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ir.entnl in ©flhning the Into purchase. ll«*tl>
of those men have not only justly acquired
’he confwfcnc© of the party to *A , liich tlic>
net attached. but won the reaport and es
t^ein of those to whom they nre oppu*
©d; nnd I feel a full confidence that it i*
the pride and pleasure of General Clark
to support these gentlemen in their well
earned reputation. To snppoec any thing
to the eonfrnry is absurd in the extreme.'—
I* it not fkir to promt me that Campbell nnd
VVillinmaon are aa well acquainted with the
sentiments and (esliitgl of the General ns
pny other person ; nnil ran any man in hi
iiwhcr senses helieve that if either of tho*
persons had the slightest reason to nppre
bend that Clark wa* opposed t«* th« treaty
that they would not turn with disgust and
withhold from the man that support which
thrv are now so openly nnd cordially giv
ing ; 1 again demand proof of tli” coilt of
this individual. What hns he done ? What
has he said from which this stern opj o<
sition might he fairly inferred.
Grnernl Clark has ever been held ns n
man of truth, candor, nnd integrity, and so
Jong is he sustains that character, whatever
he says should “ command belief.” Hear
what ha himself says upon the subject of
•' tsiainr land.
“ My public and private conduct hns uni
formly evinced t sinc ere desire for obtain
ing ns speedily a*possible nil tho land with-
illho limits of the State; yet to answer
certain pm poses f am mode by rny enemies,
mid again*! my verif to bo opposed to the
treaty, and without even having committed
tUi iic’t or iisod an expression from vv lie It it i
could he inferred.” These p' otk citizen*
ore the Generals own expression*, I do not
believe that there is a man in the, .State who
hns a more anxious solicitude a more “ Kin-
core dCairo” than ho tins “ toohtnin asspen-
iWv as possible” the full and entire rights o'
CU>rgU
It was to have been hoped for the oonor
and self respect which the opposing party
owed itself, that it would have muintaiuofi
a death like silence upon this suhje©C—
When 1 recollect the thundering ** hue
and cry” which was raised against tno trea
ty ofl’jS&1,tJiH many h»Mg& wormwood mnn-
b.TSofthe country loving .dooratos; tho vo
ciferous and vehement ©xchunntHjris against
fiat, faredliand,bribery & rorroption ; tltosu
h. r t toned and feeling expressions for the
stainless purity of our national character. I
no* ready |o ask, vvhoru ih that consistency
v liir.h gives iliguitv to parties as well as in*
divnluals. I li ar it has hid you “ a long
farewell” nnd taken modesty fi»r a ©oiupnn-
ion. Fair tk< ed justieo demands of you,
3’uur statu demands of you, to make good
that charge winch is declared to he the off-
opting oT a mind,
“ t-vM to \ittuc. lost to manly ihonght.
“ I.o*- to the iioIiIh sallies of the soul ’*
<Vr abandon tho course which all high and
generous foolitigs censum and condemn
It h it hern asserted with iniicli more gra
vity than reason that the result of the Go
vernors election will either confirm or an
nul the treaty. NVhat influence in the name
of common sense will that event have over
the deliberations of Congress? Gnu it in
thf-Blightest manner control its decision ?
Httrnly not. It is upon that subject u mat
t rof perfect mid entire indifference wlietli
er Clark or Troup should hu elected Go
vernor. The people have been urged with
great c.i;v - .i.h* to go 10 the polls ami
*»v- e t ,» T.oup Hnd the trinity.” 1 invoke
yo*» m n tho samo spirit of candor und sin-
• corit), with the same lively interest, for
your happiness and prosperity, to raltv
around tlx* bjK.n j^xes anu give your suff-
r.ige« ; • C! -uod tho treatv.” Uu well
d iv . . our support; and if electod, you
n. -> lost with a lull noiutaupo that in nn
hour of peril mid need, that he will not
aJinmcfiilJy desert yotirj^urtC
If the treatv is to receive any aid from the
Efecuttvo of Georgia, he most assuiedly
should he s man who can command tho re
spect of the general covet wnont. It is a
fact the knowledge of which must pied
n the progress of society. as the car of it not gush up, where over t.
om. which is not seen in tno germ ? Has ost he * * * 1 '
•it an hon-
It overshoots the tooth to r<»-.c
: dan
lie.
the pifilosonhy of man always been mis-1 posterity ; it is the native property «1 every
indsrstood . Is he a prohlem incapable of mind, wlie.rothe had pussionn have not cx
ill I
solution ? Have tyrants and kings been pn
tented the Rule interpreters of him ? Have
they explained him to their use r Do the
grandeur and majesty of nature that nn» ir-
rle him, that ptoss upon his heart, that Kin
dle his mind into a vast orb of unfcttcrrblc
light, whose effusions nnd out pourings, the
boundaries of the univt rue can only limit,
suggest to him he is a slave ? or does he
hc.hold it writtcq in the title page of that
stupendous folio, of which the heavens or**
tho mere coverlets, which has continued
open for his inspection since the la
feelings of sorrow and regret mjho bosom
unffianno!
of ©very friend of lTnioij.i«tfTiarinony, that
our present Governor is unnopulm, without
parallel with noarlv ail the authorities of
the United States it was sincerely nnd
ardently desired that this dangerous &nd uti
hfhifly “division with tlie general govern-
intent would ©re this, have had uti and.” kbit
Sadly the rovorso it> ilie prospect before us
Instead of closing tho broach, (so mincers-
tuirHly made,) by that kind and «oiiriliaiory
conduct iccomiueiidod by thusoothing voice
* f %***.’( e, every c* mimiuiioatioii m teeming
vvitu increased insult and n«
And this is the man who Is to calm the roar-
i\ig tempest, quiet our trouble* and hav u tins
Wonderful influence over tho councils of
the Nation. It may ho to; but oven cre
dulity her.-elf,cannot, will not believe.
In com iiHion I would hourly rounrk that
it is not inv wish to indulgo in unnecessary
i ters mill allusions ; hut if rumor is to icceivo
i.ilf the credit due her, I envy not Gov.
Troup his fume,or his popularity.
LVCtKUUS.
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l oll TIIF. JOURNAL.
Wherd nre ice T What is money ?
Alas 1 what lias it come to now I noon©
tail express his suntimuiits in a public print
without hearing it clamored forth, “ ho h n
Clarkitu—lie is a Trouper.’ Just as if on*
Xvcio to wouru benvui liut, thte proautnptiow
of course would be tiis lic.nl, every nicli of
it,wus good boaver. What strange high
bounding logic, how masterly and original
fts conclusions \ how universally adopted—
•weeping irresistibly down the sluice of its
ftrgumcitiN opak®, oecasioually uunnchoriijg
men's noses I'rom thou faces, or heariug oU
«*>iiio other of the special gifts of na
ture. It moves by explosive itiflamato-
rv force; it feeds upon men's passious,
things of forocihl elements; its course
the length auiLAHidtl 1 of tho country ;
each man a ntlf^uiat »<*iids down thu
vet weather of bis politics, to foment
the main curient. Its billow rolls higher
Mid Higher, and more furious. May it uot
do ho meshing iiiopj ut lust, than simply un-
nos© g*K>d honest men? Like moun
tains, do politics never discharge their lava ?
the » "iicoctod corruption with which they
have heeumo bloated and gorged. Does
the liisi* rv of mail shew example, the ©le
nient* ot lua constitution me as fixed as tin*
heaven*?
lias liberty lost the cliarniK of bur youth,
like some Well kept mistress, that vu feel no
amorous ituuubo when yc behold her, or
bus site losJVdic familiarity of her aspect.
O ! .“hull «RTca, wrapt iu her sereiiely
t-liie-lui ill Way, that penetrates upUUingly
the soul of man—America! smiling fuictl
overlooking the ancestral thrones und chi
nire* of ihu vvoiid, hbull she m her turn, af
V» luvmg shaken uinl refi.’ed the political
philosopher m his elouot, uml overnet folic
v olutnus of tiio belief of past generations
nt last yield her assent to tiie fatal proposi-
turn, that lias so often b«en demotislratud oil
thu thrones of ty rants, that lias lain on thu
docket of ages—That too much liberty is a
dangerous Ikingi Dchjh^s hav »• vviehlodthu
engine «.f gold to pureliusc a charming il*
lustration of this problem, and shew its com-
putibiiitv with human nature. Accordingly
genu* has thing round it a pavillimi, ruv-
ciiug ull its deformity of tho niiliWbt and
i:u»t fueinatiu* aspect. Poetry has decor
ated it with all ilie garniture, gorguoiisness
and prodigality of Parnassus For what ?
to convince inen by the fleiioiis ot* poutrv,
by Uiolucre glitter ol uu arguincutV shad
ow, that they ought, that thev have u right
from nature to be slav c*, thuUt is the man
date ot Heaven, and their supretn© privil
ege. H«»w long have men believed and
dbeyrd this din trine ? Pretty generallv
tVoin Noah to W adiitigtou. Is it possible*!
can it be truth ! llus nature srnled it oil
the bruin of unm • If, , fc |, e Ul u .„ Jt j,.
ii\i couttituLO!! 1« It sotuvthing evolved
nut lire’s first uu r»r a ? Oh, no, infinitely t*
the contrary ’ Why then has In* yielded t*
the explanation of tyrnwls ? Gun ha h*
inadn to hejieve any tiling 9 Tluit Hell by
the use of habitation, would become the
cool umbrageous vale of Daphne, whicl
crold ho prov ed to him hv tlio samo sort of
aigumcntH, a« tlio«c by wiiidi ho lias li
proven to ho horn n slave. Ignorance, which
makes him timid and mechanical is the tru©|
solution
Like tin* rain that falls, like the atmos
phere wc breath, Clark and Troup fill the
country. They nr« in all places They
fly like troubled •pints upon the breeze,
the moral Hiroeco of the laud. They dis
turb the dreams of sleeping men. They
carry with them in all places the composi
tion of lira, which intonates men’s passions,
flood citizens loose their minds rudder;
they boromo infuriated; they fly off from
their domestic sphere, nnd wonted industr
flint like, cornets, the. heavens, they scour
the Country propagating some new doctrine,
that has taken a mortal hold on their mind,
under the coven of patriotism Is this pat
riot ism ? dues it augur well ? Let us sa v to
them “ Ilow entno you so much wiser than
the rent of iii all nt once, that you romc ut
such great expense to teach us?” H
yon been is light by your passions wc will
not hear, nor receive instruction* from you ?
If any tievv emergency Uns transpired, we
shall hear it in time. If you cornu to argu*
with us, it is matter of opinion, you cannot
do us much good. We plow the ground for
our children, wu are unacquainted with spe
culation
Almost every article of dress come* rec
ommended under the patronage of some
great political man, shoes, veats, so that our
political croud may bo perfectly known bv
ouf watch ribband. What a sprightly age,
and what splendid inventions! volumes of
information are contained iu a coat-lmttor
or shoe string. Here, then if a wonderful
machine, a political telegraph fun d up ut
the shortest notice A common leather shoe
becomes a key hot© to a man’s heart, and
tho magazine of bis thoughts, through which
nil tho world msv peep, and examine for
themselves. The iron holt of human phy
sics will be shoved out of place, and disco
very triumph unfettered. A single coat col
lar shall accomplish more than alchemy,
magic, antronology, ever hliud to porform oi
promise; and a mans hat Khali indicate
more to tlm world, than all tho contents of
his own cranium, than all tky crucibles of
chemistry, ami the glasses of astronomy
Vrodigium mifabite ! Tho names of cot
ton, silk, tiro rapidly giving way to those
of Crawford, Jackson, and will soon ho
idontical terms. 'Die king nnd q.ioon
seal to (j 1-4 cts. worth of rod oil makes it
worth one dollar.
Our children are already born the proper
ty of one or tho oilier of those great men,
whoso si run me ttfeir fathers linvo assumed.
They will be the channels of their educa
tional dovolopement. Futhar*, you Inivc
put fetters on your children while vet in the
©radio; you huvo ^rooked their minds
while tender; when grown tip they will
shoot in Imt oiio direction ; they will not
expatiate freely on nil subjects; tlioy will
ho deformed ; they will never arrive nt in
tellectual manhood. You arc latently and
unconsciously actuatod by tho principle,
that one man cau ho exclusively right.
There never was such a tltihg : sucli a man
would be a monstrosity. You shut the path
up before your child, leave him hut one way
to travel ; his soul may one day hurst ovei
your barriers ; ho will look back upon his
father, and pity Ids ignorance. Do you
cravo this pity, that you hum him round.
When lie u growing up you throw dark
tinctures iu Ids soul. They may leave their
stain fi*r ht© •. they may give ids mind the
rickets. You strive to make your igno
rance liereditary-r to push it beyond your
grave : ho cmitcntod that your blood is so in
your child. Setting aside teaching him jhc
principle** of any man, 1 would not call him
aftci tli© greatest olio that ever lived ; nor
wear a funeral dress . tho one may ruin th
boy. 1 have no right to afflict society with
tho dentil of my friend ; ’tisenough that 1
tun grieved ; they nre both indecently os
tentatious. Teach him truth and viitue,
und ho will love them ; ho will choose the
man who has the grout out claim to them;
lie will learn all flic rest.
My fellow citizens, those gentlemen d*
not come to you, nor disturb your dreams ;
you hiing them to you. You make them
ubiquitous, you trouble yourselves with
them. You Huuin to say to them, I wish
to wear your fetters, put them on me. It*
what attitude have you thus caused them to
stand before you, tho community ? As two
enormous cannons pointing to each other,
in whose caverns the ball slumbers upon the
explosive mass. Bo careful of the spark !
Should it dash, liberty is gone, our eagles
flv Can you be too familiar with liberty ?
ISuvur! An American ! Never!
The drum heuts, th© til© plays in thu car
of th© politician. Awfidsighu arc tuen in
the political heavens bv those, who know
how to tnanagu tlio telescope, that reveals
t<» tho ©ye th© dark im*rc*of these regions,
the amateurs of political astronomy. Tlio
public are uffiightcd by the reported dis
cover.©*. Those over-head Algerines, are
daily expected by thu uu witty, to make
their d©r* cut from the clouds down uj
terminated if.
Have our two great candidates got th©
ountrv on their hack, mid making off; and .
shall we nil lie inserts in tli© crevice* of our
ntry, parked in with the loss of the
shape of limit ? If so, let us cry out “ n I
kingdom fbr a hors©.” When nualized. (
what is the moral ? A little ©loud between
us and the sun, the play of light, the fr* lie
of sun beams among clouds, tho dance of a
vapour s shadow, nnd besides a littls more
flint has cnlled forth so many pen armed
infants prematurely from tin* womb; horn
with th© wig. nnd the volume* of philosophy
in their hand, who have wliirly-gigcd the
brains of half the community, and thrown
the passion* of the balance into a mighty
vortex. Who hav© slyly administered a
narcotic to th© public, u poisomnis dose, tho
putridity of eloquence ; and in the mean
time kiuknnp©d truth, forcing her to ploy oft
n part in their farce,to smile w !|©nshe would
weep. “ We will dress you in • robe of
gold more brilliant than your native, on»
whirl? you must put off for our buskin W
will traus!orm you into a new loveliness,
you must play in our drama the part we
give you. Error will soon become more
sparkling to you than topas-falsehood is only
dark when held too near the eyo.” Ye who
listen hear her voice, tho voice of infuriated
truth. There are men in this country, wlw
nre out of hutinoss, who want money,
without basely Irving fur it in tho corn
field.
To whom do these waters address them
sclvej ? Wlm is it that is presumed to be
so ignorant, and require so much school
ing. Savage stupidity could not require
more. To the people, the saccrtign people.
Tho cause of the people, the rights of the
people, every where primary objects L
ntoon cried to his countrymen, beware of
that horse. People! beware of these
words ; they contain poison in cups of bur
dished ©meraid Put them not to your li(i
because they glitter. They are hug-bears
they are cant phrase.*, that piny oil the
end of tlio tongue, they are silk robes cm
broidered with gold, lliut l< cc n,, d
vermin, sin and wickedness, xhey arc tin 1
zephyry medium tlirou h which they ap
prouch you. Yon hav© got something they
want, without your seeming to know it
Almost every press in the Union is an insu‘
to your undurstandiiig, tu you as men, jiut-
ting freedom out of tho question. r lh©y
dare send von the obliquities of their mind
and of their passions, as n rule for yotn
faith, without regard to truth. It is tlio
privilege of the press to express its owu
opinion, not yours for you. Hero is where
they have usurped, where they have alms
ed, insulted. You are good easy creature
to believe, they have plenty to employ your
belief. You pay them Your money, and
pocket'.tho imposition. They become bol
der. You nr© in fault not they. You sup
port thorn, put them down; Employ those
who will search for truth ami tell it. When
von seo the brandishing of their passions
again put them down. tSuy to thorn “ wo
w&ntttuth: W© did not employ you to
teach us how you foci, and who is tli© fittest
man for otlico. Tell us truth, ami wo Will
judge for ourselves. You nre cider that has
turned vinegar; we have no further us© for
you “
Equally bewaro of Socrates and a Citi
zen of Oglethorpe, and of any man vvl
dare recommend to you any one individual
for oflk’o in preference to another. To
purchase opinions manufactured at pre:
or sent to tlio press for sale, is slavery; t(
demand truth as a raw material from tho
press and elsewhere, and manufacture you
own opinion, is freedom—is liberty—is the
quintessence of rept blicanisin. This done
my country, yon will live long.
“ fq.veak if 1 have offended ”
What man of sense and feeling, if lie
walk into nn Inn mid pick up a newspape
from Maine to Florida, bn; must feel the
most sovereign contempt. He feels him
self addressed as an idiot, a mad man or
slave. There is nothing, not tlio triftmgest
matter left for his intellectual digestion;
there is no alternative but to bo crainud.—••
Witness the papers concerning tho Presi
dential question, llovv far do wo differ
from the ancients in this respect. Aesop
addressed the profoundest wisdom to his
country in tho form of fables, that he might
not appear to give advice to make up opin
ions.
Alchemy and the studies of tho srliool-
inen,bclictiltud tin world ultimately by pa
ving the way to modern chemistry, anil th©
physics of mind. The presses are out of
joint; this ulterior good tan never come of
them without alteration They can pave
the way to nothing except to anarchy nnd
despotism in the shape of instruments —
Tin) '»r*' both anarchial ami dospolie in
themselves,nt this moment What is a des
pot, a political engine, » man who issues
Ins mandates, hi* opinions from which there
is no appeal ? Tlio pres* issues its own
opinions, awfully and tlangerously more,
i tlio opinions of the people upon its own au
thority—liny, virtually, its mandates; one
ingredient more, and our government, us
tiiin
the God of oui country, who b
nnd our govt* mnont . l ad :fln*
opprobrium to the tlecompo, ir.
time.
Tliore is one thing more I would glam
at- ©durrnon A modern, fashionable, ac.t
dphie ©duration may he defined to hen hoy
| fourteen years of ago, capable of rending
newspapers and the n©t* of tho Legislature,
ho can readily distinguish th© signs of tin
political zodiac, ami tell, at n moment’s
warning, whether Crawford, or Jackson arc
dancing in the head or feet of thu people,
ns they move around in the great sphere ol
the national heavens. A useful study,
ommon enough now a day to be sure, and
fashionable enough for ladies. Pr digiotw
bookishness! Amazing circumference of
thought! vitality & universal flpbtilitV of all
thinkishnots'! Stupendous opprobrium foi
magic !!! They come forth par boiled and
ready for spontaneous putrefoction
Every profession is disgraced fin
the want
of bolter sttidv, more ©duration. Look to
Europe: Humbolt, Adelug, weighed down
with court employments, and yet find lei
sure to unfold to the world the rich trea
of nature and human physics It is
because they have been educated, not that
they naturally hav* more sense than xe —
Goon Edinburg Review, we deserve your
lash until we do hotter
1 whs going to say something about the
philosophy of money, as it is played off
in tho theatre of our country, hut hav
rsuid my time. 1 ahall look to it again
I have aimed at none—I hope I have of
fended lion©—no individual
contemptible scoundrel in tho country.—
r\ • no who ha* had the good fortune
i| d»*i:r.guishhimself ns aknaveora dune©,
f .as boon corifcus in abuse, from pensioned
scriblr.rs to Major Generali* by brevet—-hut
* <*in assure them that ho despises th©ir
a no era* much as he would tho praises of
ich men. Ho courts not the applause of
tho has© nnd infamous—leaving that to his
competitor, h© lo.*ks forward to the fame
that survives this life—the “ honnst chroni
cler" will do justice to that and it is all that
grea* minds asky Tho weak and wicked
onvnime* are nine to catch in th© efferv©*-
ace of (actional commotion “a momenta
ry huz of rain renown” but it quickly pas
ses away.
Lik© the snow-fall on a river,
A mo neot while, ihe.i melts forever ’*
But he who serves the cause of truth and
jnstico, from a proper feeling of moral obli
gation and a just sense of the rights of hi*
fellow beings will not only receive the du
rable gratitude of honest men, but lie bears
about him n living recompense—the reflee
lion that lie lias performed his duty—And
such is the character of Georg© M. Troup
—endeared to his follow-citizens for his
patriotic services, he is not to be shaken in
their affection by tlio combined efforts of
Clark nnd Crowell—neither is his fame to
be tarnished by such low minded tools of a
federal fiction, as T. I*. Andrews, and E.
P. Gaines.
^ i . i nt anl wesbest. That after deponent found the Ian i
G0VCr.or.ih.tUe V4.1 ,mt?U Znldlwsold, he was dUirou. to • t part of
•Mrlvdn* i«} he applied to Mr. Cox, one of th- Vrustee,
annulment .) nndtn th * AjIjL ... /* j n V.e r mnaov to know it liecpuld get part—
let
bodtf of armed IrJops among
And, all'll vmeliave forgone© the in<olun
tors of dJork of the Wf.r Department,
T. I*. Ati»fre\vs, ilie courteous to the same pur-
have no doubt if :t proper course is pm sued to
wards the General Government <rh<l the Indians,
ihe Treaty so f<trat least as Georgia i>conc j rnea,
will be inaintainednnd enlorcetif” to prove that
he well iec.oUe.c.tsall they have said ami done,
and that lie wishes to enforce the idea, ami l«»
obtain the terms for which th©v and the Indi
ans are co.itcmiiug, to wit—“ 1 hat the United
States should be content with the lands within
the limits of Georgia, and give up those \\ iili-
GOVERNOR TROUP.
Fram the Mar.m Messenger.
How is the mind relieved when it turns
from the contemplation of ho much dopra
vity, to dwell on the virtues of one whoso
life is n historv of ull that is worthy of man
—Governor Troup combines in an eminent
dugroo the amiable refinements of the heart,
with all those stronger and holder qualities
that dignify our being—uniting private vir
tues wit|| public virtues—the gentleman
with the Statesman. II© is the only man
that I ever know who filled my idea of a
complete patriot. Possessing a timid and
soul, strong ns a mountain river, with but
few of the concomitant infirmities of great
's*, lit* serves his country from a just sense
of duty without nu eve to private ends, and
shielded by conscious rectitude, hois deter-
ed by no consequences, from unmasking
public villainy, and scourging, tho knaves
nigli and low who dare to insult our Go-
I’crnment and trample on the rights of the
people—He is rendered hy Education as
well ns by nature nu able defender of his
country.* Bred in the school of Republican
politics, and conspicuous in life fur his de
votion to trilth and nbhorcnceof meanness,
he whs patronized by that master spirit of the
age James Jackson, who lived h pillar to
the Htnte 'and a terror to her foes, nmj whose
name is now ruvervod by honest men in Geor
gia nnd dofiuned by the villianawlio smart
from his just vengeance. Glowing with
the samo fervant patriotism of his patron—
watching the secret manuverings of villa-
ny with the like vigilance and opposing them
with equal success, lie very soon been mo
highly obnoxious to tho tederalisis who
viewed him m a serious obstacle to their de
signs and marked him a* a victim whoso
sacrifice wnsiudispcnsihlo to the prosperity
of the party. But no secret artifice could
ever diminish the public confidence in his
virtue, and no concerted opposition could
over arrest bis marrb to fame, for there has
ever been a truth in his word which cannot
be gainsaid, and a power in his mind that
cannot be resisted—In that black period of
Georgia’s History, when tho infernal com
bination of Yazoo vampires wore fntening
on tho life of tlio State, he was neither a
lukewarm, ruiran inefficient adversary of
these blood suckers of the count ry. Though
young ho was dreaded for his courage and
foimidahlo for his talents; and unmindful
of consequences in the discharge ol con
scientious duties, he never failed on all pro
per occasions to exhibit tho turpitude of
that transaction nnd gibbit to public, infamy
tho base and slinmcleRs participants. It is
for this political intrepidity that the Fodctul
party liavo so long nourished their unrq.
tenting bitterness toward him, and it i* fur
having once exposed their present leader In
his native horrid deformity to tlio assembled
representative* of th© people, that they are
now endeavoring at this late period to ob
tain for him u revenge which from weak
ness and pusilauunity he could not obtain
fbr himself. We have been informed whilst
both wore young men arrayed in opposition
to each other, wc believe in the Legislature
on the subject of that d.unning iniquity,
the honest enthusiast in lus country's rights
gave such a complete and full develop©-
incut ot his perfidious and liollow-licartod
antagonist—ferreting out lussocret plottings
through all thoirdark ramifications—giving
so exact a description of the ©motions of his
spirits—and rebuking him for his abandon
ment of moral honesty in such strong terms
of just indignation, that tlio pitiful wretch,
who was to sharo with tlio plunderers of Ins
Ull was dumb and confounded
_ w country .
well ua tho press, ir despotic; the cotnpul* at the boldness of truth and the eloquence
•ion of the people to obey Do none of of th© invective—blushing at his own guilt
them obey tno ptuaa, th© opinions it has for Parulizcd at the picture of his odious na
sal©? Ai© all iin*n \\ho can shoot a bullet 1 Uire, ho remained foi a short time, before
loo wise to be led ©stray. If they nr© not, I the scrutinizing gazo of tho House an ob*
tln r© is at least soiuo danger. Cun tho gold j j cc t of tin* deepest detestation, then slunk
of a Demagogue purchase u press? Do | uwajras a detected viper glides into dark-
you know what may be tno current price of I ness to avoid th© penotraling beams of tho
oiio? Should tho treo of ull liberty suffer sun There is a lightning in th© eloquence
u little blight, os ©very thing of this earth
may, and uot bear (put© seed enough to
plant iu tho bosom of tlio uprising age?
l.iko the good mutton iu the farce, may I
lie permitted to sny “ tnko car© of that
broomstick Billy ; it looks too much like a
gun, it mav shoot you.” And what is an
archy ? Where all command nnd none
obey. All )iu\nig thcii candidates, they
are uiiurclnnl among themselves ; a ©undid-
thorn. The patriotic of the land seize thoir ato may be defined a fashionable appon-
nrtns, a goose q lift. If it costs them life,
lh©\ arc resolved to dri\© the enemy ba**K,
or urown him in the inkstand. They will
shoot him with an idea. Be careful u^
country men, y u who stand behind, and
have not yet takc:i up arms, he careful that
i oil do not get shot with thus© deadly wea
pons, for, like the smoko of t in I© Toby 's
f»ip©, they fly in every direction, und many
an honest man has fallen a victim to lltur
fatal blow, lluvo you forgotten poor Blau-
jrrhashOt, who was buried some years ago in
th© tomb of his country's shame.
Aecoidmgly emissaries fly abroad—a
mighty inspiration is gone forth, it rolls up
on Us broad surface a delude of writers,
highly seasoned with tin* most jurmg, and
dircordcnt elements—officii m uud rguipo-
tent The presses tuem to the mighty pow
er, which propels them The past displea
ses them, th© people devour them, and u,e
strengthened with fresh weapons for argu
ment ami illustration. A mighty propaga
tion of thought is going on, thought run mad.
The* dog star of tin* political summer rag©*
still higher and higher, as it Approaches ib©
zenith. Fresh swarms of tho wielden ol
the quill are every day engendered by tho
intensity of the heat Socrates, a mail of
high thinking, a colansus among these puny
tribes, w ho have just bursled th© shell, is
called flirt ft to unslieatho tho dagger of
truth ill behalf of the people.
Why this snappiug and ©racking of pens,
this railing and temmn.: »f presses, this oft;-
cion* plying f rill ol hipod newspapers
this prnligalih of ink uml speech, tins cal
ling forth ol Socrates, in a word, thu
tuning of the tnibiic. Is the public uu old
piano frrtu'of liddlo, that t» to be set to a
now time, or b© stiung o\er ? Or is Mocra
tos th© despot of the empire of truth
Does In* hidd in Ins sway its ©ntiro imig.
ziiie^* Like the fountains of the earth dees
dug© to a press; and the ‘ ue plus ulti
luultoruiu.'
“ Speak if 1 have offended.”
I would repeat, ye who line liberty,
ppoJSIo ! b© careful of any man of whatever
faith or party he may he, w hen he urges
his advice upon you w ith passion, new him
us one iimoculatud with a dangerous distem
per, a v umpire, who hasgol a taste for hborty «
blood. \N bile h© urges you, ho will call
you sovereign peopu, uml fun you with
the wing of u turtle dorr Resist him.
Thor© is uu idolatry of men sot up in this
country; like drops of water falling niton
bucket, thousands mingle iiiidi&uiiguishubly
iu tho masses of these men, louwng no
traces of individuality of the ut*© Ives be
hind. Alas', such men are lost to tin ir
coiiutiy’s good—they uio swallowed up on
ly hereafter to be ©xuibited to the world iu
the monstrous shape of another, forming
n'ouud him so many points of propulsiou.
Generally u partisan is one who is loosing
sight of h.s country, w ho lias b d farewell to
free thiukiug, who is becoming mechanical,
und thus ripening lot the use o f * another.—
1 refer you to thu history of our species for
for this morbid growth of mun, and thr
where a man will bo generally found, aliei
he has uuee become a violent partisan.—
U.tbalon, Palmyra, Koine, can yet lift their
unniouldered fingui from t.ic tomb, and
point you to his pine©on the anthropologi
cal chart,
No man's name waanver y et, or over will
be an identical term lor liberty. Bewar©
now you identify them Tluse men ot
.vtumi 1 speak, are worshiped by tiioir r* s-
,m cti\© friendsimthe samt* ah.n with lm-
erty in the signt of the pc pie. Be
noted the images ©f tno Greek
me until© representatives of tho
at last be ntno worshiped
himscUt und rumed cm
t r» col-
church,
ihv inily
diviniu
of Governor Troup that palzicsthe enemies
of his count*v—his winds arc heart sciueh-
ingdoggers to the bnsc and treachorons.—
They hav© foil bia atrr ngtli and fear it.—
Thoy JiAvnfoU it on the floor of Congress,
iu fiia dovelopelnent oft tlio Yaz©o fraud
and in his awful denunciation* against tiioir
urihaftowedjoppoiition to (Vir late just Avrigl
■toons war. They now wry ho in agony ui
dor it, in his lucid expositor of tliestream of
Corruption, running throngli public affairs ;
ami tiicy will rontmuo to feci it s^ long as
they labor to undermine th© union or w ar
against tho rights of Georgia, lie has ov
er boon the bold defender of the otic and
tho other—he will ever be tli# defender of
th© one and tho other whilst ho has “ a
soul to Jirc and a life to yield." No won
der then lliut ho should b© singled as’a vic
tim for immolation, hy tho remnant of that
corrupt faction who have been the means of
dv fraud in ? Georgia of tier Western Toni-
lory. No wonder that he should ho mark
ed by the federal ronegtidoes of J ' 13 who
opp.i.-md the war as unjust and iniquitous
and endeavored to embarrass the Govern
ment m nor measures lor prosecuting it—
rejoicing at t»ur defeat and exulting at tho
triumphs of the enemy. And no wonder
too that ho should he obnoxious to John li.
Adams, uud ins ** Diadem party” who have
long been insidiously engaged in endea
voring to effect revision of the Constitu
tion, with a view to the establishment of a
Governi!* nt on the old federal principles,
so stoutly contended for by his father, and
others, who would ft in have hud tho Brest-
doury hereditary, and tho Senators Noble
men for life, with thoir till© und power to
descend to their children. It is his abhor
rence of these preposterous and diabolical
principles which enslave the Governments
of Europe, that lenders him the special ob
jertof vengeance of tin? President, and ha*
brought upon himself such tides of audn
cions slander front IU© Federal faction
throughout ttie union. But he heejs the
calumny, aoroad, us little us ho th
wretched spaw n of riualdrv uml low ubu*>
auo wlm h ni ilie© furnishes tho wicked at
home—and it any other evidence was want-
tng that he i.n a great and good man, «»thtn
limn in found in ms course in Congress an©
the inea -ur s of Ins administration, he b©a.
the infallible oue of being vjliilicd by cvejy
From the Recorder, Sept.G.
GENERAL CLARK.
In this paper will be found an address hy
Gen. John ( lark, “ To ilia People of Geor-
ui «,” upon the. subject of “ many vUnders and
misrepresentations which” (he says) “ have
been rimilntei! to mislead the public mind ’
Among th© many charges in circulation against
him* ho has made his own selection of those
v&hieti lie deem* most difficult to he proved
and easily defended, and says, “ The grounds
a present taken against me are—That I was
opposed to the making of the late treaty with
the (!reek«, nnd that I now wish it annulled—
th u I am one ol those who corrupted the Le
gislator© to proem© th© passage of the act,
commonly called the Yazoo act—and that I
-omo years sine©, shot the ©lligy of Gen
Washington.—Either of these established
would render my pretensions to the office of
Governor a during presumption.”
Without ih© proof of either, we have been
long sin©© satisfied, ih.it his ofloiing his name
for the Chief Magistracy of this Slate was i
most daring presumption. But the public am
Gen. Clark are well acquainted with %)iir opin
•on of him Setting that aside for the present
w© will n*e©t him upon his own r boson ground
and pledge ourselves to prove him guilty ol at
b'flst two of the charges.
As to the shooting at Gen. Washington’'
effigy, we know nothing, and about it have
never said any thing—nor ©an we conceive it
of any importance, a* we have no doubt, if
proved on him, a drunken fioli© (of which he
had many in those days) would be alleged ns
an excuse for this insult upon the Father of
his Con try.
1st. Then as regards his opposition^ to tho
lat* Treaty, wo shall refer the public to the
editorial articles ol his on n newspaper, (“The
Georgia Patriot,” published in this place) nt
tli© time the Commissioners were holding the
ireutics at Broken At row and the Indian
Spring*— \t the ton© of exultation for the
licipated rejection of the treaty by the Pr
dent and Senate of the United States, when
the Agent Crowell, wrote and went to Wash
ingion City to prevent its ratification, and ol
ilie constant praises and support which Crow
ell, Games mid Andrews have received from
that paper, up to this lime
But wo have been told, that paper does not
belong to Gen. Clark, and that lie has no in
terest in that establishment, lo disprove thi
we subjoin an extract from the records of tli
Superior e.mut of Baldwin ronnty, containing
a copy ol tien Claik’s affidavit iu which he
swears that the pi ess and types fyv. are his pro
party; und <-u which a claim ia now pending
in said Court. (I)
Whatever may be our opinion with regard
to the truth ©f that affidavit, we presume h ‘
friends w ill not dispute it; and he and tin ,
are placed in tli© unpleasant dilemma, of ad
milting that th© printing establishment does
belung io him, or that lie has sw orn to a fal»c
hood.
Again, it hns been nrgvd, that although li'o
is the righttu! owner of the establishment yet
lie has no control oveTthc editorial department
• Inch is exclusively managed by bis hireling:
This is just as tiue as that the plantation of
©otton planter is exclusively managed by h
overseer, and that tho owner can exercise aio
control over him Which w© all know* is not
Hi© (net—and that tho reierse is certainly true
Tnat the overseer manages tho plantation un
dor the control ami diieriion of his employer
and when lie cease* to do so, is discharged.
S\ o rannot disti guish between an opposi
lion to the treaty and th© support of Crowd!
Claim s and Andrews, who have industrious'
and sedulously employed themselves, nut i
attending to their distinct and official duties
out in collecting testimony to defeat nnd annu
•lie treaty. Wc again rail the attention of our
readers u> tiro Editorial articles of Gen. Clark'
paper, to prove, tint he has warmly support*
tluse men. Nor do we thiuk it unfair i
mention the sunparl tlioy have received from
tli© Augusta Chronicle, edited hy Wm J.
• lobby, tin*, brother-inlaw of Gen. Clark.
These papers, nr© for Clark and the only
ones in the slate which have supported them
H is address admits that lie husrullcdon them
while in this place, and treated them with po
liteness and attention. “ Bird* of u feather,
will flock together.”
By a lefurenc© to the (2) Journals of the
Senate and House of Representatives of the
extra session, you will perceive, that nll^ the
warm and violent partisans of Gen. Clark
(and they only) voted against l lie resolutions
reported by the committee on the slate ol the
republic ngniiiKtCrnwell, and it it is well know,i
that his partisans on that committee, violently,
and pertinaciously deposed, step hy step, all
enquiry into lira condftct. - it has been aid,
nd may again be urged, that Gen. Clark
\Yt
ulcrs particularly to the ex-
• i Clark himself*“ 1
oper course is pn
should not he rtsponsjtyjp for the conduct of his
partzans in the Legi&intgre, und ihat their sup
port of Crowell should bo no evidence against
him. This plea would bo too ungenerous aud
illiberal for the high minded independent John
Clark to avail him of—\V lint, desert Ids friends
whin they have staked their all (their popu
larity) to support his friend Crowell, who
swore “ the Indians shall not ceric one fool of
lrad while i roup was Governor." Indeed, it
is not to be expected, ami cannot be contended
that tin s© friends would act directly contrary
[to his wishes, when ho was with them almuNt
ny day duringjhe extra session, while the
minittee was proceeding.
\V© cannot omit to mention th© public din
ner given to Gen. Gam©*,(the violent onposer
of ill© treaty nnd sponsor of Marshall and
Edward**) by the followers of Clark. It wa
indeed pretended by the committees, that thus
dutneis were given on account ot h»> forme
s during the war, (not lb© .beminol
... Alabama—for with them Georgia is not
concerned—And, why make thi* distinction .
If the treaty ho unfair, corrupt and fraudulent,
and can be annulletl, it must be totally sot
aside. If it be fairly and honestly obtained,
and cannot he totally annuled, it cannot he in
part. And why would lie have that course
ued toward* the Indian*——enforce the
treaty so far at least as Georgia is concern
ed, and destroy it so far as Alabama is inter
ested ? To continue an Agency situate he*
iwcecn the two states, uml thus secure it mo
ney making, speculating resting place lor
friend Crowell. Th© General may say,
he has never said any thing against the trea
ty. Perhaps lie lias beon cautiouj not io
»ke any expression that might be brought in
idetice against him. But we think notion*
speak stronger than words, and Holy wht
ha* said, a the tree shall he judged by its,
fruits ”
2d. The second question, which present* it
self, for our consideration, is the interest which
Gun. Clark had in the Yazoo business, com
monly called and emphatically styled the \ a-
zoo fraud Tis true the General in the outset
makes, apparently n sweeping denial of all tli©
cliargfSj which he lias selected for controver
sy, and intends you shall believe, lie has dear
ud any interest and concern in tha Yazoo pur
chase. ’J Ids luvweygr is not the fact—Even
he ilaip uot deny that fact, notorious lo every
man of reflection and recollection, in the
Stale of Georgia. He makes the charge in
Ids own words—“ That 1 am one of those who
corrupted the Legislature, to procure the pas
sage of th© net commonly called the Yazoo
to suit the denial ho intends to make.—
But, this shall nut avail him we have the
documents in our power lo prove his direct In
st iu the puichase, and Ids concern and
participation in the fraud and the fruits of the
successful corruption ; und, wc cannot refrain
tli© expression of our astonishment at his pre
tended denial of it, when lie knows thosedo
cuments, have been perpetuated bv the Con
gress of the United States and the Legislature
of Georgia. In the law*of the United States,
Vol. I, from n ig© 612 to 511 inclusive, will hr
found recorded tho whole of th© documents
and evidence which have come to light in re
lation to that most iniquitous, disgraceful and
infamous transaction* In page 535, John
Clark is pul down for 28,000 acres being one
half of a sub share (which was 56,000 acres)
in the Georgia company and on the same page
at the top will he (blind th© nnme of hisfutlici
Eliith Clark for , r >6,000 neves; ami immedi
ately following him Id* hor ored friends Mat
thew Talbot n .d Arthur Fort, (father ol Dr
Fort) 23,000acres each. Inpago 689, John
s name is put down for shares No. 81
and 82, in the 1 ©nncsseo company (of which
Zacli. Cox and M. Maher and their associ
ates \vi r© the grautees—Watkins’ Dig. Laws
of Georgia page 564) ar.d immediately below
him, his father entered for two mare shares,
No. 33 and 8-1—and at the top ot the same
pug© the name of Arthur Fort for two mar
share*, No 69 and 70.
The above ©K'r.icts we consider as conclu
sive proof that Gen. Clark had an interest and
a deep interest in that speculation
We will not content ourselves with this, Im l
proceed to prove that he was inf-re*ted and
wa* one of the associates, before the passag
of the act ; (and not a 2d purchaser) and ol
course was “ one of those who corrupted the Le
gislature ’*
In p. 531-2 will lie found articles of agree
ment between James Gunn and others, dated
1st January, 1795, wiiile the lull was before
the Legislature, mid six days before it re
ceived its sanction by the Governor which
was ou the 7tli Jan. 1795, when it became »
law.
In the next page, (533) you will find anotli
©r instrument, executed by the same parties,
on the lOtli uf January, 1795, relering to tin*
preceding one in which they say “ we do here
by ratify by thebe presents, every mallei
and tiling contained in s iid agieetuent, and do
hereunto annex a schedule or list of the per
sons who are entitled to an interest in said coin
puny.” Mark veaders, the word* ” ore enti
tled'' are iu the present tense—and the names
of John Clark and th© others named, arc on
that list. This was the Georgia company—
and you will observe the whole was in ten
large sh.ucs (and they were divided into sub
shares of 66,000 acres each) uml that Gen
eral John Clark is put down as a sharer, and
not as a purchaser.
Again you will find (in page 53G) an instru
ment in writing, signed by Zuchanah Cox and
M* Maher, (iheToanctmce company) to which
they sttbj lin tho form of a certificate, and the
nanus of the persons to rnhum Certificates of
shares arc issued. In this list as we have before
mentioned, you will find John Clark and Ids
Father for two shares ckch. Kefciing purli©
ularly to that list, you wtM sec sonic certifi
cates ar© dated the 9th cf 'Januaiy, some the
HUh, llih, 12tii, loth, and l-itli of January,
and some the 25th February, 1795. Those
for John Cl.uk and his fatlin were dated the
HUli, and he and his fricuds may urge lliut.
pro es that they were not originally interested
as the net trussed the 7th of January. Tint'
proves nothing for them—(or upon exaqtinu-
lion, you will find no certificate issued lo
Zaclutriali Cox, till lire 11th ami 12th, not to
M- Maher 1*11 the tliirieemli and fourteenth,
tnd both these pet-sous had certificates issued
to them on lit© 25th February. Now , if tl
date of the tenth prove* iii Clark was not an
original pun lta>er the date - of the lllh, 12th,
&.c. prove that Cox ami Valier arc not origi-
ginul purchasers, uml of Course, that there
u cre no original purchasers, which is an absur
dity. But, the instrument of writing, and the
... , .. « ct P“ rt *
that Cox told the deponent he could not, fir that
all the shares were taken up."
Now, Mr Cox (Zurh.triali Cox of Yazoa
memory) was a Trustee, not only in one com-
pan[ti but in two—the Georgia and Truitc.s&ct
companies. («•©»• Lavvv U 5ftales, Vol |, P.
531,and Watkins's J'ig^^teMte 561) (lie
very romjnuiies in which Chv. k hvwoMvaTejqnml
Cox declare* before the paswge of the act, in n
gentleman who wished to take a share, that ho
could not have one, for all the shares secretes-
km up. How did Chirk gut his, unless he had
previously taken them? for all had been ta
ken up before the act was passed. But ho
says, “ he wa* not one of those who corrup
ted the Legislature,"—“ that he was not a mem
ber”—“ that he was not there tampering with
the members. Jcc. For these, wc must have
something more than his bar© word W ©
have proved lie was interested in the land*
purchased—dial he was an associate s two of
the compiinics before the bur teas passed, and of t
course had to bmtra part of aNfthe expenses, f
a* well bribes as other expense* in procuring j
the passage of that act—that the Legislature |
was corrupt d hy thus© companies, has been
proven conclusively, nnd none but a member of i
tin*. Yazoo companies can now deny Ihat he 1
iro.v one of those who corrupted the Legislature. I
.Aware that his word would not be sufficient, ho* \
brings to Ins aid his election of Major General J
1796, hv ih« Legislature who burned the 7
fatuous Yazoo art, and his appointment of
Trustee of the University, in 18Uf, nnd tells mf-
he was associated with Gen James .lucksofi i
and Abraham Baldwin, and (why did lie not' 9
Why were these appointment <%tferred
ilh a knowledge of the facts (Jbirk
nnd O’Neal ? They were not tftc^ Known to
be interested. When Captain James Merri-
vvether wa*sworn iis a witness and examined
before the Legitl.uor© of 179G, hoxwore, 4 ‘ ho
was treasurer of oiio of the companies—that lie
did not know who they (the associates) were ?
tint accounts were opened not in the names of
persons, but by the number of the certificates ;
vvltoc he received money, he receipted by
the number of tho certificate.” Ami it was
not until the 21 ih of November, 1802. that
Ike names of the associates were disclos
ed hy George Sihlmld, in a letter (Law s U. S.
Vol. I, p.628) addressed to Messrs. Madison,.
Gallatin and Lincoln, Commissioners appoin
ted by the President, to compromise witii the
Yazoo claimants Even then, their names
were not generally known, till after 1803,.
vhen a msolulion wai
passed in th© LtcisU-.
lure of Georgia lo publish all the proof, cTor.ii*
meats, £tc. (4) imt pamphlet form. You wtft •
thus see his name w as not known when Ife re
ceived those appointments.
But lie says he was not there tnmptffts^. (
He cannot, and does not deny that Lo-was at
Augusta nt the time. If he did, it could not '
avail him. For w it hon t bringing to onr-uid his •
quarrel with General Guuu and challenge to
him, bemuse he would not let him Wftv-e &>lnr*
ger amount than 28,000 acres, we ham proved
hythr. documents lie was there ia-Jctes ihuu
three days getting hi* certificates.
We feel confident we have reJettmed our
pledge, and that we have proved to the satis
faction of every candid and reason«Mn mind,
that General Clark opposed the ircity v ith the
Creek*, and that It© was one of thest'soho cvii
nr pled the Legislature \a procure th-vpassag - of
th© act commonly called the Yazoo - act, nnd j
that his own conclusion is irresistible^ ?* that
his pretensions to the office of Governor is a
daring presumption,”
P. S If the address of Gen CI,*:nh4>© pub
lished in the Journal and hi* ow n {>nper,- lit©
editors of tlie Journal nml Gen. Cla.k ar© ■ re
quested to republish these remarks in ‘.ttoir nexT
num hers.
(l) Gtorge Hull St Charier
Cosan
j n.»*.
F. Bai l itt Michael ,
.f. Kapprl. J
levied, Stall s«*pt. 1321, upon printfajp prefix
typ«a,*n(t priotme Hppavaiui, iwn nml • half ivanu •
of impel*, 15 1U», iiik, io taiwfy ihi% fi. fa.
J. C. MW OH \M, Sh’fT.
ProcM-flines stayed b) claim «*f Oor. John Cl»rk>
27th Oct. 1823. J. c. >1AN(il!AM, SL'tF.
GEORGIA, Baidu in
. _nfy—Pc-i-wnafiV appea©*
d iK'fbre tor,Jolm Clark, wlm being tlulf iworn,
•u>< that the printing pr i«, t>pe« and apparatus
*" ntwrly belonging to the Chronicle office, of which-
levy ha» been made to mtiify a ft fa iu Cuvbr of
Uorgi-Hall ami Chnrk-i Hoft nguiust C«.iam F-
Bar-ilett anil Miclme J. Kapp« II, are die property of
it d(’(ajui‘m,uiiU tra-u-fin-e nut tuluect to vaid tf C*.
JOHN CLARK.
Sworn to before me thi* 28th Feb. 1124.
J VM1.S FLKM1NG, J P.
Verdict oj the Petit Jury.—Wt- the Jury iiiul for*
• ty u>t-
laiutuiic wiih cr»t« of suit, and prop
ibjeeu blMK.ON L. H t KPlU-.Nb, Fore man.
from this Verdict an appcnl wai entered ly bepf*
ntber Term. 1824.
1825, April Term—Continued by chdmaut.
GKOlUtJ A, Baldwin county—1 certny tli© aboi^
amt I'ort-going in tie truly copied from the ui iginal*-
n my office, nnd that die claim it now pciukag amk
undt termined, hepttmla-r, 1825.
hen Jackson was ordered to lake tli
command over Gaines to bring it to u speedy
termination^ But General .Guinea in I
ceplanco of the invitations, was determined
they should not he s»» understood. We art? of
his opinion, and would ask—if they
why did he not receive those uiteuu
his way tlinaigli the State to the Na'ioit, and
w hy did they wait till they saw tha com sc Iu
pursued on Indian Affairs ? His electioneer
tug lor Gen. Clark had a wonderful effect ir
Inigliiniiing their recollection of ins former
services But Gen. Clark say*, ** although
1 have called on these gentUmen, (Crowell
Gaiiic*, and Andrews, when they leave been
• a Milledgeville, I never heard citliet of them
express an opinion that the 1 reaty ought, oi
would bv annulled.” Can (ion. Clark pretend
to ignorance-«f their opinion ou thi» &ubj
when they have iudus.ii u-u*ly ciiculnud that
opinion thtoughuul die L’uitcd Slates? This
is an attempt, to imp. so ou >u»r undeisiand-
mg», to-' gio>a to smcueil. Does General
Clark suppose you have forgotten the pi ote»t
gams’ tnc 11can made tiy Crowell, and aeu
io th© President f Xit-.t you have loigoiie
Cruweti's visit lo Washington to oppose th
iteaty and picveut its <auticalion ? 1 hut
.oil u.,ic io.gotten Gen. Gaines s lelic* (3) it
ut- Governor of Alabama, containing an ©
- ict ot tno speech ot Hopoiihleyoliolo, a
altug to the President not lo drive iht
torn their land, ami ins declatatuii in tl
etier, “ sue.i appeals lo the mag/iaiiiuiii)
•or civiiizeu couiiiryiuen, I trust and bid*©
will not be disregarded ? ’ Thai you nave b
• nn, mat upon lit* roprust-iii.iUous to t
'resident ot the I mod, coiruption audit ©;u
n used in obtaining it, he has wril.en to -
t wliiali forms fitvt of it, taken tozethet
e tt uti
ItwlvUiose person* named in the liM
iverewnginnlly interested, nnd as they applied,
the curtiltrates were issued and hurt* dale nc
corUingiy,which you see was done imntedi
ntely oit'the passing of the law That they
were the associates ol Za.'hnrinh Cox «
Mathias Malter,, to whom und their assoriu
—(called the 'lennestce ccm/Htuo.) the l
was granted.—(3ee Walkm 's Dig. Laws
Georgia, p. 561)—or, they had no associates
all. An attentive perusal of these documents
cannot Ictve a doubt upon the mind of un
reasonable man, that John Clark was one o
the associates of th© two companies, ( Gcoigi
and Tennessee,) \o whom die land was gran
ted If, however, there should be, dint ooubi
must be removed, when he reads I lie testimo
ny of Capt. Robert Fluuruoy, (Laws l
Vol. I, page5*1,) who mvimi*—“ Gen (.
likewise told this ueponem during the sitting
of the Legislature, that no member of
Legislature should, or could expect to h*
share, if he did not vote tor the b II ’—And
the testimony of Andrew Baxter, who swears
“ that Root-i ts Thomas replied, that he did not
know he was iuterested, but that those who
voted in favor of the b.ll were provided for
in the articles of the difiercot companies."
Obsetve—that membets who voted for the
bill were particulaily provided for, and th
who would not vote for it are precluded from
mi) share. Cunyou believe so much aiiciety and
care would have been taken lor the members,
and others, rut members, would he permitted to
take shares, unless they w ere able nnd toiUitt 4
l . ex* rcise an intliieiice in procuring the pa.
sage of the ait .* John Clark was tuen a Brig
t«eiieral,a d Ins latlid a Major General, and
both, andoarticulaily the ln-t, had a consid
erable inlj.ieiice in the “ «.ld nud respectable
county ot Wilkes,’ and throughout the Suite
Bui if doubt still remains, David Gh-uu's tes
timony, (page 519) puts Hie question at tcsi.—
He swears “ that lie went duwa lo Augusta
during the la»i session of th© Legislature,
whilst the act for the sate of the Western lands
teas under deliberation of the General Assembh
that Uu put up with Mr Wilkinson and M
aliepparil, two numbers of the General A:
mbiy,ai Mr. M« l ees in Augusta - that he
frequently talked with Mr. Wilkinson on that
subject, and advised him uot to agree to sell it
lor it v -old hurt his popularity-.tlmt the *a
Vv ilkiu'ou b.ud it would uot, lor he tliouglu
n siul nre now republUhiiii
ml itu> |>ei ton wm m
©ig Umt pn^arr w:tt» tire Book
L'u, » . ?v pttuiia r, 1825.
THUS. 11. KBNAN« C. S. C. 13. C*
(i> I* Sknatk, Friday,.Tune 10,1825.
Ilesidred btf the Sc ute and lfause of Repre
sentatives, if the Slate of Georgiti, in General"
‘hsembhj met, and it is hereby resolved as the
sense of the same. That tit© present Agent cf
Indian Affairs for the Crock nation has here*
tofore, at least since tho fall of 1823, bcc.ii.ro-
gaviHess ulika of his dmi«s* to the Gcnvval
Government and of the well being of the In
dians under Ids charge. Thai thu very con
siderable power in lus hands of Affecting tlio
interest oi this state has been prostituted la .
iurfioses nnworthy in tltemsclu'S and foreign. ,
font the object* uf his appointment. That *
in the opinion of this-legislature, objeclh af
private iiitctc^t, and purpose* arising in tho
Klrifo of state politics have mainly ii Hueurcd
and governed his conduct, aiul that he‘bo*
hence been cither the advocate or live opnor
L*nt«/f the rights of tiiis state,ns lljosfc rights
have happened from time to nine t<>coincide
with, oi stand opposed to the ptisuie ttdvan*
tag© ol hn ) or his friends, and*M^ political
t redilections ; to which in tkeppiniou/4 thi*
iCghJ.ilure he has long been, ami n^jlyu wil
ling to sacrifice, th© imprests of thuTjjfneral
Government and the happiness and stoutly of
the Creek Indians, That his cuminun^r© I* 1
office hitherto has been, and liemltcr will Im
ally lo the injury qf this slate, and that the
fidcacc of a large pan of the Creek tialioi)*
ow so irrecotorahly alienated from hint
that 'f would her©afi©i i>e imposublo for liiin to
-wlministt r andhupci intMul tiu-ii affairs to their
.idvantage ami i omfoit, t veil il lie wasdirpos-
L’.l so to do. And that this Legislature do ro-
quest of the President of the United States to
remove the said Agent Ft out ©dice. And to
the end that all due nud proper proof of Iiik
delinquency may be made.
lie it further rest tied, That his excellency
thu Governor do appoint two or more fit uml
proper persons to collect uiul receive e\ idence
therein, and that such pertains when so ap*
pc luted by his excellency the Governor, shaft
be invested with all the pow er of sending foe
pciK.tus and pu) i is, and of examining witlt-
tiessus, tliut ii \t hted in either or both liousea.
ol this Legislature
•Grid be it further .inured, Tlmtliis excellen
cy the Governor lie & hr is requested lotions-
n»it to the President of the United Stales a
copy of this report, resolution, and the ac
companying documents,or such parts thereof
as lire not now iu possession of the President.
Which report w as read—and ou the ques
tion lo agree thereto, it was determined in
ibe affirmative. The President voting in the
negative, ar© )©as 31, nays 18.
Those in the ojjirnnxtire are x Messrs. .0/ten,
Raker, Ural/, Jiiacltlitar, Urown. of Decatur,
Drawn, oj Hancock, Cook, Crawford, Gamble,
Uib*on, Gilmore, Ihuaee, Haubman, Unit,
Joins, Little, Maugham, Max v eil McCrirnnwn f
Miller, Dowers, Drince, Dairies, Shaw. Stocks x
Stokes. Taylor. Tigner, ll'liittbeud. II jrnberty,
Wynn. 9
Those in the nsgulive are, Messrs. Dim kstone.
Doze man, Cleivland, Coffee Johnson, Mitchell,
Mobleu, Philips, Seller
Mobley, Philips, Sellers, Shown, Swain, Swil-
(ty, TenniUt, H'atkir, Wellborn 11 ilLinsoii)
Wooten, ITartby. { A ,
House of Representatives, 10/5 June, lota.
1 Ii© report of tli« committee on the Stale of
the Republic was taken up—Mr. Hardin, mo
ved to concur with senate in the ungual report,
ad.
non the yens and nay* Ji
recorded, and are—yea* *
and resolutions as read
Upo-t which motion
were required to Ue
64, nays 28.
Those who voted in the affirmative are,
Me»sr9. And- r.-ofi, , Baxter, Bvnnin{,
tindsong, Blcdtoisy B i .•.i!..**»-«f, Urmliain,
Brockman, Bryan, Button, Clarke, Ctopton,
Cochran, Cuxc, i’im-1 ec 1 'vllimr. D.ivj-a--
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