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fMh.'*** ComrtiisiioneMp called on by ! ao;l bf all morality, tao'.hft remain in office ! act in the Governor, can be made constitutional
the OSi’rttit CoiiiniUsimKrilo aid them in ] for £0 years lie may not be removed from “V the nppr ,k| tioneveu of a ilrci,ted majority n(
obtnm-^ * cession ofil/tid Iknu the Creek | office, mid to me it is not a matter of much I l, *e legitluitr Such an upp -obation would
Indians ; that T*"" mT influence with
tien. William M’lntosh tlr half-breed for
tii.it purpose, and that 1 sliotld receive for my
srri ices in bringing abouoM'Intosh and the
Chiefs to acree to cede Heir lands, the sum
of t«o thousand dollars/or tnv services, i
used my-influence with licit. MTnfosh, and
he w kli the Chiefs agreed to elide the land.—
conse pience if lie should not, provided In
will only observe the constitution and the
laws, and guard, instead of trample cm, the
people’s rights and the public purse. I rit ill
not be so insincere as to demy that l wish his
removal, and believe it would be for the public
weal. Hut I also know that truth is some
times slow iii subduing error. The human
only prove tli\l a decided mnj asty of the legisla
ture >vai /> i tic /-* cri Minis m a breach of the
approved upon every pfluciple of humtmiff, slid
good policy ; — that is, to saw the pro|**riy and
persons of our citizens front the unjust depreda
tions of a civilised, |mt still lawless nation.—
Were these tlie principles upon which the
constitution 3 •»iiy. I deny that the leg : «lnturu $ 13,80 J were distributed among tiie Creek lu
be the upptopiia'um of money on ler the name diaaChiefs? Fur different—We were Already at
peafe with them ; nor was there the sligmeal
That matter having been finally settled, I [ “ heart is deceitful and desperately wicked
called on the Georgia Commissioners I'm the i above ill ihings,” and on this account, had
{wo thousand dollais that was promised hie men and had principles never fail to have ad-
l'or inv services. I found that Gen Daniel | iter cuts in great numbers and uf desporate oha-
of a Contingent foul, can give ihe Governor any
power to make “ donations, gratuities,” g ants
or presents ^all meaning the same thing) when
the leg dtliure itself could not do it, hut by a
particular vote uf two thirds of both branches,
uud for these reasons: first, because “ donations
or gratuities’’ ns is evident from tiie cons'i*u-
tiuu, can he given from the Treasury, only by
the legislature itself, and that by a spec ill ap.
u: of the Commissioners, bail left j raeters. Tiieru are times when the political propriation, in the shape of a rate or resolution,
the ground, the other two told me to cause morals become morbid, as well as private mo-
Gener il Nuwnan to return and I should have j nils. Our rulers will become corrupt,” said
r.y inohry. I moinitcJ a horse and overtook | Mr. Jefferson, “and our people cureless.”—
(Jen. Newtnm not a naif mile from the Trca- During the reign of this carelessness, to call
ty-grnund, and requested that he would re- it by iui worse name, even the warnings of
tu.'ii and h ive tile lUJtter settled, this he do-1 prophecy, the reply of “my we will not
chord doing, but sent wold to the other Com-, hearken unto thee, but will certainly do what-
m.ssiouers to pay me, and that if tiie Governor j soever goeth out of our own moutlis” is more
ov Dec is'attire tna > any objection to it, that common than, “we have transgressed am! re*
•he, flow, so, would pay one thousand dollars i belled”—“let ns search and try our ways.”—
mU of his own pocket j on my return the I Such boldness not unfrequently, immediately
Co,;Pu s-iuiv rs paid me live hundred dollars I precedes the utter destruction of those who
and no in re, as Gen. Newn.ui was riot pre-1 use it; but should their day of punishment and
sent they refused to pay the whole amount; j disgrace he postpone 1, yet come it will. But
and us lo the asseitiou that I was employed j I repeat (even if that dav be not at hand, in
as a spy on the actions of Gen. D. B. Mitch
ell, it i •> false and malicious, and I d > further
declare that 1 believe that Gen. D. I!. Mitch
ell us' d his best inthtence with the Lillians to
bring about the cessions uf lands that were
obtained. l'KTER DONALDSON.
I ira ur ofiler to be pasted by a concurrence of
third* cfboth branches;—and secondly, be-
fear that such peace would he interrupted.—
They were doing us no injury.—Tha treaty
was not held to have recognised an old contract.
No, the express object of it Was to get their
lands Hence the Conclusion is evident that the
in mey was lies owed upon the chiefs of «n igno
rant and unlettered people lor their own indi
vidual benefit, and without the knowledge or
approbation of their nation, and witlmnt an ap
propriation by law on >ur part, to induce them
to sell the lauds of Ihe nation. Was (Ms hon-
c uue by any other construction, it would place or able, was this humane, was it dignified or just?
it in the power of a corrupt mijoriy, at idl Was it in con'ormity with the precepts nicul-
times, to evade the convitulion in Inis point.— culcatcil in the holy scriptures, which were gr*
the case under consider ttion) vet shall 1 not
h ive laboreiMu vain. I have succeeded in n-
waking attention an l exciting suspicion in
son:, an I while these are open-eyed, the con-
In elucidation of this last reason, let us suppose
a case:—A bill is introduced i .to the legisla
ture t> grant Governor Clark a d mutton of
$ 10,000 dollars for his faithful services ! There
is a decided majo ity in both branches for the
bill, but tiie concurrence of furt thi tit cannot be
obtained, and Ilia bill fai's on that account. Af
terwards hi the passage of the appropriation
law, ten thousand dollars nre added to the con.
tin,'cut fund by a dice; .led majority under a gene
ral understand! ig that it is to be preseated to
G iv. Cl irk, N accordingly lie draws it from lie
Treasury. At the next meeting of the legislature
the appropriation is approve I by a decided m ijori-
ty Will any man in his senses say that tins appro
priation would be constitutional, or that the
Mifiti-m and the republic will he preserved. I ' le mu8t approve of it because forsooth, the
They will not heal the old, but they will pie- : J. creii t'
FOR TIIE JOt7RN.lt,.
To like Moral and Ileligiaitti part o f the com-
muti'ty of the State uf Georgia. ■
So. Ilf.
'Felm»w Citizens—True to my purpose,
1 fdr.til addiess myself to von only, because t
view you as the only certainly faithful watch
men over the morals of tiie society in which
we live. "In every government on earth,”
.says Mr. JciFerson,* “is same trace of human
tveukness, some germ of corruption anl dt-
getiera:t), which cunning will div. iver and
wickedness insensibly open, cultivate and im
prove—Every government degenerates when
trustful to the raters if the people alone. Tne
people themselves, therefore, are its only sa/e
depositories. And to render even them sale,
their minds in i«t he improved.” It was un
der a solemn convicttOii of the truths cootlin
ed in this quotation, that I first addressed my-
jelf to you. Von have dared to exert the
dignity of your natures, and to adopt the
prietiee of virtue, because your reason and
' j.ir feelings combined to make it more de
sirable than the agonizing pursuit of vicious
propensities. If then you. are not the “im
proved,” and therefore “s.ifiV’ portion of the
community, who are ? Could I expect to
Smother the “ germs of corruption” bv ad
dressing myself to those who daily watered
their roots?
In my last, I made you a promise that I
would trouble you no more, and for its bjeach
Ioweyoa an excuse. To this breach I kjave
Rot been impelled by feelings lacerated by the
answers to the remarks f have heretofore ad
dressed to you. Straws seldom wound. No—
i write because I understood it was expected
and such an expectation is, to me, a proof
th it my labors have not been altogether with
out efi'eet. If this is true, I have reason to
thank God for the gift of a talent, in the use
ui' which I am quite sure I have said or done no
thing injurious to soeiety>
The Rev. John Homo complained of fear
fill odds in encountering “Farce, Goinudy
and Tragedy”—My situation is more depip*
lable; for tha adversaries whom I must en
coulter, if I venture to enter the lislsat all, art
Polly and Ribaldry. Over these no .victory
ran ha expected. An ass will continue to
be a stupid animal though you bray him in a
mortar, and the tongue of a slanderer is sel
dom silenced by the stripes which are indict
ed on Uis back; its venom may be averted
from yourself, but it will be at your neighbors
expense.
Few newspaper writers have ever been ho-
novirJ with a greater mass of obloquy, than
lias been heaped upon me. I have been
charged with hypocrisy; with being a wolf in
sheep's clothing; with having assumed the
garb of morality for the worst of purposes;
aji l the cloak of religion r.four most “ holy
fiith”t under which to deal out my unchari-1
table insinuations against men alike conspi
cuous for services during the revolution an J
the late war, See. tU<:. And all those charges
they bring against one, although they ac
knowledge they know not who he is, yet
whom they would hold up as a defeated op pu
ndit, soured by disappointment'. To one
•id.vingless knowledge and experience of the
Inman heart, those things might seem to he
serious matters; but to me they are the f idle
breeze which murmurs through the forest.
A l to my religion* professions, 1 " ill not dis-
gi ace them by attempt!.. , their defence—“ By
tli sir fruitsye shall know them,” is the only reply
vriitch an honest man can make to such a
chnrge.t It is not the first time that those
wljo preached the words of truth have been
denounced as “ pestilent fellows anil movers
• I've til ion,” who “ pervert the natii.i.” Nor
it the first ti.nethat the wrath of the “scribes |
atrfi ph irisees” lias been aroused when told
t..at they were a “ generation of virp' r>” and i
" t le workers of iniquity.” From the fall ol j
instil in lam to the present day, the friends j
■ f virtue have had the most virulent enemies;
i! >r will it ever he otherwise until the dawning I
of the first miiiuiial lay. If we cist oar eves j
inn the ImgtheneJ vista of ages past, we
• i ill tin J abundant proof of thia truth. On- ,
loui.v and persecution and proscription and
ic t: were the lot of Jewish prophets, and
'•lir v i t i aposlb's, and heathen philosophers,
and t lo.l.irn reformers. Why was a Sidney
i tight to the block, and why is a Carnot
). i v ,oi b inishment, if not for their unbending
love iii virtue? Do we not know ourselves
taat Ci > giave se ireely averts limn lit.' me-
i'lory Af/i ne t Jtte’tsjn the slanders of Vazoo
r irrupt'.\Tists? With all these splendid
a n.vlcs bet. ire mv
s i fere I for ’• ri.
f.uk.iowu not iacoiiiilerable as I was) and j
lit n I, expect to escape Die common lot. |
My 1 ■••'.! • exertions have heed «illi'lglvyield- j
* I to expose the vices and errors ol those in ,
til irity am mg us, and it is to me a source (
| ] _ , lion ol a contingent fund is mi evasion of
kind—The j (heconatitafuini’’’ But, fourthly - I deny that in
such a case, tiie Governor has any “just discre
tion.” There can be no discretion where the
provision of (hr. constitution is imperative and
pos five, as in the case under consideration.
the disposition of the c uiiiugent fund, whatever
his disc etuhuwu pnoje m ,y be over il, in case it
is applied unconstitutionally, or for immoral
and improper purposes. A d lastly, 1 do most
solemnly deny that if the Governor, will, the
ap irouatio.i of a decided mnj tritv ol the legis
lature, do an improper or uncoustfutiontl act,
there is no “ anpenl.” I say die people can ap
peal to themselves against their rulers v'!i,:n they
ih is violate tile solemn and fundn n atal law by
which alone their righ s are Secured.
Well might the individuals whose •* lucid”
reasoning 1 liavn been just examining, say that
they were not “learned in the law ’’ (althu’ 1
will by no in 'uns admit that those who are so
called art- safe expounders of the constitution)
and 1 fear they areas little learned in the io/s-
pet u'i the lam.
I also alleged that the J} 15,000 had been im
vent .another breach of a similar
hardiest tllieftii.it lives ufthit.i.;, fears to re
new his depiedations in the same place, when
he knows lie is watched. Il is true that his
thus relrainihg is no evidence that he lias sub
dued Ins wicked propensity. But let a proper
degree, of watchfulness be. extended also to
other points within his reach, and there will
he no ditrteulty in taking the depredator7?a-
grante delicto.
The charge that I am influence I by the de
mon of party spirit, r miing from the quarter
it duets, is very ridiculous. The very m inner
i.i which it is made shews that the perrons
from whom it proceeds,are themselves the filthy
tools of.i party. To these the proper answer
“ Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out
of thine own eye, and then thou sli.tlt see
cleatly to cast the mote out of thy brother’s
eye.”
Hut it seems I have used our most holy
faith “for the worst of purposes,” Ike. It is
the first time that I ever heard that the.princi
ples of that faith were not “profitable for doc
trine, for reproof, for correction, and for in
struction in righteousness,” as well to our ru
lers as ourselves. Of one thing l am cert tin;
let them be placed above the restraints uf those
principles, and we shall be the most misera
ble people on earth. Purity of heart and
correctness of deportment in the discharge of
duty whether official or private, is, if possible,
more necessary m those than the people over
whose affairs they preside. Laxity in morals,
and disregard of essential principles in rulers,
never fail to find imitators in private life, and
when this is the case, the general corruption
of tiie whole social mass quickly follows with
its long train of disorders and most serious e-
vils. Are we to derive no instruction from
the annunciation that Kings are curses, made
from high Heaven itself, when Saul was made
King in Israel? Are we to learn nothing
from the record of the corruptions of the sons
of Samuel? Or is it possible that the history
ofthe frequent punishments, bondage and fi
nal dispersion of the Jews on account ofthe
sins of themselves, and especially of their ru
lers, as detailed in the inspired writings, were
not intended as lessons to nations t!>.*n un
born? He that would teach that they are not
is a deceiver. The corner stone ofthe mo
rality taught bv the revealed law, as well as
the law of nature is—“Therefore, ull things
whatsoever ve would that men should do unto
I you, do ve the same unto them; for this is the
law, and the prophets''—I scarcely fear con-
! trudiction in saying that the principle is not
less applicable to governments thru individ
uals. Now, would wc that our public agents
should receive, not a present openly given,
but a bribe secretly bestowed and accidentally
discovered7 Professor of the religion of the
Bible! 1 put the question directly, to you, and
leave you to answer it, and make the applica
tion! I will only say that you thought not so
when the Yazoo bribes were given. For my
self I was taught to believe the truth of Mon
tesquieu’s idea, that the safety of Repub
lics was only to he found in the practice of
virtue. Is an indefensible violation of the
constitution, or the gift of bribes (whether for
purposes of espionage, or to induce treachery)
or the squandering of public money, to be
styled the practice of virtue?
In the two numbers I have heretofore ad
dressed to you, 1 made one or two distinct
charges. One of them was, that the use of
the gl 5,000, by the Governor and Commis
sioners, even as presents to the Indians, and
tiie disposition, by the Governor, of «? 10,00.»
to the people of Savannah, from the Treasury
ol the state, were unconstitutional, inasmuch
as they were donations or gratuities,” made
without a vote of two thirds of both houses of
tiie General Assembly, without which, accord
ing to the constitution ofthe state they could
not he bestowed. To this charge not even a
tolerably respectable answer has been given.
From the only one which has met my eye, I
iiKike the following extract. “We hive al
ways thought that the creation of a contingent
fund was an evasion of the .constitution; for
it is evidently an apprbpriation by the le
gislature and subject to the order of the Ext- i , Wl S0!ne t .„d, (what, is „
entire. In lilts point of view WC considered I ent from those he evol.
the grant (of course a “donation or gratuity”)'
by tiie Governormf SIO.OOD to the sufferers by
ciotulv given to u, as the “ man ol our coun
sel r" O no ! it was,
— ■“ An act
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty;
Calls virtue, hypocrite : —
anil sweet Kcligion rrakes,
A rhapsody of words.”
It was a deed the foul acting of which t would
most willingly have teen buried m eternal forget
fulness !
It may be that ! am fearful, without cause,
conoerni'? tin* tendency of such a course of pol
icy, utt rly to prostrate the only sure props of
all republic in institutions to wit, the pride v fha-
ncs’ii and the difiitu nf virtue. In subjecting
ourselves to n charge of a n reach of these, whe
ther with nut ions savage or civilized, and after
wards justifying the c mduct ofour agents thro’
wh mi this breach was committed, we have ad
vanced the first step towards a total disregard
of these essentials. The period will soon ap
proachwheu we shall disregard the loss of char
acter. As long ago as 173.!, Mr Jefieison yen
out rhrme or reason, attsehes (o per»ortr»ea ffis
character of IV if ralisls, which in justice aho dr! re
vert as a itigma to the person who is capable of
harboring such ideas, Inking il tor granted, he who
posses*, s the confidence of die people, ia s friend
to his country. G. G.
From the f.V. J - .) Com. Advertiser.
Hid. LUtoi/tf. — iu u b r«»nj; c#ppo*i'ion i*
muiiiteiii ig i se! r , to (Governor Clark. A propoliti n
having buen mmlts at MiUe<lp,eville to or<*nixe ft
voluntrer company of militia, to he called the Co-
v< rnor’s (■ ianlt, h Ceorgit \n\mv attempt* to give
it a i>olith-nl direction, and no;ic3i it as followir —
»« (\ovrr9ior*M Gum\ls f * What does this’mean ?
Weh ivu often heard of Ki 'fr'u Cunrdt ami tne
Jbnperor't (ittardi—of the Qvrcn** G*nrd»—*tid
ihe k*\'tce Regeni'8 Guilds—l>ut never before, ex
cept while we were under th ■* monarohial rule ot
•mother Jfntain, and her host of fiiyat Govevnon t
“lent from the footstool of » Tlrnnc beyond the
lens, M di.l wc hear of f»otvrwor*# Guards ! \
stranger seeing this notice rn ght s ippofe th»* Gover
nor nf the slate t»» h • in s ich a iprehenfliou oftierann-
al danger, m ti» require* a b'tili; guard, or that the
people, forgetting that the* arc Jtepublicuns % had
i\p,».tilled iii n h Guard of IIouur\"
Pshaw ! I*t»t this wiio acre visit the northern
B»nU*s, aud he will fi \ \ several ii'dfortn oorps, wear
ing tiie honorary \itie «>t Grrcnor'i Guard*,
Aii-1 without the least duuger to the liberties of the
p-opte.
ELECTION—BALDWIN COUNTV.
CAN III DATES.
.Ve nate.
SEATON ORAVPLAND, Esq.
MALCOM ii. WILKINSON.
House of fifpresentativis,
i.iF.tiT. Cm.. Jambs c. watson,
Major KICHAHD W. F.LLli?,
Major AMOS YOUNG,
Pn. TOMLINSON FORT,
WILLIAM BIVINS. F.sq,
Cot.. ROI5BRT ItUTHBRFORD.
Gttttul*, W»|t«i i;o
•TfT-HHIlKAS M.ty I hike in due. Rppliclio..
V? me tor L*. Kelt of A dini'iuti'x.i in on th.
csUVe ol John l) Ice, lute ol i.iticuu ily, dcc’d.
7 liete ,rc die -»lo: u to ei'e aud admmiiih all and
titigular the kindred and eivditora ol aeid deevst* d,
to be end appear at my <111 oc ssithin the lira • p. e-
•sribml by lew to aliew eauae, if any they cab, »by
•aid letters ihnuld not be grunted.
Given und* r ray hand at rfilet this .1d day of
Sep ember 18 !t Mb .Smith c. c. «
O N the nr*t ludlay ni Ih '.ember nnat, will be
sold betorc the coui t-houie, in Milleilgevillt-,
Knldwin cunty, Twcnly lour Aerea of Laud ly.
ing on the wa rn ot tiamp Creek; also, a Negro
Hoy, ahotr twelve yraraold, it being the property
of John Barker, dre'd. aold for the benefit ol the
lietra a id cretlitora. Jesse .Miller, .1dm r.
Sept. 8 48—tdi
i;
\nd here I go fu.'ther mi l say, that (he G tvec | lured a prophecy, which 1 fondly hoped wtta fan-
nor being a rt.'inonviblu ajfeo.iv accountable for ( ciful. “It can never be repeated too often
“ said he “ that the time for fixing every essen
tial right, on a legal basis is while our raters are
hum st, und ourselves united. From the eunctu-
iion of this mar we shall he going dowih ll. It
will not then he neoeitary to retort to the peo-
ple f ir tuppurt. They will be forgotten, there
fore, and their rights disregarded They will for.
get themsrlvt, hut in the sole faculty of making
money, and will never think of uniting to effect a
due respect for their rights".-I shall have but
too much c.ni»e to believe lie was right, if we
can he careless, while scenes such as I have
been animadverting upon, shall he acted w ith
impunity before our eyes. If, however, instead
of punishing vve shall excuse or justify them, it
will be hut too true, however mortifying to the
philanthropic bt-liever in the superiority of re
po' bean institution*, that we are 11 going down
hill” ;—that vve have alrendy/orgv,«enonr»*7ce»,
proper';/ applied, inasmuch as there is no proof j and do nut “ think of witting to effect a due res
that it was necessary to obtaining a cession of
land. On the contrary the evidence is conclu
sive, a"d that from the publication of one of the
Commissioners that a Cession of land could
have been obtained wi hout it, in perlect con
1'ormity with the policy and wishes of the gene
ral government, and equal in extent and fertility,
and quite as advantageous to Georgia, as that
which was ibtaiued. To this not an argument
worthy of notice has been offered. General
opinion, or round assertions, or what is worse,
imaginary conceptions, unsupported by a fact or
a plausible presumption have been the only mat
ters of leply. Hence 1 uin saved the trouble uf
all further remark on this point.
1 again charged that this disposition of the
public money was immoral, inasmuch ns it was
secretly made to a f-w persons, aid in am tu
ner shewing that it was intended as a bribe, to
the ignora it agents of a vet m >r< ignorant and
uncivilized people, to indues th in to betray the
trust reposed in them, or for some object, in the
accomplish ng which, the veil of secrecy is re
quired to he thrown over the means used.** No
one has attempted t> disp ove his allegation,
either by a resort to fact., or tu excuse or justi
fy it by the moral or revealed law. To be
6iire, S'Uiie did venture to say that the United
States had been guilty of the lik: practices
towards the Indians; but not a single cs«e has
been shewn. And I now take the ground, once
more to contend, that if such a case had been
produced, it could have amounted to neither
DIG!)—At tuv residence in Jelfcrwni count), on
the **0:h ult. Colonel Hrnjamin Wiiitarks, In
the Stitts year of h*s nge. On!. Whitaker was a
a soldier ofthe revolution, a useful member ol so
ciety, and an enlightened statesman.
On the 10 h ult. in the vicinity of Knoxville,
(Ten.) Gtneial Jamk.u \Ywrn, in the 7Jd year of
his age.
At Baton ton, on the 5:h inst. James Watkixs,
eldest son of Kii S. Shorter, bsq. ageif three years
anil lour months.
A Ld. persons having claims on the es ate of H.
™ Slappy <la*d. are rtquii i-d to render them as
: tin la-v directs, and those iudebted to the estate
I must make pn-ment. John V V :ppy.
Sept etui , .'»,|v;t 48 -
A CL ptU'Mita tudeOleU o> the estate ol Ja- Blount
Istrnf lon-s cm it, deceased, are requ .ed ,o
call o.i mu im .ie !Lt ly and set le their at« .nta.
77i«mts Hamilton. R.’dr.
('li t>n,*ep'-mb r5,t9JI 43 -Tit.
O’ l on th' fi.li of Inly I i’.onihj road tliat *
It th-'"i:jh the G’o r.1t ..dm via Yi.im’i
F rri, aleadter ;ncxct-h k oeh e *h andsouch-
e|.j io the aiuouir of upwar s of a tuotisand dnllvrt,
among which aieone noteon Joseph M* hit then lor
150 1 <11 art,an Inner, : thi s., elor 100 dollars,die
d te die-5 !i olT>ece...h‘i 18,8, die latter due
th : 8Sth of Uecituber 181'J, b .th made payable to
Win. ll. IJickson or bearer, wiili a creoitot ah .ut
Go dottarsor upwards t one on Klijal. Baamsd.il-
td late in December or early in JauUarv la*t, tiir
75 dollars, due one day after date j one on Daniel
Dvvia (or >7 dollars, wp.h a credit of *0 dollars, da
ted and due at the last; one on Abram IVujwhtv
for lidollars, date not recollected; one on j. hn
Carlisle for ltd dollars, dated late in Dee. tuber last
early in January, due three da; a after dale ; one
on Allen Cook for about G dollar* and 50 cents, dun
85th December 1821. Together with u runbe of
rco-ipiaand paper* of different description*. \ Inr-
wnrn all persons from tr. ding tor any of the above-
notes ; anil I earnestly requ si the tuckers ofthe a*
bin e note*, aud some more not recollected, not to
pect for our rights." Out care of the public con
trihutions will have become relaxed, and we
shall have joined the 9hainel''ax prodigals of it,
in ejoiciitg in the accomplishment of our “ mo.
ney making" ends, by unhalti.w’it means. Such
a picture is gloomy aim si to nu Iniglit darkness,
and pregnant with evils, the sure indications
that the wrath of Heaven is turned against us.
7 hunk God, this picture, as yet, exists only in
my fears. But the time is come in which the
solemn voice, ot warning must he *• lifted up” ;
—you nre now to hear and obey the injnetion—
“ Choose XK this day whom ye wiU serve ; but as
for ma and uiy house, we will serve the Lord.”
SOU BATHS.
NOTES
1 “ Co n’est pax la faeultc que pouvnir nn in-
divide <!’ exprimer ses idees et ses aentimem
dims ia longue <!,•« ftretons, qui le conatilue un
v ni Aine’icain: mats bien son sincere attach-
meat a la constitution f derale, et son entire de-
vouem-ent an maintien de cette constitution."
L'Ami des Lois.
The same may he said of Religion.
2. Since writing the above, a circumstance
has been published with all the marks of authen
ticity, which remove* all doubt, and prove* that
to ne fact, which wa. before suspicion, about
the in tn v given to II maldson It seems Gene
ral Adams lias told that the were given
to 1’eter lo act us a spy upon I). B. Mitchell,
then Indian Agent, and others, wi.nse hom ily
was suspected, atid tliat the persou to whom
IX P11ESS
AND WILL UK IT H LIS HKD EARLY
NEXT WEEK,
THE
FOR TIIE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
run Til*
YEAR OF OUR LORD
ilSSSt
justification or tx use. It can never he an ex- j chin Communication was made was requested to
1 fire in H ivunrrah not unconstitutional."—IJe-
I fine I proceed further, I solicit your attention
j to the logic of this extract, which 'lie flatterers j
! of ths Governor have ushered before you as
j bring “lucid, impartial and ingenuous and j
■ admirably adapted to carry conviction home |
to everv mind, ’ &.C. Ami "hat is it? Nei-|
: ther more nor less, than that an act done in
tv eves of those who have j ewuwa ofthe constitution, is therefore const i-1
lite run css sake ” I qottld n >t | tutUidnl. The mind to which such reasoning [
' “carries coiAiction” is lit only for the mad j
house.
But least it should be urged, that this extract
should be taken in conuaxion with something j
which precedes it, l will also ex undue it lit that '
cuse or justification of nn immoral act, to shew
that some other person had liecu guilty ofthe
same thing. And l go farther t > say, that if
such a -.use has taken (Jure, the very secrecy in
which it has been shrouded, ,s conclusive proof
of its great impropriety.
To he sure tile same writers, to whose con-
s ruction of the constitution 1 have already ail
verted have said, “ It is a maximtt justified by
Jefferson, in his negotiations wi It the Spanish
agents, to give medals, presents, &c. to the In
dinns (or tln-ir f iemlship and services, and he
quotes the authority of European nations in jus
tification."
To this attempt at a precedent, it is first to be
observed 'tint “ the authori y of Eur»[>ean na
tions’’ is one to which I have no great liking,
a .d think it bud to be quoted in precedent by
'he people «f tin United Slates. Fond a. our
ruler, ate of if, I think it was measurably dis
claimed on the <liU of July, 1770 and 1 had
hoped that by tha revoluti mary war, we were
sanctified from Us influence.
But an nn-wer in point can bn triven to it.—
The “ medals and presents, allud l to by Mr.
fJefierwn, were openly and notoriously given,
without a wish f r concealment, as tokens of nn-
tiona!friendship, or 119 rewards for services ren- ^
dt-rt'd; and so these wri ers themselves a Unit, j j i
Was the $ Id GOO thus given, and for such pur- j
post s? Let it tie shewn a .d my pen shall he si- !
lent about it immorality, aye ami ils policy too, ■
if it can he further sh-wn that a: ch a p liev u a
necessary for the state In the case justified by
Mr .leii' rsm the motives of these gifts were j
charity, friendship, peace and philanthropy, lo- j
v urds a benighted and poor people. Were the .
motives uf a similar kind in the giving of he.
f ld.fiOO? Will any nnn uuhltislitngly assert
ihut this money was not given secretly, to accuru-
iw not very cie.tr) '.
nt ones, and which I
tnul cm id not lie obtained but by bribing be |
Indian Chiefs: I had hoped that those who were |
Wilhng to excuse this act, would not leave at- j
tempted to do it at the expense of the fathers ofj
the country. The name of Jefferson ao l corrupt
means, can never be coupled toge'her.
Gene rat Washington’s a thority lias also been j
cited. The.re is littie difficulty in shewing 'hat i
this precedent has as little analogy as the other. !
| In ocnsequemN of the death f the Kmperor of
Morocco with whom the United Slates had ron- ‘
eluded a treaty, it became m ce.sary 11 have it
recognized by liissonand successor Francisco
Cltiappi was an individual who held a place near
his person, and who wa. friendly to the United
Slaics, and had endcred Ihcin great services.—
“ For the purp 'se of effecting the recoff i tmn
of the Treaty,” Congress h d made sn appio-
ition of S 2d,000 The object of this t
j make the thing known. N >w who couid these
other pn ions he but the United States Couimis-
I sinners? Shame! Shame!! Shame!!! “Tell it not
in Gath, and publish it not in the streets of As-
Ualon.” This is a fact more defamatory to the
character of the state, und more explanatory of
the character of our wo thy Governor and Ins
good friend A Inins, than my mind, roused as it
w is to su-picion, had ever conceived. I had he
fore heard that General M'lutosh would have no
hand in this disbursement to Donaldson, and the
reason is now obvious, and I rejoice in knowing
it. I have s nil: hope (f.'ebte i confess it is) that
General Newnan bad no hand in it. Andean it
be possiule, that '.he highest official character in
Georgia, and his particular friend, have, in dis
regard ol thecharact r of the state, in disregard of
their vie * character, descended to the little prac
tice ot hiring spies—and then to Ihe meaner deed
of paying them out of the public Tieasitry! God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, stay thine aven-
guig arm—Let not the thunder of thy wrnth
hurst upon this polluted land!—O! there is a
m kening disgust creeping over the mind ntlhis
recital which sinks the heart into an abyss of
shame, t otn which it can scarcely ws;,h ever to
be fl' avrn, lest it should encounter the linger of
scorn!
fue Governor cannot, dare not plead inno-
cence of participation. Every body knows he
hales Mitchell; and every body knows that ho
SANCTION Eli THE ACCOUNT OF TIMS 1)15-
nuuse u ENT. Unless he approved he would have
exposed the ict.
make pay ment to any other tierson bu rni self,
bent. 8 48-3 ./. M.
V. Montgomery.
A LL pel sons indebted to the Estate of liciin
Haynes, lute of Washington county, are liet e-
h) required to come lor wuni and nuke immediate
payment; and those hitving demands against the
said estate, will present them prooerly attested for
payment. Nathan liuynei, Ailtn’r.
ijaudcrsville, Sept. 3 4S—C*
W ILL In- sold on the 25th of October next, at
the la'e residence of Levon Haynes, all the
perishable property of the mid deceased, consist
ing of Horse*, Gstlle, and Hogs, Household run!
Knchcn Furniture, und many o her m-licles, sold
lor the benefit ol the heiri and creditor*.
Natlum llaynes, Adm’ix
Ssndersvilte, Sept. 3 43—Ids 2d*
CONTAtNINO Till. tit AL ASTUOSOMICAI, CAICC
LATtoNS.
The Declaration of American Independence.—
A Compendium of the Geography ot the United
State*.—Times and places of holding die Superior
and Inferior Courts:—together with a variety of
useliil and amusing atTjelts.
attention!
chw VAUwni’s
rriRK CommiUee ct Arrsug^inrut will Rtte. d hi
ihe Counting Koom o'.' Mt*s«i a s. Ciciiskww H
barrow on Friday evening uelt ai 5 o’cU ck^ and r.t
l ie co it house on Saturday^ at 1U o’clock A. M.
tor Ihe purposuot receiving uniforntS.
The election tor (;1tic< ra wdl lake place at the
court-house st 3 o’clock l*. M. on daliu da)’ the 15th
instant-
N B. A sufficient qnsntity of Leopard skin for
the whole company having been pure hast^d in New
York ; Members of ihe Company will be re
ceived witiumt that article.
St pteinbei* 11 48
HE A t> QUAIitEli^
Ot/i Division, Qeorifiu .W/'ilm,)
MiHlQsl, 8th Sept. IHd-T.y
Division Oniu;H«.
JMim*s Wimberly is appointed Aid-de-Camp,
with the rank of Major, vice Major John G. Bird,
rcs'gned, and is to he obeyed uud respected ac-
cotuingly.
By order of Mai. Gen. Ezekiel Wimberly.
Jytark Hardin, Aid-du-Camp.
Sept. 10 48-1*
4 T* a regi.nentai J ctmrt held in tkiu place on r n*
diy the 7th instant : It was on motion of Lt*
Col .lames C. Watson, unnunitnously resolved dial
in respect for the virtues and serv ices of their de
ceased friend and fellow-ci ; zenCr>l. Francis Smith
late Commanding Officer oi the Uegiim nt of Bald
win county Mi i it, that the otticersoi ni l regiment
will wear crape on the left arm lor thirty days.
September 5 48—-
Just received from JS’ew-
Aurlc,
THE rOI.I/OWINO ARTICIF.S.
4b0 gull*. Linuc-d Oil, 100 gall*. Spermaceti Oil,
75 k g* Lomlon groun'l While L ad,
‘25 k g* do. (In. Spaniih liruwn,
5110 lb*. Whiting, 10 boxes Spermaceti Candles,
Si) boxes Window GIhii, '2 c:.*k* Lampblack,
4 packs Gold Leaf, ‘2 do bilver do.
10 lb*, best Spanish Indigo,
5 galls. Copal \ urnish, 300 lbs Glue, and
An assortment of Dry Faints and Faint Brushes.
ON CONSIGNMENT,
Two eases of Doimslio Good.- The whole
be told low lor cash. .Ipptcioii Hosteler.
_H.pl. 10 4« 3_
Cy* We am authorized to amtotiitce
MALCOM G. WILKINSON a candidate
fora seat in the Senatorial Branch nf the next
Legislature at tire ensuing election for Bald
win county.
Gro uu*. Innarr Uouuiy,
I tPON the petition ol John S. Drew and antra
J Martin, Administrators on the Estate of John
M'Letnore, dan’ll praving to be dismissed from
siiiil udminisint'-ioii: - It is ordered, ihut utter six
months publicalii.rt hereof, in the Georgia Jour
nal, that John S. Drew a-d John Martin be dis
missed from said administration, unless cause fits
shewn to the contrary, of which alt concerned are
required lotake notice.
A trne extract from the minuTS.—Given under
mv hand, this 3rd day ol .Sept. 1821.
Sept. 48—infint chn C. Gift son, c. C. o.
Gromit*-, I'ut'.iam County.
W HI'.lt&AS, Adam l.awson applies for Let
ters of Adiniuistiation on the estate of Win-
right Law sen, deceased.
This is therefore to cite *nd admonish all and
lingular ilia kindred and creditor* ol the *uid de
ceased to be and appear at iny ntlice w itliiu the
time prescribed b> law, to shew cause, if any, why
said letters should not be giautt d.
Given uialcr my hand this 31st day of August,
1821. Cdeman I'endletotl, C. c )i.
N ’OTIGE.—Strayed hum tor (ub-cribrr, on the
14th inst. a brown ba> 11 r>e, 0 years old,
ubout 15 hands high, has a sm II white spot on tiis
forehead, both hind feet white aud scar around one
of his hind legs, occasioned by a rojie. I will give
a reward of Ten Dollar* to nnv person delivering
said horse to ute, ur iolortuatiim s i that I g' l him.
Heanet *V UriJ/in.
Dublin, tomn ns Go. August 83■<>* 3
j./- VVE are nuihoriscil to announce Mn.
JOSHUA SUT TON, as a enndid: te for the of-
lilt 'hi* too, 1 suppose will hr* sanctioned hy j ficP 0 f Sheriff of llaberslmm county, at the en-
“ European authority,” for i istance the employ. tu:n a. eler inn.
mmt of the noted Hntvy! -a cast* quite* in point, j i,’ voTTf TrAVrsi'17
3. Il it is cvi*r nucensa y 1 cun furnish the i . Hi-Wlli 1-. J J*
wh 'le of Mr Jefferson’s words upon this sub- (
ject, a trip'n! having kindly put the cone spun- ; L'oimty
deuce tu my liau ’"
candidate
for tin: office t)f Tax L'ollectoi of Baldwin
ofs-ir con "i .inti ui m, itifuitclv oittweil'lii.ig j point ot view. | I*.*. .Ursa ot » 20,000 nn y > o. t.m -
all u - air-’e winch l have eiid.lt ud, that I The only preceding remarks which can have I 'j“ s Tliia.wT-t w,,! !i 1,1,.“
i in opettitt < the eve*, if not nf j any connexion with the extra, t is, “ that the
r -* - ■ -ofthe Crovernor t.> make toe appropn.i*
ive b.icct: * 1
it {• i-.r >f tuotvjch of ihe people to *|op ttie
prioress r-fthe evils which I tii«ki• Jt Ic^iti*
* * ur* subj<‘(*i’s of cumplniut. Gov. IT.n k xiu«l
’t^eMts wiil n »t fiive anotlier 4 * <lon ui >n”
*'l ,'s!T,ofh) J noi Miiodicr •* hril'« ’ ol .**'1 »»h’<hl
•U viol.ition uf the uon«tituuoii oj Goor^i.i,
* fu his notes.on Viiiiini-i. liuw nil.mva- 1
theiif M*uTiiin*tt(s nccoi J w it'. 11 We picuire ol
*•!'* n.tmr il iti:i!i ;u drawn*bv il »!> wit*
t Tliuy ou^lif to Si irL* c ».w n creilit Co Mr.
H uiTo’jPi h.r this v\j;resMon, iu.io»mch .i> Ue
h^t inttOfhwi--il »: dim unC- in ilii- CJJ’.••*■}''•
♦ Bee J, a: ;/»e e:rJ.
power
tit.-i receive I the apfirubation ofadecidexl ma
j.fr ty ofUiC legislature, aud tliat is a declaim J
'i.otu which we would nut if we couhl app:-al. ;
Ttnt bo lyevi lently considered it constitutional,
and a miU exercise of F.Xecutive j
Notv, f mfiint.uu that tin* ctmehi^i <t» of c«>i«btitu
tionali' v as *lruwn from the*-* two extrac s :h u t
non aeq'W.ur ii every point ol view. I»t. i .!.?• |
nv that tiie approhatioa nf a m ijo< ity % i»ow-:v. r ;
dicidc-l, il*it doe* not amount to *' two thir.lH,'* 1
c.ui ui.kiitf tU\t constitufinnal, which f y tiie con - ,
,*i:u i-fi*.Mires to be done hv tut-* third* id Uh? |
; / sUt and * ■ , •■*»“ 1 1 - tno t
• Jirjlij. 1 uu»; .hut aa uuiJLiU.aUji'.al 1
cur ships from
si a vi ry. We ^
i y, r».* of any ol*
Morocco could
In ii.akina: "
an t our ci izens from
m*ht to pain nothing ol t- rrit »-
-r thing which ♦mi* Ernptror of
iot hono -a'i y yield, nml we tuhe.
igro C'hiippi t* e tnenlof the
J L ulled St n
i already vi»
I ty,to no o
( Ti»c presi
t p, or rewarding him for friendship
■vn, we si’duced him to no dixloyai-
. Ii of trust or dinhonarahle act.—
s uere bestowed pur-mint tf» appro*
p i tli )n, wit»the Uuowlcdee of the repreumta*
tik t fit tin: people, and for purposes highly tu be
♦ * Sec nole 2 at the end.
i‘ .Maxim: Maxim? But nn odd sort of u png
l il st rikt’9 n.r.
; t bcc note J at the y‘d.
Messrs. C i wile jf Hines.—When the editorial
remaiM, lo whica the t>»«lowing u a reply, first
madethi’ix appearance in m pnperof ihis piacc, the
moat prudent plan appears to have been HiWip'ed
Im the memners of the cur n, at nh ch tins serpent,
Ct) led in the shade ot Ins ttg-trec, emitted his
venom an l spit en. S ich was ihe opinion enter
turned by the corps, ot these u .jnstifiMhle and un-
wanvulMulc rt*m4ik», assahing the teehiign and
imgricter of younf men (winch cord shouid be
touched bit slightly,) that they s dieted it lo pass
by us it deserve f, wuh silent coutempt. But when
* ce tfnrl on duly, al so m*» at a distance as Ntw-
Y")k, »pi”t the assailant and gives th» al inn, il
t<Kuas,ot c itirse, that each soldier should beat
hn post. I is ihorethre requested ib:u )ou will give
the l» I"w i »g ua insertion tor tear some gentleman
of Milledgcvillo xahj not receive his mviiation.
The grind object of these reinuiki, allhough
cuiiohed in terms as a watch word intended lo
arouse he stupid sons of Georgia f rom ilmt slate of
l:>tgy hip) which they w* re im perceptibly de-
c i »ing, tu assert their lights and boldly maintain
an J defend the liberties ot the people and the dig-
i.it . and h mor of’lie Hate of Geoig.a,a mere hum-
h ;g aguiissl^hme hardy veterans, arrayed iii mar-
trd osd.*r, holding in one hsr.d uiorpatiou and
n nnmhy or anarchy and cuitfusion, aud in the
0 her a crown i:ieleg H nce and splendor not inferior
•o th t prepared tor the corouali :» of George the
fourth, " vi easily to Le perceived. It a as to •up-
press, in its inh.ney, nn under along so laudalde in
the youth at our t .untry, as our nati mat sate gunH,
to grati*y an ambitiirji, s«*lti\h, and exaspe.
prpt'hce, calculited to stigmatize the gnberuaio-
1 ni cii ii 1 ot lie state. 1 hese reproaches directed
to the child nigntr’scy of Ihestn.c, are in suhslanct
* an utt auk r.gtiusi the dignity and character ol ihu
I state, aud in this loose way of asa .rti ig tact#, wftli-
Gfconuia, Wal on C’Minty.
WHRUEA8 Thomas Moody iii.tkes application
tomefir l.ettei*s ot Ait ministration on the estate
of I'eggy H illock, late ot the said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors ot said deceased
lo he and appear at my office within the time pre
set ibed hy law, to shew cause, if any they can, why
s id letters should not be granted.
Given under n.y hand at office, this 3d day of
Septmber, I8tt»* Job .\nuth, r. v. o.
N Ol iCli.—Oo Monday nigh , th** 3rd of the
present inst. the S.ibscriber's trunk was bro
ken opeu aud the. following pa|>ers taken out, vis:
ii..e note ol hand tor One Hundred Dollars, given
by Wingate Hall to Kincheu M Kiniuy, date not
rtcollucled, due the ‘25th ol December last. Two
not« s givt n by Enoch Underwood, to m*self, one
tor Thirty Dollars, the other for Sovcn ecn Dol
lais, and some c< nts, noth due the ‘25ih ot Dece:n- 1
her nest. One given b> (*n!eon Minis, to my sell, j
tor Thirty-five Dollars, due the i5th of December (
nett. All persons are cautioned not lo trade for
said notes, and the makers from paving them to
any one but myself. JVrai M'ises.
Baldwin County, Sept. 6 M^
(sKonoiA, Jones County*
WHEHEAS John Farnu-nter applies to me for
let ers ot administration, on the estate of John
Wade, deceased.
And Gustavus Hendrick applies to me for letter s
of admi is*ration on the estate jf Dbadiah Hend
rick and Benjamin Hen»iri< k, deceased.
These ore theiefore to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred und creditors of said
deed, persons, to be and a voir at niy office
w thin the time prescribed hy law, and shew
rause. if any they can, why taid letters should
not he granted. Given under my hand nt office,
tbifl In Ja9* Smiths c c. o.
i l, |{:-.T A iXK lo an urtirr ol tiie taiurl ol U, ilv
l\ Iiary, will be sold, on the .rsl » net h» in No-
Vcmbvr next, *1 the court house in Wilkinson coun
ty, one hundred and fifty seres ot ho d, part of
in's No’s. ‘Jhl and *41, in tlic 'fnurtli district of
Wilkinson county, il beinx nsrt of ihe icai estate of
Janies i'u^fi, ileeea,*'di soidjui the u* ntfil of the
licirs ol suid deceased.
. Comhia 1‘tigh, Guardjan.
A "g'l.t 7’ 28— (ds
N D7IO..-I hereby esuliosi all per«o»is,S|{anis*
trailing for h promissory nolo lor ih.'ee bun
dled and l.irt) -fivedollars, made payable to'Peler
Tlmmai and signed by me, ilsleu the I9lti ol 4u-
gust, 181!), and payable the 1st day of Jsnttiry
Ihereallt r, as I have lintel Slid receip', against llie
■aid Peter Thntna*,»liieb have been pled iu *et n<T
in (he Superior Court ol Pulaski count); but the
plaintiff, (the *aid Peter Thorns*) alter having pro-
slCUIciI bis suit lo a judgment o:i *aul note, and an
appeal having been entered, and Ihe »sid set-ofl
having been plead in due form, ihe plaintiffor his
attorney, or some other officious person, at August
term, In said Superior court, withdrew the ac
tion, for the unjust purpose of evading the uid ict-
nff. 1 therefore take Oils method ol notit)iu* all
person* (fiat I coniider the uid noie whuli 1 gave
to the said plain'iff, a* paid, snd iha! 1 will unt be
responsible m any oilier perion but the said plain
tiff. against whom I hold the said set-ott
John A. nVIiame.
Hartford .'loth August 48 -4
|> I.I.L TAVKKN.—Having nearly hnished s
If large and e.'inmodioilt h'nuse, arMooroe, Wal-
tno county, I lake this method of informing the
public that I intend keeping HOOD E.Ki KK*
T. IlA'MK.lk'l',on i eaein'ib'.e turms, at said place,
w liico, in point of health, is scarcely t tended by any
in the elate. tltishu Hetto.
Sept. 3 . 48—ff
Gannul*, Twiggs <!oun(y.
tirHF.Itt'.AS David Graham sppliesfer latter*
W of Administration on the ettale of George
M'kigney.lste of said enuntv, deceased r
I'hese are. thorefnra to ci:c and *din"n : sfi all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased to he and appear a' ray office within the lime
prescribed by law, to shew tails*', if any they can,
why such letters should nut he granted.
Given under my hand this ith Sept. 18*21.
t'ahoin hart, c. e. o.
Gnuitoii, Jones Uountv.
W II lift HAS John King applied lo me for let
ters ol Adra'iihfratioa on the estate ol Ed
ward W. King, J* censed. . .
These are tin rrfore to cite and admonish all ana
singular Ihe kindred and creditors of** id deceased
to be and appear at mv office within the time pre-
•crihcd by law, to shew c»u»e, il any, why said let-
te>* ibnuid not be granted.
Given under my hand this 3d Srpt. 18SI.
James Smith, V. C. o.
\ FTKK the expiration of nine month*, appli
cation will lie made to the honorab.e court
of ordinary of Twietr* county, for leave to sell
the real estate of James fti-dts late of *aiil coun
ty deed. "F.ihpirt llart, Adm r.
Sept. 5, 1321 48 Biffin de boms non.
. N Ihe *. uiiud Saf.iday ia Deceodn-.r in it,
| I will be sidd st the house ofV/ut. Mr.otwsen.
deed, ol Washington county, all of the. hnufchohi
and kitchen fnrniture of »»>d “ee. 1 ermsruatto
known on the day# Gideon Strange, Ada r.
Sept 11 48 “
L AND —The »ubscnher otter, for spX two
hundred seres of oak and hickory land,
more or le**, with a small improvement thereon,
adjoining land* of Caleb B-tcter and other*, in
the countv of Burks, about seven miles from
Waynetbonxigb, pit the Louisville road. Ver
son* wishing i» get a bargain, can npnly to the
subscriber in Tw gjs county, neat Mb non
17 ■ lnntu’ ll<; Jtimeo Pact.