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VOL. XXXVII. MILLEDGEVILLE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1845. NO. 12 Tlin 90 3R4IA JOURWA.Ii _ *»r TIIR ,, PIMIM-MKII THICK A WKKK Mill I MO I.KOlsLV TUNK. AM* WKKKI.V THE KKMAlMlfcK OK T«IK Y K V 11. BY l> E T 12 UMM 1’ «l W K ATT, editor .4*1) proprietor, \ r rmiK.F. U lU.AUJ* vr.u annum. in ADA'ANCK; 0.1, FOL'It JOlXAKd AT TilK KM» OF TIIK \ KAIl. " 'v >v\2 11 f »r i i • if 41 f» X. I. |.,ij ,ti will Ini r»iaeiv*»*t for !•*•»#* ihnn n \onr. nor • r i • 114c!«r niiincd until attnrrearauen ore paitl. .vi11 a *i •»'* ■"•'ll to miv persmi mil nl tin* n»-ci limit moony is |uiiii in uilvum rorsutisliic.lnrv V j s".'; ,| |iN |'S arn it«*«l m 75 cent* |>i*r*qunM» • •i*»rtioti. ami 50 cent* per square for em-li r^ifier. X 4 qo.»re inllieJminiiil i*n spare oI'mmi I vpi'.i Oiil linintf an it does one li.unlri'il worile • tl.** if*. A NIM.Ov V I iiiiiisir.itore.Kxei more, ■*•• • rriimred Ov law, to lie held on the (ire* ... .. ... — ||„. f,,re. Iimire o| ',V i.l I lie if.e 11.1011, ill the <'oiirl liotiae, ill lilt i i ,v ijell the III I is sim iled. Notin' id iliree -alee • riv'.Mi in i politic < i/.eiieSlXI Y DAYS previous lo ! il' \ K V'l in-let lie at a public nnrtion.on ilie lire! tv oltii-r ii mi?Ii,between llie u-niiD Immeofsale.lit tlit* • ■ »f i» ihli • •* lies i t ilie county where the Inters leelninrn 1 ... ■ .-. rs.. •• r.l; .lali ■ it mn\ have hern grunt* of llie I it the do »r of the Court im ■ i wIi'MV son It s.ilee are to he held. S .ti •.•f.»rihesale.»l l*.*r-in-il Froperlv. inuat he given in ItUr n inner. P'Ht PY dn\a previous to the day ol sale. N iM.tors ninl Creditor* of nil Kslnie most In* published F»>lt PY dil vh* N-tnc-* 1‘inl ipnlie-ilimi will lie i .rv if A I ni nsiratinii or G tniriliuoship,....... .... e | ( ,; r4 | fivi-itf s| K I’Y D\YS untie* thereof, i Jide to the Court ofOrdina* lo'aeVl LAND, must hn published for FOLK N, N oi! e :Wh»-iveto sell NF.<SROR*. mns| he pnhli-hed lor y i ,’| )S P'|s, hefore any order nlnolnte sliallhe made thereon hv the Court. , I I- I I C| r \ ri *Ysf.ir letters of Administration. most he puhliohed thirty l lift -lor dis.uisdoii from administration, monthly *U mi) tiliH —lor dismission Irom Duardiaoship, torlyday*. Kin vs '‘ir the toe.*.* osnre of Vlorlgngo tuiisi he pohli«hed m'vit'i/i/ for f xtr >non/hn— foreslahlidiing lost pnneie.fw the t„u xnirr of /hrre month a-li.r compelling titles fiom Lx ecu- tors r \-I »iinistralor«, where a llolld has In' ,[,•(.- I.///C roll spore of three mouths. p r.'t • ui ns will al vavs lie continued ni • ill- lei il requirements, unless otherwise mile given V imting lo these \U ' lion ;it ill*; OtHf.i j-ji*s< of this kind cotiliiines nl llm (JF.OUOUJOUKNAL. piompt aiten- 2 NO. C II E V P S I v) E ! 7%’eir imoints .Irririojf 19olly. ri I’li VtlS—20 * I i Is. of pi ii ■ Si. •.’mix .Port S «| |.e iv-nlo and Now Orleans —1*2110 III- doiilile re* ’ ' in|»» |.v WltlGil P & SPP.PSON. •d Loaf For eah* I »rrf2 I*—lO'l hags. auiniiK which p AN VI. ri.ouu- U trial to Im apprfcialed. he found heat Dmningo. For WKMilir & STKI’SON, [ superior article—needs lint u For s-i!e hv WilDill I’ &. S PF.PSON Sperm. 20 boxes Adamantine Fo» sale hv \\ 111 ill’P & S'PKTSON. coir i.ini ?s r .vn--w -J S For «ile liv WIlKill I S I h I ><>V c s s M M (> K (1.4 US—Ul.iiUH nl .'ii|ii' HOWS—I' 1 "') |ll'i'fKi|l lints ILASSUS—Nutv uri Lcur.iti'ii.-Nn.r;. i„. In .mil.. Fur mile liv *Vltd 11 I' S I'F.rsoN. JUDGE BERKIEN’S ADDRESS. Wt» Imvtf luiHii furnished w1111 u »j,v uf tlit, f«»li<»\vtni£ correnpon- (uiiit*, wiiiclt wl* publirilt ns iiitiodurtoi v to tin- Address Im-Iow : MlLLKUUKVILhE. 14 It Nov^J 1845. I Ion. John M. Hkrribn ; Dritr Sir:—AI’iit you rotiri'd from tl»o moeiinoof tho Winy p*triy as' i-venmo, tlte I'oihiwinir resoloiions were turiiiiilioiislv ttdopietl : '• Resolved^ riinl the VVhio meinhers of'lie C-i**nerul A-m'inLly lutve, 10 t'let'linthe I loti. John M. Ilnri'icii lo suppiy III* vittMiiiex in the Unit' 011 Sintti.* 4 •Seiettf oi*t*in*ioii»-d l»v lii*< ow n reM^nutlon nnjih iliciil/y si^nl- li« d the itnithiilt*d conlidt'itctt of I ho Wliio p.iriy •d'G'ofghi to nini :— mid th.it in? it re gratified hy his ticccpimco of llio upponihtiKiit. •• Rcsofrcd, M'littf it Committuf! ol throw he uppoitred hy tho Chair- nut it, io request of Mr. IU:nniR.\. for publication, u copy of tlio ad* dross lieliverod hy itiiit i«j this iii00titig. M Upon us lots hooti devolved the plonsant duty of communicating inese lOMohitiotis to you. and of requesting your compliance hUu the wishes of the meeting ni ymir early eonveiiience. Wo havo tho honor it) he, Very Itospocjfuliv, Your Ohedieitl Servts.. A J.MILLE ft. C II. SHOCKLEY, A. F.OU EN. Savannah. 22d Nov., 1845. Gentlemen :—I have the honor to acltnow lotlgo the receipt of your Inner of tlte 14l It in-'., trausmitling to me a copy of certain losidmions adopted hy tho Whig members of the Legislature, on lint 13 Ii inst., and asking from no*, for puhiicution, a copy of the address delivered hy me at Dint m etii g. Availing mysellot the earliest moment, which among many and pressing engagements I have been tilde to command, 1 nave hastily eon.mined to paper, and now forward to you tiie substance of Dial ad dress. I avail myself of tho occasion through you lo offer to tho Whig members of tho Legislature of'Georgia, my respect ltd acknowledg ments loi this renewed expies-imi of iheir confidence, and to you. Gentlemen, the ustUfunce of respect umi esteem with which I am tn it It fully yours, JOHN MACPHEKSON BERRIEN. To the Hon. A. J. Miller C. II. Shockley, A. F. Owen. ADDRESS. Gentlemen :—I have been advised hy your Coinmiteo of Die Leg- illative nciiun of ibis day. recalling me to a sent in Hit* Senate of Dio United Slal**s, mid of tho desire wliiou you have exploded (or our present interview—and 1 am hero in compliance witti Dio wish thus i s: ror and dismay. Looking to ra result.and to the menus n* th y wen fnnn time to time developed, by winch Dial re*iih had hern pro !tic***i men stood aghast at tlte contempt «lion of inn utter iiielli de- ey ol t 1 elective franchise to secure the genuine ex KriHuin* of the will •• the American people, ill lit** election ol their C orf Mugi^trtte.— Hero in Georgia, we foil that il hail been trampled on—hilt inoigniiuon not fear, was Dus result of that conviction, lime, undismayed b\ defeat, it was the h gti resolve of the patriot NV bigs ol G'*o*gia. •«» wr**si victory from the conquerors in Die moment of Iheir hiumplis ; inti clear builds mid stout hearts, and strong arms, mid common coun sels, and uni'ed i Hurts, had achieved llm lofty purpose. I he huuiiei of the Whig party was borne pr nuUy amid the p'-ril* ol Roil e.xeiimy euufi.ct.and witli ail ns high eoii-ervati*c principles broadly iifcriheil upon it, waved io triump'i ovi-r the pmr ot chief, a h • had I* d ns m- to victory. Al such n crisis, irhil tens our duly ? Undoubtedly i» was lo have renewed our vows o| lideiity to our common country ; to have re -• 111' tiled, by a new mul more solemn pledge, ntir devotion to those principles, foi which us a party we hud contended ; muldiaw lug closer the bond of tlnioo among omse ves. wnil a linn elinnc** O': lie intelligence aud pa iiulisinol the pcopi • ol Georgia, and an hum hie Inn unwavering tru^t in the mercy of Heaven, to have s nod up. maufuiiy to have stood up. to the great work which it was allotted to us to perform, to Die redemption of our noble Sfite Irom that misrule, which in Die name of Democracy, was wasting her resour* es, par aTizirg her energies, and demoralizing her people. What is now our dull) ? ‘Dinar me for my cause ! M for the cause of our common coon tr\—it is lor that country I invoke your attention. It is our duty in staiiDv lo regain tho proud eminence on which wo stood—to "hang out our banners oil the outward wa!l**—at once lo put ourselves in position in front of our opponents, and with stout hearts, and in s* r. lied ranks, io hid defiance to their assaults. Are there any among u» a ho believe that it is more expedient to repress, or to mudifiy, limn tin)w frankly and fully to exprn-s our opinions on the great questions of public policy for which we are coutend ng ? Be this our an swer. The argument which produces conviction, is Dial which re sults from the conviction honestly avowed, of him who urges ii — The opinion which finds acceptance with the pat»iotic and intelligent people, is Dm: vvuich is frankly, fully, if you will, boldly and fearless ly proclaimed hy him w ho pmfesscs it. .Shall we he told that there is danger in tuis counsel ? and been use danger is an element ol g eat achievement, shall we shrink from the performance ot the high duly which is ti Hot t« d to us ? \V.|| this re.union ol heart and hand. o( counsel and of effort, require a sacrifice of individual prejudices, and of individual parDulilies—an oblivion of individual grids ? I am a man. with all the feelings, and with all the frail'.ius of our common nn lure. I bnvp something, as much as any other to Geld on this occa- hut you Gentlemen have led Die way—you have given 4 ri-’.TS' in. Wit lull f a* umi <-ah i Fursalobv AY III (ill I’ \ SH. I ON j *1 hi wlinls mnl tin 11 b if • \V KlCJU l\V. s IT. r.SON. | Lat—Sp**nn, l.inseed nail T Fn • tl v conveyed to me. I meet you io night. Gentlemen, under circumstances of a very ex traordinary nature, induced to do so, by no coii«iderniiim -f my pur -moil leulings. of wtiicb. I am of course, the exclusive guardian ; but influenced by the belief tmu this oral and personal communication between u%. may be^i subserve the interests of titst party, which has been hitherto the object of our aril (.ml and united devotion ; that it will lies; promote toe advancement of those great conservative prin ciples of policy, both State and National. which the Whigs of Gcor. gin. Im e heretofore >•» guHaotlv omocAnnul, and widen unmoved hy ( - personal considerations, ev* iy f cling ol my heart, seconding ihe du t • therule convictions of n»y jodgmi tit, will prompt me still to cherish and defend. I would indeed, ti it were piuciieable, exclude on this occasion every personal topic , but since a stern necessity forces me io «peak of myself. I desire lo prevent ini«apprchetis''U> by saying. • tun 1 do not come twit? in n quertdous spiri*—that I have no com puiiiii to prefer, cither hg-'in-n masses, or iiidivnluals. I address my sell to men of honorable leulings, w Ito will perfectly understand that an honest man, entirely conscious of me rectitude ol Ids own purposes nplu of magnanimity to day. and I t do. Here then, on our own party Dti Georgia’s patriot sons have hei'elnfoi —h«re and now, l offer ail tiureserv aav not counsel, vvlint i will not r. around which thousiii ds id * (dli*red un tiiidivideil hooi.ig* •d surrender ol evciv lee|mg los'l'u li'lilll poll | w hicli I am cow which may disturb the harmony, nr impede the progress, or Impati j the efficiency of the hand id patriots whoshad rally undei our gi'*ri- ! mis h inter. Within the broad limits of our noble Suite, is there a ' Whig, worthy of thnt name, which tile blood of mil fathers has tvn I dered sacr* d ; worthy »o share the perns and tin* triumphs id then i.<, wti«i wilt not gn mid do (ike** »s»* ? B il come wti to consider whin ts that danger, which ii is the policy of our opponents tn magnify, and which we now know lias been whimpered among ourselves ? Wluit is Ihe danger wltivdi is appre hended from toe frank avowal, the unwavering support before an in 'flligttid nod patriotic people, of llie-e gr*-r»» coos»-rvalivi- prineiph for wincit Die Whigs ol Georgia have bulletin cmteiubtl ? \ speak to nigh' to an assembly enmpo-td chiefly id (hr VN big members ot our l» gtshiiive body, hut without doubt, in the presence alto al many ol our intelligent opponents, prompt to understand, and zealous lo knowledge of our counsels. Bo it so. h is Die glory Cnticcul AY KID II F & S IK ISON. A 1/1* —.150 duck-, large size. F< AV It Kill r At STKTSON. I) VUG I NO—50 piece I > For Midi* hy B AI.E iKIl'E AAl) I’D IA 42 -2i*j...doi .to,' ZO-I hid of iNvuie. Far dido l»v ,„_, P4 , nV AV Si ID II I A’ S IT.rSON. 1 |{ Af —10 loan af Swethl mul Kuub-li,' *»h .Sna*I. F«*r -ale hy VA KIDII I T 1111xof dup«*i lor l«i For dale Iiv AVKIDH F STKTSON. f|V|] V— Imperial,Danp I hv J I *1 fc2—A few liurreld ill P*I ^\m-IO || •/.i , ii Hiipcrior / 1 24lt* A 1 v_y iiddariuieii \v AT42It UIHIAETa M hi lc by \v uci: sir rhim—»•« II AVI i 1iDHiE(t9 -Kill II42.i * ly i• iit F..r *•••!•• hv ml anbr. Fornale l*v avk)<• ii r &l s i’K rsoN. • ii a ( Hho I For Hide lo AVK.DH r vV. S I E I SON. SA \Y n t)<> V«A»-i;x«o MIX*-• and coikIiici, cannot consent to occupy that position. 1‘ticy ^ iil ! profit by Die equaliy understand that I am not here Ihr the promotion of my person* ; nl the p.«ri\ under whose banner we rally. Dial ii seeks i at intercut*. I have probably less interest in the events which are ■ meut. The tie which unites us, is drawn closer by the c pissing before us. ilrin any one who hears me. My life io the ortli Die integrity of our principles. We rejoice io Die sssiirn I,V AA It IDII r .v. **T121’SoN* til ri2 L.42AO- Kxiui ! Nn. I. Fur pale hy AVKIDHT iV S IT. I SUN. 13 • :i>-«'Oltl>s, SIum- Tlir«-:ui mid sad 1- i'ous—ill BitpiTinr hitiflfK F'nr 1*11 Ii* l»v Wltliill I' *V SIT. ISON. r' \IVMM and roitlis, and IV ;iMVi'v I'm Mlnliy WKIOlIr Ii HIKISON, us, (iniBi*i:'Oi UAnm:Kii, 1 ii lilHRI* sin: ut*, Ou«i-y< o«ilis, S|itid<-K in* I.v \\ UllillT & S TKTSON ci i i:m' -iiir.tii*, O'and Vlioveh. F. / ul'Fi;i>HI .I.S. v PfyiiiK-l*aus Hi Wiuie irons, WHKIII T & STBT (T IXiWUBIt and *.liol. Pen iiMion tIn|td, *v liite I AVusli Itradlifs mohI I*.«p*-r mul itinnv ailirr ariu-l "f *v hirli will he mill LOAV KK limn ill uiiv ndu r Iiouhi* in (hid env .hv AVKIiiilF AM) 8TK I'SON. AliUeilyevnia, Sr pi. 93,1845. _ 52 if Dihitii't) ISiitior ami Gimt*. \\r K Htmll receive uimat she *J(bli af Orlalicr, a large lot ol » » lialter,Cuei'se,mul Irish I'oiatoud. Will Till T.N. STETSON, s-lilemh.f 53 Ids. .W if BROGANS!!! rm a LAitciK ha of Acgio Ahof* | f in- rrceiveil ni i AT; IF BOOT AM> .SdOfi STOUR. All |»<usioi« piircliuHiug thi-* uriic.lH will il • well la eriv»» ii- m cull,i ie«^ wo «re d'-teninm* I hi sell (.'HEAT. K. ALI2XAND12K & < O. UilU.ljtvilU.Oct. 14,1815. 3 d ,in rv course of nature, is drawing to its el mu—•and but lor those • f. f.,rls. whether ol prolcsscd Ii tends, or uvuwed opp uienls, winch hive, hy producing the present state of things, deieau d iheir ow n purpose, my public lilt- would have heett ended. I saw, nr Dioiight I saw. al the close of the la * t session of Congress, hut little pm-pect of render mg service by retaining my seat in the Senate ; and without tifft'cl mg an insensibility t‘» itie? honor which that station confeis. or tndif- lereucc io tlte opporiuuitv which it afford* uf acq’iiiiug an honorable reputation among my coim» rv men, I can IrankL -av Dial my amhiiion und been Nulisfi d. When I left Washington, therefore, it was with a determination not lo retorn. I thought.il a majority ol Wnigmem hers were elected to Die Legislature of Georgia, I would then have restored mv con.mission io those who hud confided il to in**—wiiile ni tlte oilier hand, il the people should determine again to counnii their sff’iirs to the rule of our opponents, such an expres-iou of tnetr opinions and feelings fol owing in immediate sequence, the inferenct* f out Dp r vo'e 11-.« I st Rrestden ial c *'C. o ». avow d eq mlly nu h *r ize mv re iiement. Mv personal itrraiigeuienlM were m-ide in c-m* louitey to ibis determination. B it I relumed io the Stale. Iasi >p mg, lo find myself Die object of ii violent, vindictive, and reckless denunci ation by mv podRcal opponents, and soon alter lo learn that a few. (.is il was represented to me.) a very few of my political associates, mfiueoced it was satif, hy personal ailachineiil. were desir »us uf mis • aining the claims ol other individuals to Die suitimi which I iceupieo. |i eeriaiuiy never did occur to hi**. Dial any portion ol im- p.my will, which I had labored, und ho which I lit i ma'Jn sune*. n »t ineon*iil*-r hie suciilice, would mi m y puli sc coiihiiieraiinn, consent »o p < ad guilty in the charges of e ir oppoiienis. and yield up t» mem a victim, one who in the prominent situation in which he had boen placed. It id neen the object of their <8jn-ci<il denunciation, simply because lie had been llm unfaltering advocate of the patty who umi paced him limro. But let this pass—1 udveil t-i it io a How you how litile personal interest l had in this milter. Certatoiv, msideraiionof thitt sori. prompts mo now to address you. My purpose is to comm ino w ith you frankly, as to Die course winch it hooves the Wnig party oi Georgia in pursue io tin* present sure ol t affairs, emlia n ashed as they have In en by r« cent event*; and in forming vour judgement on tins subject. I de-ire that my personal mieiests may In; merged in the higher consideration of Die public fare. jot me snv in advance, that for the Legislative nciiun of this day. lur In-manifestation of continued tin i ui-nbii'ed coididence. which vmi have tlius atr«rdcd me, I thank you. We are now enabled with, out the tiitpiitation id intruaivenes* on my par , or a foilVi'.ure ol Rial elLrespccL which every man is hound to cherish as iuuispensahle to is individual u-efulness—we are n«»vv enahied to lake c nmsel togeth- r. in relation to tin* great interests of our common country, and with feelio'js which will, I trust, have been purified by the crisis through uhich we have passed, to iuy our uni ed offering on the alter of patri otism. I -petik now with an entire exclusion of my personal relation to the abject, and as if another had occupied the post whicn it had been our pieHsiiie to assign to me, when I s-iy that we have cnminiltt-d un nor. Undoubtedly the events of the past weak have exercised, and re exercising an unhappy influence on tin* present harmony, and fu mre prospects ol the W hig party of Georgia. It wool I he unwise ;o repress the a-know U'lignicn t of this fact. True wisdom requires ••nit wo should look our difficulties in tiie face, and provide ii remedy for them It is iron of the oiovmoiils of a political putty, as it is o| the conduct ol nn army on the battle field, ilia* it is dangerous to ohiinneit* front, in tiie piesenoe of an active, vigilant, and pmvoiful adveisiirv* And vvliul possible motive had wi—what motive which cool I ii.ffntmce thus** pairimic Wings, who heretolore, to the face ot dtffi 'tiltics, before which stout hearts uiigiit have qua led. had gallant- .v and unitedly struggled for the inaiiitaiiiauce of Rinse great const r intivc principles w liicli hind us io each other—w hat mmive had wc to nerform this evolution! We had just come from Dm exciting con. ft et of the recent canvass in our State K'sevvlmre Duoughout the lJiiiuid Suites, tho iieexoecled defeat which the Whig parly of tile Union, had sustained in Die Uni Presidential election, had excited ter. pur»ui”g honest purposes, hv honest an tiiKe eonuvel to- miffing 11otu my seiiNi* uf the e Am rtc* hi Seiialor. i lie opiuioi •een lieieiotore t X|ir»-M d on tin fl mo ot the S»-u .no .ni t hi r * -e e t-uoi, io couilriling Mu* iloeinue llti-ii u• -vai t nl ti\ a no o Im m hat body. | is.still my opinion, mid mu** Iheielore gnnn- mv cio-doci. if ('•Died to act ii|»ou tills ipii-siion. | all open qn(.«ti wlmieu ore. Viotis legi-.|a|io'i eiiihiii lan e- Ids ncimi, a UH-n-ber ot Gougt* -s is ••«»! mily pencilled, h.t lioiiud to di ei-le tor nimselt tmw fin the pro. I’O'U I ilieilsur*' c uiloruis o. .• r \ ioLi'e-, 'l.c ('nu-liln n h Dm- Uni It'd State*. AV lieu, how «• v e .an net iia - • eee n d t f concur ring s*i i c Don id holii lo ai dies i»| me Naliooiil L'gt* (iMiie, mat ins hei ii ap proved by the President, it acquire* Du ai«Di-uit\ id law, and il lie- voiVf * upon iinotiier deparlmeiil of the Govcimnei t, to deeiile the ques'iou of it* coi.stffmoi i«lit\. So lung as it reicaiu* on lie statute nook, sustained l»y these snnciiuMt. anil not iiniiiilU d by such decision, ii is ohligaloiy upon legislator*, a* well a* citizens, j w id exemplify thi* opinion. Il I believed, a-* mo no til* «»ur op|f«*iM-oi« ti«», il.-o U»n- gr***s had no constitutional pow» r to eslahhsh a Bank, anil nclicg nil inis lietief. had von-d against its charter. 1 slumld not con-ider myself authorized to lelusc. hy a subsequent act ol legi-hition, to provide for Die punishment of idfioiees against Die corporation, on the ground that it* charter was, in my individual judgne ut, imcoiislituiioual. Thnt question would belong to Die Judicial department. | presume that Inis must have been Mr. Jt-fieimm*s view, when he. approved art act estahli-hiug a hraneli of Dial corpuitDioit, thu constitutional validity of whoso charter he hud denied. In 11it? cousiimntuiio.t of t. eir wishes for the annexation of Texas, I have said that its advocate* have a security which, under a chango nf circumstancethey could not give to us. With them the maxim is. that each | uhiic agent is to obey the Constitution n» he understands ii—a maxim signnliy illustrated in the House of Representative* of tli»* United Slates, when in dt fimcu of Die act for the apportionment ot Representatives, they tiilmiiied to seats on that floor p’i.s him w ho had been elected in utter disregard of iis provisions 1 admit the ini'll of the aphoii*m, that il is lawful lo be taught by an enemy, hut that lesson | am ml willing to learn. 0 i the question of expediency, my opinion as it was Hinted in tho Senate, remains unchanged. I < 1 id not d-mht, that some of our pen- pe abandoning ii»** worn out fields nl G-nrgia, might deiive an im. mediate pi.dit. from the enltiv.uion of the rich and vi*gm -ml n( Tex. Ws*—Gut I love Georgia, better loan 'Fi X-is, and I (ell ill'll I was bound to con-lilt the welfar" of Ic r Collective people, inllier timu unit of lho»e who influenced by tlit? thirst of gain, would abandon their native laud, and the homes n| Dieii fathers, leaving il in iucomparHtive dps. nlation, with tin* resumces which it had given them to bui'd up and enrich another State, | did not realize the Iruiu of the proposition t'«at the aimexatioo ol 'J'eX'is w.is necessary to the conserva*ion of our pffcuiiar domestic uistiiuiions, Mv personal ohservuiinn hail tis- sureil me, that tin* danger with which fie.se were *ai<i ui be menaced, had heeii magnified hy demagogues, and mv own view vva-, und is iiuchniigeulny, wlumever Dial ila-.ger sluiil really exist that the -aler, ;is well as llm loftier course for Sou:In rn men to pursue, is lo cot ul once me cord w hie i hind- us to fanatics, umi to meet us open eueinieB, ruDier Rian .is confederate Stutes, those .» ho would seek thus insolent- •V interfere with a *mlij. cl, W ilctl Oeionged lo us, und to iih mIoi.C, and exclusively to regulate. 1 c m il not iloum. * oce a portion <-l T» x-*s, from its .snti ami cli mate. was adapted lo-lave labor, that the South by its ii(lini-«ion. would ucqniie an accession ol strength, in Die cmincils of Die Union — hut Hum | ].. eunlwlt-i iked throughout the or- w i-ie m ill* pi net niledcrai ver-e change vvomd ins ruggh- for Sm riori’y of iiuinticr-, v our U oioo u i'.n tlm i of sooti wear la any Mug' iIn-I'm perjmiitleruhCe in as vain and idle—u wur 'ther States of tin- eonl’i id *uw how many tiling'*, from Die It i po, ihuity that a con i v i.t-(auee. 1 tell that those councils, hy snpe- against the late to which dr-racy had d- stim <1 u*. ^ tlier, no» nierrlv ill the face ot our opponent, hut Imudny as lie- (.nine* u*. yet wiilt an ubiding confidence in the rectitude ot our in UMitious. even before high Heaven AV hat then is thi# ding* r ?— You can scan it in all its varied u-peot-—you can survey it m i > w hole extent by recalling to your recoil* eiioit the (lenunciuiioo h\ j our opponents during the pvst summer, of mv pnhiic conduct. 11 I , can re-cue thut from their grasp, they wiil stu.ni li fore tlwir country- o*mi, as the promoters of a false ami initoundiui cUmour against in • gainst Von, against the AV nig party uf Georgia. | L**t it- come tneo to us com- (|-*im io*i. On all Die other q irs'ioi i a htch divide Die two great political p ii lies in Genigbt, tw o oidv e I copied, there was during the recent canva-s. Mn upptreul iruce.- I |**rei»fler the strife may lie renewed—hut lor Die Mine, und exce in re!iilioo to these par‘iz*o pie-st*s and deniagogn*' p-niticiaus we | silent. TEXASund the I'AKIFF, lln-e wi re iwc Miemes to whn I Dies had recourse In excite tin* people of Gnngiu — lo divert I nr j iriuii the consideration of inetrovvo domestic interests—\o cou-.c 1 i .e appropriate issues ol tlie reent cuuvu««, with tlio-e wtiich In-Ion j **d exclusively lo Dial wldcll preceded 11. Hod tons to cover an op**rn- I lion, hv w nich they hoped to s<*cor»? to themselves, "the spoil- ol vic tory.” I mi-inke. There was another, suggested hy de-purulinn ! and adopted io latu’ty. Southern iifii had 'm- lolly to accuse S *utti | crii men ol giving countenance lo ABOLI FION. Ol liiese cii irg» s • in their oidi-r— ! I v-eed against the resolution, by which it was proposed lo incor- pornle the Stale of Texas in tills Unpin. Ill lining So. I t Xprc.sseit i the almost unanimous c.on\ictiou of those who had confi ted ii me { toe tin-i which I was called upon tn execute. In mv own deliberate jmign.i-m. that r-Milutiou wa-an.n/mi palpable violation of lltc Con• , sliimion. which I had sworn to support. 1 placed my vote on the ground i I leaiiy 'o Dial hucred cii.iiter, and 1 said to the American Senate: 'On such a question, the duties and Die respousihi/i'ies ul eitc.lt individual man give the rule of his cond ict. It is to !>»» fonnd in commuitiiffo with G »d and itis ow it conscience." 1 abandon* d (It* 1 question ot expediency, to'hose who leii ilietiiselves at iibertv to dis cuss it. I did no consider that this was my ptivilege, I said, Dt i- ; not expedient lor me lo do, what in mv jutlgote t. the Con-li otion for- bids.” I referred to the expression at a preceding session, of m\ ! v.Hivs in relation to Die expediency ol tins measure, hull tidilt d unit I would cneerfully yield Diem to the wi-hes ot my coustitoents. which I would have taken care to a-cerlain. tl the ic.-oloinm mi which wi ' were acting had lx'en con.pnliuie with the C-m-tno;ion”—and I nil ( ded. ‘-Georgia, Sir. is my h*m»e, as it was that of him. from whom I derived my being—as it is, and will he, the home of mv children. Il'iiituidv speaking, it is Die hound • rv ot mv hopes, ami of mv wirdi- c»-and whether for weal. ,*rfor woe. J am content to share the lot of ii r pimple. A* a Senator f lh*» State of Georgia, then fore, on n question of exptviiency, the w ishes of her people, are mv wi-hes— when made known to mo. they are the rule of my conduct.** Here is the published declaration of my vii-w- and opinions, the recorded cvulei c** of my conduct, on tins iiiomputoiis and jgratu.g qu«**'io i. I know Dial tli^y met tin' npnidbatmo ol mv political usso date* * I home, from the mm.y and checi tog cv nlcnce- ot liieirappro val. wincit were iruusiui'.ted to me ; wli-ilc i veil among mv upponems there were those wholooke i w t h (Iikiiimv. **ii the iumad wittclt imd Dins been made oil the Const button of the Union. AV lienee then this denunciation, which un act of treason h, the Constitution, could iilmie have averted ? Lot mu id! von. gi-ullcmru —1» is not the condemnation of the pant, hut tec apprehension of tin- future w hit'll prompts it. Iloncsi men. though I hey m iy lie puhticti oppmidits, would not requite hum me the cnunniswi.in •.| ( m rj *rv. »*vet tor the acqti-ilioii ol Texas. That act »* not. the re (ore, tlm motiv* t.» this deuuuc.iatiori; it w as the fear of Dio fmuie wliii'h prompted it Flic cons tmmalitm of Dm union ol T* x-*s, with litis Cunfedcrole Rc public, remains with tlm American Congress ; and the iippielteic-ion is, that this consummaiinit may lie rei-tso-d under a continued sett of ciiitsiiitnioiial o'tlig tiion. On this point, so fur us | am conccrne-i our opponents may dismiss their fears. Tln*v have a security which uuutr n change of circuinsiance«i they could cot give to u«, ulikt re only to he coinpenstut d hv the essential advantage*, whicn that Un ion -t fiiii d !o ti* — that it might I**•i*pci• arsiv .-Uuserve the views of iliose w hose lives had heett spent in one long (beam of elevuinni to tiie l*ie-id* ncy of these Stale-, Inti that it wunlit not p -rmanentlv promote tn»- iiitere-ts III the South—I It a red ton Die inffueuee of this precedent, umi Die overwhelming retribution which iingui he. brought op-m it*. Wit. n ClIV ou-tniice* should p«-rmii. anil a in jori'A *>I Con- gress -I| aiiii resolve up to til*! Iimiex a.mi of St ties, resting ou «no:u- er border of our coiuederucy. No. (f**oDeui» ii. Die stiengtliof tiie South, in the councils of the Union, does no: depend, and in the iuevt all.*- cuo*S" *»l • vent*, never *i!l r* soli Icon our numerical Kiipi-r hv uni m Iciicing D pi III11 ICC uutsgofiM pu ive to ii.cieii councils of the nation, if wi> i.f h**mio oniie, hv tin* w UI which *•! uni • 1 * I c nin-t I--—1|\ hi by luffi ng Die i itr gu- m. 1 • •* i»h« .iieiit'i- io loose wh * li ed •rests ol Dti! .S ul** vv ii-rii pio- * uni <ii. Labor an-( capital arc? unceasing ol»j*ci of Die opi-ru* which Dm ri--.u l i- a iliodu uatora.lv the nhj clot Hie cap. i* lo I -s-cn the charge* • it* |ir«di--. KlS' Whci me v hoi i) spec, i Die '■'■‘g "Ol -• I - — h\ 0.1 •hiumr of dcmagogms— i • i lur national citti. in m-i vj ••• Iy r ganlless ni \i,i,. I can Im* produced hv Dm ii is the natural, ages nf 'nhi»r. of i-m of Dm pr* fits of capital. I is a* mDist ui leiluce me rate of wng-*s. tinis i '•inidov menl nf capital, and tn increase n- iiiitagouisi power* are fouu-l in two dil); rent das-e*. hull'd p "licipMte in the excr*'!*** of tin- elective I raridn-e. and their dv»- leprrsentutives would * fie * hefmind in o;.position Suutli find iot c mii| e led have in* e. both upon labor •Mi l cnpti.D. AA i h tui m litis portion of h: cm f -dera» y. a <i 0*crcnt state of litiug* exists. Labor a ii* I capital art! for Die mo-t pail in the same litmu*, and all Unit i- necessary to give a* our dm? weight in 11»«; cationsl councils, is mat those who wield them, looking io their own truu interest*, should he firm and dinted. I ii au i-s the snhj'-el o| Du* annexation of i’exis, therefore, with this biid'remark, Dial the question of Cmisiitttiioual power which it involves, has been li-cided—-Dial the fni'h id this nation stands pledged in the people of Texas, and that tImir I ii liful cmiipliauce with ill** terms which have •loett proposed by Die l oiled &ni«**, is the only rernniuing pre-requi- ill! to their adoii-siou imo this Union. And when Dial shall havo been accomplished in good faith. I h d litem God speed, w ith as sin- ic aiiii hear iy good will, as those who have most Hirenuously udvo- i• *i1,1 lit* measure, which | have as slreniimislv opposed, I am now enii.si cr a seemi di'ini'-ciatioii. as I'aLr? an I reckless that which I Icive j i-l ili-posfdof. I am r» presented, und »li o.gli } Rte M lug pa i tV "I Gei gin his been dc in >ui;c«*(f as udvnp a I jug a t; r lh vv t'ich 'luties oi i uplifts,-bud < he laid wiiituut regard to revenue hikJ fiiiijdv I *r the pu pom ol prm c tun —, r •■••• tm '. tor pnnech .il . 1(1*0 H stint oi limit. Fin- charge l* so i repostorou-. allowing to mo niy that modicum of common m rte, to which 1 shou d Imeo illcd. if tiie intelligence (it tIn? count r\ were ttirow n into one coutonm >:ock, und It'Mi t|si t i l)u ted jot CupiUl. and m t*qn D purlin, s- ho pia.p» • Don i- pr; c* lical y -o idie, a- Uppiti j to Ine actual oi pm*pi ciivi- financial und commercial (•••!.di'iou of these Stales—it is so utter'y refilled by any fling which l li.»ve done, or by any correct, nr uulhnii-pt! version of " hat 1 have -aid, eitiu-r in, or nut ot toe Senate of the United States. Dial Die vvoudei is that even a political opponent could have lieeil so de udt d a* to believe that lie could make political c.ipi a hy iiS4«'l'liog it; vv in ie it is matter ot -till greater suiprite Dial the f»n*s of tiny poiiucai I lie ml could have been even momen'ui i ly excited by *a» juip a c uo'or. An American Senainr, responsible lo his e m hDDiciiu for the man. imr in vviiico in-*li-clu»rg»*s Du; trust which iseonfided to him is to hi! j ulgc't hy ‘.he opiuioi s wtiich lie express s—ffy the vot« s whicli be gl»»*s in ih*‘ J^cnale of (lie United .States. It ;ni*se MisDiiu an acc.ll- -ation w Iccii is pn h rieii against him; they w ould he suffico lit to run- dciini mnl in a cm.iraiy event ought a-Mirtdlv *ii si.fli •• for hi- ju*R. tic i 'Oil. I: w a* known to those vv Ito m-iiii? ItiiB a*‘iM tm or h- v ns- M *i"*'d feckless y iiia; id which iltcy knew nothing, Dial 1 voted a- gainst iin; present huifF. It they mid availed ih• iiim-Iv* * of tliosn ♦ ources id luloi'oiuiion. wh ed were acecsMbk- io every eili/eii. they would have knowo that, as a meiiila r of the C"iumiiff-f of Finance, I hud C'liicui red inarepmt vv Inch pioposed a r*duc'io-i of Die duRes ••n several articles, ami on Die refusal uf the Semite to acquiesce ill Dial report, hy nmeuding Hie h;ll io conformity to it, induced ch'efly 1 believe by the upprelrvusiun, ibul ntty unifn«m«Ql rstniur^i g it r.%.