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MILLUDGEVILLE:
Tuesday morning, May 19, 1840.
HON. WALTER T. COLQUITT.
We present to our readers the address of this gentle
man to the State Rights Party. To say that we do so
with pleasure, would be saying what we do not feel.
With any other emotion than that which has hitherto
actuated us in presenting to our readers the effusions of
this gentleman, do we now call their attention to this
effort of his—an effort that almost identifies him, if it
does not in reality, with our political enemies. The ad
dress itself, partaking of the cause which it advocates,
is the weakest that over emanated from his pen—
We had expected a far different, and a more hon
orable opposition to the recent movement of V State
Rights Party in Georgia, from Judge Colquitt, but
we have been deceived in our expectations. Instead
of opposing the Harrison movement in this State, made
as it was by his old political supporters and many of his
personal friends, by taking the only true ground of hon
orable opposition that should be taken by a member of the
State Rights Party, a nullificr, Judge Colquitt resorts
in his address to the use of oft repeated, and as oft refu
ted, slanders against an honest and an upright man-
That he has done so with a knowledge of their re
futation, we are not prepared to assert. Indeed our
high opinion of the Judge induces us to arrive at a differ
ent conclusion. The columns of the filthy paper, the
Globe, appears, however, to have been ransacked for the
purpose of accumulating into a phamphlct of 10 pages,
garbled extracts from the letters and speeches of an
individual whose greatest political heresy, in our hum
ble conceptiun, is, that he was an advocato of the pro
clamation and force bill, which Mr. Van Buren also
supported. But Judge Colquitt, as our readers will
perceive, has not only declared his opposition to, and
made war against Harrison, but he has become the ap
ologist, and mark the word, reader, the champion of
Mr. Van Buren. Well, be it so. Times and seasons
vary and change, and so will men. Judge Colquitt has
the right to array himself under what banner he pleases,
and so has every man in this land of the free. We part
from him more in sorrow than in anger. How he
will reconcile it to himself to part from his old associa
tes, and to connect himself, at home, with that party
against which he has warred from his youth, is his bus!
ness and not ours. Viewing it in this light, we shall
proceed to execute a duty incumbent upon us as the
conductors of the Journal, by exposing to our readers
the incorrectness of certain charges preferred against
the opponent of Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency ;
and leave the Judge to reconcile his present position
with his former course, without troubling him, or our
readers, with our complaints.
It cannot be expected of us, in the present number of
our paper, to notice every argument contained in the
address of Judge Colquitt to the State Rights Party.
WeBhall in this number, but briefly notice a few of his
most prominent charges against Harrison, and his views
generally in relation to his support of Van Buren; but
before we do so, we would premise a few remarks.
It is well known to our readers that Gen. Harrison
was not, and is not, our choice candidate for the Presi
dency ; and we shall never be found advocating his elec
tion upon grounds not tenable. As between him, and
Mr. Van Buren, we caunot hesitate which to choose
Ourduty then only prompts us to refute charges, if it be in
our power, made against that individual whom the par.
ty will, beyond all doubt, put in nomination. Those
which we cannot refute, either now, or hereafter, we
will have the candor to admit. We shall not stop, how
ever, at this. The war shall bo carried into the camp
of our foes, and where we fail to sustain the candidate of
the State Rights Party, upon principle, we shall show,
to the satisfaction of our readers, that Martin Van Bu-
xen has been, and is himself at fault, and iB equally, nay,
more obnoxious to us upon the same ground, notwith
standing his professions of friendly regard to our doc
trines. We shall judge both him, and Gen. Harrison
by their acts, during a long course of public service, and
leave it to the people to decide which is worthy of their
choice. We must confess that, like Judge Colquitt,
we had taken for granted almost every charge that was
made againBt Harrison by our opponents ; but investi
gation has convinced us that we were in error. Some
of them have been refuted by his friends, to our satisfac
tion at least; and those which have been, that arc
advanced by the Judge in his address, we «hc!! proceed
to notice.
The first charge which tho Judge labors to prove, is,
that Harrison was a supporter of the black cockade ad
ministration of tho elder Adams. But how does he prove
it? Let our readers note, and they will perceive that
he relies mainly for his proof upon a remark of John
Randolph made many ycarB after, in the Senate of the
United States; and the reply of Harrison to that re
mark. Now hear the reply. Gen. Harrison says “ As I
was on terms of intimacy with tho gentleman (Mr.
Adams) it is very probable that he (Mr.Randolpli) might
have heard me express sentiments favorable to the then
administration. I certainly felt them so far, at Icasl, as
to the course pursued by it in relation to the Government
of France." These we admit to be Gen. Harrison’s
words. But do not our readers perceive their import ?
Do they not perceive that the point in this remark of
Harrison was the support which he gave to the admin
istration on tho French question! Most certainly they
will. That he was friendly to Mr. Adams, and that he
looked upon him as a patriot and so forth, we will not
pretend to deny; butthat he was a zealous supporter of
the sedition law and black cockade administration has not
been made to appear otherwise than by the charge of
John Randolph, and the inferences of Mr. Colquitt. In
answer to this, we have equal evidence to the contra
ry, which we shall take occasion to lay before our read-
era. Hear what Gen. Harrison himself further says in
reply. We give his own words ; and if our readers are
not convinced that Judge Colquitt is in error, then arc
we lamentably deceived.
“ But Sir, said Mr. Harrison, »v orrosiTiox to the al
lien anu sedition laws ims so well known in the Territory,
that a prumisc was extorted from me by iny fricmls in the
l.ecielaturc, by which I was elected limit would express no
opinions in Philadelphia, which were in tho leost calculated to
defeat tlte importunt objects with which I was charged. As 1
had 110 vote, I wan not called upon to express my sentiments in
the House. The Republican Party were all in favor of the
measures I wished to have adopted. Rut the Federalists
in the majority. Providence, therefore, and my duty to
constituent*, rendered it proper that I should retrain from
i which if expressed, could nothave the least influence
upon the decision of Congress.”—Vitlc Gales Sf Heaton'-
Congressional debate*, Vol. 2, part 1, page 385.
The next and most important position assumed by Judge
Colquitt, is the charge made against Harrison of being an
abolitionist. To prove it, he introduces as testimony a
garbled extract from one of Harrison’s letters written to
a friend. Every school boy in our State who reads
newspapers, can refute this charge, and can cite the
Judge to where he can find the whole letter, from which
this extract is made, and which, if read, will satisfy any
candid mind of the falsity of the charge. We gave it to
our readers in our last paper, and shall take occasion to
do so again, very shortly. In the same letter from which
the Judge has extracted, in defending himself for voting
with the South, on the Missouri question, Gen. Harrison
says: “My vote against the restriction of Missouri,in
forming her constitution, was not a conclusive one.—
There would have been time enough, had I continued to
be a member, for my constituents to have instructed
me; and I tliould hate rejoiced in an opportunity of sac
rificing my scat to principles, if they had instructed me in
opposition to my construction of the Constitution.” In the
same letter, when speaking of the power of Congress
over that portion of the territory then in Louisiana,
which had been purchased from France,Gen. 11. says:
“ Congress has no more legal or constitutional right to
emancipate the negroes in those sections of Louisiana,
without the consent of the owners, than they have to
free those of Kentucky." Tho reader will here perceive
tho high ground taken by Gen, Harrison. He did not
•eein to think that there was any one who was so absurd
as to claim for Congress tho “ legal" or “constitutional”
right to emancipate the slaves in a sovereign State, and
for the purpose of showing the absurdity of doing it in
the Territories, he made the comparison above. For,
says he, “ these people were secured in their property
by a solemn covenant with France."—This is being an
abolitionist with a vengeance! If Mr. Van Buren has
said half as much against the right of Congress to abol
ish slavery in the territories, we have not seen it; nor
can his friends show it; on the contrary, Mr. Van Bu
ren, in giving his opinions of the right of Congress to
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, (the reader
will recollect that the people of the District were also
secured in their right of property, by the States of Vir
ginia and Maryland,) says : “ With the lights before
me, I am not prepared to say that Congress has not the
constitutional right to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia"—and yet, Judge Colquitt would have the
people to believe that Gen. Harrison was an abolitionist,
and that Mr. Van Buren was “a northern man with
southern principles"—Strange infatuation! We hope
that the Judge will see if, for we cannot, for a moment
suppose, that with all the lights before him, that are be
fore the people of Georgia upon this subject, he would
have ventured to charge Harrison with being an aboli
tionist. Such a charge cannot be sustained. It will be
frowned down at once by the people, and there are many
of them who knowing Gen. Harrison personally, arc pre
pared to give this charge the most positive contradiction.
Some have done so already; and others will not be back
ward in telling to the people, on the stump or elsewhere,
quite a different tale.
But to show still further that the Judge has mistaken
himself, and that he does not deal so impartially with
the two candidates as he would have the people to be
lieve, the reader will perceive in his address, that while
he takes a garbled extract which may be calculated to
induce the people to believe that Gen. Harrison is an
abolitionist, and by taking advantage of Gen. Harrison’s
miscalling the “Humane Society” of Richmond, Va. an
Abolition Society—and the admission by Gen. Harrisou
that he was a member of such a society at the age of
18, which wa9 45 years since—while he is disposed to
hold on to such a thing in defiance of the often repeated
declarations of Gen. Harrison to the contrary—witness
how smoothly he passes over Mr. Van Buren’s course.—
He does not tell the people that *25 years afterwards,
when the day of trial came, Gen. Harrison was found
voting with and sustaining the South, while Mr. Van Bu
ren, on the other hand, sustained and voted for resolutions
in the New-York Legislature, instructing the Senators
of that State to vote against the South. He does not
tell the people, that Gen. Harrison declared that he would
rejoice in sacrificing his seat in Congress, sooner than
obey such instructions as Mr. Van Buren voted for. He
docs not tell them that in 1835, Gen. Harrison declared
in a public speech at Vincennes, in a non-slaveholding
community, that the course of the abolitionists was
“weak, presumptuous, and unconstitutional," and that
44 neither the States where it does not exist, nor the
Government of the United States can, without usurpa.
tion of power and violation of the solemn compact, do any
thing to remove it," slavery, in the South. Oh no! it
would not do to be so candid, for if the people knew all
these things, there would be no use in saying he was an
abolitionist, for they would not believe it. He docs not
tell the people that Mr. Van Buren does not deny the
constitutional right of Congress to abolish slavery in tho
District of Columbta. Oh no! it is best to leave that
out—say nothing about it. If he had brought that up, it
would, in connection with his vote for the restriction oj
Florida, and his vote for free negro suffrage, have made
him appear tenfold worse than General Harrison both
in principle and feeling. As for Mr. Van Buren’s pro
fessions, Judge Colquitt not longsinc^, had as little con
fidence in them as we now have. What has produced
this change in Judge Colquitt’s opinions, we arc unable
to learn. We have seen nothing yet to warrant us iu
the belief that Van Buren or his party are more lioncs*
now than they have heretofore been. They only profess,
to deceive, and Judge Colquitt, we think, has had some
evidence of it during this tscBsion of Congress. With
the professions of State Rights upon their lips, the party
aimed a deadly blow against, and inflicted a fatal wound
upon the sovereignty of a sister State—the State of N
Jersey; and yet they profess State Rights principles.
A fig for their professions ! Like their charges against
Harrison of being an abolitionist, their professions can
be made to appear as a bait to catch the unwary,
cannot fail to coverall who use such weapons with cow
fusion aid defeat.
Indeed all the arguments of the Judge which relate to
his preference for Mr. Van Buren, wo would commend
to the serious perusal of our readers. Let them read it
carefully, and after its perusal let them ask themselves
these questions—has this gentleman, Judge Colquitt
been au opponent of M* Van Buren for many years past
If so, what has produced this change ? Let them ponder
well upon it, and if they do not arrive at the conclusion
that it is a case in which is displayed the \no&t“lamentabie
hallucination,” our paper is not the Journal, and our
judgment is erroneous. We four not to submit it toour
readers—to their scrutiny, to their well merited and un
qualified disapprobation. Judge Colquitt, has apparently
forgotten that, in addressing the people of Georgia, he
was not addressing a petit J ury. Sophistical, in its every
part, it must expose the address to the censure of those
who have been the Judge’s wannest friends. That it
will be literally “used up” is certain. Not a solitary so
phism in it will be suffered to blind any but those who
have eyes and will not see. We shall recur to this subject
again. In the mean time, let the friend and advocates of
reform stand firm. For every ’.ass of one, the advocates
for a pnre and honest administration of the Federal Go
vernment, gain in a three fold degree. Let our motto
be confusion and defeat to Van Buren, and all will be well.
ID’ Oglethorpe demands a hearing. Our respect
for him personally, induces us to give to his article a
place in our columns—exercising the privilege which
we claim, however, of dissenting from many of his po
sitions, as being erroneous, and easily susceptible
refutation. We have neither space, nor time, to notice
it in this number of our paper, and will therefore lei it
pass, particularly as the antidote, in the shape of other
communications, accompanies his.
Id’ 44 A State Rights Man,” who is replied to, in our
paper of to-day, by “A Republican,” is, we can assure
“A Republican,” not a 44 wolf in sheep’s clothing,” nor
a “Union man,” but just exactly what lie claims him
self to be, and what we know he is. We publish no coin'
munications addressed to the State Rights Party, unless
we know tho author to be good and true. We make these
remarks, not because we have the slightest disposition
to detract from tho influence of 44 A Republican’s” com
munication; very far from it; bnt because of a desire
on our part to correct an erroneous impression under
which 44 A Republican” labors, which wc hope he will
excuse.
HON. JOHN FORSYTH.
The reader will find in another column, tho strange
and rather 44 huffish” card of this gentleman, refusing \
to permit his 44 Democratic” brethren in Georgia and
elsewhere, to use his name as a candidate for the Vice
Presidency on tho Van Buren ticket. Ilis communica
tion evinces any other than “good feeling” towards his
44 Democratic" brethren. Mr. Forsyth, it is understood
has long since been “sick,” perfectly “sick” of the
present administration, and has taken the opportunity
offered, to let off a little of the 44 bile” which has so
long been accumulating in him. He may be a 44 very good
in friend” yet—but if Mr. Forsyth’s way, is the way to
back one’s friends, all we have to say is: “aplague upon
such backing.” Wonder what his Georgia friends will
say 1
The attention of our readers is called to the letter of
Judge Strong, which wc publish in our paper of to-
day. But particularly would we call their attention to
that part of his letter, which relates to a common prac
tice, justifiable probably under ordinary circumstances*
but which, in times like the present, should bo abstain
ed from. We allude to the presentation of names, thro*
the press, to the people, of individuals, proper to be
nominated by the Convention as candidates for Congress^
by communications addressed to the newspapers through
their friends. We never refuse to publish such com-
munications, but we think under existing circumstan
ces, the better plan would be, to leave the whole of the
matter to the Convention.
THE SOUTHERN LADIES’ BOOK.
The April number of this work has been received.
Neither lime nor space, at present, allows an opportu
nity to us of speaking of its contents generally. The
mechanical appearance of the work has improved, and
the first article in it, 44 The South-west,” by A. B.
Meek, Esq. is ably written, and replete with useful
information.
The National Intelligencer of the 14th, has the fol<
lowing:
The office of Postmaster General of the United
States, just resigned by Mr. Kendall, is understood to
have been offered to Ex-Senator Niles, of Connecticut,
the defeated candidate for Governor of that State at the
late election.
The office is said to have been first offered to General
Armstrong, Postmaster for the city of Nashville, (now
a visit to this city,) and to have been declined by him.
In our opinion, he will be a bold man who accepts it un
der present circumstances.”
IT Communications omitted this, will bo inserted
next week.
WHAT NEXT !
Amos Kendall has resigned his office of Postmaster
General. He says that he docs so, because he has not
made, and is not making money. Poor fellow, lie cer
tainly has been honest then in the management of the
finances of the Post Office Department; and the proof
is that he has not made money!! Well that’s a good
one. He could not make money by being Post Master
and yet he expects to realize a fortune by editing in part
the Globe! The truth is, times are squally with Mr
Van Buren. Blair has lost his influence, by his uuprin
ciplcd course; and as the Globe is to make Van Buren
President, for four years more, if the thing can be done t
a new hand must be put to tho bellows, and who so
competent for the task as Amos Kendall! This is tho
true secret. Probably too, as rumour speaks of the
great disaffection that at present prevails in the cabinet,
we may look for a few more resignations. Duff Grccn’i
address to the office holders, appears to be working
wonders at Washington City. We shall wait to bear*
what's next? In the mean time let our readers note
this.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot writes as fol
lows: ** We leurn that the rumor included, as having resi
e<l, Messrs. Forsyth, {Secretary of Ntute and Wooiiau
{Secretary of the Treasury. The rumor is, that these resigna
tions are cither made or threatened, because of Mr. Paulding
Secretary of the Navy, being personally obnoxious to the rest
of the Cabinet; and the rumor goes on'to nay that sixty mem
bers of Congress have signed an address to the President, to
remove Mr. Pai/llikg.”
AWFUL TORNADO.
Wc take the following from tho Ncw-Orlcans Picay
une of the 10th inst.
The Tornado at Natchez.—This disastrous visita
tion from the sky has left a train of destruction behind it
most lamentable and melancholy to think of. So do
struct i ve, so terrific, so appalling a disaster from the on.
raged wind has never been known before—cannot be
found on record. Tornadoes and hurricanes have been
known before, but they have generally occurred in re
gions untenanted by man, and we have only heard of the
forest being prostrated and the earth ploughed up by
the howling storm; but here is a city destroyed and hun
dreds of our fellow beings swept away into eternity.
We give here a letter received yesterday from a friei
in Natchez. He gives a vivid picture of the desola
and unfortunate city,
Natchez, Thursday, 5 P. M., May 7.
To the Editors of the Daily Picayune:—By the steam
boat Meteor I hasten to acquaint you with one of the
most horrid and destructive hurricanes that ever hap
pened in the United States. While nearly the whole of
our city were engaged in dining at the hour of two this
afternoon, vivid Hashed the lightning, loud roared the
thunder, and black grew the sky. In a few minutes the
teinplest came, and for about forty minutes we were in
that perilous state which speaks only of destruction and
death.—First toppled down the chimnics, then went the
roofs of houses, and a moment after house after house
fell into ruins. In the hurry of this letter I cannot be
gin to particularize the death anil damage around me.
“Natchez under the bill” is entirely swept away, and
the loveliests part of the South on the Bluff above, is
wreck and ruin ; and those yet living will find difficulty
in getting shelter to-night. My heart sickens at the
scenes before me. As I walked to the boat from which I
write, the dead and wounded met ine every twenty steps.
Natchez iu ruined, ruined, ruined!
Yours, truly.
In addition to the above we have gathered the follow
ing particulars. The steamboat fcb. Lawrence went
down. It is said she wau lifted many feet out of the
water and instantly dashed to the bottom of the river
with every soul on board. The enormous body of water
now rolling in the Mississippi and swelling to the very
topmost limit of its banks, was lashed into foaming bil
lows, and flatboats were torn to pieces and their scattered
planks flew about in the wind like feathers. The lady
of Mr. Ilaliday, one of the proprietors of liio Free Trader
was saved by a miracle, with her young child in her
arms.—Every church and every public building shared
in the ruin. Steeples were dashed to the earth and
houhC** all over the town were unroofed.
The steamboat Prairie is now lying at our wharf torn
to pieces—“blown up” by the wind worse than ever boat
was blown up by steam. The hull and machinery is all
that is left of her. Her cabin was carried away, floor
and all. The wheel houses were unroofed, and what
remains of the boat is rent and shattered in an awful
manner. Among the sufferers on board tho Prairie was
Emanuel Blanc, an estimable young man of this city, but
ptain Frelight cannot estimate how many persons
were lost from his boat. Hitnself and Mr. James Wil
son, the clerk, narrowly esenped.
From an extra, issued from the shattered office of the
rec Trader, we learn that a public meeting has been
held by the citizens in the court house, at which Col.
James C. Wilkins presided and F. L. Claiborne Es<
was secretary. Addresses were delivered by J
Hewitt and J. M. Duffield, Esnrs., and resolutions offei
ed the by latter gentleman and others, appointing relief
committees, &c.
The City Hotel, through the kindness of the propric
tor, Noah Bardow, Esq. has been thrown open to the
wounded. Doctor Pollard has taken the Trcmont House
for an additional hospital, S. Duncan, Esq. having gen.
erously offered to be responsible for tho rent.
From the ruins of tho Steamboat Hotel, Mr. Alex
ander, the landlord, his lady and bar keeper, were dug
out alive, as also Timothy Flint the historian and geo
grapher, and his son from Natchitoches, La., besides
Doctor Taliafcro and many others. Mrs. Alexander is
considered dangerously injured ; two of her children
were killed in her arm. As many as nine dead bodies
vc been dug from the Steamboat Hotel.
The number of burials which took place on the 8th
inst. was about, fifty, and many are still in a dangerous
and dying condition.
From an estimate made by Mr. Ruffuer and S.
Boyd, Esqrs., the total loss is supposed to be about
#1,200,000.
The neighboring planters are generously sending
]ar"c gangs of slaves to assist in clearing the streets and
digging tnc dead from the ruins.
The greatest loss of life was among the flatboats,
which were swamped and destroyed betorc the unfor
tunate men coulu escape, to the shore. One paper
says upwards of 200 were lost. A boy is said to have been
taken up in the air and lodged in a tree half a mile from
his father’s house. __ .. , . ..
The citizens of Concordia and Madison have held
apublic meeting and adopted measures for the relief of
their friends in Natchez. This awful calamity has crea
ted a sensation here in New Orleans that will not soon
be forgotten.
Cttiwipni>8e» of lltt BshJnott Patriot.
RATHER OMINOUS.
Washington, May 9, 3 p. nr.
In the Globe of latt evening, the Secretary of State
thus defines his position in reference to tfic contest for
the Vice Presidency.
THE TICK PRESIDENCY.
The Convention friendly to the present Administra
tion, which met at Baltimore on the 5th of May, to re
commend candidates at the next election for President
and Vice President, having adjourned after declining to
to nominate for the Vice l'residency, I consider myself
authorized to interfere in that question so far as I have
been made personally interested in it.
The Union party in Georgia, which did me tho honor,
very unexpectedly, to make an unconditional nomina
tion of me for that office, last year, had the kindness, in
conformity to my wishes, to change that nomination in
to an expression of preference, and to refer the subject
to the decision of those who were expected, fairly repre
senting their political friends, to decide upon it.
No decision having been made, union and concert of
action are not now to bo anticipated. According to the
present state of things, no friend of the Administration
can hope for an election by the people. The more for
tunate can be thrown only high enough on the electoral
poll to secure the chance of being chosen by the Senate.
Whoever succeeds, then, will occupy his place with the
perfect knowledge that he owes his elevation to the par
tiality of a fragment of his own party, and holds it against
the decision of a majority of his fellow-citizens.
Withhold tho sustaining power of public approbation,
and the honor and emoluments of public office in all free
countries, and particularly in this, are but poor recom
penses for the labor performed, the responsibilities incur
red, and the gross misrepresentations inevitably encoun-
tered in fulflling its duties. During a large and not unsuc
cessful public career, I have never yet been placed in a sit
uation to doubt that the position I occupied was
agreeable to the wishes of the great majority of those to
whom belonged the right to control it. I desire public
station on no other terms. Without denying to the
Union party of Georgia, or to any other port ion of my
fellow-citizens, the right to use my name, if, in their
opinion, it will be beneficial to the public, it will not be
further mixed up in this contest if my wishes arc res
pected. While the contest continues, it woftld lie
source of vexation to me, and what would bo considered
a successful result, if attainable, would afford to me no
personal gratification. JOHN FORSYTH.
This card has excited, as you may readily imagine, a
great deal of speculation here. Some regard it merely
is a temporary outbreak of the Secretary’s scornful and
rritable nature, smarting under his disappointment.
Others looked upon it as another manifestation of his
known hatred of minorities, which inclines him now to
leave the Administration party before they come to their
fall, and of his willingness to sec that party tumble down
to destruction, unless his longings for the distinction
and lucre of place continue to lie gratified. This much
is certain. There is far more dissatisfaction, than of
patriotism or true dignity in this remarkable production,
—Those who are acquainted with Mr. Forsyth, will re
cognize his peculiarly disdainful disposition in every
sentence. He does not actually indulge in sneers and
iisolcnce towards the Convention, but lie takes little
jiains to disguise his opinions of their idleness and folly.
He reminds me of the old woman who was in the habit
of defaming the character of her neighbors—hut, who
when asked her opinion of a certain person whom she
did not like, but yet was afraid to assail openly, replied,
As to him, why sometimes I think, and then again 1
don’t know ; but I rather guess lie is just what I think
him!” So with Mr.Forsyth, lie does not call his exe.
utioners knaves and fools; but he evidently thinks so,
and rather guesses they arc just what he thinks them.
His rebuke of those who prevented any nomination^
and hope for the election of their favorite by the senate,
has annoyed Grundy and his brother conspirators. Ho
has proclaimed that no public man ought to consent to
occupy the place when elevated to it by the partiality of
a fragment of his own party, and against the decision of
a majority of his fellow-citizens. This will be gall and
wormwood to the friends of the other candidates who
are determined to run, although they cannot hope for an
election by tho people. Something more will come of
this. I will be careful to transmit to you every thin^
alculated to throw light oil the purpose and views of
Mr. Forsyth, in making this move.
“The Editor of tho Courier said, tho other day, that
Gen. Harrison had suffered martyrdom, on account of
his vote on the admission of Missouri.”—Charleston
Mercury, May 13, 1810.
Yes! Wc did say so—and said so with perfect truth.
However opposed to slavery, in the abstract, no man, in
our whole conntry, has more openly and consistently
maintained the principle of non-intcrfcncc with the
slave institutions of the South, and denounced the Abo
litionists, than Gen. Harrison. But, we do justice to
Gen. H* on this subject, without advocating bis preten
sions to the l'residency. The Mercury, however,prc&ded
us long since, in this matter, and made it a ground ol
advocating Gen. Harrison’s pretensions to the Presiden
cy, against Mr. Van Buren, whom it then unjustly de
nounced ns an Abolitionist. The change of tho Mcrr.u-
ry has nothing to warrant it—both Mr. Van Buren and
Gen. Harrison remaining in statu quo, except that Gen.
H*8. anti-abolition views, by means of his Vincennes*
speech and letters, arc better known now, than they
were then—and except, that Gen. II. was then a candi
date for the Presidency, on the same ticket with Fran
cis Granger, of New-York, a strong anti-slavery man,
for Vice President; whereas, Gen. H. now stands, side
by side, with John Tyler, of Virginia, as staunch a
Sout heritor as ever breathed. Wc can never consent
to mingle the slave question with mere party politics—
the interest concerned is too momentous and vital to he
jeoparded in a mere political game.—Charleston Cour-
Against Harrison, are objected his former course on
Internal! Improvement and the Tariff and some express,
ions on the subject of slavery, made some time since;
also his supposed connexion with the fast expiring Na
tional Republican party. It must be decided by our peo
ple, whether these are overbalanced by his disinterested
and self sacrificing alliance wilh the. South on the. Missou
ri attest inn, his rote in favour of slavery in the Arkansas,
and his recent declaration, that he is with the South on
the subject of slavery—on tho question of the Tariff
and in our general policy. He is without the claim,
which Judge White has, of being a Southern man, hut
between cither of those two, and Martin Van Buren, it
is certain our Legislature will not hesitate a moment.
the Asiatic princes combi nd on the Indian ocean.
The presence of one of the Sultan’s ships in our
harbors affords U9 extreme gratification; and we
hope that tho “ Sultanee’s” voyage to the U. States
will result in frequent visits of Sultan Said’s vessels
to our ports.
MARRIED,
i Thursday, the 7th inst., by Lawrence Ba
W. P "— “
i Thursday Inst, by B. W. Clark, Esq. Mr.
Miss Adalixe E. Lawrence, all of
ker, Eaq., ^Ir. Augustin Evans to Miss Sarah Jan*
Shumate.
In Entonto
William N. Vaughn i
Putnam i minty.
ANTI-VAN BUREN
ST ATE RIGHTS HOTEL,
UTIIleAgevtllc, Geo.
IS still kept open by the old proprieturs,who will bn
able to accommodate a large number of the Del
ls if iM p K*Ues to the State Right* Convention in June,
with comfortable room*, Ate. &c. Application by
letter for rooms, will br attended to, and every tiling done to
promote the comfort of those who nmv honor us with a call.
BEECHER & BROWN.
Mav 15th, 1840. 34 2t
The Baltimore Convention.—One of those assem
blages, meagre and spiritless as it was, is characterized
by the Globe (the Government paper) as democratic,
and Mr. Grundy is represented as addressing tho Con
vention “in explanation of the principles and policy of
the Democratic party.” In the same paper the vast
concourse of patriotic young men, assembled in num
bers and in a spirit never before equalled, is attempted
to bo stigmatized as “graml army of Federalism.”
Names cannot alter principles, although they should be
indicative of them. Our Government is a Republic, or
Representative Democracy. Those who maintain tho
true principles of the Government, as established bvtho
Constitution, are Democratic Republicans. The Whigs
and Conservatives, recently assembled at Baltimore,
are maintaining those principles against the usurpations,
and abuses, and misrule of the Federal Executive.
They resist a system of measures and a course of party
discipline calculated to concentrate all power in the
hands of the Executive, and to convert our free institu
tions into a practical despotism. They are, therefore,
in principle as well as in name, Democratic Republi
cans—a name broad enough and comprehensive enough
to include Whigs and Conservatives, and all who go
for the Constitution and the Laws in opposition tot ho en
croachments of Executive power. If the term Federal
ism, in its modern acceptation, is the opposite ol the prin
ciples of the Democratic Republicans, ns above stated,
then it is peculiarly applicable to the present dominant
party, of which tho Globe is the official organ.
In speaking, therefore, of the two Conventions, which
have just closed their sittings at Baltimore, wc cannot
better characterize them than to say, that, the Federal
Convention, composed of tho supporters of tho anti-de-
mocratio republican doctrines of the present Federal Ad
ministration, was very thinly attended, and went off with
a consciousness of defeat in tl>e coining contest, whilst
the Democratic Republican Convention, composed of
thousands and thousands of Whigs and Conservatives
from every part of the Union, was conducted with the
utmost enthusiasm, and adjourned undertlie confident
assurance of a glorious anil triumphant victory in No
vember next.—Nat. hit.
NOTICE,
A LI. persons indebted to THOMAS J. HILL, either by
note or account, oro requested to call nod nettle, as hilt
recodifies will compel him to prompt collection.
May Iff 1840. 34 if
STONE MOUNTAIN TOWER
FOH SALE.
rrili; Subscriber otters this building for sale at a price
A. which will no doubt warrant from 12 to 25 per cent, in
terest. Timo will be given for payment*, or property taken nt
vnlii'*. Any person wishing to purchase, would do well tocall
and examine the property soon, os the visiting season will
soon commence, amt if sold, possession can be given immedi
ate! v . AARON CLOUD.
May 19,1810. 34 3m
NOTICE.
rpiIE Subscriber will publish all nates to be made by him
1 iu the GEORGIA JOURNAL.
JACOB CLEMENTS, Sheriff.
Montgomery, county, May tab. 18-10. 34 9t
Montgomery SlierifT Stiles,
711.1. be Bold before the Court-house door in the town o**
1 V Ml. Vernon, Montgomery County,on the first Tuesday
iu JULY next, within the usual hours of sale, the following
|,r 3«0 } ACRES OK l-I.NF. I.AND, moro or loss, including
the improvements, whereon Bruntly Moseley, sen., now lives;
levied on as the property of Brantly* Moseley, tobutwfy a fi.ftw
issued from the Superior Court of Montgomery county, in fa
vor of the Central Bank of Georgia. Property pointed out by
defendant’s attorney.
501) ACRES OF PINE LAND, more or less, including
lb** improvements,whereon Brantly Moseley, jun., now lives;
and one grey IIUltSE—all levied on as the property of Brant-
ly MihoIov, jun. to satisfy a li. la. issued from the Superior
Court of Montgomery county, in favor of the Central Bunk of
Gcorci’i. Property pointed out hv the defendant.
FIVE HORSES, levi-d on us the property of Cuvier P.
Mo«ob y. to satisfy two li. fas. issued from the Superior Court
of Montgomery uotintv, in lavor offrwin L. Wolf and others.
Pioperty pointed out by the defendant.
ONE BLACK MAKE, levied on as the property of John
Mo«i’!c\. sen., to satisfy a ti. fa. issued from the Superior Court
«*i’Mouigomei v rnuntv, in favor of Alpha Sage Co. Pro-
pern pointed out t*v the defendant.
ONE LOT OF I*. AND, I vmg nod being in the
trie? of originally Wilkinson, now Montgomery ci
and •li-tiiiguisliedas lot No. 53, including the in
whereon John McRae now lives, nnd the crop gr
on; levied on as ilie property oi John McRae,jn
sundry small fi. fas. in fuvor'of McLennan and «
periv* pointed out hv plainlilV. Lew unule i
to in'e by a constable.
ACRES OF PINE I.ANl), more or less, including
the improvements, whereon Roderick Morrison now lives, ly
ing and lining on tin* waters of the Oconee river, in the county
of Montgomery ; levied on as the property of Ilanison Scare,
to sii 11 -1 \ two li. his. issued from u Justice’s Court of Montgo-
men county, in favor oi Dui.< an F. McLeod and others.—
defendant. Levy made ami re-
emit dis-
ng the
i:cl returned
Pioiieitv pointed out hv ti
turned tonic l>v a conslulde.
ONE LOT OF LAND, 1% i.
tri< i of originally Wilkinson, i
and I'istinguislied as lot No. 3:
llenrv J. Miller, to satisfy n r
M( hetman vs. II. J. Miller. I
dam. Lew made and leturne
ONE LOT OF LAND, km
85, in the eleventh district of o
id hr
• pi opr
tin
v Montgomery «
; levied on as the
ill fi. la. to fnvoi
•periv pointed ».
» me'hv a rnnsti
n ntul di-ti. gni*l
inully Wilkii.Mt
f UMi'ii rirk Mo "
eleventh dift-
omity, known
property of
•t Kiimetlu
t by delen-
’d a* lot No.
. now Mout
her Wheels,
CHARLESTON COTTON MARKET, May, 16th.
Business operations in Uplands have been for several
days past unusually languid and although wc cannot
riuotc any positive decline in the staple, still the with-
Jrawal of a large portion of operators, and the scarcity
of shipping have had a due share in giving an unsettled
and sluggibh aspect to tho trade. The stock remaining
on hand is very light—Wc report the extent of sales at
about .5215 bags as follows : 15 a 5 Iff 5J ; 320, 0 ; 1 Iff
61; 78,64; 13,63 ; 281,7; 42, 7* ; 54, 71; 17,7J; 118,
74 297, 74; 157, 71; 1166, 8; 110, 8J, 609, 8J ;
198, 8i ; 417, 8J ; 41, 8|; 331, 8«|; 250, ; 453, 9;
and 100, 9J cts per lb.
Brandon Bank.—The Vicksburg Sentinal says, that
Wm. 11. Shelton, President of the Brandon Bank, and
Samuel M. Puckett and Rich Aim Hobson, Directors
of that institution, have left Mississippi for Texas.
They took with theui 300 negroes. Shelton armed fifty
of hts negroes, and procured ten armed white men
to enable them to force their way out of the state.
The others withdrew in the night—The Marshal went
in pursuit but could nolovertaKo them.
Charleston Mercury.
Popular Vote of Virginia.—We have returns from
78 counties, which show a net Whig gain of 8114.
NVe shall give the figures tomorrow. The Whigs have
annihilated Van Duron's majority of 0792 in 1836, ami
now lead 1322. Wc shall go up to three thousand.
Boston Atlas.
Having exposed one misrepresentation of the opinion
of Gen. Harrison, iu relation to the Tariff. I have again
tocall the attention of the public to a garbled extract
from another of his speeches.
A writer in the last Journal and Recorder, charges him
with Federalism, and to prove it, produces an extract
from his reply to a similar attack made upon him by Join
Randolph, in 1826. One would suppose, that as the
writer has to refer to the words of Gc i. Harrison himself,
to sustain bis charge, he would givo us a fair and correct
quotation. But he has not done so. He has withheld
the most material part of his reply, he has stopped his
quotation in the very middle of a sentence, and has sup
pressed the part which disproves his charge. A writei
who will thus act, is entitled to about as much confi
dence as the Atheist, who would quote hut four words
from the Bihle, to prove 44 there is no (Joel.” My code of
morals teach 1110 t lint a wilful suppression of the truth, is
as criminal as thu telling a falsehood.
John Randolph, charged Gen. Harrison with being
“ au open, zealous, frank sup|>ortcr of the black cockade
sedition law administration.”
Now let us see how “A State Rights man,” in the
Journal and Recorder, quotes from the reply of Gen. II.
to this attack.
“He (Mr. Randolph,) has been pleased to say, that
under the administration of Mr. Attains, I was a Feder
alist, and lie comes to the conclusion from the course
pursued by me in the Session of 1799 and 1WU0. The
gentleman had no means of knowing my political prin
ciples, unless he obtained them iu private conversation.
As I was on terms of intimacy with the gentleman, it is
very possible he might have heard me express “senti
ments favorable to the then administration. I certainly f It
them.” Now to show the unfairness of “A State
Right man,” I will give the whole sentence with the
part suppressed.
“ As I was on terms of intimacy with tho gentleman,
it is very possible ho might have heard iue express sen
timents favorable to the then administration. 1 certain-
felt them, so far at least, as the course pursued by it, in re
lation to the Government of France.”
What shall we think of tho morality of a writer who
will he guilty of such a palpable and wilful suppression
of truth l Do the words of Gen. Harrison, as truly
quoted, prove him a Federalist! Then may the same
charge he made against thousands, who in those days,
professed to be Republicans, and were what they pro
leased to be. Upon the same ground was that departed
patriot, W. If. Crawford, charged with Federalism in
1824, when he was a candidate for President. When
a young man he attended a public meeting in Augusta,
and was the author of an address adopted at that meet,
ing. to the then President John Adams, giving him a
pledge to sustain the measure of his administration, so
far as they related to onr difficulties with the Govern-
eminent of France. That was the extent of the sup.
port promised by Wm. H. Crawford to tho administra
tion of the elder Adams, and the soundest Republicans of
the day, gave tho same pledge, but did that prove Win.
II. Crawford a Federalist I—If not, then neither c.i
Gen. Harrison be proved one. One approved of tho
administration of John Adams, “so far at least, as to
the course pursued by it in relation to the Government
of France,” and so did the other. Both could do so con
sistently, and yet bo Republicans. If 44 A State Rights
man” had quoted General Harrison correctly, no one
would have received the quotation as proof of Gen.
Harrison’s Federalism.
But “A State Rights man” not only suppressed the
most material part of one of the sentences quoted, but
failed to quote another from the same speech, which li;u*
a most important bearing upon this charge, and which
shows the attack of Mr. Randolph to be entirely un
founded. It is this.
“ But Sir, said Mr. Harrison, my oitosition to the
allien and sedition laws was so ipell known ill the
Territory, that a promise was extorted from me by my
friends in the Legislature, by which I was elected that
l would express no opinions in Philadelphia, which were
irt the least calculated to defeat the important objects
with which I was charged. As 1 had no vote, I
not called upon to express my sentiments in the 11
The Republican Party were all in favor of the measures
1 wished to have adopted. But the Federalists in were
the majority. Providence, therefore, and my duty to my
constituents, rendered it proper that I should refrain
from expressing sentiments which would injuriously ef
fect their interests and which if expressed, could not
have the least influence upon the decision of Congress.”
Withthis quotation and tlio correction of tho garbled
extract, I leave the public to decide, how far it is true,
that Gen. Harrison can bo proven a Federalist by his
own admission. Vide Gales & Seaton’s Congressional
debates, Vol. 2, part 1, page 365.
A STATE RIGHTS HARRISON MAN.
Monroe county, May 12, In 10.
ir Will the Editors of the Journal and Recorder in
sert this at tn act of justice. A. 8. R. 11. M.
Was Gen. Harrison ever wounded whilst he had
cc nunand of the Army ?—Balt. Re^
No! Was Gen. Jackson or Gen. Washington!
Prentice.
What has Martin Van Buren done!—A country
paper asks, what has Martin Van Buren overdone iu the
course of his life that wa« calculated to benefit the far
mers, merchants and manufacturers South and West!
We cannot answer the question, unless it is to say, noth
ing; blit we can tell what be did for the State of New
York. Martin Van Buren once voted against giving
ID* WHITE MENACE the right to »o.* c unless they owned
a certain amount of taxable jtroje rhj.—See Journal ol
Proceedings, page 202.
Proscription for Opinion’s sake.—The St. Louis
Republican gives tho paricuJars of an affair which lias
justly created a great excitement in Missouri, and shows
to wiiat extent the corrupting influences of Mr. Van
Buren’s government is exercised.
Thu act of the government which first gave rise to
dissatisfaction was tho removal of Mr. Aull, Postmaster
at Lexington, Mo.; an excellent officer, and for his
meritorious qualities highly esteemed in the county
where he lived. To fill the vacancy his proscription
had made, an obscure but convenient tool of the party
was appointed. Against this outrage the people thought
proper to remonstrate. Their proceedings were t« inperate
firm and respectful. They complained that a man who had
faithfully discharged his duty was dismissed from office,
because he exercised the right of a freeman in forming
his political opinions—that a man was appointed over
him who was a stranger to the community, and without
ever consulting their wishes or their interests. In the
mooting, it so happened that another public officer, Mr.
E. M. Rylaml, Receiver for the Lexington Land Dis
trict, showed his independence and participated iu ex
pressing It's decided disapprobation of the course of the
administration in this removal. For this exercise of his
rights and expression of liis independence, Hyland him
self was dismissed from office. The following letter of
Mr. Benton explains the reason for the removal. It is
addressed to Henderson, 1 lie man appointed to the plac
of Aull, as postmaster.—Baltimore Patriot.
Something New.—The devices of foreign rogue-
ry seem to be inexhaustible. Wc cut the following
from Gnllgnani:
44 A young anti well-dressed man went, yester
day evening to tho Cafe cl* Alsace, in the Rue da
Mail, and ordered five cups of Coffee to be sent to a
house opposite. The waiter who carried them over,
met tho young man half way up the staircase, and
received orders to go hack for a sixth cup. This
he did, leaving the five in the hands of the custo
mer who turned out to be a rum one ; for on re-
turning with the last cup, he found the others with
their contents on one of the stairs, but the gentle-
man had disappeared, and all the silver spoons
with him.”
M.iv I9t!i, 1340.
Moiitconifirv
jal.l MrCuy. Property pointed out by
JACOB C. CLEMENTS, Sheriff.
34 ids
ii 3 011*14.
New to is
l f'd
••ndii
lav of J ill v,
•used, toff,-ti
• him hi- pei
e dollars, (a
r Court, sitting for Ordi-
fm. posis.Muy Term, 1849.
alt sliowfth unto the Court,
1833, John Campbell, of
ofwhh b
• to be
id C
lot ol land number (951 f nine buudit d nnd fifty-
second district of the fourth section of originally
now I’uuldiuir county. And it appealing to this
t the said John Campbell has departed thi* life with-
2 lilies m *uid lot ol laud, and without making any
therefor bv will*. And it also further uppeuring to
t, that tho said Turman Walthall Ims paid the
money mentioned iu said buud for said tut of
consult*
land:
\\ lirreforr, it is ordered by the said Court,.that Alfred Sean*,
administrator of John Campbell, deceased, do sliow cause,
il anv he can, why a rule absolute •hoohl not be granted, le-
qnii imr him to execute titles to said lot of luiul, in confoitnity
with th*' provisions of said bond.
And it is further ordered by the C»urt,?Ijat this rule be pub
lished iu some public gazette of this Slate, in conformity to tho
statute iu such eases made ami pro\ided.
A trim extract from the miiinm»,Mov 12th, 1840.
34 iiitiin WM. l>. L’UCKIE, 1>. C. C. O.
4*I'O'£<-1.1, Newton County-
1CJIEBEAS John Far-fiisou applies
f .▼ udmiiiistrutit
estate u
31 -
>r letters of
Murgnret Hogg, late of
3 to cite and admonish all and singular
ors of said rlteeased, to he and appear at
lime presi iih.’d hv law, to show cause, if
•aid letters should not hu granted,
nd at office, this 12th dnv of Mav, 1840.
WM. D. LUCK IK, D. C. C. O.
The darkness is passing away even from Kentucky.
Globe.
Ah, and so you have heard at last of tho clopemont of
Col. Johnson’s wife.—Prentice.
The Asiatic Ship ok War at N. York.—
Among tho novel events of the tiny, is the lute ar-
rival at New York, of a vessel nnd cargo from Mus
cat on tho Persia 11 gulf. This vessel called the
“ Sultance,” or 44 Royal,” is a sloop of war, und#r
tho command of Reis Achmid Hen Named, and be
long to the navy of the Imam of Muscat, the Seid
Said Ben Sultan. Captain Achmed is the bearer
of a letter and complimentary expressions, accord*
ing to Asiatic usage, from Sultan Said to the Pre
dent of the United States.
Tho extension of our commerce with Asiatic na
tions, nnd its security by treaty stipulation has beoi
the subject of anxious and successful interest to the
Administration. One of the happy results of thi*
care of our commercial interest, was a treaty of
navigation and commerce with the Imam of Muscat,
which relieved our commerce from discriminating
duties. Another advantageous treaty has been cut
eluded with the kingdom of Siam, and approaelu
have been made with the sain.* dcairubiu object, to
tho empires of Cochin China, Japan, and China.
Nor has our extensive and valuable trade to the
Red Sea been neglected, the countries of which,
both African nnd Arabian, are under tho Govern,
ment of Mohammed Ali, Paclm, of Egypt.
The value of our trade to tho dominions of the
Sultan of Muscat is greater than may he supposed.
Official returns for eighteen months of vessels that
visited Zanzibar, show the number to he forty-one
of which thirty.two were American. Twenty of
theso were from Salem, three from Boston and three
from New York. Zinzibar is an island on tho east
const of Africa, and is the depot for the trade of
that coast, and of tho Red Sen and Persian gulf
The United S.atcs arc represented there by t
consul.
Sultuu Said possesses large territory 011 the east
coast of Africa, extending from Cape Delgado to
Cape Gurdafui. Ilis navy consists of seventy.five
vessels of war, of which several arc liue-of-battle
1 ships which is a larger naval force than that of all
<;i:<>flt44l.4, / COl'RT OF ORDINARY,
JottCN 4'OllltfyO May Term, 1840.
os, Executor of the last will and 0 sin-
F. Bridees.Scn.dceP.HScd. and to the heir*
anil representative* of said deceased. Von will take notiro
tliat Jmmtlidii F. Bridges, in Ilia life time, did make, execute
uud deliver to JohnCruncy, his obligation in writing bearing
date iti. 15th dnv of November, I83r, conditioned to muko to
tin* mi id John Uraitev, good and lawful lilies to a rerlain lot
of land in the 32d district of originally Lee, now {Stutvurt coun
tv, known l»y tho number seventeen in said district, when said
John Craney should pay to suid Jonathan F. Bridges, six
hundred dollars in good money, or cause il to ho paid ; nnd it
appealing to the Court that Jefferson J. Lamar is the assigneo
nf hioI obligation in writing from said John Craue.v, ami tho
said Jefferson J. Lamar having petitioned this Court for an or-
der directing sard Bennett Bridges, Executor of Jonathan F.
Bride's, deceased, to make titles to the said land, to the said
Jefferson J. Lamar, assignee as aforesaid, the said Lamar hav
ing lolly complied with the eoudilions of said obligation in
wiitimrioH his part:
It is therefore ordered by the Court, that the said Bennett
Bridges, Executor n* aforesaid, will be directed by order of
tins Court at the next term hereof, after this rule shall he le
gally udvcifised, to make titles for said lot of laud, to the said
Jefferson J. Lamar,ns-igneo as aforesaid, and agreeably to the
condition of said obligation in writing, unle-scansc to the cou*
»r ire be shown. Ami il is ordered by the Court, that this
r-,| • ii ■ published in a public gazette, ami iu the public places
it, ■*.<', I countv, for tliiee mouths before the order absolute shall
be applied for.
A true copy I
For Sale—A Good Bargain-
ROM 3 lo 5 hundred head of CATTLE, in Lee county, be-
. longing to the Estate of John Williams. Terms liberal.
Ap:.lv to JOS. T. WILLIAMS, M.lledgeville, or
It.:;. WILLIAMS,gtarksville,Lee Co.
Milledgeville, Mav 19, 1810. 34 tf
Administrator's Sale.
V GREEABLY to an order of the Inferior Court of DeKalb
county, will be sold at Drayton, in Doolv county, on tho
first Tuesday ia AUGUST next, iu the lawful hours,
1.0 I’ OF LAND No.12, in the 10th district of Doolv coun
ty. Sold t«>r tho benefit of the heirs of Angus M’Lcod, lute of
DcKalhcounty, deceased. Terms 00 the day
Mav 9th, 1810.
Til
Prospcrtus of The Reformer.
L undersigned propose to publish iu Augusta, Ga. %
j. week! v paper, m he entitled The Krrok.mkit,ofextra im
pel ini si/.e, iV.mu the 10th of.Way to the 10th of Noveuirernext,
lor (Ink Dot 1. «n m advance. As its name indicates,it will
d. \utcd rxclupivelv to the cause of Kero km, the elevution of
WILLIAM HENRY IlUilUSON, of Ohio, for President,
and JOHN TYLER,»'f Virginia, lor Vice 1'residcnt,and the
subversion of the present Administration,—the necessity of
reform in which, is becoming every day inure and more appar
ent. It w ill observe a mild, dignified tone, and address itself
to the common sense of every class of citizens, for whose ben-
1 Jil it is designed.
This l*ro*ni»ctu* is issued under the impression that lh«
fiic ml* of re lor iu will make a united nnd zeaious effort to give
the paper a general circulation, in short to send it to the house
of every 1
s shall he ahh
1 Buren presses, and carry
•mls’w ill aid us in our work,
the thousund calumnies of file Vi . , __
the ‘-war into Africa.” In the language of a distinguished
worker, “All we usk is to be heard by tlte people. If it for
them we **ueuk. and if we cau get a hearing, we have no fears of
the resu.'t,” epen t« Gemrgtn. “The people will vindicate
their wrongs, mid hurl their oppressors from office.”
We ask the press throughout this and the adjoining States,
to insert our prospectus, and we especially invoke the friends
of t e cause tube vigilant in procuring subscribers and forward
their names by mail as early ns possible.
The paper will contain nothing but reading matter, being
entirely free from all advertisements, and is placed also low *
price as to bring it within the means of every man.
TERMS.
Single paper
Clubs of 25,
do 50,
(LTNo puper will be sent, tipless the cash is sent,
ters must be post paid.
Augusta, 29th April, 1840,
$1.00
5,00
10,00
50,00
37,50
All let-
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