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FROM TllF. rt.0tUDI.V5.
The extraordinary Fxcitcineutofour towns
men, o:r the occasiou, exclusive ofgonrr.il
cnnsitlvr.iiums, made us very solieitout to give
-this day, the best history tve could procure, of
the much to he lamented transaction! of the
sJCnd mst. which we feel assured, "ere no
less painful Mlif party ordering, than,to tin*
party suffering the penalty of the law. Tht
statement (rival, is unquestionable.
\\ ( have iu wish to remark on the trans
action, conceiving it as ol a peculiarly dell
M\f>s cOfitaiRinc papers, t-a l rt r » errti iron'd aar. I'raw^'rllixve tceo the first, tc 3m
••red into his possession, by Sousa—lie re
quested permission tb put down his answer
in Spanish, which iv is cianted—he began to
dictate a protest igailist the proceeding*. on
the pound of Ills being a commissioner on
the part of Spain, he. hut was interrupted,
and required to say, whether ho would or
peel rnrl'nbaniloti him' Yet obvious nod
smvuhiu as lit. •< rpiesttonsTi|i| enr: they have i r
truth no relation to It.- »u< jei t; since it w.is m i-
tlicr tl ,• duty, ri ir tjic ri^ii. of Mr. Crawford, to
accuse or enquire. Th. functions of an Indian
Agent are connect' d v"*th die Ut pertinent of
War; a id the S'ecretaiy of the Treasury has
,, , , , nia ci»< ly as mu:!i authority over him, as t lie
■ would not, answer the question propounded }; r;i < Iulli c n „ t ,„ t () ,s a , 8 en,,i.
I to him. uir«’Cfly r' Hi* positively relu*>»*il; |i«>n «»f it would linte huen r( trudi*'! -t 8c:tn<le.l«>u9
| on which the steward, F dlurat, was evtmin- brea* h ol rbiniiterial decorum. When nn ir.*et-
' ed. and aeknoivlt dged th it the boxes were tie- t g ition vras inatititteil to th.isf; to whom itpro-
I livered to hint In Sousa, and were then iu perly belonged, Mr. C'rawthrrl abstained from
stC nature, further than to remind our tea- | Cadava’s house. 1 the shgl.w it interlcrenee and would not after
dors, that a difficulty of a similar kind occur- j The Oovernov now stated in Col. Callava, the sentence do any thing, ev.-n tend mg to retard
red in Louisiana, oil its being taken posses- he had been officially inhumed lb it the
sion of by the l'. S. when the former Intend- ; papers demandt d. w, m seen in the possession
ant was imprisoned for a week, by Governor j ^ 0l, sa that by Sousas confession, riiey
Claiborne, (for not surrendering papers, under , ""ere delivered in ceit.tin boxes to Callu-
smnLr circumstances-and that Galvez, at j *“’* steward, and that they were then m
this place, imprisoned Col. Campbell, for ina- 1 *' 1 ' i house. 1Ip wi " therefore advised to de
ny months, on bale suspicion, of his having j liver the in up, or
ill his possession, papers of u public mime, | l ”
und belonging to the property and sovereign- i ?
ty of the counti v.
statement.
On iflfcrmation given to the Alcade, that
public documents,nr recoids, required by m-
Sividuals to enable them to prosecute their
claims, were in the possession ol a person ot
tin; name of Sousa, he c.oininuuic 'ed (lie
fact, by petition to the Governor. On this,
u Commission was given in writing to Col.
Ins refusal would lie consi
dered a contempt of the Governor’s authority,
dhtva persisted in his refusal neailv two
| hours, still nlledsing that he was privileged
as a commis'tloner, and not responsible as ail
individual, and making impassioned appeals
to the bystanders, against the procedure, and
at the same time against the indignity olhr-
ed to a person of his rank and distinction. Fit
execution. S', ill, notwithstanding thiswise
and ronscirn' ions reserve, it is very probable
that hie private opiirion was in favor of the ac-
i mid. Whatever had bei n the conduct of Gen.
Mitr heP, Mr Crawford rinisl have perceived.
lh.it with the prosecutor, friendship to himself |
was the principal crime; ami where there was .
«n much malice it was reasonable to suspect,
these might also tie falsehood. That there was p-' ~~—-srxr-e—-..-. p-rx.z. ;
St? p : tffmrelMMamnAiL
which General Clark has disentombed the dead I
and putrid scandals of twenty years, under the j
pretence of bestowing n legacy op his children, a|
precious bequest truly! which for the sake of I
retnev; err error. I ri n- it oz;c ilvc’sre tree- ’ $<>•• t rr T.ecshr.ft rcr.!o*'of th* gatifismiffi •
s. t.< s with ckiuitiii. Invitj, nn ir e side or die . . v q 0 strive hv night aud'by dav to fender him
Min i-. If We are unvolthi* to have our com.tr-- ' ., s before hinted, ardent aspirants to of- '
*•w**-r
fMh 'r ilute we are sincerv, by rctus.ng’o pr* - limited to slrftR *o>0rfclgnt}, sontt tt) t..<*
mote the bi.tci< •: of liisenemies. Tim a«!v vetes | highest offices in the gilt <»l the L rated States
of th. p veriinr rannot complain 'list the question ! Executive ; and they fear that these bright
is reduced tothi# alternative) fir.hu procl. ims Ihe yj onor3 w 'dl elude their grasp if William H- t
w ,r Ulnisvir, and hi. battle ery i., ' 1 li^awtt/j ^uwford should not he the next President
Craw hr u or me. 3mce he will nnve u «o—let \ r . .. . .. . ,
us choose, 'they stand beftro tli*» trihnns! cC the ! tucs«» luted States .
puop'c! atvl iwaii a decUijn. (,!ark.* presents you , D. Uut U'hdt has Chirk to uo Wish Craw*
the etems^ muster mil his pretensions, his ' ford's btlvft President *?
urnujrs, his griefs; he claims you f«»r the ajlics ot Only this, that it U now almost universally 1
his private resentment; and rspirea to noihii g Vjt known tlut ihesc gentlemen have, for very I
■; ~»r «!««. :
v ill tiO* chai»g“ In our (spit.ion ol h;m, who htisnevrr tf I s CTpcctrd that this opposition would tend \
changed in his devotion to ui| and he aspires with to thwart Mr. C’s. anxious desire in this re-
the Isvor of liis countrymen to * glori vis lion .r, * gard ; for hiving aside 'all personal antipa- j
d Uilrly desired because it will be shared with ,| ljes ilIK ] objections, it is understood that the I
them, an honor, that shall be forever inscribed in, Governor objects to his talents (unrivalled as!
oi'r annals, the bnast and incitement of generations I .
t, come. 1. there one drop of fh orgi'n hloo.1 iu • they *,have been.rnprr scnted to be) to Ills po
the heart, that hcsila'.es at a choice> IJAI.OU'IN.
MILLKUGKVII.LK, SKP l K.MHI .lt iII.
litical tenets (so farks they ever could he found
‘ out) to his measures (so far as lie has ever
i been identified with any) and because he
believes, politically speaking, that he lias
, pursued a concealed, timid, anti irresponsible
i course, departing from that firmness and mo-
repeatedly told hv the Governor, that he never duly nopr. c ate. lie will there see the '
could not view him in anv oilier light than as Governor acc isinj Mr. Craw'ord, of participa- |
an individual, who had in his possession, doc- t,on > n ' ,n ui.annm crime, on the authority of a |
Alclilc, M to Cl. Man,, | .«jk m MHH W . *Jm W'Sl:
th; clerk of the county conn, rrullion-mg "'tain. I hit under the second article of the tesa to d^.i^nate particular T.a.na^ea; the whol<-
them to wait on Sousa, and request him to treaty, all papers relating to llio propel ly i p r .duct.on is slainerl with a querulous vanity, |
exhibit, and deliver to them, ail such public *" B country were, to he delivered, that it con- i an at ahilimis revenge revolting to every man
as were ill his possession, relating | cerned the inhabitants whose titles £c rights n ,,t infected with the same gloomy feelings.— \
were involved, that for their protection and I The author is not censured for urging investiga-’
those claiming under them, it was liis duty to non; that might have entitled hiia t> praise if j
pi tee iheui in the hands of the Ahade for safe | his motive had nut been obviously personal; if 1
of the
ral intrepidity, so important in 'he character
fr/" Error corrected.—In the report of the ) of an American statesman. It is therefore
filial piety it is to be hoped the legatees may Coimms-inncrs of the India.! Treaty, the', strongly and fearfully apprehended that if
statement of the casli paid to Indians hereto
fore is ^ IfdO.ilOn, It should have been
S lift,OOP. We are not responsible for this
mistake—It stands in the manuscript as we
printed it.
toaiuncnts as were m his pos
to property in the Flotillas, which no individ- 1
not hri ,n rgb.it i retain, an l mease, of his re
fusal, to report ti..; fact to the Governor.
When these gentlemen waited on Sousa, on
the morning of the ■il-t. he exhibited two o-
pen boxes containing papers, which In: said
belonged to the military department and to
the revenue, and ivhioll were intrusted to him
hv the 1 tte Governor for safe keeping. On
examining the papers, those sought lor were
found, together with tim e other records of
suits between individuals, involving the title
to piopeity in West Florida. A demand
was then made of these p ipers, but relused
by Sons.i, on the ground th it lie had no con
trol over them ; hu; lie declared that lie would
immediately communicate the demand, w bu h
vias made to him in writing, to the late Go
vernor.
These facts being vepoited to tile Governor,
he rornmissionOd Col. Under, and Col. Wal
ton, secretary of West Florida, accompanied
by the Alcade, to m ike a demand ol the pa
pers, and ni case of n refusal, to require Sou
sa to accompany them to the Governor’s ol-
<3ce. They accordingly went to liis house
heiaecn 11 and 12o'clock, on th" d.’d where
they found Sousa, ami mule the demand;
when lie informed them that he had sent the
riapcn to Colonel Callav r’s. lie was then
hi.night before die Governor, and on being
Interrogated, acknowledged that the parte il
ia r papeis requited, had been tn his posses
ion ; that they related to property m this
country ; that they weie in oertain boxes
With other papers, which he had delivered
iifto the keeping of C I. Callava’s steward,
tuid th it they were then in Cnllavu’s house,
A % i ition Commission w is then gii i n to Col.
Holler and l)r. Bunailjl), accompanied by
the Alcade, to repair to the house of Colonel
Callavu, to make a demand of him of these
p ipeis, and in ease ol refusal, to requue Col.
Callava, and the steward, to appear before
the Cor el nor.
About b o’clock in the evening, they re-
paiied to liie house of Col. Call iva, Hi found
him surrounded by Spanish officers in uni-
foi in, w ith their side aims, h iving just retuili
ed from a dinner party. Col. Under imme
diately stated liis business, and made a de
mand of the pipers, wliieh had been taken
to his house by Sousa, in contempt of the au
thority of the Governor. Col. CaJIava, said,
that Sousi » ii acting only as his servant,
that he himself was responsible ; lint, that he
claimed the privilege allowed him by the
inws of nations —dial lie could {not be price-
de l ag dost as a piivate individual—that he
held the papers a.s kite Governor—and that
Ids powers, as commissioner, worO still in
force—ilia, if among tho papeis which were
in his possession, any should bn found, which
ought u hr surrendered under the treaty, if
demanded of him, as commissioner, in w ri
ting, he would reffiv. Col. Under thr u stated
his orders, wliii Ii were lead to Col, Callava ;
ami then informed him 111at the Governor was
acting in his civil capacity in the ex • au. mof
the laws—that fotmal complaint bail been
marie that tin se papers were iin. lOperly
withheld, and that the Governor could not
recognise Col. Callava, in any other capacity
than a common individual, while in tho exe
cution of his duties undci the law s.—He then
demanded the papers, which were refused —
he then required him to appear at the Gover-
keeping. lie warned Col. C
consequences of Ins refusal, and reiterated his
demand. Every means being at length found
unavailing, Col. Callava,(as also Sousa and
the Steward) u ere committed to prison by the
Governor, until the papers should he obtained.
A guard had her n placed at Col. Calava’s
house, with 'triet orders that every thing
should he kept in ex u tly the same state in
which it was left, The next morning, the
Governor g ive a special commission to Col.
Walton, Keeretary. Col. Miller Mr. Shannon
and .Mr. Dro.vrrjrihn, accompanied bv the
Alcade, to go to the house of Callava, and o-
pen the box containing the papers; those
w hich had been enumerated, and had been
demanded of Callava, if found, to lie taken
and brought to the Governor’s office, k. then
to close the box, placing a seal upon it.
This was accordingly done, and in one of
the boxes, recently sealed hv Callava, the pa
per'; were found ami aceoidinglv deposited at
the office of the Governor. An orde/ was
then issued for the release of Col. Callava,
of Sousa and the Steward.
FOR THE JDfJRNAI..
Gentlemen—Helievitig ihat among the readers
of the Journal there are many lovers of luve wri
ters, as well as of their rouii'iv, you will oblige
a siitucrilier, by republishing the elegant and pa
triotic addrnis of “ Baldwin,” which origin I ly
appeared in the last number of lire Augusta
Herald.
FROM THE AUGUSTA IT Fa At. Tl.
To the Lovers of their Country.
Shall we consult .hnn Cho i 's /tcvenyeor our own
interest and honour?
The present year is an era in our polities,
which long ho tranu'iil as even to be insipid, ure
n* turhulr nt now, as the most passionate admirer
ofagilrtii n could wish. Ejection ground*, mus
ter lb-ids, society itself all testify to the ferment.
Hut the peculiar scene of commotion is 'he press,
whose artillery has resounded from every jour
nal of the state. As the thunder of tire batteries
is dying away, and the smoke rolling from the
cunibutaDU; let us review this ink stained field,
all strown with dead aud dying pamphlets, par
agraphs, ande.9says.
More than sixteen years ago, William If.
•Crawford was one of the most conspicuous ci
tizens of Georgia F.ven then, John Clark was
opposed to him, both hy diversity of personal in
terest, and political sentiment. The one was a
Federalist, the other a Republican, liut the
s'rngglu of their partlns waa spc.olily ended.
For tl,.; Republicans obtained u triumph so com
plete, that from a party they became the peo-
dlr; and Mr. Crawford was advanced to the na
tioual senate,almost bv universal consent. Those
Clark stands, Crawford will go down tn his
ot nn state, where to give him political iceight
abroad, he should stand firmest!
tl. .Ire there no other reasons u-hich induce
Mr. Crawford's friends so ardently to strive
| for his election to thefrst offre ?
~ . r .i t . i i. i Yes ; there is one class of them stimulated
The readers of the Journal, have no , , ,
, , .. , by the hope of the immense patronage wine n
dHMl ; been , , , q ' !- ’ ' V1,1 " U ,lMS Usttbree it is expected will the,, ho given in the long
"'"uknrtUthndmaW t’eace.return!” I tr; ““ of ' ol ' ,ir,,s 10 hc ,llled . Hr " i the SWl,rms ot '
When another w«
•k shall have passed away, 6 reat '« Bi » " ho ' vl11 tlTfcn bfi >"'Y' d horn among
in his hands the sword of justice itself had not. we i, ()pp fo p u a ij| ( . to ( j eV ote mir attention to u, > " so ' intl wel1 t0 l,nve il Pvt-sident of
turned to a dagger. | subjects more interesting than thosetliat hav ’ &p Ul ” ,ni1 fe,a,ts f ' nnl Georgia.—Indeed it
r aulta arc? scMom on one sirle only, l/cre • • •
I occupied it for some time past. The an- "' ni be a \ mo,f intoxicating to some, fo say
are advocates of Mr. Crawford, who not content | ,| llir< * llf tilfr , lri , !im , ^i,ntif,r rnmmnni- 1 tb 'at our slate, gives the President ill tile per
son of our old friend Billv Crawford !
. ’’ . ithorsofthefiferaryandscunfi/iccoinmuni-
with Ins vindication, have done wrong to otn< rs, I . , •'
and to none more than himself by assailing the «« ,ona * ‘! ow ,n % r hanl,s > ,M,,S * xer ''“ :i 1
highest officers of the government. The attack llttIe patience. Topics connected with the
on those distinguished individuals is neither ad
vised, nor approved by Mr Crawfords hut is the
gratuitous art of some ill judging follower. A-
wav with sueh invectives, aud let us add away
with the recriminations to which they nave led.
“ t,ne of the People” not ofOeoigia butof Car
olina, in justly defending Mr. Calhoun, has made
an incursion into the field of Georgia politics. If
hu values lie cause he espouses, he will remain
on liis own side of the river. Could we believe
that the Secretary of War issues orders for die
approaching election have swep 1 uvery thing
bciore them.
irruption of such ‘harder knights’ thousards of j length.
Q7» The distance from Eric to New-York
is about fiJO miles—a watei communication
is opened between these places, hy making a
canal of nearly half that distance.
The distance from Erie to Philadelphia is
520 miles, a similar communication inav be
opened by making a canal of 55 miles in
Ids admirers would renounce and despise him -
But that is impossible: he will never league liis
high po puses and honorable feeling wi h the
rnisi rahle reptiles of a local faction. If Craw,
ford and Calhoun arc to meet in hostility, let the
theatre su.t the dignity of the contest; let their
Mows he worthy of themselves, and then whoev
er may fall, defeat itself will not be inglorio 'a.
We have thus given a slight sketch ol the rise
and progress of those dissensions which agit ,te
the community, llow unworthy in their origin,
of the results to which they tend! A great man
aro .e am mg us. By the force of bis own genius
and vir ue he won the popular heart. While
present, his enemies and the enemies of Repub
licanism sunk before the sternness of his manly
rebuke By us he was chosen to act with the
most eminent statesmen; by them to fill stations
still more lofty and important. Separated from
the state in person but never in feeling; earning
honors for himself that were all reflected cn us,
and influence the most beneficial to our interest;
soothed witli the hope, that if lie bad enemies
elsewhere, Georgia could never be uiiju.it to
him; lie has the bi'teruess of perceiving that
the absent are always liable to be forgotten;
The distance from Erie to Baltimore is n-
bout 450 miles—a canal of about 2B miles
long would complete the communication by
water between these two places.
With these immense advantages in their
favor, Pennsylvania and Maryland, have suf
fered New-York, to get ahead of them.—
They have been busily quarrelling about their
political affairs, while New-York lias directed
licr attention to internal improvement. Now
they begin to see the value of the prize they
have lost perhaps forever.
Thus it will be with Georgia, unless some
thing is done very soon. Sontli-Carolina is
already in advance of us. She lias taken
measures to secure the trade of East Ten
nessee, which we might have secured to our
selves with less labor and expense. Measures
of the same kind will soon be adopted by
Alabama.
There never was a more propitious moment
than the present for the prosecution of great
schemes of internal improvement. Two ri
val chieftains stand before the public. Each
Hence many men will support him who
politically contemn the man.
Again, there is another class of still weak
er minds, who having witnessed for many
years back, the skilful management and mas
tering spirit evinced by Mr. C. and his imme
diate friends, in nominating at althens, either
annually or bi-ennially, the candidates for the
State Legislature, but more especially for
Congress, and their being ushered thus into
political life with such uniform success, that
they really believe there is no other possible
passport to public favor—That the rcrad lead
ing /its way never will he stopped.
7. But why is a vast majority of the last
Legislature denounced by Mr. C’s friends'. 1
Here the members not the legitimate and faith-
ful representatives of the people ?
Because they gave an unqualified vote of
approbation of ihe conduct of Gov. Clark,
and of the Commissioners,‘both of the state
and of the IT, .Stares, who made the treaty.—
The men thus denounced were not only the
legitimate representatives of the people by a
fair election, but were immediately from the
bosom of the people, faithfully uttering the
sentiments and breathing the true spirit of
flic people in relation to thesu offices and of
this treaty.
tl. How did this proscription or denuncia
tion of the representatives of the people, and of
the Governor and Commissioners first mani
fest itself : f
By 12 members of the Legislature who
professed to feel for what was alledgcd to he
tlie wounded honor of the. state, and who
drew up and subscribed what they called a
that a serpent has roiled himself in that place, I bas numerous friends whose devotion amounts) protest, attacking as criminal and unconstitu
ty-six states in the confederacy; and only four
heads of department. It is a distinguished
honor for Georgia that she claims one of them.
There are offices, employments, facilities ami
favors which every American has a right to so
licit. But the merest novice understand?, that
where there are more suitors than gifts, patron
age must decide. Without it, evon justice is
Boinettmcs with difficulty obtained. Arc was
ready then to renounce the advantages of an ad
vocate in the cabinet? There is no attempt it
may be said to remove Mr. Crawford from his
station. But of what avail to leave the ttec
who scrutinized laH''a.ndurt“rKerer<'an‘ M st I •‘"nd'ni?, ifyou girdle it? The root is in Georgia
j;i*T^e of hu character. F.qiwlly candid and , f * baches are at Washington. If the fac-
fearless, he could borrow wisdom from an oppo- I 10n n PP O0C d to bun could succeed, he might
nent; or contemn on liis own side the Delplnc
where at least lie should have been certain of sc- j almost to enthusiasm. Let the suo e>>tul
curity aud repose. But let us turn with irnlig- I candidate identify himself with these scheme?,
nation from images so painful and mortifying. le t him by proper management divert this
Let us do justice to ourselves in doing justice to , enthusiasm from himself to them. The mas-
him — Yed justice toourselves. There are twen- j tet spirits w ho have governed the world, have
ambiguities of tampering caution. Daring tlie
late war, the of our minister in France be
came vacant, anti it was not so much bestowed,
as forced upon him by the solicitations of his
party. On his return from a mission, which for
tune bad tendered unavailing, he was urged to
become a competitor in the approaching election
of I’rosident, by a Urge propoit mn of those, who
governed public opinion. If we credit the a-
depts, nu lling was needed to insure him the
pri/c, but an apjiearance in the lia s. He de-
si'suffice; which lm refused. Col. Butler | dined it: he respected the older if not the better
then stated, that he was setting at defiance ; pretensions of Mr. .Monroes and above all that
the authority of the Governor, in the exeat- , Hepublican concord, so necessary for the period
gliun of the laws, and that he might expect the I ! le co " wu< ’‘ 1 "■fe-ecUr might probably
c.inseqnences-»lie still persisted in his refu- ( have governed; uml he ha. served with perse-
s 1; out when these gentlemen were about ''lT 0 * 11 r i ^’ ‘V*
# . . | | ... , I. in th would he cimfirmt il and l.ta «neniu*.« aub-
to Withdraw, he said that on a list be.ug gtv- duiMl> by * striking an example ol political
0 T.T e 7 sl '°", kl be J « l ‘ vcru '' »> i ill ration. Mean while the fugitive remains of
C° . Butler, it ioun.l m the boxes—to tins | that party which lie ha l vanquished at t, me,
V-zl. Lutirt, and thu^c "iiu acconipiinied took courage in his afn»»Mce aiul tu.^uu 10 rtua
him, iK' Cde I, and withdrew. Shortly alter, • », ruble. Revenge ol ancient discomfiture we*
tlie Alcade, .lodge Breckenridge, returned, , tne object of IliCr renewed coalition; though
•and presented I nn tho list, at the same time • variously disguised. In the first place an ex-
S.aung that Col. Butler and Ur. Bronaugh, ' trenie horror was affected, for the mere augges-
wuuld call in two trouts and expect to receive tion of intermarriage, between (he aboriginal
tlio.pnpe.-S. Col. Callava,then said, that the tribes, mid our iruulier adventurers. Yet their
list uiu.l he first ti jqsl te l —ili.it the demand r: * ce “Heady alhcd to hundreds ol our most
jurist be made of him as commissioner—and t J^l'| <! '7**’'“, bandies, "ho never blushed,
that lie in 'st have time to give liis reply Af-
t a the o hours had elapsed, which was a-
V.ut Oo look, i’. M. Gul. Butler ami Ur.
U: Jiuegh, with the Alcade, and accompanied
needed to blush, for their descent from ihe hi ro-
ic daughter of I’owh tlan, that “ young enthu
siast el tbit w.i ids,” whose authentic life sur-
continue a nominal secretary, hut divested of
consideration nnd influence. What additional
weight do these reflections acquire, when we
consiccr his fair pretensnns do the presidency;
the high importance of giving a first magistrate
to the Union; and the tendency of present dis
sension to defer that honor for nn indefinite
peiiod, if not defeat it forever. The state pos
sesses many aspiling sons who may one day
erect their lofty forms, among the proudest of the
nation. Hut they ar • seedlings yet. and great
ness is the slow and doubtful production of time
ur«d opportunity. For tire remote expectation
of these, It t us not reject the oak already ex
panded und ha rlenerl hy age. In this rakniiition
John Clark 1 omit The weakest of his followers
never imagined that lie could be a suhstiiute for
Wm H Crawford. No! The highest success
of that man, can only he the triumph of a
Vnudal; the barbarian satisfaction of overt im
ing that be could never have reared; of making
a min and leavingonc.
Iu s,ii e of tie se obvious considerations, wc
have whining prulcn fi rs to candor who are as
tonished, innocent s.ruls! at this unaccountable op-
pnsi'i ilt to the Governor Do they suppose their
readers i s deficient in memory, s» themselves in
modesty > Whence came opposition? The Secrete-
jiursiteihtliis plan.
FOR THE JOT'RNAI..
,1 slight glance at “ The I’rn.rpect aTCimd
us," as seen through present men, mea
sures, and future expectations; or, "Tacts
as they really are," disclosed in a Catechism,
adapted to the meridian of Georgia.
11V A FARMER.
Question 1. Why is it thd! the late treaty,
made by the Georgia and United Slides' Com
missioners, and the Crce’c Indians, is stigma
tized as corrupt, or produced through corrupt
means, by the present active aspirants to of-
fre, seeing that it was brought about in the
same icay of almost all treaties since the first
colonization of the country.—Indeed seeing
that from the undoubted evidence of general
M'lntosh and other undisputed facts attend
ing the transaction, the grounds -f the bar
gain were better understood,* both as to price
and value than in most of the treaties made ri
ther by the United States or any of the. individ-
ul states. Hoy is it, we cay, that this treaty
and the makers and approvers of it, are at this
particular time and in this particular state
singled out for the odium and indignation of
the people ‘J
.answer: Because, Governor Clark hap
pened (accidtnlly as his opposers say) to get
the chair of state, and lias been active, perse
vering and fortunate in bringing about so
important an event. The acquisition itself is
so obviously advantageous to the state, that
the people bail it with one universal and loud
acclamation of joy ; yet we answer, it is dis-
approbated, by a few, because he and his
friends had a band in it.
2 Where u tre the consciences of these same
ry of the Treasury was absent from the scene of j fault-finding gentlemen, when other treaties
Georgia^politics; nnd his friends had no interest blit | Aare ftftn made, and other acquisitions ob-
t, a go aid, under the command of l,lent.
Mounts, pioceede.t to the house of Oil. t 'a I la
va. They found the door lockad, an 1 de-
m i ided admittance three times distinctly,
without receiving any answer. It was then
diseoveterl, that the door on the opposite side
v, n open, and several oilier rs, sitting with
out candle, i.i the porch. When l ,>1. Calia-
va "a? demanded,no one replied—Col. But
ler then stepi ml jiuo the lion- , ami tuiteied
one ot toe rooiu< in which a light w as burning,
un i in wlm it there was a bed, on ox umniug
which, CoL Callava was loiind lying on it
with Ifis roa' otll He lose, appaieutly inucls
... unshed- the demand l.u tiie paptis, as u-
gi.■ • 1 upon, "•:> inn wp.I; lie persisted in his
if hoJ—when told he must piepaie to go be-
I. :k the G jvctiioi, lie lephod lit: wuuid not
<?ait hi» house alive—he was iheu told face
sk.hH be used. Col. Butler said he honed
he wn'.'.iJ not render it necessary—that he
might '•.si'ler i.iuisrtll forced—on In-still re
fu fi i.', Hi’ 1 - bcei ol the giljid was called in,
Im tl.cu put On l.is utiifoiiri coat, and was
rail kv J t . the o;ii : • ofihe G A i-rtlor.
O.' ! IS ' V rilijf me oil; e, he w i< ir quest-
’•>' t •■ Goran...: tw t the a >t it ai ;n<- table.
T . Goei'oi inflamed i:nn of the lutme ot
t ; sji t s for v .cm ne was cxlk'd, and th it
: i *zs r-quitf'd ij answer. wl» ther reitam
saas s vs:; ««* * * -»«•—->•?•
less: ii then* t vera doubt, il would now be re* i UonabU .
moved. Th fi.)\trn or signalized the wry com-1 We answer, asleep,—profoundly slumber-
nicneetnetit uf !iii career, by tlie pwbliontion ot hi» 1 jng !
snv ntuvv iwinphk't. t** prnlt>u* M euncxiciioii t Jtut ithuis (rovemor m,,, k Hi*
Kiir^SKSfajKS m3i
osts in pedigree vet up all liystt-rieal icn-aoi, ! he been content with enjoying tl»e honor*, and 1h- 1 UJUTmi iiifT finger a h.t
\be ver^* ivb’H 01 \h § fnv.’.i^c intusi ^n, into ibeir bi)ut i:q» in the *ln ii s o'bis» ollicc, nout could have I offensive in hvn -
compUinedi butcmcc ho convert! it iuloa vantage | Heeause, in the r^voluti
ground efaitnck, he ought to be tlislodgod. 'I he wheel, a change in tlir post
loss of his udmiuitlrttivc talents must hear with ; ^ n V esented, and he. Us been (accidentally |
[.h.lnjopliy. borne. M is true, wrll have pceabw j r| ^., r j Governor of the State, and it is now |
cause ol grief. Hanks who want a protectur— ..... , . . . ’ . . I
pu
lit
gi utlr and ualky blood; they contemplate with
scarcely a slu ng, (he tin usainl lined progeny ■
that nourishes, m the bosom of the state, l’es- !
tei 'y wdl estimate hypocrisy so impudent. In
a .ingle report tlie Secretary of the Tr easury
has mndi same very accountable omission, and
this is exhibited as a proof of incupaeity. By
whom? By the eulecists ol a Governor, who
is Ins (kxterojs pntrouage of tire State Banks
r< puuenterl tlreir condition to de*per>t , th t n
part of his profop, s were compelled in pelf Je-
j "me. to declare liis representations entirely
lake. I uii lino specimen of the kind: ,s, n-u-
ally p'i ed killing, may remind the re. tier > t a
certain Brolrdignspr monk v. who conceivetl |
the fancy ol making Gullivers favourite, r .sir j
l.emunl! th c vv . es of .S » pat oa also, hurl |
ncany pruvi 1 inti.). B t ! finally escapeJ|
an l usy tie B ,nl.' be a- luck'
The ctisrc" most v.l.eint ntly pressm) ;.<;ain«t
Mr. Crswlord, is fr.eadflup lor Generil Mitch, j
eil the late agent of In.’ran affairs. Ill" a- nt j
ii-is incurred the cr iwiire of that tribunal, to ,
whi.li, v.hi t er wi«c:y ai unwi ely lie sii’amittcd |
• ai< '*1. anl i? tberefore to be held guilty bv i
tire p.ii'lie, until he vindicntiA his faro • But I
I t v long d .l!« maintair. a reputs', mi that just,- |
be.l tlir a'tscb'nent f ihe Set.rrt .i, It wn* I
once c,r,s,1 t, d a a nd-vi > m> «vi.ic!i«c oi'n.snt j
ia each, ust tie other tt.rs hw Friend, and [
tioual the conduct of the Legislature, Com
missioners, Governor and all, because, they
had from the states’ contingent fund,Jdrawn
some 12 or 15,000 dollats to obtain for the
benefit of the state, a very large extent of va
luable land, and to cause the citizens of the
state to be paid between 2 and 300,(100 dol
lars of debts, due them by the Indians, and
which might otherwise never have been ob
tain! d !
If we remember right these protestors or
protestants, involve themselves in this singu
lar and bungling contradiction. They first
proceed on the supposition that the 515,000
was expended in bribing and corrupting the
Indians to sell their land, and they afterwards
aver that this same money had no effect ei
ther directly or indirectly in making the trea
ty or obtaining tlie land ; which they aver
would have been obtained without it! !
There are other contradictions equally man
ifest, but they have been already pointed out;
and tlie subject we hope begins now to be
pretty well understood.
0. Bui hole did the protest first appear ?
In the newspapers us the copy of a protest
in common form and which we at some dis
tance from Milledgeville, of course had a
right to conceive, and did then believe had
been regularly presented to the Legislature,
and had been entered on the journals of the
house, with all the solemnity due to so grave
a proceeding. That this impression was in
tended to lie made throughout the whole state,
there seems to be scarcely the shadow of a
doubt—Whereas upon due enquiry it was
found, that this same solemn protest, flinging
in.the faces of the Governor and Commis
sioners the diabolical crimes of bribery and
corruption, and charging the same crimes
substantially upon an overwhelming majority
ot ihe people’s representatives for having ap
probated and sanctioned the conduct of said
Governor and Commissioners, was not onlv
never entered on the journals, hut was never
even presented to the house, and it is believ
ed was never w ritten, or many of the grounds
even thought of, till after the Legislature had
ad journed!
10. What inferences doyou draw fromsuch
conduct
Why, that the protest was an after thought
to blacken the characters of the Governor,
Commissioners and Legislature, and thereby
to drive them from the confidence of the peo
ple.—Or in other words, tl
Because, in the revolution of the political i ul,,cl ", u,u . s > ulc Uneofbattle for
. _ „i! :_.u_ • the next Governor's election, had not been
formed, and it was thought that tiie addition
al circumstance ol these charges wearing the
fal«e but solemn badge of a legislative pro-
vfully feared that bv sur li means as this saim
protector
sr.vaees red nnd wliile "Im want brilai—couvicli m" . would nive il , him,-lit ih,. . .....
allows; i pardons—ami wsgs who relish the spec- Indian treaty, bringing to the state mnumer- I ’ ■ ’ ” . . sbt lhL - . 1 ,llc
tncle oi Kmvrnmeut irm*s«ictl. llut if tltry art- 1 benefits, by the grettt acquisition of laud I V j .... * V, 1 pin poses, >\ Inch o-
n-Hwnuide people, they will thsuk fiirtune For what f Ke. and in other tesprets by an able, tirnar- tl, "' v,s ® ,t never cotilr,I possess. .
t!i./ h»'e enjoyed. She h.t rot been psr.imo- , ia , an(1 inflexible discharge of the duties of , , lU .'J x f a j the upprobaUonofthe Legis-
w ‘ 10 vh,m ' . his office, he wall (auadenully, adventitiously j ih t ln, X td . H alt Z.
V-.iVr nrc*ont circunis<tnce*, it »• iille to imt- . .
giiic that nvc can suatitia both t’rawtbnl Hud (JUrke* or soinc u»*'v ui ofhrrj render linii stiJI more
l*ht» Ihttci by in* vGrv attitude precludes il*o poi- i popular anil iulluential !
iibitityj tor could ii seriously t**' catte 1 u suppoi't of 4. Hut you do not cone exactly to the point;
i.: * 'th<v, t » repeat * lev civil co;nmon^ p!sc<‘» IVhy is it 7:iadi necessary that tht Governor
should he rendered odious ?
.Mr. Cranford's
:d*ml hu clnrixfipr, whi!e vr.* placed at the head of
c*»te h utHi; tltHt »\*( ars an l Tim s'ie* his destnic* . , . . , r ..
ti in^ Ivveo nt Iwnu', n patronage so freezing has 1 1 hut hp may bi) hurh n fiom the po\ern-
Hie apjft-irairca ot mockery; aliroml it must be re-, Blent, with whatever influence he may JKIS.
gnr.1*-'d n total alnn h-ninoni. And snrrly wc can- 1
not l*. «i ;•!«* enough to expt-ct, th it odu r sJutrs 1 * A U “ Trio'*—Inmanv instances tho va-
'it h r7 * u ; wb ;i; u «"»«D-y.r».. ]lie of thf lnm{ ()ili ,
nr“n irulillx'tent or iunniu>l. 1 hoiy.n o*ir psln»n-
sgo might Ikil, our nrgloct will be «trcisivc. H» s’
assm-erl, th we whi mu va deprive IL,<rgi* ot tllittle ammunition and a few gew-gaw s an,, tri
ll-mor: ivl 1 bo tiisi mugis rsey, lor;; t r (le* sueci t; ties ; and tlii■■ liy men wlm p» i hap? n:;sr i ved- !
ot ‘ ’fin k uian event, (be limit emulative to ih. tr | |y stood as high as antr ofihe late "Protestors.' I
imili. se. \v hut a n itimm.ini »l hu menu! l li .t ' , The proof ol its' being actidrdal is be-I
f ° u ' r.r r;ulv „, ;ltat tlly cleetioil 2 ve-.s l
r -o v.mi’S w hsve eu inverted Irma tho rm- , . . ,
. ,. !.. pcnileut and hi- fi 1 " " >‘ b "' ,l ""' vo »‘ * r | ' h >'
1*1", hat imt too lute tn Hite; tittu ’ l.cld-uspeciable pofi;
Govern tent offensive to
friends
1'attlv because they were associated and
identified with tlie Governor and State Com
missioners, and because many of Mr. C’s.
trieudsin this strife; had then determined to
denounce Mr. Monroe’s administration as .high
toned, federal and iristocratical, and as a fl i-
S*'*' 11 depaitute from the pure and simple
notonL LemfiessVIiown" Principles of Mr. Jefferson, and that Mr. C.
have ) eon obtained for ai was only prop of pure representative de-
. w hole cabinet, wliu sv
V in the
, to re-
. »t l> J ?t Ci '.t'ltC
l.'U* outeaUocj.
re, hr; I
aid a:
The body is not very numerous though
v make a b uff rlamor. .1 few active
cues and nimble pens can make a:t as-
t iu Itiiaginatiorr
r'nr *r.’javp tFe rVittitrv.*.Te?3f- u !
11 rn determined thttlieie n cii if )
little hope on the purr ; 'rr m ds ot '
m e n or palnoti.'in, olri and odii us , r , r *‘
siii i. d be repeated, eld ptejttdires sliouh; v e
re.mtd old and unfotir.ried divisions and <fis.
tir.ilintu should be made, and old wound,
hajpily healed by the seme ropfiict,but glo.
rn iisteimination ot the lato war (wl it|t unit,
cd -all honest lovers of their country, and oT
its republican constitution of all parties)
shoi’Krbe torn opt!*, and bleed afresh, and al{
thrown hack nr.t only upon Pfr. Morroe.l ;t
upon every n - etnl er of Ins cabinet, and are
others, who fiomthur protfiinencp should he
any possibility, stand iu Mr. (.'rnwford’s wav" 1
Yes ! it seems now clear enough, that for ti:s
elevation of the great favorite, it was deter-
mined, if possible, to prostrate that adminis
tration, the head of which is now so univer
sally popular that he lately had no open np.po.
sition for bis high office, which he obtained by
an almost unanimous vote—aud tlie gtounds
of tins denunciation are a faithful prosecution
by the President of those measures suggested
hy experience and almost universally’appro
ved by the people of all parties, anil a pro
mise that Mr. Ciawford teas the onU'man
who ever could or would revive the pure prin
ciples of Mr. Jefferson, in 1801—2; for it
seems that even Jefferson and Madison after
wards apostatized, in some degree from tlttf
true faith.
12. What evidence have you. of these fartsP
Besides other facts, not now- necessary to
lie, mentioned, we havfe tlie rlireet and open
avowal of a nest of writers, who call them
selves “ Tho Trio,’’ who, in the course of
certain numbers published in a paper called
“The Southern Recorder,” at Mi!led'?evill?
shew themselvesto be the confidential and u;;'
questioned friends of Mr. Crawford. Tht-s.,
numbers, we learn, tire to be embodied and
published as a Manual or Text-Book, to be
circulated throughout this state, aud ever"
other, where they will be received. They
are evidently the labor of months, produced
from the reflection of years, but kept back
cautiously ’till the propitious period was
thought to have arrived, when Monroe and
hi? cabinet, &e. might lie advantageously as
sailed, ami Crawford exalted; aud they pre
sent this as tlie grand lever, by means of
which, this holy work is to be performed. If
any candid, impartial man, acquainted with
the progress of cvc-nts in this country, and
particularly with tiie history of Mr. C. will at
tentively peruse those productions and not ar
rive at our conclusions, then we will recant
our opinions, with even greater solemnity
than tiie late Indian protest was made in the■
legislature!
13. Why is the present time chosen for file
purpose of making this deadly thrust at .Votes
roc’s adndnistrqtion?
This is a question involving several impor
tant facts. In the first place, the next presi
dential election u advancing and not far dis
tant, and Mr. Crawford’s popularity not being
so predominating and resistless as formerly
it was here, it is thought necessary to giv#
him a distinct substantive popularity from
those who may be suppos-ed to stand in his
way; and no method of doing this appeared
so expedient as to announce him to the nation
as the only officer concerned in the executive
government, of sufficient purity to redeem
it from the alleged heresies of extravagance,
federalism, and aristocracy, which it seems
that the people of the whole Union are cere-
stircrl for having approbated and swallowed in
tlie almost unanimous re-election of Mj..
Monroe.
Again, Mr. Madison, immediately after th<*
j late war, having been admonished, during it*
j continuance, of the importance of keeping tins
I nation in a state of preparation, as the be l t
j means of preserving peace, St of prosecuting
j a war when forced into it, based liis adtninis.
i tration upon vigorously keeping up and gra-
5 chi:d!v,increasing our navy, erecting works rff
I defence, and maintaining such an army as
! was thought to be safe and necessary, notwith-
I standing the expenses which would rtecessa-
I rilv be incurred by such a course. In this si*
j tuation of affairs Mr. Monroe came into the
I presidency, (having as Mr. Madison’s Secre-
j tarv ol War, met and stemmed a torrent of
difficulties which had nearly overwhelmed
him,) not only with a hearty approbation of
Mr. Madison’s administration, but w ith a firm
determination to sustain and prosenuc these
same measures; which determination he, frem
the beginning and in repeated instances, toon
occasion to announce to the nation. Tlie
nation has repeatedly given unequivocal
proofs cf their approbation of his course, and
Mr, M. has had the firmness (the “Trio”
make it hardihood and heresy) in liis late in
augural address, to reiterate his determina
tion, with stronger assurances of his faith in it.
Mr. C’s. friends seize the moment as a pro
per one to render this determination and these
measures odious, and without a vestige of
proof to shew them unnecessary or unsafe
or improper, clamorously brand them as ex
travagant, wasteful and “ federal;” and as
they dw ell upon the emptiness of the Trea
sury, point them out as leading to patron
age, taxation, Szc. (which, if ever laid tlw.y
fondly hope the people will not bear) and
thus expect to seize on and turn their pre
judices and passions in Mr. C's. favor; *»
if the people were so mean spirited or so des
titute of intelligence and patriotism as not to
support the measures which they themselves
have approved, and w hich are necessary to
the lasting peace arid preservation of tlieii
country!
As associated with thes* grounds of accu
sation against the present administration o!
the general government, is tiie further uu
founded charge, that Mr. Monroe, is an cue
my to state rights, and a friend to whatis
called the usurpation of the federal judiciary,
in giving too liberal a construction of the
j constitution, from all uf which dangers and
j heresies, Mr. C. it is more than insinuated,
* is to deliver the nation!
M. Dues Mr. Craufonl make known his-
apposition, and that uf his friends, to Me
, Monroe personally, ot Wushingtuni
| I cannot positively say, for I am informed
of no cabine t secrets, and draw all my infer*
enc"s from what is tlie property of the who!"
public. It is however, conceived not; for so
shallow a policy would he discarded hy gene
rals far less skilful, and managers far ic?s ex
pert than Mr. has evinced himself to have
been, from the first daw n of his political lif".
IVe presume that the utmost personal
friendship and conciliation is manifested tow
arils Mr. M. at Washington; for surely Mr
j G. would not by any open rupture endanger
[his place. Endanger that office which it'»
| conceived substantially gives him fully n ““
| half of the patronage, which can he exercised
| hy tlie Tre.rih-nt ol the United States. W"
j refer to the Auditors, Clerks, Collectors, aril
all that long train of officer- necessary forth"
collection of the revenue on foreign imports
I iions. Registers and Surveyors of puba
i lands, and receivers of public monies, with ufl
j that weight of office necessary for the c<»!I•• (-
I tion of levemie ou the -ale of lands. Gt u*
| these officers ' Ir. C. I'toin Ids official situa
tion is charged with the nomination mid •'•*
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