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, <1 Ruutl«, is now on pain in this town
V>\ hup** thrto is not tt South Carolininn G
o hr found, wlm viilue* the r.onstitiHion of!
fli. rnnntry that will urmpln tr> npnn hi* i
pursuit iho olimit of n Imlf a iIqUht. furl *'
lin rnrlnnr.holy ploas'ire of pcr.i-injr tlirm J
We have given them n thorousli Arid nttmi i
• »•••! tj«:noi,ii liAmnr;* vv «:r ciprvaacil an
opinion, iKnt a tnritt wits mnntilmioual,
when r.mcmd solely to protect tninufac
tuies an«J n >c for revenue :
“Exempt (lie says) ui one s»*ntefire, where
on II thinks u might come under ”gcn
nl vr.l/art " The nrguinunt certainly
ho credit to the poUtic il sincerity ot
II All clauses inUMmimg any auclt
ncrul power* hud been sin-ken out in ih
invention nf who h Gen. II was a tnern
ivo per isal, and ’hey have left on n»,r min !*• J ^ nr > Mt, ‘
n profound con\i« torn that wo shall he <in-1 prepsor
fiithful conductor* r.f a southern prra* B . " ,irf * 1 '
we d» dine from timidity, to pubM«h such nf I r< H ' ,or,s 1
then ns have not found th**ir wny to tin* j
public through the medium of ii newspa
per.
Fellow-Citizens, danger is at hon4 ho
nrcsaet on ns with gisnt ••ride-. we feel his
hrhAthon oiirneek, and wo are s«t,sfied
that usurpation lias followed usurpation hi
succession *u quick, that we have no time
r , |nan P ir tho strenuous exertions made
hv the (funds of the South and of state
roll's, they have |>eun accused of violence
end rashness hv northern print*, find by the
press* • in pay of the administration, do*
vi)t-d to nortliorn inlerott. It is not tho
first time that these epithet* have boon ap
plied to truth, to fact. If we should now
urge on our fellow citizens, that if any pn»*
pusal for procrastinating an acknowledg
ment of the just dahlia of the South should
be made in the next Congress it will be
high lime io meditate mure deceive moa*
urns than \vn have yet taken—tliia also will
subject us to the accusation of violence and
ratlines:-, not only from tl# fiiend* of the
tariff, b it the luke-w oirn and the timid who
nre more than half friends of that ruinous
system
lint this is the outcry of those by wlmtn
wo are denounced as traitors—of the men
who knowing our ground to bn unuttaeku-
b!c, and tlieir own to be untenable, endoa
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T«»r hi scare uafrom it. This is the outcry
fl'U only of the cautions but the cunning,
who feci the force of our just complaints,
an I who wish to draw us aside, by the
cant of moderation—bvdecrying oil mAss
ures that are really efficient, and recom
mending tlieir milk and water remedies,
fbra disease that is eating away our very
vitals They wish to lull ijs into the sleep
of death. This follow citi** im is the hoi
low hearted exclamation of the enemy . of
men who have no southern foaling*, and
who would gladly erv down dissuasion bo-
cause they dread il: who would persuade us
that wo shall he tho wiser for looking at one
side of the question only . that our vision
will bo greatly improved by shutting one
eye. And who arc thoy who make tins
outcry P Are they not the known friends ol
northern interests, and tin* hited and pen-
Honed advoentns of an usurping and utt
principled administration •
Of the Union, as marked nut in the coil*
Mention of 17S7, ami n« the patriots who
formed it meant it should b” understood, no
fTmn in the United 9»'ite* are more decided
and devoted friends than we arO. We
• rnnen it, and would willingly preserve it
from nil contamination. Hut io the Union
dictAtedby Mr. Monroe nnd his cahin. t, and
by lli« than imbecility of Muksis Ad
Am* and ('lay, we are ns ibe idedlv opposed
Is there no distinction between thu union oi
our ancestors, and tho union conteinplited
by those men ?
n.rt We are called upon to bo mi derate
Moderation ! No doubt moderation i
virtue Wo should be moderate in all our
•ira'Ses, .and still more Ho in all our conderu
nations of our follow men. We -IihII be
moderate in eur timing, in our drinking, in
all our pleasures. Hot are wo to defend our
country with moderation wlo-n the enemy
has passed « Ur frontiers 5 Will a man re
monstrate with ft robber, or defend Ins wife
or his children from murder, moderately ?
Moderati »rm is v.vrv good; but it is not a
virtue of nil limes nnd all seasons It in
nt this moment tlir garb trasumnl by out en
* m !l
Of thefte men of moderation, who would
willingly foihenrfrorn any harsher oppnsi
tion thnn mild remonstrance for anothe
r!*/en years of usurpation and oppression
whose siHpi, ions imhseility is regarded with
delight, noil in nil wavs cherished and en
^otirnped bv tho adversary—which (we
nvlc) of these men of moderation, have coil
tribntcil one snnfenro m forward, to nrotiso,
nr to enlighten their fellow citizen* on the
urgent duugef r have any of theoe men,
who now go almiit denouncing rbe p.nri< t*
who have been prominent before the public,
aver attended any public meeting > e\er
given their thoughts to the world i Where
mo their published arguments r fort thorn
go on ; vvhilo tho friends of the Tariff, and
tho adhoronis of Messrs Adams A C*\ clap
them on their bac k, and rncourago their
barkings at the vvoithv men who have
boldly conmforward, ami stood in the gap
We can tuist the public : they will easily
forgive a little over z-al in the cause of the
people ; and they will not foil in the course
of the contest to distinguish between their
warm friends nnd their bike warm friends
Forth* danger is yet advancing ; troubles
upon troubles are gathering like daik cloud'
n cr om heads It is not to tho timid and
'.lie luke whnn, that we shall by ami by look
jp for safety. If we fail in our efforts, it
will be from the drag chains with which
* lieso men are endeavoring to load ns. fVI
. jw-citixens, who arc the men whom our
•unities linto * What is the language that
!*» held by those who would paralyzo all
»ur dibits? Are (hey your friends who
use this language .* Exercise wo hewn I
ym», your own nativo good sense, nod sup
port those who am ready to support yyn.
The Editors nftlus paper have no view
WHnfever hut the pood of tltc pub ic. They,
embrace most willingly the cause of the
South. Thoy ara not:ho advocates of rash
and pracipbnto measures, or of rash nnd
nreripitMio nion. Thoy wait patiently th
c.oursoof overits hr foro they make up their
•pinion. But they nee no injury tlutt ran
p issiMv mine from the public discussion
»f any question whatever. What! sIia!)
ilia different sects of theology enter frcelt
into the discussion i f tllfl tn vsleriey of relj
gion, and tits only meat's of arriving at truth,
and shall Hie prijiter of a papr r, devoted to
public information, refuse nil <li-uun<iMns of
tbs most interesting topics of tin* day f Is
it the duty of an Editor to keep hi* readers
'nth*dark. Are we to bo denounced
•• opinions of the members ex
• irist sn ■ i-oustrifctioti; after-
i/*■ upon tico words following ns
the grant of certain specified
powers, after th»* constitution was adop’cd,
rberebv giving morn power to the ronstdu
ti >n than all tho other grants, might be in-
ir<*niou«, but certainly can give no credit to I mult
its author either for* sim « ntv, or politi' ilj
s--iiridnoss Gen. II was anxious t" .»1»*-!i*-h |
the state p<ivcrnnn:nfs arid to give sll pov\ ers j
to n national government. II* 1 sufTorc l him |
**elf to catoh at this construction t<» obtain j
Ins object.••When the Romans wished t»
c»*ite a Ilicfator, who was to be nbuvo all
l-iv.and to have power over the lives and
pioperty of e.\»*rv in an rsi the empire, they
a'ltlinrivod him to net for the general welfare
hm no resporiHihihtv could succeed such m
definite power /b homines prolig'bus,
liahcrtnt ijua dirtiit."
Air. M’Cord then give*(he following ex
tracts from (Jen. Hamilton's speech m the
Convention, on the 17th of June, 17^7
which we inacit tint the people of tin*
c ■untry may judge for tliamselvea*
u Mr. Hamilton ••••To deliver mv senti
ments on so important n subject, when the
first character* uf the Union have gone !>••
fore rue, inspires me with the greatest diffi
dence, especi. ’ly when tnv own i'leas are
ho m iterially (bssirnilar to tint plans now l>»*
foro tho committee -my Hifuution ih disa
greeable, but it would be crirntnnl not to
come forward on a question of such mag
nitude. I have well considered tho subject,
and am cnnvincej that no amendment of
the con ft deration can answer the purpose of
a good government, an long as Htate sove
reignties do, i/i any shape, rjist; and I have
great doubts whether a national g ” r, rn-
incut on the Virginia plan cnii he made cl*
foctual. What is federal 5 An association
of several independent Mates into om
Ilovv or in wh.it{manner thin association is
formed, is riot so dearly distinguishable
We find the diet of Uermany lifts in some
instances the power of legislation on indi
viduals We find tho United States have it
extensive degree* in tr.o ctrtea of pi
Let one of till s!a:..r« bo c >d-j of the Aim®
stunted dur.ni: good behaviour or ukk. j *-rcd too n|
Let one executive be appointed wlio da- t-s ;
execute h'S powers |
It may bo a«-knd is tb s a republican sv^ I
lem ? It i^ strictly so, as long ns they re
main elective.
^\rjd let me observe that an executive i-,
less dangerous to the liberties of the people
I when in office during lifu, than for seven
years.
Il mav he said this constitutes an elftctivc
monarchy Tray what is a monarchy >—
l Mav n »t the Governors of the respective
I states be considered in this light? But by
making the executive subject to impeach
merit, the term monarchy cannot apply —
] These i^eetive mon rchn hav*» prodocerl tu
in Homo and arc equally dungerous
peace in Poland; hut this cannot apply
'o 1 lies mod* in which I would propose the
u'.i etion l,r r • lectors be appointed in carh
c.f tho Mates to elect the executive—(here
Mr. II. produced Ins plan,) to consist of two
branches—ami I would give them the tin
limited l p iv\«r of p'nsinp all laws without
exception Tim assembly to he r.locn d f >r
throo years by the people in districts—the
Semite to be elected by electors to he chosen
for that purpose by the people, nnd to ro
main in office during life. The oxrrutivr
to have the power of negativing all laws--
to mnko war or peace, with tin* advice ofthc
se.’ialo—to make treaties with their advice.
iiULoitl II.Milfc,
it to have ihe sole direction of all military
operations, nnd to «end ambassadors and t«
ppoint all military officers, arid to pardon
till offenders, treason excepted, unless hv
advice of the punntft. On his death or re
moval the president of the senate to offi
ciate, wi ll tin* same powers, until another
i* ch*. *ed Supreme judicial offi -eti* to he
ppomtod hv the executive and th« scnaie
The legislature to appoint courts in each
slate ho as to rn ike the state government
unnecessary to it.
All state laws to bn absolutely void which
ntravonc tho general laws. An officer -o
appointed in each Mate to have a nega
tive on el) state laws All tlm militia and
tho appointment of officers to bo under the
national government.
I conies., that ibis plan nnd that from Vir
ginia are very remote from the idea of the
oplo. I’erliapH thu JuM**y plan is nearest
i-ir expectation. But tho people are gra
dually ripening in their opinion* of govern-
nienl—tffi'y begin to ho tired of an excess
of Homocracy—nnd what even is the Vir
ginia plan, hut pork still,with u little change
nf sauce.”
“ Hot on this great question I am still
greatly embarrass* d I havo before observ
ed my apprehension of the incfli a< y of
either plan, and 1 have gre.it douhts whether
a more enuigeiic government can pervmb
this wido and extensive country I altal
now show that both plans are materially
defective.
“ 1 A good government ought to Ini con
slant. A ought to contain an uetivo prineipl
‘J Utility and nec.osaity.
3 An habitual sense of obligation
4. I\ rcc».
f». Influence.
‘ By force, l menu the coercion of law
and ilie coercion of arms. Will this ri:
mark apply to the power intended to In 1
vested in the government to ho instituted by
their plan ? A delinquent must ho com
polled to obedience by force of arms. How
is this to bo done ? If you are unsuccessful
dissolution of your government must b
the consequence ; and in that ease the indi
idual legislatures will resume their powers
i.iv, will not the interest of the States be
thrown into the state gove r ninentrt
“ Such an* the lessons which the oxperi
cnee of others affords us, and from whence
r suits the evwb nt Conclusion that nil fed
era! governments are weak and distracted
To avoid the evibi deducihlc from these oh
scrvntinns, we must establish a genetal
nation a i govcrnmiiet.'Otiplet lysoveieg
and annihilate the slate distinctions anil
state operations; anil unless we do this, m
good purpose can he answered What d
tho Jersey plan propose ■ It surely has not
Bus tor its object. By this we grant the re
gulatioii of trade and a more elfectuuJ col
lection "t tin* revenue, and some partial do
t**V*- These, at five or ton per cent, would
only perhaps amount to a fund to discharge
the debt of tho corporation
Such are the insuperable objections to
both plans, ami what is to he done on this
ato m ? I confess I uin at a loss I f<
see llio difficulty* on n r.oiisolidamd plan of
drawing a representation from so extensive
a continent to one place What can be the
iudu cments for gentlemen to come (500
•titles to a national leg.stature? Tho ex
I nos would a> lu'ist amount to £100,00.
Tiiis however, cun ho no conclusive objec
tion i! •( eventuates in an extinction of
Mute governments. Tim burthen of thu Ini
ter would be saved, and tho expense then
would not be great State distinctions
would lie found unnecesanry, and yet I coil
Ibis, Co carry government to the extremities,
1 { ic state ifum nmtnts red need to corpora-
<< ns a ml with very limited powers might
he necessary, and tile expense of the tin
tional government become less burthen-
some.
“ \*'l» J confess, I sec great difficulty of
drawing forth a good representation. What
for example, will he the inducements for
gentlemen of fortune and business to nit* mi
annually and long * It cannot be the wages,
lor these, I presume, must he small. Will
not the power, therefore, be thrown into
Bin hands of the demagogue or tm-ddlmg
politician, who, for the sake of a small sti
pend and tho hopes of advancement, will
otfor himself hs n candidate, nnd tho real
men of weight and intlnonce, by remaining
at home, ad i strong'll to the fate govern
ments , 5 I am at a loss to know what must
he dune—I despair that n kkim'bi ican form
oj government can removt the. difficulties
\\ liatovci mav he mv opinion. I would hold
il however unwise to change that form of
government / Inhere the Kntish gorirn
went forms the best made' the world errr
produced, and such Ins been its progress in
Ihe minds of the many, that this truth gra
dually gains ground. This government has
From the Mobile llrgt*tcr.
During our confinement by indisposition
for several days after the fire, tho following
account of the awful visitation, was written
by u friend for publication :
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
for its obj, ct publu strength and individual
snurity It is said with us to ho unaitaiua
hie. If it vvj s once firmed it would mam
Inin itself. All communities div.de them
. .. selves into the few mid them soy. The first
•traitors tor keeping open our column!; to | arc the rich and well horn, tho other tho
‘ inass of the people The Voice of the pno
pl»* has been Slid to be the voice of G\id
mid however geiieralh this maxim hashed
quoted ami believed, it is not true in fact.
The people are loibulent and < hanging —
they seltlmi judge or determine right. Gi e
therefore to the tirM class n d'Hlitn t, penny*
nont share in tin* government. Tiny will
check the unsteadiness of llio second, ami
ns they cannot receive any advantage by a
change, they thcrcfoic will p\cr maintain
good government Cun a democratic n*
setnbly, who annually revolve in the mass
of the people, ho supposed steadily to pur
sue the public good 3 Nothing but a i*lk-
mamni body cun cheek 'he imprudence of
d -mo im v. Their turbulent and uni on-
liollmg dispos.t oji requires checks The
s uato of Now-York, although chosen for
I uir y« ars, we have found to be inefficient.
Will, o4i the V rginia plan, a contimianee of
i> sen years do it i It is adm.ttcd liiat you
•‘annul have n good Exccutiui upon a de
mocratic plan. See the oxo» Hom y of the
British Executive. lie is placed above
temptation, lie can have no distinct Intel
ost* limn the publi* welfare. Nothing short
ot such au Executive can be efficient. The
weak side of a republican government i*.
the danger of foreign influence. This i*
unavoidable, unless it is ho construed to
bring forward its first charm-leis ui its suit-
port. 1 am therefore for a oenekai, gov-
eminent, yet would wish to go the full
length of republiwati prin”iplo«
any light tint can he thrown on n dark and
bsputud quustion * IVe know, wc feel,
'hat our interest nnd our inclination arc
leeply envelop*}.! in thu true interest of the
public who support is We have no other
guide f *r our conduct than their good We
hast serve our own intercM hv having no
other. We know this well. If wo permit
to honest freedom of enquiry and refuse to
keep our readem in tin* dark, il is bemuse
ve believe il our bouhden duty time to o t.
Are wu wrung ? Cunvinc.o us by argu
ment, nnd we will yield our prtn lico to ou.
cotivi*. lions; but wo will not he* driven
; mu our duly by the cant of inuderation.
AMERICAN SYSTEM, OR MON \R
(MlY ItKVEALLl)
Tii® opinion* of Generni Uamillan aro
•/died i pof ns llm highest authority in favor
'he pr* Mint system of robbing one part
of the United St i;e* o enrich the other, and
o fuvor of ihe same party who are m.w
Making every exortmn toi onsolidate all the
,.n\vf rs of govt rninunt ill the Ii and* of thi
genorxl government, to tins neBtrurtion of
..e xtatoM and the liberty of the citizens ••
Vo wore glad to see tbut Mr. McCord in In*
ita speech, has published in u note and up*
w-ndtx (it-n. Ilatn Iton’aoirn vi ws of what
>ur government slmnld have been, mid fiom
•Jicm lie has fairly inferred that Gen Ham
tn u opinmn* urn not thu uu/si fitting and
prop* r t“ govern tho minds of a free p.io*
a . Mr M’C^td dei ies, |mv *.ve/, that
Tho city nf Mobile is literally in ashes
—Tlifl In art of the town ha* been destroy
fld by fire. .V this moment thu streets and
wharf* which li ivo hcretoforopresonted no
thing at tins .season of tho year, but an on
livening * *eno of mercantile bu*lh*, an
now alas, reduced to desolation and ruin
Tho flameB havo h izod almost every thin*'
in itK devouring vortex. Where stood tor-
met ly the three principal Hotel* of eur ci
ty : tho extensive Brick Ware houses, the
Colton Browses, that r.ecincd in strength and
in material to defy alike, not only the rava
ges of timt?, but of every clement, is now
• heap of btuken biick and ashes. Per-
lops there never was a inure dieadful con
flagration : there never was certainly with
in the same short space of time, so great a
proportion of so promising a city destroyed
by fire. When the efforts of the people
hud failed to check it* progress, or to keep
it even 8iatiouaiy.it was considortd that
the late extraordinary drought had cfl’octed
the pinups,—the water failed, and before n
line < ould possibly be formed to (he river,
the Mobile Hotel,whore tho lire first ap
peered, was completely enveloped in flamo ;
a strong north-west wind at that instant
sprang up, andthe contiguous houses caught
withthcquickness of powder, nnd in pro-
portion ns the number increased so did the
llutno, until tho intensity of the heat was so
great, nnd the torrent of fire so impetuous
that every thing, whether wooden or brick
lire proof or not, appeared to dissolve nt its
touch,without any more apparent resistance
than il they had been columns of snow —
Nor was there time left for some of tbost
who lived nt the remotest distances, be
tween the fire nnd the prevailing current of
wind to save either goods or furniture. It
some instances, the entire sets of Book.-
of Merchants have been destroyed. Ai
thi** particular moment, a visitation r.o dread
ltd, s doubly unfortunate for mil city; foi
at no tune, in tho Fall, Winter, or Hpring
sen-on* of the year havo wc over had
huiidaiice ofhouse room, whether for goods
or families ; nnd at tho period when the tire
occurred there had been but one shower of
rain for nearly eight weeks, and tlm < iti/.eni
had principally sought refuge in tho coun
try from the prevailing epodemic, which ii
itself, had li. en considered suflii ientlv c«
lamiloiis. Tho manm r ot cause in which
it orgmaicd, or to which wo aro indebted
for flu* terrible rtn'fortune is unknown.—
While the people wore assembling nt the
market early on Sunday morning, the fin*
was d scovered bursting from the roof of
.Mobde Hotel, occupied by Mr. John Aus
tin ; the gredrtest efforts were then made hv
the citr/fiis and the few stratigeis in town,
to subdue it ; perhaps it might then have
been extinguished if our usual force had
been present, and tho water hud not failed
- -but of this there are contrary opinions —
To trace its course aferwards would he
impossible. In the abort space of live or
six hours its limits were prescribed, & tho
extent was wonderful—extending north und
south, from thu Hotel, on the west si do t f
Royal Street every building was burnt ;
between the ancient resident e >f James In
nerurity, Esq down to the brick Colton
Presses, now occupied by Ml Eslnva On
the east side of Royal Street, every budd
ing between tlm small bouse south of the
Alabama Hotel >»f David white, |Nq down
to the house of Mr Charles Culluni, near
Government Sire* t In Dautiluri Street
ir>r!fi, civutncQcmg with thu house Intelv
occupied by R B Bredin, ami extending
to tin* ri\cr : and somh «>1 that street from
a point nerelv oppoMic to thu river also, m
Conti Street, north, tioni the corner of R
a I to tlie river, ami sooth to the river ; a
fr >rii the corner except the new buildings of
Messrs Robertson ami Run well. Water
:nd Commerce s»n els both sides; from the
north coiner of St Francis Street to Guy.
eiuin.ml Street with but one or t\v • excep
tions. of temporary buildings, sweeping
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ill - properly lost is not kn#
Fr " she .ve V
7ht President's Visit 4 Xorth Point
On reading the Pruceedtigs at Baltimore
nnd North Point, on the (tie visit ol I’rcsi
dent Ailartis, >ar first imp/cfinion was to
lulgu in some harmless metriment at his
ftxpenre; but a lit'.b* iefl#ction saimticd us
that th»- whole coh/ring and complexion of
the n1Tur was too serious to make a jest of
The people of this country have a deep in
terest .n maintaining the character nnd
nupporting thedign.iy of the highest office
in tlieir gi‘t, and any eVcnl, winch may tond
to lessen'hat dignity, that propriety, that
good sense which is expected in tlieiucum-
h* ht.cynnnf but be viewed with regret and
dlvippr ballon That Mr Adams is a
fort mod man, studious, retiring, and scho
lastic, all, we believe, will admit; that he
is not a sensible rnnn, may be gulbcredfrom
Ins vis t to N rth Point, if any thing ad-
ditionallv, confirpiatory was required on
the subject. Let us look at the facts.—
Mince Congress adjourned, the Cabinet lias
been electioneering in various parts of tin*
union. Mr ('lay. in PennsyIvanin, Vir
ginia.. and Kentucky ; Mr Barbour, ill Vir
girua ; .Mr I'foiithard, in Maryland, New
Jersey, and New-Yoik ; and the President
in Massat hum us. We should have sup
posed, that when the approaching {Session
of £ungr<>* reminded those gentlemen of
their public obligations and duties, tint
they would havo repaired to their posts
promptly, and this would have afford d
Mr A-lams a just and popular excuse for
declining any emull electioneering rivili
ties nt Baltimore. He was. however,
caught in In** own trap. lie forgot that fie
wrote the following paragraph tu nlutturtu
Leavitt Harris—
Ifo/* “The defence of Baltimore lias gi
ven in* In le more to be proud of, than the
demonstration agaim-T it lias afforded to our
en< my *’
\V uh li** direct insult ofl'ered to tho do
fenders of/Baltunore. It" allow* himself l"
ho carried down to North Point, tin'scene
of tlieir gUrv, and of « our e, the guPsn'ry
o the Amrrican Militiu—that militia whi' li
lie had m.lormly sneered »t—the militia
whom lie encouraged to dost'it the flag ol
tlieir countty by Ins censure of General
Jackson for punishing them for su»di deser
lion. lie showed a want of tact and good
sense fur his own cause, and Ins own pro*
peels in going there nt all. Well he dines
upon the spot, and of course i* called upon
for n toast. The toast of the President of
the United States, is a matter of public in
terest and publ'C record. Wlint does lm
give ? 14 The memory of the brave men
who foil on this *pot, defending the flag of
their country?” Ao. “Tho militia, the
bulwark nf the nation A*o. “The city
of Baltimore, successfully defended by her
best blood and beat energies ?” JVo. “ The
Constitut on of the United States, which
makes every soldier n free trail and every
citi/nn a soldier ?“ AV What toa*l d«>es
liis Excellency drink, while the mulliiuc*
is w aiting anxiously lor it, arid theariilh *
ryman, wi ll his lighted mat' ll, is prcputod
to re echo it from the mouth of canon ?*’
Why—EBONY AND TOPAZ'! ! What ?
Ebony und Topaz.
Imagine the feelings of his friends and
the regrets of all present, at this silly tou«t
trom ihe President of the United States.—
He find* it necessary to explain its mean
ing—and let us see the had taste exhibited
throughout •
*' Ebony and Topaz—Gen. Ross’s pos
thumous coat of arms, and the republican
Militiamen who gave if’
I nin apprehensive that tho nliU'ion upon
which this sentiment is founded, may not he
familiar tu every one of you nt this table,
and that it will therefi re need a short ex
planation.
It may perhaps not he known to you all.
that for thu splendid achievements of Gen
Ro» iu this country, his family havo been
rewarded by a heraldic addition to their
coat of arms ; mid as it was the arm of a
Republican Militiamen of Maryland, tlur
rendered this Horvico to the family, I may
fairly consider him as having given it.—
Heraldry is arnonarchial institution,ub<>ut
which I know little. Whether this infer
ence would pass muster with the garter
king at arms or not, 1 do not know ; but
I hope it will pass well enough for n re
publican derive
But the connexion of tlbs sentiment with
• he nil lines of Ebony and Topaz, i* founded
upon a philosophical tale of Yoltuirc, by
which, in my youth, I was amused aim in
structed It is an ancient fable of the Hin
du Brarnios, a nr) has come down through
tho Arabians, to the modern European ni
lions and to us. The same tale, under dif
ferent names, has been told io English
verse by Parnell, as well us ii Fteiich
prose bv Vo t ire.
in tlm tale to which my toast alluded,
Ebony i* the spirit of darkness, or of
and Topaz is the spirit of light or of good ;
and tho interest of the story consists in tlm
succession of incidents by w hich they arc
continually counteracting each other iu the
events of human life. The application i t
their names to the parts lespc tivcly per-
!• >rmod on this stage of existence by Gen
Ross and the Mili-i imen of Maryl md, 1
submit to your judgment and fooling—with
this single remark, that whenever the spirit
of evil shall invade ties country, under the
banners of a foreign land, w hatover honor*
may he sliowuted upon their commander
by his sovereign, thu spirit of good w ill ne
ver tail to provide a Republican Militiaman
to confer those honors by speeding a bullet
to Ii s heart ”
Was such silly stuff ever uttered by a
gioat man before this time? The Presi
dent tells us that ina British government
rewarded the family of Gen. Ross by
addition to rtiuir coat of arms ; and ns the
General was shot by a militiaman, the fumi-
h was indebted n> the aforesaid rniliiiamau
f r ihe honor. The Prosidunt tells us that
heraldry being a rnonnrchiul affair, he
knows nothing about it; when the fact i*.
that no man in the country is better versed
in nil the insignia and trappings of roynki,
durmg thirty years residence iu foreign
courts—Vide his Letter on Eliyucttc
Tie n follows an allegory—then a simile
—and then uu inference—that ifahosttloj
Generni ever lands on otirsoi), there will
ben militiaman who will ' speed a bullet
i ruM
Tnr. ji'Diei.vr.Yi
The most inulliaeiit public nieii|
io 'ieoriiia iuive ro olteii luul uu.-i-j
vuilingly urijeil il reform oi onr Ju-
diciiirv, that we confess we almost
despair of (rotund rid of the present
monstrous si/sfi m, if that can he CftU-
i d a system, which is wholly destitute
of an order and uniformity. In vain
1ms it been shewn that our eidht
Judjrrs ure absolute in their several
circuits, without check or control,
other than are to he found in the
limited period of their service troin
the impotent terror of impeach
ment and removal from office, and
the lessons of conscience ; in vain
it insisted that the lives, liberty,
V V V Y
<7*i I <-im£r*/>' Injure iyf .niiii7trntTrw Jprint
nn-l hence the first trial is olleu <j<ul
ted Itv consent,or made the instru
ment of throwing off his guard, or
deluding an adversary. Let, then,
the petit jury bo dispensed with—
let tire grand jury lists he enlarged—
and let tlieir be hut one trial, and that
before a special jury, selected by the
parties, as nt present. If there be
error in the decision of this jury, or
of the presiding judge, let that error
be corrected before n bench of Judg
es, upon an appeal from the court
below—thus, the first, or merely for
mal trial, being taken away, the ex
penses and loss of time attending it
will be swept away, along with it—
causes will be brought to an end with
wurh less delay, trouble, and costs,
nnd property of a free people, should , .
not depend upon the will and plea- '*«" mderthe present usage andprac
sure of eight men. who prove their *»« "f courts and the udvan-
ght nten, who prove
fallibility hv continually thwarting
nnd contradicting each other’s de
cisions ; it vain is it apparent to eve
ry rellecting mind, that there is no
settled rule of conduct in our State ;
for that which to-day is law, to-mor
row is not, and what the will of the
Judge of one circuit proclaims to he
tin? law, is often scouted and con
demned, ns contrary to law, in n
sister, and perhaps a neighboring
circuit. Dlackstonc says of muni
cipal law, that it is a rule of civil con
duct prescribed by the supreme power
in the State, commanding what if
ritrlit and prohibiting wlint is wrong
—and if this definition he correct,
there is actually no law in Georgia.
We have already seen that there is
no uniform and generni rule—In
cause each of the eight circuits has
a rule of its own, and perhaps, up
on investigation, it will he found
that there nre very few points of prac
tice and of law, upon which all of
these eight circuits agree. It is just
as true, that our law, such us it is,
is not /in scribed by the supreme /low
er in the State. The Legislature,
indeed, adopts certain acts, and they
arc nnnunlly published—hut they
are to undergo the process of judi
cial construction und interpretation,
audit may he, tlmt each of the eight
Judges sees the motive and intention
of the Legislature, differently from
his fellows. Thus, the same words
are. differently used and applied by
the said eight Judges, and no man
know.* what the law is. until it pass
es through the judicial crucible and
comes out, sometimes discolored und
distorted, at other times double re-
finnd—and often, it mav he admit
ted, the purer and better for the trial.
Ours, then, is an Egyptian darkness,
through which our citizens grope
without light or ki owledgc. We
have no system—no rule—no law.
The right nnd the wrong nre invol
ved in perplexity and doubt—if we
grasp the one, it is bvVccident—if
we full upon the other, it is without
wilfuliiess; wc are engaged in a
sort of blind man’s hurt', without
well knowing what to lie nt—turn
ing round, nnd round, and round,
always in danger without perceiving
it, nnd unable to walk boldly in the
straight path, because wc arc hood
winked.
It were to impute a want of com
mon sense to the people, to suppose
that the evils, of which we complain,
arc unknown to them. They
understood, Imh'uusc they are every
where felt—but why, being felt, a
remedy is not provided, is a problem
somewhat difficult of solution. Geor
gia is one of the most democratic ot
the states of this uuion, both i.i feel
ing and principle ; and how has
happened, that she has nourishe
little less than n despotism in one of
the departments of her government,
we have never been to able account
for or divine. It is however suppos
ed by many that TEsop’s story of the
fox nnd the flies, will afford the rea
son why our people have not sought
a change in their judiciary. They al
ready encounter great delay ami < x-
peuse, and tin v ft nr that .1 superv o-
ry tribunal, winch can alone reduce
tic present chons into order, will be
attended with addition loss of time
and accumulation of costs. If tins
luges of the special jury system will
he returned and brought home to eve
ry one, without the necessity of pay
ing in entrance for them. Whether
the bench of Judges, of which we
have spoken, should be composed of
a separate magistracy, wc will not
undertake to say—many persons of
excellent judgement are of opinion
that the Judges of the Superior Court
should act in the Court of Appeal-
Let the experiment In- made; hut
our impression is, that these Judges
will have more to do upon their cir
cuits titan they can conveniently ac
complish, and that the additional du
ty of attending the Court of Appeals
would not only prove excessively bur
densome to them, but prejudir
the public justice. These are sonic
of our crude notions; they may not
he worthy of the attention of those
enlightened citizens who compose
our Legislature, hut they nre promp
ted by nil anxious desire to reitde
service, in any every way, within
our reach, to the state and country
in which our lot has been cast.
From ihe Ricliinon«l Enquirer.
THE LETTER.
The administration prints have
been most wofully taken in.
soon ns Mr. Bailey’s letter nnd the
contradiction front “ the highest nu
thiiWrv" came out, they turned in to
abuse the authors of the story!—
They pronounced it to be a vile fab
rication. They wondered how any
man would dare to accuse Messrs.
Adams and Webster with interfer
ing in any respect with the Presi
dential election. Such conduct was
beneath them. They would not dis
grace themselves so far. To say
that the President would move one
finger to control the result, wgs an
arrant and malignant calumny.—
The President of the U. States had
himself given it the. lit- in the most
explicit manner—Ilo had authoris
ed the editor of the N. Y. American
to say, that it was in every respect
untrue, nnd destitute of any founda
tion.—The administration prints took
the cue, and broke out open mouth
ed against the nefarious falsehood.
The N. Y. American stamps it us
nil attempt to “involve the President
and other honorable men in a charge
of baseness and infamy /” The Bos
ton Patriot stamps it as “a base
fabrication.” The IV. Y. Advocate
repeats after Mr. Adams, that ‘“the
whole atlair was false in every man
ner, form and degree." The Norfolk
Herald (says the Post and the Pal
ladium, concerning Mr. Adams’ as
serted pledge to federalists: “ we
shall next, perhaps, hear the Prosi-
lent accused of highway robbery or
arson, hv his healthss presccutors."
The Democratic Press, the two Of
ficials of Washington, the Charles
ton City Gazette, the Providence pa
pers, “ Tray, Blanche, Swecthnrt
nnd all," are raising the hue and cry
upon the unfortunato story, its uu
tliors, ni-lor and abetors—and of
course, among others, we have come
in for our fair share of the abuse
and they repeat with the President
of the U. S. “that this story, by
whomsoever told, and by whomso
ever vouched for, is utterly and in all
respects untrue and without the slight
est foundation." Utterly! in all rrs-
perts! without the slightest founda-
u:c weiL'ci.ne to
which ever horn of the Dilemma
hev prefer.—Or, again, if Mr. Ad
ams did not intend to go beyond
the terms of the “ Palladium” < tatc-
nient; if he sticks to the words, and
disregards the substance ; then has
he condescended to “ palter with us
in a double sense,” and to (ptihhlt<4l
ibout a matter, in whicii his author
ized paragraph disclaims all equiv
ocation.
Wo would speak of this matter
with as much defference as jio<si-
ble for the distinguished characters
of Mr. Webster and Mr. Adams.
But, wc should he treacherous to
our principh •, If wc did not most
ingenuously state the impression
which it has made upon us. Wc
believe, that Mr. Webster did show
the correspondence to Mr. Adams.
Mr. Adams rend it. He modified
Mr. Webster’s letter. That letter'
was intended to clmlk out the liber--
oral course which Mr. Adams, in
tended in ease of his election, to
pursue towards the federal party. It
was intended to he used in the pen
ding, important election. It was so
used. One member of the most
unblemished honor refused to see
it—\\ hy 1 because lie deemed that
course as irregular and dishonora
ble. It is said, that it was shown
or tendered to three gentlemen of
the federal party—Gen. Van Hfcens-
snle.tr on whose single vote depeii;^
ded the vote of N. York—to M/
McLnne, who had in his hands the
vote of Delaware—and to Mr. War-
field, with whom rested to a consid
erable degree the vote of Maryland.
—(Mark the votes of throe states !
very dexterous diplomacy, it must
be confessed !) On the whole, it is.
our decided impression, that this
Correspondence was used in the nt-
tempt to affect the result of the
election. It is for the people to
pronounce, whether conduct of ^fis
sort is suitable to the genius of our
institutions, whether it is fit that the
highest office in our country should
ho disposod of by such indirection.
We give due caution to the ad
ministration prints. Three of the
Boston pnpers are already prepar
ing to justify these transactions of
Messrs. Adams and Webster. An
adroit Communication in the last Dai
ly Advertiser,under the signature of
“ Old .School,” and coming as it
were from one “ speaking by au-
thoritj is giving the cue on thu.
subject;
“ Let us then suppose that eir^
ounistauees have put it in the pow "
of a certain number of the repi\ »
sentativrs from various parts*of the’
union, who have from their early
political life been attached to the
federal party, (because they have
sincerely believed the principles af
of that class of politicians the soun
dest,) to decide by their vote into
whose hands tho important trust
shall he placed—would it not be
trencher}’to their principles, and a
base dereliction of duty to tlieir con
stituents, if they did not avail them
selves of the commanding position
in which they stood to require some
thing like a pledge, that the person
receiving their support would pur
sue a liberal course of policy—that
a bitter unrelenting host litv to this
respectable portion of their fellow
citizens should cease—and thut the
period so long postponed had now
arrived, when the only inquiry should
he, “ Is he honest, is he capable,
is he friendly to the constitution,”
W e caution the Coalition prints,
therefore, to forbear. It is time for
them to draw in tlieir horns. They
Will yet have to justify the vcr*1
thing which they have been hereto
fore denouncing ns an “ infamous
slander.” Mark the prediction
And mark this too !—that the saiye
casuistry wiling would reconcile one
to give a pledge to the Federal party
under such circumstances, could
prompt to give n pledge to the friends
of Mr. Clav that “ the person rc-
ccv. iugtbcir support,” would make
their favorite, and the Western can
didate too, his Secretary of State.
he the reasoning, it is fallacious, j/ton! Very strong, very unequivo-
Thc solemn decision of a single ra!—and, as the cant phniee is, it
principle, throughout the state, would I goes the whole !
itself pr< vent iwnultitudeof law-suits
and save their expellees to those
who, hut for sui'h decision, would i positive terms, thntJMr. IFrAs/rr did
Your patience, gentlemen for one
moment. We repeat, in the most
run to the courts as gamesters do to
the flier box, to try their luck, with a
sanguine reliance oij fortune. But
bv a judicious arrangement, both de
lay and expense may be made even
less them tin y are at prese nt. The
founders ot our system were aware
of the necessity of a tribunal 111 the
I hast resort—they placed it to the ap-
I peal trial. Now, our experience
Jew Slier lias specimen of| , , t hut this appellate juvisdic-
- ng, let 11a hear no morn ol 1 . . J ,
1 nali'urij rhuj'tainism—no more <0 tlu. j 'am (toes not Mistier tlu* purpose lor
bluntly l which it was intended—we scarcely
d ‘<>n.| need stop to say \\ hy—for it must be
lorli of 1
juggernaut,'
'—no more nf ihe ‘
from Mr. Adams—fo
.Tueksnn h.u) been capable of rnskm
-peech so ridiculous, 'lie adininistrHtmn
evident that u Court of Appeal-
Inuf nuduvei) thing olse in its way I'he 1 presses would Imve posted, tidiculcd, nnd I should declare the latl’/or the whole
state, and not for a county or circuit ;
and also that the re-trial of the
same cause, before the same Judge,
is little better than a mockery. If
then tho present Court of Appeals,
viz: the appeal and trial before a
special jury, he inefficient, it should
he exchanged for some other insti
tution, better fitted to answer the
purposes of a tribunal of dernier re
sort. But the special jury is a great
improvement which wc are unwillintr
to give up, and therefore, many are
anxious to retain the present com
plex machinery, and to add to it an
other Court of Appeals. We see
no necessity for this. The trial bv
petit jury is, iu many cases, only
nominal—the parties to litigated cau
ses are careful to conceal their wea
pons of attack and defence, until the
Icstrurtion bus h.'.'n vnriumly c-iimatml,j denounced him frum nil ((uartors of tho
Uni.>11.
Resolutions of the Prerbytfry if y
Ynrli—K.-.ii!veil, Tlmt this Prtshyiery
will use liioir best endeavors to discounted*
anceboth hy their own example, and their
influence, thu use ol distilled liquors, except
for medical purposes : also, dial the l’res
bytery recommend tu all die members of
their churches to adopt die same resolution
themselves. And they further express tlieir
ardonl desire that all their rbun-ii members
abstain from die business of distilling or
vending ardent spirits
The Vermont Gaset e mentions, that ii,
twelve cases in which l)r. Chamber's ru. di
cine has been ndir/uisiored lo intemperate
persons in (lie villi jo where dial paper is
minted, it has without exception, proves
effectual: and that numbers of individual,
have been restored 10 temperance, health
usefulness and respectability. If as mu. I
could he done in every oilier village in tin
country, what n d.-suable improvement
Would bo produced in society..
at from .1 bull' to one million of dollars, but
il will be impossible to sav, lor some lime
yet, any thing near wlint the amount is.—
There were fortunately no lives I..nr,
nor have wo heard of but one serious
accident to any person—Master Ogden
broke bis leg in hastening fiomlho country
10 be ofservice in the town. Many of die
most industrious and active are already eru
pt.>vcd iu substituting temporary buildings
tor pr. s. ui use, and in my more are cunto n-
uhiting die erection of others of a more per-
uianeut kind ;-die city ill all probability,
will be re built in less ilian two years, and
wall of course bo belli r calculated (o re
set a similar v isiiatinn. Few, if any com-
olaifits of suflering have beeu made ; but
11 may he that o-.rv peculiar atmosphere pro
vents their being beard His Honor the
Mayor, was among the most active on the
day ortlie fire, and has subsequently taken
every precaution against die thefi or plun
der nf such properly ns had to be thrown
into the Pocks, or strewed over (he Com
mon The Cornora'.iuB have w deaed Sonic
stall before the election in the House
of Representatives, that he had
his possession a letter of his own in
answer to one from his correspon
dent, which had been read to, or hy
Mr. Adams, modified at his (Mr.
Adams s )siigge*tion, and finally ap
proved hv him, relative to the liberal
polio;, he intended to pursue towards
the Federalists-, that Mr. Webster did
propose, to shew a member of the
House of Representatives this cor
respondence, if Mr. V. should not
be elected on tho first ballot; and
that this member declined seeing it.
We presume these facts will not he
denied by Mr. Webster himself.
His own character would he too
deeply committed hy any such con
tradiction.
Then how stands the case?—how
does it stand between Mr. Adams
and Mr. Webster 1—If Mr. Adams’s
dental in the “ American” be inten
ded to go beyond the terms of the
statement as made in the “ Palla
dium,” and to deny the existence of
any letter, or communication of any
kind, then is the issue between the
President and Mr. Webster, Then,
has the memory of Mr. Adams prov
ed treacherous to him, or, Mr. Web
-ter has without foundation asserted
ilait he has shewn a letter to Mi.
Adams, which was modified and ap
proved bv Mr. Adams. There i>
really no < Rite* altenrilD o. Tho ml- J
/GEORGIA. Pul..an) county—Whereat
\ ® J«li 11 Mason & John, Lee, apply for
n iters o! (fiftniie-iun hs w.'m r* on the estate
<>l M.iniu Phillips. I.ile of hi com.ty, dtrM,
Vml wliM'M* John Mn%on ami John
Wlii'e, iipnliri lor Idlers of dismission on the
ea|;»i«* «i( Khz d<i*tl» Mubou, luiuoi «»ru couu-
ty, .h*(’M *
And herons John C. Mason, ndjuVi e*f
r.h Cuintnin/r, dec d apply for !etr*A of
dismission on die . estate ot* Eli Cumjwng,
late of s:ij I county, d- c'd.
Tbeiaarc iltm lurc to cite amladmoniiti.alland
tlie kindred and creditor* of wit! deceaurd
to be and appear at my office wiiimi (fie time pre
ferred by law. to ihcw fame, if any they can, why
tuid Letter*of diimiftinii lliou'd not be granted
Given under my hand thl»3jvt Oct. 18X7 *
1HaI> B ULLS, c C o.
Novdnbei B mfon ,
U N’ the first Tuesday in January next, will
he 'old at the court-house n ihe town
of GrecueafoitounU, to the tu|>h> at bidder, nl)
the negroes belonging to the estate of Robert
J.iliiibou, l.iie ot (treei «tuuniy, dec’d. Terms
made known i n ilie d ty
iso* I- JfllOd JOHNSON, Adn^r
( \FaOBGlA, Warren fcounty—*-Wherea«
Jl Mile* Pur applies for letters of admm-
istranon on ihe raute of William Culpepper
late of said coutity, dee’d
Thcteare therefore to cite and admonuh,all and
fiiiiftilRr. the kindred and creditor* of said decta«ed
to be and appear at my office within the tin.rpreicri'
ed, by law, to *hcw cause, ifnny they can, why uid
Lett* rs of Adminiitration ihumd not be granted.
Given under my^ hand thi* 6th of Nov. n*7
THO . Ao GlbSON, u. c. c o
| 1 K(5RgL\, Moignn Cvuuiy VVheieaa
VJT John (iarrtMl, Sen. applies for letters of
•uim lustration on the estate of A*;i bit-hop
hit® of said county, dec’d.
1 he»c are therefore »o cite and admonitfi all and
lingular tin kindred and creditor* ol laid dccraae®
n> fie and appear at my office wujdn lime preaenbuj
o> law, to shew cause, it any they can, why Mid let
t» r» should not be granted. ** *•
Given under my hand this Jihnf .Vot. (£27. f
tOHN W FOR ER, c.e. %
0 ' LoKGM. R -lilwin cohoiy Whctena
K M Jumps Dean npplits for ielleis ot mi-
■iinistraiion op the • atm® of Obedience Lowe
Iff nt S lid r0U'‘ f y» decM
I’bftae *rc ihe.-elope to put und admtniah, B ||
ingular,the kindred and creditors ol «md deceai-
d, to b« atid appear at mi office w.iJdn Uie t.c, tt
rttwibed hy law, tu she* cau*o, it any they can
said Letter* ot Adir.iu»s;ratiou ihould not l*.’
ranted. ^
Uivck under my Utndthit «;h vf Nov.
hHV, A. viHKENK-o .