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ir . I lie »lt'«"Nolle- *>f Hi™ «l« mu« be given in n
pronertJ > s| ^ y DAYS previous to tint tlay of sale.
IMihVicinni..must be nt public auction, on the first
< n ie*"i |, between the usual hours of sale,"*
‘‘V'm.b ic sales In the county where the letters T, si
9*.v.iimi or Uiiardiiuisldp.may have been gi
place « r P“Xutrat ion or Ouardianshlp, may have been granted
, * rr ' 0 iLin. SIXTV DAVS notice thereof, In
i'.'iettet nr thit Stele, nml at U« door of the
inaTYdnys previous to the day of sale.
m Net fee to l he UeJ'b’" 1
, and Creditors of no Estate must hepub-
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.UhetliscVortli. OEOIUIIA Jol'HNAI,.
VOLUME XXIV.
MILLEDGEVILLE, THURSDAY, APRIL I, 18.13.
NUMBER 3 3.
CONGRESSIONAL
n BLANK WHITS OF SC1KE
tiWf^T FACIAS, adniitetl to the present lottery nets, lor
sale at this Hlhce. 1:1
FA K US AG.
THE Subscriber intending to
LImV-sJ " J wilhdntu' bin principal force from planting. in the
llESr lliilil R.-iri.in, will sell bn «tock lit Ni.iit.lii Coltolt
or four Inimlreil tiu.lii-U, »t 50 cents, I have I.iiind
'! v.,!ktn thiM.in in creel mod, end commanding much Idgli-
.riflin'. Jnccmnmmlato many pb.nlere to know they cm,
Z Klfmieil«ilh ffeil. »l plantation, w iislihig-
ton corny. Samlcrsvlllc. WNtS.RrTlU-.IIFlIRn.
Ti> the Citizens of Putnam County.
THE undersigned having sold
out his stork ot Medicines, Ac. to Dr. MAR-
TIN (•. SLALCli rElt, would lake this oc-
casiou of recommending Dr. Slaughter «•» his
,T7 . , i, lMi*‘ieinn io every tvay worthy o| their
his Ii lends k. patrons, as n I i. slnuvhter lias rend Medicine
<■011 linen re and pairoonv- Di. Ninugnu.i lias i an i
<cv< ral >e n s under in-tructlon, attended several tom‘e*> o|
lectures in a respn-inble Aledirnt Srluml, and has the advantage
mnuy years experience in the practice. He will nlteml to all
4'idls in hi*- proleskK.n, and may be louiul either at my oliice. or
at my former residence. THUS, IIOXEY.
Eatoiiton, Jwn I—3m .
William II. NmiUi,
Respccfnlly announces himself to
the cllitens ol Oglethorpe county, as a can*
didate tor Clerk of the Superior and Inferior
Courts,ot the next January election, ami solicits the support of
irii friendsnnd fellow-cilitoiis generally,
jauuary 17—isniGin
<iy SPO \'OU OH Vi .Wfi/
I lyAN wait no longer—A little longer is
the eternal cry—but a “ little Ion ter” brines me no money—
It is my right—«ml yon are wrong in withholding ii froni mi*—
Twelve men must NOW determine—wind I would willingly
have avoided —I must adopt the moral of the first Fable in the
spelling Book. I have tried grass -I'll now test the imceriam-
ty of the Inw. J. II. WARE,
march 21—41
SUPLRBTXL CANAL FLOCK,
I N Barrelsnnd Half Barrels, and real GO-
SIIKN HI TTER, also BACON, aasorteil; CORN and
CORN .MEAL, M ACKER EL, Nos. I 2:>nd »; BUCK WHEAT
KUII)#.fre.l, ltAISINS, IMtl , Na:s , ^nKKSK,kc-ljjr^.»lel.y
Milledgeville, 2flth Mnrch, 1833.—ti.
IIILLlilM*FAILLE RACES!!!
llli Spring Meeting of the Milledgu-
ville Jocky Club ill commence on TU ESDAY the 2kl
T
APR II., U533.
? mile ami
FI RS I' DAY—A Sweepstake, free for any hor
reneat—Entrance 2 f » ilollars. ,
SECOND DAY—Colt’s Race; two mile heals, .roe lor any
Coll that has not won a race-Entrance 30 dollars.
THIRD DAY—Three mile heals, tree lor any Horse—En
trance 2A dollars. , , ..
FOUR TH DAY—Four mile heats, free for any Horse—En
trance 2 r ’ dollar*.
FIFTH DAY — Mile heats, thrr
Horse—Eiitiauce 20 dull.i
march 21
best
LEWIS J. M
in five, free for any
. KKAATZ, Sec’y,
Dr. Peters’ Dispensary,
MIUJ'ilMifcVllXK, Ilnncuck Street, No. 17.
D i{. 1\ returns sincere thanks for the
very liberal patronage extended to him, since his arrival
III (Ills Cilyi and hopes to merit Hie continued ami united support
of his former patrons and gain additional new ones.
Person* afflicted with chronic or iuveternte diseases, particu
larly SCROFULA, DYSPEPSIA, and Liver-complaints, by ml-
lim ing the advice of Dr. P. may rely upon being speedily reliev-
i-i| ol iIhim' tlikl n ‘wing itiaIndies.
NOTICE.
T 1IF. subscriber hereby informs bis friends
an<l the public generally, that hereafter lie will only
mirk for Cash, or for those to whom he may he Indebted, lie
conliuues to make i .
Mill Irons, Inks and (eutlgeons,
a* ueurI—Mill Bnxes.^" 1 °*bvr Castings of Brass or Compos..
,i '^OUNLOsYs l ro P pM?«ralihe.1.ortestnotic..
Mil II.-.- 1 —I’divti 1. I. <1 SIIIWO
MILLEDGEVILLE
BOOK AND DRUG STORE.
T HE Subscriber has received, nnd is re
ceiving Ilailr,a fullsupply ol all the articles necessary
to render bis Slock complete, comprising « grciil variety of
Hoots and Stationary, Drugs, Cowls, Dye
Stuffs, Fancy Articles, <!^c. fyc.
*« of which lie i.flbrs tor sale at reilnceil prices-lle will sell aoj
.irllcle in the Store at as low a price, anil many ol them ol low el
'■“-"c, ' be purchasedabovi-,A, aKKKN
Millcdgcville Rook &• l)ni<r Store.
njUIE Subscriber hns recently received the
BL following Medicine*, which from the high reputation
they have among the medical gentlemen ol rhiinUelpbia, lit
dues not hesitate to recommend;
Carpenter's Compound Syrup of Liverwort,
a «nfi* and valuable medicine for coughs, spitting of hlo«n.l,con-
smntttion and liver complaint*.
Carpenter's Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla.
Carpenter's Compound Fluid Extract 14^ Euchu
1... . 1 _ ... 1.. .1'. .r ■»... 111 u
! 4 .
valuable remedy ii: diseasi** of the hlmuler, "h*truclions
rine, chronic gonnorhen, and glents ol long standing.
Carpenter's Precipitated Extract of Hark,
potnessing all the febrifuge properties ol Quinine, at one
third the price. . ..
Carpenter's Oil of .Mustard, Oil of Canlhannt s.
.‘Vsn, ('arpcntcr's Saratoga Powders, for making
Cniigre«n» Spring or Saratoga Waters, inferior In no , 'J* 8 P*5 r l *°
that trc-.li trout the Spring. THOMAS F. GREEN,
july 20 - . .
L AW. The undersigned Ims moved
1‘ioin Hamilton, and settled permanently in Columbus,
vuli the intention of devoting liioi*elf exclusively ati« ««nrt'
inittingly to the profession ol the Law. As heretolore he "Hi
practice in any of the counties ol tin* (diatlahoochee Um uH'
where hi- sort i« e, may he engaged, in the Mn ‘ *
Town of (
• i it'.ry 1
ol the 1 cceiitl)
counts unde
•f .Iust { re*s jurlscMrtion,
-i s Vm- l iken tor eolh-clion, mile
'iniitx in 1 w it ii sir hi the course of otherbu-
thilun.hu ..March7—It
HENRY J. IIA It W - EEL
N EW ESTAHl ISlIMEXr.
Gordon A Bradley, Tailors,
AVE located tltetoselvus m Millcdgc-
.’ville,on Hancock Street, whe
TMLOlUNt; Ri siNE
they will carry
j3 , all It* various branches, rrom
their l.iuirexm-rience in the business, they flatter thuuiBelves they
u ill he able io K i»,- general salistaclion to those who mayiaxoi
them with their custom. .
.Ilililary IIexecuted in the
neaieti in.innor, nnd ut llie shortest notice.
UOUGHT To IInil in Morgan county,
Fehrunry l’>, 1&JJ, n negro woman by the name of RA-
TEV, who states that she belongs to Edward Uox, «»l Leung-
■ton,and has been hired to James Smith, in Jasper county. • lie
J* about 2.'> or 30 years old, dark complexion, some lew M-ais
her shoulders by the whip. The ow ner is requested to come
lorward, prove his property, and take her away a* the law i
quire*. 1 * C. CAMT11ELL, Jailer
Bl
A (»K A DU ATE
Dublin,
Tacher of e|tli
of tba University
•PE EC 11 OF
MR. CLAYTON, OF GEORGIA.
Delivered in the House of Representatives on
Wednesday night, Feb. 28th, 1S33, on the en
forcing bill.
Mr. Speaker : It lias been well said, by an old
author, that when a Government intends to com
mit violence upon the rights oi tlie people, its first
attempt is to put out the laws, ns others, on like
occasions put out the lights. We allow the dis
burdening. of a ship in imminent peril of wreck,
hut this will not excuse those who, upon n feigned
foresight of a State tempest, shall immediately cast
law and conscience overboard, discard and quit
rudder and compass, and so assist tlie danger they
pretend to fear. As a pretext to tall upon the peo
ple, they are to be visited with frequent vexations,
and lest these should be healed by that generous
forbearance peculiar to a love of country, their
sores arc to be regrained nnd exasperated, under
all the urging circumstances that Como within the
invention of scandal. And hence, ‘ tis a princi
ple in the politics of tyranny-to make every infirm
ity a fault, and every fault ti crime. Bitch ns study
to he great by any means, must by ail moans for
get to he just, and they that will usurp dominion
over others, must first become slaves to the worst
try ants—a Installer power. Power, when un
chained, stops at nothing short nr full gratification
and by nothing is it so much delighted as the red
ruins of wasted countries, desolated fields, and de
molished habitations, and this scene is greatly
heightened in its hell smitten aspect, it there lie
left to brood over the mischief, the solitude of wid
owhood, and the destitution of orphanage. Such
may he the result of this day’s legislation, and
there is to come out of it this lesson, that in the
promptings ol ambition, power cannot ho purchas
od too dear, though it cost the blood of millions.—
In the contemplation ot a principle so desponding
there is lelt one consolation, poor 1 confess, that it
will not he the first supremacy that Ims been won
and worn upon the length and keenness of an u-
surping sword.
It is the remark of an eminent divine, that in
entering upon the discussion of an important ques
tion, it is all important to catch, in the beginning
the fixed attention of the hearers, and nothing is
so well calculated to cfiect this object as the rend
ing of some striking passage from a popular author.
Knowing ail'd feeling how much I need such aid
1 will prosent you, from this same divine, that very
stimulent, which he, in much good sense, recom
mends. “The vessel (says he) of our republic, driv
en by the gales of discontent, and hurried still (lis
ter by the secret current of luxury nnd power, is
following tlie same course, and fast approaching
tlie same rocks which have proved fatal to so tunny
before us. Already may we hear tlie roaring of
tlie surge ; already tlo wo begin to circle round the
vortex which is soon to ingulph us. Yet wo see
no danger. In vain does experience offer us the
wisdom of past ages for our direction ; in vain
does the Genius of History spread her chart and
point out the ruin towards which wo are advanc
ing; in vain do the ghosts of departed govern
ments, lingering around the rocl:3 on which they
perished, warn us of our approaching late, nnd ea
gerly strive to terrify us from our course. It seems
to he an immutable law of our nature, that nations,
as well as individuals, shall learn wisdom by no
experience hut their own. That blind, that accurs
ed infatuation, which over appears to govern man
kind when there most important interests arc con
cerned, lends us, in defiance ol reason, experience,
& common sense to flatter ourselves that the same
causes which have proved fatal to all other Govern
ments, will lose their pernicious tendency when
exerted on our own.”
Mr Speaker: 1 am not so vain as to believe 1
shall, this night, make the slightest impression up
on any member who favors the passage ol tlie hill
upon your table. I should feel humiliated it my
discernment was so far suspected as to raise the
belief that 1 did not percieve tlie “ malign influen
ces” under which this measure is insidiously creep
ing to the execution of its purpose. To check it
hero I have no expectation. lint, as 1 raised on a
former occasion, there is no place in this wide em
pire, from which the people mav he so well en
lightened, ns from the halls of Congress. It is the
stand to which twelve millions of eyes arc directed,
nnd to the preachings from which the same num
ber of ears are listening. To this more than culi
nary attention, nnd stilldcepcr anxiety, I address
myself; and if there is lelt any thing of candor or
judgment in this groat auditory, Ircu from the in
fluence of party strifes, personal politics, or paltry
devotion to if name, 1 trust the appeal will not be
made in vain.
The bill we are called on to pass, amounts, to a
declaration, without mincing tho matter, that the
States of this confederacy, as States, may bs com
pelled by the military FORCE of the Government
to yield implicit obedience to the laws ofn majority
of Congress, no matter what may he their charac
ter, nnd that there is no other relief hut the virtue
of the longest sword nud the strongest nnn," luld-
ed under tiie dread alternative of triumph or trea
son. And what is worse, though one is the crea
ture of the other, yet the creator alone cnnCoinmit
treason. The creature has nothing to laso in the
conflict. It draws its resources from tho author o
its own being, by which it makes its conqu.sts, and
is subject to no pains nor penalties. \V Ine on the
contrary, the State hns every tiling to forfeit, and
pays tho expense of the war, on both mdcl. Is this
a false statement of the case? J hen vhat has
produced this state of things? That witch has
produced more real discontent than nil o.hcr mo
ters besides. 1 mean TAXATION, n coun
tries where the people are taxed to hutport the
splendour of kings, the luxurious indulgence of no
ble families, of particular dynasties, nnd are edit-
catcd to believe that such impositions arc all right,
and is tho very essence of duty, it is n matter o.
little concern how much their oppresoirs nlilict
them. But in this enlightened country where men
know their rights, nnd are taught, from tho ropub
lican simplicity of their Govcrnmtvt, that taxes
are property, and just so much, and no more, is re
quired, as is honestly necessary for the (ruga pur
poses of Government to protect the residue hit in
[he hands of the contributor, itbccon.es a su.jcct
I of just complaint, whenever those limits aretnns-
„f| cended. For whom, then, are these taxes level ?
purpose we please. True, those manufacturers
have driven you to desperation, nml to drive you
out ot it again, becomes n pretext to keep on the
taxes. Uay down vour arms, fall on your Knees
and raise your hands nml eyes iu supplication, nnd
we have no doubt they will take the matter into
their serious consideration at the next session ol*
Congress! Now, Mr. Speaker, you may think this
is no linrd matter to bear, nnd that we ought to
try it a little longer, but mark me, wo are m nnd
about the very point where it can be endured no
longer, and this Congress would do well to pause
bclorc they move any further. \\ lint is it you
want.? IVxcs; Tor what? For the Government?
I akc what you please, to any amount, for its hon
est purposes. Have you over been stinted ? Your
Secretary says you cannot possibiy spend m<»ro
than fifteen millions, and the allowance ot this .sum
will reduce our burthens six millions. Why " ill
you not do it ? l)o you want more lor yourselves?
Only observe for a moment how bountifully you
arc supplied out of thc.se fifteen millions. Dcnr
with mo while I tell t!io people who are working
under God’s curse, for wlmt Tittle they cam, how
sumptuously their governors live.
First, go with mo to tho pnlnco of your Presi
dent—see the splendors of Ins household—view
the lawns, and artificial hills Ar. dales that surround
his mansion, made on purpose to regale his eve, iV
varied every year to relieve his vision from tlie tini
ness of monotony! All this comes out of the es
timate of fifteen millions, said to be wanted tor the
use of the Government ! .Como with me to the
gaudy exhibitions displayed iu both hulls of Con
gress—sec our hundred white servants, subject to
our beck and call—and we can hardly lilt a draft
ol water to our lips without their help! See the
splendid gardens and enclosures provided lor our
especial comfort nml refreshment! Oho pavement,
ot ninety feet in length nnd forty in breadth, has
cost four thousand dollars! One enclosure ol eight
acres, for a botanic garden, in front of this magni
ficent building, is about to cost, us twenty thou
sand dollars. The bringing of water from a spring
in the adjacent country, to sport in a fountain be
fore the Capitol, is to cost thirty thousand more.—-
It was but last night you gave away to this city, a-
lonc, eight hundred thousand dollars, besides one
hundred thousand for paving in streets. Tho ap
propriation for what is so wastefully scattered over
this building and its various apartments—l mean
tue! and stationary—is one hundred thousand dol
lars a year—a sum sufficient to defray the separate
civil list of half tno States in tho Union. Two
thousand dollars lo paper three rooms in the Presi
dent's palace—enough to build forty habitations
for those in the humbler walks of life, who are the
tax-paying people. All this—nnd I barely men
tion a few items, to show the character & oxtrnvn-
ganco of public expenditure—3Iso comes out of
this estimate of fifteen millions of dollars, intended
to supply the wants of tho Government! Yes, Mr.
Speaker, tho wants of-the Government! And
when the people, with a Indy devotion for the Gov
ernment of their choice, are willing to submit to
these impositions, & to gratify fliese frugal wants,
it is not enough—they must contribute to the simi
lar wants of private gentlemen, and to the gratifi
cation of the like kind of splendour; because, for
sooth, they have idle money about them that must
ho put to profitable employment, through the agen
cy of the Government, and at the expense of the
great mass of tlie laboring south. And w hen the
south compluius, they are told, your conduct is in
solent, your course is rebellious, & your doctrines
are treasonable! 11 becomes our duty, is demand
ed by tho dignity of our Government, in the lan
guage of the Chief Magistrolo *of tho nation to a
member ot this House, u to put you down.” These
additional taxes, over and above the icunts of tlie
Government, so lung complained of, und now of a
tho south to the point of resistance. South Caro
lina bus said she submits no longer. 'I’lie rest of
the south will soon follow. Tyranny, always cow
ardly, has taken tlie alarm. Every thing is mag
nified into rebellion. Wonderful signs, as of old,
have appeared. The earth and uir are filled with
prognostics. Expresses frighten the country, from
Washington to Charleston. A steamboat Ims been
seen to reverse its flag, tho Union down. One star
blood-red flag has been seen in the south. On
the morning the proclamation made its appearance
111 the Senate, no prayers had been said in that body
Tho flag of Congress, on that same morning, was
observed to be flapping iu confusion, only half
mast high. One of the thirteen stars, represent
ing the thirteen Stales, iu the Virginia Capitol, fell
on the day that that grave body were discussing
federal relations. These were fearful omens ofap-
pTouching war and rebellion ; and as history plain
ly shows should never he disregarded by n cau
tions und wise Government. And, by way of show
ing you Mr, Speaker, how necessary it is to watch
the signs, and to regulate a flairs thereby, let me,
w ithout reminding you of tho oracles of old, bring
to your notice what was done by our sage and lore-
knowing fathers, in that Island from which we
sprung, about two hundred years ago under similar
circumstances. I read from tho Tracts of old
Lord Somers, a quaint hut highly instructive au
thor, to whose amusing and vastly edifying lessons
I invite tlie attention of tho House. It is well to
make comparisons between periods separated by
long lapses of time, in order to mark our wonder*
ful increase of knowledge, nnd tho great improve
meat of our taste and judgment. To this end, I
shall use this author frequently in tho progress of
my remarks ; and therefore, once for nil, formally
introduce him to your acquaintance, nnd commend
him to your polite civilities. Well, what says Lord
Somers ns to signs ? 1 .isten.
*• The Yv biggish signs and apparitions, fire tel
ling their rebellion, and tho Dutch war,ns you will
find in two pieces, entitled, Miribilis Jlnnis, I and
2. viz:
manding all the Dutch ships in the ports of Kng-
lnnd to be stopt; und all further treaties of pacifi
cation being laid aside, both nntions prepare for
war.—See troubles of English paper ft. following
tlmsufroror to point him to tlie pood motives tlmt
lie at trio foundation of lln*ir inulituliow. I wish,
Jiow’i’vur, lliis n lebratcd instrument find even the
v| rtuo of their design for its uppnnranee.
T his proclamation has boon Ibllowod up by n cool,
calculating inesaagp, confirming all its principles,
nm< demanding the the bill now under discussion.—
o bis bill requirrs fi.ree to put down, not tho tumult
of a few individuals noting upon their own respon-
, . . 'l*inn nnd deliberate net of the
| people ol .1 whole sovereign Plate, assembled in
j convention in the same manner in which they ns
i) v ..... , •’ . , • 1 , , , . the I rdcrul Constitution, «!fc asserted under
Uyono picturo they did basely represent tho j nil ihe forms known to u well organized* hid«pe„.
tail, with ; dent Government. Sir, this bill does not blink the
j question; it asks lor I lie power of declaring wnr ngninsl
u Ptale.A: for the use of the army and navy, to give
success to that wnr. And, sir, we are about to grin
it. W e are about to do that against n sinter Stnb
which wo dare not do against a foreign notion. \Y
i darn not, without a formal deolarath
I ub
“ During (as tho history continues) the preludes
of the approaching wnr, the Dutch, a more contu
melious than formidable enemy, inflamed tho rage . .. r
and hatred of the Knglish people, by several setir-( ° » a . ’ " n ‘d'yi
rilous libels, medals, and many base and satirical • ** M1 1
pictures, according to the innate iusolency & bar
barous vanity of that people.
Hy one picture they did
Fnglish nation a lion.depicted without
three crowns reversed.
Another was a picture of ninny tnnRtifl ilngs,(
whose cars were cropped, nml tails cut oft* (vide 1
Dr. Collins's Survey of Muscovy, cap. 2(1.)
•ho torrit .r.e. hereby ceded to the U. H. •ball bt with-
TU’M- r™"}™ of the places occupied by them
’ (riven within month. ,ft«, tf,. nuifte.lion
L , . V r, °°TAm! where..,il
his this (ley buen ninth' known to me that the follow,
mg officer, of his CaLholic Alajraty, to wit- feieht in
number,) are (amono many tilings related under «
■ ondly number or w1ierca.es) the author, of tli. fol-
lojvlng lol.e, ac.ndulou., and indecent public.tin. :
(Xow listen to this srnndulou. nnd indecent public.-'
lion) vir. : In speaking of Cotonrl Calleva'a
pea ranee before General Jnrkson, H. ft. ought to
i? T ® "'''l.''' 1 111 “ of the interrogator!., and
1'2 1 y ofiens've nronsntionj of Ihe General were
leUhfully interpreted to Col. Cellar., any more than
the replies of ihe latter to the former. It wa. there-
lure, out ol the power of nnr Chief, not knowing
what was said lo him, to make the auditor, under
.land how innocent lie was of said charges with
which Ins uniiunlified honor was endeavored to ho
.tamed. Such, in sum, are the observations we had
to make on the statement of II. J1. nnd we hop.
that he nnd tin* pubh* ;— . .. 1
In dishonor to tho King and tho Kiqiliah nation
thoy trailod tho I'ugliali I'.olora, debit'd with tboir
xcrouionts, llirmiirh llio Htroots, nml nl tho ate
ro*is with tho nqiroaeiitjtivi
of xvnr, which
of tlm people,
their boats, whereby foreigners were persuaded U,al' ! ilBll 1“ ld r '”‘ , !. f " r lh, J "re "ii.werable fot
“ Prodigious signs &
&c. First, tho likeness
nppnrilK
nf n ship
ccntleu. For tvliotn, men, mo
Ouiiiiu - ire land, 7. "desirous oi obUdn, » ritriton «| Arc they for thoUovornmont j 1 N»t fo. ““-re-
1 public
- ... private Khuoi, where .he would I ”j ellt |,^g sa jd they arc not necessary—more fian
instruct mn in ilic Greek, Latin, nnrt hnclisli ln«Kuafe*. ruirrlit to llO ruduCCtl—rCCOIlinClUH It,
. M,sl "ry. Geometry, Book keepinK.Geusrnpliy, A* Hhnieur, reai - Mg wanting OUgllt tO - . \ rmlmtinn
b'K writing, anil Orthography; together \eiili Greek ami L»jin , CO n$idcrs the SOlltll badly.troatCd. ArCClUaif
eiimpoMtion—the advertiser ims hud more than ten year* eiiH’n- . whirli the Secretary oftllC
ln tf-,chine, and Im. recommendation* will lie found *au.- „f SIX IllllllOllS of tflXCS, WlHCll U\L i.v i
rn a»«innd*addressed (po«*HpepaidMq A. ™* *.V.'' * Trenailrv savs can be readily spared, "itJ urm dll
r:,T - »>'• 'v:::; L S u. w ia«- perfectly
otir strifes, and render — .
unnecessary. Why can it net be donj? W as
nfiar/t nn inatnlJCO Ot 01)0 pOPuM] Ol tllO
keep on the ta.us,«S: lho
our navy was totally destroyed by tiio Dutch,
that they had gamed the “sovereignty” of the sen
Other curious prints were divulged every where.
<>! the Fiigliah ]'/teuton being overliirown, uol by lb,*
thunderbolt « of Jove, but by tlie valor of the Dutch.
It seems Mr 111 ilia, or old KiiglatuL wus no longer seat
ed on her if tube, u ilh her feet on lue sea, but prostrate
«>n the dry laud, Slrdluud being mounted on an ele-
pliant, trampling upon her. Also, a boar cutting
olV the tails of tlie mastiffs, whereofsoma ran away,
otlierv »nt licking tli**ir sores, others stood barking ut
n distance, with this inscription : The. English tings
tintI vipers Hestroynl by the rulor of the tfufiaiidn s, in
such manner that they nicer shall gire the irortit fur
ther trouble, (vide .Stubs'* Farther Justification, A c.
fid. 2. ft.) And lest re should stand in need of
uome of these extraordinary pictures of the Dutch,
the It yin.tf post has supplied 11.4 with another. lie
tells us that some of their wanton limners drew
King Charles the second, with Iris pockets turned
inside out. This was when there was a secret tin-
deritauding betwixt the Dutch and the faction in
the whiirgish Parliament, while they bad agreed nut
to give Inina penny «d* money. unlesH he would con
sent to have himself dethroned hy giving away bis
rnr rooativi:." (vide OuteH's pic. )
Thus ends our author upon tho notublo subject ol
signs, nnd they boar such a remarable resemblance
to our own times, I trust they have not been unin
teresting. Our signs have denoted “ villamms plots
and conspiracies,” nnd the ignorant multitude un
der their seditious leaders, have meditated not only
rebellion against his “ Majesty’s Government," but
a dismemberment of the Union itself, and hence
great preparations of warhnvo hern made. Troops
have been sent from Norfolk to Charleston, “ anti
fifty rounds of ammunition to the gun" have been or
dered. A part of the navy lias heaeiged that port.
A reinforcement bus been thrown into tho Arsenal
of Augusta. And what ia all lliiu for? It ia said
information has been received from a curtain quar
ter, winch I suy dure not be furnished, for it has
been called for and refused by this house, that the
publm authorities of South Carolina intended to seize
1 ho forts nml arsenals. Sir nobody believes this—-
there is not a gentleman iu ibis I louse believes it—
perhaps 1 mistake, (here may be one or two. I ap
peal to the honor and candor of, every disinterested
man upon this fb or to suy whether, from their
knowledge either personally derived, or from Depu
tation, of the characters of Governor llayne, Gen.
Hamilton, John C. Calhoun, and other distinguish
ed men of Carolina, which need Hot now be men
tioned, he believes that they or any of them ever
conlomplnted disunion, or designed to capture the
Military posts of the Government. No sir, no man
io abuses Ins own judgment much less (lie integrity
of those distinguished patriots, as to creditor a mo
ment suspicious, almost too gross for the fanulic
credulily of which 1 havejust given a specimen lor
from the jvenurablct Lord Somers. Put great com
plaint is made of the war preparations of ftoulh
Caroftpa. Can any one be serious in sayingllhut
there is no cause for litis ? A iStnle surround* <l by
*' -®« denied Ihe right to prepare to meet ill
Take care, Mi. ....... n ;- ..!.•• miug mu.
liinu to the Slates! In vain the Constitution allow?
the privilege lo ihnpilizen lo hear arms for his pro
tection, if when Its rubs up bis musket A: furnishes
it wilh a flint, ho runs ihe risk of becoming a trui-
Sir, preparation i» no force ; ns well may yon
tell me that the gentleman who Bits before me wilh
Ins sword cane, and which, no doubt, lie carries for
his honest defence, is obliged lo run it through the
body of tho first man lie moots, because be lias
thought proper to be ready for the ussaults of either
insolence or avarice. I well remember, Sir, my own
State had once to make warlike preparation against
tlie usurpations of this same Government, and I
should like to see the mail who would dare to say
she meant any thing more than the lawful deduce
of her undoubted rights. Against this l nion she
never inedilaledThq slightest movement, but against
tlie unconstitutional acts of its Government.—
.She did*plant herself upon her aims und hurl de
fiance in the very teeth of your usurping laws.—
Wh.it Georgia has done iu good faith against the
designs of arbitrary power, 1 uni willing to accord to
other Slates, without imputing bad motives to tin-
act.
Rut, Mr. Speaker, these wonderful signs have
produced nnoliier wonderful consequence ; like the
Dutch apparitions that Irioglitemd the Dnglinh
King, they have brought out n similar |
A proclamation, I will venture to say, that may safe
ly challenge the world for its parallel. By what au
thority was it issued ? Sir, 1 am about to make i
declaration that I dare any man to deny. 1 affirm
that there is no authority in this Government, for
any precl.iniuli'Ui from tlie President of the l nited
S'.nies, that i.* not founded upon some notorious law.
'file King of Great Britain dare not issue bis procla
mation unless supported by gomu known statute.—
Now, show me the law that authorises tlie procla
mation in question, I boldly say there is none.—
What ! have wo come to this, that a proclamation,
like the edicts of the Grand .Sultan, is to be tlie rub*
of action Ibr the free people of these United States'
Tint the President shall proclaim in written iustru-
me its wli.it lie considers to lie tlie law ; what is his
interpretation of the Constitution ; and .that, accor
ding to bis views of either, the sovereign States
shall be bound ? Is any here so credulous as to be*
Jieve that if such a paper iiad been issued by the ex
pected successor of the present iincumbenl against
such a State as Virginia, it would have been toler
ated fur a single moment south of the Potomac r
No.Hir, it would have been burnt in every town and
hamlet throughout all that region. And pmy, fcir,
what is tlie nature of it. In one breath it reasons ;
in the next it threatens ; now it argues, then it
raves; here it is pathetic, there it is Butyric ; in one
moment it is serious, in anotlier it is ironical ; some
times grave, at others petulant ; in some places it is
persuasive, hi others intolerant; in many parts ab
solute, and every where dictatorial. It arraigns the
motives of men; is abusive of particular characters,
imputes base designs to the public authorities of a
State, and denounces the leaders of the people of
that State ns traitors ; loosing sight of the dignity
>n c , denoting wnr,
ship scon in tho nir
nt Stratford, by Bow, near Loudon, in September,
]»». •
« Two meteors like n streamer, or a besom, scon
in Wood street, l‘2th October, l<i<>0 means Inn
'J'rump’s broom at his topmast-lioad. These relate
to tho Dutch war.
“.Void for whiggisli armies, nrllirir rebellions a-
gainst tlie king. Strange nml terrible noise heard
in the air, ns bealine of drums, the reports ol (jrc-sit
ami small guns, in January, KiliO.
“The form of a town well fortified seen in the
air, ‘F-'d April, llkil. ^ _
“The noise of boating a drum, nml ot clattering ( ,f „ Stale paper emanating from tlie Chief blagis-
of armour nnd tho groans of dying men heard in j train of a great Govern men l, it descend, to personal-
tho nir, I September, Uitil.
itioa, and tho
A fact is quoted in one of tho New York Papers I there ever before an instance of one poi tj.n prtlu
>m the Georgian, that may try the faith of their people fighting another to kcc
front the ,,, „ ,, , „
readers. It is stated that a gentleman not long j Government etanding by, with it* p
since, voluntarily, spontaneously, of his own “ ini — - tho battle .
a3 full
s it wants, encouraging the battle ? E4ik at tho
and accord, and 'without being thereunto ndmon-l matter in its true colors. The south has lien com-
ishctl or requested, returned n borrowed book!!; plaining for ten years, m every lormil
And wfiat adds, if possible, to the strangeness of' dressed injury can suggest, nnd they hart been . s
file affair is, that no namo was written iu the vol- constantly repelled by every excuse i I
nine. The story needs confirmation. j avarice could invent, and none ™ "J- . f j , 1
1 the public debt. Well, now the publiddebt is
. The lu„ n e| on the Alleghany portage Kail lload paid. What next ? Boho’d the
I* nea,!, three hundred yard, in length. On tfi. llonc ®“ r " i l t l ' o ^ , of yoU] an d more too ; buttercaro
-'Jtb inst. tho first preforation was effected in this
great work ; and there is now no doubt of its com
pletion during tho winter. We lenrn that ho exact
"ere the calculations of the scientific miners who
‘ j charge of the undertaking, that at tho point
"here the workmen effected a junction, the npertures
a,a n °t vary an inch. Tlie Messrs. Appletons.
contractor*, have fully sustained their reputation
yr Perseverance and skill.—Cumbui Democrat
a few eager manufacturers standing at u» back,
who state they arc nut yet quite satisfied, l* urge
as a reason wl.v we should let them subside you
a little longer, that you arc putting on tho gns ol
rebellion, nnd it will never do—the pride ol the
Govern., ent will not sutler u-t" permitl-o.. to
qiicstiouour authority to tux you tor matev.-r
direcletl against personal
“ Dreadful noise like the report of groat guns, I mii-s; its author call. Inimelf the father of the
with the beating o^drums, heard in the air, 1 -May,; giiided l ,u “l'l“ «f Soutli (.aroliim. 1 lie •■fuih
“ immllhal! "■« i~ ...» ...o.i m
lij()l. j .. .
“Tho form of a lion,n unicorn, nml hoar fighting j n . lnl * Q
for n crown, togethor with nn army of horse and ! ,|,'“ e ^ l . |U .
fool, seen till May, Wfil. '
“ The form of a colfin, together with two armies
seen in the heavens, encountering each othc , ‘F
June, ItJlil. Now (continues the author) what pray, State from the error of
ugi* nurd to tho red penplo of
Vour li grt'.it /hther" Maya ho and ho; in
I* every thing huve wo come to that ?—
i Bunk into Indian tribes! But, Mr
I fS peak or, \vt»ret the part of this matter is lo bo
! told ; that while this fri
tlierly, and fighting pro*
j ntcoHsnry wars, confer upon the Presulent tl»o pow
1 ; «t l*» use tho army and navy ngainst any nation that
l tdtnuld prove unmindlut of its uhligutioiiB. Sir, the
iiu'KMiiirp contemplated war, whatever ppraona may
sny as to iD« peacnlde character. Did not tho Presi
dent utilor into u learned legal dimpiisition, display-
iu.': Iiih usual profound reserch into tlie depths of that
Hcitiiic.o, even down lo the feudal origin of his sub *
jeol, to show that the jmssc comitotan was a military
lorce, and ns such might Vie resisted ? What was
tlii.* t**r ? *1 Ii it if South t ’trnlina should nttompt to
use linn instrument, which sk« nml all other Gov-
eriinieutH have used time out oT mind, to eury into
eifu* t her legal process, and wliu'Vi she will continue
to use, when nce.e.Hsary, in ull olfier cases whore lior
own eiiizens are nlone concerned, Vt i« to lie con
sidered the uve of force on h«r part. It must ccnso
to be employed in cusss where the General Govern
ment is a parly—and, if u.*ed, it in to fti* treated ns
a military force, nnd shutdown by llio army nnd na
vy cd tiie t inted States. As well may tho courts
ami llieir slierilL bo considered an a military force,
and treated iu liko manner. Does not ev&ry one
pereeivo that lliin is the way the civil war is tn com-
meite.c * The Sherifl* with his unarmed posse, are.
by a forced construction, and at the special instance
ol tlio President, to suit tho occasion, made a hostile
array iis against the Federal Government, (hut ner-
feelly lawful as against tlie .‘State’s own citizens,) *v ns
such, are to lie murdered hy the United Mlntes’
troops. Does any man in his proper senses believes
that when such a scone commences, the good pen-
pie of South Carolina are going to stand around the
dead bodies of their sons, with folded nr ns, nnd
tamely submit to such butchery ? And if they will
not, where is it to stop ? Do gentlemen flatter
themselves it will ho confined lo South C’arolinn
alone ? They must have a very contemptible opin
ion of the other Southern States, either as respects
their courage or veracity, fop they have more than
once Kiiid they will not submit to the Tariff; ami 1
(rust tboy will have discernment enough to Bee
llial Ihe destruction of Carolina is sought on that
Very account. The South may prove recreant ; it
may falsify all its former strong usserverations ; it
may abandon Sooth Carolina after tlie work of
death begins; they limy turn uutto bo n tnlkingand
not a fighting people ; but I shall not believe it till
I see it, notwithstanding the Proclamation nnd tins
bill is supported by some southern members. The
1st A- utli sections nf this bill allow the President to
uso military force, und Iheso are to remain iu oper
ation to tlie end of the next Bessimi of Congress.—
'The other sections confer great powers on the feder
al court, und are intended to be permanent. I think
I can perceive, that in some ol these provisions,
my own State is to have another difficulty, either
with the 1 iidiailitor the General Government; but
ns she can, an heretofore, take care of herself, t shall
not now moot tins point wilh tin* I louse ; but go on
lo show, that, under the fifth section, a common
mtirtdinl, especially if he ho opposed to his own
Stale, a thing not very nnlikoly, may involve this
whole country in one universal hlnze of civil wnr
Thu President is authorized to call out the military
force, when informed by a federal judge that ** tiny
’?' v V”' iiid Stairs, or the. execution
thereof, if is obstructed liy • ... , p,,;
too great to lie overcome by the powers vested hi tTic
uiainbul.” Now, who informs the federal judge of
this fact ? Doan not rvuty one nea it must be the
marshal? Who judges of the “ unlawful means
too oreat to bo overcome Is it nut the Marshal r
And must not the judge certify, upon his informa
tion ? .Should lie choose, in llio plenitude of liis 1
great wisdom nnd caution, to consider an assemblage
of the good people of Charleston, nt the circus, con
vened to express resolutions, on federal relations, ns
“ unlawful means too great to be overcame," and
should they not disperse, upon tlio coming of the
Proclamation, wlmt is to hinder the army and navy
from doing llieir cK< ds of death upon tins unoffend
ing people ? »Sir, the power is ton tremendeiis to he
•riven to any one man that ever did or ever will live
upon (Ins earth, especially in times liko these, of
personal passion, party prejudice, and powerful ex
citement I would not grant it to the President,
even if lie could be personally present, with all liie
peculiar moderation and love ol peace, to judge of
the •' unlawful means" himself, much lens a parti
san marshal, bent upon tlio triumph of his party,
even nt the expense ol the [lives of Ii is adversaries,
a passion which has not been without its manifest
exhibition, even within these walls.
Have wo not some experience how dangerous
is to confer unusual power on those whose ardent
temperament lends them to a loose construction of
it. In ordinary cases and under ordinary powers
there is little or no danger from any public function
ary ; his own interest and public opinion will keep
iiiiu straight; but on great occanions nnd under ur
usual excitements, no man should fie made absolute
rind, leust of all,General Jackson ; for we do Uno’
that, on several occasion#, fie Iris known no law but
his own will, nnd that if a law stands in his path
he gives it just such meaning as furthers tlio strong
purpose of his mind. As l feel 110 inoliohtlon t.
make an assertion without tlie proof, I bog leave t<-
submit a case or two. It will be recollected that a
certain meeting took place at Hartford in room-cli
ent, by some of llio first citizens of tlio northern
stales; it was n political meeting, and ho far ns 1
know, peaceable, i tin not mention it to reproach
•iriv one, for on flic present occasion I do not intend
to hin t the feelings of any ; iny purpose lies in ano
ther way. I n spenkin *; of this meeting many years af
terwards, Gen. Jackson said in a letter, iV.'of course
under due deliberation, that ho would hang them
under the second section of tlio rules and articles of
war, if lie had been in the neighborhood, ns com
manding general. Now what is tlnn second sec
tion? It will create amazement when it comes to
be seen, to think that the live? of so many individ
uals might have been taken under such a construc
tion. Well, here is the far famed
SECOND SECTION.
,{ [>c it further enacted. That in tiino of war, all
porsons not citizens of or owing allegiance to the
United Stales of America, who shall lio found lurk
ing ns spies, in or about the fortifications or encamp
ments of the armies of the United Stales, or any of
them,shall suffer death according to the law nnd
usage of nations, by sentence of a general court
martial." I pans over the scenes nt New Orleans
and St. Marks, “ us lairs giro silent amidst arms,"
but I must exhibit the cast* tlie Spanish Governor of
Florida, the celebrated <’ -l. Uallava. His case
familiar to every one. Tho manner of his bei
seized nnd imprisoned by (Jen. Jackson because he
would not give up certain pape.s which lio cousid
d private, was made subject of complaint by IIip
, , r convinced, that w «
acted from no principle of rmsilnnimity ; that if „ n
the one hand, we shuddered nt the violent proc^td-
mgs exercised ngainst our superior, we knew, also
wlmt was due to a Government which is on the moat
friendly footing with our own. We are, Sic (Af
ter stating how offensive this publication isJthe pree-
Inmniion conclude ) This is, therefore, to mak*
known to the said officers to withdraw the nisei rev
us they ought heretofore to have done, from tho
I loridns, agrcefiMy to the said seventh orlicle, on or
are about tognintl before the third day of October next, after which
„« „ dny f if t hev or nny ofthem ehnll ho found within the
1 loridns, nil oilmen*, civil and military, nre hereby re-
quired to arrest nod secure them, so that they may
brought before me to be dealt with according lo
law, f,»r contempt and disobedience of (hit* my
proclamation." That is, to be hanged, I suppose.
Against this proclamation of banishment under a
construction of the ?th article ot a treaty, which on-
fy meant a formal ilelivery of the forts, and the
withdrawal tb ore from of the troops ns a l»«jy 0 f
trnoi*. i- months, J—vlnp «v„,y individual, as
“.ich, the privilege of remaining in this JV».« * n <l
happy country, the Spanish Minister bitterly «om-
pluined. With regnrd to the publication, consider
ed so scandalous and indecent, and which furnished
the pretext lor banishing eight individuals from a
land of liberty, and where we Imast the exigence of
a free press, the minister makes the most urgent
complaint. After showing how ungenerous and ill
founded was the treatment of these men, he adds,
“ but, in order to make the irregularity of General'
Jackson e proceedings more evident, I will grant, for
a moment, that they are certain and proved ; i will'
admit that the officers have been deserving of Ihe-
hnstiireinent nnd disnonor which they have sutfer-
d ; hut yet nobody will deny mo, that, be fora it
/as inflicted noon them, they ought to have beem
citod before the proper tribunal, have hoard tbw
charges, nod have had liberty and time for llieir d»-
fence. These aro fund amenta I primiple* of tha
laws of Spain and of the United States, und of every
civilized country. Yet, what haa been the conduct
ot General Jackson ? Without giving them tha-
leriHl intimation, ho publishes in a language foreign!
to them, n proclamation, expelling them from the
province, giving them scarcely time to arrange llieir
nfinirs, and authorizing nil oilicers, civil and military,
apprehend them, and will bring them boforo
ondly, feeling, fluttering, fa-1 £L, :in itfh Minister to our Government: with that I
oclainulioi) is reclaiming a have nothing to do. It is with the construction of
its
del.'
the whole of tlio States into the hands of l!m
were these apparitions, prodigies, nnd judgment
printed privately, &■ handed about to tho party for, »! General Government to he consolidated, and
ft wa3 not with design to forctcl, and also to nslier !;:f lll _ l0 _ b “,!‘_ n '; wr,rl :’ '"”f« .““''""I 8 "-?!
undtr the unabrngo of miracles, their intended
him!
Mr. Speaker, what a reproach! And this stands
upon tho records of your country, giving the p»r-
petual ho to the vnunted assertion of otir Constitu
tion, that ours is the land whom the freedom of the
press and trial hy jury remains inviolate. Ho much
l«»r broad construction, and such was the ronse-
quence of it, that it wrung from General Jackson
himself the declaration of his “ hope that no living
naan should over in future be clothed with such ex
traordinary authority." Let us take him nt his
word, nnd remember what we are about to do. It is
the same person to whom unlimited power is about
once moro tf* lie given. General Jackson is but %
•nan, and ours is the Government where wu trust tho
lives of tlie people in the hands of no rnnt>. If tho
scenes I have just read you, creato a souse of mor
tification, what rnoy not bo tho extent of that feel
ing nt a future day, growing out of tho present
transactions. Fifty years hence nnd this measure
will bo viewed with astonishment; indeed, wo our
selves, after our bickerings and heart-burnings shall
have cenHed, may live to blush nt our own temerity.*
1 have another case, Mr. Hueaker, to show tho
danger of employing military force for civil purpos
es ; though 1 should remark, Gen. Jackson hns no
concern with it. I adduce it to prove tlie utter im
propriety of placing the execution of the laws in
the liand.i ol soldiers whose modes of thinking aud
action nro all turned on war. The case comes within
my own knowledge. In the summer of thirty, som»
fu'nnlr nf nnr l>--''0! nrwl — r“ v »uGio i ill-
Miorgin were seized, in their own Hlate, be
cause they happened to lie within the Cherokee na
tion. bv a Federal military force, and without suf-
tering them to visit their homes, or supplying them-
Ives with a comfort or convenience for a
fujtbJen nnd laborious march, but tying them togeth
er, nnd pinioning their arms behind them, they were
marched off from llieir families, destined for Savan
nah, a distance of nearly three hundred miles.—
These men, though honest, were poor, and inuny of
llieiii lind bravely fought by the side of Gen. Juck-
himsnlf, bad committed no crime, but were tom
from llieir friends, and parade*] through tlie country
with n little lieutenant strutting in llieir front, and
tlio bayonets of a brutal soldiery glistening ut their
backs, like so many galley slaves, a gazing stock for
men, women, nnd children, ns they iniSMeu the farm*
and villages of the country. And, Mr. Hpeaker^
but for my interference, nnd with pride I speak it,,
these bravo and respectable citizens would have
n marrfied oil* lo .Savannah—and there, iu a land
of strangers, far from home, without money and
without friends, them was a thousand chances to
one, their lute would linvo proved an eternal separa
tion from llieir wives and children. As it was, they
were driven fifty miles from home, hy forced mnreh-
os Sir, it was fortunate lor them the military force,
av, Hir, the militaryforre, such ns your bill contem
plates, chose to exhibit u military flourish through
the populous village in which 1 resido, and to avail’
tl»emselvesofa|trium|ihnl entryfinto that notable town *
Being clothed with a littlo brief authority, I dureit
to issue that writ ot writs, called the habeas corpus ;
nnd, Hir, believe me when ! tell you, upon nn inves
tigation of llieir case, llieir only crime was u return
to tlie Cherokee nation, for the purpose of reclaim
ing a few working tools which they had le.ft. nt the
mid pits a short tune before, upon leaving the na
tion under the orders of the public authorities of
Georgia. This, Hir, comes of using military force,
instead of the civil authority of tlie country, where
tlio accused can have bis friends about him, can
have a hearing, can have his own witnesses, - and
confront those of bin accusers.
And is this to become the niodo of executing the
laws? Are we drifting to the habits of F.uropeati
governments, .whose arbiter is the muscle of tho
sullen soldier, and whoso executioner in the murder
ous edgo of his sword ? Mr. Speaker, let us pause—
this is not the genius of our Government. States
cannot be forced. Lawless individuals may, who
act upon llieir own responsibility. But let iin draw
tlio proper distinctions between the actions of a
whole people regulating their political rights, as a
Government, and those who oppose authority fop
selfish and individual purposes. States have rights,
llio sneers of manufacturers and the doctrines of the
proclamation lo the. contrary notwithstanding. And
let not a foolish pride, a vain importance, an inflated
self consequence, nnd n mawkish false dignity, liur*
ry this Government into a lofty dictatorial conduct
towards sovereign Stoles—which the plnin, simple,
honest, direct, and manly sentiments of democracy
will finally frown down, with shame nnd confusion.
Tb® State and General Governments were made hy
the people, ami for llieir own special benefit—tlio
first in their social, tlie oilier iu their federative
character ; nnd one was not designed to oppress tho
other. Can any tiling be more ridiculous, than that
tlie people should institute two governments, for tho
mere pleasure of fighting, in tlie character of one,
against themselves, in the capacity of the other?—
1 For shame ■ let us fly from such inconsiderate and
inconsistent folly. It will suit tlio temper, feelings,
and condition of the aristocratic governments of
i Europe, where every tiling is done tor the benefit of
the few ; hut it is utterly repugnant to our institu
tions, where every man is n monarch, in the sove
reign diameter of that term Connected with tho
I facts 1 have just related, 1 must mention that lha Qp»
villainous plots and conspiricics; and these on
couraged tlie ignorant multitude, under their sedi
tious preachers and lenders, to commit those un
natural rebellions against his majesty’s person and
Government; und i think they ore too visible to
be denied by tlie moat audacious of their por-
^ Our author then states these signs were so
frightful in their nature, nnd the Dutch and Whig**
have threatened to take the forts and magazines of
the nation, it so incensed the people, that tin
km:?, highly offended, issued a proclamation com
_ States.—
Tlie republican party who have been contending
for State rights for upwards of thirty years, nnd
fondly believed that they had gloriously achieved
their object, have had their trophies levelled in tin*
dust a single blow, and tbeuiselves bound band
and foot, und thrown into tlie power of llieir old van-
•pushed enemies. What a revolution ! and howiiud*
deftly accomplished !
But it in said tlie proclamation, though erroneous
in principle, was iHxued from the bent of motives.-—
Yes, Mr. Speaker, there is not a whipping post, a
jail, or a p illows, that may not claim tin* Mine mer
it : but when th. v ire abused for the pl»rp' »«N ol
tittud and oppression, it ia but ol little coiulbil to
. . ...... .ji Inver el loin. K t-t-p U«*n«*ri»l Jack ton within prw-
iii,I, ini'l he enn «lnihe American peeple in» po»sililr littrin.
, •leveriiineni nf Inws.mul. »e tens a% lliry runforiM to
iktiialien, no public fuoeliouary cuu «lo u» nmrliiel w iih-
hini'eit n frentt-i. Itec
powers and the meaning of the language in which
tlioHe powers nre conferred, or the meaning of in
struments to which they relate. I bold in my baud]
nnoliier proclamation from the same author, to which | ■ I ’
I beg tlio uorioiiH attention of the House, if they re - J
•rnrditasa matter of any consequence to know whe ! J( . r i»
thcr great and extraordinary powers have been, j*“ r *
used by llieir depository, about to receive similur ,, 4U ,|
powers, with proper and safe discretion. I ••• •»«.
'The proclamation sets out with a long string of j
lilies, such rk, 14 By Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson,
Governor of the Provinces of the Florida*, exercis
ing the powers of the Captain General,* nnd *»t the
I nleiidnuL of the Island of Cuba, and of the Govern- ;h<;
ors of the said Provinces respectively : whereas, by ^
tlie seventh article of the treaty concluded between m ^ ^ ^
I lie I lilted St.lies and Spain, it "as stipulated , • UUt i J|lM j i,, ».i) . in r»;*l> lo Mr. I»n> k*. I mi i
the 4 officers and troops of UisCuthulu; Majesty, in j ?e uteU by thecal! of tbs picviou«quc»tiou.
I Wllll-
v lor him u» Prekl-
l follow Hun I «IiaII invest him with royalty. A
proper i t-ktrinioiik, iiihjt ii'ukc nn exrollrot l*rc*t-
him ill Ills I
turn him out l«> r *i
ii!<I Kiixlly lImnk L
hilt i
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. no«l in-tHiilI* i
i-< Li«-f when on
ug tlmprtiMgt'iin ir
tin* him. I.t l 1
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