, and which they may have had an •[)-
portunity paying, agreeably to law, for the year
preceding the election, and shall have resided six
months within llie county.
So it appears, that while New Yutk qualifies
and restrains negro suffrage ; several Slave States
including Georgia, say nothing on tlie subject ;
and thus leave Negroes on the same footing with
the whites. I "—Telegraph.
It should be a subject of congratulation with the citi
zens of Macon, that with their superior commercial
advantages, their] almost certain prospects of increas
ing prosperity and wealth, they are in possession of that
most inestimable of all blessings, n healthful and salu
brious place of rcsidaace. When Macon was first set
tled it was predicted that it would be unhealthy ; evil
disposed persons have almost every year circnlutcd re
ports prejudicial to it as a place of heulth, and when the
calumny has been refuted by positive proof, tlie answer
has been given—tlie season was oither a dry or a wet
one, wait until next year. We have waited for ten years,
and each successive yeur has been as healthy as tho
proceeding unc.
Our population in Summer, varies from ‘3,500 to 4000,
and in winter, from 4000 to 4,500. We challenge the
United States to show, in a town of equal population, as
“ cleur a bill of mortality** us the one below. From the
Ist of Junuarv to the present date, 38 weeks, the number
of deaths, including adults and children, lia3 been forty
seven. Excluding the deaths occasioned by casualties
and abortions, the number of deaths, in Macon, since the
first of Junuury to the 22d of September, average one a
week !
SEXTON’S REPORT.
Deaths—transient, negroes, and all others, from tho
Ist of January, 1936, : : : 47
Os which, were still-horn, : : : 4
Killed by accident, : : : : 3
Drowned, ::::::: 2
Transient, :::::: 4
J. B. PEACOCK, Seaton.
Macon, September 22d, 1036.
Let it lie borne in mind, that the next Legislature may
control the electoral vote of Georgia. Our opponent,
recognize the right of instruction, and no doubt will put
it in practice. The next Legislature will inxtmct their
Representatives in Congress to vole either for White or
Vnn Boren. Let the people then bear in mind dint while
voting for their Representatives in the Slate Legislature,
they may lie ut the same time, indirectly, Toting for Pres
ident. It is true that instructionx to the Repmcnlnlivc.
in Congress, are not regarded as obligatory as those which
are given to Rrnntors —the appointments to those trvo
offices emanating from different sources—one tiring elec
ted by the people, the other hv the Legislature. Vet in
struction. to members of Congress, though softened down
in phrasiology by the use of the word request, always
have been regarded as indicative of the srnse of tlie peo
ple and respected accordingly. Let all White men, then,
pull together, let them strive to have a While Legislature
that a White Senator may Ire chosen, and that onr mem
bers of Congress, who ure every one of them Van Buren
men, inny he directed and instructed, through the medium
of a request to vote for that pure statesman und upright
man, Hugh L. White.
ANOTHER VAN BUREN VICTORY !!
Ily nn article in oureolinnns Prom (he Nut. Intel
ligencer nnd Baltimore Chronicle it will he necn
tlinf the Vnn lhirenilen have gained just such an
other Victory ns (hey claim in N. Carolina, Ala
bama, Indiana, Ae, The present vote but pnrlinlly
rests the strength oflhe Whig parly in that Slate,
ns t :ey made no exertion in the election, nnd it was
believed ut one lime they had lost it merely by de
limit
The late accounts from Vermont, ns tar ns re
ceived, nre decidedly fuvorable—the stale is against
Vnn Buren.
The “Standard of Union” bus, at length, discovered
tin objection ngninst J udgo White. Upon the authority
of a citizen now livingin Georgia, till’ J edge is accus
ed of walking arm und urm with a free negro to the polls.
This futile nnd false accusation shows the misernblc
shifts lo which the party is driven. After a lapse of elev
en years, this cock-aiid-a-bull-storv is got up immedi
ately proceeding our State elections, with the evident
design of iiffoeting tho election of State Senators and
Represctitotivcs. The combination of State Rights and
Union White men has become so powerful, ns to spread
a panic among the Van Buren leaders. Every effort is
now being made to conciliate and smooth over past dif
ferences. The Union White men, who but a few weeks
oast, were sliglrtod and openly reviled for their wilful re
bellion, are now coaxed and cajoled, and promises held
out to llicin, that like prodigal children, they may \ et, if
they return, be reinstated in the affections of the party.—
The bugbear. Nullification, with Ids raw head nnd bloo
dy bones, is held up und shook in tho faec of the weak and
timid; and attempts are being made to frighten grown
men,‘children of larger growth’ out of their wits, and into
Vnn Buren allegiance by this monstrous bug-a-boo.—
Even the enmities of the rival Montagues uud Cupulele,
tbe Fort and Cutlilrert factions, are fora time suspended,
und although they lmte with the sumo bitterness us ever,
au armistice is agreed upon, ‘.o continue in force until the
termination of the decdooeoHug campaign. The char
ges against the Central Bank, of corruption, favoritism,
iVe. arc lor a season hushed up—the focliuga of the purty
are appealed to—-old things* are made new again; the
strongest clVorts have been made to revive old patry un
mosilies, ami breaches long healed have hoou again open
ed. But all, all will not do. Nullification sometime a
go frightened many a good and honest man into fear for
the country’s safety ; but time bus shown that it has not
proved the horrible engine of destruction that was pre
dicted—it “ has been more sinned aguiast than sinning’*—
und can no longer bo used to frighten grown men out of
their senses—and out of their votes. The people have
huug out their banners either for While or Van liuren ,
and under one or the other of these leaders the battle is
to he lost or woo.
It is creditable to the character of Judgo White —and
speaks volumes for his patriotism and integrity—that in
tho course ol u long life, devoted to the services of his
country, and in the multiplicity of offices that he has til
led—hut one charge, and that founded upon tho authority
ol au anonymous individual, conveyed through tho me
dium of such an oracle as the “ Standard of Union,”
should have boon brought against him. Had Judge
\\ lute walked arm in arm with a free negro to the polls,
wo should have heard of it long before this. Since the
poriod when the imputed offence was committed, Judge
White has twice been elected a Senator of the Uuiled
Stutes. Popular as he always has been with his constit
uents, it is to he presumed that, like every other public
man, he has had hia enemies. Wc should, most certain
ly, have heard from them something of this charge.—
Such conduct is equally obnoxious to the censure of tlie
people of Tennessee, u slave holding State, as it possibly
can be to tlie people of Georgia. How comes it then that
the \ nil Buren presses in Tennessee have been silent up
on the subject ? Had it been true, would it not have
been pounced upon by these harpies, in the greut dearth
of objections ugaiii9t this good and honest man. The
thing is preposterous, and carries with it its own refuta
tion. But wo have with us those who are well and per
sonally acquainted with Judge White, one of whom was
a citizen of Tennessee ut the period alluded to, aud who
is now u citizen of Georgia, who was then u resident of
the Town of Kuoxville, aud who was present ut the elec
tion mentioned, and who is equally as respectable as tho
authority of the “ Standard of the Union.” Hf. 9ays that
he neither saw any thing of the kind, nor ever heard of
any such conduct being imputed to the Judge—aud ihut
it is at variance with his character, aud general deport
ment. No one believes a word of the churgc contained in
this miserable calumny.
The Slumlord of the Union reproaches Judge
White for taking no measures to exclude free ne
groes from voting,who are entitled to the privilege
under the Tennessee Constitution. Had Judge
White done so, would not tlie collar press and the
Standard of Union in the loud, huve stigmatized
him as a nullificr for endeavoring to subvert the
constitution und for nullifying its provisions.
How comes it, that if Judge White is censura
ble for submitting pees ably to the constitution of
his slate, nothing is said against Gen. Jackson
who was in 179 G a member of tlie Convention that
formed *hc very constitution itself, who has been
for years the bosotn friend of the Judge, and who
pressingly invited him toa seat in hiseabinet. If
one is censurable the other is infinitely more so.—
“ Take that Father McGrath.”
A STRIKING COINCIDENCE.
Read the Hon. S. MeKcau’s opinion of Martin Van Cu
ren, and compare it with the opinion of John A.Cuthbcrt
of the same individual, in 1832.
The M Telegraph*’ is astonished at the “ unblushing
effrontery” with which we charge Martin Van Buren of
being in favor of Abolishing Slavery i the District ofCo
lumbia. We acknowledge we have no better authority
for Martin’s acts and doings than his own declarations. —
Under his own sign manual, ho has said, “I would not,
from the lights now before me, feel myself pafe in pro
nouncing that Cougress does not possess the power of
interfering with, or abolishing Slavery in the District of
Columbia.” The u lights” that are not yet before him,
und which when received will enuble him safely to “ pro
nounce” upon the subject, wc suppose, are the electoral
returns from the slave holding,States. As soon as these
are made, he will then pronounce himself openly, as he
has already done in his usual non-committal manner, an
abolitionist of the Slaves in the Federal District.
[Tho following portrait of a retail loco foco politician,
taken from the lust Knickerbocker,is drawn to the life,and
will suit many that uro in the mind’s eye of this comiuu
nity.J
“ I spent a whole week in finding out who
were the principal office-holders, candidates and
busy bodies, uulh in tlie slate and the general
governments; and which were the principal par
ties ; there being so many, that an hune.it man
might easily make a mistake among them. Be
ing satisfied on these points, I chose the strong
est party, on the principle that the majority must
always be rigdit, and attended tire first public
meeting that was held, where I clapped inv
hands and applauded the speeches will) so much
1 spirit, that i was taken notice of and highly
1 commended by several of the principal leaders.
! In truth, I pleased them so well, that they visit
ed me at my house, ami encouraged me to lake
a more prominent part in tne business of palitics;
anil this I did, for at llie next meeting I got up |
and made a speech ; hut what it was about I
know no inure than the man in tire moon, other- {
wise I would inform the reader. My only rec- j
nllection ol it is, that there was great slashing aj
llie banks nnd aristocrats that ground the laces
of the poor; for I was on what our opponents
called the hurrah side, and these were the tilings
we talked about. I received uncommon ap-
I plause ; and, in laet, there was such a shouting
aud clapping of hands, that 1 was obliged to pul
an end in my discourse sooner tliau I intended.
” But 1 found myself in great favor with the
party, and being advised by Ihc leaders, who
considered I had a talent that way, to set about
converting all 1 knew in llie county who were
not of onr parly, and they hinting that I should
certainly, in case the county was gained (for our
county happened to he a little doubtful at that
lime.) be appointed to the post-office in tlie vil
lage. I mounted my old horse Julius Ca:iar, anti 1
set out with greater ’/.Cal than 1 had ever in iny
life before. I visited every body that 1 knew,
and a great many that I did not know ; and,
wherever I went 1 held arguments, and made
speeches, with a degree of industry that surprised
myself, for certainly I was never industrious be
fore. It is certain, also, that there was never a
laborer in the field of politics that hefter oeserved
Itis reward never a soldier of the party ranks
that trad won a better right to share in tlie spoils
of victory. Ido not pretend to say, indeed, (hat
I converted any body to our belief; for all seem
ed to have made tip their minds beforehand ; and
1 never jet knew or heard of a man that could
he argued out of his politics, who had once made
tip liis mind on the subject. 1 labored, linwtv
er, and that with astonishing zeal ; and as I paid
nry own expenses, and treated all thirsty soids
that seemed approachable in that way to good
liquor, I paid a good round sum, that I could ill
spare, Jor the privilege of electioneering; and
was therefore satisfied that nry claim to office
would hold good.
• And so it did, as was universally allowed by
all the party; hut the conviction of its justice’
was all 1 ever gained in reward of my exertions.
The battle was fought ami won. the party was
tiinmphaut, nnd 1 was just rejoicing in the suc
cessful terminayon of iny hopes, when they were |
blasted by tho sudden appointment of another
io the very office which I considered my own. j
That other was one of the aforesaid lenders, who ,
had been foremost in commending my /eat ami
talents, and in assuring me that the office should
be mine,”
CHOLERA IN CiIAUESTON.
The following 1 summary'm from the iVporl oflhe i
lleultli Officer oflhe City. The disease line notin
created Hinceotir last notice.
September lOlli .30 new cn*e, 9of them w liil***,
5 death*. Hepl. 11th, 18 com m. 2of them white?,
2 Ur cuius— 5 more t)eih*ol ihc eu*c&ol yesterday.
f ‘opt. 19th. 15 on Rr=>, ft of lliom white—nodrntli of
llie*o, orol ihnae reported yesterday, tjopt. 13th,
13 cases, 1 while, 2 (lend—no other dentil among
those nl veslerdnv. Sept. 14th. 11 oases, 2of them
whites, 2 dead—2 more deaths among yesterday's
ease*. Sept. 15th, ft oases, 3 of them whites, 2
deaths—one more dead of yesterday's eases. Sept.
16th, 6 eases, 3 whiles, 1 deaths—no other death
among the eases of yesterday.
Ihe iliseuso Inis broken out on the plantation*
in the vicinity—li ease* having occurred on Col.
I . Pinkney's place, 4 ol which had terminated !ii
tally.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
The Survey for this route commenced at this
place on Thursday last, by Mr. Reynolds the As
sislunl Engineer, and our fellow citizen Kich’d W.
Ellis. From the knowledge Mr, E. pnasessesot the
country his services will be viiliinhie.
Mr. Reynolds has been from infancy n resident
nl this State, and ranks among the iirsf Engineers
in the country.
The route from this city | s by n very direct eours e
to Harden’s Mills on Stone Creek —theme up that
creek a short distance to the lowest point in the
dividing ridge of the waters of the Oemulgee and
Oconee, thence clown Itig Sandy Creek to Iho Oco
nee at nr near the mouth of Itiick Eye, in Washing*
toil county.
The principal Engineer, Judge Randall wil 1
commence a survey in a few days utSavnnnnli and
meet Mr. Reynolds about the middle of the rente.
RAIL ROAD RECEIPTS IN NEW-VORK.
The L'licumid Schenectady Rail Road of ttu miles in
length, has been recently completed. During the month
ot August, the otlieinl statement* of the Treasurer show
the transportation of twenty-two thousand and eighty-six
passengers on it, and that the incomo has been $ 13,076
91 !! No freight is yet carried on the road, and the re
ceipts for the month, ure more than three per cent, on
every expenditure that bus been made on the road.
The Brunswick (Georgia) Canal uud Laud Companies
are organized by the choice of
Tlie Hon. Thomas Butler King, President.
(’buries W. Cartwright, A
.Simon Ureenleuf, [■ Trustees of Land Cos.
AV illiaui It. Gardiner, )
and
Charles W. Cartwright, )
Edward Eldredge,
Abraham Colbv. > Diroctors.
Henry Rice, and
George M. Dexter, )
L. Baldwin, Civil Engineer.
Sale of Monroe Rail Road Stock.
During (lie sitting oft he Superior Court in For
syth, last week. Fifty-six share* ofinit road stork
cvere disposed ofnt puhlie sale, in loin, and pur
chased by several individuals ul Irma 8 to 23 per
cent premium on the amount paid in. This stock
was owned by judge King, nnd sold by him in con
sequence of. the duly Imposed upon him us the judge
of the Superior Court by un net of the Legislature,
to nppoint the juries to assess damages on lands
occupied by the rail road wishing to divest him
self ofull interest iu the ease before entering on
that duty.
Extract of a Utter from Mitledyerille to the Editor.
“I am glad to hear of the probability of success of our
friends in Bibb; and shall he pleased ifyour county send
tlie ticket. Your county interests—indeed the interests
of middle Georgia require the coming session much tal
ent in tlie halls of Legislation, to counteract the selfish
spirit of certain sections. Macon has been unwise litis
yenr; and when the winter shali have gone by, she will
discover that her locks have been shorn whilst she has
been asleep. Her ablest men should have lieen brought
out nail supported without reference ro party. At a
futaro day she will repent in sackcloth and ashes,
that the ambition of two or three office-seeker* among
you, has been the incubus by vvliieb sbe sutler*.”
COTTON *UR K ET.
\Ve have a goo 1 demand for thi* article—pretty
much ull that arrives is dis| used of at from lti 1-2 i
to 1C 3-4 from the wagons. The quality o I which
| is only good, which is usuully tlie ease ill the first
. picking, but as our receipts are duiij increasing
tlie quality will provo much belter hereafter.—
| What prices will Keltic lo we ure unable ns yet to
say, bul nl the present quotations of both tlie Liv
erpool nnd Northern markets wo nrc much too
| high. Freight to Savannah $2 per bale.
To MYRON BARTLETT,
Editor of the Macon Telegraph :
! S R—l have long since believed that the moral
right lo hold Slave# a# property, is ns dearly re
-1 veuledin the Scriptures of both the Old uud New
Tesla incnis, a* the legal tenure by which we c laim
them, if* declared in the Constitution ot the United
| States; nor have 1 hern less sceptical in the faith,
| that the perpetuity of the Union depends upon the
election of a President maintaining these senti
ments, and a c ordial acknowledgment oflheif mo
ral rectitude by oar lellow-eitizenH ot tlie Abolition
States. Willi the#* views, in the present agita
ted state ofour Republic, I tell it a duty 1 owed my
country to mingle with the crowd of my fellow
citizens lor llu; purpose of discussing the merit*
of the several Candidates. 1 have appealed to their
moral sensibility, and uslced, whether they would
| vote for a Constable, who would trample upon the I
• laws of decency and wedlock, mid rear u family of
i mongrel bastards in their country,andl havenskrd
them, by what principle of decency, morality or
patriotism, they could be justified lor placing such
u grovelling wretch in the Vice-President's Chair.
I have told them, that Martin Van Briren was an
Abolitionist when the Missouri question convulsed
the Union. 1 have called upon his advocates to
prow when and where he professed conversion,
and “ with all the lights before me,” especially
those reflected from that sacred luminary, the
Constitution I have affirmed, that in evading an
answer to the question whether Oongrrss has or
has not the constitutional right to abolish Slavery
in the District of Columbia, he stands before the 1
people in the character of either n KNaVE or n ‘
I’OOL. Tor these ni ls you buve charged me, in
the columns of your paper, as a subscriber to the
Liberator—ami threatened ine with the sentence t
ofthe penal code, lam not ignorant of your skulk- j
ing po icy, nor have 1 forgotten your benevolent t
feelings lor Gurifeon and Knapp in 1831. I shall y
take Hie liberty of exposing our individual relation
ship to those enemies of Go! mid man at the dose
of the Regimental Review on {Saturday next. To
the people 1 appeal—and you are hereby invited
to meet uie before them, with your Congress
men, Judges, Councdlors, Attornies and Pettifog
gers, “to shew cause, it any you can,” why My- ;
ron Bartlett should not occupy the cell chosen for ‘
G. Capers, and why the good people of'Oihb should
prefer the favorite ofthe Abolitionists, to llte il
lustrious White ami n niggardly Aina lgarnalioni-l i
to the liigh-.soiiled and talented Tyler. The lead
ers of your party have always shrunk from an in- i
vcstignfioii ofthe merit of men and principles be- r
lore (he people 3 like faint hearted recreants they *
have, invariably, preferred to fell llicir ow n tale in *
a corner lint the crisis now colls for a public ex- j
pose of all the claims and virtues of the candidates ,
lor office ; the people call for it ; mid every patri- |
ot who prefer* the rights and liberties ofthe South, c
to the tomes anilJishes ol office, will respond to the
call. G. * A PLUS.
COMMUNICATED.
THE MACON IT MALE COLLEGE
The undersigned, for ami in hefmlfof the Geor
gia Conference ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church,
address themselves to the members and friends ol
hat Church, ns well as to the friends of learning
and Religion generally, in favorofthis Institution.
‘The age in which we live, is one in which mighty
exeilions ore making for the improvement of hu
man coirdhinn, in every department of life ; and,
in many instant** s, so signal tins been the success
ofthe benefactor* ofthe age, that a halo of glory
will eneirede their names, when they, themselves,
rfre sleeping in the dust.
In this march of‘improvement, t nt which should
command paramount attention, us* conducive ol the
greatest good, is the training the youthful mind in
knowledge and virtue. So tarns this duty i* c*n
nei ted with the improvement ofthe fi mai.k
we, on the present occasion, beg leave to solicit
the aid and patronage of all good men. It is true
that the proper education of females, in this coun
try, hits been much neglected, and we add the feet
will, shame. Wo hope, however, that we see the
dawning ol a hriirhterdac i .!, T . “ IF
fir distant, when this riimg . l'l , ‘!'""’ “* ‘J° t
’ n,, 7. < ? "<■ ■n-nernl’
> nndition, ,1 "’ barometer of the . ivili
zallon ofully people : and, where females are re
garded as mere drudges— and in their trainidp and
education, treated as such—it infallibly f„ii„ Wfl
that man stands low In the scale of refim ment
nnd never cun rise to nny great excellence. Ujs
the noble molher Hint make* the noble son. This
fact, universal experience proves ; and if men de
sire to have their sons imbued with motives and
principles of a. lion thut will make Ihetnnn honor
lo their family, nndn blcNsing to the world ; they
must give them mothers, thnl nrc üblr nnd willing
lo train Hit m lo (he pnthsol honor and virtue, from
llii* cradle even up lo manhood. If Ibis position lie
I rue—and we believe it incontroverlablr—it fol.
lows that while men neglect the proper training
nnd education of females, (hey not only do them
gieut injustice, hut blight Hie ptospoels of their
own posterity, nnd lay Hie foundation ot their mis
ery and degradation.
To obviate these evils ns fir our literary institu
tions can do it, nnd to place tlie lemuies of the ri
sing, nnd succeeding generations of our happy
country on an eminence, in point of moral and iii
lelii'cluul endowment, that will make them not on
ly lit companions hut able help-mates to the noblest
ot her sons, i Hie object ofthe Macon Female Col
lege. And here we must be permitted to sny. Hint
every noble lerling of the human heart calls for
united action, and energy in this praiseworthy en
terprise. \\ tin wilt lend us their aid, nnd cover
t tie in selves with lionor f ~P , v |, n vvi |, |)t , ~r a.
veo us to prove recreant, when posterity, nnd coun
try, and science, and murals, nnu religion, und tro
mon, united, pleads for brlpt I I
The object of Hi is address is to rouse the dor
mant t. chugs of the cominniiily into action on tlie
subject, and thereby obtain nicl, in rearing tlie
bull ing** and putting the institution into operation.
A henut.lul site has lieen selected (br Hie College,
mi Iho topmost ridge, between the city of Macon
and the \ illnge ot \ inevillc, crnunandingPxtrnßive
and splendid views ot both places, us well us n
wide nnd lhr*t*prcnd ampi-thrulrc ot rural scenerv
stretching to the South ns tin- ns the eye eau
reach.
i'or the College building, contracts have been
made, und the work is now goiugon. The edifice
will be entirely ot hriek, 155 long, 65 brood, und
three stories high, urningi and in u handsome und
convenient manner, nnd finished in good stjle;
nnd is of such n character ns entitles it to the pat
ronage of the public, as well as the hrgiftlalui'c.—
So time will be lout in putting it in operation.
J he expenses of board nnd tuition will be reason*
•ihie, and the education given of the lirsl order.
We, therefore, us *he Committee, in the nnine
id the iriemls ol the institution, and in the name of
I lie Georgia Conference, uitder whose charge the
College is, und by whose nntliorily ivc del, call on
(he members and friends of the Church, as well ns
Ihe citizens generally, by their contribution*, to
uid uaiu this good work.
JAMES U. ANDREW; > Commit-
ALEXANDER SPEER, J tee.
LECTURES IN GEOLOGY.
We are gratified lo learn that Mr. Merrill’s Lectures
in Geology appear to meet the unqualified approbation
of those who attended his course: anil thut nt the re
quest of several gentlemen, Mr. M. lias consented to de
liver a second course in the sumo subject, to commence
to-night, at the academy. Those desirous to become
members of liis class, can obtain tickets at the Post
Oilice.
Arc. AfKßntLt;
Sir—YVe, a* member* of your class in Geology,
feel it to be our duly not to let this opportunity
pas* without taking flume substantial method of
expres*'i.tg to you the high degree of gratification
we have fell in attending your course of Lectures
in that subject. Your illustrations of the forma
tion of granite, the nature of met corid shower*,
with meteors in general, the evidences and efiects
of the deluge, the manner of its production by the
” breaking up of the fountains of the great deep,”
(lie theory uml explanation of tlie causes of volca
noes uud earthquakes, were nl! topics ol peculiar
interest, and cannot fail to excite tlie interest of
every lover of science. We wish you good speed
in your efforts to promote the boundaries of sci
ence, and hope the time is uot far distant, when
knowledge and its advocates will reap the reward
they so justly merit.
I l) li BUI LER J. DARBY ,
I JOilS HUNTER, H’M I). BALL.
11. SIIOTH’ELL, ASHER AYERS,
OEO.P. COOPER, J. MILLER,
J. 11. MORGAN, It. C. JENNISCS.
[The reply of Mr. Merrill lo tlie uliovc ftatlerintr
note, i* omitted from want of time to put it in type ]
MACON DRAMATIC CORPS.
“ IV'e in our artful strife,
And here preterit the halcyon joys of life.”
fJAHE citir.cn* ol Mucon, mid vicinity, are respectfully
A informed that the first exhibition of the Macon Dra
timtic Corps will take place,at the Theatre, on Thursday
Evening, the ‘.’9th instant. The Society hate appointed
the following persons as a Committee to the citi
zens generally to attend; and to preserve order, lime
agreed not to admit any person without n ticket. Tire
Committee will commence the distribution of tickets im
mediately, and request all who may not receive a ticket
previous to Wednesday, the 28th, will inuke it known
to either ol them, or give notice ofthe saute at the “ Mos
itenger” Ullice, as n is their wish no one should be ue
g’loeled. F. W. .MACAHTHY, _
P.C. PKNOfJSTON 9
J.P.LORD, 3
W. C. CAPERS, g.
J.M. BIVINS, g
„ C. K. HANEEITER, 9
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crxir isEsmoi
Mayor’s Ottfre, I
.. ... September 21, 1886. S
rgllll'. citizens of IHacon nre requested to meet at the
■. court house, on Friday the :23d inst. at 3 o’clock,
I . .vi., to give an expression ot pnbtir sentiment upon
the propriety of locating the depots of Ruil-Ko: ds now
chartered, within the limits ofthe city.
Also to choose delcpaUt to the kail-Road Conun
tion to be held iu this city, in November next
ISAACG, SEYMOUR, .Mayor.
Xi/kw IVOTXOH.
r I lllh late film of Ukall & Gresham having been
i recently dissolved by the death ofthe forme*, the
undersigned gives notice, that ho will continue his resi
dence m Macon, nml will devote Ilia undivided attention
~ 'i A"'fl' ral ’, t,ce 5V Ihl ’ , ' nvv 1,1 tl,e “cvernl counties of
bthh, Houston, ( rauford, Monroe, Jon, t and 2Wi,
Jh- will done Hie profcpcdonul business of R. A. licit 11
as well ns that of the Inleiinu; and while he respectfully
sohrifs of the former friends of the deceased, n contim n
t,n Ot their patronage, his utmost exertions shall be
used to render his services satisfactory.
„ „ JOHN J. GRESHAM.
Macon, Sqpt 21, 1336. nwoll
Keler to A. J. Miller, F.rq. ) ,
A. B. l.os’nsTsr.ET, Esq. \ Augu ta.
(ltd. Jott.ru w . Jackson, Savannah.
O* The Sentinel and Constitutionalist, Augusta, ami
Savannah Republican, will give the uhove tliu-e weekly
insertions. J
V4LI.VIIM; TIIJ.I. rmiPEUTV
SA.BEJ.
“I ” 111. undersigned offers for sals hi*, two Saw Mills
J. within throe miles of Macon. Both mills are now
in successful operation. There is also on the promises
n Grist Mill. Attached to the mills nre 1500 acres of
liiiolv timbered land, with nil the buildings requisit for
conducting the business. Added to tiles’- advantages is
a spring of pure water, a healthy situation, ami its near
location to the rapidly increasing citv of Macon, where a
market can n twin she had for the lumber at fair prices.
Persona willing to puralinse are invited to call on mvseif
on the premises,or oil Roger McCall at Macon.
. ELEAZER McCAl.f..
Bibb county, Sept 21, XKI6. 80
To Country iQerchisnls.
, NEW CIOOD3.
X M. WILI'.i, PARISH So Cos. are in receipt of a
AJ. complete and splendid stork of fresh imported
DItV.tjOOIIS, suitable for the full and winter trade,
and which they offcrforsulc upon liberal terms. Their
assortment will he constantly full, and increased by
weekly arrivals fiftni New Yo'rk.
Charleston, Sept 18,1836. 2w3t)
■ AT c ir’ioH.y- ~
ONE of Our firm will hereafter regularly attend Mus
cogee Superior Cnurt. Uctuni day to the next
Court is oo Tii-'sd iy 291 h in*t. Any claims placed in
our hands during file present week, will be ill time to bo
sued in the nexhCourt. POE Si NISRET.
riepCJU I w3O
, S3O REWARD,
fWILL gfvo the above reward for uch evidence as
will or may enable ine to apeertain (even without le
gal conviction,) the white person by whom,or whose pro
curement niv swamp field feucc wax pulled down, on the
afternoon of the 20th inst.
EDWARD D. TRACY.
Macon, Sept 21 1* JQ